| 2:32am | Gurren-Lagann in Bandai Ent. dub |  | | | The ADV dub, seen at American TV for a short while, is dead. The Bandai dub is the new game (available at Sci-Fi Channel). Not bad. I didn’t see undue censorship, and the voices were quite palatable. UPDATE: Jason liveblogs the broadcast. | | |
| 11:16pm | Gurren Lagann To Appear on Sci-Fi Channel | | | | American Otaku like me can cheer for joy for tonight for we get to see Gurren Lagann at 11:00pm ET/PT on Sci-fi channel. We can get a chance to see the hottie Yo-ko over hereof course lets hope the dubbing was done well. If not, we can always watch the pure Japanese subtilted work.Actually I remember... | | |
| 9:34pm | Reminder: Gurren Lagann Parallel Works Is On Hold | | | | I know a lot of people are buzzing about how there seems to be no Gurren Lagann Parallel Works video this week, and the reason for that isthere isn’t! For the next six weeks (i.e. until two weeks before the movie) there will be no new videos, just the past ones replayed. Two weeks before the... | | |
| 2:30pm | Anime Insider Magazine Issue 59, August 2008 | | | | Anime Insider Magazine Issue 59 is now out. There’s a great opening article about how the anime industry is embracing Blu-ray DVDs, an in-depth look at Gurren Lagann and more!Anime Insider #59 - August, 2008 The August 2008 features include:Racing For Time - The chase is on in as Tsubasa Reservoir... | | |
| 9:21am | Cool Items: Monday, July 28, 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... | | |
| 6:26pm | Interview with the Gundam Exia Cosplayer: RoboSauna!! | | | | It’s been a while since our last interview here at Riuva. If memory serves me right, it was Hoshi the Yin Cosplayer, Champion of last year’s Cosfest 07. Since I did not attend last year’s EOY, nor saw any of the pictures it produced, Riuva did not have an interview for Champion Cosplayer.... | | |
| 1:13pm | Revoltech Fräulein Yoko | | | | Earlier in June and July, I’ve already heard news about Kaiyodo releasing a Revoltech figure for Yoko from Gurren Lagann. Now we finally get to see a preview of her in this month issue of Hobby Japan. I really loved what they have produced. She looks really cute and is definitely going onto my... | | |
| 7:01am | The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk, RPG Anime Gone Wild |  | | | Game-Based Anime: Hit or Miss? It is not often that a game-based anime embraces its inner game, and for good reason. Many are visibly forced attempts to fashion a second-rate story into a compelling screenplay, which sometimes works, but often not, especially if the director is not allowed enough creative... | | |
| 7:00am | The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk, RPG Gone Wild | | | | Game-Based Anime: Hit or Miss? It is not often that a game-based anime embraces its inner game, and for good reason. Many are visibly forced attempts to fashion a second-rate story into a compelling screenplay, which sometimes works, but often not, especially if the director is not allowed enough creative... | | |
| 11:45pm | Summer Anime Impressions - Natsune Yuujinchou | | | | A second, and probably final, round of summer anime impressions is up next and to lead off is the supernatural slice-of-life show, Natsune Yuujinchou. This is the latest offering from Brain’s Base, who just finished up Kure-nai.Rating: 09/12 A-Natsume is your typical high school student except for... | | |
| 8:55pm | sdcc: Broccoli | | | | At the tail end of an Archie Comics panel (SO nostalgic!), and then broccoli starts. Whee! Shizuki Yamashita presides, and she has no powerpoint today (technical difficulties), but she’s talking about the newly-released Koi Cupid and upcoming Sola (manga, natch). And then there’s the special... | | |
| 12:02am | SDCC: Bandai Entertainment | | | | More phone liveblogging, so sorry it’s not my usual massively detailed type of writeup– hopefully I’ll have better luck tomorrow. Anyway! Rob Napton presiding as usual, along with Ken Iyadomi andsomeone whose name I didn’t catch. And then there’s the usual presentationnow,... | | |
| 4:19am | Happy Birthday to Me | | | | Happy Birthday to me. July 23rd marked my 30th birthday so I’m thinking I should feel old but I really don’t feel any different. I was going to have this up earlier but I wanted to include pictures of my Gurren Lagann cake. There’s a bakery near my house that can scan in a picture... | | |
| 9:15am | Here is Gurren Lagann Parallel Works 5 [WARNING: NUDITY] | | | | Brian couldn’t find it. But I did. At http://gunota.info. Go drop by and say thanks to them. I ain’t a fan so all I can say is, the music for this episode sounds like tracks I would get when I play a EA Sports NBA Live game. AND NOTE: NUDITY IS ALL OVER IT. I | | |
| 10:31pm | Full Metal Panic Triology Review (Part 1: Full Metal Panic!) | | | | Last night I had the chance to witness what I think was the single weakest review stemming from biased influence that I have seen in a good long time. The topic was the Full Metal Panic triology and it was the final straw for me, I have to give my own say on the series now. It’s sadly unfortunate... | | |
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