I recently finished watching Aquarion EVOL and felt that I had to give a little warning, mostly to the fans of the original series Sousei no Aquarion (Genesis of Aquarion).
(This post is spoiler free but contains my general opinion of the ending)
I won't say what it's about here (please use the ANN link above for a summary) just that it's in some ways a lot like the original series (you will hear the familiar "Aqua~rio~n"-theme every now and then) and in others very different. I'm not a huge fan of Sousei but I thought it was OK. I was more easily swept away by EVOL (sweet romance will do that to me), in the beginning of the show anyway. Sometimes if felt like they were making fun of Sousei... almost like some kind of light parody. As a whole however I did like EVOL it's just that the ending ruined it a bit for me. A bit too unresolved and a bit too silly. And in general I don't approve of conveniently adding story that changes things in the original if it was not planned that way from the beginning. And I doubt that this was.
My warning: If you're a fan of Sousei no Aquarion and don't want the original story tampered with, do NOTwatch EVOL. I did like one of the points they made that connected to Sousei (ah sweet romance) but I can imagine old fans not wanting the relationships and reincarnations of the original fiddled with.
The first opening theme for EVOL though - I absolutely love it!
AKINO did the opening for Sousei as well and I would really like for her to release more music!
11. Key anime (Clannad, Air, Kanon, Little Busters)
12. Lucky Star
13. Natsume Yūjin-chou
14. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
15. Detective Conan
16. Dragon Ball series
17. Toradora!
18. (tie) Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series
18. (tie) Macross seies
20. Higurashi and Umineko no naku koro ni series
21. Pokemon
22. Doraemon
23. Sousei no Aquarion
24. Fate series (Fate/stay night and Fate/Zero)
25. Sengoku Basara
26. Shakugan no Shana
27. Sailor Moon series
28. Death Note
29. Toaru Kagaku no Railgun
30. Bleach
31. Ghost in the Shell
32. Gurren Lagann
33. Durarara!!
34. Rozen Maiden
35. Pretty Cure series
36. Prince of Tennis
37. Space Battleship Yamato
38. SchoolDays
39. Top o Narae! (Gunbuster)
40. Inazuma Eleven series
I've seen about 70% of these and know of almost all of the rest so I'd say I qualify as a major anime-ota, no? I haven't seen the one on top though so maybe I still fail ^^''
Personally, I want to add:
Ah! Megami-sama series
Full Metal Alchemist (either one)
Hikaru no Go
Something based on a manga by Rumiko Takahashi that's not Urusei Yatsura
Ouran High School Host Club
Interested in what was popular in Japan this summer?
From biglobe.ne.jp's Anime One ranking. What anime are Japanese fans addicted to this season? (summer)
(total votes 10397)
For a list with more pictures check crunchyroll's post.
8 (476 votes) Joshiraku
9 (439 votes) Oda Nobuna no Yabou
10 (394 votes) Koi to Senkyou to Chocolate
11 (330 votes) Binbougami ga!
12 (291 votes) Accel World
13 (284 votes) Dog Days
14 (260 votes) Koukai Senjou no Horizon
15 (241 votes) Kono Naka ni Hitori Imouto ga Iru
16 (227 votes) Arcana Famiglia (La storia della Arcana Famiglia)
17 (224 votes) Natsuyuki Rendezvous
18 (219 votes) Campione! ~Matsurowanu Kamigami to Kamigoroshi no Maoh~
19 (208 votes) Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi (Utakoi)
20 (156 votes) Dakara Boku wa H ga Dekinai
21 (153 votes) Total Eclipse
22 (151 votes) Moyashimon Returns
23 (150 votes) Hakuoki Reimeiroku
24 (146 votes) Hagure Yuusha no Estetica
25 (124 votes) Rinne no Lagrange Season 2
26 (113 votes) Smile Pretty Cure
27 (83 votes) Ginga e Kickoff
28 (74 votes) Sengoku Collection
29 (71 votes) Eureka Seven: AO
29 (71 votes) Uchuu Kyoudai
31 (55 votes) Kidou Senshi Gundam Age
32 (47 votes) Yurumates 3Dei
33 (45 votes) Tanken Driland
34 (42 votes) Jewelpet Kira Deco!
35 (35 votes) Card Fight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit Hen
36 (16 votes) Zoobles!
I haven't seen them all (naturally) but I would put both Uchuu Kyoudai and Binbougami ga! way higher.
My top would probably be:
1. Sword Art Online
2. Binbougami ga!
3. Hyouka
4. Uchuu Kyoudai (if you liked PlanetES and Twin Spica you'll probably like this one)
5. Tari Tari
6. Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita
I first heard them singing the opening and ending for the anime Mouretsu Pirates (Mugen no Ai and LOST CHILD) and liked both songs. Then it was announced that they were going to sing the new Sailor Moon theme next summer and I got hooked on the single (Z Otome Sensou) they released along the announcement as well.Which also came with a couple of catchy coupling songs, PUSH and Mite Mite ☆ Kocchicchi (also an ed theme for Pokemon BW). And their latest single Saraba, Itoshiki Kanashimi-tachi yo (the one below) will be coupled with the new Furby theme song Wee-Tee-Wee-Tee (this song is a bit much for me though) and one more song. I really like Momoka (green). She's so bubbly cute X3
They had a girls-only-concert in the beginning of October. I wanted to go!
Binbougami ga!
In short I just want to say that this anime is hilarious! (although there is one certain dog I could do without...) It has quite a bit of cameos from other anime, like Dragonball, Medaka Box and a bunch of other ones. Which is actually my reason for this post.
This scene here (ep 9), I can't help it but I just have to comment on this. Tsuwabuki wakes up and sees that the tennis court is now just a hole in the ground and screams "Hyouryuu Kyoushitsu!?". I'm guessing that the translator actually knows that Hyouryuu Kyoushitsu, or The Drifting Classroom, is a manga about a school that gets transported into the future and just leaves a big hole (weird as hell). And then perhaps decided that the reference would be too obscure? I'm guessing that not that many know of the manga or have seen the TV-dorama version called "Long Love Letter" (a lot of actors who are big today were in this dorama) but I still thought is was a bit sad the the reference was completely skipped in the translation. I mean, Tsuwabuki is even drawn in the style from the manga. So funny! XD
This is great news!
I know that a lot of people are clawing at their chairs and what not wanting Rurouni Kenshin to screen in a cinema near them and now some are actually going to get the chance X3
The film has been licensed in over 60 countries and more are being added to the list. Let's just hope that our little Sweden is one of those lucky little pieces of land.
I just saw the first cm for the October premier of the first Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica movie and it inspired me to make a little post about upcoming or currently screening films in Japan, anime as well as theatrical ones. Most of the trailer do NOT have subs!
First up, anime.
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, my favourite series of 2011 has been made into two compilation films that premiers on October 6th and 13th respectively.
The trailer in itself isn't that interesting but I'm a huge fan so I'll be anticipating the DVD-release non the less.
I guess most of you have seen the news already but there is no harm in saying it again :D
Sailor Moon is getting a new anime for summer 2013!
It was announced at the 20th anniversary event last Thursday and has been reported on I don't know how many news sites. A highly anticipated remake! at least by me!
There are a lot of questions but not that many definite answers. There's been mentioning that the new anime is going to be for the original fans and I've also heard some say that it's going to stick more closely to the manga but only time will tell. Since there's a whole year left until we get to see the actual show I guess it'll be a while until we get some more info or actual character designs or frames. They might keep announcing voice casting though. Mamoru and Usagi will be keeping their old voice actors. unfortunately
edit: There was apparently some confusion at the announcement by MomoClo and while they will be singing a theme song for the new anime, their latest single "Z Otome Sensou" is completely unrelated. It is still a very addictive song though :D
But, as far as I know, the official opening theme song for the new show has been announced and even released. It's by Momoiro Clover Z (op/ed for Mouretsu Space Pirates) and called "Z Otome Sensou".
At first I didn't think it suited Sailor Moon at all but I've been listening to it, watching fanmade openings on youtube, and I'm starting to think it may be OK. I'm not completely convinced but it might give the series a new and fresh feeling? (trying to convince myself)
MomoClo was performing in France at the time of the anime announcement but they streamed live from the event, singing both the original opening and the new one. I just wish they didn't sound so bad live...
The song starts at 2:20
Anyway, I'm super exited about the new show and I'm re-watching the original show at the moment. I'm watching with a friend and we decided to only watch the episodes that actually contain story by following this list of essential episodes. So if you're like us and want to see the whole show but don't have the time or patience for all the fillers and silly enemies or simply want to see what the series would be like at a higher pace I really recommend following this episode guide.
How about an Essential-Sailor-Moon-Episodes-Marathon for KodachiCon 2013? Not all of it though because the conventions isn't long enough for that (^ ^)'' But the first season would be great (^ ^)d
Hope you all had a great time at this year's KodachiCon!
We bet you've already seen a bunch of videos from the convention but you can never have too many :D so here are ours.
(I don't quite know why the videos get squished when I upload them to youtube... I tried to fix it but to no avail...)
The Piñata - Kodachi
The Cosplay competition:
Catwalk
Sketch 1 - Vocaloid
Sketch 2 - Hunter x Hunter 2011
Ending ceremonies (this is a long one)
Did anyone film the opening ceremony? If you did or know someone who did and uploaded it, please send a link! Here, by mail or facebook.
Competition winners:
AMV competition: Elias Jonasson
*Spoiler warning - Guilty Crown*
Cosplay: Best Group: Hunter x Hunter 2011 Best Cosplay: Sabina Mangal as Gon Best Cosplay runner up: Black Cat
Otaku-quiz: Karro
Karaoke: Fredrika Karlsson
Fansub: Elsa Ahlberg and Patricia Åkerblom
This one goes to 11: Victor Aller, Johanna Larsson and Emil Nylander
Jeapardy: Amanda, Allan and Funny
Anime Music Quiz: Niklas Persson
Tekken: Ibrahim Hussein
Wii Sports Resort: Bernhard Johansson and Simon
Super Smash Brawl: Egil Brander Forsberg
Drawing competition: Best Kodachi design:Ronja Skarped
Best KodachiKun design: Sissel Gustavsson
See you all again next year! or this fall at KodachiKun :D
