First of all, I totally didn't expect this post. That was so sweet of you, ninjovee~ I'm very thankful to everyone (family, officemates, friends in RL and online, even strangers!) who had greeted me! I was so touched it made me teary. *sniff*(artwork by Akizuki Sorata, mangaka of Akagami no Shirayukihime. Yes, I worship that mangaka! Haha!)Anyway, it's time for the monthly updates~ This September 2009, we're also celebrating for the 60,000+ hits! Thank you everyone!!!Similar to what the guy in the top image has done with his painting, I've done a similar thing to the layout theme of this blog: I made it very BLUE~ Blue is my favorite color, ohohohohoho!Ninjovee and xtine06 helped me out of course! Most of the graphics are handled by ninjovee, and oh she sure knows my tastes. She used my favorites, and as if I won't notice the butterflies in the top banner. Kyaaaa~Of course, those aren't the only changes. . . .[ BLOG RELATED ]Aside from the change in the layout theme, some labels have been modified. The menus/navigations already use the new links, but not all labels have been edited yet. So sorry if you've encountered broken links. Ehehehe. . . . We added a searchbox; so if you're lazy to type "google.com", that's a shortcut. Haha!I changed the term "Partners" to "BlogRoll" . . . because I'm becoming lazy to explain what partners are exactly like. I'm now using the general term for it to be obvious to everyone. Anyway, here are the cool new blogs added in our blogroll:A Product of Wasted TimeAnime GamesCienviane's BlogThey're all cool and people writing there are such nice people~If you want to be added to our blogroll, just add our link to our site, then contact either me or xtine06. Posting a comment in a post or at the chatbox will do as well. We read them all~I updated the About section. So you could learn more about the blog from there.As well as The Hypers section. There are changes in our roles as well after all.[ FEATURES RELATED ]We have decided to make this blog focus on Anime and Manga, so there won't be Music, Drama, and Game parfaits anymore. But of course other Japanese Media may still be mentioned, but just not like as it used to be. To be clear, for example, there won't be any episode posts of the jdrama Orthros no Inu anymore; but we'll still be posting news related to it occasionally (like the actor getting a disease), and perhaps a review when the series is over. But we're still not sure of that. For now, Orthros no Inu and other jdrama related topics will be under the DramasAbout the monthly features, we won't be having the Celebrity and the Gaming Icon of the Month anymore either, because we won't be focusing on dramas and games. The other three still remain because they're connected to anime and manga.I removed the "Triple Delight" label since . . . it's just the same as the impressions posts. Duplicate labels . . .a hassle. Sorry for the late realization. Ehehe."New Flavors" used to be a section/feature where we post our first impressions on a certain Japanese media. But since I mostly use it for newly hunted manga anyway, I changed it to "Manga Discoveries". And it's also for the sake of obviousness . . .There's a new section called "Manga Raws Spotted". I'll be using that when I check out RAWs that haven't been scanlated or subbed yet (as in, no translated versions in any chapter/episode that I know of).Coming soon: Fall 2009 Season Preview. We've already checked out most of them . . . we are just not yet done with it. Ehehehe . . . .[ SCANLATIONS RELATED ]Now scanlating: Izayakaku and Arcana (Anthology). Have fun and hope you get to like them too~Releases so far won't be possible without the help of b1px, yukihito, and demiotaku~ I love those great people. Please worship/thank them~My online twin, kani_yamato, does download Mediafire and MegaUpload mirrors of zip files for me. Please worship/thank her for uploading~For any questions or concerns that are scanlation related, please check out the About/Support/FAQ page.Scanlation groups under the Affiliates section of the Scanlation menu are groups I've helped with. People there are very nice, so I think they deserve recognition. Hehe~Coming soon: New titles and more releases~ Just can't promise exactly when. Ehehehe. . . .[ PARFAITS/FEATURES RELATED ]Sad to say, but some Anime/Manga parfaits were dropped because the assigned blogger can't continue for some reason and no one else could take over:ninjovee: CANAANSapphire Pyro: Medaka Box, Loose Relationship between Wizard and Apprenticextine06: Element HuntersBut, there's a parfait that was originally dropped from blogging is picked up again:Sapphire Pyro: Shangri-LaAnd there are new Manga Parfaits:Sapphire Pyro: Kinou Nani Tabeta?, Kimi to Boku, Ilegenes, and many more.Coming soon: With the new season coming, there'll certainly be new Anime parfaits. We're not that certain which we'll be picking up though.Alright. I hope you guys liked the changes~ Now I should go back to . . . catching up on my many pending entries . . . aaaaahhhh!!!!
(Read the rest of this entry)
(Entry meta)