Tensai-Desu ON Anime

Since I don’t usually like writing a post for each episode of anime I watch (that would make it feel like a job) I’ll write a quick summary as to where I’m at in the Fall 2009 season.

I watched the latest episode of Nyan Koi, episode six, yesterday.  New dysfunctional characters are introduced to further complicate Junpei’s life- Akari and Kotone, daughters of the cat priest.  I forget which one is which, but one of them is attracted to men who suffer from misfortune (ie. Junpei) and the other is just your average tsundere.  Kaede almost finds out about Junpei’s curse, but thankfully disaster is adverted by Junpei’s quick wit.

I also had the pleasure to watch episode 13 of Bakemonogatari.  Unfortunately, given the fact that episode 13 was a web-only episode, it was not as visually sharp as the previous episodes, but was entertaining nonetheless.  I had originally thought that episode 13 was supposed to wrap up the Tsubasa Cat arc, but it appears that isn’t the case.  I also thought that episode 13 was supposed to be the last episode, but that doesn’t appear to be true either- ANN lists 15 total episodes.  I hope that Bakemonogatari makes it state side.  I wouldn’t mind picking up a DVD set.

I also watched the fifth episode of Kimi ni Todoke, which was a little disappointing.  My disappointment stems mostly from the fact that the episode did little to advance the plot- I felt like all Sawako did was putz around wasting time.  That said, I suppose that is exactly how you are supposed to feel watching the socially inept Sawako stumble through High School.  I am looking forward to seeing how the next episode goes.  The fifth episode ended on something of a cliffhanger, although I feel like the proverbial cliff here is rather short.

Lastly, I just want to say that Windows 7 is working very well.  I’m pretty impressed with how good it runs.  There are a few UI changes that took a day or two to get used to, but I believe the changes are for the better.

Personal Updates Bakemonogatari, Kimi ni Todoke, Nyan Koi

Well I figured it was about time I update this blog again.  After getting a preview of the character designs on animepaper.net, I decided to check out a new series called Bakemonogatari.  I can’t really tell you much about it right now other than the fact it looks like it could be pretty violent, and it has really good art.

I’ve seen some creative battle stances in anime before, but this is ridiculous!

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First Impressions Bakemonogatari