My week. (+Thoughts on Special A and Kanokon)

Well nothing much has happened this week. I have been asked by Flatcher (Another blog poster on here) if I could help him fix his brand new dell computer this week. He just got this new computer on Sunday and he has already broken it. He had probably broke it from downloading too much porn on limewire, but that’s just a guess. I really don’t understand how he keeps breaking his computer. So from now on I’m not going to help it. I have had enough.

I have started watching some new anime this week. The ones I have currently seen are Special A and Kanokon. Kanokon was ok but it isn’t the sort of anime I like. The animation quality and story was below average in my opinion as well. But I am sure many people will enjoy it, but I probably won’t continue watching it.

Special A was the one I have been looking forward to see this season. Special A is about a group of high schoolers who are the most successful out of all the students at their school. The focus of the story is on Hikari Hanazono (The girl who is ranked number 2 in the school) and how she continually challenges the boy who’s ranked number one in the school. The first episode was ok, probably not what I was expecting but it was quite entertaining and I will probably continue watching it.

Not much else happened this week. I went to the dentist for my 6 months check up. Luckily I have very good teeth so I have never needed a filling or anything like that, so I wasn’t nervous about going or anything. My teeth were “absolutely fine” according to the dentist, and all I need to do now is get an appointment for the dentist in another 6 months.

Well I think I will end the post here. I’ll add some Special A pictures at the bottom of the page.

Solaris’ Spring Anime Schedule

So, after much pushing and nagging from Shockwave, I’ll be posting what series I plan to watch in the near future. So, without further ado….

Firstly, a must, is Code Geass R2, the much awaited (by me at least) second season of Code Geass. I had high expectations of this series and, certainly, the first episode, while not that impressive in itself, was certainly a sign of good things to come introducing several characters who will, no doubt, become prominent in the course of the series as well as setting up some new storylines to be explored. All in all, this is one series that I am looking forward to very much.

Now, I must note that I have not seen an episode yet of the following series so I’ll be judging them from what I’ve heard…. Onto the series

Next up is Kanokon and, from all accounts, this is a shockingly bad series. It seems as though the basic premise is Spice and Wolf (Fox Spirit) with a whole lot of naughty bits in. Basically, big busted girl takes a liking to generic high school boy and, well, that’s it. So yeah, this series looks awful but I’m watching it for the fanservice mainly I guess.

Then, it’s on to Bus Gamer which looks pretty good in a violent kind of way. The general idea seems to be 3 “bad ass guys” who fight in an underground blood sport for cash. While I don’t expect this series to be extremely deep or involving it does look to be able to fill that void in my life for a kind of gritty, down to earth, no messing fighting series, instead of all this “heroic superman” stuff or the generic macho sports anime.

Onto the next one, Blassreiter. I’ve been considering this ever since I saw an article about it on dannychoo.com and after reading the plot summary of the episode my interest is drawn even further. Motorcycles and Monsters…. Sounds good. So, this looks to be one of the shining gems in my anime season… and it’s made by Gonzo so that’s a plus.

Up now is ToLoveRU, yet another fanservice series. Another series I got interested in through dannychoo.com though not for the same reason, as you can guess, as the one above. Not having seen the episode of course makes me unable to judge but if it has even half the stuff in the manga then it’s this all the way for me.

Lastly, Itazura na Kiss. It, it seems, a generic romance comedy and, again, having not seen the first episode, I am unable to judge it but from the reviews it’s been given it looks like it’s certainly worth a chance.

So, there you have it, my schedule for the upcoming Spring Season. I will probably do a separate article for each episode of these series as and when I view them. Until then….