| 12:24am | The Good, The Bad, and the Moe: Summer 2009 Anime Rankings | | | | 17 different shows from the summer ‘09 anime season, analyzed and ranked from the bottom up. Disclaimer: These rankings are purely a reflection of our own opinions and tastes, which are admittedly rather different from your average anime fan. Just because we don’t like a particular show... | | |
| 6:29pm | Fall 2009 Anime Schedule | | | | This season seems to be starting a bit early, with a number of OVAs and one series (Queen's Blade 2) coming out in September. So here is the weekly calendar for your viewing and dancing pleasure.Day and time of the first weekly broadcast are given, as well as highlights of staff and cast. For full previews... | | |
| 2:10pm | NEEDLESS episode 12 ~ Yamada strikes back; so does Mio with scissors | | | | Mine is bigger than yours :p Now if there is definite proof that Yamada isn’t a spineless/useless waste of space then it is shown in this episode in all his deserved glory. Yamada, you are DA MAN! Thoughts: And this week brings about another splendid episode of NEEDLESS (as always) with the... | | |
| 4:12pm | Tears to Tiara – 24 |  | | | Everyone fights though Palladium against their own obstacles. Impressions: Disclaimer: I don’t feel like pretending I don’t know what is going to happen, and writing a section without spoilers and then one with them, as I’ve played the game. This post will contain massive spoilers to the whole... | | |
| 9:35pm | Needless, Anime and Manga | | | | A little over a year ago, I began getting Ultra Jump magazine, when Hayate Cross Blade moved to there from its former home. One of the other series in the magazine was the manga Needless and, being the manga omnivore I am, I gave it a try. I picked it up in the middle of a fight between a bunch of girls,... | | |
| 1:00am | Tears to Tiara – 23 |  | | | Arawn and the others climb through the giant fortress Palladium. Impressions: Disclaimer: I don’t feel like pretending I don’t know what is going to happen, and writing a section without spoilers and then one with them, as I’ve played the game. This post will contain massive spoilers to the... | | |
| 6:31pm | NEEDLESS episode 11 ~ Frantic turn tables and then some… | | | | Poor Kuchinashi being bullied by bullies ;_; Oh I just love how this series always give promises of epicness and epicness plus some is exactly what we got this week. Sweet, sweet GAR mode :3 Thoughts: Right off the bat it was clear that Setsuna’s group was in a whole world of butt hurt when... | | |
| 4:44pm | Mentally preparing myself for Akagi | | | | Madhouse have been rather quiet this year, at least in comparison to the past 3 years where you could be almost guaranteed of at least one Madhouse show to be worth watching each season. But the last two have only seen them produce Needless and Souten Kouro, neither of which is exactly typical Madhouse... | | |
| 3:37am | Hanami with Kagami | | | | Today was an extremely lovely day, so me and Kagamin went out for bit of a joyride. Midway we realized that the roadsides were all white, and it reminded me of the sakura trees in the university. Needless to say, we headed off that way. Not much of a sight but this magnormous carpark simply fills... | | |
| 7:00pm | Tears to Tiara - 22 |  | | | Arthur makes a trip to Gorsedd Arawn where Pywl’s sword Dwnwyn is. Impressions: Disclaimer: I don’t feel like pretending I don’t know what is going to happen, and writing a section without spoilers and then one with them, as I’ve played the game. This post will contain massive spoilers to... | | |
| 3:56am | NEEDLESS episode 10 ~ Flashback fun with Seto and Solva-tan | | | | This is an accurate representation of my current expression from exhaustion No joke, Blade will add the -tan honorific to any loli he encounters Thoughts: Well I actually thought that this flashback episode (as already indicated in the preview) would be more exciting than what it actually was,... | | |
| 3:00am | Tears to Tiara - 21 |  | | | Taliesin finds out the whole truth about what happened to Arawn in the past and tries to use what he learned to help them in their fight. Impressions: Disclaimer: I don’t feel like pretending I don’t know what is going to happen, and writing a section without spoilers and then one with them, as... | | |
| 1:10am | NEEDLESS 7-9 |  | | | After my disgust with episode 6 of NEEDLESS, I took a break from it. Now that I’ve come back, I’m relieved to find that the show is back to its awesome state. A lot has happened in these few episodes, with bits of pretty girl squad thrown in—which are as unentertaining... | | |
| 12:42pm | August Summary | | | | Overall, I’m very pleased with this season. There were unfortunately a few series that disappointed this month, but at the same time there were also a lot of shows that exceeded my expectations about them. I think that the most notable of this season is that it’s the very first season in... | | |
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