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Owl Ep. 13: Time
The return of the jar creature.Staging scenes with it is pretty fun due to its crazy eyes. Wasn't too sure if this was where I wanted to go with its character, but I just said what the heck, do it. He's going to be my version of Oscar the Grouch, a...
Gundam Cafe Omiyage
Mwahahaha. Snacks from the newly opened Gundam Cafe @ Akihabara courtesy of a visiting friend. I had dreamt of them since I heard they opened sometime two months(?) ago. This will tie me over until I make my next trip. Gochisou sama deshita!!! I...
Owl Ep. 12: The Irony Whale
Happy Memorial Day! Everyone should BBQ.
Toaru Majutsu no Index Season 2 Announced?
The fact that Railgun even existed gave me hope that this was going to happen someday, but we all know that even good shows aren't guaranteed to get picked up for second seasons. But why do I even bring this one up? I rarely hype up shows not named...
Chicken Fried Steak Pho
Yes, I did it. With the gravy on top. Mwahahaha.
Angel Beat Down
One Japanese broadcast station, MBS, is reporting that Haruhi clone tribute unrelated anime "Angel Beats" episode 6 has received record ratings and has even bested K-On! in the same slot. This is just one station however, and K-On! (the fake best an...
lycopene
lycopene? because I stay up at night wondering about the same exact thing.
XBOX 360 LOOOVE ... (RAAAGE)
I don't hate XBOX360. I have 2 of them. In fact, I have a launch unit from 2005, a launch core unit from 2006 that I fitted with an add-on 120 GB HD that just got replaced by a 250GB model at retail, two HD-DVD drives that no longer get any new con...
Heroman Preview
Heroman (Spring 2010)Stan Lee created this for Japan, and it kinda shows. There's the high school nerd that gets picked on ala spiderman, a robot that gets imbued with cosmic powers, and an alien invasion by the skrull skrugg. It plays very much li...
Senkou no Night Raid Preview
Senkou no Night Raid (Spring 2010)I suppose it would be fair to compare this to something western graphic novel-like, Hellboy? Set during World War I, there's govt intrigue, spies, and some special powered agents. I expected a lot more out of this...
Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri (No) Preview
Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri (Spring 2010)sigh. I wish I bothered to translate the title to myself before starting it up: princess group! singing something idol little princesses. wtf. hahahaha. I suppose it's decent for something that a fi...
Mayoi Neko Overrun Preview
Mayoi Neko Overrun (Spring 2010)O no's, someone is trying to out-tsundere my precious Kaichou this season. I don't worry too much though, as this one is definitely not up to par. Mayoi Neko (Lost Cat) seems to be a story of two childhood friends wh...
Working! Preview
Working! (Spring 2010)A guy with a fetish for small things gets a job at a family restaurant, where we meet a stable of anime archetypes. If you're not familiar with the concept of 'family restaurants', they are the Japanese equivalent of a Denny's...
Arakawa under the Bridge Preview
A man who lives by the motto "Never be indebted to anyone" has his life saved by Nino, a girl who lives under the Arakawa bridge. Unable to be convinced to take any sort of material compensation, she offers one condition to free him of his life's de...
K-On Season 2 Start!
K-On Season 2 (Winter 2010)It's K-on, season 2 ... Must watch!
Angel Beats Preview
Angel Beats Preview (Spring 2010)Lots of hype + some popular seiyuus of late + main character designs straight out of Haruhi = instant victory? Wait just one minute ... because I don't know.Haruhi is present in spirit, and I'm guessing newly arrived...
Kaichou wa Maid-sama Preview
Kaichou wa Maid-sama (Spring 2010)A tsundere class president works at a maid cafe because of family difficulties (i.e. poor), and the aloof class playboy/genius (as well a frequent target of the title character's oft boy hating policies) begins to fi...
new website design wa sugoi desu
Man, I hate March; it just gets in your way of having fun. It's April now and hopefully those cruel March days are behind me. So without further ado, my new website design is live!New features that should give this site a much more modern visual exp...
summarizing this week for me
step 1: workstep 2: gym or equivalent exercisestep 3: mass effect (maybe)step 4: episodes of story of saiunkokustep 5: sleep(repeat 5 times daily) yay.
kenholic.com, one year anniversary
It's been one year since I put up this blog! Here are the tallies from my inaugural year, courtesy of Google Analytics:6,5001 Visits5,630 Absolute Unique Visitors10,824 Pageviews1.67 Average PageviewsPretty cool. This has been just a hobby for me,...
Owl Ep. 11: Tired
This week's owl comic literally took me 12 minutes to put together.
Street Fighter Gloves
Been really busy this week, but I managed to slap these things together. I don't know what I would use them for though ... other than street fighting ...
My blu-ray rant and why I am a desperate fool
A small sample of what I bought last winter...If you guys buy dvds like I do, then chances are you might have run into the same problem: whether or not to upgrade your favorites to the blu-ray format. I've already replaced most of my favorites (Matr...
Indigo Prophecy Review
Indigo Prophecy (PC 2005)Indigo Prophecy is the last gen predecessor of PS3 title Heavy Rain, developed by the same studio, Quantic Dreams. It's pretty fun and short once you figure out how things work.I'm not going to say too much about this game,...
To buy or not to buy, FF13 Faceplate
I don't know if this xbox faceplate counts as breaking my New Year's resolution, since it falls under the "I really want it category", however it really slaps down the principle of common sense. Mine to be had for 49.99$ @ some online retailers, it...
Owl Ep. 10 Olympic Dreams
My dearest olympic dream.
Why I don't play Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
My friend asked me why I didn't get into Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. It's not that I haven't played it at all; I did ... for about 30 mins on my XBOX360. I told him it sucked, but he I guess he wanted more specific reasons, enough to suggest tha...
Weekend Art Attack
Tiger in a Tropical Storm by Henri RousseauThe tiger is wondering what he should do to celebrate his annual bonus.
Phantom of the Opera Sequel!
Andrew Lloyd Webber has spent the last decade creating a sequel to his version of the Phantom, and it's finally debuted in London. I found out about this by chance while flipping through radio stations. I don't follow Broadway type productions at al...
Mio Akiyama Again
As you may recall, the original source was worthy of a post on this blog many moons ago.This one's gonna retail at 7800 yen, meaning somewhere around the ~90-100 range in dollars after shipping. I've been skipping on Mio figures, but this might just...
Baka to Finals
Glad I'm not in school anymore.
Owl Ep. 09 Rat King
Every time elections are brought up.
Weekend Art Attack
The Cardsharps (~1594) by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.The topic loosely came up at work yesterday: when you see an injustice, do you call it out at risk to yourself or do you consign yourself to it?
Max Payne 1 & 2 Reviews
I've always wanted to play the Max Payne series but never found the right time. Well, one Steam holiday sale later, I finally got to play them, 9 years later. This isn't gonna be pretty. Double reviews after the jump: Max Payne (PC 2001):The orig...
Owl Ep 08: Post Holidays
For me, the holiday season doesn't end until Chinese New Years ends. Then you get into that long stretch of days and weeks before Easter where crazy crap doesn't seem to end ...
Weekend Art Attack
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Casper David Friedrich A man won't get anywhere in life until he's willing to overcome uncertainty. That cane is already pretty manly, btw.What do you guys think?




