| 12:23pm | Spice and Wolf II – 11 |  | | | Horo discusses ending the journey while the situation in town becomes more dangerous. Impressions: Well things have definitely gone pretty bad here. While I think you could have expected trouble the whole city going to hell was still a bit of a surprise. Of course it makes sense when you consider... | | |
| 9:38am | Spice and Wolf II - Episode 11 | | | | An important deal going exactly to plan from beginning to end? In Spice and Wolf? Surely not. However, for the majority of this episode "just as planned" seems to be the phrase du jour for a change.The episode kicks off of course with Lawrence and Fruhl's meeting to do the deal which was laid out... | | |
| 9:20pm | Toys Works Collection: Spice and Wolf II | | | | Chara-Ani has announced preorder for this set of kawaii collection from Toys Works featuring the anime series Wolf and Spice II. There are a total of 8 pieces and 1 secret figure to collect. The collectibles is scheduled to be released in Decemember, and a box of 12 will be retailing for around 8,160... | | |
| 9:56am | Spice and Wolf II – 10 |  | | | Lawrence considers the offer from Abe and investigates the situation in town. Impressions: Now I really do like Horo’s character. She’s probably one of my favourites overall, though don’t ask my top favourite since that just starts a debate in my head. But I really think this decision... | | |
| 9:17am | Spice and Wolf II - Episode 10 | | | | The last episode of Spice and Wolf II left us not so much with a cliff-hanger as a case of "What did you just say?" - A preposterous offer made to Lawrence against Horo, surely?Well, with a bit of explanation, the concept of "selling" Horo seems far less preposterous, albeit still risky - In essence,... | | |
| 8:53am | Aoi Hana Review - 87,5/100 | | | | At the start of this year I wasn’t exactly the biggest fan of romance, but damn. 2009 has surely proved to be an excellent year for this genre. The year already started out with gems as Clannad’s After Story and Genji Monogatari, then it continued with the truly excellent Ristorante Paradiso... | | |
| 7:56am | Spice and Wolf Apple Cookies | | | | Akiba Kakaku has posted some photos of yummy apple cookies which are released for the second season of the anime series Spice and Wolf. Each box contains 12 cookies and retail for 735 yen. Source: Akiba Kakaku The illustrations on the box are really cute, so I’m sure the cookies would taste... | | |
| 1:58pm | Spice and Wolf | | | | Once in a while, a rare gem tumbles down from the monstrously huge pile of worthless pebbles sitting on your front lawn and against all odds lands itself next to your foot, carrying with it a much welcomed reminder of why you chose to intentionally clutter your expensive landed property with unsightly... | | |
| 9:27am | Spice and Wolf II - 09 |  | | | Lawrence and Horo visit Rigolo and Abe asks Lawrence a frightening question. Impressions: Well this situation has gone into the “oh crap” category. You knew something was bound to happen and honestly Abe had me worried from the very beginning. There have been too many close calls with... | | |
| 2:04pm | 「Saimoe ‘09」 “Groups A & B, Day 1″ ~ Round 2 Results | | | | Winners: Chiaki and Kana. Tsukasa is out. The Hiiragi sisters are no longer a threat. Horo was also eliminated unfortunately. Now for the next match, please vote Fuko! Starfish heat!! Full results below Group A2-1 Results:1位 583票 (Minam i Chiaki @ Minami-ke Okaeri)2位 467票 (Last Order... | | |
| 8:42am | Spice and Wolf II - Episode 9 | | | | By the end of the last episode I couldn't help but find myself worrying that Lawrence's late night chat with fellow merchant Abe would end up getting him into trouble, and low and behold within seconds of episode nine kicking off poor old Lawrence is left receiving the cold shoulder from Horo for leaving... | | |
| 10:19pm | Spice and Wolf II - 08 |  | | | Lawrence gathers information about the situation in town. Impressions: Well you just know Lawrence is getting into a dangerous situation here. This situation has a bad feeling around it. Though it seems that the 50 man meeting will go on for some time so I’m curious just how Lawrence will manage... | | |
| 2:05pm | 「Saimoe ‘09」 “Group H – Day 3″ Block ~ 1st Round Results | | | | Winners: Yomi, Yumiko, Zange, and Chika. Congrats to all our winners who made it past the 1st round. Glad to see Zange survive. Was pulling for Rina but unfortunately she fell short of enough votes. And two Saki characters were eliminated on the same day. Anyhow, the 2nd round Group matches begin September... | | |
| 12:42pm | August Summary | | | | Overall, I’m very pleased with this season. There were unfortunately a few series that disappointed this month, but at the same time there were also a lot of shows that exceeded my expectations about them. I think that the most notable of this season is that it’s the very first season in... | | |
| 3:22pm | Spice and Wolf 2 03 |  | | | Summary: It turns out that Amati issued Lawrence a challenge; in front of a large crowd, Amati wants to bet that he can pay off Horo’s debt of 1,000 Trenni silver in cash by tomorrow evening. If Amati wins, he gets a chance to propose to Horo (as she does not belong to a convent). Rather... | | |
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