Winter 2008/2009 Anime Season

Excited? Not really, but this season still has some potential

With many shows from the fall season coming to an end, the winter season is all ready to go into full swing. But whether its because I’ve been getting busier these days, or maybe I’m just not as enthusiastic as before, I’m just not feeling the winter season this time around. Nothing truly jumps out at me, but all the same, I have a gut feeling some of the shows will be big hits. So here are some first impressions, and some quick thoughts on the upcoming winter season.

Kannagi manga no longer on indefinte hiatus

Huray! The goddess returns! Well technically she didn’t go anywhere… but it’s nice to know she’ll be back in tip-top form

All is well with the manga-ka of kannagi, and after surgery, she seems well, and will return to her work when she recovers fully.  Great news, I wish the manga-ka a smooth recovery.

Touhou anime now a reality!

For those who are wondering, the artist is Capura Lin. One of my favorites~

This news is actually pretty old in hindsight, since they announced this nearly a year ago, but check out Sankaku Complex for more details anyway.  Late news is still news to some. The name of the project is  Musou Kakyou, and is to be distributed as DVD’s at the upcoming comiket for 2,800 yen featuring an OST and other various goodies. Just know that although the project is under the care of a doujin studio, there are some big name seiyuu’s that will be lending their talent for this historic event. The animation and production work will be done by, Maikaze Studios. Haven’t heard of em? Neither have I…^-^ Go on over to their homepage for more details. http://maikaze.com/

Kannagi manga on indefinite hiatus

Late news is late, but it’s still news…

Taken from MAL news.

According to Comic REX magazine, Takenashi Eri’s manga “Kannagi” will be withheld from publication for some while due to the ill health of the author. It’s unknown when the manga will resume publication.

Catalyst Shyne: A Musical Project

Well, if you guys didn’t know, I was a part of an amateur hip hop group in Alta Loma known as Catalyst Shyne. The project is pretty much dead, but with college apps almost done, we are planning on recording more songs in the upcoming months, so I’ll be sure too update some of our older tracks. If you wanna hear some more tracks us look us up on myspace. NO, we do not make our own beats, I know, how terrible of us. We don’t have the gear, but give us a listen anyway.

Back with another track for you guys. We took a lot of the criticisms and we tried to really push ourselves. We were quite passionate about this one, and we lots of work into this one. I think you’ll guys like it. This song is dedicated to one of our hyungs that died recently, and this song is a reflection of the confusion and how much of a loss we felt. It’s a bit darker than most of our other songs, but it really came from our hearts. In my opinion its the best song we’ve done so far, and how could it not? With such raw emotions flowing through us while we we’re working on this song, it’d be strange if it wasn’t our best song. I think this is the first song that truly came from our hearts, and not our heads. More criticisms will help us out. Thanks again for listening guys.

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Who Subs What: FALL 2008

Just two more cursed weeks until widescreen…

For those of you who are curious as to who will be subbing what, here is a pretty good list of current sub groups that will be undertaking the season.

The list is taken from Moonphase. Title translations can be wrong or differ from official ones. The table includes only TV series

LEGEND:

Black: announced plans

Red: released a promo/trailer

Green: released at least one episode

Grey: first episode aired

title: licensed (Please use the “newlicensed” template, “newlicensedunaired” if unaired)

group: dropped

Question mark: rumor/not certain

The Table

First Air Date/Time(Japan Time)	Show Title	Station	Episodes	Groups Subbed/Planned
09/06 12:00	Penguin Musume Heart 2nd Club	Nico Nico Anime Channel	22	Chihiro
09/07 07:00	Battle Spirits Shounen Toppa Bashin	TV Asahi Network
09/13 04:00	Mach Girl	Cartoon Network
09/24 00:00	Bounen no Xam’d	PlayStation Network	26	Sony
09/26 19:00	Candy Boy Episode 03	Nico Nico Anime Channel		TweakAnime & DATS, Froth-Bite
09/28 24:00	Hakushaku to Yousei	AT-X		Higure, m.3.3.w
10/01 12:00	Eve no Jikan act2: SAMMY	Yahoo! Douga		Crunchyroll
10/01 25:20	Toradora!	TV Tokyo		Mayu-Subs & Genjo-Subs, Rozen & NiceBoat, AnimeYoshi, Anonymous Speed Subs, gg, Paradym
10/01 25:29	Noramimi2	CBC
10/01 25:30	Casshern SINS	Tele Tama	24	Shinsen-Subs, Umai, AoShen
10/01 26:25	Rosario to Vampire CAPU2	TV Osaka		Chihiro, Generation NeXt, Ayako & m.3.3.w
10/01 26:35	Hyakko	TV Tokyo	13	Static-Subs, Himatsubushi, Mayu-Subs & Genjo-Subs
10/02 10:30	Shikabane-hime Aka	AT-X		Lunar Anime, Darksoul-Fansubs, Anomaly-Subs?, Batsu-Geimu, AnimeOne & AnimeYuki
10/02 23:00	Hyper Visual Doll Movie	TV Kanagawa	1
10/02 25:00	Akane Iro ni Somaru Saka	Chiba TV		Eclipse, Osu! ?, Oni-Anime?, Dark-Rebirth & Mayu-Subs & Genjo-Subs, Anonymous Speed Subs
10/02 25:25	Kuro Shitsuji	MBS		AnimeYoshi, Diffusion, Enigma Collective & DATS, Shinsen-Subs
10/02 25:28	Hokuto no Ken Raou Gaiden Ten no Haou	TV Aichi		Moetaku-Fansubs?
10/02 25:29	Yozakura Shijuusou ~Yozakura Quartet~	TBS		Anomaly-Subs?
10/02 25:59	CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~	TBS		AQS & Sprocket-Hole & TWH, Static Subs & Eclipse
10/03 –:–	Intial D Extra Stage 2 Tabigacha Green	Sky PPV		INP?, L-E & Solar
10/03 21:00	Tales of the Abyss	Tokyo MX TV	26	Osu!, Yuurisan-Subs, Weib, Anonymous-Bobu44, Shinsen-Subs, XeON, Abyssal Chronicles, SD Project?, Kannagi, gg, Gaku
10/03 24:45	Tentai Senshi Sunred	TV Kanagawa	26
10/03 26:25	Kurogane no Linebarrel	TBS	24	GONZO / Crunchyroll
10/04 07:00	Netsusou! Kame 1 Grand Prix	TV Tokyo Network/BS Japan
10/04 09:30	Shugo Chara!! Doki!	TV Tokyo
10/04 17:00	Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae	MBS		Shinsen-Subs, Anonymous Speed Subs
10/04 22:30	Kannagi	Tokyo MX Network		Chihiro, Moetaku-Fansubs, Genjo-Subs?, Kirei-no-Tsubasa, Ayako
10/04 25:25	Zettai Yareru Grecia Shinwa	Nippon TV Network
10/04 25:35	To Aru Majutsu no Index	Chiba TV		AoShen, Eclipse & m.3.3.w
10/04 26:00	Kemeko Deluxe!	TV Kanagawa		Strike-subs
10/05 09:00	Inazuma Eleven	TV Tokyo Network		DATS
10/05 10:30	Live On CARDLIVER Kakeru	TV Tokyo
10/05 17:00	Gundam 00 2nd Season	TBS Network	25	Nyoro~n Fansubs, Mendoi & Conclave, Shinsen-Subs, Darksoul-Fansubs, gg & BSS, Shintei-Subs
10/05 24:00	ga-rei-zero-	Chiba TV		sMi-Fansubs, AnimeYoshi, Generation NeXt, Anonymous Speed Subs
10/05 24:30	Macademi Wasshoi!	Chiba TV		Himatsubushi
10/05 25:30	Kyou no 5 no 2	TV Tokyo		Moetaku-Fansubs, Anomaly-Subs?, Chihiro
10/05 26:00	Skip Beat!	TV Tokyo		Ureshii-Yoroshiku, Batsu-Geimu, Generation NeXt
10/06 25:00	Vampire Knight Guilty	TV Tokyo		Osu!, Shoku-dan, Mishicorp?, Yuurisan-Subs, Shinsen-Subs?
10/06 25:30	Bihada Ichizoku	TV Tokyo	12
10/06 26:15	ef – a tale of melodies	TV Kanagawa		Chihiro, Menclave, AQS-Anime
10/07 22:00	KUROZUKA	ANIMAX	12	Ureshii, sMi-Fansubs
10/07 24:59	One Outs	Nippon TV		INP?
10/07 25:29	Mouryou no Hako	Nippon TV		Anime Club Generation & AnimeCrazy.net?, AnimeYoshi
10/08 19:26	Stitch!	TV Tokyo Network/Disney Channel		Nova-Fansubs, The Moonlighters
10/09 23:00	CHAOS;HEAD	Chiba TV		m.3.3.w, Anomaly-Subs?, Chihiro, Buttered-toast
10/09 23:32	Tytania	NHK-BS2		Shinsen-Subs & Menclave
10/09 24:45	Nodame Cantabile Paris-hen	Fuji TV	11	Osu!, Froth-Bite, C1 Anime
10/10 21:00	Tetsudou Musume ~Girls Be Ambitious~	TV Kanagawa	13	(live action)
10/11 25:00	Junjou Romantica 2	TV Kanagawa		aarinfantasy?
10/12 06:30	Negi-Bouzu no Asatarou	TV Asahi
10/15 26:08	Michiko to Hachin	Fuji TV		Yoroshiku & Anime-Kraze

Spice and Wolf II Announced!

So there IS A GOD AFTER ALL!

After a lot of praying, and a lot of hoping. Spice and Wolf II has been announced. Read the news article taken from ANN.

The official Japanese website of the Wolf and Spice franchise has confirmed that a second television anime season has been green-lit. Director Takeo Takahashi and screenplay writer Naruhisa Arakawa will return for Spice and Wolf II. However, Toshimitsu Kobayashi (El Hazard: The Alternative World, Fate/stay night) will replace Kazuya Kuroda as the character designer and chief animation director. Likewise, the Brain’s Base studio (MazinKaiser, The Boy Who Saw the Wind) will be animating instead of IMAGIN. The anime adapts Isuna Hasekura and Jū Ayakura’s acclaimed novel series that avoids the usual sword-and-sorcery trappings of fantasy stories and focuses on how business (and religion) gets done in a medieval world — with a wolf girl. Jun Fukuyama and Ami Koshimizu will reprise their roles as the peddler Lawrence and the wolf girl Holo who embark on a journey together. (Source:ANN)

Oh dear God in heaven, thank you for this most wonderful news. I find it ironic this happened just a few days after I posted my Spice and Wolf review. Coincidence? Yes it is…^-^