| 3:54am | What the Heck Am I Still Watching? | | | | Just trying to take stock of all the anime things I’m following in a serial manner. I don’t think I’ve ever done it here, but there are some loose threads I want to write down. They are ordered by no coherent rationale, but they might be, I don’t know. Mobile Suit Gundam: 8th... | | |
| 7:00pm | Light Novel Maria-sama ga Miteru: Bara no Mille-Feuille, Part 2 | | | | Part 2Chapter 4To say this was not an adventure story might be understating it. In order to return the princess (Rei-chan) who was swept away by an evil demon safely to this world, you must go, brave Yoshino, with attendant Nana.In order to pull herself together, and bring the story to a climax: at... | | |
| 4:04pm | [c76] D’va;;;;;;;;5 – アムリタ |  | | | Ohhh! I can’t believe how excited I am this is out. I brought it up in another post but I’m surprised this is the first Umineko no Naku Koro ni related album to surface up in lossy format. Don’t get me wrong. As usual, I am not complaining. Album Name: アムリタ Artist/Group: D’va;;;;;;;;5... | | |
| 7:39pm | Ponyo | | | | I got to see my first Miyazaki film on the big screen last night, and it couldn't have been a better film. Ponyo is my favorite Miyazaki film in a good long time, thanks in large part to its rich and dynamic animation, which makes it a film that truly benefits from being seen on the big screen. It's... | | |
| 7:39pm | Ponyo | | | | I got to see my first Miyazaki film on the big screen last night, and it couldn't have been a better film. Ponyo is my favorite Miyazaki film in a good long time, thanks in large part to its rich and dynamic animation, which makes it a film that truly benefits from being seen on the big screen. It's... | | |
| 6:15pm | 10 Conclusions of the Japan Trip | | | | Hey, in a blink of an eye, the entire 3-week long Japan trip is now over and I’m sitting back in my once-favourite spot here inside my own room. I pretty much stopped updating after one and a half weeks, because my girlfriend came over from the US to Japan, and the time I used for blogging was... | | |
| 1:04pm | Hideyuki Kikuchi’s Vampire Hunter D Volume 1-3 (manga) – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | About the Mangaka Takaki Saiko has been a mangaka for close to a decade, as well as an illustrator and graphic designer. She has worked on numerous projects in both the gaming and manga industries. Saiko was hand picked by Kikuchi to adapt his novels to manga. About the Manga I had really high expectations... | | |
| 1:04am | Light Novel Maria-sama ga Miteru: Bara no Mille-Feuille, Intro & Part 1 | | | | IntroductionRei: I realize parts of this translation will sound stilted or exist only as frozen language, and I apologize. On at least one occasion I have been called, "too rigid" and this is due to the method I use to translate. Having studied translation to some extent in college, I tend to approach... | | |
| 3:32am | Tomonori Kogawa's Cool Cool Bye | | | | A lot of OVAs were produced in the 1980s, most of which have been forgotten today, usually for the best. Some have been forgotten undeservedly. Cool Cool Bye (1986) is one of the ones that's been undeservedly forgotten. Not only does Cool Cool Bye boast one of the most awesome titles ever, it also... | | |
| 4:00pm | Review: Hatsukoi Limited (78%) |  | | | Animation: 85% Sound/Music: 75% Voice Acting: 80% Story: 75% Overall: 78% See explanation of scores here. Hatsukoi Limited is a best-of-breed shounen fanservice comedy, with enough emotional sincerity and empathy to make it better than the average show of its type. This is no surprise, of course,... | | |
| 9:00am | [Ascaloth] Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu (2009), Episode 19: Endless Eight | | | | The Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody of three weeks ago was but a teaser to whet appetites, but this week the God Empress Herself makes an emphatic return. And how! It has been three years since the first season burst out from obscurity to capture the imagination of an entire generation of otaku, and things have... | | |
| 6:27am | Crusher Joe | | | | One of the classics of the 80s I never got to see back in the early days was Crusher Joe. I've been curious about it for a long time, and finally got the chance to watch the movie from 1983 and the two OVAs from 1989 today. They're both very different but very nice in their own ways, and are a time... | | |
| 4:39pm | Figure Fun+: Reunion | | | | Click picture for bigger size! Ok brought you in for 3 months and you’ve gain an attitude, huh? Good going, you’ve struck the right note there. “Almost there, you guys will be out soon!” Yup, its been left in the pile for quite a bit. Had to open it sooner or later so I decided... | | |
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