I'm taking the simplest possible method of judging how otaku in Japan and outside it grade the current shows: current number of threads on 2channel vs. number of posts on AnimeSuki. This is more an index of interest than approval, but it at least gives us some comparisons. Actual Japanese TV ratings are, as usual, considerably different, with shows for kids and girls rating far higher than on 2channel.Among otaku in Japan and abroad, the top show of the spring season is Nanoha StrikerS, by far. On 2channel, the next two shows are Lucky Star and Gurren Laggan, whereas on AnimeSuki they are Claymore and Lucky Star. Dennou Coil and Idolmaster Xenoglossia (two very different shows) are much higher on the 2channel list than on AnimeSuki, whereas Kaze no Stigma, Darker than Black and Lovely Complex are much higher on AnimeSuki. My guess is that the percentage of female posters on AnimeSuki is higher than on 2channel, which tends to ignore shoujo shows, such as Lovely Complex.For the summer, the top show on 2channel is School Days, by a large margin, followed by Higurashi2, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, and Zero no Tsukaima2. On AS, the top show is Higurashi2, far ahead of Zero no Tsukaima2 and School Days, which are in turn far ahead of anything else. The linguistic complexity -- and maybe the style of humor -- of Zetsubou Sensei may explain why it is more a favorite in Japan. And School Days may have higher mind-share in Japan because people are more familiar with the original game.Here are fullish listings, first for spring and then for summer, listed first by 2channel popularity, then by AnimeSuki popularity:1. spring 2007 anime2channel -- # of threads (1000 posts per full thread) Nanoha StrikerS 289 Lucky Star 256 Tengen Toppa Guren Lagan 192 Hayate no Gotoku 69 Dennou Coil 67 Idolmaster Xenoglossia 66 Seto no Hanayome 58 Bokurano 48 Claymore 47 Ookiku Furikabutte 46 Darker than Black 45 Kaibutsu Oujo 27 Toward Terra 25 Nagasarete Airantou 25 Gegege no Kitarou 24 Gigantic Formula 22 KissDum Engage Planet 21 Heroic Age 20 RomeoxJuliet 18 Seirei no Moribito 17 El Cazador 16 Kaze no Stigma 11 Touka Gettan 11 Oh! Edo Rocket 10 Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica 9 Kamichama Karin 6 Kotetsu Sangokushi 5 OverDrive 5 Blue Dragon 5 Lovely Complex 4 Emily of New Moon 3 AnimeSuki forums -- # of posts Nanoha StrikerS 40709 Claymore 12649 Lucky Star 11317 Tengen Toppa Guren Lagan 4021 Kaze no Stigma 2304 Hayate no Gotoku 2150 Darker than Black 1657 Lovely Complex 1512 Seto no Hanayome 1401 Nagasarete Airantou 1205 Heroic Age 1112 RomeoxJuliet 942 Seirei no Moribito 891 Bokurano 719 Touka Gettan 617 El Cazador 562 Idolmaster Xenoglossia 550 Dennou Coil 472 Kaibutsu Oujo 457 Toward Terra 391 KissDum Engage Planet 254 Kamichama Karin 217 OverDrive 170 Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica 149 Gigantic Formula 131 Ookiku Furikabutte 114 Oh! Edo Rocket 95 Gegege no Kitarou 73 Blue Dragon 57 Kotetsu Sangokushi 44 Emily of New Moon 37 2. summer 2007 anime2channel -- # of threads (1000 posts per full thread) School Days 45 Higurashi2 35 Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 31 Zero no Tsukaima 2 28 Code Geass 24-25 18 Skygirls 15 Moetan 13 Nanatsuiro Drops 9 Potemayo 9 Mononoke 8 Mushiuta 5 Umishou 5 Doujin Work 5 Umishou 4 Shigurui 3 Baccano 3 Code-E 3 Buzzer Beater 3 Zombie-Loan 2 Tetsuko no Tabi 2 Tokyo Majin Gakuen2 1 Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan2 1 AnimeSuki forums -- # of posts Higurashi2 7990 Zero no Tsukaima 2 2704 School Days 2200 Code Geass 24-25 832 Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 549 Moetan 359 Zombie-Loan 281 Nanatsuiro Drops 280 Mushiuta 240 Skygirls 229 Mononoke 169 Potemayo 139 Doujin Work 125 Umishou 118 Code-E 98 Baccano 88 Tokyo Majin Gakuen2 51 Shigurui 47 Tetsuko no Tabi 44 Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan2 19 Buzzer Beater 5 If any show is missing, it's because it hasn't been posted about in the last 200 shows posted about on 2channel.
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News like this reminds me of how they decided to make an equally crappy 2007 remake of the crappy 2005 anime Buzzer Beater. Now I’m not saying Basilisk was crappy, but what’s with these rapid-fire remakes? Variety reports that Universal Pictures has licensed the rights to remake the 2005 live-action film SHINOBI about two lovers [...]
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Name: Buzzer Beater Genre: Sports Year: 2005 Rating: Average In the future the sport of basketball has spread across the universe, now the participants include the humans and an alien race called Gorgons. However the Intergalactic League is dominated by the Gorgons and their superior physical status. Yoshimune a basketball coach and the founder of the Intergalactic League dreams of creating a team that is able to compete against Gorgons. He holds a strong belief that as the original founders of the game the humans should be able to compete at an equal level with the Gorgons. To create his team he seeks to find the strongest basketball players on earth and Hideyoshi our protagonist is one of them. Though still young and vertically challenged (short) Yoshimune is a skilled player whose agile movements and incredible jumping power is able to allow him to play against taller opponents. Though he is far from perfect his will power and determination makes him a candidate for being the rival to a famed and skilled basket baller Gyuma.
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Buzzer Beater Okay, you know when an anime is bad when it uses recycled Pandemos-designs from Master of Epic with varying skin-colours for its alien-designs. Yes, it’s that bad, and it immediately shows the image that the creators have of them: all aliens have horns, so they’re evil, while humans are good and they have to [...]
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Tuesdays are busy busy, with six shows airing in a single day. Here are the first three: harem comedy, otaku comedy, and sports.
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On the brink of a new season, here is a look at the new shows, concentrating on staff and cast. The shows I'm looking forward to? As usual, it's hard to tell which shows will work for me, but I'm looking at Code E, Doujin Work, Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho, Moetan, Mononoke, Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei, Tetsuko no Tabi, and Zombie Loan, for various reasons.Zetsubo Sensei is by Shinbou Akiyuki, who directed PaniPoni Dash and Negima!? The director of Kenko Zenrakei, Soutome Kouichirou, was involved in directing Bokura ga Ita and did episodes of Mushishi. I hope Nishimori Akira, who directed Hitohira and PetoPeto-san, will infuse the rather different Zombie Loan with his trademark emotional delicacy. Code E has the participation of some staff people from Simoun.Titles of shows of special interest to me are in red. Click pictures to enlarge.Baccano! バッ カーノ！ A large cast of alchemists, Mafia, lunatics, immortals and terrorists seeks a long-lost elixir of immortality in 1930s America. Based on a popular light novel. By the director of Jigoku Shoujo (Omori Takahiko) and the writer of Koi Kaze (Takagi Noboru). Starring Yoshino Hiroyuki (Zed in Kiba), Aoki Sayaka (Sia in Shuffle), with Kobayashi Sanae, Kobayashi Yuu, Gotou Saori, Itou Miki and 0thers. Preview. Brains Base. Starts jul26, thu 24:30.Code E. A transfer student has an uncontrolled ability to disrupt electrical equipment. A boy in her class wants to study her, and a relationship develops. But outside forces are also interested... Director Toshiyuki Kato did Full Moon wo Sagashite and some episodes of Simoun. The director of Simoun, Nishimura Junji, directs some eps of this. The Simoun connections definitely get my attention. I'll be watching episode one.This appears to be the first named role for the star, Hashimoto Mai. She has a blog, with pictures. Nazuka Kaori (Yun in Simoun) and Halko Momoi are also in the cast. Studio DEEN. 12 episodes. Starts jul03, tue 26:43.Devil May Cry. Based on a PS2 game, with a cool lead and lots of fighting. Not my thing. With Morikawa Toshiyuki (Takumi in NANA, Chan in Black Lagoon), Tanaka Atsuko (Kusanagi Motoko in GITS), Orikasa Fumiko, Fukuen Misato (Eve in Black Cat), Ohtsuka Akio (Black Jack). Directed by Itagaki Shin (Black Cat). The first ep was quite bloody. Madhouse. 12 episodes. Started jun14, thu 23:00.Doujin Work ドージンワーク. Based on a 4-koma comic by the well-known doujin mangaka Hiroyuki. The story follows a girl who is a newcomer to the doujin (independent comic) scene.Director Yatani Kenichi did the funny and workmanlike Renkin 3-kyuu Magical? Pokahn. Stars Asano Masumi (Manatsu in Uta~Kata, Mariya in Otome wa Boku ni Koi Shiteru) and Saitou Momoko (Choco in Chokotto Sister, Solty in Solty Rei). I'll be giving this one a shot. Animation by REMIC (Renkin 3-kyuu Magical? Pokahn). Starts jul03, tue 25:30.Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai ひぐらしのなく頃に解. Second series of the mysterious, bloody, and well produced anime. More stories from the dangerous world of Oyashiro-sama. Houshi Souichirou, Nakahara Mai, Tamura Yukari, Horie Yui, Kanai Mika (Misato in NANA). Directed by Kon Chiaki, with the same staff as Higurashi 1. Studio Deen. Starts jul06, fri 26:30.Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho ケンコー全裸系水泳部 ウミショー. Okimura Kaname joins his school's swimming club in order to learn how to swim. The club is filled with weirdos, but a sunny, happy-go-lucky girl named Ninagawa Amuro , a transfer-student from Okinawa, joins up. Her extraordinary underwater speed and unorthodox swimming style -- and the fact that she likes to swim nude -- rocks the club. She reminds Okimura of a mermaid-like creature he saw once in his early childhood... Based on a shounen manga by Hattori Mitsuru.Directed by Soutome Kouichirou, who was the general director of Bokura ga Ita and directed some eps of Mushishi. This one intrigues me. Add the facts that the lead writer, Ikeda Mamiko, wrote Emma2, and that animation is by Artland and the animator of Now and Then, Here and There, and this could be a sleeper. Starts jul03, tue 26:00.Moetan もえたん. Who would ever have expected the Moetan books -- bizarre Engrish-language textbooks using loli-moe characters -- ever to be animated? But add the director of Hayate and Getsumen to Heiki Mina, and seiyuu Tamura Yukari, Kaori Nazuka and Ueda Yuuji (Morita in Honey & Clover) and this could be interesting. Animation by Actus. Starts jul08, sun 25:30.Mononoke モノノ怪. Noitamina show for the summer, a sequel to the Bakaneko chapters of Japanese traditional horror animation Ayakashi Ayashi.The staff -- including director Nakamura Kenji and animator Hashimoto Takashi -- is a carry-over from the beautifully animated Bakaneko, which tells of a medicine seller who kills monsters after first discovering the tragedies that gave rise to them. Scriptwriter Chiaki J. Konaka is also involved. He was the lead writer on Lain, Air Gear, and Texhnolyze, and did several episodes each of Rahxephon and Princess Tutu. The only cast member so far announced is Sakurai Takahiro (Suzaku in Code Geass). Toei. 12 episodes. Starts jul12, thu 24:45.Mushiuta ムシウタ. These mushi are insect-like creatures that eat people's dreams, sometimes giving their host great powers, but eventually killing the host when all his or her dreams are consumed. Our protagonists are mushi hosts, mushi investigators, or just people who love someone who is host of a mushi.With Hanazawa Kana (Ryouko in Zegapain), Nabatame Hitomi (Arcueid in Tsukihime), Asanuma Shintarou (Kyo in Zegapain), Takagi Reiko (Hino in Corda d'Oro). Written by Yoshida Reiko (Marimite, KGnE, RomeoxJuliet, etc.). Music by Fujita Junpei of Elements Garden. Previews. Beat Frog. 12 episodes. Starts jul05, thu 24:00.Nanatsuiro Drops ななついろ★ドロップス. Super-cute show about Haru, a shy and clumsy boy who accidentally drinks a potion that turns him into a little stuffed sheep at night. A moe magical girl comes to his aid as he seeks the magic potion that will keep him human. With character designs by Noizi Itou (Shana, Haruhi), written by the writer of Emily of New Moon, Shimada Michiru, and directed by the director of Final Approach, Yamamoto Takashi.Starring the young seiyuu who played Jun in Happiness, Yuimoto Michiru, and Nojima Hirofumi, who is Shuga in Seirei no Moribito. The incredible cuteness of it all may or may not be enough. Studio Barcelona. Starts jul02, mon 25:40.Potemayo ぽてまよ. The magical little creature Potemayo, with her black nekomimi (cat ears) appears from protagonist Moriyama Sunao's refrigerator one day. She becomes a favorite of all the kids at school. Then her rival creature Guchuko emerges from the fridge... Interesting cast, including Hanamura Kana (Ryouko in Zegapain), Tsuji Ayumi (Rose in Red Garden), Kitamura Eri (Makoto in Touka Gettan), Kawasumi Ayako, Kugimiya Rie, and Inoue Kikuko. But the director, Ikehata Takashi did Daphne in the Brilliant Blue and Tsuyokiss, so I'm worried. JC Staff. Starts jul06, fri 25:30.Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei さよなら絶望先生. It appears that prime-time anime Negima!? -- which was an artistic success but a commercial disaster -- has not blighted Shinbou Akiyuki's career. Here he is again with a late-night anime about a teacher.Hiroshi Kamiya (Takemoto in Honey & Clover) stars as a multi-level marketer who gets into some kind of danger and flees to southern Japan, where he is mistaken for a teacher in a girls' school. The plot involves his class of weird girls foiling his repeated attempts at suicide.I think Shinbou (who also did Tsukuyomi Moon Phase and PaniPoni Dash and oversaw Hidamari Sketch) is a great director, especially visually, so I'll be watching. Outstanding cast includes Kobayashi Yuu (Setsuna in Negima), Sawashiro Miyuki, Gotou Yuuko, Shintani Ryouko, Matsuki Miyu (the last three all from Hidamari Sketch), and Sanada Asami (Di Gi Charat). Animation by SHAFT. Starts jul07, sat 24:30.School Days スクールデイズ. Based on an animated game that is infamous for its violence. A girl (Sekai) helps a boy (Makoto) get closer to her beautiful friend (Kotonoha). When Makoto finally gets a date with Kotonoha, the compensation Sekai demands is…a kiss.An interesting love-triangle-with-violence premise, but the director and writer did the horrible Amenaideyo and Lovedol, so I'm not hopeful. Animation by TNK. 13 episodes. Starts jul03, fri 26:15.Shigurui シグルイ. Based on a seinen manga by Yamaguchi Takayuki. "An exceptional manga artist decides to tackle the forbidden work by the last giant figure in samurai literature, only to give birth to a colossal period drama filled with unspeakable tragedy and cruelty!" (anidb.info)The director of Texhnolyze (Hamasaki Hirotsugu) and the writer of Asatte no Houkou and co-writer of Paprika (Minakami Seishi) do the anime adaptation, working with Madhouse. This could be good, if you can stand the gore. With Namikawa Daisuke (Rock in Black Lagoon), Kuwashima Houko, Sasahara Emi (Sailor Jupiter, Karin's mother in Karin), Sasaki Nozomu (Yuusuke in Yu Yu Hakusho). Preview episode jul01. Madhouse. 12 episodes. Starts jul19, thu 23:30.Sky Girls スカイガール. Moe young girls in skin-tight suits are integrated with their own individual mecha frames to defend the Earth. The one-episode OVA went nowhere, and now we have 26 episodes? Very moe, but I have my doubts.It has a good director (Iwasaki Yoshiaki: Love Hina, Gokujou Seitokai) and writer (Yoshioka Takao: DearS, Elfen Lied), however, and an outstanding cast: Kawasumi Ayako, Gotou Saori (a strong up-and-coming talent), Itou Shizuka, Tsuji Ayumi (Rose in Red Garden), Fujiwara Keiji, Horie Yui, Shiraishi Ryouko, Taniyama Kishou. And music by Mitsumune Shinkichi, who did Asatte no Houkou and Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora. So there is hope. Preview. JCStaff. 26 episodes. Starts jul05, thu 25:28.Tetsuko no Tabi 鉄子の旅. Non-fiction account of editor, mangaka and train otaku travelling Japanese train lines in he 1980s. 4-koma comic is bizarre, low-key, and amusing. Old-school director Nagaoka Akinori did eps of Rose of Versailles and Record of Lodoss War.Cast includes Tomosaka Akira (Kate in Red Garden) and Hiyama Nobuyuki (Madarame in Genshiken). OPED and some music by SUPER BELL ''Z, which specializes in using samples of rail station sounds. Preview. Group TAC (Hantsuki, Futatsu no Spica). 13 episodes. Starts jun24, sun 10:00.Tokyo Majin Gakuen 2 東京魔人學園剣風帖 龍龍 第弐幕. If you liked the first series, you'll probably like the second: shounen supernatural horror, with good animation, good voice actors, lots of fighting and a school setting in a dark world. I tried the first series, but couldn’t get into it. BeStack/AIC. Starts jul27, fri 23:00.Wangan Midnight 湾岸MIDNIGHT. Animation of a popular manga about street racing, which has now reached 36 volumes. The protagonist buys a Nissan S30 Fairlady Z which is about to be scrapped and discovers it is the legendary "Devil Z," a car that was the fastest ever, but ended up killing its owner, because it was so hard to control. This is the story of the protagonist's struggles to restore and tame the Devil Z.Directed by Tominaga Tsuneo (Wind: a Breath of Heart) and adapted by Kishima Nobuaki (Eyeshield 21, Katekyo Hitman Reborn). With film actor Oguri Shun, Miki Shinichirou (Kurz Weber in FMP) and Suhou Reiko (Kousaka Yuri in NANA). Not my thing, but fans are enjoying the early episodes, although the animation by ACGT is reportedly a bit sub-par. Started jun09, sat 21:00.Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi ゼロの使い魔 ～双月の騎士～. New director and chief writer for this second season of Zero no Tsuakima, so it's hard to know what to expect -- except for more of the same from the mistress of tsundere, Kugimiya Rie. Director Kou Yuu and writer Kawahara Yuji did Loveless, so there may be more subtlety involved this time. We can only hope.Also with Satoshi Hino, Horie Yui, Kawasumi Ayako, Takahashi Mikako, Inokuchi Yuka, Sakurai Takahiro, Inoue Kikuko, et al. Music by Mitsumune Shinkichi, who did Utena, Rozen Maiden, Asatte no Houkou, etc., and is also doing a second show in the new season: Sky Girls. JCStaff. 12 episodes. Starts jul08, sun 24:30.Zombie-Loan ゾンビローン. "When a human is marked to die, a faint gray line that is invisible to most appears around their neck. As time passes, that ring becomes darker and darker, until it is eventually black, and that person dies. Kita Michiru has an unusual gift, she possesses 'Shinigami eyes,' which allow her to see these rings. When Michiru notices that two of the boys in her Class, Akatsuki Chika and Tachibana Shito not only have rings, but that they're jet black, they reveal to her that the were supposed to die in a tragic accident six months ago. With the help of the Zombie Loan loan office, they were given a second chance at life, should they be able to pay for their debt by doing the work of Shinigami and killing malicious zombies. They petition Michiru to assist them in their efforts, and she finds her everyday life changing dramatically." (ANN)Directed by the director of PetoPeto-san and Hitohira, Nishimori Akira, and adapted by the writer of Pumpkin Scissors and Trinity Blood, Tomioka Atsuhiro. With an excellent cast: Kuwashima Houko, Sakurai Takahiro, Suzumura Kenichi, Morikawa Toshiyuki, Saitou Chiwa, Suwabe Junichi, Ueda Kana, Gotou Saori. This is one of my picks to click, based on staff and cast alone, even though it isn’t in a genre I normally like. Based on the manga by PEACH-PIT. Animation by Xebec M2. Starts jul03, tue 26:40.One of the season's more anticipated shows, the loli classic Kodomo no Jikan, has no firm air dates yet, and the main Japanese source, Moon Phase, just has it slated for some time in 2007. The website of the animation studio, Studio Barcelona, makes no mention of it, but emphasizes the new series of Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan, which is due to start 24 August.There are some other interesting OVAs due out this summer: Ghibli's Iblard Jikan on 4 July; the fantasy slice-of-life Miyori no Mori, directed by the art director of Princess Mononoke, Grave of the Fireflies and Fantastic Children, who also did background art for Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo, Spirited Away, and Castle in the Sky (24 August); and an ARIA OVA called Arietta (starts 21 Sept.) And the second season of Moonlight Mile starts in September.There are a number of animated films coming out: Buzzer Beater, Studio 4°C's Genius Party, Gonzo's Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi, Madhouse's Piano no Mori (all July); Naruto Shippuden (August); Rebuild of Evangelion, Kiddy Grade: Truth Dawn, and the Clannad movie (all September).Read more about individual shows in the forums on AnimeSuki, especially the Unaired forum.
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Blogging is hard on an empty heart... school is over and I currently miss... uhhh... things.Armored Trooper Votoms: Pailsen Files (Animation: ???) - July ??, 2007Baccano! (Animation: Brains-Base) - July 26th, 2007Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan 2 (Animation: Hal Film Maker) - August 11th, 2007Buzzer Beater 2007 (Animation: TMS Entertainment) - July 3rd, 2007CODE-E (Animation: Studio DEEN) - July 3rd, 2007Doujin Work (Animation: REMIC) - July 3rd, 2007Fight Tension☆School (Animation: ???) - July 7th, 2007Happy Happy Clover (Animation:???) - July 6th, 2007Higurashi no Naku Koroni Kai (Animation: Studio DEEN) - July 6th, 2007KARAS Story 4 (Animation: Tatsunoko [Thanks to HellKorn]) - June 22nd, 2007Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho (Animation: Artland) - July 3rd, 2007Kodomo no Jikan (Animation: Studio Barcelona) - July ??, 2007Moetan (Animation: Actus) - July 8th, 2007Mononoke (Animation: Toei Animation) - July 12th, 2007Mushi-Uta (Animation: Beat Frog) - July 5th, 2007Nanatsuiro★Drops (Animation: Studio Barcelona) - July 2nd, 2007Potemayo (Animation: J.C.Staff) - July 6th, 2007Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei (Animation: SHAFT) - July 8th, 2007School Days (Animation: TNK) - July 3rd, 2007Shigurui (Animation: MADHOUSE) - July 19th, 2007 (PV: July 1st, 2007)Sky Girls (TV) (Animation: J.C.Staff) - July 5th, 2007Tetsuko's Trip (Animation: Group TAC) - June 24th, 2007Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho: Tou 2nd Act (Animation: AIC Spirits) - July 27th, 2007Zero no Tsukaima ~Futatsuki no Kishi~ (Animation: J.C.Staff) - July 13th, 2007Zombie-Loan (Animation: XEBEC M2) - July 3rd, 2007List of anime I'm planning to blog (if any of them are awful, or just not interesting enough, then they'll be dropped or I'll keep on blogging them just to poke fun at them :3):Baccano!Baccano is Italian for noise, but Narita translates it as "stupid commotion." Each of the stories in the series involves several unrelated plots intersecting and crossing each other as events spiral farther and farther out of control. Immortal alchemists, mafia operated speakeasies, and many other elements of pulp fiction mashed together for a world straight out of the movies.Seems epicly crazy enough. And just for the fact that it's based on a light novel, which of late have very great anime adaptions, I'm confident of it.Doujin Work!The story is about a girl named Najimi Osana who learns more and more about the doujin world. She is convinced that she wants to be a doujin artist due to seeing what her friend could make at a convention. She loves to draw but finds that it is more difficult to comprehend after all. After making friends with some interesting people, they teach her the ins and outs of the field, and maybe she will eventually make a name for making doujinshi.If the story's about artists - then I'm automatically in. I love to draw doujinshi (and some original works...) and this is something I can easily relate to. Now, if only I had a scanner...Mushi-UtaI actually don't know much about this series yet. It has to do with some dream-eating insects and a boy that meets some girl from some sort of organization.But it looks interesting...Moetan... It's moé and it teaches Japanese people English. 8D Not really neccesary for me... but it should make me warm inside nonetheless.Nanatsuiro★DropsHaven't watched much magical girl series anymore,if not at all (the closest I've come to that would be a rewatch of Cardcaptor Sakura :0). Plus, it's an adaption of an eroge illustrated by Noizi ito, one of my favorite artists - whose art transition from light novel to anime has been a good one (taking a look at The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Shakugan no Shana). I'll like to see where this anime goes in the direction of art-style (which looks purty right now...) and animation. ShiguruiI love MADHOUSE and I love extreme samurai shows. Looks historical (all historical anime I've seen have made me feel a whole range of emotions one way or another).All we need is a historical NINJA anime. By that, I mean an anime focused on the assassins of feudal Japan, with some decent historical accuracy. And I'm not talking about an idiot in orange pajamas yerning to be lord of his village.KARAS Story 4 seems to be a definite must-watch too, judging by the description of the OAV (taken from WikiPedia because I'm just that lazy): The world of the humans and the world of the demons (youkai) have overlapped one another, leaving humans to walk the streets of life as they normally would, while demons walk, hidden from the naked eye, down the very same streets. A young woman named Yurine, and her servant Karas, have long maintained order and balance between the overlapped worlds, ultimately keeping the demons from interrupting the lives of humans. However, humans have come to forget and jest at the existence of demons, and no longer understand the privilege it is to live without fear. Disgusted by this arrogance, an old Karas turns his back on the laws he had once upheld, and takes the form of a human named Eko, while creating an army of Mikura, or mechanized demons, to ready an attack on the human race.A young man named Otoha inherits the powers of the Karas and takes his place at the side of Yurine, who claims that his soul called out for her while he lived the life of a human. They live in the world of the demons. It is now up to Otoha to prove himself as a Karas, and restore the balance that Eko threatens to upset.Meanwhile, a superstitious police officer named Sagisaka and his rational new recruit, Kure, follow the trail of the murders dealt by Eko's Mikura, as well as the trail of a good demon turned human named Nue. The prophecy unfolds from here...Summer looks like it's going to be fun. A little. But that's just the anime portion of summer. Other than that... it doesn't look to be very great. :/Edit - On an unrelated note, why does the font on the blog look all large now? lolEdit 2 - Fixed
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In which Hung previews Tetsuko no Tabi, Nanatsuiro Drops and Buzzer Beater.
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While scouting through ANN, I saw this disheartening waste of money: This year’s Buzzer Beater anime, which will be the second television adaptation of the basketball manga by Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk, Vagabond), will begin airing on NTV affiliates in Japan on Tuesday, July 3. Source: TMS Entertainment WTFWHY??? Here’s our coverage of the original [...]
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