Seto no Hanayome – A mermaid for a bride
Saved by a mermaid ...
Seto no Hanayome (瀬戸の花嫁) follows the misadventures of one Michishio Nagasumi, who, while on holiday with his parents at Seto Bay, is saved from drowning by a young mermaid, Seto San. However, according to mermaid law, either the mermaid who revealed her identity, or the person to whom her identity was revealed, needs to be executed. In an attempt to save the lives of both children, their parents agree to have the young couple become engaged. How fortunate that they happen to be the same age, ‘ey?
Thus Nagasumi gains himself a beautiful bride-to-be and San’s life is saved, although we need to make you aware of the fact that her father (being the typical doting dad), is less than happy about the method employed to save his daugher, and is very much in favour of seeing Nagasumi dead and his little girl back where she belongs.
Summer holidays do come to an end, however, and Nagasumi gets to head back home to normality – or so he believes. San, being his fiancé, decides to tag along, and as such, Nagasumi’s troubles are just beginning …
Hatsune Miku’s 3rd Birthday
The Birthday Girl herself
If you are a tremendous fan on the Vocaloids in general, and Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) in particular, chances are you’ll have today marked off on your calendar in a visible but tasteful way. The reason being that today, August 31, is the 3rd anniversary of Miku’s introduction to the world – yes, on August 31, 2007, Crypton Future Media released the first of their “Character Vocal Series” – that being Miku.
So from me, and Animated Meanderings – お誕生日おめでとうございますミクちゃん！！ (Happy Birthday, Miku-chan!!).
If you’re looking for a little more history – read on.
Introducing the Animated Meanderings mascot character
One of the girls working in the office with me happens to be an artist as well as a keen fan of anime (which is a great combination in my book), and happily agreed to create/design a character to represent Animated Meanderings as a mascot.
So, after a few weeks of waiting (she wasn’t in a rush, and since she was doing it in her own personal time I wasn’t going to rush her), we’ve finally got our character.
And here she is: Read the rest of this entry »
The Anime Harem – Dream or Nightmare
The term, harem, tends to crop up a lot when various anime series are discussed. Now, in the unlikely event that this is your first foray into anime, and visions of Arabic princes with forty-odd wives fill your head, I need to explain one or two things. Well, maybe one.
The word harem (like many other words) was simply adapted to describe situations in anime where the main character is male, and the majority of the remaining protagonists are female, are various ages within one or two years of the main character, and they all have various levels of feelings towards the main character. These feelings tend to vary in type and intensity.
Surrounded by beautiful girls - what more could a guy want? (Shuffle! and Seto no Hanayome)
Summer Anime 2010 Preview – Part 3
And here we are – having finally arrived at our third and final installment of the Summer 2010 Anime preview – although, in truth, it has become more of a review at this point, since many of the shows have already started airing. What’s more, because of deals struck by such online entities as Crunchyroll, Funimation and AnimeNewsNetwork, a number of these shows are already available to watch online.
Which is great if you have a nice broadband connection to play with. But I’m not here to discuss the internet – moving on, let’s take a look at three or four more shows I have an interest in.
Fanart Feature: Ilolamai
I’ve been wanting to get to this for a while now – but various factors (moving the blog, time, and other things) has been preventing me from actually getting around to it.
Firstly – I have in the past posted some of my own fan-art on the blog – but it’s rather undistinguished – I trace, shade and colour. Hardly the most complicated thing on the planet, for all it earns me some compliments (always nice – thanks guys). Of course, there are some guys and girls out there with true talent – and I figured it’s time that I introduce you to some of them.
Vocaloid 39′s Giving Day CD/DVD/BD release announced
I saw this coming in as a search to Animated Meanderings, and I decided that I’d take a look around and see what info I could dig up about it. Earlier this year, I did a post about the Vocaloid concert held in Tokyo on the 9th of March – and thanks to Vocaloidism, I have learned that Sega have announced a release of the concert.
The concert will be available in 3 formats – BlueRay Disc, DVD and CD – and the release is scheduled for the 1st of September this year. This is great, since it is just the week before my birthday (*hint hint*). Here’s the eye-candy Read the rest of this entry »
Anime Summer line-up 2010 – Part 2
Before we continue on with our preview of anime series being launched in Summer 2010 – I thought I should make mention that the creators of ToLove Ru has announced a second series of the anime based on the manga by Hasemi Saki and Yabuki Kentaro. No details on the possible release date yet, but I’ll keep an eye out for more info. What we do know, is that the director is different, but studio, seiyuu and the majority of the staff are the same as the original series – thanks to Mangajet for the info.
Finally, since there is quite a few series coming – I’m going to focus on those series I’m looking forward to more – so I can actually get this covered before the Autumn releases :P
And now, back to our anime preview, the next set of series: Read the rest of this entry »
Anime Summer line-up 2010 – Part 1
Since we’re approaching the end of June, this post technically comes a little late, but, I’ve decided to give a quick list of the anime series we’re expecting to hit Japanese screens from June to August this year.
The guys over on T.H.A.T Anime were nice enough to compile a list of the series expected for release, some of which have started their runs already. Notedly, they go into a lot of detail about each series, with each of the writers giving a short comment with their thoughts on the series – I’m just going to provide you with the list and a short summarised synopsis of the series; for the details, as well as some pretty pictures and links to trailers, head over to T.H.A.T Anime’s Summer Preview.
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Agent AiKa – Battle of the Panties
You might find the title for this post a little odd, but trust me, it has bearing on the series. I don’t think I’ve actually really slated an anime on this blog, but there’s a first time for everything.
While watching Aika, you’re probably going to have a fair bit of trouble figuring out what the series is actually about. I’ll give you a brief run through the list of possible options:
1. It’s about Aika
2. It’s about a plot to destroy the world
3. It’s about panties.
