| 11:39am | Nihon University |  | | | image ID#26491Had the honor of speaking this week at the largest university in Japan - Nihon University.And you could squeeze them like this while making a "puni puni" sound.image ID#26492Zooming back in time to the morning at about 10:40. Is making our way by car to the economics building at Nihon University... | | |
| 6:06pm | [Ascaloth] K-ON!, Episode 8 | | | | A new school year has arrived, it’s time for a new beginning. It almost seems like yesterday when the girls were worrying about the survival of the recently-revived Light Music Club, and now they’ve already set their minds to expanding their dreams. Which, of course, means it’s time... | | |
| 6:46am | Birdy the Mighty Decode 2 Series Review | | | | With spring impressions out of the way, I’ve got some time to finish up the previous season’s anime. First up is one of the best shows of the winter season, Birdy the Mighty Decode 2 but before we get there, I wanted to mention a couple new additions to my series review posts starting with this... | | |
| 10:32pm | ‘Waiter, there’re noises in this OP!’ | | | | I’ve been busy, writing essays and experiencing the loneliness of the long-distance reader. Here’s a list of some post ideas I’ve thrown together, but not worked up: a condensed review of The Skull Man; a post about honour in the eighth episode of Space Runaway Ideon; praise for the... | | |
| 1:02pm | Manga Review: Genghis Khan - To the Ends of the Earth and Sea |  | | | The Japanese novel To the Ends of the Earth and Sea - the story of Mongolian leader Genghis Khan - recently saw two different adaptations. The first was an epic live-action film in 2007. A co-production between Japan and Mongolia, the Genghis Khan movie won over the critics thanks to its lavish Mongolian... | | |
| 6:28am | K-ON Nendoroid | | | | Those who read the K-ON blog will already know about the K-ON! Nendoroids that were announced. First up will be Yui and Mio! No ETA yet but will get you more juicy details when I get them. Speaking of juicy details, thought I'd cover some old juice from behind the scenes at GSC and Max Factory First... | | |
| 11:17pm | The History of the West Wing Manhua Review | | | | Title: The History of the West Wing Based on the story by: Wang Shifu Written by: SUN Jiaya Art by: Guo Guo Publisher: Yen Press ISBN: 9780759529922 May Contain Spoilers Based on a classic Chinese play, The History of the West Wing is the forbidden romance between the daughter of a government... | | |
| 4:21am | A Day in Tokyo 5 | | | | image ID#26205Had a health checkup this time last year and wrote about it in the Health Care in Japan article. "You never know until you ask" has been a motto I've been religiously following and this time asked if I could bring my camera to take pics of the medical equipment used in the tests - the hospital... | | |
| 3:26am | Live Action Review - Star Trek | | | | I kind of hate it that my first “real” post coming back from my hiatus is for a live action movie, but that’s how it is. Now, on to the review Star Trek is a sequel/prequel/reboot/whatever /all of the above of the Star Trek franchise which has been dead in the water since Star Trek:... | | |
| 3:43pm | 8 Must Watch Anime for Spring 09 | | | | Following through my post on the most promising spring series this year, it’s time to re-evaluate that list. It’s already about a month into the season so I’ve managed to catch all the series I wanted to. Some were not as good as I originally thought, while some proved to get better... | | |
| 8:26am | Morinaga Milk’s Girl Friends Vol.1 and 2 | | | | I’m not entirely sure why I suddenly decided that I had to have these two tankubon. But when I did, Amazon.jp (even Marketplace) was out of stock, Kinokuniya Singapore refused to accept my order - something about ‘due to the content’ and the vigilant eyes of the Customs officers of... | | |
| 12:00am | Macross Zero is a Peculiar Prequel | | | | [This posts does not use spoiler tags, but provides sufficient warning] I don’t believe it tells the story of how everything begins. If anything, it introduced or complicated the mysteries of the extended narrative; in particular that of the Protoculture, the mysterious ‘first race’... | | |
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