Guren tosses a white energy dragon at Seimei.
Seimei: Dispel!
Guren: Flaming Dragons! Now that I have left the party and become an opponent, my level has increased to 99!
Suzaku: We won’t give up! Screen Time Slash!
Taiin: Useless Wind Vortex!
Genbu: Shield!
Rikugou: Pointless Spear Waving!
Between them, the party are able to defend themselves, but only just. Continue reading
Hello and welcome to another edition of Sunday News Bites! Our fat cat correspondents have been working hard to bring you more interesting titbits from the world of anime and manga, so let us read on…
More editing for Shigofumi
Shigofumi fans will recall that a few weeks ago, episode three suffered from rather abrupt editing “in light of recent events in Japan”; now, episode eight is also to be edited for the same reasons.
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Masahiro is wandering around alone in the underworld.
Masahiro: Where is everybody!? I’m only Level Seven- I can’t be expected to fight alone!
Masahiro uses a locator spell to find Genbu, Rikugou and Taiin. Over in the distance they see Nagako.
Taiin: She’s the one who created the curse- we should defeat her and see what happens.
Masahiro: Like I’m going to get any EXP from fighting a little girl- it’s best if I talk to her instead.
Masahiro approaches Nagako.
Nagako: Go away! No one loves me! I’m in despair! Continue reading
Reviewed this week: Aria 7, Clannad 18, Kaiji 19, Mai-Otome 0 S.ifr 1, Minami-ke Okawari 7, SaiMono II 36, Shigofumi 6-7, Shion no Ou 16, Shounen Onmyouji 20, Sketchbook 13, Sisters of Wellber 11, Zoku SZS 4
…and in manga: Doujin Work 1-19, Minami-ke 1-21
Ever since it was discovered, there had always been strange phenomena and mysterious experiments going on at Heaven’s Gate, but on the day that would come to be known as Twin X, they began to affect the entire world. Thanks to the terrorist act of scientist Terumichi Madoka, the world became encased within the ‘Sheltering Sky’, a reflective mirror of particles that spelt change for everyone living on the planet beneath. Now, fifteen years later, Madoka’s two children are on the run from their father’s reputation and their mother’s debts, only to get drawn into an ongoing conflict between powerful forces wielding supernatural abilities- a conflict that could decide the very future of humanity.
Hello and welcome to another edition of Sunday News Bites! In a change to the format of this article, our weekly guest system has been replaced with a more relevant and involved system of fat cat correspondents and interviews with series-relevant characters. If this makes no sense right now, don’t worry- just read on and things will become marginally clearer.
FUNimation snags Claymore
In case you couldn’t guess from the article title, FUNimation has licensed Claymore, Madhouse’s 26 episode adaptation of Norihiro Yagi’s manga. A trailer has been posted on their website, but no release details are available as yet. Continue reading
Seimei wanders around in a washed-out world, where he meets old friends Ryuusai and Wakana.
Seimei: All right, my spin-off series begins here! Wait, these people are dead- it’s just a crappy dream sequence!
They disappear, and he wakes up.
(Seimei: I really thought I was on my way to being a main character that time.)
The next day, Masahiro and Mokkun check on Akiko’s sister Shouko.
Mokkun: Both of them are suffering from the Curse status effect, although as Akiko is a more prominent character she’s in worse condition.
Masahiro: I’m sick to death of that status effect! Why are the writers so lazy? Continue reading
Zhuge Liang waits for Lu Xun.
Zhuge Liang: Come, Lu Xun, show me that there is at least one man in this land worthy of being my partner. In the meantime, I shall randomly burn everything, just as any good final boss should do!
Whilst the other Pleasure Rangers fight off the burning meteors that are falling on China, Lu Xun (who is back to being Ranger Red) heads for Zhuge Liang.
Sun Quan: I’m about as useful in battle as that guy in Captain Planet who had the Heart power, so I’ll just stay here and pray for everyone.
Zhuge Liang: This world is corrupt, and must be destroyed! Continue reading
Reviewed this week: Aria the Origination 6, Clannad 17, Gunslinger Girl Il Teatrino 5, Kaiji 17-18, Koutetsu Sangokushi 23-5, Minami-ke Okawari 6, Mnemosyne 1, Mokke 15, SaiMono II 35, Shigofumi 5, Shion no Ou 15, Sketchbook 12, Spice and Wolf 6
…and in manga: Loveless 9.3-5, Moyashimon 1, Shion no Ou 1-12, Spice and Wolf 5, Twin Spica 6-7
Ah, Valentine’s Day- that period when smug couples exchange material goods whilst depressed singles either jealously dream of the day when someone will give them red roses or pretend not to notice and care. As perhaps one of the cruellest celebrations after Christmas (that time when a jolly old fatso breaks into children’s bedrooms), Valentine’s Day could surely not help but appeal to the sadistic minds at Azure Flame; so whilst Karura nips out to steal chocolates from oblivious lovers, those of you with nothing better to do can stay in and read about anime’s contribution to the world of romance. Continue reading
