According to Tokyograph (via, re):
The classic manga “Ranma 1/2” is being turned into a live-action drama special this December, starring actress Aragaki Yui (23). The drama will be an original story with Tendo Akane as the main character.
Face, meet palm.
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If anyone wants heavily spoiling recount, there's an entry at THAT, by apparently a new contributor, "Nana". Otherwise, have a few notes that are merely slightly spoiling.
A friend of mine, a police officer, reminded me to watch the Super Dimension Fortress Macross, when he changed his Facebook avatar to that of iconic helmeted head of Hikaru in Valkirie. The man is not a closet anime fan: such is the popular appeal that the real Macross exerts …
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This was as bad as ep.3, and for the same reason. After a sober assessement, everyone in the story wins: Producer made a difference for a change, Miki got over her mood, everyone else moves on with the life as usual at Namco Pro, with important concert not screwed …
read moreI know now what he wrote about. And you know what, the loss of his retirement for animeblogging was as bad as when we lost Lawson. Except that he didn't take the site down. 2DT is just not the same -- for one thing, his interests are too heavily tilted towards …
read moreWhat an episode, and they ended it in a cliffhanger, too. But before we get to that, it seems pretty clear that ANN was correct expecting 12 episodes, and everyone who claimed 2 cours were wrong. {Actually, no, we're safe, see below.}
Producer continues to underwhelm to the very end …
read more[Originally saved in mid-2011 — Author]
<sagematt> If Kyuubey shows up in front of me right now.
<sagematt> For becoming a magical girl, I'm wishing to rid Oreimo's existence from the universe, past, present and future, by my own hand.
<[RoXaS]> haha
<sagematt> Cry manly tears for me, guys.
<sagematt> There …
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Someone is back from China, evidently:
read moreThe iDOLM@ASTER 9 features the annoying twins in an episode that doesn’t really try too hard to make the mystery of the missing puddings interesting, which is just as well. It’s more of a character study of the two girls and …
And so... we have a hybrid of school athletic festival with the Japanese game TV. Not the worst setting for an idol anime, really. But don't you think that 756PRO team has a big advantage over typical 3-person teams? Thanks to its large headcount, they can rotate fresh players in …
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