| 12:00am | Cutting Through a Forest of Swords: a Survey of Swordplay Anime | | | | [This post has no spoilers, pic somewhat related] As I’ve said recently, one thing that interests me almost as much as mecha anime is samurai anime. If there are swordfights, I’m somehow interested. In this post I’m going to give short impressions, or rather what I took away from... | | |
| 10:52am | Bleach - Episode 224 | | | | 3 vs. 1 Battle! Rangiku’s CrisisMatsumoto’s zanpakutou can’t really block any of the fraccion’s attack. It’s probably she would lose against one alone, now against 3.. Still, when she looks to be in a real pinch, Hinamori appears and saves her. Even... | | |
| 4:09am | Bleach - 224 |  | | | Summary:As Rangiku struggles with her three opponents, she's saved suddenly by an unexpected ally: Hinamori. | | |
| 1:00pm | Beat Crusaders | | | | Beat Crusaders have been making their own brand of power-grunge/indie-rock since the late '90s. While their overarching style is quite simple, three chord rock, they manage to mix things up with lo-fi syths and some clever cover songs. Their love of UK and US rock is obvious, echos of which reverberate... | | |
| 4:50pm | Bleach - Chapter 361 | | | | I Hate Loneliness But It Loves MeAwesome chapter :) Soi Fong’s attack really is devastating but, I still doubt it completely took out Barragan. Soi Fong is exhausted, if this didn’t work, I think she has lost. Anyway, it was all very cool with Omaeda "saving her" and he understood... | | |
| 5:32am | Clannad & One Piece Dominate June 2009 Charts |  | | | The sales rankings for the first weeks of this June have become available, and as always prove interesting to examine, giving us a good look into what series are currently dominating. These numbers (as always) are release via Oricon, the body which compiles almost all such rankings in Japan. NotesSales... | | |
| 3:27pm | 451!!! is out! | | | | I’ll keep it short and sweet, Here’s the onemanga link: http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto /451/and here is the bleach linkhttp://www.onemanga.com/Bl each/361/01/and here is Bob’s other site:http://www.bleachedichigo .com/Enjoy! | | |
| 4:58pm | Bleach - Episode 223 | | | | A Miraculous Body! Ggio ReleasesThis episode was much like the last one, although I think I enjoyed the battles a little more. Anyway, Omaeda steps in to help Sui Fong but, he ends up just getting in the way. At least, we learn a little more about their relationship, they are actually... | | |
| 8:35am | [PR] VIZ MEDIA CHANNEL LAUNCHES ON SONY PLAYSTATION NETWORK | | | | Three Of North America’s Most Popular Anime Series Come To The PlayStation® Network’s Video Delivery Service San Francisco, CA, June 9, 2009 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies,... | | |
| 3:36pm | June 2009 Contests and Sales | | | | Tokyopop has a pair of contests. However, they both require the contestant to do more than just send in an entry form. First, Tokyopop has teamed with Glico for an art contest. The entry has to be an original piece of artwork or a 1 to 3 panel comic which includes images of Pocky. The grand prize... | | |
| 6:11am | Bleach - 223 |  | | | Summary:Oomaeda is concerned about Soifon, but she finds him annoying and continues to fight Ggio Vega on her own. | | |
| 12:01am | The Desu-Effect - Nova’s Desucon Report | | | | So Desucon happened and as I promised, I was there to witness it. Desucon appeared to challenge the traditional anime conventions in Finland with such radical ideas as an attendance fee and complete absence of a cosplay contest. Did it succeed? Let’s find out. Desucon was my first con. In fact,... | | |
| 7:12am | Loose Ends |  | | | I spent a ton of time sick this week and am still not feeling great from an apparent stomach virus (thankfully it wasn't related to the TB). I will note though that I've now learned the stark difference between public health services and private health services. I can't say I'm shocked about the new... | | |
| 3:49pm | Bleach - Chapter 360 | | | | Shock Of The QueenUkitake looks more like he’s training Lilinette than fighting her. On the other hand, she’s desperate. It’s normal.. this is a total mismatch. Ukitake could be helping the others instead of casually playing around lol.But, back to what’s of interest right now.... | | |
| 6:52pm | Bleach - Episode 222 | | | | The Most Evil Tag!? Soi Fon & ŌmaedaGood episode, nothing that really stands out but, still good. Sui Fong is constantly holding back. Vega dodges her attacks. Speed is one of his most developed abilities too. He states that Sui Fong’s attitude as a supposed assassin is kind... | | |
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