| 5:26pm | First Date: Bounen no Xamdou | | | | Title: Bounen no Xamdou (Xam’d: Lost Memories)Studio: BONESGenre: Sci-Fi Ratings (out of 5):Story: ♥♥♥Animat ion: ♥♥♥♥ Characters: ♥♥♥OP/ED Themes:♥♥♥♥ Overall: ♥♥♥½ Thoughts:... | | |
| 7:41am | Natsume Yuujin-Chou - 02 | | | | Short Synopsis: This episode shows how Ayakashi also can friendly ask their names back from Natsume’s Book of Friends. Highlights: Storytelling at its finest. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 As for the shows I’m not going to blog: - Hidamari Sketch is nice, but I’m getting a bit... | | |
| 1:00pm | Yuri News This Week - July 11, 2008 | | | | While there's no huge news this week, there's a *lot* of Yuri-related news this week, so here we go!Yuri MangaSo, Seven Seas says that their Yuri line is fine, but many fans are frustrated and angry about their inability to *find* them. Even I have run into this. I've got some insight into the issue,... | | |
| 3:10pm | Episode 01: Yakushiji Ryouko no Kaiki Jikenbo (薬師寺涼子の怪奇事件簿) | | | | So one of my most anticipated anime series finally aired. Some quick comments (with spoilers ahead): 1) It seems that they are featuring original stories instead of lifting material straight from the novel series. I see from the staff credits that the script was written by one Yamazaki Hiroyuki (川崎ヒロユキ).... | | |
| 9:15pm | What do you have on your mp3 player? |  | | | It makes you want to raise her skirt to see if she has a tail The sun is high in the sky, the beaches are full with girls in bikinis and what do I have next tome me while I lay down on my beach towel? No, it’s not another girl, it’s my portable Mp3 Player. (Actually it’s my Nintendo... | | |
| 10:57am | Cool Products: Friday, June 6, 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... | | |
| 4:33am | A-Kon 19: Dallas’ Best! | | | | Sadaharu is too cute for you not to read this.I had the pleasure of getting to go to my first ever anime convention today; a 35 dollar pleasure. The annual Dallas A-Kon event took place May 30th (yesterday) and May 31th (today) and will end end June 1st (tomorrow). I won’t deny that people from... | | |
| 9:22am | Anime Diet Radio Episode 21: Gettin’ Plastered |  | | | Anime Diet Radio, at long last, gets a toast as we reach our 21st episode! In this episode, we tackle: strange Evangelion inspired foods, Haruhi season 2 information, and in our Roundable Kaiba, Library War, Chiko Heiress of the Phantom Thief, Amatsuki, and Himitsu: The Revelation. We also follow... | | |
| 11:51pm | Yuri Manga: Yuri Hime 12, Part 2 | | | | Onward into the dark depths of Yuri Hime Volume 12!"Tokimeki Mononoke Gakuen" continues from the moment after Kiri and Arare have kissed. Arare is flipping out - not because she didn't like it, but because she did! Immediately, she wonders just how Kiri got to be that good a kisser and freaks as she... | | |
| 1:39am | A Literary Analysis of Naruto and Bleach |  | | | The belief held by certain groups that fans of Naruto and Bleach are “tards” is unfair and arrogant. Some people hate Naruto because it’s popular. I have nothing further to say about them. Others avoid Naruto and Bleach because they’re not “intellectually stimulating”.... | | |
| 10:58pm | Which is Better: Manga or Anime? |  | | | The Advantages of Reading Manga:Reading manga doesn’t consume as much time as watching anime. Fast readers can easily finish a manga chapter in five minutes. An average anime episode takes twenty-three minutes to cover the same material. Manga doesn’t have filler. Enjoying manga requires... | | |
| 4:01am | Full Metal Alchemist, Manga vs. Anime |  | | | The anime Full Metal Alchemist is terrific, but the manga is even better! I encourage anyone who has finished the anime to read the manga too. To prove my point: If we arbitrarily give Princess Mononoke an average goodness factor (unit: total goodness/time) of 2000 and a quantity factor (unit: time)... | | |
| 11:36am | Voice-acting and the dearth of iconic characters | | | | Here is one more reason to bow to the professionalism of voice actors - while famous actors may have movies tailored to their individual strengths and weaknesses, voice actors must adapt to the roles as they come. To be honest, there are not that many roles in any given year which give voice actors... | | |
| 11:36am | Voice-acting and the dearth of iconic characters | | | | Here is one more reason to bow to the professionalism of voice actors - while famous actors may have movies tailored to their individual strengths and weaknesses, voice actors must adapt to the roles as they come. To be honest, there are not that many roles in any given year which give voice actors... | | |
|