Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora sounds like a fairly promising anime. It features cute girls, hot guys (not my personal opinion...), an ultimate student council, fanservice, vampires, yuri, mecha, catgirls, awesome horses... Pretty much everything. Too bad I didn't catch everything because I was watching this anime raw...
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I’ll start with the bad, the reasons why I could let this anime fly past and watch something better. 1. I find the character design and facial features unpleasant to look at. I wish there was a specific term for certain anime anatomy designs (other than ‘eugh’), but the blocky eyes, messy hair design, garish colours [...]
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BISHIE SPARKLES. I know someone who would be immensely pleased by this. The kind of guy who comments on my art from time to time with wise-ass remarks like “needs bishie sparkles.” Well, LOOK NO FURTHER! Bishie sparkles are here. LOLI-KUU. Notdotq is pleased. What else could I ask for to complete my return to anime blogging? Well, [...]
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Gah…my sleeping pattern is screwed up. School starts on Monday so I better fix it up. <Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora ep01> Better than I thought. I wasn’t expecting much since I wasn’t too pleased with Kagihime.&nbsp;This&nbsp;episode&nbsp;doesn’t start out too promising, but ends with a pretty good feeling so I might give it a try.Animation: 7/10Nothing amazing. [...]
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Though there may not be much going on this and next week as we celebrate the new year, things will get busy again once the Winter 2007 season kicks off. Before we get started on all the upcoming shows, a few notes. I am once again not specifically saying what I am and am not going to watch. As usual, I'll watch the first episode of almost every show within certain parameters (in other words, probably not the kiddie shows like Pokémon or Pretty Cure). What I will say is what the odds are of me blogging a show. However, even if chances are good that I'll blog the first episode of a series, that doesn't mean I'll stick with it for more than that. Certain days of the week - Thursdays and Saturdays - have always had too many interesting shows, and I have to ultimately make a decision on what to follow and what not to. Because I have so many shows that are continuing from the fall, there can only be so many new series that I can afford the time to pick up. 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 Winter 2006/2007 Wiki for who's tentatively subbing what. Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora http://www.kyoshiro-sora.net/ Premieres January 5th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Fridays at 13:30 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Thursdays at 23:30 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo You may remember me talking about it earlier this month and the Kannazuki no Miko connections that it has. That alone is enough to get me to watch it, but Megami magazine spreads like this or this don't hurt either. The story is about a girl named Shiratori Ku who has a dream about a prince and then actually meets that prince in real life. Somewhere along the line they'll likely work in plenty of fanservice/semi-yuri and mecha action. I'm honestly trying to keep my expectations low so that I don't disappoint myself in case this doesn't live up to KnM's legacy. It's just a shame that KOTOKO isn't doing the OP or ED, which are apparently being handled by CooRie and Ceui, respectively. Odds I'll Blog This: Guaranteed Venus Versus Virus http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/vvv/ Premieres January 11th, 2007 Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Thursdays at 25:55 Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-5): Thursdays at 11:55 Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo This show is about two girls who fight demons called Viruses. The girl with the eyepatch Lucia runs an antique shop called Venus Vanguard, hence the show is named Venus Versus Virus. The commercial for it - the one from the end of Rozen Maiden Overture - shows some pretty good looking animation courtesy of Studio Hibari, and it gave me Karin and Black Cat vibes for whatever reason. For what it's worth though, VVV has some of the same staff as Tsuyokiss - director Kimura Shinichiro, character designer Agata Yoshimi, and Yamada Yasutomo in charge of series composition. Under different circumstances (ie. Thursdays without CODE GEASS, Kanon, and potentially Nodame Cantabile), this would get pretty high odds at getting blogged, but since this is airing on Thursdays, I can only say it's got a decent chance. Odds I'll Blog This: Decent Note: This is a rather long and fairly comprehensive list of the shows coming in January and February. Much much more after the jump.
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From the looks of the trailer, Kyoshiro rips the clothes right off of Ku in episode 1. ZOMG MUST WATCH. Other goodies spotted in the promo trailer: - The sexy beast known as Ayanokoji Kyoshiro, who appears to be Otori Kyoya reincarnated - And he draws a huge crowd with l33t violin skills, then rips the clothes off [...]
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So apparently, the anidb list that I used for the first part of the Winter 2007 Anime Preview was overly optimistic. I guess I should’ve been wary when I saw so many shows premiering on January 1st… I’ll just use Moetron’s list for the rest of my posts. Saint October An orphan, a pop idol, and a [...]
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