{"id":120,"date":"2007-06-16T10:14:57","date_gmt":"2007-06-16T15:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tancos.net\/wp\/2007\/06\/16\/miscellaneous-notes\/"},"modified":"2007-06-16T10:14:57","modified_gmt":"2007-06-16T15:14:57","slug":"miscellaneous-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/miscellaneous-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Miscellaneous notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had planned to wait until after The Major Purchase<\/a> before ordering any more DVDs, but I really want to know how the Divergence Eve<\/b><\/i> saga ends. Then Steven has to go and find another damned four-star series<\/a>, grrr. So I’ve got an order off for Misaki Chronicles<\/b><\/i> and Shingu<\/b><\/i> now.<\/p>\n

I had already added Shingu<\/b><\/i> to the “maybe” list, but I never saw much information about it. As Steven notes, the series received virtually no attention. I did a little browsing last night to see if anyone besides the not-utterly-reliable<\/a> Chris Beveridge<\/a> has reviewed it. There was a “B+” review<\/a> of the first disc at Anime News Network, and that’s all I found at a half-dozen review sites. If Shingu<\/b><\/i> is as good as Steven says it is (and he’s never been wrong on a four-star series), then The Right Stuf did a lousy job of marketing their edition<\/a>, and reviewers did not do their job at all.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

aziztrip.jpg<\/center><\/p>\n

Fledgling Otaku is moving house<\/a>, from Texas to Wisconsin. The Google maps route passes near Wichita. I doubt that he’ll have time to stop, but if he takes that route, he can imagine me waving as he drives by.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Discovered while looking at my site statistics:<\/p>\n

Avatar, a frequent commenter in this corner of the otakusphere, has his own weblog now, The Ego’s Nest<\/a>. There’s also a nikonian’s blog<\/a>, featuring photography and anime as well as current events in Bangladesh. Finally, there’s StarShipSofa<\/a>, with podcasts on science fiction writers. Search string of the week: “pachelbel dog the bounty hunter.”<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

A couple of occidental movies might be worth trips to the cinema: Ratatouille<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and Surf’s Up<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Update: Here’s another review of Surf’s Up<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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