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So I finally got around to checking out ADV’s new online streaming video service, and I have to say, I’m pretty impressed.

There are some issues with the player itself, as well as the translations, but hey, you can’t complain too much when it’s free. Overall it seems like an excellent first foray into the wild world of digital distribution; one that has huge potential for growing the number of fans who follow newer anime, and thus the industry as a whole.

Detailed breakdown and analysis after the jump… Read the rest of this entry »

The week long voting period for the best Union Jack flag re-design is over, and justice has prevailed once again. Read the rest of this entry »

On the 5th day of Christmas my true love gave to me…

5 GIIIIGAAA DRIIIIILLS!!

4 metatags
3 rain charms
2 Guchuko’s
And a cruise on a nice boat for free!

The fifth day is always the part of the song filled with the most gusto and over-the-top theatrics; people who up until that point had been otherwise minding their own business will come over just to sing that one line.

So of course there’s only one show that can appropriately fill such a role…

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Piercing the heavens with its drill since ever. Read the rest of this entry »