It’s a Trap!

Ackbar would be proud.

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Toradora 16 – Many Girly Tears Were Shed

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As of this writing, Toradora has become the premiere anime of the Fall/Winter season!

What an unbelievable turn of events. With guaranteed wins such as Gundam 00 S2 and Clannad After Story in the season lineup, Toradora was initially just another Rie Kugimiya tsundere anime that nobody had any expectations for. And these low expectations surely were not unfounded after such misses as Zero no Tsukaima and Shana Season 2. But coming out from nowhere, J.C. Staff has finally done it again!

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What Do They Come Looking For?

Here’s something random. I was looking through my blog stats the other day and came upon this interesting feature: seeing what search terms people entered in Google to find this blog. Well, look through the most popular key words…

eve no jikan	56	Pretty interesting so many people come searching for this little known anime that I wrote a single blog post on…
sky girls	40	No surprise there!
strike witches	33	Well, they also got the other main interest of this blog. =w=
lynette bishop	14	Eh? So many people looking for Lynette? Why doesn’t Sanya get any love? :o
sky girls anime	9	I guess this still counts as Sky Girls.
yuri girls	8	Oh, for Tsukasa’s sake, people…
school days	7	School Days is actually one of my favorite animes.
narcissu 2nd	6	I guess I’m not the only person in the Internet searching desperately for updates on the translations…
sanya strike witches	6	Here’s Sanya!
ecchi	5	=w=
skygirls	5	I guess this also counts as Sky Girls
strike wiches	5	It’s amazing how many people managed to misspell that…
pantsu	5	I know my audience well. =w=
makoto school days	4	More School Days, except with the villain’s name in the term too…
sky girls season 2	4	Looks like people are searching for an official second season, instead of just Strike Witches. (which might as well be the second season anyways)

Samu-kun’s Musical Taste

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Sunrider Mechas – The Preview of the Preview

Before I turn in for the night, have a small pre-preview of the mechanical ships to come. Hang in there tight while I work more on the game! =3

Sunrider Character Preview

I suppose I should finally give that blog exclusive preview that I promised. Okay, it isn’t much, but here’s a small character preview. I’m hoping to colour this and make a promotional poster with it soon.

Visual Novel Reviews – Snow Sakura

Now for something different – this is a commercial work that’s available from Peach Princess. Even though you have to pay money for it, I will still review and recommend this visual novel. However, since the download version (which I have) is not compatible with Vista x64, I am no longer able to provide screenshots for it. So that means that all the screenshots in this review are from J-List and Peach Princess.

Winter 09 Animes

I found the poster with all the new animes on it. Have a look through it to see if you find anything that you like.

As for me, I’ll just stick with what I know and watch the ones made by Sunrise and KyoAni. The Girl Who Leapt Through Space seems interesting, considering my interests. Also, I’ve already picked up the second season of Druaga. I might also start watching White Album if it’s good.

(Also mildly interested in the Negima and Ichigo Marshmellow OVAs.)

Visual Novel Reviews – Winter Shard

And now it’s time for an older game. Even though Winter Shard by FIA’s Sanctuary has been out for quite awhile now, I still think it merits a review and a recommendation for anyone who has not yet played it.

Visual Novel Reviews: May Sky

Next up, we have the great visual novel by Scrubbing, May Sky.