| 9:32pm | Planes that Never Land: The Sky Crawlers | | | | Oshii Mamoru, director of Ghost in the Shell and its sequel, is very well known in both the American anime fandom and the American artist’s community for his striking visuals, attention to environment and detail, and philosophy-charged narratives. With that in mind, I attended the US premiere... | | |
| 11:00am | Mahou Shoujo Ai 3 Total Fiasco |  | | | As reported here recently, new tentacle raep eroge Mahou Shoujo Ai 3 managed to somehow ship without the actual game CGs included, almost reducing the eroge (a genre certainly dependent on visuals) down to the level of the text-based MUDS popular in the 1980s. Not unexpectedly, the reaction of otaku... | | |
| 4:05pm | Porfy no Nagai Tabi - 50 | | | | Short Synopsis: Porfy tries to find out what happened to Mina, while the creators are having the time of their lives teasing the hell out of us viewers. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 (Awesome) OMG! OMG OMG! This was such an awesome episode! Oh, the irony, this episode really showed the big strength... | | |
| 11:26am | Nanoha Strikers “Romantic Pillowcase” |  | | | The upcoming Nanoha movie has ensured activity on the Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Strikers goods front; the most interesting we hear of is this Subaru and Tiana “romantic pillowcase”, displaying the pair in no small detail. This looks to be a Comiket only, at ¥10,000, so it is likely one... | | |
| 11:26am | Nanoha Movie “Romantic Pillowcase” |  | | | The upcoming Nanoha movie has ensured activity on the Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Strikers goods front; the most interesting we hear of is this Subaru and Tiana “romantic pillowcase”, displaying the pair in no small detail. This looks to be a Comiket only, at ¥10,000, so it is likely one... | | |
| 2:48am | Mahou Shoujo Ai 3 Ships Without Pictures |  | | | Just released tentacle raep eroge 魔法少女アイ参 / Mahou Shoujo Ai 3 has forgotten to include the actual game CGs in the game by the looks of things, for not a single erotic illustration appears throughout the game; all that is provided is a blank screen to aid player onanism. The issue... | | |
| 4:54am | ANN hates Nanoha | | | | I lol’d. ANN once again proves that their reviewers, well stink. I chuckled many times while reading Mr. Kimlinger’s review. Do I have a biased vantage point? Of course. Do they as well? Of course. But then again, when has an ANN reviewer actually said something worth taking seriously?... | | |
| 7:59am | Dragonball Evolution Looks Pretty Good Actually… | | | | Just saw the above trailer for the upcoming Dragonball Evolution movie, which has been dubbed by many as the greatest movie disaster of the decade. I used to think so too, and even made a promise to myself that I wouldn’t go anywhere near the movie when it’s out. But after seeing the... | | |
| 3:27am | Summer Wars [サマーウォーズ] Scheduled for 2009 | | | | Fans of Mamoru Hosoda, the director behind Toki o Kakeru Shōjo, will be pleased to know that his latest work Summer Wars [サマーウォーズ] will be released in Japan in Summer 2009. The story revolves around a modern-day family that embarks on a midsummer adventure together at the behest of a... | | |
| 11:10pm | 5 Anime I’m Thankful For |  | | | Obligatory Thanksgiving post of some sort is obligatory, y’all. Happy Turkey Day. 5. Uta Kata Uta Kata may not have been the best magical girl series ever, but it at least managed to break the annoying cute-hyper-girl-goes-to-school -has-a-talking-cute-thing-and- transforms-into-something-cute... | | |
| 8:30pm | Cosplay Kickboxer: “I Want To Be Strong Like Nanoha’s Vita” |  | | | Champion welter weight kickboxer and crossdressing otaku cosplay maniac Youichirou Jienotsu Nagashima has vowed a KO for his next opponent, a Thai, proclaiming in true Haruhi fashion: “I have no interest in any ordinary Thai. What concerns me are aliens, people from the future, and ESPers. I’ll... | | |
| 8:30pm | Cosplay Kickboxer: “I Want To Be Strong Like Nanoha’s Vita” |  | | | Champion welter weight kickboxer and crossdressing otaku cosplay maniac Youichirou Jienotsu Nagashima has vowed a KO for his next opponent, a Thai, proclaiming in true Haruhi fashion: “I have no interest in any ordinary Thai. What concerns me are aliens, people from the future, and ESPers. I’ll... | | |
| 8:27am | Code Speed Anime Trance 5 Review |  | | | I just posted about this the other day. Didn’t take long, did it? I had some trouble finding the Caipirinha album but someone came through. Instead of reviewing that album I’m just going to upload the songs to youtube and you can just listen. I’ll throw in the UmaUma 3 ones I mentioned... | | |
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