[*Whatever By The Books*]

Ahem. Fans of Code Geass might be interested to note that Sakurai Takahiro (Suzaku) is playing the titular lead (Hikaru Genji) in this anime. Rest assured that this is certainly not Code Geass in the Heian Era. XD

The OP (Hiyori Hime by PUFFY) is strangely upbeat and modern for the historical theme. ._. However, the rest of the anime is how I’d imagined it — if the drawing is somewhat dated, it makes up for it with the calming music (which allows for a soothing pace) and splashes of colour. The ED sounds a LOT like Natsume Yuujinchou’s ending…and no wonder, both are by Kousuke Atari. (Ai and Natsu Yuzora respectively.)

Genji Monogatari Sennenki starts off with some nekkid male/female action, accompanied by the girl’s rather-confusing monologue. Genji’s response to this is that of a typical casanova…I had to restrain myself from pointing at him and saying, “Lies!” Gallery here, or read on for the slideshow+ ep summary. Continue Reading »

Facepalm. If you’re wondering what happened to the previously-posted entry on Mikagami Tokiya, I just realised that I’ve been looking at a delayed version of the Chinese sub site…so I have like 6 posts to catch up on. So I probably will save Tokiya’s post for some time when I’m free. Will be busy with reviews all this week, so expect some awesome ones!

Comment if you have a preference for the order I’ll be reviewing, otherwise I’ll just go (roughly) by most recent backwards..White Album 2, Shikabane Hime Kuro 2, Akikan 2 (ugh please no XD), Kemono no Souja Erin, Koukaku no Regios, and Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou. Uwahhh, so many~~

Back to the SoraKake post. Alright, I have to admit my gut didn’t really like this…mainly because when I first skimmed through it, the first thing I saw was Imo-chan. And let’s just say I have an issue with how she looks in both droid and small random maid-like round -thing- form.

But SoraKakeShoujo proves to be endearing and actually rather funny. Fukuyama Jun (notably Lelouch in Code Geass) is wonderful as Leopard the lonely noble AI, while Nonoka Ai (Fuuko in Clannad) manages to make Imo-chan more cute than annoying. Makino Yui (last reviewed here at ABTB as the seiyuu for the title character of Hoshi no Umi no Amuri) plays Honoka Kawai, who doesn’t make much of an appearance in this ep; on the other hand, the seiyuu for Akiha goes just by Mako (:S Pet peeve), and seems somewhat new. Endo Aya is on board as the cool Kannagi — she’s probably not very known for playing Sheryl (Macross Frontier) when the character’s not singing, but she nonetheless seems like a pretty competent seiyuu.

Read on for episode, or just gallery directly –> Continue Reading »

Pretty picture courtesy Danbooru. I’ve covered the manga and the first ep, now it’s time to cover the ending theme! Ever since someone mentioned it on chapter 5 of Maria Holic on my scanlation site (JE Scanlations), I’ve liked this quirky song. Somehow, I managed to miss it on the first episode of this anime; but maybe that’s cos the version I had was a cut-down preview. (Maybe.) It’s a great song, though! And I was tickled by a version I found, so here’s the post dedicated to Kimi ni, Mune Kyun.

By the way, Kimi ni, Mune Kyun (Uwaki na Bakansu) seems to kinda mean My Heart Beats For You (Naughty Vacation) — someone correct if that’s not accurate? Continue reading for the four youtube videos! Continue Reading »

Hmm, since a few people were getting to my Touhou 1 post via searching for the ep’s seiyuu, I felt kinda bad I didn’t actually have the seiyuu list, so here we go. ^^ I’m still in the new year mood, so say happy new year to Cirno and Daiyousei. :) Picture drawn by kusaba over at Danbooru. (Seiyuu list courtesy of Alafista; my thoughts are my own.)

Hakurei Reimu (Sounded good for Reimu!) - Nakahara Mai
Kirisame Marisa (Sounded gangster ._.) - Sawashiro Miyuki
Shameimaru Aya (Sounded loli.) - Fujimura Ayumi
Patchouli Knowledge (…Can’t really remember.) - Takahashi Mikako
Izayoi Sakuya (Sounded mature and maid-like.) - Tanaka Rie
Remilia Scarlet (Sounded old, but not as old as Tanaka Rie XD Then again, Remilia IS 500 years old..) - Tsuji Ayumi
Ibuki Suika (Sounded cute. :) “Sake sake sake!”)- Toyosaki Aki
Hong Meirin (Was sleeping, no lines.) - ???
Narration (Sounded..like a narrator.)- Inoue Kikuko

Also, this has been nagging me….a lot of these seiyuu are pretty famous, and probably command high pay. How did Maikaze, a doujin group, cough up the money to pay them? Did they do it pro bono due to love of touhou? *imagines Tanaka Rie dodging danbooru, and chuckles* What? Anyone can point me to somewhere that answers this? XD