After blogging ARIA The Natural and Ah! My Goddes Sorezore no Tsubasa, I probably wont write any summary for new anime. I still have Suzuka manga blogging and I'm content with it. Just a note on some of the anime that I'll keep an eye on or browse. Random Curiousity has initial impressions of most of the newly aired anime, so do visit it and thank Omni. Kanon: Because of Kyoto animation quality and the ambient backgrounds. Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na Crescent Love: Because of the heroine, that's all. Tokimeki memorial: Had good impression of the game and the animation looks decent. Not to mention the girls. La Corda D’Oro ~primo passo~: At last an anime dedicated to musical instruments. Decent animation. Funny fairy. Appealing heroine. Plus there's seed of knowledge like Yakitate Japan. The drawback? The boys.... CODE GEASS:Not because of CLAMP but the animation looks quite impressive. Hope the story turns out good. Probably skip the rest, even if many recommend the 2 "D" anime. Sorry, not my genre of anime. Last time, someone recommend me Suzumiya Haruhi, turn out to be painful to watch for me, even if it has tremendous fandom.
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Hopefully it wasn't the bad joke that brought you here -if you can call that a joke-. Like the Eureka 7 manga, I had no idea that this was licensed. There I was just walking around Borders when I happen to nonchalantly glance at the manga section and it caught my eye. I mean come on, [...]
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Another short post today until I go home and start working on my Haruhi wrapup. I’m sure people have noticed that in recent years, there has been a trend toward single season series (13 episodes) rather than series spanning two seasons (26 episodes). Discounting Shounen series such as Yakitate!! Japan and Prince of Tennis, which go [...]
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In today's update: we catch up with the week's figure news with several blockbuster release notes, including a new round of items from Megahouse (Air Gear's Shimuka and Ringo, and Mizuki, a Tsukasa Jun-designed character that's the spiritual successor to the infamous Sengoku Cannon Koyori), an all-Yukino trading figure set from Yakitate Japan, Haibane Renmei's Rakka in PVC form (at long last), some nekkidness from Ikkitousen, and nekomimi from Toranoana in the misty far-off future.
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This is another decent episode for the series. The first story is quite funny and features some interesting interaction between the characters. It also has food as a theme so it brings back memory of Yakitate!! Japan, which I have to revisit one of these days. Unfortunately, the second and the third stories are not that good. I am starting to wonder now if supporting characters like Nishimoto is funny enough to be featured seperately from the main characters. They're just not funny enough in my opinion. Having said that, I'm starting to get used to Imadori, Tougou, and Lala now. Well, it's mostly just Imadori and his silliness but since the writers need someone to go against his obnoxious personality, Tougou and Lala are often featured alongside him.
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“Who is it that you will give truly delicious bread to!? The Japan, forever!” It’s a strange final episode for Yakitate!! Japan: no build up whatsoever, and no character arcs resolved. It’s a clear cut case of running out of manga, so maybe Yakitate!! Japan will return some day? Spoilers The final match of “Yakitate!! 9″ is Meister [...]
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“This is the path I must take!? Road of the Loquat!” It didn’t take me long to figure out “Road of the Loquat” > “Road of the Biwa” > “Lord of the Biwa” > “Lord of Yubiwa”. I am officially the smartest person alive, in a poll of one person. Kawachi and Azuma get sucked into a [...]
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“Daily life of the Fujioka Family” Technically Yakitate!! Japan was the show that brought me back from my self imposed “holiday”, but Ouran High School Host Club opened the door to true fun that I haven’t felt for a while. Like, since the previous episode of Ouran High School Host Club. Character spoiler within! I will spoil [...]
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“The sun vs. the blizzard!! The ultimate tart showdown!” It’s a clear cut case of there being only three episodes remaining, as all of the trimmings that make one of these matches last two episodes are cut down for the sake of efficiency. Yet the laid-back attitude of the competitions had its appeal, so I’m not [...]
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