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Anime

Spring 2007 Anime Preview: Part 2

My Spring 2007 anime preview continues today with Idol Master Xenoglossia, CLAYMORE, Wellber no Monogatari ~Sisters of Wellber~, Darker Than Black – Kuro no Keiyakusha and Kamichama Karin. Get ready for pure speculation!

Idol Master Xenoglossia

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Idol Master Xenoglossia is based on an idol simulation game where you train young girls to become pop idols. Hopefully this anime won’t be as bad as that other idol show, Lovedol… This one also includes mecha for some reason. Are Japanese people just randomly adding mecha to all shows now!?

I can’t see how this anime could be very good, but I might watch one episode to see how bad it is. Apparently DiGiKerot likes Idol Master enough to buy the super secret special edition

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Anime

Spring 2007 Anime Preview: Part 1

It looks like it’s finally time for the Spring anime season previews. Or at the very least, it’s good to use as filler since I’ll be out of town for a week. For this preview, I take a look at Hitohira, Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann, Gegege no Kitaro, Hayate the Combat Butler and Seto no Hanayome.

Hitohira

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From the trailer that I watched, it looks like Hitohira is about some girl who can’t talk. I’m pretty sure “mute” and “can talk” are on the list of moe charm points, and this girl seems pretty moe to me. She seems to be pretty close to her friend (yuri!!!) who’ll probably help her to learn to speak up. The character designs look really cute, and the possible (only suggested?) yuri means I’ll be watching.

There’s also a Hitohira manga. Too bad it’s a seinen or I might be able to read it.

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Manga Review

Comic Party Vol. 1: Party Time! – Manga Review

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I recall watching the Comic Party anime a long time ago. It was about this guy who wanted to become the greatest doujinshi artist in the world! Or something like that. Recently I got me some Comipa manga from CPM, so here comes a review!

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Anime DVD Review

Animation Runner Kuromi 2 – Anime DVD Review

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Animation Runner Kuromi 2 continues the Kuromi saga with multiple series, multiple deadlines, and more drama. Plus better animation!

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Anime

Legal Anime Download Service Review: ADV Universe

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After doing a post on one of those direct download anime sites, I figured it’d be only fair to do some reviews of the sites that offer legal anime downloads. A few of these have popped up over the past few months, though not much has really been written about them.

Today I’ll look at ADV Universe. ADV Universe is ADV Films’ own anime download service. They offer DRM protected windows media files of their anime for download.

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Anime

AnimeGround – Anime Direct Download Site Review

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I’ve never really felt the need to sign up for a direct download anime site before. Bittorrent does just fine, and I don’t really like the thought of people actually profiting from fansubs. One of these sites, called AnimeGround, set up an account for me to try out, so I figured what the heck?

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Anime DVD Expenses

Super Crazy ADV Anime Sale at RightStuf!

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Remember that insane Geneon anime sale at Rightstuf a while back? Well, they’re sorta doing it again, but with ADV stuff now. You can get 10 ADV dvds for $50 or 25 for $100. That’s seriously cheap!

I have a weak will. Even though I have waaaayyyy too many anime dvds in my review queue as it is, I ordered this:

Cromartie is just a really fun series that I never saw all of. I would’ve ordered more Kino’s Travels, but the last volume was already sold out! Wandaba Style was an anime that I had started out really liking a lot, but then it got licensed and the fansubs stopped.

There’s a lot of good stuff, and it looks like it’s selling out quick. So hurry up! Here’s the official sale text from RightStuf:

ADV Abundance!

Heat up your March with an abundance of savings on selected fan favorites from ADV Films! From now until March 11, take your pick from our hit list of ADV titles and bulk up your personal collection!

Choose the deal that’s best for you:

  • Get 10 ADV titles for $50 (Use coupon code abundance10); OR
  • Get 25 ADV titles for $100 (Use coupon code abundance25)
  • Expires: March 11, 2007

And keep in mind that BOTH offers will net you FREE economy shipping to U.S. and Canadian destinations!

In addition to our standard restrictions*, this special event has a couple other rules to note:

  • To use these coupons, you cannot have any other items in your cart aside from items that qualify for the sale, PLUS you must have the exact number of items for the coupon you plan to use. (In other words: If you’re looking to purchase some other items in addition to your “Abundance” coupon selections, you’ll need to place a separate order.)

  • You cannot have duplicate items or multiple quantities of any single item in your cart. (This way no one customer can load up on all of the available inventory of a specific item. Fair for all and more savings to go around!)

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Manga Review

Galaxy Angel Vol. 4 – Manga Review

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Galaxy Angel Volume 4 finally makes some progress in the relationship department by featuring a kiss! But it’s one of those anime “oops!” kisses. There’s also a lot of emo love tension between the angel-tai. Who will Takuto end up with?