Daily Archive for January 28th, 2006

Fate/Stay Night 4

Hi, I’m Ilya. Iliyasufiiru Fon Aintsuberun (イリヤスフィール・フォン・アインツベルン). Like Ana Coppola, I suck at my native language. / Aintsuberun… You really do need some German lessons from, say, Mina! Continue reading ‘Fate/Stay Night 4′

Mai Otome 2nd OP - Crystal Energy

I like this OP a lot as the song is energetic and images a clear shift to the war phase of Mai Otome. The Gundam SEED parallels were a bit much though. Didn’t really find it that spoilerific but then again I’m the sort of fanboy who reads Omni’s entries on Random Curiosity even before I watch an episode. In any case, while there were some spoiling surprises, it also raised more questions than it answers.

The above pair of screencaps shows the sheer extent of the war waged on Windbloom and Garderobe with both under siege by massive numbers. We got a foretaste of it in the closing moments of Ep 16 but the buzzing hordes was much more than I expected. Their objective is probably seizure of the Harmonium and its controlling trinity of keys. Continue reading ‘Mai Otome 2nd OP - Crystal Energy’

Mai Otome 16

Well, I’m happy with this episode - like the second OP (will talk about it in a subsequent post), Nao onee-sama has been chosen as a Pillar and Ers-chan had some good scenes. However the increased expectations I am now having of this series is also making me more fearful for Ers-chan’s survival. But I’ve finally cracked - I just have to say it - I really dislike the costume designs for the Otome robes!!! Nao-onee-sama’s Spiderwoman robe was the last straw - just too horrible for an otherwise very cool character. While SUNRISE scored big with Lunamaria’s miniskirt and Lacus’ battle kimono and Sith Lord [thanks to T_I for the link] outfits, they should just stick to designing big robots and out-source female costume design to someone else. See Random Curiosity for summary and a more balanced set of screencaps. Continue reading ‘Mai Otome 16′




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