| 3:20pm | Spice and Wolf: Boku to Holo no Ichinen Theme Song - Tonari ni Iru yo | | | | I’m Next To YouVocals: Koshimizu Ami as HoloLyrics: Hirano HaijiComposition: Aizawa MasaruArrangement: PekoThe wind is scented, the birds chirp, clouds drift and turn colorfulEven the scenery that I should be familiar with seems like a totally different thingI see your face from the side, deep... | | |
| 2:03am | Best anime of 2008, and the anime year in review, part 1. | | | | Well, at the stroke of midnight, 2008 ended and the new year began, and whether you spent the night partying with family and friends or you spent your time reflecting on the past year, I hope you enjoyed the night. To me, this time of the year makes me feel reflective... | | |
| 5:10pm | 2008/2009 Winter Anime Menu | | | | Super delayed preview, as always! woohoo!! Better late than never, right? It’s that time of the year when the chefs get together and actually post something to bring you this comprehensive list of animes due this season. Without further ado, we bring to you this almost complete list of this sequel-filled... | | |
| 4:24am | The 2008 Best Themes Post | | | | I am totally stealing from CCY and cuchlann, and doubtless countless others, to bring you this post, a window into the mysterious workings of musical things in my mind. Expect it to make even less sense than usual! Opening and ending themes and sequences oftentimes hold a special place in my heart,... | | |
| 5:51am | Impressions on a Year 2008: Scintillating Soundtracks |  | | | By TheBigN Part 1: Interesting People Part 2: Awesome OP/EDs Part 3: Fun Phrases Unlike the openings and closings of anime this year, good standalone series soundtracks (that is, good in my subjective lack of taste sense) have been hard to find for me, which is a little sad. That said, there were some... | | |
| 2:19am | The lady and the man | | | | Having finished Spice and Wolf recently, it only seemed to reinforce the fact that I really enjoy the dynamic. A lady of extraordinary circumstances comes upon a young man who is quite average in most respects. We saw this in Crest of the Stars, Shakugan no Shana, Mahoraba the list goes on. | | |
| 1:34pm | Best of 2008 Anime Awards, Day 1 - Slice of Life | | | | Well, another year has come and gone, and with 2008 at an end is it once again time for us to share with you some of the highlights of the year. Thus, I am very proud to present to you the 13th Annual Epic Win Best of the Year Anime Award Show, where the awards are made up and the points don’t... | | |
| 1:25pm | New Spice and Wolf Season Character Design Revealed |  | | | A Christmas card wallpaper on the official Spice and Wolf website provides us our first good look of Horo and Kraft as drawn by the new character designer for the 2nd season of Spice and Wolf: Toshimitsu Kobayashi, the new character designer and chief animation director, will be replacing Kazuya Kuroda... | | |
| 12:59am | Anime Vice Check-In 12/22 | | | | It’s my mom’s birthday today. Hee. Friday 12/19 (the rest) - The Daily Shin Buun 12/19/08 Saturday 12/20 - Anime goes Green in Japan - FUNimation Takes Tsubasa to the Next (Blu) Level - Gonzo Joins Kitaro Director For Spirit Battle Comedy - Required Reading 12/20/08 - The Daily Shin Buun... | | |
| 9:51am | Vagrancy - Istoria ~ Musa~ |  | | | This album was loooong released ago. However, I just downloaded it and fell in love. I love vocal, vocal is my favorite genre. So, let this be a warmup to C75, some music reviews to take up space!Kalliope - カリオペ I don’t know what the background story is for these songs and I assume there... | | |
| 7:15pm | Unfulfilled Expectations or a Drastic My Anime Blog 2008 Primer | | | | By TheBigN So according to others, I was apparently supposed to be part of the “12 Days of Christmas” craze that’s sweeping the blogosphere, and I’m kinda confused on how that impression came to be. I’m planning on doing what I did last year with the “Impressions... | | |
| 7:41pm | How the Japanese are Reclaiming the Internet |  | | | If you have been following my blog for the past year, then you are familiar with my controversial narrative of the US anime market and how it reached its breaking point a few months ago. The giants of the industry formed their mighty empire after Toonami and Adult Swim brought in a new American audience... | | |
| 12:50am | Funimation set to announce 10 licenses in 10 days | | | | As per AstroNerdBoy: FUNimation sent me this little blurb. Not sure if you have seen the podcast yet but we’re doing a big announcement thing. Starting 12/22 we are going to announce a show a day for 10 days. Ten license announcements and not even at a convention. Wow. That should cause quite a... | | |
| 12:58am | 2008 Anime DVD Sales Ranking | | | | Here we have the rather interesting DVD sales ranking for 2008 anime, in this case focused on the first volume as a proxy for total popularity. There are a number of interesting results within the list, but the top and bottom are likely not surprising. These numbers are the number of DVDs sold over... | | |
| 10:38am | Cool Items: Monday, October 13, 2008 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
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