| 10:46am | Cool Products Friday, August 14, 2009 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 11:10am | SMASH: 2 Rankas 1 Otaku Write-up | | | | The two days at SMASH marked my very first time attending an otaku convention outside Malaysia and Singapore, which also ended up to be a far more pleasant and enlightening experience than I had dared imagined. I mean, a country that frowns upon loli content? Their events can't be good right? Disregarding... | | |
| 2:00am | Sora no Manimani 4 - Starcross’d |  | | | Is this the hinge episode, where all anime comedies start transitioning to becoming More Serious? Sora no Manimani is this season’s sleeper show. Aside from a burst of initial fangirling, there hasn’t been much written about it on the blogosphere; for the most part, it’s because the... | | |
| 12:14am | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 1-5: Analysis, Thoughts and Random Comments | | | | [Disclaimer]: This entry might contain MINOR spoilers. However, while the analysis might push you to these minor spoilers, NO foretelling spoiler is present. Therefore, please follow the same guideline, and understand that any spoiler can just ruin this critical part of the story for any reader. ... | | |
| 12:14am | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 1-5: Analysis, Thoughts and Random Comments | | | | [Disclaimer]: This entry might contain MINOR spoilers. However, while the analysis might push you to these minor spoilers, NO foretelling spoiler is present. Therefore, please follow the same guideline, and understand that any spoiler can just ruin this critical part of the story for any reader. ... | | |
| 10:32pm | Spice and Wolf II OP – Mitsu no Yoake |  | | | So I had planned to lay in bed until five thirty-ish until I somehow got this song in my head. Even though my Shuffle was on the desk beside me, it forced me to get out of bed just to listen to this song. No, the full isn’t out yet. Here’s hoping it doesn’t get the Erinyes treatment... | | |
| 1:34am | Comic Con 09: Bandai Panel Liveblog |  | | | 6:34 PM - people are still filing in. Looks like this will be a popular panel. 6:39 PM - Lantis is putting anime music on iTunes US. Haruhi OST, Shuffle, Oneigai Teacher, Hirano Aya, JAM Project, etc. 6:40 PM - why is it that Powerpoint presentations rarely come off smoothly? Kannagi, of course, was... | | |
| 6:53pm | Tayutama ~Kiss On My Diety~ - Final Impressions |  | | | This show was alright. In the end however, it didn’t boil down to much more than a standard anime with an alien/supernatural girl appearing to a guy who already has a girl who he lies or likes him. They go though trouble and fun and in the end he of course goes with the new girls. I think it’s... | | |
| 9:14am | At this point I can no longer back down – and I’m hoping neither will you | | | | (If at any point you find these 2000 words to be too overwhelming, click here to skip to the last few paragraphs at the end; although you’ll be missing out on some great stories) I like to make things sound so dramatic, when obviously they are not such. Well, maybe not to you anyway; certainly... | | |
| 8:38am | MangaGamer updates | | | | From awesome Twitter news: MangaGamer update: Shuffle release date August 15th (50 Euros), Higurashi aiming for October release. Solid turnaround from announcement. O HAI CCY :3 You know what, check their site (NSFW), me too lazy to- No wait, here’s the link to the game on their site. The lack... | | |
| 12:00pm | Japanator Radio 94 | | | | I must admit, some weeks I just let the random shuffle machine put together the show. Oh sure, I'll shift things around a bit to make it a little more listener friendly, but let me tell you, when in doubt, shuffle is an awesome thing to have around. I guess what I'm saying is that this isn't always... | | |
| 2:49am | Shuffle, Demonbane and Higurashi games licensed? – COOL | | | | Sometimes pictures speak louder than words. Wow, totally unexpected. I would never have expected such licenses 5 or 6 years ago. Truly shows how far anime has come since when I started to like it. People are willing to try and get a market for this stuff plus not to mention people ARE interested in... | | |
| 12:48pm | In dong news, Nitro+ and Higurashi to be available commercially | | | | I wish I were kidding, but it would seem that while everyone is panicking about NO MOAR EROGE FROM JAPAN, it would seem that JAST USA (obviously NSFW) and MangaGamer (obviously NSFW) are looking to release works from Nitro+ and Ryukushi07 respectively. Guess what that means? Seriously, take a guess.... | | |
| 6:06pm | Another World, Kyou Chapter | | | | This is Fujibayashi Ryou:-Uses her position as class representative to approach the main character. -Cannot shuffle cards. -Explains everything off as “maiden’s inspiration.” -Even though she might not even be a virgin. -When she tells your fortune with cards, everything turns out... | | |
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