| 12:18am | Behind the Mic - The Bang Zoom Workshop |  | | | A group of a dozen aspiring voice actors gather in a small recording studio in Midtown Manhattan. They are there to participate in a day long voice acting workshop hosted by Bang Zoom Entertainment. Not only have they paid quite a lot of money to attend this class, but their promptness in showing up... | | |
| 5:55am | Gundam 00 Episode 02 (Does Anyone Know The Quadratic Formula) | | | | So Then If The Gundam 00 Has Two GN Drives Instead Of One Then It’s Power Level Should Be.Hmmm.No That Doesn’t.Oh.hey.well um.oh, so I was thinking that before the Deathasaurus gets on my case again that I should share my take on Gundam 00 Episode 02 from over on Animesuki. Well here it... | | |
| 10:37pm | ‘Ghost in the Shell’: What’s in the Shell? Part 2 | | | | “In the near future- corporate networks reach out to the stars, electrons and light flow throughout the universe.The advance of computerisation, however, has not yet wiped out nations and ethnic groups.” Oshii and Shirow have a lot to say in their masterpiece(s). This introductory paragraph... | | |
| 4:56pm | Chäos;HEad, Episode 1 | | | | In the anime business, we often see VN adaptations, mostly eroge. However, we rarely got something different from the usual “school romance”, even though they are obviously different from each other. In some rare occasions, we got completely different visual novels, such like Higurashi... | | |
| 2:16pm | Toshokan Sensou Author Hiro Arikawa’s “Top Runner” Interview | | | | After more than a month, I finally caught a glimpse of ToshoSen author Hiro Arikawa’s interview in NHK’s Top Runner (this is actually the 3rd rerun already, the 1st and 2nd of which was way back September), thanks to the power of live Japanese TV streaming! Rawr! But one thing I realized after watching... | | |
| 5:00am | Gundam 00 S2 - 02: Saji and the Ring of Power |  | | | Today marks a glorious day in Azadistani history. The Federation after years of investigation has finally put Mariana Ismail under arrest. For over four years her misrule of Azadistan had reduced a once well off population into an army of starving beggars who live under constant terrorism. This is change... | | |
| 5:00am | Gundam 00 S2 - 02: Saji and the Ring of Power |  | | | Today marks a glorious day in Azadistani history. The Federation after years of investigation has finally put Mariana Ismail under arrest. For over four years her misrule of Azadistan had reduced a once well off population into an army of starving beggars who live under constant terrorism. This is change... | | |
| 4:00am | Kannagi ep. 1 |  | | | Series Information ANN Encyclopedia | AniDB | AnimeNfo Genres: Comedy, Fantasy Production: A-1 Pictures OP: 「motto☆派手にね!」(” motto☆Hade ni ne!”) by 戸松遥 (Haruka Tomatsu) ED: 「産巣日の時」 (”Mushi no Toki”) by 戸松遥 (Haruka Tomatsu) Kannagi: Crazy... | | |
| 2:07pm | [Ascaloth] Nodame Cantabile ~Paris Chapter~, Episode 1 | | | | In 2001, a photograph of a piano being played by a female music college student in a messy room was posted up on the bulletin board of a particular website. This website was run by Ninomiya Tomoko, a manga artist who was looking for ideas for a new serial publication at the time. The name of the female... | | |
| 6:36am | Summer '08 Season Review | | | | In general the shows that were completed during the summer season were very weak. With Hidamari being the sole exception, I would not recommend anything anything else, unless you begin to run out of choices. Recommended: Hidamari Sketch x 365Good: Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, MISSION-E, Wagaya no Oinari-samaWatchable:... | | |
| 8:14pm | Kannagi (Crazy Shrine Maidens) episode 1 review, of carvings and Kami. | | | | This series begins with a young boy capturing a spider/bug on the grounds of a Shinto shrine. When he finally captures it a Kami/tree spirit/miko appears and touches him from behind, when he turns around he just stares at her, then she touches his forehead and she disappears in... | | |
| 10:03am | ‘Ghost in the Shell’: What’s inside the Shell? | | | | ‘Ghost in the Shell’ is one of the classic anime. It is certainly, and will be in the future, regarded as one of the greatest films of the genre. In many ways Oshii created a philosophically and aesthetically beautiful film. However, just what is inside that beautifully crafted, yet Byzantine,... | | |
| 1:13am | what i was forced to watch this week #43: infinite ryvius |  | | | I wanted to watch Infinite Ryvius for one simple reason: it’s supposed to have the second largest cast of characters in anime. The largest, of course, is Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It’s not even close. Infinite Ryvius has dozens of characters, and I believe that 487 students are onboard... | | |
| 12:16pm | [Ascaloth] ef ~a tale of melodies~, Episode 1 | | | | Almost exactly one year ago, when much of the hype of the season was with Kyoto Animation’s CLANNAD (TV), few were those who believed that any other studio could possibly do visual novel adaptations anywhere near as well as the little studio from Uji, Kyoto. Of course, Fall 2007 was also the season... | | |
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