I have this old hotmail account that’s basically good for nothing anymore except for MSN and getting spammy emails from sites like Amazon or whatever. Now I usually delete these emails from Amazon without even opening them, but today I got one with the curious word “anime” in the title, so I decided it was at least worth a look.

Upon opening the email, what else should grace my near-sighted eyes but the delicious, delicate, pre-teen ass of Miyafuji Yoshika, being hugged tightly by her brilliant blue school swimsuit. I was flabbergasted!

Don’t get me wrong, I was well aware that Strike Witches had been licensed for US release, but the fact that such a bold licensing decision had finally come to fruition in some form blew my mind. And the form in which it arrived in was mind blowing as well! One would think that when it comes to a show that is somewhat controversial amongst the majority of anime fans who all have a giant rod up their ass, one wouldn’t draw attention to the catalyst of said controversy.

But there it is, Miyafuji’s glorious ass, right in my face. I wanna press my nose against it, and sniff it.

But wait, to make things even more catastrophic, this DVD has a trailer. Now, even if you look at that cover, it’s just Miyafuji in a swimsuit. It’s almost normal for her to lack a skirt, or pants. So the pant-less angle may not exactly strike the more naive DVD shopper, but it certainly will upon a viewing of this trailer which is all about these girls not wearing any fuckin’ pants at all!!

In retrospect though, I can’t say I’m surprised. When I actually look at FUNimation’s  DVD releases, they are pretty classy. That is, about as a classy as a U-15 DVD shop in the depths of Akiba. So I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. But I was. So there. Real dragons have curves.

The real question is, will I buy it? It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that US anime DVDs are utter shit these days, and FUNimation is ahead of the pack as far as shitty shittiness goes. The cheap pricetag is tempting, but I’m really not a fan of badly compressed video and English titles grafted clumsily over the original Japanese ones. I may just end up buying it to hold me over until I get the R2 release.

And now here’s a picture of Luccini’s butt that I found in my Strike Witches folder. It’s by Shimada Fumikane, the guy who started all this madness.

そろそろリネットさんの抱き枕が出るそうだ。

何だよ、このタイミング？コミケはもう一週間であるよ。どうしよう．．．もし、ルッキーニさんのカバーが出たら、僕は本当にやばいな状態に成る。

金があれば．．．

金があれば！！！

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I was kind of staying away from posters in my Japan place because a) I wasn’t sure if the walls could handle it, and b) too much work. However, having just gotten my hands on the old December 2008 issue of Megami (with poster) I couldn’t help myself.

It can only get worse from here.

YOU BET IT’S HAPPENING.

Hear that, Daryl? That shitty shit you like is still being ignored, but awesome stuff like STRIKE WITCHES is getting another season! Oh wait, I like that shitty shit Daryl likes, too. Oh well. MORE STRIKE WITCHES.

First Nogizaka Haruka, and now this! It would be great if Kure-nai got a second season as well, but given the way that ended, it’s probably best left alone. Now all we have to wait for is… Haruhi season 2!!

Provided that you are not jaded as all hell, every year it is not usual to come out with a select few shows you absolutely love, and would most certainly watch again. These are special shows. Shows that you look forward to each week. Shows that touch your heart. Shows that do nothing but fill you with joy. Here’s the shows that did that for me in 2008.

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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK. Now I need Megami 103. Motherfucking need. I want this big, beautiful B2 size poster on my wall STAT.

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I won’t lie, I actually really like this comic. Yeah, Mursaki and Rets Kurenai didn’t turn out just as planned in those second and third panels, but aside from that I like how this one came out. This comic, like the last one, was slightly censored for the front page, and the untainted version can be found here. If it gets the point where a majority of the comics for some reason have NSFW content, I’ll just smack an 18+ warning on this site and be done with it, but for right now things are mostly safe.

Going to be dusting off my old headset tomorrow and recording another exciting episode of the Mistakes of Youth Podcast, so look out for that over the next week or so. Also, I’m looking for some other people to record further shows with. This is mainly a message for the people I know personally, but if anyone else is interested, give me a buzz. If you’re someone I don’t know personally, and would like to record, I’d like for you to have a blog (or proof that you have worthwhile shit to say) and I have to be able to stand you as a human being. I’m a total asshole, and people easily bother me, so you know. I think I wanna do a show on Strike Witches and perhaps Nogizaka Haruka. I have people in mind for the latter though, it’s just a matter of if they’re up for it or not. I kind of have someone in mind for a Strike Witches show, but I’m not sure if he even has the right facilities (mic and shit) for such a thing. We’ll see.

Gankutsuoh’s style seems to be losing its cohesion eight episodes in. It worked perfectly for the opening episodes, but it seems less planned now. Aside from that, the show is still pretty good. The Count carries each episode, since all the other characters are idiots. I also think the Count has what I’ve dubbed as an “AD Field”, or Absolute Drama Field. Whenever he’s around anyone, people just start dueling each other, get poisoned, or other random shit like that. You can’t just have a quiet afternoon chillin’ with this guy. He’s fucking hardcore.

Strike Witches ended better than I expected. I won’t say much, since I’m playing around with the idea of writing a full review, but second season wo kudasai! Or something like that.

So yeah, that’s it for tonight. I’m not tired since for some reason I drank Mountain Fucking Dew at M IT, but I’m out of stuff to rant about, so that’ll be it for this week.

Current
Chi’s Sweet Home: Pretty easy to catch up on considering each episode is only three minutes. I watch them in sets of four here and there.
Code Geass R2: Oh lawd.
Golgo 13: ….
Hidamari Sketch x365: This show almost has the best Shinbo opening ever. Almost, since the best Shinbo opening is the second SZS opening. Neko Mimi Mode gets an honorable mention.
Koihime†Musou: Still junk food. Half-way done.
Kyouran Kazoku Nikki: Yuuko Gotou is a butterfly girl. Win.
Macross F: I kind of don’t care anymore. Not like I don’t like it, but eh. Who cares.
Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Has slipped into being kind-of-sort-of generic, but I don’t care. It’s done well and I’m actually archiving the episodes!
Sekirei: I can enjoy me some tits, too.
Slayers Revolution: Where is it.
Strike Witches: Still the best of the season.
To Love RU: SAIGO NO CHANCE NOW IS THE TIIIIIIIIIIIME. Better than Rosario+Vampire.
World Destruction: Disposable action series. Has Toru Furuya.
Zero no Tsukaima ~Princess no Rondo~: Almost as good as season two. Kind of slipped down into season one level of good.
Zettai Karen Children: Plot’s getting pretty intense.

Birdy is on hold.

Will write about the upcoming season soon. Lots of regular looking stuff.

Story is, almost a month ago I got the March issue of Megami from J-list. The mag came in one piece, but was kind of bent up due to a poor choice in shipping materials (a thin as fuck paper envelope with DO NOT BEND written on it in black Sharpie.) Once I got back into contact with my Friend in Japan, I complained to him, and he in turn complained to the rest of company. Minutes later I received an email from a J-list employee offering to replace the damaged magazine. However, they were out of issues of March Megami (I took the last one w) so he offered to send me the latest issue. I immediately canceled my order for this new issue on Animenation and took up the good man’s offer.

This is probably the most value I’ve gotten out of an issue of Megami, since I hung up all the posters except for one. Pretty good, especially since I paid absolutely zero for it. It is at this point that I’d like note favourite posters, but all of them are so good that I’d just list them all. A good lead up to issue 100, which is sure to be quite epic.

Also, I tried to put all of these up without taking down in posters. After some slight rearranging of things, I managed to get them all up, and as such I’m nearly out of wallspace. Eventually I’ll take new pictures of my otaku lair, complete with the hug pillows and bedsheets I normally hide when I’m at home– just for the full experience.