Pixiv Source The song titled Kimi de Ite, Buji de Ite was created by Kanno this week and posted on Youtube in support of those going through the aftermath of the Sendai earthquake.  She was born in Miyagi, one of the prefectures that was hit hard by the tsunami, so this song is surely made [...]
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Hi everyone, time for a “real life” post.  If you haven’t been following the news today, a 9.0 scale earthquake hit off the eastern coast of Japan today.  An extra wave of destruction was caused by a tsunami and quake aftershocks.  The areas most affected were the northern prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, but [...]
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This past summer I took a weekend during my study abroad in Japan to go down to the Mt. Fuji area.  On the last day, I headed over to an amusement park called Fuji-Q Highland and visited the new Evangelion World exhibit.  It was probably the biggest anime geek moment of my stay in the [...]
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So do I Char-chan, so do I. Orimura is quite possibly the dumbest character of the season.  Maybe even the year.  I could believe little moeblobs like Potemayo live in my fridge before I could honestly believe that a guy could be so unaware of romance.  He’s so fucking clueless that Houki can’t even beat [...]
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THE VOICE ACTING QUEEN OF JAPAN HAS A YOUTUBE CHAAANNEL!  Right now it’s pretty sparse, but more videos should be uploaded as time goes by.  It’d be cool if she puts up her older vids as well.  Oh, and if you’re wondering why she’s the queen: Since her debut in 1996, she’s had over 40 [...]
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It’s finally arrived: Tokyopop’s pseudo-documentary/ANTM hybrid show.  As expected, there are some aspects to AGO that are facepalm worthy.  The word “otaku” is used many, many times.  Almost in a dry-heave inducing amount.  And there are plenty of quotes and moments that just made me shake my head.  However, there are also scenes that are [...]
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Nope, this isn’t the live action cast of the students in Negima.  AKB48 is a super-sized pop girl group in Japan that started in a theater in Tokyo’s Akihabara section.  There’s three teams within the group (A,K,B) with 16 girls per team, and “research” girls who have the opportunity to make their way up the [...]
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lol This scene should have come with one of the disclaimers they used in earlier episodes.  For those who are unaware, sucking venom out of a wound is NOT proper procedure.  If you have a cut inside or around your mouth, guess what, you just got poisoned too!  Secondly, there’s no way that you’re going [...]
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Here’s a blast from the past series, courtesy of mangaka Shinohara Chie.  Ryouko’s Spirtual Case Files (not to be confused with the other Ryoko’s Case Files) began in 1987 and ran for four volumes. The story focuses on Ryouko and her fateful meeting with a man’s soul that takes over the body of her deceased [...]
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Pixiv Source I watched this movie with high expectations.  Summer Wars was created by the same director who did The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 2006 anime movie, and I was hoping to be as captivated with this movie as the latter.  Although SW doesn’t reach the intense emotional level that TGWLTT did, this is [...]
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