| 1:59pm | Anime nowadays is at a standstill. True or not? | | | | Okay, so the discussion has been going on in a number of posts and shoutboxes, but the subject is interesting so I decided to make one post about it. Blogsome unfortunately doesn’t support the option to move comments, so I’ll instead quote what the different people have said about it. It... | | |
| 8:48am | Aoi Hana - 02 | | | | You know, I said in my Umineko post that I’d be blogging Bakemonogatari but its second episode was so underwhelming that I’ve nearly lost interest I mean, the awesome OP was gone and instead we have a random J-Pop song about staplers, the entire first half of that episode was filled with... | | |
| 4:29am | Summer 09 Anime - First impressions, part one |  | | | I believe summer should be all about about blue skies, sunflowers, and random pictures of girls. I believe summer should be all about about blue skies, sunflowers, and random pictures of girls. One large week into this seemingly meek anime season, and a minor TF2... | | |
| 11:35am | Yuri News: Aoi Hana on Afterellen.com | | | | The largest online lesbian media source, Afterellen.com will be premiering this summer's Yuri anime hit, Aoi Hana: Sweet Blue Flowers via Crunchyroll.Afterellen covers lesbian media and entertainment of all forms, and they stream a number of live-action drama and news series on their site. This is their... | | |
| 6:35am | aoi hana |  | | | awww. I want underlings like that too. | | |
| 7:45pm | Canaan -- Characters & Seiyuus, with pics | | | | So now I've made a characters/seiyuus page for Canaan, a summer show whose first episode has been getting a strong positive reaction.The cast includes a bevy of good seiyuus: Sawashiro Miyuki, Sakamoto Maaya, Tanaka Rie, Tomatsu Haruka, Noto Mamiko, Minagawa Junko. Click here or on the image to go to... | | |
| 11:39pm | Sweet Blue Flowers (Aoi Hana) – Episode 02 | | | | It’s Sweet Blue Flowers episode 2, and get your relationship chart makers ready, because we’re ready to draw lines everywhere on it. Meanwhile, Akira and Fumi are both deciding what clubs they want to join. At school, Ikumi and Akira discuss what clubs they might want to join, with Akira... | | |
| 8:02am | Zaku First Impressions: Aoi Hana, Bakemonogatari, CANAAN | | | | A childhood friend is fine too I have been tracking this series on my radar ever since Admiral Erica, over at Yuri General Staff HQ, gave advanced warning of the most anticipated yuri anime of 2009. Besides I really enjoyed my visits to Kamakura too. Have read complaints that the Aoi Hana manga is boring... | | |
| 11:11pm | Catching Trains | | | | I don’t think I’ve seen any slice of life yuri shows, but from the first episode of Aoi Hana, it feels like a very typical one. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, particularly for those who are fans of this type of story. Aoi Hana uses the waking up for the first day of school opening,... | | |
| 2:50pm | Yuri News this Week - July 4, 2009 | | | | What a week for Yuri fans!Yuri AnimeThe top story this week is, of course, that the Aoi Hana anime is not only available on, but is "simulcasting" an hour after its Japan TV debut on, Crunchyroll.com. If your country is not blocked, you can watch it for free, but a small subscription fee will get you... | | |
| 7:54am | Some quick first Impressions: Taishou Yakyuu Musume | | | | Okay, so I have decided to change the format of these quick first impressions a bit. Instead of waiting for three episodes to air before posting them, I’m just going to post what I have, and edit in the remaining ones when they air. Taishou Yakyuu Musume Short Synopsis: Our lead character gets... | | |
| 7:37pm | Aoi Hana Episode 1 | | | | Apparently Utena director Kunihiko Ikuhara did the OP sequence for this show. I’d never have guessed. The first episode of Aoi Hana was the first show of the new season to hit Crunchyroll, and due to the limited effort in watching it that results from that, I figured I’d at least give... | | |
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