Every Anime Opening Ever Made

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Jon

This fascinating AMV illustrates just how often certain tropes and images are used in anime openings. I’ve always been somewhat off-put by generic OPs, which (for me) seemed to indicate a lack of innovation by the studio’s creative team. But watching this video has made me realize that there are quite a few outstanding anime that have bland OPs. Perhaps I should heed my own advice, and not be so quick to judge a book by it’s cover?

Of course, there are shows that buck the trend and have totally unconventional openings. I’ve included a few of my favorite examples below the break, and I would love to hear yours in the comments.

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East Meets West Part 2: What Mario Can Learn From America

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Dustin

In the first part of my East Meets West series, I talked about the advantages and disadvantages of the current trends in comic books and manga. I tried to make it fairly balanced, since I honestly believe America and Japan are putting out very different but entertaining products. It would be nice to see more melding from both sides, but they’re doing quite well so far. This second part, however, will be about video games, and you’ll see that I won’t be so kind this time around.

Why?

Because I believe that, on some level, BioWare is right when they say the JRPG market is stagnant, even if they couch their argument in marketing for their own game. I’ll explain in detail after the jump.

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This Picture Needs a Caption! 23 November 2010

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Jon

Try to think of something besides the obvious joke.

[Picture by kennydalman]

Winner: “It’s dangerous to take this; go alone.”
–By Nagato

This Picture Needs a Caption! 21 November 2010

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Jon

Maximum warp! WHEEEEEE!

Winner:

“Moe: The Final Frontier

These are the voyages of the Starship Desuprise
It’s continuing mission: To explore no new genres
To seek out new seasonal weather for little sisters to die in
To boldly gao where no moeblob has gao-d before!”

–By Scamp

Bakacast – Live From Cybertron

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Dustin

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In this robot-tastic episode of Bakacast, me and my team of podcasters-in-disguise bring back the news segment to praise Ken Akamatsu’s new online manga initiative and express our concerns for its viability. Then we move our convoy on to the reviews, where the good shows are suddenly bad, the bad shows are suddenly really good, and Squid Girl continues to be the most consistently fun show of the season.

Go figure.

Oh, yeah, and I guess there are some Twitter questions where I admit to writing Final Fantasy fanfiction, Jon accidentally encourages me to imagine myself as part of an incestuous relationship between video game characters, and we unanimously decide that Evangeline A.K. McDowell is awesome.

The anime we cover are:

OreImo #7
Panty & Stocking #7
Otome Youkai Zakuro #7
Samurai Girls #7
Iron Man #6 & 7
Squid Girl #6
Star Driver #7

The ending song for this episode is brought to you by JAM Project being awesome.

Obligatory Links
Larry’s Fanfiction
Mor3ndo’s Blog

This Picture Needs a Caption! 19 November 2010

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Jon

No more Falcon Punch jokes allowed.

Winners:

“This bodypillow cost how much…FROM MY ACCOUNT?!”
–by matty

““Onee-chan’s Facebook’s relationship status… what is ‘it’s complicated’ supposed to mean?””
–by Yuki

Weekly Anime Review – More Than Meets the Eye

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Jon

Many millions of years ago, on the planet Cybertron, life existed. But not life as we know it today. Intelligent robots that could think and feel inhabited the cities. They were called Autobots and Decepticons. But the brutal Decepticons were driven by a single goal: total domination. They set out to destroy the peace-loving Autobots. And a war between the forces of good and evil raged across Cybertron, devastating everything in its path, draining its once-rich sources of energy. The Autobots, on the verge of extinction, battled to survive.

Countless eons later, Gainax made a parody of it. And it was awesome.

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This Picture Needs a Caption! 17 November 2010

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Jon

First there was Ocelot, then Laughing Octopus, and now… Gerbil.

Winner: I don’t trust mice. Tasty though.
–By Ferret205

Top 10 Best Sailor Mars Fanart

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Jon

The people have spoken! You, the readers of this site, have chosen Sailor Mars as the best planetary Senshi, a choice I wholeheartedly agree with. After all, who could resist this fiery vixen’s siren call? To celebrate, I’ve put together a small gallery of my top ten favorite Sailor Mars fanart, as found on deviantART. I’ve also included my brief thoughts on each piece. Now, please keep in mind that I am neither an artist nor an art critic. These comments just represent my layman’s perspective as a *ahem* Mars enthusiast.

Check out these fantastic pictures below the break, and be sure to visit the artists’ DA pages and express your appreciation of their hard work. Enjoy!

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Happy Birthday Minori Chihara

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Shamisen

A very happy birthday to my voice.

The staff of Project Haruhi wishes Ms. Minori Chihara a very happy birthday and many more to come.

Although primarily known as Yuki’s voice, Minori has have a very prolific musical career as well. I’ve posted several of her songs, but this is one that I haven’t shared with you yet. This selection is called “Shijin no Tabi” (“Travels of the Poet”). Listen for yourself below the break!

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