Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations (OAV)

Posted by Neko Kyou in CLAMP, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle on November 16th, 2007

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Tokyo Revelations

The shocking revelation…

For those still in the dark, Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations is an OAV series for Tsubasa Chronicle, which starts airing in Japan today. From the description, it sounds as though the OAV series will be based on the 16th volume of the manga, Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE.

The story will be focused on the existence of not one, but two Syaoran. If you haven’t read the manga and you’re a fan of Tsubasa Chronicle, you definitely do not want to miss this OAV as it reveals the shocking truth (that’s probably why it’s called Tokyo’s Revelations) behind the other Syaoran as well as revealing more of Fei Wong Reed’s true motive.

According to AnimeNewsNetwork, the OAV will be 3 episodes long but at the same time it will run all the way until March, 2008. Either there will be more than just 3 episodes, or the time between each episode’s release will be far in between, hopefully its the latter. Never a bad thing to have more TRC episodes even if they’re usually not as good as the manga :)

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle

Finally, a continuation for Tsubasa Chronicle (anime)

Update 18th November 2007:

Thanks to Unknown Voice who left a comment below with some additional info:

The OVA episodes are released together with manga volumes. OVA1 came out today(raws already available). OVA2 will come out January,2008 and OVA3 – March,2008

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Paging the Great Chiaki-sama

Posted by Neko Kyou in Rants on November 16th, 2007

It’s been an extremely lazy past couple of days thanks to the crazy weather. For the past few days (maybe longer, I’ve pretty much lost track of time) it’s been raining heavily daily. The rain never stops for longer than 15 minutes. It’s the kind of weather where anyone would feel lazy to do anything other than eat, watch TV, play games and sleep.

While I like rain, it’s getting a bit ridiculous now that its becoming more and more unpredictable. The sun could be smiling happily down at you one moment and the next minute the rain clouds decides to drop by. This rain-stop-rain situation reminded me of Minami-ke’s 5th episode.

Then it hit me. There is a way to stop the crazy rain pattern, I just need to enlist the help of the greatest teruterubouzu of all times, Chiaki-sama!

Chiaki-sama Teruterubouzu


Oh, great Chiaki-sama! If you’re out there, please lend this bakayaro your help to stop the rain!

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Gundam 00 Sucks. Go Watch it Now!

Posted by Neko Kyou in Gundam on November 14th, 2007

Gundam 00 (or g00 as I affectionally call it) is already in its 6th episode. It’s definitely not Seed or Wing and it’s without a doubt serious business.

Gundam 00

“We’re very serious. You should be, too.”

Gundam 00 has mysteriously got me hooked, having me wait anxiously every week for the latest episode. It has become one of my most anticipated weekly doses of fresh anime.

However, ask me why it’s good and you would see me pausing and hesitating for a while trying to think of an answer. Ask me what’s wrong, and be prepared to sit down with a cup of coffee or tea. It’s gonna be quite a lengthy ride.

Prominent Characters

Side characters have more depth compared to our “heroes”…

Gundam 00 has some prominent characters. Unfortunately, none of them are part of the Gundam Meisters. Sure the Meisters gets the most screen time and action. But other than Allelujah’s sudden madman outburst in episode 5 and Lockon’s conversation with his best robo-buddy Haro, there just isn’t any attraction to the Meister’s characters.

Gundam 00 Graham Acre & Ali Al-Serges

On the other hand, side characters are leaving a deeper impression. Graham Acre is possibly the most well built character so far and is much cooler than any of the Meisters. What’s even more worrying is that a new character that has just been introduced and has about 5 minutes of screen time is already becoming THE coolest cast of all – Ali Al-Serges.

In his on-screen debut mobile suit battle, he’s already pwning the great Exia who had just been upgraded with new equipments. If Setsuna can defeat an entire army on his own, and he’s getting his ass whipped by Ali, think of what Ali could do! Then again, it could just mean that Exia is an awesome suit and Setsuna just plain sucks. Either way works for Ali and against the Meister’s reputation.

Let’s not forget Sergei as well. He appears to be the most reasonable person in the entire Gundam 00 cast. If only he didn’t have to pilot that ugly mobile suit. It makes Zaku looks like a beauty contest winner.

Awesome Naming Sense

Read: Sarcasm…

Setsuna F. Seiei. First time I’ve heard a Japanese with a middle name and actually introduces himself as such. Okay, so that could happen. But it still feels weird. And let’s not even get into Saji and Kinue Crossroads (unless their father is a western).

Allelujah Haptism. Haptism? Baptism? I wonder if Sunrise took the idea from the PC game, Worms. If you’ve played the game you will definitely know of the Holy Grenade. You know, the one that goes “allelujah~” before it decimates your opponents (or yourself, as the case may be). Seeing how Allelujah did explode and went mad in episode 5, that might really be the case. Seriously… Allelujah?

Lockon Stratos. A sniper. “Locked-on stratosphere”? When Setsuna shouted for Lockon to fire in the first episode, I didnt’ even realize he was calling his name. I wonder if Celestial Being gave him the sniper Gundam, Dynames, because of his name. It’s just too twisted.

Tieria Erde. Sounds like a female name. Tieria looks like a female. Until he opens his mouth and reveals the shocking truth. “She” is a “he”. Up until the final moment in the final moment in the first episode, I’ve thought Tieria was a girl (even though I should have known when Virtue made its debut, but still the realization never hit me until Tieria was out of the suit).

Return of the NewTypes

Gundam 00

And I thought they threw it out together with the Zaku’s…

Allelujah and Soma obviously shares some kind of connection resembling the NewType ability to sense each other’s presence. But that’s not where it ends, the ability gets an upgrade now that both people could enter each other’s mind and communicate directly via telepathy.

Graham Acre is Gay

Especially when he steps into his Flag…

He’s so passionately obsessed with Exia that the only explanation I can think of is that he’s gaying with the Gundam. He might have a thing for younger guys too, since he could so easily “sense” that Exia’s pilot is young. It just feels gay. But Graham is still cool.

Emo Pilots

Gundam 00 Gundam Meister

Picture worth a thousand words?

Have you ever seen a grouchier bunch of Gundam pilots? Okay, to be fair, Lockon isn’t that emo. He’s quite lively actually compared to the rest.

Gundam 00 Sucks?

I find Gundam 00 sucks, yes. However, I’m definitely growing to like it as well. As I did this rant I came to realize some of the reasons why Gundam 00 has increasingly grab my interest with each passing episode. But that is a story for another day…

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Shakugan no Shana Episode 6

Posted by Neko Kyou in Shakugan no Shana on November 12th, 2007

Night Before an Ordeal

Rating: 8/10

Shakugan no Shana II Episode 6

While this episode is a huge improvement over the last few since it actually made some progress over the Fumina Konoe problem, I still think Yuuji should get whacked in the head.

Sure, he did try to think about the problem and wanted to ask Ogata to walk Konoe to school by herself. But in the end it was still Shana and Kazumi who truly patched things up. Other than just thinking about it, Yuuji did absolutely nothing!

Putting that aside, this has been the most interesting episode in the second season of Shana so far. Satou being mischievous and agreeing that it’s important to study for the surprise test the next day when he was just going on about neglecting it a few moments earlier made me lol.

Shana Harem

“All your girls are belong to me!”

The best part comes when the bottomless keg, Margery Daw, finally woke up and wandered into the kitchen looking for water. I initially thought Ogata recognized her since it was Margery that gave her the initial push forward to confessing to Tanaka back in the hot springs, but either it was too dark or the OAV didn’t count towards the main story since she didn’t remember her from then.

As usual, Margery Daw surprised everyone including Marco with her advice that would finally settle this excruciating love triangle fiasco concerning Konoe. Finally.

Shakugan no Shana II Episode 6

But wait, looks like this isn’t exactly the end of the love conflict yet. Just when I thought that we might actually get to see some real action, the preview for episode 7 reveals yet another relationship-centric episode. At least it’s not Yuuji this time.

Shana-sensei

Still waiting some real ass-kicking Flame Haze action…

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Interesting Links 4

Posted by Neko Kyou in Random Fun on November 12th, 2007

  • DangoCCY did a great post on Cardcaptor Sakura. It’s probably no secret that Cardcaptor Sakura is my favourite anime ever since I first watched it. It’s a great explanation to what makes the show great despite its average looking appearance and explores on the “love” them.
  • Hinano did an awesome animation for a Naruto version of Dango Daikazoku, Naruto Daikazoku! I didn’t really like the Clannad ending theme at first, but Hinano’s animation made me change my mind 😛 Dango rules! It was posted a week ago, so if you haven’t seen it, you really should.
  • DS help spiced up Shana by “dango-fying” it into Shannad, a Dango vs Melon-pan epic battle. 3 thumbs up for the large dango that crushed Sakai Yuuji!
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