| 11:41am | Valkyria Chronicles - 02 | | | | Short Synopsis: Alicia tries to use the tank to bring everyone to safety. Episode Rating: 7/10 (Enjoyable) I must admit that blogging this show is going to be a huge gamble. At this point, I myself am not yet convinced of this show, but first: about the series I’m not going to blog: - Slap... | | |
| 10:04am | Basquash! - 02 | | | | Short Synopsis: Dan quickly loses his status of hero when he goes up against a girl. Episode Rating: 7,5/10 (Good) As for the shows I’m not going to blog: - Asura Cryin’ has annoying characters. - K-On also has annoying characters, and its sense of humour just isn’t my cup of tea.... | | |
| 5:24am | The importance of a name | | | | I’m sure there’s a fair share of people who wanted to know what C.C.’s real name is, therefore you can understand my anticipation at what Shaoran and Sakura’s real names are. Names have always been important in CLAMP’s works. Remember that whole problem with Kamui and... | | |
| 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.... | | |
| 4:38pm | Tsubasa Shunraiki - 01 | | | | Short Synopsis: The party returns to Kurogane’s homeland Episode Rating: 6/10 (Disappointing) Wait, wut? Did I miss something here? Did some sort of extra OVA get released half a year ago without me knowing anything about it or something? What the heck happened here when the episode started... | | |
| 7:02pm | Genji Monogatari Sennenki - 08 | | | | Short Synopsis: After a six-month period of mourning, Genji returns to the palace for a visit. Episode Rating: 7,5/10 (Good) Okay, so while lots of stuff happened, this mostly was a building up episode. First we get Aoi’s funeral, in which Genji, his father and step-brother say goodbye to her.... | | |
| 1:17pm | Change we can practise | | | | I have changed. Through encounters with others. Who have changed too. And so the theme of the first episode of XXXHOLiC Shunmuki was fortuitously spoke to me just after I just changed the blog’s theme. Regular readers might have also noticed that I’ve changed my blogging style since around... | | |
| 1:35am | Goku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei - 03 |  | | | OP: “Kūsō Rumba (空想ルンバ)” by Kenji Ohtsuki - Holy crap! I was expecting the change this time, but this was still probably the best revision yet. I loved the paper dolls, as well as all of the other frantic action. There were also guest vocals differing from the usual Zetsubou girls this... | | |
| 7:58pm | xxxHolic - 38 | | | | Short Synopsis: Haruka gives a request to Watanuki, and Syaoran finally appears in xxxHolic. Episode Rating: 8,5/10 (Awesome) Am I glad to see this series back or what? This episode was also everything you could expect from this series, and I can only hope that many OVAs will follow after this one.... | | |
| 4:24am | xxxHOLiC: Shunmuki OVA - 01 |  | | | OP: “sofa” by Suga Shikao - Track 11 on Funkaholic, guys! Shikao is back, as he should be, and all is right in the world. There isn’t much to the animation, which is kind of expected from an OVA, but there’s a little more going on in it than there was in the Tsubasa OVAs. ... | | |
| 4:09am | xxxHOLiC Spring Dreams Chronicle #01 — Delicious Lasagna | | | | One of those nights Impressions: Oh right I had forgotten that this existed and it mostly covers stuff past where I’ve read, or possibly is just made up, depending on who you choose to believe is telling the truth. Aside from the somewhat haphazard order of stories and very disjoint portions,... | | |
| 3:01pm | D.Gray-man Manga and Anime Dub News! SQUEE! |  | | | First (and most importantly) - Hoshino Katsura’s publication of the D.Gray-man manga will resume in Weekly Shounen Jump on March 9, not in April as originally rumored. She had been allegedly suffering from a wrist injury. The hiatus in question began in November (If I remember correctly) with... | | |
| 2:33pm | xxxHOLiC: Shunmuki and Tsubasa: Shunraiki Trailers | | | | Kodansha’s official website has uploaded trailers for the upcoming xxxHOLiC: Shunmuki 『×××HOLiC 春夢記』 and Tsubasa: Shunraiki 『ツバサ 春雷記』 original animation DVD (OAD).xxxHOLiC: Shunmuki is directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, with character design by Kazuchika Kise. As usual,... | | |
| 7:47pm | Ghost Hunt Scares Up High Marks In Part Two | | | | Read my review of Ghost Hunt, Part One! Ghost Hunt, Part Two has Mai dreaming of death and has the rest of the ghost hunters scrambling to solve some grisly cases.Plot Summary Naru takes on another school related case, but this haunting is more sinister than the previous one, especially since people... | | |
| 2:58am | New York Comic Con ‘09 - Day 3 in Tweets |  | | | Warm weather, VIZ, podcasting, Scott Pilgrim, and going home! And so we reach the final day of the New York Comic Con. Normally the Sunday of a convention is the time to chill and relax after a hectic Saturday, and it was most certainly looking that way with only one industry panel scheduled for today.... | | |
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