| 8:18am | Shuffling the last of Nana Loot 2008 | | | | Last merchandise for the year 2008. Unfortunately did not get posters with my 2nd order of Nana Mizuki’s LIVE FIGHTER from HMV but at least nice to have clean un-open copies for the Konata in me. Also shown is the last volume of Gurren Lagann with possibly some of the best episodes of the series!... | | |
| 7:59am | The Final Day of Christmas 2008 - taking aim at 2009 | | | | “But your poorly-crafted charm of endless night That’s no match for my power controlling eternity. The dawn is getting closer. This is the end of your imperishable night Now the dawn will come!!” Well, all good, bad, and tl;dr things must come to an end, right? It’s New Year’s... | | |
| 1:22pm | Top Three Anime & Manga News Stories For 2008 | | | | 2008 was a very strange year for the anime and manga industry. It seemed like both anime and manga took big hits- with publishers closing, reduced selections of titles, the failure of a major live action adaptation and other troubles. But the good news underneath it all is that anime is alive and well... | | |
| 8:00am | The 18th Day of Christmas 2008 - resolving resolutions | | | | Well, one year ago I made a bunch of New Year’s Resolutions of sorts, in terms of anime viewing, as to what I definitely most absolutely must had to see (or experience, or rave about, in a few cases) over the next 12 months. And while it’s apparent that the last year in the anime fandom... | | |
| 11:15am | Cool Items Monday, December 29, 2008 | | | | 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... | | |
| 4:16pm | In consideration - 5 DVD boxsets from TheRightStuf | | | | Save for the Shuffle! DVD bundle, TheRightStuf 12 days of xmas sale was a rather disappointing affair for me. The only other item that mildly tempting was the DNAngel Boxset offered on the 13th day but since it was not on my to-get list, I hardened my heart against acquiring it. Then came TRS’s... | | |
| 11:04am | Stacking Up For The Winter: A 2009 Winter Preview of sorts | | | | Yes. Rakuen will be stacking up this season’s shows for next season. To tell the truth, the only series I’m following through as of now are Clannad, Toradora!, and Kannagi. But I’ll be saving Taiga’s smile for next year. For now, I’m dozing off with some online gaming... | | |
| 3:04am | Impz’s winter first impressions - Akikan, the manservice show! |  | | | Ok, I feel that my eyes are actually hurting. Should I be happy that the graphics were not that good? Ok, unless I suddenly watched an early release first episode that was created by fans (I hardly think that fans are able to make it so fricking queer), I THOUGHT THIS IS supposed to be a straight fanservice... | | |
| 8:00am | Twelve Moments in Anime 2008 - #03: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai 13 | | | | (Part of a 12-day series fondly remembering some of the best moments in anime this year. Participants include: lolikitsune, lelangir, FuyuMaiden, Zeroblade, Nazarielle, ghostlightning, TheBigN, ETERNAL, Mike, A Day Without Me, digitalboy, Josh, otou-san, Culchann and Pontifus, IcyStorm, Cokematic, koneko-chan,... | | |
| 4:38am | Narcissu: a brief review of a brief visual novel | | | | I conceptualized a sort of satirical visual novel as a joke this morning, called She Dies At The End. It would consist of a girl (and obligatory male protagonist fawning over her) surviving numerous dangerous, dramatic perils over the course of a day, the D.N.Angel Domestic Deathtrap so to speak, only... | | |
| 7:06am | Ita-Rice Proves Huge Success |  | | | Several months ago we reported on the introduction of what could be called “ita-rice” - bags of rice decorated with a moe illustration by well-known female eroge artist 西又葵 / Aoi Nishimata (Shuffle!, Final Approach, etc.) This unique approach to selling rice has since turned into... | | |
| 1:12pm | Review: Budo Grape - Five Hits & Dust | | | | Budo Grape's newest release Five Hits & Dust is a mix of ups and downs, both literally and figuratively. The EP flip-flops between up-tempo and dreamy tracks, all with the band's stripped-down, surf/new-wave/pop pallet in the forefront. Apparently this no-frills approach is in response to... | | |
| 1:42pm | 12 Anime Moments in 12 Days (Day 4) - April: “I’d like to thank the Academy…” | | | | Speaking as someone who develops new technology for military systems, this is one of those times where I wonder if technology has gone backwards On a non-anime side note, both bro and I have been playing gpro alot recently. I just received another 5th place in the last race which makes it my third... | | |
| 4:54am | ANN hates Nanoha | | | | I lol’d. ANN once again proves that their reviewers, well stink. I chuckled many times while reading Mr. Kimlinger’s review. Do I have a biased vantage point? Of course. Do they as well? Of course. But then again, when has an ANN reviewer actually said something worth taking seriously?... | | |
| 11:59am | Winter 2008 / 2009 TV Anime Digest | | | | The coming end-of-year means the end of several TV anime, but will also usher in a new crop of new shows to take their places (and timeslots.) Presented here is a digest of new anime shows scheduled to begin in January 2009, including premiere date, normal weekly airtime, and a brief synopsis of the... | | |
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