Akemi's Anime Blog

Notes and musings about what we're currently watching, as well as goings-on in Japan. Check it out.

Welcome To The NHK Midpoint Notes

03/04/2010

Welcome to the NHK is a series that treads that tragicomic line between realistic, engaging psychodrama and situation comedy, and has me laughing hard at things that really shouldn't be funny. ...
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Ghost Talker’s Daydream Anime Notes

02/26/2010

Only watched a bit so far, but the anime adaptation of this edgy manga is, while relatively faithful, very poorly executed. ...
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What's New At The Site

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Feb. 11, 2010

In advance of next month's DVD/Blu-ray release, a hefty review of Miyazaki's latest, Ponyo.

Nov. 1, 2009

Two double reviews: Lengthy discussions of the spectacular Code Geass and its mostly-disappointing sequel R2, plus the disturbing Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan and its not-so-disappointing sequel. Also another review from reader Chainclaw, of Steamboy.

Jun. 9, 2009

New reader review from deep in the backlog of Ninja Scroll: The Series by longtime contributor Chainclaw, the first of several.

Jun. 1, 2009

New official reviews of the fun Allison and Lillia, season 1 and season 2, and the hilarious Kyouran Kazoku Nikki.

Apr. 4, 2009

New official review of Dennou Coil.

Mar. 29, 2009

New official review of Popotan and a reader review of Batman: Gotham Knight by longtime contributor Wolfwood.

Mar. 21, 2009

New official review of Shadow Star Narutaru and a reader review of Eureka Seven by Jared Prewitt. More of both to follow.

Feb. 22, 2009

Though it's been up for a few days already, we're going to give the blog thing a shot, with commentary on what we're currently watching. This isn't in place of any reviews; rather, it's making my internal notes public in the hopes some might find them interesting, plus a few side bits of commentary that didn't fit anywhere else on the site. We're also going to try and add bits of Akemi's commentary on interesting goings on in Japan, if her schedule permits. Also, since the blog is more about process than product, it makes more sense to post details with what's going on at the site there rather than here; the news feed will, thus, return to what it was in the old days, more of a brief list of changes. The blog is linked from the home page or available at blog.animeworld.com; feel free to comment if you love or hate the idea--it's a work in progress.

And on that note, two new reviews today, both of rather goofy comedies: The crazy, funny Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge and the weak Itsudatte My Santa. Also fixed the review search, which was somewhat broken.

Jan. 1, 2009

Welcome to 2009: today we celebrate AAW's tenth birthday. '08 was a rather quiet year here, and we did hope to have something a little more exciting ready for an anniversary announcement, but it's not ready yet, so oh well. Instead, just a thank you to all of the 10 million people who've visited AAW over the past decade, and a wish of a good 2009 to all.

Aug 16, 2008

New reviews! First another unexpectedly good Geneon comedy, Dokkoida?!. Second the obscure action-western Early Reins.

And third, our first two reviews to include Blu-ray info: Yukikaze and SOS Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next. We figured that, since the silly next-gen format wars finally ended it was time to get on the boat, in particular reviews of the ridiculously expensive not-quite-imports from Bandai's Honneamise label, like these two, to help you decide if it's really worth quadruple the price of the DVD for a high def version.

More stuff and reader reviews to follow in the near future.

Archive of old "what's new" things.

Industry News

News Provided by Anime News Network

Prefecture Considers Building One Piece Ship in Park

2010-03-11 at 06:14:50
Southwestern Japan's Kumamoto City is birthplace of creator Eiichiro Oda Full Article at ANN

Declines in Japan's Video, Anime Sales Slowed in 2009

2010-03-11 at 04:59:33
Overall video sales fell 4.2%; anime DVDs' dip partly offset by anime BDs' 272% jump Full Article at ANN

Mizuno Draws Faith No More Poster, Kuriyama on MTV Iggy

2010-03-10 at 23:57:00
Junko Mizuno draws concert poster; Chiaki Kuriyama's video partly streamed Full Article at ANN

Crunchyroll Ends Its Download-to-Own Service

2010-03-10 at 23:34:19
Company intends to dedicate more resources to streaming content Full Article at ANN

Amazon Halts In-House Sales of Diamond-Distributed Books (Updated)

2010-03-10 at 20:30:00
Temporary move affects all titles from Dark Horse Comics, several other publishers Full Article at ANN

Japanese Comic Ranking, March 1-7

2010-03-10 at 16:59:03
One Piece sets all-time record; Naruto, Reborn!, Bakuman, Toriko in top 5 Full Article at ANN

Funimation Comments Further on Vampire Bund Edits

2010-03-10 at 13:43:40
Streaming/broadcast to remain edited; Funimation to consider unedited DVDs Full Article at ANN

Daily Briefs

2010-03-10 at 07:57:28
• Gundam 00 Film's Official Title, New Character Revealed
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gets Stage Play in 2011
• New Bleach No Longer Slated for April on Adult Swim

Otomo's Hipira Vampire Anime Made into 3D TV Footage

2010-03-10 at 07:20:50
Hipira-kun shown on Panasonic's stereoscopic 3D Viera TV at Tokyo Anime Fair Full Article at ANN

Ketsu-Inu Web Manga Gets Flash Anime TV Shorts

2010-03-10 at 03:12:25
Lifestyle Tsunoda's story about dog-like creature with face shaped like buttocks Full Article at ANN