Farewell God of Gamblers. Let your garness inspire us all. Guts defeats Akagi, 285 to 239. Even though I wanted Akagi to win, I must accept the fact that he’s a lot more obscure when compared to Guts. Guts also has that whole cleaving people in two with a sword thing going on. Guts defines the [...]
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Everyone is talking about it: http://jroxas.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/rip-danbooru/ http://ronin.animeblogger.net/2007/03/02/danbooru-dies-again-t_t/ http://scott.animeblogger.net/2007/03/02/danbooru-dead/ http://triplea.animeblogger.net/2007/03/01/danbooru-is-dead/ http://kurogane.animeblogger.net/2007/03/02/danbooru-is-dead-long-live-the-cardboard-box/ http://bluemist.animeblogger.net/archives/danbooru/ http://drmchsr0.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/onoz-danbooru-is-ded-t_t/ http://www.yuribou.net/blog/?p=188 http://otakuism.animeblogger.net/?p=1150 http://waffles.nagatocity.net/2007/03/03/higurashi-and-nanoha-licensed/ It’s like, the event of 2007. Nothing can top it. I suppose it’s time for me to say my goodbyes to Danbooru, to thank it for everything it’s done for me, and to wish it nothing but the best of luck… “hop to it!” Really, we’ll get over this. I don’t mean to [...]
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Kiba, ep. 48: “Advent” (Kourin) Zed and Gitora act to save Mired; Noah tries to recover the Key Spirits for himself. Summary following the pics (click to enlarge): Jeem is thrilled at the power he’s feeling from Tasker, but Mired screams and faints. Zed and Gitora try to rescue Mired but Jeem sicks his warriors [...]
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This week’s Hana Yori Dango (aside from turning into some cheesy business drama) takes a look on how to act like a bishounen so that you get lots of fujoshi fangirls girlfapping angsting and writing yaoi romantic fanfics about you. Lay in a model-esque position on a bed. Bonus if there’s another bishie next to you. Sit [...]
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Nothing but Shana to look forward to? Does anyone know what JC Staff is working on for the spring season? A brief scan of most of the series that are coming out in the spring season apparently returned with a ZERO count on JC Staff works. I hope I am really just dizzy due to the late [...]
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It is said that I'm going to be watching a lot of shows this coming season. A LOT. Which is sad.
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Verdict: 9.5/10 Impressions: New standards, in my opinion, are set with this episode. The action is already starting to heat up beyond scorching levels and the new background music, especially the Arrancar theme, fits perfectly with each and every scene in the episode. Oh and we get a load of goodies and surprises (for those who don’t [...]
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The Viz Death Note site has two new teaser videos for the Death Note anime. Most of the hardcore fans have probably been watching the fansubs for months already, but those that don't dig the fansub scene will soon be able to get the legit goods.
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Tezuka Osamu is best known to American anime fans for Astro Boy, but his body of work spans decades and thousands of pages of drawn manga. The New South Wales Art Gallery in Australia is paying homage to this internationally-renowned artistic master in an exhibition called Tezuka: the Marvel of Manga.
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While I admire the Ghost in the Shell films as much as anyone, the Stand Alone Complex was somehow more enjoyable. Put it down to the gorgeous soundtrack, the easily digestible TV-slot length episodes, whatever. Right from the get-go, the Second Gig promises more of the same. Great, huh? I think so… Section Nine are back [...]
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I really enjoyed this episode. Psycho Tomoe is always a pleasure to watch. Also nice how Chie got a big role (and the most number of WTF facial expressions); not surprisingly, she has a fan club of screaming fangirls! I wonder what Aoi would say. :P
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Taking a tiny break from the manga blogging, I was at a horse show this weekend.
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Summary: Upon learning about the documents that incriminate Marquis Paul, Connelly mobilizes the 1st Section to go to all the media organizations and get back those documents.
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The First Annual Seiyuu Awards ceremony was held in Tokyo Saturday night. Paku Romi won for best female lead, and Fukuyama Jun for best male lead. Hirano Aya, Koshimizu Ami, Morita Masakazu, Gotou Yuuko, and Kano Yui were among the other winners. (mouseover photos for captions; click to enlarge)The ceremony was held at the theatre of the Tokyo Anime Center in Akihabara. It was no accident that it was scheduled for the week after the Academy Awards. Awards were for performances in 2006.Paku Romi won the best female lead award, for her portrayal of rocker Nana in the smash hit NANA. Best male lead was Fukuyama Jun, for his role of Lelouch in Code Geass.Because of the difficulty of deciding, according to promoters of the event, two names were chosen in each category apart from these two top categories.Best supporting females were Koshimizu Ami, for Karen in Code Geass; and Gotou Yuuko, for Mikuru in Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu. Best supporting males were Ishida Akira, for Athrun Zala in Gundam Seed Destiny; and Miyata Kouki, for Yoshinaga Kazumi in The Gargoyle of the Yoshinagas.Best new females were Hirano Aya, for Suzumiya Haruhi; and Kano Yui, for Momoko in Sumomo mo Momo mo. Best new males were Kakihara Tetsuya, for Mikoto in Princess Princess; and Morita Masakazu, for Ichigo in Bleach. "New" seiyuu means anyone who debuted within the past five years. Aaya just made it, being 19 and having debuted at the age of 14.<http: com="" 2007="" 01="" html="">Top seiyuu/singer was Mizuki Nana, for her CD Justice to Believe. Best personality was Asano Masumi, host of the A&G Super Radio Show ~Anisupa~.<http: com="" 2007="" 01="" html=""><http: com="" 2007="" 01="" html="">There were also some special lifetime awards to veteran seiyuus. Tomiyama Kei, who died in 1995, played many roles, including Koudai in Space Battleship Yamato, and was in the first series of Chibi Maruko-chan.<http: com="" 2007="" 01="" html="">Oohira Tooru has done a lot of dubbing, and was the voice of Superman on TV and in film, and of Darth Vader in the Star Wars films. Ohara Noriko is Nobito in Doraemon, and has dubbed Brigitte Bardot, Shirley MacRae and Jane Fonda in films.<http: com="" 2007="" 01="" html="">Ikeda Masako was Maetel in Galaxy Express 999, and has dubbed the voice of Audrey Hepburn. This will be particularly significant to people who have seen the anime REC. Mukai Mariko was the voice of Marilyn Monroe, and has also been in many anime.<http: com="" 2007="" 01="" html="">Reaction on 2channel has been predictably mixed. One poster summed up a segment of opinion with the following:<http: com="" 2007="" 01="" html="">Of course: Fukuyama, Hirano, Koshimizu. (i.e., skill plus looks = shoo-in)Solid: Ishida, Mizuki, Paku.Dubious: Morita, Asano, Gotou.The fix is in: Miyata, Kakihara, Kano.Too bad: Sugita, Miyano, Sawashiro. (i.e., should have won)Too old: Horie, Tamura, Matsuoka.Paku Romi is older than any of those last three, so that's wrong. But I would have given the award to Sugita Tomokazu rather than Fukuyama Jun; I find Lelouch wooden, and the only thing amazing about the performance is that it is such an unusual role for Fukuyama-san. And Kano Yui is a strange choice, when she has only really done two shows and the wonderful Sawashiro Miyuki was another nominee. As a 2channel poster said: "I'm a fan of Yui's, but she didn't deserve to win." The others all at least make sense to me, although I haven't seen all the performances.Paku Romi, Kuwashima Houko, and Tanaka Rie would all have been worthy winners of the lead female award. I think the jury (with some public voting involved) generally made good choices that give the event some credibility going forward.I hope it is significant that Paku Romi, who is of Korean ancestry, was selected over other equally worthy competitors. Romi's grandparents and great-grandparents emigrated from Korea. She was born in Tokyo and attended college in Japan, but did language study in Korea and is fluent in Korean.Here are some reports from the event in Japanese, with more photos: Anime! Anime!, Akiba Kakaku, and AV Watch.Here is a list of the nominees.I can't identify everyone in the group shot above. Please e-mail me with corrections or more identifications if you know them. The fact that the new seiyuu are in the front row is interesting. 2channel and I both suspect that their looks had something to do with that. I would add that Hirano Aya's short skirt might have been a further factor.Group photo: (front row, l-r) Morita Masakazu, Hirano Aya, Fukuyama Jun, official, Paku Romi, Kano Yui, Kakihara Tetsuya. (back row) Mizuki Nana, Ishida Akira, Koshimizu Ami, ?, Oohira Tooru, ?, ?, ?, ?, Gotou Yuuko, Miyata Kouki, Asano Masumi.
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I’ve never really felt the need to sign up for a direct download anime site before. Bittorrent does just fine, and I don’t really like the thought of people actually profiting from fansubs. One of these sites, called AnimeGround, set up an account for me to try out, so I figured what the heck?
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I've put up a new banner for a change of pace, swapping the waffle-munching with the nice blue skies of Aqua.
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“Damn, I can’t read the rest of the instructions- I guess that’s the end of that.” Back in the present, Robespierre invites Robin to his hotel room and has him slip into something more comfortable.
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Since Dreamhost hasn’t been delivering the required quota of papayaz for our blogs, my good brother has painfully chosen to abandon this once fruity domain for more fertile lands. More yuri-oneesama fetishings by Zyl can now be found at hontou ni sou omou? (completely revamped with a new ?) while more pure and honorable thoughts [...]
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It's Higurashi. Which begs the question... just whose is the mystery Ouran rumour? Yes, I realize that I'm a completehypocrite for posting this.
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(This post has nothing to do with anime.) Before I started blogging, I used to be a feature writer for Star City Games. I don’t play or write about Magic: The Gathering any more, but I still follow the developments around it. A few months ago, Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic, wrote an [...]
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