Check Out Akihabara — LIVE AND DIRECT! The great thing about so many people both in my real live and in cyberspace knowing my interest and love of things Japanese is that they will often provide me with nifty things I might have missed. This time, the guys who moderate the blog comments for me
Vacation’s All I Ever Wanted!
Vacation’s All I Ever Wanted! Hey gang! While I managed to get a long weekend off a couple of weeks ago, I’m finally getting some time away from work! And today, my plans are to goof off to the max! Of course as I write this (on Thursday), I’m on the bridge call from hell
Lupin the 3rd: Part II 16 (Jekyll and Hyde #LupinIII)
Lupin the 3rd: Part II 16 Lupin III Part 2 16 ルパン三世 – 新シリーズ Ep. 16 Lupin Sansei Shin Series Lupin III New Series SPOILER Summary/Synopsis Lupin, Goemon, and Jigen are in France, where Lupin announces he will steal the Star of Versailles jewel early in the morning. The owner gets worried, but Zenigata assures
What’s a Manga Everyone Should Read?
What’s a Manga Everyone Should Read? A long time ago, I got asked “What’s a manga that everyone should read?” I’d long planned to make it a one-time post, but never got around to it. However, there’s one obvious choice — Yotsuba&! –> Buy Yotsuba&! from Amazon.com! The Story, in Brief A man named KOIWAI
Serial Experiments Lain Review (Community Anime Reviews Rescue)
Serial Experiments Lain Review シリアルエクスペリメンツレイン Since the Community Anime Reviews site frequently goes down for long periods of time, I’m republishing some of my OG reviews from there. I have corrected obvious spelling errors though. I will add new notes in parenthesis, labeled “ANB note.” 😅 I won’t count these as part of the “Back
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 127 Manga Review (Sabertooth #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 127 Manga Review フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: The members of Gagarock miners’ guild challenge Natsu. They attack, but Natsu doesn’t respond since he doesn’t want to anger Lucy. However, Natsu sneezes, causing a massive explosion, defeating the miners. Elsewhere, Erza and Jellal discover that they can use magic within
Hayate no Gotoku!! 04
April 28th, 2009 
AstroNerdBoy Hayate the Combat Butler!! Ep. 04 Hayate no Gotoku “Season 2” Ep. 04 ハヤテのごとく！！Episode 04 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: With Valentine’s Day approaching, Nagi holes up in the kitchen to try to make Hayate a chocolate while Ayumu has Wataru sample some chocolate she’s made. Wataru doesn’t see the big deal about Valentine’s Day and ends up
大きな箱とねこ （A Big Box and a Cat)
April 27th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy 大きな箱とねこ （A Big Box and a Cat) As I write, I’m keeping my parents’ cat while they are on vacation. So it is always an adventure of sorts whenever she’s in the place. So when LH shared this video of a Japanese cat and a large box, I couldn’t help but laugh since the cat looks
Slayers Evolution-R — Final Thoughts (SPOILERS)
April 27th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Slayers Evolution-R — Final Thoughts (SPOILERS) While taking the 2nd-half of Slayers Revolution and turning it into a separate series may have been a marketing ploy on the part of the Japanese, I decided that I didn’t mind this if the writers continued to attempt to shift the anime in line with how the novels
Better Archive Those Old GeoCities Anime Sites
April 26th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Better Archive Those Old GeoCities Anime Sites It has been reported in many places that Yahoo is going to close down GeoCities, that now ancient-of-days free homepage hosting site that so many people used back in the 90’s when the Internet was new, fresh, and exciting. In recent years, I’m not sure how many people
Mahou Sensei Negima! ~ Shiroki Tsubasa~ ALA ALBA — Final Thoughts
April 26th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Mahou Sensei Negima! ~ Shiroki Tsubasa~ ALA ALBA I love the Negima! manga. Akamatsu-sensei has crafted a well-written story with interesting characters and fun to boot. So when an anime adaptation was announced, I was happy. However, the Negima! adaptation ended up falling well short of the mark for a whole slew of reasons. Then
A Negima! Chapter 250 Reminder (and a nifty Eva picture too)
April 25th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Just to remind everyone (cause people are already looking *lol*), there is no Negima! this week or next. I’m not exactly sure when the spoiler images for Negima! 250 will be posted (possibly in two weeks, but maybe next week), but I’ll be keeping an eye open and I’m sure some of you will too.
Natsu no Arashi! – 03
April 25th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Natsu no Arashi! – 03 夏のあらし！ Episode 03 (Summer Storm) SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Hajime is writing a science fiction tale featuring himself as the hero and Arashi as the heroine when Arashi comes in to get him for work at the cafe, Ark. While there, Master is happy for the increase in business and feels that
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