D ear Gramedia, You realize don't you, that the last Cactus Secret manga came out way back in May 2007? Are you telling me then that 14 months or thereabouts is the wait standard, and that we can only expect the next Sugar Family (released July 2007) sometime September? "..." k, be cryptic, if you want, I don't mind. Just as long as it comes out. Vituperation's not my objective here.
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MOON PHASE has the first promotional image of the recently announced To Aru Majutsu no Index series. It's going to be animated by J.C.Staff and directed by Nishikiori Hiroshi (he's also directed Azumanga Daioh, Jyu Oh Sei, and The Melody of Oblivion). presepe has a post-recording interview with Akamatsu Ken and the voice actresses of the Negima anime in advance of the Shiroki Tsubasa Ala Alba OVA due out in August. Even if you can't read Japanese, you can marvel at the picture of Akamatsu Ken surrounded by his harem the voice actresses. Neo Angelique is going to continue under the name Neo Angelique Abyss Second Ag starting in July. Source: MOON PHASE New manga Saber Marionette i ~Neo Gene~ is slated to begin serialization in Dragon Age magazine. Source: MOON PHASE New anime Kannagi is going to start this October. Source: MOON PHASE MOON PHASE also has the updated airing times for many of the upcoming summer series, including Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu and Sekirei. As a side note, I know this is a lot of MOON PHASE links, but that's sometimes all there is to go with on a relatively slow news day. If you find anything that you think I should mention on any particular day’s Daily Dose, please send me an email with the words “ANIME NEWS” somewhere in the subject line. Image at left courtesy of みき on pixiv (account needed to access).
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Animax Rave sends word that the La Corda D'Oro ~primo passo~ and Jyu Oh Sei anime are airing on Animax Asia this April, starting the 2nd and the 20th respectively. A little tardy but since I like the pictures they emailed, posting them here (after the cut). Keywords anime, La Corda D'Oro Primo Passo, Animax La Corda D'Oro ~primo passo~ (金色のコルダ ～primo passo～) airs every Wednesday (starting from
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Another a quickie advisory: Jyu Oh Sei (獣王星) anime will premiere on Animax Asia this 20 April 2008 at 10PM Singapore and 9PM WIB. Like the previously-advised La Corda D'Oro ~primo passo~, Jyu Oh Sei snags a one-hour timeslot—so that's two episodes every Sunday. Again, I got the image from the Watch Animax | Shrine (Doumo!!) Here are partial episode airing schedules (including encores) for
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Founded by former Sunrise members who had sworn off the dango, Studio BONES will celebrate its ninth anniversary this year, but in that time, what has it brought us? A quick glance at the studio’s catalogue certainly reveals some strong contenders, but should we assume that everything they touch turns to gold? The only way [...]
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Happy New Year everyone! I found making this list quite difficult and cumbersome…The top five was easy, but listing the rest was quite a recall exercise lol. There were shows I thought didn’t belong in 2006 but did–so I had to do some research. This is my punishment for watching too many shows. [...]
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I can now exclusively reveal that the reason my blog is so HARD GAY is because I have Lui chained up in my basement.   As the days became depressingly short and winter tightened its grip upon the land, I had the great idea of summarising all the 2006 series I watched in one great ‘Annual Round-Up’; [...]
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Back in the days when I was a mere novice at writing rants, one of the series that met the wrath of my keyboard was none other than Jyu-oh-sei. At the time, I had only seen four episodes of the series, but my opinion was clear- four episodes were more than enough. Nonetheless, almost half [...]
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Thor, Tiz and Third talk to the generics inside Dagger Pagoda. Generic: Wow, I never imagined that you’d be so good looking. (Thor: Is this guy trying to hit on me? He should know that I’m only interested in named characters.)
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At Night Ring, Thor stands outside Tiz’ room. Thor: Tiz, please let me in; all I said was that I loved Karin instead of you- I don’t know why you’re so angry about a little thing like that. Tiz opens the door. Tiz: Look, I understand that you’re the main character, but at least let me be your [...]
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