Archives for October 2009

My 100 favorite anime characters (70 – 61)

Continuing the countdown of my 100 favorite anime characters in commemoration of my ten years as a fan, here are characters 70 to 61. As I’m doing these lists, I still find myself second guessing on the order, even after I’ve completed them. I could probably spend a long time contemplating how much I like some of these characters more than others, but I have to decide on an order eventually…

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Taiga wins Saimoe 2009

I missed my chance at celebrating Kagami’s win last year, but now I will celebrate this year with a galore of Taiga pictures…

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Teaching an anime class to elementary school kids

By a stroke of luck during my job hunt about a month ago, I came across an available position that combines my two favorite subjects; Japanese and anime…

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My 100 favorite anime characters (80 – 71)

Continuing the countdown of my 100 favorite anime characters, here are characters 80 to 71…

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Your “inner child” and indulgence in fantasy

I wasn’t sure how to start this relatively personal post. I figured the below quote would be a good way (and yes, I will relate it to anime)…

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My 100 favorite anime characters (90 – 81)

Celebrating my ten years of anime fandom, I’m counting down my current 100 favorite anime characters. Here’s 90 to 81…

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First impressions of the fall ’09 anime

The premiere week of the fall 2009 anime series is just about over, so I thought I’d offer my opinion on the ones I’ve checked out so far…

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Ten years as a fan: My 100 favorite anime characters (100 – 91)

It was approximately ten years ago, in the latter half of 1999, when I first discovered what anime was and started on the path to becoming the major fan that I am today. Even though I’ve only had cable TV and high-speed Internet for less than five of those ten years, I’ve managed to watch over 200 anime titles as of today.

Wanting to do something a little special to celebrate my decade of fandom, I was inspired by Digital Boy from Fuzakenna! to count down my top 100 favorite anime characters…

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Thoughts on The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya movie announcement

Everybody’s probably heard about this already from other sources, but just thought I’d offer my opinion…

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Inuyasha: The Final Act first impressions

Five years after the 167-episode Inuyasha series finished airing in Japan, and one year after Rumiko Takahashi finished the manga, we finally have a new Inuyasha anime that will finish the famous feudal fairy tale…

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