This is late, but it wouldn’t hurt to do some catching up. For the spring anime, these are the series I wanna get/watch (reference: The Scrumptious Anime Blog):



Hino Kahoko continues to improve her skills at the Seiso Academy participating in music competitions with the help of Lili, the music fairy, the students from the music department, and a new blond charming character. - ANN

Gotta see the first season then. D:




An original story revolving around a treasure will unite the two heroes from Monkey Punch and Gosho Aoyama’s manga stories for a “legendary match.” -ANN




Chi is a kitten who accidentally gets separated from her mother, and is unable to find her way home again. A boy and his family find Chi and give her a home, although all Chi wants is to return to her mother. -ANN




The story takes place on the planet Earthdash, where its inhabitants gaze on its moon and the technologically advanced lunar city of Mooneyes with awe. Dan JD, a boy living in Rollingtown on Earthdash’s surface, gets caught up in Bigfoot Basketball ? a fast-paced sport played with giant Bigfoot robots. -ANN




Oz Bezarius, heir to one of the duke houses, has just turned fifteen. At his coming-of-age ceremony, however, everything changes. 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. Thus starts his quest to find out what exactly happened, and how the organization known as “Pandor” fit into this picture.




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. -ANN

I’ve seen up to episode 6. There’s only one who can’t play or read music. I guess ANN’s description needs updating.




In the American underworld, Mafia leaders are being killed one after another, with rumors of “Inferno” and the group’s top assasin “Phantom” circulating around them. A boy, traveling alone in America becomes involved in one of these incidents and unexpectedly encounters Phantom -moetron




In the story, Mimi Kitagami is a kind, level-headed girl who aims to be the best, coolest student council president of her high school class. However, three trouble-making boys are always causing her grief ? and she has a one-sided crush on one of the boys, Ushio T?j?. -ANN




Koh is a genius hitter, but has no knowledge of any other aspect of baseball. Aoba, a younger girl, is an adept pitcher and hitter. As he plays baseball, he tries to live up to the expectations of those who know his true talent, and cope with the tragedies and relationships he must deal with. -moetron




A remake of the first Fullmetal Alchemist series, following the manga more closely this time around.




A striking vision of Earth’s future from some of Japan’s foremost creative talents, SHANGRI-LA is a tale of greed and division vs. bravery and the human spirit. Set against the backdrop of a Tokyo cityscape turned into a teeming jungle by runaway global warming, with the elite living in the comfort of the tower city, Atlas, and the less-privileged masses struggling in the squalor in the jungle — only one girl, Kuniko Hojo, and her band of guerrillas can find a way to preserve the future for everyone.. - http://www.anime-shangri-la.jp/




Based on the science-fiction romance manga by the author of School Rumble Jin Kobayashi, whose story centers on a boy named Hajime Yasaka who meets an older high school girl named Sayoko “Arashi” Arashiyama in an old town coffee shop. “Arashi” happens to have a secret that Hajime learns one fateful summer vacation. -ANN




The manga’s story is set in a restaurant in Rome that the heroine Nicoletta visits from the countryside. Her parents divorced when she was young, so her grandparents raised her while her mother tried to remarry. Unfortunately for Nicoletta, her mother abandons her even after remarrying. Nicoletta goes to the restaurant that is now owned by the new husband of Nicoletta’s mother, and ends up apprenticing there among a kitchen staff of colorful characters. -ANN




3 months after the failed terrorist attack “Careless Monday”, Saki Morimi, a young woman in the USA on her graduation trip, runs into trouble outside of the White House. She is saved by Akira Takizawa, a mysterious naked man without his memory, owning only a gun and a mobile phone stored with 8.200 million yen -moetron.




Mizuki Kawashita’s original manga depicted many vignettes in the everyday lives of a junior high school girl named Ayumi and seven other junior high and high school girls. -ANN




Set in the 1950s, the critically acclaimed story centers around six junior delinquents and their mentor at the Shounan Special Reform School near Tokyo. The manga follows the boys’ lives during their time in the school and the years after they leave. -ANN

This is the summer anime lineup:



I will watch (by priority) Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Bakemonogatari, Hetalia Axis Powers 2, Umineko no Naku Koro ni, and Winter Sonata. Thank gawd there are few that seem interesting for me in the summer season since there’s a lot I have to catch up in the previous season. @_@

I’m catching up on a lot of stuff it’s not even funny. Anyway, as I browsed through my rss subscriptions, I saw an entry from Nekomagic about the Kotobukiya Hobby Shop that opened last March 20. Here are some pictures from Nekomagic. More pictures and details in the link.



I would be camping in front of that shop just for eyecandy.

Telepathy Shoujo Ran, from what I’ve watched so far, is about Ran who has telepathic powers (duh) who’s been using her powers to help solve mysteries. It is not clear yet why she doesn’t seem to know about her power in the start. Ran isn’t the only one who has telepathic powers though. She comes across this girl named Midori who, at first, was able to search her down. Midori had been looking for someone who has the same powers as her. She seemed evul and took advantage of their abilities that includes hurting others. But that changed when Ran, even though Midori was mean at her, didn’t have second thoughts to be friends with her. Midori only needed acceptance because she was hated by her parents. Rui, on the other hand, is a childhood friend of Ran. He doesn’t have telepathic powers like the two girls. What he’s capable of is to nullify Ran’s powers.



I’ve already seen episodes 1 to 5 of the series. So far so good. The first 2-3 episodes are about Ran’s encounter with Midori. They got along well and even discovered another person who has the same powers. Instead of being “friends” with that person, she becomes their enemy. They have been crossing paths with her. I don’t know yet if she’s still the case in the latest episode I’ve seen. Bah at cliffhangers. =_= I am eager to know the background of their powers especially Ran. She who wouldn’t have known about her power if it weren’t for Midori. Also, Ran’s powers seem stronger than Midori’s which is another I’m curious of.



The first few minutes I started watching the series, it gave this Card Captor Sakura feel. It’s all cutesy and kiddie-like then crimes or unnatural phenomenon happen around town. Very interesting, however, and the art is different from the usual anime so I’m watching it.

Myouenji is a big guy, yet is often teased by his schoolmates because he’s shy and quiet. Even though he’s like that, (sort of) forcing himself to Kuroda was something. Kuroda’s a rather violent guy who’s very well respected. He’s cool for someone small. I guess it’s a must for guys who aren’t gifted with ‘height’ to learn some self-defense. XD; Plus points to the girls and, yeah, you earn respect instead of being teased.

Kuroda liking Myouenji is a mystery. Is that because he’s strong enough he doesn’t need someone who can protect him? Oh well, Myouenji can get cute being such a clumsy guy. Masaki is another mystery. I was thinking he’s the Dad (who hasn’t aged), but unlikely if Kuroda calls him just ‘Masaki.’ A guardian whose Kuroda’s feelings for tops Myouenji? Poor Myouenji even though he’s become boyfriend-boyfriend with Kuroda.

I rarely encounter such characters in the genre. I find the story rather cute. One great read to get my interest in yaoi or shounen-ai back.

I got intrigued after reading a review, so I searched for it and downloaded. That’s weeks ago and just had an opportunity to read it. :P

Yamato enjoys goofing around with his friends. Only more like terrorizing them. One day, that Yamato leaves and ‘peace came upon the group.’ That wasn’t for forever though. Yamato came back when they reached HS. Megu was partly thrilled by this which I found weird. She’s one of the terrorized friends. Then it became clear in the second chapter — Yamato kissed her before he left. XDDD; It was cute. What I don’t understand is when Megu asked the others for help in keeping Yamato from leaving the country again. The reaction was as expected that they didn’t want to help. Like most shoujo, the storyline can get predictable. They helped anyway, but rry why? Their excuse was kinda off. *ponders*



I’m guessing the manga would be about Megu’s life with Yamato since as early as chapter 2, they’re already together. The ending of the second chapter is hilarious. The faces of their two girl friends were priceless.

It’s been a while! I got busy due to a lot of things, but I’ll dwell on that next time. XD; Time to make some reviews/rants on random Keroro Gunsou episodes. I did a marathon on this anime, so I can’t and don’t have the time to do that per episode considering how long the series is already.

It’s time for the school health examinations and Keroro uses this opportunity to see who is worth recruiting for their Keron army. XD; Tamama does the eye check-up. He’s making the students read weird sentences and characters. Giroro is doing the ear check-up through determining where the war enemies are coming from. Kururu is doing the dental exams which is, of course, frightening. Keroro, on the other hand, is a female nurse just checking on each of them. Natsumi eventually finds out their plans and tries to catch them. The chasing caused a major ruckus that causes poor Fuyuki to get in the mess — almost the whole school body saw him in his underwear. Fuyuki is really pissed at Natsumi because of that. Since Keroro doesn’t want to be blamed too, he tries to let them make up through various competitions.

I always find it amusing to see Keroro and the rest of the frogs dressed up. Keroro as a female is always a winnar.



In the end, it wasn’t what happened at school that got Fuyuki mad. It’s because one of his occult magazines got thrown away. Unfortunately for Keroro, it was his fault as well as Giroro’s that the magazine is gone. XD;

I haven’t blogged here in a long time just because I haven’t gotten around to watching any anime since December last year. :3 If you’re curious to know why, here it is.

On the lookout for manga and anime to rekindle my interest, I have started reading Iono the Fanatics. I think a bit like Iono although I don’t actually hit on girls unless I feel like goofing around.



I’m currently on the fourth chapter, I think. I’m curious as to how the story will end, but it hasn’t perked my interest back to manga. Yet.

Good thing the recap of the series is short. Some series devote a whole episode for that.



I didn’t think that the episode is about the anniversary of Ouka and Kyouka. The recap should have been a sign. *facepalms* I found Kyouka cute at first when she kept forcing Ouka to eat her bad-looking cake. She was even pouting and crying like a little girl. Oh wait, she _is_ a little girl, right? XDDD;



I can’t figure out if Hiratsuka is good or bad. She gives bad vibes, but she would help the Midarezaki family. I didn’t like her giving the wand to Kyouka that turns her into a “mahou shoujo.” @_@ That was annoying.

I want this Soul Eater hoodie! D:



Similar to the BAPE jackets except this is very plain. But it’s expected. Shinigama-sama is just mostly black. LOLz~ Credits to Alafista.com for sharing this info.

On a roll? Nah, just trying to catch up. XD;


Episode 12

The setting of this episode was set before the family formed; when Kyouka was still looking for the bureau. It’s another of those slightly unrelated to the protagonists. Not very informative even to Kyouka’s story, imo, even though she’s in it.



Oh well, the story is cute. Reminded me even of Chobits except that, instead of a robot, Katsura picks up a stray cat.



She’s not as cute as Chi though. I wish she is; somebody less annoying too. She could have talked right away since she knew how to instead of going Nyaa~n or Meow at first. >_> Rry, not cute. Her weird name proves her uncuteness (if there’s such word!). LOLz~ Calling her Cat is less than lacking creativity. Why say this story cute then? It’s because of the kiss in the ending. XD

I believed Katsura’s reason for being so depressed most of the time is because he did something worst than to fake being college student. D: Not much of a shocking news since he isn’t a bad person at all. There’s no wonder his professor didn’t take his confession heavily. Another thing, I doubt the police or guards that dressed up like soldiers in a mecha anime are unlikely to pick him up because of that “school crime” of his. *facepalm*



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