It’s Cardcaptor Sakura episode 17 and Sakura and her class take a trip to the beach. However, her classmates start to disappear when they go on a test of courage.
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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Haruhi, Endless Eight, and the Five Stages of Grief
If ANN is to be believed, Endless Eight will finally end in a matter of a couple hours (sorry CCY). However, I thought I would repeat something that I posted to Twitter last night, because I thought it was still appropriate.
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(Image by Aceman67)
The reaction to Endless Eight has been somewhat fascinating, much like the stages of grief:
- Denial: “They aren’t REALLY going to keep repeating the same episode over and over, right?”
- Anger: “I can’t fucking believe they’re wasting 3/4/5 episodes on the same freaking thing!”
- Bargaining: “Maybe, just maybe, it’ll be just 6 episodes instead of 8, or the remaining 13 episodes!”
- Depression: “This has completely ruined haruhi! it’s now the worst series ever!”
- Acceptance: “Just get this over with so we can watch the last 5 episodes in peace.”
They’ve successfully placated everyone by completely and utterly demoralizing their own fan base. You don’t see very much raging and rioting anymore, really. Mainly just grim acceptance that it’ll be over once it’s over.
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom – Episode 18
It’s Phantom episode 18, and the aftermath of the past couple of episodes continues, and we finally have a confrontation between Reiji and Ein.
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Anime DVD and Manga Releases for August 4 – 10
Anime DVDs
August 4, 2009
Bakugan Battle Brawlers – Volume 4 (dub)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection
Lucky Star OVA (sub)
Moribito – Volume 5
Sakura Wars – Box Set
Samurai Deeper Kyo – Box Set
Slayers – Seasons 1 – 3 Box Set
Manga
August 4, 2009
Baby & Me – Volume 15
Bakegyamon – Volume 3
Black Bird – Volume 1
B.O.D.Y. – Volume 6
Crimson Hero – Voume 11
D.Gray-man – Volume 14
Eyeshield 21 – Volume 27
Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time – Volume 5
Hikaru no Go – Volume 16
Hoshin Engi – Volume 14
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure – Volume 12
Kaze Hikaru – Volume 14
Kimi ni Todoke – Volume 1
Kyo Kara Maoh! – Volume 4
Legend of Zelda – Volume 6
Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation – Volume 12
NORA: The Last Chronicle of Devildom – Volume 6
Oyayubi Kara Romance – Volume 3
Pokemon Adventures – Volume 2
Rosario + Vampire – Volume 8
Slam Dunk – Volume 5
Togainu no Chi – Volume 3
Trinity Blood – Volume 11
Tsubasa: Those With Wings – Volume 2
Vampire Knight – Volume 7
WaqWaq – Volume 1
Zone-00 – Volume 1
August 5, 2009
Eden: It’s an Endless World! – Volume 12
Exotic and Delicious Fate
Otomen – Volume 3
August 8, 2009
Zyword
Porco Rosso – Anime Review Update
This is just a note saying that I’ve re-scored my review for Porco Rosso as part of my project to switch my scoring system from the old percentage system to the new 5-point system.
You can see the full review here.
The new scores for this series are:
Animation: 4/5
Story: 2/5
Music: 3/5
Dub: 4/5
Series: 3/5