Gia says that the 3rd season of Hidamari is in the works, although it's unclear what her source is. Its title is spelled "Hidamari Sketch×☆☆☆" and pronounced "Hidamari Sketch Hoshimittsu".
read moreA.N.Nina on moeblobs
I think she's making fun of Potemayo... and herself. The simple pleasures of catching up to Nina, I really should make sure to check it out no more often than twice a year.
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R(Shingu) := 5
I look down on people "twittering" or "liveblogging" their anime runs because it is virtually guaranteed to be a weak substitute for humor (Jason, I'm looking at you). In fact I never saw a dump with anything interesting, not even once. Yet, in an e-mail discussion yesterday Zyl in essense …
read moreBD sales in Japan are 50% anime
This is just what John reports:
GfK Marketing Services Japan reports that more than 50% of the money Japanese consumers spent to purchase Blu-ray discs during the first half of 2009 went to anime discs.
What about other countries?
read moreThe manga cafe in SF closes
As Deb Aoki (a U.S. manga industry personality) reports (via), the only Japan-style manga cafe in SF Japantown closes after a short stint in business. I think Deb is right that there very, very few people in America who would read manga in Japanese.
Tangentially, I think shop "On …
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Brickmuppet needs urgent help w/Tokyo
KyotoAni hates seyuu too
It was said that KyotoAni hates Haruhi and its fans. But apparently they hate seyuu too:
read moreSankaku Complex links to an appearance Hirano made -- though I don't think the quote in the headline is a potentially misleading translatin. What she actually says is "yatteru hou yori miteru hou ga taihen …
Mysterious Zyl
Zyl asks (on the old, non-joint blog):
P.S. Have been ruminating over the following two posts for a while and I’ve had an epiphany. Yeah, slowpoke.jpg but still…
The only connection between Marimite and Taishou Yakyuu Musume that I see is that Mamiko Noto is in both …
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