| 8:10pm | Kaiji: the human derby of the Starside Hotel | | | | Man, that was intense! Although the Starside Hotel arc lacked the complex logic and backstabbing of the Espoir episodes, it pretty much made up for this through sheer palm-wringing tension. This was the first time that I had to hit the pause button and leave the room to wash my hands because they were... | | |
| 11:39am | Kaiji 15 - The After-Beam | | | | It was in a timely manner that this episode picked up the falling pace of the gambling survival-horror series, Kaiji. With the beam-walking premise taken to tedious extremes, it was a great relief to see the end of the beam, and the beginnings of a new, and presumably more exciting gamble. Of... | | |
| 3:24am | Looking Both Ways: The Fall Season Carryovers | | | | Mega Megane Moe @ Ikimashou is messed up something fierce on my end, so until that gets fixed, I'll post here.Looking backAnd now for the Slowpoke news: we're in the winter season.I'm still stuck in the past, not because of any traumatic accidents which have permanently scarred me and/or my memory, but... | | |
| 7:19pm | Thoughts on blogging; mass-market episodic anime blogging | | | | I’m feelin’ kinda lost right now. Writers block, you might call it. Much as I want to say something exciting, profound or interesting, I’m basically runnin’ on empty, still searching for a tiny shred of inspiration. All through this week, I’ve intended to write something;... | | |
| 2:06pm | Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji - 15 | | | | So, in case you’ve been wondering: Ghost Hound and Saiunkoku Monogatari are both in a hiatus this week. Instead we have the new episode of the Tsubasa Chronicle-OVA and another episode of Kaiji. The current episode of Kaiji concludes the steel-beam-arc. But really, I feel a bit cheated. The... | | |
| 3:42pm | Weekly Round-Up: January 18th | | | | Reviewed this week: Aria the Origination 2, Clannad 13, Gunslinger Girl Il Teatrino 1, Kaiji 14, Mokke 7, Moyashimon 5-6, SaiMono II 32, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 10-12+Zoku 1, Shion no Ou 5-11, Spice and Wolf 2…and in manga: Akagi 9, Chokotto Sister 49, Tsubasa 178-9 | | |
| 9:32pm | All Right Folks, That’s a Wrap… | | | | Yep, that’s a wrap on this damned 3-month long hiatus. Or at the very least, I damn sure hope so. I really have no earthly clue how this last one came about. I called myself getting back into full swing with my new “Groundwork of Anime” series, and then fell off again! What a joke,... | | |
| 11:40pm | SaiGAR 2008 - Group C, Round 1c |  | | | Ikari Gendo (Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone) - 344Iwamoto Kogan (Shigurui) - 62Masa (Seto no Hanayome) - 349 (46.2% of 755 votes)Furukawa Akio (Clannad) - 375 (53.4% of 702 votes)Matsubara Kaoru (Powerpuff Girls Z) - 108Mamoru Andou (Kaiji) - 219No way! Gendo loses by five!? Sadness But at least... | | |
| 10:05pm | Shion no Ou - 12 | | | | This is very rare for a sports-anime: three huge matches, happening all at the same time, and all of them turned out to be awesome. I’m so glad that this series is back again. Basically, this episode was all about the rookies versus the veterans: Shion versus Satoru, Saori versus Hani-meijin... | | |
| 11:00am | Kaiji 12 to 14 - See You On the Other Side | | | | Oh my God, is that a woman in a Kaiji episode?! What has the world come to?? Up is down, left is right, J.C. Staff is KyoAni!! Hmm, well at least I think that’s supposed to be a woman, anywayI dunno, Guff? What’s your expert opinion? While the skirt and sweater vest may seem indicative of... | | |
| 11:36am | Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji - 14 | | | | Now I know for sure: Kaiji is one of these anime that has a lot of things to like, but also quite a few points to dislike. The looks it gives at human nature are astounding. Ishida was amazing in this episode. Same with Sahara: the two of them were absolutely amazing to watch. The amazing intensity... | | |
| 11:12am | Mega Round-Up: January 11th | | | | Fellow anime fans, heed my words- never, ever let a massive backlog build up, for it will crush your very soul. Sadly, there is still much I have to catch up on, but in the meantime enjoy my coverage of what I have managed to get through since mid-December.Reviewed this week: Aria the Origination 1,... | | |
| 9:04pm | Saigar Day 3-4 |  | | | The next two days of Saigar have been Tallied up.Day 2- The winners were Hosaka from Minami-ke and Itou Kaiji from Kaiji(Who?)Day 3- Winners were Robert E. O. Speedwagon(Lulz Faction wins this time) and Itoshiki Nozomu from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.Today’s Matchups include:Ito Makoto- School DaysL-... | | |
| 4:38pm | SaiGAR Results: Days 2 and 3 | | | | We return you to your regularly scheduled SaiGAR coverage. The news team was stuck in the Intertubes for over 24 hours for the second day, and couldn’t get Day 2’s results out. But enough chatter. HAVE AT THEE! Day 2:HosakaItou Kaiji Boota could take out Kaiji and that feller. Srsly. Day... | | |
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