Required Reading: The Comeback...?By gia on 3/07/09
I'm actually a big fan of this feature, and I've always been annoyed with myself that it dropped off of my Saturday to-do list. So I'm going to make an effort to bring it back, and I hope you enjoy! Here's what you need to read, watch, and do this ...
Haruhi Watch: Trickling TidbitsBy gia on 3/07/09
Haruhi fans in Japan are tasting a bitter soup seasoned with just enough hope to lead to a number of conspiracy theories. The wording of recent Newtype articles about the supposedly upcoming sequel to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is odd in and of itself. For example, Aya Hirano talks ...
Greatest Pairing Ever: X Japan x Hello KittyBy gia on 3/07/09
It is a long-established fact that there is a Hello Kitty everything. Rice cookers, vibrators, you name it. But admittedly, Hello Kitty Jrock bands are admittedly in short order. Luckily, X Japan is set to right this most grievous wrong the old-fashioned way: a collaboration. The group has inspired a ...
Professor Layton Movie Site OpensBy gia on 3/07/09
If you're eager for the anime film based on the popular Professor Layton video game series for Nintendo DS, well, don't hold your breath-- there's no word on an English-language release for the film yet. But an official website has opened up and features two short trailers with both Layton ...
Slice of Vice: Treasures EditionBy gia on 3/06/09
I'm not promising that this particular naming convention would stick, but here it is: your first-ever video from Portland! (Man, I'd originally intended to do a video from the airplane ...
Mad Max gets Mad AnimeBy gia on 3/06/09
Mad Max is one of those movies-- I don't know anyone who hates it. Even my mother loves it-- she never passes up a TV re-airing of Beyond the Thunderdome. ...
Thursday was Userday, I was On a PlaneBy gia on 3/06/09
And I even did up the userday image all early and stuff, too! I'm so proud of this week's (Miku!). But this time I refuse to take the blame for ...
Last Blood Trailer Up!By gia on 3/06/09
Ready to set aside the horror that is the live-action Chun-Li flick? Feast your eyes on the UK trailer for the upcoming Blood: The Last Vampire live-action flick-- which, in ...
Washimiya Tries for Lucky Star-Inspired DramaBy gia on 3/06/09
You may remember the town of Washimiya, whose Washinomiya shrine featured as the inspiration for the Hiiragi family shrine in the hit anime Lucky Star. The city began using the ...
L to Change the WorLd, Your TheaterBy gia on 3/06/09
VIZ has announced their plans for releasing Death Note: L, Change the WorLd in theaters in the US, and they're doubling up! Instead of the usual one-night engagement, we get ...
White Album's Encore, Nanoha's Fourth, Aoi Hana's First Bow By gia on 3/06/09
Shounen romance drama White Album (based on the visual novel) is getting a sequel, according to its official website. The second half of the series is set to air in ...
Fullmetal Alchemist Cast ShakeupBy gia on 3/06/09
Japan is pretty keen on sticking with original casts. When a new season or remake is done within a reasonable amount of time from its original, they usually bring back ...
The New York Times Adds Best-Selling Manga ListBy gia on 3/05/09
In an attempt to seem “hip” and “with it,” the New York Times has added three new best-seller lists to its weekly repertoire: one for hardcover, one for paperback, and ...
Vice in Paradise: Non-Tourist EditionBy gia on 3/05/09
In an effort to for the love of god do a NON-convention-related video (I love them, of course, but I think I was getting into a rut), I decided today ...
Anime Expo Wants YOU! To Go To JapanBy gia on 3/05/09
Anime Expo and Intermixi Japan Tours are offering another incentive to pre-register for Anime Expo: those who pre-reg will be entered in a drawing to win a free trip to ...
Lynn Minmay's Triumphant ComebackBy gia on 3/05/09
Okay, it's not like the Macross songstress ever actually went away, but I'm going to credit the success of the recent Macross Frontier TV anime with this spiffy figure. Lynn ...
Themes and Titles: Bleach and HayateBy gia on 3/05/09
Some series are well-known for their theme songs and soundtracks: Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei and Gurren Lagann, for example. Another such anime is Bleach, whose best-of CD just won a big fat ...
Yuri Lowenthal Fans, Gather 'Round!By gia on 3/05/09
Nebs has word that anime voice actor Yuri Lowenthal (Code Geass's Suzaku, Naruto's Sasuke, Gurren Lagann's Simon) has hit the relative mainstream-- and from the microphone to the camera: he'll ...
Otaku And Their WaifuBy gia on 3/05/09
If you've surfed the Internet much, you've seen the photos: some guy sets a fancy table and presents a fancy meal in front of a TV or computer screen, poster, ...
FUNi and Gaia, Sittin' in a Tree, S-T-R-E-A-M-I-N-G...By gia on 3/05/09
FUNimation and Gaia Online have struck an agreement for about 200 episodes of anime to air on the popular forum-mmo-thingamajigger. The episodes are already online, and include the following series: ...
Awards Abound: Tezuka, SeiyuuBy gia on 3/05/09
The Oscars may sort of end the main awards season in the States, but in Japan the prizes and honors keep comin'. The latest two announcements are the nominees for ...
The Daily Shin Buun 03/04/09By gia on 3/04/09
Another day, another buun! Anime: ANN has word of yet another new Astro Boy anime project in the works-- an 18-minute short set after the ending of the manga and ...
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Required Reading: The Comeback...?By gia on 3/07/09
I'm actually a big fan of this feature, and I've always been annoyed with myself that it dropped off of my Saturday to-do list. So I'm going to make an effort to bring it back, and I hope you enjoy! Here's what you need to read, watch, and do this ...
Haruhi Watch: Trickling TidbitsBy gia on 3/07/09
Haruhi fans in Japan are tasting a bitter soup seasoned with just enough hope to lead to a number of conspiracy theories. The wording of recent Newtype articles about the supposedly upcoming sequel to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is odd in and of itself. For example, Aya Hirano talks ...
Greatest Pairing Ever: X Japan x Hello KittyBy gia on 3/07/09
It is a long-established fact that there is a Hello Kitty everything. Rice cookers, vibrators, you name it. But admittedly, Hello Kitty Jrock bands are admittedly in short order. Luckily, X Japan is set to right this most grievous wrong the old-fashioned way: a collaboration. The group has inspired a ...
Professor Layton Movie Site OpensBy gia on 3/07/09
If you're eager for the anime film based on the popular Professor Layton video game series for Nintendo DS, well, don't hold your breath-- there's no word on an English-language release for the film yet. But an official website has opened up and features two short trailers with both Layton ...
Slice of Vice: Treasures EditionBy gia on 3/06/09
I'm not promising that this particular naming convention would stick, but here it is: your first-ever video from Portland! (Man, I'd originally intended to do a video from the airplane ...
Mad Max gets Mad AnimeBy gia on 3/06/09
Mad Max is one of those movies-- I don't know anyone who hates it. Even my mother loves it-- she never passes up a TV re-airing of Beyond the Thunderdome. ...
Thursday was Userday, I was On a PlaneBy gia on 3/06/09
And I even did up the userday image all early and stuff, too! I'm so proud of this week's (Miku!). But this time I refuse to take the blame for ...
Last Blood Trailer Up!By gia on 3/06/09
Ready to set aside the horror that is the live-action Chun-Li flick? Feast your eyes on the UK trailer for the upcoming Blood: The Last Vampire live-action flick-- which, in ...
Washimiya Tries for Lucky Star-Inspired DramaBy gia on 3/06/09
You may remember the town of Washimiya, whose Washinomiya shrine featured as the inspiration for the Hiiragi family shrine in the hit anime Lucky Star. The city began using the ...
L to Change the WorLd, Your TheaterBy gia on 3/06/09
VIZ has announced their plans for releasing Death Note: L, Change the WorLd in theaters in the US, and they're doubling up! Instead of the usual one-night engagement, we get ...
White Album's Encore, Nanoha's Fourth, Aoi Hana's First Bow By gia o
n 3/06/09
Shounen romance drama White Album (based on the visual novel) is getting a sequel, according to its official website. The second half of the series is set to air in ...
Fullmetal Alchemist Cast ShakeupBy gia on 3/06/09
Japan is pretty keen on sticking with original casts. When a new season or remake is done within a reasonable amount of time from its original, they usually bring back ...
The New York Times Adds Best-Selling Manga ListBy gia on 3/05/09
In an attempt to seem “hip” and “with it,” the New York Times has added three new best-seller lists to its weekly repertoire: one for hardcover, one for paperback, and ...
Vice in Paradise: Non-Tourist EditionBy gia on 3/05/09
In an effort to for the love of god do a NON-convention-related video (I love them, of course, but I think I was getting into a rut), I decided today ...
Anime Expo Wants YOU! To Go To JapanBy gia on 3/05/09
Anime Expo and Intermixi Japan Tours are offering another incentive to pre-register for Anime Expo: those who pre-reg will be entered in a drawing to win a free trip to ...
Lynn Minmay's Triumphant ComebackBy gia on 3/05/09
Okay, it's not like the Macross songstress ever actually went away, but I'm going to credit the success of the recent Macross Frontier TV anime with this spiffy figure. Lynn ...
Themes and Titles: Bleach and HayateBy gia on 3/05/09
Some series are well-known for their theme songs and soundtracks: Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei and Gurren Lagann, for example. Another such anime is Bleach, whose best-of CD just won a big fat ...
Yuri Lowenthal Fans, Gather 'Round!By gia on 3/05/09
Nebs has word that anime voice actor Yuri Lowenthal (Code Geass's Suzaku, Naruto's Sasuke, Gurren Lagann's Simon) has hit the relative mainstream-- and from the microphone to the camera: he'll ...
Otaku And Their WaifuBy gia on 3/05/09
If you've surfed the Internet much, you've seen the photos: some guy sets a fancy table and presents a fancy meal in front of a TV or computer screen, poster, ...
FUNi and Gaia, Sittin' in a Tree, S-T-R-E-A-M-I-N-G...By gia on 3/05/09
FUNimation and Gaia Online have struck an agreement for about 200 episodes of anime to air on the popular forum-mmo-thingamajigger. The episodes are already online, and include the following series: ...
Awards Abound: Tezuka, SeiyuuBy gia on 3/05/09
The Oscars may sort of end the main awards season in the States, but in Japan the prizes and honors keep comin'. The latest two announcements are the nominees for ...
The Daily Shin Buun 03/04/09By gia on 3/04/09
Another day, another buun! Anime: ANN has word of yet another new Astro Boy anime project in the works-- an 18-minute short set after the ending of the manga and ...
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