Archive for July, 2006

All right, after mispronuncing some katakana from Tsuyokiss, I have to make a disclaimer. The observations and assumptions are the opinions of this blogger and may not be accurate. If you want good translations, please check other blogs of people who actually understand Japanese. Okay, round two. Read the rest of this entry »

I did not go to Anime Expo this year but I did read most of the panel reports posted on AnimeOnDVD.com so I didn’t miss out on the relevant news from the show. Here are the most interesting pieces of information I could extricate from said reports. Sorry that this is such a long post; just be thankful I didn’t mention any manga news.

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I got my new 300-gig HDD set up for external use, just in time for the summer season. As of my writing this, I’ve watched the premieres of three shows, raw. Now, I usually don’t watch raw anime episodes. But…I’m anxious of some reason. I know I could wait for the sub groups make the karaoke graphics along with translating the dialogue, but I got impatient so I decided to dive right in them.

Since I don’t really know conversational Japanese, I only understood the broad details that could be gleaned from visual cues and select words I recognized. I’ll definitely watch the subbed versions of these shows in order to get the full effect. For now, courage.

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