| 11:13am | sola color V | | | | Well it has certainly been a long time since this arrived. I’m rather saddened that it has taken me this long to actually getting around to open the plastic covering and have a look, and not to mention scan them. But at last here it is, sola color V! Well not that it matters any since probably... | | |
| 4:11am | eh about ef? (Episodes 4-7) | | | | By all means, I should be entirely smitted with ef, like most of the otakusphere (to steal a term) seems to be.It's got what seems to be it all: a unique animation style, characters ripped straight from a storyline I dreamed up, parallel plots that look to tie together smoothly, and personalities... | | |
| 6:00pm | The world is not beautiful, therefore it is; introducing Kino’s Journey | | | | I quite like subversive fairy-tales; the suggestion that there is something ugly and unknown shifting beneath a veneer of superficial beauty. This is precisely why I so admired Princess Tutu, because lurking behind that familiar style of magical girl characterization was insecurity and doubt; supposed... | | |
| 10:38pm | Joppy’s Week in Review- Jan 2 |  | | | Christmas and my B-day have come and gone, and I have gotten a ton of stuff. Finished ef, started Sola. Worked on my Blog a bit, and I am still working on(Gotta fix the colors on it after all).Purchases This Week:Xenosaga V. 1Hellsing V. 1Cromartie HS V. 1Tsubasa V. 1Melty Lancer V. 1Tsukikage Ran V.... | | |
| 3:56pm | Yamaki's Anime Blog: Kristalyamaki's 2008 Resolution | | | | There goes our Health Minister, being forced to tender his resignation due to a sex scandal - he was videotaped having sex with a "personal friend" of his, but that's off topic. School's starting for me tomorrow so I won't be able to be active online anymore, but that's... | | |
| 7:00pm | The 18th (and Final) Day of Christmas - Resolutions for 2008 | | | | I'd like to hear a song put to the Eighteen Days of Christmas, especially with a random smorgasboard of themes like this.Unfortunately, like all features, this one has to eventually come to an end, especially with a growing list of harem (among other) shows begging to be put to the microscope.Oddly... | | |
| 3:08pm | sola - 15 | | | | Tomorrow will today already be yesterday.With telling the two days prior the first episode the second DVD episode isn’t in any way spectacular or thrilling but by focusing on the everyday life of the characters once again able to remind me why I love this series so much. Literally each and every... | | |
| 10:44am | sola DVD Special 2 |  | | | Hooray! A sub is out; now time for reviews. This is the second of two DVD-only episodes for sola. While the whole main story is told in the 13 eps that aired on TV, these extra chapters are bonuses in character development. Well, the first special was a slice-of-life trip to the spa with a | | |
| 4:03pm | The 17th Day of Christmas - Ten Neglected Hero(in)es | | | | 'Rooting for the underdog' is something that a lot of people can sympathize with. There's something enchanting about watching a scrappy little fighter defy all the odds to come out on top - no one likes a winner, winning.This is highly applicable to anime as well - take a look at the premise... | | |
| 7:50am | sola manga coming to America this summer |  | | | First saw it on ANN. Broccoli Books has licensed the sola manga and will have volume one released by summer 2008.According to their blog, they haven’t started translating it yet, but there’s plenty of time. Meanwhile, the dot Anime website has a featurette on it.Matsuri, Aono, and Mayuko... | | |
| 5:54pm | The 15th Day of Christmas - 10 Anisongs | | | | "Yes, I was really frustrated they took Nagato's SG out of Guitar Hero III. And Eddie Knox."I like to rant a lot about music in anime, first because I've been a Dance Dance Revolution addict since the original PSX port, and second because I can't play it with any resemblance of... | | |
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