Like many people, I spent a little money on Sentai’s recent Spring Sale… They always have great bargains on DVD’s and BD’s. When the box dropped on my doorstep yesterday, I decided to try something new – shooting a series of unboxing photographs.
How did it turn out? Hit the jump and find out!
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The fans have spoken and we have listened! The results of the first ever WordPress Anime Awards are in!
Honestly, I’m surprised and pleased at the broad range of shows represented. Some were the ones I suspected, others were a bit of a surprise… But it does show that anime fandom isn’t monolithic and does like a broad variety.
Of course, it goes without saying that I’m pleased the fans recognized Yorimoi! :)
Anyhow, check ’em out and let me know your thoughts down in the comments!
Hello everybody,
What better way to start the year then with a look back, or more precisely the results of the first ever anime awards that were held on WordPress. After a careful selection by a wonderful group of performers: Cactus Matt, Derek Lyons, Marthaurion, Matt Doyle, Jon Spencer, Karandi, Star & Luna, BiblioNyan, Lethargic Ramblings, Ano Nora, Ty-chama, Mech Anime Reviews, itsaanimething, and myself, our intrepid ringmaster the great and wonderful Ayano presented all the categories to you in this amazing post. After that all of you voted for your favorites for which we all thank you so much! But alas, the carnival closed at the stroke of midnight on december the 31st 2018. However, the carnival has one last trick up it’s sleave, and that’s presenting you with the results of your votes. Before…
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Should be working on my weekly post today, but I’m inspired by a comment last week by reader Wingking.
Sure, sure, it’s a widely held opinion that the upcoming Winter season seems to be lacking a little bit. But is it all bad? Let’s look back a year, shall we?
This time last year we’d seen a ton of Ghibli in theaters thanks to Ghiblifest and a local arthouse theatre having a long run of Ghibli in subbed 70mm prints. It was especially cool to see the ones in subbed 70mm prints, the format they were originally designed for. Even though we’d seen them all before, it was nice to see them in a theatre.
We’d also seen two first run anime films, Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale and the incomparable Your Name.
Now, let’s fast forward a year. We’ve seen Mary and the Witch’s Flower, A Silent Voice, and Night is Short, Walk on Girl. (All three first run.) We’ve also seen (for the first time) the classic Perfect Blue. (The last two within the last month!) The really cool part was that all four came to my local theatre way out on the rim of civilization.
What also inspired this post was sitting down and working on my calendar for the next few months… Next week we get to see My Hero Academia: Two Heroes. In November we get to see the much anticipated Liz and the Blue Bird. In December, we’re going to see Mirai… Three first (US) run anime movies in three months! Yeah, we’ll have to drive a bit to see all three, but no biggie.
So, let’s raise our glasses! Kampai! It truly is a good time to be an anime fan.
(Update: How could I forget A Silent Voice?)
Over on 100 Words Anime, Karandi was asked:
Inquiring Minds Want To Know #11
Question: If you were to go on an adventure which involves fighting monsters in order to save someone important to you or to seek some great treasures, who are the anime characters who you’d love to accompany you and why? Also, what kind of ability do you want to have to defeat monsters?
– Mei
Surprisingly, this took more thought than I would have expected… It turns out a well balanced party drawn from anime characters isn’t as easy as you might think.
The traditional place for recruiting party members is the local tavern. I sometimes picture the Apprentice Mages Lounge as a kind of gathering spot, so since we’re in the right place – so hit the jump and let’s see who I’d recruit. Then let me know who you’d pick.
(But let’s avoid that shady looking character in the corner…)
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It’s that time of year again! Crunchyroll is asking us, the users and viewers, to choose what anime are worthy of awards in a large span of categories. I thought I’d write up what I’m voting for and why for your amusement.
Hit the jump, and let’s dive right in! Continue reading “My notes & votes – the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2018 – part 1/3”
We interrupt our regularly scheduled weekly post to bring you breaking news!
A local blogger has hit a significant milestone! Hit the jump for more information!
I’ve always liked teams more than I like solo heroes… So when Karandi posed the question – who ya gonna call?, my thoughts turned towards assembling a team of anime characters.
So, who would I call? What characters would I choose to form a dream team to face a threat to the anime multiverse? Hit the jump and find out!
Some while back, there was a meme going around on Twitter where folks were listing off their top ten anime episodes. I decided to make a full entry here at the Lounge instead, and somewhere along the line it morphed from favorite episodes into mostly favorite scenes. So it goes I guess, once you start writing you never know where the Muse will lead you.
Anyhow, hit the jump and take a look. Let me know what your favorite episodes and scenes are down in the comments!
Last night, we were watching the latest episode of Saekano and the figures on the shelf behind Tomoya’s shoulders caught my eye. Because I’m currently avoiding the writing I should be doing, I took screenshots of them and identified all but one…. To make an excuse for wasting the time, I wrote up a blog post! :) :)
Anyone care to chime in and identify the Figure In Red?
Mystery solved thanks to WingKing!
In which your humble correspondent travels to Seattle, enjoys the festival, and runs errands in the Big City. (Warning – picture heavy!)
Apprentice Mages Lounge. 