With this episode, I guess that we’ve reached the second novel of the original “Allison”-series. It does worry me a bit that the creators are trying to stuff 10 volumes of light-novel material into just twenty-six episodes (For the sake of comparison: Soul Eater with its 11 volumes has 52 episodes to work with, and [...]
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Peeping Tom Picking up from last episode, Lieutenant Love Letter, I mean Ker, easily catches up to Allison and Wil. After a brief exchange of words, their dogfight begins. Allison manages to outsmart Ker, however, pulling a mid-air stall, which forces Ker into Allison's sights. She then proceeds to pepper his plane with [...]
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The world must know the TRUTH! Recap This episode begins with that vintage fighter plane dogfight we’ve all been waiting for. Allison’s a crack pilot and she manages to evade Lt. Kerr. But when she shoots at him, Wil’s horrified to discover their plane is loaded with [...]
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Macross Frontier and probably Code Geass top the list of most posted-about new shows on 2channel. Macross is at almost 87,000 posts. The most popular new shows in TV ratings, however, are Blue Dragon 2 and Net Ghost PiPoPa. I'll get to TV ratings later in the article.Unfortunately, it's hard to know the 2channel popularity of Code Geass, since the threads have just continued on from the first series. It is now up to 578,000 posts, overall.Coming after Macross's 87 threads (86,000+ posts), way down at 20 threads, is Zettai Karen Children, which apparently took over Hayate no Gotoku's popularity when it took over its TV timeslot.Kurenai, Soul Eater, and Library Wars follow, at 13 threads each. ToLoveRu has 12.Kamen no Maid Guy is at 8, and Blassreiter and Kanokon are at 7 each. Kyouran Kazoku Nikki has 6, and Nabari no Ou and Wagaya no Oinarisama both have 5.Allison to Lillia and Vampire Knight are at 4, and there is a long list at 3: Golgo 13, Itazura na Kiss, Mnemosyne, Neo-Angelique Abyss, Nijuumensou no Musume, Penguin Musume, and Special A.Chi's Sweet Home and Crystal Blaze are at 2, and Bus Gamer at 1.It's hard for me to tell about XXXHolic 2 and Da Capo 2 SS, since they both may have just continued threads from their first series, as Code Geass seems to have. But I don't have access to the 2channel archives to find out. XXXHolic is at 20 threads and Da Capo 2 SS at 9.This list simply shows how interesting shows are to people who post on 2channel. It is quite diferent from general popularity as represented in TV ratings. For those, check out Siegel Clyne's posts in the "Anime TV Ratings in Japan" thread in the AnimeSuki forum.In TV ratings, family anime like Sazae-san and Chibi Maruko-chan had 18 and 14 percent of the TV audience in their time slots in the week ending April 20. Anime like One Piece, Detective Conan, Gegege no Kitaro, and Naruto were around 6-8 percent.Then there was a group around 5-6 percent: Naruto, Major, Precure, Keroro Gunso. And Gintama was just under 5 percent of the audience.Between 3 and 4 percent came Blue Dragon, Bleach, Shugo Chara and Net Ghost PiPoPa. As far as I can see, Blue Dragon 2 and PiPoPa were the highest-rated new shows.Then, just under 3 percent of the audience, we have a batch of new shows: xxxHolic Kei, Toshokan Sensou, Golgo 13, ToLoveRu, and Code Geass.Between 2 and 2.5 percent were Onegai My Melody Kirara, a rerun of Prince of Tennis, Macross Frontier, Soul Eater, Real Drive, Itazura na Kiss, the late show of Soul Eater, and Zettai Karen Children.Figures are not available for all shows. And some shows will be missing from the 2channel list, as well, since I only took shows that were among the top 100 recently posted about.
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A daring escape… and back to the sky! Recap Right into it! Allison and Wil come to a military base that’s built like a castle, and use their fancy blue uniforms to request a tour. Allison seems to have a lot of fun playing up her role [...]
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Those who have been tragically left behind as the result of an altercation, we salute you. Allison & Lillia is maintaining its steady flow of warm-hearted children’s lit into anime form. It’s easy to see why it’s airing on NHK–it’s a very simple story, told in a cheerful voice. It is about a war, yes, but [...]
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This was definitely the best episode of Allison to Lillia yet. I’m really surprised and impressed by it: I thought that the entire Allison-arc would revolve around the war and the search for the treasure, and yet both storylines get resolved in just one episode. It really makes me wonder what the rest of this [...]
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Moe-free reviews of Allison & Lillia, Golgo 13, Wagaya no Oinari-sama, and Amatsuki.
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Art of Seduction Step 1: Pretend you are a lost tourist. It’s been a brutal weekend but still Allison to Lillia has kept me intrigued. While the old man was captured he did prove himself as one of those old commandos who for some reason still remain fit at ages over 30. Well if that 50 [...]
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I couldn't resist. ._. A new character, Second Lieutenant Ker Benedict, is introduced. He appears to be a seasoned womanizer, and immediately begins flirting with one of the staff despite being new to the base. Later, Ker's superiors, a general with a rather frog-like appearance and the tax collector (now all [...]
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