I realize it’s a bit late for “Year in Review” posts, but some inexplicable urge just compelled me to write this out. Possibly attributed to my current holiday I guess. In anyways, I suck at ranking things, so this is not a “Top Ten” styled post, but more of a focus list of shows I [...]
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I just got this press release from Viz stating that the Death Note anime has been licensed and that it'll be available for download while the series is still running in Japan: San Francisco, CA, January 10, 2007 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced that it has licensed from Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) the Download to Own (DTO) and Download to Rent (DTR) rights for the United States for the smash hit DEATH NOTE anime series, currently airing in Japan. The deal is significant because it marks the first time a well known Japanese anime property will be made legally available to domestic audiences for download to own while the title still airs on Japanese television. VIZ Media will seek to make the series available to consumers through a number of online providers in order to reach the widest audience possible.
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The presite has been for a while now, but the proper website for Sunrises re-imagining of the videogame THE iDOLM@STER is now live. Unfortunately, it seems kind of breaky in Firefox. The basic plot seems to revolve around the moon having been splintered approximately 100 years ago, causing all sorts of problems on Earth. In order [...]
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Compared to Sai-moe (I only grieved at the very end over Fate’s loss) or Sai-Gar (ended yet?), my abnormally deep interest in abq’s Sai-loli worried me (yes, I made my pilgrimage to loli-land today and voted for Konomi even though she’s not truly lolita but 100% lolicious). Has the insidious whisperings of the Dark goth-loli-siscon [...]
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We’re currently in the process of expanding our staff and are looking for folk who are eager and willing to write about the stuff they love. We LOVE anime and try to watch it as much as possible and we know that there are some people out there who eat, sleep, and breathe manga [...]
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I figured out that it’s only a matter of time before Hung kicks all the Singapore Anibloggers out of Nano because we have been posting nothing but Odex or random stuff. DrmChsr0, DarkMirage, Tedfox have spoken about the Odex issue. Lame people like bj0rn choose to talk about Females pretending to be male maids (otherwise known [...]
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Play card games and you too can make hand gestures like this! Remember back when you were a kid and everyone was into card games that had a direct bearing on the fate of the world? Doesn’t ring a bell? Well, I don’t remember those days either, but I do recall watching a certain anime about [...]
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Kwok points out that he is not sure if Odex is initiating the clampdown on illegal anime downloads...
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In a hurry so this is gonna be short. Forgive me. The last two episodes of the show ere quite nicely done. Basically, Yano and Nana are spending their last few days together before Yano leaves. Nana grapples with the fact that Yano’s leaving, and suddenly feels that she doesn’t want to let go of him. [...]
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Mai had the main spotlight in this episode where she had attended a dance party organized by the student council of the school. On the other hand, Yuuichi got to know more about the rather ‘mysterious’ female underclassman of his, Shiori, that she has been skipping school since her first day of school where she had fainted during the entrance ceremony. Well... but when you come to think of it, how can a girl who eats ice-cream even when she is sick ever get well? (I should not be saying this...) Also in this episode, we were revealed with a rather shocking fact: Yuuichi is afraid of height. However, I doubt so. =\"I can easilly get two or three at the same time!"Like most of the previous episodes, the episode started with a dream, or rather, a memory of Yuuichi. In this episode, he recalled himself boasting about his skills in using the toy catching machine to Ayu."The Dance Festival is in this evening."The very next day, Nayuki, who was late for her club’s meeting, ran to school in an incredible speed (comparable to that of Haruhi from ‘The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya’) while Yuuichi took his time walking slowly to school. On the way, he met up with Mai and Sayuri, the two girls whom he usually have lunch with. Mai had been repeating ‘honey bear’ and ‘chubby racoon’ as Sayuri became confused, only to know that it was another of Yuuichi’s jokes. *gulp*Yuuichi upside down. lol.If Yuuichi knew whatever’s best for his sick female underclassman, he wouldn’t have even bought an ice-cream for her, but that was indeed what he did for Shiori. However, he did finish up at least half of the ice-cream, just to make himself feel sick. In here, we were introduced with all sorts of medicines belonging to Shiori when she offered them to Yuuichi. Of course, he declined, and he decided to stand upside-down instead. (Does that actually work?)A first year female student approached Yuuichi... "She is not sick."Yuuichi then left Shiori to go back to class. A strange (but somewhat cute), unknown girl came foward to him and introduced herself as Shiori's classmate. She told him the whole story about her being absent since the first day of school, and she has also been calling her 'Misaka-san'. Does that ring a bell? Indeed, Kaori's surname was also Misaka. However, Kaori insisted that she is the only child.During lunch, Sayuri handed over Yuuichi a tuxedo which she had prepared for him for the dance party."Here's 1000 yen.."Back at home after school, Yuuichi fell asleep while watching TV. Again, he started dreaming that he had borrowed some money from Nayuki so that he could get the angel toy for Ayu from the toy catching machine... and then suddenly, he woke up. Yikes, he’s late for the dance party!"I'm Kuze, the president of the student council.He went into the hall and saw Sayuri and Mai in their gorgeous dresses. Sayuri went away with a few friends and soon, a person who looked rather formal walked over to Yuuichi and Mai. He introduced himself as the president of the student council. He then solemnly warned Mai against any misdeed, and if she were to ruin the party, he is going to talk with the teachers about it. After his warning, he walked away. Yuuichi became mad but Mai remained cool as if she was used to it. "Are you not angry after what he said?"Yuuichi offered Mai to dance, and she accepted his invitation. Everyone was amazed with their dance. Sayuri was attacked...Mai attacking the 'demon'.But suddenly, something happened. Windows started to break by itself. An invisible thing started to trash the party. It attacked Sayuri as Mai became terrified. She brought in her sword and started to swing it around. Of course, everyone saw nothing, and in the end, the president wanted Mai to be fully responsible for the mess. Well, that’s it for episode 12. I wrote this episode’s review in my school library on a draft paper as I didn’t have much time on the computer as I had expected. My schedule is fully booked (prefect patrols, school bazaar preparations, homeworks, assignments) and I couldn’t get anywhere. Of course, I took the screenshots back at home, what were you thinking?Till now, Kanon’s subs were released up to episode 14. I have yet to download episode 13 so you might have to wait a bit longer for me to do the reviews for those later episodes.
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  Another new maid has appeared today at Cosafe. She’s really great because she entertains you with her jokes. Plays cards with you and also had a nice smile. She’s tsundere too! Anyway, Tsubaki went to the Cosafe for the first time today. Yes… He had to hide himself since he’s banned from it. So he [...]
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This is yet another time for the I.D analysis check up time due to the fact that I am getting a bit tied up with the re-watching of Manabi Straight until every single one of my clones die from an overdose of cuteness. This summary by the way is a very abridged version, since I [...]
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Arrrh~~~!!! Arrrh!!!!!! Apple iPhone is out!!! I’m speechless with the design and functions and I only can think of one word to describe it: “Revolutionary”. Well, I know it’s irrelevant to anime but no choice since I loved it so much. If you look at the spec in details you’ll find that the features in [...]
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The new poll is up, please vote! The nominees are as follows: Air Gear – 1 Aria – 1 Black Lagoon – 2 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni – 2 Honey & Clover – 1 Jyu-Oh-Sei – 1 Nana – 1 NHK ni Youkoso – 1 Ouran High School Host Club – 3 School Rumble ni Gakki – 1 Simoun – 1 Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu – [...]
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Kotono = everything to love about this episode, (I want the non-existant gothloli figurine already!) The problem remains that she is perhaps the only thing to love about this show. The animation quality is so poor that all the figures in even medium distance no longer look good. Fortunately, there are enough close ups of [...]
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Yumi and Sachiko are back, and that can only mean one thing- HARD YURI. Unfortunately, Yumi’s visions of a tranquil summer with her lover onee-sama are shattered by an Evil Lesbian Trio- can our heroine triumph over these generic and ultimately minor villains of insignificance? I think the question answers itself, really… “I thought you’d never [...]
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The agonizing wait for Friday night once again threatens my semi-peaceful existence. No, I am not talking about the safe haven of weekend outings not I am talking about a want for Ryu Sasakura-esque concoctions. Relaxation and alcohol consumption are a wonderful refuge from long work days. Ah, but this blogger’s [...]
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Ryuusei Miracle is the opening to the anime Tenpo Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi, and it is by far the most favoured theme song of the fall anime season. The PV is rather unusual and the meaning or story behind it isn't clear, or maybe it just doesn't have one. Either way, it's pretty obvious that shooting starts [...]
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Original Rare Afro Samurai Figurine ($$Kaching!) (link to Ebay item so it will only work for 2 days) After reading in Anime Insider that Afro Samurai had a rare figurine release previous to the anime, I wondered what it looked like…and someone’s selling one on Ebay at Buyout of $500 or best offer! It looks quite cool, [...]
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For some reason this episode feels really entertaining but I can't pintpoint it to a specific reason. Maybe it's the nostalgic feeling that I get when Kudou Haruka suddenly burst into Hagu-esque voice while playing Saya. It was also amusing to hear Misa referring to Yagami Light as "Yagami Tsuki" due to the kanji on Light's name. The reason for this is because kanji often comes with more than one way of reading it. The problem is, it's hard to memorise every single variation. I usually only remember the major ones. Having said that, I don't think the word 'Light' (Raito) can turned into the kanji for moon「月」unless it's a very liberal use of the Kanji. What I mean by this is that there was no Kanji in Light's first name but because this is Japan, his family has to come up with a kanji equivalent to 'Light'. My guess is instead of going for the direct meaning of Light, which is「光」- Hikari, they decide to use 'moon'.
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