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Hyakko 8

Yoo — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:46:08 +0000

The first thing to notice when episode 8 of Hyakko starts is that the opening sequence is slightly different. Instead of just reused footage from the show itself, we actually get to see some of the characters animated in their own shots. The actual episode starts off with an odd lack of color, where students [...]

Calamitous Intents

Yoo — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:43:35 +0000

Calamitous Intents is one of the few anime blogs that I read regularly, which means it also goes into my links page. Considering how short my links page is, however, I might consider moving the links to the sidebar eventually. In any case, Calamitous Intents is a group blog that goes into anime [...]

Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae 8

Yoo — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:49:38 +0000

Episode 8 of Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae, “Neighbor”, starts off with a middle-aged woman just buying a bracelet from a home shopping channel. A few days later when Yuzuki is coming back from school, she sees Kikuri chasing down a chihuahua dog. When Yuzuki picks up the dog, Kikuri demands it, saying that it would look [...]

Shikabane Hime: Aka 8

Yoo — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:06:33 +0000

Episode 8 of Shikabane Hime: Aka, “Tranquility”, begins with Makina still at it against Mitsuyoshi. She’s doing pretty well by taking full advantage of the fact that she currently doesn’t have a right arm. But Minai’s contract monk Shuuji wants to have all the credit, and doesn’t want Makina to defeat the shikabane [...]

Hyakko 7

Yoo — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:05:49 +0000

The first half of episode 7 of Hyakko, “Hundredth year since meeting of fox and tiger”, starts off with Yanagi, the capitalist from episode 5, and Koma ready to enthusiastically take new pictures for the new season, as new demand is created with the switch to summer school uniforms. A bored friend of Yanagi’s [...]

Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae 7

Yoo — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:50:26 +0000

Episode 7 of Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae 7, “Liar”, starts off with a new transfer student, Inuo Atsushi, to a neighboring class of Yuzuki’s. Outwardly, he seems to be a pretty great kid that soon becomes popular with everyone, with great manners and good at sports. The odd circumstances of his transfer, odd because [...]

Shikabane Hime: Aka 7

Yoo — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:51:38 +0000

Episode 7 of Shikabane: Aka, “Soul of False Words”, starts off in a subway, where a group of teenagers are disruptively loud as someone is ominously typing words in a computer. And one of the words typed is that the author will administer justice against those who commit evil. This is soon borne [...]

Hyakko 6

Yoo — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:18:44 +0000

Episode 6 of Hyakko, “Tiger on both sides of three houses over there”, begins with Torako, Suzume, and Ayumi hurrying off somewhere when school ends. Tatsuki feels somewhat excluded, despite being annoyed by Torako the other times she was dragged somewhere, as she thinks to herself. Or actually, Nene narrating what Torako should [...]

Slayers Evolution-R in January

Yoo — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:38:14 +0000

It’s official now (actually a couple of weeks now, I’m a little slow on the update): Slayers Evolution-R will be broadcast on AT-X in January next year. We’ll finally get to see the other half of the plot started by Slayers Revolution. And the theme song single CD by Hayashibara Megumi has already [...]

Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae 6

Yoo — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:17:43 +0000

Episode 6 of Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae, “My Teacher”, starts off with a lone girl in a street connecting to the Jigoku Tsushin with her cellphone. Once connected, Kikuri appears and gives the girl an eyeball, obviously in reference to Ichimoku Ren. The episode then pans to the opening sequence. After the opening credits, we [...]