| 9:35pm | Senjougahara Fascination -- Saitou Chiwa in Bakemonogatari | | | | In Bakemonogatari, seiyuu Saitou Chiwa 斎藤千和 is helping to create a character that could become one of the most memorable in anime: Senjougahara Hitagi.Senjougahara has been verbally sparring with the male protagonist from the start. She is beautiful, tough and strange. And Chiwa (her given name... | | |
| 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... | | |
| 2:08am | Zettai Karen Children - Anime First Impressions | | | | For some reason I thought Zettai Karen Children was some kind of sequel to Zettai Shounen, but apparently it’s its own series. The second mistake was that I thought Karen was a character in this show, but “可憐” can mean both pitiful and lovely, which actually describes these kids... | | |
| 2:02am | Tarou and Miyako’s Secret Love Tryst in the Woods | | | | They seem to have lots of these. Eagerly awaiting romance subplot. Ghost Hound continues to please me; I think in some ways it’s a kind of more sinister Zettai Shounen: you’ve got the same glacial, relaxed pacing, mysterious events surrounding the main characters, and oddball background... | | |
| 8:04pm | January 2008 Anime -- First Impressions | | | | Based on one or two episodes, here are some first impressions:true tears -- After two episodes, this is the cream of the crop, for me. Beautifully directed, with interesting characters, and silences full of meaning. The animation is almost KyoAni-level. Takagaki Ayahi is outstanding as the electric... | | |
| 10:26pm | January 2008 Anime Previews -- cast, staff, pic, links | | | | The new season is coming up fast. The first new show, Ayakashi, has already begun, and the season gets fully under way exactly two weeks from today. As with most winter seasons, there are not a huge number of new shows. The Spring and Fall 2007 seasons had almost 40 new shows each. This winter season... | | |
| 8:35pm | Persona -trinity soul- & Shigofumi PVs | | | | Persona has some nice Taku Iwasaki musicks - me likes. Watch here.Shigofumi has some nice Hikaru Nanase musicks. Watch here. Makes me think of Zettai Shonen - good. | | |
| 1:41am | Obligatory Autumn Preview | | | | The leaves are changing, the days are growing shorter, and the nights are growing colder. That must mean Autumn is almost here. Looking at the approaching anime season, there are quite a few shows that have my attention. More than usual, at least. It’s been a good year for new anime Clannad... | | |
| 6:20pm | Le Chevalier D’Eon: Episode Twenty One |  | | | After a good last episode of Le Chevalier D'Eon, this episode is mainly about the political stuff that has been occurring in the palace. As there are plenty of things occurring in this episode, here's what happened in this episode, in bullet points:-female cast are in new dresses.-Robin tries to | | |
| 11:26pm | Konata’s ramen in America! |  | | | Haha, I went to my local Asian market earlier. Went to the noodles section, picked up some of my favorite noodles, and saw something amazing. I present you:Seafood flavor:Yes yes, I know it’s a dark pic. The camera’s flash turned off by itself, so yeah, I could take another one, but | | |
| 5:00am | New York City in Tokyo…literally | | | | New York City has just set up an office in Tokyo on Tuesday, according to an announcement from New York and Co., the city’s tourism board. The office, set up in Roppongi (surpise!), is trying to solict Japanese citizens to make trips to New York City. There was a huge decline in the tourism to... | | |
| 4:39pm | Final Thoughts: Aria the Natural | | | | On the planet Aqua (formerly known as Mars), female gondoliers known as undines ply their trade along the canals of Neo Venezia, a recreation of the city of Venice back on Earth. Fuelled by their dreams of becoming full-fledged undines themselves, Akari Mizunashi and her friends Aika and Alice train... | | |
| 9:31pm | Kaibutsu Oujo, ep. 11: It’s neko mimi maid time! | | | | Kaibutsu Oujo, ep. 11: “Princess Cat-tongue” (Nekoshita Oujo)Trouble brews when Hiro brings home a kitten will she become his cute little sister or an assassin for Hime’s life? Summary and thoughts following the pics (click to enlarge):Hiro finds a weakened kitten lying on | | |
| 12:01pm | YTMND Thursday: Vote and die kitchen knive, edition | | | | Oh hai Japanatorians! It’s Thursday, and you know what that means! It’s time to spray blood from your noses because you are all so delighted by my magical selection of YTMNDs! Truly your Thursday is not complete until you have witnessed a few YTMNDs. My favorite out of the bunch has to | | |
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