I'm not sure if anyone cares, but for some reason Jason and Don decided to talk about vapid DVD reviews on ANN simultaneously. While Don stayed on topic, Jason went tl;dr how DVD reviews are bad in general... And failed to mention the name of Chris Beveridge. Didn't fit …
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JP's investigative journalism
Reading how Ledford tries to prevent stakeholders of his failed companies from hurting his new projects is quite amusing. It's amost as good as reading the HardOCP reporting on Phantom (just not quite as extensive and has no pictures of the appartment in question). Seriously though, I cannot see a …
read moreKadokawa YouTube this week
Only one episode of Haruhi-chan was posted this week, #25. In it, KyotoAni continues to screw with fans. I really don't feel like posting every week only to belittle the show, since it's certainly good for what it is: giving a stiff competion to Adventures of Mini-Goddess. On the other …
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After having to resort to my immense willpower to complete ep.1, I went to check the final write-up on Tenka Seiha. Behold:
It started out very well, high production values all around, some great jokes, and even eventually a teaser that this Romantic Comedy would actually have a smidgeon …
read moreEvirus on Hatsukoi advocacy
I've still had very limited success convincing people to begin watching Hatsukoi Limited.
He himself admits that the biggest unknown is the ending and the ghost of School Rubmbe. No wonder nobody wants to invest into the show that's likely to crash to the ground with the next season …
read moreVIZ J-center in SF takes shape
Via Gia come the news that the VIZ center that we mentioned in 2007 is on track to open in August. She has a picture and a few more details:
read moreThe 20,000 square foot building is located in San Francisco's Japantown and features five floors. The basement floor will …
We interrupt our anime broadcast
Via a forum thread come news that ULA now officially lists an Atlas V based GX (Galaxy Express). And to think that I wrote it off. Now that's what I call persistency in the face of adversity.
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A small clarification
One small thing that everyone seem to miss in the debate is that I have never seen an episode of K-ON. I wished it turned out like Manabi, but I don't know, so I made no claims about it.
Besides, K-ON only posted 5 episodes, so nobody knows what's planned …
read moreDiGiKerot's Unfunny v.6 issue.10
Cartoon violence makes me laugh.
When I hear "audition" in quasy-anime context, I think about a dude in glasses with an agenda... I hedge here to exclude the auditions for the role of Hitler in "Producers".
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