Posted by: sidereelseiya on: April 20, 2011
Third week of April. The final batch of new spring anime shows have aired, and so here is the final batch of first looks. SKET Dance (streaming at Crunchyroll) is a pretty entertaining show about a group of high school students who are… well, basically they’re handymen. They take on jobs that no one else wants [...]
Posted by: sidereelseiya on: April 12, 2011
It’s the second week of April, and the new season is rolling along. I introduced a few of the new shows last week. Before I get too far behind, I figured I’d throw out a few whole slew more. Sengoku Otome: Momoiro Paradox (streaming on Crunchyroll as “Battle Girls – Time Paradox“) knows its audience: People [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: April 5, 2011
Have you guys gone and watched Nichijou/My Ordinary Life yet? I haven’t! But I recently noticed the credits for its opening song, “Hyadain no ka-ka-kata*omoi” (“Hyadain’s un-un-unrequited*love”). Maeyamada Ken’ichi, also known as Hyadain, has been one of my favorite remixers for years, and it was a big surprise to see his music featured in an anime. From [...]
Posted by: sidereelseiya on: April 4, 2011
It’s April, and the new anime season has begun. (Although, due to the continuing effects of the earthquake, several shows from the last season have not yet aired their conclusions.) Since there are so many new shows starting up this month, I decided to break up the “first looks” post into pieces. So here we [...]
Posted by: sidereelseiya on: March 7, 2011
Akazukin Chacha, which ran in the shoujo manga magazine Ribbon for almost 8 years (October 1992 to August 2000) and as an anime for a year and a half (January 1994 to June 1995), is coming back as a one-shot revival. The one-shot, by original manga artist Ayahana Min, will run in the April issue [...]
Posted by: sidereelseiya on: February 28, 2011
“Media Mix” is an entertainment industry buzzword for having a property – in this case, let’s say THE IDOLM@STER – span various different types of media in its quest to conquer the universe. So it starts off in its original form (for Im@s, a game) then branches out to other forms (anime, manga, radio shows, [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: February 15, 2011
This is Takagaki Ayahi. She got her first starring role in 2007′s Venus Versus Virus and after a few well-received roles (like Isurugi Noe in True Tears, a personal favorite), her career really took off after she joined the seiyuu idol group Sphere in 2009. Along with young stars Tomatsu Haruka (Kannagi), Toyosaki Aki (Yui, K-On!) and [...]
Posted by: sidereelseiya on: February 7, 2011
The cover for the first manga volume of the popular anime series “Puella Magi Madoka Magica” was released recently, and it features a quote, in English, from perhaps an unusual cultural source: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The quote is: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; [...]
Posted by: sidereelseiya on: January 24, 2011
Hi there! I’m Seiya, pinch-hitting for Dom. Japanese TV is divided into quarterly seasons, and this January brought us a new one. Kicking off with Rio Rainbow Gate on the 4th, to the most recent Fractale on the 14th, at least 17 new anime shows have premiered so far this month. So, what are [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: October 14, 2010
A week has gone by since the last time I updated my thoughts on the fall anime series, and while my general opinion is still unchanged – “This is the best season in years” – there’s a lot to be said about what’s going on. With most series having two episodes under their belts, let’s [...]
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