Mini-Goddess XXII

Nov. 25th, 2008 11:30 pm
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Okay, so... I guess the new Mini-Goddess strips aren't being divided into series of 4 anymore, since this month is the 22nd panel, but it's being advertised as the start of a new "strip." Um. Whatever. Anyway, here is Mini-Goddess, still being published on the spine of monthly issues of Afternoon. In case you missed any of the previous panels, you can find them all linked here.

( Behind the cut: Mini-Goddess comic. )

As for this month's 20th-Anniversary shenanigans... Well, the bonus goodie for this month's Afternoon was the Belldandy-with-flowers figure, of course. It's actually a magnet, not a full figure. But still awesome. There was also a little spread advertising the upcoming artbook, but still not revealing a release date. Volume 38 of the manga is out on December 22nd. Also, starting in March 2009, Kodansha will be releasing an Ah! My Goddess/You're Under Arrest collectible card game. The Afternoon advertisement promises cards with original artwork by Kosuke Fujishima, so hooray for that.

I'm really enjoying the current storyline in the manga, BTW. For the first time in a while. Which is kind of awesome.
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TV!

Oct. 30th, 2007 11:54 pm
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I was looking back at my anime year in review post, and I realized that most of the shows that I recced (and ALL of the shows that I uber-recced) were from the spring 2007 season. There was almost nothing that really pushed my buttons in a good way from the fall 2006 season. I mean, I enjoyed Hataraki Man, Red Garden, and Kanon (the latter despite the I-knew-it-was-coming-but-still-hated-it ending), and I enjoyed Code Geass for all the wrong reasons, but... The fall season definitely didn't IMHO produce any truly great series like Seirei no Moribito, To Terra, or Romeo x Juliet. Looking back, I definitely felt like the fall 2006 season was a mushy pile of generic harem shows stacked on top of generic harem shows, but the spring 2007 season felt like a breath of fresh air to me. I mean: Juliet, Seto San, Balsa, Swena, Clare, Nadie, Nia, and Yoko were all on TV at the same time, and how awesome was that?! I felt like anime was finally moving beyond the moe moe moe moe moe moe endless trend of generic moe moe moe moe generic shows. Which isn't to say that moe shows stopped altogether - there was plenty of moe in the spring 2007 season - but that we finally got a variety of shows other than just endless episodes of moe moe and more moe.

And now, what does the fall 2007 anime schedule look like?

Yup. We're back to square one. It's almost nothing but generic harem comedies, and endless amounts of moe moe moe moe.

In case you haven't guessed, I'm annoyed that other than Shakugan no Shana (which YES contains moe but at least it has a PLOT and awesome female characters) and You're Under Arrest, there's almost nothing good on TV for me to veg in front of this season. Or at least, nothing "good" for me, as I have very little interest in harem comedies or moe.

On the other hand, American television is currently exploding with awesome (Avatar, The Boondocks, American Dad, South Park, The Simpsons, and Robot Chicken), so that at least makes up for the dearth of good animated television on this side of the Pacific.

Here's hoping that the spring 2008 anime season will bring back the bucketloads of win and awesome that the spring 2007 season provided. Isn't Haruhi Season 2 supposed to air in spring 2008?
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