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— animediet.net — A number of us at Anime Diet are also creative writers of some sort. I’ve been doing... it all my life, practically, and the recent National Novel Writing Month has rekindled my love of telling fantasy stories. With that in mind, I’m pleased to unveil a semi-official side blog: The ... (more) Introducing the Fiction Kitchen: Anime Diet’s Creative ...

— animediet.net — I finally caught up with a few current season shows today, and it probably tells you a... lot when I tell you which ones they were: Kimi ni Todoke , Kobato. , and Nyan Koi . These were the sort of shows I needed to watch at this point in my life. Let me explain. Kimi ni Todoke as the ... (more) Feelgood Anime as (Mild) Therapy: Kimi ni Todoke, ...

— animediet.net — Earlier this weekend, while doing my rare rounds of looking for more tv goodness in the ever... fruitful lands of Huluville , I ran into a title that equates clearly to the recent acquisition of another geek classic, Edgar Wright’s SPACED . The late 90s-early 2000s TV series featuring ... (more) 5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Miss Gurren Lagaan On Hulu!

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— animediet.net — Yes, I’m sure many of you have seen it from Sankaku Complex, but boy, one of our... writers had a teary moment and as someone who used to live DBZ in his teenager days, this is almost a mystical experience as much I when I heard that music for crossin the street when the light is green ... (more) My! As I live and breath! Mr. Satan!

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— animediet.net — See day 1’s digest here . The Nabeshin videos will take just a little longer to edit.... ;) I am standing across the hall from Nabeshin. The fan panel is supposed to start soon but Uchusentai is overtime. –posted at 06:00:30 In his Afro glory: Nabeshin. http://yfrog.com/9edv8j ... (more) PMX 2009 Twitter Digest – Day 2 (Saturday)

— animediet.net — The first of many PMX posts to come! Day 2’s digest is forthcoming, as well as some... exclusive video of famous director Nabeshin and many exclusive photos. Stay tuned! Day 1, Friday Inside the concert which is about to start at PMX! Several artists are playing. –posted at ... (more) PMX 2009 Twitter Digest – Day 1 (Friday)

— animediet.net — snapshot20091109195206 snapshot20091109195330 snapshot20091109195634 snapshot20091109200011 snapshot20091109200259 snapshot20091109200807 This would have been a review of Episodes 5 and 6,... however I wasn’t able to view Episode 6 in time. My apologies. If you recall from my ... (more) Nyan Koi! – Episode 5 – Commence Love Rectangle

— animediet.net — With a look of intense focus, and the control of a precision-based machine, the pitcher eyes the... figure facing him from across the diamond. The eyes across send a look, an equally piercing gaze as if the moment at hand was the potential last. Like a razor across the open field while the ... (more) Briding The Gap: Cross Game & The Art Of Touch

— animediet.net — If your best friend is simply way too naive, so much so that it may cost his... or her life, what would you do? Yeah, it’s true. Maybe you should let it go. Let him or her suffer the consequences. After all, it’s not your life. But it’s life or death. It is really life or ... (more) Queen’s Blade S2 07 – silly mixed with poignant

— animediet.net — Shitsurakuen is metafiction. However, rather than metafiction that cleverly employs existing genre tropes to make an argument,... it is metafiction that simply arrives back at the starting point. Both visually and narratively, it borrows heavily from classics such as Revolutionary Girl Utena and ... (more) Shitsurakuen: A Tired Argument

— animediet.net — Shitsuraken is metafiction. However, rather than metafiction that cleverly employs existing genre tropes to make an argument,... it is metafiction that simply arrives back at the starting point. Both visually and narratively, it borrows heavily from classics such as Revolutionary Girl Utena and ... (more) Shitsuraken: A Tired Argument

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— animediet.net — Carved at an office pumpkin carving competition, October 30, 2009. It was my very first time carving... a pumpkin, too! I’ll be occupied for a bit, so it may be a bit quiet for a while–but we are planning to go to Pacific Media Expo next week, so stay tuned for yet more convention ... (more) Anime Diet Wishes You a Happy Halloween

— animediet.net — Beans? In MY Pepsi? It’s more likely than you think. I waited awhile to review this because... I was curious as to how the blogsphere would take to it. I tried it the first day it came out and it tasted exactly how I thought it would, which I will explain in a bit. Shiso is GO. This ... (more) Japanese Drink Fads: Pepsi Sweet Azuki Bean