THAT Animeblog

Well, it seems for some reason that Modicus causes a total 500 internal server error when we try to revert to it, so you have an old-school styled theme, aka fspring, (when we first started) for the blog. Obviously, it might not be as awesome as our last theme, but I am quite sure that this intermittent blog theme will please everyone before we work on the current theme to make it look awesome.

Of course, we might take into a certain blogger’s suggestion for a new blog theme, but for now, we will work with the tons of constructive criticism for our “new” theme. Thanks! Now, I will get back to doing the translation for Gente 3 because my girlfriend is annoying me about more Gente chapters!

You can probably tell that we have made a major change from our previous blog template. So, the most important for us right now is to get your feedback, because we always want to see if there are any plausible changes we can make to improve your blog reading experience. We do have to admit that we might not be able to incorporate everything that you mention, but we try our best to see if it makes sense!

Anyway, give your feedback please!

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It’s here once again. Do check out the official first entry of the awards. We need your feedback and help in this second installation of the ABA to make it bigger, better and more enjoyable. Have fun and keep up with the updates on the blog! We need your brains!

Thanks to Mellow Bunny, THAT will soon have a new spanking professional blog design that will be hopefully completed by the end of the year (just in time for the winter season). This was the conversation that went on after he agreed to design the blog for us.

Bunny: that reminds me does that have an official logo?
Impz: no mascot
Impz: no logo
Impz: i want logo
Impz: green haired loli thanks
Bunny: lol

Seemingly reading my mind, Crusader messaged me the following on IM as well.

Impz: and THAT will have a logo/mascot soon
Impz: \o/ we are joining the hip boys like riuva, animesuki and DC.com!
Crusader: not Ranka
Crusader: no never sorry
Crusader: she failed me

Due to our stumped discussion, we need your creativity to describe the type of mascot THAT should have. If I have my way (according to Crusader), I will make it a green haired loli which makes it kind of ordinary and boring. Hence, I prefer to borrow your brains to decide. Thanks!

Office of Accountability (Crusader)

Impz is quoting out of context to be a drama queen again, so to set the record straight Ranka is Shin’s waifu former waifu who parted after a bitter divorce and as such it would not be in our best interests to go and try and accept Ranka. While I am sure the jealous Malaysian commando is no threat to me, Shin’s proximity to Impz coupled with Impz’s lackluster combat prowess well… In any case I motion for something unique and mecha.

Behold! Panzer-san (by Anonymous) ready to find the All Spark.

Imploration of “Please make it simple!” (Lupus)

I’m sure you would all love something MOE and AWESOME and EXCITING, and if Crusader is to have his way, MECHANICAL. But dear sirs and madams, I beg you to listen to my plea. Impz plans on making me draw this mascot. ME! I suck at drawing, I don’t know where Impz got the idea that I can draw anything you guys can come up with. I can’t. I can probably draw a quadrilateral. Or a circle, if you give me a compass.

So, I implore you, ladies and gentlemen, to choose this: O. That’s right. A circle. The mascot of T.H.A.T. is to be a simple, rounded circle.

Failing that, I could draw Mahou Shoujo Impz with his magical staff Raising Rake.

With a full accessory of bloggers in T.H.A.T anime blog, we are introducing a few new features to the blog to make it more user-friendly for our new and old readers of THAT. First up is definitely the twitter tool on the sidebar. Despite its origins for emo-chicks talking about their sad life in livejournal, we are using twitter to update our readers on our viewing thoughts and snippets. In addition, get ready for a new section to be created in this blog where we will have an editorial piece on an unconfirmed day every week to diversify the content in the blog.

We will also be having more random anime information/games/fanwork during the weekdays for a varied content across the board. Moreover, we finally updated our banners! No more TRAP banner for good justice.

After 3 weeks, we are proud to finalize the list of animes that we will be blogging here in THAT. This is our final list excluding Prince, as he has not finalized the series he is going to blog as yet. You can also check out the list on our topbar, under Fall 2008 list. This will serve as a good starting point for readers to check out all the series we are blogging.

In addition on behalf for all of THAT’s bloggers, I thank all the writers who applied for the vacancy in THAT a few days ago. We have been pleasantly surprised at the overwhelming response, and the high quality of writing made it hard for us to decide on one writer. Hence, thank you all for making the effort, and we hope that you will continue to support us when we do open up more vacancies in the future. Let’s hope not though, since vacancies will mean that someone in the blog has left for greener pastures.

We have also updated our blogroll with some new blogs. Do check them out when you are free. In all, I hope that you will be happy with the variety of series that we will be covering this coming season. Cheers and hope to hear your comments in the various series!

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Just to make sure I am not making any point here.

Gathering from the feedback of various commentators, I have decided on the series that I will hold on to the very end.

First choice: Ga Rei Zero

Verdict: Until it screws itself up, which is generally likely (the skeptic speaking in me), I am staying with this pretty awesome show. A heads up for Sacchi for pointing that show out to me. I wouldn’t have watched it if people did not mention it.

Back up choice: To Aru Majutsu no Index

Verdict: This was not in my plans, but I might just as well blog it since many of you are interested in swooning over Index, you pervert lolicons (yes, generalization is the new cool in blogging etiquette). I will give Ga Rei Zero a chance to slip up in Episode 3 to see if I should blog Index instead of Ga Rei Zero.

Back up choice 2: Mouryo no Hako

Verdict: This would probably be my first choice, if only I understand the subtleties in the series. It’s so freaking confusing. It makes itself hard to blog when I technically understand 95% of all dialogue and yet understand only 20% of what is going on. It’s way too deep for a superficial me. I cannot even start trying.

Back up 3: Kuroshitsuji

Verdict: Too busy, but I think RV is committing herself to this series. Hopefully she does.

Thanks for your feedback!