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Top-10 Most Accessed Series 10. Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto 9. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 8. Bokura no 7. Toward the Terra 6. Death Note 5. Seriei no Moribito 4. Les Miserables – Shoujo Cosette 3. Claymore 2. Dennou Coil 1. Saiunkoku Monogatari Top-10 Most Accessed Posts (unfortunately, not all of which I’m proud of): 10. Some quick first impressions: Kotetsushin Jeeg, Darker than Black and Koutetsu Sangokushi (Really, I have no idea why this one made it to the top-10. This also is one of those examples of how wrong my first impressions can be at times.) 9. Claymore – 20 8. Death Note – 37 7. Tsubasa Chronicle 52 (This one turned into a mini-bbs over time, about the potential third season ^^;) 6. Dennou Coil – 01 5. Death Note – 36 (Ironic how such a small posts generates that many pageviews) 4. Autumn Season Preview 3. Some quick first impressions: OverDrive, Fuyu no Semi and Saint Beast (That’s one post I’m trying to forget. Even six months after writing it still got comments) 2. Some quick first impressions: Kaze no Stigma, Ookiku Furikabutte and Kaibutsu Oujo (Same here. These two posts taught me how you shouldn’t rant without giving valid arguments) 1. Top-10 Anime Top-10 Google Keywords (aside from the obvious ones as “psgels” and “star crossed”): 10. Death Note 37 9. Claymore 20 8. Death Note 36 7. Toward the Terra 6. Overdrive Anime 5. Top 10 Anime 4. Seirei no Moribito 3. Dennou Coil 2. Saiunkoku Monogatari 1. Kaze no Stigma (Seriously, I have no friggin’ idea why this one became #1. I only made one single post about it, for goodness’ sake!) Amusing search-terms .hack//roots trainwreck – Yes, it is. coughing site:http://psgels.net cold site:http://psgels.net – Why would someone call my site cold and coughing? O_o ergo proxy all men learned toilet – I know for which episode this guy was searching, but it’s funny when taken out of context. higurashi keiichi episode dead body – Erm… you need to be a bit more specific than that. 😉 psgels.net sex scenes – Good to see that people who come to this site search for sensible things. psgels is gay – No, I’m not. And if I find out where this came from, I’ll gladly show the one behind it a taste of hell. what is at the bottom of a tornado – Err… strong winds? “anime show” +diapers – It disturbs me that people are searching for this… “best snowball” – Sure. “beans” anime little girl – Why would someone want to associate beans with little girls? “crush them now giant robo” – This one made me laugh. ^^; “his earrings” / “i like rose ” / “smell her feet” – A few examples of which I have no freaking idea how they ended up here. “your back looks just as graceful as stars” – Not exactly my choice of the ultimate pickup-line, but what do I know about it? “who invited dynamite – Nice Holystone, perhaps?]]>

Whoa… seriously…. I expected this series to take the same path as Les Miserables and Perrine, where the first season would be used to quietly introduce the different characters and settings, especially since Perrine has been a rather quiet series while Perrine and her mother have been travelling through Easter Europe. And then Sara comes, and already delivers such a powerful episode, so early in the series, where Sara has to say goodbye to her father. She really is something different from your usual spoiled child, and the bond between her and her father is huge. This probably is due to the loss of her mother, which made a major impact on the two of them. The majority of the episode is filled with Sara, trying to find Emily. It becomes even clearer that she’s got a lot of imagination, and sortof lives in her own world. And because she’s so innocent, she probably also gets her way. It’d be interesting to see in the future episodes when she doesn’t. The head of the school she’s in already suspects that she’ll cause huge amounts of troubles when that happens, though she looks more like someone who hides her sadness, like this episode showed how both Ralph and Sara refused to cry in front of each other. One thing’s for sure, though: the people in the school are going to have to get used to Sara’s strange personality.]]>

I can still hardly believe it, but it seems that Star Crossed has finally won itself an award. The people from Anime 2 Manga have turned one year old today, and with that they gave out an award for the “Blogging Master of 2007”. I must say, congratulations on turning one year old, and thanks for the award. 🙂 I also love the banner, by the way, and how it consists out of some of the screenshots I made in the past. Some of them are actually quite old, and I’m surprised that Darren (who I assume photoshopped it) managed to dig it up. I especially like how the teddy-bear from Master of Epic was included. ^_^]]>

After Ayatsuri Sakon finished, nearly two years after I originally started blogging it, I’ve been searching for another anime to blog once every month or so. In the end, I decided to support Live-eviL, C1-Anime and Minor ja Nai in their attempt to revive interest for the World Masterpiece Theatre-production Little Princess Sara. Les Miserables has been turning into a true masterpiece by now, and the few episodes I’ve seen of Perrine Monogatari have been really good as well. Little Princess Sara is also special, in the way that it’s based on the same story that Soukou no Strain was based on, though obviously the writers of the latter took a lot of artistic liberties by placing a story that originally happened in England, about a century and a half ago into a science-fiction setting. It’s also notable that Sara’s original last name is now Crewe, instead of the Werec, which later changes into Crewe in Soukou no Strain. Ralph also isn’t her brother, but her father, surprisingly. I also don’t think that Ralph is going to kill Sara’s precious friends in this one. ^^; The thing that did remain the same, though is Sara’s huge respect for Ralph, but that’s naturally obvious, since her mother died when she was four, and he’s been taking care of her ever since. He’s also incredibly rich, and he’s been giving her whatever she wanted, hence the title of this series: Little Princess. Because of that, the Sara of Little Princess is rather spoiled, but I wouldn’t call her arrogant. She doesn’t fit in the stereotype that has been set by anime that the rich kids have to be the cocky bastards who look down on everyone at all. Instead, she’s incredibly innocent. Her father probably has been protecting her from everything harmful, but yet she tries to please everyone, and she looks incredibly naive as well. I’m not sure whether we’re supposed to hate her or like her at this point, but that probably will become clearer in the next episode. This first episode was actually quite similar to the first episode of Les Miserables as well, if you ignore the fact that Fantine was incredibly poor and Ralph is incredibly rich. Ralph has been coming from India, and he’s about to get back, leaving his daughter in a local prestigious school in the middle of London. The rest of the episode basically focused on Sara, spending her last few moments with her father. Another interesting detail is that in the next episode, Sara will be purchasing Emily, making another link to both Soukou no Strain and Les Miserables.]]>

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.]]>