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D&A Friday’s! Where Anime Rises to Great Heights!

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If most of you guys are down at Otakon in Washington, DC this year, take lots of cosplay pics and share them with us if you wish! As for us and the blog, it’s time for another awesome Friday night of anime titles and manga reviews. We’ll bring you guys some new manga reviews hopefully next week, but for now, let’s jump into what we’ve got cooking for you all tonight!

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If you’re on the hunt for an awesome supernatural series, then Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan will be the anime title for you! Rikuo Nura is 3/4 human and 1/4 yokai. He lives with other yokai inside his grandfather’s house, who also happens to be a yokai. Unlike his yokai brethren Rikuo prefers to save humans and not follow his yokai heritage, despite his grandfather’s will. After excepting who he is and what his grandfather wants for him, Nikuo decides to take the position of the third head of the Yokai Clan. There’s just one problem: other outside factions also want that same position as well. Now Rikuo must gather up some allies and fight against the opposing factions to protect the name of the Yokai Clan. You can stream this awesome series on Crunchyroll, FunimationNow, and Youtube! ๐Ÿ™‚

Next week we’ll be on our way to Allentown, PA for SaikouCon 2017! If you want to get the chance to meet us in person, come on out to the Holiday Inn in Lehigh Valley located at 901 West Hamilton Street in Allentown, PA August 18-20! On a sad not we had to delay the release post of our fanfiction Danganronpa Roulette: Wheel of Despair, until the third weekend of September. (With Junko: The Ultimate Mastermind being delayed until early January 2018!) We’ll continue to keep you up-to-date with all the lastest and greatest news and perhaps our future collaboration with AnimeDoku.com. Stay true, and stay positive! ๐Ÿ™‚

Cons Near U: August Anime Conventions of 2017!!

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Sorry this post is so short, but we’re here to announce some awesome anime conventions for you to check out this month from our Cons Near U page! Today we’ve got conventions for you located in the Northeast, Southwest, Southbound, and Westbound regions of North America. Be sure to check out the links on those pages for tickets, hotel locations, and more! ๐Ÿ™‚

D&A Anime Blog: We’re Over 9000 Views!!

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Even we can’t believe it ourselves! Never had we thought that in the 18 months since we’ve launched D&A Anime Blog, that we would reach this point so fast and so quick. If you all haven’t already noticed it yet, we’ve changed our URL to make ourselves an official anime blog! That’s right anime fans, you’re looking at the awesomely amazing daanimeblog.com!!

We want to thank each and every one of you for helping us reach this point in our aniblogging lives, and for your continued support in making this blog what it is today! Be on the lookout for some future collaborations with some (legal) anime streaming sites that bring you the titles that you already know, and love. There’s more anime and manga reviewing action coming your way on the NEW daanimeblog.com! It’s a part of you! ๐Ÿ™‚

D&A Update Announcement: Don’t Worry, We’re Still Alive!

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We know it’s been five days since our last filler post, but don’t worry, we’re not dead. With only one month left before the unofficial end of summer begins, we’ve got some updates coming for the Fall and Winter. Some of them you already know about and others you might have seen on our Twitter page, so to help out the fans who have seen and not have seen, we’re going to recap ALL of our upcoming updates for the remainder of the 2017 year!

1st Update – Miscellany Monday will return on October 2, 2017

We’ve enjoyed doing this segment every Monday night for our fans, so in order to keep the reviews on our lesser-known titles and snacks ‘fresh-and-updated’, we’ve decided to place this segment of the blog on hiatus until October 2, 2017. Since finding a site that contains 30+ lesser-known anime titles that even we have never heard of, we’ll have enough content to keep this segment running for about a year.

2nd Update – Slash Saturday will end on July 29, 2017

It’s kinda sad to see this segment end because it’s on of our favorites. The drop down page will be archived on our blog, so that fans can see some of the awesome reviews that we’ve done for some great samurai anime titles (and inductees in our Hall of Fame). There might be a new segment that will replace this one, so be sure to check out the blog and our social media pages for updates.

3rd Update – The AMVs are coming!

We might have already shared this one with you, but if not then we’ve got some awesome news! There will be some AMVs coming to our Youtube channel in the Fall (or Winter) backed by the original tracks of Groundzkontrol (D.J. Lewis of D&A). The ones that are coming are listed as follows:

  1. Groundzkontrol – So Dangerous (Danganronpa) (Electronic/Twerk)
  2. Groundzkontrol – Aspiration (DanMachi) (Drum n’ Bass)
  3. Groundzkontrol – Candy Girl (Dagashi Kashi) (Tech House)
  4. Groundzkontrol – Down In The DC (Panty & Stocking) (Electronic/Twerk)

4th Update – Original Project Announcement

If you haven’t seen our most recent tweet in the past 48 hours, one of the founding members of the blog will be working on an original chanbara-cyberpunk anime story called The Mysfitz between now, and November of 2020. It will have a diverse group of original characters as well as an original plot.

5th Update – The Gundam Legacy Page

We’ve enjoyed working on the Toonami Legacy Timeline segment so much that we’ve decided to do the same thing for the Gundam franchise. There may be some things about the franchise that fans loved, and some things about the franchise that fans hated. As for us on D&A Anime Blog we’re middle men, meaning that we’re going to stay on the neutral path and weigh out the pros and cons. We’ll be rolling out that page on January 11, 2018 as part of our two-year anniversary!

6th Update – Tour Stops for our 2018 Anime Convention Tour

We’ve confirmed at least four of the many cons that we’ll be attending next year on our 2018 Anime Convention Tour. We’ll be going back home to our birthplace convention known as Animore January 19-21, 2018. NipponCon, we’ll be making another trip up there in 2018. There’s a brand new convention coming to the Baltimore Convention Center on the last weekend in April of 2018, so stop by and say “hi” if you see us there. Zenkaikon, we’re comin’ back baby! Florida Supercon, we might be there. SaikouCon, if things go well this year, you’ll hear from us next year! Anime USA, we’ll make our debut there really soon!

That’ll do for our updates for now, we’ve got more filler posts coming your way! ๐Ÿ™‚

D&A Anime Blog: It’s Update Time!

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It’s hard to believe that it’s already the middle of July, and many of us are already dreading the thought of going back to school. Although the ‘Dog Days of Summer’ are approaching you’ve still got some time left to head out to a few anime cons with your friends, or chill back and stream a few titles on Crunchyroll. As for what’s happening on our side of town, we’ve got some new updates coming up for the blog!

UPDATE 1: Our Miscellany Monday segment where we feature lesser-known anime and delicious snacks from Japan will end April 3, 2018.

UPDATE 2: We’ve confirmed at least three conventions that we’ll be going to for our 2018 Anime Convention Tour. They’ll be posted on our Con Appearances page in December.

UPDATE 3: We’ll be posting some new videos on our Youtube channel in the Fall and Winter, and we’ll even do dual videos with both founders of the blog about what’s new with FUNimation, as well as some new blog updates.

UPDATE 4: New AMVs featuring Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt and Danganronpa are coming soon. You’ll be able to listen to the tracks of said AMVs on our new AMV music page, also coming soon!

UPDATE 5: Next Spring we’ll be creating a Gundam Legacy page that will be dedicated to one of the most popular Mecha anime franchises in the world. There might be a podcast/video so stay tuned! ๐Ÿ˜‰

Well that’s all we’ve got as far as new blog updates. There’s more D&A Anime Blog excitement coming your way! ๐Ÿ™‚

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Update Announcement: The Best of D&A’s Filler Posts! (And Ani-Sunday Too!)

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June has been pretty hot and pretty busy for us, but as always we’re working hard to make D&A Anime Blog one of the best blog/website hybrids out there in the world today. None of this would even be remotely possible had it not been for the love and support of our fans, so we thank you guys and girls from the bottom of our hearts!

Right now we’ve got an awesome update for you regarding our filler posts. We’ll be posting links to some of our best filler posts and will break them up into categories to help fans find them easily. Those categories include Convention Tips, Top 5, Top 10, and Miscellaneous. Newer filler posts will be added to these categories within the coming weeks after they’ve been posted on our blog. Don’t forget to check out our Ani-Sunday lineup featuring our Anime Couple of the Week, and Anime Episode of the Week.

As always to our loving fans who have continued to support us; continue to make D&A a part of you, and we will continue to make you a part of us! ๐Ÿ™‚

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It’s Recap Time!

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So it’s been eighteen months since we’ve started this awesomely amazing anime blog, and as always it could have never been the way it is today without the love and support from you guys, the fans. Normally during this time we’d have our Slash Saturday segment up and raging to go, but we promise you guys that we’ll get back to the good ol’ grind next week!

As for now it’s recap time! Tour-wise there are only two more stops left to go, and this just in we have switched out our mid-November appearance at Anime NYC, to go to Thy Geekdom Con in Delaware to celebrate the 28th birthday of D&A’s main founder, D.J. Lewis. January 18-21, 2018 we’ll be having our first official D&A Anime Panel at AniMore, so we want all of you guys to come out and party with us at our panel if you can! (Hopefully we won’t have a BlizzardCon resurgence if you know what we mean! XP)

We’ve also been paying close attention to our view counter as of late, and noticed that we’re pushing close to 10K total views! If we reach that number within the next month or so, we’ll post a special video on our Youtube channel thanking each and every one of our fans for helping us reach the 5-digit view mark! Remember guys if you have any questions or if you have any suggestions of titles for our segments on the blog, just head to the Contact Us page and send them to us.

Our music page known as the Kontrol Room will activate mid-Fall 2018, and will feature original tracks from D.J. “Groundzkontrol” Lewis. We’ll also be posting our 2018 anime convention tour schedule in order for you guys to see where we’ll be next! Near the end of the year we’ll be posting a special Cosplay Music Video on our channel for you all to enjoy, as well as work on becoming “daanimeblog.com” before the 2017 year is out. (Aside from the music page we’ll also be posting some new AMVs too, so don’t forget to check them out!)

These eighteen months have been amazing for us as well as the blog/site, and with your help, we will continue to get better as an anime blog, and we will continue to be a part of you.

Thank you! ๐Ÿ™‚

Anime Cons for June! (Part 2 of 2)

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Here’s part two of our two-part anime convention post. This time around we’ve got new anime conventions for you to check out in the Southwest, Northwest, and Westbound regions of North America. Don’t forget to like us and follow us on all of our social media pages and remember, make D&A a part of you, and we’ll make you a part of us! ๐Ÿ™‚

Anime Cons for June! (Part 1 of 2)

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Well guys, in case you aren’t aware of it by now, there are only six months left in the 2017 year! Time sure flies when you’re having fun touring out to different anime conventions, and speaking of which we’ve got some new ones for you all to check out! In this two-part anime convention location update; we’ve got three cons for the Westbound region of North America, and only one for the Northwest Bound region. When you get the chance be sure to click on the links provided and see what kind of otaku excitement each con has to offer!

We apologize for not being able to deliver our Miscellany Monday segment, so we owe you guys a brand new one next week! By the way, if we manage to hit 10K views before the month of our next anime convention, then we will post a special D&A 10K view video on our Youtube channel for you guys (the fans) to enjoy! We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all the love and support that you’ve shown us, and continue to make D&A a part of you. (And we’ll make you a part of us!)

D&A Friday’s: Where Anime is a part of You!

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Wow, is it Friday already?! It feels just like yesterday that we made some filler posts about rave parties at cons, and how to deal with con heartbreak, but now we once again arrive at the fifth day of the week (as always). Like we do every Friday night, we bring you some awesome anime titles that we know you’re gonna love, as well as some cool OVAs to add to the excitement! We didn’t get the chance to do our Manga of the Week sub-page segment this time, however we’ve got some upcoming titles that we plan on highlighting next week!

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Accel World

If you’re a fan of SAO and Log Horizon, then Accel World is gonna be the anime title for you! Being a fluffy kid in middle school can really be a pain, especially when you have to put up with others making fun of you and bullying you all the time. (We’ve been there so we know what it’s like.) Haru always finds himself on the receiving end of getting bullied, so to tear himself away from reality, he logs into his school’s network through his Neuro Linker in order to blow off steam through an online game called Virtual Squash.

Eventually his skills catch the attention of the most intelligent girl in Umesato Jr. High, who goes by the name of the Black Snow Princess (or Kuroyukihime). She not only assists him in helping to face his bullies, but introduces him to an Augmented Reality Massive Multiplayer Online (ARMMO) game called Brain Burst; which players fight against one another in battles to earn Burst Points. There’s more to this story so be sure to stream it on Youtube, FUNimation, or Crunchyroll if you wanna check it out!

And don’t forget to check out Hunter x Hunter and its OVAs too, if you’ve never, EVER seen the series before (in life)!

Next Sunday is going to be quite exciting for us, because we’re introducing a brand new drop down menu called Anime Sunday’s! In it will contain two sub-pages; Anime Couple of the Week, and Anime Episode of the Week! We’re so proud to be sharing this awesome feature with you guys, so your feedback and comments about it will be greatly appreciated! We wanna thank our fans and social media followers for all of the support that we’ve been getting for you, and continue to make D&A a part of you, and as always we will make you a part of us! ๐Ÿ™‚