| 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:... | | |
| 2:03pm | Tired of Barren, Insertless Cases | | | | Something that has irritated me lately has been the increasing trend of DVD volumes coming with the disc inside the case and that’s it. Recent examples in my buying experience have been the regular edition of Haruhi vol. 1, Red Garden vol. 1 and Pumpkin Scissors vol. 1. Seeing the empty space... | | |
| 3:30am | Speed Grapher - The End | | | | Speed Grapher’s been on my To Watch List for ages, sitting in the dark recesses of my external hard drive, waiting. When I pulled it out last night and decided, with intense determination, to plow through all twenty something episodes of the GONZO production, I really wasn’t sure what I... | | |
| 7:42pm | Everything, and I mean everything… | | | | Warning: Long Post Ahead Behold! My long awaited return to blogging! I kid. Anyway I finally got around to watching Mononoke, which, I have to say was an exceptionally brilliant piece of art, not just anime, but art. When you have a show like Mononoke floating in the same patch of ocean as ef, the contrast... | | |
| 12:42pm | Is ADV Going Down Next? |  | | | Back in August the demise of Geneon USA was announced. It was a move that shocked many American anime fans. Geneon had been around (as Pioneer) since the beginning, and were lauded for their high quality releases. I personally never liked them, and predicted, years ago, that their poor business practices... | | |
| 10:33pm | New Manga from Del Rey | | | | Pumpkin Scissors Vol. 1 Ryotaro Iwanaga OT Ages 16+ “This book does not contain and is not based on historical facts. Please also note that standard military facts and concepts do not apply, either.’ In the aftermath of a protracted war between the Empire and the Republic of Frost that in some... | | |
| 2:53am | Impressions: Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, They are My Noble Masters |  | | | You know any show that starts out with an eight minute parody of Kamen Rider has to be awesome, which Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is. If this episode is any indication than the second season will be even better than the first. The animation quality was excellent throughout and the episode was just... | | |
| 3:30am | SaiGAR 2008 - Group B, Round 1c |  | | | Randel Oland (Pumpkin Scissors) - 189Leeron (Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann) - 344Shark Fujishiro (Seto no Hanayome) - 438 (45.1% of 971 total votes)Kino (Kino’s Journey: The Beautiful World) - 382 (39.3% of 971 total votes)Hibari Kyouya (Katekyo Hitman Reborn) - 322Kururugi Suzaku (Code Geass) - 267So... | | |
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