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ファイト／ステイナイト 
October 29, 2007 | 
13 Comments
It looks like the plot is finally moving and from the look of things, the first character arc will be given to Ibuki Fukou. I think it makes sense since judging from the storyline, she along with Ichinose Kotomi are the two characters who are most removed from the main plotline. I guess after dealing with these two, we'll either get Kyou's story or Tomoyo's story. I wonder how many episodes will be given to each character. The reason I'm asking is that I've just read a brief summary of the story and it seems there is more to Nagisa story in comparison to the rest of the girls. This means the majority of the series must be devoted to telling her story. If this series is only 24 episodes like Kanon, then the story can't possibly spend too much time on the other girls.
October 22, 2007 | 12 Comments
DREAMS COME TRUE - Aishiteru no Sign (50MB, for PSP/Quicktime) | Aishiteru no Sign (YouTube version) | Mirai Yosouzu II ~VERSION '07~ (YouTube version)
During the last few weeks of my Japanese trip this year, I kept hearing this song playing in several combini and department store. I didn't actually like the song right away but after a couple of repetition, I started to like it. I found out that the song is actually called A·i·shi·te·ru no Sign ~Watashitachi no Mirai Yosouzu~. Yeah, what a title. The fun thing is that this is a theme song for a film called Mirai Yosouzu ~A·i·shi·te·ru no Sign starring Matsushita Nao (Taiyou no Uta) and Takezai Terunosuke (Kamen Rider Blade). Personally, I don't think the two stars have much chemistry. It shows that simply putting two good-looking actors do not always produce chemistry. Moreover, the PV is extremely frothy. It's about a couple of people telling Matsushita's character how they usually express their love to their significant other. Oh well, the song is pretty good and while we're at it, I'll also recommend another song which comes in the same album called Mirai Yosouzu II ~VERSION '07~, to make things even more confusing.
Mirai Yosouzu: www.miraiyosouzu.jp
October 20, 2007 | 12 Comments
I am not as happy about this one mostly because I don't think there's much development happening in the episode. And although I understand that it's futile, I wish the writers could be less obvious about which girl Tomoya will end up with. Oh well, at least the series still maintain some of its comedic trademark. I think it really makes a big difference from other dating-sim based series. I am not too sure about the amount of supporting characters featured in the series though. I guess Kyoto Animation simply want to cover all grounds but some of the characters that have appeared so far seems extraneous at the moment.
October 14, 2007 | 25 Comments
Sorry for the late review. I just came back from my trip to Japan yesterday and was too tired to write anything. Watching this makes me want to go back to Japan again. I miss everything from the food to the scenery. Oh well, I'll go back again next year somehow. Anyway, this is a pretty good second episode, which is a nice surprise. The series manage to maintain a good balance of comedy and drama while develop the mystery one step at a time. We also get to meet the last 2 new members for Tomoya's harem. Although judging from his reaction in this episode, he seems more of a one-girl man than that cad known as Yuuichi. At the moment the episode seems to be share equally between all the girls. I do wonder if future episodes will focus more on specific girl or if it'll continue the way it is now.
This is so disappointing. After such a strong penultimate episode, the writers just let the series end like this without closing many of the plot holes that they've created. I've heard that there's episode 26 coming in one of the DVDs. But wow, that's a really lousy way of ending the series for the television viewers. I don't mind including some unaired episodes on the DVDs, but I think it's really slack of the producers if these episodes actually hold the answers to the storyline. Extra episodes on DVDs should not be anything more than one-off storyline like those Honey and Clover's side stories. I think the worse thing about this episode is that I really get the feeling that they're trying to emulate Evangelion's episode 26, which rivals this episode in its non-conclusion.
This turns out to be a fantastic penultimate episode. Although I don't have attachment to many characters on this series, it was still great to see them go out with a bang. One thing that I think the writers should have established earlier was the rapport between Hei's gang. The four members always work together but there was little team spirit between them in most of their missions. It's not until a few episodes ago they became a true team. In a lot of ways, their group reminds me of the Cowboy Bebop team. Huang's final gesture towards his comrade even remind me of Spike Spiegel's "See You Space Cowboy" finger gesture.
OP Theme: 「メグメル～cuckool mix 2007」(Megumeru cuckool mix 2007) by Eufonius - AVI format (26.6MB) | PSP format (15.6MB)
I can't believe that I almost forgot about the new anime season. Thanks to those of you who emailed me about it. Thankfully there's nothing that really attracts my interest thus far except for Clannad and Genshiken so I don't think I miss out much. As for this series, this is a pretty good start. I actually think the plot moves at a faster pace than the first episode of Kanon. The characters are pretty interesting especially Nagisa's family. I'm not really digging the OP Theme though and the animation that comes with it feels dated. On the other hand, the ED was a rare find. It's offbeat and cute, something which I clearly didn't expect to see from a series like this. On that note, what is it with Key's female character and Japanese bread involving sweet bean paste? First it was the Taiyaki and now An-pan.