Death’s Notes and Thoughts

Hi, well lets start with the start^^. I were leave the house around 11:45 but yea, then the bad luck begun. Had to return since I forgot the claim check for the antenndie badge, so I ended up late at the main trainstation but thankfully still in time. Marcus was patcient and waited for me, thank you Marcus! So we quickly got us the required ticket and got on the train to Colonge, so far so good. In Colonge for random reason 2 of the trains we could use (according to my DB app and also the offical time tables hanging out) showed never up, nor was there any info on a change of tracks. But the third train we could take and made our way to Bonn. Arrived in Bonn we were going by foot towards the eventside. On the way we made a short stop at the usual chinese restaurant, Mr. DingDing (no joke, its really named like this ;), to fetch us some fried noodles with veggies to fill the stomach. After that we got our attendie badges, and then we made our way into the halls. The programm this year is massiv disappointing, most of the movies of intrest i cant watch since they run at late times (20:30 and later). Anyway, first stop, Bring&Buy. Made my first purchases there, some random Hentai thingie (looked fun), The Mysterious Cities of Gold, and Moldiver. Marcus got himself finally the complete set FLCL! After that we hit the hals and took a peek into some stuff. But yea, nothing really outstanding. Took a few pictures, but a lot less then normal, even for a friday. Then we switched a bit between in and outside, and I did some more shopping art bring&buy, and got me: Tokyo Godfathers SP, Tenchi Muyo Ryo Oki and Gallforce Eternal Story.  We met Scripty before we left, had a talk and headed out for the station. While on way to the train station, we made a brief stop at the Kaufhof Galeria, so I could look up if they have my rootbeer. And YES, they had A&W rootbeer, the good stuff for reasonable pricing! Did buy 6 cans and we moved on to the trainstaion. Just when we bought our beer and were going up to the waiting area for the train, we saw the train is there and jumped in. So we got pretty much early to Colonge and got the 2nd beer, and then enjoyed ourself a bit in front of the dome. Well, then we headed up for the waiting place, but had a wrong time memorised for the train to leave. Sio we ended up missing it, and I was already quite  tispy (I blame not enough eating and warm beer^^), so we got ourselfs some munchies and had our fun. To wait for the next connection, we moved to a kinda of small restaurant, were i kept myself to some coke, we dont have to overdo it^^. Well, the next train we got without fail, and yea, I got in one piece home. Just my facial muscles hurts a bit from laughing a lot. Here is some video for you:

AnimagiC 2010 – A walk through the halls

AnimagiC 2010 – A clip of convention grounds on Friday

-Death

So, a bit late but better then neva ;). Well it started like every other day early, bit more early since we had to move the stuff back to the car. So, yea the usual routine, showering/coffee making, enjoying coffee, twittering a bit. Then started packing things in the best ways I could imagine (lil spoiler, I was pretty near perfection, the trolly’s weight was 51 lbs of 50 lbs allowed, but no charge, thank you Delta Airlines!). Then we moved the things to the car, and got towards the Comic Con. The busses were kinda stuck again, so we walked one more day. Arrived at the Comic Con, we parted ways, Tori towards panels, me towards getting my ticket. After that it was my first panel, “Entertaining One’s Inner Child”. Was cool, but when they started questions, I switched over to 26AB and so catched a bit of the end of “CAC #13: Queer Comics”, was not too bad either. Anyway, after that my marked panel started, “CAC #14: Superhero as American Ideal”. It was nice, just the 2nd presentation during it was boring. The speaker had no presentation and since I was a lil bit sleeping, she nearly talked me into sleep. Not that it was bad, but still… dunno. After that it was hitting the halls for more goodies and stuff. Fetched me for example a Star Treck Pin (will give it to a collegue at work, he will love it i think), a Star Treck wrist clock, and some other stuff. Also brought some out of print anime OVA’s for 15$ each, nice deal^^. Met up with Torianna later, and we were out for a lil bit shopping together. She was so nice to get me Kathey Reichs latest book “206 Bones” with signature and dedication, BIG THANKS Torianna! I gave her my “Soul Music” from Terry Pratchet (sadly not signed or dedication). Gotta revenge properly one day! Got her some fun t-shirt, and we got us also some fun photos^^. When the hall was closing we moved ourselfs outside, and waited for ndbag and Midz. While waiting, Tori was so nice and booked us a hotel in LA, so we could catch us some proper sleep before I depart. Somehow, ndbag and Midz managed it to get out of the con halls without us noticing. Well, we followed, and discussed about the dinner. Midz raised the idea, we should get to the hotel, fetch the car and then follow. So we followed that, and after some confusing drive (I blame “Balboa”!) we finally made it to “Phil’s BBQ“, a great place for rips and stuff. Ther ethe “traditional” end of con dinner is hold by Midz, ndbag & their gang ;). And yes, it was a yummy and good meal we had. After the meal, we were standing outside, talking a bit, and signing a postcard for “unique”, a friend on IRC. She couldnt be with us, so we decided for the postcard option. Also Tori wanted one for her collection, so we did her the favor. After a lil bit more talking ,we took of towards LA. Shitty traffic on the highway… and then some random flight from china or whatever had problems. So it took us ages to check in and get sleep~~. Anyway, that was Day 4. It was a great holiday, and really enjoyable!!! Thanks goes out the Torianna for taking good care of me and beeing a great friend! Also to Midz, ndbag, the finns, Kaizoku, and all the other people I forget here, THANK YOU GUYS! You made my holidays in the US great and a really enjoyable time that I needed! *BIG CUDDLE* So, thats it, til next time!

-Death

Puh, today we got things more relaxed to work. Well a bit it was also forced upon us… After breakfast I did some video posting to twitter/tube and met up with Torianna. Thought she would be already be gone, but for some reason it seems the busses, which were supposed to get us towards the convention got stuck for whatever reason. After a short while the decision was there, lets go by foot. That said we were on our way, had a really nice talk while going there and made it for 10:10 i think. Then our ways parted, she was off to her first panel, while I had still time until mine and got fetching up my daily badge for the day ;p. That done and some fotos later I was finally in the room for the panel about “Batman and the empty nest syndrom”. I didn’t understood actually everything (had luck, got in while they were still naming the people doing the panel), since i’m not a big batman follower, but it actually turned up some intresting points for me to think about. Thats why I would consider it win for me. That done I got out taking more video/foto/doing casual shopping. Finally got my chance to get a video of someone playing “Abobo’s Big Adventure”, video is still uploading so no vid yet. Got in contact with one of the developers and have later to twitter him the video links, so he can use them. Spread the word about it, it should be out around december! That done I got on, and ended eventually up at the ndbag’s place,  and got the information that we later go and grab some lunch with him and midz. So far so good, so a short while later we were on our way. When we arrived there, we got a beeper (kinda like the normal pager thingies), to tell us when the table is ready. For those not familar with the us and restaurants, u often have to wait for a table since the places are so crowded. Ok, so we waited and I finally got the chance to get me (thanks to Midz) one of those extreme big backpack/tote combination thingies. While we waited I took more pictures, a video (some guys where cosplaying packman and the ghosts), and we obtained even more bags ^^. When we got in (without Torianna that time, she arrived a bit later since of her workshop and Doria sadly was unavilable), it was just great. We had some appetisers, there was a nice atmosphere, and then Tori arrived. I had a soup, a chicken breast in a wonderful wine sauce along with spagetti with a nice cheese. It was just haven, Midz und ndbag really now great places to eat around here!! After lunch we figured (it got actually a bit late lunch), that we missed our planned panel (was only 15 min left). So, yea, me and Tori got to the exhibit hall and enjoyed ourselfs with shopping, shop/event side browsing and collectiong things. I got a “Free hugs” T-Shirt with the signature of the designer, the first 2 parts of Sam&Max from Tellatale games for a good price. So everything was just good :p. Dropped Torianna at ndbags booth since she was pretty much dead, and continued my journey to get more adult stuff, the ex-driver perfect collection dvd, and some more pics until the exhibit halls closes. All in all I got a nice bunch of things today also featuring 3 new comics “Bob the angry flower” and “Amelia Rulez”, both signed by the author, and more goodies. Tori was totally happy that she found 2 new gundam modelkits to build, and also bought some more manga. Btw, we were in luck, the woman reconised me, and gave us a free FMA bag (usually u get those for 100$ or more purchases), since I bought the day before stuff there. I think she reacted to the fact I said for fun “I dragged her here so she can also grab some nice stuff”. Whatever works ;p. Anyway, with the exhibit halls closing we left with ndbag, but parted ways since he was still attending some panel until dinner. We got back, unloaded stuff, I uploaded more stuff, twittered and got us some energydrink to keep us awake. After that we met up with the finns, aswell as ndbag and Midz for dinner in the “In’N'out Burger” place. It took us a while to get there and a phone call, but yea it was fun. Talked a bit with midz friend, nice girl. Then we got to a Irish punk (without Midz and friend, both wanted to rather catch some sleep), and enjoyed us for some time with the finns. Dunno, while I and Tori got into the mood, the finns were still seeming to me a bit stiff and sleepy… ohwell, I get them another time a bit more talktive ;p. Anyway, left early so we dont get tooooooooo late home, and also so that ndbag gets home before 12 pm. That said, I end the report for today and get me sleep!

Ok fellas, this was day 2 of the Comic Con 2010 here in the beautiful downton San Diego, CA, USA. The day begun early, I was at around 9:30 at the site and picking up my badge. After that I got into the extreme long line for the Hawaiian Five-o panel. But yea, it was kinda win to get into the panel. Not for the t-shirt but for the series, since it actually catched my intrest, and so I will give it a try when the offical pilot episode is out. Those who wanna know more of the remake of this classic (well for the US fellows) tv series, u wanna go here. After that my failing begun. I missed the “Cartoon Network: Comedy Animation” panel, seems I lost a bit track of time. Then were going to the “Comics in Theory” panel, but the presenter was actually british, and not enough with my problem with the british accent, she was talking so fast I couldnt follow her really. So I left early to pickup my t-shirt, which was to claim in the Marriot Hotel next to the covention site. So far so good, but I lost time through that. The idea was to go and fetch the t-shirt, go back and go to next panel… yea… the plan, actually I was so late, that the panel was running already like 20 min by the time I got there. Oh well, met up with Torianna after that, escortet her to the Marriot for the workshop. In the meanwhile I was texting with Kaizoku, my leader over at Zero-Raws, since we figure yesterday that he is pretty much near to the con place. Near in terms of living near to it, so we could actually meet up, since I’m here anyway. Appearntly he just came back form work, and yea… going anywhere near the conside with a car is a bad idea at all. So we did text a while and later on decided to meet up at the Jack-in-the-Box near our Inn. Was kinda fun, since when I got there I was kinda wondering were he might be. Saw that one guys standing there, but since we never exchanged actually how the other looks (well, I never asked for his looks at least ^^), it was kinda patt. We resolved that after an additional text message from my side and fetched us something to eat. I must say Kaizoku is a nice man, I really like him. He was a bit different from the image I had but I learned that is often the case (no harm intended). Well, after around an hour we parted way since he had an appointment to take care of. So I got back to the con side, did more phototaking, some shopping and got back to the ndbag’s place. After a short while they packed their things and we lleft the exhibit halls to pickup Torianna. While the wait, I bought me a new T-Shirt featuring “The Tick”. For more on this fellow, go here or google a bit on your own. I realise now that I know a shitload of random series…. Anyway, back to the topic at hand. We left for some shopping at a japanese supermarket, where I got me some sweets and my calpis with mango flavor. I really like that stuff. Also I got me three bottles ramune with different flavors I couldn’t find at home yet. I will check them out tomorrow and then let you guys know about my opinion. Next stop, bookstore. Got me for 1.09$ a japanese-english dictionary. Good deal, well they closed very soon so we moved on to the next shop. There I bought a sushi rolling mat for a friend and a japanese “no smoking sign”. All for like 1.98$ each. Finished with that we headed for the japanese restaurant were we supposly should met the finns… well. We headed in after a while and our table beeing ready. The finns showed like I would say (after feeling) 15 min up, and we had a very yummy meal and lots of fun with them. I had Kakuni, thats “Porkbelly in a soysauce soup” with white rice as sidedish. It involves a kind of sweet soysauce, and I have to investigate that matter deeper, since I already have ideas for more recepies including that. Also took the chance and tried miso soup. I had a slightly “fishy” (no pun intended) taste but not bad… I liked it. After that we still talked a bit on the parking lot in front of the restaurant, took pictures and drove slowly home. Thats where our reports end. If you wonder what I got me today: I bought from Funimation Tsukuyomi Moon Phase aswell as Kodomo no Omocha, some adult comics, and the earlier mentioned t-shirt. So, enough talking. The video upload is a bit stalled, so yea. originally I wanted to  show here some video feed from the con but that have to wait. Til’ tomorrow,

-Death

Heya, yes, Day 1 is over and I’m super happy! It was just awesome to see all the stuff and also overwhelming for me. I mean I thought I know a lot but this was MORE then ever before, and its definitly like they say the biggest con of this kind in the US! All together anime plays more a siderole here, but I don’t mind that, since even aside from the anime u can get tons of various goodies, and stuff u wouldnt be able to get that easy your hands on. Got me today 2 new fun-shirts, one saying “Zombie Jesus Save Us – the eyeballs for the last”, and one with a parodie of the NABA logo, saying “Zombie Killer League”. Also some patches for the new bag I plan to get. Tomorrow I will digg a bit more, and yea, nearly forgot, I bought me ndbag’s comic. Live from the creator and with a signature of him! I will definitly go for some more comics, and also maybe some of the games jlist was offering. Also more T-shirt, speaking of those, I hope I get in tomorrow early, since I wanna atned the Hawaii-5 Panel, to get the T-Shirts they give away there. Figurine wise I didnt found my brands yet, but saw great stuff (also anime stuff^^). One seller had even the NGE wrist clock for 99$, but yea, I’m NGE fan but I dont like this kinda merchandise, since it would just lie around. I wouldn’t use it… at least right now i’m not willing to go for it… if they maybe give it to me for less at the end of the con ;p. Putting that aside, we have more intresting panels coming up, and also figured out that Kaizoku is near the con. He is just around the corner… funny Kaiman, I finally can meet him in person tomorrow I hope. For the panels, to go back to the topic of more intrest to you probably, we visited “CAC #2: Transmedia Entertainment”, a very good presentation about how Transmedia works, what exactly Transmedia mean, and what are it’s basic concepts. It was held by Henry Jenkins, and if u want to see more from him, check out his blog at http://www.henryjenkins.org/.  The next I attended was going around a topic, which u all know I have a certain intrest in, about copyright. It was called “CAC #4: Recapturing Copyrights”, and was going about a some lawsuits between the hairs and the comic publishing companys. A very intresting thing, since it gave me also a little insight into the american system. It was held by copyright lawer Marc Greenberg from the Golden Gate University School of Law, he did a fine job explaining the cases at hand in a relaxed atmosphere and also good understandable for the non-lawer aka normal human ;). And last but not least, we visited “From Computer Screen to Silver Screen”, a discussion panel for indie producers. Was good too. Yea, besides that I did the earlier mentioned shopping, took tons of pics, and a few vids. Later on we ended the day with ndbag and Midori_Sour at a Korean resturant, and had desert at a frozen yogurt place. Was a great day. When I was back at the hotel wrote cards, twittered a bit, and figured out Kaizoku is like 4 min away. So, yea have to meet him tomorrow. Anyway, tight schedule awaits, so I’m forced to end here!

Enjoy, Death

Hi to you all outside there from San Diego. I currently enjoy my holidays over with Torianna, and tomorrow it begins, the Comic Con. First of all I must admit it was a jump into the unknown, since we know each other just for like 3 or 4 years over the net, but it turned out to be a good decision. We both have so much fun with eachother and also share a lot of things. Watched over here also some sport events, in words a soccer match (FC Portsmouth VS Club America, 1:2 endresult) and also a quite good baseball match (High Desert Mavericks VS 66ers, 1:12 endresult), which showed me that going to a sportsevent once a while can be really cool. Leaves the question if the vibe such events give are at home similar or not, but that we can figure out over time I think ;). Also I’m really amazed by the sheer size of things here, and also the big selection you have for many things. When we went to Fry’s (a fucking huge eletronic market), it was  kinda give the kid the candy for me. I mean I saw big stores for eletronic stuff, but this one definitly was something different…. it was just huge and they had all kinds of cool stuff u could imagine. The only thing failing a little bit is their HiFi studio corner, but it seems they were reorganising there, so whatever. But it felt like u can get virtually everything u need there… crazy, I wish we would have such a store at home. But I also like the little old thingies here and there that they combine with the new. Also it’s fun for me, since I often feel reminded on some movie or game and things. I mean, blame me, but my picture of America is coming from games, movies, tv series and books, since the last time I was here is so freaking long ago that I don’t remember really much of it^^. So yea, I like it a lot here and enjoy my stay. Looking forward to the Comic Con start tomorrow (even if I don’t have a preview night pass :p), and I will let u guys know more about it later on. Pictures probably follow later, currently having lil probs with uploading ‘em. Closing for now,

enjoy, Death

Just found a lil bit time and settled down to watch Summer Wars. I watched it from Frostii, and also I took the chance to give the new 5.1 surround system a try. I can just say it was great, it’s quite a while ago since a movie managed to take me along on such a journey through great drawn world and a intelligent aswell as good story. First of all I like to mention I really enjoyed the whole scenery and also the design of the real world, but also the unusual and colorful design of the virtual world Oz, where our anime takes also for about 50% of the time place. Jabe, I forgot to give you a description. My bad, here it comes: Kenji, a eleventh-grader math genius who works in the summer as a part time computer technician for the virtual world of Oz (imagine facebook a handful of decades in the future), is invited by the most popular girl at his high school to her expansive family’s home for a summer job. In the middle of their trip, a hacker infiltrates the network and takes control of Oz, plunging humanity into absolute chaos. Hosoda Mamoru continues where Miyazaki Hayao leaves off in this film loaded with action and emotion that combines beautiful tradition and humor with one of the season’s most imaginative creations: the luminous world of Oz. Virtual rabbit-like heroes take on monstrous shadows in this indisputable summit of anime. [like usual stolen from anidb again^^] It have a very high detail, making it worth the 1080p it comes when u get the blu.ray, which I can only suggest. What I have here is a rip of it and it looks awesome. What was different from what I’m used to is the fact that they used real brands and designs, not fake names like you have in many other animes. It was somehow fun, like when I saw their TV-set in the living room, I got instantly WTF, my Pannasonic stands there. It really totally looks alike ^^. Also you find other known things like iPhones, or even Dr. Pepper Cola. But enough of that, no, also I totally loved the design of the house of the family head. They really put a lot of effort into it, and one can see it. All the little things such a old house is supposed to have but also the modern life items are not missing and fitting just right into the whole picture. I mean lets think of other animes that feature more traditional japanese houses, I mean after seeing this they kinda look unnatural empty to me, even if I would remove the modern day things. Anyway, lets move on… (but well, yes, I took really a liking in the design) our characters are also something. We got here a lil’ love story, combined with family events (drama would make it sound too onesided), and also the big thing behind to conenct it all. I must say it was well made up, since when you thought “dow~, thats a blow”, they give you another atop, but just in the right way. It is not to simply drown the viewer but to give the whole a bit more impact, or simpler, they don’t aim for cheap and fast drama to cover shit. Rather it is used as a effect to strengthen the power of the message this anime will tell us pretty much open once you got the idea. The idea, or let’s better speak of the thought-provoking impulse is here pretty much open and all of you watching should figure it easily out. It is something you probably already knew from other movies, books or any other source, but they made it good up. I also like the involvment of the family factor, again not just for drama, but more to show what a family can pull off. I usually feel uneasy with the idea of a japanese family structure with the family head, branches and such. But here after a while my view of those things relaxed, since it got shown in a more positive light then in the usual, kinda dictatorship style u find in other anime. They drew a picture of a family where even I as westerner can see myself in and thats probably why I liked that part either. Also this anime supported my theory, something I always say t o the people: “Whatever humans create, humans can also destroy it!”. What I mean with this in terms of this anime I leave here open, so you can find it out ourself (if you’re intrested that is) when you watch it! Enough words, by now you probably should have figured if you want to watch it or rather not, so enjoy~.

Trailer (eng subbed)

Source: YouTube via HIFF Spring Showcase

Trailer HD

Source: YouTube

Have fun with it.

-Death

So, just upgraded to WordPress 3.0. So far all seems good. Also I saw some comments about you having problems finding a RSS, well… Now we have a nice lil’ widget on the sidebar, that allow you grabbing the rss link or directly add it to some reader/syndication services. Hope that does the job for you. Look forward to some fresh news soon.

-Death

Johnson, a worker for a futuristic trade-company, got woken up on a Sunday morning by his robotic maid, Ben. Ben suggested that Johnson go to the Trip Movie Corporation (T.M. Company), a company that lets its guests experience a dream as if it were real. Johnson asked to be the king of Harlem, surrounded by beautiful women, and commanding a battlestar. In his dream, Johnson as “Cobra” explored space with his partner Lady Armaroid. Cobra wielded the “Psychogun” and fought off monsters from other planets and most of all the Pirate Guild, the leader being Captain Vaiken whom he let loose. Vaiken distributed Cobra’s picture to all the other pirates making him a wanted man. When the dream ended a women asked Johnson how the dream was, Johnson responding, and the woman correcting to the fact it should have been about him being the king of Harlem.

On Johnson’s way back home, he crashed into a man speeding in his car. He recognized the man, who looked identical to Captain Vaiken. Johnson started explaining how he looked like Vaiken right in front of him, thus making Vaiken think he knew something about Cobra. Johnson unconsciously lifted his right arm as if he had a gun. Johnson shot a ray out of his hand, killing Vaiken. The shot blew up his arm, revealing the Psycho-gun. Johnson hurried back home, where Ben noticed his arm and Johnson realized that he did not remember anything from the last three years that he had lived in his house. Johnson looked into a mirror, which he turned a nob to reveal a secret room behind it, which he looked inside to see his revolver which he used in his dream. Lady Armaroid came out from hiding within Ben. Johnson started to remember more, and at that moment many people were recruited by the Pirate Guild to come in and kill Johnson. Johnson killed the recruited people and started to remember that he is Cobra and he was wanted by the Pirate Guild and he was sick of fighting them off. In order to get away from them, Cobra surgically altered his face and had his memories erased. Lady Armariod told Cobra that Trip Movie triggered his sub-conscious and instead brought back old memories. Once more, Lady Armaroid and Cobra set off to all the adventures that come forth.

Cobra later meets Jane Royal, one of the Royal sisters, in a bar. Jane Royal teams up with Cobra and Lady to find the other two Royal sisters, whose tattoo maps lead to the greatest treasure in the whole universe. [taken from Wikipedia this time]

This one is for people who love space adventures anime that always have some fun elements in it and end in a dramatic way. It is parodising a lot other space adventure anime and also invoke the usual prejustice about pirating aka he always get the woman. Through your Cobra is more the good natured pirate, as he don’t unnecessary kill and helps the helpless woman in a pinch. What I liked a lot was also that he think of sometimes funny ways to get out of a situation or to get into it *giggle*, nah, I mean to get into the target. Also this enemys are not the usual overpowered bunch but rather it’s resonable how their power comes to. What I want to point out is that they are not just your random superhuman that got genetic enhanced but here they rather set on cybernation to gain over the norm powers, or just be alien through they dont overused the alien card in this play. Just it’s fun to see that the most involved people are woman (good and bad), and the usual anoymous Trooper (kinda reminds me on Star Wars and their troops), all wearing a mask and the same suit. But thats ok, the usually die fast either (poor dudes) :p. It was again one of those refreshing parodising 80ies ones u can watch through in a day and just feel satisfied. Can’t wait to find the time to see the newer OVAs/series, just hope the keep the style and way the story goes working. Also they need to keep Lady’s zynical comments, they’re also very good placed.

Opening

Source: wat.tv

Ending

Source: YouTube

Enjoy, Death-chan

Taisho Yakyuu Musume is a title with a whole lot of Japanese in it, and it doesn’t really tell you much about the anime, does it? To explain real quick, and thus give you an idea of what this anime is all about, the Taisho era dated from 1912-1926, while “yakyuu” is the Japanese word for baseball — and “musume” means “girl” or “daughter,” depending on the context. So, here we have a series about Japanese girls in the 1920s playing baseball. What’s not to love about it already? Originally this was a light novel and got not too long ago turned into this nice anime Im blogging here about. It is a sports, baseball, middle school and seinen anime. The anime revolves around the story that one of the girls get provoked by a baseball playing guy and try to get a team together, so she can show them what real “Girl Power!” is. We follow them in their up and downs, them learning the game and also surely getting their rebounds but also getting a good satisfying end. [parts used from Destructiod] What was intresting about it is definitly the time in which this one play since it’s a time where the people are still pretty stiff if it comes to girls doing things beside housework, playing a “good wife” and just staying home. This girls rather step up and fight for their wish. The anime have a decent development speed very good matching up with the way the story itself flows. The girls developts skills, and in the end manage to archive their goal, desprite the limits that the society tries to enforce on them. Also to my liking was that some parents are shown as more open to the new opinions and beliefs that were swashing over from the west (or should I say europe?^^). It is a time of change, and gets portraited as that, which is also probably a point that helped me to enjoy it. Those following me know that I dislike anime where people gets treated differently as in king and subjects, and similar. Also a reason why I dont watch really much historical setting anime ;). Also a good point about it is that it dont require in depth knowlage of baseball or intense intrest in that sport, since the game here is more just a stylistic method to transmit the real thing behind. It rather focus on the relation between the girls and also on the rebellion against the earlier described limits of society. It’s also spiced with some kinda comical parts and some where you fear they could not make it. All together its just great.

Opening

Source: YouTube

Ending

Source: Mommo*

I liked the OP/ED a lot and nearly always watched it, instead like usual skipping over them after 2-3 episodes.

Trailer

Source: DailyMotion

Watch this one and have fun with it!

Your Death