Code Geass 2nd season will be airing as part of the anime lineup in spring, which means April. That’s right folks it’s almost time to get mesmerized under the influence of Lelouch’s Geass once again. We have another 4 months to wait before we’ll get to see what happens after both Lelouch and Suzaku fired at each other at the very end of the first season.

“Wait for us… We’re coming back…”

Cliffhanger

The first season left the series at a serious cliffhanger and after Euphie’s blood-filled episode I had almost no hope left for a happy ending to the series. Right near the end of the first season we had many new revelations – a hint of what really happened to Lelouch’s mother, the unseen person C.C. is always speaking to, and apparently everything that has been going on was part of the Britannian Emperor’s plan? And just who is V.V.?

One thing I noticed about the final 2 episodes was that Sunrise suddenly switched and presented the Britannian forces as the good versus the evil Black Knights. It was interesting how they could suddenly have the viewers feels more empathic towards Britannia since the whole series had built upon the fact that Britannia had oppressed the Japanese and they were fighting to regain their freedom and independence once more.

But perhaps the empathy does not lie with Britannia, but those who were fighting the war at the moment. Euphemia’s death was probably the tipping point that helped identify with Cornelia’s struggles.

Britannia vs Black Knights

In between the two forces at war right now, I can no longer decide who I should be rooting for. Both parties aren’t exactly righteous and deserves to win, but I also can’t bear to see everyone wasted. Everything that Lelouch had built up is crumbling fast and the Britannians aren’t exactly in any good shape either even if they continue their current pace and wins.

“Bow to me!”

Only one man seems to stand at the top of it all, the one who is, at the moment, the most likely victor regardless of what happens. Lelouch’s #1 enemy, the Emperor of Britannia.

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What do I know about Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3:

• A Japanese RPG on the PS2
• You play as a high schooler during the day (like those hentai dating sim games)
• You play as a kickass monster slayer in school after dark
• You shoot yourself in the head over and over and over…

I haven’t exactly played the game but I’ve seen some demo videos and it does look rather interesting. The character designs and settings are rather anime-like. While the idea of a dating sim + demon slaying game packed into one is pretty unique (at least to my knowledge) and would be enough to catch anyone’s attention, its really how the battle works that got me interested.

“Don’t come, or I’ll shoot!”

The characters summons their persona’s by shooting themselves in the head with a pistol and if I remembered correctly, pretty much everything they want their persona to do they will need to shoot themselves in the head for it.

It would be interesting to see how the anime turns out when it’s released in January 2008. The only known detail so far is that the anime is a sequel, set 10 years after the events of Persona 3.

Hopefully it doesn’t turn out to be anything like Devil May Cry anime.

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Impz at THAT Animeblog posted a pretty comprehensive list of upcoming anime this fall along with whatever info he could dig up, which is actually quite a lot. I’ve added 5 new anime to my list of anime to watch out –

• ef -a tale of memories
• Ghost Hound
• Dragonaut ~ The Resonance
• Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji
• Shion no Ou – The flowers of Hard Blood

Damn, I seriously hope I have enough time for all these. Add these to my current list of anime to watch out for, I have 11 anime on my list! And this doesn’t even include the list of anime I’m currently watching which you can find in my about page.

Most likely I’ll start dropping off some by the 3rd or fourth episode if they aren’t good enough. But if they’re all good, then I’m probably doomed XD

But still, Shana II is still at the very top of my list and gets the highest priority above the rest 😀

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I think most people would have already heard by now about the Death Note spinoff movie that’s coming out soon – L.

As one would have guessed, the spinoff movie focuses on L, known as the world’s greatest detective and the arch-nemesis of Kira in the Death Note series.

My first exposure to the Death Note franchise was actually the 2nd movie – Death Note: The Last Name, which I watched in Singapore with Dyna and Carbunkid. It blew me away and I immediately went in search of the first movie.

Then I tried to watch the anime and read the manga, but it didn’t really stick to me. It’s probably because of the strong impressions that I had experienced from the live action movie.

Needless to say, my favourite character from the movie was L, so I was pleasantly surprised when I initially heard that a new spinoff movie based on L would be made a few months back.

The spinoff movie would be about L’s work before he was brought over to Japan to handle the Kira case, which would ultimately be his last. We already know that Kira would be L’s strongest opponent, so it makes me wonder just how much of a challenge were his opponents prior to Light.

I have high hopes for this movie but it would be kinda boring if L were to easily solve all his assignments, yet they can’t make it his targets are more capable than Light as well. It would be interesting to see how the plot maneuvers over this. If anyone have any information on this, please let me know 😀

The movie is set for release on the 9th of February, 2008. It’s currently sitting at the top of my “movies I must watch” list.

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The holidays are over in a blink of an eye. It’s kinda hard to get back into writing and posting if you stopped doing it for more than a week or so.

Just to get things going again, I’ve just found this new 14 seconds trailer for Shakugan no Shana Second, one of the anime titles which I’m looking forward to this fall.

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