It’s Kobato episode 4, and Kobato tries to set up a date with a girl she meets in an attempt to gather more of her candied broken hearts.
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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Sentai licenses Hidamari Sketch, Glass Mask, and Neo Angelique Abyss
Sentai Filmworks has has announced licenses for 3 new anime series: Hidamari Sketch, Glass Mask, and Neo Angelique Abyss.
Section23 will distribute Hidamari Sketch, a 12 episode series that aired in 2007, on January 12, 2010. It’s unclear whether Sentai has only licensed the first series or both aired series, but the release is explicitly labeled “Season 1,” suggesting that they have either licensed or are intending to license the 2nd season as well.
Section23 will distribute the first of two Glass Mask (Glass no Kamen) sets on January 19, 2010, which will include the first half of the 51 episode series which aired in in 2005 and 2006. The second set has not been scheduled yet.
Finally, Neo Angelique Abyss, a 13 episode series that aired in 2008, will be released January 26, 2010. Once again, the release is labeled “Season 1,” suggesting that they may also picked up the 2nd season as well.
As is the case with all Sentai Filmworks titles, these are subtitle only releases.
Shakugan no Shana S – Episode 1
It’s Shakuan no Shana S, the OVA series that JC Staff is giving us to tide us over until Shakugan no Shana III comes out, probably next fall.
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Kimi ni Todoke – Episode 3
Sawako gets to know her classmates more and even helps tutor them. But the realization that there might be competition for Kazehaya’s affection is starting to become clear.
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First Impressions: Sora no Otoshimono
Polaryzed – Now this series threw me for a loop. I came into it knowing that it’d be a fan service comedy. The premise/synopsis from ANN made it sound very similar to To Love-Ru. I enjoyed watching that show, in a mindless zombie way, and I’m never one to shy away from fan service, so I gave this a try. After two episodes, I’m VERY surprised by this show. The production quality is much higher than I expected, and it was REALLY FUNNY.
What I usually don’t like about most fan service comedies is the male lead. They usually are trying to adhere to some mythical ‘higher moral standard‘ that keeps them from acting on their impulses the way that (IMO) most other teenage males would. For that reason you get the old: “Lala-san put some clothes on! I don’t want to see that!”, or something similar.
Sora no Otoshimono is handling it differently, which I like. When an oppai andriod angel falls from the sky and says that she can grant wishes, what does he do? Wish for money and to be invisible so that he can watch/grope his hawt neighbor. Perfect! This is an animated fantasy, so dammit show me some fantasies. It’s a funny and off the wall show that doesn’t seem like it’s really supposed to make much sense, but who cares?
The clinching moment for me came at the end of the second episode. After all that pantsu nonsense the whole episode, the show has an ED of beautiful panoromic scenery with pantsu flying in a goose flock formation. Absolute win. Definitely going to watch this one to see what else pantsu can do that I didn’t know about. I’m out!