Posted by: sidereelseiya on: February 1, 2011
Last year, the book “Moshi Koukou Yakyuu no Joshi Manager ga Drucker no ‘Management’ wo Yondara” (“What if a high school baseball team’s trainer read Drucker’s ‘Management’?”) became a surprise hit in the business book world. The heartwarming story of a girl who takes over as trainer (called “manager” in Japanese) for her sick friend [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: May 24, 2010
Because if you haven’t, you really should. There are currently six episodes of the hit baseball anime streaming over at Hulu and VizAnime.com, and I highly recommend all of them. Cross Game was one of the best anime of 2009, and it’s a damn shame that more people haven’t watched it. Heck, I think more [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: May 10, 2010
I forgot to post a news bit when VIZ started streaming Vampire Knight over on Vizanime.com. But today, ANN uncovered their plan to stream Cross Game later this month and as a life-long Adachi fan, I am obligated to give this news all the love it deserves. So, here goes: when Cross Game starts streaming [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: March 22, 2010
If you’ve read any of my writings for an extended period of time, you know that I’m a huge fan of baseball. So it should be no surprise that Viz’s weekend announcement of its upcoming release of Adachi Mitsuru’s Cross Game manga caused me to leap in the air and hoot in joy. I cut [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: February 9, 2010
We all knew it was coming with the climactic pre-Koushien game headed to its conclusion, but the Japanese Shonen Sunday site now confirms that next week’s Cross Game will be the last chapter in the manga, which has run in the pages of the magazine since 2005. The popular baseball story from legendary author/artist Adachi [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: January 13, 2010
Go to the official Ookiku Furikabutte (Big Windup to you English speakers) page now, and you’ll find a short trailer for the second season of the baseball drama, which is coming this spring. There really aren’t any big surprises in the trailer: the show once again looks like it’ll be all about baseball and the [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: December 29, 2009
Mizuki Nana may be the only anime seiyuu on the 60th Kouhaku program this week, but there are plenty of mainstream performers on the program who’ve lent their songs to anime programs and video games. I mean, Final Fantasy X-2 skyrocketed Koda Kumi’s career, and fans of her skimpy outfits and catchy dance tunes are [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: December 22, 2009
Are you ready for more dramatic baseball with mildly homo-erotic undertones? If so, you’re in luck, because the popular Big Windup! (AKA Ookiku Furikabutte) series is coming back for a second run next year, as announced by the official website today. I never really got into the show my self; I can only handle one [...]
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