| 7:01am | Review: Ponyo (Dub) - 88% |  | | | Scores Animation: 90% Music: 95% Voice Acting (dub): 85% Story: 89% Overall: 88% See explanation of scores below. Ponyo is Hayao Miyazaki’s most joyous film since Porco Rosso, and the purest evocation of childhood he’s done since My Neighbor Totoro. After flirting with darker and more surreal... | | |
| 11:36pm | Tokyo Figure Show |  | | | image ID#27379Sorry to have kept you waiting - announcing the details of my first figure show - the Tokyo Figure Show. Details below copy pasted from the official site.WhyI've been collecting and writing about figures at dannychoo.com for quite a few years now and through working closely with the figure... | | |
| 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... | | |
| 8:29am | Tears Fall Down and the Seeds of Love and Hurting | | | | No no, no no no no, no no no no, no no theres no limit! I’ve finally gotten round to watching Eps 10-13 of Asura Cryin’ and I pronounce myself well pleased with these 13 episodes and am very much looking forward to the next season. I suspect that my mileage on this series was quite good because... | | |
| 12:40am | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 1-4: Blunder | | | | Another tragedy occured. The remaining survivors have barely the time to realize what’s going that another incident strikes them mercilessly. Forced to keep a defensive stance, Battler and the rest are sheltering themselves, but an unexpected event will plant the seed of discord among their group.... | | |
| 12:03am | Otakon 2009: When Guests Are the Real Deal | | | | Otakon 2009 was punctuated by a number of personal differences and changes in my life, not least of which were a new method of travel, as well as a variety of new travel buddies. It was also my first year at Otakon as a member of the Press (thanks to the existence of this blog), and while I can’t... | | |
| 10:37pm | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 1-3: 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. ... | | |
| 7:07am | Haruhi Suzumiya: Feeling SHAFTed yet? | | | | The hour of victory is near it’s up to you to seize it. Victory is almost theirs. They can taste it. That boiling blood of the fanbase. Certainly Kyoto Animation and Kadokawa have stretched the majority of Haruhi fans almost to their breaking point with their 5th iteration of Endless Eight;... | | |
| 6:24am | How Kawamori Trolled Me in IRL - Round 01: Morning Musume |  | | | Sometimes life can imitate art retroactively.this is the sea story of one such incident. Well seeing as at the time of writing I have been in ordered into a short exile by my employer I might as well rant about all the bullshit I had to endure at AX from asinine panels to the underwhelming Masquerade... | | |
| 1:09pm | [Ascaloth] Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu (2009), Episode 16: Endless Eight | | | | The Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody of three weeks ago was but a teaser to whet appetites, but this week the God Empress Herself makes an emphatic return. And how! It has been three years since the first season burst out from obscurity to capture the imagination of an entire generation of otaku, and things have... | | |
| 2:53am | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 1-3: Dubious Move | | | | 5th October 1986. 6 persons have been found dead in the storehouse of the rose garden. As the survivors barely have the time to understand what is going on, an unexpected event makes the situation even more difficult to grasp. Doubts and suspicions are raised towards some people, yet another tragedy... | | |
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| 4:30am | Daicon Day 2: An Investigative Indepth Look at the Behind the Scenes | | | | You know, reading ignorant blog and forum posts about the recently concluded Daicon has left me with a sense of achievement - it appears I now know more about the event than almost any other non-staffer, no thanks to my 2-day long investigation, aided by nerdy sidekick Darkmirage, beefy Owen S and medic... | | |
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