| 9:24pm | Tomatsu Haruka -- Birth of a Star | | | | I haven't been a fan of Tomatsu Haruka's 戸松遥 ,voice until now. But in the first episode of the new show Kannagi, she was absolutely outstanding. Her voice dipped and soared, turned and shifted, going sure-footedly from offended goddess to stranded innocent to loopy comedienne to regal mother-figure... | | |
| 5:27am | Prepare for War: An infodump on SaiMoe 2008 as it enters round 3 | | | | The tension continues to grow as we move out of the second round and into the third, where this is no longer child’s play, a domination of the popular over the obscure, but now, as the 4chan SaiMoe ads infamous put it, moe is “serious f’ing business”. Certainly we’ve seen... | | |
| 7:11am | Good Smile Company 1/8 Moetan Pastel Ink | | | | Finally did a review of my wonderful moetan pastel ink! I adore this figure, I’m so glad i was able to find her on sale as well! I have to honestly say that if i didn’t find her on sale i wouldn’t have bought her. even though she is amazing she the price was still a bit too much for... | | |
| 8:01am | Nendoroid | | | | Today we are going to have a look at just some of my unboxed Nendoroids ^^;image ID#22331For those who dont know, Nendoroid is a series of figures from Good Smile Company where the characteristic is a huge head on a weeny body.image ID#22332There are different types of Nendoroids - the standard ones... | | |
| 6:53pm | Dual Monitors, New Figures and Kyon’s a Lefty | | | | Been busy dealing with more things about my Great Aunt lately so it’s been harder and harder to come and post. Pretty much she is 82 and has been diagnosed with Leukemia. But since she also has so many pre-existing conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and Hepatitis. Radiation will... | | |
| 7:18pm | Attempting a lecture on mahou shoujo |  | | | Take your average anime club in America. It probably has a lot of mainstream fans — people who watch DBZ, Inuyasha, Cowboy Bebop Well you’ll mostly get a lot of shounen fans. Said shounen fans probably won’t take magical girl series very seriously. Or they’ll approach it... | | |
| 6:52am | Moetan Sale, Nendoroid Yoko, and No Alter Fate for Me | | | | First off, found an amazing sale on Hobby Search’s Figure Bargain, Good Smile Company’s Moetan Pastel Ink for 50% off! You heard me! 50% off! I was just about to buy her last week but ended up not since she was so expensive! I had to snag her this time around! Then i got an e-mail from... | | |
| 5:29pm | Far Beyond the Sky | | | | In Moetan, the 17-year-olds look like they’re 8. In Moetan II, the 17-year-olds look like they’re 12. Know the difference. I have only acquired anime import goods from Japan three times: first, when my friend got back from a trip and gave me a Barasuishou (Rozen Maiden) keychain, second,... | | |
| 11:13am | In response to “To State the Obvious…” by Rah’ra Clemens. |  | | | OK, this is my response to Rah’ra Clemens‘ post in its entirety. If you know you are going to be bored please stay tuned for actual anime coverage! Pornography has fucking, through and through, whether censored or uncensored. Fan service are suggestions of something sexually stimulating.... | | |
| 6:22pm | School Swimsuit & Meido Water: New Akiba Drink?! | | | | I’ve heard Zero no Tsukaima Season III is good stuff. Tiffania bust revolution! Akiba Keizai has reported on this new souvenir drink that has just started it sales in stores. Yes! Another product to targeted at the warm innocent otakus of Akiba by splashing moé characters on the labels of the... | | |
| 10:53am | Cool Items: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 | | | | 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... | | |
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