sequel of (The) World God Only Knows (TV)
Alternative title:
Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai (Japanese)
神のみぞ知るセカイ (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, romance, supernatural
Themes: moe, ren'ai, school life, spirits
The website of the Japanese toy retail group Takarajima Create Group has posted a solicitation sheet that revealed that the second season of the Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai anime has been green-lit for broadcast in April of next year.
The World Only God Knows II Episode 1
The World Only God Knows II Episode 1 part 2
The first volume of this two-part series is pitched perfectly to the expectations of the pedestrian BL consumer. It takes place in a school catering to the offspring of the powerful and features a burgeoning romantic relationship between two students, the up and coming Tamiya and the rich bad boy Tohdou. Tamiya is a neurotic nerd, conscious of his classmates' inherited privilege and deeply contemptuous of it. Tohdou is a seemingly carefree soul with secret depths who may remind Yoshinaga fans of a long-haired Ono, from Antique Bakery. A wild kiss at a drunken party is an explosively introduces the two men to each other. But while Tohdou fast proves himself to be a libertine who is open about his homosexuality, Tamiya is in every respect his opposite, and although he secretly fantasizes about Tohdou, he is absolutely unwilling to admit that they are anything more than friends. However, when he develops an unreciprocated crush on one of his professors, he Tamiya realizes that he can no longer deny the nature of his attraction to others and falls into Tohdou's arms for a night.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Tiger & Bunny Episode 4 streaming ost
Release date 2011-04
Alternative title:
タイガー＆バニー (Japanese)
Themes: mecha
The anime's website
http://www.tigerandbunny.net/
Cast
Hiroaki Hirata as Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (Wild Tiger)
Masakazu Morita as Barnaby Brooks Jr.
Minako Kotobuki as Karina Lyle (Blue Rose)
Taiten Kusunoki as Rock Bison
Mariya Ise as Dragon Kid
Kenjiro Tsuda as Fire Emblem
Go Inoue as Sky High
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Origami Cyclone
Tiger & Bunny 04
http://www.mediafire.com/?diw546s5ahc49pw
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Tiger and Bunny Episode 4 part 1
Tiger and Bunny Episode 4 part 2
Tiger & Bunny 03
http://www.mediafire.com/?5eei8gnt2ekkc30
Crisis's world also offers many opportunities for action, which the series seizes with zeal uncharacteristic of a romantic comedy. The series kicks off with an episode that has Ryuji and Eriko in a running gun-battle punctuated by Rose torching a city block; by episode three it has knocked a skyscraper in half X-style and instigated a flame-shrouded dragon death-match. Later arcs are less spectacular, but solid animation—particularly of fluid, textured flames, but also of Ai the wolf girl's athletic burgling and other less spectacular magical effects—keep the action interesting, and occasionally intense. The action scenes' biggest foes are Masashi Ishihama's character designs, whose irregular chipmunk cheeks and wide-eyed innocence just don't lend themselves to ass-kicking coolness. A score that functions as a kind of blinking applause light for your emotions isn't exactly beneficial either, especially as it's at its most unsubtle when trying to goose up the action. Both the score and the designs, which are cute if not cool, work better with the series' lighter content, which also showcases Studio DEEN's subtler character animation without the interference of the shortcuts necessitated by involved action sequences. Studio Tulip does its usual job with the backgrounds, as does Yui Horie with the interesting start-and-stop opening theme.
Of course, Dragon Crisis!'s action is no more imaginative than the rest of it. You'd need to excavate a goodly portion of your brain and stow it between the frozen peas and double-fudge ice-cream not to see the conclusion of every fight even before they begin. But hey, that's why they put the word dumb in dumb fun. Keep your expectations in check and the show won't hurt you...too bad.
Alternative title:
タイガー＆バニー (Japanese)
Themes: mecha
The anime's website
http://www.tigerandbunny.net/
Cast
Hiroaki Hirata as Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (Wild Tiger)
Masakazu Morita as Barnaby Brooks Jr.
Minako Kotobuki as Karina Lyle (Blue Rose)
Taiten Kusunoki as Rock Bison
Mariya Ise as Dragon Kid
Kenjiro Tsuda as Fire Emblem
Go Inoue as Sky High
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Origami Cyclone
Tiger & Bunny 04
http://www.mediafire.com/?diw546s5ahc49pw
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Tiger and Bunny Episode 4 part 1
Tiger and Bunny Episode 4 part 2
Tiger & Bunny 03
http://www.mediafire.com/?5eei8gnt2ekkc30
Crisis's world also offers many opportunities for action, which the series seizes with zeal uncharacteristic of a romantic comedy. The series kicks off with an episode that has Ryuji and Eriko in a running gun-battle punctuated by Rose torching a city block; by episode three it has knocked a skyscraper in half X-style and instigated a flame-shrouded dragon death-match. Later arcs are less spectacular, but solid animation—particularly of fluid, textured flames, but also of Ai the wolf girl's athletic burgling and other less spectacular magical effects—keep the action interesting, and occasionally intense. The action scenes' biggest foes are Masashi Ishihama's character designs, whose irregular chipmunk cheeks and wide-eyed innocence just don't lend themselves to ass-kicking coolness. A score that functions as a kind of blinking applause light for your emotions isn't exactly beneficial either, especially as it's at its most unsubtle when trying to goose up the action. Both the score and the designs, which are cute if not cool, work better with the series' lighter content, which also showcases Studio DEEN's subtler character animation without the interference of the shortcuts necessitated by involved action sequences. Studio Tulip does its usual job with the backgrounds, as does Yui Horie with the interesting start-and-stop opening theme.
Of course, Dragon Crisis!'s action is no more imaginative than the rest of it. You'd need to excavate a goodly portion of your brain and stow it between the frozen peas and double-fudge ice-cream not to see the conclusion of every fight even before they begin. But hey, that's why they put the word dumb in dumb fun. Keep your expectations in check and the show won't hurt you...too bad.
A Channel Episode 4 sub
Genres: comedy, slice of life
Original creator: bb Kuroda
Cast
Aoi Yūki as Tōru
Kaori Fukuhara as Run
Minako Kotobuki as Yūko
Yumi Uchiyama as Nagi
The story revolves around the everyday life of four high school girls: the flighty Run, the reckless Tōru, the timid Yūko, and the level-headed Nagi.
watch A Channel Episode 4 part 1
watch A Channel Episode 4 part 2
A Channel 04
http://www.mediafire.com/?94ukzo5lvgn343m
A Channel 03
http://www.mediafire.com/?98cjkjv09n332bc
Where most companies handle dubs with kid gloves, Funimation often wades in barehanded. Such is the case with Tsubasa. Some passages, particularly those Fai/Kurogane exchanges that flirt with shounen-ai, are altered to the point that the feel and in some cases, even the meaning are nearly lost. But then, Tsubasa is hardly a sacred cow. To be sure the changes that alter entire scenes are questionable, but most of the others (and there are enough to send sticklers for accuracy into the hills) are positive. The script is livelier than the original (which isn't a great feat) and periodically quite clever in its translations (a potentially sticky sequence involving formal Japanese is defused by using, would you believe it, formal English), and the performances, still cast and acted with perception and skill, are warmer and easier to relate to. It remains a fine work, so long as you ignore that nagging urge to make fresh-squeezed rabbit-thing juice out of strident little Mokona.
Original creator: bb Kuroda
Cast
Aoi Yūki as Tōru
Kaori Fukuhara as Run
Minako Kotobuki as Yūko
Yumi Uchiyama as Nagi
The story revolves around the everyday life of four high school girls: the flighty Run, the reckless Tōru, the timid Yūko, and the level-headed Nagi.
watch A Channel Episode 4 part 1
watch A Channel Episode 4 part 2
A Channel 04
http://www.mediafire.com/?94ukzo5lvgn343m
A Channel 03
http://www.mediafire.com/?98cjkjv09n332bc
Where most companies handle dubs with kid gloves, Funimation often wades in barehanded. Such is the case with Tsubasa. Some passages, particularly those Fai/Kurogane exchanges that flirt with shounen-ai, are altered to the point that the feel and in some cases, even the meaning are nearly lost. But then, Tsubasa is hardly a sacred cow. To be sure the changes that alter entire scenes are questionable, but most of the others (and there are enough to send sticklers for accuracy into the hills) are positive. The script is livelier than the original (which isn't a great feat) and periodically quite clever in its translations (a potentially sticky sequence involving formal Japanese is defused by using, would you believe it, formal English), and the performances, still cast and acted with perception and skill, are warmer and easier to relate to. It remains a fine work, so long as you ignore that nagging urge to make fresh-squeezed rabbit-thing juice out of strident little Mokona.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Ao no Exorcist Episode 2 video update
adapted from Blue Exorcist (manga)
Alternative title:
Blue Exorcist
青の祓魔師（エクソシスト） (Japanese)
Genres: action, comedy, drama, supernatural
Themes: demons
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures Inc.
Broadcaster:
MBS (2011-04-10)
TBS (2011-04)
Production:
Ao No Exorcist Production Committee
MBS
Ao no Exorcist Episode 2
Ao no Exorcist Episode 2 part 2
Ao no Exorcist 01
http://www.mediafire.com/?6b91u5h0e14yt5h
Unfortunately, this run also suffers from most of the major flaws of the franchise, too. Most evident here is the gross overuse of lengthy flashbacks, both to earlier scenes in this set and to new background scenes. Granted, some of these are necessary to establish firm character motivations for key characters, but not every character needs a full episode (or more) of background-building, and certainly not in the middle of a battle every single time and with the same sappy recorder tune every single time. Some of these flashbacks are just flat-out tedious and even the most dedicated fans are likely to groan upon seeing nearly half of a ten episode block chewed up by these flashbacks at one point. The series has shown signs of trying much, much too hard to make its non-star characters sympathetic ever since about the midpoint of the Chunin exams, and this may be the worst run of episodes in that respect. Even Sasuke's absolutely crucial background scenes beat certain points into the ground.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri Episode 43
Summary: The Fairytale World is in trouble. Its princesses and their respective worlds are disappearing, causing a ripple effect in the human world where their stories are popular. In order to save the Fairytale World, the Queen sends three magic animals, Sei, Dai, and Ryoku, to the human world with magic gems to find three girls who can become the "Super Miracle Idols," the princesses Snow White, Cinderella, and Kaguya-hime. Those "princesses" end up being three little girls: Yukimori Ringo, Takashiro Layla, and Sasahara Natsuki. But the gems transform them into older singing superstars, and after their accidental debut at the singer Wish's concert, they become known as "Little Princesses," or "LilPri." Now they must collect Happiness Tones from humans in order to restore the Fairytale World.
watch Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri Episode 43 part 1
watch Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri Episode 43 part 2
Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri 43 http://www.mediafire.com/?tt73ll3vlmq4d47
Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri 42 http://www.mediafire.com/?ggn0g9kk1dk2a07
Vampire Knight DVD 3
Perhaps aware that its love triangle was eating it whole, this is the show setting out to prove that it can move beyond lovelorn teens and perverse romance and still succeed. The short of it? It does.
watch Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri Episode 43 part 1
watch Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri Episode 43 part 2
Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri 43 http://www.mediafire.com/?tt73ll3vlmq4d47
Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri 42 http://www.mediafire.com/?ggn0g9kk1dk2a07
Vampire Knight DVD 3
Perhaps aware that its love triangle was eating it whole, this is the show setting out to prove that it can move beyond lovelorn teens and perverse romance and still succeed. The short of it? It does.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
OP Yuria 100 Shiki Chapter 70
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/yuria_100_shiki/
Although the first episode doesn't make it clear, the premise of this apparently original anime project will involve Jinta having to reassemble the members of the old gang to bring resolution to Menma's last wish - and, by implication, to themselves as well. Given what has been shown so far, that won't be easy to do, as the friends have drifted far apart in the wake of Menma's death, but that is also exactly what gives the series so much potential. While the first half of the episode has a lighter feel, the second half (i.e. from the point where viewers should figure out that Menma is dead) has all of the feel and form of a weighty drama, the kind which seems determined to explore deeply-ingrained emotions rather than just treat them as tools for manipulating viewers, and so far it is executing that well. The writing is definitely a grade above most series this season; one scene where Menma returns to visit her family is silently wrenching, but little of the other dialog seems trite, either. The background art is sharp, the character designs, while not up to the background art standards in rendering, are not entirely generic, the gentle musical score hits just the right note, and the opener is one of the neatest of the season to date.
The “ghost girl” idea may be a little gimmicky, but the execution so far makes this one a winner.
Although the first episode doesn't make it clear, the premise of this apparently original anime project will involve Jinta having to reassemble the members of the old gang to bring resolution to Menma's last wish - and, by implication, to themselves as well. Given what has been shown so far, that won't be easy to do, as the friends have drifted far apart in the wake of Menma's death, but that is also exactly what gives the series so much potential. While the first half of the episode has a lighter feel, the second half (i.e. from the point where viewers should figure out that Menma is dead) has all of the feel and form of a weighty drama, the kind which seems determined to explore deeply-ingrained emotions rather than just treat them as tools for manipulating viewers, and so far it is executing that well. The writing is definitely a grade above most series this season; one scene where Menma returns to visit her family is silently wrenching, but little of the other dialog seems trite, either. The background art is sharp, the character designs, while not up to the background art standards in rendering, are not entirely generic, the gentle musical score hits just the right note, and the opener is one of the neatest of the season to date.
The “ghost girl” idea may be a little gimmicky, but the execution so far makes this one a winner.
Anime Area no Kishi Ch 69
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/area_no_kishi/
Jinta “Jintan” Yadomi was once the leader of the “Super Peace Busters,” a group of friends who hung out together in elementary school. The group drifted apart in high school, though, with Jintan becoming a virtual shut-in. The only one from the group that he still associates with is Meiko “Menma” Honma, a girl whose wish he once promise to fulfill. There's just one big catch: Meiko is dead, and has been for several years. No one else can see the Menma who hangs around with him, though she does seem to have a physical presence. Jintan is not the only one of the former friends who seems to carry regrets about Menma, though his are the biggest, for the day she died was the day he had intended to apologize for something mean that he had said to her, something that he didn't mean at all.
Jinta “Jintan” Yadomi was once the leader of the “Super Peace Busters,” a group of friends who hung out together in elementary school. The group drifted apart in high school, though, with Jintan becoming a virtual shut-in. The only one from the group that he still associates with is Meiko “Menma” Honma, a girl whose wish he once promise to fulfill. There's just one big catch: Meiko is dead, and has been for several years. No one else can see the Menma who hangs around with him, though she does seem to have a physical presence. Jintan is not the only one of the former friends who seems to carry regrets about Menma, though his are the biggest, for the day she died was the day he had intended to apologize for something mean that he had said to her, something that he didn't mean at all.
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