Another first impressions post for the summer 2009 season, and this time it's for Bakemonogatari, a supernatural series based on a series of light novels and animated by Shaft.I bet some of you are wishing a hot girl would fall into your arms right now.Basic Premise:A third year high school student named Koyomi Araragi was attacked by a vampire, but he was able to return to human form thanks to the intervention of some homeless guy named Meme Oshino. One day, Koyomi catches a female classmate named Hitagi Senjōgaharafalling off some stairs, and to Koyomi's surprise Hitagi weighs next to nothing.Open wide!Ugh... That's gotta hurt!Brief Summary:The "OP" was a brief montage of how Koyomi was attacked by a vampire and saved by Meme, and after that it was Koyomi catching Hitagi while he was climbing the stairs. After school, Koyomi, who is the class vice president, plans out activities with class president Tsubasa, and Koyomi uses the planning session to ask Tsubasa about Hitagi. After getting the scoop on Hitagi from Tsubasa, Koyomi leaves to meet visit Meme, but he is accosted by Hitagi outside the classroom. While threatening Koyomi with an exacto knife and a stapler, Hitagi explains that she lost her weight to a mysterious crab and wants Koyomi to not to tell anyone about her secret. Koyomi agrees, but Hitagi puts a staple into the side of Koyomi's mouth anyways, but Koyomi quickly regenerates afterwards because of his prior stint as a vampire. Despite Hitagi's hostility, Koyomi offer to take Hitagi to see his savior Meme, and Hitagi reluctantly agrees after finding out that Koyomi is a former vampire.Welcome to Hitagi's mobile stationery store. What might I interest you in today?That's all the stock I have on hand. I'll have to run home if you want specialty items.Koyomi takes Hitagi to an abandoned building where Meme lives. There is also a girl there who Meme has named Shinobu. After conversation featuring the talk about the crab and Hitagi and Meme questioning each other, Meme agrees to help Hitagi recover her weight.Yum, pasta brains.... with cream and strawberries.Meme: Damn Koyomi, I didn't think you would be able to find a girl this nice.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Leave it to Shaft to weird things up with its Shaftiness. This episode was visually stimulating if nothing else, despite the fact that >90% of the episode was spent showing conversations. The animation looks great and is highly stylized a la Shaft, and there was that bizarre sequence with the degrading effects followed up by Koyomi's pasta brain. Does it make any sense? Not really, but there's no way you'll miss it. Oh, and Hitagi stapling Koyomi in the mouth was kind of imaginative too.As for the other aspects of the show, the story seems interesting enough with the vampires, weight-stealing crabs, and other supernatural thingies, although I couldn't help but feel a little bored during episode because of all of the talking. For the sake of laying out the background info, I suppose we'll just have to suffer through it. Hitagi looks quite formidable with her arsenal of hidden stationery items. I'm sure she's quite handy when you need a pen or a stapler. I'm not too sure about Koyomi though, since he hasn't done anything to define his personality. At the moment Koyomi looks pretty bland.Anyways, it was a decent premiere. I liked the animation but not the wordiness. I'll keep watching to see what happens.
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I’ve been looking forward to this series since it was announced, and I’m hoping that Studio Deen doesn’t make it into a total hot mess like Higurashi (although I suppose the wonky animation was part of Higurashi’s charm).  The show centers around the Ushiromiya family and their pact with a witch named Beatrice.  She brought [...]
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Our Direction Looks like Hinagiku and Ayumu will be embarking on a new level of friendship. Impressions Hinata and Asato are definitely Sakuya’s siblings. It’s in their genes. Poor Hayate… used as a joke once again.
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A cursory exploration of inverse-telecine through three THYME PVs: Fly Away, forever we can make it!, and Hello.
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Before You Leave Home, Be Sure to Bring Your Best Swim Trunks There’s a good theory in here that will help you swim faster… Brief Summary The first- and second-years are the first ones to try out the newly opened school pool. Of course, with the Kyouko Fan Club, their attention is drawn… elsewhere. After the students had their [...]
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External Link Related posts:Trigun Movie?TRIGUN THE MOVIE – Coming 2009xxxHOLIC / Tsubasa Chronicle Movie Trailer Related posts:Trigun Movie?TRIGUN THE MOVIE – Coming 2009xxxHOLIC / Tsubasa Chronicle Movie Trailer
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Applause to Umineko no Naku Koro ni for being able to invoke a lot of reactions out of me. Then again, I did say back then that this show has potentially interesting stuff, which makes it nothing more than something within my expectations. First up is a rather ominous (courtesy of the occult choir singing along) [...]
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Stat: As of this moment, Nekomagic.com is ranked 108,762 (was 105,146 in May). I can’t believe we’re going back since we have more daily unique visits and page preview in June than May. I really wonder why. Right now, we have 2892 registered user (2633 last month), 540 feed subscribers (491 last month), and 293 email subscribers [...] Related posts:May 06, 2009 News Update: Stat: AsJanuary 02, 2009 News Update: Happy NewFebruary 05, 2009 News Update: Another mFebruary 16, 2009 News Update: Wow, anotMarch08, 2009 News Update: Another m
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Its 2 am here and i decided to post CANNAN before i sleep .. EP1 is out and the Opening and Ending song are on youtube so here is it. CANNAN op “mind as Judgment” by Faylan 飛蘭 CANNAN is a show based on shanghai and load of gunfights with the main character name….. what else…. Cannan [...]
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Taki corporation is going to release the Kanu Unchou ( 關羽 雲長 ) School Swimsuit Ver. ( スクール水着Ver. ) 1/8 PVC figure from the manga/anime “Ikkitousen” ( 一騎当千, Dragon Destiny ). Will be released in August 2009, 7,800 yen. Castoffable. This post contains adult material, you need to be 18 or over to [...] Related posts:Ikkitousen (Dragon Destiny) Kanu Unchou Ribbon Underwear Ver. 1/8 PVC figure by Taki corporation Taki corpIkkitousen (Dragon Destiny) Kanu Unchou Seito Gakuen Uniform Ver. -NOIR- 1/6 PVC figure by Taki corporation Taki corpIkkitousen (Dragon Destiny) Kanu Unchou 1/7 PVC figure by Taki corporation Taki corpIkkitousen (Dragon Destiny) Kanu Unchou Hot Spring Ver. 1/8 PVC figure by Taki corporation Taki corpIkkitousen (Dragon Destiny) Kanu Unchou Swimsui Ver. Miyazawa Hobby limited Pink Pearl non-scale PVC figure by Taki corporation Taki corp
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Taki corporation is going to release the Ryofu Housen ( 呂布奉先 ) School Swimsuit Ver. ( スクール水着Ver. ) 1/8 PVC figure from the manga/anime “Ikkitousen” ( 一騎当千, Dragon Destiny ). Will be released in August 2009, 7,800 yen. Castoffable. This post contains adult material, you need to be 18 or over to view it. We [...] Related posts:Ikkitousen (Dragon Destiny) Ryofu Housen Underwear Ver. non-scale PVC figure by Taki corporation Taki corpIkkitousen (Dragon Destiny) Kanu Unchou School Swimsuit Ver. 1/8 PVC figure by Taki corporation Taki corpIkkitousen (Dragon Destiny) Chouun Shiryuu Swimsuit Ver.non-scale PVC figure by Taki corporation Taki corpIkkitousen (Dragon Destiny) Ryofu Housen After Battle Ver.1/6 GK by Alphamax Alphamax Ikkitousen (Dragon Destiny) Ryofu Housen 1/6 PVC figure by R-Line Griffon Enterprises R-Line Gr
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The long-standing issue of how exactly to define moé has been resolved by ECPAT (End Child Prostitution and Trafficking) International. I quote: The analysis estimates the market for moe products (books, images and games), which are related to anime and manga, was worth 88.8 billion yen (US$800 million) in 2003. The term moe is used in [...]
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The summer’s most anticipated series kicks off with a bang, or at least a vicious slap (~uu~). Have the tables been set for another thriller, mystery masterpiece from 07th Expansion and Studio DEEN? Or are we in for an underwhelming experience like the latest Higurashi OVA? I have no clue. That was just a rhetorical question. It is just the first episode. Thus, this is a pretty spoiler-free writeup. Normal format will follow in the subsequent weeks. Mother of the Year.
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- Trigun the Movie trailers: HERE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Crunchyroll simulcast Kanamemo NICE! I actually didn't expect any more simulcast other th..글 전체보기
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  Welcome back, Itoshiki. Okay, I’m tired of waiting for a decent version. Impressions: Ugh. What an awful OP. At least the ED’s pretty good. Not the greatest SZS episode ever made, but it was still pretty solid. They tried a bit too hard to reintroduce us to all the characters in the early going. The first 8 [...]
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<object width="512" height="322"><param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.40"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"/><param name="flashVars" value="id=14323772&amp;vid=5440656&amp;lang=en-gb&amp;intl=uk&amp;thumbUrl=http%3A//l.yimg.com/a/p/i/bcst/videosearch/9789/88710688.jpeg&amp;embed=1"/><embed src="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.40" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="512" height="322" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#000000" flashvars="id=14323772&amp;vid=5440656&amp;lang=en-gb&amp;intl=uk&amp;thumbUrl=http%3A//l.yimg.com/a/p/i/bcst/videosearch/9789/88710688.jpeg&amp;embed=1"></embed></object>  So I was watching Valkyria earlier and was very happy to see that it got a new OP. That is, until I realized how massive a spoiler they threw into it by showing that Alicia does indeed have Valkyria blood in her (enough to face Selvaria for the matter). It's a plot twist that wasn't totally unexpected given how they've hinted about it in the past, but damn it I would have liked to see it played out in the series and not completely spoiled by an opening sequence several episodes before it happens. *shakes fist at A-1 Pictures* Full Valkyria post will go up in a bit.
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Summary: It is festival time in the city of Shanghai, and unbeknownst to everyone, a man gets shot in a back alley.
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It seems to have taken a long, long time, but here we are at last at the climax of Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo... and who would have thought that this final episode would have brought us a battle between Leopard and pretty much everybody else with a starring role in the series?!However, that state of affairs is exactly what we get, with Nami and the "new look" Leopard looking to destroy everything in
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By TheBigN What type of cancer would it be? Something slow-growing, yet considered incurable like a chronic lymphocytic leukemia? Something that could have been avoided if people didn’t use certain things too much, like smoking with lung cancers? Something that’s silent until it’s too late, like some forms of pancreatic cancer? Course, I have problems with [...]
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