| 9:37pm | Spring 2013 Kaleidoscope – June 18th | | | | #1: Yahari Blahblah – 09: The main character’s pessimism: I’m really surprised at how well that has been done in this series. It really has depth: he’s not just wise-cracking his way through the series, nor is he wallowing in self-pity. He is who he is, and he is happy that way,... | | |
| 7:22pm | Kaoru Yuki: 2. A Stage of Many Souls | | | | Design by shibakaien An anime/manga’s characters make up a great deal of the title’s worth. There are titles like Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure where the concept of bravery and manhood are the centre of attraction; other titles, like Revolutionary Girl Utena focus on drama; still other manga... | | |
| 6:15am | Love Live! School Idol Project 06 |  | | | “Mine! ALL MINE!” Summary: Nozomi interviews the members of μ’s, ostensibly for a presentation the Student Council is putting together about the school’s clubs. She also asks when μ’s is going to put together a new, PV, since they now have seven members, not three. Later,... | | |
| 6:15am | Love Live! School Idol Project 06 |  | | | “Mine! ALL MINE!” Summary: Nozomi interviews the members of μ’s, ostensibly for a presentation the Student Council is putting together about the school’s clubs. She also asks when μ’s is going to put together a new, PV, since they now have seven members, not three. Later,... | | |
| 7:00pm | Yuri Artbook: Miyabi Fujieda's Color Illustration Collection 2000-2006 | | | | In 2010, you may remember that Kazami Akira-san was very kind to let me know of an art show in Akihabara, featuring the work of one of my favorite artists, Fujieda Miyabi (who sketches live sometimes on his Ustream channel.) We happened to be free that day, and were delighted to be able to see the... | | |
| 2:32pm | Otome Game to Anime Adaptations are Crap. | | | | *clears tumbleweeds off blog* Hello! It’s been a while I’ve been watching a few animes this spring but for the most part I’ve been busy plowing through my otome game backlog and my focus hasn’t really been on this blog. JP’s been busy with Mass Effect (or whatever other... | | |
| 2:32pm | Otome Game to Anime Adaptations are Crap. | | | | *clears tumbleweeds off blog* Hello! It’s been a while I’ve been watching a few animes this spring but for the most part I’ve been busy plowing through my otome game backlog and my focus hasn’t really been on this blog. JP’s been busy with Mass Effect (or whatever other... | | |
| 12:20pm | Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica – OST I | | | | Kajiura Yuki has long been one of my favourite soundtrack composers, both in the anime and video game industry. With series like .hack//SIGN, Mai-Otome, Pandora Hearts, and of course, Fate/Zero under her belt, it's always fair to expect great things. For Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica she brings us a typically... | | |
| 11:17pm | A Season of Optimism: full previews of spring shows | | | | Big buzz. Everyone seems to have high expectations for the upcoming spring season. Including me. There are promising shows in almost every genre. I'm not sure I see any masterpieces, but time will tell.Kawamori Shouji (Macross) is working with writer Okada Mari (true tears, AnoHana) to bring us a science... | | |
| 5:14pm | [Zyl] This Week In Anime (09/52) | | | | Oniichan, why did you grope my boob!? BECAUSE IT WAS THERE, TSUKIHI-CHANAnime Power Ranking votes:Nisemonogatari (10): Surely Koyomi and co will overcome in the end but, for the very first time in this franchise (that includes Bakemonogatari), I feel real danger from the arc's antagonist, i.e. Yozuru.... | | |
| 5:14pm | [Zyl] This Week In Anime (09/52) | | | | Oniichan, why did you grope my boob!? BECAUSE IT WAS THERE, TSUKIHI-CHANAnime Power Ranking votes:Nisemonogatari (10): Surely Koyomi and co will overcome in the end but, for the very first time in this franchise (that includes Bakemonogatari), I feel real danger from the arc's antagonist, i.e. Yozuru.... | | |
| 11:55am | Answers to 50 questions no one asked! | | | | Who doesn’t love a good bandwagon? After seeing Caraniel post one of these, and tracing its origin back through several blogs, I thought “let’s pretend I’m a proper member of the blogworld instead of an occasional poster whose heyday was four years ago” and decided to post one... | | |
| 11:55am | Answers to 50 questions no one asked! | | | | Who doesn’t love a good bandwagon? After seeing Caraniel post one of these, and tracing its origin back through several blogs, I thought “let’s pretend I’m a proper member of the blogworld instead of an occasional poster whose heyday was four years ago” and decided to post one... | | |
| 7:33pm | Shin Weekly Round Up: February 13th | | | | “By the power of GrayskullI have the power!” I know I have no time and it’s a bad idea to add extra duties, but I must write about anime once again. Thus, until I die of overwork, I shall endeavour to put out a Weekly Round-Up as I once did, though not for manga at the moment as I... | | |
| 7:33pm | New Weekly Round Up: February 13th | | | | “By the power of GrayskullI have the power!” I know I have no time and it’s a bad idea to add extra duties, but I must write about anime once again. Thus, until I die of overwork, I shall endeavour to put out a Weekly Round-Up as I once did, though not for manga at the moment as I... | | |
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