Naruto does it, too...now you know it's cool.

More Geass!


Darker Than Black - Ryuusei no Gemini 9! I'm fond of Kiko the fangirl-spreading fangirl. Good episode with a twist.


Naruto Shippuden 138! Nicer visuals. Anti-climactic, predictable, but interesting end to the brotherly love. I can't say that I'm fond of what Sasuke learns from this as it is a bit lame that his actions in the manga prove low intelligence, but the past two anime arcs were good (well, good characters died). I think that's enough Naruto anime until the next interesting arc.

Was hiding out most of the weekend...*sigh*

Community covered a humorous version of Somewhere Out There last week.

Darker Than Black - Ryuusei no Gemini 7! oh noes, a pervy lady tries to sell July. A pervy man kidnaps the kids....and tapes Maou to the window...hahaa. I enjoy small touches of humor mixed in with serious drama.

Letter Bee 8! Lag is wondering why Gauche is no longer a postman and meets Sylvette. Niche has some adorable scenes here. Random note: whenever they say, 'Akatsuki,' I am reminded of the show below.

Naruto Shippuden 135-136! As expected, the animation was stylistically interesting for the fight between Sasuke and Itachi, but there were definitely moments of cheap-arse animation. I like how most of the characters are associated with an animal; snake and crow here. After reading the manga and watching this part of the anime, Itachi's motives are a bit skewed for the sake of the brotherly drama, and consequently, Sasuke's actions after this battle seem even more convoluted. Logical thinking doesn't really play a part when boys just want to fight and battle.

Kuroshitsuji OVA! the cast of the series perform Hamlet for children on behalf of the Phantomhive company; Hamlet for children? Well, there was a 'seaweed' character. The episode was pretty horrible. The one or two cute scenes probably weren't worth wasting 26 minutes of one's time.

Winter Sonata 3! misunderstandings...zzzz....

Hey, Yen Press has somewhat found a fan-friendly solution to the 'localized'/fugly novel cover dilemma. Letting the online retailers offer free jp covers...if the retailer wants to offer it.

mmm...traveling is fun, airports are not fun. catching up on anime is fun.

Naruto: Shippuden 133! picking this up again since yeah, the twelve-year-old in me wants to see the cool battles coming up. In this episode *spoilers* Jiraiya fights his last fight. ~depressing. If you want to restart this, you'd better start a couple episodes before this for Pain's past. They are getting closer to Sasuke and Itachi's last fight, too.

Darker than Black - Ryuusei no Gemini 4! Hei, Suou and July reach Tokyo. Hei trains Suou. This includes smile-training, belly-dancing...and the usual shoot the birdies training. Hei's new personality is interesting. Misaki joins...that organization whose motives are unclear. Misaki is probably there so Hei doesn't look too much like a pedobear.

Inuyasha: The Final Act 4! Sword-envy continues as Inuyasha gets a power-up and attempts to fight Mouryoumaru.

Kimi ni Todoke 4! I do like the slight attempt at avoiding the misunderstanding, but all for naught. Cute stuff anyways.

Macross F 3! Oh wait, did they just 'flush' him???? Though this series is following very predictable Macross/mech plotlines, the familarity is enjoyable. I like the nipple 'joke', too. The animation did falter slightly in this episode, but still, it is visually pleasing. Alto's hair never fails to flow prettily. The songs used in the series are nice...not earthshaking, but simply pretty and corny perhaps. I suppose the more you hear them, the more they grow on you. Ranka's song reminds me of the song in Macross Plus...I think the title was 'Voices'.



Code Geass R2 3! Was thoroughly amused at ruckus the leak caused all over the anime blogosphere. It's nice to know there are fans that stalk official sites so much so that they caught a company error. In this episode, Lelouch being the intelligent egomaniac that he is, is aware that there are people watching him. He cleverly sets them up, and finds their Lelouch-spying room and discovers Rollo's secret. Brittania seems to be holding something over Rollo. His angst is hard to miss. And what kind of big brother gives a younger brother a heart-shaped locket for his birthday? I'm guessing it was from someone else. Everyone wants a piece of Lulu...good stuff. Half-naked Kallen must be for the fanboyz.

Allison & Lillia 3! Wish the opening song was a little more thrilling. *yawns* The story picks up as Allison and Wil infiltrate the 'enemy' base and free the old man. He tells them where the treasure is and they fleeee.

and the miscellaneous time-wasters...
Naruto Shippuden 55! The last non-filler before the filler arc. Kakashi tries to teach a new technique to Naruto who is continually portrayed as a dunce. Decent episode..it's been awhile since we've seen Kakashi actually do anything.

Kyou Kara Maou S3 79-80! Apparently, despite the show having no discernable overall plot, it keeps going and going. Yuuri continues to travel between both worlds trying to go to school and trying to keep peace in the other world. It seems Wolfram has a problem in this part of the series.

Gundam 00 24! The bad thing about a show where all the characters are likeable is that darn, you get attached to them...*sniffles* The 2nd surge against the Gundams starts and yeah, more casualties. One of the deaths reveals that he was mostly a robot/cyborg? huh? And the preview says that all the Gundams get destroyed...which can only mean one thing...brand new toys next season!

Naruto Shippuden 51-52! is a love fest as Naruto, Sakura, Sai & Yamato meet Sasuke. There was a lot of staring and flashbacks and blabbing involved. From this point in the anime to where the manga is now shows us that Naruto hasn't powered up at all. Can someone get him a Gundam please?

Tried out ljarchive which works perfectly, but ljsec worked the first time then failed the second. darn.

There needs to be intelligence tests before you allow your kids to watch tv and/or anime...or..Naruto. Having no common sense and being plain stupid should ban you from watching tv. Go help your mother in the garden for entertainment.
Indonesian boy strangles self
Seattle boy buried head-first in sand

Anyway, actually finished watching Neon Genesis Evangelion this weekend. It only took me..about 8 years to finish it. I think it was the teen angst that made me fall asleep everytime I tried to watch it. Not sure why people get annoyed at the end. The whole story was about sex, God or man, and being lonely...with sex & God or man, and the ending cinched it. Well, the point of watching it was mostly to see how current anime shows steal from acknowledge it, and in that regard, it did have some interesting production/directing qualities. ~7/10 rating~ for the tv series.

In other fun interneting, Candied bacon ice cream proves that good photography makes anything look yummilicious.

Hana Yori Dango KdRamA is in the works! It can't be any worse than the twdrama, so the question is is whether they can top the jdrama.

and Maaya Sakamoto + Yoko Kanno in Macross Frontier = something to look forward to in the spring.

ETA: and since it doesn't need a new post...

Naruto Shippuden 48! which proves that the only character in the show that goes to the toilet is Naruto. All anyone wants is to hug or kill their brother or best male-friend, so it's a relief to see the mundane.

Gundam 00 18! was a great episode. As predicted, something happens to Louise and Saji's happiness. As far as the Trinitys go, it seems plain wrong that the Celestial Being would error and pick trigger-happy pilots, but then again, mentally unstable pilots in fictional wars is a must. Also, Graham again, gets to act very 'hot' in this episode. Yay Graham and Billy, Billy and Graham. oops, I capped him at pre-puke.


Naruto Shippuden 46! Sakura checks out Sai's doujinshi. I think it really contains yaoi and incest. Sakura, Naruto and Yamato's observations of Sai's book proves that they are getting more inept as the series goes on.

Marking yesterday as the first time V-'s automated system fixed the internet connection without me having to connect to a human. Maybe the robots are getting better? Go robots! Take over the world!

Naruto Shippuden 43-44! Out of all the Naruto fights, that one was pretty lame. The actual fighting was alright, but the writers did squeeze in visuals that were more stupid-looking than 'cool'. Anime Sakura is looking a bit weepy at times. Anime Yamato is looking a bit sloooow. Maybe I should stick with the manga.



Minami-ke -Okawari- 2! Naked shots seem to be the theme of this season's show..along with weird alien eyes. In this episode, banchou is almost revived.

Persona -trinity soul- 3! um...some cool persona action, but you kinda want to kick the brothers into communicating with each other. um, yeah, not sure what's going on.

I think I will try to read all these books on the 100 books every child should read list by telegraph.co.uk They all sound like fun. I think I spent my childhood reading Nancy Drew or Babysitters Club books. The ones on the list that I did read are ones that I've read well past childhood...well, except for the ones that I had to read for school-- Wuthering Heights...blech.