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More specifically, the off-screen folks walking in…

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Well, that was a lot of fast-pacedness for the last couple of days. I daresay, I rather liked both endings.

MASS SPOILER ALERT AND ALL THAT JAZZ THIS WAY.

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So yeah. This was a screenshot I grabbed off GameFAQs which was grabbed off somewhere else. So, from the looks of things, Strike Witches has had the double duty of becoming Gonzo’s number one bestseller AND kicking Gonzo back up in terms of funds.

I… I think I had something more to say but I’m speechless at the moment. I literally can’t think of anything to write about this.

Just… Stare at that image for awhile, and burn it into your eyes.

P.S. If you must know, yes, it’s still up there.

(Yamcha: Lolis is serious business. I suspect the main reason Strike Witches is doing so well is because the DVDs will be unedited and, well, otaku need their loli ecchi fix. I’d like to see the exact sale numbers to see how well Strike Witches is doing. As of this update it looks like the Lucky Star OVA will be this week’s top selling anime DVD. I’m not surprised because it’s Lucky Star.)

I was browsing the fall series when I noticed something.

http://www.linebarrels.jp/machine.html

A new upcoming series by Gonzo. The art on the mech page seems to show cel-references. I almost can’t remember the last time Gonzo ever not did mecha with 3D, but maybe they’ve had enough feedback to make the change back to 2D? Or is this a huge red herring? Who knows? Either way, it seems like Gonzo’s on the verge of going kaput, from what I gather from my lurkerisms, which is a shame since despite their many flaws, they did come up with Last Exile and Gankutsuou, which are both top-grade series. (Though, to be fair, even a lot of the 3D in those were pretty sub-par…) It’s rather ironic how I maintain a clearly love-hate relationship with them, but time to time the waiting does pay off.

At any rate, I just posted this to bring up a point: Would you be sorry to see them go, or will you smirk and send them a “Good riddance!” card?

Addendum: Watched a Linebarrels trailer on Youtube. It seems the fight scenes are still predominantly 3D. Although there seems to be some 2D in it… Hrm. Well, they had the mech designer from Zone of the Enders do the mechs so if they can get some decent-quality ZOE2 3D maybe it won’t be so bad.

Seriously.

Anyway. Studio Ghibli + Eureka Seven = Xam’d: Lost Memories.

A new BONES production. As we all know, those are very very good. And Xam’d is some pretty funky stuff. We’ve got people that can turn into robots or something, we’ve got the damn ship with the dysfunctional bunch on board ala Gekkostate, and there’s this layer of Ghibli mysticism heavily laid out across the land. I can’t decide who’s had a bigger influence on the character design, because the protagonist is definitely BONES, but that red-head looks like she jumped right out of a Miyazaki production.

So hay, I thought I’d download the first ep and take a look.

Damn, but I was hooked. This is the good stuff. Its plot is currently a little haphazard, which was rather similar to how E7 started off, so I’m hoping it gets into the levels of EPIC WIN E7 wraps up with.

But yeah. Watch Xam’d. It’s the best show this season you aren’t watching.

It’s been some time into the Summer season and I still haven’t really taken a look into any of the new offerings. Some call it lethargy and whatnot, but there’s this feeling you have when you just keep with what you’re already watching and ignore the rest until that season is done. Perhaps it’s the somewhat overflowing number of new animes coming out that is somewhat intimidating. I don’t know.

In the meantime, there’s a whole lot of shifting going on here and there. How many of us can profess to having already moved on to current-gen consoles? I’m still here on my PS2 waiting for what else might be still coming to this console, i.e. Persona 4.

Sometimes I worry that I’m getting too old for this. Hah.

Meu, out.

I found a rather interesting post on GameFAQs which led to a blog post which can be found here. Credits to their respective peoples.

Darker than Black Season 2 is in the works, eh? Bring on the Hei, that’s what I’ll say. There’s also talk about how the leaked cache seemed to detail some personal information about the animators, phone numbers and that sort of thing… Overall I’ll take this with a grain of salt for now but it’s certainly interesting.

When I heard that BONES had actually done a movie, I was like, how on earth did I miss this? And after watching it, I must say, did I miss the hype for this movie or something? Because I hardly heard anything about it, but as a wise man would put it: Sword of the Stranger is nothing short of a masterpiece.

So here’s a quick review.

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Words are lost to me.

Having watched Soul Eater, I can pretty much safely say that BONES has really outdone themselves here. The 3D looks snappy, and the various crazy angles get so much love. The design style also has a whole lot going for it. It’s hard to think of anything that’s not OVA-level and above with this sort of animation.

It’s a pity then, that it’s all gonna be wasted on something that’s not even finished in Manga form, as opposed to, say, another Eureka Seven. Still, the first episode was pretty amusing, so I might keep this on my loadroll for now.

…Why the heck is that kid always drooling, anyway?