July 28th, 2004 Wednesday

Ninin ga Shinobu-den (4)

One of the best daydream sequences ever. Thank you Onsokumaru. It even had squishies! Have I mentioned how much ufotable rocks!?

Samurai Champloo (10)

The life of a samurai is full of tough challenges.

Yay! She's got the cheek swirls and everything.

Mugen battles super monk/samurai hybrid! Fuu makes a new face!

July 27th, 2004 Tuesday

Re:Cutie Honey (1)

Her sword changes size throughout the OVA...

Cutie Honey infused with Gainax/Anno wacky direction equals one very enjoyable action packed 45 minute OVA. I was taken aback by the art and animation style when I first started watching, but within just a few minutes I was already diggin' it. Everything worked really well. My only super minor complaint would be Yui Horie voicing Honey. Sometimes she just didn't seem to be the right person for the role, especially in the battle scenes. It felt like Tobey Maguire voicing his CG counter-part in the Spider-Man movies - not enough emotion! But like I said, this was super minor. Great OVA!

July 26th, 2004 Monday

GIRLS Bravo (3)

The love-me love-me character shows up, who is very annoying(unlike Maharu!), but thankfully she brings along her lesbian bodyguard. And the guard falls for Kirie! This sub-plot, if you could even call it that, is now more interesting than anything else in the show.

DearS (3)

Ren acts cute until it gets her enrolled into school. Miu is bored to death at her homestay. Cat-girl Nia is introduced. Yukari Tamura is the voice of Nia, and of course she says ni at the end of everything. Normally I wouldn't mind this(like with Pao in G-on Riders), but Yukari's "cutesy" voice sends it to Misha-TeeHeeHee-esque annoyance levels! Grawr!

Keroro Gunsou (16 & 17)

Moa fights her template, Keroro races Natsumi in swimming, and everyone takes turns trying to scare Giroro. Koyuki needed more screen time in her school mizugi!~

July 25th, 2004 Sunday

Elfen Lied (1)

This captured the gore of the manga pretty well I would say. Everything else was good too. Above average animation, nice music, and another strong cast(Mamiko Noto again! yeah!). I can't believe they had Maria Yamamoto voice the unfortunate secretary at the beginning though. I'm not a fan of Yamamoto as a VA but come on! She deserved better than THAT. ...Maybe.

July 22nd, 2004 Thursday

Ninin ga Shinobu-den (3)

Can't he just shrink to get out of the ropes?

Half gags, half lesbian overtones. I like this format~

July 21st, 2004 Wednesday

Samurai Champloo (9)

Cool episode. Mugen battles the forces of tengu with...trippy results.

Galaxy Angel 4th (5 & 6)

The spider Forte story has to be one of the weirdest stories in this entire series. She looks pretty darn cool as a superhero though.

Yotsubabababoom

Episodes 16, 17, and 18 are done.

July 17th, 2004 Saturday

DearS (2)

Ren teaches kids a valuable lesson - eat slowly.

Ren learns Japanese. Ai Shimizu uses her regular voice instead of the nasal voice she's been using in her other recent roles. Me likes.

Love Love? DVD (1)

Good lord, this show may have the single worst OP song I've ever heard in all my years of anime watching. Other than that, great episode!

July 14th, 2004 Wednesday

Ninin ga Shinobu-den (2)

Miyabi already!? They're not wasting any time. She's voiced by Rie Kugimiya, an excellent choice. And she has kick ass theme music! I can't wait for this OST!

Galaxy Angel 4th (3 & 4)

The Angel-tai discover the wonders of chikuwa while Chitose discovers the horrors of Milfeulle. Saori Goto trying to speak yankee was very embarrassing, but funny.

Samurai Champloo (8)

Finally we learn a little more about past events, with Jin at least. We also learn that Fuu is hot no matter what kind of hair style she has.

July 12th, 2004 Monday

GIRLS Bravo (2)

Gotta have a high threshold of pain if you want to be a perv in anime.

Shoulda waited just a wee bit longer before you opened the door.

Dammit, I'm already getting sick of Miharu and her Kawasumi Happy Psycho Babbling. Thank god for Kirie. She'll have to hold the show together for me until reinforcements arrive. And they better arrive quick!

July 10th, 2004 Saturday

DearS (1)

Good teachers care about their students.

I'm not particularly fond of these character designs so I wasn't looking forward to this show very much. The vocal cast is strong however and I like Mitsuka sensei(Kikuko Inoue in any dirty role is good stuff). Ren's alright too once I got past her stupid hair - she has some cute mannerisms. The use of SD characters in the eyecatches and ED animation I also like. Seems the good mostly outweigh the bad so I'll keep watching for now.

Keroro Gunsou (15)

Momoka splits! Ura Momoka COOL!

July 7th, 2004 Wednesday

Ninin ga Shinobu-den (1)

Yay! I'm a fan of the manga(it's in Dengeki Daioh along with Yotsubato) so I was very happy when it was announced it'd be made into an anime. And animated by ufotable no less! Anyways, this followed the usual routine of manga to anime transitions, with the mix matching of several chapters. And as usual, it worked out fine. The VA casting is good too. I was really skeptical about Mizuki Nana being cast as Shinobu, but she surprisingly fit very well. Ayako Kawasumi plays Kaede(the blond), and it's a spunky Fuu-ish role, so no problem there. Then there's Norio Wakamoto as Onsokumaru(the yellow ball). PERFECT casting on that one. So far I'm really pleased with how this show turned out. Oh, the OP and ED are great too, especially the animation in the OP. Ufotable rocks!

Samurai Champloo (7)

There's the man that's going to kidnap me today.

Being a damsel in distress is Fuu's job. She is very good at her work.

Galaxy Angel 4th (1 & 2)

Same zaniness as the 2nd and 3rd series except with an added character. Chitose~ She's going to give Ranpha a run for her money in the awesome department.

Eiken (2)

I honestly would not want to get stuck in these boobs.

Don't go any lower or you'll never get the ball back!

Looks like one of them cream dispensers at a bakery.

Bout time her bra came off. Them things can take a beating.

I waited a whole year for this episode! Not exactly worth the wait, but it was still excellent nonetheless. The only minor problem I had with it was that Chiharu got way more airtime than Kirika! I know she's the main focus, but I much prefer Kirika's genki demeanor and genki boobies to Chiharu's...oozing boobies.

July 5th, 2004 Monday

GIRLS Bravo (1)

Yukinari(voiced by Mamiko Noto! YEAH#1!) gets knocked into a glowing bathtub by Kirie(voiced by Chiwa Saitou! YEAH#2!) and promptly gets transported to no man's land(YEAH#3!). There he is greeted by Miharu(voiced by Ayako Kawasumi, but it's one of her super happy nice girl roles like Aoi/Hikaru/Mahoro, so NO#1). Then he's introduced to Miharu's super hot sister Maharu(voiced by Sayaka Oohara, SEXY YEAH#4!). Then he gets chased by a billion sex starved girls in the city, escapes thanks to Miharu's super duper powers, goes back to the bathtub, and teleports back to Earth. Miharu "accidently" comes with him of course. This show was going along so good until they teleported back to Earth! Why couldn't they stay in no man's land!? Bah! (Translation: I liked this show, and I will keep watching.)

Aoi Umi no Tristia (2)

Too much steam dammit! This is an OVA!!!

Lots more giant robot action this time around. I really hope this OVA continues in some form or fashion down the line(like a TV series!). It'd be a shame to leave it at only two episodes.

Keroro Gunsou (14)

SO CUTE! ALL THE GIRLS ON THIS SHOW ARE SO CUTE!

Keroro Shoutai plant a bunch of flowers around town to bring happiness into humans lives. Elsewhere, love blooms between Natsumi and Koyuki! Yes!

Kitagawa no Ojikan (12 & 13)

It ended just like it started. I'm going to miss Kitagawa... *sniff*

Hikaru to Mizu no Daphne (23 & 24)

What a great ending. All in all, this show turned out (insert any number above 10 here) times better than I ever thought it would be.

July 3rd, 2004 Saturday

The Daichis

Chikyuu Bouei Kazoku has been licensed by Geneon! Finally! Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Goo was also announced as licensed (by AnimeNation). They're changing the name to just Hare+Guu it seems. I'm fine with that, but it's spelt GOO in the show! Not Guu! Though I guess Guu is the way most fans recognize it. Ah well, it's all good.

Now the only show left on my favorites list that hasn't been licensed is Air Master. Only a matter of time!

July 1st, 2004 Thursday

Hit wo Nerae! DVD (4)

A little bit of Mitsuki service at the beginning and end. It needed much much more! Guess they burned out on the previous ep.

Summer Anime

The only anime that are definite on my watch and cap list are Ninin ga Shinobuden and Galaxy Angel 4th. The maybe pile consists of DearS, Girls Bravo, and Elfen Lied. I watched Operation Sanctuary and Wind last night, and they sucked, so that's that for them. I also watched KURAU last week. It was pretty cool, but I don't like it enough to cap it, so I'll just watch it behind the scenes(along with the new Marimite).