http://www.animenano.com/ An anime blog aggregator and community. en-us Hurrah! At last the kidnapping story arc (which has at least been less ridiculous than much of the other fare this series has fed us) of Allison to Lillia is over, and without another mention of dynamite-proof brick kitchens in sight. This progression must also be taking us towards some kind of final story arc to close off this Travas-ty (Ha! You see what I did there?) of a plot-hole riddled Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:33:39 -0000 http://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2008/10/allison-to-lillia-episode-22.html If you can’t make a good job of something, it seems there is some dignity in being consistent about it: as the series enters is second half with a number of new characters, Allison to Lillia is proving to be consistently laughable in its ridiculousness. The adventures may centre around two different protagonists (the son [...] Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:16:27 -0000 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/concretebadger/~3/411243907/ Wow! Now this is what I’m talking about! Just when I thought things were starting to get dull we’re up and at it again, and this time with more conspiracy action! Summary; - Treize invites Lillia and Allison over to his winter house (near the royal palace) for the new year’s celebration, hoping to tell her everything [...] Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:47:05 -0000 http://animeunderthesun.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/allison-to-lillia-19-22/ Finally, a holiday. Today’s the start of Malaysia’s Hari Raya celebration, it’s also a pubic holiday, which means that I’m off today. I’ve been pretty behind on Allison To Lillia seeing that the releases were stalled for quite some time, so yeah, I’ve got some cathcing up to do. Summary; - Lillia and Treize manage to tip [...] Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:54:21 -0000 http://animeunderthesun.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/allison-to-lillia-17-18/ That's right, it's time for yet more Allison to Lillia, which I currently seem to be well and truly overdosing on - The things I do for you guys and girls... Anyway, last episode Treize stumbled across some dynamite, and thus hatched a cunning plan - To blow up the palace's kitchen to create a diversion. In Allison to Lillia terms this is actually a pretty good plan, although for some reason Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:03:43 -0000 http://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2008/09/allison-to-lillia-episode-21.html After the last episode of Allison to Lillia, I was all but ready to get Treize to just get on with it and tell Lillia he's royalty, but I have to admit that by the end of this episode I'm all but down on my knees pleading for him to get this particular plot point out of the way - His parents have been kidnapped and held at gunpoint, he's on his way to rescue them, yet he's still spouting nonsense Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:20:17 -0000 http://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2008/09/allison-to-lillia-episode-20.html It's time for the beginning of a new Allison to Lillia story arc, and with the New Year approaching Treize has invited both Allison and Lillia to Ikstova to celebrate, while also hoping to use the opportunity to reveal the truth about his identity to Lillia. For goodness sake man, just tell her already! Oddly for a series that has prided itself on Allison stealing planes for much of its Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:33:30 -0000 http://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2008/09/allison-to-lillia-episode-19.html Just how many episode of Allison to Lilliacan one man take over a short period of time? Well, two episodes in two days hasn't killed me, so that's a start at least. After rather unfortunately landing their sea plan full of orphans on some rocks at the end of last episode, it's literally sink or swim for all involved at the start of this episode, which soon translates into swim for everyone Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:12:04 -0000 http://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2008/09/allison-to-lillia-episode-18.html After quite a while with no Allison to Lillia to amuse myself, I'm suddenly drowning in a veritable sea of episodes of this series, which means that we don't have to wait too long to find out the answer to that most baffling of questions from the last instalment - Why the Hell would you want to deliberately crash a plane full or orphans? I can imagine that even Osama bin Laden was left Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:43:38 -0000 http://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2008/09/allison-to-lillia-episode-17.html Fair warning: this post is pure tabloid fluff.This summer, we have had a couple of seiyuu romance rumors, one of them old but proven.1. A photo-booth photo has turned up showing Hanazawa Kana 花澤香菜 with her boyfriend in 2006.2. 2channel has been playing with a rumor that Mizuki Nana 水樹奈々and Sakurai Takahiro 櫻井孝宏 are an item.Hanazawa Kana may have the most moe voice in anime. She is starring in the wonderful Mahoutsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto this summer, and was Ryouko in Zegapain, Potemayo in Potemayo, and Sora in Sketchbook. The story about her came out first in 2006, when she was working on Zegapain. A guy posted about his seiyuu girlfriend on 2channel, and when challenged about it, produced the photo above, right. (click photos to enlarge)The guy appears to have been Ichiyama Tatsuki, who had also been a child actor, like Kana-chan. Photos of both of them below, from a few years earlier, when they were child actors together. The relationship is now supposedly over. And why wouldn't it be? Being an actor, the guy should have realized that you don't reveal details of a young celebrity's love-life.Here are a few photos of Kana-chan, dating from when she was around 15 (she is now 19): Mizuki Nana is the #1 seiyuu/singer. She is just finishing starring roles in Itazura na Kiss and Allison to Lillia. The rumors about her and Sakurai Takahiro (Suzaku in Code Geass, the Medicine Seller in Mononoke) are based largely on one photo (below left) showing them with matching rings. More shots from the same photo-shoot below right. The likelihood of this rumor being true is fairly small, but 2channel has run with it, adding more details from things known about them to support the possibility: they both like antiques, they both like to shop, they both scuba-dive, they both are fans of the Hanshin Tigers baseball team, they both like to wander around the temples of Kyoto, they both like the band Maroon5. And, from the photo below, you can see that their money-purses are similar:Not much to go on, but it wouldn't be the worst match. Nana-chan is 28, Sakurai 34. Unless Sakurai is gay (he plays Misaki in Junjou Romantika). From observation, I've always suspected it was at least as likely that there are gay male seiyuus as gay female ones, but who knows?Sources:http://blog.livedoor.jp/ultima66430/http://changi.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/voice/1213495945/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:57:41 -0000 http://hashihime.blogspot.com/2008/09/seiyuu-romance-do-nana-chan-and-hana.html