| 6:07pm | Eden of the East -- episode 3 preview description | | | | Here is a translation of the episode 3 preview from the blog on the official site. Be warned: it includes spoilers for what I guess is the first third of the episode:"Akira and Saki finally get to the home address in Akira's passport. It turns out to be a shopping mall with a cinema complex. Does Akira... | | |
| 3:25pm | Eden of the East 02: The East Is Burning Red! | | | | It’s official, this show is a definite keeper. Although my reasons for loving Eden of the East is somewhat different from say, people like Hinano, I do appreciate the well executed character interaction set pieces. It made me go all DAAAAAAAAAAW, a reaction somewhat alien for a ℳℴℯ❤ fanboy... | | |
| 8:31pm | Darker than Black 05-06: “Redrum” |  | | | The subtext littered throughout is, I do think, a sort of rare gem that keeps this series miles above its peers. I’ve only ever seen anything close to it in True Tears, and while True Tears had the problem of being mistaken for melodrama (it being rather dramatic and whatnot) or utterly misjudged... | | |
| 7:10pm | Stripey on Toradora |  | | | The first graf is this: After marathoning Toradora over the weekend, I finally understood what the fuss/buzz was all about. It is indeed a superb series - one of the best anime romances I have seen. Melding great writing, intriguing characters and focused storytelling, Toradora has been a truly memorable.... | | |
| 2:27am | Review: Toradora! (85%) |  | | | Animation: 85% Acting: 90% Music/Sound: 80% Story: 88% Overall: 85% See explanation of scores. Toradora is the standard-setter anime about high school shounen romance. It does for high school love what Kare Kano does for adolescence in general and Honey and Clover did for post-adolescence–and... | | |
| 11:32pm | What exactly do Japanese and American otaku like about anime? |  | | | This is a recent Ask John post that caught my attention. John points out that there is indeed a difference between what Japanese fans like about anime and what American fans like about it John’s basic argument for Japanese fans is that they “perceive the immersive content of anime as an... | | |
| 9:54pm | 48 Spring Anime -- full previews: story, trailer, cast, staff, pic | | | | These may be difficult times in the anime industry, but you couldn't tell it from the number of anime being produced. Forty-eight titles come out this spring -- series and OVAs -- about the same number as last spring.But quantity doesn't necessarily imply quality. Nothing here seems like an instant classic.... | | |
| 5:50pm | White Album - 07 | | | | Short Synopsis: The identity of the mysterious high school girl gets revealed and Rina invites Touya to his own recording session. Episode Rating: 8/10 (Excellent) So in the end, this remains a harem, though it also remains a damn good one. I’m not watching this series to see how many girls... | | |
| 3:41am | 109. Postmodernism and Aya-chan pt.2 (Special) | | | | Is he breakdancing or did he just fall down???Am I special? I ask myself this question now and then. Like many people, when I happen to feel confident at that very moment, I can easily locate the strengths I seem to have. However, in our post-modern society, simply being "good" isn't enough, because... | | |
| 6:06pm | The true tears of Bandai | | | | Did anyone notice one thing suspiciously missing from Robert’s blog post? The true tears, coincidentially available from Robert’s store, was not mentioned at all. As it happened, I was buying nothing but Bandai for months, between Gurren Lagann, Rocket Girls, Tokikake, and Lucky Star (with... | | |
| 3:02am | Anime Inbou Awards 2008, pt. 4 ~ oshimai |  | | | I couldn’t think of a better way to end this then calling this last part the end, so you get your oshimai instead. This final entry has a whopping eight categories so this is where the best of the best lie. Our focus here is on the story and direction of the show and overall how it was handled... | | |
| 10:32pm | Takagaki Ayahi Masterful in Chrome-Shelled Regios | | | | I knew Ayahime (Takagaki Ayahi 高垣彩陽) was good, but her masterful performance as Niina in eps 2-3 of Chrome-Shelled Regios just blows me away.Triumph, pain, aggression, weakness, craftiness, strength, crying -- she sells them all, with a strong and mobile voice for which nothing seems a stretch.I... | | |
| 7:31am | White Album 2-3: Bolero | | | | This show is beginning to remind me of how Maurice Ravel’s Bolero begins very quietly and very slowly, gradually building up, until it comes to a loud climax at the end of its 13 minutes. White Album’s muddled beginning is finally giving way to some clarity and focus and is laying the foundations... | | |
| 9:54pm | White Album - Episode 3 | | | | While I've seen White Album's opening couple of episodes getting a bit of a rough time elsewhere, I've actually rather enjoyed it so far - Sure, it's no True Tears, and it perhaps suffers on account of its origins a little, but overall it's proved to be watchable.With that in mind, episode three of the... | | |
| 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... | | |
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