Funimation has announced that they have acquired the rights to the Mamotte! Lollipop anime, which they’re retitling Save Me! Lollipop. According to Japanator, it’s been set for a single box-set release for the end of 2008. My regular readers might be wondering, “CJ-chi, why are you blogging this? Don’t you have spring anime to be covering? [...]
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Remember how we were talking about how FUNimation was going to announce some new licenses before Anime Central this year? Well, it looks like it may be true; Active Anime has the press release for a new FUNi license: Save Me! Lollipop (Japanese name Mamotte! Lollipop). I never watched it, so here’s their provided plot [...]
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The adventure of Nina, Zero, and Ichii continue in the sequal to Mamotte Lollipop, entitled Modotte Mamotte Lollipop.  To be honest, I haven’t read the first series, nor have I watched the anime beyond the first episode.  (I’ve been reading Ex-Fansubber as the series progressed through its repetitive cliche-ness.)  Nevertheless, the art is cute, so I downloaded [...]
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Nina was minding her own business, discussing love and the ideal boy (a protective prince), when she notices a candy on her plate of cake. She eats it despite it not being chewy like typical candy, but when doing so, an entourage of magicians fly down from the sky to attack her. Two boys, Zero and [...]
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Thank goodness the overall quality of this batch is better than the previous ones, with major thanks to Night Head Genesis for this. It’s great to see that for each bad show, there also is a good show during this season. Night Head Genesis Despite the cheesy title, this definitely is one of the better series [...]
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All right, after mispronuncing some katakana from Tsuyokiss, I have to make a disclaimer. The observations and assumptions are the opinions of this blogger and may not be accurate. If you want good translations, please check other blogs of people who actually understand Japanese. Okay, round two. Coyote Ragtime Show: An sexy glasses-wearing government operative named Angelica [...]
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My adventures in raw anime continue with Mamotte! Lollipop. "Mamotte" means "protect," so this anime is supposedly about protecting a lollipop. Or maybe a (loli)pop? Anyway, here's what I got out of the first episode:
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OP - Poppin’ Heart wa Hitotsu Dake? (CLOVER) - these guys must be one of those insidious Morning Musume-esque girl groups. Blech. Plus the animation is partly episode recycling! But it’s not too bad really. ED - Kyun Kyun Panic (MOSAIC.WAV) - in the grand tradition of Nakayoshi shoujo ending themes, there is [...]
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The premise doesn't sound very original, but decided still to watch first episode since even cliched anime can be funny sometimes. Not this one though. The story tells about girl who eat some magical item and suddenly two hot bishounen want to protect her, exciting isn't it? And the cliche list wouldn't be complete without magical...boys. Yes, boys. To be honest that was somewhat unusual, even
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