What a way to start the year! Bye-bye fillers; hello 1 hour special. And yes, Shinichi is here. This is basically Part 1 of the arc that started in chapter 648 of the manga. 1. Shadow stabs picture of Shinichi. 2. Heiji received letter that claims one of Shinichi’s deductions from years ago was [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Detective Conan 521: Kudo Shinichi’s Homicide (1 hour special)
Posted in detective conan, tagged anime, case closed, detective conan on January 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
DreamWorks Animation for How to Train Your Dragon
Posted in middle grade, tagged america ferrera, Cressida Cowell, DreamWorks, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, How to Ride a Dragon's Storm, middle grade, movie on January 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
DreamWorks to animate Cressida Cowell’s How to Train Your Dragon? America Ferrera of Ugly Betty fame is voicing one of the characters? Major YAY! 2010, I can’t wait! A closer look at the DreamWorks News section (as below)? Er… Huh? Astrid is… who? Fishlegs is… what? I hope it’s just a typo, but what is going on? [...]
Detective Conan Chapter 678: Akai?
Posted in detective conan, tagged akai, case closed, detective conan, manga on January 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Finally. So, we get… 1. Jodie-sensei gets all excited about seeing Akai again (so do I, but at the prospect of a nice long Black Org arc), even though this Akai has lost all powers of speech. 2. The bank robbers (five in total) confiscate all the mobiles (though not Akai’s, because, as Jodie-sensei explains, he’s [...]
Anime theory: Happiness against Production Goodness
Posted in anime theory on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Watching Minami-Ke: Okaeri has finally made me understand the following: See the full version here. Screenshots along the scale are from Gintama, Toradora, Lucky Star OVA, Saint Seiya Hades and Higurashi.
Akikan! 02
Posted in assorted anime series, tagged akikan!, anime on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Najimi-sama S-mode ON! Now that the chara intro is on hiatus, Akikan! picks up a little, and there were a few amusing moments in this episode. What happens… 1. Kakeru’s flashback, which later turns out to be from an incident two years ago where Najimi got kidnapped and he managed to wrestle the gun from [...]
When an otaku reads Twilight
Posted in ya, tagged anime, bleach, books, death note, hellsing, hot gimmick, howl's moving castle, manga, shoujo, twilight, ya on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It took me over a year to read the first 50 odd pages of Twilight. What can I say? I prefer male leads who aren’t described so often as ‘perfect’ and chemistry based on more than what enters his nostrils. I also prefer female leads who pass the Howl’s Test: would I still like her [...]
Akikan! 01
Posted in assorted anime series, tagged akikan!, anime on January 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I was one of the few who tried to defend Akikan! when the summary came out. The story revolves around a typical high school boy named Kakeru Daichi and the can of melon juice soda that he bought from a vending machine. The can suddenly transforms into a beautiful but standoffish girl that Kakeru nicknames [...]
