Monthly Archives: November 2006

Magical Girl Stoical Testarossa A’s

A few commenters in my post on the first season of Nanoha said that they preferred A’s. It’s not hard to see why as A’s ramps up the shounen battles while preserving major elements of the previous season such as … Continue reading

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In Praise of Yuko Goto

Aya Hirano has many fans and it’s well deserved. She’s young, pretty and the way she transitions from her normal squeaky voice to ‘Damesho, Hamada-san’ is just ooooh-la-la. However, this post is to sing the praises of Yuko Goto who … Continue reading

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Geneon to release Hellsing Ultimate DVD Vol.1 on 5 Dec

Took me a few seconds to realize that the email (informing me about the release and asking this blog to spread the word) was from Geneon’s advertising company rather than their legal team. Phew. So this is a bit of … Continue reading

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Maritan Concentration Drill Vol.2

Found out of this hearing CD (with book) when Omni mentioned it in passing. Basically it masquerades as an English learning aid but is really a parody of militarism. Unfortunately Vol. 1 is out of stock via Hobby Link Japan … Continue reading

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Yuri Monogatari Vol.4

Picked up a copy of Yuri Monogatari Vol.3 and Rica ‘tte Kanji!? in Apr 2005 when I dropped in on the Yuricon gang during the Yuri Revolution. Great bunch of people, with Evil Genius Erica Friedman at the fore, all … Continue reading

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Trapped by the Kurogane Doctrine

Jun is the main reason why I am still watching Happiness! Haruhi bores me to tears while the Ilya clone is irritating. Anri and Koyuki are cute but don’t have enough series differentation power. No wonder Happiness! is regarded as … Continue reading

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Black Lagoon 19

Rock and Revy are in Japan. Rock is interpretor (通訳 つうやく) for Balalaika’s meeting with a yakuza group. Not entirely sure why Revy has come along too. Not for her skills as a gunman as she’s unarmed and Balalaika has … Continue reading

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