| 10:56am | Haruka’s day as a stalker and an Ueda Kana “sighting” | | | | Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu - 04 “Oh! The extremely beautiful seiyuu Ueda Kana-san is up there!” Transition lenses meganekko meido. I like Nobunaga’s taste in seiyuu. Nanami proves once again, she is awesome. Cheers to whoever came up with the idea of having an Ueda Kana voiced character... | | |
| 3:16pm | Two years, 1000 posts: an Azure Flame Anniversary | | | | In a coincidence that has been several weeks in the planning, Karura has managed to roll two events into one- for not only is the one thousandth post to appear on Azure Flame, but it also marks exactly two years since that fated day when Azure Flame came into being. Since that time, thousands of words... | | |
| 11:39pm | AX 2008 ~ Anime Expo Expo Expo Expo | | | | Alright, the title doesn’t make much sense unless you’ve heard that m-flo song, but that’s alright. This years Anime Expo is finally over. I will assume you know some about it if your reading this. Basics: 4 day con, held at Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown LA. I was extremely... | | |
| 9:36am | Sgt. Frog Hasn’t Invaded Yet But There’s Still a Sliver of Hope | | | | FACT: There are still six months left in 2008. FACT: Still no Keroro. The last six months have seemed like doom-and-gloom for ADV Films with their glossy magazine folding (and the rebirthed version also shutting down) and a license financing dispute that forced them to presumably sell Gurren Lagann to... | | |
| 9:36am | Sgt. Frog Hasn’t Invaded Yet But There’s Still a Sliver of Hope | | | | FACT: There are still six months left in 2008. FACT: Still no Keroro. The last six months have seemed like doom-and-gloom for ADV Films with their glossy magazine folding (and the rebirthed version also shutting down) and a license financing dispute that forced them to presumably sell Gurren Lagann to... | | |
| 9:53pm | Pumpkin Scissors parody 19 | | | | “Alice, you must stop thinking about BI!”“The time has come to settle down and prepare for a life of STRAIGHT.”“Won’t that upset the status quo?”“Don’t worry, I’m sure everything will be back to normal by the end of the arc.”“Hurry up, Randel- there are people queuing up for BI!”“A... | | |
| 11:46pm | Itazura na Kiss to end properly | | | | The ending the manga never saw to be animated. Itazura na Kiss Anime to Show Creator’s Planned Ending Kaoru Tada told husband of unfinished manga’s ending before fatal accident The Mainichi Shimbun paper interviewed music producer Shigeru Nishikawa about the ongoing anime adaptation of... | | |
| 7:38pm | Pumpkin Scissors parody 18 | | | | With Randel seeming depressed, Stekkin decides to find out more about his Pleasure habits to see if there’s anything that can be done to improve his love life. But when he claims that he wants all the lovers in the world, is there anything that can be done?I’m all for dancing……however……it... | | |
| 12:30am | A New Design with a Suggestion Box To Boot | | | | This afternoon I finally decided to roll out a new look for the blog - it comes with an extra sidebar as well an option to shove aside both sidebars. (BTW, the theme is called Mandigo.) I’ll try to repopulate the header folder with fresh images but for now, you get the buggy from Pumpkin Scissors.... | | |
| 10:08pm | Great Artwork, Clear Storytelling, An Involving Cast of Characters… | | | | Great Artwork, Clear Storytelling, An Involving Cast of Characters… Del Rey Manga Round-Up Spring 2008 I really love the classy Del Rey manga format, especially their in-depth ‘Translator’s Notes’ and previews of the next volume, but sometimes, of late, I’ve felt that all their loving presentation... | | |
| 6:11am | “what do you think”: on anime titles | | | | My question on “What do you think” has something to do with anime names. Anime Titles are quite numerous and have varied effects on the anime itself. For example, Pumpkin Scissors was an anime that some people watched merely because of its Engrish title. Another one, called Love Hina,... | | |
| 1:54pm | Pumpkin Scissors Vol 2 by Ryotaro Iwanaga Manga Review | | | | Amazon.com WidgetsTitle: Pumpkin Scissors Vol 2 Author: Ryotaro Iwanaga Publisher: Del Rey ISBN: 9780345501417 May Contain Spoilers I just love characters with mysterious pasts, and Corporal Oland is no exception. The big, burly soldier is at odds with his size, endearingly shy and clumsy... | | |
| 9:59am | Pumpkin Scissors DVD 1: Maybe I’ll Rent The Next One | | | | I saw the first episode of Pumpkin Scissors when it premiered in fall 2006 and found it marginally interesting but not enough to continue to the second episode. Recently I got around to watching the Volume 1 DVD that I had bought during RightStuf’s Xmas sale and I now feel the same way about the... | | |
| 7:47am | Baseball, Greek goddesses and Valentine’s, among other things… | | | | I’ve been sitting around trying to figure out a good way to talk about Ookiku Furikabutte for a while, but I can’t. Nothing I say seems to be right and the more I write the more dissatisfied I become with my words. So, going to back to my second grade English class, keepin’ it simple:... | | |
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