http://www.animenano.com/ An anime blog aggregator and community. en-us The official site for Full Metal Panic TV anime series has announced that Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu will be rebroadcast this Fall season, starting with Chiba TV on September 23. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:42:02 -0000 http://notes.moedosed.com/310/%E3%80%8Cfull-metal-panic-fumoffu%E3%80%8D-rebroadcast I’ve been wanting a Dakimakura for a long time now. But the hard part is that my parents are awesome and accepting of me collecting figures. They are fine with me having the one Full Metal Panic wall scroll with the two nude girls. But i honestly think they would get worried if i had [...] Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:33:25 -0000 http://www.howagirlfigures.com/2008/08/24/a-dakimakura-for-girls/ And seeing Clannad destroy Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei should leave me in despair, YET, SOFT, I DO NOT DESPAIR, OH THE WOES OF ACTUALLY ADMIRING KEY’S WORK AND KYOANIMU’S ANIMATION. Like I said before, I actually hold Key and KyoAni in high regard, they do wonderful work. Clannad, Planetarian for Key and FMP: Fumoffu/TSR for KyoAni. But the [...] Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:28:47 -0000 http://finality.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/the-anime-saimoe-tournament-2008-day-7-clannad-smash/ This time, it’s official. BONES has confirmed that a second TV series is in the works, according to an Anime News Network article. The 20th volume of the manga, set to be released Friday, is announcing it. No word yet on plot or length. And it’s about freaking time someone milked this cash cow moar more. [...] Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:34:22 -0000 http://cjblackwing.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/fullmetal-alchemist-second-season-finally-confirmed/ About the Mangaka Sadly not a lot of information available for Tateo Retsu, beyond her doing the art for the first Full Metal Panic manga. She does however have a personal website, which has a profile on there. If some knowledgeable person could translate and email it to me, I’d be grateful!! Gatou Shoji really shouldn’t need [...] Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:49:39 -0000 http://www.tiamatsreviews.com/?p=1274 Hirano Aya and music writer/producer Tsunku つんく♂ will work together on the ED to the fall anime Hyakko. (mouseover photos for captions, click to enlarge)Tsunku (39) is the writer/producer behind Morning Musume and all the Hello! Morning groups, including Berryz Koubou, °C-ute, Buono!, and Canary Club. His happy girl-pop is very unlike the punky music Aya has been tending toward, so it will be interesting to see what they come up with.The OP will also be by Tsunku, but with Ogawa Mana (15) 小川真奈 of Canary Club doing the singing.Tsunku is one of the biggest names in the Japanese music industry, having risen from being a performer himself to be about the most successful producer in the industry, with his stable of young girls and string of hits. People criticize his bouncy bubble-gum music and gangs of little-girl idols, but he is laughing all the way to the bank.Hyakko ヒャッコ is a school comedy centering around a group of four misfit girls. The girls will be played by Hirano Aya, Orikasa Fumiko, Neya Michiko, and Ochiai Yurika. This is a very varied cast, with 20-year-old idol seiyuu Hirano-san playing the innocent transfer student Ayumi, top seiyuu Orikasa-san (34) playing irrepressibly happy and aggressive Torako, old pro Neya-san (42, she was Riza Hawkeye in FMA and Melissa Mao in FMP) playing immensely strong Suzume, and tiny-voiced Ochiai-san (26) playing bossy Tatsuki.I am happy to see Ochiai Yurika getting more roles. She is a capable voice but has been a pariah in the industry for a few years, probably because of her emotional nature and her popular blog detailing all her misfortunes and complaints, sometimes in several posts a day -- and probably also because of the nude photo shoots she did as a teen. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:10:28 -0000 http://hashihime.blogspot.com/2008/08/hirano-aya-to-work-with-morning-musume.html They are everywhere!!! If you don’t recall any, try watching the onsen episode in Full Metal Panic Fumoffu =D addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fabanzai.animeblogger.net%2F2008%2F07%2F29%2Fanime-banzai-motivational-poster-rubber-duckie%2F'; addthis_title = 'Anime+Banzai+Motivational+Poster+-+Rubber+Duckie'; addthis_pub = ''; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:08:51 -0000 http://abanzai.animeblogger.net/2008/07/29/anime-banzai-motivational-poster-rubber-duckie/ As above, will Strike Witches and its abundance of Pantless Lolis overpower Koihime Musou's big-breasted team of bishoujo Chinese weaponmasters?Well, let's not speculate, I hereby present you with one of summer's biggest matchups: Koihime Musou vs. Strike Witches!Picture from: The AnimeSuki Koihime Thread.VERSUSROUND 1: WEAPONRYKoihime Musou: Spears / SwordsStrike Witches: Guns like the MG 151 and Boys' anti-tank .551 rifle.WINNER: STRIKE WITCHES.Round 2: CharactersKoihime Musou: A re-imagining of the Chinese epic "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", with Zhang Fei as a LOLI WITH A FANG.Strike Witches: Anthropomorphizations of WW2 fighter planes.WINNER: KOIHIME MUSOU.ROUND 3: PremiseKoihime Musou: Imperial China during the Three Kingdoms period. One of the bloodiest in Chinese history.Strike Witches: WORLD WAR 2 FOR CHRIST'S SAKE.Winner: STRIKE WITCHES.Round 4: Fetish levelsKoihime Musou: Maids, implied Yuri, HUEG OPPAI. Loli, Swan mud-wrestling phallic-ish loincloth.Strike Witches: PANTLESS LOLIS, MECHA MUSUME, TRANSFORMATIONS, OPPAI GROPES, IMPLIED YURI.Advantage: TIE.Round 4: Fanservice!Koihime Musou: Episode Three needed way more Yuri between Enshou and Rinrin.Strike Witches: Implied Yuri ALL day, EVERYDAY.WINNER: STRIKE WITCHES.Round 5: Original WorkKoihime Musou: EROGEStrike Witches: Light NovelWINNER: KOIHIME MUSOURound 6: General Level of Intelligence of the charactersKoihime Musou:Strike Witches:Winner: STRIKE WITCHES. (Although Koihime is more lulzy here)Round 7: SeiyuusKoihime Musou: Don't know a single one.Strike Witches: Rie Tanaka, Saeko Chiba, Miyuki Sawashiro.WINNER: Strike Witches.Round 8: STUDIOKoihime Musou: Dogakobo (Jikogu Shojo, Ghost in the Shell SAC: Solid State Society)Strike Witches: GONZO (Chrno Crusade, Full Metal Panic!)WINNER: Strike Witches.Round 9: AntagonistsKoihime Musou: None yet.Strike Witches: The Neuroi, they be chargin' dem lazrs.WINNER: Strike WichesRound 10: OP / EDKoihime Musou: The ED annihilated my moe gland. The OP is just catchy.Strike Witches: The ED made me lose 1 bottle of red fluid of life via my nose. The OP is just catchy.WINNER: TIE.OVERALL WINNAR: STRIKE WITCHES.Pantless Loli is raeping the floor with the competition, SRSLY.So looks like another one bites the dust. Ah well. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:25:54 -0000 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CertifiablyInsane/~3/346514758/since-matchups-seem-to-be-catching-on.html Various reasons account for the lateness of this post and I almost wanted to let this feature slide but I’m going to try to keep it going. I also didn’t watch too much anime outside of the entire full metal panic series so even though this covers 3 weeks, there’s not that much to cover. [...] Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:10:14 -0000 http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/weekly-review-june-29-%E2%80%93-july-19-of-anime-watched/ Full Metal Panic returns to pick up where the first season ended. The stakes this time couldn’t be higher with Chidori’s life and Sousake’s sanity on the line. Final Series Score: 12/12 Perfect Rewatchablity: really high Pros: emotionally gripping, great animation, splendid action, characters do not remain static but have a lot of continued growth in the series Cons: [...] Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:01:49 -0000 http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/full-metal-panic-the-second-raid-%E2%80%93-series-review/