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| What’s Your Anime Guilty Pleasure? |
| Published: February 22, 2008, 8:32 am |
| Tags: Polls, Anime, Anime Blog, Anime Blogs, Anime Guilty Pleasure, Anime Poll, Anime Polls, Anime Questionnaires, Anime Questions, Anime Sites |
| I don’t know about you, but I choose not to openly advertise certain aspects of my fandom. There are some things I don’t go on and on about since I feel slightly ashamed of them. These are my anime guilty pleasures. What’s an anime guilty pleasure? It’s the things some of us have [...] |
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| Anime Releases for March 2008 |
| Published: March 5, 2008, 7:55 am |
| Tags: Anime News, Anime, Anime 2008, Anime Blog, Anime Blogs, Anime Films, Anime March 2008, Anime Release Dates, Anime Releases, Anime Releases 2008, Anime Releases March, Anime Releases March 2008, Anime Series, Anime Sites |
| ADV Films ADVFilms.com March 10, 2008 UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie Season 2 Collection (Thinpak) - 370 min March 11, 2008 Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy Vol. #6 - 100 min Five Centimeters Per Second - 65 min Kanon Vol. #3 - 100 min March 18, 2008 Project Blue Earth SOS Vol. #2 (also w/box) - 90 min Venus Versus Virus Vol. #3 - 100 min March |
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| Spiral, Complete Series |
| Published: March 4, 2008, 9:31 am |
| Tags: Anime Reviews, Anime, Anime Blog, Anime Blogs, Anime Dvds, Anime Episodes, Anime Movies, Anime Ova, Anime Ovas, Anime Reviews, Anime Series, Anime Sites, Anime Websites, Funimation, Spiral, Spiral Anime, Spiral Anime Reviews, Spiral Anime Series, Spiral Reviews, Viridian Co |
| Mystery anime is a genre I haven’t watched much of. Not that I’m averse to it, just I haven’t found any which make sense or seem believable. Spiral, the anime, is a mystery anime based off the manga by Kyou Shirodaira. The manga was first inked in 2000 with fifteen volumes being produced. [...] |
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| Witchblade, Volume Five |
| Published: March 25, 2008, 9:10 am |
| Tags: Anime Reviews, Aniem, Anime Blogs, Anime Reviews, Anime Sites, Gonzo, Witchblade Anime, Witchblade Anime Review, Witchblade Review, Witchblade The Anime, Witchblade The Anime Volume Five, Witchblade The Anime Volume Five Review, Witchblade Volume Five Anime |
| to the series, giving the anime more layers of depth. It’s actually pretty phenomenal how everything in this anime has massively changed. Production Dale Kweon did the cover art for Volume Five of Witchblade. The way he portrayed Maria is dead on. She looks just as intense in his artwork as she does in the anime. Conclusion Despite |
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| Calling All Anime Fans! Help Record our Fandom with the Fan History Wiki Project! |
| Published: March 24, 2008, 10:22 am |
| Tags: Anime News, Anime Fan History, Anime Fan History Wiki, Anime Fan History Wikipedia, Anime Fandom, Anime History, Anime Sites, Anime Wiki, Anime Wikipedia, Fan History Wiki, Fan History Wiki Project, Fan History Wikipedia, Manga Fan History, Wiki, Wikipedia |
| you an anime fan who’s involved with the anime fandom? Do you have valuable knowledge of the medium that must be preserved for the ages? Can you take a few minutes out of your life to record instances of our fan history? If you answered yes to any of these question, the new wiki project, Fan History, wants you to lend a hand in |
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| Origin: Spirits of the Past |
| Published: March 19, 2008, 10:01 am |
| Tags: Anime Reviews, Anime, Anime Blog, Anime Blogs, Anime Dvds, Anime Episodes, Anime Movies, Anime Ova, Anime Ovas, Anime Reviews, Anime Series, Anime Sites, Anime Websites, Funimation, Gin Iro No Kami No Agito, Japanese Origin Movie, Origin Anime, Origin Anime Movie, Origin A |
| which could have given the anime a sharper focus and clarity. Truly great anime all have that focus which make them more than anime and more than entertainment. But Origins is only a good anime and merely entertaining; perhaps that’s all it ever wished to be. Rating Origins: Spirits of the Past gets 3 outta 4 Hammies! Retail Info |
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| School Rumble, Volume Six |
| Published: April 2, 2008, 9:37 am |
| Tags: Anime Reviews, Anime, Anime Blog, Anime Blogs, Anime Dvds, Anime Episodes, Anime Movies, Anime Ova, Anime Ovas, Anime Reviews, Anime Series, Anime Sites, Anime Websites, School Rumble, School Rumble 6, School Rumble Anime, School Rumble Anime Reviews, School Rumble Anime |
| back and looking at the anime as a whole, School Rumble is a great series. It’s funny, touching, human, weird, dramatic and all together entertaining. The anime has a touch of randomness which keeps each episode fresh. Yet it also has the feeling of a romantic comedy, so it resolves issues and story lines which come up in previous |
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| Death Note, Volume One |
| Published: March 31, 2008, 8:51 am |
| Tags: Anime Reviews, Anime, Anime Blog, Anime Blogs, Anime Dvds, Anime Episodes, Anime Movies, Anime Ova, Anime Ovas, Anime Reviews, Anime Series, Anime Sites, Anime Websites, Death Note, Death Note Anime, Death Note Anime Reviews, Death Note Anime Volume One, Death Note Anime |
| the visual nature of the anime and becomes more subtle. In the manga, I could grasp the development almost immediately. The pacing and development in the anime have a different flavor than the manga, just by it being anime. The shift is interesting and gives the anime more depth. Character Design Character designs adhered well to the |
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| Anime Insider 55 |
| Published: March 27, 2008, 9:31 am |
| Tags: Anime News, Anime, Anime Blog, Anime Blogs, Anime Insider 2008, Anime Insider 55, Anime Insider May, Anime Insider May 2008, Anime Magazines, Anime Sites, Anime Websites |
| Geass Manga Preview - An Anime Insider preview of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Here are a few articles to check out too! Mentions 5 Reasons You’ll Love: Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time Last Man Standing: Tachikoma versus Mr. Pink J.R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. - Spring anime conventions full of live J-rock performances © |
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| Ninja Nonsense: The Legend of Shinobu, Volume Two |
| Published: April 9, 2008, 10:05 am |
| Tags: Anime Reviews, Anime, Anime Podcasts, Anime Reviews, Anime Sites, Anime Websites, Ninja Nonsense, Ninja Nonsense Anime Reviews, Ninja Nonsense Reviews, Ninja Nonsense Volume Two |
| Widescreen © 2008 TheAnimeBlog.com (http://www.theanimeblog.com). (digitalfingerprint: |
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| Aquarion, Boxset One, Podcast |
| Published: April 8, 2008, 9:33 am |
| Tags: Anime Reviews, Podcasts, Anime, Anime Podcasts, Anime Reviews, Anime Sites, Anime Websites, Aquarion, Aquarion Anime, Aquarion Reviews |
| the founding members of The Anime Blog, have finally gotten together to record a podcast. The two of us have been watching anime together for over ten years and have both developed strong, differing opinions on the matter. From now on, David is going to have his say in complete series reviews. Since we rarely agree on what makes anime good, bad |
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| xxxHolic, Volume One |
| Published: April 7, 2008, 10:01 am |
| Tags: Anime Reviews, Anime, Anime Podcasts, Anime Reviews, Anime Sites, Anime Websites, Holic Anime, Xxxholic, Xxxholic Anime, Xxxholic Anime Reviews, Xxxholic Reviews, Xxxholic Volume One |
| Night Dream. While the anime didn’t disappoint, it wasn’t as grand as I thought it would be. I think I actually did the series a disservice by watching the movie before the anime since the movie had all sorts of bells and whistles. The series is watered down in comparison, but is nonetheless highly entertaining. The pacing so |
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| Anime Insider Magazine Issue 56, May 2008 |
| Published: April 22, 2008, 9:16 am |
| Tags: Anime News, Anime, Anime Blog, Anime Blogs, Anime Insider, Anime Insider Magazine, Anime Sites |
| Anime Insider, issue 56 (May 2008) is now out. In this issue, the biggest spoiler of all was revealed in the Death Note article - which really, really ticked off Rachel. So be very, very cautious! On the bright side, there’s a great article called ‘Viva La Revoltech’, which covers the latest new on Kaiyodo’s incredible |
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| Glass Fleet, Volume Five |
| Published: April 17, 2008, 10:08 am |
| Tags: Anime Reviews, Anime, Anime Blog, Anime Blogs, Anime Review Sites, Anime Reviews, Anime Series, Anime Sites, Glass Fleet, Glass Fleet Anime, Glass Fleet Reviews |
| If this is what the anime was about all along, what the hell was I watching to begin with? Where was the foreshadowing? Why did I have to see the Revolution Army fight four volumes worth of war, only to have the entire idea of nobles and war swatted aside as being inconsequential? The studio could have easily switched ideas towards the |
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| Black Blood Brothers, Volume Two |
| Published: April 16, 2008, 10:10 am |
| Tags: Anime Reviews, Add New Tag, Anime, Anime Blog, Anime Blogs, Anime Review Sites, Anime Reviews, Anime Series, Anime Sites, Black Blood Brothers, Black Blood Brothers Anime, Black Blood Brothers Reviews |
| to the fresh appeal of the anime. Vampires in this world are almost human, but follow their own code and formalities. They can even walk during the day, but will dissolve (not die) in water. They don’t turn human victims into vampires with just a bite, either. To the contrary, humans get quite a rise out of being bitten. It’s the |
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