Smooth and Flat

I’m not screenshotting this yet. The show is great; the narrator in the beginning of every episode is pretty handsome.

And after watching the first four episodes I guess I’d say it’s one of the masterpieces of the year.

Apparently, it’s 12 episodes long (or so it’s expected to be), and judging by the first arc, No Longer Human,  2 more novels are animated in the remaining 8 episodes. The production quality is not outstanding, but still really solid and pleasing.

Absolutely recommended.

Armed Librarians: The Book of Bantorra.

Looked like emo shit at first, getting to become kind of nice, though gloomy and dark, series. Character designs suck, though, for almost everyone (except some guys and two – just two – girls named Noloty Whateveritwas and Hamyuts Meseta).

Setting: steampunk. Well, not exactly; and we’ve got magic mixed in. There are airplanes, too, and gods lurk somewhere out there as well.

The opposing sides are the Library of Bantorra, which stores all books (with books being something extracted from people when they die – those books contain a person’s complete lifetime records), and the Church of Drowning in God’s Grace (a bunch of fanatics whose ultimate goal is to reach some kind of paradise, for which they have to indulge in every desire they’ve got).

And of course, there are superpowers in action, too.

Question number one! Why is this post dated “November 01st, 2009″ and not “October 31st”? Choose the right answer!

1. Someone is extremely lazy.
2. The moon phase wasn’t as tsukuyomi as it should have been – until today.
3. This ain’t a review.

You sure?.. Well then, let’s proceed!

Week 2, Day 3: November, 4th

• Darker than Black: Ryuusei no Gemini intro theme single, Tsukiakari no Michishirube by Stereopony
• Sora no Otoshimono intro theme single, Ring My Bell
• AIKa Zero theme single, Flying Kid
• Dragonball Kai Song Collection (in before Sugisaki goes “KAI!”)
• To Aru Kagaku no Choudenjihou Outro Theme Single, Dear My Friend -まだ見ぬ未来へ- by Elisa
• To Aru Kagaku no Choudenjihou intro theme single, only my railgun by fripSide
• Exit Trance Presents Speed Anime Trance Best 8 (oh come on, you’re still producing these?..)

Spoiler: it wasn’t Joshua, duh.

Week 2, Day 5: November, 6th

• TV Animation Umineko no Naku Koro ni Character Song vol. 2
• DJCD Kara no Kyoukai the Garden of sellers (wait, no, of tellers! but they do like to make money, duh)
• DJCD Sayonara Zetsubou Housou Tokubetsu Ban Kessakuhen (wait, what?)
• Moeagare! Gundam Brass, conducted by Otomo Naoto
• TV Animation Umi Monogatari ~anata ga itekureta koto~ Original Soundtrack
• TV Animation Tatakau Shishou The Book of Bantorra outro theme single, Light of Dawn by Annabel
• Fresh Pretty Cure! (the movie) Soundtrack
• Faith (Prince of Tennis never ends.)

Drown in the sea of imaginary seacats!

Week 3, Day 3: November 11th

• Seitokai no Ichizon intro theme single, Treasure, by Hekiyou Gakuen Student Council
• TV Animation CANAAN, CANAAN Inspired Album
• Princess Lover! Original Soundtrack (well it’s just crap series so noone actually bothers)
• TV Animation Kämpfer outro theme single, One Way Ryou Omoi, by Natsuru-tan and Kaede (d’aww Inoue Marina)
• Wanted! for the love, by NEEDLESS GIRLS+
• Miracle Train outro theme single, Stories, by Kita Shuuhei
• Kobato intro theme single, Magic Number, by Sakamoto Maaya

On to the next question! Why is Battler so emotional about everything and why is Beatrice such a bitch?

1. Ryuukishi07 said so, it must be true.
2. There is no Umineko anime.
3. Battler has a sister complex and there are no chances for him to ever get over it.

Really? Never thought so.

Week 4, Day 3: November 18th

• Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-chan new intro theme single, BouNce BaCk, by Plug (These titles. These titles. These titles.)
• Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-chan new outro theme single, TeCh=NoloGy, by Alesta (These titles. They’re eyesores.)
• Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-chan Charge! and Onegai Sweetheart, by Plug, Alesta and others
• Seiken no Blacksmith intro theme single, Justice of Light by Gojou Mayumi
• Seiken no Blacksmith outro theme single, Miracle Happy Day, by Lisa
• Dragonball Kai original soundtrack volume 2
• Shakugan no SHANA S intro theme single, Prophecy by Kawada Mami
• TV Animation Asura Cryin’ 2 intro theme single, Alternative, by angela
• TV Animation Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu new character single vol. 4, Koizumi Itsuki
• (insert yet another Prince of Tennis character CD here)
• TV Animation Shin Koihime Musou intro theme single, and outro theme single too
• (guess what) Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! Character Single Series Dai 3 Dan 1, Sawada Tsunayoshi / Reborn, and Dai 3 Dan 2, Gokudera Hayato / Yamamoto Takeshi
• (fuck yeah) USAVICH Original Soundtrack – Kirenenko Ver.
• (ippatsu!) USAVICH Original Soundtrack – Putin Ver.
• Tenshinranman Nyubabababan by MOSAIC.WAV (yay!)

(I hate to point this out, but wasn’t the game of that 3rd week supposed to be the last one?)

Week 4, Day 3: November 25th

• Seitokai no Ichizon outro theme single, Mousou Fetish, by Hekiyou Gakuen Student Council
• Winter Sonata Original Soundtrack vol. 1
• Tales of Symphonia the Animation Sylvarant Songs
• Kanokon ~Manatsu no Daishaniku Sai~ intro theme single, Komorebi no Sordino by Sakakibara Yui
• JAM PROJECT Best Collection VII
• TV Animation CANAAN Original Soundtrack
• TV Animation Kiddy Girl-and intro theme single, Baby universe day
• TV Animation Saki Original Drama vol. 2
• Little Non The Best (they did an opening single for Saki)
• Miracle Train Character Song vol. 1, Roppongi Fumi
• Miracle Train Character Song vol. 3, Shinjuku Rintaro
• Hetalia Axis Powers Sound World (it’s a sountrack, not a drama CD)
• Hetalia Character CD vol. 6, America
• BLEACH Brainless Collection (oh excuse me, Breathless Collection) 03: Abarai Renji with Zabimaru
• Higepiyo Original Soundtrack (and Kaze rejoices)
• Fate/Recapture -original songs collection- (ahaha TYPE-MOON, almost got me)
• TV Animation Tentai Senshi Sunred 2 intro theme single, Zoku, Mizonokuchi Taiyou Zoku, by manzo
• TV Animation Tentai Senshi Sunred 2 outro theme single, Mizonokuchi Forever, by Morino Kumahachi
• Macross Frontier Itsuwari no Utahime Mini Album Universal Bunny
• TV Animation Sasameki Koto Original Soundtrack, Sasameki Oto

And the last question. Which title was suggested by Kurimu in episode one?

1. Lucky Star.
2. The Melancholy of.
3. Seizon.

And… the results aren’t in. Sorry. See you next time!

Week 4, Day 4: November 26th

• DJCD Hayate no Gotoku!! Hayaraji!! vol. 2
• DJCD TV Animation Sengoku BASARA KojiroKatakara Special Edition
• Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu Purezza a la carte! vol. 1
• Natsu no Arashi! outro theme single, Otome no Junjou
• Neon Genesis EVANGELION Shin Suisougakuban vol. 1 and 2
• Fresh Pretty Cure! Vocal Album vol. 2

Week 4, Day 5: November 27th

• TV Animation 11eyes outro theme single, Sequentia by Asriel

Though you may forget the review, rest assured, it remembers you. Bye-bye!

I was really going to post stuff. Seriously. I planned to post about other new series, and include a lot of screenshots, but I seriously don’t really know what to write about.

Almost nothing caught my attention (well, except, probably, kimi ni todoke, which is really nice but I can’t manage to get striking screenshots).

However, the decisive battle against my laziness will be held tomorrow, and should the victor of that round be yours truly, this site will be blessed with some more crappy reviews.

So I’m trying this HTML 5 element called video. Read the rest of this entry »

(Please excuse the extremely bad quality of the screenshots, it’s dictated by the raw used.)

Produced by CLAMP, Madhouse and NHK, this is an adaptation of a manga series of the same title; it also references Wish. Hanato Kobato, the main character, is voiced by Sengoku Nadeko (I mean, Hanazawa Kana). We’re also getting Saitou Chiwa (Senjougahara Hitagi) who will be responsible for Kohaku’s voice.

The first episode Read the rest of this entry »

To Aru Kagaku no Choudenjihou. A certain TV animation’s spin-off series. Totally beating the original in terms of: story; action; episode planning; production quality; making sense; main characters; opening theme; etc; etc.

No Index here. Read the rest of this entry »

This series is a bit above average. Nothing really bright about the story yet; however I’ll be watching it. They totally bought me by having Lisa in the team. Like Touka said once, “You can’t resist the Koromo”.

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This show is about Mizuno.

I mean, it’s about Junpei’s troubles with cats. But it’s actually about Mizuno. Borrowing Aka-chan’s words, Junpei is “the actual main character’s sidekick who’s there for comic relief”. At least I think so. Mizuno is cute. The first episode is pretty. And cute. Cats are cute, too. Even Nyamsas. Read the rest of this entry »

This series doesn’t seem like having a huge budget, and what’s more, out of the five main characters’ voice actors, only Kondo Takashi have more than 2 roles in his portfolio. For everyone else it’s the first series to work with (with another exception of Saitou Yuka, who also voices Lucifer in Umineko).

Surprisingly enough, it’s a success. Read the rest of this entry »