John's talking about Windy Tales, an all around exceptional series. I agree that an R1 release is not likely and I even voted with my money by buying R2s.
Nonetheless he continues to play "guess which one doesn't belong":
However, in the present American market in which even exceptional and …read more
The famous translator and internet personality (read "uses the word ``fuck'' a lot in his LJ") found a fault in OEL. And the fault is not that it's disgustingly fake, but that it makes the definition of the manga too narrow.
Not a new topic, but an interesting twist; a …
read moreFrom the Daily Yomiuri (via), comes the report about JAXA and USEF initiating an air-launched satellite launcher.
A U.S. firm has undertaken commercial midair rocket launches for about 20 years, and the system has been studied by a number of countries.
Indeed, OSC Pegasus was flying for about 25 …
read moreOK, maybe we just have a difference of opinion here, but look:
read moreCentral Park Media deserves praise for bringing a great number of exceptional anime releases to America, including Grave of the Fireflies, Project A-ko, Lodoss War, Now & Then, Here & There, and Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer. But CPM is also …
As I mentioned in the opener post, Lawson's old old blog was my primary reference, but as I think now Brickmuppet prompted me to act. When he says "NO FREAKKING WAI GTFO" in bold underlined italics, it must be good, right? And it was!
I regret to say that I …
read moreNanoha is not a bad show by any stretch, but it completely mismatches my sensibilities. I became restless in ep.10, started to resent it actively in ep.11, and I did not take any notes for the last two episodes. I only gathered 35 screencaps, a long unheard low …
read moreI've seen 12 episodes and saved the last one to be savoured later. But no matter what happens, Midori no Hibi has already done a remarkable thing: it made me to like the filler. I've seen some pretty strong filler before, in RahXephon 15 and Kamichu 12, for instance. But …
read moreAs I mentioned previously, Rocket Girls was changed for DVD. Most of the changes had to do with the Matsuri's bust size, and concentrated around ep.10, so I suspected that a specific person or team screwed the pooch.
As it turns out, early episodes were touched up too. In …
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