...what are you watching...

Yojou-Han Shinwa Taikei 3! is about Watashi's bout in the cycling club. Ozu foils his opportunity with Akashi again. Despite its uniqueness, seeing Watashi fail again and again isn't exactly amusing.


Arakawa under the Bridge 7! Riku starts his school by trying to teach the brothers common sense.

Yojou-Han Shinwa Taikei 2! The nameless main character, Watashi, speaks of his experience in the movie club. That's where he met the demon-like classmate, Ozu. He tries to compete with and sabotage the popular guy in the club. This episode kinda makes the previous episode make sense...ah, twisted timeline writers. While it is interesting to see Watashi choose evil, the show hasn't quite wow'ed me yet. I'll give this another few episodes to settle.


Giant Killing 1-2! a few anime blogs I follow actually gave this decent reviews, so hey, might as well view it, too. A very bad football/soccer team gets a new manager who tries to turn the team around to make a 'giant killing'.

+/- Mediocre production
+ Uplifting underdog story

Quick impression~ Tatsumi somethingorother is brought in to be the new manager of the East Tokyo United soccer team, a team he previously played in. In the first couple episodes, Tatsumi picks the current players as the weakest ones and relieves the captain of his duties. Very dramatic. If I were the least bit interested in the sport, this could be a fun anime to watch...ok, I skip 75% of the first episode which clearly shows my enthusiasm, but Tatsumi is pretty blunt in his speech which is amusing at times. Y'know, I wonder why he is the manager when what he is doing is coaching.

Distracting myself is easy to do...
Top youtube videos from Japan - compiled by Oricon. So yes, kitties are in a few.

Arakawa under the Bridge 3! Hoshi takes Riku to confessional with Sister which leads Riku to ask Nino out on their first date. Good laughs out of this episode.

Yojō-Han Shinwa Taikei/Tatami Galaxy 1! uses the artistic style of Yusuke Nakamura to tell the tale of a college dropout.

+ Interesting Madhouse production and art style
- Haven't I seen this story before?
+ Maaya Sakamoto
- Where's Hiroshi Kamiya?

Quick impression~Yusuke Nakamura is somewhat known for illustrating the covers to Asian Kung-fu Generation's albums. AKG does the opening theme song. There must be another tie to Arakawa under the Bridge outside of the loser-like male character finding love plot....and it is Maaya Sakamoto! I almost thought Hiroshi Kamiya was in here, too, but the main male character is voiced by someone I don't know that sounds eerily similar. As for the story, a nameless main character has a crush, and a Popeye-looking matchmaker and demonic-looking friend try to help. It's another dialogue-heavy, novel-based story where the main character over-analyzes his life. I'll attempt to watch another episode, but it is honestly similar to Arakawa without the same light-hearted humor.

Nodame Cantabile: Finale 0! the DVD extra episode is about Kiyora and Mine's visit. Nodame's imitation of Chiaki was funny.

Durarara 15! Narrated by a freelance writer who is trying to write an article about the strongest person in the area, Shizuo, and then...uh oh, red eyes. I'm a fan of Shizuo and Celty.

House of Five Leaves 2! Masa's meek personality draws him into Yaichi's gang more and more. The lax pace is offset by some nice music.