Jenni's Feed Releases for August 2010
2010 August
Manga Caption Contest: Kyon Punches Haruhi
There were so many good entries last week that it was hard to pick a winner. In the end, I decided to cop out and call a tie between Starlogic and Milktea, who both wrote hilarious captions. Congratulations!
This weeks manga page comes from an infamo...
Bakacast Briefs – Revenge of the Bookworms
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We've got a new co-host this week! We call him Glen, but you might better know him as Nagato, a long-lost friend and one of the original founding members of Project Haruhi. With him by our side, we start off by discuss...
Don’t Panic! Analyzing the Decline of Anime
Many people have been talking about the the recent lull in the anime industry, both in Japan itself and abroad. The question is, does this lull spell the doom of anime as some have predicted? Or is it just a temporary setback for an industry that's t...
Love Hina Manga Returns!
The story that inspired a generation!
Nine years after finishing Love Hina, Ken Akamatsu has decided to publish a small one-shot of the romantic comedy manga in the next issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine. The one-shot will include six colour pages feat...
Review: K-ON!! 20
My God... it's full of stars!
Finally! This is the K-ON!! episode fans have been waiting for! With the last two episodes being possibly my favorites of the entire season thus far, I had rather high expectations for this one. Could it maintain the gre...
Happy Birthday Ritsu!
This is a guest post written by Stardust (aka Shana). Visit his website here!
So apparently it's Ritsu's birthday, hurray! Lets bust out the cake, tea, and streamers and celebrate! Sure, she may not be as popular as Yui and Mio due to her being less...
Manga Caption Contest: Schoolgirl Shenanigans
Since quite a few of our posts have revolved around SERIOUS BUSINESS lately, I think it's high time for something lighthearted and fun. Therefore, I'm announcing our first ever manga caption contest! The concept is pretty simple; using the numbers pr...
“Hikikomori” Added To Oxford Dictionary of English
I'm nice and safe all alone in my room...
Oh boy, the new Oxford Dictionary of English is out! You know what that means... it's time for bloggers like me to pad out their slow news days by overanalyzing any new pop culture terms Oxford added. Let's...
Review: Highschool of the Dead 7
lol BOOBIES!!!!!!
Let me tell you something about myself that you may not know: I don't like living in a bubble. I tend to browse other anime forums and blogs, because I like seeing what other critics have to say about the shows I'm watching. Often t...
Bakacast Briefs – Bang Bang! Boobies!
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Have we mentioned breasts yet? We have? Okay, just making sure. It seems like a pretty good way to get a bunch of listeners.
Anyway, we start of this week's podcast by talking about the most popular anime and video game...
What the Hell is Panty & Stocking?
Who are riot girls?
Gainax is a Japanese animation studio that's long been famous for pushing the envelope. Ever since their first Daicon productions, they've been going beyond the impossible and creating anime that challenge viewers and defy genre c...
Which Fall 2010 Anime Will You Be Watching?
Onee-sama...
With the summer season halfway finished, it's time to start drooling over the new fall season anime. Since Chartfag has not yet released his usual new anime chart, a couple of other bloggers have stepped in to fill the void. This chart f...
Review: Occult Academy 5 & 6
Just another ordinary day at Occult Academy.
As those of you who have been listening to the podcast know, my opinion of the recent Occult Academy episodes has been rather low. Episode 3 was just plain boring, and episode 4 completely derailed Fumiaki...
Review: K-ON!! 18 & 19
Seven days...
After K-ON!! 17's disappointment, I wasn't holding out much hope for the next few episodes. I was expecting more mindless filler and pointless moeblob antics. Boy, was I in for a surprise. The episode 18 and 19 two-parter totally blew m...
Review: Devil May Cry: The Animated Series
I liked it when Trish was part of the title.
Devil May Cry is one of Capcom's best and most famous action game series. During the promotion of Devil May Cry 4, Madhouse produced an anime focused around the protagonist of the games, Dante the demon hu...
Review: Highschool of the Dead 6
"Hold on, Takashi. I think I see a quarter."
So, remember when I said last week's episode of Highschool of the Dead was the worst one yet? Allow me to amend that statement.
Episode 6 is even worse, by a large margin. It's misogynistic, insulting, stu...
Bakacast Briefs – Put Ya Guns On!
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ARE YOU READY GUYS?
Now that I'm back from my vacation, I can finally inject some much-needed silliness (and bromance) into the podcast with Sengoku Basara 2. There's no news for this week, so you might notice that all...
The Confessions of Aya Hirano
Editorial comment
Here I was hoping Aya was on the road to normalizing her career, but that notion seems to be in my dreams. In reality, her career is becoming a large looming uncontrollable nightmare. Her recent revelations about her love life hav...
K-ON!’s Weirdest Merchandise
Wanna look your best at work with Mio!
According to a recent article from ANN, the K-ON! merchandising juggernaut has made 1.8 billion yen in the last three months. That's approximately $20 million USD, and that doesn't even include the video sales a...
Review: Highschool of the Dead 5
DRAMATIC TEAM POSE!
The fifth episode of Highschool of the Dead is a perfect example of how to kill your momentum. Even though I may not have liked all of the previous episodes, I think they did a good job of slowly building the tension and scope of...
K-ON! Manga Ends in September
Could the K-ON! manga be coming to an end? This story just went live on ANN.
A footnote on the bottom of kakifly's K-ON! manga in the September issue of Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara magazine lists the next installment as the final one. The September...
Bakacast Briefs: The Death of Anime
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Will moe be the death of anime?
Last week, Dai Sato claimed that anime will disappear within the next thirty years, due to a lack of creativity in the industry. On this week's Bakacast, we address that controversial iss...
Project Haruhi Has A Fancy New Comment System!
It's so beautiful...
Project Haruhi is now using Disqus as our comment system. This adds a ton of new functionality, such as the ability to edit your comments, post them to Twitter, subscribe to comment feeds via RSS or email, and rate other people's...
Review: K-ON!! 17
Use the Force, Yui!
After last week's slight disappointment, I was hoping that this week's episode of K-ON!! would be an improvement. Thankfully, it did succeed to some extent, but there were some noticeable problems in it. This episode felt like a g...
K-ON! Dub Cast Announced
More news about Bandai's upcoming K-ON! release! They've announced that the show's English language dub will be handled by Bang Zoom! Entertainment, the studio responsible for dubbing both The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Lucky Star. The role of...




