| 2:00pm | Points to ADV for putting good shows on DVDs for sale? |  | | | From Anime Corporation News - ADV Films New Release Sale ADV is celebrating their 15th anniversary by charing only $15 for the volume 1 releases of Air, Innocent Venus, Red Garden, and Welcome to the NHK. Sale. Ray’s take: All right, 3/5 points for trying. But take a good look and one can... | | |
| 7:40pm | 42 New Fall Anime -- Cast, Staff, Story, Pic | | | | Here are just about all the series and OVAs scheduled to start this fall, according to the Japanese site MoonPhase -- 35 series and seven OVAs. I've tried to give a story intro, show a pic, and talk about the staff and cast of each one. Click images to enlarge.Nothing seems like an instant classic, but... | | |
| 2:21pm | Saimoe Main Tournament Second Group Stage |  | | | Listings for the second group qualifiers. Graphical representation available here, credits to Aya Reiko of the Animesuki forums. Group A 9月17日 シャナ@灼眼のシャナ シリーズ [ Shana @ Shakugan no Shana Series ] 9月17日 エヴァンジェリン・A K・マクダウェル@ネ... | | |
| 2:07pm | Saimoe Main Tournament Group Stage Day 32 |  | | | Today’s result:- Group H4 有効コードがある票の 順位 1位 569票 中原岬@N H・Kにようこそ! < < Nakahara Misaki @ NHK ni Youkoso! >> 2位 523票 ルーテシ @魔法少女リリカル のはStrikerS < < Lutecia @ Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha... | | |
| 2:12am | Watch Welcome to the NHK Ep.1 FREE on ADVFilms.com | | | | PR: Now is your chance to watch the first episode of the new dark comedy from studio GONZO - Welcome to the NHK! See Ep. 1 for FREE before the DVD even hits the stores! “Whether you are a proud otaku, a fan that lives in constant fear of being perceived as a | | |
| 3:33am | Manga Review: Welcome to the NHK Volume 2 (Blog) | | | | Volume 2 starts off with Tatsuhiro frantically trying to avoid the inevitable train wreck that will occur once his mother arrives. Tatsuhiro may not have much motivation in life, but there's one thing he's certain of - he doesn't want his mother to force him to move back home. | | |
| 4:31pm | Announcing AB Antenna v2.1! |  | | | AnimeBlogger.net is proud to announce version 2.1 of their Antenna aggregator, with lots of new features focusing on customization of feeds and the interface. Customization features require registering for a free account and being logged in, but you’ll be able to make the Antenna display posts... | | |
| 4:09am | Welcome to the Weekned off | | | | So yeah, if you couldn’t tell I took the weekend off. I needed to just like break and stuff (I need active staff I swear), but anyway I wanted to get some FFXI time in (yep quit WoW to go back). Though another thing was to catch up on stuff I don’t blog about, like Welcome to the NHK,... | | |
| 6:00am | Manga Review: Welcome to the NHK Volume 1 (Blog) | | | | Welcome to the NHK is an unsettling, black comedy about a guy who lives a secluded life as a "hikikomori" (someone who dreads social interactions and doesn't leave his apartment) and how he tries to overcome that fear with the help of a mysterous young girl named Misaki and his Otaku neighbor, Kaoru.... | | |
| 9:56am | Claymore - 23 | | | | Most of the times, I’m not that inclined to agree with manga-readers when company X changes the storyline of anime Y a bit. NHK ni Youkoso and Death Note, for example turned out perfectly fine, with a few flaws here and there, perhaps. xxxHolic and Bokura no also proved to be perfect adaptations,... | | |
| 8:06pm | Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 2 and 3 | | | | Bure bure bure bure I don’t think I’ll run out of reasons for saying that this show is a piece of comic genius. High school comedies are two-a-penny (or a dime a dozen, depending on where you shop) so it’s testament to the writing that it can play around with the personality stereotypes... | | |
| 11:04pm | [PR] Newtype USA Goes Gaga for The Story of Saiunkoku! | | | | Exclusive cover and feature on the sizzling new anime series HOUSTON, August 30, 2007-Newtype USA, the top anime magazine in North America, leads off the fall anime season with a blast of beautiful characters, romantic entanglements and political drama with its exclusive cover and feature on The... | | |
| 1:54pm | [Crest] 秒速5センチメートル (Byousoku 5 Cm) Review | | | | Being one of the new members, I was told to write before tripeman be unleashed on me. In great fear, I wasted my whole day on this. Hope you all enjoy it. Author’s Note: This is an article that’s about my personal opinions and views on 秒速5センチメートル ~ a chain of short stories... | | |
| 5:24pm | Autumn Season Preview | | | | When I first glanced upon the list of series that were slated for the Fall-Season, I thought that this Season would be even worse than the Fall-Season of 2006. Thankfully, I was wrong; there are quite a few interesting series out there, and there are way less shounen and harem-series than last year.... | | |
| 2:40pm | The Yuribou guide to fanservice for animators - Part #1 | | | | | The Reverse Breast Grab (or RBG) - One of the advanced manoeuvres that can make or break a seasoned fanservice animator’s career. Hello young animator! You’ve fought through the ranks of artist wannabes and failed otaku sycophants and have finally won your way into the midst of greatness.... | | |
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