http://www.animenano.com/ An anime blog aggregator and community. en-us It was a fairly inauspicous start. A thought even crossed my mind that it was SDB exacting his revenge on me for Azumanga. I’m going to follow through. It’s not actively objectionable, but rather bland like Sketchbook ep.4, only a full season. Mattew mentioned on #animeblogger that the first season was “shit”, so I am already [...] Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:25:10 -0000 http://ani-nouto.animeblogger.net/2008/11/04/aria-the-animation-begins/ We nearly had a mutiny a the club meeting yesterday, because members present were not enthusiastic about watching Sketchbook. Someone even floated an emergency proposal to switch to Toradora for the slot. In the end we proceeded as planned, and so I watched Sketchbook beyond the point I dropped it originally. It’s decidedly a middle of [...] Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:38:00 -0000 http://ani-nouto.animeblogger.net/2008/10/13/no-love-for-sketchbook/ Continuing with more fall anime impressions, it’s time to check out one of the comedies of the season Kemeko DX. This one had me interested because Jason of DbD raved about the manga earlier this year and Hal Film Makers are the animators behind this show, known for great slice-of-life shows like Aria, Sketchbook, and [...] Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:43:23 -0000 http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/fall-anime-impressions-%E2%80%93-kemeko-dx/ Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see all the J-List products, check out J-List or the JBOX.com updated products link. Miku Hatsune Nendoroid T-Shirt - Girl's Fitted - Navy Blue Version. For girls, we're announcing a new Miku Hatsune T-shirt, printed on an attractive navy blue shirt from American Apparel and both made and printed in the USA. In stock right now. School Days 2009 Desktop Calendar. This new 2009 calendar is really awesome, showing the dreamy art of the popular eroge and anime which seized the imagination of fans in a big way this year. Nice calendar! Revoltech Eva-00 Proto Type, Sound Device. A really excellent Revoltech toy that can be posed about a million ways, this is the Eva Prototype, recreated in super detail and the trademark Revoltech quality and poseability. Also, we've restocked the Handy MAGI System Sound Device, which recreates the computer sounds from the series, a very popular item. Famitsu DS Plus Wii Oct 2008. A super magazine filled with information on the newest Nintendo DS and Wii games in Japan. The Art of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. For Studio Ghibli fans who want to own something really special, this is the art of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, the popular film by Hayao Miyazaki. Features gorgeous art on every page, all penned by Miyazaki himself. It's like he leaned over to hand you his private sketchbook and said, "Here, check this out." Fantastic item. Ita G ~ Ita Sha Graphics vol. 2. Itasha sounds like it means "Italian car," but it's written with characters that means "painful car." It's the latest trend in otakudom: deck your car out with anime characters, from Miku Hatsune to Saber to Lucky Star. This square back photomagazine captures the very best itasha from all across Japan for you! Smile Slime Plush Toys ~ Dragon Quest. Fans of the cute Smile Slime from the Dragon Quest game series, our order has come in, and we've gotten in all three sizes of these fun plush toys for you. Very squeezable and soft. Rice Cracker Gift Set - DX Senbei. By customer request, we're carrying more Japanese gift items, great for giving out as gifts to others this holiday season, although we understand if you want to keep these for yourself. This is a large box of rice crackers of various types. Other New Japanese Snacks. Then see some other brand-new snack items, including a new variety of Van Houten Dear Cacao Chocolate and delicious Cafe Au Lait flavored Milky soft candies. Sleeping Hello Kitty ONSEN Kimono Strap. Then, something soft and very Japanese for your phone, keychain, camera or Nintendo DS: a super cute sleeping Hello Kitty, who has just gotten out of the onsen (volcanic hot springs). Holding her little towel and everything! Wacky PANDA den-den Daiko Bamboo Ear Cleaner. Make sure your ears are always cute and clean with this mimikaki ear cleaner that features a cute panda with "den" drums from Okinawa! Nikyoro UFO Shaped Tight Bento Box with Built-in Fork. Looking for a really unique bento experience? We recommend the new UFO style Tight Bento Box, which comes with everything you see here. Not only is bringing your own bento lunch apt to be more healthy than fast food you might otherwise buy for lunch, it's certainly going to be cheaper, since rice and bento lunch ingredients are very inexpensive. Multi Mayonnaise Cup with Partition & sticker. A great accessory for bento fans, this is a very useful pair of condiment holding cups with sections inside, allowing you to fill them up with ketchup, mayonaise, tonkatsu sauce -- you have many choices. Also, you get amazingly cute stickers to stock on them! NARUTO Shippuden Slim Aluminum Pencil Case. If you haven't owned one of the really good pencil cases from Japan, you should. This Naruto case is very well made, features an inner tray for separating your writing instruments, and will last you for years. Restocked Traditional Items. Speaking of Daruma, we've gotten in fresh stock of this popular item, which brings good luck to Japanese every year. Here's what you do: make a wish that's your goal for the year, then color the left eye black with a pen. If the wish comes true, color the right eye black. Also we've restocked our Den Den Taiko drums, authentic fundoshi traditional underwear of Japanese samurai, and more. Beherit "Egg of the King" Necklace 2008 ver. ~ Berserk 2008 ver. Then: the most popular Berzerk item in history, this is the eerie but enigmatic Egg of the King necklace, which we've gotten in stock again today. Factory & Modern Ruins Photobooks. Okay, so, moe (mo-EH) is usually reserved for anime characters, but that doesn't mean that you can't feel that little heart flutter when you look at a big, well-oiled factory in all its industrial glory. See fresh stock of this photobook as well as "Deathtopia" photobooks of modern ruins. Fun Items for your Kitchen. We've sold a bazillion of the Natural Bamboo Steamer, which lets you make traditional steamed Asian foods manju -- it's back in stock now. Also, very sturdy DX chopsticks that are a joy to hold and use. Restocked EVANGELION Head Interface ~ Rei Ayanami ver. Next, see fresh stock of the Eva anime hair clips, which let you become Asuka or Rei for instant cosplay. Having trouble thinking of a costume for Halloween this year? This is a great solution! Miyuki Takara Action Figure -- figma Series ~ Lucky Star *Preorder*. Miyuki from the Lucky Star anime is one of my favorite characters. She's got glasses, she's the a shy personality and that sweet, sweet voice. Preorder the new Figma of her, coming soon from Max Factory. 2009 Studio Ghibli Calendar. Right now J-List has stock of over 250 awesome calendars that are printed exclusively for the Japan domestic market, but available through us, and since we have such a wide selection, there's always something fun to discover each year. One calendar I personally recommend to Miyazaki fans is the Ghibli calendar, a giant offering that features *all original art* on every page, which often gives you important cues into the creator's films. Restocked J-Snacks Finally, got restocked snack items for you, including various flavors of Pocky including Original, Man's and more, all flavors of Calorie Mate, and Morinaga Hi-Soft Milk Caramel. Yum! New "H" Manga. We've got some fantastic new items for you today, including the gorgeous new issue of Mai's Room by Yui Toshiki, printing in mind-blowingly beautiful full color, followed by a superb manga for fans of naughty OLs, which are professionally dressed female office ladies. Jibril 1/7 Cast off Figure *Preorder*. A very stylish figure from a popular eroge, this is the sexy cast off figure of Jibril, which is recreated in 1/7 scale. Her halo is awesome, too! Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:00:16 -0000 http://www.peterpayne.net/2008/10/cool-items-friday-october-10-2008.html According to one of my readers, Night Switch 06.14 is the “funniest episode in a long time.” Watch all of Zegapain and then go read it! Sketchbook is awesome. I like Aria more for various reasons, but… wow. Sketchbook. The OP and ED send shivers through my spine, the cat humor is awesome, and the characters’ [...] Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:28:17 -0000 http://not.dotq.org/2008/10/08/more-night-switch-whoring-also-sketchbook-love Well, today’s matchup was pretty good~ I went with Chihiro, I lost Patty. I say to thee, all is well~ WordPress seems to hate me tonight, so all I have are stats, no images. G2-2 1位　405票　新藤千尋���ef - a tale of memories.(Shindou Chihiro@ef - a tale of memories.) 2位　210票　八代菜々香���Myself;Yourself(Yatsushiro Nanaka@Myself;Yourself) 3位　185票　鳥飼葉月���スケッチブック 〜full color’s〜(Torikai Hazuki@Sketchbook ~full color’s~) H2-2 1位　329票　すず���ながされて藍蘭島(Suzu@Nagasarete Airantou) 2位　275票　黒乃胡夢���ロザリオとバンパイア(Kurono Kurumu@Rosario + Vampire) 3位　200票　パトリシア・マーティン���パティ������らき☆すた(Patricia Martin(Patty)@Lucky*Star) Well, Patty [...] Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:44:39 -0000 http://finality.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/the-anime-saimoe-tournament-proper-round-2-2008-day-13-soon-to-come-crouching-hamster-hidden-dragon/ Quarterfinals G2-2 有効コードがある票の順位 1位　405票　新藤千尋���ef - a tale of memories. [Shindou Chihiro @ ef - a tale of memories] 2位　210票　八代菜々香���Myself;Yourself [Yatsushiro Nanaka @ Myself;Yourself] 3位　185票　鳥飼葉月���スケッチブック ���full color’s��� [Torikai Hazuki @ Sketchbook ~full colors~] Quarterfinals H2-2 有効コードがある票の順位 1位　329票　すず���ながされて藍蘭島 [Suzu @ Nagasarete Airantou] 2位　275票　黒乃胡夢���ロザリオとバンパイア [Kurono Kurumu @ Rosario+Vampire] 3位　200票　パトリシア・マーティン���パティ������らき☆すた [Patricia Martin (Patty) @ Lucky Star] Next round 10/07:- Quarterfinals G2-3 北条沙都子���ひぐらし解��� [Houjou Satoko @ Higurashi Kai] 三千院ナギ���ハヤテ��� [Sanzenin Nagi @ Hayate [...] Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:06:00 -0000 http://kurogane.animeblogger.net/2008/10/06/saimoe-tournament-2008-group-quarterfinals-day-14/ Group G2-2 Results: 1位　405票　新藤千尋���ef - a tale of memories. (Chihiro Shindou @ “ef - a tale of memories.”) 2位　210票　八代菜々香���Myself;Yourself (Nanaka Yatsushiro @ “Myself;Yourself”) 3位　185票　鳥飼葉月���スケッチブック 〜full color’s〜 (Hazuki Torikai @ “Sketchbook ~full color’s~”) ========================================================= Group H2-2 Results: 1位　329票　すず���ながされて藍蘭島 (Suzu @ “Nagasarete Airantou”) 2位　275票　黒乃胡夢���ロザリオとバンパイア (Kurumu Kurono @ “Rosario + Vampire”) 3位　200票　パトリシア・マーティン���パティ������らき☆すた (Patricia Martin @ “Lucky☆Star”) ========================================================= Next Matchups (Groups G & H - Day 03): ========================================================= Saimoe ‘08 Bracket: *Click/Refresh [...] Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:04:32 -0000 http://www.moetron.com/2008/10/06/%EF%BD%A2saimoe-%E2%80%9808%EF%BD%A3-groups-g-h-day-2-round-2-results/ Today’s match is boring as hell, but the upcoming ones’ll be good Izumi is moe~ E2-3 1位　544票　南千秋���みなみけ シリーズ(Minami Chiaki@Minami-ke series) 2位　266票　シエスタ���ゼロの使い魔 〜双月の騎士〜(Siesta@Zero no Tsukaima ~Futatsuki no Kishi~) 3位　239票　麻生夏海���スケッチブック 〜full color’s〜(Asou Natsumi@Sketchbook ~full color’s~) F2-3 1位　400票　森宮蒼乃���sola(Morimiya Aono@sola) 2位　319票　梶原空���スケッチブック 〜full color’s〜(Kajiwara Sora@Sketchbook ~full color’s~) 3位　260票　久寿川ささら���ToHeart2 シリーズ(Kusugawa Sasara@ToHeart2 series) Thing is, Minami Ke has always been showing strongly. Initially I chalked it up to strat. [...] Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:09:04 -0000 http://finality.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/the-anime-saimoe-tournament-proper-2008-round-2-day-11-boring-round-is-boring-excitement-soon-to-come/ Quarterfinals E2-3 有効コードがある票の順位 1位　544票　南千秋���みなみけ シリーズ [Minami Chiaki @ Minami-ke] 2位　266票　シエスタ���ゼロの使い魔 ���双月の騎士��� [Siesta @ Zero no Tsukaima] 3位　239票　麻生夏海���スケッチブック ���full color’s��� [Asou Natsumi @ Sketchbook ~full colors~] Quarterfinals F2-3 有効コードがある票の順位 1位　400票　森宮蒼乃���sola [Morimiya Aono @ sola] 2位　319票　梶原空���スケッチブック ���full color’s��� [Kajiwara Sora @ Sketchbook ~full colors~] 3位　260票　久寿川ささら���ToHeart2 シリーズ [Kusugawa Sasara @ ToHeart2] Next round 10/04:- Quarterfinals E2-4 川添珠姫���バンブー��� [Kawazoe Tamaki @ BAMBOO BLADE] 月島小恋���D.C.II��� [Tsukishima Koko @ D.C. II] ホロ���狼と香辛料��� [Horo @ [...] Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:11:37 -0000 http://kurogane.animeblogger.net/2008/10/03/saimoe-tournament-2008-group-quarterfinals-day-11/