Lone Otaku

Here are this weeks Video On Demand releases from The Anime Network. Hell Girl (Season 2) – Two Mirrors Special A Yozakura Quartet Provider Name Series Name Armstrong Hell Girl (Season 2) – Two Mirrors Special A Yozakura Quartet AT&T Uverse Hell Girl (Season 2) – Two Mirrors Special A [...]

  Posted earlier by Danny Choo on his site, the Japan National Tourism Organization is planning to invite 10,000 visitors over in the hopes of boosting tourism in the wake of the earthquake earlier this year. Since the earthquake, parts of Japan have seen tourism drop as much as 80%. [...]

Netflix has decided to keep the DVD rentals at Netflix.com instead of moving them to a new domain name name, Qwikster. In their blog entry, linked above, Netflix notes that expanding into 2 websites would make things more difficult for its members. Makes me happy as an Otaku not having [...]

Read some interesting news today. Funimation and NicoNico have joined forces to provide streaming services. The combination of these two can prove to be a win win for fans and providers alike. Being powerhouse in distribution, Funimation can gain possible first dibs to shows for simulcast. Funimation and NicoNico.com have [...]

Japan has announced that it plans to invite 10,000 people to visit Japan on them. Well not completely, you would need to cover food, lodging, etc. The cost of the plane tickets would be covered. The catch is, you will need to publicize about your visit. Me, I would love [...]

Here are the Video On Demand titles for the week on October 9 – October 15. Himawari! Hoshizora Kiseki Provider Name Series Name Armstrong Himawari! (Season 1) Hoshizora Kiseki AT&T Uverse Himawari! (Season 1) Hoshizora Kiseki Bend Broadband Himawari! (Season 1) Hoshizora Kiseki Blue Ridge Himawari! (Season 1) Hoshizora Kiseki [...]

Sentai Filmworks has licensed the Broken Blade series of anime Films. (Also known as Break Blade after one of the Golumns in the series) Sentai also released Clanaad, Allison & Lillia and Guin Saga. According to Sentai Filmworks, the series will be released first through The Anime Network and other [...]

This week there are potentially 3 shows kicking off on the various providers. Kobato Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu (Season 3) Mardock Scramble: The First Compression   Provider Name Series Name Armstrong Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu (Season 3) Kobato AT&T Uverse Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu (Season 3) Kobato Mardock Scramble: The [...]

The other night I pulled out my Mobip branded K-On! figures. I decided it was time to take some school pictures. Here are a few of the shots. Share this:ShareShareEmail

This week kicks off Amagami SS on a number of providers. This show presents several short arcs showing the “what if” if the main character became involved with one of several different girls in his school. Week of 9/18/2011 – 9/24/2011 Amagami SS Provider Name Series Name Armstrong Amagami SS [...]