According to MF Bunko J, a season 3 of “Zero no Tsukaima” has been greenlit for production. [Source]
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Saitou Hiraga loves blogging. But ever since he was summoned into Tristain, he had no access to his good ol’ wordpress acount and had to make do with a notepad…. MondayOH MY GAWD!! I saw Siesta’s GIANT BREASTS!! Man, they are so luciously smooth, soft just like the flesh of those giant melons we had back [...]
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While the first season of Zero no Tsukaima was hardly a masterpiece, I expected there to at least be a simple and well-executed plot. Unfortunately, what we got was some kind of horribly directed mess of a story that was so bad that it actually interfered with my enjoyment of this series. I [...]
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The fall season has started, and I don’t really care. Nothing starts for me until either Genshiken 2 or Kodomo no Jikan air. So instead of looking forward, I’ll reflect on three shows which have recently ended. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann I can’t really stress how awesome this ending was. If Diebuster was interstellar, Gurren Lagann is [...]
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An Albion force of 7 million men is closing in on the city, and Henrietta stubbornly decides to board the very last airship. The head priest wants Louise to use some Void magic mumbo jumbo to buy some time. Louise decides that someone has to protect the lives of Henrietta and the maids, [...]
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A show that I once called a guilty pleasure tries to grow up and be about something other than harems, fan service, and loli-tsunderes-that-blow-things-up. It fails, though at one point it almost succeeds. Why?
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[Figurine Updates] Atler’s Louise gets a white bustier ver and hmm….it looks good. While there is a regular black colored bustier ver of this figurine, some might consider this a nice addition to their Zero no Tsukaima fandom. One of the interesting facts about this figurine which I read on a forum was that Hobby Japan’s 700 [...]
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[ Episode 12: The Farewell Wedding Ceremony ] Can you say, Deus Ex Machina? Yup, that was fully utilized here but I’ll get back to that soon. We get to see the incomplete marriage ceremony and the battle of Saito versus 70,000 men. The battle scenes were awesome and I liked how they showed the struggle [...]
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[ Episode 11: The Silver Pentecost ] This episode was rather decent. It continued to play on the whole ‘dying for one’s status and reputation’ thing Louise brought up in the previous episode. Guiche also joined in with that belief and it had me wondering just how many nobles feel that way (such as Kirche, Montmorency, [...]
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What are you talking about? This was awesome! My final impression is included.
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Warning: thar be spoilers here. Less for the actual plot than for random side stuff, but still, you have been warned. finale, Kaze no Stigma, spring 2007, summer 2007, Zero no Tsukaima
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Despite the rubbishness of the overall pacing, where too much time was spent on side characters like Agnes, I still kinda liked Zero no Tsukaima 2. It’s perhaps the sequel effect, where one finds the familiar elements nostalgic and is tricked into liking the series in spite of the flaws. The biggest flaw is of [...]
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When Zero no Tsukaima's first season was still airing, I stumbled across a thread that summarized events in the light novel up to its seventh volume. Since they never took place in the first season's run, and with no guarantee of a second season at the time, I proceeded to forget about most of it.What did stick with me was the underlying conflict that pervaded the later volumes, which boils down to pacifists against warmongers when set in a comparatively backward and primitive era. This may or may not sound something like the premise of Zipang.In other words, Zero no Tsukaima Futatsuki no Kishi could have had a promising, coherent, plot. It's just that J.C. Staff has generally chosen service over serious, backing away from the darker undercurrent that began to take hold in the later episodes of the first season.Sure, service sells and trivializing the overall story with undeveloped side plots has probably turned out to be pretty profitable for all involved, but I do get a sense of frustration having seen even a high-level view of what things could have been. I think I understand a bit what it must feel like for a fan of the source material to watch such a gutted adaptation.
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A cease-fire is called for the Silver Pentecost holiday, and Louise is miffed that they are taking care of the peasants that Albion’s army abandoned. She blabs about how great it is to be a noble, and Saito gets angry that she favors war over celebration. When Henrietta proposes a recon mission to [...]
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Love power to the rescue!
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Alter put a page up on their official site today for their upcoming Louise (bustier ver.) PVC figure from Zero no Tsukaima, and Moe Soul followed up almost immediately with a preorder listing. She's sculpted by Otsuyama Houjun, 1/8 scale (19 cm tall), and due out in January of next year at 5,040 yen retail (tax included). Other sites should have her up for preorder soon~. (no more)
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Can I have my mindless fun back?
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Henrietta doesn’t want to get peasants caught in the crossfire, and so orders Louise to work some Void magic over Albion’s capitol, Londinium. Unfortunately it seems that the previous success was a result of 10 years of pent-up magic, and Louise is back to being a crappy mage again. Also, Londinium’s dragon riders [...]
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