| 1:11pm | Shikabane Hime - 02 | | | | Short Synopsis: Three dead children come back as corpses Highlights: Male lead takes some getting used to, but is more than just a damsel in distress (or a male version anyways). Overall Enjoyment Value: 7,5/10 Aaah! Why did this series’ second episode have to air so soon? Basically, at this... | | |
| 7:10am | Shikabane Hime: Aka ep. 1 |  | | | Series Information ANN Encyclopedia | AniDB | AnimeNfo Genres: Action, Supernatural OP: [Beautiful fighter] by angela ED: [My story] by angela StarChild: 屍姫 赫 [ Episode 1: The Dancing Dead ] It’s pretty awesome to see yet another Gangan series adapted into anime. That was one of the main... | | |
| 5:43am | Shikabane Hime: Aka 01 - 屍姫 赫 | | | | Rating: 01: 「Dancing Death -( 死が舞う)」 I think a lot of people awaited Shikabane Hime with guarded enthusiasm. On the one hand, GAINAX seemed to have gained a bit of spring in its step if the recent and much-loved Gurren Lagann was any indication. On the other... | | |
| 2:15am | Fall 2008 Season: What Are Your Picks? |  | | | With the Fall season well upon us, I thought I'd take this opportunity to get some feedback from our readers as to which series they're planning to follow or looking forward to the most. While I'm sure a lot of people will include the highly-anticipated sequels -- Gundam 00 Second Season, CLANNAD ~AFTER... | | |
| 6:59pm | First-week Favorites -- Kannagi, ef melodies, and many more | | | | As usual, our worst fears have not been realized. Some people expected a second-rate season this fall, but there are lots of entertaining new anime in various genres.I enjoyed many of the first episodes I've seen, but the two that rocked my soul were Kannagi and ef - a tale of melodies.In ef - a tale... | | |
| 5:31pm | Shikabane Hime: Aka - Episode 1 | | | | Shikabane Hime is one of the series that most caught my attention upon its announcement as an anime series, mainly because. Well, it has a dead high school girl with machine guns. Isn't that enough reason to be interested in anything?Anyway, this opening episode of Shikabane Hime: Aka is strangely slow... | | |
| 5:20am | Initial Fall Impressions |  | | | After finally getting some episode counts, I think I have my lineup set for the fall. I will be continuing (slowly) with Real Drive from before. The new series I’ll most likely be covering are Kannagi (13 episodes), Michiko To Hatchin (not sure how many episodes, probably between 24 and 26),... | | |
| 5:51pm | Shikabane Hime Episode 1 - Not GAR Enough | | | | I conclude that if one is to be immortal and unable to die, it would be great to be powerful.It would suck to be in this situation:or this situation:I have high expectations of this series (the other being Chaos; Head) as I thought that it’ll be on a GAR lead defeating demons in a blink. | | |
| 7:43pm | Preview: Shikabane Hime, Akane Iro ni Somaru Saka & Kuroshitsuji | | | | New season, new anime shows! Let’s see what we’ve got so far:Shikabane Hime Aka:The first episode was really entertaining, albeit a bit bloody. The action scenes were of outstanding quality, and I must say I was at the edge of my seat when Makina, the Shikabane Hime, was fighting that huge... | | |
| 8:25am | The Fall Call: Fall 2008 Anime Preview | | | | I know, I know, I’m late– things have gotten very busy with my project. But here it is: your Fall 2008 anime preview! A couple of interesting trends this season. First off, I was struck by how many shows this season are the directorial debuts for the people helming them. Hyakko (Michio Fukuda),... | | |
| 7:59am | Shikabane Hime – Pantsu Princess |  | | | Zombie slaughter anime 屍姫 / Shikabane Hime, or “Corpse Princess”, has begun airing and it seems the anime could attain moderate popularity, though between middling production values and an eccentric attitude to service the title may have difficulty aiming higher. The stylish... | | |
| 1:18am | Shikabane-Hime Aka — Above Average, but Not Above GAINAX? | | | | So. Shikabane Hime Aka. Being a GAINAX show and not being insane makes it automatically a disappointment. There are some pluses and minuses as I’ll list below but it’ll take time to get past the simple fact that this is GAINAX at anything other than it’s best.The negatives, most obviously,... | | |
| 12:09am | Fall 2008 First Impressions: Part 2 |  | | | Shikabane Hime - Ermm I didn’t really know what to expect coming into this other than a) it’s gainax and b) some undead girl kills other undead thingsor something. Well that’s basically what it was. I couldn’t help but cringe at her poor beaten up body especially each time she... | | |
| 11:24pm | Snapshot: Shikabane Hime Aka - 01 |  | | | 「死が舞う」 (Shi ga Mau) "The Dead Dances" First Glance: Already slated for a sequel, Shikabane Hime Aka brings you horror action with an undead female heroine who packs a wallop with a pair of MAC-11 submachine guns. | | |
|