Media Blasters has rescued Seirei no Moribito. Further good news: the first novel in the series that Moribito is based on is scheduled to be published in June. The series also will be shown on Cartoon Network. I look forward to apoplectic reactions from the “meat is murder” crowd when the twentieth episode airs.
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Quote of the week:
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So far, the only upcoming series I plan to watch is Allison to Lillia. The main reason, of course, is that it is based on books by Keiichi Sigsawa, the creator of Kino no Tabi. I recently discovered that the opening and closing themes feature the Kuricorder Quartet, who, as the Kuricorder Pops Orchestra, did the music for Azumanga Daioh.
Update: Astro has posted the opening.
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A few notes on the Anime Blog Awards before I drop the subject forever:
1. As I mentioned before, Rule #10 disqualifies me from participating:
10. You do not have to nominate blogs for all the categories. However, you are required to fill in at least 9 nominations in 9 different categories in order for your nomination to be accepted.
Let’s see: I don’t read manga; I don’t obsess over particular seiyuu; I’m not interested in fan art, doujinshi or visual novels; I don’t collect figurines; my main sources of anime news are not blogs; and, for humor, satire and comics, I’m too spoiled by David Burge, Randall Munroe and their peers to have much interest in their otakusphere counterparts. That leaves at most eight categories in which I might be able to make knowledgeable nominations. Owen, in a comment on my earlier post, says
I got clarification: it’s a guideline, not an absolute rule. It was made in order to scare off those who’d vote in like 1-2 categories for 1-2 people or something. Perhaps you have like 5, 6, 7 potential nominations? That’s fine.
That implies that there are two sets of rules, the official ones posted on the site, and the real rules, which are secret. If that’s the case, then I’m really not interested in being part of this.
2. The categories are rather arbitrary. I can think of several not included that I would rather have seen than some listed, and I expect that you can, too. The worst omission: there should have been a category for “best reviews.” The single most useful service an anime blogger can do is to identify what’s worth my time and explain why. Those who are good at it deserve recognition.
3. The list of blogs nominated so far suggests that the inhabitants of this region of the otakusphere are rather parochial. The awards are popularity contests and you’re inevitably going to see the same sites over and over, but I expected a broader range of nominees. Many of the sites I find most interesting were still missing from the lists last time I checked. Surely I’m not the only one who finds the infrequent updates at AniPages Daily worth the wait. There was exactly one nomination for a mee.nu blog. There is one site in particular I have in mind whose absence from four of the listed categories is inexplicable and renders the competition meaningless (not that that particular blogger gives a damn).
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Nick has posted a collection of short works by Makoto Shinkai on his site.
Steven Dan beste insulted Go Nagai?
He should go read Getter Robo. Now THAT’S MANLY!
PS: Osamu Tezuka is usually considered the father of manga and the animation industry in Japan. (Is Osamu his family name?)
I said it before, and I’ll say it again: it appears to be nothing more than an AB.net circlejerk.
Looks like someone is bitter for not having Most Duckiest category, eh. Unexpectedly enough though, Danny Choo seems set to win the Most Influential category in a landslide. Do I need to mention that he’s not likely to even know what AB is?
Looks like someone is bitter for not having Most Duckiest category, eh. Unexpectedly enough though, Danny Choo seems set to win the Most Influential category in a landslide. Do I need to mention that he’s not likely to even know what AB is?
They posted responses to some of the negative comments from various places. About three of them are quotes from this blog.
More telling I think is just how many negative responses they got, and on how many different blogs. Evidently the people here weren’t alone in their impressions.
More telling I think is just how many negative responses they got, and on how many different blogs. Evidently the people here weren’t alone in their impressions.
Actually, there are little negative thoughts from other blogs. There are a few but it seems that Kawaii Menace has the harshest comments. I will love it if you read the FAQ with some thought from the negative comments we have. I personally talked to most bloggers with negative remarks of the ABA. Some are fair enough, some are just petty remarks.
It’s fine to be negative over awards (more fun that way), but it’s another thing to completely ignore the other goals as stated in the site: To serve as exposure for new bloggers and To encourage readers to move out of their comfort zone by discovering new blogs.
In addition, the ab.net circlejerk is funny ^_^. I laughed. I say this because in the committee, I am the only one in ab.net. Author’s mention that Danny choo probably does not even know ab.net is hilarious. I do hope it’s not true.
I will use Bign’s response for this.
“If you think people don’t know what’s good, then you can show them what you think it good. Otherwise, the opinions here come out a bit… elitist.”
In fact, BigN is right. I didn’t know the existence of this blog until I started the ABA. I am not that wide of a blog reader (wide but not wide enough) It definitely helps me in knowing new blogs such as Kawaii Menace and Iwa no Hana. Popular blogs are popular for a reason. If you think that the choices are not good, nominate, get your group of friends to nominate the people that should be there. If you do not tell us through the process who is good, it feels like you are happy to criticize but refuse to do anything to fix that “problem”.
Cheers ^_^ I hope I clarify things a little.
Actually, there are little negative thoughts from other blogs. There are a few but it seems that Kawaii Menace has the harshest comments. I will love it if you read the FAQ with some thought from the negative comments we have. I personally talked to most bloggers with negative remarks of the ABA. Some are fair enough, some are just petty remarks.
It’s fine to be negative over awards (more fun that way), but it’s another thing to completely ignore the other goals as stated in the site: To serve as exposure for new bloggers and To encourage readers to move out of their comfort zone by discovering new blogs.
In addition, the ab.net circlejerk is funny ^_^. I laughed. I say this because in the committee, I am the only one in ab.net. Author’s mention that Danny choo probably does not even know ab.net is hilarious. I do hope it’s not true.
I will use Bign’s response for this.
“If you think people don’t know what’s good, then you can show them what you think it good. Otherwise, the opinions here come out a bit… elitist.”
In fact, BigN is right. I didn’t know the existence of this blog until I started the ABA. I am not that wide of a blog reader (wide but not wide enough) It definitely helps me in knowing new blogs such as Kawaii Menace and Iwa no Hana. Popular blogs are popular for a reason. If you think that the choices are not good, nominate, get your group of friends to nominate the people that should be there. If you do not tell us through the process who is good, it feels like you are happy to criticize but refuse to do anything to fix that “problem”.
Cheers ^_^ I hope I clarify things a little.