Well, I was at the comic shop and randomly decided to pick up the January 2007 Newtype USA, if only because I'd have something to review and that sort of thing is a nice break from the stuff I usually do. Besides a two-page spread on Kanon (which focused entirely on the girls' chosen foods, might I add... I didn't know taiyaki was a kind of crepe, but there you go), the magazine included a promo
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Just a quickie advisory to remind (myself, actually) that the following anime and manga (official Indonesian releases) are due out on 10 January 2007: in stores and newsstands 10 January 2007 Crazy for You (Mucha Kucha Daisuki) by Shimaki Ako | Volume 04 Here we are (Bokura ga ita) by Obata Yuuki | Volume 08 I Hate You But I Love You (KISS, Zekkou, KISS ~Bokura no baai~) by Fujiwara Yoshiko |
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And so Mao and Yuuya continue to grapple with the mutual exclusivity of being happy and being in love. That this theme persists in underpinning the sixth volume of 藤原 よしこ Fujiwara Yoshiko-sensei's I Hate You But I Love You AKA キス、絶交、キス－ボクらの場合－ KISS, Zekkou, KISS ~Bokura no baai~ past the more than halfway mark of this shôjo manga series doesn't deter me from remaining invested. (I'm optimistic
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I saw this on D-Addicts and so I decided to take a peek because it seemed funny. I’m very glad that I did because this 1 shot is definitely a great Christmas/New Years love comedy you might want to take a peek at. If you liked Densha Otoko then you will probably enjoy this [...]
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Wow, Sunako scored Japanese 98, English 100, Physics 93, and Social Studios 89 in her previous test. Arh~~~~! Super genius? Not really… as she only scored 3 points in Math. In the coming test, the guys need to help Sunako to score above 80 points in order to get 50% rebate on [...]
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The official website is online for beetrain's upcoming project El Cazador de la Bruja. I don't think I've heard about this one prior to RIGHT NOW, but I will say the character designs look nice and quality. Here's hoping beetrain doesn't fuck it up. I am rooting for them based on character designs alone. Yessir. Also, [...]
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Night Head Genesis is an excellent arc-based mystery-series. It focuses on paranormally gifted people, with as main characters to seemingly special ones: Naoto and Naoya. When they were children, they were been locked up inside a research laboratory. The researchers may have had good intentions, it still doesn’t feel good to be locked up, especially [...]
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You know what? I’m surprised to say it, but that actually was a great ending. It’s strange, as I expected this series to fall into the pit of predictability, like so many other series did before it, but no. This actually is the second series, after The Third, that introduces a whole new arc in [...]
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Konami is having a DDR Song Contest!
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I hate fillers. Most of the time they add nothing to the original plot and the individual storylines usually are not interesting or special either. Unfortunately, this one is no exception. I think if it's not for the ED theme, I might not have downloaded this but now that I have, I may as well cover it. As far as new characters go, the female Akuma freaked me out a little bit. But then the writers had to ruin the mood by showing the same Akuma shooting projectiles from her breasts. The award for worst original Akuma design in this episode, however, goes to be the Godzilla wannabe. I think the only good thing about this episode is the humour which shows Lavi braiding Kanda's hair. Speaking of Lavi, fangirls would probably be happy to know that this episode features a line where Lavi tells Allen that they should hug each other to keep their bodies warm. This is the first time I see an episode where the writers intentionally give fanfic fodder to the fans.
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Special thanks to Skane for this title. Rating: 8/10 In reality, I wasn’t too thrilled with the plot of this episode, but at a second glance it turned out alright. I don’t think the writers have gone into as much depth with the drinks as they did with this episode, and we get to use a [...]
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Before I continue writing this post, I’d just like to thank Haesslich for posting such a thoughtful and in-depth comment on my last entry. If any of you haven’t read his thesis-equivalent of a comment, please do yourself a favor and take the time to read it here if you haven’t already done so. [...]
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I have to go get vaccinated today-THREE FRIGGIN’ SHOTS SWEET MOSES AND JOSEPHINE PLEASE NO-for college and that’s pretty much the face I’ll be making prior to getting them. Sh-shut up, I have horrible Trypanophobia… I’ve come to the conclusion that this blog is the equivalent of that one despised relative in the family that always [...]
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And so, the time has come, to talk of many things. Okay, not so many. It’s a 12-pager again, much to the crushing disappointment of all. Continuing exactly from the last chapter, Ritsuka and Soubi are still on the floor next to Nisei’s possibly dead body. Ritsuka repeats his last line from the [...]
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From the two characters on the website (and weird brown ball of fur creature) I was given the false impression that this would be irritating to watch. It turns out the online game it has been adapted from has been transformed into a sketchshow like comedy, and had me giggling many times even though I [...]
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And so, here is my extremely delayed post. I’m sorry it took me so long, but I never received my copies of January and February Zero-Sum until yesterday. I decided to do a combo post for volume 7 and the January story — the February issue post will be along shortly. January Zero-Sum This [...]
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…but with not much content yet. I’m sure the news has spread about Bee Train’s latest project entitled, “El Cazador De La Bruja” or The Witch’s Hunter, if my spanish serves me right. Mashimo Koichi, of “Noir” and “Madlax” fame, will take up the position of director. For a quick synopsis of the series, I’d [...]
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Witchblade Takeru manga from Top Cow Productions. From newsarama: Witchblade Takeru comes out this February from Top Cow Studios. The original Witchblade was created by Mark Silvestri. The manga version was created by Yasuko Kobayashi, who served as the lead writer for the Witchblade anime series. Artist Kazasa Sumita handles art duties. Witchblade Takeru will be [...]
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Where by subtle, I mean its fairly obviously a show which will appeal to all fans of box fort wars. Still, they are running a contest about it over at ANN - Can you spot all references in Geneons latest podcast? I certainly can’t, but that probably has more to do with the fact that the [...]
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