Please go to the new site at www.yokazeblog.com!

Please go to the new site at www.yokazeblog.com!

Important note: new site!

The new site is finally up at www.yokazeblog.com and I will eventually stop visiting this site altogether; however, I will write no more posts here. This will be the last post here and the only one this and the new site doesn’t have in common. The new theme I’m using is called “arthemia” and is a blog and magazine hybrid template thingy, and I hope that you like it! It’s a little dull as it is right now, but I will customize it in time. Please click here to register an account for the new site! You don’t have to register to comment, but to do anything else (as well as comment, really) I wish you would.

Thanks for everything! :D

EDIT: I’ve moved everything from this blog, such as comments and more, to the new one, but pageviews have been cleared, but I hope that with your help it won’t matter in a month or two. ^^

YouTube Finds #01: Epona no Uta

YouTube means YouTube, and #01 means number one – that means a new series of… something? I thought I’d make a little series of blog posts where I post interesting videos I find at YouTube and share them with you guys! So, here’s the first entry: Epona’s Song with lyrics! :O

Epona, Epona~

I think I’m gonna call this little series “YouTube Finds.” Fantasyless and awesome, don’t you think? I promise, I’ll try not to spam this new category!

Suzumiya Haruhi-chan is back!

The day before Valentine’s Day, Haruhi-chan finally returns – to YouTube! About 22:00 JST (that’s 10 PM in Japanese Standard Time) the channel KADOKAWAanime at YouTube on the 13th February will release the first episode of the new The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya parody online anime, Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu (simply add “-chan” to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and you get The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya-chan, or Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu instead of Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu… wow, that was long). If you’ve been waiting for more Haruhi Suzumiya, this Valentine will be the best in years! Maybe…

Haruhi-chan

Source: Moon Phase

Official website for Hana-sakeru Seishounen is up

The coming NHK anime Hana-sakeru Seishounen (yes, I know the site spells it “Hanasakeru Seishonen,” but I’ve written this way before on this blog and will continue doing so forever) will go up on TV in Japan during April, but already the official website is up so check it out. This is just a short notice, seeing as I’m not really interested in this series myself and have got absolutely nothing more to say about it. See you later!

Source: AnimeNation

Japanese YouTube with subtitles? Kadokawa tests new kadoTV

Kadokawa launches their new kadoTV service in a test stage where they will stream content previously uploaded to their channel at YouTube with subtitles underneath in several languages – even Japanese. Great for those studying both kana, kanji and the language altogether, am I right? Users of the kadoTV service will be able to download and edit subtitles for free; however, I’m not sure if you will be able to upload the altered or completely new subtitles to the site or if you’re legally even allowed to use it for anything after downloading it. The test stage, or maybe “trial version” would fit better, will be available to the public until the end of February. You can also change the language of menus and not much else by clicking “English” accompanied by the american flag to the right of the kadoTV logo at the top of the page, I see now.

Screenshot of the kadoTV site from ANN.

Source: Anime News Network via AnimeNation

Web Ghost PiPoPa and Skip Beat! simulcasts on Crunchyroll

The newest two additions to Crunchyroll’s library of Anime Membership-only simulcasts (the episodes will be available to non-paying users as well, but not as quick “simulcasts”) are Web Ghost PiPoPa, or Net Ghost PiPoPa, about Yuuta Akigawa and Pit, Pot, and Pat, and Skip Beat! about a teenage girl named Kyoko Mogami, and then I don’t know any more… Anyway, join several other members at Crunchyroll and check these shows out, as well as the tons of other programs on the program lineup.

Kyoko Mogami from Skip Beat!

Source: Anime News Network

The official Final Fantasy XIII website is up! (+ Versus XIII)

I’m looking across the web and guess what I find! Square Enix have recently (I’m not sure when exactly) launched the official Final Fantasy XIII website with screenshots and music supposedly from the game. You may not see me shaking from where you are right now, but if you put your ear to the ground you should be able to feel a mild vibration. Can you feel it? That’s me, shaking. I’m excited! I can’t wait for Final Fantasy XIII to be released and I’m going to return to this site as often as I can to check for new content such as the trailers and more screenshots!

Visit the official Final Fantasy XIII website now!

[UPDATE] I won’t make a new post about this since I have already written about something else by now, but here it is, anyway. Just after Square Enix launches the official  Final Fantasy XIII website, they also launched the official website for the game Final Fantasy Versus XIII and is available here. It’s in Japanese and it’s in flash, so don’t go thinking Google will help you. ;)

Shugo Chara!! Doki— simulcast on Crunchyroll

The second anime adaption of Peach-Pit’s manga Shugo Chara!, also the sequel to the first anime adaption of the same manga, Shugo Chara!! Doki— will be simulcast on Crunchyroll to members who have paid up for their Anime Membership at the end of each week. Another great addition to Crunchyroll’s program lineup!

Amu and her "Shugo Chara."

Source: Anime News Network

Six more shows on Crunchyroll

Okay then, now starts the before promised parade of Japan-related news and first up – embrace yourself – we have Crunchyroll! That’s right, yet another news post about Crunchyroll…

"Six more shows, you say?"

Starting yesterday, Crunchyroll have been streaming “simulcasts” of several anime shows to those who have purchased the Anime Membership, but that’s not all; several other shows are going to be streamed as simulcasts as the year progresses – and the list of shows that are coming to Crunchyroll is growing still! Just this week, six shows have sneaked their way into the Crunchyroll program lineup, although they are not to be simulcast since they have all already finished. The newly acquired titles are Gonzo’s Chrno Crusade, Kaleido Star, Last Exile and Peacemaker Kurogane and Toei Animation’s Galaxy Express 999 and Space Pirate Captain Harlock. I would be very excited since I have long wanted to watch Chrno Crusade and Last Exile, but unfortunately, neither of these six shows will be available to Europe. Well, since not many (or any?) shows that are currently in CR’s program lineup is available to those in Japan either, it wouldn’t really make a difference if I was a few years older and had moved to Japan already – because that’s definitely where I’m going in a few years. Anyway, enjoy living in the right regions (if you do), you lucky bastard and see you later!

I wonder where their going... without me.

Source: Crunchyroll via AnimeNation1 2