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Archive for September, 2006

Higurashi no naku Koro ni - 01-02

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

ひぐらしのなく頃に - Episode 01-02
Official Site
Kei-ichi is a new student at a tiny village school. So tiny, in fact, that all grades are in one class. All is going reasonably smoothly for him. He’s joined up with a group of friends who play board games as an after school club, and he’s settling into the peaceful [...]

Anti-Wii Rant

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

There is soooo much positive Nintendo Wii buzz on the Internet at the moment, I feel compelled, nay, obligated, to air my overwhelmingly negative views on the subject in order to balance out the universe (or, because I just can’t believe how many people seem to like the idea of waving their arms at the [...]

HT Review: Mediagate MG-35

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

Temptation finally got the better of me and I picked up a Mediagate MG-35 yesterday. It’s a small, cheap media player that can be fitted with a hard drive and can also stream media from a network PC.
First impressions were positive, the HDD was easy to install and the array of outputs on the back [...]

Anime Update

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

Over the last few days, I’ve taken in episodes 10 & 11 of Zero no Tsukaima, 9 & 10 of NHK ni Youkoso and 6-8 of PowerPuff Girls Z. I’ll get around to putting up pictures and summaries eventually (probably), but in the meantime here’s some brief thoughts:
- Zero no Tsukaima 10 & 11 — [...]

Rugby - APC 2006 - Brumbies vs Waratahs

Monday, September 11th, 2006

Rugby - Australian Provincial Championships 2006 - ACT Brumbies 14 df NSW Waratahs 13 at Viking Park, Canberra
Friday night saw the Brumbies and Waratahs take to a damp Viking park in front of a small but very vocal crowd. Due to the number of top-line players missing from both sides, the match never reached any [...]

NHK ni Youkoso! - 09

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

NHKにようこそ! - Episode 9
Official Site
In this episode, we find Satou really struggling with his scenario writing. Whenever he imagines the game’s heroine, she very quickly turns into Misaki. Which has Satou yelping and jumping around. Which, unsurprisingly, doesn’t please the long-suffering Yamizaki, who is actually managing to (almost) single-handedly put together their eroge masterpiece.
It’s then [...]

Latest Live Action DVD Order Arrives

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

Real mix for this order. Some that I’ve been putting off until they came down in price, others just because.

Latest Anime DVD Orders Arrive

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

From Japan, Petopeto-san Volumes 2-4 and Shakuguan no Shana Volumes 3 & 6 (6 coming with First Press Box).

From the US, Volume 1 of Kamichu! with Box and the entire collection of Figure 17 (which I’ve been putting off buying for a ridiculous amount of time).

CDJapan Order Arrives

Friday, September 1st, 2006

Nice, my latest CDJapan order arrived today. The first two volumes of Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu. Could only manage to get the regular edition of volume one (that will teach me to get my order in quicker, won’t it?), but did manage to nab the limited edition of volume two, that comes with a bonus [...]