| 3:06am | New Pokemon Diamond & Pearl opening “Saikou Everyday!” |  | | | After 61 episodes, we finally have a new Pokemon opening that just aired with the latest episode, 158. And I wouldn’t make a post about it if it wasn’t one of the best Pokemon openings to come out in recent years – a catchy rock song and awesome images that showcase all the current... |
| 5:14am | Do you ever reread your past blog posts? |  | | | I was wondering if I’m the only one who, from time to time, enjoys going back and reading my old blog posts, sometimes for hours at a timeEvery now and then I get an urge to look back a bunch of months or even years ago and reread things I wrote on my blog, main |
| 3:08am | Worlds of Haruhi Suzumiya visual novel |  | | | Worlds of Haruhi Suzumiya (WoHS) is a fan-made visual novel created by English-speaking fans. The novel incorporates a unique crossover storyline using characters from Haruhi and other anime, as well as original characters. The WoHS staff started work on the novel in 2008 and have since completed the... |
| 10:34pm | My 5 favorite anime of 2009 |  | | | So 2009 has come and gone, and 2010 is now underway. Exactly a year ago today I picked my 5 favorite anime of 2008. So now it’s time for me to decide which of the 2009 anime I enjoyed the mostBelow is a list of all the 2009 anime I’ve finished watching. I count an |
| 8:00am | Happy New Year from Mainichi Anime Yume! |  | | | It is now midnight here in Los Angeles, which means 2010 has officially started!2009 was quite an eventful year for me; I graduated university, went to Tokyo for the first time, got a unique part-time job, wrote way more blog posts than previous years, and I believe I watched more anime this year than... |
| 5:12am | Kemono no Souja Erin review: remembering the journey |  | | | One of the best and most underrated anime of the year, perhaps of the decade, has recently come to an endI’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – Kemono no Souja Erin is a masterpiece. Amongst all the cliche-ridden, fetish-pleasing, and/or wish-fulling series that have come out in... |
| 10:17pm | Interpreting the ending of Darker than Black 2 |  | | | So ends the anticipated second season of Darker than Black, at 12 episodes. The series was really good, though it wasn’t what I had initially thought it would be (early promotional art/summaries made it seem like Hei and Yin would be the main protagonists). And like the first season, I’m... |
| 9:08pm | Seitokai no Ichizon review |  | | | How do you write a review about a 12-episode anime that’s literally about nothing?Although Seitokai no Ichizon is along the same genre as shows like Lucky Star and Azumanga Daioh, it’s even more about nothing than these because the characters spend 90% of the show idly chatting amongst themselves... |
| 5:15am | 12 moments of anime 2009: #1 My first time at Akihabara |  | | | Posters inside an elevator at the Animate store in AkihabaraCompleting my 12 moments of anime for 2009, here’s my most significant moment, #1:Twelve Anime Moments of 2009: #1: My first time at AkihabaraMy most significant anime moment of 2009 does not involve actually watching anime – rather,... |
| 8:09pm | Haruhi season 2 (Endless Eight) to have a U.S. release? |  | | | Today (Christmas Day in the U.S.), the “official” Haruhi English web site, ASOS Brigade.com, updated with subtle hints that the new season 2 episodes of the recent rebroadcast will be officially released in the U.S., perhaps with Endless Eights and allThe ASOS Brigade web site has added the... |
| 3:29am | 12 moments of anime 2009: #2 Haruhi season 2 |  | | | Continuing with my 12 moments of anime for 2009 (in order of significance to me personally), here’s #2:Twelve Anime Moments of 2009: #2: Haruhi season 2I think Haruhi season 2 (a.k.a. Haruhi 2009) has been on just about everyone’s 12 moments list this year, some favorably, some not so favorably,... |
| 11:02pm | Criticism of Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu Purezza (episode by episode) |  | | | I’m pretty tolerant, but I have to admit that this is one anime I was rather ashamed to have continued watching to the endEven though I’m a girl, I have nothing against moe/harem anime. In fact, many series that I like have characters who could be considered moe and/or situations that could... |
| 3:38am | 12 moments of anime 2009: #3 Completing the Enies Lobby arc of One Piece |  | | | Continuing with my 12 moments of anime for 2009 (in order of significance to me personally), here’s #3:Twelve Anime Moments of 2009: #3: Completing the Enies Lobby arc of One PieceI’ve been watching the One Piece anime since 2005 and I’m still a lot behind. But a couple of months ago,... |
| 5:27am | 12 moments of anime 2009: #4 Teaching a class about anime |  | | | Continuing with my 12 moments of anime for 2009 (in order of significance to me personally), here’s #4:Random materials I’ve used with my lessons though I mostly use videos and PowerPoint slidesTwelve Anime Moments of 2009: #4: Teaching a class about animeAs I’ve recently posted about,... |
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