| 10:16pm | NYAF Tidbits 1… |  | | | *Bandai Visual USA (Honneamise) Announced that they lost the licenses to True Tears and Sola*.Bandai Entertainment picks up said licenses, Making them part of the Anime Legends label(Which means we get all of them all at once for a lot less than what BVUSA would have* Bandai Visual USA licensed Akira... | | |
| 7:39pm | Takagaki Ayahi on Wrestling Radio Show? | | | | I'd read that Takagaki Ayahi (Noe in true tears) was supposed to be a fan of pro wrestling, but now she is going to co-host a wrestling-focused radio program.The show is called "Hustle Every Night" (夜ナ夜ナハッスル), and is produced by a wrestling group called "Hustle Fighting Opera." The purpose... | | |
| 7:01pm | true tears is switched to sub-only |  | | | According to ANN, the unfortunately capitalized true tears, originally to be released dubbed by the evil half of Bandai, is coming out in a subbed boxset instead. The series won high acclaim when it ran, but nonetheless I’m going to use Netflix or other forms of preview before buying. After all,... | | |
| 6:20pm | NYAF - Bandai Announces | | | | sola and true tears as anime legends collection. gurren lagann manga. akira in blu-ray in feb 2009 for $50! | | |
| 5:38pm | NYAF08: Bandai Entertainment | | | | Okay, so I’m actually sitting in a panel waiting for the Anime Journalism panel (which I’m on) to begin in a few minutes. Fortunately for you guys, loyal reader Kuro is in the Bandai Entertainment panel, and he just texted me to inform me that they have dropped both Sola and True Tears,... | | |
| 6:05pm | 11 Autumn 2008 Preview Haikus: Everything is bright |  | | | Good day, peasants! My name is Owen, I’m an elitist anime blogger, and I hope you enjoy my even more elitist autumn review written in haiku form. None of that filthy commoner prose for me — if the Japanese can convey such great meaning through a 5/7/5 syllable form, so can I! Please enjoy my... | | |
| 4:42pm | Noteworthy anime OSTs - 10 personal picks | | | | A common thread runs through my favourite anime scenes - Great music. I remember choking up in Asatte no Houkou ep 8 as “Kasa” hit a crescendo during a very poignant moment; cheering on Sasuke as he battled Orochimaru in ep 29 against the high tension flute notes of the Naruto soundtrack... | | |
| 12:21am | Anime Weekend Atlanta Wrap-Up |  | | | I wasn’t planning on going over everything that happened at AWA, especially since I wasn’t even there. (Crisu was though!) But since tons of very relevant tidbits happened there, I might as well summarize them here. First of all, Funimation indirectly confirmed that yes, the release date-less... | | |
| 1:17pm | Birdy the Mighty Decode - 12 | | | | Short Synopsis: Syamalan + Ryunka = Destruction. Highlights: Awesome animation and music and a less annoying Senkawa. What more could you want? Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 Now this is more like it! Senkawa acted much less of a teenager in this episode, which made him much more enjoyable to watch.... | | |
| 10:02pm | awa08: Bandai | | | | Aaaand Bandai Entertainment producer Toshifumi Yoshida is here in place of Robert Napton, huzzah! Technical difficulties are now over’d, yay. Opening with the Geass trailer. Oh, Toshi told me he’d have nothing new, so if you’re hoping for a new announcement you don’t need to... | | |
| 4:44pm | Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~ 5-7: Unmagically Magical | | | | I really think this is the perfect anime to watch and write about, especially in the wasted sickly state that I’m currently in (oh fever please go away already… for good ). This IS my iyashikei~ (Yes, I decided to make use of the super long title again because it captures this series best)... | | |
| 2:08pm | Saimoe Tournament 2008 Group Stage Day 29 |  | | | Group H1 有効コードがある票の 順位 1位 880票 鷺ノ宮伊 @ハヤテのごとく! [Saginomiya Isumi @ Hayate no Gotoku!] 2位 398票 タバサ( ャルロット・エレー ・オルレアン)@ゼ の使い魔 ~双月の騎士~ [Tabitha @ Zero no Tsukaima]... | | |
| 10:24pm | 46 New Fall Anime -- full previews (story, trailer, staff, cast, etc.) | | | | With just over two weeks to go until the new season starts, it's time to think about what's coming. Tastes differ, but the shows I myself am most looking forward to are:the mysterious moe romances ef - a tale of melodies and Clannad - After Story the absurd comedy Hyakko (with Orikasa Fumiko and Hirano... | | |
| 2:00am | Is There Such A Thing As A Superior Genre? | | | | This struck me in the midst of a conversation that I had with a particular friend while discussing about our favorite anime shows. As we were talking about favorites, the discussion eventually led to ‘genres’ as my friend spearheaded it with his statement that none of his top picks are... | | |
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