Arriving at my doorstep on Wednesday as well was none other than the Kanon Prelude DVD that I ordered from Amazon Japan. Only ¥1782 JPY it is relatively cheap and it even comes with a few extras. Being the Prelude DVD you get a Creditless Opening and Ending Sequence, 4 promotional videos (1 which includes voices), [...]
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Part 6 of my week long Fall 2006 Anime Preview is upon us! I check out Kanon, Happiness!, Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch and Ayakashiayashi. Kanon Kanon was one of the first anime that I had ever seen. When I think of it, I want to eat taiyaki and go sit sadly in the snow. But we [...]
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When I first thought about the upcoming season, I couldn’t really think of anything that I actually wanted to see. No, Kanon does not count. I get the feeling that I’ll have to rely on other people to watch stuff for me in order to find out if there’s anything like say, Zero [...]
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What’s with all of the remakes? Kanon is almost here (27 days and counting!), a new Kiminozo project is in the works, Shuffle (of all things) is getting a Director’s Cut, and now, more Neon Genesis Evangelion? I’d be lying if I didn’t say Evangelion was special to me as an anime fan - it’s [...]
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Personally looking forward to: Kanon ‘06, the new Tokimeki Memorial, and of course, volume 1 of the Ichigo Mashimaro OVA series! -Premiere Dates- September: Lupin the 3rd: Seven Day Rhapsody - [09/08] BLACK BLOOD BROTHERS - [09/08] Silkroad Shounen Yuuto - [09/16] A Spirit of the Sun - [09/17] UFO Princess Valkyrie: Toki to Yume to Ginga no Utage - [09/22] Oban Star-Racers [...]
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Yeah, that's right. You Kanon fans can suck it, because it's been announced that Shuffle! will be getting a directors cut and that it will be airing on broadcast TV in Japan. None of that DVD special, omake, super plus edition bullshit, no sir. This one is going to be piped right into our sexy [...]
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A few random news bits/things I have to say: -With the release of the KamiKazo DVDs, I'm finally able to listen to the full Kamisama Kazoku OP and ED (creditless OP/ED sequences are nice too). Given that I haven't liked a lot of the past season's theme songs, I'm glad that I can now put on repeat some songs I really do enjoy. -This week has been a bit frustrating in the sense that it seems like every post has someone asking about the episodes I skipped last week. For the final time: I will not be making up the episodes that aired during my break. I realize some of you folks aren't happy with the jump in continuity, but you have to realize how much time it takes to blog everything - time which I just don't have. The only exceptions are the series that are now being covered by the other writers. -Newsweek is running a story about the popularity of YouTube in Japan. Of particular note is the fact that it mentions The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya as an example in the final paragraph. That's the first time I've seen something like that mentioned in print media. -There are A LOT of series coming next season, so I'm starting planning early (especially since I won't be able to take on nearly as many series this time as I normally do). Series I've got marked right now include (in no particular order) Sumomomo Momomo, Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na Crescent Love, Kanon, Ayakashi Ayashi, and Death Note. That's only a small fraction of the total number of shows, and it's even still a bit early since some shows don't have airdates yet. Hopefully I'll be able to write a fall preview sometime soon.
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カノン Genre: Drama, love-romance Episodes: 24 Release: Autumn season 2006 Airing: 05/10/2006 OP: “Last regrets” by Ayana ED: “Kaze no Tadori Tsuku Basho” by Ayana Official Site: http://www.bs-i.co.jp/anime/kanon/ The original Kanon was immensely popular … no, that’s just a wild guess. Anyway, I haven’t seen the first one so I have no idea what anything is about. For some information on the [...]
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I barely knew about the Kanon preview and before I could even screencap the image above, everybody had blogged it. Yet, I can’t help myself. I’m having trouble pulling the thoughts on this show into 100% coherency, so I’m just gonna yammer for a minute here. When the TOEI version of Kanon was released [...]
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Here’s my amv featuring the 2002 version of Kanon: So if you’ve watched the trailers for the new one…Big difference right?
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