I’ve turned into such a “Web 2.0″ whore:
I do bad things when I’m bored. A-like so:
Yep, that’s right. More Kiddy Girl-and - I just can’t get enough of these new character designs!
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I’m also starting to think upgrading to 4 or 8gb of RAM would be helpful for these sort of traces, if I weren’t broke. 
After reading up on KyoAni’s new Spring series, K-On (curse them for delaying Haruhi!), it was a very strong case of deja-vu for me. Behold!
Probably a coincidence, since the guitar girl wallpaper I made all those years ago was floating around 4chan long before the K-On manga was created. Anyhoo, with KyoAni at the helm and character designs not unlike those of Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight (again, coincidence), this one seems like a winner. The fact that the characters are named after band members of P-Model and The Pillows is the kicker. If you don’t remember The Pillows, think back, way back, to a little OVA called FLCL. Best ending theme (and music video) ever. And shame if you haven’t seen FLCL!
Promo video for K-On at Youtube here.
And unless a Fullmetal Alchemist remake is your cup of tea — mine certainly isn’t — then the only other series next season which looks even remotely watchable is Shangri-la, an anime adaptation of the novel. It involves Tokyo being turned into a tropical paradise by global warming, or something along those lines - information is sketchy so far. However, animation is by GONZO, and character designs are by Range Murata. Last time we saw this combination, we got Last Exile. To say I’m excited about this one is an understatement.
Update: I just went through and added all recent-ish wallpapers to the archives, so the archive should now be up to date.
Yes, that’s plural!
First up is Kiddy Grade 2 - sort of. It’s being called Kiddy Girl-and, and is now being animated by Statelight rather than asread. Plenty of details here courtesy of Shiroi Hane.
Anywho, I quite like the new promo pic from the official site, so it seemed like a great way to test out Photoshop CS4:
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Next up is Madhouse’s new series of pure awesome, Rideback.
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And finally, Minorin.
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Also, Minorin fails.
I can’t remember the last series that left me in tears as much as Toradora is doing right now. I think only the “she’s flying” scene in Azumanga Daioh can compare to the brilliance that was episode 5 of Toradora. It’s pure gold, I tell you!
Though I feel sorry for Ga-Rei Zero. Also a very good series (and much like one of my old favourites, Jinki:Extend in more than a few ways) but it just gets overshadowed this season. Such a shame.
Ok, after a short downtime, we’re back up and running on a new server. Much more bandwidth allowance on the new one.
In the meantime, another new show came to my attention. It’s called EVE no Jikan, or “The Time of EVE”. It revolves around androids in the future, which most people treat as tools, but some others are attracted to them. At first I thought this is just blatantly ripping off Chobits, and didn’t expect much at all. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
Continue reading ‘Are you enjoying the time of EVE?’
Another wallpaper! After seeing how Bounen no Xamdou (Xam’d: Lost Memories) is made of pure win and awesome, I had to have it in wallpaper format. What better victim than Haru Nishimura!
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Because of the wierd aspect of the original image, it comes in 3 formats: 4:3/5:4/16:9 with no logo, 16:9 with a logo in the xbox hueg blank space, or for those who want to crop it in some other wierd way, there’s the raw 4000×4495 uncropped PNG. Go nuts!
P.S. special stuff coming soon for Vista Ultimate users 
I believe I may have been a little hasty and somewhat jumping the gun when, in my last post, I said most of the upcoming anime was ‘meh’. The first one to appear (albeit a little early for the fall season) is Bounen no Xamdou, or “Xam’d: Lost Memories” as it’s known in English. This one as I mentioned is being released on the Playstation Network as a rental download, but ironically it’s already hit the ‘net in full force and full quality.
Back to the topic at hand though: I was probably also not correct in comparing Xam’d to The Incredible Hulk. The best way to think of this series is to imagine Evangelion, Last Exile and FLCL getting together in a broom closet somewhere. Xam’d would be the resulting illegitimate child, and I can proudly say that the result is just incredibly freaking awesome.
Trust me when I say that if you enjoyed FLCL at all, then Bounen no Xandou is a must see. Even if you don’t like FLCL, give this a shot anyway, and if you still don’t like it I’ll try not to hate you too much. No promises though.
…Yet another season of “meh”. There’s not a lot worth watching this season if you don’t have a thing for being screwed over by Sunrise’s ridiculous Code Geass stunts, and there’s even less next season. Hit the jump to see what’s on anyway.
