Daily Archives: Monday, January 7, 2008

Blue Drop - Episode 13 [END]

It’s the 13th and final episode of Blue Drop. Will Hagino be able to thwart the alien invasion AND save the school play? Will we have a fantastically Yuri ending or a blubber-fest? And of course, nothing goes better with some nice hot Yuri action than a heavy dose of alien invasions of earth and human’s futile counter attacks against it.

The world wins!
Grr! Dumb aliens! Resistence is Futile

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ef - A Tale of Memories - Episode 12 [END]

It’s the 12th and final episode of ef - a tale of memories.  Will Renji and Chihiro end up together, or is Renji’s arc doomed to a sad ending.  And what comes of the others too?

You Lose
Not in a Library I told you so

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Anime Theme Competition - Fifth Round Groups G/H Results

It’s time to announce the results of the final pair of 8 groups in Round 5 - Groups G & H. Full list of remaining songs after the jump, with clips for the 8 songs up next week.

The songs which advanced to the Sixth/Sweet 16 Round are in bold. Also, see the full bracket.

Group G

“Yoake Umarekuru Shoujo” by Yoko Takahashi - Shakugan no Shana vs.
“Tsubasa wa Pleasure Line” by Minami Kuribayashi - Chrono Crusade

“Metamorphose” by Yoko Takahashi - This Ugly Yet Beautiful World vs.
“You” by Yuria - Shuffle!

Group H

“Usotsuki” by CooRie - School Days vs.
“Sanctuary” by Nami Tamaki - Kiba

“Hoshizora no Waltz” by Minami Kuribayashi - Rumbling Hearts vs.
“Hishoku no Sora” by Mami Kawada - Shakugan no Shana

This seemed to be a particularly difficult set of matchups to decide. The fact that it’s packed with songs from famous singers probably doesn’t help (though I don’t really pay attention to who does a song until after I already decided on a winner).The first half of the 6th Round match-ups for next week are listed after the jump…

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Anime Theme Competition - Fifth Round Groups E/F Results

It’s time to announce the results of the third pair of the 8 groups in Round 5 - Groups E & F. Since this is a week late, you get a double dose, with Groups G & H coming up soon!

The songs which advanced to the Sixth/Sweet 16 Round are in bold. Also, see the full bracket.

Group E

“Hakanaku Tsuyoku” by Younha - Kiba vs.
“Tattoo Kiss” by r.o.r/s - Kaleido Star

“Zankoku na Tenshi no Teize” by Shiroh Sagisu - Neon Genesis Evangelion vs.
“Forever” by Savage Genius - Elemental Gelad

Group F

“Red Fraction” by Mell - Black Lagoon vs.
“Virgin’s High” by Mell - Sky Girls

“Naraku no Hana” by Eiko Shimamiya - Higurashi no Naku Koro ni vs.
“XTC” by Psychic Lover - Witchblade

Down goes Evangelion! Down goes Evangelion! Sorry Japan, but the song you rated as the #1 anime theme song in the history of mankind goes down in the 5th round of my bracket.

Meanwhile, “Virgin’s High” wins the battle of Mell songs.

Group E/F match-ups for next week really soon are listed after the jump…

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