| 4:28am | 2009 Spring Anime Menu: Boys Keep Out Edition | | | | Springtime is finally here (yes we’re late, don’t have to tell us), bringing with it a HEAPLOAD of animes!! ‘For You in Full Blossom’ is but apt to describe this season, with plenty of variety to cater to just about any audience. And since our beloved male chefs didn’t... | | |
| 9:54pm | 48 Spring Anime -- full previews: story, trailer, cast, staff, pic | | | | These may be difficult times in the anime industry, but you couldn't tell it from the number of anime being produced. Forty-eight titles come out this spring -- series and OVAs -- about the same number as last spring.But quantity doesn't necessarily imply quality. Nothing here seems like an instant classic.... | | |
| 3:56am | Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae - 23 |  | | | Contains a cute cow loli. Summary: In class, several students try to ignore a group of bullies tormenting a boy named Mizuhara Fumio. Even Yuzuki attempts to ignore the situation, though she seems to struggle. In the infirmary later, Yuzuki declares that she will not become the next Jigoku Shoujo.... | | |
| 12:52pm | Announcing My Spring 2009 Season Watchlist | | | | Naoyuki approves this season. The winter 2009 season is grinding towards its end and as such I thought it would be a good time to start having a look at what the soon starting spring season has to offer. The series listed here are the ones I mainly have my eye on but as was the case last time, the list... | | |
| 12:40pm | Spring 2009 Anime Preview | | | | It’s that time again: It’s time to look at what anime is airing in the Spring 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... | | |
| 12:40pm | Spring 2009 Anime Preview | | | | It’s that time again: It’s time to look at what anime is airing in the Spring 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... | | |
| 4:53am | Anime Expo 2009 - Dq’s Cosplays | | | | This year i’ve got some amazing cosplays lined up for Anime Expo. All being made by one of my best friend’s Fancy India of Cosplaycute.com. Check out Cosplaycute.com We are updating it as often as possible and I’ll be posting the majority of my cosplay news there. While still giving... | | |
| 11:20am | Cool Products Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | | | | 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... | | |
| 1:47am | Problematic Love |  | | | “You are both extremely excellent students. Your grades and living habits are flawless. Eventually, you’ll both become capable people who will heighten this school’s reputation even more. I look forward to it.” Theory It’s a trope of anime to portray high school administration... | | |
| 6:33pm | Kare Kano Revisited | | | | When I first saw Kare Kano (His and Hers Circumstances), the unexpectedness gently blew my mind. Wait a second, how? Kare Kano is a high school romance story with quite a few expected developments, but it was the two main characters and how I could relate to it was that made Kare Kano a favorite for... | | |
| 2:04am | Using Takarazuka Revue to Focus on Genre Tropes | | | | Takarazuka Revue. Tropes. Get it? Actually this is just answering a call from Gia, who wonders if people would play blog ping pong with her (ideally on AnimeVice, natch): Find some Takarazuka elements in shoujo manga or anime series– OTHER than the following: Utena, Princess Knight, Rose of Versailles.... | | |
| 3:30pm | T.H.A.T. Spring 2009 Anime Preview |  | | | Lets all welcome back one of the best harems ever, also led by an occasional trap. I’d like to first thank the huge wealth of comments we receive each time we do a preview. I spend many, many hours of my time putting these together, and it makes it feel very much like my time was well worth it... | | |
| 7:30am | Spring 2009 Anime Preview and Watchlist | | | | Just within the last few days, winter’s frigid fingers have finally loosened their grip around where I live. We had been experiencing high temperatures well below freezing and that’s not conducive to getting in the spring mindset. Yesterday we got into the 50’s and today our high was 65˚F (18˚C);... | | |
| 8:51pm | A 12 year anime fan speaks - His road to fandom Part 4 | | | | Part 4 in a series of posts down memory lane. Part 3 can be read here. So yeah, the thing is during my freshmen year of college I wasn’t very much into anime since I was back into an adjusting phase of life after high school. To me it felt like, “Oh boy, I’m out of high school. This... | | |
| 6:44pm | Trape meets love? Kimi no na o yobeba - An oxymoron of a hentai | | | | Hi all, it’s time for a midweek short post just in case you were missing me I don’t usually do hentai reviews, but this one really intrigued me. It wasn’t many posts ago that I tried to re-analyse rape scenes and the rape fetish genre. I came up with a classification of rape which... | | |
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