| 8:13pm | Wasting time | | | | I came across yet another damned book meme over at Robbo’s, and I thought that adapting it for anime might be a pleasant way of spending a lunch hour. • What anime are you watching now? The only current series I’m following is Macademi Wasshoi, and if there are more episodes like the fifth,... | | |
| 4:45am | Face Off: Ray and Mike Battle Over ‘Mouryou no Hako’ |  | | | Ray: [Mouryou no Hako is] too slow paced and by the 10 minute mark I got bored. No, it’s not yaoi, I get that, but I honestly don’t see it as a great show. It’s just dressed up with surealism and bizzaro-ness. Mike: It’s definitely slower paced, sure. But I don’t really... | | |
| 5:36pm | Casshern Sins: You looked as if you were dancing | | | | It’s hard to explain how I feel about Casshern Sins. It’s way beyond anything else I’ve seen this year. More than just another good anime series, more than just entertainment, I find it is engaging, evocative and inspiring, perched somewhere in-between the surreal, fable-like quality... | | |
| 8:20am | First Look Fair: Eternal Sonata |  | | | My, mymy first real article in a month, and it’s a game review of all things. This isn’t just any game, though–it’s a very anime-ish game, featuring Hirano Aya no less as the main girl, and it offers a blend of story, music, and sensible gameplay that has me enthralled like... | | |
| 8:20am | First Look Fair: Eternal Sonata |  | | | My, mymy first real article in a month, and it’s a game review of all things. This isn’t just any game, though–it’s a very anime-ish game, featuring Hirano Aya no less as the main girl, and it offers a blend of story, music, and sensible gameplay that has me enthralled like... | | |
| 8:43pm | 충사 블루레이 박스: Mushishi Blu-ray Box | | | | 출처: http://www.neowing.co.jp/detai lview.html?KEY=AVXA-29045 올것이 왔다! 며칠전에 afternoon 1월호에서 정보가 있었다고 했지만 사진도 없고 해서 진짜인지 의심했습니다만 제대로된 출처가 떴습니다. 3월 27일 발매입니다. 특전도 꽤 풍부하군요.... | | |
| 4:56am | Essential Anime | | | | Sometimes, love em or hate em, there are shows you just have to watch. Just as it is essential to eat certain healthy foods to maintain life, and it is essential to study if you want to score well on tests, there are certain anime that, as an anime fan, are essential to watch. (shit analogy, I know.)... | | |
| 10:38pm | On genre, gender and fan demographics | | | | One thing that’s caught my attention lately is how, in terms of genre and target audience, categorising an anime or manga series is surprisingly complicated. Many titles are marketed along the lines of age and gender of the target audience or readership: namely shounen (young, male), shoujo (young,... | | |
| 12:14pm | Michiko to Hatchin [Episode 3] Enter Sáo Cabal!!! |  | | | Well, almost two weeks have gone by since my last post, and in that time we’ve seen the release of two more episodes of Michiko to Hatchin, a strong indication that Manglobe intends to release the series weekly as often as it can. I don’t know for sure what exactly caused the delay of the second... | | |
| 6:30pm | The Mighty Hulu Brings You More Free Anime! | | | | The Mighty Hulu - which is pulling television into the 21st century - has partnered with Funimation to bring you more free streaming anime! I think the migration from broadcast television to streaming media is most definitely a good thing.Hulu's Funimation Page Now the company has announced that... | | |
| 6:48am | pyTivo |  | | | At last I have discovered a tool which allows my TiVo to download videos from a Linux system: pyTivo (the “wgw” version worked for me). Unfortunately, I don’t have anything that my family would like Mushishi is about the only thing, but that is available on DVD. UPDATE: While I’m... | | |
| 8:39pm | Casshern Sins - 05 | | | | Short Synopsis: Lyuze and Ringo return. Highlights: How come Ringo and Casshern went to exactly the same place? Overall Enjoyment Value: 7,5/10 (Good) This episode returns us to the main storyline, when first Lyuze finally decides to show up and kill Casshern (she’s been following him everywhere,... | | |
| 2:36am | Marionettes and obsolete spaces | | | | Halloween is approaching, so here’s another list. Creepy, scary anime 1. Denno Coil, episode 19 — The series becomes darker and more intense in its second half. This episode, in which Yasako and Fumie are besieged by “illegals” while Kyoko’s cyberbody wanders in an obsolete... | | |
| 11:11pm | The Optimism of FUNimation Entertainment |  | | | “DON’T PANIC!” reads the first slide of FUNimation’s powerpoint presentation at the New York Anime Festival, and once again, the audience lets out a nervous laugh. It is the same slide that the company has shown at the last Otakon, Anime Expo, and any other convention they have... | | |
| 3:56pm | A Few Words, Plus Eva Fantasy Casting | | | | Hey guys! So I’ve mentioned this before, but I wanted to pop in and remind you all that the reason for my quietness of late is because I’m working on my new project, which I promise will be of great benefit to all y’alls. So don’t worry! I am not dead, and neither is my reporting.... | | |
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