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Anime

New Year’s Anime Resolution Progress!

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So I resolved this new year to finish up a lot of the anime that was lounging around on my hard drive. Here’s an update to the stuff I was supposed to finish:

 

  • Bakuretsu Tenshi (Watched like, one episode)
  • Full Metal Alchemist (Watched none)
  • Futakoi Alternative (Watched a few of this anime)
  • Mahou Sensei Negima Finished!
  • Mahoraba Finished!
  • Maburaho (Watched a few episodes, still pretty behind. Wasurechatta…)
  • Mezzo DSA (Watched like 0)
  • Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo (Watched a few more, I should finish this)
  • ROD The TV (Forgot about this one… I don’t even know which episode I’m on anymore)
  • Rozen Maiden Finished!
  • Sensei no Ojikan Finished!
  • Tenjou Tenge (Didn’t watch none of this anime)
  • Tsukuyomi Moon Phase (Ooops, forgot to watch this anime too)
  • Ultra Maniac (Almost finished! Really!)

I’d say that overall, I’ve been pretty successful. Too bad I’ve also picked up like a billion shows too. Wait, that’s a good thing! Anime is good!

I might do a few reviews on the stuff I finished too. I also gotta start on Rozen Maiden: Traumend. Those dolls’ adventures are freakin’ addicting!

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Manga

What the world would look like if Manga was realistic

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Over at 1000.com, they’re having a photoshop contest for making normal people look like they came out of a manga. Now, I think I can say that lots of characters in manga are cute, but some of these pictures are disturbing! I guess when you apply giant eyes and pointy noses in real life, something is lost (or gained) in translation. Some of these are good, it’s just that they’re bizarre when compared to real life. They sorta look more like those grey aliens with giant eyes, which really give me the creeps.

Check out all the entries here.

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Anime First Impressions

Queen Millennia – Anime First Impressions!

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While perusing the torrents at Tokyotoshokan, I came across the first episode of an anime called "Queen Millennia." Not quite knowing what it was, I decided to go ahead and download it. It turns out that Queen Millennia is an old-school anime that came out in 1981, before I was even born! Not one to waste already used bandwidth, I decided to check it out anyway.

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Anime First Impressions

Binchou-tan: Anime First Impressions

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I usually wait for someone to fansub an anime before watching it, but Binchou-tan is an exception. There’s barely any talking in Binchou-tan, and when there is, it’s usually pretty simple Japanese. I’m going to try something new: Here’s my first sub-assistance-free anime preview!

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Anime Manga

Shoujo Manga! Girl Power!

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I did a short little write-up on my real life blog about this manga art exhibit that my Japanese class visited today. It’s called "Shoujo Manga! Girl Power!" I put it over there because it’s more of a personal blog and less of a review-esqe type thing. Anyway, if you’re interested, why not head over and check out the manga goodness?

I also got a free sampler of Shojo Beat while I was there. I might end up reviewing it if I can handle the emasculation of admitting to reading a girl’s manga. Actually, I’ve already admitted to watching Shoujo anime, so I don’t think this would be a huge revelation or anything. Damn the labels that society casts upon manga!

Speaking of manga, I also got Yotsuba& volume 2 in the mail yesterday (Yotsubato isn’t shoujo right?!)! I still haven’t really looked at it yet; school has been keeping me busy enough. I wanna read it though!

And that’s the Basugasubakuhatsu Anime Blog daily news update!

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Anime

Shakugan no Shana-tan!

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Shakugan no Shanatan shows what would happen if Shana somehow shrunk to the size of a mini-goddess. I guess this is a special feature on the Japanese DVD of Shakugan no Shana. It’s pretty much 3 minutes of pure (cute) craziness with Shana-tan sitting on Yuji’s head, eating melon-pan, sharpening her sword, drooling on Yuji’s head, and yelling "uruchai!" I think if cuteness could kill, I wouldn’t be here writing this. For some reason this episode also reminded me of Pugyuru. It’s probably just the craziness they share in common.

I really love this kind of self-referential humor. The anime takes stabs at itself and ends up with something that could really be a spinoff. Maybe not, but I’d sure as hell watch it! I can’t wait for the next installment of Shakugan no Shana-tan!

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Anime

Recent anime video playback issues…

After I had downloaded the yu fansub version of Yomigaeru Sora Rescue Wings, I had sort of a hard time opening the file. I tried the Windows Media Player first, then the BS Player. After messing with a bunch of settings, I still couldn’t get the subs to show up. I was on the AnimeSuki forums, and it seems some other people had trouble getting those subs to show as well.

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Anime First Impressions

Yomigaeru Sora Rescue Wings – Anime First Impressions

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Yomiageru Sora Rescue Wings wasn’t really high on my list of anime to watch, but since new anime are scarce, I decided to give it a chance. Plus, what else am I gonna write about?

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Anime

Sorta Weekly Poll of the Week: Anime Seiyuu, Authentic or Professional sounding?

First, the results of last week’s poll, How should Hantsuki be resolved?

Rika dies; Yuuichi is sad, yet he holds her memory dear to him 33% ( 1 )
Rika lives; Yuuichi and her get married like in the ED 0% ( 0 )
Rika dies; Yuuichi marries the chain-smoking nurse 0% ( 0 )
Rika lives; Yuuichi dies and Rika gets his heart (thanks, Elyscape!) 66% ( 2 )

Okay, so two of you said Yuuichi should die and Rika should get his heart. Now that’s a plot twist! I voted for Rika dies. Overall, kind of a sad turnout. That’s okay though, you can vote for the next poll!

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Anime

How to: Automate Anime Downloads with Azureus and RSS Feeds

Hey all!

With the new anime season out in full swing, I thought I’d write a tutorial on how to automate your anime downloads using Azureus and RSS feeds. It’s pretty simple and I’ll walk you through the process with explanations and pictures.

Once you’ve set up the RSS URLs and the filters (don’t worry if this
makes no sense yet), Azureus can automatically check sites such as
Tokyotoshokan and Animesuki for newly released episodes and download
them for you.

If you find this tutorial helpful, let me know and I’ll try to come up with some more time-saving how tos that are anime related.

Read How to: Automate Anime Downloads with Azureus and RSS Feeds.