| 12:20pm | KIDDY GiRL-AND cast and airdate confirmed | | | | http://www.kiddygirl-and.com/ has been updated to confirm the air date for the first episode as the 15th of October 2009. There is also a finalised logo, which is rather like a blinged out version of the first series logo. The main staff and cast are also now confirmed along with airtimes for various... | | |
| 2:05am | Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula Ending Theme – TSUBASA | | | | WINGSVocals: SenaLyrics: SenaComposition: SenaArrangement: Nakanishi RyosukeOn the morning when I woke up alone, there wasn’t enough warmthAnd the morning sun that was too blindingly bright stung my eyesI won’t say that I’m a liarI was hurt all the sameI only embrace the smoldering... | | |
| 12:17am | Yahagi Sayuri -- Indispensable | | | | When Yahagi Sayuri 矢作紗友里 debuted at 19 as Karin, she knocked me out with her liquid, well-inflected voice.Now she has been a professional seiyuu for four years. She still has the strong, supple, quite high voice she started with, but the burbling liquidness has been toned down. She has developed... | | |
| 9:54pm | 48 Spring Anime -- full previews: story, trailer, cast, staff, pic | | | | These may be difficult times in the anime industry, but you couldn't tell it from the number of anime being produced. Forty-eight titles come out this spring -- series and OVAs -- about the same number as last spring.But quantity doesn't necessarily imply quality. Nothing here seems like an instant classic.... | | |
| 1:47am | Comiket 75 Gocky Club calendar | | | | I didn't think Gotoh was releasing anything this Comike, but a sudden update to the Gocky Club site reveals he will be selling a calendar. Other than that, all I know is that it includes at least one image of Ruri. In other news, it appears that KCO has decided to stop updating the Gotokei fansite,... | | |
| 8:39pm | Gocky Club 22 update | | | | The Gocky Club site has been updated. As well as a new top image (the old top image has been archived to a new gallery page) the products page has been updated to indicate that the Gocky Colour 2 book I reported previously has been postponed, so volume 22 is instead going to be a regular issue. Cover... | | |
| 3:32pm | Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula - 73/100 | | | | Spring 2007 was a big year for the epic mecha-series. There were plenty of huge-scale battles between mechas, space-ships and other sorts of futuristic technology, ranging from amazing (Toward the Terra, Bokura no), to the entertaining (Gurren Lagann, Heroic Age) to the downright cheesy (Kiss Dum).... | | |
| 12:23am | New FUNi License Hints: Mech’s Turn! | | | | Anyone recognize that shadow? Yeah, I don’t eitherbut here are some recent, unlicensed mech series: Kishin Taishin Gigantic Formula, Idolmaster: Xenoglossia, Kiss Dum Engage Planet, Kotetsushin Jeegany other ideas? Oop– looks like we found it! And by “we” I mean several awesome... | | |
| 9:03pm | Porfy no Nagai Tabi - 18 | | | | This was the most light-hearted episode of Porfy no Nagai Tabi in what felt like ages. The tragedy has finally settled down a bit, and it’s time for Porfy to move on and search for Mina, as he travels to Italy. Porfy walks around the harbour, searching for the place that sells tickets to the... | | |
| 5:46pm | Kurenai: Speed Grapher Minus 10 Years? | | | | The rather unique OP sequence suggested that it would be a slice of life series set in a lodging house not unlike that of Love Hina. But the moment Kurenai began, it was quite apparent that the show would be extremely similar to Speed Grapher. Almost the same plot actually. Ultra-rich young girl locked... | | |
| 12:01am | Kadokawa Is At It Again (2nd Annual Seiyuu Awards) | | | | So apparently Kadokawa managed to put their own promotional interests ahead of the greater good again with this years 2nd Annual Seiyuu awards by basically giving the noteriety to people from their own camp. The winners are inside: Best Leading Male: Miyano Mamoru (for Gundam 00) (Kadokawa Publishes... | | |
| 1:37pm | February Summary | | | | I must say that this has been the best winter-season we’ve had in years. usually, they just features one or two great series, but this season juast has a whole bunch of worthwhile watches, albeit you do have to look a bit harder than usual. #28 (28) - Dragonaut The Resonance - (6,6/10) - This... | | |
| 10:17pm | Gigantic Formula manga | | | | The first volume of a Gigantic Formula manga by Oka Shouhei has just been released (it's possible been running in Dengeki Daioh without me realizing it since I don't get that magazine)Dengeki pageYes AsiaTook me a while to find, as it is under "kishin taisen giganteitsuku fuo miyura" (the DVDs use "kijin... | | |
| 10:17pm | Gigantic Formula manga | | | | The first volume of a Gigantic Formula manga by Oka Shouhei has just been released (it's possible been running in Dengeki Daioh without me realizing it since I don't get that magazine) Dengeki page Yes Asia Took me a while to find, as it is under "kishin taisen giganteitsuku fuo miyura" (the DVDs use... | | |
| 5:48am | Jason on studios and quality |  | | | Seen at DbD: I’m looking for superior animation. I’m looking for things like “How well do they make use of HDTV?”, “How many frames are animated?”, “Does the background move?”, “When a character speaks, do they redraw the whole character or just... | | |
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