| 11:10am | Cool Items: Friday, October 3, 2008 | | | | 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... | | |
| 8:25am | The Fall Call: Fall 2008 Anime Preview | | | | I know, I know, I’m late– things have gotten very busy with my project. But here it is: your Fall 2008 anime preview! A couple of interesting trends this season. First off, I was struck by how many shows this season are the directorial debuts for the people helming them. Hyakko (Michio Fukuda),... | | |
| 11:17am | October 1st -- Time To Change Your Uniform | | | | Do you that rustling noise? It's the sound of millions of Japanese students, mostly in junior high and high school, changing from their summer to their winter uniforms. Today is the day for koromo-gae (koh-roh-moh GA-eh), meaning "seasonal changing of clothes," when Japanese students will switch from... | | |
| 3:18am | September 2008 Loot Box | | | | 11,800 yen for shipping. Dang.- Izumi Konata Plush- Code Geass Stage 1 Special Chara Fortune Set (for someone else)- Code Geass Stage 25 Special Chara Fortune Set (for someone else)- Vampire Knight Cross Academy Day Class Girls’ Uniform- Kodomo no Jikan Mini-Randoseru- Ouran High School Host Club... | | |
| 10:44pm | Hakushaku to Yousei - 01 |  | | | Err so it seems the fall season has begun. Before I go any further, thank you to whoever recommended smplayer to me, it does wonders to my shitty computer! While I’ve only seen one episode, the chances of me blogging this show are very high for the following reasons: it’s shoujo, it has... | | |
| 7:05pm | NYAF08: FUNimation | | | | Okay, I’m now sitting in on the FUNimation panel, hosted by Adam Sheehan. So far it’s pretty much the same stuff we’ve heard at the last few panels, but we’re not yet through the panel! Apparently they’ll be putting some show that we’ll “probably be really happy... | | |
| 8:20pm | Special A - Omnibus: Episodes 17 - 24 | | | | Welcome to the Omnibus release of the final 3rd of the series Special A. This post includes brief reviews of episodes 17-24 of the series, where all the characters have their stories wrapped up and all that jazz. Episode 17 We got some nice Akira lovey-lovey action in this episode as she starts getting... | | |
| 4:55pm | MikomiCon 2008 | | | | For three years, I attended California State University Northridge, trying to balance my study schedule with my Fullmetal Alchemist schedule. Yet, during this time, I had no idea that the large university in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley was home to its own anime convention. In fact, I found out... | | |
| 12:37pm | The King of cosplay from the PRC - Huang Shan (黄山) | | | | I think I will just let the pictures speak for themselves: (This must be Rosiel from Angel Sanctuary!) (I can't make out which character this is. Can you?) (If I am not mistaken, I believe the above is a character from one of Han Lu's short stories.) (Prince Genji with the young Murasaki-hime?... | | |
| 12:36am | Dear Sunohara: Lost Loves | | | | What’s up my adorable cute fans - your Erotic Vegetable Prince of Romance has returned from a 2 week hiatus to answer your relationship questions and dish out that sexy love advice you all know and love. Seems like you all missed me, cause there was 26 questions waiting for me in mail box. ... | | |
| 10:51pm | Special A - 24 (Finale) | | | | Well while it made no sense at all and everyone got paired up like REALLY fast, it was still a pretty cute endingyou just gotta close your eyes and pretend that its a separate entity from the manga. I just wish for at least the final scene they’d put away their crayon box. While I’m all... | | |
| 10:24pm | 46 New Fall Anime -- full previews (story, trailer, staff, cast, etc.) | | | | With just over two weeks to go until the new season starts, it's time to think about what's coming. Tastes differ, but the shows I myself am most looking forward to are:the mysterious moe romances ef - a tale of melodies and Clannad - After Story the absurd comedy Hyakko (with Orikasa Fumiko and Hirano... | | |
| 3:46am | Manga ni Youkoso! | | | | So over the weekend I was gathering a pile of manga to return to book off, in an ongoing attempt to lessen the amount of crap I no longer care about in our apartment, and JP handed me his pile of NHK ni youkoso manga. I was like “le gasp” I wanted to read that! So instead of going to Book... | | |
| 3:58pm | On unrequited love, stalking and eventually - hawt sex. | | | | This week I have been mostly thinking about unrequited love. Mostly, I’ve been thinking about storylines and how they relate to everyday life. If you’re wondering about where this particular thought came from, most of the inspiration came from this week’s release of the latest (August)... | | |
| 1:35am | A good idiot is hard to find | | | | My principal viewing the past few days has been the second season of Rocky and Bullwinkle and George of the Jungle. I wonder: has anime produced any magnificent idiots who stand comparison with Bill Scott’s immortal trio: Bullwinkle, George and Dudley Do-Right? We’ll probably never see... | | |
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