| 2:42pm | Tsundere Evangelion: The Catharsis of Emotional Intelligence | | | | This is emotional intelligence. The notion of emotional intelligence is pretty much the foundation to understanding adolescent constructions of emotional complexes in the post-Evangelion generation of anime stories. How does it fit in? In a very broad stroke, we can summarize the setup of these stories... | | |
| 12:34am | [PR] Vote for Your Favorite The Art of ARIA Lithograph! | | | | RIGHT STUF & NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT Announce The Art of ARIA Lithographs Fan vote to determine which print will be produced first; Poll now open at aria.rightstuf.com. GRIMES, IA, July 14, 2009 – Anime producer and online anime retailer Right Stuf,... | | |
| 10:59pm | [PR] Right Stuf & Nozomi Entertainment Announce New Licenses! | | | | RIGHT STUF & NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT Announce JUNJO ROMANTICA, ANTIQUE (Antique Bakery), and ARIA: The ORIGINATION + The OVA ~ARIETTA~ Anime Expo 2009: New license and project announcements GRIMES, IA, July 6, 2009 – Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc.... | | |
| 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... | | |
| 8:59am | Sufoki - New Blogger In Da House | | | | Jesus159159159, who’s been a lurker on several anime blogs over the years, has finally decided to set up shop for himself it seems. This is a good thing, since he’s probably written enough in comments on other blogs to be equivalent to two years otoshidama multiple Owen-caliber blog posts... | | |
| 12:00am | Honeymoon in Neo Venezia: Part 2 | | | | Read Part 1The Martian Run We’ve been to Hong Kong a few times, and let me tell you - even Douglas Adams/Dirk Gently will appreciate the Hong Kong International Airport. Inthernet in Venice the Origination, makes an interesting observation about ARIA the Animation episode 4: Ep04 is an anime-original... | | |
| 7:12am | ARIA Keychain FTW | | | | ARIA the Origination may have ended a year ago, but it still lives on in my heart. From today onwards, I can bring Akari with me everywhere I go. All Hail Akari! All Hail Akari! All Hail Akari! | | |
| 11:24pm | Aria the Natural: Episode 1 Commentary | | | | In short, this episode pleases me. On top of that, I saw world-building and character-building in the most subtle way. I like the use of Carnaval, as well. I’m sure it’s easy to go in the wrong direction when switching in a new opening song, but I can’t think of a series yet where... | | |
| 8:34pm | Aria the Animation: Episode 13 | | | | For a final episode (of the first series), Aria the Animation finishes in a lovely and soothing fashion. There were a few times I was afraid things were going to go overboard (namely the cat scene), everything fit nicely into place. Considering all the e-mails going back and forth, I expected fully... | | |
| 9:46pm | Top Seiyuus of 2008 -- Poll Results | | | | Koshimizu Ami's Horo in Spice & Wolf was the top lead female seiyuu performance of 2008. That's what your votes said. And that's what I thought, too.Male lead: Fukuyama Jun (Lelouche in Code Geass)Supporting female: Horie Yui (Minori in Toradora)Supporting male: Kamiya Hiroshi (Michel in Macross... | | |
| 4:21pm | Impz first winter impressions - Genji Monogatari, Man-Whore ALERT!!! |  | | | This is actually Genji. A guy. Yes, the character design is a tad quirky. By the way, this is Thirteensugars’ idea for the title because she was screaming man-whore for the whole twenty minutes of this show (we were watching it together). I am literally going crazy with the number of “THIS... | | |
| 4:10am | Why I Love Anime: Letter A | | | | No direct answer to the common question of “why do you enjoy anime?”. If an anime fan thinks deeply into it, it’s a rather silly question. It’s like asking someone; “do you enjoy TV? Movies? How about music?”. The only possible downfall is the form of media. You might... | | |
| 7:35pm | ARIA the COMPLETION | | | | I’m horrifically, hilariously late to the Aria the ORIGINATION post-party, as per usual, so I’m pretty sure that everything I say will have been said before, but that never stopped me before. I feel like Ai-chan in the picture above (who wears the Aria Company outfit quite nicely, I must... | | |
| 2:03am | Best anime of 2008, and the anime year in review, part 1. | | | | Well, at the stroke of midnight, 2008 ended and the new year began, and whether you spent the night partying with family and friends or you spent your time reflecting on the past year, I hope you enjoyed the night. To me, this time of the year makes me feel reflective... | | |
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