6:46pm | Umi Monogatari | | | Available from AmazonAvailable from Right StufUmi Monogatari Released By: Nozomi/Lucky Penny Released: 11/3/15 Reviewed: 11/21/15 Rated: 14+ Story One day, two sisters who live under the sea named Marin and Urin discover a ring falling into the ocean. Deciding that whoever lost it must be very sad,... | | |
5:40pm | Heavy Rotation Chosen As Top Song on AKB48 Request Hour 2012 | | | AKB48 held their annual live event “AKB48 Request Hour 2012 Setlist Best 100″ on 19-22 Jan 2012 at Tokyo Dome City and over the four days performed 100 top songs that were voted by fans. Interestingly, this year’s #1 song was “Heavy Rotation”, which was also chosen by... | | |
1:05pm | Miyuki Sawashiro |  | | Had the honor of being the MC for voice actress Miyuki Sawashiro [沢城 みゆき] at Anime Expo 2011 last month. Shes such a sweet lady! For folks who are not familiar with her work, take a butchers hook at the titles that shes worked on below - copypaste from ANN.A Channel (TV) as Kamate-senseiAIKa... | | |
8:01am | Summer 2011 Anime Preview and Watch List | | | One of the reasons I like to blog about anime is that it helps focus my thoughts about the anime I watch. This extends to doing these seasonal anime previews; not only do I hope it helps some people out there to try anime they might not have otherwise, I also discover series that I should try and other... | | |
5:30pm | Secret Santa 2010 Project Reveal | | | And now the part you have all been waiting for. The Secret Santas are revealed, the ancient conspiracy is foiled, and the destined couple finally consummate their relationship. This is the master list of all the participants, what they reviewed, and who gave them their recommendations. I know that several... | | |
7:11pm | Reminiscing over the Decade’s Anime Music – 2009 | | | The last. It took me the better part of the year to get all the way to 2009, but getting that chance to revisit all the music from shows that I’ve watched and those that I only know of through the music feels like a long, but rewarding journey. I’ll express more of that joy and nostalgia... | | |
10:12am | Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu - 18 | | | This may very well have been the first episode of a ZEXCS series whose visuals genuinely impressed me. I know that the first episode had a big budget and that this episode had a lot of off models and all, but that’s not the point. ZEXCS-series always have this look of genericness, with perhaps... | | |
8:24pm | Autumn Season Preview - Movie and OVA Edition | | | So, since I noticed that at seasonal previews often omit movies and OVAs, I decided to make, alongside my usual seasonal previews, previews about all of the OVAs and Movies scheduled to come out in the upcoming Autumn Season. This list is based on Moonphase’s data. Unfortunately, Moonphase has... | | |
7:18am | Top Picks – Spring 2010 Anime, Part 1: Cast and Character Awards | | | After one of the weakest anime seasons in recent memory (Winter 2010) and the accompanying apathy nixing it last time, the seasonal top anime awards returns to The Null Set for one of the most diverse and interesting season of anime in a very long time. We had alchemy, parallel worlds, demon kings, train... | | |
7:30pm | Tamayura -- New Anime by ARIA Director Previews Sept. 4 | | | Rising moe voice Taketatsu Ayana (Azu-nyan in K-On) will star in Tamayura, a new OVA series by the director of ARIA, Satou Junichi.The "healing" slice-of-life anime is slated to come out next January, but there will be a preview broadcast of episode one on 5 September on Japanese satellite channel AT-X.For... | | |
1:00pm | VIDEO: AKB48 "Anata Ga Ite Kureta Kara" | | | In this new, tear-jerking video from Akihabara's super-idol-group AKB48, we see how the girls struggle to keep their chins up and smile but ultimately break down after coming to the realization that the best they can ever hope to achieve after they hit 16 is maybe a long, drug-addled career in the porn... | | |
6:53pm | Heartcatch Precure - 02 | | | Ah, you know what? Who cares. I’ve been looking for something to replace Ookami Kakushi with. I used to be a big fan of mahou shoujo, I blogged quite a few mahou shoujo in the past. Heck, even my favourite series ever can be considered as a mahou shoujo. It’s awesome to finally see another... | | |
6:00am | Tamayura OVA To Launch In 2010 |  | | Directed by Sato Junichi who did ARIA and Umi Monogatari, you might be asking why am I writing this. The story relates to a character Sawatari Fu, the heroine who lives in a waterside town near the Seto Inland Sea and likes photography. Yes, it is prolly a slice-of-life kind of anime with relaxing elements... | | |
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