Yeah, I know– me? Up late? Posting? NEVER! But I just got back from seeing Speed Racer (my thoughts will appear in the next post) and heard some most excellent news of an entirely different sort: Moon Phase is now reporting that a second season of Nodame Cantabile is set to start airing in October in the Noitamina block (as did the first season, if I remember correctly).

That’s all. Speed next!

So according to Manga Jouhou, a Korean drama adaptation of the Nodame Cantabile manga picked up three awards at the Seoul Drama Awards this year, including Best Miniseries.

TokyoGraph also notes the winners of the Seiun Awards, a prestigious award for sci-fi writers– Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo won the award for the “Media” category, and it’s also worth noting that Yoshitaka Amano (of Vampire Hunter D and Final Fantasy fame, you heathen!) picked up the Art award.

Dan Doh!! creator Nobuhiro Sakata’s manga Naoko is going to be made into a live-action movie, according to TokyoGraph, with the title character played by Juri Ueno - who some may remember as Nodame in the Nodame Cantabile TV drama.

The story is about a talented track star named Yusuke who randomly bumps into the girl who his father died to save, the titular Naoko. She turns out to be the new track and field manager, and I have no doubt that drama ensues.

Current Mood:  Ponderous

So on Saturday, while I was still in California, my parents had dinner plans with friends, which left me a blessed evening alone to catch up on all my anime. So I figured now was a good time for a check-in on my favorite series this season. Except at the time, “now” was something like Sunday. Oh well.

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Current Mood:  Dadada

If there’s one thing in California that I wish we had in Portland - besides lanes and parking spaces that are actually wide enough to fit cars in - it’s a Kinokuniya that gets all of the monthly magazines in on time. I’m kinda lucky to have one at all in Beaverton, but damn if they don’t get delayed on the magazines a lot. I didn’t get the May magazines until the day I left for California…May 17th.

Because of that, I’ll have TWO sets of magazine swag to try and find home for. Bah!
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