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10,000 Hits Desu~!!! 2007-11-03 16:51:07 Ten thousand pageviews
was accomplished by CJ
but no kiriban?
(yes, that was supposed to be a HAIKU, even if it sucked…)
10,000 pageviews on the day of Rika-chama’s Saimoe victory! This is a splendid day indeed! (… woah, did I just say ’splendid’?) ARIGATOU EVERYONE~!! AISHITERUUUUU~~~~!!!!
At any rate, I tag ALEX-KUN to pick a kiriban character~! He reads [...]
Saimoe 2007 Final Results~~ 2007-11-03 11:41:08 What an epic year in Saimoe. It all ended today with a not-so-close final match after many heartbreaking losses, stunning victories, and girls from the same series battling each other to stay in the running…
Results below. Read more:Final
Wired Magazine’s Pair of Articles on Manga 2007-11-02 19:40:02 A/N: Full cookies goes to my mom for this post, cause she’s the one who showed me these articles! (never thought I’d ever get to say something like that……..)
Wired
’s website now features a pair of articles about manga and its impact in America. The first article is actually in the form of a manga, [...] Read more:Magazine
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Saimoe 2007 Semifinal Rundown 2007-11-01 14:16:22 I’m in a bit of shock. AGAIN. That’s all I can say right now, though that’ll probably change once I accomplish the painstaking process of admitting that a Higurashi girl lost.
Results below. Read more:Rundown
More blog updates n’ stuff 2007-11-07 17:41:06 Uguu~~ I really need to do a real article or review or something. I’m completely caught up with D.Gray-man… I should review that…
Anyway, Alex-kun got 100 hits. wh00t for him~! He’s gonna have awesome reviews and fanfics up soon. In the future, I wanna do a D.Gray-man fic with him~~ And it will have much [...] Read more:updates
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RotW: Anime vs Reality (part 1) 2007-11-05 11:27:15 A/N: Randomness of the Week is back this week. Prepare yourself for more opinionated rantings!
This past weekend, I was at a certain gathering that I really didn’t want to be at. I was always a loner at these particular meetings, but my mom dragged me to one anyway. I was having a miserable time [...] Read more:Anime
10,000 hits kiriban: Faye + onigiri = <3 2007-11-12 19:15:18 As requested by Alex, it’s FAAAAYEEE Valentine! I adore Cowboy Bebop, but I had to modify Faye’s outfit a little *cough* so I went with this outfit. She ended up with a weird head-to-body ratio… but whatevs. ^___^
In case you can’t read the caption because my handwriting sucks, it says ‘Faye Valentine roxors! Thanks [...]
RotW: Anime vs Reality (part 2) 2007-11-12 12:51:03 (A/N: ‘Kay, another random rant disguised as an essay. Ennnnjoy.)
Another question from the Otaku SAT:
2. ‘When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.’ This concept is most often presented in
A. Shojo manga and anime
B. Shonen manga and anime
C. Seinen manga and anime
D. Josei manga and anime
My answer: A (try debating with me on that, I DARE you.)
I hate a [...] Read more:Anime
Dragonaut 03-04: Hurrrrr, whut just happened?! 2007-11-11 10:57:13 So I finally get my lazy butt in gear and watch more Dragonaut, and THIS is the reward I get? WHY? WHY?!?!?
In short, episode 3 features more dragon battling-ness with the minor characters, and Jin hitches a ride on Gio, who shunned Kazuki, and Kazuki gets jealous. As weird as this sounds, I honestly sympathize [...]
.ANIME’s 5 New Anime Blogs 2007-11-10 19:27:57 Bandai Visual USA’s .ANIME (dot-anime) store has announced that it is now hosting 5 blogs maintained by various industry specialists. Not all of the blogs have posts on them yet, but they’re all owned by respected individuals; so these blogs won’t be orphaned without dire consequences for the individuals’ reputations. Blog topics range from [...] Read more:Blogs
A Real-Life Dango Daikazoku!!! 2007-11-10 15:46:11 LOOKIT WHAT I FOUND IN MY BACKYARD!!!! It’s a Dango Daikazoku! See? See? They’re all round n’ cute n’ pretty! Well… okay, two of them aren’t really round:
On the far left we have the dango that got part of it sliced off by the stray shuriken; then we have the dango that got stabbed by [...]
J-pop: Rie fu 2007-11-10 13:39:58 Normally, my subconcious anticonformity would keep me from reviewing someone as prolific as Rie fu. With the release of her new D.Gray-man ending single, though, I’ve honestly quit caring.
Rie fu is just BRILLIANT. Like Yui, she writes many of her own songs; however, Rie fu is fluent in English because she lived in America for [...]
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS- ep. 9-12 2007-11-18 16:11:38 (A/N: I know I said that I was going to review episodes 13-16 next… but then I discovered I hadn’t even covered 9-12. xD;;;)
Tragic pasts! Cute and innocent victims of evil! Ancient artifacts of infinite power and l33tness!
Yeah, that’s Nanoha StrikerS episodes 9 through 12 in a nutshell. While the decent level of execution continues [...] Read more:Magical
RotW - My Christmas Wishlist 2007-11-18 15:57:06 This week’s Randomness of the Week isn’t that random, I guess; after all, we’re getting close to the holidays… and we ALL have something we want at Christmas
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Not everything on this randomly ordered list, though, is material or even plausible. Take a look, and you’ll know what I mean… Read more:Wishlist
Screencap updates 2007-11-17 15:36:51 In my continuing attempts to put my treasures born from boredom into the hands of all who seek them, I uploaded more freaking screencaps to my Photobucket collection. w00t.
That being said, there’s a new set for mecha fans: 60-something assorted screencaps from Tenga Toppa Gurren-Lagann episode 1. I was stuck watching it RAW cause I [...] Read more:updates
ANN: ‘Vampire Knight’ to be animated… not Crimson Hero 2007-11-23 18:45:10 Anime News Network has reported on the next shojo manga to be made into an anime: VampireKnight
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WHY couldn’t it have been Crimson
Hero? Yeah, Vampire Knight’s popular among shojo fangirls, but CH is popular with non-drooly girls. Plus CH has so much more depth; I’ve only read two volumes of Vampire Knight (1 and [...] Read more:lsquo
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Dragonaut 05 - So the moon ISN’T made of cheese? 2007-11-23 16:57:19 Darn. Cheese is more hardcore than Jin, so that would’ve been better than 25 minutes of stupid Jin and stupid fanservice. At least this episode made more sense than the previous two combined. I hate it when I force myself into watching something, only to be rewarded with crap. Anyway…
It turns out that the moon [...]
I’m thankful for D.Gray-man 138 RAW… 2007-11-22 12:13:58 … but this freaking chapter doesn’t refute my freaking morbid theory that Komui is going to get freaking killed off sometime soon! Seriously; I’ve had this theory for the past 3 chapters now. And there’s such a surprising ending to this chapter that I think Hoshino-sensei is about to have a little too much fun… [...] Read more:hellip
ANN: Mistake made in warnings sent to BitTorrent users 2007-11-21 15:42:06 Anime News Network has now reported that Odex hired some bozos BayTSP to pursue illegal downloaders in JUST Singapore; supposedly, BayTSP sent the international notices by mistake.
 Riiiiiiiiiiight.
I don’t care if this was really an ‘accident’ or not: stupid is as stupid does. This so-called error will only continue to aggrevate fans further. ‘Nuff said.
Oh, and [...] Read more:Mistake
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ANN: Warnings sent to BitTorrent anime downloaders 2007-11-19 17:09:51 Anime News Network has released an article regarding notices sent to several downloaders of unlicensed anime. Multiple AnimeSuki users with Comcast internet connections have been emailed notices on behalf of a copyright holder, whom Comcast failed to name. Series that got the fans in trouble include Higurashi Kai and the newer Gundam 00 and Shugo [...]
SaiGar 2008 nominations are open~! 2007-11-28 09:06:18 (A/N edit: Why is everything on the main page strikethrough’d again?!? @_@)
The MALE version of SaiMoe, SaiGar, is now open for nominations! Each person gets to nominate 5 characters from anime aired in the past year (December 1 ‘06- November 30 ‘07) Nominations close December 23rd, so get over there while you can and vote for [...]
D.Gray-man episodes 37-44 2007-11-28 08:51:08 I’m running out of ways to describe D.Gray-man adequately. The harsh realities addressed in these episodes
is heart-wenching at times; lagging and unnecessary at others. While these episodes never reach the low levels of quality attained by some previous episodes, they’re far from perfect. As I said before, though, the new information and plot twists [...]
15,000 hits, niipaa~~ 2007-11-25 18:27:32 Time for a KIRIBANNNNN! Now I just need to draw one. >_<
Thanks, everyone! Now it’s onto 20,000, 50,000 and higher! The sky’s the limit, as long as school doesn’t devour my blogging time.
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Rika-chama is made of epic WIN 2007-11-25 10:19:02 Alex-kun pointed out this video, so cookies to him. Maaaaaajor cookies to him.
This is proof that Rika deserved to win Saimoe 07. Rika FTW. ‘Nuff said.
Niipaa~ Niipaa~ Niipaa~
now… go visit Alex’s blog… Rika is telling you to… XD
Edit: Video should be fixed now.
RotW: The 9 Types of Anime Bloggers 2007-11-24 16:39:37 In all honesty, I love reading other peoples’ anime and manga blogs. 80% of the time theirs pwn mine, but it always inspires me to work harder. Of course, it’s also fun to catch up on the latest news or episodes of series I don’t watch.
However, sometimes bloggers make me mad. I won’t name particular [...] Read more:Anime
Dragonaut 06 - Yay for random English words 2007-11-24 16:33:50 I just realized that there’s a ton of English
words in the science-ish terminology of the Dragonaut world. (Yeah, I know, I’ve been half-asleep for the past five episodes…) Normally this would be a neutral point for me, seeing as Bleach, Nanoha StrikerS and Eureka Seven all did it to an extent. But why [...]
The Chintendo Vii 2007-12-05 18:16:03 Going on a video-gaming tangent on this post… How many have heard of this, one of China’s latest gaming systems?
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/28/keepin-it-real-fake-part-lxxxii-the-chintendo-vii/
Based on the pictures, I suppose it plays only 8-bit or 16-bit games. But it allows for wireless controllers, most likely via infrared like your standard television remote, not Bluetooth like the Wiimotes. Don’t see a [...]
New writers, layout and headers~! 2007-12-05 14:51:33 Is it in honor of the new month? Is it in honor of 17,000 hits?
No, it’s because CJ was bored and sick of typing her term paper with a seriously injured finger~! Boredom FTW!
The new writers are the talented Alex and Crisu, and they made their first posts today~! <3 They’ll be helping me and [...] Read more:layout
Review of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 2007-12-05 07:25:42 Higurashi is one of those animes’ that leave you scratching your head, biting your nails, and…wetting your pants? I can’t really review the series on an episode by episode basis, as the story resets itself approximately every five episodes. Fans of Paranoia Agent will feel right at home. It’s all about suspense and mystery.
The story [...]
Kodansha employee solicits manga info 2007-12-05 02:52:10 Source: ComiPress
Last week, a Kodansha employee was caught sending surveys to Japanese manga bloggers and soliciting confidential information. He posed as a college student who had market research to conduct. The survey asked for details like blog hits and how they choose which series to write about.
One of the surveyed bloggers got suspicious about it [...]
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