Title: Spice and Wolf 2 OAV, Ōkami to Kohaku-iro no Yūutsu
Airs: April 30
Total Episode Count: 1
Animation Studio: Brains Base
Summary: None needed. Title is "Wolf and the Amber Melancholy. Season 2 starts in July.
Title: Tears to Tiara, ティアーズ・トゥ・ティアラ
Airs: 04/05 25:35
Total Episode Count: 26
Animation Studio: Oriental Light & Magic, WHITE FOX
Summary: A Demon King named Arawn was sealed away for 1,000 years. After a girl named Rhiannon released him, they started to travel together and she becomes emotionally attached to him.
note: It's from a bishounen game, so expect hot guys.
Title: 07 Ghost
Airs: 04/06 25:40
Total Episode Count: 13 (?)
Animation Studio: Studio DEEN
Summary from ANN:
Set in a gothic fantasy world, this is the story of Teito Klein, an orphaned slave who became the top military academy student. However, an unexpected turn of events left him pursued by the forces of the Barsburg Empire. Now an escaping convict, Teito's sheltered by the church and it’s law of sanctuary. Here, he discovered many mysteries surrounding himself, the church, and the Empire itself. The fact that he might be connected to a dethroned king and the mystical stone of god, 'The Eye of Mikhael' made him the target of the empire more than ever. Fortunately the church is under the mythical 7 Ghost protection. But who are the Ghosts really. Will Teito be free from the military's clutch, And what of his said mission to uncover the history. And who is the military's Chief-of-Staff Ayanami exactly. Teito's future seems to have spiraled into an unexpectedly perilous path.
Title: Saki, 咲-Saki-
Airs: 04/05 26:00
Total Episode Count: 13 (?)
Animation Studio: GONZO (==" crap)
Summary from ANN: The story centers around Saki Miyanaga, a timid freshman girl who has never enjoyed the Asian tile game of mahjong. However, another freshman brings her into their high school's mahjong club and into the competitive world of mahjong tournaments.
note: Licensed by Crunchyroll.
The story is a bit iffy, and it is a GONZO thing, so I'm a bit worried about it. The cast isn't all the bad...but it IS GONZO. The thing I have against this already, is the 3D tiles. ==" It's too over the top imo. Plus, knowing these people, it'll get out of hand, become ridiculous and ruin the fun. I could be wrong though.
Yea, so I just started doing this. You'll find that a lot of the previous Weekly Vocaloid Features are usually in the top 10 on this. xD
Title: Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen, 真マジンガー 衝撃！Z編
Airs: 04/04 23:20
Total Episode Count: 26
Animation Studio: Bee Media, CODE
Summary from ANN:
From the island of Bardos in the Aegean Sea comes a new threat to humanity in the form of Doctor Hell and his army of mechanical beasts. However, a new hero stands in his way: Mazinger Z, a giant robot built out of the indestructible metal chogokin and equipped with an arsenal of advanced weaponry. Piloting Mazinger Z is hotheaded teenager Kouji Kabuto, who strives to avenge the death of his grandfather and protect Japan from Doctor Hell's forces.
note: This is considered the very first mecha series created to have a robot and a pilot. Grandfather of all mecha series. It's sacred.
Title: Arad Senki - Slap Up Party, スラップアップパーティ −アラド戦記−
Airs: 04/03 26:45
Total Episode Count: 26
Animation Studio: GONZO
Summary from ANN:
The anime will follow the adventures of Baron, a man living on continent of Arad in the year 981 after "the cursed light of Kazan" has fallen across the land. Thanks to the curse, one of his arms has become possessed. After finding a sword that has been possessed by the spirit Roxy, he embarks on a quest to unravel the secret of the curse and meets various people who also join his party.
Note: I have no hope in this series after The Tower of Druaga. It was okay, but the end killed it for me. This is another Gonzo work, and they haven't been on such a hot streak lately.
Alrighty, a change from the anime, and back to a weekly Vocaloid.It's 桜、舞い散るあの丘へ with Hatsune Miku. I think I'll put the Vocaloid ranking on Sundays. I'm still working on the anime thing too btw. Few more series I'm hunting down. xD
Title: Phantom - Requiem for the Phantom
Airs: 04/02 26:15
Total Episode Count: 13 (?)
Animation Studio: BEE TRAIN (please don't screw up)
Summary from ANN:
A spate of mafia assasinations occurs in America, the work of the mysterious organization named Inferno. "Phantom" is their most strongest and capable assassin, however a lone tourist witnesses Phantom's latest act of murder. He unwittingly exposes the top assassin's true identity, a young girl named Ein. Witnesses are usually killed, but the man is captured and taken to be brainwashed into "Zwei", Inferno's newest assassin, with no memory of who he is. From this point on, Zwei is drawn into a world of conspiracy, deceit and violence.
note: is it me, or has BEE TRAIN been drawn to girls and guns? MADLAX, NOIR, El Cazador..now Phantom.
Title: Natsu no Arashi!, 夏のあらし！
Airs: 04/05 25:30
Total Episode Count: 13
Animation Studio: SHAFT
Summary from ANN:
In an old town coffee shop, a boy met an older high school girl. From there, everything was... An unforgettable summer began.
note: From the author of School Rumble!
==" I hate the main character's design. So short and stuff, and looks too much like Conan.
Title: Hayate no Gotoku Season 2, Hayate no Gotoku!! (two "!"'s), ハヤテのごとく!!
Airs: 04/03 25:23
Total Episode Count: N/A
Animation Studio: J.C. STAFF
Summary from ANN:
[Everyone from season one, along with some new faces, is back for another season of wackiness.]
Abandoned by his parents and given a monumentally large debt as a Christmas present, 16-year old Ayasaki Hayate is at the lowest point of his life. Desperately trying alter his hapless fate, he decides to kidnap someone to hold for a ransom. Due to an ill choice of words, the girl he tries to kidnap misunderstands the action as a confession of love. His plan is totally crushed when he gives his real name out. Realizing his wrongdoing, Hayate proceeds to rescue the girl from the yakuza, who had instead kidnapped her. The girl, as a token of thanks, offers Hayate a job as her butler. Hayate, overwhelmed by her kindness, vows to protect her even at the cost of his life.
Title: Asura Cryin', アスラクライン
Airs: 04/02 09:30
Total Episode Count: 13(?)
Animation Studio: Seven Arcs
Summary from Dengenki:
"The main character, Natsume Tomoharu [Irino Miyu], takes the opportunity to live on his own when he enters high school. Although he appears to be a normal high school student at first glance, there is one thing about him which isn't normal. He's haunted by the ghost of a young girl, Minakami Misao [Tomatsu Haruka].
Tomoharu moves to his new place of residence, Meioutei, and starts enjoying a carefree high school life. But this is all ruined when a beautiful girl named Kurosaki Shuri [Tanaka Rie] appears with a trunk which Tomoharu's brother told her to pass on to Tomoharu. The presence of the trunk causes the appearance of Takatsuki Kanade [Nonaka Ai], a girl dressed like a shrine maiden who is after the trunk.
Because Tomoharu is in possession of the trunk, he will come face to face with the the hidden truth of this world."
Title: Sengoku Basara, 戦国BASARA
Airs: 04/01 25:34
Total Episode Count: 13
Animation Studio: PRODUCTION I.G.
Summary from ANN:
(there isn't one.) Based on CAPCOM's PS2 game.
Title: Full Metal Alchemist - Brotherhood, 鋼の錬金術師
Airs: 04/05 17:00
Total Episode Count: N/A
Animation Studio: BONES
Summary from ANN:
(Remake of first season, expected to be faithful to the manga's story)
After losing their mother, Alphonse and Edward Elric attempt to bring her back using the forbidden science of human alchemy. However, alchemy operates on the theory of equivalent trade, and breaking the human alchemy taboo carries a heavy price. Ed loses his leg, and Al loses his body. Ed is able to seal Al's soul inside of a huge suit of armor, at the cost of his arm. Years later, Ed (now with two mechanical limbs) and Al (still trapped in the armor) leave their childhood home, each brother concerned with the other's happiness. Ed, who has a natural talent and skill for alchemy, becomes nationally certified and is soon known everywhere as the "Fullmetal Alchemist." Their true objective is to search for any information on the fabled Philosopher's Stone, hoping it will allow them to regain their old bodies. All of their hopes rest with this mythical stone, which may not even exist at all. However, the brothers soon learn that they are not the only ones after the powerful stone.
Title: K-ON!, けいおん！
Airs: 04/02 25:59
Total Episode Count: 13 (probably)
Animation Studio: Kyoto Animation (KyoAni)
Summary from ANN:
The story follows four girls who try to rescue their high school's light music club, even though they are all novices who cannot play instruments or read music.
Title: Ristorante Paradiso, リストランテ・パラディーゾ
Airs: 04/08 26:08
Total Episode Count: 11
Animation Studio: DAVID PRODUCTIONS
Summary from ANN:
The manga and anime's story is set in a restaurant in Rome that the heroine Nicoletta (Fumiko Orikasa) visits from the countryside. Her parents divorced when she was young, so her grandparents raised her while her mother Olga (Haruhi Terada) tried to remarry. Nicoletta goes to the restaurant owned by Lorenzo (Kenji Nomura), Olga's new husband, and ends up apprenticing there among a kitchen staff of colorful characters.
Title: Hatsukoi Limited, Hatsukoi Gentei, 初恋限定。
Airs: 04/11 24:00
Total Episode Count: N/A
Animation Studio: J.C. STAFF (don't screw up please?)
Summary from ANN:
A series of short stories depicting the complicated love lives of eight middle school and high school girls, their classmates and relatives. These stories later intertwine to form a main story involving most of the cast.
Middle-schooler Arihara Ayumi receives a love letter from a high-schooler, a very large and intimidating boy, Zaitsu Misao, asking her out. He begins to follow her around and then one day she is kidnapped by rivals of Misao and it then turns out that Ayumi may infact be stronger than Misao himself.
Title: Valkyria Chronicles - Gallian Chronicles, 戦場のヴァルキュリア GALLIAN♦CHRONICLES, Senjou no Valkyria - Gallian Chronicles
Airs: 04/04 22:30
Total Episode Count: 26
Animation Studio: A-1
Summary from Wikipedia (source from VG):
When Imperial forces attack the small border town of Bruhl, Welkin Gunther, son of late General Belgen Gunther, is forced to fight for his life alongside Town Watch captain Alicia Melchiott. Along with Welkin's adopted sister Isara, the three escape to Gallia's capitol and subsequently join the country's militia forces. As members of the newly-formed Squad 7, they must work to repel the invading Imperial forces and discover the true purpose of the invasion itself.
Title: Tayutama - kiss on my Deity, タユタマ - kiss on my deity
Airs: 04/05 24:30
Animation Studio: SILVER LINK
Total Episode Count: 13
Summary from ANN:
The story centers on Yūri Mito, a student at the Sōsei Academy and the only son of the man who runs the Yachimata shrine. At Yachimata, there is a legend of a deity named Tayutayu-sama who protected the area, but this deity and other so-called "Tayutai" have been lost in time. Mito and his friends discover a relic on the school grounds with mysterious patterns on them. Then, at the opening ceremony of the new school year, an equally mysterious girl named Mashiro appears before Mito. Mashiro is somehow tied to the relic and the legend of Tayutayu-sama.
>_> Everyone else does it, so why can't I?
Title: Pandora Hearts, パンドラハーツ
Airs: 04/02 25:29
Animation Studio: XEBEC (unfortunately)
Total Episode Count: 25
Summary from ANN:
Oz Bezarius, heir to one of the duke houses, has just turned fifteen. His life is rich and carefree, darkened only by the constant absence of his father. At his coming-of-age ceremony, however, everything changes. For no reason that he can discern, he's cast into the prison known as the "Abyss", only to be saved by a "chain" known as Alice, the bloodstained black rabbit. Why was he cast into Abyss, how does Alice factor into it all, and what does the organization known as "Pandora" want with him...
Starting today, I guess I'll just run through the upcoming spring series. I'll try and provide a synopsis, as well as a bit of information on the series (whatever I can find). Expect more, since I plan to pick up about 9 new series in the Spring.
Title: Higashi no Eden, 東のエデン
Airs: 04/09 24:45
Animation Studio: PRODUCTION I.G.
Total Episode Count: 11
Summary from ANN:
On November 22, 2010 ten missiles strike Japan. However, this unprecedented terrorist act, later to be called as "Careless Monday," does not result in any apparent victims, and is soon forgotten by almost everyone. Then, 3 months later... Saki Morimi is a young woman currently in the United States of America on her graduation trip. But just when she is in front of the White House, Washington DC, she gets into trouble, and only the unexpected intervention of one of her fellow countrymen saves her. However, this man, who introduces himself as Akira Takizawa, is a complete mystery. He appears to have lost his memory. and he is stark naked, except for the gun he holds in one hand, and the mobile phone he's holding with the other hand. A phone that is charged with 8,200,000,000 yen in digital cash.
Title: Higashi no Eden, 東のエデン
Airs: 04/09 24:45
Animation Studio: PRODUCTION I.G.
Total Episode Count: 11
Summary from ANN:
On November 22, 2010 ten missiles strike Japan. However, this unprecedented terrorist act, later to be called as "Careless Monday," does not result in any apparent victims, and is soon forgotten by almost everyone. Then, 3 months later... Saki Morimi is a young woman currently in the United States of America on her graduation trip. But just when she is in front of the White House, Washington DC, she gets into trouble, and only the unexpected intervention of one of her fellow countrymen saves her. However, this man, who introduces himself as Akira Takizawa, is a complete mystery. He appears to have lost his memory. and he is stark naked, except for the gun he holds in one hand, and the mobile phone he's holding with the other hand. A phone that is charged with 8,200,000,000 yen in digital cash.
Cool stuff man. Saw it up on Random Curiosity a little while back. The Haruhi one isn't as cool, since it's like 40 seconds long, and is just Haruhi's student intro in episode 1 (not the first episode) or whatever. Probably took a while to do, and gotta love the HD goodness.
edit: I just went and redid all my tags, so there's no stupid useless tags that represent one minuscule post anymore.
Alrighty, so here's another weekly feature of Vocaloid! This time around, it's Luka and Gackupoid singing a very cute (Tsundere), and modern song (google xD). Anyways, the song's not bad, and Luka's just too cute in this. Gackupoid is a clown as always, and Tako-Luka even makes a brief appearance. xD Happy listening!
Yeah. Just got my wisdom teeth taken out. General An aesthetics for me. Before I went out, the doctor asked if I had any questions, and the first question I asked was "I'm on ECG right?". He laughed a bit, and was like "yes, the beeping thing in the back".
Anyways, after the thing, the nurse wanted to help me walk to the recovery room, but, I, for some reason, had perfect balance. I wasn't too light headed, groggy or off balance, which really surprised me. Changing the gauze isn't fun though. Saliva (which can't be spit out) mixes with the blood, and it looks like you're bleeding your guts out. And then you have the gauze itself which is drenched in blood, which doesn't help either.
Anyways, for the lulz, IS THIS REAL LIFE?! mmmmmmmMMMMMMDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Ah yes, one of the most popular anime series on most anime forums. After not watching it when it began (my mistake D:), I just recently started it. I have to say, even as a 9 year old, Nanoha isn't that bad. Now before you start labeling me as a lolicon/pedo, I'm talking about the series, not the character. I rather prefer Nanoha and Fate as 20-something year olds. Anyways, I powered through seasons 1 & 2 (A's) in 4 days, and I'm working on season 3 (strikerS) at the moment. I'm hoping for a season 4, since a new manga series was recently launched. A possible reason for MSLN's success can be summed up in a single equation by Nanochan (Nanoha imageboard).
Anyways, I'm getting wisdom teeth removed today, so I'll be relying on 00 Gundam, and Nanoha to get through my painful ordeal. I think I'll watch Monoke too.
Well to start things off, Happy St. Patrick's Day! Hope y'all had three kegs o'beer and puked your guts out you sonuvab-
Anyways, today was funktastic. Went with 蛋撻 and 蘿蔔糕 from my family's restaurant, to Richmond Center (not much of a walk), and from there we went to Aberdeen Center, making stops at Lansdowne Center and a Wendy's. Yes, Wendy's. We spotted the rare beast on our travels to Hong K- Aberdeen Center. Got a Frosty there. Twas delectable.
At Aberdeen, we walked around, and looked at all the funky stuff Asia has to offer. I think the "block of wood" deserves a place in my room. Too bad it costs an arm and a leg, minus the toes and fingers. We went and found a store that was pretty much a large center for imports from Japan. Gashapon and stuff. Costed a fortune. $2 for 1 Tokken, $4 for 2. Plus the other merchandise in the store was bloody expensive. $21 for a small rubbery plushie of Nishin instant noodles (large size). After oogling at Japanese merchandise, we proceeded to get bubble tea from the food court thingy. Gress Jelly with Extra Gress Jelly. No, it is not a typo. The sign at the till spelt it as "gress" too. And yes, it's a typo on their part. Anyways, went to the arcade to watch 蛋撻 play Guitar Freaks and Drum-whatever. Didn't leave til 6. Played Phantasy Star on the way back and played some more at 蘿蔔糕's.
00 Gundam 1/100 Gunpla GET!
Just watched it yesterday with the usual crew, plus Christ, Nalin, Henry and Tony. It was a bit confusing...okay so it was confusing until the end. Probably should read the book to grasp the ideas of The Watchmen. I wanted to get a gunpla, but by the time the movie finished, the mall was pretty much closing up.
Went back to the base (蘿蔔糕's house), and then hindu-packed Tony's car and went to the usual Japanese restaurant for dinner.
I love this song. xD It's so cute, and sounds like it'd fit in an anime as an ED theme. The PV's animation is love too. The fact that it's Luka makes it that much more loveable too. Kitty hat ftw.
Quite the chapter, I must say. Haruna-Alter might not be so bad. Rito doesn't have a sadist in his harem as of late...I guess Run is the ero-kawaii...
Alrighty, so I can't remember whether or not I put my Flag up on ze blog, and I didn't see a Gundam tag in my collection, so I threw it in with my recently completed Red Frame 1/100.
Flag: My first kick at the can for 1/100 models. I don't really like it's flight mode, so I keep it in bipedal form. It's a bit hard to pose without an action stand, since it's feet aren't very moveable. It looks awesome anyways.
Red Frame: I love this model. The Gerbera Straight can't be beat by any other melee weapon on a Gundam. Extremely poseable (maybe too much, more later), and looks absolutely awesome.
Sadly, while trying to pose the Red Frame, his arm broke, which was immediately mended with modeling glue...though it's not gonna be the same. sad face.
Graham's Union Flag Custom (a sexy jet black) 1/100
Guile Low's RED ASTRAY FRAME 1/100
The 1/100 beside the 1/144. The size difference is scary isn't it?
Alrighty, so this happened on Friday, but I was engrossed in playing Phantasy Star: Portable, so I didn't put this up. It might end up taking over After School Antics.
Hokay, so after school on Friday, we went to 蘿蔔糕's place (along with Christ, John, Nalin, Pedo, 蛋撻, Keith, Allan, Darren, and Sam who came much later) for Christ's boxing show. It, in essence, was friendly competition to not only vent stress, but to put bitter feelings (mainly towards Allan) out. Anyways, it started out...well to sum it up, boring. We were out front, and Allan didn't want people to see him, so he would wait for people to pass by before starting anything. Once things got started, he was defeated time and time again. The highlight was that he tripped on Christ, who in turn tripped on Allan.
The second bout was Christ and John. This was a rather uneventful, until John pulled off that one moved the put Christ out of commission for a while. While down on a knee, John pull a windmill punch, catching Christ in the "soft spot". Caught on film, and not allowed to be up.
There were a bunch of bouts after this, and all while I watched from the confort of inside 蘿蔔糕's house. I would've been out there, but I lent John my shoes since he came in sports sandals (who knows why).
Anyways, once Sam came, the bouts got slightly more interesting. Sam's quick on his feet, and knows basics of fighting. He looked pretty damn cool with his blocks, spins and punches. To end the bouts, he delivered a fatal upper cut to John. Okay, so it wasn't fatal, but it caused a minor injury. One of the few. Most injuries were actually swelling, which resulted in a little bruising.
Anyways, John is a dangerous driver. Never get in the same car, or near his car.
Alrighty, so this is the first of the updates. I'm starting from the most recent, and then moving backwards, to the Friday. Playing Phantasy Star Portable too much. Image somewhat related minus the area of injury.
This one'll be short.
Was doing a law project, filming a drug related PSA on smoking, and was to rendezvous at Tehcumseh elementary. It's about...3km from my house. Normally, that wouldn't be all that bad, but I strained my hip the day before, making it rather painful to walk. I really didn't want to opt out of this, so I did the 3 km. Once I got there, I really didn't need to do much for a while (I got there an hour late too). The bad part was that I got all the not-so-fun parts, such as the smoker, and the dude that gets hit by the car. The smoking thing wasn't that bad, but to simulate being hit by a car made me realize how it felt to be a small animal on the road: fricking scary.
Anyways, I'm still coping with my strained hip, so I reaallly shouldn't be walking around too much.
This is perhaps Miku's most well known song. Black★Rock Shooter follows a variant of Miku, Black★Rock Shooter. On another note, Good Smile Company is releasing a PVC 1/8 Figure of Black★Rock Shooter. Just goes to show this songs fame/popularity, eh.
Original HQ Vers. (Miku & Ryo, PV by Huke)
歌和サクラ Version.
Nayuta Version. I'm quite fond of her singing to be honest.
NicoSinger Version. The quality isn't awesome, but the singers are.
127 Chorus Version (127 ppl) just for fun xD
No, it's not a typo on the scanlators fault. And no, it's no 18+.
No actual pictars (yet?) because I wasn't actually in there. I was there, but not there. Kinda like Anonymous.
Anyways, I was simply a vendor, selling refreshments (water, juice, pop) and ice cream (sorta). Made a decent amount given what we had, and the time, and place, although I say it could've been better. Made money off of them people dancing around, working up a sweat in the heated conditions of the dance floor (also known as the school cafeteria), and anyone who happened to be on drugs and became dehydrated. Got through security since I came early, but I didn't have a bag or anything so it really didn't matter.
Nothing really happened for the first hour or so. People were just lounging around the in the foyer, chatting, taking pictures, making it look more like a social gathering (which it technically is). The second half was when things really started (like business) and the cheers and shouts could be heard from down the corridors.
Unfortunately, I say the only stupid thing I did today was locking the store's key inside the store. Not only that, but even the spare key is in there. "orz Free block tomorrow morning will be spent searching for a teacher with a key to retrieve the two locked ones. "orz
Ahahahaha! All that suffering I went through...The blood! The pain! The sweat! The tears! I can leave all of it behind me!
Yeah. I finally got around to slicing up math and taking out of my schedule to keep my average from slipping below admission grades. I was doing horribly in it, so bad that even the best tutor in the world couldn't help me. Plus, I'm a student of the arts. Math isn't needed! If I'm desperate, I'll turn to my wonderful friend, music. With first year credits at Themes Valley University, so I'm not in too much trouble. Ehehehe...
