Archives for 2009

Kannagi desktop accessories

A Kannagi desktop clock, calendar, icons, o-mamori charm, and a chibi Nagi running around my screen…

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Amusing Japan videos

For want of a better post to write today, here are some cute, funny, and/or disturbing Japan videos that I’ve come across on YouTube over the years…

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My 100 favorite anime characters (10 – 1)

We’ve finally reached the last installment of my 100 favorite character countdown that I started almost a month ago. After a lot of second guessing, image/video searching, and brain-wracking, it’s finally done. I had a lot of fun with these posts despite them being a bit repetitive at times. Anyway, onto the characters of this series that you’re probably most interested in – my top 10 favorites…

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The strangeness and ambiguity of love in anime

From what I’ve observed in the many anime titles I’ve watched over the years, the concept of love, especially compared to most Western TV shows and movies, is much more ambiguous, and sometimes downright strange…

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My 100 favorite anime characters (20 – 11)

Continuing the countdown of my 100 favorite anime characters, here are characters 20 to 11. Almost at the end…

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Happy Halloween from MAY! (plus some anime Halloween images)

Anime Halloween pictures are harder to come by than Christmas ones, but here are some I’ve come across over the years…

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Mainichi Anime Yume’s 3rd year anniversary

I don’t know where my mind was a month ago but I had completely forgotten that Mainichi Anime Yume’s anniversary is October 1st. So yeah, here’s the month late post celebrating MAY’s 3rd year anniversary…

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My 100 favorite anime characters (30 – 21)

Continuing the countdown of my 100 favorite anime characters, here are characters 30 to 21…

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Haruhi Suzumiya English version novels review

Yen Press and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers released the official English version of the first Haruhi Suzumiya light novel, “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya,” in April of this year. Volume 2, “The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya,” recently came out earlier this month. I’ve purchased and read both of them, so I figured it’s time for a review…

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My 100 favorite anime characters (40 – 31)

Continuing the countdown of my 100 favorite anime characters, here are characters 40 to 31…

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