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Assorted Goods From The Reverse Thieves

August 19, 2010 in Uncategorized by Tom Langston (calaggie) | No comments

A big package arrived Monday from the Reverse Thieves. I’d won it by commenting on the latest Speakeasy episode post (it was about SPORTS!) with a suggestion that they talk about light novels, which I guess they kind of already did as part of a different episode about manga & anime adaptations.

Here’s what was inside (and what I know have to deal with):

A cabbit backpack with ear pockets.

DVD singles of Chrono Crusade. Now I can make that Pilot Speed AMV I have an idea for! [I already had 2 (TWO!) copies of vol. 1 and one of vol. 5 so those might be giveaway fodder.]
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TheBigN Reads An Old Preview Post of Mine

June 4, 2010 in Specials by Tom Langston (calaggie) | No comments

pixiv artist: ぷとん [link]

As part of the zzeroparticle-helmed Aniblog Readings project, TheBigN of Drastic My Blog was assigned with reading one of my earliest posts. He chose my summer 2006 preview where I mention Zaizen Jotaro, a series I still haven’t sampled and which I don’t believe has even been completed subbed. I did end up writing something about each of the other ten in the four years since then.

TheBigN’s voice paired with Mute Math’s “Reset” as the backing track reminded me of those slick Toonami promos from back in the day. (Have you looked into doing voiceover, dude?) Anyway, listen in – and read along! – to see how wrong I was about some stuff four years ago when I was just starting out.

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I do want to finish FLAG, Le Chevalier d’Eon, and Coyote Ragtime Show someday. I’m sort of curious about how Tsuyokiss ended and I’m not sure if I want to try to revisit Ramen Fighter Miki, which I dropped after two episodes.

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Nigorimasen Podcast Ep. 9: Digi-tastic

May 9, 2010 in Podcast by Tom Langston (calaggie) | No comments

(from Hime Chen! First Impressions post on Japanator)

In this podcast episode recorded on April 22nd, I talked with Evan Krell (@bakatanuki) of Insert-Disc about some spring season anime with diversions into SigIKKI manga and Digimon toward the end.

Just a warning: I tried to reduce the background noise (it kind of worked) and Evan’s voice is louder than mine.

 
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Errata: Manga Ent. Titles Still Streaming on Netflix For Now

April 11, 2010 in Anime, Errata by Tom Langston (calaggie) | No comments

A new expiration date for Manga titles? (from instantwatcher.com)

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about Manga Entertainment titles expected to expire from Netflix’s instant streaming service on April 1st. It’s April 11th and a fair number of them are still available including Blood: The Last Vampire, Dead Space: Downfall, and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. (Thanks to an update ANN did on their story for reminding me to re-check.)

So, what is the current status of those titles? Instantwatcher.com, the source for the first post, shows April 30th as expiration dates for those same titles but there’s no corresponding indication on Netflix’s site; the latest date on instantwatcher.com that matches with Netflix’s date is April 18th (next Sunday) so I think Netflix only does alerts a week ahead. FeedFliks has an “expiring soon” listing that extends two weeks in the future – it reaches until April 25th when looking at it today so the Manga titles should show up on that list on Friday Apr. 16 if both sites are using the same data.

I guess we’ll have to see what happens at the end of the month but for now, enjoy the disc-less content if you’re a subscriber on an unlimited plan.

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Manga Ent. Titles To Cease Streaming on Netflix April 1st [Update 2]

March 28, 2010 in Anime, News by Tom Langston (calaggie) | No comments

UPDATE 2 – 4/11 3:40PM PDT: Manga Entertainment titles are still streaming as of April 11th.

While watching Ninja Scroll through Netflix’s Instant Watch service last night on my Xbox 360, I noticed that it and Blood: The Last Vampire were both expiring on April 1st. I decided to see how many other Manga Entertainment titles would no longer be streamed after that date and I came up with a list, thanks to instantwatcher.com.

It doesn’t look like there will be any Manga Ent. titles to remain streaming after April 1st but most of the ones that are expiring still have DVDs available through the mail. (Yes, physical discs that you send back when you’re done!) I’ve indicated which titles currently do not DVDs available with [ND] for “no DVD”.

  • Black Jack: The Movie
  • Blood: The Last Vampire
  • Dead Space: Downfall
  • Ghost in the Shell
  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (season 1)
  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: 2nd Gig: Individual Eleven
  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: The Laughing Man
  • Kai Doh Maru
  • Karas: The Prophecy
  • Karas: The Revelation
  • Macross 2: The Movie [ND]
  • Macross Plus [ND]
  • Ninja Scroll
  • Noein
  • Perfect Blue
  • Psychic Wars
  • Read or Die
  • Street Fighter Alpha
  • Street Fighter Alpha: Generations
  • Street Fighter II: Animated Movie
  • Street Fighter II: V
  • Sword for Truth [ND]
  • Tokko
  • Vampire Wars
  • Virus: Virus Buster Serge

I think these are part of a bigger deal that Starz Media, of which Manga Entertainment is a subsidiary, has with Netflix because Stan Lee Presents: Mosaic and Stan Lee: The Condor are also expiring Apr. 1st and both were released by Anchor Bay Entertainment, another Starz Media component.

UPDATE 9:15 PM PDT: I forgot to mention that Manga Entertainment is still streaming its series (such as Virus Buster Serge) along with other publishers’ series (such as Gurren Lagann) on its YouTube channel, on Hulu, and on Manga.com.

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