Anime Diet

Mike’s Take: All I have to say is: we talked about this before. And now it’s finally coming true beyond just petitions. Whether it’s really just “performance art”–I think it’s much better if it’s sincere!–or the fulfillment of all the hopes and dreams of lonely otaku everywhere, it’s hard to say. But Nico Nico says [...]

Anime Diet wishes you, especially American you, a very non-diet kind of day! Spend some time with your friends and family and gorge yourself on all your favorite traditional foods. (Just think of us if you overstuff yourself with anime today too.) Think about what you have to be grateful for. As for myself, I’m [...]

A number of us at Anime Diet are also creative writers of some sort. I’ve been doing it all my life, practically, and the recent National Novel Writing Month has rekindled my love of telling fantasy stories. With that in mind, I’m pleased to unveil a semi-official side blog: The Fiction Kitchen, at http://fiction.animediet.net! The [...]

I finally caught up with a few current season shows today, and it probably tells you a lot when I tell you which ones they were: Kimi ni Todoke, Kobato., and Nyan Koi. These were the sort of shows I needed to watch at this point in my life. Let me explain.

Earlier this weekend, while doing my rare rounds of looking for more tv goodness in the ever fruitful lands of Huluville, I ran into a title that equates clearly to the recent acquisition of another geek classic, Edgar Wright’s SPACED. The late 90s-early 2000s TV series featuring none other than Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and [...]

Well, episode 6 really wasn’t anything special.  Not bad, just more of the same.  The cast rounds out a bit more with the introduction of Kotone and Akari Kirishima, the twin daughters of the local (somewhat lecherous yet kindly) monk.  Typical twin story elements occur (mistaking one for the other and etc.)  as Kotone is [...]

Why are there the demon swords? Why were they made? Or rather, who made them and how they came about? Apparently, there are different demon swords and it is rather interesting to observe why some of them are able to transform into people and others can’t. Even as a psudo-filler episode, there are questions about [...]

Yes, I’m sure many of you have seen it from Sankaku Complex, but boy, one of our writers had a teary moment and as someone who used to live DBZ in his teenager days, this was almost a mystical experience as much I when I heard that music for crossin the street when the light [...]

I kept on noticing that the music actually puts a chill up my spine every time something dramatic happens (a nice pair of Sennheiser helps, of course). Although the animation broke down in a few places, but they sure crammed enough drama and plot into it. As much as most people will utter: “It’s Queen’s [...]

See day 1′s digest here. The Nabeshin videos will take just a little longer to edit. ;) I am standing across the hall from Nabeshin. The fan panel is supposed to start soon but Uchusentai is overtime.–posted at 06:00:30 In his Afro glory: Nabeshin. http://yfrog.com/9edv8j–posted at 06:13:55 Nabeshins next project: an Anime about a character [...]

The first of many PMX posts to come! Day 2′s digest is forthcoming, as well as some exclusive video of famous director Nabeshin and many exclusive photos. Stay tuned! Day 1, Friday Inside the concert which is about to start at PMX! Several artists are playing.–posted at 13:06:41 We have a good photographer with a [...]

This would have been a review of Episodes 5 and 6, however I wasn’t able to view Episode 6 in time.  My apologies. If you recall from my last article, I really enjoyed episodes 3 and 4.   I’m happy to report episode 5 is also quite good.  This episode really gets the romantic comedy juices [...]