I try not to engage into over-arching speculation of this kind, but a few of people were thinking about the general direction of the industry. Steven was especially active. In fact, he predicted a wholesale shift to subtitled releases which is now underway. Others started to catch on when releases …
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Learning Japanese from Druaga
お袋(おふくろ)は違うけど | ofukuro wa chigau kedo == [Our] mothers are different though.
Just how many words do they have for "mother"?
BTW, why is it that people keep bitching about Gonzo? Tower of Druaga is awesome (at least in low resolution).
So …
read moreCorny anime of the past
Apparently, one series I watched on pirate cable TV back in the 1980s was Macron 1 (aka Sengoku Majin GouShougun). I say "apparently" because most Web sources say that the plot was that of a test pilot teleporting across dimensions and then a few people in "our" dimension join another …
read moreGo Tsubaki!
Tsubaki is levelling up IRL and it's almost like Mahoraba (if it turns out that his gf can drink 20 cans of beer in one sittings, it's going to be a bullseye of epic proportions).
Meanwhile, I spent 3 months on a one-liner bug and went to bed at 03 …
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I previewed a bit more of Rumbling Hearts, and found that it had between-episode omakes. They aren't at the level of the omakes which came with To Heart, but still, it's nice to have them. One displays some odd humour though:
She's in coma in hospital, right? And hitting her …
read moreMacross F intrigues me
Seen at Kuro today (actually I skipped the post unread yesterday and then someone drew my attention to it):
With the VF-25 being the talk of the town, I completely forgot about those.
UPDATE: Another set of screencaps helping me to live Macross vicariously is at Atarashii Prelude. Pay attention …
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Real numbers
The discussion of the industry that I've seen on blogs was hampered by lack of any numbers, and ungrounded speculation. So, it's always nice to see leaks such as seen at ANN forums recently. My attention was attracted to these postings by the same gentleman who reported live from NYCC …
read moreTRSI licenses Aria, apparently
