In which Hung previews Zero no Tsukaima 2, Shigurui, and Baccano!
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We're now just two weeks away from the new season, so it's time for another preview! This summer is filled with plenty of new adaptations along with several sequels including fan favorites Zero no Tsukaima and Higurashi. In fact, I think the only new show this season that is not based on a manga, game, novel, or previous anime is CODE-E. Anyway, before we get started, a few notes. As usual, I'll watch the first episode of most shows within certain parameters (in other words, not the kiddie shows), and what I list here are the chances of me actually blogging something based on my initial impressions from promotional material. However, even if I list the chances for a show as good or guaranteed, it doesn't necessarily mean I'll stick with it for more than a few episodes. By no means does this list reflect all of the anime that are going to be aired, though I did try to be as comprehensive as I could. Check out MOON PHASE for an entire listing, syoboi's calendar for specific air-times, and AndrewLB's Summer 2007 Wiki for who's tentatively subbing what. Technical Note: All times are given in a 24-hour, relative-day format where times are extended to show which day they belong to. For instance, Friday morning at 1:30AM would become Thursday at 25:30 to show that the episode aired late Thursday night. Moetan http://www.ink-chan.com/ Premieres July 8th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Sundays at 25:30 Airtime in U.S. (EDT, GMT-4): Sundays at 12:30 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo, syoboi Moetan was originally an English language study aid aimed at teaching otaku by using game and animated related phrases. It included gems like "When I fell in love with the her, I thought that the girl was my stepsister. I bet if I had known she was my real sister, I would not have fallen in love with her." and "My friend found the picture I was hiding, so I tricked him by saying I have a sister that is a primary school student" and "All guys who like small breasts have large ones themselves." Of course, there's no guarantee that phrases like those are going to make it into the anime, but I think this show has the potential to be hilarious in so many different ways if executed correctly. Popular voice actress Tamura Yukari will be taking the lead role, and I've heard her English isn't that bad, so I'm quite excited to see this. Odds I'll Blog This: Guaranteed Baccano! http://www.baccano.jp/ Premieres July 26th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Thursdays at 24:30 Airtime in U.S. (EDT, GMT-4): Thursdays at 11:30 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo, syoboi Baccano! is a show that intrigues me quite a bit because it has such a wide and diverse cast of characters. Although the back-story involves a group of alchemists who received a liquor of immortality from a demon in the 1700s, the main story takes place in America in the 1930s during Prohibition and involves those alchemists along with mobsters, thieves, terrorists, delinquents, murderers, and even a ghost. Having such a large cast probably wouldn't work so well for a short series, but if this manages to be longer than 13 episodes, I think it could be a lot of fun. The trailer certainly had plenty of energy and music, and interestingly enough, several of the key staff positions (director, character designer, series planner, sound director, and music composer) all worked together in the past on Koi Kaze. In any case, I'm looking forward to this quite a bit. Odds I'll Blog This: Good
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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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Kacpy got me again <_< so… Remember the voice of Kaori Oda? She was the singer of tracks from Tsubasa Chronicle like Dreamscape and Tsubasa. Well, Kaori and Yuki Kajiura will join again for a single for the upcoming anime Baccano (first episode will air in Japan on 26 July 2007). The single is called “Calling”, and [...]
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It appears a new FictionJunction KAORI (Tsubasa Chronicle) track is going to be used as the ending theme to a new anime 「バッカーノ!」 (Baccano!). The song is called 「Calling」, while the show starts on July 27. The single seems to be coming out on Aug 22, 2007. While I’m not entirely sure it’s going to be [...]
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