http://tancos.net/wp There's a fine line between kawaii and kowai Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:06:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's time for the final round of the current poll: which anime has the best soundtrack? There was a five-way tie for seventh place in the second round, so there are twenty-one to choose from. You can only vote for one this time. ***** Here's some more animation and twentieth-century music. Disney vs. ... http://tancos.net/wp/2009/06/26/music-and-dance/ Alex Ross, in The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, states that Schoenberg's twelve-tone method of musical composition "... finally reached the silver screen by way of Scott Bradley's inventive scores for Tom and Jerry cartoons in the forties, notably Puttin' on the Dog and The Cat That ... http://tancos.net/wp/2009/06/19/to-the-moon-2/ The problem with the poll widget had to do with the update to the plugin, not WordPress 2.8. I was able to get the poll working again by dumping the new version of the plugin and reinstalling the previous one. This is the second, and last, preliminary round. The top ten ... http://tancos.net/wp/2009/06/14/best-soundtrack-poll-round-two/ It looks like upgrading to WordPress 2.8 broke the poll widget. Nevertheless, I think there were enough votes to pick the first round winners: Cowboy Bebop (42%) FLCL (23%) Haibane Renmei (23%) .hack//SIGN (17%) Aria (15%) Last Exile (13%) ef: a tale of memories (11%) Death Note (11%) Azumanga Daioh (11%) Code Geass/R2 (11%) These ten will advance to the final ... http://tancos.net/wp/2009/06/13/grrr-4/ Here are some curious items from the most recent batch of search terms: heresy is not kawaii gurren lagann knitting cowboy bebop knitting knitting anime themes ponyo on a stick sailor moon cardboard cutout a religion based off of sailor moon canzoni kawaii languid gay charles solomon gender critics are idiots anime girl wolf boy frog haruhi peanuts kawaii the murderer pics safe for ... http://tancos.net/wp/2009/06/10/anime-knitting/ Just for the heck of it, here are some excerpts from noteworthy soundtracks that weren't nominated for the current poll. Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihohito: [audio:http://tancos.net/audio/Shanhai Kurabu.mp3] Binchou-tan: [audio:http://tancos.net/audio/Yume.mp3] Spice and Wolf: [audio:http://tancos.net/audio/Mada Minu Machi he.mp3] Metropolis: [audio:http://tancos.net/audio/Zone Rhapsody.mp3] Arjuna: [audio:http://tancos.net/audio/The Clone.mp3] ... and a little music depreciation. Here's a tune you might recognize, sung by Haruna Ikezawa. [audio:http://tancos.net/audio/God Save The Queen.mp3] http://tancos.net/wp/2009/06/07/music-appreciation/ According to the visitors here, these are the top ten anime babes of all time, as of 2009. There is a three-way tie for eighth place: Mai Kawasumi (Kanon 2006) Rin Tosaka (Fate/Stay Night) Yomiko Readman (Read or Die) In seventh place is Teletha Testarossa (Full Metal Panic). In sixth place is Yoko (Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann). In ... http://tancos.net/wp/2009/06/06/the-winners/ After four rounds and over a thousand votes, we have a babe: I'll post the complete results sometime this weekend. ***** There were 62 nominations altogether for the best anime soundtrack. I'm going to run two preliminary rounds of 31 each, in which you can vote for up to three candidates. The top ... http://tancos.net/wp/2009/06/05/the-winner/ ... which Shinkai and Miyazaki soundtracks do you want to nominate for the next poll? The complete works of Makoto Shinkai are on my "buy" list, but I don't have them in hand yet; and, I can't remember a note of Joe Hisaishi's music after any Miyazaki DVD ends. http://tancos.net/wp/2009/06/04/specifically/ Previews of the summer 2010 anime season: Trap Academy — A transfer student at an exclusive all-girl boarding school discovers that every single one of her pretty classmates is actually a boy in disguise. Does Anyone Need Tenchi? Does Anyone Care? — Yet another spinoff of the venerable franchise. In this one, ... http://tancos.net/wp/2009/05/31/coming-attractions-2/