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!

For all that its pacing was horrendous– the first and last episode in particular dump metric shit-tons of explication on the viewer –I really enjoyed the Hatenkou Yuugi anime, mostly for the sharp dialogue and good voice acting which made for awesome banter.

BUT! The anime was only 10 episodes long. And it just ended. With a giant cliffhanger-ish thing. Surely– surely! –that means that it’ll get a sequel, even if it was overall a bit lackluster (and I’m sure downright uninteresting to many), right? RIGHT?!

If you want to blather with me about the last episode, feel free to do so in the comments. I’d love to have someone to whine with.

You know, I’m actually pretty surprised. I mean first off, it was a very light series– cute, but not particularly outstanding –and it didn’t even have a particularly open ending either. (Not to mention no one in the show has a nose.)

And yet, here you have it: the official Code-E blog announces that a season 2 is on the way. No word on when; I kind of find myself hoping it’ll be another summer series. Somehow the light and fluffiness of the show seems appropriate for summer.

Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei season 2 is now confirmed.

Show me some love for updating from the airport with this very important news:

Gurren Lagann Spinoff!
Gurren Lagann Spinoff!
Gurren Lagann Spinoff!

…That’s all I really know so far. I’m sure more details will come out before too terribly long, though hopefully not until after I land in California and find my way back online.

According to Canned Dogs, a short story featuring a character from Jigoku Sensei Nube (that’s “Hell Teacher Nube,” which has a 1996 TV anime and a 1998 OVA to its name) by original creators Shou Makura (writer) and Takeshi Okano (artist) was published in Oh SUPER JUMP.

The interesting part about that is the fact that the manga ended eight years ago, and Makura and Okano went their separate ways allegedly due to some arguments. “Creative differences,” perhaps.