...what are you watching...

Vampire Knight 1! Half a dozen or so bishies who suck blood...muwha ha ha, lick lick.

- Studio Deen's trademark cut-corners-animation still makes it here,
+ but the design of the show and characters are still attractive.
+ Mamoru Miyano and Fukujun are in this one, too. Junichi Suwabe..too.
- Fukujun should have been Zero.
+ Opening by On/Off sounds ...like an angsty boy-love song.
+ The promise of incest and possible insanity...woot!



Quick summary ~ Day students drool over the Night students. Was Kaname in high school for 10 years? Well, using school to cover drug trafficking is a good excuse. Yuuki was saved by a vampire from a vampire when she was little. She is now some sort of guardian of the Night students along with her childhood friend, Zero, whose family was wiped out by vampires.

Quick opinion ~ The tiny bits of comedy remind me of Fruits Basket...or maybe that's because of Yui Horie or Studio Deen. *spoilers* Judging by the episode and op/ed visuals, Yuuki and Zero become one of the undead...c'mon, it's so obvious. Anyway, years and years ago, I had wished Anne Rice's vampires would be created into a manga or anime...there was a comic...a horrendously ugly one. I guess this can be a pretty substitute. I never made it through Hino Matsuri's lengthier works, but I like her artwork.



Special A 1! I also watched the first episode of Itazura no Kiss where the bottom of Class F girl falls of the aloof, arrogant No. 1 Class A guy. The anime was too old-school shoujo for me to say anything positive about it, so I skipped the usual review. Special A is about the No. 2 Class A girl who will undoubtedly fall for the arrogant No. 1 Class A guy.

- Decent animation may easily look bad if the animators are having an off-day.
- Uninspiring plot kinda made me sleepy
- Op/ed/bgm...all forgettable.
- Stereotypical cast
+ with Fukujun..who occasionally uses his Zero voice.

Quick summary ~ As stated, Hikari Hanazono wants to be No.1. She has to have sex with beat Kei Takishima to get there. They both are in the Special Ed A class at school where everyone drools at their feet.

Quick opinion ~ Couldn't make it past one volume of manga, though many people have said positive things about it. The anime doesn't seem like anything special considering what else is out this spring. Plus KareKano and Ouran Host Club made this plot and story much more funny.

and something I'm still watching...
Persona -trinity soul- 13! :( sad episode. Hopefully, he got the evil old guy...but since this is only halfway through the season...I'm thinking 'no'. boo hoo.

Spice and Wolf 13! the end...until that missing episode comes out on DVD. No bloody guts flying as Horo takes care of the wolves and bad business men in the least destructive way possible...darn. Well, if you wanted more nekid, nipple-less girls, I'm sure there will be more in the Spring. If you want wolf-girls who deal in business, there is Wagaya no Oinari-sama which looks to be more dull than interesting. As with Rental Magica, the anime felt very truncated and simplified. I did enjoy the silly banter between Horo and Lawrence and episode 13's ending argument was very cute. I suppose the audience is again supposed to buy the novels now to get more of this story. *sigh* ~7/10 rating~ for a charming series with likable opening/ending songs, fun characters & nice setting. The bad part was the lack of detail, plot and development.

Minami-ke -Okawari- 12! is about sports day at Chiaki's school. There's a touching moment with Chiaki realizes that Fuyuki has transferred out of school without ever truly expressing his feelings.

Persona -trinity soul- 11! Morimoto (geek girl)'s friends find out about her addiction to persona pulling. They try to help her through withdrawal. Very odd since everyone else tries to use it like a power while she uses it to get high or relaxed or sexually satisfied. Blech.

Persona -trinity soul- 9! is where you learn about what happened to Jun's twin and the whys of his personality. The red-haired girl and whale feathers come up again, but only to bring more confusion into the story. It's pretty disappointing to have consistently nice animation and no action.

Minami-ke -Okawari- 9! Haruka gets an offer to study overseas...the rest of the episode is pretty random and forgettable.

And My Sassy Girl US-remake poster ...who are those actors?

Since this is a blah post, was looking around for something cute to add--
Easter is really early this year, a week after St. Patty's. Target's Chiyo Chiyo items are really cute. They seem to be related to the Piyo-chans from Japan.

Minami-ke -Okawari- 7! It's V-day again. This episode unlike the previous few was actually really cute and funny. The Minami sisters make chocolate. Well, Haruka and Chiaki do while Kana eats everything. Yum. Toma, Makoto & Fujioka's confusion continues.

Persona -trinity soul- 7! I guess Ryu did mellow out after his stint as a teddy bear. Shin and Jun go on a trip with their friends. Nothing much happens.

Persona -trinity soul- 5! The strength of this show is its persona fighting action and nice visuals. The weakness of the show is that for someone who has never played the game, there's no attachment formed to the world or its characters. The oldest brother acts like a moronic robot and the other two seems fairly hum-drum--ie. no fanservice. I'll stick it out until next week.

Minami-ke -Okawari- 5! Kana and Chiaki make a boo-boo and try to get their friends to help correct it. I'm hoping this season gets a little bit better than this. Where are the Minami brothers?

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.

Minami-ke ~Okawari~ 1! Gonna take time to get used to the new alien eyes and visual production of this season, but this show seems to continue where the first left. I do like the richer color palette though. In this episode, Haruka, Kana & Chiaki and some of their friends head to the hot springs, so that fanboys can see the girls semi-naked. Mako-chan and Toma have trouble deciding whether to get in the hot springs. Fujioka (who is now more platinum blond) gets interrogated by the Minami relative and gets an eyeful of Kana. This new production team bumps up the quality, but the new style makes the show look less innocent; that and the butt swaggering ending.

From three sisters to three brothers..

Persona -trinity soul- 1! Visually, this is nicer than anything else I am currently watching and it has a catchy opening. This starts out as two brothers visit their older brother who is out being a police detective slaying some sort of evil persona with his own persona. The middle child seems like a normal sort of boy until we find that he also has the power to fight persona.The youngest brother had a twin sister to whom he likes to pretend to talk. Probably need another episode before I can boot it.

From magical boys to magical girl..

Hatenkou Yuugi 1! man, i got a crappy raw. Sis said the manga wasn't too bad and from her, that is high praise indeed. A young girl, Rahzel, is kicked out of her house by her father with instructions to see the world. The opening and ending songs are pretty generic anime pop tunes. Rahzel immediately drags random bishonens and they start getting into paranormal trouble to earn money. It'd be nice to watch some mahou shoujo show this winter, but this was pretty boring.


Gundam 00 13! Graham is moving up on my 'not so bad' character list and Marina Ismail keeps moving up on the 'annoying as hell' list. Ah well, the Gundams save the old man and he & Marina are able to soothe their country a bit.