April 29th, 2004 Thursday

Tenjou Tenge (5)

The bowling alley brawl begins. Maya wears some pretty sexy stuff for a friendly outing...

Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai (5)

Trying to cop a feel. You're too big to be slick, buddy.

Hikari discovers the meaning of school, but not before destroying one in the process. The guest character in this ep, Mayu Ishida, needs to be a regular on the show! She's cute, and a meganekko - two very good things.

Hit wo Nerae! (8)

It would make good use of the 'angle' feature on DVDs.

A lackluster ending despite the nice service shots. I really liked this show starting out, but it all went downhill after episode three and never picked back up, which is a shame.

April 26th, 2004 Monday

Yotsuba likes gifts

The Yotsubato section has been updated.

Onegai Twins (13)

They can't be contained! They need freedom!

This wasn't bad for what it was. I was definitely expecting more fanservice though. Oh well.

April 25th, 2004 Sunday

Sensei no Ojikan (4)

Mika sensei hangs out with her dad and goes to a matsuri with her class. More laid back than previous eps, but still good.

Hanaukyou Maid-tai La Verite (4)

There should be at least one Konoe and Yashima dream sequence in every episode. I'm so glad they changed Konoe's chara design from the first series. She actually looks human now.

Keroro Gunsou (4)

A green onion is the best tool for disarming traps.

Giroro rocks. I didn't like his voice at first, but after the first half it was starting to grow on me. Him seeing Natsumi naked sealed the deal. Hilarious.

Hikaru to Mizu no Daphne (Special)

The box looks better than the advertiser. Fix your teeth girl!

Discussion, recap, interviews, preview, advertising, Mai Nakahara with crooked teeth grin.

April 24th, 2004 Saturday

Midori no Hibi (4)

Takamizawa + Yuuji Ueda = Excellent. Midori + Cosplay = Chou excellent.

Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai (4)

Episode 2 all over again, with Akari instead of Hikari.

April 22th, 2004 Thursday

Tenjou Tenge (4)

Looks like one of Edvard Munch's paintings.

The sun always shines where you don't want it to. Sigh.

Aya is already being one upped by Maya in the love department. Poor girl. I think she needs more "lessons" from Chiaki!

April 19th, 2004 Monday

MATRIX, I mean MADLAX (3)

And now we go back to another Madlax story. Aya Hisakawa pops up in this ep as Rimerda, the chick in my third cap. Seems like she and Madlax will be rivals. Damn you Bee Train! I want to stop watching this show so badly but there's just something about it that makes me continue.

Pugyuru (2)

Cheko-chan makes the yakuza play with waterguns. She's very persuasive, and WEIRD.

Hikaru to Mizu no Daphne (14)

Good episode. The animation was back to normal and Gloria got much screen time.

Hit wo Nerae! (6 & 7)

That looks like it'll cause some serious wedgies.

Taking off wet clothes could help in the drying department.

Too much time is spent on unnecessary drama in a show that doesn't have too much time to begin with. ...Yeah.

Chou Henshin Cos Prayers DVD (2)

I'd find this cute if your voice didn't suck.

What a waste of precious DVD space. You guys are supposed to up the fanservice with these eps, not crappiness. There's a difference(to me)!

April 18th, 2004 Sunday

Sensei no Ojikan (3)

I don't want to know where she stashes that thing.

I just love how Mika takes all the loving abuse.

Kitagawa overload! This episode was wonderful.

Hanaukyou Maid-tai La Verite (3)

This got a little cheesy at the end, but the stuff leading up to it was nice. It just needed more Cynthia instead of Grace!

April 17th, 2004 Saturday

Midori no Hibi (3)

Nakahara's scream was excellent here. Talent!

Onsen~ Rin's facial features are kind of stretched out in her anime rendition - makes her look like a clown sometimes. She's still hot though! And Atsuko Yuya did a fine job with her voice.

Keroro Gunsou (3)

Hilarious. Giroro shows up at the end. His voice sounds more like a narrator than an actual character, but maybe that won't be his regular voice. We shall see.

April 15th, 2004 Thursday

Tenjou Tenge (3)

What happened before this? Only manga can tell...

Your hair is just as long with the bandana ON! What's the point!?

He doesn't look too hot either. How can he recover from this!?

It's time to get stronger!

Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai (3)

No Portman! But watching Akari do stuff was a good enough substitute. There have been no mutations or lame monster fighting for two whole eps now. Keep this streak going Gainax!

April 13th, 2004 Tuesday

Boukyaku no Senritsu (2)

Why can't this guy do stuff on his own? Dork.

This is going on the back burner too. It seems like it'll be fun later on, but it's not exciting enough at present to keep me watching every week. Sorry Mamiko!

Bakuretsu Tenshi (2)

Those aren't CG. But they might be silicon...

Argh, too much mecha this time, just what I didn't want. I might keep watching, but no more capping unless it suddenly becomes awesome next ep.

April 13th, 2004 Tuesday

Cossette no Shouzou (1)

This is when it started getting really weird.

The trippy adventures of a young man, his multi-colored wine glass, and a creepy little girl. This was a bit TOO trippy for my tastes(by the SoulTaker director), but it was pretty to look at and listen to, so it balanced out. Yuki Kajiura's sound fit very nicely here, unlike MADLAX. And the voice work was excellent, especially newcomer Marina Inoue as Cossette, who also sings the cool ED song. I look forward to volume two.

April 12th, 2004 Monday

HAPPYLAX, I mean MADLAX (2)

This episode set up Margaret's background(which included Yukino Satsuki's hot character Vanessa), but didn't set her up with MADLAX! I bet they won't even meet until the last episode. Sneaky Bee Training bastards!

Pugyuru (1)

Weeeeeird. But not the bad kind of weird. I'm surprised they put this on TV. It would've made a great Flash animated internet series, since the eps are only three minutes long, and the animation is...Flash quality.