| 4:31pm | Funimation Box sets - True bargains or a discount in quality? | | | | My latest anime DVD haul was received in a mix of joy and apprehension. Joy because I could finally chuck my crappy subs but apprehension crept in when I realised SHUFFLE! was packed onto 4 discs while Soukou no Strain - 2 DVDs. Such compressions are typical of bootlegs but unheard of in legit DVDs,... | | |
| 5:01pm | Tsundere for Tsukihime? | | | | This purchase is no coincidence. Bought 2 days after Zyl put up my ancient review of Tsukihime, I’m certain my good comrade-in-anime revived something more insidious than just a forgotten relic of the past. Flooded by memories of the bishoujos of Tsukihime (especially the meido-twins), I found... | | |
| 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... | | |
| 4:50pm | Funimation adds a crap load of new videos online | | | | Basically every series of note that they hold has a page and at least trailers up. There also have the first two subbed episodes online for Gunslinger Girl IL Teatrino and Romeo X Juliet, the first six subbed episodes for Shigurui, and the entire Soukou no Strain series subbed. Here are the list of... | | |
| 4:26pm | 5 Fall series to catch - Stripey’s pick | | | | It looks like I wouldn’t be reaching for that Spring/Summer stash soon given the promising Fall series I’ve previewed so far. Here’s 5 series I’d be catching in ascending order of love. 5. Kannagi (Seen 1 ep) - Mahou ~miko~ shoujo FTW! While the premise is not all that compelling... | | |
| 10:19pm | Condensed Review: Soukou no Strain | | | | Blonde hair and an unusually fast red war machine? Pros and Cons + a hint of Gunbuster in the DNA ++ Frances Hodgson Burnett is spinning in her grave + CG mecha which manage to look good (they’re intended to seem ethereal) - too much exposition in one place - fanservice spike not closely tied... | | |
| 12:59pm | Casshern Sins - 03 | | | | Short Synopsis: Casshern meets a man who travels alone. Highlights: Subtle drama rocks! Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 Am I the only one who finds it ironic that the series with the most original and appealing character-design of the season is a remake of a series that came from the 1970’s?... | | |
| 9:38pm | Ga-Rei Zero episode 2 ~ Killing has never been so easy | | | | I shat bricks! I really hope that I am not biting off more than I can chew for one season but here you have it, I have decided to take up this series as well based on what I thought was quite a stunning first two episodes. One of the reason why this series sticks out from the pack like a sore thumb... | | |
| 8:57am | Shutting the Files: CG Mecha Done Well | | | | Paperwork just got hardcore. I personally struggle to be convinced by the heavy use of CG when animating mecha, as it usually lends an unhelpful weightless or ethereal quality to giant robots. I’m told that this is actually because CGI looks too good, and therefore very out of place. There are... | | |
| 3:44am | ACEN08: FUNimation | | | | Aaaaand FUNimation’s panel ACEN08: FUNimation Aaaaand FUNimation, which I know has at least one announcement today (and, no doubt, a sum-up of all their announcements in the past week). Events manager Adam Sheehan presides once again, and it sounds like it’s mostly going to be the same... | | |
| 11:26pm | Funimation Licenses Strain, Shigurui, RxJ, and D. Gray Man | | | | On top of the 3 licenses earlier this week, Funimation has now announced licenses for Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry (a.k.a. Soukou no Strain), Shigurui: Death Frenzy, Romeo x Juliet, and D. Gray-Man late last week and today. That brings the total number of series licensed up to 7 this week. Funimation... | | |
| 2:34am | Will Thirteen Be A Lucky Number for Funimation? | | | | This week Funimation has been announcing licenses and so far all of them have involved 13-episode sets. On Monday, it was Save Me, Lollipop (aka Mamotte! Lollipop) that will come out as a 13-episode set in December and Tuesday they announced plans to release the first 26 episodes of Kenichi: The... | | |
| 8:36pm | Yukana -- Great Voice, Strong Pheromones | | | | Yukana is both an outstanding seiyuu and a controversial personality. Her voice has great range, from Cure White in Precure Max Heart to Dominura in Simoun, and from Mashiro in Mai-Otome to C.C. in Code Geass. Recently, she seems to be centring on roles that are like her: strong, sexy, and mature.She... | | |
| 3:03pm | Spring Season Preview | | | | Incidentally, this is my 1600th post, so I thought that it would a good time for the upcoming spring-season preview, and the line-up is looking quite interesting. There are a lot of science-fiction series, and no hentai-game adaptations at all. That’s probably the first since years now. Apart... | | |
| 8:50pm | Seiyuu Awards 2007 -- voting starts | | | | "Seiyuu Awards" is a new Japanese annual awards show that gave out its first set of awards last spring -- the awards for 2006. General voting for the 2007 awards starts now and runs into January, with the show itself scheduled for Japanese TV next March.The categories are fairly straightforward:-- leading... | | |
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