Anime I’d Really Like to See

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Konna no Idol Janain?! 05: Blogging

So Umika is in the club room, and she starts changing from her regular school uniform into a more idol-friendly sailor school uniform (as per Sensei’s instructions).  All of a sudden she notices the side zipper on her skirt has been wide open all day long!

She tells this to the other girls and they’re all impressed that Umika can spend so much time without having to go to the toilet (since she would have realized the skirt problem if she had been to the toilet once).  It’s a good example of the insanely abnormal thought process that these girls indulge in.

Persona 4 17: Plotting

I really enjoyed this episode, especially in how it was paced: the resolution to the Naoto battle in the first half and the setting up of further sleuthing in the second.

The best compliment I can give to this show (and the game it’s based on) is that watching it kinda makes me want to live there.  It just seems like a nice place to be at (except the getting hung upside down part).

Konna no Idol Janain?! 04: Normal

The prof and the girls get to talking about singing, and Umika is ecstatic that now finally the lessons will come upon a topic that’s more like what she thinks idols are all about.

Space Battleship Yamato 2199

This upcoming series looks like it’s going to be top-quality and one of the reasons I hardly ever talk it is because its Leijilessness just makes me sad.

The other reason is that as the title suggests, they’ve decided to remake the original rather than do something totally new.  I always prefer new material.

Persona 4 16 / [Mouretsu Pirates Dropped]

Persona 4

Nothing wrong with this episode, nothing wrong at all~

I’m solidly in new territory with this episode (meaning I didn’t play this part of the game) so please be careful with spoilers.

American Politics

As a thirty-something guy with an academic background in History and a long-held contempt for the political scene, I am shocked (in a good way) that voters in Florida will actually get to see this on their TVs.  It’s something to watch in full, whether you’re an American or not.

Konna no Idol Janain?! 03: Eternal?!

This show is shockingly perverse.  Granted, the series is upfront about it, since the OP chooses to display the six actresses with the shots below:

And of course the fact that the show airs at 1:30 in the morning should tell us something.  3 of the girls being 18-19 years old I guess it’s not as bad as it looks at first sight, but I am sure that the show would have been canceled in America after the first three minutes of episode 1.

Persona 4 15 / Mouretsu Pirates 3: The Truth

Persona 4

Was it alcohol that the kids drank that night?  Yes, it was.

Battling Together With Captain Harlock

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LEIJI MATSUMOTO

[A new Space Pirate Captain Harlock fansite is online today.  The French site is [here] and it’s the product of a collaboration between various Francophone Leijiverse superfans.  In addition, it features content by starblazers.com‘s Tim Eldred and a review of a Harlock video game by myself.  Since the review on the site is in French, I’m posting below the original English version for those interested.  Do check out the site.  It’s gorgeous!!]

“…Tochiro finally broke through to where Emeraldas and Harlock were already fighting Commander Nurem.  They knew that the Mazone leader would not surrender and that this would be a fight to the death.  As it turned out, Tochiro didn’t have to do anything.  He just watched as Emeraldas fired one well-placed gravity beam and the Mazone burst into flames, howling as she went.  The invasion had been thwarted for the moment, but Miime and Yuki lay dead, never to return…”

No, this is not my feeble attempt at fan fiction.  It isn’t a dream I had either (in my dream it’s Daiba that dies).  This is actually what I did the other day, playing the game Space Pirate Captain Harlock (SPCH) and beating Stage One in 7 turns, but at a terrible cost!