1. Zyl on The Asuka Question

    Hontou ni sou omou (discussing a picture -- see the post):

    In 2000, I actively disliked Asuka. I think I must have disliked her chara so much that it overrode my feeling then that Rei was being depicted out of character. But, more recently, when I dug the drawing out and …
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  2. Aroduc on Toradora SOS

    Tenka Seiha:

    It’s only five minutes long, and probably something that JCStaff threw together in a weekend to make fun of Kadokawa. I support them in this endevor, but must admit that I’d watch puppy Ami any day of the week. On the other hand, it just reminds …
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  3. J.Valdez on Toradora

    To follow-up on my previous comment, here's a beautiful example of how the faithful perceive the proceedings:

    If there is one common vein in the connections between characters in Toradora, it is that the characters were fixed in a direction and they continue in that direction no matter the results …

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  4. Otou and sales numbers

    Shameful Otaku Secret:

    What if, amidst all the baiting and switching, R1 is actually their [Kadokawa's] potential target? Author seems to think the numbers tell a disheartening story for that theory, but that’s not really a surprise. The sales of the first Haruhi series over here were nothing like …
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  5. 765 and 961 in Idolm@ster

    Published: Tue 24 February 2009
    By Author

    In game.

    I was wondering what the studio names mean in Idolm@ster, and DiGiKerot said:

    <DiGiKerot> The trick is that the character for 6 can be pronounced Mu or Mutsu or similar, so it contracts to NaMuGo, or, rather, Namco, the name of the developer of the iM@S games.
    <DiGiKerot …

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  6. Gia on Azumanga

    Gia's article at AnimeVice reminds us about the 10th anniversary of the original manga run. It's going to be three long years until the anniversary of anime.

    Azuma's manga upon which it's based is a 4koma comic strip, and in my opinion helped pave the way for later such strips …
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  7. What Does Badger Read

    Published: Tue 24 February 2009
    By Author

    In meta.

    Martin dropped a recommendation list today. Check it out. I've gone through all of listed blogs some time ago, found them wanting, and only kept the one with korean name (although, even that is pushing its luck with the lesbian stuff recently). But they all seem like honest efforts at …

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  8. Haruhi-chan vs ハルヒちゃん

    When I saw Nyoron*Chiruya-san, I did not realize at first that subtitled versions were released simultaneously. By doing so, Kadokawa staged an experiment: let's check the viewership numbers of raw Japanese versus English subtitled videos.

    Haruhi-chan Chiruya-san
    Raw Sub Raw Sub
    #4 43,158 3,991 n/a n …
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  9. Toradora 12

    At first broadcast season's end, Toradora, not to put too fine a point at it, is a consistently excellent show — at what it does. However, as it focuses like a laser on teenage love, its scope stays narrow, and thus it does not deliver what I would like.

    If we …

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