Short summary : After a fight with his father, Ikuto runs away from home and decides to board a ship for taking some vacation. But the ship is hit by a storm, and Ikuto wakes up later on an isolated island full of girls who are still living like in the medieval era.

Well… really typical harem anime. A bit crazy, but far less than Seto no Hanayome. It’s silly and there is no drama, so it’s the kind of lighthearted servicey show you can watch if you have too much time in your hands. Personally, I’ve sticked with this show mostly because the heroine Suzu is dubbed by Yui Horie (this time into “Manabi-mode” instead of “Yasuna-mode”) and for knowing more about Rin who I was interested in at first. But for a show about an island full of girls, I sure didn’t feel any yuri vibes.

Finally I enjoy it quite a bit, mostly for its lightheartedness and some of the characters, Ayane, Chikage-san (dubbed by Shizuka Ito, aka Akiha-sama/Hinagiku/Darry), Rin (dubbed by Ryoko Shiraishi, aka Hayata-kun) and Shinobu.

Rin the carpenter. I’ve always been into boyish/tomboy characters, so she’s naturally the character I liked at first. She’s in fact a bit clumsy and feminine, and is actually better as a cooker than as a carpenter.

I guess it’s a rule in manga/anime (Japan ?) : put 2 girls in a bath and it will end up with breasts-fondling action.

You know, ever since I started to watch this show, there is something that I find “attractive” about Ayane, but I can’t tell what it is… maybe her “unattractiveness” ? Anyway, she ended up being my favorite character with no reason, even though she’s bratty and irritating. I wish Machi-nee could give her a break sometimes. ;_;

Episode 18, Shinobu appears. A clumsy ninja AND samurai. She rapidly became my second favorite. This is also because she is dubbed by the seiyuu of Mugi from Hitohira, Orie Kimoto, a beginner seiyuu who I’m already fan of.

Still dunno what I like about her.

This show really got a nice cast, since this character from episodes 19 & 20 was dubbed by Yuki Matsuoka (Tsuruya-san). Awesome scene, btw.

Zettai muri !

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Short summary : Haruka, a girl from the countryside, moves to Tokyo because of an audition for becoming an idol, but she has in fact been chosen for defending Earth from falling meteors by piloting a giant mecha.

The only similarity between this anime and the game I talked about before is the name.

I still don’t get the point of making an anime based on a game if half of the characters actually don’t share the design and/or personality of their former self (duh Azusa and Yayoi >_> ), well except of course for blatant commercial aspect thanks to the iM@S franchise.

Even more incomprehensible when a idol raising/dating-sim game is transformed into a shitty mecha anime. Yeah, I said it earlier, I hate mecha animes, so I’d have rather seen a typical harem comedy show.

But well, I couldn’t not watch it, since it was somewhat related to a game I’m interested in, I had to give it a watch. Moreover, Iori and Yukiho are respectively dubbed by the seiyuu of Tomari and Yasuna from Kashimashi, Yukari Tamura and Yui Horie (Tomari is one of my fav manga/anime characters ever, and Yui Horie is my favorite seiyuu).

And… ok I must admit that even if I really disliked this show at first, I grew some sympathy for it. When there isn’t all that mecha crap, it’s in my opinion a decent show. Mostly when the episodes are centered on Iori or Yukiho. The mecha lovers actually think that these character-centered episodes are boring, but really, I think they are the best episodes of the show (fuck the purists, anyway).

Again, it’s because of some specific characters that I started to watch a show, and that I’m still watching it. Yeah, I don’t need more reason, having at least a character I like is enough for sticking with an anime. And Iori and Yukiho are the main reason I’m watching this show. Iori is a lovely boyish and tsundere character, and Yukiho is a gentle girl with a hidden comical side.

Episode 5 was a nice Yukiho-centered episode, which ended with this great Haruka x Yukiho scene. Yuri even makes shitty mecha anime being better.

So basically, Haruka and her robot are in love with each others. LOL mecha animes…
But I kinda like the idea of Haruka keeping everythings secret from her friend Yayoi, and that this very one is thinking that Haruka got a boyfriend when she’s speaking of her mecha.

Haruka has to flash her mecha for making it more obedient… and the mecha is actually recording the whole scene, lol. Well all the girl x mecha love crap is so ridiculous that you may find it eventually funny.

Episode 10 was an awesome Iori-centered episode. She reminds me so much of Tomari, and not only because they share the same seiyuu. I so liked this scene, when she run hiding herself without any words to let her joy explode, so cute.

Her forehead shines during action scenes, and that’s awesome.

And well, she’s a tsundere.

Episode 11. What is the best way to prevent someone from dying by cold ? The japanese method : skinship. (classic)

The Iori from the flashbacks looked like the Iori from the game.

OMG Kamina reincarnated into Iori.

My favorite episode so far was the 20th, which was love and tears.

It starts with what is surely the best scene of the show, the grand reunion between the twins Ami & Mami, after that Mami was being “trapped” and put into coma for 7 years into her mecha, which wanted to cure her while she was in a close-to-death state after a serious injury.

Then, it turned in a Nanaka 6/17 kind of way, which was nice.

Half of episode 20, Haruka broke after that Yukiho betrayed her and joined the enemy, and started to act creepy (and Iori is still great).

… before turning into a totally cute (without these stupid ribbons) hikikomori (end of ep 20 and most of ep 21). After that the ep was Chihaya and Azusa-san centered, respectively about their mecha love and adopted father love (duh).

Joseph is the funniest character of the show.

Episode 24… Azusa died in a pretty fucked way, Haruka confessed her love to her mecha, and Chihaya is deh new Sephiroth… but I must confess that I’m looking forward to the final fight between Haruka and Yukiho.

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Wait… what ? didn’t Lucky Star end already ? There was even a post about it already…

yeah but heh… a.f.k. just released their release of the 21th episode, so it makes a good reason to watch this great episode again, the one with the school trip to Nara and Kyoto.

Even when Miyuki is speaking, Kagamin can’t take her eyes off Kona-chan.

Patty got a little appearance in this episode. I hope she will get more screentime if there is a second season. The manga totally ignores her, sadly. :/

Hiyorin’s only appearance was win.

After she saw Tsukasa being nearly raped by a bunch of deers, Konata lures Kagamin because she wants to be raped by her… am I wrong ?

As I said in the previous post about Lucky Star, Konata was the only one who noticed Kagamin’s change of attitude.

This scene was very painful for me to watch.

We love Kagamei.

The previous comment says everything, I guess.

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Dennou Coil 13, great episode again. Fumie-chan rocks <3

Last episode of Gurren Lagann was epic, but last episode of Seto no Hanayome was quite epic too. XD

I noticed that I didn’t even post any screenshots of Akeno, aka the “Nayamashi Banchou”, in the previous Seto no Hanayome post, even though she’s my second favorite. Old-fashionned kendoka girls à la Motoko (Love Hina) always rock.

Delicious Maki, Masa-san, and Shark Fujishiro, the kick-ass trio.

Overally, it was a pretty funny show. Sometimes a little too crazy, but it had also some hilarious moments and parodies.

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Short summary : In a world where people lives underground, Simon, a digger, finds a mysterious robot head. When he’s about to show his find to Kamina, a guy who dreams to go on the surface, a giant robot and a girl fighting against it fall down in Simon’s village.

Honestly, what can I say about this show ?

Best show of 2007, period.

I must confess that if I started to watch this show, it’s only because I saw some Yoko fanarts. ‘Cause actually, I hate mecha animes. But after watching the 3 first episodes straight, I could say one thing : before being a mecha anime, this show is firstly an awesome anime. Just like Escaflowne. It has mecha, but you just don’t think about it ’cause the show is just too fuckin great.

Also, Kamina : coolest male character I saw in my life.

Epic. You can summarize this show by this word. Dunno why, but the more it became “exaggerated”, the more it was exciting and great to watch. I truly enjoyed seeing the main characters becoming more and more powerful, and kicking everybody’s ass in some gigantic fights. And it got a great and “real” ending, so I’m fully satisfied with this show and, rather than feeling empty that it finished, I’m happy that I could see such a great show.

Yoko, the hot gunman. She is awesomely kick-ass. I would have never watched this show if I didn’t see so much fanarts of her. Well I didn’t know she was 14 though. XD

We shed manly tears.

Nia, the ultimate loveness, dubbed by the extremly graceful voice of Sarah Adiemus’s seiyuu (Yukari Fukui). The first encounter between Simon and Nia will be I think one of my favorite moments in anime history.

Obligatory beach episode. More Nia.

A short-haired Nia is fine too.

Darry, she was the #1 girl of the show for some episodes. She’s cool, serious, mature and totally rocks. Moreover, she’s dubbed by Shizuka Itou (Akiha-sama/Hinagiku).

Man, I should be ashamed for flooding this post with Nia fanservice, and for not taking more screenshots of the other characters or some of the awesome scenes. But really, the show was so captivating that I didn’t even think of taking screenshots…

A real man won’t die even if he’s killed.

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(typo intended)

Isumi is awesome.

Ayumu-oujou-sama <3

2 nice episodes, but Hinagiku was nowhere to be seen…

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ps : this post is a good exemple of what the anime posts were supposed to look like at first… >_<

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Il y a un RPG que tous les “puristes” s’accordent à qualifier de “pire RPG de tous les temps” : Legend of Foresia, ou Blaze & Blade hors-pays francophones, sorti en 98 sur PS1 et PC.

Mais bon, moi les puristes je leur chie dans le cou, Foresia est un de mes jeux cultes. Je l’ai kiffé dès les premières minutes, j’y ai même joué autant qu’un Final Fantasy, collecté 99 Ecus du Destin pour avoir la meilleure arme, et même, et ça je dois etre un des seuls au monde, fini le jeu.

C’est vrai que je dois avouer que si j’aime ce jeu, c’est peut-etre plus pour “ce qu’il aurait pu être” plutot que pour ce qu’il est vraiment. Foresia est un mix “parfait” entre l’action-RPG à la japonaise style Secret of Mana, et le RPG occidental non-linéaire style Baldur’s Gate et tous les jeux tirés de Dungeons & Dragons. En plus, il est jouable à 4 simultanément, et on peut créer son équipe librement parmi 16 persos stylés “manga”, répartis en 8 classes (guerrier, voleur, nain, magicien, etc) et des 2 sexes. Il possède aussi une excellente durée de vie, avec des donjons qui laissent apparaitre de nouveaux secrets une fois le niveau d’experience plus elevé.

Mais voilà, c’est sans compter sur un nombre hallucinant de défauts : 3D immonde, jouabilité atroce, impossibilté d’échanger des objets de l’inventaire entre les persos (autrement que par un systeme inutile d’enchères), seuls le(la) Guerrier(re) et le(la) Nain(e) peuvent survivre aux attaques d’un boss ou d’un monstre un peu trop fort, 3 blocs de sauvegardes par persos (donc 12 pour une partie !), et j’en passe… mais bon c’est ce qui fait son charme aussi.

Un autre détail amusant/consternant (rayez la mention inutile) : alors que de veritable chefs-d’oeuvre du RPG ne sont jamais arrivé en France (Final Fantasy 6, Chrono Trigger, et autres), ou bien beneficie d’une traduction déplorable (FF7) quand ils ne sont pas carrement laissés en anglais, Foresia lui beneficie d’une traduction française EXCEPTIONNELLE (et là je vanne pas ^^; ).

Lors de la création du personnage, à defaut de pouvoir modifier son physique, on peut choisir sa personnalité, et ça c’est totalement inédit dans un RPG. Et donc la traduction française rend très bien les 8 différents styles de language (Neutre, Courtois, Suranné, Enfantin, Excité, Flegmatique, Direct et Taciturne; à noter que le style “Excité” est un style caillera XD ), qui en plus diffèrent selon si le personnage est masculin ou féminin (oui avec les -e à la fin et tout, ceux qui ont la même experience que moi des jeux savent que c’est assez “exceptionnel” quand on compare avec les jeux de l’époque), ce qui nous donne 16 styles. Mieux encore, les PNJ aussi vous parlent en tenant compte de votre sexe et classe (mention spéciale au dernier boss qui a fait du gringue à ma guerrière avant le combat final).

Vraiment j’ai pris mon pied avec ce jeu.

Enfin bref, tout ça pour introduire la vidéo du jour : l’intro française du jeu, tout juste rippée par moi-même avec amour de mon propre jeu, et qui est “culte” à sa façon aussi grace à son magnifique doublage (mention spéciale pour le Guerrier).

Legend of Foresia – French Intro

Ok, c’est parti ! En route pour de nouvelles aventures !

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Short summary : A guy has to move in a old mansion where his sister is working as a maid. On the way, he dies when saving a blonde woman from an accident. He wakes up later in a morgue, resurrected by the blonde woman who granted him immortal life and made him her servant.

Watched the “last” episode yesterday. It was a decent show, though being kinda typical. The main guy sucked, but the girls were quite kick-ass (I guess it’s the new tendency nowadays, shows in which female characters are much cooler than the male characters). Also, I appreciated how the ambiance went totally different from an episode to another. Most of the episodes were either typical action or funny, while some episodes were very serious (like an episode highly influenced by Silent Hill).

There is just a thing that bugged me : what with all these “look forward to next season !” endings recently ? (yeah, I watched “last” episode of Kaze no Stigma a few days earlier)

Well, good thing if THERE IS actually more, not if they just leave the things like that. And I hope too that we won’t have to wait 4 or 5 years for a second season like Gunslinger Girl (and I’m still waiting my School Rumble third semester).

Hime-sama, the blonde princess who have fun slaying monsters with a chain-saw. This scene was particularly awesome. Hime rocks.

Hiro, pretty useless main guy.

Liza Wildman, hot-blooded half-werewolf biker, my favorite of the show. She fights with her big fluffy paws. <3
OMG LIZA WAIRUDOMAN IS HOT.

Flandre, the android child with awesome strength but no feelings. The two episodes that centered on her were great. fuga

Reiri-san, a cool vampire and quite an instigator who only acts in her own interest. She’s dubbed by Mamiko Noto, aka Yakumo from School Rumble.

Reiri-san wants Hime-sama. Well, Hime-sama’s blood, that is.

Liza gets her yuri too, first with a one-episode character.

Then, quite unexpectdly with Reiri-san. And the show suddenly became awesome.

Hime’s little sister, Sherwood-hime (awesome name XD ). The obligatory irritating ojou-sama. Well it was easy to predict that she would fall for the useless Hiro, but it was amusing regardless.

I was both LOL and WTF at this.

fuga

On a side note, the show got some awesome ED too.

October 1st, 2007. I’m still alive.

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If you don’t have enough Lucky Star, you still have fanmade episodes.

With these four 5-minutes video, you have a full new episode already.

Video 1 – Video 2 –Video 3 – Video 4

These are not subbed, so you need some knowledge in moonspeak for fully enjoying them.

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Short summary : A guy is saved from drowning by a mermaid, and has to marry her now that he knows her true identity, as said in the Mermaids’ Rule. For making the things worse, the mermaid is from an “undersea” yakuza family, and her father is very protective.

Adapted from a manga by the same author as “My Name is Zushio”. If you ever read that piece of pure crazyness, well you can expect kinda the same crazyness and absurd humor here. Sure this anime is crazy, maybe a little too much I would dare to say. Sometime I feel exhausted after watching an episode of Seto.

That may be the only “bad point” of the show, if you can even call this a bad point. Except that, it’s your typical school love-comedy. Some funny moments, some fanservice, and some nice characters.

San, the heroine. Most of the time a nice and kind girl, but can unexpectedly go totally random over various things. She has also a very manly side. Dubbed by Haruko Momoi.

Runa, San’s rival. I found her so irritating in the beginning (well, I still think she’s somewhat irritating), but as I said before : characters who confess their love properly to the main guy get extra win points from me. Fight-o, Runa-chan.

‘Delicious’ Maki, the killer liliputian. A funny character, one of my favorite from the show. I wish there was a ‘human-sized Maki’ episode but since there is only one episode left, it will most likely never happen.

Mawari, the policeman’s daughter. Cute, short and bossy, my favorite character from the show. She also likes to act naughty with the class rep. She made me think of Haruhi at first.

The nameless, ignored and unlucky ‘Iinchou’ (class rep). You can’t help but want to support her… ’cause heh, iinchou are awesome.

Mawari with a ouendan uniform. As you might expect, she’s the type who is popular with girls, which makes even more win points for her.

Masa-san, pure GARness, with awesome voice and afro. A totally cool, reliable yet funny yakuza, I’m a fan. He’s the main guy’s first kiss. XD

The main guy’s mom, definitely the cutest of all the characters. Anime MILF, but sadly she doesn’t have so much screentime. She wants Masa-san (who doesn’t ?).

This time I will finish with a (not so) random pic :

Masa-san is real !
And he sells Yayoi x Iori doujins…

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