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Based on a shounen manga by Haruaki Katou. Hyakko is a manga whose main heroines were four girls when the story started. But as the story goes, many unique classmates show up. Those girls sometimes twist the heroine around their little finger or vise versa. In many situations, they all have noisy get-togethers with each other, and that is really fun. (stolen from AniDB) Hyakko is kinda weird in the beginning, since unlike other animes of this kind we dont start in the middle of the whole thing but really at the beginning of it. The 4 ends up all together cause they’re lost and finally beat up the teacher with glues em even more ^.^. The chars are colorful and differes from the usual pairing. Sure u have the shy one and the more agressive one but here u got 2 straight forward ones instead of the usual single one. Then u got the silent but .. hmm… “useful” is probably the best description for Suzu, boy she’s a glutton. But this fresh combination give the thing more intrest, at least i like it pretty much when those anime types still come up with something new. But this also was the first anime with a girl openly admitting she’s bi-sexual, which also opens a lot space for funfactors. I mean why not ? We live in a modern world, besides this was a nice why to evade too much contact with the guys and the need of a open romance. OK, here in different to similar type anime like Hidamari, u got guys, but in my eyes they play just a side roll to fill a bit and open new rooms for fun. It’s not like there is any serious romance coming up, which is better this way. I can’t stand romance stuff too much latly, so i tend to evade stuff with that kinda genere attached. But dunno, i cant get Suzu out of my head, she is a fun character. Great was that episode where u see her making a kind of “tour” around in school, and get just by showing up already all kinda sweets and candy, i mean it was totally lulz for me. The end brings a bit drama along but nothing too serious, its ok, uncalled for or better said unneeded but well… that must everyone decide for himself, right ? So without further words we go over to the Trailers and stuff, then its up to you if u wanna see it or not ;).

Hyakko PV

Source: YouTube

Hyakko PV2

Source: YouTube

-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

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

Due to family troubles, Ren Uesugi and his sister, Mihato, leave their home. They end up moving to the city but find themselves with a lack of money. Somehow they are able to find work in the form of the Kuonji family’s mansion, being employed as servants to the three sisters of the Kuonji family: Shinra, Miyu, and Yume. Being a servant also associates Ren with the mansion’s additional servants and the Kuonji sisters’ friends. (taken from ANN) To say it in short words, it was great. Its one of the less butler/maid animes, where i can say its good. Most the others got too centered around one character, too long or just dumb and perverted. No, this one have a funny staff, 3 intresting masters, and aswell a entertaining group of friends. Mii (a friend to our masters) is a good example for beeing different, as she always asks for getting slapped and stuff as she is in S&M. Or from the masters,  Miyu, she have a loli complex (yes, this is no joke, a girl with a loli complex). But its not only that, there is more, like a bit (not too much) of romance. A forbidden fruit, a relationship between master and servant. They never admit it open but its there. Hatsune-nee is also a unique considering how much tools she have hidden on her body (she calls it “onee-chan’s 100 hidden tools”). It makes a great anime, also they elaborate good the problematic father-son relationship. They make up a resonable and good solution to that, not an agressive and violent like other series sometimes have. I really wish for more of this series, it was nice and had the ecchi parts integrated in the flow of the series without beeing annyoning like many newer series. Its nice to see the daily adventures of Ren and the rest of the gang. Alltogether a nice series to watch.

Opening:

Ending:

(ah and yes, its based on a h-game as far as i can tell^^)

-Death

The Series original script and the concept base on a work by Sakaki Ichirou. Twenty years from now, in early summer at Amizawa Village… 18-year-old Ebihara Chinami emits electrical waves when she becomes distressed. Due to this, she cannot use electronics such as PCs and cellphones very well. Her power is so strong that it nearly crashed the plane her family was on by causing instrument malfunctions. Her power leads her to transfer schools frequently. As usual, on the first day of school, Chinami is a little nervous, causing her classmates’ cellphones to glitch and electronics to react to her. The more nervous she becomes, the worse the situation gets, so she begins to take notes on where and how badly the electronics react to her. She eventually meets Kotaro from the science club, who is interested in experimenting on her; Yumi, a classmate and shrine maiden with the same power as she; and Sonomi. They refer to the power as “TYPE-E.” What they don’t know is that a secret organization is after Chinami’s power. There will be a moment when many lives will be saved by Chinami’s power. However, at the same time, someone will be watching her… [taken from AnimeNFO] Its again one of the more unusual type of series, at least i dont remember a series with a main character emitting EMP waves. The viewer here follows the main character Chinami and see her finally getting a hold of her power, or at least control it until a certain point which enables her to make some friends which knows about her ability. Later they mix in some secret agents, thankfully in a way thats not annoying, means they dont take up all the attention and steal away the lead role from Chinami. That is a problem i see in some other animes from time to time, when those “secret groups” comes into play and take away the lead role from our supposed to be main character. Also ok was the amount of romance in this series, which plays a role but is moderate of importance. I’ mean its not one of these typical harem-type series we often got latly, as we have only like 2 parties intrested in the guy. It affects her ability quite a bit but that also makes it intresting (remember, the more nervous or emotionally chaotic she gets, the more she emits the waves^^). All together it makes up a fresh feeling and enjoyable anime, which is maybe a bit short but gets continued these days as Mission-E (i give u a trailer  a bit below).

Trailer

Clean OP

I like the music of the opening, it reminds me on those agent movies like James Bond and stuff.

Mission-E (Code E 2) Trailer

Enjoy it,

-Death-chan

Based on a manga by Fujishiro Takeshi, serialised in Monthly Shounen Gangan. Ikuto Touhohin just had a fight with his old man, one that led him to make a rash decision to run away from home. He boards a ship, deciding to take a vacation, but the ship is suddenly hit by a huge storm – one that sends Ikuto overboard! When he regains consciousness, he realizes he is still alive… on some island. An isolated island. An isolated island with nothing but girls. Beautiful girls. Stranded on an island with only girls, no electricity, gas, radio, television… like he was back in the stone age. [stolen as always from AniDB] Its a quite funny anime out of the harem/comdey/romance genere. I had at first my probs, since it felt like some overdone harem anime that get unnatural (like Ichigo 100%, it was so… artifical and dumb… *shiver*) but after some episodes this feeling was gone and the fun really begun. Also the setting through it feels old is unusual and i must admit i never had such a scenario for a harem/comedy/romance before. Still i cant get a rid of the feeling i had something like this already… guess i don’t remember that anime anymore. I had the most fun on Suzu and Machi-nee. Suzu for just beeing cute and lovly, and Machi-nee for her evil behavior. She is quite wonderful in her ways of beeing evil^^… poor Ayane (her lil’ sister). But there are more characters that have their own intresting points like for example Chikage and her obession with research everything. The chars also grow slowly, not in a physical way but in a mental way and also as lovers (through they never actually said they loved each other the for the whole series^^). Also funny is the fact that they can communicate with the animals, and many of them have their friends. Like Suzu and the pig Tonkatsu. Tonkatsu is a quite funny one and looks like a ball with a face and 2 ears. But that not all, but for the more u have to figure out for yourself. Also what i digged up was the sweet stuff that Suzu goes nuts for as i was intrested in what this is. Its named Mame Daifuku and consist of a soft, chewy dough surrounding which covers small sphere of sweet red bean paste. I must say i never got the chance to taste it myself so i took the discription from the blog where i also found the recipe how u can make it yourself. You can find the recipe along some pictures in akatsuki talks rot’s blog entry “mame daifuku”. Also i found later a second guide how to make Mame Daifuku at the “To Short Term Memories” blog, which is a bit more detailed and also includes pictures of the process. It sounds quite yummy and make me understand why Suzu loves it so much through it looks a lil bit weird in reality. So all together we can say that Nagasarete Airantou is a funny and entertaining anime just i have to say that i dont like the final solution for the prob of his lil sister in the end, but i wont say more ’bout this as it would spoil too much. See for yourself, i just say they could have solved it better.

Trailer (raw):

Opening:

And as for the Mame Daifuku, here u can see some pictures i took also from akatsuki’s blog:

Mame Daifuku on a plate

Mame Daifuku on a plate cutted open so u can see the inside

So, thats all, i hope u enjoyed it.

Your Death-chan

When i was on the hunt for new pictures to add to this blog i came across this one:

I didnt thought too much about it, added it to the blog along with some other pics but still it bugged me somehow… So when i was bored i begun to ask a bit around and got a hold of more pictures:

When i saw the last picture it even raised more my interest in it as it looked it is some book. So i begun to ask around and got some response in the internal channels of my groups. This books are english instruction books for japanese people with a manga style. But their image of words one should learn to speak proper english with other peoples seems to be rather weird. Sure this ones target at young people but still… especially these should learn it proper. On the other hand this stuff gave me lots of laughs. The figure we see (the red haired one) is Maritan. There are also 3 other girls, and its all styled to imitate some military akademy or similar. Maritan is the sea drill instructor (what ever this have relation to learn a language). As for the other i found this picture here but still figured out their names:

It seems that Maritan is even so popular that its not limited to english instruction books anymore but also get used to advertise other products:

Well, i hope they have also some real english instruction books there… anyway, i will definitly get me Maritan books and will have some fun with them. If u also have deeper interest in them:

Maritan to hanasou
ISBN 978-4-89425-534-0
2100 JPY

Das ist Maritan
ISBN 4-89425-440-9
1524 JPY

and  there is more to be found in the internet or on yesasia.com if you prefer originals like me.  Enjoy the fun,

-Death

Renton Thurston is a 14-year-old boy who lived with his mechanic grandfather in a backwater town. Every day he dreamed of being with the mercenary “Light Finding Operation (LFO)” aircraft pilot group “Gekkostate” and riding “Trapar” particle waves (a sport called “reffing”) with their charismatic leader Holland, especially when faced with his father’s acclaimed past or his grandfather’s desire to protect him. When a young girl named Eureka riding the original LFO, the “Nirvash typeZERO”, asks his grandfather for a tune-up, she inadvertently brings the attention of the military to the garage; as a result, the garage is destroyed and Renton is forced to deliver a new type of interface (the “Amita Drive”) to the Nirvash. After a heated fight in which the Nirvash destroys the military LFOs by unleashing an immense amount of power, Renton is invited into Gekkostate. However, he quickly realizes that behind the facade of a traveling group of mercenaries is a very bitter reality. [stolen from ANN] Its a not too bad mecha with a quite intresting story and a extreme annoying enempy… i just hated that guy and his arrogant way of beeing. He gave me the feeling to want to punch him and punch him. The lovly-dovly parts sometimes made me also a bit annoyed but hell its part of the story… but on the other hand they’re liked it said needed cause thats what i liked on this series, the characters envolved. They envolve a new and different characters and ways of beeing unlike many other series where they character is in his way pretty stable and if you’re happy gets insane/evil due some circumstances. Also the relationship of Eureka and Renton develop pretty realistic, maybe its a bit more extreme but the basic ways are the same of a normal relationship which i miss sometimes also in other anime. The mechas are ok, there enemy mechas are the only where i miss difference they’re pretty much the same the whole series long as if they didnt have much different types/series of mecha but since the story isnt about their mechas its can be considered as a sidemark of me. All together it was a good and entertaining anime.

Enjoy…

-Death

Happy Seven is a 13 part TV-Series thats based on the manga by Kawasaki Hiroyuki. The story starts with Sakogami Amano, a high school girl that attends Shitennoji Academy. She is a pretty unlucky girl. Everything she does backfires at her. One day she have a weird dream, but when she wakes up she dont remember it anymore. When she enters next day by concidence the clubroom of the Kaiun Kenkyukai (A society for the study of improvement of one’s fortune) her life gets a turn. The members are seven girls who have power of Shichifukujin (Seven Fortune Gods). They give her the advice to pray to become happy. While she do so a monster appears and try to assault her. At this moment one she dreamed of the night before comes to help. Happy Seven is a really funny anime. They use often chibi-versions of the chars and that give extra fun to various scenes. Especially the scenes with Amano as chibi are wondeful, when she gets pissed again cause she couldnt do this or that… Ah yes i had much fun on it. Its a light magical girl anime with a wink and some slapstick.

Enjoy the fun,

-Deathy