| 9:42pm | Casshern SINS #24 — Rocks Fall; Everybody Dies | | | | And somehow, it mostly works. Impressions: As much as it pains me to compliment this show in its eleventh hour, the scenes leading up to Lyuze and Ohji’s deaths were excellently done. Very subtle use of music and just open space to let their passings sink in without being heavy handed about... | | |
| 8:15am | Why does Nanoha serve? | | | | I am delighted to hear the news of forthcoming 25 year old Nanoha. Because it means the possibility of seeing MOAR Nanoha x Fate yuri love love. In a timely note, DKellis posed and explored a fascinating question: Could Nanoha refuse to join the TSAB? Join the TSAB! Travel to exotic, distant worlds,... | | |
| 6:35am | Sangokuden: Entering the 3 Kingdoms era | | | | He is furious!! Just eleven days ago the second chapter of the BB Senshi Sangokuden manga ended and in the same issue of Kero Kero Ace the third chapter is announced. As the second chapter ends, the Three Kingdoms are set up. With the unknown fate of Sousou and Ryuubi, the new chapter focuses on a... | | |
| 7:30am | Spring 2009 Anime Preview and Watchlist | | | | Just within the last few days, winter’s frigid fingers have finally loosened their grip around where I live. We had been experiencing high temperatures well below freezing and that’s not conducive to getting in the spring mindset. Yesterday we got into the 50’s and today our high was 65˚F (18˚C);... | | |
| 5:12am | Weekly Anime Review (Feb 23 – Mar 1) | | | | Isn't it funny how fate works sometimes.There’s two changes to this week’s anime review that I need to mention before going on. The first is something I mentioned last week, I’ve tweaked my grading scale. What happened, if you didn’t already read, is that I’m throwing out the pluses which... | | |
| 10:27pm | Death Note Films | | | | Last Saturday me and my hubby watched the first death note film with the second one being shown this Saturday which were gonna watch, I thought the first film was really good although its a bit different to the anime light seems much more evil but there is still a lot of stuff taken from the anime.... | | |
| 2:27pm | Jewel in the Palace: Episode 2 Commentary | | | | Hour long episodes are difficult to write anything about because so many things happen. I can’t remember it all by the end of the episode! This episode was one full of surprises for me, both because of my knowledge of the animated series, and within Jewel in the Palace itself. First, I’ll... | | |
| 10:07pm | Natsume Yuujin-Chou - 22 | | | | Short Synopsis: Natsume buys a picture and wakes up next to flower blossoms. Episode Rating: 8/10 (Excellent) Aha! I finally see the big difference in how I’ve been enjoying the first season when compared to the second season. Those who have read my past entries probably know that for some reason,... | | |
| 5:40am | The Tower of Druaga ~the Aegis of Uruk~ ep. 12 [END] |  | | | [ Episode 12: YOU ZAPPED TO… ] WTF Kaaya. No wonder Fatina didn’t like you! Ehhh, what the hell? ANOTHER tower? I literally went “WTF?” when I heard that the top of the tower everyone was climbing was just a halfway point. Not only that, but the Druaga they fought was just a... | | |
| 6:53pm | Evangelion 2.0 airing date and Eva 1.11 announced. |  | | | Anno’s Evangelion 2.0 Film Slated for June 27 in Japan Evangelion: 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance, the second film in Hideaki Anno and Khara’s theatrical remake of Gainax’s Neon Genesis Evangelion television anime series, will open on June 27 in Japan. Khara had already revealed the title... | | |
| 1:40am | Ouran High School Host Club, Part Two, Graduates Top of Its Class! | | | | Read my review of Ouran High School Host Club, Part One! The fiesty twins, Kaoru and Hikaru, try to steal away the heart of Tamki’s “baby”, the cute and out of place Haruhi, in the second half of Ouran High School Host Club!Plot Summary Haruhi can’t catch a break from the duties... | | |
| 7:07pm | Seto no Hanayome OVAs - Would not mind a second season at this rate | | | | Yay! Nothing like revisting the world of Seto no Hanayome. I watched the TV series early 2008 and really found it quite hilarious despite getting kind of boring comedy wise during the second half of the show. Regardless it was a solid show with some great characters, and some funny and sometimes serious... | | |
| 4:31pm | Mikan Watch #16: Negima!? | | | | From the second ED sequence, Kaede using a Mikan Box as a table! Oh, and then there’s one on Asunas desk in episode seven and one in Chisames room in episode twelve. There’s also this one in the Bakarangers skit at the end of episode 7, but it’s not entirely clear what it’s... | | |
| 5:37am | Flutter | | | | Canada's NFB offers a good number of films from their collection up for viewing on their website, and the other day I had a look through it. I'd never seen Ryan Larkin's films, and seeing them was quite the revelation. Street Musique (1972) is perhaps my favorite, just because it's so fun and playful... | | |
| 6:22pm | Weekly Anime Review (Jan 26 – Feb 8) | | | | There goes that New Year’s resolution for The Null Set – no more missing a week and having to do a biweekly anime review. On the plus side, I should have plenty to talk about. As a total aside, as I’m typing this up I wonder if other people have specific music they listen to when they have to... | | |
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