| 7:13pm | Games Convention Asia 2009 |  | | | Went down on saturday to check out the Games Convention Asia 2009 down at Suntec City. It showcased some of the latest games as well as some regional gaming competitions. Read after the jump for more. Rather small grounds and not much of a crowd this time. I noticed that the exhibition leaned heavily... | | |
| 10:57am | Cool Products Friday, September 18, 2009 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 7:56am | I Felt Like Watching: Kuroshitsuji. | | | | The need to watch something fabulous was necessary. And I can’t help but HNNNNGGGG at Ciel. Something is wrong with me, so for the time being, filler post. | | |
| 11:30pm | 57 Fall Anime -- story, staff, cast, trailer, pic | | | | There are more new shows this fall than in any season over the past few years. But I'm not sure the quality -- or at least the appeal to my taste -- will be that high. I don't see any shows I expect to be as good as the great shows of this past summer season, such as Aoi Hana and Bakemonogatari. But... | | |
| 4:20am | Kuroshitsuji Insert Song – Call thy name, “Stella Mystica” | | | | Finally a song fully in English.Call thy name, “Stella Mystica”Lyrics: Kano KaoriComposition: Iwasaki TakuArrangement: Iwasaki TakuNight above the forestThrough dusty moonlightHe, a crystal sheepCome falling with graceEmbrace like a snakeTrace through my silk napeKiss to my fateFulfill my... | | |
| 4:11am | Kuroshitsuji Insert Song – Wie schön! | | | | Yet another song in German. I don’t get it, either.Wie schön!Lyrics: Kano KaoriComposition: Iwasaki TakuArrangement: Iwasaki TakuAus zum Nachthimmel, streck’ich mich, der mich blendet.Ich fleh’Dich an, Du Wundergöttin mein!Du gibst mir die Kraft des Lebens.Aus der Quelle schwallt... | | |
| 12:13am | Kuroshitsuji Insert Song – The Dark Crow Smiles | | | | The song is in English except for the chorus, which appears to be Latin. There are parts that I don’t understand in the Latin. Scroll down if you’d like to try translating them.The Dark Crow SmilesLyrics: LotusJuiceComposition: Iwasaki TakuArrangement: Iwaskai Takusir, excuse me for interruptingallow... | | |
| 9:58pm | Kuroshitsuji Insert Song – Die Hasen! | | | | As far as I can tell it’s an insert song that never made it into the anime.It’s also in German. If someone fluent in German would like to take a crack at it, be my guest. I’ll credit you if you can share the translation with me.A quick glance at the Japanese text provided in | | |
| 9:32pm | Kuroshitsuji Insert Song – Si deus me relinquit | | | | This is the chilling soprano song heard in a few episode of Kuroshitsuji. The lyrics were originally in Latin, but a Japanese translation was provided in the lyrics booklet.There are five people listed on the page of credits in the booklet, but no specific singer was credited for this song.If God has... | | |
| 7:45am | (Very Late) First Look Fair: Princess Lover |  | | | Another enforced anime club viewing brings you, dear readers, a first impressions post of a summer show when everyone else seems to be doing their fall preview posts. It’s great to be so current! And so out of character from my tastes. One thing I noticed right off the bat is how, at least in... | | |
| 12:24pm | Cool Products Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 2:12pm | STGCC 2009 – Cosplayer Galore (15-16 Aug 09) |  | | | Here we are, the mega post of all the cosplayers that we took during the weekends in STGCC 2009 (Singapore Toys, Games and Comics Convention 2009). This is one of the awesome events that we enjoyed. The photos are taken by oOgA and nutcase23 so cheerios! Nuff talking and enjoy the mega photo galore.... | | |
| 4:23pm | Becca - An American Rock Girl in Japan |  | | | When Otakon announced that one of their Sunday performers would be Portland-born rock singer Becca, pretty much everybody I knew had the same reaction: Who is this American girl and why is she performing at Otakon? What we didn’t know was the unique story of an American rock singer who had already... | | |
| 8:40am | CD: Kuroshitsuji Sound Complete | | | | 2CD soundtrack to last years Kuroshitsuji by Taku Iwasaki. About time. Scheduled for August 26, 2009.「 黒執事 」 サウンドコンプリート BLACK BOX Title : Kuroshitsuji Sound Complete BLACK BOXArtists : Taku Iwasaki2009.08.26 : SVWC-7646~48 01.02.03.04.05.06.07.08.09.10. 11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.... | | |
| 1:25am | Daicon : Thoughts (excluding concert review) | | | | I’m quite tired out now, so I’ll just keep it short. Not going to write a whole essay or many posts regarding Daicon. For more reviews and coverage, here’s a mirror to NK-DS, of which I’m currently on the trip with. They have the Q&A panel, some thoughts about the concert... | | |
|