Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan on VIZAnime.com and Hulu

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), is showing Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan on VIZAnime.com just hours after the episodes are shown in Japan.
This will happen every Monday.

The videos are hosted on Hulu, as you can see on the player at VIZAnime.com.
After getting to the page, I waited...and waited...and got nothing on the player but a black screen.

So I went to Hulu and did a search on Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, found the page there and it loaded right up.

Maybe VIZAnime.com was just having a glitch that day.

By the way, it says on the Hulu site...
" Each Monday Hulu will add -- direct from Japan -- subtitled episodes of Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, one episode per week immediately following their original Japanese airdates."

So if you go to VIZ and can't see the anime, just go to Hulu.



Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan on VIZAnime.com and Hulu, posted to http://anime-times.blogspot.com/ on July 7th, 2010

The Top Ten Anime Girls - Eve - Black Cat

Number Two - Eve (Black Cat)

Eve, the genetically engineered bio-weapon that looks like a young girl from the Anime and Manga Black Cat comes in at number number two on the list.
Using nanotechnology Eve can transform her body into various types of offensive and defensive weapons.
At first she could only do parts, but later, she developed the ability to transform her entire body into a weapon, though it puts quite a strain on her.

You have to admit, having a person on your side that can turn her arms into blades, hammers, shields etc., and turn her hair into fists and more blades, turn her skin into steel, sprout wings and swim underwater like a mermaid has it's advantages.

Eve was raised to be an emotionless killing machine and designed to be the ultimate soldier.

She is usually called "Princess", or "Hime-chan" by Train.

Eve versus Leon (Black Cat)



Eve - Black Cat, posted to http://anime-times.blogspot.com/ on April 1st, 2010

The Top Ten Anime Girls,Orihime Inoue (Bleach)

Number 3. Orihime Inoue (Bleach)

Number three on the list is Orihime Inoue from the anime and manga series Bleach created by Tite Kubo.

Besides the manga and anime series, Orihime has appeared in Bleach video games and animated films.
Her likeness has also been made into items like action figures, figurines, key chains and you can even buy replicas of her ever present hair pins.
She has also ranked very high in popularity polls among readers.
Outside of Bleach, she has appeared in Gin Tama created by Hideaki Sorachi.

Bleach: Excellent Model Series Inoue Orihime & Yoruichi PVC Figure 1/8 Scale

The Top Ten Anime Girls, Misa Amane / Death Note

Misa Amane, Manga

Number 4. Misa Amane (Death Note)

The Japanese manga, anime and film series Death Note was created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and illustrator Takeshi Obata.
The female protagonist in the Death Note series, Misa Amane, is very popular.
Popular enough to come in at number 4 at least.

Misa Amane, Anime

In the series, Misa is a famous model, singer and actress and is infatuated with Light Yagami.
She usually refers to herself in the third person by calling herself "Misa-Misa" to be cute and she leans toward being hyperactive.

Misa Amane, Film

In the film adaptations of Death Note, Death Note (2006), Death Note: The Last Name (2006) and the spin off movie, L: Change the World (2008) , Misa was portrayed by Erika Toda.

The Top Ten Anime Girls, Chi

Number 5. Chi (Chobits)

Chi (or Chii) is a character from the manga and anime series Chobits, that also appears in the series Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle and Kobato.
She is a Chobit (a persocom or personal computer) created by Ichiro Mihara.
The name Chobit comes from her creator who called anything "small and hopelessly adorable" Chobi.
So two Chobi, Chi and her sister Freya, became "Chobits".

Chobits - Persocom (Vol. 1)

The Top Ten Anime Girls, Yuki Nagato

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6. Yuki Nagato (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

The catgirl Yuki Nagato from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya comes in at number six on the list.
This introverted, but supernaturally powered young lady seems to be pretty popular.
She's popular enough that several PVC Statues of her have been released, one of which you can see below.

Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Yuki Nagato White Bunny 1/6 Scale Figure

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vol. 1

The Top Ten Anime Girls, Sakura

I'm dead sexy.....

The seventh most popular anime girl is Sakura from Naruto.
Really?
I don't see it.
I guess she has a nice personality.

I mean even Masashi Kishimoto says he has had difficulty drawing her, resulting in her having a huge forehead.
But she ranked high enough to be number seven.