Via Hashi-hime comes an early report on Haruhi sales in the U.S (interview). The blog takes sides in the fansub debate, but visit the original to draw your own conclusions. I can't read anywhere as well as HH Hashi, but it seems that Chairman Kadokawa continues to toot the …
read moreI continue to work my way through Figure 17. It's not terribly exciting. The backdrop of the nature is present, and I have to admit that it looks better than anything I saw. The Tunka valley comes quite close in the summer (it even has hot springs), but unfortunately it's …
read moreSome people continue to grapple with the concept of moe. The thing which amuses me here is the genesys of the very concept, because of its singular uselessness. I wrote about anime for years and never needed to use the word "moe". You might have better luck finding "loli" than …
read moreSteven expresses bewilderment at its popularity. Obviously, the appeal of shoujo is lost on him, but here's one picture Omo posted:
There must be some redeeming values. BTW, IIRC girls were minded by their father, who apparently is a fan. Unfortunately, I do not remember where I read about it …
read moreGoogle decided to return relevant results for portball today. This is the first evidence that they actually play that game.
I am stealing an example picture for the backup purposes.
Notice that the yellow defender is inside the semi-circle, which seems to differ from rules depicted in Figure 17.
P …
read moreI saw a couple of episodes years ago at a con and it looked somewhat interesting. Blogs I read since then claimed it to be "Eva done right", "love story", and other such things, so I decided to give it a try. We don't have a lot of things which …
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