The X’s and O’s: Even Kyo-Ani is human.

So.. Long time no hear from me. Hey, I’m a growing college boy with a lot of work, class and lab related, on his hands. I had a post in the works to sum up how I thought about the big scary “R” word (recession), but Bernanke dropped the rate three-quarters, so it appears crisis averted for now.

Anyway, to the topic. I think everyone who wanted to has probably seen Clannad 16 by now, and if not, well, then you can stop reading here, but I’m not spoiling much, if at all, so you might be ok.

I liked the basketball part of the episode. Sure it didn’t really provide much in terms of actual story development, but it was fun and a pretty good change of pace to come out of the Kotomi arc. Watching Kyou make it rain 3-pointers and Tomoya manage the game was pretty sweet. And the game winner.. my goodness. The contact, the miracle heave from his back before he hits the ground, the kiss off the backboard, that “shooter’s bounce” off the front of the rim, and the swish as time expired… classic. You can’t find stuff like that in real life.

Because we can! - Blog Updates

So today I decided to spruce up the place. I got really sick of the original banner so I decided to put up a new one. This time with our unofficial mascot, Kotomi-chan. At the same time, I decided to change the theme to match the banner which messed up all of the blog’s images because of the smaller fixed-width (stupid free themes). After purging all of the site’s images and re-uploading all of them, I’m actually happy with all the mindless work. The blog seems at least a bit cleaner and better themed. Yay making the most while being cheap.

I plan to add a few more things to this site soon. This blog seems to be coming together finally. So far my biggest issue is trying to get bro off his lazy college student butt and getting him out of his anime posting slump since the Pachelbel rant. So far the advice from Impz’s helpful collaborative blogging post isn’t helping as much because… BRO IS SUCH A COLLEGE BUM!

Oh, by the way… Thanks. To have gotten to this line means that you like us sooooo much that you were willing to spend two minutes of your time to read by far one of the most useless posts on an anime blog… or you were really really bored. I’m hoping for the first. Thanks anyway. Peace out…

- koneko-chan

Chigau’s “On Tap” For Winter 2008.

Happy new year, blogonauts. Along with the new year, let’s celebrate the new television season! Hooray! I’m going to guess that no one was as stoked as I was that they brought back American Gladiators. Winter 2008 is going to be awesome.

Fall 2007 Carryovers:

Ok. All kidding aside now. Let’s talk anime. With the new season comes new anime, but first, let me see what I have carrying over from Fall ‘07:

Dragonaut: The Resonance - Seriously, I thought this was going to end in one season. Looks like my review will have to wait for now. Not big on it right now, we’ll see if it can get turned around, or if it’ll confirm my beliefs. I will sit this through for as long as I can, just for the review.

Seriously, you’re so annoying. The quicker they get rid of you, Kazuki, the better I’ll feel about Dragonaut in general.

Fall 2007 Wrapup and Winter 2008 Look Ahead

Just a quick post on the ending of the fall 2007 season and the startup of the winter 2008 season as it applies to this blog…

Fall 2007

With the fall 2007 season ending, some one season series ended and some multiple season series still continue. For me, I was following four fall 2007 series that ended:

• ef - a tale of memories
• Genshiken 2
• Minami-ke
• Myself; Yourself

As one of my favorites from the previous fall season, ef surprised alot of people with its execution. Even though I can see this kinda hard for some anime fans to truly appreciate, it is at least a watch for most.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

As for announcements, I hope to add a few things in the next couple of weeks. I have plenty of article ideas along with some end of fall 2007 series reviews. If I have one new year’s resolution for this site, I really want to add more content quicker.

To all who follow this site, thank you for consistently visiting this site. I really hope to make this site larger and better. It is for the readers of anime blogs that us writers keep ourselves motivated. Thanks.

Have a great holiday whatever it may be…