Today the spotlight falls on CoMix Wave’s recent Japanese Blu-ray release of the 2007 animated film 5 Centimeters Per Second. Although the film was first issued on Blu-ray back in 2008, this new so-called “Global Edition” – while still manufactured and sold in Japan by a Japanese label – features both English subtitles and an [...]
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I’ve really, really been meaning to get back into the whole blogging thing (especially since I’m paying for this webspace here) since Spring ’11 is in full swing, and it’s shaping up to be a damn good season from the few eps I’ve caught here and there. Unfortunately my time for anime has been almost [...]
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So Spring Season 2011. Wow, time does fly, eh? Anyway. So far I’ve watched C, Hidan no Aria, Hanasaku Iroha, Nichijou, Steins;Gate, and Denpa Onna. In the order I’ve watched them: Hanasaku Iroha – Ohana is family. Ohana is also quite adorable and spunky. Great coming-of-age type show so far, and one of the ones [...]
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Star Driver has been the epitome of stupidly fantabulous sparkliness, and true to form, the final episode was a giant amalgamation of rainbow sparkly shiny fantabulousness. There was so much shiny rainbow laser beam spam epic fabulous in the episode. But now that it’s over, indeed, our future Sundays will seem to be a shade [...]
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Global Shinkai Day 2011 will be held on the 12th of March. Crunchyroll are spearheading preparations with their brand-new DVD release of Shinkai’s most recent film, 5 Centimetres Per Second. The site is also running a competition in which one talented fan can win an autographed poster featuring Shinkai’s upcoming project Hoshi o Ou Kodomo [...]
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Today the spotlight falls on Funimation’s recent U.S. Blu-ray release of the 2009 anime film Summer Wars. NOTE: Photographs (and possibly other details) to follow; I’m typing out this review in a rare window of free time and final editing will need to be done in stages. RELEASE DATE, AVAILABILITY AND COST The U.S. Blu-ray [...]
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How Gonzo manages to stay afloat all these years after the bankruptcy fiasco and losing their money bovine that was Strike Witches is beyond me, but  as a fan of Last Exile, it’s very hard for me to ignore this new announcement. In other words, it’s also gonna be their first series-long foray into stereoscopic [...]
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February 3rd marks the official beginning of the Year of the Bunny Girl Rabbit in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. We the staff (which is mostly just me actually) wish all the best to everyone out there, and don’t blow off your fingers with illegal firecrackers now you hear? Now if you’ll excuse me, I must [...]
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Blog co-author Meu dug up a couple old links for me recently, that being my vintage 2008 Top 20 Anime Girls List as found here and here. It was nostalgic to examine but severely outdated, so I figured it was time to give the old list an update. Click the jump to see my picks. [...]
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Kiraboshii! *Handsigns* Well, Winter 2011 was a bit of a wasteland. There’s some quirky stuff to be had, but nothing I’d be able to call spectacular. Where’s stuff like Baccano! and Durarara!! when you need them? (Speaking of DRRR!!, episode 25 should be out in a month.) Anyway, here are my general impressions from the [...]
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