It’s Nijuu Mensou no Musume Episode 20, and Chiko, Twenty Faces, Ken, and Kayama continue to pursue the professor as he attempts to reactivate the broken tower. Ken and Kayam rescue Chiko from the mob, while the police try to tell people to take shelter. Ken then flies the blimp to the tower, but it [...]
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This is an omnibus of 5 of the post-midway episodes of Nijuu Mensou no Musume, catching me up to where Live-Evil has released fansubs of this series. The series has finished airing, but only has 3 episodes left to be subbed. In these episodes, Chiko has to deal with getting back to life as normal, [...]
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A major theme of the past half year was fooling the viewer, and the uncrowned king (or queen in this case) of this theme definitely is Nijuu Mensou no Musume. In this series, Studio Bones tells about a twelve-year old girl, who gets adopted by a glamorous and world-famous thief, in the period of right [...]
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Short Synopsis: This episode features the climax of Nijuu Mensou no Musume. Highlights: Blegh. Just blegh. Overall Enjoyment Value: 6.5/10 Wait? That’s it? We’ve had all this build-up, and the creators just end with such an ending? Talk about disappointing. There was this whole world open for this series, and yet it goes with the most predictable route. [...]
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I guess 2channel being crazy isn't news, but I've never seen anything like this: of the top 60 most recently active threads in the 2channel seiyuus forum, 30 are about Hirano Aya. Normally, each seiyuu has only one discussion thread.And here I thought the madness was dying down. What makes it even stranger is that many of the threads seem to be pro-Aya.This doesn't mean she's the 2channelers' favorite -- or least favorite -- seiyuu, just that a lot of people are fascinated by her.Some thread names with (thread count) and post count:Hirano Aya antis = disgusting otaku lolicon virgins (1) 46Is Hirano Aya really the best seiyuu for Haruhi? (1) 97Hirano Aya has no boyfriend -- for sure (1) 102Stop posting Hirano Aya threads in the baseball forum, Aya maniacs (1) 28Is it true that Hirano Aya lies in her blog? (1) 161Because there are too many anti-Hirano people, I have become her fan (1) 61Strange ways of extending anti-Hirano threads (1) 27Watching the Olympics with Hirano Aya-chan (1) 22Tyranno-Aya (1) 154Hirano antis are shitty pigs, for real, lol (1) 26Aaya Onee-san (1) 16I think Hirano Aya's live event was great (1) 96Hirano Aya (20) has such small breasts that she shouldn't wear a bikini (1) 279Thread for Hirano Aya fans and undecideds (antis and Aya maniacs not allowed) (1) 97If Hirano Aya works at it, she could have sex (1) 112Hirano Aya>>>>>>>Tamura Yukari>>>Mizuki Nana (1) 225Anti- anti-Hirano Aya thread (1) 68NHK recognizes Hirano Aya as tops in the seiyuu world (1) 183There would be nothing better than Hirano Aya playing a madwoman (1) 110Is Hirano Aya actually the most popular seiyuu? (1) 170The number of people who just can't stop themselves from loving Hirano Aya is... (1) 20Hirano Aya (145) 163 (the main thread, which is usually the only one)Hirano Aya is a latter-day Matsuda Seiko (1) 71Hirano Aya antis = virgin lolicon disgusting otaku idiots (1) 173The deterioration of Hirano Aya (1) 89Hirano Aya antis are just jealous (1) 179Hirano Aya isn't a virgin (1) 201Hirano Aya-san in a ren-ai game! (1) 93Mizuki Nana completely loses to Hirano Aya (1) 613Hirano Aya (125) 281 (an old orphaned thread that someone started using)I think "Tyranno-Aya" is the most amusing thread title. I haven't sampled all these threads, but the ones you would expect to be stupid seem to be...stupid. If you can picture pro- and anti-Hirano forces posting mutual insults and unsupported claims, you get the picture.Speaking of pictures, here are some recent ones of Aya (click to enlarge):1. at Animelo, waiting for the lift to take her up to the stage. The lift failed during rehearsal...but succeeded when it counted. She did two songs: Love Gun and Unnamed World. 2. At Animelo, after her set, with her band, "having worked so hard I look like an idiot," and with May'N (who sings Sheryl's songs in Macross Frontier): 3. Snacking when there's no time for a meal (on a mugwort ohagi, if you must know), with a gift from the mangaka of Zettai Karen Children, and on her way to the supermarket late at night: 4. The entire contents of her bag, including the contents of her purse, and her scripts: With Zettai Karen Children, Nijuumensou no Musume, and Macross Frontier ending soon, Aya will be in three new shows starting in October. She is one of the four stars of the absurd comedy Hyakko (with Orikasa Fumiko, Neya Michiko, and Ochiai Yurika). She is a secondary character in the star-studded mecha show Linebarrels of Iron. And she and Kugimiya Rie star in the school romance Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka.
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Short Synopsis: The scientist has a back-up plan, and tries to activate it in this episode. Highlights: Interesting twist that fits with the series’ themes. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 Aah, there are two episodes left and I still have no idea what the name of the major villain is! It gets annoying to keep calling him “the scientist”, [...]
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It’s Nijuu Mensou no Musume episode 14, and Ken and Chiko have to try to keep the blimp from crash landing into the city. Meanwhile, Tome confronts Chiko’s mother. Go Straight to the Screenshots | Go Straight to the Review This episode picks up right where the last one left off, with Twenty Faces falling off [...]
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What the title says. I have already accumulated a bunch of ideas of what I could potentially blog about, but aside from one I can be pretty sure that I never will end up doing them. Without further ado: I think that the seifuku of 20 Mensou no Musume is one of the best - not because [...]
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Short Synopsis: That scientist isn’t willing to give up that easily, and prepares for a second attempt to zap Tokyo, while keeping Chiko and the others out of his way. Highlights: Excellent aftermath, apart from that climax perhaps. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 Really, this series has a strange idea of the concept of hiatus: it stops, right after [...]
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With Ikkitousen Great Guardians done, I’m left with 3 other series (Nijuu Mensou no Musume, Strike Witches and Koihime Musou) before I can start anticipating the soon to come series. Overall Ikkitousen Great Guardians did a terrific job in covering the mess that it has created by wrapping things up nicely. A quick run down [...]
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