… five cooking methods: bento for Americans.
(Via Naked Villainy.)
Author: Don
Favorite voices
Recently, a number of people have been making lists of favorite female seiyuu. Although Megumi Hayashibara and Kikuko Inoue have been mentioned, the lists generally focus on recent favorites, e.g. Aya Hirano. Here is a trio of experienced voice actresses who would be on my list.
Kotono Mitsuishi — One of the great comic actresses. Besides such silly roles as Usagi Tsukino and Excel Excel, she also is effective in straight roles such as Ginger in Sugar and Mireille Bouquet in Noir.
Aya Hisakawa — Outstandingly versatile. Her roles range from the demure Ami Mizuno in Sailor Moon to the anything-but-demure Mune-Mune in Abenobashi, not to mention Kerberos in Cardcaptor Sakura and Chloe in Noir.
Houko Kuwashima — Another versatile actress, when she isn’t stuck playing yet another emotionless girl. Her roles range from the ditsy Yurika Misumaru in Nadesico to the spirited Shuurei in Saiunkoku Monogatari to the tough Isako in Denno Coil. And, of course, there’s the definitive emotionless girl, Kirika Yumura.
43/365
Halloween in June.
Welcome to the Otakusphere
A couple of new anime, etc., weblogs that might be worth keeping track of: Dork Side Pundit and ??????.
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No, not really
Hayate has strange ideas about fun. I spent much of the weekend and yesterday cleaning house, which is one reason I haven’t been very active here lately. But it needed to be done, and it is now possible to walk safely through the place without protective clothing.
Goodbye, money
The Right Stuf is doing another of their 10/$50, 25/$100 Geneon sales. I just ordered Sugar, a Tiny Snow Fairy for the third time. This time, these discs will stay in Wichita; my nephews and nieces have their own copies now, and the new set is for me. Other offerings include the complete Serial Experiments Lain, Haibane Renmei, Bottle Fairy, Magical Project S, Paranoia Agent and Someday’s Dreamers. There’s also some Bach organ music.
41/365
When none of your pictures are particularly fascinating, it’s time for irresponsible Photoshopping.
40/365
My parish church, a.k.a. the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. It faces north, so the façade is illuminated by direct sunlight only early in the morning or late in the evening when the days are long.
Dolls and butterflies
Here’s the release schedule for Paprika. Although it’s Kon’s weakest effort that I’ve seen, ((The others I’ve seen are Millennium Actress and Paranoia Agent.)) it’s still better than 98% of Hollywood summer movies. I hope it does amazingly well and thus increases the chances that the superior Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo gets a proper theatrical release in the USA.
Binomial nomenclature and horror literature
I’m happy to note that a couple of long-absent bloggers are posting again: the Bookish Gardener and the Jelly-Pinched Wolf.
39/365
Where Friday went
Don’t watch the beginning of Divergence Eve in the afternoon unless you have the evening free.
38/365
Reflecting pool. (If this doesn’t look right to you, stand on your head.)
37/365
Bitting Avenue bridge.
Beware of very clever people who are slightly bored
HAI
CAN HAS STDIO?
I HAS A VAR
GIMMEH VAR
IZ VAR BIGGER THAN 10 O RLY?
YA RLY
BTW this is true
VISIBLE "BIG NUMBER!"
NO WAI
BTW this is false
VISIBLE "LITTLE NUMBER!"
KTHX
KTHXBYE
(Via Peeve Farm.)
Addendum: See also Whitespace.
(Via Chizumatic.)