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Based on a shoujo manga by Maki Minami serialised in Hana to Yume. When Hikari was little, she and her father liked to watch pro wrestling, and she became very good at it. She was the pride of her family until one day she was introduced to Kei, the son of her father’s friend. He instantly defeated her in wrestling, and started what would become Hikari’s major ambition to one day beat him. To do this she enrolled in Kei’s school, an ultra elite school that costs her father a lot of money. This unusual school created classes according to grades, and the top seven students become members of the “SA”. They have their own building, and can optionally attend class. Hikari is usually the only one who does so, since she desperately wants to beat Kei with test scores. The members of the “SA” have been close friends since their first year. (yep, like u guessed, i stole it from aniDB again^^) Hmm, special it says in the title but still its a romance comedy. It have its good points and its unusual points, like having that extreme rivality between Takishima (Kei-chan) and Hikari. Sure u say we got other anime with that but its somehow different. Funny was that the other characters made their proposal way earlier then our main couple and sometimes u got nice “games” that get played with the main chars. But they dragged it way too much out of my taste, they could have them come together much earlier so we could have a bit fun with they as a couple. The chars are an interesting mix, thats again one of the better points. You get a Animal Lover, the girl who is all over Hikari, the boy who trys to play the violien but its horrible at it and aside from that rather shy, his silbing? (i think she was, i forgot already, had a lil gap between the last episodes^^) that wish to sings but her singing have the impact of a small nuclear strike (no joke, u see why i call it that when u see the animation), the dude that looks kinda homeless and always is after something to eat, and our main stars, Takishima, super rich and sucessor to a big company group, and Hikari, the compared to the rest pretty poor but hard working girl, and have a constant fight with Takishima. Its an intresting mix, that have to withstand much bad blood and maintain their friendship. It becomes pretty deep (not just because of the building of couples) but that gets explained later in the series^^. I probably spoiled a lot, and i wanna apolpogize for that. If u’re into this topic, or just need a filler u can try it. Some episodes i suggest to leave out, at least i considered them not important for the story and way too cheesy. Seems i’m not that easy with such stuff anymore^^.

Promo Trailer(eng subbed by Rozen):

Opening:

Well, thats it for today. Hopefully i manage to finish off Mnemosyne these days, but i’m rather on “Grim Tales of Billy and Mandy” trip, so it can eventually take longer. Anyways, have fun

-Death

I just read about that ass bra thingie on nymag.com (somebody said something in one of my channels) and… it kinda worries me. Now i have to worry any woman with an ass like J.Lo. is a fake or what ? I mean somewhere should be the point where we stop to fake and keep it real with nature. Here a pic of what i write about:

(pic from lovemybubbles.com)

Its supposed to sell at 64$, well what i give it is the fact when the girl/woman who wears it come to the idea “hey, i look good enough even without it” they can simply put it off. Also they dont have a complicated, riskey survery done on them. Still i dont like the idea in general. Plastic surgery, aswell as stuff like this isnt right. I mean nature formed us and it is good. Sure not everybody look like the ideal picture of a girl/woman the general public have, but still i think they have their good sides, and its not only about the body if a woman is great, its also about the character, how she behaves and various other stuff that she makes cute and adorable. Think about it,

your Death

Based on a shounen manga by Ikeda Akihisa, serialised in Monthly Shounen Jump.By a bizzare coincidence, Aono Tsukune has accidentally gotten himself admitted to a youkai acadamy, a school attended by monsters. Just when he thinks he’ll run away from there, he meets the beautiful girl Moka and his mood turns ultra happy. However, she transforms into her true form when the rosary on her chest is taken off, she’s a super vampire! (stolen from anidb, whatelse?) Well yea, this one is really far from beeing intelligent, thats for sure. But it kinda reminds me a bit on the good old times with the nice ecchi ova’s like Agent AiKA with excessive Pantsu Shots and similar actions from the girls^^. I think i basically watched it cause of that reminiscent feeling i get. Its not too deep but still we got a funny bunch of monsters. A Vampire, a Succubus, a Snow woman (or yuki-onna if u’re more familar with that name), aswell as Witch. They all have one or the other reason to like our human(!) main char, i think i dont have to explain that point further :p. Thats what the story goes around basically. Its not too, hmm… well not too deep but still when u liked stuff in the style of Agent AiKA and those one should be able to enjoy it. They even included everytime how long the “end fight” in the individual episode takes, usually it takes around 40 sec for moka to kick their ass. But i shouldnt tell more or i maybe spoil too much~.

Trailer

(the “cappu-chu” sound is when she bite him again to suck blood, she cant stop that bad bad habit :p )

Opening

Ending

And here is a fan-made parodie trailer, which i came across while searching for stuff on tube. Please note ITS A PARODIE TRAILER!

Enjoy, Death

Having lost her family to bandits during night raid, Kanu swears, she will not let others share the same pain. She quickly becomes a well-known and feared by villains bandit hunter. During her journey she comes across others, who wish to join her cause. One of them is a girl Rin Rin, who had similar experience with bandits in the past. Additional Infos: Adaptation of the BaseSon eroge. Koihime†Musō re-imagines the classic Chinese historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms in action/love comedy form with an all-female cast. The game itself featured upwards of 30 female characters. The male protagonist who filled the role of Liu Bei in the game is absent from this version. Liu Bei makes an appearance in episode 11 of the series. (butchered together from anidb) It was a nice one, first u think “oh shit, your daily loli crap”, but later it the funfactor surpress that. Sure its a bit ecchi (i mean with that breats of kanu…) but focus not too much on beeing loli and showing skin around/pantsu shots, its rather less. No, instead it let u enjoy a comedy action with only female main characters (that dude in the end dont count as main char for me, as he never is part of the group). Also was nice the unusual scenario/place as we were in the chinese histroy instead of the usual japanese/unknown general asian histroy. So who enjoys such a scenario and likes comedy, should give this one a try. Also i liked that they didnt put too much on that aristocratic stuff, the amount was necessary but not annyoing as i find it in other animes, its a thing i personally heavy dislike. All together a funny and disportive anime, one can watch it pretty fast.Also i kinda must admit i liked the op/ed pretty much, they’re nice~.

Opening

Ending

I suggest to watch both, as they show nearly all important chars (as normal/chibi). And a lil side note in the end, if u watch it, keep an eye on Rin Rin’s hair pin :p.

-Death

well and thats what i came across (not all fuuko or clanned related but still funny..^^):

Fuuko Does The Thriller

this so great…

FUKO-TAROUZ

this is just funny but even more its kinda cute…^^

the song is called “Yattarouze” and is originally performed by Ongaku Gatas.

Fuu get juiced~

löl… she’s getting flashbacks or something again and get promptly owned ^-^ i love it

Fuuko’s “dozo” collection

while we all loved it (sarcasm) here once again, fu and her DOZO~ :p

Attack of the Otaku

and here we have to round thing up a nice amv… (if u enjoyed it i suggest to grab it of animemusicvideos.org, it have much better quality)

Enjoy, your Death-chan

Based on a series of light novels written by Tanaka Yoshiki and illustrated by Kakinouchi Narumi. The story revolves around Ryouko Yakushiji, a 27-year-old multilingual investigator that graduated from Tokyo University’s elite Department of Law, and the bizarre cases she faces while working for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. Yakushiji not only has to deal with supernatural beings in her line of work, but also her rival Yukiko Muromachi, another equally talented and beautiful police investigator. (from anidb) I really enjoyed this one, it’s long ago since i last had such a good detective anime. Also enjoyable was that little touch supernatural they added to it, it gave this anime the spice. Also the Characters was quite colorful and had a good presence. They’re have all their own identity, and some… personalitly i would say. While Ryoko is more a wild, powerful and straight forward woman (i mean it wordwise, straight forward!), is Izumida more the her counterpart. He is more cautious, and not as reckless as Ryoko, still he can be straight if the situation calls for it. Another intresting pair in this series was the maids of Ryoko which not only played a side role, they 2 french maids (yea, frenchy, Ryoko speaks french with them^^) but not only that, they’re also experts in weapons and various other things (dont wanna spoiler further^^). There are more characters but i keep it at this to not kill the fun of watching it for oneself. The scenarios are intresting, some feels like “i saw similar” but also u got some innovative stuff. Also some stuff u knew from earlier gets reused later, which give the individual episodes a good relation to each other. All together an enjoyable, action filled detective anime.

(if i dont forget it i add later a trailer here, youtube fails on that topic… not even an op/ed to be found…)

-Death

Just about all the Kyoto Animation anime characters (Haruhi, Lucky Star, Clannad, etc.) to date appear in this performance of the Haruhi OP, with the whole thing being executed in rather good quality.

(content stolen from http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/10/07/kyoani-all-stars/)

-Death

This anime is about three sisters who live together with their maid in a house that seems to travel from place to place.
The sisters are Ai, the typical big-breasted oldest sister, with the power to talk with flowers, Mai, the typical athletic high-schooler, with the power to, well, do impossible athletic stuff and Mii, the typical cute little sister, with the power to heal. Their maid is Mare, who looks kinda robotic.
Every episode involves the girls making friends at a different place while they are ultimately seeking something, that only the Popotan (their name for dandelions) hold informations about. (stolen from anidb, blabla). Actually the anime was not satifying me. I mean the setting was kinda weird, a bunch of ppl that try to ask dandelions for kinda “directions”. I mean i got the idea for the drama part with the “make friends every where” and the time-problem, but still i search for the deeper message this anime tries to deliver to me. At least it give u a feeling at the end that there is some hidden deeper meaning to all of it. And i think its behind the “time prob” (i wont explain it here or i spoil) stuff, maybe i interpret too much into it. The plot also had the problem that it the more near it got to the end of the story it got the more… well… simple got it. I mean it didnt had any real new highlights anymore, no real development in my eyes. I think this is one of the animes that i didnt really understood, it felt as a funny, comedy/ecchi style anime with a bit school added maybe and madio also, but god knows what it really should be ??! If anyone have an idea what this anime should say us, tell me and relieve me from beeing confused and disappointed! But it wasnt all no good, there was one really big fun point for me. The voice actor for Mii (the lil one) is the same as for Komugi-chan in Magical Nurse Witch Komugi-chan MagiKarte. She have a special kind of voice, i never heared any other voice actor with a similar voice. I like it somehow, its funny, and it matched the char she voiced pretty good (regardless of the series).

Trailer

GAOOOOOOOO~ (i like mii and her idea of puni puni things^^)

Opening

Ending

Some Random AMV (Caramelldansen / U-U-U-Aua Dance)

Enjoy, Death

Still working to get his wish complete, Watanuki finds himself into more mess than he can handle when certain facts about his everyday life gets revealed and when he needs to learn the lesson of Yuuko the hard way. (stolen from anidb, short but it brings it to the point!) I must holic Kei rocked, it was really enjoyable. I needed sometime to get into the whole thing again but still again we got a good, intelligent story with many moments to fear whats coming and others where u can laugh. I liked how they added slice of life between the supernatural stuff, also finally they solved some mysteries, for example whats with Himawari. I really suggest to watch it if u liked the first season. How good its compared to the manga i cant tell as i was too lazy to get me the newer bands of the manga (shame on me, hai! i fix that attitude soonish).

Trailer

Have fun, death

On the planet Aqua lies the watery city of Neo Venezia, a tourist hub in which people travel around in gondolas. Professional gondoliers known as Undines are well-revered as they act as tour guides for the people. Akari Mizunashi is a gondolier in training and also an employee of Aria Company. She gets to meet all sorts of people as she takes them on the gondola rides, from friendly mentors to special individuals, all this admidst the beautiful scenic backdrop of the entire city. (description from anidb for S1, it shall give u an idea how the story begins) Its actually a wonderful series with a real nice scenery and lots of intresting characters u meet along the way to the target, becoming a gondolier. One get pretty fast dragged in the world of a futuristic city of venzia. I really enjoyed the italian flavor of the series and i must admit i never check but i think most of the imporant places they name in the series are really existing places, aswell as some of the feast. Not all, at least some of them. Also the topic for this anime, its something really out of the usual but still they managed to turn it into a calm but intresting story with many fun moments. From the President Aria with his flabby belly, over the girls, the people of the City to the seniors of the girls, u get many different and unique characters. Its a nice anime for relaxing and having fun, without romance drama shit and stuff. Also whats good for you as viewer is the fact, that with three seasons and one ova the series is completed. So u can enjoy it from the beginning to its end. I really can suggest to watch it.

Trailer for “Aria – The Animation” (its coming on dvd from ADV soon, thank u ADV!)

Trailer for “Aria – The Natural”

OP for Aria – The OVA (Arietta)

OP for Aria – The Orgination

Enjoy, Deathy