| 9:31pm | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 2-6: Back Rank Mate | | | | The witch claimed more and more victims. As the door of the Golden Land is about to open, unyielding wills are confronting Beatrice, but it is all vain. Until ______________________________ ______________________________ ________ After Gohda’s fall, Beatrice barges with her furniture... | | |
| 8:43pm | Editorial: Empires in Anime |  | | | Empires in anime are a fairly common phenomenon, especially in science fiction series. Looking at Japan’s history with being an empire and encountering others, here’s a rather too long post about how I see history perhaps influencing anime in the portrayal of different kinds of empires. This editorial... | | |
| 3:35pm | Perfume Portfolio Interview : Translated | | | | “tannoy5″ from the Perfume City Forums has recently finished translating the whole chunk text found in Perfume’s first photobook, Perfume Portfolio. Credits to him and his translator Yosuke Yamamoto! (General editing done by sentinel011) A-CHAN A-CHAN’s 10 Key Words Name: A-CHAN... | | |
| 5:27am | The Passionate Pursuit of Perfection in a Waifu LEXUS (part 1) | | | | Let’s take a trip into the flashback machine: A few months ago, Mio Akiyama of K-ON! fame was voted Most Desirable Wife (in terms of 2D) by readers / users of Recochoku, tailed by Hinagiku Katsura of Hayate no Gotoku!, Taiga Aisaka of Toradora!, and many other girls that hailed from big-name,... | | |
| 3:59pm | Kyon on Haruhi: The Fighting of the Shadowy Gods Syndrome |  | | | If that’s so, Kyon’s just the perfect Messiah, only that he’ll save us from the true god herselfBefore you start reading the article, please do take heed of its first paragraph: I’m not a fan of the Haruhi franchise, nor am I engaged with any of its current content except for... | | |
| 4:05am | Emergency!?!? | | | | In H2O ~footprints in the sand~, there is an emergency button. when I pressed it, the above image popped up. To those of you not familiar with the button, some eroges have it so that if someone walks in on you playing an eroge, you can press the button and the window will look like something else.... | | |
| 1:45am | I can’t believe I’m enjoying Otoboku (a review?) | | | | It’s one day before school starts, and here I am, playing through Otoboku. After completing Takako and Sion then failing to get Mariya 2 times in a row, I’ve decided to stop playing, but here’s a review (of sorts) for the game. I went into this not expecting anything at all, because... | | |
| 4:30pm | T.H.A.T. Fall 2009 Anime Preview |  | | | Deadpan lolis, my favorite Welcome to another edition of the T.H.A.T. anime preview! Out of a total of 26 series covered in this preview (I excluded the kiddie shows/educational stuff as usual), the statistical breakdown goes like this (some categories overlap): Sequels: 8 Spin-offs: 3 New Shows: 15... | | |
| 4:30pm | T.H.A.T. Fall 2009 Anime Preview |  | | | Deadpan lolis, my favorite Welcome to another edition of the T.H.A.T. anime preview! Out of a total of 26 series covered in this preview (I excluded the kiddie shows/educational stuff as usual), the statistical breakdown goes like this (some categories overlap): Sequels: 8 Spin-offs: 3 New Shows: 15... | | |
| 3:37am | Hanami with Kagami | | | | Today was an extremely lovely day, so me and Kagamin went out for bit of a joyride. Midway we realized that the roadsides were all white, and it reminded me of the sakura trees in the university. Needless to say, we headed off that way. Not much of a sight but this magnormous carpark simply fills... | | |
| 5:14am | Fall 2009 |  | | | So I heard you like sequels Most of this information comes from the chart at Denizen’s blog, as well as MAL and ANN. I’m excited because we’ll have three people blogging again, which means more series covered by SS!AB. I might cut my load to 3 new series (depending on episode counts),... | | |
| 6:05am | Take the X Train | | | | Many of the more significant anime directors of the 1970s and 1980s learned the ropes at Toei Doga or Mushi Pro in the 1960s. The different approaches to animated filmmaking learned at each respective studio consequently provide the foundation for these directors. Some started out at Toei Doga but... | | |
| 5:00am | Canaan - 08: The Treachery of Maria |  | | | No seriously did you try anything while Canaan was passed out, because if you did we want it animated So this post is a bit late though it seems that they did get land lines in this hot and humid mud hole, so in any case after Alphard trolled the world Canaan and Maria try to runoff on a little yuri... | | |
| 4:28am | Crimson Wolf | | | | Each era in the history of anime has its distinguishing qualities. One of my favorite periods is 1990-1995, when you get OVAs with a sort of crazed energy in the directing and storytelling, and realistically tinged yet fun and manic animation. Unlike in the late 80s, one of the things in the air at... | | |
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