It took a few moments to realize that the voice-over at the beginning of this episode was Mine. It took a few more moments to remember that he was reciting lines from a beginner’s book to orchestras. And we finally get to see the show’s punching bag in the form of Okochi Mamoru, a student [...]
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(cross-posted from Japanator) What do you get when you combine a video sharing site with the 実況 jikkyou boards (where people post while watching TV shows and such) on 2ch? Nico Nico Douga, a mashup that was started earlier this year, is what you get. Instead of just plain comments, Nico Nico Douga lets users leave comments in real-time which scroll across the movie while it's playing, and -- this is the important part -- also scrolls messages from other users at the point in the movie when they left them, making it almost like you're watching the video together with everybody else that's posted a comment. That feeling made Nico Nico Douga very popular very quickly, and soon all of the bandwidth used apparently earned the ire of YouTube, which cut off Nico Nico Douga's access to movies on their servers last month, marking the end of the public beta test of Nico Nico Douga. However, the development team worked quickly on a new version of the site, and in just one week they established their own video sharing service (with much better video and audio quality than Youtube), SmileVideo, and brought the site in back a limited gamma test open to 100,000 users (about 20% of the average number of users per day during the beta test, according to the developers' blog) on Monday. I quickly got hooked on Nico Nico Douga during the beta test, so of course I signed up as quickly as I could for the gamma test and ended up being number 62227, luckily. Now that Nico Nico Douga is back up, I'll give you a quick rundown of some of the more popular videos on the site after the jump.
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The Second Gig continues in great style with some tantalising new details concerning the identity and nature of the Individual Eleven, Togusa gets some time in the spotlight for a change, the Tachikomas blast the hell out of some bad guys and Gohda causes all manner of mischief. Good stuff all round. It would appear that [...]
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This turns out to be a rather long arc after all. I really thought that this episode will be the end of the story but that doesn't seem to be the case. At any rate, this is one hell of an interesting episode because not only it offers the usual arc-based storyline but also because it develops the mystery behind Allen's cursed eye. I now feel like catching up with the manga because I have no idea what's the implication of this plot development. I have heard rumblings about bad things happening to Allen but I never know if I should take it seriously or not. After watching this episode, however, I wonder if there is some truth to the rumour. Anyway, the animation in this episode is not bad at all and I'm glad that the character design remains consistent most of the time.
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Well, we've all been waiting for Yuki, haven't we? And here she is. The official shots and information for Max Factory's Yuki hit the net today (yesterday technically) and boy does she look good. Ok, well, let me draw that back a bit. She looks good, but not as good as BUBBA's work. She comes [...]
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Summary: As the fights around town rage on, Ikkaku challenges his Arrancar opponent to pull out his zanpaktou, but the Arrancar doesn’t think it will be necessary.
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Well, moetron was on a hot streak today with bringing the anime news to the English speaking world. Since pKjd apparently has absolutely nothing to do all day (lucky bastard), I get to play catch up. So let's do it First up, there's a new Neon Genesis Evangelion anime in the works! YES! YOU HEARD [...]
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Most manly epic battle evar or MOST MANLY EPIC BATTLE EVAR?! Nothing lasts forever. And so the Undefeated of the East becomes defeated at the hands of Guts, at the incredibly close vote of 443 to 438. Wish I was able to vote. A suitable outcome for all. Let there be no tears at the clash [...]
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SaiGAR 2007, started on the 28th January and over the span of 40 days, manly men battle it out in hope to become the manliest man of 2007. With the help of anonymous voters from across the Internet, it was a fierce battle, but only one can stand at the top. So this year, the [...]
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Here’s a project I worked on recently for the Japanator.com mascot contest: See below for the full image and progression. Click on images to enlarge: Unfortunately, I didn’t win (I guess my pic wasn’t moe enough), but it was a good experience for me as it made me draw again and experiment with Corel Painter IX. [...]
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Short Synopsis: This episode develops lots of relationships: the one between Kate and Paula, Rose and her father, Claire and her brother and Rachel and Luke. Good: Kate. Bad: No bad points this time. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8.5/10 Whoa! The next paragraph will be a major spoiler for the next episode, so if you haven’t seen it yet, close [...]
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Short Synopsis: A Misa-episode. See what happens when the other idiot acts on her own. Good: Finally the plot moves along a bit faster. And finally Misa gets a bit useful again. Bad: Still, Misa remains annoying. Just as Light and the non-Kira members of the Yotsuba-group. Overall Enjoyment Value: 7.5/10 Finally we see Rem again. The mystery of [...]
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There’s really nothing else that needs to be said after viewing the trailer for ‘Home’. As a virtual space for match-making and socializing, ‘Home’ seems to be the biggest leap we’ve ever seen on consoles. The potential is evident in the emergent virtual socializing possibilities that ‘Home’ can offer. Imagine, you can start your PS3 and [...]
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“See, Robin? This is what a man desperate for HARD GAY will stoop to. Broglie and a diseased king- it’s hard to say which is worse..” “You can’t think I actually wanted to sleep with them?”
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I’m generally against impulse shopping. A personal rule of mine is never to buy an item on the same day I first set eyes upon. This applies to my figure purchases. My figures are mostly pre-ordered and for the few that I ‘bought off the shelf’, there was at least a day of consideration or [...]
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As reported by MOON PHASE (and the April edition of NewType magazine) and brought to attention by pKjd, CODE GEASS Lelouch of the Rebellion will officially be getting a second season! There is also indication of a special episode 24 and 25 broadcast. When CODE GEASS ends April 6th the new BONES series, Darker than BLACK, [...]
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As of today, Amazons Japanese store has killed off their (untraceable) International Economy shipping method, leaving just the choice of DHL or, well, nothing. Its not really all that surprising – towards the end of last year they started upgrading all existing from Economy to Express at the point of shipping for free, which kind [...]
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ANS has just reported details on a new limited edition (30 available) Death Note themed laptop (or “notebook”, a aha). The laptop comes with a trendy ringo (apple) USB dongle, other than that it looks much like a regular laptop with a big Death Note sticker stuck on its body. The laptop is being sold on NTV’s [...]
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