| 8:00pm | Canaan 08 - Terroists? Really? |  | | | snapshot20090823220420snapshot 20090823220433snapshot20090823 220451snapshot20090823220501sn apshot20090823220517snapshot20 090823220524snapshot2009082322 0539 The “Snake” is really not a terrorist organization; it acts like another weapons merchant, or in the case of almost modern fantasy... | | |
| 4:00pm | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 21 - The Humiliation of Mikuru Asahina | | | | We never knew the depth of humiliation and disgrace Mikuru was subjected to in the making of the film. Or how incredibly hilarious that would be in this gut-bustingly funny episode, the best Haruhi anime in a long time. The episode was funny in spite of the lack of any real surprises. We know that... | | |
| 8:00pm | Mike’s Treasure Cove of his GOODDIES, Part II | | | | After Jeremy reaching deep into Mike’s sack some combing through the site, I’ve found 7 more reviews from our Fearless Leader Editor-in Chief. Those of you who knows that Mike writes well and enjoy his writings, please enjoy these articles! Click on a pic below.Toradora Series ReviewKannagi... |
| 4:00pm | Sora no Manimani 5 - In the Region of the Summer Stars | | | | A rather implausible plot premise turns into a rather beautiful evocation about the constellations and the reason why people began to stargaze. Let’s keep this review short and sweet, much like the show itself. First off–perhaps it’s because I’ve never seen student government... | | |
| 9:00am | Come on YUBARI, get with the times! | | | | From THE ASAHI SHIMBUN, Asahi.com - Desperate city turns to anime figure The local tourism organization on Sunday arranged a contest for girls in the former mining community to dress up as Heidi, of “Heidi, Girl of the Alps” fame. Residents of the city, where half the population is aged... |
| 5:00am | Capturing people since 1974 | | | | From Japan Today - Hello Kitty still capturing hearts in Asia after 35 years To mark the 35th anniversary of the adorable feline character, Sanrio Co, the creator of Hello Kitty characters, is offering a stellar lineup of events including an exhibition of Hello Kitty designs in Tokyo and similar events... |
| 12:00am | Ueto Aya Cries Atom | | | | From Japan Today - Aya Ueto urges people to see Astro Boy and cry Ueto said that she had a lot of fun being the voice of Astro Boy but that her throat would dry up after putting her all into the role, adding that it was her most challenging voice dubbing gig yet. Ray’s Take: Great singing voice... |
| 7:15pm | Ray predicted Endless 8 in May, 2008? | | | | Well, it’s funny but in May 25th, 2008, on Anime Diet episode 21, I joked about what was going to happen in the new Haruhi season, and back then, there was no detailed information on it anywhere. Wow, how things have changed. Anyway, I cut and pasted the clip in question from that episode and... |
| 3:27pm | Kyon-kun, Meta | | | | As I stated on an Anime3000 podcast, this season of Haruhi seems to be intended for enjoyment strictly at the meta level. It’s easy to picture Churuya insisting, “Kyon-kun, Kyon-kun! This summer it’s all about the meta!” Even the ongoing controversy over former KyoAni director... |
| 3:27pm | Kyon-kun, Meta | | | | As I stated on an Anime3000 podcast, this season of Haruhi seems to be intended for enjoyment strictly at the meta level. It’s easy to picture Churuya insisting, “Kyon-kun, Kyon-kun! This summer it’s all about the meta!” Even the ongoing controversy over former KyoAni director... |
| 8:00am | Princess Lover 07 - Melons can’t stop Nuclear Missiles | | | | snapshot20090821113910snapshot 20090821113949snapshot20090821 114020snapshot20090821114052sn apshot20090821114116snapshot20 090821114138snapshot2009081823 40291snapshot20090821114256 Or plots to incite conflicts among small nations. Of course, in real life tiny “Non-Eastern-European” nations... | | |
| 4:30am | Mike’s treasure cove full of his goodies… | | | | NO, girls, not that kind of goodies. I’m talking about his old reviews, which were some of the best non-fiction pieces he had written. Click on a pic below: Enjoy and remember to leave comments for each if you haven’t already! |
| 2:00am | Hayao Miyazaki Interviewed by LA Weekly | | | | From the LA Weekly, via ANN: At 68, Hayao Miyazaki sounds like he might be slowing down. The director of such animated classics as Princess Mononoke and the Academy Award–winning Spirited Away seems content to sit back and watch life around him go by, a pleasure he passes on to us through the colorful... | | |
| 4:02pm | Ikari “Mike” Gendo Siskel Strikes again! | | | | HEY! We’re on About.com Manga! Click on the pic to see the actual link.Mike's Ponyo on About.com From About.com Manga - Movie Critics Round-up: Is Ponyo a ‘Masterwork’ or a Bore? Memories of Miyazaki’s Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle gave several bloggers reasons... |
| 4:00am | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya S2, Episode 10 - The Movie Business | | | | So begins an arc that isn’t “Endless Eight”: instead, we’re now about to get the behind-the-scenes look at how that infamous film which launched the whole franchise, and a million Hirano Aya fanboys, The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina, came to be. Many have spoken about the K-ONification... | | |
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