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No, this isn’t one of those “giving up anime fandom” posts. In this weeks Animenano podcast they answered a question of mine in which I stated that most anime was, in fact, awful. I figured the statement was probably worth some explanation. I do, genuinely, believe that most anime is pretty bad. I think those who [...]
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It looks like Negi won’t have much trouble catching up to the thousand master afterall. He managed to deflect Evangelin’s fully powered attack when she was at her strongest. And only at the age of 10! He’s even more powerful that he is in the manga. So we continue from exactly where we left off previously, [...]
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And I don’t mean that in the “lol y r u so ghey” sort of way. I honestly haven’t been able to figure out how one is supposed to react to traps and how that reaction changes based on the context that the trap is presented in. It doesn’t help that two trap-centric [...]
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Something which I had posted in my older post, you can actually post your grudge in a website to Ai Enma, also known as Jigoku Shoujo, which also means "girl from hell". Personally I do not have any grudges on anyone, but meh, this is just for fun. Ai Enma looks alot like Yuko-san from xxxHolic, and here goes the wish granting part.First of all, go here if you don't have an idea on what are you going through.Then, click on the "Post Your Grudge Now".You shall reach a page with the words "Welcome to Hell's Website". Here, type in the name of the person you want to take revenge on, or just want to kacau the person, up to you, I don't care. Then Ai Enma would be summoned. Type the email of the person you want to disturb, then a nice reason (hey, you might win a straw doll after all) why would you want to send him off, then type in your name and email. Click "Continue". Pull the red string off the straw doll.</a>You will be given a message saying that "revenge is a double-edge sword and you shall die in hell," blah blah blah. Click on "Finish".You will be brought to a page which tells you to come back after two days to check. And it's done!Okay, so Jigoku Shoujou will start showing on Animax Asia starting October 24, 2006. Rejoice, you people with Astro. -.-"Edit: Okay... I just found out that you can only post grudges in the midnight between 11:34 pm to 2 am (GMT +8). Cooincidently, when I make this post, it's around midnight..
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Yeah, the image above is actually a 2006 calendar by CLAMP featuring their works. You can get the rest from here. Note that I'm not the one who scan them. As some of you should know, Lunar released two new anime series which they are going to sub, and they are Asatte no Houkou and Yoake mae yori ruriiro na ~Crescent Love~. I went for Asatte no Houkou because of the "school" genre, plus Cresent Love sounds boring with it's describtion in Anime News Network, plus with an image of a maid, nah, I'll skip, I had thought then. But then, I found out that Asatte no Houkou was rather boring, while Cresent Love has some pantsu scenes. Okay, so I do like ecchi stuffs, mainly it tends to be hillarious. I might as well go for "Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo!" when their subs are released. I had just officially finished all my exams for the year, and from now onwards, it's free time all the way for me, although my siblings will continue to have their exam. I have just finished downloading Kanon #2, Asatte no Houkou #2 and Tsubasa Chronicle #41 till #46 (#Yugioh released a batch torrent, I don't know why).Man, fatcatlim is also into Kanon. XDI wonder, what happened to animenano? I had submitted this blog to be listed on the directory, but until now, it hasn't been listed. Whoever should be in charge of the thing is sleeping, and has been sleeping for around a month, I suppose? =\It's about to be midnight in about 10 minutes in my side. I shall be making a few other reviews before going to sleep.Edit: Fans of Jigoku Shoujo living in the Malaysia-Singapore area should take note of this. Animax is having a contest... or maybe a contest, I don't know how to describe it, and it sounds like this: "DO YOU HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST SOMEONE? Girl from hell wants to hear from you. The 20 best grudges will be awarded with an exclusive Animax Straw doll. BUT FOR A PRICE BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR". Nah, read here instead.
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Since I’m abit pressed for time lately, I’m only following a couple of this season’s series. A little unfriendly to slightly unknown titles, compared to last season where I pratically followed almost every single one. But hey, school’s a bitch you know. The last thing I want is to be kicked out of school, and [...]
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The official website for the upcoming TV anime Tokyo Majin Gakuen is online. The anime series will be titled, in full, Tokyo Majin Gakuen ~Tsurugi Kaze Chou~ (Which I think translated to something like leader of the sword's wind. That's pretty speculative though). It's based of a series of PlayStation RPGs with the same name. [...]
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Well, I don't know of any other people who had admitted to being HUGEOLICIOUS Mizushima Tsutomu fans, but I am certainly among the top 10. I guarantee it. And with that in mind, I bring you some news that, for me, is super excite-o-tabulous. I'm making up words today. Anyway, The third entry in the [...]
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Bartending skills being an anime? I had to watch this. It also opened in Japan during my birthday, which is another strange pull for me to watch it. Do note for this series, I am putting the summary at the bottom, as thoughts are more important for this show than what really happens. Bar is simply [...]
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For a shounen show, this series sure gets some really nice art direction, cinematography, and direction. Maybe it's just specific to this episode but I noticed that a lot of thoughts have gone into framing each scenes so that they look unique and unusual. It also helps that the music is atmospheric and reminds me of Danny Elfman compositions. The animation studio responsible for this series is TMS Entertainment, a company which I've never heard of before. Having said that, I think they do a great job so far and I hope this will continue in future episodes. The only complains that I have about the episode is that in some scenes, the dark scenes are too dark and I can barely see anything. Maybe I simply have a bad setup but I had to strain my eyes to figure out an object and at times I can't see anything. This is going to be a major problem next week since the bulk of the story will be a fight scene. It'll be hard to enjoy if I can't see a thing.
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Ouran Koukou Host Club had ended two weeks ago, and I know it’s a bit late to talk about it now, but I still want have a final say for this wonderful anime. It’s a pity they’d decided to stop on episode 26, but according to my classmate who’d been supplying me with the Ouran Episodes, there is going to be a second season. If that were true, now wouldn’t that be good? =DPersonally, I have not been following the anime since the start. I had only decided to pick up this anime when one of my classmates were asking me for my opinion on which anime should he watch. I had then noticed Ouran, which was listing on animesuki. A friend of mine in Livejournal had also been talking about Ouran. It shouldn’t be that bad after all, I thought. I then introduced Ouran to my classmate. Yep, it wasn’t a mistake after all, when I have been enjoying this hilarious anime the whole while after starting it. ^_^Episode 24 is about Kyouya’s story with Tamaki. It was indeed a touching scene, where Kyouya, who is third in his family, were having extremely high expectations from his father, who own the Ootori Cooperation. Both his brothers have already maintained their position as the top in class, and his father will not longer be satisfied with the same achievement. It was suddenly, that the heir of the Suou family died, and Tamaki’s father took over as the successor of the Suou’s family businesses. Then again, Tamaki, being the only son, automatically became the heir to succeed to the family’s business. The Suou has always been a competitor in the business world with the Ootori family, and Kyouya has been requested by his father to take care of Tamaki, who’d just arrived from France. Indeed, Tamaki is a mixed blood whose father is Japanese, while having a French mother. Tamaki, being a romantic person, obtains popularity among his classmates within a few days. Meanwhile, Kyouya tried to be friendly with him, but all the while, he can't stand Tamaki, whom he had regarded as an idiot. However, the idiot seems to be the only one who was able to look through Kyouya, and they'd become good friends in the end. They had even founded the host club together!Bapa borak, anak rintik; Like father, like sonTamaki looks serious in the reflection...Tamaki said, "After the school festival, the club is gong to be dissolved."*slap* Mr. Ootori slapping his son out of disappointment.Episode 25 was mainly about the 43rd Ouran School Festival. Naturally, the host club would also take part in the opening ceremony, and in this particular day, the host club would be open to public, where the members of the host club are required to serve not only the students, but also their... mothers, lol. Meanwhile Kyouya continues with his lies which I'd rather call bullshit, "the theme of this club is to culture ourselves with social education", Tamaki had a visit from his father. Like father like son, as they say, as Tamaki's father was also very charming like his son. Kyouya also received a visit from his father, but his father was rather disappointed when he found out that his son, whom he had planned to make his successor of his business, had been involved in such a worthless club. It wasn't nice to slap someone with his glasses on, but that was indeed what Kyouya's father did to his son on the spot. Um. And here comes Tamaki's grandmother... with Tamaki's fiancé, Eclair Tonnerre. Tamaki had no choice but to listen to his grandmother's orders. Tamaki's history was sad. He came to Japan leaving his mother behind. Tamaki's grandmother had always hated Tamaki, because he is not anak gahara, or in another words, Tamaki's father married another women which he met in France and had Tamaki, when he already have a wife back in Japan. In the end... Tamaki announced that the host club would be... dissolved. In another word, disband. He would be returning to France with his future wife. The end for episode 25. Happy ending, eh? And yes, it was also in this episode that Kyouya told Haruhi that her debts for the vase has been fully paid, although I wondered whether did Ecliar paid it, or Kyouya became symphatical towards Haruhi.The Grand Tonnerre is a dangerous company which has been taking over Japanese companies.."If you marry Eclair, I'll let you see your mother," says Tamaki's grandmotherThe Ootori Medical Company... shall soob be bought by the Grand Tonnerre company.Hikaru fell from the carriage..."Ehhh...?" Tamaki in a car with his fiancé"I got 'cha..."K.O. - Kyouya Ootori. The student who handed over the business cleverly tried to hide his name"Hey... KYOUYA!"The real happy ending was actually in episode 26. Eclair was actually the third daughter of the Tonnerre family. The Grand Tonnerre is a France-based company which had been buying over Japanese companies... and this had included the Ootori's. This should explain why would Kyouya's father be unhappy. Tamaki's grandmother wanted Tamaki to marry Eclair Tonnere, to avoid the family from taking over the Suou's business. However, it was also revealed that Eclair only wanted to reunite Tamaki with his mother, who happened to be Eclair's personal escort in France. In the end, Tamaki followed Eclair back to France. The members of the host club tried to stop Tamaki from going, but they had also got some problems on their hands. The Ootori's armies had stopped them from going to Tamaki. But little to the soldiers know, that Honey-senpai is a Karate master, and Mori-senpai is also a martial arts master. The twins had brought a carriage, and Haruhi got on it and went for Tamaki. Like I said, it was a happy ending. Although Hikaru fell from the carriage and Kaoru went down the carriage to help his twin brother, Haruhi managed to catch up to the car Tamaki is in with Eclair. The Grand Tonnerre returned the Ootori essets to Kyouya, and Kyouya returned it to his father, which means that Kyouya is the real owner of the Ootori business but he handed over it to his father. Final ratings:Art: 9/10Personally, I like how the characters are drawn very much. The colours are really attractive, and the backgrounds in the anime is also very nice, specially the clock tower which is pink in colour, and also the shadows.Characters: 8/10There you go. The main characters of this anime are mainly males, other than Haruhi herself, but she usually dresses us as a male, and some fangirls might as well end up liking her too, meanwhile fanboys, including your truly, would also like the cute Haruhi in a female dress, especially in episode 18, where Kyouya, who is a cool person, ended up in a shopping centre without his handphone and wallet. The character features goes from Tamaki, who is a handsome blond to Mori-senpai, who is as quiet as a stick, but would do rather unexpected reactions when in some embarassing situations. The twins portray brotherly love, in another words, Yaoi, or love between boys, however it was also revealed that Hikaru, the more aggressive of the twin also has feelings for Haruhi.Story: 8/10The story rounds around the host club, a club which features handsome, cute, cool, quiet, gay and *inserts any other describtion fangirls would like* boys. Mainly, only ladies would become customers to the club, although boys are also allowed. Although, it all changed when Haruhi, a female, joined the host club, as a male. The secret of Haruhi being a female was only known among the club members. There goes all the father and daughter play. Mainly, it's humour and romance with a little... yaoi. lol. BGM: 7/10The background music of this anime isn't really attracting, although I have quite enjoyed them. You must listen to the music while watching the anime, or else you will not like it anyway. Mainly violin and those ochestra musicals.OP/ED: 8/10"Sakura Kiss" and "Shissou" are really nice songs. hughwong said that he didn't liked "Sakura Kiss", but I myself like the song very much. I have actually heard the song before I started watching the anime when music_and_more shared with us the OP single. Personally, I like "Shissou" more than "Sakura Kiss". "Shissou" is also available in piano version, and I really adore it. You can find some random people playing the piano in Youtube. I was expecting a second OP or ED, but somehow, they didn't release one. The songs are not boring, and are quite catchy. Overall, I gave them both an average of 8.Overall: 8 out of 10 (Awesome)This is an anime which will be one of my favoutites for a long time. :D
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Sumomomo Momomo - Chijou Saikyou no Yome. The Strongest Bride on Earth. Oh my. This episode turned out to be the best out of all ep 1s that I’ve seen so far...
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This is a Giga remake their old Baldr Bullet. I got alerted to this game after reading off Shingo’s post … Baldr Bullet Revellion Opening Movie Baldr Bullet Revellion Homepage So after I checked out the movie … I waited for the game to be released and finally gotten my dirty hands on it … MuahahahAhahaha After playing through the [...]
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Asatte no Houkou #2 I still have no idea where this series is going. It’s not exactly boring, but it’s very, very slow-paced. It’s still moving at warp speed compared to Tsubasa, but hey, who isn’t? All I know is that I love Shouko’s new freckles, and that I do not like the longhaired guy, [...]
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I always tell myself that I don’t need any more figures, that the money would be better spent on DVDs and manga. Still, that doesn’t change the fact that I have developed an intense need to acquire both a Feena and a Hikaru, even though the latter is from a game I have no knowledge [...]
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Autumn is here in full force and I’ve been finding myself devoid of both time and energy to write anything. Hell, even writing this notice feels hard. How long this hiatus will last I can’t say, could be a week and it could be till spring(like last time). Till next time, be good.
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Impressions: That was unexpectedly good, and now that I think about it, it’s even more unexpectedly good. What I mean is, I didn’t expect to like the episode as much as I do now beforehand, and now that I’ve watched it, I’ve realised just how slow the pace is; yet I still liked it. What [...]
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I was going to do another figure review today but got sidetracked into fiddling with photoshop. There was this picture of Rider which I really liked but it had huge flaws in the colour composition. And I happened to be reading up several books on photography techniques as well as digital image processing. Sure I [...]
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