Woke up today to find Twitter aflutter with rumors of an IM@S anime. Apparently, it was announced at a live event. So, not a fake. But before I die from happiness, I have to remember that IM@S-based anime had a mixed record at Ani-nouto to date: Xenoglossia was dropped when it turned gritty and bloody, the OVA was plain poorly made. And indeed, what can you do? Puffy Ami Yumi "anime"? Time will tell, of course. We only know one thing: nothing will unretire Yurika Ochiai a.k.a. Yurina Hase. Japan, you suck so much sometimes.

UPDATE: Lawl, Miki celebrates in DiGi's strip. You poor thing. Also:

Although speaking of iM@S and giant robot shows, can I just reiterate that Xenoglossia is actually a pretty good show. Sure, it was offered up to Sunrise as a sacrifice for them to be a little subversive with, and as a result doesn’t really bare any similarity with the original work, but compared to most recent Sunrise works it’s not only unusually consistent, but downright coherent.

By the way, if I remember right, IM@S anime is going to be the first time in my anime-watching career when I will see an adaptation while pre-poisoned. Remember all those whiners: "manga was better", "UBW is the best path"? I always laughed at them so hard. But looking back, if I watched Xenoglossia now, and saw what Sunrise have done to Chinaya, I would be livid. There is going to be some comeuppance, I'm afraid.