In the never ending attempt to cut down cable costs I found a nice, and free, app called Boxee. It essentially aggregates all the video feeds (Netflix, Hulu, friends’ personal feeds) I’d typically watch in my browser and provide a platform to nicely display them on my TV.

A while back we broke news of Crunchyroll beginning to stream English subtitled anime shortly after airing in Japan. Now with an ever expanding lineup, Crunchyroll will be partnering with Boxee providing their feeds in the software. If you really like it, you can signup ($5/month) for the premium capability which will give you access to streams up to 720p with no advertisements. Try the 2 week trial.

Through Crunchyroll you are also able to access all the live action drama. I’ll also add you can save your favorite channels. So if one is, say in the mood for yaoi, you can get your fill with HD quality streams.

[Crunchyroll via Mashable]

*Little know fact, Boxee is the offspring of the XBMC project.

(Please excuse the  one-day-later post but this couldn’t wait another whole week). *Ahem*. . . Hello there, fellow Dark Diamond readers and friends, and welcome back to another one of my very well-received coverages about events that gather our one similar trait; that what makes us wake up early on a cloudy Saturday to be ready just in time to assist the one event you’ve been waiting all year long: The -anime- Halloween Party (because most of the other parties . . .just don’t cut it).

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I’m not sure what I just watched, but Liberty City just got a new show. Found in your safehouse on cleverly named CNT, Princess Robot Bubblegum show be available at the end of this month. In this series you’ll be sure to get all the wonderful stereotypes we’ve grown to love about anime.

We’ve seen lots of people do their own renditions of Videogame themes but it’s much more rare to see someone do a remarkable anime music performance. Much more remarkable is it when it’s a whole marching band performing an anime theme!

Such is the case with Towson University’s TIGER Marching Band and their rendition of Cowboy Bebop’s Tank! a couple of weeks ago. You can almost imagine the geek fervor it must have taken to get the whole band to go along with it. It’s an arrangement for marching band so there are subtle differences with the original theme but this is something we definitely want to see more of!

Wow, you guys made the 2nd movie night a complete success once again! Thank you all for coming. For those that couldn’t make it, you have some explaining to do! Now it’s time for you to voice your comments on the movie, that is, if you’ve stopped crying. Whatever you want to discuss, whether it’s pudding, fixing your bike’s brakes or the intricate workings of nut-based time travel. Let us know what you thought of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

It’s Friday and its the movie night! Same as last time, the theater is here, do join us a bit before for some chatting and random videos. The movie starts at 7 or a bit after, be there!

It’s official now! The Girl Who Leapt Through Time wins as our next movie night feature. The movie night will be this Friday, Oct 2, and same as last time those who are subscribed to our RSS feed or daily emails will get a heads up on the details much sooner than everyone else. We’ll start at 7 pm PST so check a bit earlier for the details.

Bring popcorn, you cheapskates!

When we first got wind of the upcoming Halo miniseries a number of us were cautiously optimistic. During Spike TV’s ODST launch watch viewers saw 5 minutes of “The Babysitter”. Number of studio production houses made their own episodes and STUDIO 4 ℃ is behind this one. The verdict is still out for me. I’m not sure for what I am looking, but I wanted the style to be more edgy. However, I have but one opinion: tell me yours.

Anime merchandise is a dime a dozen (or several hundred dimes anyway), new stuff comes out on a daily basis. Figures, wall scrolls, posters, pillow covers, lets face it, most of it is pretty useless and rarely really carries the ingenuity of the artist. But there was once an exception to this rule a product that was both useful and carried the creativity of the artist! Masamune Shirou, of Ghost In The Shell fame, was commissioned to created a computer mouse back in 2002. The result was the MAPP1-SM from Elecom. This mouse you see above looks like it was brought out straight from GitS or Appleseed. At launch they sold for around $80, finding one now on resale would easily cost up to two or three times that amount.

Frankly I cant think of many more anime pieces of merchandising that are actually functional while still keeping with the aesthetic of the source material. Sure we’ve seen the Evangelion bike and headphones… and I guess Ona Cups, pillow cases and big breasted mousepads do serve some sort of purpose. But really, I challenge you right now to come up with 3 other pieces of merchandise which you might buy even if you had no idea it was anime related.

[Elecom]

At last the time has come for the 2nd movie night! The candidates have been selected and the poll is ready for you to rock the vote. For those of you who missed our first movie night, it was a complete blast and a ton of fun was had. This time around we’ve got Ghost in the Shell as the returning runner up as it finished 2nd on our last poll as well as 3 new candidates. Cast your vote, let your voice be heard and we’ll keep you posted!

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