I’m going through the ABCs of E’s with volume 2, titled “B – Berth.” Will E’s get all the way to Z? Nope. The Japanese manga has stopped at volume 12… That’s only L!
Year: 2007
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Viz Media Licenses Honey and Clover Anime
So I got this press release from Viz Media. It looks like they licensed Honey and Clover, unless I’m reading the release incorrectly:
HONEY AND CLOVER – 26 episodes x 30 minutes
HONEY AND CLOVER, is a funny and sad story where unrequited love finds its beginning in two love triangles…
College life is a good time, full of energy, promise and friendship. Sure, students are poor and live in old, small apartments, but they’re in college – a time when happiness is based on all the little things in life. But add love to the equation, and things start getting quite complicated! Roommates Yuta and Shinobu are in love with Hagumi, a cute transfer student, yet none of them have any clue as to the others’ feelings. And Ayumi’s in love with Takumi who’s in love with Rika who’s still in love with her late husband. With so much love to go around, why is everyone still single?
HONEY AND CLOVER began as a manga in 2000, generating a buzz that started with bookstore clerks and expanded to eager online chatter. Attracting an audience of teens, HONEY AND CLOVER expanded into anime, music, laughter and fashion.
This is pretty awesome news since Honey and Clover is one of my favorite anime.
Word from ComiPress is that there’s a new math textbook in Japan that makes use of a whole lotta manga:
The story of manga begins with 5 students picking up a textbook. After the students tear out a page of the book by mistake, the Greece mathematician Archimedes appears and proceeds to take them to various times and places, such as the Great Pyramids and palaces in Europe, where the students are met with math challenges from different types of people, including a man from the European palace a Native American and a samurai. The students are not allowed to return to their own time until they understand the solution of the math problems contained in the book.
This sorta reminds me of that Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land cartoon that I used to watch when I was a kid. I dunno, though, the plot for this math book sounds kind of lame. I can’t believe I just evaluated the “plot” of a math book…
I remember my college Japanese language textbook, Nakama, having a whole lotta manga sections. That made more sense, though, since the actual reading was part of the process of learning.
Lucky☆Star is out! This is the new Kyoto Animation anime that’s based on a 4-koma manga, as everyone and their mom probably already knows. The hype levels have been through the roof since it was announced, but can a 4-koma anime really be that awesome?
Simply put, because during the short periods of time that Kyoto Animation anime aren’t airing, a.f.k. subs Animal Yokocho. And Anime Yokocho is an awesome anime. That’s all.
Nagasarete Airantou is sort of like Gilligan’s Island, except an anime version. This means less Skippers and Professors, and more Gingers and Mary Anns! Sounds like a good change to me!
Kamichama Karin is another one of Koge Donbo’s manga that now has an anime. She’s also responsible for Pita-Ten and Di Gi Charat. I really liked Pita-Ten a lot, so I was really excited for Kamichama Karin, even though I’ve never read it.
Romeo x Juliet is the latest “adaptation” from Gonzo, masters of adaptation. They’re now taking on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and adapting it to anime. Wait, this is supposed to be Romeo and Juliet!? Seriously!?
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Lucky Star – Anime Promo Impressions
Judging by the promo, the Lucky Star anime is going to be very, very good.
Also, props to a.f.k. for subbing this. Seriously, it’s probably the most accurate translation job I’ve seen in an anime fansub in quite a while.
Err, wait, doesn’t it say that it’s airing on Wednesday, at 1:30!? Damn it a.f.k.! You had one thing to translate and you couldn’t do that right!!!
Hitohira has been out for quite a while, but I finally had a chance to check it out. Raw style! I will tell you right now: If you like highlights (like the hair ones), you will need to watch this anime!