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5 Centimeters Per Second

5 Centimeters Per Second is story about how the passage of time can cause people to drift farther and farther apart. Takaki Tono and Akari Shinohara start off as elementary schoolers who grow to really like each other. But at the end of their final elementary year, they have to move away from each other. […]

Walking on Air

Walking on Air This video has nothing to do with last week’s anime. This video contains Heavies flying through the air. This video is awesome. Last night, I was playing TF2, and the server emptied out except for me and one other guy. So we tried this, and had a lot of fun. Anesthetize, if […]

Best of WVR #118

Whammy Anarchy This week wasn’t a very strong one. I only liked two new songs in this week’s ranking. I either didn’t like the other ones, or they had been featured in previous weeks. Oh well. Incidentally, Unfragment (#5 last week) was the top song this week.

Air

For New Year’s, I stayed up watching Air until midnight. Air was the last of the “Key Three”, three animes based on visual novels by Key Visual Arts. Kanon and Clannad were the other two. The story is about Yukito Kunisaki, who travels around doing a neat puppet show, and lives off of the generosity […]

Breaking News

Shattered Horizon “Breaking News” Uh oh. That can’t be good. This video really makes me wish that Shattered Horizon had an epic singleplayer story campaign. It’s got the potential there. The game is set 40 years in the future, and man is mining material from the Moon. However, a disastrous mining accident (pictured above) blew […]

The WVR

Since the New Years 2010 Vocaloid Review Bonanza is over, I decided to start a new column today to replace it. Every Friday, I’m going to post my favorite new song from that week’s Weekly Vocaloid Ranking. The WVR is a list of the week’s most popular Vocaloid songs on Nico Nico. (This’ll also free […]

Vocaloid in Review – Day 11: Covers

Welcome to 2010! Hard to believe that the future has arrived, isn’t it? I finished off 2009 with a whole bunch of Vocaloid songs, and now I’m going to begin this year with a whole bunch of human covers of Vocaloid songs. Miku Miku ni Shiteageru (Ichigo) – Miku Miku was never one of my […]

Spirited Away

Hayao Miyazaki. If you know anything about the Japanese film industry, you almost certainly know the name Hayao Miyazaki. He is widely hailed as one of the greatest animators living today. Spirited Away is his most famous work. Since it was released in 2001, it became not just the highest grossing animated film in Japanese […]

Vocaloid in Review – Day 10: Kiyoteru

Well, this is it. There are less than 24 hours left in 2009. Hard to believe, innit? On this day, I’ll give you some Hiyama Kiyoteru tunes. Jewelfish – Interesting. True Education – I wouldn’t mind having him for a teacher. Brilliant Eve – Is that Kaito’s scarf? :O Haijitsu – *pushes glasses up nose […]

Vocaloid in Review – Day 9: Yuki

THE CUTENESS HAS REACHED CRITICAL LEVELS. Buaisoyoujo Youjo – See? Shooting Star – Catchy. Summer Experience – Ah, Summer… Purin no Uta – Yummy yummy food! Tsurararairai – Snowman.