| 2:00pm | Cosfest 2009 [ver.shiro] |  | | | Setsuna & Sara (Angel Sanctuary)One of the biggest local cosplay event is back again, Cosfest 2009, held at Downtown East. Where every cosplayers slog hard, burned weekends, and lose their sleep to finish their costume(s) to prepare for this event. For me, it’s my 6th year to this event, and... | | |
| 10:51pm | Bakemonogatari | | | | Bakemonogatari (化物語, lit. Ghostory, a portmanteau of ghost and story) is a Japanese light novel series written by Japanese novelist NisiOisiN and illustrated by Taiwanese illustrator VOFan; the series is published by Kodansha under the Kodansha Box imprint. The story centers on Koyomi Araragi,... | | |
| 3:10pm | June/July/August 2009 Anime List |  | | | I know I havent actually been reviewing any anime since last year, but since I am currently unwell, I have compiled my thoughts on the new series. Nothing really that special, but we will see..To Fast-track, here is the order of series reviewed.UMINEKO NO NAKU KORO NI | ELEMENT HUNTERS | AOI HANA | BAKEMONOGATARI... | | |
| 2:38am | Series Review: K-ON! | | | | I’ve been watching K-On! since episode one started airing. Been following it every week, and I have to say, it has been one of the more enjoyable anime of this season! K-On! follows four high school girls who get together and form the “Light Music Club”, which isn’t light music... | | |
| 8:43pm | Yuri Manga: High School Girls, Volume 9 (English) | | | | Behind the premise of High School Girls, Volume 9 runs a strong feeling of nostalgia for the bygone days of youth. "Time Stopped at Age Seventeen" screams one header prominently, which immediately causes me to cringe with a feeling of horror crawling up my spine. It wasn't that my high school years were... | | |
| 1:01am | The Best New Manga of the Past Few Years: Beelzebub | | | | Amazingly, I did a quick search on the various anime blogs out there and found that absolutely nobody has blogged on the new manga series, Beelzebub, yet. It’s probably one of the best, if not the best, comedy battle manga I’ve read in years and yes, it’s far better than even M x 0,... | | |
| 8:36pm | Summer 2009 Anime Preview | | | | It’s that time again: It’s time to look at what anime is airing in the Summer 2009 season. Shows are listed in alphabetical order. There are 5 possible levels of ratings that I’ll give a show:Will BlogMay Blog (presumes Will Watch)Will WatchMay WatchWon’t Watch As usual, I’m leaving out anything... | | |
| 5:00pm | Yui’s Fine Whine, or Why Mio Is More Than What Meets the Eyes | | | | Azusa is a bullfrog. She’s a good friend of mine? I have a lot to say about K-ON, but there’s not a lot of impetus for me to write them down. In fact the only thing out there that nags me is the ongoing debate about people’s expectation of what K-ON is suppose to be. Generally that’s... | | |
| 11:18pm | Summer '09 Previews | | | | With several shows that I enjoy carrying on from spring; add 14 new ones, plus Haruhi new episodes, Zetsubou Sensei 3rd and Ookami 2nd season; this summer looks very promising! The highlights are of course Canaan from the Type-Moon team, Umineko from Higurashi creators and SHAFT's second TV show this... | | |
| 3:44pm | Manga in Japan = One Piece |  | | | Manga in Japan appears synonymous with One Piece in much the same way that manga overseas is a shorthand for saying “Naruto“, if the latest manga sales figures are anything to go by. The collected Oricon Top 50 figures for manga sales through the first half of 2009 (shown below) give a... | | |
| 11:06pm | Anime Summer 2009 -- full previews w/cast, staff, story, trailer, pic | | | | Last summer, I could find only 30 shows to preview. This summer, there are 36, without even counting movies.And that doesn't include strong continuing shows, such as Requiem for the Phantom, Pandora Hearts, Cross Game, Before Green Gables, Mazinger Z, Guin Saga, Hanasakeru Shounen, Saki -- and new episodes... | | |
| 9:32pm | Summer 2009 Anime -- full previews w/staff, cast, story, trailer, pic | | | | Last summer, I could find only 30 shows to preview. This summer, there are 36, without even counting movies.And that doesn't include strong continuing shows, such as Requiem for the Phantom, Pandora Hearts, Cross Game, Before Green Gables, Mazinger Z, Guin Saga, Hanasakeru Shounen, Saki -- and new episodes... | | |
| 8:03pm | Summer 2009 Anime Previews -- full previews w/cast, staff, story, trailer, pic | | | | Last summer, I could find only 30 shows to preview. This summer, there are 36, without even counting movies.And that doesn't include strong continuing shows, such as Requiem for the Phantom, Pandora Hearts, Cross Game, Before Green Gables, Mazinger Z, Guin Saga, Hanasakeru Shounen, Saki -- and new episodes... | | |
| 9:33am | High School Girl Kimchi |  | | | Love High School Girls? Love Kimchi? You are in luck > http://jk-kimuchi.com/ Original text from Akiba-Kid below. http://jk-kimuchi.com/ Japan does it again, another innovative yet head scratching item came out called 'High School Girl Kimchi'! I honestly can't imagine if this particular kimchi... | | |
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