This started out as a schedule card, but with all the different stations and stuff I decided to turn it into a more general “cheat sheet” instead. I’ve included the title, premiere date, the earliest scheduled time and day (multiple channels show each series and at different times), the studio, and a brief (usually one sentence) synopsis of the series in question. If you want a version in black and white for printing, you can use this one.
And if you want more details, I’ll plug the full-length version at Japanator one more time: part one, part two, part three.
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Title
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Start Date
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Station/Time
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Studio
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About
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Bamboo Blade
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10/01
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TV Tokyo Mondays 1:30am
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AIC
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One broke kendo instructor. Five females of varying kendo experience. At stake: a year of free food for said instructor. Wacky hijinx ensue.
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Blue Drop ~Tenchi-tachi no Gikyoku~
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10/01
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MieTV Mondays 2:00am
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BeStack/Asahi
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Mechs + lesbians = love?
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Clannad
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10/04
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TBS Thursdays 2am
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Kyoto Animation
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Sad girls in…school?
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D.C.II ~Da Capo II~
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10/01
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Sun TV Mondays 12am
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feel
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An artificial wish-giving tree…you know what, that’s all you need to hear.
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Dragonaut: The Resonance
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10/03
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TV Tokyo Wednesdays 1:50am
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Gonzo
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In the future, aliens fight humans with mechs. WHOA! Watch it for Minori Chihara as female lead Toa.
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ef - a tale of memories
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10/06
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Chiba TV Saturdays 1:35am
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Shaft
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I’m sure you’ve never seen an Average Joe x Strange Cute Girl x Childhood Friend love triangle before.
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Genshiken 2
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10/09
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Chiba TV, Tuesdays 1:30am
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ARMS
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More wacky antics from our favorite misfits, the otaku of the Genshiken club.
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Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun
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10/03
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TVQ Wednesdays 4am
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AIC Spirits
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4am is a late start time even for an anime. But this show boasts at least three babes waiting on the lead hand and foot– so it may yet survive.
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Hidamari Sketch Tokubetsuhen
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10/18
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BS-i Thursdays 12:30am
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Shaft
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Can you say “loli swimsuit edition?” I knew you could!
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Ichigo Ichie Koibana Tomobana
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10/20
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Kids Station Saturdays 12:55pm
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N/A?
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An anime based on stationery about a bunch of friends. Yeah, I dunno.
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Jyuushin Enbu
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10/07
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TV Tokyo Sundays 2am
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Flag
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A new anime by the creator of Fullmetal Alchemist. Features a very powerful but very headstrong, often childlike teen on a journey with his younger sibling. Uhh-huh.
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Kidou Senshi Gundam 00
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10/06
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TBS Saturdays 6pm
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Sunrise
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Three slashaliciously-designed male pilots and one somewhat butch female pilot wage world peace in a new Gundam obviously catering to the Gundam Wing fans.
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Kimi Kiss pure rouge
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10/06
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MBS Saturdays 3am
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J.C. Staff
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Yet another dating sim-turned-anime, but this one comes from Kenichi Kasai, the director of Nodame Cantabile and Honey and Clover.
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Kodomo no Jikan
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10/10
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TeleTama Tuesdays 2am
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Barcelona
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A precocious elementary school student falls for and attempts to seduce her teacher. How much does she really understand about what she’s doing? Hijinx and drama ensue.
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Koharu Biyori
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10/14
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AT-X Sundays 12am
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N/A?
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A dude buys a cute female-type robot so he can dress her up in sexy cosplay. The end.
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Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro
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10/02
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NTV Tuesdays 1:30am
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Madhouse
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What do you do if you’re a demon who loves to eat mysteries? Find a detective!
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Maple Story
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10/07
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TV Tokyo Sundays 8:30am
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Madhouse
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…No idea what it’s about, but it’s based on a cute and popular Korean MMORPG.
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Minami-ke
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10/07
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TV Tokyo Sundays 1:30am
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Dome
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Three hot sisters live alone together and get into all sorts of wacky and often perverted trouble.
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Mokke
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10/02
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Nagoya TV Tuesdays 2:45am
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Madhouse
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Two average-looking sisters live with their family in a shrine and put up with obnoxious ghosts, gods, and demons.
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Moyashimon
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10/11
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FujiTV Thursdays 12:45am
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Shirogumi
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Young Tadayasu Sawaki is the Doctor Doolittle of the microorganism set. His sidekick: a fungus used in the fermentation of soybeans.
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Myself;Yourself
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10/02
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TV Kanagawa Tuesdays 2:15am
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Dogakobo
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A boy returns to his hometown from Tokyo after five years away and is shocked to learn that his childhood friends changed while he was gone.
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Night Wizard the Animation
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10/02
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Tokyo MX TV Tuesdays 2am
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HAL Film Maker
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In an alternate version of Earth, humans are kept unaware of the existence of the wizards that protect them and the “Emulators” that try to kill them.
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Prism Ark
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10/07
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Chiba TV Sundays 12:30am
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Frontline
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Based on the popular RPG, Pricia is an elite student at the Rosenberg Knight Training Academy, along with the cheerful but somewhat dim Halwe.
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Rental Magika
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10/07
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Chiba TV Sundays 12am
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ZEXCS
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A pansy is forced to take over his father’s magic-user dispatch service and has to learn to get along with said magic-users.
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Shakugan no Shana II
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10/04
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MBS Thursdays 1:30am
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J.C. Staff
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The further adventures of tsundere melon-pan-loving fighter Shana and that one random dude who should be dead.
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Shinrei Kari / Ghost Hound
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10/18
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WOWOW Scramble Thursdays 11:30am
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Production I.G
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Production I.G’s 20th anniversary project is a supernatural drama featuring work from Shirow Masamune, plus Lain director and writer Ryutaro Nakamura and Chiaki J. Konaka.
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Shion no Oh
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10/13
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FujiTV Saturdays Time TBA
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Deen
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A young girl must maser shougi, a Japanese chess variant, in order to unlock the mystery of her parents murder. Probably less cheerful than Hikaru no Go.
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Shugo Chara!
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10/06
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TV Tokyo Saturdays 9:30am
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Satelight
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Amu’s classmates think she’s cool because of the designer clothes she wears, but shy Amu longs to reveal her true self to them. Three magical eggs with “Guardian CharacterS” appear to help her out.
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Sketchbook ~full color’s~
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10/01
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TV Tokyo Mondays 2am
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HAL Film Maker
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A slice-of-life comedy about a girl who likes cats and sketching and her wacky older classmates.
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Suteki Tantei Labyrinth
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10/02
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TV Tokyo Tuesdays 1:30am
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Deen
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An 11-year-old detective? Where have I heard that before? But this version is with pretty-type art.
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Taiho Shichauzo Full Throttle
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10/04
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TBS Thursdays 1:30am
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Deen
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The triumphant return of female cops Natsumi and Miyuki!
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Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji
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10/02
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NTV Tuesdays 1am
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Madhouse
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Unlike predecessor Akagi, Kaiji doesn’t stick to mahjong– he’ll bet on anything. Using anything as collateral.
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September 16th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
great cheat sheet! will definitely come in handy in the upcoming weeks.
And great job on the new layout! Very unique in terms of style, as well :D
September 16th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Actually, this is a common misconception but the mangaka of Full Metal Alchemist did NOT write Hero Tales. He just did the art for the manga.
September 16th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
Thanks for the season cheatsheet especially the black-n-white version.
I may have been the only person but I actually liked the previous design. But this one is not without its charm. Good work.
September 16th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
I love this Gia, thanks.
Also, psgels, the FMA artist/writer is very much a she.
September 16th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
You’ve linked to the JP game site for MapleStory — the anime site is at http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/maplestory/ :)
September 17th, 2007 at 4:47 am
Kimikiss isn’t an adult game. It is a PS2 game, and it’s rated CERO 12+. There is no 18+ version.
September 17th, 2007 at 8:12 am
psgels: Honestly, a lot of information is rather unclear on that. I HAVE read that it’s a collaboration with a “Huang Jin Zhou” (apparently it’s a pseudonym– the name’s characters spell out “golden week” in Japanese). And I have read that Arakawa only does the art and this other person does the writing.
However, I have seen no official confirmation for this anywhere. In fact, if you look at the first volume of the manga on Amazon.co.jp, the only author name listed is Arakawa’s– and generally if there’s a writer/artist combo, both are listed. So I went with the official information I had rather than the information that I couldn’t confirm. :)
Kyouketsusha: ooh, thanks, I’m going to update to fix :)
Aaand Alan: Thanks to you also. I’m going to blame that brainographical error on having had only 3 1/2 hours of sleep the night before ^_^;
September 17th, 2007 at 8:15 am
Oh, and I forgot scott! Scott: I liked the last layout too :D But I’m someone who likes swapping things around– I’m thinking about changing layouts each anime season –and although a few people I knew liked it, I’d also had a few complaints, so I figured it was about time. :)
September 17th, 2007 at 8:16 am
Wow, this layout is so gorgeous *thumbsup*
Also, the cheatsheet is a great idea! (despite the mistakes *heh*)
September 17th, 2007 at 8:42 am
Thanks Sasa ^_^
And yeah, mistakes…I no longer have the benefit of an editorial department ;)
September 19th, 2007 at 12:24 am
Isn’t Arakawa a woman?
September 19th, 2007 at 7:23 am
Ishaan: Yup.
September 26th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Nice guide. Though I’d also say Gundam 00 caters to the SEED and Geass fans and not Wing…. Wing was 10 years ago and wasn’t nearly as big in Japan as it was here.
October 10th, 2007 at 4:53 am
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