Happy Chinese New Year of the Snake!

The Top 10 Anime of 2012 was supposed to go up around 2 weeks ago, but I’ve had to push it back a bit. Been having a streak of real bad luck (my car going up in flames and my dad falling off a ladder) so I’ve been worn out taking care of stuff while trying to work on my writing projects.

But I’ll still get it done as soon as I can, hopefully, within the next couple of weeks. Also taking this chance to catch up on a few series from 2012 which I had not had the chance to watch previously.

Doing this now made me realized that I’ve skipped on this post last year, which was kinda wasted seeing how the year of the Dragon, especially the Water Dragon, holds some kind of significance for me.

And if you haven’t noticed it yet, it’s AYAME’s year. It’s the year of the crazy, irrational and flamboyant snake of the Sohma family. Kinda makes you wonder…

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Happy New Year 2013!

akemashite omedetou, kotoshi mo yoroshiku!

Another year has gone by and 2012 was a truly interesting year when it comes to anime and manga. There were lots of great new shows as well as sequels of amazing series.

Even among them, there were a few that truly stood out as some of the best in years.

That said, the Top Anime of 2013 post and a new banner will be up hopefully within the week!

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Another year has passed so quickly, I never really got to do the things I wanted with this blog in 2011. I still have the same goals for the blog this year and hopefully will be able to clear some of it this time 😉

Updated the banner for the new year, this banner has actually been around for a year but I still do quite like it so will be keeping it for a little longer. My Top 10 Anime of 2011 will be up as soon as I can get it done so please do watch out for it!

akemashite omedetou!

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This is actually rather sudden, but apparently Noboru Yamaguchi, the author of Zero no Tsukaima was diagnosed with cancer in February but was only officially announced yesterday.

From what I can make out, he will be having a surgery somewhere in August for the cancer. He didn’t really say what kind of cancer he had (either that or I could not read it) and what the surgery is actually for, but he mentioned that he had completed the planning for Zero no Tsukaima volume 22. Unfortunately, the chances are pretty low for him to finish writing it before the surgery.

You can read the original message here.

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A message from the creator of Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama. All you have to do is watch the video above and all revenue generated will go towards Japan’s relief fund.

You can also leave a message, which will then be translated to Japanese and sent to the victims of the disaster.

For those who don’t know, YouTube actually pays the owner of the video some money based on the number of views it generated so if you’re wondering where the money will come from, now you know.

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