| 9:10pm | xxxHolic - 39 | | | | Well, in case you haven’t heard yet: they’re planning to make the next xxxHolic OAD, to air in 2010. Aand I guess that this episode is the point where xxxHolic stops being xxxHolic, and starts becoming Tsubasa Chronicle’s back-up show (which I assume to have its next OVA announced... | | |
| 11:41am | Valkyria Chronicles - 02 | | | | Short Synopsis: Alicia tries to use the tank to bring everyone to safety. Episode Rating: 7/10 (Enjoyable) I must admit that blogging this show is going to be a huge gamble. At this point, I myself am not yet convinced of this show, but first: about the series I’m not going to blog: - Slap... | | |
| 10:29am | 2008 TV Anime DVD/Blu-ray Grand Sales Ranking |  | | | 2008 has seen a huge variety of anime released, and the difficult question of assessing their success can approached in all sorts of ways, from TV ratings to 2ch thread activity, but DVD sales are usually given most prominence in such analysis. This final summary of the TV anime of 2008 incorporates... | | |
| 12:50am | Funimation set to announce 10 licenses in 10 days | | | | As per AstroNerdBoy: FUNimation sent me this little blurb. Not sure if you have seen the podcast yet but we’re doing a big announcement thing. Starting 12/22 we are going to announce a show a day for 10 days. Ten license announcements and not even at a convention. Wow. That should cause quite a... | | |
| 8:25am | The Fall Call: Fall 2008 Anime Preview | | | | I know, I know, I’m late– things have gotten very busy with my project. But here it is: your Fall 2008 anime preview! A couple of interesting trends this season. First off, I was struck by how many shows this season are the directorial debuts for the people helming them. Hyakko (Michio Fukuda),... | | |
| 1:12pm | Final Thoughts: xxxHOLiC Kei | | | | Watanuki has settled into his life of working at Yuuko’s shop and has even learned to become less bothered by the spirits he sees, but there is still much for this young man to learn. From losing his right eye after falling foul of a spider’s grudge to befriending a young spirit medium who is seen... | | |
| 3:08am | Tsubasa / xxxHolic Project Updates | | | | Man, is the xxxHolic manga picking up or what? Am LOVING this series right now! Why do we have to wait until March 2009 for the next volume?!?!Anyway, on to the news!The OAV (or OAD as people are saying now with the move from VHS to DVDs) sequel to Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations and xxxHolic Kei currently... | | |
| 2:47am | Tsubasa / xxxHolic Project Updates | | | | Been a while huh? News has been pretty slow but there've been several big Tsubasa announcements in the past few weeks well worth mentioning. The OAV (or OAD as people are saying now with the move from VHS to DVDs) sequel to Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations and xxxHolic Kei currently just going by the name,... | | |
| 4:55am | xxxHOLiC Kei ep.09 | | | | I kind of suspected that getting next-gen console is a bad idea in terms of productivity. That turns out to be true now that I'm completely obsessed with several games including but not limited to: Metal Gear Solid, Devil May Cry 4, and the new SIREN: New Translation (so awesome, review will come... | | |
| 9:17am | Weekly Round-Up: July 26th | | | | Reviewed this week: Amatsuki 10-11, Clannad Tomoyo Edition, Itazura na Kiss 15, Koihime Musou 3, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki 11, Mnemosyne 6, Nabari no Ou 15, Natsume Yuujinchou 3, Persona 18-20, Slayers Revolution 3, Someday’s Dreamers ~Summer Skies~ 3, Soul Eater 15, Telepathy Shoujo Ran 5, World Destruction... | | |
| 5:30am | Suga Shikao - NOBODY KNOWS | | | | Today the postman brought my latest CD purchase, Suga Shikao’s NOBODY KNOWS, the opening theme for the anime series xxxHolic Kei (継). There are a total of 3 tracks on this single and they are really a good mix of songs:NOBODY KNOWS1/3000 Piece (積水ハウス シャーメゾン TVCMソング)Konbini... | | |
| 1:39am | Natsume Yuujin-chou ep.02 | | | | Man, I've been too busy trying to keep up with E3 news that I couldn't even write this without being distracted every 5 minutes, trying to see if there is interesting news I should read. Also, if you've been emailing me about the past series that I covered last season, I'll try to finish them one... | | |
| 12:14am | AX 2008 Wrapup: Smartphone Next Time Would Be Nice | | | | Today is the recovery day after the long weekend at Anime Expo 2008 and during the con, I felt disconnected from much of the stuff that was happening. My hotel didn’t have free wifi and neither did the convention center and I had varying success at 7th + Fig (it worked in the pit but not in the... | | |
| 12:14am | AX 2008 Wrapup: Smartphone Next Time Would Be Nice | | | | Today is the recovery day after the long weekend at Anime Expo 2008 and during the con, I felt disconnected from much of the stuff that was happening. My hotel didn’t have free wifi and neither did the convention center and I had varying success at 7th + Fig (it worked in the pit but not in the... | | |
| 12:18am | xxxHolic Kei #3 DVD (with CLAMP box) Preorder! | | | | Amazon has just updated the page for the third Japanese xxxHolic Kei DVD which comes with a box to hold the DVDs and features an exclusive illustration by CLAMP for the release. Currently only the DVD case cover image is shown (made by Production I.G.). Expect the CLAMP box artwork to pop up online... | | |
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