| 8:47am | May Summary | | | | My opinion on this season? Awesome. It really is one of the best seasons we’ve had in years, and especially the series I’ve been blogging haven’t disappointed at all so far. This season is especially excels in characters: there are lots of series with excellent characterizations and... | | |
| 1:27pm | Yokosuka |  | | | image ID#26538Been living in Tokyo for nearly 10 years but only recently managed to visit Yokosuka last Saturday - inspired to go after member punynari joined dannychoo.com and watching something on Yokosuka on the TV the other day. Photo was taken in the afternoon-ish in Dobuita street at Yokosuka.... | | |
| 8:57pm | MS Igloo 2 Episode 3 (Odessa Iron Storm) | | | | Every story needs a beginning a middle and an ending. For MS Igloo 2 this is that ending You know how the new episode of Haruhi was like an angel descending from on high to bless Haruhiist’s with a feeling of total bliss? Well now it’s my turn. It has been nearly 2 months since the last... | | |
| 10:32am | Eden of the East – Thoughts and Speculations Through Episode 7 | | | | Frequent readers of The Null Set probably have probably noticed that amount of new posts have slowed a bit. This isn’t due to real life concerns or a lack of desire to continue blogging or even a diminished desire to watch anime but because I have so many ideas for posts and they are all tugging me... | | |
| 11:33pm | A timeline of Haruhi season 2 trolls |  | | | Since everybody’s already posted their thoughts about the new Haruhi episode, I thought I’d do something a little different Anybody who’s been following the Haruhi Suzumiya fandom since the first anime season aired in April 2006 knows that it’s unlike any other anime fandom,... | | |
| 1:39pm | Seiyuu Surprises – Same Actor, Different Roles |  | | | Seiyuu, or voice actors, are one of the more recognized workers in the creation of anime, giving our beloved 2D characters the most obvious link to humanity – their voices. The names of many famous seiyuu are well known among the ranks of otaku, even more so in this decade than past years, but the... | | |
| 11:39am | Nihon University |  | | | image ID#26491Had the honor of speaking this week at the largest university in Japan - Nihon University.And you could squeeze them like this while making a "puni puni" sound.image ID#26492Zooming back in time to the morning at about 10:40. Is making our way by car to the economics building at Nihon University... | | |
| 6:06pm | [Ascaloth] K-ON!, Episode 8 | | | | A new school year has arrived, it’s time for a new beginning. It almost seems like yesterday when the girls were worrying about the survival of the recently-revived Light Music Club, and now they’ve already set their minds to expanding their dreams. Which, of course, means it’s time... | | |
| 7:59pm | Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody And Haruhi “Season 2″ First Impressions | | | | I’ve already said it elsewhere, but this still reminds of the Saki ending albeit less cracked out Rather then go through all the motions of rejoicing and about how “thine goddess hath returned” and the fact that there’s a new episode of Haruhi, I’m just going right on in... | | |
| 1:25pm | May 2009 Contests and Sales | | | | May has quite a few exciting anime/manga contests and sales. RightStuf is giving away tickets to Anime Expo 2009 and continues their ‘Year of the Otaku Contest’; Viz Media has a Naruto Shippuen contest; and Mania gives you a chance to win a Sakura Matuou Figure! Also, be sure to check... | | |
| 6:46am | Birdy the Mighty Decode 2 Series Review | | | | With spring impressions out of the way, I’ve got some time to finish up the previous season’s anime. First up is one of the best shows of the winter season, Birdy the Mighty Decode 2 but before we get there, I wanted to mention a couple new additions to my series review posts starting with this... | | |
| 10:32pm | ‘Waiter, there’re noises in this OP!’ | | | | I’ve been busy, writing essays and experiencing the loneliness of the long-distance reader. Here’s a list of some post ideas I’ve thrown together, but not worked up: a condensed review of The Skull Man; a post about honour in the eighth episode of Space Runaway Ideon; praise for the... | | |
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