I received a few hits from Mark Wade's Astronautix.com, which made me curious. Mark is not an anime fan. He is a spaceblogger of certain repute, although he's best known for being curmudgeony, a natural soulmate of mine, perhaps.
As it turned out, Google allows to generate a feed …
read moreHowever, given how moe is as common to manga and anime nowadays as dirt is to the ground, it’s kind of hard to avoid the stuff, now isn’t it? I have to respect those who show disdain for moe not for their impeccable taste, but rather …read more
Concrete Badger has updated. RTWT.
OK, I'm cheating. For a good posting, I should have added that the entry deals with Badger's ruminations about slice-of-life and anime endings, and perhaps added a quote. I'm just doing this for illustration purposes. I was talking to Owen about shortest blog entries, so …
read moreSteven crunches some numbers and writes:
[] as a practical matter, audience recommendations for titles I "might want to consider" have been utterly useless, far more likely to be wrong than right at predicting audience (me) satisfaction.
I rely on recommendations heavily. Exceptions exist, of course; for example, I decided to …
read moreI Figure 17 ep.3, children compete in a game of Port Ball. Google does not appear to know what it is:
I am surprised that no fan ever recorded it, so here goes.
Teams of four play on a court about the size of a basketball court or somewhat …
read moreAstro expresses a hope for a series of Strike Witches.
I adore the short, but I am afraid that real series would destroy the mood (感じ). The whole point of Strike Witches was to absolve of constraints of the real world where unpleasantees like a propeller strike exist. It's …
read moreEveryone knows about Engrish.com. But is there a Nippongo.co.jp? Here's a specimen:
Being suspicious, I verified that the real title is spelled normally. The announcement includes a picture, too.
read moreI was reading Hashihime and started wondering if Japanese actually listen to the radio, and if yes, how. In America, most listeners tune in when they drive somewhere or when they are in a mindless entry-level job. So, radio mostly comes in two varieties: driving radio, which delivers traffic and …
read moreLooks like ZnT 2 is more of the same. I am not impressed.
The term "tsunderape" was launched by an anonymous IRC dweller Sky.
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