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Miscellaneous notes

By Don at 10:14 am on Saturday, June 16, 2007

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

I had already added Shingu 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 Chris Beveridge has reviewed it. There was a “B+” review of the first disc at Anime News Network, and that’s all I found at a half-dozen review sites. If Shingu 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, and reviewers did not do their job at all.

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Fledgling Otaku is moving house, 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.

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Discovered while looking at my site statistics:

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

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A couple of occidental movies might be worth trips to the cinema: Ratatouille and Surf’s Up.

Update: Here’s another review of Surf’s Up.

Filed under: Future viewing, Occidental animation, Whatever, News, Virtual friends and acquaintances

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Comment by Fledgling Otaku MonsterID Icon Fledgling Otaku

June 16, 2007 @ 11:17 pm

acually i think we will head east to nawlins’ and then straight north. id have totally stopped by to say hello though if we were heading through your neck of the woods :)

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Comment by Kurt Duncan MonsterID Icon Kurt Duncan

June 17, 2007 @ 12:51 am

Did i read your post right? You are in Wichita?

Yep.
—Don

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Comment by Kurt Duncan MonsterID Icon Kurt Duncan

June 17, 2007 @ 11:40 am

>>Did i read your post right? You are in Wichita?

>Yep.

Hunh. That’s funny.

I’ve lived here (Wichita) my entire life (save 1 1/2 years in Topeka). Work for LSI Corp, 37th & Rock Rd.

I also picked up Divergence/Misaki based on SDB’s review. (And Haibane, Lain, Noir, HMMay, etc). So far, I haven’t been disappointed. Watching Jubei-chan right now. Regards Noir, I also liked Madlax quite well (picked that one up chasing Yuki Kajiura music).

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