9/15/09

[Summer 2009 Anime] Princess Lover 1-4

-Introduction-
I'm a huge sucker for ergo based anime, but even that can't make me love every single anime in that genre. Knowing this, please read my review with the mind set that I do love this kind of anime but there are times I have to tell the truth. I want to give an honest opinion because I review anime so that people seeking to weed out the ones that time should not be wasted on can do just that.
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-Credit(s) and Disclaimer(s)-
All opinions expressed here are that of their individual owners and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Goggle Blogger nor that of their partners. The above image belongs to GoHands (I just compiled the two together and added the border). I claim no ownership to any images used in my blogs unless stated otherwise, nor do I claim all these opinions as my own; just the ones that have Akia and/or Akia Tomiyo beside them (unless I'm the only one reviewing because then all the opinions are mine unless stated otherwise).
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-Plot Summary-
Teppei Arima is a second-year high school student who lost both of his parents in a traffic accident on their way home from a family trip. His grandfather, Isshin Arima, happens to wield the puppet strings in Japan’s vast economy and demands that Teppei becomes his successor as the head of the Arima Group. To prepare for his debut into high society, Teppei enrolls in an elite academy for the scions of the rich and powerful. (Anime News Network)
Did the person who wrote this story watch Sailor Moon before doing so? I sure see some similarities to the Prince in Sailor Moon to Teppei! Haha.
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-The Music-
Uhhhhhhhh. UHHHHHHHH. eto ga.... It's not that good and I don't really know what to say about it other than it's up beat and happy. This is a happy show, so I guess that's a good thing.
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-The Visuals-
Supder, duper, uber average. It's like just about every other ergo game based anime out there in the anime market. You got your girl with brown hair, one with pink, another with blond and yet another with blue. I haven't see green yet, but I'm sure I will eventually :P

9/14/09

Fall 2009 anime PV (w/ pictures!)

A] I'd like to point out that I used T.H.A.T Animeblog's Fall 2009 Anime Preview for a lot of the images and info used in my entry (but I added my own flair to the images). I also used Anime News Network.
B] This season of anime includes: 8 sequels, 3 spin-offs, 15 new shows, 9 manga adaptations, 6 light novel adaptations, 3 ergo adaptations and 2 original shows.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 1, 2009
Animation Company: Seven Arcs
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Sequel & Light Novel Adaptation
Summary: Tomoharu is a normal high school student… except for he’s not alone. Haunted by the ghost of his dead childhood best friend, he moves into a new home in time for the new school year. That becomes a little more difficult than anticipated when his house becomes overrun with various female occult users. Even worse than that he has been pulled into a fight to protect a trunk within the house that others want to steal (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
I plan to watch this show AFTER I finish the first season. If I like that season enough, I'll review season one and then watch season two as a whole before reviewing it as well. I don't have the time to review all the shows I watch by the episode, but I will most likely do mini-reviews like this. There's also the possibility that I-studios will want to do an Ogenki review :D
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 3, 2009
Animation Company: Manglobe Inc
Trailer(s): After the sites opening video, you'll see two images on the bottom right. Those are the trailers!
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Light Novel Adaptation & New Show
Summary: The story takes place after an abominable war that foisted a “devil’s contract” upon a land. Cecily Campbell, a former noble’s daughter who joined a knighthood, encounters a man who dispatches some hoodlums with one sweep of a mysterious sword. The man possesses the power of the same “devil’s contract” that has become taboo, now that peace has been restored. Cecily has been searching for a blacksmith who can repair an old sword she inherited from her father, and that mysterious young man happens to be blacksmith named Luke. This encounter launches their adventures together (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
I plan to watch the first 5 episodes to see if I like the anime. If at this point I do, I'll probably start full episode blogs. I'll definitely do my mini-reviews for the first 5! The summary doesn't scream "Akia watch meeeee" for some reason.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 8, 2009
Animation Company: BONES
Trailer(s): Check the bottom left of the website.
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Sequel & Original Show
Summary: Two years have passed since Hei and Yin escaped the Syndicate after the events of the first season. Making their way to Russia, Hei encounters a young girl named Suou Pavlichenko, whose family is gradually pulled into the war between contractors and various intelligence factions. Meanwhile, Misaki Kirihara has quit her position in Foreign Affairs to begin her own investigations into Hei, the Contractors and the Syndicate (ANN.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
I'm currently watching the first season to prepare for this one. I'm shocked that I never watched the first season before so I'm pretty sure I'll want to watch this one ASAP. I'll do mini-reviews and probably episode reviews, but in sets of 2 or 3. Also might do an Ogenki review if people want to do it with me.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 1, 2009
Animation Company: Dogakobo
Trailer(s): (1)
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Ergo Adaptation & New Show
Summary: Satsuki Kakeru lost his sister by suicide and has been living a dull life ever since then. One day, he is transported into a bizarre world "Red Night" along with his friend Minase Yuka. In order to survive and escape from Red Night, he fights against Dark Spirits (Ralva) and Black Nights (ANN.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
I do love ergo adaptations so I'm definantly gonna give this one the 5 episode test run meaning mini-reviews and if I like it most likely a full season review.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 2, 2009
Animation Company: David Production
Trailer(s): (1)
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Light Novel Adaptation & New Show
Summary: All the dead people of the world have been turned into “books” stored in the Bantorra library. A boy named Koria Tonisu has had his memories erased and his chest embedded with a bomb. He is sent to kill Hamyuttsu Meseta, the world’s most powerful armed librarian. However, he falls in love at first sight with this beautiful woman in charge of the “books,” and he gets enveloped in the great war over the library. (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
Uhhh, the summary has left me speechless. Seems like a different version of To Aru no Majutsu Index. rofl. It gets the 5 episode test round for sure.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 12, 2009
Animation Company: A-1 Pictures & Satelight
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Manga Adaptation & New Show
Summary: Cute girl wizard Lucy wants to join the Fairy Tail, a club for the most powerful wizards. But instead, her ambitions land her in the clutches of a gang of unsavory pirates led by a devious magician. Her only hope is Natsu, a strange boy she happens to meet on her travels. Natsu’s not your typical hero – he gets motion sickness, eats like a pig, and his best friend is a talking cat. With friends like this, is Lucy better off with her enemies? (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
5 episode test... I kind of doubt I'll go beyond that but who knows. I do love Rave Master :P
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 3, 2009
Animation Company: Sunrise
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Manga Adaptation & Sequel
Summary:Higurashi Kagome, after being pulled down a well by a demon, finds herself in Feudal Japan, where she learns that a powerful jewel has been reborn inside her body. After the jewel shatters in an attempt to retrieve it from one of the many demons who was after its power, Kagome must join forces with the half-demon Inu Yasha (also after the jewel’s power) to track down the shards of the jewel before its power falls into the wrong hands (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
I'm only going to watch this because I tortured myself by watching all the other seasons! Might do a season review. MIGHT is the key word.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 1, 2009
Animation Company:Nomad
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Light Novel Adaptation & New Show
Summary:Senou Natsuru is your normal, everyday high school student. However he’s been chosen to be a Kampfer, whose objective consists on fighting other Kampfer with either guns, swords or magic. But there´s a catch: first you can’t chose if you´re a Kampfer or not, and second, you must have the body of a girl to use your powers (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
NO! I do not watch gender benders because they usually lead to yuri and I really do not watch yuri. NOOOOOO.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 2009
Animation Company:Toei
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Light Novel Adaptation & New Show
Summary:The collection is Okuda’s second book featuring the psychiatrist protagonist Ichirō Irabu and his various patients — the title refers to the first story about a circus artist who can no longer perform. In modern Japan, people visit “doctors of neurology,” rather than therapists. Dr. Irabu is an eccentric neurologist with an injection fetish, an Oedipus complex and a green Porsche, known for making patients much worse before they get better (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
Oh wow. This looks like it'll have me laughing like a mad women. Defiantly gets the 5 episode test run but I have a feeling I'll watch it all.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 15, 2009
Animation Company:Satelight
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Spin-off
Summary:ES members Éclair and Lumière once were involved in a battle to decide the fate of the galaxy. They prevailed and peace was restored to the galaxy. Now, 50 years later, the galaxy once again stands on the brink of chaos. This conflict will see the dawn of two new heroines; Ascoeur and Q-feuille (ANN).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
I watched the english dub of Kitty Grade, the anime this one is a spin-off of and liked that one enough to give this one a chance. I hope it doesn't drag like it's predecessor did.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 6, 2009
Animation Company:Madhouse Studios
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Manga Adaptation & New Show
Summary:Kobato is a young girl that for unknown reasons, needs to fill a mysterious bottle with the feelings of people with a heart in pain. For that she needs to “cure” other people’s hearts and make them happy, but this could become even more difficult than she thought. Her companion for this task is a grumpy plush dog she calls Ioryogi-san (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
CLAMP adaptations are almost always good, so I'm definitely watching this one and I may even review by the episode :]
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 5, 2009
Animation Company:Dogakobo
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Ergo Adaptation & Sequel
Summary: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 named RinRin, who had similar experience with bandits in the past (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
I'm not interested for two reasons. 1, I did not watch the original nor the OVA. 2, I'm not into yuri.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 4, 2009
Animation Company:Yumeta Company
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Original Show & New Show
Summ
ary:The Miracle Train project anthropomorphizes several heavily travelled train stations in Tokyo into young handsome male characters. This television series will feature a different cast of characters inspired by the Ouedo subway line — specifically, Fumi Roppongi, Rintarou Shinjuku, Izayoi Tsukishima, Iku Shiodome, Saki Tochou, and Itsumi Ryougoku (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
If not for 07-Ghost, I would absolutely decide not to even give this one a chance but 07-Ghost has proven that bishounen boy anime can work. Plus, this anime has a very interesting basis- Tokyo train stations. Haha. This gets the 5 episode test run.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 4, 2009
Animation Company:Shaft
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Manga Adaptation & Sequel
Summary:The story centers on a boy named Hajime Yasaka who meets an older high school girl named Sayoko “Arashi” Arashiyama in an old town coffee shop. “Arashi” happens to have a secret that Hajime learns one fateful summer vacation. Arashi makes a bond with Hajime, enabling them to travel back through time, sometimes to rescue those who died in WWII (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
I couldn't stand the first season, so I'm not gonna bother >.>
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 5, 2009
Animation Company:Diomedia
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Light Novel Adaptation & Sequel
Summary:The story centers around Yuuto Ayase and Haruka Nogizaka. Yuuto is seemingly ordinary, but Haruka is attractive, intelligent, and rich, which prompts other students to idolize her and even give her French nicknames like “Nuit Étoile” (The Silver Star of the Night) and “Lumière du Clavier” (The Shining Princess on the Piano). One day, Yuuto wanders into the school library in order to return a book and accidentally stumbles upon Haruka’s deepest, darkest secret: she is a diehard fan of anime and manga, in other words, a regular otaku. Promising Haruka to keep this a secret, Yūto becomes her advisor and confidante (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
YES! I loved the first season sooooo much and am really excited for this one. I'm most definitely blogging about this one.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 1, 2009
Animation Company:AIC
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Manga Adaptation & New Show
Summary:Junpei Kōsaka is a second-year high school student who despises cats and has an allergy to them. It just so happens that his high school crush is Kaede Mizuno, a girl who adores cats. One day, while walking home from school, Junpei kicks an empty can and unfortunately beans the local neko-jizō-sama (guardian deity of cats). He finds he can now understand what cats are saying, including his family’s own ill-tempered cat, Nyamusasu. However, if he does not grant 100 wishes from cats, he will turn into cat himself (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
I have a feeling this'll have me laughing. So, it gets the 5 episode test run.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): September 24, 2009
Animation Company:ARMS
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Ergo Adaptation & Sequel
Summary:here’s a competition to decide the next queen and a bunch of chicks with huge racks and few clothes will fight to the death over it (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
*barfs*
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 2, 2009
Animation Company:Studio DEEN
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Manga Adaptation & New Show
Summary:The series, which is also called Hekiyō Gakuen Seito-kaigi Jiroku (The Records of the Hekiyō Academy Student Council’s Activities), revolves around a private high school whose student council is chosen entirely by popularity vote. Because of this, Ken Sugisaki is the only male representative, in the otherwise all bishōjo student council, that may enter the “sacred sanctuary” of the council’s meeting room. At the behest of Council President Kurimu Sakurano (pictured at right), Sugisaki records the minutes of the council meetings, which devolve into daily conversations about the students’ lives and interests (ANN).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
5 episode test run :]
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 7, 2009
Animation Company:AIC
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Manga Adaptation & New Show
Summary:The story revolves around Sumika, a popular high school honors student who has a secret she does not reveal to anyone: she loves her classmate Ushio. Sumika hears that Ushio is also “a girl who likes girls,” but Sumika’s feelings have yet to be reciprocated (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
YURI *runs like she'll die*
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 4, 2009
Animation Company:AIC ASTA
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Manga Adaptation & New Show
Summary:The story centers around Tomoki Sakurai, an ordinary middle school boy whose motto is “Peace is the #1 priority.” However, a strange girl often appears in his dream to ask for his help — only he cannot remember her face when he wakes up. Then, his life gets more complicated when an unidentified mysterious animal (UMA) falls out of the skies. The “animal” turns out to be Ikaros, an angel (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
Haha. The chibi king looking guy is enough to make me give this a 5 episode test run.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 2009
Animation Company:AIC ASTA
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Manga Adaptation & New Show & Spin-off
Summary:In a world where science clarifies supernatural powers. In a huge college that has power development in its curriculum. To a resident high school student, Kamijou Touma, a pure white sister appears. She calls herself “Index” and says that sorcerers are chasing her. Thus, Kamijou Touma enters the world of the occult (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
I've promised myself I'd finish watching To Aru no Majutsu Index before watching this spin-off.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 3, 2009
Animation Company:Studio Perriot
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Manga Adaptation & New Show
Summary:Gauche is a governmental employee, given the task to deliver any letter to it’s destination. Meeting a young boy who is the letter to be delivered, Gauche makes friends with Lag and inspires him to take up the job. Five years later, Lag Seeing finally becomes his dream, that of a Letter Bee. However, the one who inspired him has gone missing and only there does the mystery start (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
I do love the manga.... so I'll give it a 5 episode run just to make sure it's good or not.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 6, 2009
Animation Company:Production IG
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Manga Adaptation & New Show
Summary:Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine… for a horror movie. With her jet-black hair, sinister smile, and silent demeanor, she’s often mistaken for Sadako, the haunting character from Ringu. Unbeknownst to but a few, behind her scary facade is a very misunderstood teenager. Shy and pure of heart, she just wants to make friends. But when Kazehaya, the most popular boy in class, befriends her, she’s sure to make more than just that – she’s about to make some enemies, too! (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
The first volume of the manga was really good and I haven't seen an over the top shojo anime in a while so YES WATCH.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 2009
Animation Company:Seven Arcs
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: Ergo Adaptation & Sequel
Summary:The White Album game centers around Touya Fujii, a college student dating a rising idol singer named Yuki Morikawa. The game deals with the challenges to the couple’s relationship from the other people at Fujī’s college, Morikawa’s work, and elsewhere (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
I gotta finish the first season before watching this one.
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[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premiere Date (japan): October 17, 2009
[Plot/Synopsis/Summary]
Type: New Show
Summary:The drama follows two childhood friends — a boy and a girl — and the tragedy and angst that befalls them and those around them in the years between high school and young adulthood (T.H.A.T.).
[What Akia's gonna do...]
A Korean drama adapted into an anime? I'm sold!