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La Corda d'Oro Manga - Latest Chapter Update

Thursday, June 25, 2009
T_T . . .

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*headesks*
Apparently, I've just heard now...
That La Corda d'Oro chapter 60...will not be released this month, but on July 24th....
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!!!!!!
I've been freaking waiting all month for this!!! AND NOW I HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER!?
*sulks and cry in a dark corner*


This.
Is.
Totally.
Unfair.

Well, it can't be helped. There is however a special chapter - focusing on our hyper-active trumpet player Hihara, who we have not seen in a long time, except for last chapter when he only appeared 4 times, saying 3 things? Well either way, whatever it was - the situation was still the same.
We had not seen Hihara in SO long.
(How many chapters has it been anyways??)

And that's probably why there's a special chapter this month. *shrugs*
Also (I don't know when though) the 13th Volume should be coming out soon - cover is still not shown, but I'm sure it'll look fabulous.

Anyways, until I actually see the translation and the Special Chapter itself, I can't really call this an official manga entry.

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First Impression: Umi Monogatari

Umi Monogatari
~Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto~


Summary:
The story starts off with two underwater beings, (that aren’t mermaids) who finds a ring falling through the water. Marin, the older sister decides that she will try and find its owner and return it. Her younger sister Urin protests, but follows along with her anyways. So the two sisters go to the surface to find the ring’s owner, and by chance they encountered a girl named Kanon, who was seriously moody at the time – and so happened to be the ring’s owner. Except, the girl only takes the ring back to toss it back into the ocean – only to be stopped by Marin.
It turns out that the ring was given to Kanon by her ex-boyfriend who had recently broken up with her, and was the reason why she was so irradiated about every thing, every thought, every time he has something to do with, or his very appearance.
Kanon soons get the ring after sighting her ex and launches it afar into the distance, where then Urin and Marin goes after it.
During their search, the sisters get separated. Marin and Kanon re-encounter each other once more, only this time Kanon helps Marin search for her sister …and fireworks are set off, scaring both of them. Frightened, Urin dashes into the woods only to stumble and find herself lost, while at the same time, retrieving the ring, without knowing she had torn a seal off the mysterious coffin and then hears an eerie call of “open the coffin”, and so she opens it. As result a dark cloud emerges from it, and surrounds the island, but at the same time it takes over the ring, and hides itself inside of it.
The fair weather changes into a furious storm. Heavily raining as the waves in the ocean waver dangerously, and the lightning strikes a turtle statue that was next to the coffin – which begins to glow.


First Impression:

As cute and adorable as the episode was – there were some flaws that disappointed me.
First, I found the episode a bit slow, but I think it might start moving the pace in the next episode. Secondly, was the voice actress for Kanon; I wasn’t impress, in fact – I’ll be brutally honest. I found her voice very dull, and her evil, mood voice could have certainly done better.
On the other hand, Marin’s voice is super cute, I find it fits her character quite well.
There’s something that I already love about Marin’s character. She’s so bubbly and optimistic, that it is fun to watch her.
The sisterly bond between Urin and Marin is so sweet! The way they glomp each other, communicate, just makes me go, “Aww~ Why couldn’t my sister be a bit more like that!”

Their comedy scenes where they made the character into chibis were also entertaining to watch – as well as their cuteness that you can’t resist and you know it.
(I’m a sucker for chibis)

Another thing I loved was the ED and how it played out the story of the Little Mermaid (original version I believe). It was utterly adorable, I immediately went on my, “Kawaii~spree” and giggle at Urin’s reaction, which was so amusing to watch. Especially how they were drawn – THEY WERE SO CUTE!!!! \ > /// < / I found the art for the underway scenes was absolutely stunning, and the animation quality was fantastic. Definitely something I look for in animes these days. The OP on the other hand, I didn’t enjoy as much, though the animation was nice. I just felt that they could’ve used a more upbeat song, considering how I found the animation had a faster pace than the song that I felt, went by very slowly and couldn’t keep up to the beat. (Or maybe that’s just me…)

I’ll keep a look out for this one, and watch a few more episodes to insure that I’ll be putting my time into tracking it. If not, I’ll just continue watching it – and it’d probably be one of those out of blue episode entry that you would see every now and then.


Oh my god, this is actually my first actual blog entry XD!!!
For those who would like to watch it: Watch it >
Umi Monogatari Ep 1



Summer Anime Pre-Impression 2009

Hey everyone, welcome to the Wonderland of Anime Blog Spot!
My name is AnimeAngel4eva, and I am your host. XD
This is my first time actually trying to blog anime, so please be nice to me. ^_^*
Anyhow, without further a do let's get right to it.

Super Late, I know, but at least it'll give you a brief idea of what I'm planning to blog for this summer...
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Pre-Impressions:


Well, it's summer already - and it's time for the new Animes to come out!
Judging what I have seen during the Fall, Winter and Spring Season - I have to say that this Summer might have a good season for the releases.

Here's a a few Animes I have already taken interest in based on the Previews and Summaries.


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Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou

Japanese Air Date: July 11th
Animation Company: Nomad (Rozen Maiden, Sola)
Check out the Website: http://www.gendaimahou.com/

Summary
Adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s light novels, with the title translated as “Properly Learned Modern Magic.”

The story revolves around Koyomi Morishita, a clumsy high school freshman girl who is often mistaken for a grade-schooler because of her shortness. Koyomi becomes a disciple of Misa Anehara, a 25-year-old graduate student who happens to be one of the most powerful modern-day magicians. (ANN)

Impression:

When it comes to magic, I'm all for it. But I'm not quite sure how much I'll enjoy the plot. Judging the summary and trailer, I suppose it might perk up my interest, but just not enough to actually write an entry about. Though that might change after watching a few episodes. Either way, I'll post my First Impression, and from there on we'll see if I'll be blogging this.

Chances of Blogging: Unsure

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Tokyo Magnitude 8.0


Japanese Air Date: July 9th
Animation Company: BONES (Eureka Seven, Fullmetal Alchemist)
Check out the Website: http://tokyo-m8.com/index.shtml
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTjpjnrhSp4

Summary:

A BONES original production.

The premise of the project is the 70% or higher possibility that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake will occur in Tokyo in the next 30 years. The anime will depict what would happen if an 8.0 earthquake took place, attempting to realistically portray the consequences of such a tremor after collecting data on actual earthquakes and interviewing people.

The story will center on Mirai, a middle school freshman girl who goes to Tokyo’s artificial Odaiba Island for a robot exhibition with her brother Yutaka at the start of summer vacation. A powerful tremor emanates from an ocean trench, the famed Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge crumble and fall, and the landscape of Tokyo changes in an instant. With the help of a motorcycle delivery woman named Mari who they meet on Odaiba, Mirai and Yutaka strive to head back to their Setagaya home in western Tokyo. (ANN)


Impression:

I have to admit it, I'm seriously excited to see this one, and there's a real good chance that I'll be blogging it.
I admit it, I am facinated about natural diasters (but that doesn't mean I enjoy hearing and reading about the intial destruction it caused and how much it effected the victims), and I've also been interested in researching about such things.

The main reason why I'm excited about this production is because I believe this would be a great way to make people more aware of how dangerous, and what kind of results you would see if that were to ever happen (let's all hope not.).
Since this is BONES Original production, I'm sure they'll blow us away. I'm a fan of their works.

Chances of Blogging: High

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Canaan


Japanese Air Date: July 4th
Animation Company: PA Works (True Tears, Skip Beat)
Check out the Website: http://www.canaan.jp/
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZMZbUAXnAc

Summary:

Adaptation of Sega and Chunsoft’s 428 ~Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de~ visual novel for the Wii, titled CANAAN.

It tells a present-day story about a detective, a young man, a virus researcher, a freelance writer, and a cat mascot character who are brought together by bizarre events with worldwide implications in the Tokyo neighborhood of Shibuya. (ANN)


Impression:

I've always enjoyed these kinds of plots. Where strangers are brought together and such.
The animation quality looks good, and I love the style of the characters. (I'm picky about quality of animation and such...-_-*)
I'll definitely try and keep my eye out for this one. It's been a while since I've watched an Action Anime.
The characters also look very unique. I cannot wait to start watching it! Hopefully it'll turn out good as it seems.


Chances of Blogging: High


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Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto~


Japanese Air Date: June 24th
Animation Company: Zexcs (D.C ~ Da Capo~, Sister Princess)
Check out the Website:
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlJfWafN8w4&feature=related
I would suggest you to watch this trailer, because I found the other trailer revealed to much of what the anime was about. I think it's best to have a bit more of a suprise when you first watch the anime. So I believe this trailer here would be the most suitable for you to watch without spoiling yourself too much.

Summary:

The “transforming magical girl action” story centers on Marin and Urin, two “pure” sisters who live alongside the fish in the sea, but yearn to be in the world beyond the water and above ground. One day, a beautiful ring falls in the middle of the sea, and Marin and Urin retrieve it. The two decide to leave their waterbound world for the first time to deliver the ring. After an arduous journey, they come across an isolated island where a high school girl named Kanon lives. The encounter between Marin and Kanon — the maiden of the sea and the maiden of the skies — awakens a hidden power as the world is threatened by an enveloping darkness. (ANN)

Impression:

Right after watching the trailer, the first thing that ran through my head was, "OMG, this looks SO much like Mermaid Melody!!!!"
No kidding, the main character eyes, hair, almost everything about her reminds me of Lucia! The only different thing about this anime is that this character lives underwater, but isn't a mermaid (or at least I don't think so, because she doesn't have a fin)...

Well I much say, just by watching the trailer - this anime will most definitely have some great quality animation. I also find the plot fairly interesting since an encounter between the maiden of the sea and the maiden of the skies causes a hidden power that threatens the world.

It's been awhile since I've watched a "transforming magical girl" anime, and actually, I have been searching all over the internet for some animes with that matching genres, but unfortunitely they are either too childish or I've already watched them.
I'm also happy that this will be having some "action" scenes - hopefully there'll be some good battle scenes (hey, I'm a sucker for magical battle scenes) - as well exceed my expectations. (Though I know I shouldn't be expecting too much at the moment)

However there was one major concern that I can't help but worry about.
I absolutely hate predictable plots - as I know this one is different from common "the land and the sea" stories, but I just can't help but have a weird feeling that this anime might be too predictable for me.

Ah what the heck - as long as I don't think too much into it, I shouldn't be able to predict it. (lol) XD


Chances of Blogging: High