| 5:07pm | Pandora Hearts - 22 | | | | Well, since the manga is going on way beyond the end of this series, which is going to come in three more episodes, I’m not expecting too much from this series’ finale. Sure, the final episode may end up to become awesome, but the story isn’t going to come together like with most... | | |
| 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... | | |
| 10:49am | Cool Products Monday, August 31, 2009 | | | | 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... | | |
| 6:59pm | Pandora Hearts episode 21 |  | | | I really liked Alice’s outfit in this episode. I thought it was cute.Nice little expression there too This episode pretty much consisted of two halves. One was a recap of sorts where it’s pointed out that Oz and Alice has changed.And no one likes a recapper The other was revelation of more... | | |
| 5:14am | Fall 2009 |  | | | So I heard you like sequels Most of this information comes from the chart at Denizen’s blog, as well as MAL and ANN. I’m excited because we’ll have three people blogging again, which means more series covered by SS!AB. I might cut my load to 3 new series (depending on episode counts),... | | |
| 6:05am | Take the X Train | | | | Many of the more significant anime directors of the 1970s and 1980s learned the ropes at Toei Doga or Mushi Pro in the 1960s. The different approaches to animated filmmaking learned at each respective studio consequently provide the foundation for these directors. Some started out at Toei Doga but... | | |
| 1:50pm | Pandora Hearts - 21 | | | | Whoa. Even for Pandora Hearts, this was a surprisingly good episode. Since it already has been two weeks since the plot disappeared (with the previous week a hiatus and the week before that more aimed at comic relief), but damn, I didn’t suspect that the creators were already going to arrive... | | |
| 6:59am | The Restaurant of Many Orders and Kenji Miyazawa anime | | | | Many of the best directors working in animation in Japan have adapted early 20th century poet Kenji Miyazawa's timeless short stories. The last film made by Japan's pre-eminent indie animator of the 70s and 80s, Tadanari Okamoto, was an adaptation of Kenji's The Restaurant of Many Orders. Okamoto died... | | |
| 10:57pm | SDF Macross Episodes 03 and 04 – The Great Indoors |  | | | It’s Wednesday and that means Macross. We have two somewhat less eventful episodes this week but we do get an introduction and much screentime for Minmay as well as a bit of information on the capabilities and structure of the Macross. Fighting continues on South Ataria Island as the Macross lifts... | | |
| 6:01pm | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 2-3: 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. ... | | |
| 9:19pm | Sora no Manimani Episode 07 – Last Time’s Regrets |  | | | After many slow weeks of waiting for episodes we have two fansubbing groups working on SoraMani and now two episodes released rapid fire. And it couldn’t be at a better time too as the show is really going into high gear lately. Several meaningful conversations this episode, a variety of great Hime... | | |
| 5:00am | Canaan – Symbolism in Style | | | | I’m mildly surprised that CANAAN seems to have received a fairly mixed reception so far. It’s one of my favorite shows this season, not only for its gorgeous art and memorable characters, but also because of the strong emphasis on symbolism and metaphor used to portray the deeper elements... | | |
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