| 1:40pm | Calling all classicists | | | | Vicipaedia needs otaku who can write decent Latin. The anime and manga pages are pathetic. (I had several years of Latin, but that was a long time ago in a different century, and it would take more time than I can spare to regain competence.) ***** Another entry for the “ducks in anime”... | | |
| 3:21pm | Bearable Male Protagonists | | | | As a follow up to last week’s post on male protagonists whose personalities are so contrived that the fact that anyone even acknowledges them let alone falls for them is amazing in itself, I thought I would compile a short list of the ones I thought were not so bad… 1. Okazaki Tomoya (Clannad) ... | | |
| 8:21pm | Mikan Watch #21: On Your Mark | | | | Maybe? You’d be forgiven for being unable to notice what I’m referring to here, so let me point it out. Errr, yeah, perhaps this one is a bit of a stretch, but you can clearly make out the ん, and that does kind of look like part of a か to the left of it. As such, I’m going to... | | |
| 10:47pm | Negima Season 2 | | | | I was looking to see if there was any dvd’s worth getting and I noticed that negima season 2 was out to buy it comes in two sets with episodes 1-13 in one and 14-to 26 in the other. I really want both at once but I think that I’ll only be able to get one cause there £34 each. I’ll... | | |
| 4:39pm | Maria Holic- Pander Spectacular or/and Something Mo(r)e? |  | | | By Nomad (Needs more Bookshelves) OttoSo, I’ve been rather busy with Grad School recently, blah blah. I’ll save you the Fred-isms, and start moving towards the point. Anyway, Shinbo makes a lot of crazy stuff, most of which I really like. Recently, he’s just been the director on MariaHolic,... | | |
| 3:25am | Akamatsu wants to do hadoukens as well |  | | | Canned Dogs recently posted an article about Akamatsu commenting on the recent increase of popularity of the Negima manga, which he says; Akamatsu’s opinion is that the current direction of the manga is good as the battles have been pretty compact and it’s good to have an increase in readership... | | |
| 5:15am | Negima! 248 |  | | | Negi goes in for the kill. With not just one attack but a whole chain of close range Emittam spells. Until he even breaks the stadium’s barrier. Man, both of them really show no restraint and awareness to the fact that they are being watched by spectators. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Rakan.... | | |
| 11:21am | Cool Products Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | | | | 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... | | |
| 2:06am | Negima! 247 |  | | | My jaw f*cking dropped. Seriously. God damn it Negi, that is sum serious hax thar. From double lightning absorption, close-quarters combat at lightning speed (should’ve done that from the start), his original spell ‘Titanslayer’ (damn that lightning Lance looks so awesome), luring... | | |
| 11:41pm | Orion and Guff on FMA |  | | | A blog that was dead since last year suddenly came to life and produced a post on FMA Brotherhood 01, of all things. The power of alchemy! Apparently, Hughes is alive and well for some reason. So, must be a remake. Also: The most interesting of the new cast is definitely Inoue Kikuko as Lust, especially... | | |
| 2:08am | Do my eyes decieve me? A Negima reference? | | | | I ‘m really behind on this, so I tried to catch up and read chapters 217 to 229 (I’ll get caught up with the rest of iteventually). I couldn’t believe my eyes, Negima in Airgear! Turns out Nakayama is also a fan of Ken Akamatsu, and using that little bit of Negi Magic, she gets... | | |
| 9:44pm | Negima!? neo Vol 1 by Akamatsu & Fujima Manga Review | | | | Title: Negima!? neo Vol 1 Story: Ken Akamatsu Art: Takuya Fujima Publisher: Del Rey ISBN: 9780345509987 May Contain Spoilers The introduction to this re-telling of Negima! left me underwhelmed. I never got into the original series because the fan-service was a big turn-off. ... | | |
| 5:26pm | Negima! 246 |  | | | Negi! :o Well, of course after being looked down like that by Rakan. surely even my blood would boil. Negi and Kotarou team, REVIVED! Kotarou starts it off with his own ultimate. But of course, he’s not a real match for Rakan. And Negi unleashes another trump card, Duplex Complexio.... | | |
| 8:09pm | Natsu no Arashi: Storm of Quality & Scandal |  | | | Upcoming anime 夏のあらし! / Natsu no Arashi! (Storm of Summer), airing April 5th, has succeeded in attracting attention to itself for all the wrong reasons. Preview images show Asread Quality in evidence, and as if to inadvertently draw attention to this, the producer Starchild has incited... | | |
| 6:50pm | Spring '09 Previews | | | | There are several interesting facts about this spring season. First with the exception of FMA, Hayate and Polyphonica, all other series are new. Another noteworthy fact is that all series are adaptions from manga, novels or games with Eden and Basquash as the only exceptions! As for my expectations ... | | |
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