| 6:00am | Best in Anime 2008 – Part 1: Character Awards | | | | I start with the character awards partly because I feel once a show establishes a great cast of characters then it’s 70% of the way to ensuring that I’ll like it. And it doesn’t matter what type of show, any show can be improved with good character development.Best Female Main Character Winner:... | | |
| 9:46pm | Top Seiyuus of 2008 -- Poll Results | | | | Koshimizu Ami's Horo in Spice & Wolf was the top lead female seiyuu performance of 2008. That's what your votes said. And that's what I thought, too.Male lead: Fukuyama Jun (Lelouche in Code Geass)Supporting female: Horie Yui (Minori in Toradora)Supporting male: Kamiya Hiroshi (Michel in Macross... | | |
| 4:41pm | RideBack Episode 01 - These Tears of Mine Are Tears of Happiness | | | | Like I said I would, I am now beginning my episodic blogging on RideBack, a show that appears to be a curious mix of Initial D and Toshokan Sensou. I mentioned that RideBack caught my eye the most out of this season’s selection, mainly thanks to its political aspects and more mature characters.... | | |
| 5:04am | Dreams of the Year Behind: 2008 Characters | | | | Although 2008 may not have been as great as 2007, it did have some great characters, in that respect, I’m already missing them ;_; Best ParentsSanae and Akio Furukawa, Clannad Could anyone ask for a more awesome family (ヶロ)? The Furukawa’s were quite the delight, and just as Akiko was... | | |
| 8:30pm | Dreams of the Year Behind: 2008 Series Categories | | | | Behind schedule, but my top series in given categories for the year behind, 2008: Over-the-top Without a doubt, the second and final season of Code Geass takes the cake with it’s completely illogical left-field plot twists. Was it fun to watch, I guess it was involved, but simply pissed me off... | | |
| 6:03pm | Funi’s Licensing Spree: What They Got, And What They Seem To Have Missed |  | | | Funimation had been seriously hyping up their New Year’s “New Show A-Go-Go” licensing announcement spree. They left clues hidden around their website for us to decipher, and promised a new show announcement every day for 10 days up until New Year’s Eve (starting on 12/22). Turned... | | |
| 5:10pm | 2008/2009 Winter Anime Menu | | | | Super delayed preview, as always! woohoo!! Better late than never, right? It’s that time of the year when the chefs get together and actually post something to bring you this comprehensive list of animes due this season. Without further ado, we bring to you this almost complete list of this sequel-filled... | | |
| 3:56am | Happy New Years! (2009) | | | | I would like to say Happy New Years to all who view my blog! I hope everyone had a nice year and is expecting a better coming year. My New Years Resolutions: 1. Procrastinate less 2. Stay off the computer more 3. Watch more Anime than this year 4. Finish watching Toshokan Sensou (seriously prolonged)... | | |
| 2:41am | CJ and Janette’s New Year’s Special! | | | | Consider this to be like one of those pointless anime episodes where lolis the characters celebrate a random holiday while reminiscing or something Except, you know, we’re gonna be handing out awards. Best Engrish: CJ: “What ’bout my star?” from Macross Frontier. Awesome song,... | | |
| 10:29am | 2008 TV Anime DVD/Blu-ray Grand Sales Ranking |  | | | 2008 has seen a huge variety of anime released, and the difficult question of assessing their success can approached in all sorts of ways, from TV ratings to 2ch thread activity, but DVD sales are usually given most prominence in such analysis. This final summary of the TV anime of 2008 incorporates... | | |
| 4:50am | Dreams of the Year Behind: 2008 | | | | In light of the approaching New Year, it is once again time for year-end reflections. Do we wonder if 2008 was a good year for anime? Without a doubt, 2008 was no 2007, yet there was an abundance of good in 2008. Where did 2008 win, and why will I remember this year in anime? In the Season For my considerations,... | | |
| 4:24am | The 2008 Best Themes Post | | | | I am totally stealing from CCY and cuchlann, and doubtless countless others, to bring you this post, a window into the mysterious workings of musical things in my mind. Expect it to make even less sense than usual! Opening and ending themes and sequences oftentimes hold a special place in my heart,... | | |
| 3:08am | 39 New Winter Anime -- full previews: staff, cast, pic, story, trailer | | | | The winter season is usually the least exciting of the year, but there are always surprises. Last year, there were true tears and Spice & Wolf. Here are some of this year's possibilities, followed by a complete preview of almost all the new shows:-- Genji Monogatari Sennenki is a new anime based... | | |
| 8:23am | The 13th Day of Christmas 2008 - and the rest… | | | | “Well, I’m no demon. I’ll play with you until morning.” Yeah, those of you who know me from last year know I’m not much for stopping at just 12 Days of nonstop posting. I’m not sure why. Maybe I’m cocky and want to see how far I can push myself. Maybe I’m... | | |
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