| 10:16pm | Otakon 2009: Panels, Loot, Wrap | | | | I enjoy Otakon every year, but I always get the feeling at the end of each one that I’ve had a good run and might skip it from now on. I’ve been saying it for three years now, so I’ll probably be back. This here is my convention report, panels, loot, and jabber at the end. Didn’t... | | |
| 4:10am | Otakon 2009 - Day 1 in Tweets |  | | | “Well, Mell was swell as hell.” On Site: Scott from The Anime Almanac Jon I. from JANAiBlog Kim Edward Sizemore from Comics Worth Reading animevice from Anime Vice Greg Peter Tatara from New York Anime Fest OutOfTimeProd from Out Of Time Productions Alex from alexleavitt.com Carl from Ogiue... | | |
| 9:00pm | Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 -- Who are those great voices? | | | | The first two episodes of Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 have been outstanding. And the perfect voices have been a big part of the deal.Hanamura Satomi as Mirai has been particularly brilliant. She did the sullen middle-schooler so perfectly in episode one that many people hated her. And her determination to find... | | |
| 11:36pm | Soul Eater Trailer - First glimpse of the English Dub | | | | All you lucky punks who went to AX already got to see this, but now the rest of us are finally able to see the first Soul Eater trailer from FUNimation. Definitely a marked improvement over the Media Factory trailer that looks more like a documentary than a trailer. Plus, we finally get our first sample... | | |
| 7:18am | Top Picks – Spring 2009 Anime, Part 3: VMA Awards | | | | The final set of awards before going to my top shows of the season cover the music, vocal actors, and animation aspects of this season’s anime. Or the three parts to anime that are heavily dependent on the preferences of the individual viewer. The reason I put these awards third is that in the... | | |
| 3:44pm | Manga in Japan = One Piece |  | | | Manga in Japan appears synonymous with One Piece in much the same way that manga overseas is a shorthand for saying “Naruto“, if the latest manga sales figures are anything to go by. The collected Oricon Top 50 figures for manga sales through the first half of 2009 (shown below) give a... | | |
| 12:00am | Cutting Through a Forest of Swords: a Survey of Swordplay Anime | | | | [This post has no spoilers, pic somewhat related] As I’ve said recently, one thing that interests me almost as much as mecha anime is samurai anime. If there are swordfights, I’m somehow interested. In this post I’m going to give short impressions, or rather what I took away from... | | |
| 10:45pm | B.Ichi Volume 03 – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | Many thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy About the Mangaka Okubo Atsushi is better known for his more recent work, Soul Eater. However he also assisted on the older series, Get Backers. B.Ichi is his first independent work where he did both the art and story. About the MangaWhat can I say,... | | |
| 7:42am | Summer 2009 Anime Preview and Watchlist | | | | This seems to happen every time, just when I’m finally feel like I’ve got used to the season’s mix of shows, a new season comes along and offers a completely different set of shows to watch.At the start of the spring season, I was unsure if there’d be as many quality titles as the past several... | | |
| 1:49pm | T.H.A.T. Summer 2009 Anime Preview |  | | | Are you ready for your swine flu vaccination? Welcome to the 2009 Summer Anime Preview. I hope everyone is enjoying the time off, because I have none -_- (damn Bar review). Regardless, enjoy our seasonal preview, the format is the same as last time. Much of this info is pulled from Fansub Wiki,... | | |
| 3:56am | FlareKnight at Anime North |  | | | Well it does seem fitting that one of my first editorial posts comes in regard to Anime North. Was the first time I made it out to the event in a few years. So it was definitely a pretty fun time to go and see how things were out there. It always amazes you how busy things are and how dedicated some... | | |
| 11:30am | I Can’t Believe I’ll Be Putting Up a Filler Post With K-On! | | | | What an early Christmas this is. But I’m not complaining. I already said I won’t be making formal episode reviews for K-On! except if it’s an episode wherein they actually play– just like in episode 6. Just a few scenes-worth of review would be enough, right? So let’s... | | |
| 12:45am | Yen Plus Issue 09 April ‘09 - Thoughts & Impressions | | | | This is my sixth and final catch up post. I’m still waiting on the next issue to be delivered so i’ll post it when it arrives. The Nightschool cover was awesome and has a great feel about it. The Soul eater one is nifty, but lacking something IMO. I’m starting with the manhwa side this time,... | | |
| 10:26pm | Yen Plus Issue 08 March ‘09 - Thoughts & Impressions | | | | This is my fifth catch up post of the Yen Plus Anthology. While I love Maximum Ride, something about this cover really turned me off. Fang looks awesome, but the other guy just looks crap. That said I like the Nabari no Ou one, it’s got a good feel to it. Once again I’m starting off with the... | | |
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