{"id":502,"date":"2008-03-30T17:39:47","date_gmt":"2008-03-30T23:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tancos.net\/wp\/2008\/03\/30\/oddments\/"},"modified":"2008-03-30T17:39:47","modified_gmt":"2008-03-30T23:39:47","slug":"oddments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/oddments\/","title":{"rendered":"Oddments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Media Blasters has rescued<\/a> Seirei no Moribito<\/em><\/strong>. Further good news: the first novel in the series that Moribito<\/em><\/strong> is based on is scheduled to be published in June. The series also will be shown on Cartoon Network<\/a>. I look forward to apoplectic reactions from the “meat is murder” crowd when the twentieth episode airs.<\/p>\n

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

Quote of the week:<\/p>\n

As regards Go Nagai, I’m not sure that the creator of Kekko Kamen and Cutey Honey is really the father [of anime] we want to acknowledge. He’s more like the creepy uncle who goes around wearing the trench coat.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

So far, the only upcoming series I plan to watch is Allison to Lillia<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. The main reason, of course, is that it is based on books by Keiichi Sigsawa, the creator of Kino no Tabi<\/em><\/strong>. 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<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Update: Astro has posted the opening<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

A few notes on the Anime Blog Awards<\/a> before I drop the subject forever:<\/p>\n

1. As I mentioned before<\/a>, Rule #10<\/a> disqualifies me from participating:<\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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<\/a>, Randall Munroe<\/a> 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<\/p>\n

I got clarification: it\u2019s a guideline, not an absolute rule. It was made in order to scare off those who\u2019d vote in like 1-2 categories for 1-2 people or something. Perhaps you have like 5, 6, 7 potential nominations? That\u2019s fine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> worth the wait. There was exactly one nomination for a mee.nu blog<\/a>. 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).<\/p>\n

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

Nick has posted a collection of short works by Makoto Shinkai<\/a> on his site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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