| 6:04am | Otakon Recap Pictures | | | | Well, Otakon 2009 is behind us, and what a show it was. I met about zillion anime fans and shook a lot of hands, making some really fun memories in the process -- a major shout-out to everyone who dropped by to say hello. I also got to meet a cool 92-year-old guy named Smitty who had decided to visit... | | |
| 12:00am | Enjoying Endless Eight (Yeah I went there) | | | | This is not an endorsement of the second and currently airing season of Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu. It doesn’t say here that this show is good, and that anyone is missing out. Rather, I agree with Pontifus when he says [->] All the weight/meaning in the world means nothing if you find the... | | |
| 5:06am | Kirameki ★ Yoko Box – S.t.a.r.S |  | | | Gainax. you’re a loveable bunch of whores. For a project as self-promoting as this one (the sexy gun-toting Yoko singing a pop song?!? The fanboys drool at the mere thought!) you went and pulled out all the stops to make an epic, slickly animated PV that even cynical feminazi me can’t stop... | | |
| 4:10am | Otakon 2009 - Day 1 in Tweets |  | | | “Well, Mell was swell as hell.” On Site: Scott from The Anime Almanac Jon I. from JANAiBlog Kim Edward Sizemore from Comics Worth Reading animevice from Anime Vice Greg Peter Tatara from New York Anime Fest OutOfTimeProd from Out Of Time Productions Alex from alexleavitt.com Carl from Ogiue... | | |
| 1:31pm | 3D Yoko | | | | I was looking through pixiv the other day when I found this very hot looking 3D Yoko from the anime series, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, modeled using maya from pixiv illustrator Kanzeon 「カンゼオン」. He has also created a very cute looking Nia, though she looks slightly older compared... | | |
| 8:52am | Cool Products Monday, July 13, 2009 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 4:29am | Summer 09 Anime - First impressions, part one |  | | | I believe summer should be all about about blue skies, sunflowers, and random pictures of girls. I believe summer should be all about about blue skies, sunflowers, and random pictures of girls. One large week into this seemingly meek anime season, and a minor TF2... | | |
| 7:05am | Top Seven Anime of the Spring 2009 Season | | | | The final part of my look at the best of the spring season is the countdown of the best titles of the season. This is always a difficult process since I enjoy so many different types of shows and there’s no clear-cut way of comparing a slice-of-life show to a shounen action show to a thought provoking... | | |
| 10:20pm | Anime Expo ‘09 Loot Post | | | | I’m not the kind to do a loot post, but this Anime Expo was a Gurren Lagann Fangirl’s dream come true! I got so much stuff it doesn’t all fit into one picture! As you can see by the Gurren Dan Flag it’s signed, by Gurren Lagann director Imaishi Hiroyuki and Gurren Lagann Character... | | |
| 7:39am | Cool Products Monday, July 6, 2009 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 12:00am | Remembering Love as Homage in Anime: Eureka SeveN x Mobile Suit Gundam | | | | [This post is infested with spoilers] Paying homage in the context of a media work is the recreation of one work of fiction in the context of another, with the referencing done as an ‘inside joke’ or an ‘easter egg’ for those familiar with the referenced work. Often this is... | | |
| 1:18pm | Too Good for Its Own Good: Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven (Anime) | | | | With the Eureka Seven movie out, I figured it was high time for me to start talking more about Eureka Seven. I already reviewed Gravity boys & Lifting girl, but now I’ll be reviewing the original for this post, and then working my way towards the new movie. Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven... | | |
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