Posted by: sidereeldom on: May 19, 2010
Anime Expo keeps filling up with events I want to hit up, and the latest announcement from the anime convention adds another to that list. The show will host Black Lagoon creator Hiroe Rei as a guest of honor, and he’ll be bringing the first episode of the new Roberta’s Blood Trail OVA series with [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: March 18, 2010
The freakish tableau you see above is a diorama created by store employees at Gamers in Akihabara. I’ve always loved the crazy little displays they put up to advertise upcoming products or just mess with people (one of my all-time favorites is repurposing School Days‘ infamous “There’s no one inside” for a reminder about bathroom [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: January 22, 2010
As you may remember from a previous Manga Monday, I’m a fan of the Kaichou ha Maid-sama! (AKA Maid Sama!) manga but with reservations about its sustainability. The TV anime version of the popular shoujo manga is coming up after this season regardless of my misgivings, and for those of you who’re interested in the [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: December 10, 2009
You know how I said earlier today that we’re hopefully heading toward the end of the moe boom? Ladies versus Butlers! makes a mockery of my optimistic prediction, as it exemplifies the fan servicey nothingness that has dragged down the industry in recent years. Maybe, just maybe, it will prove me wrong. But more likely, [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: November 24, 2009
Ladies vs. Butlers is the latest light novel to get the anime treatment, and when it comes out in January, you should have a good idea of what to expect just from the title. But hey – the last anime that combined the master/servant dynamic with high school was Hayate no Gotoku!, and that one [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: November 16, 2009
I’m highlighting Kaichou ha Maid-Sama (released in English as “Maid Sama!”) for two reasons: one, I’m just now starting to catch up on reading the manga after losing track around volume 5 or 6, and two, it’s going to become an anime in 2010 some time – no season has yet been announced. The manga [...]
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