| 3:03am | Golden Time Review — D+ | | | | A bunch of college kids fail as human beings. This show made me rage. A lot. All of the characters, with the sole exception of 2D-kun (the one who is supposed to be socially incompetent), are complete assholes. They have these ridiculous misunderstandings and treat one another like dirt. I feel so... | | |
| 2:37am | Anime in the Second School Days Age | | | | Recently rewatching Kimikiss Pure Rouge with my roommates; now rewatching True Tears—of course, it’s their first time through—I realize how much better the world is for the show that taught anime viewers that perfectly normal schoolkids could get just murder each other on the drop of the hat.... | | |
| 3:18am | Spring 2013: Final Review | | | | The Summer 2013 season has already started, and I’m just finishing up Spring 2013. I need to catch up soon! Aiura Rating: 8/10 For a show that’s only four minutes long, an 8/10 is quite good. I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed Aiura, and only wish it was longer—either in number of episodes... | | |
| 1:16am | Aeroblip’s Adventures: Anime Boston 2013 | | | | As a way of celebrating one full year of Friday Anime Podcast, I decided to take a trip to my old stomping-grounds to attend Anime Boston 2013. My first anime convention was last year’s Anime Boston, but I do admit that it was a tad-overwhelming. However after learning the ropes, I was more than... | | |
| 11:10pm | Anime Roundup: Spring 2013 | | | | Kinda weird writing this blog post now. It’s meant to be a spring anime roundup but it’s just over 0 degrees outside. It’s freaking winter still!! Anyway, we have a new anime season up so, as usual, this post will be looking at what’s passed and what looks interesting out of... | | |
| 10:28pm | Photo Kano – 01 | | | | 「出会い」 (Deai) "Meeting" How well does Amagami and Kimikiss' successor play out? Hard to say with this first episode. | | |
| 4:00pm | Spring 2013 Anime Watch List | | | | At long last it’s time to reveal what I’ll be watching during the upcoming season. Just like the previous season it looks like it’ll be a nearly even split between watching new shows and watching sequels. Overall my level of excitement is roughly the same as last time. However somehow... | | |
| 4:00pm | Spring 2013 Anime Watch List | | | | At long last it’s time to reveal what I’ll be watching during the upcoming season. Just like the previous season it looks like it’ll be a nearly even split between watching new shows and watching sequels. Overall my level of excitement is roughly the same as last time. However somehow... | | |
| 8:30pm | Spring 2013 Anime Previews: staff, cast, story, trailer, pic, etc. | | | | This is the season of science fiction. There are seven shows with something sci-fi about them, from a remake of the Space Battleship Yamato series to three mecha shows to a kids' show and a harem romance.But in this well-populated spring season, we have other genres, too: action fantasy, ecchi comedy,... | | |
| 12:49am | Spring 2013: Season Preview | | | | With a hectic season nearing its end, let’s see how many titles Spring 2013 have managed to pique my interest. TV Series Aiura After the disaster that was Kill Me Baby! back in Winter 2012, I was a bit hesitant at first when deciding whether to pick up Aiura. That said, the characters look much... | | |
| 5:32pm | 2012 Bog Snorkeling Competition and Summer Season Preview | | | | It was summer a week ago. Now it’s just raining again. As always, do try to remember that most shows most seasons are not going to be the greatest thing ever. In fact, the vast majority of shows are going to be mediocre to bad. They can still be fun to watch though. I have no idea how people... | | |
| 8:53pm | Summer 2012 Anime: full previews w/story, trailer, staff, cast, etc. | | | | Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta KoiAfter an amazing spring season, even the summer "off-season" looks pretty good. Some highlights:Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi -- Romantic stories loosely based on the lives and poetry of the great Japanese poets and poetesses of a thousand years ago. This is right up... | | |
| 5:55am | Ita Curtain |  | | | Mentioned it in the previous Desk Diary when we moved office but wasn't too keen on the curtains - so I went and made my own ^^; For a wee bit, we were using Yuzusoft tapestries as curtains ^^ I considered line drapes and roll blinds but then took inspiration from the Yuzusoft tapestries and made... | | |
| 10:23am | Mother's Day, Anime Style | | | | Sunday is Mother's Day, a day to do something nice for that very special mom in your life. It's also a good excuse to reflect on the various mothers seen in anime series, and there are several basic archetypes to explore. First there are the "perfect mother" types like Akiko from Kanon or Junko Kaname,... | | |
| 8:03am | Life in Tokyo 70 | | | | The A Week in Tokyo series started back in 2007 - the purpose was to help me keep a log of my life and to share what life is like in Japan with folks around the world. 2007 was when I started up my company Mirai Inc and if you read through the series, you will be able to observe how I built my business... | | |
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