02 May
Hi people, this is perhaps the only reason why I can explain why Anime Desho Desho is dead. I’ve been grinding and levelling up in the real_world.exe as a Level 20 Kid under the apprenticeship of the famous Lvl 99…
29 Apr
Busy weekend, so not much in the way of posting. Maybe tonight or tomorrow. But for now:New comics this week (Wednesday, 4/30/08):Big Amoeba One-ShotOne of several releases from Platinum Studios this week; this one is…
28 Apr
I hinted at it in some of my brief New York posts, but I thought I’d maybe blog a little more thoroughly about my conversation with Marc Weidenbaum, the fella at Viz in charge of Shonen Jump and Shojo Beat, about his…
27 Apr
Been in bed all weekend, sick. I’ve got a sore throat and a runny nose and it sucks. Worst part is i HAVE to get better by monday. I’ve mentioned it before somewhere that i work as a baby photographer. I work in a…
25 Apr
Here’s a funny AMV it’s from an episode of coboy bebop I watched recently. Gonna try and get the rest of the series watched as soon as I can it’s a series that you could watch right through from begining to end it…
Here’s another reason to look forward to Viz’s upcoming release of Slam Dunk: It turns out I’d totally missed the gay subtext the first time around:Their [Rukawa and Sakuragi’s] domestic banter in every panel was so…
24 Apr
I seem to have come down with a cold, and it’s been getting worse all day. With this in mind, I’m taking the next couple of days off to rest and recuperate — ¡Journalista! returns on Monday. Events CalendarThis…
22 Apr
Finally after 3 years of research and 6 months of thesis writing, it all ends well. Received the news that I passed my higher degree yesterday. Was shocked to see the report that “.no requirement for correction or a…
I dunno if it’s just me, but it seems like there is a ridiculous amount of new fansubs this season. So far I’ve got around 10 new shows, but I’ve sampled way more than that. Some are prolly a few weeks back, but…
21 Apr
A little late on the bandwagon for this, but the Anime Blogger Awards nominations are nearly over, in fact nominations end tomorrow. I’ve already nominated some blogs a few weeks ago, but I already forgotten who I…
20 Apr
ZA WARUDO…except, not.Let me start this entry off by saying this: Rollo’s geass does -NOT- stop time. Justification to follow in the ‘Thoughts’ section.Just as Rollo is about to geass his way past the guards at…
“There’s a field of thought which postulates that the only reason this universe exists is because we humans do. […] I’m consumed by the thought that this world itself may be nothing but an illusion. That…
Preface - this show is bad. Really, really bad. I know. You don’t have to tell me, I know.With that aside, Akira wakes up with Shirogane, who tells him that Akira can’t re-materialise in the mortal world without…
19 Apr
This is, most unfortunately, not a joke post. I have a friend of maybe four, five years now, who has cut off communications with me because I “support Zero.” At first he was willing to debate the topic a bit, have a…
17 Apr
Whilst cruising the manga pubs’ latest titles over at Amazon, I stumbled across an Aurora title that, internet be damned, I can’t find any reference to ever being licensed. Hitohira has a blurb and everything (”What do…
The Los AngelesFestival of Books is coming up, and Go! has some greatannouncements!” Wendy Pini, the lovely andlegendary creator of Elfquest and the sensational new Masque of theRed Death will be at the Kinokuniya booth…
This week’s Flipped is up, and I’m still on a “Hey, that series that I really liked just ended, so I think I’ll write about it” jag. The latest manga from this weirdly large category is Fuyumi Soryo’s ES:…
Me… and Rei! Today is my birthday; well it might be passed depending on your time zone, as well as the only anime character I know of who shares it, Rei from Sailor Moon. I just figured I’d post a quick mention of…
16 Apr
It’s weird, but today I thought about Maaya Sakamoto.Her debut in Escaflowne was back in 1996, a journey of 12 years. I took notice of her pretty soon after that and was following her pretty much since then.…
15 Apr
Yotsuba&! volume six disappears!JUST WHEN I thought that ADV had, finally, got into its stride again with its Yotsuba&! manga releases, volume six, which originally seemed to be slated for a February 1st, 2008, release,
Your and My Secret Volume 1 by Ai Morinaga (amazon)Your & My Secret is the craziest gender-bending manga I have ever read. Granted, I have not investigated the genre throughly, but it seems like it would be very hard…
I knight thee Lolison. I was so excited about the prospect of a dogfight that I plumb forgot that Allison took a plane without guns. Next time I hope she gets a fighter…At any rate it seems that poor Allison did not…
Well, this is the longest Tea Shop BeLoved has gone without a post since I was on vacation last summer. And I’m sure some out there (probably 3 people, if the planets are aligned right) are burning to know why.Put…
Got my Yoko art book today, i’m a sucker for any and all merchandise related to Gurren Lagann so this was a must have. I don’t have many art books, but the ones i do have, i love. This latest one is no exception, I…
14 Apr
In Dango Digest, Part One, we got acquainted with the vast world of dango. In the second part of Dango Digest, let’s take a peek at how to actually make the dango. Part Two has two basic recipes for dango, some…
08 Apr
[Summary]So a new crop of shows has begun for Spring 2008, here is a comedy with nudity. But how will it stack up?So the show starts off with a space ship flying away and some guys saying they must get it and then it…
*psst*Just a heads up from your favorite mascot, 801-chan! All good things must come to an end and a couple of the 801 Media books are almost sold out of their print runs! So if you were waiting for that perfect sale or…
In the first part of my She: the Ultimate Weapon appraisal I did a very conventional review on the production as a whole but I would have brought out a tl;dr reaction had I set out my full thoughts regarding the…
Amazon.com Widgets Title: Land of the Blindfolded Vol 1 Author: Tsukuba Sakura Publisher: CMX ISBN: 9781401205249 May Contain Spoilers When Kanade touches other people, she can see glimpses of their future. …
Can't Wait For Wednesday!Despite the just-launched Secret Invasion and the looming Final Crisis, all is relatively quiet this week on the superhero front.Luckily, other publishers step in with a healthy selection…
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