Archive for September, 2008

Lucky Star is Back…

Lucky Star OVA pictures

As a OVA that is ^^. According to the Lucky Star website, it looks like it will be on sale starting September 26, only 3 days away for me ^^;;;. Looks like a BGM CD and a Drama CD will be included as well.

Looks like there will be lots of cosplaying in the OVA, including Kagami dress as Miku ^^, she looks quite cute. Of course, being the fang fan boy I am, I’m hoping for more Misao xD, FANG POWER ^^.

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The Summer is Leaving Again

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The title says it all. The summer is leaving again. The season for beaches and tan lines will soon be over. No more vacation, and no more summer parties. Let’s all say goodbye to the hot summer breeze. The atmosphere will be a bit cooler, and the leaves of the trees will start to fall. Fall. It’s almost Fall!

So much for the introduction. I really just wanted to say goodbye to the wonderful series that will be leaving together with the summer.

To Hikari and Kei and the rest of Special A. I will really miss this series. I will miss the battle of love and rivalry. And I will always remember the sweet stories of every one of them.

To Irie and Kotoko and the rest of the characters of Itazura na Kiss. Their sweet love story, for sure, will never die. I will also miss the OP and the ED of this series.

To Code Geass. I have no idea whether this popular series would end this Summer. This Mecha series really rocks!

To Natsume, Nyanko-sensei and the Natsume Yuujinchou. I would definitely watch this again. I will never forget the feeling it made me feel – the goodness and the bittersweet stories.

To Macross Frontier. Indeed, I fell in love with this series since the first time I saw it. The colorful combination of war and music wins!

To Haruka, Yuuto and Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu and the rest of the characters. Love, love, love.

To Minato and his heavenly Sekireis. I won’t miss you! I heard that you will have a second season. LOL. I will be looking forward to it.

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Let’s look at the bright side. New season, new series. Let’s look forward to the new series this Fall. If you have seen the lineup already, you probably have said that, “this is gonna be a good season.”

O Sasa, how are you?

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It’s been over ten years since I’ve gone back to my hometown. On the day I left for my studies abroad I also left my high school love behind as well, I always wonder how she was doing. Her name was Sasa, a beautiful girl whom I became acquainted with when I started high school. She was a new girl in town who enrolled in my class and our homeroom teacher appointed me to show her around the school. Initially I was irritated by this, it was the start of my high school year and already I had something to do. I tried to avoid her as much as possible while still being with her. I took her around the school, hung out with her during our breaks, and sometimes for lunch. The most time we spent together was walking to school and back home together, we lived in the same direction only a couple of blocks away from each other. It was during that time that I got to really know her. Soon we started hanging out with each other more frequently. It was about half a year before I asked her to be my girlfriend outside of her house, she gave me a cute smile and said yes.

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Who the hell am I?

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Konnichiwa.

You’ve guessed it right. This is not AS. Then, who the hell am I?

Most probably, you haven’t heard of me. Anyways, this is Arachnicus. I was once a co-blogger of Rakuen at AnimeKawaii but our site was shut down for some reasons so I ended up being homeless, wandering somewhere in the cyberspace. Rakuen and I had a talk about making a new site but he joined Are-are and left me alone. T_T. I was left all alone until he told me that AS of AnimeSugoi was looking for a co-blogger. And then I applied to AS and, voila, there’s a new blogger at AnimeSugoi.

My anime background if you will, started when I was a kid. Everybody loves anime. My first series are Voltes V, Yu Yu Hakusho and Dragon Ball Z. These series were known by everyone and I was one of those “everyone.” Fast forward to the present. I grew interest on some shows but their identity were unknown to me, so I searched the internet and learned that anime shows are not just the ones I could watch on the television. There were numerous of them. And because I was bored, I decided to download some episodes to kill some time. And since then, before I notice it, I couldn’t stop watching. I was not one of those “everyone” anymore because I think I have crossed the borders from a typical anime watcher to hardcore anime fanatic.

In terms of the shows I enjoy watching, I could say that my taste is pretty diverse. I consider watching almost everything. Shounen, shoujo, action, mecha, mystery, romance, supernatural, comedy,… everything but yaoi. I once planned to watch shounen-ai just to know how it is, but when I saw a .gif image of a guy kissing another guy… goosebumps. Forget it. My favorite genre is probably romance comedy because it never fails warm my heart.

For the blogging style, I don’t really plan to blog about Japan-related articles since AS will always be blogging about that, but who knows, when I find something very interesting I might put it up. I don’t also plan to blog series episodically because I’m not the type who wants to spoil everyone and I admit it, I’m always late whenever episodes come out. Most probably, I might be posting anime news, critical reviews and my personal insights about some Anime- or Japan-related matters.

Phew, so much for my introduction. Hope to get along with you guys.

Arachnicus desu. Yoroshiku ne~

Domo-kun loves Halloween

Domo-kun,the NHK mascot known the world over has teamed up with the American retail company Target to create the short animation.

I find it pretty funny to watch ^^. You have Domo-kun and all his friends celbrating Halloween and having a hilarious but cool dance at the end xD.

Here you can find the making of the animation.

There are many different costumes that Domo-kun is seen in throughout Target stores, including the costume’s you see in the animation. On displays you can see Domo-kun stuffing his mouth with candy corn xD. You can see pictures of it here.

Here’s a look inside the store with all the Domo-kun merchandise.

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Do any of you celebrate Halloween or eat candy corn? I myself don’t celebrate it anymore and don’t like candy corn xD.

What do you look for in a Anime Convention?

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I have gone to a couple anime conventions so far. I enjoy what I see but I always wonder if there could be more. I see anime conventions with all sorts of things from the usual Artist Alley to the interesting like Lolita fashion shows. I was wondering, do any of you have the same thought? What would you do to improve a convention, either your local one or possibly a “fantasy anime convention.” Why do you choose certain anime conventions over others that happen on the same weekend? Is there any type of activity/event at a anime convention like a “Name 100 Anime Characters” game show for example? Tell me your thoughts ^^.