| 9:06pm | Pandora Hearts -- Characters & Seiyuus (great voices, great show) | | | | Pandora Hearts, which began in April and will continue through September, is a terrific show that has attracted fewer fans than it deserves. It has a fascinating story, some good humor, and especially great voice work. Click here for a table showing pics of the characters and their seiyuus.Kawasumi Ayako... | | |
| 4:24am | Tales of Vesperia PS3 vs Xbox 360: Xbox Higher Resolution! |  | | | A detailed comparison of the Tales of Vesperia demos for the PS3 and Xbox 360 reveals that the PS3 actually has noticeably inferior graphics to the Xbox 360 beta which was circulated to paying testers some time ago. The PS3 version actually has a lower resolution than the Xbox 360 version, for reasons... | | |
| 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... | | |
| 9:10pm | Summer 09 Anime - First impressions, part two |  | | | I believe summer should be all about the beach, the blue sea, and girls in bikinis with light swords. I believe summer should be all about the beach, the deep blue sea, girls in bikinis and, of course, light swords. Thanks everyone for all the comments to the first... | | |
| 1:59am | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 1-2: 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. ... | | |
| 10:54pm | Summer 2009 Anime Impressions – Umi Monogatari (Sea Story) | | | | I’ll remind readers that as of last season, I started to hold off on doing anime impression posts until I saw at least a couple of episodes because I wanted a more accurate representation of the show and oftentimes one episode isn’t enough. This might put these posts a week or two behind other blogs... | | |
| 5:02pm | NYAFF Double Feature - I’m Your Toy, Your 20th Century Boy |  | | | Why do we care so much whenever our favorite novel, comic, or cartoon is adapted into a live-action movie? After all, we already have the original version right there in front of us, and we know that something in the story is going to be lost when squeezed into a 2-hour-long flick. So why do we care... | | |
| 12:00am | Tomino Yoshiyuki: Laughing Out Loud (LOLTOMINO in Gundam) | | | | [Spoilers for Mobile Suit Gundam, Turn A Gundam, and other works directed by Tomino] When I first tried watching the Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy, something really disturbed me. I’ve said this before, but I think it merits repeating for the sake of my subject in this post: In Soldiers of... | | |
| 8:54pm | Tales of Vesperia PS3 Ero-Upgrades! Xbox Owners Weep… |  | | | The reason why the Xbox 360 “beta test” of Tales of Vesperia never received extra costumes in the form of sexy swimwear has been laid as bare as Rita’s navel in her new bikini: they were saved for the PS3 release, much to the disappointment of Xbox players of the game, who it seems are betrayed... | | |
| 7:05am | Top Seven Anime of the Spring 2009 Season | | | | The final part of my look at the best of the spring season is the countdown of the best titles of the season. This is always a difficult process since I enjoy so many different types of shows and there’s no clear-cut way of comparing a slice-of-life show to a shounen action show to a thought provoking... | | |
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