| 4:09am | As the End Nears: ef–What Are We Supposed to Be Feeling? (Part 2) |  | | | In which Mike wonders, after seeing much of its second season, whether the sacred cow he liked best last year was really all that. (This article is the spiritual successor to a similarly titled article last year about School Days’ midpoint.) A couple of months ago, Coburn of Claiming Ground wrote... | | |
| 1:45pm | Kurozuka - 10 | | | | Short Synopsis: This time on Kurozuka: exposition. Overall Enjoyment Value: 7,5/10 Well, I must say that, expecting nothing big out of the story for Kurozuka, this episode pleasantly surprised me. While not every mystery has yet been revealed, the complexity of the whole storyline seems to have tripled... | | |
| 8:23am | Weekly Anime Review (Dec. 1 – Dec. 7) | | | | Why do bad guys almost always have white hair?Let’s get this out of the way before I get back to the top picks of the fall season.This was another good week of anime watching. Two shows I didn’t list below but I did want to mention was that I finished up a re-watch of Library War and the first season... | | |
| 7:21pm | Seiyuu Awards 2008 -- Nominees List and How to Vote | | | | Thank you for your additions to the nominations list for the 2008 Seiyuu Awards. Here is the full list, along with instructions on how to vote.There are two kinds of awards that you can vote for: the main awards, several categories of them, for which Japanese voters will be voting, too; and the Overseas... | | |
| 10:50pm | Kurozuka halfway thoughts: Madhouse know how to make a vampire anime | | | | I know I’ve used the ‘diamond fashioned from broken glass’ analogy before (it was for ef-a Tale of Memories I believe) but it applies equally to Kurozuka. The word in the blogosphere is that the original manga is a bit trashy so if this is indeed the case the creative team behind the anime... | | |
| 4:07pm | Kurozuka - 09 | | | | Short Synopsis: The attack on the headquarters of the bad guys. Highlights: Turtle dude rocks Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 (Awesome) You know, I really consider this episode to have the best action-scenes of the entire series so far. Okay, so they still weren’t as well animated as episode... | | |
| 11:24pm | A Message From Miyano Mamoru To Everyone: Married and Expecting a Child |  | | | A video message from Miyano Mamoru popped up over at Nico Nico Douga (reposted above, with the original here), announcing the release of his second single, "Kimi he" 「…君へ」. Mamoru then goes on to make a couple of personal announcements, with the first being that his 25 year old self... | | |
| 11:24pm | A Message From Miyano Mamoru To Everyone | | | | A video message from Miyano Mamoru popped up over at Niconico Douga (reposted above, with the original here), announcing the release of his second single, "Kimi he" 「…君へ」. Mamoru then goes on to make a couple of personal announcements, with the first being that his 25 year old self... | | |
| 1:19pm | November Summary | | | | I must say that the current Autumn-season has been a really good one so far. There are lots of promising and charming titles, with a wide variety of different styles. #25 (32) - To Aru Majutsu no Index - (7,5/10) - I originally dropped this series, but after I found out that it was going to be 25 episodes,... | | |
| 7:54am | Anime Diet Radio Episode 27 - The Long Fall Haul | | | | After a long, long break–this is the 27th episode of Anime Diet Radio. Which was recorded a month ago, as you’ll quickly tell when you discover how far we were in the Fall season on this oneit was employment, folks, full-time employment that did me in for about a month. But in either case,... | | |
| 2:35pm | Kurozuka - 08 | | | | Short Synopsis: Kuro suddenly finds himself approached by a strange old man. Highlights: Now this is psychological horror! Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 (Awesome) Best episode of the show so far since the first episode. It’s taken a while for this series to arrive at its real meat, but now... | | |
| 8:27am | Biweekly Anime Review (Nov 9 – Nov 22) | | | | I was hoping to get this out on Monday but I ended up putting up the Christmas tree instead, which can see pics of over at my personal blog.As we’re nearing the midpoint of the season, it’s getting to be that time when I get to look ahead at the next anime season and reflect on the current season.... | | |
| 4:01pm | Kurozuka - 07 | | | | Short Synopsis: Kuro is brought to a cave where Kuromitsu is kept. Highlights: Nice little bit of depth for Kuromitsu. Overall Enjoyment Value: 7,5/10 (Good) If I had to pick one show out of the series that I’m blogging this season, where the decision to cover it on a weekly basis may not have... | | |
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