In summary, he says:
[Yumeria is] not quite UFO Princess Valkyrie bad, but it’s pretty damn close
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read moreRobert joins with Funi's boosterism
Apparently, they "taken care" of RACS. Yay?
Cary L. Deacon the CEO of Funimation parent Navarre told industry analysts that Funimation has 'a first look at all opportunities in terms of licenses. We’re seeing them all, we have an opportunity to bid on them all.
Is this why they …
read moreHelloween at THAT with ExecutiveOtaku
Buried in the usual avalanche of big screenshots was a marvelous tribute to Sawako by ExecuteOtaku, a co-writer at T.H.A.T.:
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K-ON, the visual retrospective
This spoilers contained herein are hopefuly inoffensive.
The big empty room was one of the first scenes and embodied the promise of the anime.
These two profile shots of Ritsu and Mio demonstrate the general art style (off and on backgrounds). Both the kinship and departure from Lucky Star can …
read moreTJ on franchise's rescues
TJ finds an example:
That’s news for me because I thought the sequel for Kiddy Grade died along with GONZO. I was shocked to discover that Kiddy Girl was actually the sequel, when I watched the first episode on a whim yesterday. In the opening scene, I saw familiar …
read moreAnime returns to Target, sort of
Seen today in Target at Alameda Avenue and I-25:
BTW, I have Naruto Uncut v.1, and this looks like a different release. For one thing, mine included a book of scene sketches.
read moreCheburashka Arere 02
I went a step further than Hinano and actually checked out Cheburashka Arere. It's safe to say that it's not Binchou-tan, which only pretended to be a show for little children.
- Nozomi Oohashi is listed at ANN, but Cheburashka is not. Her voice sounds weirdly familiar, although that is of …
K-ON ends
Usagijen expressed a bafflement on GR today about Janette (a co-writer of CJ Blackwing) putting K-ON into a Top5. Janette's explanation was that K-ON "reminds me so much of the tight group of friends I had through most of high school". Nothing like that was possible for me, but I …
read moreLet Jim Kaposztas speak for himself
By way of Moritheil comes a post by one Michael Pinto, that deals with Jim Kaposztas, the inventor of AMVs, being passed for a staff position at a con.
It's important to note that Jim wasn't complaining about it. He probably just mentioned it off-hand. It was Michael who decided …
read moreFormer ADV brings Hidamari to R1
According to Josh, in January BigN and other fans of Hidamari Sketch might have an opportunity to end the life of illegality.
The same announcement also proclaims a release of Glass Mask, which was available at Crunchyroll without DTO for a while (still is). Now we know that Japanese owners …
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