Monthly Archives: February 2008

Yotsunoha (OAV) – Pseudo-Lolis with kansai-ben are fine too!

By Impz | Published: February 29, 2008

As I was browsing through the links for Hatenkou Yuugi, I found a mysterious anime that I have not seen before. Since I am born with the curiosity of a cat, I decide to check out what it is. It turns out that it is Yotsunoha, an original anime video adapted from a PC H-game [...]

Posted in Assorted Anime Reviews | 24 Comments

A first hand look at an “amateur’s visual novel” – Hisashiburi’s project SVN

By Impz | Published: February 28, 2008

I like lolis. Green haired preferably but purple haired lolis are fine too. It is perhaps by sheer chance that I stumbled upon the blog named Hisashiburi. It is definitely a welcome change from most of the common anime blogs that I see all the time. When I mean all the time, it is the tried [...]

Posted in Artwork | 12 Comments

The origins of the spring onion song.

By Impz | Published: February 27, 2008

Fine, they are not the spring onion gang but a group called Loituma. Their song is called “Ieva’s polka”. I never knew they are the original singers of this strangely addictive song until now. I am sure that there are a few blur people like me who did not know this original group as well. [...]

Posted in Random Stuff | 14 Comments

Gundam 00 – 20: Blumenkrieg

By Crusader | Published: February 27, 2008

Yay, Soma is back! February 23, 2308 the long awaited Allied counter offensive had begun with the lifting of the Siege of Guangzhou. While factions within Celestial Being had been offering limited aid to the Allied Powers they were not yet fully under their control. While Grofaz Corner was already counting his chickens before they [...]

Posted in Current, Gundam 00 | 16 Comments

We hit our 1000th entry! A little ode to Close the world and Open the next.

By Impz | Published: February 26, 2008

After a whole week of inactivity to settle my accommodation and air tickets to Lisbon and Los Angeles, I popped into the administration only to find a very strange sight. Two days ago, we hit 1000 posts with Calawain’s entry on Mai Otome. I wanted to steal all the glory from everyone by making this [...]

Posted in Editorials | 30 Comments

Manga Bites: Shinseiki Evangelion – Gakuen Datenroku

By Extrange | Published: February 25, 2008

I wouldn’t be surprised if Shinji shoots his head and summons Eva-01… This was the year of ‘96. I barely had entered my teen years and the only decent stuff on public TV was Samurai X (Rurouni Kenshin) and animes like Tenchi Muyo and Lost Galaxy. Then, without any kind of advertizing, [...]

Posted in Manga Reviews | 17 Comments

Saiunkoku Monogatari II Episode 37 – “目は心の鏡”

By Impz | Published: February 25, 2008

After the recap episode explains Ryuuki’s history as an emperor (I make it sound like he is no longer the emperor of Saiunkoku, heh!), this episode goes back to the main story. For a short recap, Ryuuki collapsed right in front of the temple from exhaustion and the high altitudes. What will happen when [...]

Posted in Saiunkoku Monogatari II | 20 Comments