At PWCW, Kai-Ming Cha puts the CMX series Emma into context, talking about the background of the book and the influence it has had on the Japanese. Also at PWCW, the March best sellers list, which includes a few non-manga titles in the top ten. What are the most popular manga in Japan? Readers of PUFF [...]
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A graphical representation of the Review:Not-Review posts ratio. In the anime blogsphere, it’s generally recognized that there are 4 types of posts: ‘The Editorials’, usually an opinion or commentary on some phenomenon or other happening within the community (orz specializes in these and in RAGE); ‘The Features’, an article taking an in-depth look on an issue [...]
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*Note: This list will continuously be updated as more premiere dates are announced… Personally looking forward to: Hayate the Combat Butler, El Cazador, StrikerS, Lucky☆Star, and of course, the new season of Emma! -Premiere/Release Dates- March: Hitohira - [03/28] April: Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann - [04/01] Gegege no Kitaro - [04/01] — *fifth season… Hayate the Combat Butler! - [04/01] Heroic Age - [04/01] Seto no [...]
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Sometimes fate can be cruel. For example, I recently spent over £60 on single DVDs of Scrapped Princess, and now a cheap boxset has appeared for around a third of that price. I even looked for a boxset before settling on the singles, and there didn’t seem to be any sign of one. Damn you, [...]
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I have a few rules for my figure indulgence and the one that I have the most difficulty adhering to is this “12 figures max yearly” purchase limit. Although it’s February and my first 2007 figure hasn’t come in yet, I already have 4 pre-orders, leaving me with only another 2 figure slots up to [...]
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WOO! Per what I was trying to tell all the rabid idiots Han got all riled up, Mikuru will be out before Yuki and to prove it for me, Max Factory has posted up at their blog showing off the final paint job on the prototype sculpt of Mikuru. She's set for a May release [...]
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Rating: 8.7/10 Impressions: I admit this show isn’t impressing me at the moment, but let’s not forget it’s only up to episode 3. I think I’ll wait until at least episode 10 before really judging it. I’m also in a similar dilemma to those who are watching and dropping D.Gray-man. I, who have read the manga, know [...]
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After watching the Rozen Maiden Overture OAV, I noticed there was a commercial at the end of the last episode that promoted the new TV series Venus versus Virus. I was interested in the background music they used for the commercial and I said to my self that this is probably the opening theme for that show. I checked the first episode on YouTube and it really turned out to be the opening theme.You know, it’s really a shame. I really like the opening song but the story of this how is definitely not my cup of tea. It’s interesting how many anime shows have some of my favourite openings and endings but I don’t give a damn about the stories in any of them. A good example is Bleach. I have no interest whatsoever in the story of Bleach but I love many of the openings and endings used in that show like "*~Asterisk" by Orange Range, "Rolling star" by YUI, "Life" by YUI and "My Pace" by SunSet Swish. Another example is Jigoku Shoujo. I love the opening for the first season and the ending songs for the first and second season but I have no interest in the show itself. Strange isn’t it?!Speaking about Bleach, I think they should make a spinoff show based on it starring Orihime and Kon. They’re about the only characters in the show that I find inetersting (>_<).
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That wonderful little victorian romance Emma is apparently getting a second season according to it’s site, or at least thats what 4chan tells me. More Emma is always great, especially since the second half, of what I can remember, was awesome, with a ton of new characters and all kinds of betrayals and plottings. And, [...]
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