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About Alex-kun 2007-12-04 21:06:59 To summarize Alex, he’s a huge reading fan, and will probably end up mugging Barnes&Noble. He enjoys anime/manga very much, his favorite series being Inuyasha, Eureka 7, Blood+, or Trinity Blood. He loves to read, and is one day going to ninja-rob a Barnes&Noble. His favorite genres are fantasy and suspense, and favorite anime genres [...]
A desperate cry for writers 2007-12-03 13:53:40 To make a very long story short, I hurt my right ring finger badly and can barely type. With Ohayocon coming up in a month (!!!) I was planning on announcing a hiatus in two weeks anyway, but a month hiatus is too long~ I really need someone reliable who can temporarily/permanently write/report on anime [...]
RotW: My Favorite Anime OPs EVER 2007-12-02 16:57:28 Don’t you hate it when a series has a really cool opening theme song, but turns out to be crap? It happens with series based on manga, OVAs, sequels, shojo, shonen… everything. So I’ve stopped picking series to watch based on OP alone. (Smart, right? ^_^;;;)
Every great opening song out there, though, has a special [...] Read more:Favorite
, Anime
Perfect score on DDR Ultramix 2 (Xbox) 2007-12-01 19:02:42 I didn’t know it was even possible to get an AAA on a DDR song until today. Getting all ‘Perfect
’ steps on a song has never been done before by anyone I know, though it’s probably been done many times by the hardcore dancers out there.
The song I did was ‘Lookin’ For You’ by [...] Read more:Xbox
Stuff I’m watching, stuff I’m not watching… 2007-11-29 14:40:12 … and everything in between. There were several series that I planned on watching at the beginning of the Fall 2007 season, but I ended up skipping some of them. Likewise, I’ve watched parts of some shows that I had no intention of watching. Here’s what I’ve seen so far, along with what I hope [...] Read more:hellip
Sky Girls 22 - Southern Cross Holy Night 2007-12-14 05:38:48 Sky Santas!
The “calm before the storm” episode as I’ll call it. It’s close to New Years, and everybody on the Kouryuu decides to have a Christmas party for some fun. People loosen up a bit .. and just in time, too, before the plot picks up again at the end of the episode… Read more:Girls
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Shion no Ou ep. 1-4 2007-12-13 17:18:44 I hate chess. Not only am I not good at it, but it’s too complicated for me. I mean, you have the bishops, who can move on diagonals, and knights who move up one and over two (or vice-versa)… and then, of course, there’s the wussy king who can only move one space at a [...]
w00t wins 2007 Word of the Year 2007-12-12 11:51:22 Merriam-Webster’s annual contest has concluded — the winner a widely known term from the gaming and computing community. w00t, which has had various spellings in its lifetime, now receives an official one in the English language.
In second place is facebook, a verb (both transitive and intransitive) that refers to the popular online networking website Facebook.
Some [...]
Internet Regulation Legislation 2007-12-11 14:05:20 The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill last week that increased penalties for failure to report cases of child pornography on the Internet
. The SAFE Act of 2007 (not to be confused with the SAFE Act of 2003) defines that ISPs have a duty to report these cases if detected. Their report [...] Read more:Regulation
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RotW: CJ’s Favorite Anime EDs Ever 2007-12-10 18:53:18 Good ending themes rock, lame ones suck. ‘Nuff said; intros are overrated, so let’s move on to the actual list. Read more:Favorite
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A quick word on some current series 2007-12-09 23:43:34 Following Kurogane’s example on this, but only on the series
I’m watching of course. In parentheses is the latest episode I’ve watched of the series.
Lucky Star? …in MY Clannad? 2007-12-07 21:22:50 o.O
…And sorry if I’m spamming everyone’s feeds today. x.x I don’t plan on posting this often. But it’s Friday and still my first week blogging and I just finished my final exams and it’s SO relieving.
I’d post that Kyou-glomping-Kotomi picture, but everyone’s seen it already. And I’m still nosebleeding and sad that it didn’t happen [...] Read more:hellip
Sky Girls DVD Special 2 2007-12-07 19:07:48 Love the hat
What the heck are these episodes? ^^; 4-minute shorts that have very little to do with anything. Take your lovely Sky Girls
in their flightsuits .. and it’s all about Eika fishing. Read more:Special
Kanon Minasesanchi CD Drama 2.4-6 2007-12-06 21:53:16 OTL has released the next group of tracks in the Kanon Minase san chi drama CD series. The second disc is subtitled Akiko-san no ban gohan.
Crisu’s top winter 2007/2008 series 2007-12-06 18:30:18 Sourcing moetron for the concise and comprehensive list of series
(with links!).
Just two this winter
I’m truly looking forward to. I imagine better things will come in the spring once the fall anime season finishes up. Honestly, I wouldn’t be able to handle too many more so soon, since I’m watching about 10 already.
Rumbling Hearts 5-6 2007-12-22 19:21:01 Ha, I promise I didn’t look ahead while I was writing 3-4, but 5-6 gave me the flashback episodes I wanted. And a little bit more was revealed about the situation regarding what happened after the accident three years ago. Read more:Hearts
[Review] Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun 2007-12-22 17:59:31 Wow, I can’t believe I watched this whole series from beginning to end. ^^; Kurogane’s analogy holds true: “Ninomiya
-kun is the ‘cup noodle’ anime of this season. Even though you know it's cheap and probably bad for health in large amounts, but you really can't stop loving that ‘cheap’ flavor it has.” And so all [...]
12 Days of Christmas: Day 9 - Exorcists 2007-12-22 17:58:58 Exorcists are awesome. I pretended to be one at the Renessaince Festival and everyone thought I was crazy. Anyway…
 The concept of exorcism, demons and spirits is fairly popular in anime today. Some anime don’t blatantly contain exorcism, but instead draw on some of the same general concepts and themes. (One key example is Bleach, in which the [...] Read more:Christmas
The People I Hate the Most (besides criminals) 2007-12-21 20:08:47 I was innocently watching TV with my grandparents when we randomly found an original documentary on anime on the Starz channel. We watched for a while as it talked about Astro Boy, origins of Japanese art, and manga… but then it proceeded to make all anime look like violent porn.
[...]
12 Days of Christmas: Day 8 - Hair Ribbons 2007-12-21 18:18:40 Headbands and cowlicks are cute too, but ribbons just take the cake in Lucky Star~
 Notice Kagami’s adorable purple ribbons…
And Yukata’s ribbons that change color every episode (I could’ve sworn they were white in episode 17…)
Now compare them to Tsukasa’s headband-ish-thingie:
(There’s one episode where she gets pigtails like Kagami’s. Couldn’t remember which ep, though…)
Tsukasa’s headband looks [...] Read more:Christmas
Rumbling Hearts 3-4 2007-12-21 17:13:38 Oh goodness how things change. I may be close to binge-watching the rest of this if the drama and suspense keep up. I’ll start with a mini-disclaimer and say that I get into series like this, no matter if it’s really juvenile or shallow or not. I didn’t cry in School Days, and I wanted [...] Read more:Hearts
12 Days of Christmas: Day 7 - Niipaa~~ 2007-12-20 17:40:32 Seven niipaas is a million niipaas too few~! Though some anime characters’ catchphrases can just get annoying, ‘niipaa’ remains the classic symbol of Higurashi’s moe factor. And with a third season just announced, we’re about to get more of it! I sure hope it’s 26 episodes~ Read more:Christmas
Rumbling Hearts 1-2 2007-12-20 06:51:22 May also be known by its Japanese title, Kimi ga Nozomu Eien or Kiminozo for short. I just got this boxset in the mail from Amazon after hearing about it being on sale via RightStuf. ^^; Ineffective advertising, huh? But I still have some weeks left of my Amazon Prime account to use (before I [...] Read more:Hearts
12 Days of Christmas: Day 6 - sola 2007-12-19 17:41:38 Aren’t we still waiting for a sub of the second OVA?
sola was a significant series for me in its apparent slice-of-life-ness but with some dramatic secrets. Not a bad choice for introducing new people to anime.  And who can’t forget an ending like that? Not everybody has to live. And not anyone was all that evil [...] Read more:Christmas
Anime Network Opens New Streaming Anime Site~ 2007-12-19 16:45:05 *squee!* ADV’s Anime
Network TV channel launched a site full of streaming anime today~! Notable series on the site include Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann (subtitled), Kurau Phantom Memory and Utawarerumono. ANN has a full article (but I found the site without them, so :P)
It’s exciting to hear that ADV is embracing fans’ willingness to watch series [...] Read more:Streaming
Lucky Star Re-Mix002 ~Lucky Star no Kiwami, Ahh Shiteyanyo~ 2007-12-26 04:31:50 First heard about this release from Kurogane, who spoke mostly of the JAM PROJECT remix of “Motteke! Sailor Fuku” on track 1. A bunch of guys singing that song is particularly amusing, but I didn’t find it too different from the remixes on the Re-Mix001 album, which was released in August. So I expected just [...]
Rumbling Hearts 7-8 2007-12-26 02:18:42 I think Takayuki is in an unfortunate pinch more than anything else. He wants to do what’s right, but the people around him are pressuring about their own agendas, so he has no choice but to go with the flow, which inevitably ends up upsetting somebody. He’s kinda becoming a victim I think, but then [...] Read more:Hearts
12 Days of Christmas: Day 12 - Yandere 2007-12-25 16:52:50 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE~! Has anyone guessed Borderline Hikikomori’s ‘12 Day of Christmas
’ theme/pattern yet? You only have 1 more day to guess~! We’ll announce it, reveal who guessed it right, and sing the whole 12DoC song tomorrow. Oh, and I’ll show of what I got for Christmas while I’m at it. ;P
Anyway, onto the final day’s [...]
ANN: ADV Clarifies Gurren-Lagann Subtitle Stream 2007-12-25 12:17:00 According to ANN, ADV has now stated that will only be streaming the first 3 episodes of Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann, and NOT the whole series, on its Anime Network website.
Way to make my Christmas bright, ADV. That announcement’s timing was juuuuuust perfect. Merry Christmas to you too.
I hope ^this^ face haunts/chases/mauls you in your sleep [...] Read more:Stream
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Sky Girls 25 - Otoha, once again 2007-12-25 01:33:54 Fight, fight, fight, Sky Girls
! Attack the core of the WORM cluster and end this war! Oh, but don’t lose anyone in the process, please!
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