| 4:16pm | Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (End) |  | | | Chaos. It is always nice to be surprised by such a seemingly boring anime, which turns out to become one of the best shows of the summer season. Not to repeat myself on what I’ve said in my previous impressions of this anime, I’ll just focus a little... | | |
| 1:31am | Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi Review | | | | Title: Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit Author: Nahoko Uehashi Publisher: Scholastic ISBN: 9780545005432 May Contain Spoilers Balsa is a traveling bodyguard, accepting jobs for pay, and also to redeem herself for a past that continues to haunt her. When she saves Chagum, the... | | |
| 1:30am | 115. Kamui Gaiden (New Movie Review) | | | | Hello, fellow Japanese movie fans. I have recently watched the new Kamui Gaiden film at the Toronto International Film Festival, and here are my thoughts on the film. As many movie-info websites can tell you, this was a big, $18million USD budget ninja fiction film based on a 1960s manga called Kamui.... | | |
| 12:24am | The Good, The Bad, and the Moe: Summer 2009 Anime Rankings | | | | 17 different shows from the summer ‘09 anime season, analyzed and ranked from the bottom up. Disclaimer: These rankings are purely a reflection of our own opinions and tastes, which are admittedly rather different from your average anime fan. Just because we don’t like a particular show... | | |
| 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... | | |
| 7:03am | Explorer Woman Ray | | | | Another noteworthy OVA relic from the post-Akira period of 1989 to the early 90s is Explorer Woman Ray from 1989, which I just picked up out of curiosity. I'd seen it often on the shelves of video stores 15 years ago when I rented anime regularly, but the package failed to impress me, so I'd never seen... | | |
| 11:30pm | 57 Fall Anime -- story, staff, cast, trailer, pic | | | | There are more new shows this fall than in any season over the past few years. But I'm not sure the quality -- or at least the appeal to my taste -- will be that high. I don't see any shows I expect to be as good as the great shows of this past summer season, such as Aoi Hana and Bakemonogatari. But... | | |
| 12:10am | [PR] VIZ MEDIA SCIENCE FICTION IMPRINT HAIKASORU TO DEBUT NEW NOVELS | | | | VIZ MEDIA SCIENCE FICTION IMPRINT HAIKASORU TO DEBUT NEW NOVELS ZOO AND USURPER OF THE SUN New Books Debut In September And Push The Boundaries Of Japanese Science Fiction San Francisco, CA, September 14, 2009– VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative... | | |
| 3:08pm | Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3: The Journey – Review |  | | | Yep, I have spent a good number of hours into Persona 3 and am now ready to do my review on this series. Questions that must be asked by myself are “Was it a good investment of my time?”, “Was it worth the stress hunting for it”, “Does it keep the standard I got from Persona... | | |
| 3:16pm | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 2-5: Accept | | | | The servants are unable to explain what horror just happened, which makes the situation more difficult than it is already. Torn by so many difficulties, Battler has no choice but ______________________________ ______________________________ __ The servants hastly reported what happened to Kumasawa... | | |
| 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... | | |
| 2:00pm | Sacred Blacksmith – impression after reading 3 volumes and seeing the trailer |  | | | snapshot20090909190507snapshot 20090909190515snapshot20090909 190524snapshot20090909190529sn apshot20090909190535snapshot20 090909190544snapshot2009090919 0554snapshot20090909190559snap shot20090909190608snapshot2009 0909190618snapshot200909091906 24snapshot20090909190630snapsh ot20090909190636snapshot200909... | | |
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