Posted by: sidereeldom on: July 28, 2010
By now, most of you should be familiar with the Japanese practice of gijinka, where various objects and programs are turned into cute girls or prettyboys. It’s pretty standard now, but Choujigen Game Neptune (Superdimensional Game Neptune) has taken this to an all-new high – or low, depending on your perspective on the trend. Choujigen Game [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: June 28, 2010
In news that surprises no one in particular, Shaft’s screwball comedy Arakawa Under the Bridge is heading for another 13-episode run in the near future. There are two reasons that this isn’t much of a surprise: one, Arakawa was one of the few truly watchable shows of this forgettable anime season. Two, the current 13 episodes [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: June 23, 2010
Landon Donovan and Krillin: separated at birth? I have come to believe that it is the awesome power of the US soccer star’s forehead that gives him an advantage over his opponents, blinding them with the reflected rays of the sun. Go USA!
Posted by: sidereeldom on: June 16, 2010
The World Cup is a fascinating time to study Japan, because they approach the event with all the tentative enthusiasm of a lifelong Cubs fan. The Samurai Blue aren’t bad at all – though the two own goals during the World Cup friendlies made me doubt that for a while – but going toe to [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: May 25, 2010
Konno Azure, the author of risque manga Koe de Oshigoto! (“Voice Work,” roughly), announced on his blog today that his strangely popular story is getting an anime adaptation. The official announcement comes in today’s Comic Gum manga anthology, and full details about the in-progress anime are promised for next month. For now, all we know [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: May 19, 2010
I’ve watched this three times now, and I still can’t find any rhyme or reason to it. For the seventh episode of Mayoi-Neko Overrun!, the animation staff apparently went completely insane and did the whole thing as a pastiche super robot show. Almost all signs of the boring fan service show disappeared and were replaced [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: April 21, 2010
FUNimation starts airing the second half of the noitaminA block tomorrow, and as you can see from the subtitled trailer above, Tatami Galaxy is a huge departure from your average kids’ action fantasy or cute-girl-moe anime. The visuals are freakish and fascinating, the story looks deliciously twisted, and all in all, it looks like it’ll be [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: April 20, 2010
Occult Academy is streaming two more commercials on its official website. In an unwelcome change from the cryptic first commercial, these not only have no solid information about the upcoming series, but they also make no sense and contain no animation whatsoever – so I they have to have some kind of meaning I’m just [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: April 14, 2010
It’s kind of a slow news week, so here’s a look at a shameless Japanese game that has sold far more games than it has any right to. No, it’s not Record of Agarest War, though it’s very close, spiritually. It’s Nuga-Cel!, the cosplay SRPG where costumes are power and the character designs are by [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: April 5, 2010
Chinka continues to surprise, as the small-studio anime’s first cast announcement consisted of one name repeated four times. Yes, that’s right: up-and-coming voice actress Satou Satomi (you may remember her as the drummer in K-On!) is set to play three lead characters in Danny Choo’s anime: Chinka, Shoka, and Megumi. She’ll also be doing the [...]
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