| 5:16am | Series composition - Going beyond studio pedigree | | | | You know you are leveling up in anime-geekery when you stop referring to a series as ‘a Kyo-Ani production’ but “directed by Tatsuya Ishihara”. Someone has posed the question before - “Why do you even need to know the animation studio?” To which I had answered, “to... | | |
| 3:17pm | Rie Tanaka Brings Her Famous Voice to New York Anime Festival | | | | PROLIFIC JAPANESE VOICE ACTRESS TO ATTEND THE NEW YORK ANIME FESTIVAL AS A GUEST OF HONOR The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced famous Japanese voice actress Rie Tanaka will appear at its 2008 event as a Guest of Honor. Ms. Tanaka is most known around the globe for voicing Lacus Clyne in... | | |
| 2:29pm | Rozen Maiden Review - 87,5/100 | | | | This review is about the first season of Rozen Maiden. I first came into contact with this franchise through a bit of a strange way: I never watched the first season, but when the second season (Rozen Maiden Traumend) aired, I decided to give it a whirl and watch it. If I recall correctly, I lasted... | | |
| 8:37am | Rozen Maiden Manga - Volume 3 |  | | | Another manga that I picked up recently was the third volume of Rozen Maiden. I read the original two in my local library however unfortunately, the store that I went to did not have any of the first two in stock. So here is my take on the third volume of a very popular and successful series. | | |
| 3:18am | DearS Vols 1-8 - Thoughts & Impressions | | | | About the Mangaka The mangaka this time is rather unusual, since Peach-Pit is actually a female duo. Sendo Banri and Ebara Shibuko have had success after success, though they did go through three other group names, before settling for Peach Pit. Every piece of work they have done has gone on to become... | | |
| 5:25pm | [Ascaloth] Cosfest VII, Day 2 | | | | Day 2 of Cosfest VII is also the day when the Cosplay Competition is held, and the winner of the Cosplay Competition was to receive an invitation to represent Singapore in the World Cosplay Summit 2008. As TJ was not present today, I’m afraid I’m the only one left here who has coverage of... | | |
| 4:56am | Rozen Maiden re-licensed? | | | | It has come to my attention that there is a possibility that Rozen Maiden has been re-licensed after Geneon USA folded. Seems that Crunchy Roll has removed all episodes of the Rozen Maiden anime adaption including the second season and the OVA.Thanks to speedknight from SGCafe for the tipoff. ... | | |
| 8:08pm | I think I love you, Yue |  | | | Haha, a summer pastime for my family is garage sales. Haha. Haha. There aren’t very many for them to go to now, but they did go to this one and I ended up getting the bounty for it. Apparently the people holding the sale were actors or something (why is that relevant? Makes them sound cooler).... | | |
| 9:23am | A new Rozen Maiden manga? | | | | Was swimming around on the internets when something catch my attention.. Long time no post, just told Sentinel this news and he rushed me to post it. I thought ok as I sort of already had written stuff for it. This new Rozen Maiden manga, titled simply “Rozen Maiden” again is drawn by... | | |
| 4:14am | Zombie Loan Vol 03 - Thoughts & Impressions | | | | This copy of Zombie Loan was kindly provided by Yen Press About the Mangaka The mangaka this time is rather unusual, since Peach-Pit is actually a female duo. Sendo Banri and Ebara Shibuko have had success after success, though they did go through three other group names, before settling for Peach Pit.... | | |
| 12:28am | Rozen Maiden - Tale 1 | | | | In the prologue from Peach-Pit’s original Rozen Maiden manga series, Jun receives a letter claiming he has won a prize. The letter asks whether he will “wind-up” or “not wind-up”. He chooses the former. In the prologue from this new series, Jun chooses the latter. Thus a... | | |
| 3:01am | kure-nai: List of Things I Know About kure-nai After One Episode | | | | 1) Murasaki is sassy and haughty. Yes, that’s it. And I like it that way. kure-nai is an adaptation of a light novel series by Katayama Kentarou (interest piqued part the first), with animation production being done by Brains Base (interest piqued part the second) and directed by Matsuo Kou,... | | |
| 12:41pm | Sunday News Bites: March 30th | | | | Clannad After Story confirmed Can’t get enough Clannad? Then fear not, for an After Story sequel has inevitably been confirmed, and although a release date has not been announced, you can tickle your taste buds with this 18 second trailer (actually about 12 seconds of content and 6 of a still screen... | | |
| 11:31pm | Rozen Maiden Manga Renewal | | | | Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump magazine has confirmed yesterday’s rumored story regarding the relaunch of Peach-Pit’s Rozen Maiden manga | | |
| 5:07pm | Rozen Maiden Manga Continues On Young Jump Weekly | | | | Good news for all Rozen Maiden fans! According to the latest news on 2ch, Rozen Maiden will continue to be serialised in Young Jump Weekly from Issue 20 onwards. Source: 2ch News Navigator For those that are unaware, previously Rozen Maiden was serialized on Comic Birz. But Peach Pit stopped running... | | |
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