I’m heading to California later today. I think I’ll put this video on repeat on the plane and piss off the passengers:

Original source: Tatsuko’s 2ch Summary
Secondary source: Had to find a YouTube copy. Silly NicoNico!

So I’ve been watching Anime News Network’s gradual expansion of coverage which may or many not have coincided somewhat with aO’s launch with quite a bit of interest, and today I noticed a couple of things about their coverage of Odex’s Haruhi subs. First, they’re only two days later than the rest of us, and second, they actually cited a blog– the same one I did! This rare occasion must call for some kind of celebration. Huzzah! Next thing you know they’ll actually cite competitors on occa– well, maybe I shouldn’t go crazy here.

(All in good fun, kids, all in good fun. ANN does some excellent work and, yes, has cited blogs AND competitors in the past. The Internet is serious business, etc.)

A friend pointed me to this Anime Desho post regarding “predictions” for anime in the next ten years, and one commenter offered: “KyoAni remakes NGE after prying the rights from Gainax’s cold dead hands.”

So, I decided to run with the idea.

Okay, we’re starting to get used to all of the (awesome!) hand-drawn parodies of Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei’s second OP song, “Hito Toshite Jiku ga Bureteiru.” But how about SZS’s completely forgettable first OP tune, which was played for all of…like, an episode? Well, even though there already IS a fantastic Geass/Zetsubou-sensei parody, someone actually decided to bother doing one using the style of the first OP. So here it is. It is vastly inferior, if for no other reason than lacking bondage.

Current Mood:  Approving

I’m completely tsundere for Death Note. I love L. I hate Light. Every time I watch the show I get sucked in, but as soon as I step away from it it occurs to me how much I detest most of the plot. So what do I do? Watch the first ~7 or so eps of the anime, and then only tune in for the important parts. I haven’t so much as cracked open a copy of the manga.

But anyway, the final episode is one of those important parts, sooo there we have it. The animation of the swimming lessons (spoilers/parody scanlation! you have been warned!) was minimal, which led to the whining of many fans, but I was just glad to see it end.

…At least until that L spin-off movie comes out, I guess. The fangirl in me kind of hopes that a whole L spin-off franchise, complete with manga and maybe anime, happens in the end. I really just like the character and would love to see more about him. But, we’ll see.