Monthly Archives: November 2006

It’s War! Film at Eleven…

War has broken out in the otakusphere, as Anime Desho Deshou? has called for the eradication of Riuva. UN mediators are standing by to eat caviar and issue lengthy statements praising the willingness of both sides to talk, while the … Continue reading

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Order In

Well, I decided I’d better get Vandred before it was completely unavailable.  Unfortunately, Robert was sold out of disk 3 and 4, so I poked around on Ebay until I found a complete collection (Series I & II) for sale … Continue reading

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It Just Seems Slow

Well, until the last couple of days, it was pretty slow on the fansub front, but the real issue with posting is that I was spending this weekend either at the doc’s, getting an x-ray (checkup) or playing Magic: The … Continue reading

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Hurry Up, Already!

Don sends this bit of good news: Negotiations are underway with several companies for the R1 rights to Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. The entire package; manga, novels, & animé, may be licensed here, to one company or several. (See 11/6/06 … Continue reading

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Code Geass, Lelouche of the Rebellion (Anime Fansubs XIV)

There is no Japan. There is only Area 11. If that line sounds familiar, you have a long memory. Some early reviewers complained about the anglophobia of this series. I’ve ingored it, as it’s is less in evidence through each … Continue reading

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Some Lovin’ For the Forgotten Haremettes

Well, Riuva went and posted a question at his blog: Which girl do you favor to win the guy in this season’s harem animés? One problem. He dissed several series by omitting them. Now I don’t have a very large … Continue reading

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Three Animé Series, One Confused Blogger

Wonderduck had a comment on a prior post about liking Crescent Love, which I’ve been bagging on pretty harshly lately. It got me to thinking about why, because he sees the exact same things I do: one overused cliché after … Continue reading

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