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Archive for August, 2007

Sunday News Bites: August 19th

Hello and welcome to another edition of Sunday News Bites! This week we prepared a sunny spot in the studio for a very special guest- the feline Mao from Darker than Black. Mao may have lost his body, but thanks to a wireless network connection, he hasn’t lost his opinions, which he will be glad [...]

El Cazador de la Bruja parody episode 19

Now Ricardo has shown Nadie that men aren’t so bad, she and Ellis have decided to put aside their differences and commit to BI instead of HARD YURI or STRAIGHT. Unfortunately, now that she is more accepting of men, Nadie seems inclined to have another Pleasure session with Ricardo- will Ellis ever be able to [...]

Weekly Round-Up: August 17th

Reviewed this week: Baccano! 2, El Cazador 19, Darker than Black 19, Dennou Coil 12-13, Doujin Work 5, Higurashi Kai 6, Koutetsu Sangokushi 9-10, Mononoke 3, Mushi-Uta 6, RxJ 17, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 5, Seirei no Moribito 18 …and in manga: Elfen Lied 77, Gunslinger Girl 32, Mozart Doesn’t Sing Lullabies 5-8, Spiral 46-7, Tennai [...]

Te Wo Tsunaide, Sora Wo

“I don’t really know if I’m gay or not, but this is a yaoi manga so I’d better sleep with you.” Itou Haruya is a struggling novelist who just can’t seem to find the inspiration for his next book, until a chance encounter with seventeen year old Hidaka Maki breaks him out of his routine. [...]

Dark Side Gaming Rant: Ehrgeiz

Of all the games Squaresoft made, the with the most ignominious history must surely be Ehrgeiz, an arcade fighting game that made its way onto PSOne with the addition of a dungeon quest and some mini-games. It had different game modes and cameos from Final Fantasy VII characters, but the one thing it didn’t have [...]

Tuesday Rumble: August 14th

Before (or preferably after) you read this, be sure to take a look at all the great entries in the Animeblogger mascot competition (and yes, that one labelled Karura was from me). Personally, my money’s on Xephonia to win Anime Nano: the RPG The other day, a random remark on the Anime Nano forums gave [...]

Romeo X Juliet parody episode 17

Emilia, Conrad and Shakespeare ride towards the summer house. Emilia: Wow, it’s episode seventeen and I’m still getting screen time! I thought I was going to be a one shot character! Shakespeare: Can you shut up for a moment? I still can’t come up with a decent plot for this series! At the mines, Romeo [...]

Madhouse: God’s own studio or merely human?

Wherever anime studios are spoken of, fans can be found singing the praises of Madhouse, claiming how this one studio can turn everything they touch into gold. Naturally, when I hear such things, I have to question them, and so it was that they had to be the subject of one of my pointless studio [...]

Koutetsu Sangokushi parody episode 10

A Wu guard outpost is attacked by an implausible and historically inaccurate laser cannon. More importantly, however, the named Wu characters eat a meal together the next day. Lu Meng: Lord Taishi Ci- Taishi Ci: I told you not to address me so informally now that you’ve levelled up from the HARD GAY training camp! [...]

Sunday News Bites: August 12th

Hello and welcome to another edition of Sunday News Bites! This week, we’re joined in the news room by Hakuoro from Utawarerumono, here to give us his expert opinion on what it’s like to stay well behind the battle lines and let his harem fight for him. Kanon Trailer from ADV The clues were all [...]