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Jul. 04/2009 Anime News: Hanamaru Kindergarten PV (Update1)

2009/07/04 12:59 | Posted by muhootsaver
- Hanamaru Kindergarten PV: HERE
0_0 At AnimeExpo, Hanamaru Kindergarten PV has been aired(The one they advertised as Gainax X Mizushima before). They were showing all these heavy themed anime to introduce Gainax, Square Enix and Mizushima, so it was a little awkward how they showed Hanamaru Kindergarten PV right after those ^^;;

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- Kanamemo screenshots: HERE

- GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class screenshots: HERE
Click pictures to enlarge them. Kanamemo looks good but I'm really attracted by GA art style. Thanks to some blur works here and there(like on hair shade) it looks very unique. Kinda feels like CG illustration. ^^ I wonder if GA will get Blu-ray release? I heard Avex hasn't put out any Blu-ray yet so I'm not really expecting much...
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Jul. 3/2009 Anime News: Bakemonogatari Blu-ray (Update2)

2009/07/04 00:19 | Posted by muhootsaver
- Taishou Yakyuu Musume Blu-ray confirmed.
Scheduled for Oct. 7. 2 episodes in the first volume. 6825yen

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- Evangelion 1.01 DVD this fall, 1.11 DVD/BD 2010 Spring by Funimation

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- Bakemonogatari Blu-ray confirmed
7,350 yen, with an artbox and CD. Sept 30
It'll be nice if they webcast it. I heard ep14 and 15 will be uploaded for free though.

- Dance in the Vampire Bund anime adaption confirmed.

- Nyankoi! official homepage renewal: HERE
uh... not sure if I like the character design...
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Jul. 2/2009 Anime News: Durarara! Anime confirmed

2009/07/03 11:23 | Posted by muhootsaver
- I was just about to update it as "rumor" but it just got confirmed. Durarara!, light novel by Narita Ryougo(Baccano!) anime adaption is confirmed.

- Shakugan no Shana OVA confirmed

- Yumeiro Patishieru anime adaption confirmed.
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Open case/80's

[R1] Yawara! Set 1 (ep1~40)

2009/07/02 14:30 | Posted by muhootsaver
This is Yawara!, one of the famous Urasawa Naoki's work. This is first of the 3 boxsets.

<Click pictures to enlarge them. Click arrows to see more pics>

AnimEigo usually release old school stuff that's often considered impossible to release in North America. Because of that, price is a little higher than others (unless you wait for sale) and package looks crappy. However, this time, package looks MUCH better especially if you compare it with Urusei Yatsura package. They are still using screenshots to make covers so it's not that great but I did like things like screenshots mosaic picture(You can combine the inside covers to make a picture of Jigoro throwing Yawara) and 70pg (not counting the covers) booklet. It has all the cultural notes that will help you enjoy the series more. I do admire the effort. However, I hate how long it takes for them to release stuff. I heard the second boxset might not come out this year after all.

Apparently they used remastered region 2 source but it doesn't look that great. Bitrate seems fine and I don't think the problem lies on the encoding. I'm guessing the source itself wasn't that great in the first place. Also, my expectation these days is high, thanks to Blu-ray video quality, so you have to take that into account.

Anyways, now I need to wait for VIZ to release Monster... yet another show that's into my "must buy" list.
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Small Talk/07.2009

Jul. 2/2009 Small Talk: About all the images uploaded on my blog

2009/07/02 14:04 | Posted by muhootsaver
I have erased all the images uploaded on my blog in Impression/News/Small Talk Categories. For recent impression postings, Aoi Hana ep1 and Saki ep12, I have replaced the images with the ones uploaded for episode summary on the official homepage and added the link to the website. If I want to strictly follow the copyright law, I think I really should get the permission first, but I think getting a permission to post few images for impression postings really is going too far, and without images, postings looked WAY TOO BORING, so this was temporary solution. I'm "assuming" that it is okay to use those images as I believe the purpose of those images are to introduce the episode. I have erased some old posts as I just didn't have enough energy to take care all of them.

Really, even famous Japanese bloggers use mag pics and anime screenshots without any problem but as I have decided to avoid any copyright law infringement, I did what I can. That said... I really do kinda feel that this is stupid and waste of my time... -_-

Oh well, this way, I can be assured that visitors to my blog will decrease even more. Haha... ha... a... orz..
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