| 10:09pm | Anime Expo Round-up | | | | So, who scored big and who lost big (if that’s the best way to put it) at Anime Expo? Well, it looks like the convention itself scored big once again with 43,000 paid attendees, which is up from 41,500 last year, a 3.6% increase. Now, here is the licensing round-up from the convention: ADV Films... | | |
| 11:05pm | Day 2: Bandai Panel Liveblog |  | | | 4:04 PM: Bandai panel begins. But Gaia Online folks let in before us. 4:05 PM: Freedom, part of their “Honneamise” line (replaces Bandai Visual USA). Trailer playing. 4:08 PM: Code Geass trailer. S1 DVD, pt 1, on August 5th 2008. 4:12 PM: Lucky Star trailer. I’ve seen it before. Computer... | | |
| 8:46pm | Anime Expo 2008 - Day 1 | | | | This year’s Anime Expo, although not nearly as exciting as last year’s all star guest appearances by Halko Momoi, Ishikawa Chiaki, Nagahama Hiroshi, and Hirano Aya & Co., has nevertheless been as crazily entertaining as ever. From guest discussion panels to anime music videos to wacky... | | |
| 10:55pm | AX08: Aniplex Panel W/Gurren Lagann Cast! | | | | So the Aniplex panel is about to start, and reportedly this is when we’ll finally hear the Gurren Lagann dub cast. So sit tight and I’ll give it to you as soon as I can! (Though I’m a little low on battery and might have to sit in the corner of the room to use the power outlet.boo!)... | | |
| 10:20pm | ♪ Welcome to Your Slice of Life O.P.S.! - Natsu no Sora Edition | | | | This is just a cheap ploy to prod at what really matters–when your HAL Film Maker (best known for the animated Aria adaptations) overlords work with Osamu Kobayashi (probably best known for his Gurren Lagann episode 4 nonsense to kids on the lawn today?) to create a very interesting mash-up between... | | |
| 9:09pm | Liveblog: Shokotan Panel | | | | img_0038img_0039img_0040img_00 412:07 PM (Mike): Playing a new music video. She’s got really crazy nails in this one too.2:08 PM (Mike): Shokotan Appears. She’s dressed as Kenshin. Greets us in English2:11 PM (Mike): Likes the LA weather. Steak too. Talks about the bomb threat at LAX, but... | | |
| 11:05am | Had to Comment on the Digital File Argument | | | | Trivia: Greg Ayres voiced Chrono in the ADV dub. I suppose I should have anticipated that, the day before a large convention, a firestorm that would spawn from Scott’s post on the divisive issue of fansubs with relation to Greg Ayres’ Anime Next panel but I was still a bit surprised by the... | | |
| 2:04am | Akiraman’s Anime Summer 2008 - 02 - Video Compilation | | | | Akiraman’s Anime Watchlist Spring 2008, the 2nd updated list compiled from various blogs, with videos. With so much distractions these days its hard to compile a list of interesting summer anime to watch. This later half of the year has more anime than the first. More video upates later. #Update2... | | |
| 3:04am | Preparing for a Revolution; A Slayers Primer | | | | Just a few days only a few days remain until heheheh AH HAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHA! This is for your own good. *aims Mk22 Hush Puppy* Oh come on, Dio! Surely I have every right to be excited! Slayers Revolution is mere days from launch! Well, yes, but I’m sick of getting calls about whether or not... | | |
| 1:11am | Revoltech ARX-8Laevatein and Gurren Lagann Full-Drill (Preview) | | | | ARX-8 Laevatein Thoughts All i can say about it is my mind got totally blown away. It gives me great joy to finally see one of my favourite mecha getting the Revoltech treatment. Information about the Laevatein for the uninitiated is here. STATUS: Preordered.Gurren Lagann Full Drill Mode. ThoughtsEssentially,... | | |
| 11:24pm | Gurren Lagann Parallel Works 3 is the Coolest Yet | | | | This third installment of Parallel Works is, by far my favourite episode among the lot. The art style, the jazz music, and all Gurren Lagann. Yes, this is what happens when you have Cowboy Bebop jazzing the tunes, Samurai Champloo funking the animation style with Mononoke-esque art style to depict all... | | |
| 8:09pm | Quick Comments on R1 Gurren Lagann | | | | My copy of the first R1 Gurren Lagann release landed today, covering the first eight episodes of the show (which anyone who has seen the show may agree is kind of an odd place to stop). This is the quick, sub-only release, with the nicer, dual language release following at some point in the future.Anyway,... | | |
| 3:00pm | Gurren Lagann Parallel Works 3 | | | | Here’s the latest GL Parallel Works that hit the internet. The director this time is Hirokazu Kojima and the composer is Iwasaki Taku. The song is called “Boing vs. Boing” Online Videos by Veoh.com | | |
| 9:15pm | What do you have on your mp3 player? |  | | | It makes you want to raise her skirt to see if she has a tail The sun is high in the sky, the beaches are full with girls in bikinis and what do I have next tome me while I lay down on my beach towel? No, it’s not another girl, it’s my portable Mp3 Player. (Actually it’s my Nintendo... | | |
| 7:52pm | Roundup-tan: Gurren Lagann’s Got Boin Edition | | | | Anime: - Above is the newest Gurren Lagann Parallel Works video, to the lovely tune of “Boin vs Boin.” And yes, there does appear to be a Haruhi reference at 2:15. And don’t forget that you can check it out on the official website, too. - The fifth Kodomo no Jikan DVD is going to... | | |
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