Daily Archives: Sunday, September 30, 2007

Fall 2007 Blogging Slate

Sunday, September 30, 2007 – 6:20 pm

I have decided on a slate for Fall 2007 blogging slate, and it’s a rather front-heavy slate, but I hope I can pull it off. So, without further ado, the series which I will be blogging in the Fall:

  • Blue Drop
  • CLANNAD
  • ef - a tale of memories
  • Shakugan no Shana II
  • Shion no Ō

So far, all of these series have groups subbing them, except Shana II (amazingly enough) according to the Fansub PukiWiki.

Blue Drop, also only has one group listed as subbing it, so hopefully they’ll do a good job getting the episodes out in a timely fashion. Before, I had a fear that Geneon might pick up Shana II before it was finished, but with the terrible trouble they’ve been having recently, I think such a prospect is actually not all that likely now, though they still have (presumably) 26 weeks to straighten that out. I still haven’t seen how long Shana II is actually supposed to be, though.

Assuming Shana II is a full season, I’ll have two full-season series: Shana II and CLANNAD, as well as 3 half seasons - Blue Drop, ef, and Shion no Ō - with Blue Drop being 13 episodes and the other two series 12.

In any case, to get more details about each series, click “read more.”

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Anime Theme Competition - Third Round Group B Results

Sunday, September 30, 2007 – 10:40 am

It’s time to announce the results of the 2nd of 8 groups in Round 3 - Group B (so creative, I know).

The songs which advanced to the Fourth Round are in bold. I’m also now entering artist/anime information into the next round match-ups on the bracket as they’re determined:

“Happy Material” by Yuri Shiratori - Negima! vs.
“The Starry Sky” by HAL - Angelic Layer

“Last Regrets” by Ayana - Kanon vs.
“Motteke Sailor Fuku” by Aya Hirano, et. al. - Lucky Star

“Minami Kaze” by Mikuni Shimokawa - Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid vs.
“It’s” by Kinya - Tsubasa Chronicle

“Tenshi no Yubikiri” by Fukuda Mai - His and Her Circumstances vs.
“Zankoku yo Kibou to Nare” by Aira Yuki - Idolmaster Xenoglossia

“Asu e no Brilliant Road” by Angela - Stellvia vs.
“Michishirube” by Yuumao - Kashimashi

“Loop” by Maaya Sakamoto - Tsubasa Chronicle vs.
“Yakusoku no basho e” by Chihiro Yonekura - Kaleido Star

“Daiya no Hana” by Yoriko - Black Cat vs.
“Sou da, Zettai” by Masami Okui - Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko

“Fruits Candy” by Megumi Kojima - Cardcaptor Sakura vs.
“Kioku” by See-Saw - .hack//Luminality

Boy, this round had some toughies. One of the hardest was “Last Regrests” vs. “Motteke Sailor Fuku.” I went into this one fully expecting to make the theme from Lucky Star have a not so lucky round. But, after listening to the two songs in a row, you know, I just dig the Sailor Fuku.

Another tough one was “Asu e no Brilliant Road” vs. “Michishirube.” I like both of these songs, and it’d been nice if they had met later. Alas, fate has them meeting early. In the end I chose “Michishirube” just because - I guess obviously - I just thought it was the better made song.

This week we have another double participant - this time the anime series Tsubasa Chronicle. Just like last week, the double participant goes 0-2 showing that there is no such thing as “strength in numbers” in this competition.

Group C match-ups for next week are listed after the jump…

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