| 11:06pm | Anime Summer 2009 -- full previews w/cast, staff, story, trailer, pic | | | | Last summer, I could find only 30 shows to preview. This summer, there are 36, without even counting movies.And that doesn't include strong continuing shows, such as Requiem for the Phantom, Pandora Hearts, Cross Game, Before Green Gables, Mazinger Z, Guin Saga, Hanasakeru Shounen, Saki -- and new episodes... | | |
| 9:32pm | Summer 2009 Anime -- full previews w/staff, cast, story, trailer, pic | | | | Last summer, I could find only 30 shows to preview. This summer, there are 36, without even counting movies.And that doesn't include strong continuing shows, such as Requiem for the Phantom, Pandora Hearts, Cross Game, Before Green Gables, Mazinger Z, Guin Saga, Hanasakeru Shounen, Saki -- and new episodes... | | |
| 8:03pm | Summer 2009 Anime Previews -- full previews w/cast, staff, story, trailer, pic | | | | Last summer, I could find only 30 shows to preview. This summer, there are 36, without even counting movies.And that doesn't include strong continuing shows, such as Requiem for the Phantom, Pandora Hearts, Cross Game, Before Green Gables, Mazinger Z, Guin Saga, Hanasakeru Shounen, Saki -- and new episodes... | | |
| 9:59am | Loli Sex Education Ero-Manga for Kids: Naisho no Tsubomi |  | | | Perhaps sensing that Kanokon was insufficiently educational, at least where the basics are concerned, a niche sex education manga, ないしょのつぼみ / Naisho no Tsubomi (”Secret Budding”), seeks to offer a fuller explanation of puberty to children, and appears to be enjoying some... | | |
| 9:12pm | Shogakukan 54th Annual Manga Awards |  | | | Shogakukan, the mega-publishing house behind many famous manga magazines such as Shounen Sunday (and incidentally also an owner of North American anime/manga company Viz Media), announced the results for their 54th Annual Manga Awards earlier this week. The winners of this year’s awards are all... | | |
| 2:03am | Best anime of 2008, and the anime year in review, part 1. | | | | Well, at the stroke of midnight, 2008 ended and the new year began, and whether you spent the night partying with family and friends or you spent your time reflecting on the past year, I hope you enjoyed the night. To me, this time of the year makes me feel reflective... | | |
| 9:17pm | Naisho no Tsubomi | | | | Growing up is something we all have to face eventually, and for elementary school student Tsubomi, the time to start the transition from childhood to adulthood has arrived. With a younger sibling on the way, her first period and the realisation that boys can be more than just friends, Tsubomi has a lot... | | |
| 4:16am | A bus load of idols and other interesting searches part 2 | | | | Of the past six months the search term “a bus load of idols” was by far the most amusing search leading to my blog. I don’t know about you but if the back of my local buses were loaded with ladies like these I’d say screw my car and take the bus to work. ... | | |
| 2:18am | Naisho no Tsubomi 3 review, a new life and a new love is born. | | | | This OAV begins with Tsubomi looking through a old family photo album and seeing pictures of when she was born. She says that people fall in love and then have children, but she wonders why people fall in love. Later Rea-pi tells Tsubomi that Daiki definitely likes her, and she tells... | | |
| 4:34pm | Naisho no Tsubomi 2, between boys and girls? | | | | This episode begins with Tsubomi’s mother showing a tape of her ultrasound to Tsubomi, Rea-pi, Yae, and Saya, with the girls asking her if it’s a boy or girl? Tsubomi’s mother tells them since a penis is not visible then it’s most likely a girl, and Rea-pi gets... | | |
| 2:04am | Akiraman’s Anime Summer 2008 - 02 - Video Compilation | | | | Akiraman’s Anime Watchlist Spring 2008, the 2nd updated list compiled from various blogs, with videos. With so much distractions these days its hard to compile a list of interesting summer anime to watch. This later half of the year has more anime than the first. More video upates later. #Update2... | | |
| 8:00am | The birds and the bees with Naisho no Tsubomi | | | | Where do babies come from? With nothing to watch and time to kill earlier today, I ended up watching the first episode of Naisho no Tsubomi. With a cast that included Nazuka Kaori, Koshimizu Ami, Kanda Akemi, Shiraishi Ryoko (who I am loving in Zettai Karen Children), and Kobayashi Sanae, I figured... | | |
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