Daily Archives: Monday, December 10, 2007

Anime Theme Competition - Forth Round Groups E/F Results

It’s time to announce the results of the third two of 8 groups in Round 4 - Groups E & F.

The songs which advanced to the Fifth Round are in bold. Also, see the full bracket.

Group E

“Hakanaku Tsuyoku” by Younha - Kiba vs.
“Yume no Naka e” by Atsuku Enomoto & Chihiro Suzuki - His and Her Circumstances

“Tattoo Kiss” by r.o.r/s - Kaleido Star vs.
“Hare Hare Yukai” by Aya Hirano, Minori Chiharai, & Yuko Gotou - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

“Congratulations” by Goddess Family Club - Oh! My Goddess vs.
“Zankoku na Tenshi no Teize” by Shiroh Sagisu - Neon Genesis Evangelion

“Second Flight” by Kotoko - Please Twins vs.
“Forever” by Savage Genius - Elemental Gelad

Group F

“Red Fraction” by Mell - Black Lagoon vs.
“Kirameku Namida wa Hoshi ni” by Sachi Tamura - Fate/Stay Night

“Farewell Song” by Lia - Air vs.
“Virgin’s High” by Mell - Sky Girls

“Takaramono” by Yoko Ishida - Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ vs.
“Naraku no Hana” by Eiko Shimamiya - Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

“Duvet” by Boa - Serial Experiments Lain vs.
“XTC” by Psychic Lover - Witchblade

Well, I’m not sure what I can say other than we’re at the stage where most of these are difficult decisions. However, I think we have set up our first match-up between two songs from the same artist, and Red Fraction and Virgin’s High, both by Mell, will face off in the next round.

Given that I forgot to post these last week, the Group G/H match-ups will hopefully be posted tomorrow. In any case, the Group G/H match-ups are listed after the jump…

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Girl Who Leapt Through Time Licensed

This makes me very happy:

The anime distributor Bandai Entertainment has announced that it will be bringing out the DVD of Mamoru Hosoda’s The Girl Who Leapt Through Time….The company’s president, Ken Iyadomi, and director of sales and marketing, Robert Napton, made the announcement at their New York Anime Festival panel Sunday.