HH Hashi rolls out her year-end summary, and opens it with:
Another great year. Maybe not as great as 2006, which produced three classics: Simoun, NANA, and Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu. But 2007 was full of interesting shows.
What can I say. "Thanks for the warning" would be most appropriate …
read moreThanks to their policy of unprecentented openness, the today's update at SpaceX contains a few interesting pictures, which really bring up memories of adventures with Yukari Morita.
First up, the hypersonic flow:
SSA Mangosteen
SpaceX Dragon
Colors are not directly comparable. In case of Mangosteen, the temperature is shown (presumably …
read moreBack when I encountered Shingu, I expressed a hope for better connection with it on the second pass. Unfortunately, it didn't play out. I only see more animation errors (e.g. Hajime closes the door on the borrowed camera). One plot move became more dubious with the second take: when …
read moreThis is a very trivial observation, but all members of the Student Government, except Harumi Mineo, have the kanji character from "mamo-ru" (守る) in their family names (pronounced "mori" in this case): Moriyama, Moriguchi, Tsumori, Morihata. The only other person with "mamo/mori" is the …
read moreThe article at IGN says:
This 150-seat movie theater will be the main attraction within a multi-boutique commercial building called The J-Pop Center (for Japanese Pop culture) that will also house a bookstore, cafe and several hip fashion boutiques originated in Tokyo. The complex will be a popular destination for …read more
Using what Old Grouch posted in a comment at Chizumatic, I have compiled the following handy table:
| Ratio | Decimal | Use | Anime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:3 | 1.333:1 | NTSC | Ranma, To Heart, Manabi Straight (all media) |
| 17:12 | 1.417:1 | ? | Gundam 08th MS Team on fansubs |
| 3:2 | 1.500:1 … |
Seen at Derailed by Darry (I cannot get used that name, I just cannot. It's like lguest versus Rustivisor (eat this analogy, sports fans (I suppose I could add a link... But they never do it when they discuss sports!)).):
One thing ef does is that at no point in …read more
Damien Kellis reports on the streaming anime service BOST. In short: it's a Flash video. Think prepaid YouTube in higher resolution. Read the post if you're interested in details.
Damien has screenshots of their launch title, Cellphone Girl, which are fairly breathtaking. I haven't seen such pretty fanservicy designs in …
read moreTipped by a post at Protaku (if you think that it means "proto-otaku", you're wrong), I ended at ANIME.ign.com and found a 2007 Autumn review by David Smith. Seeing it was a good experience... if perhaps a little unpleasant. I'm taking one for the team here, because it's …
read moreChizumatic posts today a useful table of military ranks today. I think there must be more to it, perhaps responsibility-based ranks, because in RahXephon, while Shouchi's rank is "shousa", translated as Major, and is present in SDB's table, Haruka's rank is "tai", and is not present. The "tai" is translated …
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