Monday, October 19, 2009

Kanon


Like many other Animes, Kanon originated with a Adult Vision Novel. Or in other words a Roleplaying Game. It was then adapted into five Light Novels, one for each heroine of the game.

Girl in the Snow
Beyond the Smile
Girl's Prison
Fox and the Grapes

A Sunny City


I'm going to take a shot in the dark so PLEASE don't quote me on this, but I think those names are english translations of the real titles because I can't for the life of me find them, not a hint anywhere except my original source


The first Kanon magna was serialized in MediaWorks' manga magazine Dengeki Daioh The individual chapters were later collected into two separate volumes. There are six chapters in total, three in each volume. This manga is different than the visual novel in that three of the girls stories are not told in their entirety. Near the end of each of these girls' stories were originally intended to give the viewer the remaining answers, but the manga version ends these girls' stories prematurely. Because it focused to much on main girls story. I tell you I love google!! (sarcasim) I can't find the physical books ANYWAY but I do have my choice of 1,569 sites that have in on down load!

http://www.onemanga.com/Kanon/

Kanon: The Real Feelings of the Other Side of the Smiling Face.

K so studio Toei Animation came out with a 13 episode Anime for Kanon in 2002 as well as a OVA called Kanon Kanahaza. I can't find it anywhere to buy, and found a few snips saying it was never released in the US, so you might have to go searching via less conventional means if you really want it. However in 2006 Kyoto Animation did a new adaptation of Kanon, so you shouldn't miss much. ADV picked it up for a while then it was transfered to Funi.


(This is the 2006 Anime)
Kanon, Volume 1
Kanon, Volume 2
Kanon, Volume 3
Kanon, Vol. 4


Hope I didn't freaking confuse the lot of you, I know I am, and I wrote all this. Please if you have any more info, share! Otherwise I'll keep this on my update list and get back to it when I have time, or hear a rumor.
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Last Exile (Anime)



A friend recommend we watch this, and lucky for us it was available to stream off of netflix! So after my futile search for season 3 of Kyo Kara Maoh, I was able to rebound with this awesome show, that very night.

Unlike some it starts in the heat of the plot, no back story (that comes later) that drags for episodes. However they sorta had no choice, well I guess they did, we all do. But considering there are only 26 episodes, they had to stream line it well to get maximum potential.

I'm on the 13th episode and LOVE it so far, awesome animation, music, characters, story and music! (I know I said music twice)

So there's no Manga, or Novel, just the 26 episodes, and some sound tracks (which I will be looking for) There is a rumor about a live action, but haven't seen much about that.

Like I said if you have netflix you can stream it (or just get it), also I'm sure you can find it on the web. However if you're looking to buy (which I will) then here ya go:


Or

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Temptations

You know, theres been a time or two that I've wanted to just give up on this blog. I don't see it as I used to, and I haven't had time to update it as much as I want. But then, there comes a time when I need it. Last night was one of those, I finally got around to watching most of Kyo Kara Moah! I tell you what, the show takes forever to get going, but when it does, man have the next disc ready. Which brings me to the site. Season two ends on one dilly of a cliff, and there is no Season three in english, or available to buy with subs, though I wouldn't do that anyway Official subs suck. What there is, and what I may resort to, are fan subs. I'll keep a record of how I find them if anyone wants them, but I'm not posting them sorry.

Do I rock or what! So that means I will keep this site going, and now that my novel (yes thats what kept me away) is finished, I can give this site the attention it deserves. In fact I started a new Anime last night that I have to do some research on, and like always I'll share my findings. It's called Last Exhile, I'm on episode 9 and so far it's pretty awesome, granted for the majority of the fifth and sixth episode I was wikiepidaing all of the voice actors. What can I say, I have a Voice actor fetish. And guess whose on this one? The Gorgeous Crispin Freeman, he ranks right up ther with Chris Patton.

Ok on to my next post. Oh and be on the look out for a new Poll, I've decided to try that again.
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Monday, September 21, 2009

City Hunter

Right. So, I figured it's time I earn my upkeep by doing a review of an anime over here. And guess what I choose? A classic that I grew up with (Amber says: "That explains A LOT..."), and which I consider one of the world's three greatest animes, EVER. It's a true classic, an 80's anime of the perfect genre crossbreeding: Action, romance, ecchi (that's pervertedness for y'all non-otakus out there), and more ecchi. In other words, I give you all, the one, the only, the legendary, City Hunter. (That's Shitihanta for all you Japanese people out there.)

The main character is Ryo Saeba, a "sweeper" (private detective/mercenary/hitman/assassin/vigilante) in the Tokyo underworld. Ryo have four major crosses to bear; 1, he loves women. 2, he loves women's underwear. 3, he loves to peep at women when they take a bath, and usually, he tries to do more than just peep on them, which leads us to number 4, he also loves a little something that he calls "mokkori". To keep this clean, I won't say what it is (though I will say, a simple search on Wikipedia can inform you of it), but I'm certain you can guess already. "Mokkori" happens to be Ryo's battle cry whenever he attempts to pick up a beautiful woman, or steal her underwear. ("Waow, mokkori brassiere!").

But!
That's where his partner, the female tomboy Kaori Makimura, comes into the picture. Whenever Ryo tries to woo one of their clients (and being that Ryo only accepts contracts from beautiful women, that happens every time), vóila, she's there with a 100 ton hammer, smashing his head in with tremendous force and fury. She's really a scary woman, considering she's the only one who ever get the drop on the legendary City Hunter.

So, anyways, what you have is action, romance, heartwarming stories in every episode, and all of it in a typical 80's package accompanied by an incredible soundtrack. It stands to reason that this series is really one of the best that has ever been made. Quite obviously. And if you decide to read the manga, be prepared to realize that the series, which is quite perverted in its own right, pales in comparison to the manga, drawn by the genius mangaka Tsukasa Hojo.

Unfortunately, though, the manga is a rarity these days. Even on the net where piracy seems to be able to get you everything, it fails here. You can only, via fan-translations, get your hands on the mangas up to chapter 32. This is, as opposed to volume 32, which always confused me, but are two different things. You may think that you can still buy the manga, even if you have to buy it legally from Ebay, or somesuch. But the sad truth of the matter is, the manga has never been translated to English past chapter 32. And I dare say if you really want to read the manga you would have to speak and read fluent Japanese, and also live in Japan, to be able to track it down.

The series, however, is more than capable of standing on its own as one of the greatest animes of all times. So, with that in mind, get your butt out there, find it, and ACQUIRE IT, by any means necessary! Until the day you have seen the City Hunter anime, I daresay your life is 69 percent un-lived.
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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle (Anime)


I really like this series. In fact it inspired me to create clay Mokonas :D I'll have to post a picture they are WAY cute.


Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle is an on going manga series by Clamp. It is currently being serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine. It takes place in the same fictional universe as many of Clamp's other manga series including xxxHolic, Cardcaptor Sakura, Legal Drug, Angelic Layer, X, Chobits, Magic Knight Rayearth and Tokyo Babylon.

SOOooo, This series I would like to link to XXXholic although you don't have to watch either in order. Though I would suggest watching Holic first that way you will appreciate and understand Yokos involvement and her brief cameo. But the stories are COMPLETLEY different, neither effect the other they just cross paths from time to time.. well ok ONCE so far in the Anime, I have yet to read the Manga. Also apparently its the same for Chobits and Cardcaptor, I haven't seen Cardcaptor but I have seen Chobits and I didn't see any links, though I also haven't seen season two.

Sorry for the delay in posting this one, for some reason I thought I had already. I was spurred to however by a visitor to my site seeking out info on this Anime, only to be let down because it's not UP! I'm sorry I have failed you :(

That shall be remedied I promise.

So here we go!
27 volumes of manga (there will only be 27 vols)
Tsubasa 25 Comes out in English in January 2010
Tsubasa 26 Not sure when it comes out (in english)
Tsubasa 27 Not sure when it comes out (in english)
Anime Totals 52 episodes. They don't run through all of the Manga though and it's unlikely there will be a season 3 so for more Tsubasa Chronicles hit the books stores for the finale.
Second Season
K sports fans, there are 3 OVAs called Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations, I can't find the DVDs to buy but if you want there are ways to down load them *wink wink* but don't ask me how. Though if you ask Lox nicely he might be able to help.
Tsubasa Chronicle the Movie: The Princess of the Country of Birdcages in conjunction with xxxHolic the Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream were released
Quote from Wiki:
Two original video animation (OVA) series were animated by Production I.G as sequels to the anime. They are directed by Shunsuke Tada and written by Nanase Ohkawa with music provided by Yuki Kajiura. A three-episode OVA series entitled Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations, stylized as Tsubasa TOKYO REVELATIONS, was released between November 16, 2007 and March 17, 2008 across three DVDs bundled with limited versions of volumes 21, 22 and 23 of the manga. A two-episode OVA series entitled Tsubasa Shunraiki (ツバサ春雷記, Tsubasa Shunraiki?) lit. Tsubasa Spring Thunder Chronicles was released across of two DVDs on the first with volume 26 of the manga, which was released on March 17, 2009 and the second was released with volume 27 on May 15, 2009
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The New Me.

As my newest Author announced yes I am changing my name. Have changed it actually. Why? Well T.W.I.G.G. or The way it goes Girl, was never my favorite OR my first choice. It was a rather hasty decision and I just didn't have time to change it. Besides it kinda works.

The name I've been going by for quiet sometime now is Stone~Amber, please call me Stone or any variation of that. (ie: Stoney)

On to business: I would like to welcome Loxely to my growing army of Anime Archaeologist's. Hopefully now there will be more shows uncovered for you all soon. I would like to take this time however to remind Lox that he is here to pimp Anime, not himself :P

That said I would also like to thank all those who read this, and if we've helped you at all please let us know we would be very interested in hearing from you.

Edit:
I forgot we had another change, in the form of a missing Author. Due to conflicting schedules and school time constrants Aaron has abdicated from being a blog Author. We are sad to see him leave but excited to see him pursue his goals by furthing his education and wish him luck.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

5 Centimeters per Second



I've wanted to do this one for a long time, and have had it as a draft for months. But never once did I actually look into it. So finally I do and realize it's not what I thought it was, not the norm of what I've posted. 5 Centimeters Per Second is not a anime, but it's also not one cohesive film, instead it's a collection of three short episodes depicting the life and growth of the main character from elementary school, to high school, to the workforce.


Either way you're still getting it because I say so.


5 Centimeters Per Second


1: Cherry Blossom


2: Cosmonaut


3: 5 Centimeters Per second.


I personally can't wait to watch this. My sister has and loved it to bits, as well as most commentors on Amazon. The only problem it seemed any one had was that the film seems to be soaked in sap, and then apparently it missed the sap bath completely and was left dry and lifeless.. Lets all chalk this up to "everyones different" and call it square huh?

Theres a light novel of 5 Centimeters Per Second however so far its only sold in Japanese markets. It includes stories that are not featured in the anime though.. so.. if you have connections go for it.

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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Naruto (Anime, Manga)

Alright, this is my first time doing this so please bear with me if I get anything wrong. : )
Anyway, many of you probably know of Naruto from Cartoon Network. From what I've seen, Naruto is one of the most popular anime/manga in America right now or at least in my area. It is written by Masashi Kishimoto and published by VIZ Media LLC. The story revolves around a lone young ninja trying to make himself known by becoming the leader of his village. I personally have watched and read this, and I can easily say there is a reason it is so popular. It may start off slow for some, but it quickly picks up. Naruto is a VERY long story, and is still going on. The 28th manga actually starts a time skip in the story, but they have yet to reach that point in the anime in America.

Naruto - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
Time skip - 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 (tbr July 7, 2009)

Vol. 2 - Ep. 14-25
Vol. 3 - Ep. 26-38
Vol. 4 - Ep. 39-52
Vol. 5 - Ep. 53-65
Vol. 6 - Ep. 66-79
Vol. 7 - Ep. 80-92
Vol. 8 - Ep. 93-106
Vol. 9 - Ep. 107-120
Vol. 10 - Ep. 121-135
Vol. 11 - Ep. 136-149
Vol. 12 - Ep. 150-163
Vol. 13 - Ep. 163-?
Vol. 14 - (tbr May 26, 2009)

The anime in Japan has actually gotten past the time skip, renaming it Naruto: Shippuden. Hopefully, that will be coming to the U.S. soon, so we can skip all the filler that they put in after what would be after number 27 of the manga and before number 28.


I hope this was helpful to anyone who reads it, and that it was a good start for me!

Enjoy!

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

XXXHolic (Anime, Manga)


K this was a mite tricky because the storyline crosses over with a few other CLAMP series (Clamp is a manga group) The most notable are: Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle which was written in tandem with it, and Cardcaptor Sakura, whose history it draws on at several points.

There are 13 and counting Manga Volumes. The Anime was produced by a couple companies and so doesn't stay quiet on point with the Plot. So to combate confussion I'd read that first. I didn't however and still liked the Anime anyway. Liked it a LOT actually and will now be reading the books (I think Aaron already has been, he might be able to shine a bit more on to this then I can)


Oh by the by, its pronounced 'Holic' you don't have to say all those X's

13+ volumes of Manga


Novel: xxxHOLiC: AnotherHOLiC - Odd little thing about this. Its supposed to be a Manga collection, and it FAILS magnificanlty. It only has 3 of the stories, and for once the Anime tells it better!! Apparently only Yuko and Watanuki appear, and there is hardly any supernaturalish stuff! Read it if you must but I know I'm taking a pass.

First Season: 24 TV Episodes


Clamp Double Feature: Tsubasa Chronicle and xxxHOLiC (2008) (This be the xxxHolic movie!! Watch it before the second season. You may be able to find the Movie attached to a Complete Collection of xxxHolic, I know I did. However I got mine from the Treasure Trove {i have a link} and haven't been able to find that particular colletion anywhere else)
The first season of the xxxHolic anime was relatively loyal to the comic's timeline, whereas Kei has episodes which concentrated on the backgrounds of some of the smaller arcs in the xxxHolic manga

Second Season: Kei
13 episodes!
Vol. 1-Xxxholic Tsugi DVD (I think this is the first volume, it wasn't being very helpful)

OVA 2 Episodes xxxHOLiC Shunmuki ~ K can't find these either I bet you anything they are attached to DVD 5 or something -it has 2 discs while the others have 1- If anyone knows please share with the class.

And there you have it Anime Fans. I recommend this to everyone!
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

With my Readers in Mind. (about time!)


Hello all my Anime Cohorts, I have a new poll for you. I’ve decided to taken into account show preferences of all you watchers! Instead of blogging shows willy-nilly I want to focus on shows you’re actually interested in. Shows you WANT me to blog about.

K over in the designated POLL spot I have listed 6 Animes, while I know there are more then 6 Animes out there that I haven’t blogged about, Google has limited my poll entries. Besides you only get to pick two anyway, no reason to get your hopes to high.

Oh did I mention, the top 2 win!

So depending on how my experiment goes I may do this every month. Not only will that be an incentive to me to blog, because I’ll know you all actually care, but because it guarantees that there will be fresh shows for you all to study up on!!

It’s going to be good, I can just tell.

You may begin Voting!

DUE TO ABSOLUTELY NO VOTES:
I will continue at my own pace of posting Animes, and posting whatever I want.
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Saturday, February 14, 2009

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

THE MOB HAS SPOKEN, all 4 of you. But hey a wins a win right.

So who won as Favorite Host?

KAORU!




Now for your enjoyment I present: Kaoru Eye Candy
























PS: none of these pictures are mine they belong to their owns at DeviantArt and Photobucket.










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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Changes

That's right I said Changes. If you haven't noticed (I wouldn't have noticed either except I made them) there have been some changes up'n here. I've added a Top ten list, a POLL, and changed some font/color settings Hurrah! for diversity.

Something however that you may NOT have noticed though, is that I have released my comment block! Now any Tom, Dick, or Harry can comment at will.

So please COMMENT AT WILL!

FYI: Comments not limited too: Toms, Dicks, or Harrys and should be directed at T.W.I.G.G not Will
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Saturday, January 10, 2009

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya





Sounds GREAT!!


14 Episodes

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Volume 1
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Volume 2
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Volume 3
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vol. 4

or

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Complete Collection


Novel Time! There are 6 Novels in total, but I can't FIND 'EM Sorry I'll keep trying.


6 Anime Episodes were adapted from the first novel. Then from the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th Novels 7 more Episodes were pulled from various chapters, and are interspersed between the other 6. Now Episode 9 was written specifically for the Anime by the auther of the novels.

Couldn't have made it more confusing huh?!

UPDATE: Found 'em Found 'em! I have found the novels! Well kinda. Now don't go getting cranky on me Littl Brown Books for Young Readers, and Yen Press have picked up the label and will be releasing them, the first one is out, the rest, well the rest just aren't. The tenth I don't even think is out in Japan yet, its an on going series.

K I keept finding mixed reviews: That Vol 1 is already out (Jan 4 09 or October!) or that it will be released April 2009, I'll keep you posted.


The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vol. 1 (v. 1)

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vol. 2 (Manga) (v. 2) The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya (comes out march 24 2009)

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vol. 3 (Manga) (v. 3)The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya (comes out June 9 2009)

The Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya

The Rashness of Haruhi Suzumiya

The Disturbance of Haruhi Suzumiya

The Scheme of Haruhi Suzumiya

The Anger of Haruhi Suzumiya

The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya

The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya

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Fruits Basket! aka Furuba (Anime, Manga Romance)



Honestly cutest show I've seen in the LONGEST TIME! This show is baised off of a Book Series by Natsuki Takaya, unfortunately for a lot of us the Show is only threw book 6, personally I ran to the library and fast!

Fruits Basket Show: 3 disc
Fruits Basket, Volume 1: A Great Transformation? (Episodes 1-6)
Fruits Basket, Volume 2: What Becomes of Snow? (Episodes 7-12)
Fruits Basket, Volume 3: Puddles of Memories (Episodes 13-19)
Fruits Basket, Volume 4: The Clearing Sky (Episodes 20-26)
These only encompass volume 1 - 6 of the book series
(no word on making any more.. or at least I haven't found any which makes me sad I LOVE the voice actors)

Fruits Basket Books: volumes 1 - 23.

They have only released up to Vol. 21 in America.. or English I guess is more "PC". Anywho all of them are out in Japan, and for the clever websurfer you can find the books AND translation.. for the MORE cleverer you can find both of them together, I'm not so clever I had two diff web pages, a little difficult but it worked and let me tell you I have never NEVER finished a story so very satisfied! And I have read a LOT, I laughed and cried.. mostly cried at the end Totally a NoteBook cry though. If you will only read one Manga this year or EVER read this one. Unless of course you like fighting and war then do us a favor, put the book down and skip to the Adventure Section of Barns N' Noble, cause I don't want to hear you complain that there isn't enough blood, guts, or Mecha on some fan page(there is however a suprising abundance of blood in this story though..)


Personal Note: Like most Books-gone-to-movie they have left some stuff out, not much but if you want a little extra Zodiac love I'd read all the books, I know I have :)
Fruits Basket Volume 22 (v. 22) comes out March 17 2009
Fruits Basket Volume 23 (Fruits Basket) comes out in July 14 2009
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Red River (Manga, Romantical Fantasy)



28 Manga Volumes only 24 are out but never fear the rest are well on their way! Also there are 2 novels based off the Manga but I can't find them at the mo I'll keep you posted.


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Her Majesty's Dog (Manga)

I was tipped off by a friends niece for this one. Sounds really cute, I don't remember seeing it in my many raids of Barnes and Noble but then again I never knew to look for it. I tell you I will now hopefully its there otherwise I'll have to Glamazon it and that takes to long! :(

11 volumes, and Mr. #11 just came out in October! But thats all sorry folks (you should be thanking your lucky stars though, it's her longest series...)

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Ouran High School Host Club (Anime)

I am watching Ouran High School Host Club as soon as I'm done with Banner of the Stars. However I've done some research on it already because my friend bought it for me and its in Japanese with English subs. I didn't want to open it until I found out if I could get it dubed in English. You can't at least not right now, though Funimation has picked it up and is in the process of Dubing it, though it will be a while yet before its out. I'll keep you posted:
POSTED: The Englished Dubed version of Ouran High School Host Club Season Part One will be available October 28th 2008

POSTED AGAIN: Sorry Guys I'm a little late on this one Season One Part Two is now out as of TODAY! Thats right fellow Anime addicts the release date of Season 1 part 2 is January 6th 2009 aka TODAY. Nice timing right?

This show is ranked in my top 5, and is warring with The Wallflower for #2's position
I love the characters and the story. Anime is SO original and new isn't it? LOVES!!
Anyway I hope you enjoy it as well.

For more info check out the official website!
http://funimation.com/ouran/


26 Episodes!!

The following are not DUBBED:
Vol. 1-Ouran High School Host Club [Region 2]
Vol. 2-Ouran High School Host Club [Region 2]
Vol. 3-Ouran High School Host Club [Region 2]
Vol. 4-Ouran High School Host Club [Region 2]
Vol. 5-Ouran High School Host Club [Region 2]
Vol. 6-Ouran High School Host Club

THESE are Dubbed
Ouran High School Host Club: Season 1, Part 1 Epis 1-13
Ouran High School Host Club: Season One, Part Two Epis 14-26

Manga

There are 13 (and counting) Volumes so far however only 11 have been translated in English

Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 1
Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 2
Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 3
Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 4
Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 5
Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 6
Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 7
Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 8
Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 9
Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 10
Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 11 (Ouran High School Host Club)
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