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Publishing idiocy

December 16, 2007 – 23:26

When Tokyopop announced Slayers, Kino no Tabi and Scrapped Princess my interest was piqued: even more when I read about Seikai no Monsho. After getting what was available (three volumes of Scrapped Princess, the whole Seikai no Monsho trilogy and the single volume of Kino no Tabi) I waited for the rest. Read More »

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Blast from the past: Akihabara Denno Gumi PataPi!

November 11, 2007 – 22:30

The cover

After a long time I’ve finally got hold (thanks, Melissa) of Akihabara Denno Gumi PataPi!, that is the manga version of Akihabara Denno Gumi (or Cyber Team in Akihabara, if you prefer): some of you may even remember a rather sparse description on this very page when it was still devoted to ADG (almost eight years ago, time flies…).

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Clannad 1

October 14, 2007 – 14:48

Straight out of my anime backlog, I watched the first episode of Clannad. I don’t know much about the original name (save for the time it took to be released), but I knew that the animation studio who did this series was Kyoto Animation (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Air, Kanon and Lucky Star).

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Prism Ark 1

October 13, 2007 – 16:52

From the already large backlog of new series, I recently watched the first episode of Prism Ark, an anime adaptation of the H-Game PRISM ARK ~ PRISM HEART II ~ by Pajamas Soft (I wonder how some Japanese companies get to choose their names…). It is being directed by Masami Obari, who did Dancougar Nova the last season.

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