| 7:40pm | My anime collection |  | | | In past posts, I’ve taken photos of my anime-covered room and highlighted the gems of my anime collection. But I haven’t yet talked about my actual collection of anime DVDs. Despite being into anime for eleven years now, I haven’t accumulated all that many series on DVD, mostly due... | | |
| 7:40pm | My anime collection | | | | In past posts, I’ve taken photos of my anime-covered room and highlighted the gems of my anime collection. But I haven’t yet talked about my actual collection of anime DVDs. Despite being into anime for eleven years now, I haven’t accumulated all that many series on DVD, mostly due... | | |
| 9:53pm | Puella Magi Madoka Abstract Subversion Nyanyan Death | | | | In 12 episodes, Puella Magi Madoka Magica convinced me that there’s more to Akiyuki Shinbo than otaku-pandering. The director has increasingly been held in high regard, but until Madoka, I’d not taken any substantial steps into his oeuvre. Not even Bakemonogatari coaxed me in, but post-Madoka,... | | |
| 11:09am | Dog Days and the Highschool Hero complex | | | | Also, we will win the war, youll have some powerful, hidden ability and youll fall in love with me. Also youll stay here forever and ever without question. Believe it.Dog Days was kind of a disappointment for me. The whole thing seems so sloppy, so rushed. Random war, then throw in a random highschool... | | |
| 4:49am | Meaningful readings of Natsume’s Book of Friends |  | | | Natsume’s Book of Friends Written and drawn by Yuki Midorikawa Published by Viz Media. 208 pages. 2010. $9.99 What to love about this title? Lots of elements that comes down to either Nyanko-sensei or even just how cool Natsume is (especially when he blows out youkai names.) Okay okay.. Natsume... | | |
| 5:30pm | Karakuri Odette vol. 1: My Life as a Teenage Robot | | | | I had never heard of Karakuri Odette, not one bit. In a lot of ways, this is what I want from the Manga Movable Feast; I like being introduced to a series, but I get recommendations all the time as I’m sure many others do, so having the push to pick it up is helpful. Karakuri Odette also provides... | | |
| 9:17pm | 2011 Resolutions & Predictions | | | | art by Hide [pixiv source] About 5% of the year is already gone so it’s time enough that I lay out some resolutions/self-goals and gin up a few predictions. Resolutions: 1) See Japanese baseball games in person. A while ago, I found out that Bob Bavasi of Japanball also organizes trips twice... | | |
| 4:49am | Anime-Planet.com, a worthy replacement for MyAnimeList? | | | | Apparently, I’ve had an Anime Planet account since December of 2009. At least that’s what my import history tells me. But it’s only with the recently unbearable MyAnimeList slowdowns that I decided to give AP a fair chance. I thought I’d take more time writing this post, but for whatever reason,... | | |
| 1:03am | Welcome to my anime haven | | | | *Click the image for a larger version* It’s now been a year and four months since I last posted photos of my room, which is covered in anime posters and goodies. My room actually got featured in ANN’s Shelf Life back in Sept. 2009 when I submitted the photos. A lot has changed since then,... | | |
| 5:12pm | Weening myself off MAL | | | | Unfortunately, MAL has been getting slower and more unusable lately. Apparently to the point where I’m subjecting myself to Endless Eighting Mushishi episodes. It’s a shame, because even though MAL seemingly hasn’t been improved in years, it’s actually still a fantastic cataloguing and... | | |
| 9:17pm | Cowboy Bebop Review - 90/100 | | | | Eheh. Okay. I now understand why Cowboy Bebop is held with such a high regard. I’m really impressed with what a ridiculously solid series it turned out to be. This show has a rock solid direction that makes the most out of its very impressive budget. This series is another major example of... | | |
| 7:59am | Rounding out the year with manga..my picks for 2010. | | | | This was my window at one point In terms of American manga publishing, it is consistently playing the catch up game with translating/publishing either Japanese or Korean graphic novels that would satisfy readers. Though there are the OEL, which does have fans as well, my strong preference is for Japanese... | | |
| 5:01am | Epi’s 10 Best Anime of the 2000s |  | | | It’s that time of the year again, the end of the year when it’s time to reflect back to the past. Last year I brought you a 12 days of Christmas rendition anime-style, but for this year I thought I would do something different. As I am actually away right now on vacation, I thought it would... | | |
| 3:38am | Leaving the scaffolding in place |  | | | by dm00 Schmaltzy song, maybe, but I like the technique in this short (3 min) animation, and the way it leaves hints of the scaffolding in place: I’ve long been interested in the scaffolding. And it’s pretty easy to get a close look at the scaffolding behind anime. As everyone knows,... | | |
| 7:00am | English Lyric Anime Songs – Serious Songs for Serious Anime | | | | English language theme songs are rare in anime, but it recently occurred to me that some of them rank among the best I’ve heard used in the medium. If there’s a tendency in the use of songs sung by native English speakers, especially those that appear on this list, it’s that they’re more somber... | | |
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