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Saturday, January 29, 2005

[[ Yakitate!! Japan episode 10 ]]

Fansubbed by: Anime-Empire
Available @: AnimeSuki
Official website: http://www.yakitate-japan.com/
Total episodes: 46?

Kawachi continued his training in order to gain Solar Gauntlets. When Kazuma asked him about it, Kawachi told him not to speak to him anymore unless it’s necessary, because he wants to challenge Kazuma. At the main store Kuroyanagi is testing the dinner breads of the newcomers. Only 226 out of the 512 newcomers submitted bread that did not grow mold. Kuroyanagi used dogs to sniff out the bread that are made with artificial preservatives. Suwabara Kai was there as well. He told Kuroyanagi that he wants to challenge Kawachi and Kazuma again, because he lost to them the last time.
Kazuma was feeling depressed, because Kawachi won’t talk to him anymore. He thinks that Kawachi wants to challenge him, because he hates him. The manager told Kazuma he is wrong. Kawachi wants to challenge him, because he has acknowledged him as a man. That’s why the manager told Kazuma to face Kawachi with all he has got. Kazuma understood what the manager said and decided to go to his Grandfather in Gifu and ask him to make “something” for him. After Kazuma arrived in Gifu he went to a cave to dig up some clay. The clay is needed to make that “something”. His Grandfather promised to make that “something” for Kazuma, but after he is done Kazuma must use it to bake Japan #44 for him. Kazumi’s Grandfather said he wanted to eat it once more before he dies. Meanwhile the results of the preliminaries have come in. Both Kazuma and Kawachi have passed the preliminaries. The manager seemed somewhat disappointed, but that’s because he lost a bet against Tsukino and had to treat her to today’s lunch.
On the day of the newcomer’s battle finals, Kazuma overslept. Luckily his sister was worried about him and drove all the way to Gifu to pick him up. By then Kazuma’s Grandfather already passed away, but Kazuma didn’t know about this. Meanwhile the newcomers battle finals have begun and Kuroyanagi is the examiner. Kazuma arrived five minutes late and called Kuroyanagi an old man. Because of this Kuroyanagi gave him five points deductions.

Cliffhangers are so annoying. I can’t wait to watch the next episode. I want to know more about Japan #44 and the “something” Kazuma’s Grandfather made.
This episode wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great either. Suwabara Kai and Kuroyanagi are back, which is good, because I absolutely love Kuroyanagi’s expressions. He is just so funny. With Suwabara entering the newcomers battle finals as well, things are going to be tough for Kawachi and Kazuma. Btw, what do you think the manager bet on?

A - Kazuma pass
B - Kawachi pass
C - Both fail

Art: 80
Music: 80
Story: 70
Overall: 76

Go fetch doggies!

Posted by Tensai11 @ | 11:18 PM
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[[ Tactics episode 15 ]]

Fansubbed by: Spoon & Shinsen-Subs
Available @: Baka-Updates
Official website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/tactics/
Total episodes: ??

Suzu invited Kantarou, Youko and Haruka to a cottage in the mountain. On their way to the cottage they walked by a riverbank. Kantarou showed of his reed pipe blowing skills. Suzu wanted to learn how to blow a reed pipe as well, but she still has much to learn. When they arrived at the cottage they couldn’t find anyone. Then a man named Tatsuzou appeared. Suzu recognized him immediately and asked him where his wife Chikage is. The last time Suzu visited the cottage, Chikage kept her entertained. Tatsuzou answered Chikage has passed away. When Suzu asked him how this could have happened, he said it was his fault Chikage died. Suzu was very sad about it and went to the riverbank to be alone for a while. When she wanted to return to the cottage she saw Chikage and a little girl. Chikage talked to Suzu and introduced the little girl to her. The little girl’s name is Shigure and she’s Chikage and Tatsuzou’s daughter. Suzu can’t believe what she’s seeing and told Chikage that Tatsuzou said she was dead. Chikage answered that she doesn’t understand why Tatsuzou would say something like that. The next moment Suzu is back at the cottage where everyone tells her she has seen Chikage's ghost. Suzu refused to believe them and wanted to go back to the riverbank to confirm that Chikage is still alive. Haruka offered to go with her. After they waited for a while there was still no sign of Chikage. So they decided to return to the cottage, where strange things began to happen. First Shizuka saw a stuffed Youko (in her demon form), then she saw Kantarou whose head has turned into a melon and lastly she saw Haruka’s skeleton. It turns out Tatsuzou went to gamble when Chikage was in labor pain. She died at the riverbank, but all this time she hasn’t forgotten about Shizuka. She even said to Tatsuzou that the child in her womb is Suzu. When Suzu thought she has lost everyone she cares about, Chikage appeared again and wanted Suzu to be her child. Suzu refused and told Chikage to return Kantarou, Youko and Haruka to her. She told Chikage she doesn’t like her, because she’s nothing like the Chikage she knew. When Suzu’s tears fell on the ground everything went back to before they went to the cottage. Suzu thought that everything was just a dream till she discovered she can blow a reed pipe all of a sudden.

This episode was very confusing. I still don’t understand it very clearly. Was everything Suzu saw just an illusion or was it real? If it was real how come Haruka and Kantarou haven’t noticed Chikage’s presence? I must say I’m quite disappointed that the animators have decided to do some character episodes instead of continuing with the Minamoto Raikou arc. Well since complaining won’t help much, I’ll just hope for the best. The next episode should be quite interesting, because it’s about Sugino and Muu-chan (my favs).

Art: 75
Music: 80
Story: 65
Overall: 73

Posted by Tensai11 @ | 1:19 AM
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Friday, January 28, 2005

[[ Bleach episode 16 ]]

Fansubbed by: Lunar Anime
Available @: AnimeSuki
Official website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/bleach/
Total episodes: ??

Rukia had some flashbacks about the time she spent with Ichigo’s and the others. It was then she realized she has spent too much time in the “human” world. A male voice confirmed Rukia’s discovery. When Rukia looked up she saw Abarai Renji, a Death god and Rukia’s acquaintance. He demanded Rukia to say the name of the human who stole her powers. Rukia tries to deny everything, but Renji doesn’t believe her. He asked her why she has that human expression on her face. Renji doesn’t understand why Rukia, who has been adopted by the noble Kuchiki family, could have such an expression. Then Renji called out his captain and Rukia’s older brother: Kuchiki Byakuya. Rukia was shocked to see him. Renji then suddenly attacks Rukia and managed to injure her. He wanted to injure her more, but was surprised by an arrow that almost hit him. It was Ishida who shot the arrow. When Renji asked him who he was, Ishida gave him his name and said that Renji has the right to know the name of the man who will defeat him. Meanwhile Ichigo was wondering why Rukia hasn’t come home yet, when suddenly he heard a strange noise coming from behind the toilet bowl. He saw Kon strapped to the toilet bowl. After he freed Kon, Ichigo asked him what he was doing there. Kon said that Rukia strapped him to the toilet bowl before she left. Kon also pointed Ichigo to the note Rukia left on the desk. After deciphering the note, Ichigo decided to change into a Death god and go after Rukia, but Kon refused to help him. Luckily Urahara appeared out of nowhere and offered his help to Ichigo.
Meanwhile Renji has already defeated Ishida. Renji wanted to finish Ishida off, but was interrupted by the appearance of Ichigo. Renji was shocked to see the size of Ichigo’s Soul Slayer. After Renji saw Rukia’s expression when Ichigo appeared he knew Ichigo is the human who has Rukia’s powers. Renji and Ichigo began to fight. Ichigo was no match against the more experienced Renji. Renji looked down on Ichigo and said to him he couldn’t put a scratch on a “real” Death god. Ichigo proved him wrong by injuring Renji’s chin. Byakuya then told Renji he relaxed too much. Byakuya remembered seeing Ichigo’s face before. The other day the Secret Mobile Corps reported that Ichigo inflicted a sword wound on a Menos Grande. Renji doesn’t believe that Ichigo inflicted a wound on a Menos Grande. He asked Ichigo the name of his Soul Slayer. When Ichigo said he didn’t have a name for it, Renji was a bit ticked off. He said to Ichigo that someone like him who can’t even ask his Soul Slayer for its name is 2000 years too early to try and fight him as an equal. After saying that he changed the form of his Soul Slayer and called out its name: Zabimaru. With his enhanced Soul Slayer Renji easily wounded Ichigo.

As pointed out in the reviews of Garten and Ten the animation of this episode is much better compared to the animation of the previous episodes (including episode 15). Besides that this new arc is excellent on itself as well. Although I’m worried how the animators are planning to squeeze in the entire Soul Society arc in the remaining episodes. It seems a bit impossible to me. Unless they are planning on leaving out most of the new characters. In that case I would be very disappointed, because some of them are very interesting. I’ve also heard that there will be a movie coming up as well. Perhaps they will end the Soul Society arc in the movie. Does anyone have more information on Bleach the movie?

Art: 85
Music: 80
Story: 85
Overall: 83

Posted by Tensai11 @ | 6:40 PM
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[[ Peach Girl episode 3 ]]

Fansubbed by: SD & Shin Otaku
Available @: AnimeSuki
Official website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/peachgirl/
Total episodes: ??

Touji was shocked after Momo refused to let him kiss her. Kairi walks Momo home and tried to comfort her. Momo thinks Touji sees her as a playgirl. Kairi told her it shouldn’t matter how Touji sees her if Momo loves him. That night Touji went to Momo’s house to apologise to her. Seeing Touji like that Momo knows Touji doesn’t see her as a playgirl.
The next day Touji saw Sae crying and asked her what’s wrong. Sae then told Touji that Momo knows they kissed and that she’s upset about it. Before they could finish their conversation Momo appeared and pulled Touji away. Momo tells Touji to ignore everything Sae says, because she can’t be trusted. Touji doesn’t know what’s going on, but decided to listen to Momo. During the cleaning of the class Sae was being annoying to Momo again. Momo told her to move aside, but then Sae fell on the floor. Everyone, including Touji, thinks Momo pushed Sae. Touji takes Sae to the infirmary while Momo follows them. Sae purposely let Momo see she’s not wounded. Momo was enraged and pulled Sae away from Touji. Touji thinks Momo is just being jealous, because he kissed Sae. That night Momo called Touji to explain things to him, but because Touji had a stomach ache he ended the conversation very abruptly leaving Momo thinking Touji doesn’t want to believe her.
The next day both Touji and Momo were absent. Touji was hospitalised because he had appendicitis. Momo was late because she couldn’t sleep all night. When she got to class all of her classmates were behaving very strangely towards her. Apparently before Momo got to class, Sae told everyone not to tell Momo that Touji has been hospitalised and spread the rumour that Momo is trying to steal her boyfriend, Touji, away from her. What happened next is Sae visiting Touji everyday and telling him lies about Momo. Meanwhile Momo has no idea what’s going on. After she talked to Kairi she wanted to go back to class, but then she slipped and pushed Kairi off the stairs. She apologized to him and helped him get up. Kairi grabbed this opportunity to hug Momo. Momo wanted to push him away before anyone would see them, but it’s already too late because Sae saw the two of them hugging. When she went to visit Touji she told him about it, but twisted the truth a bit. Kairi found out about Sae schemes and told everything to Momo who was enraged after hearing that.

I have never seen such a mean and low character as Sae. All those dirty tricks just make her pathetic. It means she can’t get a boyfriend by herself and has to steal other people’s boyfriends. Momo finally realised she can’t believe a word Sae says. Too bad Touji still believes Sae. He really is stupid! No wonder Momo calls him BAKA! Perhaps Momo should just give up on Touji. Kairi is a better match for her. At least he is not as gullible as Touji and he rejected Sae – YEAH!

Art: 65
Music: 70
Story: 75
Overall: 70

Momo is easily embarrassed

Posted by Tensai11 @ | 1:15 PM
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Thursday, January 27, 2005

[[ Downloads! ]]

I added a download section to my site. Each week I'll upload a few opening and ending themes of the series I'm currently watching. You can also request songs by leaving a message in the shoutbox.

For now you can download the following songs:
SUNDAY - Yakitate!! Japan 1st ending
To All Tha Dreamers - Yakitate!! Japan 2nd ending
Pikapika no Taiyo - Gakuen Alice opening
Shiawase no Niji - Gakuen Alice ending
Secret World - Tactics opening
Mienai Chikara - Tactics ending

The links will expire on February 4. Please don't remove the files!

Posted by Tensai11 @ | 9:29 PM
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005

[[ Peach Girl episode 2 ]]

Fansubbed by: SD & Shin Otaku
Available @: AnimeSuki
Official website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/peachgirl/
Total episodes: ??

Sae saw Touji confessing to Momo and was very jealous. Touji and Momo started dating. Everything was going well until Sae told Momo that Touji took her to his home yesterday and tried to kiss her. Mom didn’t believe what Sae said, but when she went on a date with Touji she saw Sae’s hair clip in Touji’s wallet. She didn’t know what to do and ran away from Touji, leaving him confused. The next day Sae lied to Touji that Momo is afraid that the mouth-to-mouth she gave to Kairi would bother Touji. Sae tells Touji to say nothing to Momo and just kiss her, that way it would make Momo feel more secure. After finding out that Touji has never kissed anyone before, Sae told Touji he could practise with her. She then forced herself upon him. Momo and Kairi happened to walk by and saw Sae kissing Touji. Momo was very sad, but after she calmed down and thought about it she knew Sae must have stole Touji’s kiss by force.
During science class, Touji told Momo to wait for him by the poolside after school. Due to Sae’s interference, Touji ended up waiting in the cafeteria for Momo, while Momo was waiting for Touji at the poolside. Meanwhile Kairi found Momo by the poolside and asked her to date him seriously. Sae went to the cafeteria and lied to Touji again. They went to the poolside and saw Momo talking to Kairi. Sae told Touji that Momo said to her she liked being with Kairi more. Touji got jealous and pulled Momo away from Kairi. He pulled her to the back yard where Sae kissed him the other day. When Touji wanted to kiss Momo she pushed him away, because Sae told her Touji only dated her because he thought he could kiss her easily.

More and more cliché moments! I really hate Sae. I don't understand why she hates Momo so much. She is already the most popular girl in school. Touji and Momo are too naive and gullible, they still believe everything Sae says. Can't you see she is the bad guy? I feel a bit sorry for Kairi. He obviously likes Momo a lot, but Momo treats him like her personal punching bag. I want to see the next episode. I want to see how things will end up between Touji and Momo.

Art: 65
Music: 70
Story: 75
Overall: 70

*blush*blush*

Posted by Tensai11 @ | 6:21 PM
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[[ Peach Girl episode 1 ]]

Fansubbed by: SD & Shin Otaku
Available @: AnimeSuki
Official website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/peachgirl/
Total episodes: ??

Momo is often mistaken for a playgirl, because of her dark skin and bleached hair. She is however not a playgirl. She has a dark skin and bleached hair, because she used to be on the swimming team. Like most girls of her age, Momo has a crush on a boy. His name is Touji and he is in the same class as her. Momo has known him since junior high. Momo also has a classmate who has a habit of copying or stealing al the things/ persons Momo likes. Her name is Sae and she claims to be Momo’s friend. Momo knows about Sae’s habit, so when Sae asked her if she has someone she likes, Momo pointed at a guy who happened to be near her. What she didn’t know is that the guy she pointed at actually likes her. The guy’s name is Kairi and is quite popular with the girls in school. He spread the rumour that he and Momo kissed. When she asked him about it, he asked her if she remembered a boy she saved from drowning at the beach two years ago. Kairi said that he had stopped breathing and that Momo saved him with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Momo said it wasn’t her that saved him, but a male lifeguard. Momo didn’t know what to do, because she was afraid Touji might have heard the rumour as well. Kairi told her that all they had to do is to make the rumour true, then he kissed Momo. Momo was shocked, but managed to kick Kairi away when he wanted to kiss her again.
Later on Kairi asked Momo if she likes Touji. After she said she likes Touji, he asked her why she doesn’t confess to hem. Momo said it’s because a friend told her that Touji doesn’t like dark-skinned girls. Touji and Sae happened to be nearby and overheard Momo and Kairi’s conversation. Sae can see Touji was blushing after he heard that Momo likes him. When school was out, Sae lured Kairi and Momo to the poolside. Kairi got there first and wondered why Momo hasn’t show up yet. He took out a picture from his pocket and wanted to tear it apart, but then the wind blew the picture into the pool. He wanted to pick up the picture, but slipped and fell into the pool. When Momo arrived at the poolside, she saw Kairi floating in the water. She pulled him out of the pool and gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Meanwhile Sae and Touji arrived as well. Sae thought Momo was kissing Kairi, but Touji felt something was wrong. He called for Momo who told him to call for an ambulance. Then Kairi started spitting out water he inhaled. After taking Kairi to the nurse’s office, Touji and Momo went for a walk. Touji told Momo he overheard her conversation with Kairi. Momo panicked, but then Touji tells her he doesn’t hate dark-skinned girls and that he likes Momo too.

I had doubts about this series, because the artwork doesn’t appeal to me and the plot seemed somewhat cliché. It turns out I was right about the artwork and the plot. Peach Girl is filled with cliché moments, but it’s nonetheless enjoyable and quite addictive. Sae is such a bitch. She claims to be Momo’s friend, but she does such nasty things behind her back. Momo is quite stupid for believing the things Sae said. She still hasn’t realised that Sae can’t be trusted. Btw, is it just me or is Kairi quite adorable?

Art: 65
Music: 70
Story: 75
Overall: 70

Uh....Momo-chan?

Poor Kairi, he is Momo-chan's personal punching bag!

Posted by Tensai11 @ | 6:16 PM
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