Exciting news + Jagers7Z Top 20 J-pop/K-pop Countdown 110116

Jimmy Agers, the person who creates these countdowns, has asked me to be part of a blog he's creating! I'll post a link when the blog is active.

[Anime of the Week] Bakuman! (1/16-22/2011)

Time for a series that has not completed yet! I just watched the recent episode and I'm glad this series is a full length one. I had started the manga but when the anime was announced I eminently dropped it because I tend to not like to watch what I'm reading.

Runtime: 24min/ep

# of Eps: 25

Type: manga

Rating: All ages (there's really nothing objectionable about it)

Synopsis:

Moritaka Mashiro, a junior high school student, content to live out a relatively normal life as any other does, is persuaded by his classmate, Akito Takagi, to become an aspiring mangaka when the latter realizes his natural talent as an artist. However, Moritaka is reluctant to pursue his dream as his uncle, once a mangaka with his own serializations, died from overwork trying to regain his lost status. With Akito's help, Takagi gets another classmate and his school crush, Azuki Miho, who is an aspiring voice actress, to voice in the anime adaptation of their future manga once it is completed. However, Mashiro also proposes to Azuki, who surprisingly accepts only on the condition she will marry him when both of them have achieved their dreams. With a goal set before him, Mashiro begins a long and struggling path to become a famous mangaka.

[Anime of the Week] Tokko (1/9-15/2010)

Well last feature was a fanservice anime, and well this one is in a way... but it's more like violence and more violence. It played on SyFy channel back when it was SciFi in the States. Back when SciFi had the best anime on mondays =( I miss those days.

Something interesting about this anime is it is based on a manga by the artist of GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka). :D That auta have sold you on wanting to watch this. Pfft.

Runtime: 24min/ep

#of Eps: 13

Type: Manga

Rating: Mature (blood/gore/nudity)

Synopsis:

Shindou Ranmaru has just graduated from police academy and assigned to Tokki: Special Mobile Investigation Force. On the day of his graduation, he meets the half-naked girl he has been seeing in his dreams, Rokujo Sakura. It turns out she works for a secret group within Tokki, known as Tokko: Special Public Safety Task Force. Shindou ends up joining Tokko to avenge his parents' death, and solve the mystery mass murder of residents in his hometown of Machida. Bottomless pits start to appear around Japan, and mysterious creatures emerge from them, linked to the mass murder of humans. All this to do with something called "The Box of Dirge"...

Jagers7Z Top 20 J-pop/K-pop Countdown 110107

[Anime][Winter '10/'11] Preview Guide (updated when I watch new episodes)

1/15/11~I'll add images for the others when I get the chance. I was just trying to get my thoughts down on the series I had started so far. Sorry I'm behind. I had the flu for about 4 days.

1/6/11~ANN is known for publishing a preview guide every anime season and I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon and make my own. This PV Guide will be updated as I watch new episodes of new series and such. I'll do up to 3 episodes of each series and then from there if I feel like it switch back to episode reviews like I used to do ^__^ Series are in order of which I watched more recently.

Dragon Crisis! (3/5)

Big boobed sister, check.

Mysterious dragon girl, check.

Boy who this girl ends up attached to and seems to know him, check.

Episode was ok. Nice visuals. Well animated. Seems like I've seen this before.

Yumekui Merry e.01 (4/5)

Kind of has that Noein feel going because of the dimensional thing going down. Pretty good amount of info revealed that didn't really solve anything for the main character though. And this main girl character seems to be interesting.

Freezing e.01 & 02 (2/5)

1/15/11~ Here's this seasons Queen's Blade. Let's tear off your clothes in the most unrealistic way possible. From what I hear the manga is actually a good read. It's by the same person as Kuro Kami of which the anime adaptation was butchered. Turns out from my source Freezing is getting the same treatment. Hmmm...

Mahou Shojo Magical*Modoka e.1 (5/5)

1/15/11~ Stunning visuals. This is not your typical magical girl anime at all. I can't really say anything bad about this one... though I can't say much about it either. Nothing was really reveled. And there was some kick your bootie music!

Kimi ni Todoke II

e.00 (3/5)

1/6/11~ One thing I don't like anime doing is wasting a whole episode to recap a series I just watched. I understand that there will be people who haven't seen the first season and need a recap ... but a whole episode seems a bit much for me. In the case of Kimi n i Todoke II, I'm going to have to give it 4 rather than 3 episodes since this wasn't even a new episode!

e.01 (3/5)

1/15/11~ This episode proved without a doubt how frustrating this anime is. I can tell this one works better as a manga because of how indecisive the main character is. I fumed throughout the series wishing I could yell at Sawako "just give him the damned chocolates!"

Rio: The Rainbow Gate (3/5)

1/6/11~ I think the people at ANN are being a bit harsh on this series. It wasn't bad for what it's based on - a series of slot machines in Japan. The show itself could have been so much worse. There is a good amount of fan service, but not enough that ladies can't enjoy the show. Now, I will give ANN props for pointing out how odd it is a casino praises having a dealer who brings gamblers luck and makes them money rather than the casino.

Taste the Cake (Half-Life 2 Machinima)

[Anime of the Week] Yumeria (1/2-8/2010)

Thought I'd place a fanservic~y one this week ;D

MAN, I saw this one about 4-5 years ago. OH, and I bet cha didn't know a scene from the game of this one is what that Carmel Dancin dance came from. Ya, that bunny ears dance all them otaku's do at the cons. I personally don't... I think it's one of those things left for the nerdy otakus where I am a geek otaku kthnks

Runtime: 24 min/ ep

# of Eps: 12

Type: Based on a PS2 Game

Rating: Teen (suggestive content)

Buy Me: Right Stuff!

Synopsis:

On his 16th birthday, Tomokazu Mikuri had a realistic dream where he sees a girl battling a giant floating monstrosity. When he wakes up, he is surprised that the girl is actually sleeping next to him... Whenever he sleeps from now on, he ends up back at the dream world, and more and more people that he knows keep showing up there too. He finds out from a mysterious masked woman in the dream world named Silk that they are fighting against one named Faydoom, and he is the one who provides the powers to those girls so that they can fight these monsters. And so it goes...