Entries tagged with ginban kaleidoscope

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Summer Anime Review

I have to say this season was pretty...lackluster. Granted, several of the shows I really wanted to watch ended up on stupid Anime Strike, meaning I couldn't watch them, but it seems like I wasn't missing much from what I've heard. The best shows this season were continuations of series I already liked -- Sakura Quest, My Hero Academia, and Hell Girl (well, at least the six new episodes we got). Even they weren't quite as good as the previous seasons, though.

Thoughts on the rest:

Gamers! - The parts where they actually focused on gaming were fantastic, but, oh, my, gosh, the way all the characters would misinterpret pretty much anything related to romance (often in the stupidest of ways) drove me nuts! And, unfortunately, the romantic plots took up most of the show. I really wish the romance had been handled better, because the show actually was pretty funny with a good cast of characters, but...argh! Too many misunderstandings! Still, probably my favorite of the "new" shows.

Restaurant to Another World - Good, but VERY repetitive. I don't necessarily mind formulaic shows, but when each episode is cut into two acts that have basically the same simple plot, just with different characters, it's a bit much. The best episodes were the ones that broke the formula, especially the ones that focused on Aletta (the demon waitress). I will say that all the food looked and sounded delicious, though!

Elegant Yokai Apartment Life - This show should have been better than it was, but the pacing was really weird in the beginning, and it didn't really become interesting until a certain item was introduced halfway through the season. Even then, I still wouldn't call it great...just a little better than the first few episodes.

18if - I actually wasn't going to watch this after reading the Preview Guide at ANN, thinking it wasn't really my kind of show, but then I came across a .gif of the figure skater who stars as the "witch" of the fifth episode. Well, of course I had to check it out after that! (Learning that characters are figure skaters -- even if they're just minor or one-shot characters -- is a great way to get me interested in a show/movie/book. Led me to checking out Ginban Kaleidoscope, Yuri on Ice, Tiger & Bunny, Diamond Daydreams, Kaleido Star, The Cherry Project, Sugar Princess...probably a few others I can't think of at the moment.) The verdict? It turns out my original instinct was right. Some of the episodes were good, but others were pretty bad, even downright nonsensical. (Each episode had a different director, all who apparently were told they could do whatever the heck they wanted with their episode.) Even the figure skating episode was kind of a let down.

Oh, well, at least the new season looks much more promising. If they have a free legal stream, I'd like to check out Black Clover, Kino's Journey - The Beautiful World (second season), Classicaloid (second season), Ancient Magus' Bride, Anime-Gataris, and March Comes In Like a Lion (second season).

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Yay!

Yuri!! on Ice Skating Anime Revealed By MAPPA

Finally, a new figure skating anime to join Ginban Kaleidoscope and Pretty Rhythm! Excellent news, and I'm so glad that Sayo Yamamoto is going to be involved. I loved the Endless Night anime short (also about skating) she directed last year, so if this series is animated anywhere near as well, it could be amazing.

In less "Yay" news, I tripped for a second time on a gravel driveway and banged up my left hand pretty bad. I've had to type this whole post one-handed. What really sucks is that I'm thisclose to finishing the last chapter of Melting Ice, and now it's too painful/annoying to work on it. *sigh* Oh, well. I'm struggling a little with the final scene, so I guess I'll take the time to think about how I want it to go while I wait for my hand to heal.

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Can anybody save me from an eBay addiction?

I haven't gotten around to putting those Petit Chara Moon and Mercury figures up for sale at eBay yet -- need to get boxes so I can estimate what shipping is going to cost, so my current offer still stands until I list them -- but I've certainly been doing a lot of window shopping the past couple of days. (And some actual shopping -- picked up the Venus figure from the same set at a fairly decent price and currently debating the Tuxedo Kamen figure, which is more than I ideally want to spend, but it seems like he's the rarest so I should probably get it while I can.) Oh, man, I want EVERYTHING! I keep reminding myself that Christmas is coming up and I need to save my money to buy gifts (and possibly get some things from Right Stuf's annual holiday sale), but it's so hard! Just look at some of this stuff:

( WANT! )

Plus, a lot of other stuff! Man, I need to win the lottery or something.

In other news, Shirobako is AMAZING! Even though it was from the Fall 2014 season, which was the season that I watched a hundred shows, it somehow managed to completely slip pass my notice. I guess because at first glance it looked like one of those "cute girls doing cute things" type of shows, which I actually do tend to like on occasion, but like I said, I was already watching a hundred shows at the time. (Okay, more like maybe fifteen?) Anyway, it's actually not that type of show at all (although the five central girls are pretty cute). Instead, it's a semi-realistic look at everything that goes into making anime, and it's absolutely fantastic. It really made me appreciate just how much work goes into creating the shows I love, while also being quite funny and entertaining. In fact, I loved it so much that it's joining Kaleido Star, Death Note, Fruits Basket, Super GALS, and Ginban Kaleidoscope on my "Masterpiece" list. A definite "must see" if you're an anime fan!

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akagami no shirayuki-hime,
allison and lillia,
amagi brilliant park,
anderson douwa ningyo hime,
angel sanctuary,
angel's feather,
anime,
arakawa under the bridge,
attack on titan,
black butler,
colorful,
death note,
di gi charat,
diabolik lovers,
evangelion,
familiar of zero,
fate/stay night,
fruits basket,
fullmetal alchemist,
fushigi yugi,
genshiken,
ginban kaleidoscope,
grave of the fireflies,
grrl power,
gundam wing,
gunslinger girl,
i can't understand what my husband is sa,
kaleido star,
kekko kamen,
kill la kill,
kimi ni todoke,
manga,
melody of oblivion,
michiko and hatchin,
monster,
my love story!!,
my teen romantic comedy snafu,
negima,
nerima daikon brothers,
netflix,
princess nine,
revolutionary girl utena,
rokka braves of the six flowers,
sailor moon,
sailor moon crystal,
sound! euphonium,
story of saiunkoku,
super gals,
suzuka,
sword art online,
the disappearance of nagato yuki-chan,
the heroic legend of arslan,
to-love-ru,
we without wings,
white album,
ys legacy,
yumeria

Anime Meme

It's been a while since I've done a meme! Found this one on Tumblr.

( Long meme )

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The Anime Alphabet

Inspired by The Mike Toole Show column at Anime News Network, I thought it would be fun to make my own "Anime Alphabet", listing the titles of my favorite series I've watched for each letter of the alphabet. Feel free to make your own list if you'd like!

A Aria

B Black Butler (I briefly considered going with Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon instead, but since I had a few B English titles to choose from, it seemed unfair to go with a Japanese title for this letter.)

C Card Captor Sakura

D Death Note

E Evangelion

F Fruits Basket

G Ghost Hunt (I debated about putting Ginban Kaleidoscope here instead, but I decided to stick with licensed series.)

H Hare + Guu

I I My Me! Strawberry Eggs

J Jigoku Shoujo (a.k.a Hell Girl -- I had to cheat a little with this one and use the Japanese title to find one that started with a J.)

K Kaleido Star

L Le Chevalier D'eon

M Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

N NANA

O Ouran High School Host Club

P Princess Nine

Q ... Yeah, I've got nothing. If I included manga, I could use Queen of Ragtonia... Oh, apparently when you translate the Japanese title of Excel Saga (Heppoko Jikken Animation Excel Saga), you get Quack Experimental Animation Excel Saga, so that'll work for Q in a convoluted way!

R Rah-Xephon

S Super GALS

T Tiger & Bunny

U Ultramaniac

V Vampire Knight

W Witch Hunter Robin

X X (as in the CLAMP series)

Y Yamada's First Time (but I also considered Yona of the Dawn, only excluding it because it's not complete at this moment)

Z Zero no Tsukaima (a.k.a Familiar of Zero -- Again, as with J, I had to look at the Japanese titles to find one that started with Z.)

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30 Day Manga/Anime Meme - Day 16

16. A manga/an anime that isn't licensed but SHOULD be.

Oh, now here's an easy question: Ginban Kaleidoscope! I want this anime to be licensed so, so much, but I doubt it'll ever happen. It's kinda old (from around 2005 or 2006, I think), and it's a sports (figure skating) anime, which doesn't seem to do very well over here for some reason. Then again, I never thought the second season of Someday's Dreamers would ever make it here either, yet somehow it finally got picked up (thank you, Sentai Filmworks!), so maybe I shouldn't abandon all hope for GK. (Oh, that reminds me that the second season of Story of Saiunkoku would also be a nice licensing pick as well.)

As for manga, my top choice would probably be Naoko Takeuchi's The Cherry Project, which also happens to be about a figure skater. Hey, Codename: Sailor V and the reprint of Sailor Moon are both big hits, so why not license another one of Takeuchi's titles, even if it is old and features a sport? Second choice goes to Kagen no Tsuki by Ai Yazawa of NANA and Paradise Kiss fame. I still don't understand why it hasn't been licensed, especially since the live-action movie based on it was. It's only three volumes long and by a fairly popular mangaka, so it doesn't seem like much of a risk to me. My third pick is either Appare Jipangu or Epotoransu! Mai, both by my favorite mangaka Yuu Watase. The majority of her series have made it over here, but not these two. Again, they're both short -- three and two volumes, respectively -- and by a popular artist, so why not, Viz? (Okay, Epotoransu! Mai isn't all that great, admittedly, but one of the male love interests is a Sailor Moon otaku, and that's cool. :P And it's still pretty decent, just not as amazing as some of her other series.)

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I knew it! (And another 30 Day meme)

From ANN: Sentai Filmworks Adds Someday's Dreamers II Sora TV Anime

It's finally been confirmed! *dances* I knew they had to have this when they announced they had relicensed the first Someday's Dreamers series a couple of months ago. Kind of a clunky English title -- I would have preferred Someday's Dreamers: Summer Sky if they had to use "Someday's Dreamers" to connect it to the first series -- but oh, well. That's just a minor thing. I'll definitely be picking it up when it comes out!

Eek, I'm almost as excited about this as I was about the Sailor Moon manga relicense! Now, if someone would just pick up Ginban Kaleidoscope...but I know that'll never happen.

Moving on, it's time for another fun 30 Day meme. It's been a while since I did one of these! (Snagged from

royalbk, with some minor changes. The original was mostly about manga, but I thought it would be more fun to do both.)

01. Your very first manga/anime

The first anime I ever saw (although I didn't know it was anime at the time) was a movie called The Little Mermaid. (Based on the original story, not the Disney version.) I remember it was the first video we ever bought when we got our first VCR, and I actually still have it. Sailor Moon, however, was both my first anime series and manga series (along with the other series that were published in Mixxzine: Magic Knight Rayearth, Parasyte, and....Ice Blade, I think). It was actually the similarities between Nephrite's death and the mermaid's death -- they both dissolved into bubbles -- that made me realize The Little Mermaid was an anime.

( Days To Come )

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Fannish5 - July 17 & Death Note

I love that this fannish5 question came up today because I just finished watching Death Note last night, an anime chock full of geniuses, evil or otherwise. (Even if only one of them made the cut for this list.) Appropriate, ne?

Name your five favorite geniuses - evil or otherwise - from any fandom.

1. Charlie Eppes (Numb3rs)
2. Yagami Light (Death Note)
3. Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)
4. Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
5. Otori Kyoya (Ouran High School Host Club)

FYI: I completely fail as a fangirl. -_- I totally forgot about Charlie the first time I made this list, since I was focusing mainly on anime. How could I possibly forget the awesomeness and beauty that is Charlie Eppes/David Krumholtz?! I'm not worthy! (In case you're wondering, the character that got cut was George from Paradise Kiss, who I consider an artistic genius.)

Now for my thoughts on Death Note....dgja;ghjafhjalfghj!!!!!

I totally and completely loved it. Definitely up there among my all-time favorite anime, although I had a bit of trouble deciding exactly where to rank it. I wanted to put it either above Super GALS, which is currently my second favorite, or below Fruits Basket, which was my third favorite, so I compromised and put it the middle of those those to for now, making it my new third favorite overall. In any case, it earned a 10 (Masterpiece) rating from me on MyAnimeList, joining an exclusive group consisting of just five other (non-movie) titles: Kaleido Star, Super GALS, Fruits Basket, Princess Nine, and Ginban Kaleidoscope.

Even my mom liked it. She only saw a handful of episodes though, so when I told her I was planning to buy it, she was all "Yay!" *laughs* Now I just have to wait for Right Stuf to have a good sale on it. It's possibly good enough that I would consider buying retail if I had the money, but I do think the retail price is a bit steep for a two-boxset, thirty-seven episode series. Hopefully they'll come up with a cheaper, complete boxset once they finish milking the series for all it's worth. (Ugh, I hate this new trend of splitting up series that don't need to be split up into separate boxsets just to make more money! It's so annoying! I really want to buy Ouran High School Host Club, too, but it's the same deal with that one. At least make the boxsets a bit cheaper! Nobody wants to pay forty, fifty, sixty dollars for only half a season!)

Anyway, back to DN. Favorite character, in case you haven't already guessed from the above list, is Light. As somebody who is against the death penalty, I can't agree with his ideology at all, but dang it if he isn't just totally and completely fascinating as a character. (And he's hot, too, which is always a plus in my book. Added him to my Harem of Bishies, along with Matsuda.) Second favorite is Matsuda, who is just adorable, followed closely by a three-way tie for third place between Light's father, Misa, and Aizawa. Didn't care much for L, although he was an okay character. He was a little too quirky for my taste, I guess. I prefered Near.

And like I predicted a few entries back, of course I've got plot bunnies! -_- Right now I've got a Matsuda/Sayu fic swimming around in my head, but I doubt I'll write anything until I have the chance to watch the series again. It lost me a couple of times with all the Death Note switchings, so I'd rather wait until I have a good grasp of canon before I actually try to write for it. Good thing, too, since I already have enough on my plate!

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Oh, I hate my computer!

For the last month or so, I've been trying to stream episodes of Ginban Kaleidoscope and Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora (the new Someday's Dreamers series). I had been using a site called CrunchyRoll, which worked fine for a while, but then I started having problems with the episodes not buffering all the way. After spending all last week trying to watch Ep. 5 of Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora and only getting as far as the opening song before it conked out, I decided to try YouTube.

Yesterday, it was great. I managed to watch the first part (of three) of the episode with no problems at all.

Today, when trying to watch the second part? You got it: buffering problems yet again! And the workaround they suggested doesn't fix it.

ARG!

*tears out hair*

Oh, why must I be stuck with dial-up? This is driving me insane! I just want to watch the stupid episode; is that too much to ask?

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Oh, happy day!

It's been a good day so far. ^_^ Not only did the troublesome Right Stuf order finally come in, but I just finished watching the first episode of Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto - Natsu no Sora, otherwise known as Someday's Dreamers: Summer Sky, and it was just as wonderful as I thought it would be! (Official opinion on the animation style: It definitely looks better in motion. I rather like it. ^_^)

I'm so glad somebody suggested I try streaming instead of downloading episodes (which would have taken forever on my computer). Streaming actually didn't take as long as I thought, just about five hours for a twenty-five minute episode, which isn't bad at all. That's about as long as it takes to download a volume of manga scanlations (depending on size), so it's certainly doable without my parents getting on my case about tying up the phone line all day.

Man, I'm so psyched! Not only can I watch SD:SS as it is being released in Japan, but I can also finally watch Ginban Kaleidoscope and the two Kaleido Star OAVs that weren't licensed here in the States. *dances*

I'M SO HAAAAAAAAAAAPPYYYYYYYYY!!!!

*glomps everybody reading this entry*

Okay, that's enough of me being annoying. ^_~ I've got new manga to read and episodes to watch!

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The Harem of Bishies

Rereading last night's entry, it occured to me that I don't think I've ever really posted an official list of who is in my hallowed Harem of Bishies. May have done so in my MJ once, but it certainly isn't current.

Sooo...

I present to you, Yumeko's Harem of Bishies!

Helios (from Sailor Moon)
Nephrite (from Sailor Moon)
Hawkseye (from Sailor Moon)
Tigerseye (from Sailor Moon)
Fisheye (from Sailor Moon) - Honorary Member (He does prefer guys after all; I just keep him around for the prettiness ^_^)
Kinomoto Touya (from Card Captor Sakura)
Tooya (from Ayashi no Ceres)
Sohma Shigure (from Fruits Basket)
Sohma Hatori (from Fruits Basket)
Sohma Ayame (from Fruits Basket)
Sohma Kyo (from Fruits Basket
Sohma Hatsuharu (from Fruits Basket)
Hotohori (from Fushigi Yugi)
Yuuki Keisuke (from Fushigi Yugi)
Oyamada Masami (from Someday's Dreamers)
Sasame (from Pretear)
Allen (from Vision of Escaflowne)
Coach Kido (from Princess Nine)
Natsume Seishiro (from Princess Nine)
Hanabishi Kaoru (from Ai Yori Aoshi)
Amawa Hibiki (from I My Me! Strawberry Eggs)
Kamina Ayato (from RahXephon)
Kisaragi Itsuki (from RahXephon)
Yagumo Souichi (from RahXephon)
Fuuma Yousuke (from Wedding Peach)
Night (from Absolute Boyfriend)
Asou Yuya (from Super GALS)
Kotobuki Yamato (from Super GALS)
Yuri Killian (from Kaleido Star)
Leon Oswald (from Kaleido Star)
Lantis (from Magic Knight Rayearth)
George (from Paradise Kiss)
Katakura Kippei (from Aishiteruze Baby)
Mr. Shirakawa (from Piano)
Vash the Stampede (from Trigun)
Nicholas D. Wolfwood (from Trigun)
Tsujiai Hiroki (from Ultramaniac)
Roy Mustang (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
Maes Hughes (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
Russell Tringum (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
Arisugawa Sorata (from X)
Aoki Seiichirô(from X)
Kigai Yuto (from X)
Kuzuki Kakyo (from X)
Saiki Daisuke (from X)
Dr. Wakaoji (from Full Moon wo Sagashite)
Harima Kenji (from School Rumble)
Ichinose Takumi (from NANA)
Takagi Yasushi (from NANA)
D'eon du Beaumont (from Le Chevalier D'eon)
Durand (from Le Chevalier D'eon)
William Jones(from Emma)
Prince Hakim (from Emma)
Chiba (from Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad)
Minami Ryousuke (from Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad)
Mido Seiji (from Moonphase)
Sagara Sousuke (from Full Metal Panic)
Kurz Weber (from Full Metal Panic)
Raimon (from Tsubasa: Those With Wings)
Yagami Light (from Death Note)
Matsuda Touta (from Death Note)
Suoh Tamaki (from Ouran High School Host Club)
Otori Kyoya (from Ouran High School Host Club)
Pete Pumps (from Ginban Kaleidoscope)
Yuichi Aizawa (from Kanon)

Almost twenty guys... I'm such a slut. ^_^

Maybe that quiz that claimed I was into polyamory was right... >.<