Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or that the only summer 2008 anime guide you bothered to check out is THAT’s where the bloggers’ comments about it are all homophobic and doesn’t really do this series justice), you would know that Antique Bakery is not BL, or at least, not like your typical BL which is almost immediately associated with Buttsecks and Lustful panderings. It’s Buttsecks-Less! If you don’t trust me, then trust the [...]
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Here we go. This is the week the new shows roll out.Tuesday: Ultraviolet Code 044 (Paku Romi)Wednesday: Sekirei (Hayami Saori), Slayers Revolution (Hayashibara Megumi), Someday's Dreamers: Summer Skies (Hanazawa Kana)Thursday: Antique Bakery (Miyano Mamoru), Strike Witches (ensemble cast), Hidamari Sketchx365 (ensemble cast)Friday: Birdy the Mighty Decode (Chiba Saeko)Saturday: Ryouko's Case File (Nabatame Hitomi)And more to come in following weeks. I have once again done a calendar-style schedule for summer anime viewing, including both the new shows and current shows that are continuing, with highlights of staff and cast. Click image to go to calendar:Mahou Showtime is an interactive listing that some people may prefer.
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Things I have learned about Antique Bakery (this summer’s Noitamina-slot anime): 1. The manga release was shrink-wrapped, not due to sexual content, but because the cover had scratch-and-sniff pastries on it. 2. It is full of food porn. And not the Tampopo kind where a yakuza licks whipped cream off his mistress’s breasts, but the kind [...]
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