<meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <link rel="File-List" href="http://www.anime3000.com/file://localhost/Users/lanadmin/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml"/> <style type="text/css"> </style> </meta> </meta> </meta> </meta> </meta> </meta> Bonus Round: Johnny Yong Bosch Interview. In this episode of the Bonus Round, we interviewed well-known anime voice-actor, Johnny Yong Bosch. He’s voiced leading characters in Eureka 7, Trigun, Haruhi Suzumiya, Code Geass, Trigun and Bleach. Additionally, he became was the green ranger, Adam Park on The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series. In our interview, we discuss his voice acting, band, conventions and his experience as a Power Ranger. {audio} http://www.anime3000.com/bonus/A3K%20Bonus%20Round_%20Interview%20with%20Johnny%20Yong%20Bosch.mp3{/audio}<o:p></o:p> <o:p> 
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Hirano Aya's blog postings have slowed down recently, and there is a reason: she has been in hospital twice over the past three weeks.The first time was in late February, when she was in briefly owing to "complications from a cold."The second time was last week, for what she called "gastroenteritis."She added darkly: "I was emotionally done in, perhaps following a change of surroundings. That's all I'll say right now. Sorry to have made you worry."It certainly makes me think of the time in late 2006, when she was off work for a month. And of the Hirano Aya Only TV episode where she went for a full examination at an anti-aging clinic and was told she had the constitution of a 40-50 year old. She is 22. In that examination, she said that she normally has dinner around ten p.m. and goes to sleep after two a.m., then gets up at seven a.m. One often sees blog posts she has made at 4 a.m.Aya has long said that she was no good at sports in school, and often sat out gym classes. But she continues to drive herself in her live performances, and to work more or less around the clock. At the moment, she is featured in the continuing shows Fairy Tail, Seikon no Qwesar, and Jewelpet.Here are various pics from over the past two months or so. Left, the amount of hair she was shorn of when she went to the hairdresser to get the haircut shown at top, after her first stay in hospital. Right, a photo from earlier this year. Here are some photos from the Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi road show last month. First, the whole crew. Sugita Tomokazu (Kyon) on the left with the interesting peace sign; Ono Daisuke (Itsuki) front right; Shiraishi Minoru, back left; director Takemoto Yasuhiro back right; chief director Ishihara Tatsuya back centre:Next, with Gotou Yuuko (Mikuru) and Chihara Minori (Yuki):With Kuwatani Natsuko (Asakura):With Aoki Sayaka (Kyon's sister) and with Matsuoka Yuki (Tsuruya-san): And finally two shots of Aya, just because:
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<meta name="Title" content=""></meta> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <link rel="File-List" href="http://www.anime3000.com/file://localhost/Users/lanadmin/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml"/> <style type="text/css"> </style> </meta> </meta> </meta> </meta> </meta> [Review] The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Review by: Fernando Ramos Director: Tatsuya Ishihara Animation Production: Kyoto Animation<o:p></o:p> When creating a theatrical version of a beloved TV franchise, there are two routes to take. The first is to just stick the exact same thing with some prettied-up animation and plaster it on the big screen. Just look at any Shonen Jump franchise. The other is to remember that a film allows for many possibilities and create something a little more innovative. Two relevant examples of this are Tenchi Muyo in Love and the amazing Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer. Those were movies that were unmistakably connected to their series yet used the theatrical format in a way to create something that can be an experience that stands well enough on its own while giving fans a chance to see their favorite characters in Tyranovision.
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Since this is the one week in March where I’m guaranteed not to get a package to review, I thought it’d be nice to go back and review the one disc from the 2009 Haruhi DVDs that I haven’t reviewed yet: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu Volume 4: Sasa no Ha Rhapsody. This was my first ever [...]
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One way to make sense of Japan is by understanding the concepts of wabi and sabi, two words which sum up much of what makes Japan special to outsiders. These ideas -- which are closely tied to the Japanese tea ceremony -- are a bit hard to pin down in English. Wabi essentially means sober refinement or the beauty that can be found in simplicity and imperfection, while sabi is the austere serenity that comes with the passage of time, allowing us to appreciate how an object has aged. Although they sound like concepts only Zen Buddhist monks would concern themselves with, they come up in daily speech surprisingly often, like when Yasu and I were admiring the outside of an old abandoned house built during the Showa Period, and he said, "Isn't this house cool? It's really wabi-sabi!" The Japanese fascination with haikyo, or the ruins of our supposedly modern age, is definitely linked to this. I often see a tendency for stories in Japanese film and anime to follow this simpler "less is more" aesthetic view, like Eve no Jikan, an anime about a coffee shop where humans and robots can interact as equals, which has no plot to speak of other than the interesting characters we meet there. Another example might be the "Endless Eight" arc in season two of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, in which Haruhi (who is a God) wishes summer would never end, and so the last week of summer repeats over and over again...for a total of 15,532 times (although we only see eight of these repetitions). While many fans outside of Japan were angry about having to watch the same events eight times, albeit with entirely new animation and visual design for each episode, the avante-garde concept was somewhat better received by fans here in Japan. Poor Yuki had to relive the same week 15,532 times -- I feel so sorry for her..
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The time has come again for another Megax March review! This time we’ll be looking at the two pieces of music to come from the Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya movie! On January 27th Lantis released the original soundtrack for the movie; a first for the series since the BGM was not released with a limited edition [...]
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Minorin performed “Yasashii Boukyaku”, theme song for Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu Minori Chihara aka Minorin gave her first non-Anime SP performance on Music Japan a few hours ago! As March 14th is known as White Day, her setting sure’s white indeed, fitting for the very day of the broadcast. The performance, albeit short, is nothing short [...]
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Phillip Chu will help guide us along this review today An Alien suddenly approaches! Starling Inferno GET! Today marks the fourth review for this month already. We started with the second DVD of Sigh and continued through the Disappearance Guidebook and the special ENOZ CD. We continue with the DVD for the Gensou (string concert) event held last [...]
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The March Month of Megax Reviews continues into the second week! As you may have seen, the ENOZ CD featuring Aya Hirano-san singing came out on February 24th. I do apologize for the lateness of this review, but I won’t apologize for why it’s late as you’ll see next week. To begin with, the CD “Imaginary [...]
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Hi guys, there’s been some new Haruhi Suzumiya music released in the last few weeks, including the main theme to the Disappearance movie and a CD full of music from the imaginary band ENOZ (seen during Live Alive).  We thought it would be nice to share them with everyone, the files are courtesy of the staff of Nipponsei.  On top of that, we’ve also added download links for the three other Haruhi Suzumiya CDs which we’ve never really posted on before; these are Suzumiya Haruhi no Gensou, Suzumiya Haruhi no Kiroku ...
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