As I mentioned before, Japanese were trying to build an "economical" rocket (same way French plan to launch Soyuz to supplement their exising big rocket). Now Daily Yomiuri says that the project is essentially dead:
read moreDue to conflicting interests among politicians, bureaucrats and business leaders, the recommendation to scrap the …
Since Gurren Lagann seems to be surging to the top, despite being a mecha series and all, I reviewed the last series that made it, Manabi Straight.
Truth to be told, Manabi was helped by the long drought for top-drawer series, and how it succeeded in the badly crowded niche …
read moreJeff updates and drops this line:
Just last night, I started my second attempt at watching ef - a tale of memories. If you’ve been visiting for awhile, you know that my first attempt ended in failure. I’m still guarded, of course, but I can honestly say that I …read more
Here's an extreme opinion from someone who enjoys seeing pretty girls torn apart limb by limb:
... Strike Witches is full of fan-favorite, sex-on-tape seiyuus and it’s still pure crap.
I would not go that far, considering the strong story in it. IMHO it's more of a case when creators …
read moreI've not seen anything so thoroughly, all-around amazing in years.
As I think back in time and try to remember when I could not put series away, ef was touching, and F/SN had a strong story, but... they are just not in the same league. I think even Manabi …
read moreSince Pantsu Witches failed me, I had to find something to carry me over until the Autumn. I guess Hidamari x365 will have to do.
The x365 varies quite a bit. Episode 05 (Chika's visit) was sort of... too earnest. Episode 06, right on. We received a rendition of Yoshinoya …
read moreAccording to the preview at BOST, they collect figurines in anime predicated upon figurines (official screencap is below).
The audacity of merchandizing in GONZO beats the Geass Pizza Hut.
read moreApparently the original season is scheduled to appear on November 11, 2008 (via). The enthusiasm of the franchise's fans was so great that I even created a category ahead of time. But having seen fragments on Youtube, I'm not certain I want to buy. It's going to be a rent …
read moreI cannot believe Steven missed this all-important screencap taken by hikago.
UPDATE: He hasn't reached it before, the image is now up. It was a liveblogging post.
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