In discussing the Watchmen movie, I  feel that I should first describe my own personal situation with Watchmen, as I’ve seen how a person’s level of exposure to the original comic can really color the way a person sees the movie. I read the comic once a year or two ago, and enjoyed it, but [...]
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Screens:   Things contine from last week with Touma fighting against Sherry, before Anti-Skills show up. Sherry eventually escapes and faces off against index.  Overall an unexciting episode, but I was interesed in parts Mikoto was talking with Index. It seems she’s getting closer to Touma since her questions with Index implies that she’s jealous of her. [...]
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It seems that it's time for another double bill of The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya, with the series taking ever more bizarre turns in its bid to amuse and entertain.Episode nine involves the creation of a drama, which (thanks to ideas posited by all of the SOS Brigade members, which Haruhi receives entirely too warmly) ends up as some kind of scenario involving maids fighting to the death
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I’ve noticed a recent trend that’s been affecting contemporary anime comedies, namely the emergence of the hardcore anime comedy. By hardcore comedy, I mean comedies that deliver barrage after barrage of industry related jokes, and are obviously intended for the hardcore otaku segment. The first aspect of appealing to the hardcore crowd is constant use of [...]
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Note/Disclaimer: This is a post that is meant to give a quick overview of some of Niigata and not full detail of everything. Niigata is much like a state in the US with a rich past, present, and future to come. I can’t possibly cover everything and getting the tip of everything would be a [...]
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So here we are at last, at the "final" (bonus episode aside) instalment of Clannad - After Story that we've all been looking forward to. Or dreading, depending on your perspective on these things.Throughout Clannad I've stated my disinterest in the whole "other world", supernatural side of the story, but by the end of the last episode and its shockingly cruel climax I was starting to wamr the
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Happy Friday the 13th everyone! In what I hope is going to be a very long string of DVD reviews this weekend, I have taken a look at the absolutely mesmerizing and possibly first ‘Can’t Miss!’ series of the year with my thoughts on Claymore Vol. 2: The Point of No Return [...]
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So Clannad After Story is finally over. I really liked how it ended too. Although to me it felt kinda rushed or maybe I was just being too engrossed in things to really pay attention to how far in the episode was. Also, it felt a little confusing with the explanation of the whole [...]
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This new 1/7 scale figure of “Kanu Unchou Crimson Red Ver.” from Ikkitousen Great Guardians, will be available this coming May 2009 by Amiami ZERO for 7,300 Yen Retail Price. Hobby Search is taking reservations for her as of today. Alternate colour version of the previous Kanu ( ^ _ ^ ) [...]
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More under the cut Another Rin Natsume from Little Busters and surely the best one of the bunch . Does it mean she’s a must buy ? Sadly that’s not the case , she’s indeed the best Rin available right now , but just because the other are too plain looking … Originally sculpted [...]
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First of all: my feet hurt. Second: my eyes hurt. Third: I am ubercontent. Fourth: because I bought a Haruhi Suzumiya nendoroid. I am happy, I am excited, and I want to show you some of my photos and impressions I made at the Leipzig Bookfair 2009. The class met at school at 8am, and after a [...]
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The Lust 3 Inoue and Ishida witness Ichigo’s death. Inoue runs to him in panic, holding his fall. But, Ulquiorra quickly stands in her way, poiting out that she can’t bring him back to life. Ishida attacks him and Inoue gets some time to go to Ichigo. She has no idea what to do. Ishida passes close [...]
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Totally unexpected!!! Shinigami has lost! Arachne is dead! Oh... who could have guessed that? I'm surprised with the way Shinigami lost. It happens so abruptly. I feel likewise with Arachne's death. With 3 more episodes, it's not difficult to guess what's going to happen in the end. My guess is Maka, Black Star and Kid (the 3 main characters) will win Kishin - Happy Ending! Unless they decide to go for an unconventional ending, my guess should be right. The ending may be easy to guess but what's unpredictable is the process of getting to the end. I can't wait to see what's going to happen. Will it be another episode full of unexpected events next week? SummaryKishin is now in Death City. Finally, it's Shinigami vs Kishin!! The both of them are evenly matched. They manage to fight on equal terms and it's hard to predict who will win as no one looks like he is going to lose.Halfway through the battle, Kishin starts talking about the past and what he thought about back then when he was imprisoned inside the bag made of his own skin by Shinigami. He feels that people’s imaginations are frightening, and he argues that imagination is the source of all emotions. Shinigami, who is uninterested with his talk, and Spirit resonate their souls and use Kishin Gari to cut off Kishin's right arm. However, Kishin's right arm regenerates almost immediately. Continuing with his talk earlier, Kishin adds that death isn’t frightening, but imagining death is. For this reason, Kishin claims that he has stopped imagining.Meanwhile, Black Star, Tsubaki and Mifune are trying to look for Angela in Baba Yaga's Castle but they are lost. Black Star, who has a bad sense of direction, knocks down walls and he finally manages to reach Angela. The first thing Angela does when she sees him is to kick him in the crotch.Elsewhere in the castle, Arachne decides not to escape as she’s confident that Kishin will come back to her.Back to Death City, Shinigami vs Kishin fight continues. Shinigami feels that Kishin is someone who can't be calm unless he crushes his uneasiness one by one. On the other hand, Kishin feels that Shinigami's rules and order can’t curb uneasiness. They continue arguing until Kishin fires an energy blast at Kid and Azusa. Shinigami immediately uses himself to block the attack. A few moments after, Kid finds Spirit and Azusa injured and his father fallen and unconscious.Excalibur, who is observing the fight, asks Kishin what's there in a world of madness. Kishin replies that it’s fine if there’s nothing, as long as there’s no fear. He adds that Shinigami has lost because of the idiotic rules and relationships he holds to. Excalibur disagress. Kishin feels that it will be better not to live with any troublesome rules and relationships. At that moment, he suddenly remembers his relationship with Arachne. Realizing that he has to fix it at once, Kishin leaves Death City and returns to Baba Yaga’s Castle. Arachne welcomes him back. Kishin expresses his fear for her, and without hesitation, he plunges his hand into her chest, pulls out her soul and eats it!PicturesShinigami vs Kishin!The fight begins!Soul Resonance!Black Star can't tell left from right -.-||But he still manages to find Angela!Shingami uses his body to shield Kid and Azusa from Kishin's sudden attack!Kid is shocked to see his father in this state!Excalibur and Kishin seem to know each other very well.Kishin suddenly remembers Arachne and decides to do what he has to do.That is to kill her and eat her soul!
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ANN has reported that the French picture book series ‘Rita Machin’ into an upcoming anime. The anime will be produced by Nippon Animation in conjunction with the upcoming first release of the books in Japan this spring along with merchandise. The series follows a five year old girl named Rita as she lives her [...]
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Not for the first time with this series, just as I'm about to mark an episode of as having nothing absolutely pertinent to the main story of note happening, it manages to blow me out of the water with the kind of emotional intensity rarely seen outside of... well, outside of real life. It's a just a shame the animation quality seemed to drop a little this week alongside it.For much of the
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More loot post ^^, stuff that I got in the recent weeks. Not much figures though, since I have cut down on my figures purchase, I don’t have figures coming every month anymore. Anyway got myself some mangas, receive my Nendoroid Mari-tan from PA as well, got the latest Replicant Works book, and a Warhammer 40k [...]
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Mad Revy (Black Lagoon) is urging you to play the new edition of Anime Music Blind Test!! I haven't done those for a while, and I kind of miss them... So here we go!! Can you guess the mystery anime song? From which anime is it and who is the composer?? Please write your answers in the comments below!<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="divplaylist" width="335" height="28"><param name="movie" value="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=6797179-cd2"><embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=6797179-cd2" name="divplaylist" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="335" height="28"></embed></object>Have fun guessing!!
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Spring anime are waiting behind the door and it won't take long before they start broadcasting. That means it's high time to decide what to watch. This season will have some old-new series and some new promising titles and I think that we won't be dissapointed and everybody will find something that will appeal to him or her.There are various anime on Spring list and I am not decided yet what to watch. But here comes the list of anime which drew my interest.Shangri-LaA story from the 21th century taking place in Tokyo which has become a tropical city due to the global warming. The city is being reborn as a forest city in order to reduce the temperature, but there are people who are against it.I will definitely watch this series, because the story seems quite interesting and I really want to see the reconstruction of Tokyo into a forest city.K-ON!Adaptation of yonkoma manga about four high school girls who decided to save the musical club, although they can't play any musical instruments.Another series I will watch. It is made by KyoAni which means the animation should be very good, and the story sounds good, too. I wonder if the skills of the four girls will be match for Kotomi's awesome violin skills ^_^Senjou no Valkyria: Gallian ChroniclesA fictional historical anime about a war in Europa in 1930's. Europa is divided into two large powers, the Empire and the Federation, and a small independent country between them is attacked by the Empire.Lots of people talk about this anime as having a potential to be good, but something about it doesn't seem good to me. Don't know if I will watch it or not.Natsu no ArashiI don't know well what this will be about, but the story is about a strange girl with mysterious powers. And it is animated by Shaft.Tears to TiaraBased on a strategy role playing eroge. I don't know any details about the story but it should be about a girl who was supposed to be sacrificed for a resurrected demon. It sounds good and the animation looks well, too. I will watch this one.Tayutama -Kiss on my Deity-Another game adaptation. A boy finds an old relic which is tied to a local legend about lost deity, and then a mysterious girl shows up.It will be most likely a harem ecchi comedy with nice animation... so I will add it to my watchlist ^^Asura Cryin'Story about a high school boy who is haunted by a ghost girl who seems to be his childhood friend. It may be good judging from this description.Hatsukoi GenteiAnother slice of school life. May watch, may not.Hayate no Gotoku!!The continuation of Hayate no Gotoku! I like how they named the second series. Two exclamation marks instead of one, meaning "2nd series". I'm looking forward to a big portion of fun from Sanzenin mansion and related places.Hayate no Gotoku!! OVA is out since about a week ago.Other than the above mentioned series a few very interesting OVAs will be released or a part of them has already been released. From those, I watch or will watch Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei, Tsubasa Shunraiki, xxxHOLiC Shunraiki, and Spice & Wolf II.
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