Anime Diet

Paul “Otaking” Johnson is causing a bit of a stir with his half-hour Youtube documentary about why modern fansubbers are inferior to the older fansubs and official translations. He makes some excellent points, but I want to talk more about the translation philosophy he espouses–because it’s also been at the heart of debates over the [...]

Almost two weeks ago–forever in Internet time, I know–I went to a live taping of Ramen Revolution, a late-night TV show on local channel KSCI that just started. It was one of the stranger episodes in my years of fandom. (See Benu and Dancing Queen’s posts about this.)

Many of you are no doubt aware that Gainax is not actually responsible for the Evangelion Rebuild movies. Instead, an Anno-created outfit called “Studio Khara” is the actual production company. I was wondering what “Khara” actually meant…until I saw a storyboard from the production. “Khara” is actually a Greek word (this might look funny if [...]

I’ve got a blog for it now, called “Word and Spirit.” I finally found the time to design and open it up. After the last major foray into some good old fashioned systematic theology on this blog caused an unexpected stir, I’ve been plotting how I was going to do this. Now it’s finally a [...]

From ANN – Japanese Mall Uses Gundam Figure in Olympic Tribute A shopping center in the Japanese town of Ise has installed a 4-meter (13-foot) tall statue of the Mobile Suit Gundam anime’s RX-78-2 robotic mecha with a banner wishing good luck to Japan’s Mizuki Noguchi at the upcoming Beijing Olympics… Ray’ s Take: …What? [...]

From ANN – Shikabane Hime Confirmed as Gainax’s new TV Series …confirmed that Gainax‘s new television series will be Shikabane Hime (Corpse Princess) this fall… Ray’s take: I saw the manga and I wasn’t all that impressed. A little big more background on the story: Makina the heroine herself was killed by a undead and [...]

Commodity bodies galore, in this long awaited episode of Kaiba.

What a twist!

Anime Diet Radio 21 (AAC) [ 59:04 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1225) Anime Diet Radio 21 (MP3) [ 59:04 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (806) Anime Diet Radio, at long last, gets a toast as we reach our 21st episode! In this episode, we tackle: strange [...]

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Last night, I finally caught up to episode 7 of Kure-nai, and I figured this would be a good time to introduce a series of mid-season reflections on various shows so far. Kure-nai continues its mix of gangster action and the antics of this season’s most realistic 7 year old.

From ANN – Hello Kitty Named Japan’s Tourism Ambassador to China The Japanese government has “appointed” Hello Kitty as its tourism ambassador to China and Hong Kong on Monday. The Hello Kitty‘s Dream Light Fantasy stage musical opened in Beijing earlier this year, and it will later travel to other countries, including the United States. [...]

The descent into madness.