| 10:16am | Whisper of the Heart |  | | | I went to a screening for Whisper of the Heart (Mimi wo Sumaseba, 耳をすませば ) in the San Francisco public library, supported by the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco. The event was anchored by Gilles Poitras. Unfortunately, San Francisco organized som... | | |
| 11:35am | Spoiler-san 3: Ghost in the Shell edition | | | | Seems like just yesterday the last Spoiler-san was released. Turns out it was actually Tuesday. While my editing skills are still novice in nature, this thing was a mess. Brad had troubles keeping his mind off the yaoi he was downloading, plus CTZ got a touch too personal about how he wanted to | | |
| 12:01pm | YTMND Thursday: Vote and die kitchen knive, edition | | | | Oh hai Japanatorians! It’s Thursday, and you know what that means! It’s time to spray blood from your noses because you are all so delighted by my magical selection of YTMNDs! Truly your Thursday is not complete until you have witnessed a few YTMNDs. My favorite out of the bunch has to | | |
| 9:17am | Oshii To Direct The Sky Crawlers With Production I.G. | | | | The man who arguably made the biggest contribution to the modern-day sci-fi techno thriller with Ghost In The Shell is now set to bring The Sky Crawlers to the big animated screen in 2008. Mamoru Oshii will be teaming up with Production I.G. to bring the five-part novel by Hiroshi Mori to life. From... | | |
| 3:58am | Ping Pong at Anime Expo. No, you can’t use your yaoi paddles | | | | Fumiko Sori’s film Ping Pong will be playing at Anime Expo on Friday the 29th from 4-6pm. I make mention of this because I had the opportunity to see Ping Pong several months ago, and it was one of those live-action films that was originally a manga that’s worth watching.Essentially, the... | | |
| 10:36pm | Animes Licensed by ADV | | | | In the licensing update article in Newtype July 2007 issue, there are several anime that are listed in here and one of them was Xenosaga. I never even knew Xenosaga was made into an anime. Other licensed anime are, Welcome to the NHK!, Pumpkin Scissors, The Wallflower, and Red Garden. These are... | | |
| 7:17pm | Heroes Adds Eriko Tamura As Japanese Princess | | | | Young pop singing sensation and recent big-screen actress Eriko Tamura has been cast to play a Japanese princess in the next season of Heroes. The 34 year old actress has starred in a large number of television shows and movies in Japan, most recently the Japanese film Dakara Watashi wo Suwarasete | | |
| 8:55am | “Congratulations Tony!” |  | | | Just a little food for thought, I was just watching a review of the final episode of the Sopranos. The reviewer’s opinions seemed to reflect what a very vocal majority of the show’s fans have been saying: “I’ve invested this time in it to see what happens to the characters. | | |
| 11:46am | Daily Roundup: Manhunt 2 banned and gets the AO rating… Rock Band Fender… |  | | | Rockstar and Take-two take the heat today as Manhunt gets shat in the face, while a Sony figurehead steps down from his position. Manhunt 2 banned in the UKEarlier today, the British Board of Film Classification announced that Manhunt 2 will NOT be sold in the Kingdom. Kotaku contacted BBFC’s | | |
| 5:23pm | Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo | | | | I have become attracted to anime feature films lately. First 5 cm/s now this. Anyway. I don’t watch crap, and it’s about time I actually said something about this movie. In short, recommended. It’s a romance/comedy/sci-fi film and a definite must-see if you liked 5cm/s. | | |
| 2:29pm | Summer 2007 Anime Preview! Part 6! | | | | Zero no Tsukaima ~Futatsuki no Kishi~ I really liked the first season of Zero no Tsukaima. I hardly ever finish anime series. It’s like my weakness. But I finished Zero no Tsukaima, which shows you how much I liked it. Not much else to say here. I’m sure Louise will be just as tsundere,... | | |
| 5:14am | Anime Diet Radio Episode 6 - Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad… |  | | | but it sure ain’t the same either. This is the first episode without Ray, who had work obligations, so it’s just Jeremy and me and without Ray’s energy, we’re more subdued and quieter. We definitely missed him! (He should be back for the next one.)Since we’re | | |
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