Before Mizuho Miyanokoji, Jun Watarase and Impz, there was… Aoi Futaba. Whom I shall refer to as ‘her’ since I am still in denial after all these years.
Monthly Archive for November, 2007
Ishida-sensei uses trickery to deploy Tama-chan twice for the 4 v 5 match. Obiwan Tamaki has taught her team mates well; Saya and Kirino manage to triumph against their opponents after learning to trust in Tama-chan and to use the force. Tama-chan ‘fesses up when asked for her name by the visiting team’s teacher but the only thing on his mind is to pit his skills against hers.
I haven’t been particularly enthused about the preceding four compilation of Lucky Star BGMs (except for the marvellous Initial D parody tune ‘Gravity’, the *shock horror page expired* of ‘Gyaaaaaaaaa’ and the ‘Kore de Enya’ tune of Tsukasa’s sea shell misadventure in the third release) but this fifth release really put a smile on my face. Even the track titles were LOL.
The opening track of ‘Bun Guster’ (LOLOLOL), with its trumpets and two different types of drumbeats, was suitably triumphal and was in the background of some of my favourite scenes in the anime, such as in Ep 5 when Konata finds the rare item, Laevantein, in her game world and as she goes loot hunting at the winter ComiKet.
Photo is from a shirt I bought on Day 3 of ComiKet 72 -
don’t know the circle’s name; if anyone can tell me, it’d be much appreciated.
…Lunamaria Hawke who, by sheer coincidence and divine destiny, is also the mascot of hontou ni sou omou? Allegations of nepotism were quickly quashed - those who had the temerity to make such spurious accusations were swiftly sued for defamation and made bankrupt. Responding to complaints about unfair electoral process, Electoral Commission Chairzaku Zyl pointed out that the iron law of ‘One Zaku, One Vote’ was strictly adhered to, making it eminently fair that Voter Zyl was the only one voter on the Electoral Register.
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When El Cazador de la Bruja dropped off the Sea Slugs! anime radar, I thought it was another BEETRAINwreck. But my interest was resurrected by the Okazu review. And I did enjoy this series, even though I am a raving fan of Noir, because my expectations were low and the series successfully conveyed its own unique feel and identity despite having a similar setup (two girls vs mysterious organization) with Noir.
I laughed a lot at how the series didn’t take itself too seriously (e.g. Jodie ‘Blue Eyes’ Hayward getting stuck descending from the ventilation shaft LOL), cheered the fanclub that gathered around Nadie x Ellis as their journey progressed and, of course, was absolutely delighted at the development of a very loving Nadie x Ellis relationship - which *shock horror* was actually an integral part of the series’ / villain’s plot.
Spoilers ahoy!