| 11:08pm | Takagaki Ayahi's New Gundam00 Songs Written by KOKIA | | | | Takagaki Ayahi 高垣彩陽, who plays Feldt Grace in Gundam00, will sing two new character songs written by KOKIA. The CD will be released 21 October.The songs are called "祈り†" (inori 'prayer') and "Justice".Ayahi is just completing a great run as Ein in Requiem for the Phantom. This fall, she... | | |
| 4:14pm | Hayami Saori's Confession Scene in Love Plus | | | | Love Plus ラブプラス is a virally popular dating game from Konami for the Nintendo DS. It was released earlier this month, and sold 48,000 copies in the first six days. By that time, there were over 40,000 posts about it on 2channel.The game involves three girls. The player chooses a girl, becomes... | | |
| 6:29pm | Fall 2009 Anime Schedule | | | | This season seems to be starting a bit early, with a number of OVAs and one series (Queen's Blade 2) coming out in September. So here is the weekly calendar for your viewing and dancing pleasure.Day and time of the first weekly broadcast are given, as well as highlights of staff and cast. For full previews... | | |
| 11:13pm | Hirano Aya-only TV eps 5-6 -- the body of a 45-year-old? | | | | Hirano Aya-only TV is getting deeper and deeper into reality-TV territory. The last two episodes have exposed Aya's athletic deficiencies and medical problems. (click photos to enlarge)In episode five, the 21-year-old Aya took a standardized series of sports tests -- running, jumping, sit-ups, etc. --... | | |
| 11:30pm | 57 Fall Anime -- story, staff, cast, trailer, pic | | | | There are more new shows this fall than in any season over the past few years. But I'm not sure the quality -- or at least the appeal to my taste -- will be that high. I don't see any shows I expect to be as good as the great shows of this past summer season, such as Aoi Hana and Bakemonogatari. But... | | |
| 11:30pm | 2channel's Favorite Seiyuus -- posting rates in seiyuu threads | | | | The 2channel reader software I'm using now (Chaika, a Firefox add-on) shows the current posting rate for each thread on the big Japanese discussion board. So we can easily see which seiyuus 2channelers most like to talk about right now. (mouseover photos for captions)Mizuki Nana, Horie Yui, and Ochiai... | | |
| 9:32pm | Pandora Hearts 22 -- Excellent Anime | | | | Pandora Hearts isn't that popular either in Japan or overseas. But it sure is popular with me.This is a story that is complicated but maintains its emotional consistency and strength. It's a fantasy that I can accept on its own terms. I'm a huge non-fan of anything to do with monsters, but here is a... |
| 12:00am | The Best Anime Season Since Spring 2006 | | | | Spring 2006 was the best anime season I can remember, with three anime masterpieces starting their runs: NANA, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu, and my all-time favorite, Simoun.Now we have another season to rival it. At least through a half-dozen episodes, there are three summer 2009 shows that I could end... | | |
| 8:16pm | Takabe Ai -- idol/actress voices Aoi Hana's Fumi-chan | | | | Through five episodes, Aoi Hana is one of the best shows of the year: a yuri school drama beautifully animated, sensitively written and directed, and well voiced by a combination of new and experienced seiyuus.The newest of the seiyuus is well-known swimsuit idol (see photos below), actress, and TV... | | |
| 6:55pm | Hirano Aya -- "adult-sized" purchase of Dragonball manga | | | | On her blog yesterday, Hirano Aya posted a picture of her "adult-sized purchase" of what is probably over $250 worth of manga, mainly Dragonball. (click photo to enlarge)That's at least 37 volumes of Dragonball and a total of 60 books. She says the people in the store were laughing, and the paper receipt... | | |
| 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... | | |
| 10:25pm | Spring Anime -- 2channel vs. TV Ratings vs. AnimeSuki | | | | It was interesting to see the differences in popularity for summer shows among 2channel, TV ratings, and AnimeSuki. So I thought I'd look at spring shows. Particularly the ones that are still on.Fuller lists of figures are below, but Suzumiya Haruhi is the biggest topic of conversation on AnimeSuki,... | | |
| 8:59pm | Summer Anime Popularity -- 2channel vs. AnimeSuki | | | | Someone asked if I might be going to do a post on 2channel popularity any time soon. Sounds like a good idea to me. Here are numbers for the new summer season shows. I'll add a bit about popularity on the nearest English-language equivalent, AnimeSuki, and a bit of info about TV ratings.Of the shows... | | |
| 7:26pm | Summer Season Favorites -- Blue Flowers in an Earthquake | | | | Three episodes in, now it can be said: Aoi Hana ("Sweet Blue Flowers") and Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 are my top shows of the summer season. And both are so good that, if they fulfill their promise, they could become anime masterpieces.Close behind comes Bakemonogatari, and I'm enjoying a number of other shows,... | | |
| 7:25pm | Memorable Seiyuu Performance -- Koshimizu Ami in ep3 of Spice & Wolf II. | | | | Who is the best female seiyuu working today? Some people would say Kawasumi Ayako, others Paku Romi or Orikasa Fumiko, Kuwashima Houko or Sawashiro Miyuki, even Horie Yui or Kugimiya Rie. But I'd like to suggest a new candidate: Koshimizu Ami.Ami is only 23, but has been working as a seiyuu since she... | | |
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