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Voices of a Distant Star 

This was about 25 Minutes worth of sad...

Set in the future, It revolves around Mikako and Noboru. Middle school students and friends, Their relationship just blosseming into more... As Noboru is entering High School however Mikako is sent off to join the UN Army to fight Aliens.
      Into space she goes, Sending Noboru texts with her cell... the delivery time lengthens the further she gets from earth. With Mikako being in space and Noboru on earth, Her rate of aging slows drastically...
      As time goes by at a normal pace on Earth, Noboru grows older having tried and failed to move on with his life he still waits.. In the meantime he joins the Military to hopefully be reunited with Mikako someday.
     In the end,  Mikako {still 15/16}is over eight lightyears from Earth and fighting the Enemy Alien and Noboru has now aged to 24 {+} and from what I gather is hoping to be going to rescue Mikako's group.
     It's amazing how much emotion was packed into just 25 minutes... I really would like to think Noboru goes off into space and find Mikako so they can reunite.  Even if he is nearly ten years older then her now...

Mushi Uta  1- 5

Bugs.....  I bet Merry could handle these pests. They eat peoples dreams....and if killed the host slips into a "Dream Loss" type state.  These Mushi Dream Demon like things actually come out into the physical world to protect their hosts.
     More thoughts and details when I get to the end....




    

Otome Yōkai Zakuro

Spirit Affairs will be terminated.

Back at "base", The whole crew is having it's victory munchies and then Kushimatsu comes in to gather them for some bad news.

The Military only agreed to the arrangement because of Omodaka/Lt Hanadate's scheme, With him gone the Military is no longer interested...   This of course upsets everyone.  The girls will continue with helping humans and spirits coexist but... The guys have to go back to their normal military duties.

The goodbyes were sad...and touching at the same time.

Susukihotaru is packing Rikens things... she ends up crying but...a cute moment.

Ganryuu: I promise to come for you.
Bonbori: For me, For Bonbori?
Ganryuu: For both of you.







Zakuro and Agemaki finally kiss but it fades away from that...








At the end credits the men are gone and the girls/kids are walking thru the village, The humans are acting much warmer to the half spirits...

Look who's not dead, Omodaka and Byakuroku survived the fire... DaiDai is nowhere to be seen though.

Then look who didn't leave, Spirit Affairs was reinstated after they appealed to the general.

This series didn't disappoint, Only thing that could have been better is it could have been longer. I'm a real sucker for anything with Youkai in it.....

Weakest Episodes;  None really... The final episodes did seem a bit rushed to me though.

Favorite Episodes; Episode 5 ~  Bonbori and Hoozuki defend Ganryuu from the Black Widow.
                                Episode 6 ~ Bonbori and Hoozuki's past is shown.

Favorite Character;  Susukihotaru ~ Not sure why... she just barely inches out the twins.
Least Favorite Character;  Agemaki ~ Find him a bit annoying yet funny.
                                         DaiDai ~ She just irritated me.

Want More;  Yes.
Berry Ranking;  4 out of 5

Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai

                                                        
This series really surprised me, I went into it thinking it was going to turn out to be some sick incest show and ended up with something entirely different. Sure... You can tell Kirino has a bit of a liking for her brother but it wasn't on the level of Yosuga no Sora, Which was just absolute ick....

The main drawback to the series was, Kirino is not all that likable... I can't say she's spoiled or anything because she really does seem to work hard for what she has {Even though it seems to come so naturally.}.  She models, has great grades, writes novels is athletic... she's practically the whole package.  Though she's also living two lives.....

One the student/athlete/model and another the young girl obsessed with Eroge and little sisters..  Even the novel she wrote has "little sisters" in it.  Always trying to hide her secret her brother saved her numerous times.. With how her best friend {Ayase} reacted and even her fathers blow up... The idea of Kanako or others finding out could get scary... or funny.

The show was quite enjoyable...  Wish they had actually shown Saori's full face without the Cosplayish outfit on... Also wish they had a little more Manami and her family...

Weakest Episode{s}-  Episode 7 - First part was fine, The second half with Kirino researching her novel was part creepy, part boring. Looked like she was on a date with her brother. :(  
            Episode 8 -  Kirino's novel is turned into an Anime.... It just felt out of place somehow.

Favorite Episode{s}-  Episode 6 - When Kyou goes over to Manami's house for Halloween.
             Episode 10 - Ayase needs a present for Kirino's birthday and Kanako cosplays Meruru.

Favorite Character-   Kuroneko - She's cute, she's quiet, she has cat ears.
Least Favorite Character-  Kirino - She's just irritating...

Want More -  Yes.
Berry Ranking -   3 out of 5 

Crunchy Viewing.

I'm pretty random with CrunchyRoll Anime, I just watch whatever whenever and may never finish it.....

                                                               Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin

 Episode 1~   "To stop a lamie, You have to cut off the head.... of the one it first possessed."   Maya Kumashiro comes back to the Occult Academy for her fathers{the principals} funeral.  A tape her father recorded before his death was played during his funeral contained a spell that went presumably wrong, Resulting in a lamie possessing his dead body and him running rampant on campus. Maya with minor help from an old friend Ami, the janitor Smile, some strange guy JK and glasses girl Kozue track him/it down and extinguish him/it.

    The Vice Principal seems hinky somehow and a strange, naked guy floats down from the sky in a ray of light while Maya is standing on the roof at the end.

Episode 2~ "In 2011... The earth is ruled by Aliens."  Yep, Naked man is actually Agent 6 a time traveling agent from the future sent back to find the Nostradamus Key and stop the alien invasion. He'll be posing as a History Teacher during his mission. He supposedly graduated top in his class and has psychokinesis... really weak psychokinesis it seems. Perhaps 6 is actually his power ranking or something, he can't even bend a spoon anymore.

     Maya finds her fathers diary in his house while she's being attacked by a spectre of some sort {Agent 6 was no help during this either.} Probably something the Vice Principal sent after her because ya.. she's still hinky.  By the end of the episode Maya decides to help the Naked Agent find the Key with the hopes of finding who also killed her father. 

  

 

Keeping, Questions & Sitting.

Otome Yōkai Zakuro ~  13 Episodes -  Monday
            
Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto ~ 25 Episodes- Sunday

Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai ~ 13 Episodes - Sunday

Shinrei Tantei Yakumo ~ 13 Episodes -  Sunday

Fortune Arterial: Akai Yakusoku ~ 12 Episodes - Friday

Shiki ~  22 Episodes -  Friday

{Dropped}Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls ~  I watched Episode 1 so far but haven't really found the desire to even watch two.  :(

{Dropped}Yosuga no Sora -   I'm not really sure what to do with this series, It's apparently only going to be 13 episodes long.  With how the first episode ended I figured it'd be an instant drop but... I watched the second episode. 
     It's nice that Sora only want him to make her go to school and needed him to take her measurements. It's obvious that she really has an unusual liking for her older twin but it hasn't got too kinky yet.. By the end of the third episode Haru is kissing Kazuha.
    It was a little disappointing that they didn't hold out on what the deal was with Akira and then when it came to light she was Kazuha's fathers illegitimate child it wasn't a surprise at all. Akira is my favorite character in the show so far... she makes every scene better with her amusing antics.

Waiting Titles.

Tantei Opera Milky Holmes ~ Togainu no Chi

Shiki 8 - 11

So, I did it again....

Four episodes of Shiki in a row, This series is extremely addictive and... Tohru's back!! 

Let's just give this a quick run thru with some hit points...

~Natsuno, Akira and Kaori find that Megumi's grave is empty. Right after the reveal a man grabs Kaori and drags her back into the woods... Natsuno follows, knocks him out with a shovel and finds out *gasp* He's not breathing! Oh yea, Even more undead happy vampness there. Leaving the body in a partially covered Megumis grave they leave to come back the next day. Body gone, Grave back to the way it should be.

~ All of Sunako and Seishin's meetings are interesting, I'm quite positive that Sunako is A LOT older then she looks, Possibly even older then the other vampire/shiki in the European house. The new story Seishin is writing involves a brother which is "forsaken by god" who kills his brother who is loved by everyone, His brother then rises from the dead and is a "Shiki". Seishin asks Sunako if she is Abel and Sunako looks as though she's going to bite him until he says he believes that she is a shiki. 

~ Dr. Ozaki... I'm not sure what to say. He finally figured out that there could be "Risen" in the town causing the so called epidemic. Keeping Setsuko at the clinic to keep her "safe" from the Risen he soon has a run in with the undead Nao who has been feasting on her mother-in-law. Nao however can't get into the building since she was not invited but the following day, Apparently Ozaki's wife {yea,wife..that was a shock} invites Tatsumi in and he takes it to his full advantage that night.

    A whole little army of vampires, Megumi included shows up outside of the clinic that night. The lights having been shut off Seishin goes to turn them back on while Ozaki stays with Setsuko, Tatsumi being the only one able to come in whacks the doctor and takes off with Setsuko for all the "Risen" to feast on outside.

Ozaki's mother and wife...

~ Natsuno's parents also show up a bit more, I'm not impressed with his father. He's just.... I can't say stupid but very stubborn and stuck in his ways. Natsuno decks out his room in charms and crosses and his father takes them down then scolds Natsuno for putting them up.. When it's his and Natsuno's mothers fault that they needed to be put up in the first place! Oh... yea.. This creepy Shizuka girl came to their door while Natsuno was out. Talking thru a doll with ventriloquism she says she's Natsunos friend and wants into the house to wait for him, Yuuki {Nat's father} wasn't gonna let her in but she throws a fit and Natsuno's mother comes to the door and... in she goes.  She mentions her "brother" coming over later also... She's gone when Natsuno gets home but he knows....



Natsuno's parents.

~Tohru's back!! Yey,Yey,Yey! Shiki Tohru is even more adorable then alive Tohru!!  He's the "brother" that comes to Natsuno's house...  He's been sent there by Tatsumi to kill him because he knows about the Shiki. Even as a shiki Tohru is so kind hearted, he can't just attack Natsuno and runs away crying after he's found tapping on Natsuno's window... Megumi shows up having wanted to take the job of killing Natsuno but Tatsumi wouldn't let her for one reason or another. Natsuno running around looking for Tohru ends up being found by Tatsumi and Megumi {oh what a bother}, Some chit-chat and both of them try to attack Natsuno but before they get him.. Tohru grabs and bites him.  Yey!

Woot! Nom-Nom.

         Yes, Now like... Five people know the vampire/shiki/risen are real. Looks like Natsuno may be one of them pretty soon. Megumi isn't as bad as she was but... she needs to step aside and allow for the bromance to continue. I still like Tatsumi.... he's...amusing.

Oh...and.. hey! It's Gackt!

Shiki ~ 6 & 7.

I'm all about Shiki right now.....

For the past year I really haven't watched a lot of Anime, Just random ones that I got from Netflix. I'm playing "catch up" with Shiki..

Episode 6~ 
   Back in Episode 5, Natsuno got the postcard that Megumi could never send to him.... He ripped it up and tossed the pieces by the window in which she always peeked. Stalker in life, Stalker in death. She picked the pieces up and that gave away that yes... She's back from the dead/alive.
      I should have given a little more depth to the first five episodes, Certainly five itself... Tohru's funeral nearly brought tears to my eyes.... Back to episode six.
     The doctor has finally cracked, With the arrival of yet another patient with the same symptoms and "bug bites" as many of the other victims he just finally snapped.  Yelling at the patients wife, then the darling little monk Seishin.

      Sunako, Another I never touched on... She's the young girl that moved into the European house with her parents. Having a disease where she can only go out at night she seems to be making friends with Seishin.. If she were a bit older they'd make a cute little couple.  Seishin writes books, Sunako has read them all and he autographed one for her.
  

Dr. Ozaki and Seishin

    I think the doctor has finally figured it out! Vampires! Risen! Whatever you want to call it are causing the deaths...  He gave one of the sick women a blood transfusion and she "got better" for a little while. Though after a couple days she died... Blood is good.
     Also looks like Megumi's friend Kaori and Akira are close to figuring it out...  Brain Toll - Natsuno, Dr. Ozaki, Aoi and Akira!

Masao and the Librarian...

Episode 7~ Masao, Masao, Oh I ignored you this entire time but my dislike for you was real. I was glad to see you attacked at the end of episode five... and episode six you just lay in your room the entire time dieing. Now at least I know Tohru's brother and sister came to talk to you but you were just too weak to go open your bedroom door, For the Librarian was making you his nom-nom.
    Sadly, You're back from the dead... I hope Tohru comes back as well. You though, Why couldn't you have stayed dead?  They didn't even show your funeral or people finding your dead body, I wonder if your family even cared when they did.

    Tatsumi, Mister blue haired crazy eyed guy.  I like you so far, You're apparently a daywalker of sorts if you're even a vampire. You dug Masao up, You really should have just left him in the ground.
    Now, Let's dig up Megumi with garden spades!!  Kaori and Akira are lucky that Natsuno owns a lot of shovels.

Shiki ~ 1 - 5

If the death continues this series will be a zombie show soon.

At the fifth episode the death count is around 20, That's quite a few for such a "relaxed" show.

This is Megumi... She was very irritating but I didn't expect her to die so quickly. She hated living in such a bumpkin town and wanted to move to the city as soon as possible, She also had a huge crush on...

Natsuno Yuuki...  Recently moved to Sotoba with his parents, Of course he hates the move and is pretty much a huge asshat for most of the five episodes. He doesn't seem to be able to stand Megumi or anyone in general...Well.. Other then...

Tohru!! 

 He and Natsuno was making my boys love senses tingle.. He's friendly, quirky and just all around adorable. That is until he dies.... Yes.. My favorite character dies in the first five episodes and what makes it worse is this....

Wackjob is responsible, Here I thought she was annoying while she was alive.. Dead is a thousand times worse. She also has mad jealousy of the guy love Natsuno and Tohru were displaying.. Let the guys have their time!

Now, Seriously... The whole thing started when the new "family" moved into the European style house up in the hills.  Megumi apparently met the woman of the house the night she "disappeared" and had her blood sucked.. Of course the Doctor had no idea what happened to her and just treated it as Anemia.

Soon after Megumis death more and more people started to die...

Boring Day

Damn you, Whoever broke or stole Netflixs only copy of Haruhi disc five. It's status just up and changes to Unavailable just as my Queue gets it to the top.  They must have known it wasn't available before then they were just teasing me into watching up thru disc four... Now I just have to hope the same thing doesn't happen for Hell Girl.

Of course other then that my day has been utterly eventless, Woke up... Went out for lunch.. Came home.. Went to the gym so on and so on... I really need to hit the gym more often since I am paying for it and all.

I'm also looking for a new game to play.

Found the Eden of the East movies online, Gonna watch those within the next couple days to hopefully find out what happens in the end.

Eden of the East ~ End

Hate when people are burning stuff outside, Can't open the windows....

To Eden!

I miss counted, Last night I watched one thru seven of Eden.  There's also a lot of movie references in this show...certainly Dawn of the Dead.

20,000 naked men with cell phones saved Japan!

Well, Not completely.  Juiz had a little to do with it as well... I hadn't thought about who or what Juiz was until the last couple episodes. When Mononobe brought it up I automatically thought She must be a computer, DingDing. Correct!! 

I was a little disappointed that Osugi wasn't killed by the Johnny Slayer but now I just kinda feel bad for the guy, Maybe he should hook up with the Johnny Slayer.... She seemed to need a man to love her.

The whole series really went too fast, I'll have to go dig up the movies and see just how things will turn out. Akira asks Juiz to use the rest of his money and make him King of Japan but... Wouldn't that mean the supporter would come and kill him? His money is gone and he hasn't really "saved" Japan.

Bleh, The ending wasn't all that bad.....

Selecao #1 ~ Mononobe -  He believes he figured out who Mr Outside is, Saizo Ato... a word Pun for outside.. AtoSaizo.  He's an old man with a lot of power, He likes soccer and took the Selecao from Brazil. Thinking Outside to be dead Monobe gathers other Selecaos {2&10} and tries to gain full power of Juiz. Selecao 12 has other plans though and has her/it packed up and moved.
Selecao #2 ~ Tsuji -  Just a slacker it seems, Guy apparently hasn't used any of his money yet... He went off wherever.
Selecao #10 ~ Yuki -  That name again, Is there ever an Anime/Manga without someone with that name? It's constantly turning up.  This guy likes to blow stuff up it seems, He was responsible for Careless Monday and once again sent missiles out that Akira and the Naked men had to take care of.
Selecao #12 ~  He/She had Juiz moved, Screwing up Mononobe's plans..

Selecao #9 -  Akira -  He erased his own memories after being turned against by his friends and those he saved, He was responsible for evacuating everyone before the missiles hit on Careless Monday and took care of the people who lost their homes.  He didn't kill the 20,000 NEETs he just shipped them off to Dubai for a while....

Favorite Character{s}-  Underpants - So happy he didn't die, When I thought he was dead I almost cried.
                                      Micchon -  Not sure why, She was just quiet....and smart.. amusing.

Favorite Episode -  The last one, Nothing better then thousands of naked...strange...men running thru the mall ala Dawn of the Dead. 

It's 2 AM!

And here I am.

I really need to rethink my postings, an episode by episode account of anime just seems too unrealistic for me. Though I wasn't really planning to do that in the first place... It's more like a guide to what I have watched so that I won't forget.

Sadly, My memory is pretty much crap.

I did however just marathon episodes 1 thru 6 of Eden of the East, With just five more episodes to go I am wondering if they can really wrap it all up in 11 episodes. ANN has the Funimation subbed version on stream, Tried the first episode back when it originally came out via fansub but I apparently didn't get past the naked man with a gun infront of the White House....

The whole Selecao thing is entertaining, The different ways each of them are using their 10 Billion Yen seems realistic enough.  Given that much money it would be difficult not to just spend it on whatever, Having the terms of bettering your country as you see fit with it could make it a bit boring.

At episode six, I am really seeing this with a depressing end though... Is Akira going to die?  I'd really like him to end up with Saki somehow, That Osugi guy is really getting on my nerves.... The use of the word Johnnies has also gone a little over board.. 

Opinions ~  Selecao #4 Detective Kondo was an ass for most of the time he was alive; Trying to steal Akiras money by taking his phone was just low. It looked like he used up his money cheating on his wife... The end result was sweet though.. Go Wifey!
Selecao #5 Doctor Hiura appeared to be a pretty good guy; His money usage went towards medical treatment and machines for his hospital. Focusing heavly on aiding the elderly. He used all his money and was killed by the supporter.
Selecao #11 Kuroha AKA the kinky woman who lops off mens "johnnies" with a cigar cutter. She's a pretty woman, Really on the bitchy side though... Uses her money to clean up after her kills. I didn't quite catch why she likes cutting off guys penises but it probably had something to do with being raped...

Last 5 Episodes tomorrow, Hope the ending isn't suckage.....