Category: Special Articles

just post a comment, leaving the name of an anime that is slated for the fall-season, and I’ll blog the one with the most votes, no matter what. The last time I did this, Claymore came out, which turned into a really interesting experience. The rules are: – To validly post, just drop a comment leaving your selection. I selected this system above a poll on purpose, because I really want this to be a choice of my readers, instead of random people who will vote randomly on any poll they run into. – I accept any shows that are listed on moonphase under the fall-season or just 2007, without any specific date yet announced apart from the year. For an english version of this list, go here. – Each person can select up to 2 shows. Since ap was the one who made te 3000th comment, his votes count for three. – The voting stays open until August 31th, after which the show with the most votes will be blogged as soon as it airs. Be careful, though. If I don’t like it, I reserve the right to bash it. If you want to return on a later date, you’ll find this post under the category “Random Posts”. And finally, let me thank all the people who dropped a comment, and made sure that this benchmark could be reached. You’re all very appreciated. ^_^ EDIT – The current list of votes: Gundam 00 – 13 Clannad – 12 Ghost Hound – 11 Gunslinger Girl – 9 Kodomo no Jikan – 5 ef – 5 Mokke – 4 Haruhi II – 4 Wellber no Monogatari II – 4 Kimikiss – 2 Hero Tales – 2 Rental Magica – 2 Minami-ke – 2 Censoroll – 1 Prism Ark – 1 Shugo Chara – 1 Aria OVA – 1 Bamboo Blade – 1 Shakugan no Shana II – 1 (Small note: everyone who voted for Gunslinger Girl can recast his or her vote, since it’s been confirmed to air in spring, next year. ) EDIT: The Poll is Closed. Don’t bother voting or revoting, because I won’t count them. Everyone, thanks for participating!]]>

Moonphase and the animesuki forums, a sequel of Gunslinger Girl is in the works, more than three years after the airdate of the original series. At this time, the format is still pretty much unknown, but I’m hoping for a fully fledged tv-series. I personally loved this series when I watched it, mostly because it was incredibly thought-provoking, and the ending was just too sweet. I’ll be interested to see more of this.]]>

I assume that most of you have already seen the infamous episode 22 by now. I’ve already shortly expressed my opinion about the episode in the shoutbox, but I figured to dedicate a post about it, since it confirmed something that’s been irking me about Code Geass for quite a while now. I adore series full of plot twists, which would naturally mean that I’d enjoy Code Geass as well, but for some reason I just couldn’t get into it. Now I finally know why. Not just in this episode, but throughout the entire anime did Code Geass have the nasty tendency to feature a bit too perfect of a timing. Events are so arranged that they create the biggest sensation. The plot twists don’t rely on the characters or the plot, but they rely on coincidences, just like your standard soap-opera. Just think of when Lelouch found out about Suzaku’s identity because his mecha was cut just in the right way to reveal his face and not kill the guy or stop him from moving. Or in episode 21, when Lelouch, C.C., Shirley, Suzaku, Kallen, Ougi and Villetta all somehow end up in the same warehouse at the same time. Or Suzaku just catching Kallen when she’s bathing, and I could go on for this for a while longer. Sure, one coincidence in a series never hurts, and neither do two or three of them. But when a series practically lives off the stuff, something has to be wrong. I’d much rather see a cleverly thought-out plot-twist than the result of what happens when two characters “accidentally” bump into each other. It just feels cheap. I’m quite surprised that this series is so enormously popular, as it’s not really that good. Because of this series, the cleverly-written anime like Tenpou Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi get nearly no attention at all. Overall, it’s sad to see that Clamp’s talent got wasted on this one. Ah well, at least the character-designs look nice. (on a side-note: my favourite part of episode 22 has to be Lelouch’s father laughing at everything that’s happening. I wish he’d get more screen-time, the anime would turn a lot more interesting with this.)]]>

Bjorn’s Anime Blog Yesterday, I took part in the jury of the Animeblogger.net awards. It was quite fun, basically we made our own choices for the categories of the animereactor-awards. It was great to see that we were with a nice selection of people with varying tastes, so there wasn’t an overly huge emphasis on the popular series. Best Overall: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu Best Story: Noein – Mou Hitori no Kimi e Best Character Development: Eureka 7 Best Animation / Visual Effects: Pale Cocoon Best Soundtrack: Mai Otome Best Opening / Ending: Shakugan no Shana Best Action: The Third Best Adventure / Fantasy: Mushishi Best Drama: Honey and Clover 2 Best Romance / Love Story: Bokura ga Ita Best Comedy: Ouran Koukou Host Club Best Fanservice / Ecchi: Joshikousei Best Sci-Fi / Mecha: Eureka 7 Best Thriller / Mystery / Horror Anime: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Best Quick Watch Anime: REC Best Male Character: Atori (Noein – Mou Hitori no Kimi e) Best Female Character: Honoka (The Third) Best Villian: Sonozaki Shion (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) Best Newcomer: Kanon (2006)]]>