K-ON! - Episode 1

Note:This is just a trial to see if I could write up anime and may come out late or even not complete writing the whole series due to other commitments. Title of the episode and opening & ending theme are intentionally left not translated.

A photo of Yui graduating from Middle school with her friends on a pin board and various parts of the room were shown as the sound of a ticking clock, followed by the alarm bell ringing. Yui struggles to wake up to turn off the alarm. As soon as she turns it off, her younger sister enters. Yui realises that the time on her mobile phone is 8am and rushes to change and grabs a toast on the way out. Despite her rushing and distractions along the way, Yui realises that the clock at the front of the school building says only 8:04 in the morning

Everyone is now seated excitedly at the hall for the opening ceremony. (I can't help but notice: it seems to be an all-girls school and the hall interior looks like a church) Today is the first day as a High School student.

OP: 「Cagayake! GIRLS」 桜高軽音部(平沢唯、秋山澪、田井中律、琴吹紬)

Yui is now seen walking (like Fuuko of Clannad) with blooming Cherry Blossom trees visible in the background where a mob crowds around her and received an arms full of pamphlets. Later on, when the trees have green spots, Yui walks along the same path and notices a notice board full of posters from various sports clubs. She then starts to think hard about what clubs to join.

In her class of 1-3, 2 weeks since school started with a club application on her desks. She says to Nodoka that she's not athletic and knows nothing about the liberal arts clubs. Nodoka comments that people who have not joined clubs would become NEETs. Yui get shocked over this. Nodoka adds on to say that Yui has never joined clubs before. Yui now thinks to herself that she should do something, but doesn't know what it is, as she looks towards the window.

#1 廃部！

Ritsu is seen running and calling Mio along the corridor and wants to check out the clubs. Ritsu says the wants to check out the light music club, but Mio has decided on the literature club and shows the application form. Mio looks at it with a disappointed look and rips apart the form as she drags her to the music room, but finds it empty.

At the staff room, Ritsu is shocked to find out that the club was going to be suspended as other members have graduated in the previous year. The teacher adds on to say that it would be suspended if there isn't at least 4 people joining the club by the end of the month. When Yui comes to call her, the teacher says that she has to go for a music lesson.

As the teacher approaches and gives Yui the music sheets, she stares blankly at Ritsu and Mio and gets shock when found out that they were staring back and drops the papers the teacher gave her a while earlier. As she picks up the paper under the table, she hit her face against the table as she tries to get back up. Mio then turns around to say that since the club is going to be suspended, she decides to join the literature club. Ritsu, however, stops her and says to herself that she would become the club president if she joins. Meanwhile, the teacher explains to Yui what she was talking to the other two about.

After school, Ritsu and Mio find themselves in the empty music room, with Ritsu claiming that she is waiting for new applications to approach and waits. After some time, Tsumugi enters to have a look around the room as she wants to join the choir. Ritsu uses this opportunity to make Tsumugi join the club, but Mio drags her away and heads home. As Mio leaves, Ritsu says in a sad voice to her if she has forgotten the promise of being the Bassist and her being the drummer and that they always wanted to be a band. Ritsu goes on to say that it happened during the live performance they went to. It turns out that they were actually watching it on TV and that Ritsu was the one who said it.

After Mio hits Ritsu when she says that they would split the money 7:3, Tsumugi finds them funny and says that she could only play the keyboard and that she would join them. This would now leave only the guitarist.

As Yui and Nodoka walks out, Yui repeats from earlier that she should do something and clings on to her like a parent and child.

Later, the 3 girls came out with posters for the club. Ritsu's has loud words on it, while Mio's is too small and barely filled, but Tsumugi's is decent and uses it to put up on the notice board.

 

With one week to the end of April, Yui noticed the poster of the Light Music club had replaced the Ping Pong club's poster she saw earlier. This brings her flashbacks to when she was in kindergarten, playing the clarinet and the teacher praising her back then. With that, she decides to join the club.

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At lunch, Yui declares to Nodoka that she would be joing the Light music club, but doesn't know what it is and believes that she would be doing light things. Yui brings Nodoka to the poser she saw. Nodoka says that Yui would be joining a band, but Yui comments that she can't play the guitar...

In the music room the teacher handed the 3 girls there the form Yui had submitted and the 3 girls got excited.

As Yui get her way to the music club, she has to walk past the rooms of the clubs dedicated to extraterrestrials and zombies. As she's about to enter the room, she thinks about quitting, but then thinks about what kind of people are in the light music club. She then thoughts about scary monsters, and got frightened. As Ritsu placed her hand on Yui shoulder (where did she come from?), Yui thought that the monster she just thought of had caught her and got scared. Ritsu then recognizes her as the clumsy girl she saw in the staff room earlier. Upon realizing that she is the Yui Hirasawa that applied for the club as a guitarist, she brings her in and the other 2 girls in the room greeted her.

With some tea, delicious cake, and misconceptions later, Tsumugi asked Yui if Yui has plans to join other clubs, but she doesn't have any plans to. At that moment, Ritsu signals the rest not to let her escape. They use delicious cookies as bait to keep her in the end. Yui says that she has nothing to do if she didn't join the club and used eating delicious food in there as an excuse to make her stay there. However, Yui says that she wasn't thinking seriously when applying and had given the club false hopes and starts crying, but got happy and excited when Ritsu says that they would perform for her. They prepared their instruments and started playing music. The scene switches between them, Yui, the empty school corridors, and the early evening sky.

After the performance, Yui gives a reverse physiology answer that they were amateurs and finally decides to join because it seems fun. That made the other 3 members to not believe what she said at first and got happy. As a commemoration of the (re)birth of the club, Ritsu picks and holds up Mio's camera and takes a picture of them together, except that only Ritsu's forehead and one of her fingers are visible in the photo. When Yui says that she's not good with instruments (again), Tsumugi says that it's now a good opportunity to learn the guitar with the help from the others.

Nodoka got surprised when she found out at lunch later that she joined the Light Music Club. Nodoka says that Yui has to buy a guitar, since the school won't lend her one and thinks that ¥5000 ($50) would be enough to get her one. Nodoka wonders if the club will be alright with Yui in the club.

ED: 「Don't say "lazy"」 桜高軽音部(平沢唯、秋山澪、田井中律、琴吹紬)

This episode summarized in 36 seconds.

New Spring 2009 Anime

(Japanese/日本語)

With many of the 12-episode Winter 2009 and 24-episode Autumn 2008 anime ending, Spring 2009 brings with another batch of anime.

All times are stated are stated in Japan time (UTC+9, or 16 hours ahead of Pacific Time in America). Time is converted to the proper format: For example, "4月2日（木）26:09" would be converted to "Friday, April 3 @ 2:09am", but for simplicity, only the day of the earliest would be stated.

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Senkoku BASARA
http://www.sengokubasara.tv/
Thursday, April 2 @ 1:34am
Production Studio: Production IG
Opening theme: "JAP" by Abingdon Boys School

During the era of eternal war, Oda Nobunaga rose to power above all others and nearly consolidated his rule over the entire country as the Devil King… and then an unknown general rode forth from the north with an army to challenge Nobunaga and seize the conquered lands for himself. His name is Date Masamune.

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Queen’s Blade - Rurou no Senshi
http://queensblade.tv/
Thursday, April 2 @ 8:00am

Studio: ARMS
Opening theme: "Open the Door" by Rie Oohashi
Ending theme: "Omoide to Yakusoku" by Ayuko Kawasumi, Mamiko Noto, Aya Hirano

A tournament is held to decide the new queen. The rules are simple, the participants must be female, and they must fight until one cannot or will not fight any longer. These are the stories of the tournament’s participants.

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Asura Cryin’
http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/asura/
Thursday, April 2 @ 9:30am
Studio: Seven Arcs
Opening theme: "Spiral" by Angela
Ending theme: "Link" by Angela

Tomoharu moves to a new town to live on his own. However, a spirit girl appears, bound to him through a trunk that his brother left him. Magi soon appear seeking the trunk and Tomoharu is drawn into a mystical battle as he learns the mysteries of this world, and the ghost world that was destroyed before it.

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Basquash!
http://basquash.com/
Friday, April 3 @ 1:25am
Studio: Statelight

On a distant planet, the sport of Bigfoot Basketball… basketball played in giant mecha… becomes the most popular form of entertainment. All sorts of kids get drawn into it and seek fame on the court.

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Pandora Hearts
http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/ph/ 
Friday, April 3 @ 1:29am
Studio: Xebec
Opening theme: "Parallel Hearts" by FictionJunction
Ending theme: "Maze" by savage genius feat. Tomoe Ohmi

Oz Bezarius has the perfect life… until his 15th birthday. He’s thrown into a prison called the Abyss. He’s saved by a bloodstained rabbit calling herself Alice who contracts herself to him and leads him out of the Abyss, but back into the mysteries of his family and how they’re connected to it.

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K-ON!
http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/
Friday, April 3 @ 1:59am
Studio: Kyoto Animation
Opening theme: "Cagayake! GIRLS" by Sakura High Light Music Club (Aki Toyosaki, Yoko Hikasa, Satomi Satou, Minako Kotobuki)
Ending theme: "Don't say "lazy"" by Sakura High Light Music Club (Aki Toyosaki, Yoko Hikasa, Satomi Satou, Minako Kotobuki)

Four girls who love music attempt to revive their school’s music club, only none of them have ever played instrument before in their lives.

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Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~
http://www.phantom-r.jp/ 
Friday, April 3 @ 2:15am
Studio: Bee Train
Opening theme: "KARMA" by KOKIA
Ending theme: "Jigoku no Kado" by ALI PROJECT

Mafia members are being picked off one by one by the mysterious assassin group known as Inferno. A boy witnesses one of the murders and is kidnapped. His identity is stripped from him and he begins a new life as one of Inferno’s assassins.

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Hayate no Gotoku!!
http://hayatenogotoku.com/ 
Saturday, April 4 @ 1:23am
Studio: JC Staff
Opening Theme: "Wonder Wind" by ELISA
Ending Theme: "Honjitsu, Mankai Watashi Iro!" by Shizuka Itou, Eri Nakao, Sayuri Yahagi, Masumi Asano

The continuing adventures of Hayate, pressed into butler service by the tyrannical and socially inept Nagi, and all the women/tigers/tigerwomen throwing themselvs at him.

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Arad Senki ~Slap Up Party~
http://www.sup-arad.jp/ 
Saturday, April 4 @ 2:45am
Studio: Gonzo

The Cursed Light of Kazan has descended upon the world, tainting people and places. One man afflicted by the curse rallies others to his side as he sets out to discover its secrets.

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Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou
http://mechamote.tv/ 
Saturday, April 4 @ 9:00am
Studio: SynergySP, Shogakukan Music and Digital Entertainment

Mimi has vowed to be a perfect class representative in her school’s history. However, she still has to deal with a group of troublemaking boys, one of whom she has a crush on.

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Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica crimson S
http://www.polyphonica.tv/ 
Sunday, April 5 @ 1:30am
Studio: Diomedea
Opening theme: "phosphorus" by eufonius
Ending theme: "Koi no Uta" by Haruka Tomatsu

Spirits are born in the world through music. Especially gifted musicians able to play Divine Songs are known as Dantists. One such Dantist was contracted by one of the strongest spirits in the world, the Red Elder Spirit Corticante, so that his voice would belong to her alone.

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Senjou no Valkyria
http://www.valkyria-anime.com/ 
Sunday, April 5 @ 1:35am
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Opening theme: "Ashita he no Kizuna" by HIMEKA
Ending theme: "Ano Kaze ni Notte" by pe'zmoku

Gallia is a neutral nation trapped between two other countries at war. It’s drawn into the conflict when invasion forces march across the country and young men and women are forced to join the resistance army to repel the attack.

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Fullmetal Alchemist
http://www.hagaren.jp/ 
Sunday, April 5 @ 5:00pm
Studio: Bones
Opening theme: "again" by YUI
Ending theme: "Uso" by Shido

Almost five years after the original, Fullmetal Alchemist is back with a new series that’s not a sequel but is instead going to be a retelling based more on the original manga following two brothers who lost parts of themselves when they attempted forbidden techniques to revive their dead mother.

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Guin Saga
http://www.guinsaga.net/ 
Sunday, April 5 @ 11:29pm
Studio: Satelight
Opening theme: "Guin no Tema" by Nobuo Uematsu
Ending theme: "Saga~This is my road" by Kanon

A man named Guin wakes up with no memory and a leopard mask attached to his head. All he can remember are his fighting abilities as he sets out to find the answers to his past.

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Shangri-la
http://www.anime-shangri-la.jp/ 
Monday, April 6 @ 1:15am
Studio: Gonzo
Opening theme: "Kimi Shinitamou Koto Nakare" by May'n

The story is set in a neo-futuristic age, in which Tokyo has turned into the world’s largest “jungle-polis” that absorbs carbon dioxide. A tower city called Atlas houses the rich and privileged, and is the object of yearning of all that are not allowed to enter. But Atlas also has ancient secrets which cause a sudden whirl of events. Festooned by colorful characters such as a riotous teenage girl, a child genius, a juvenile princess, a drag queen, a female doctor, an army major, and an elderly gentleman and lady, SHANGRI-LA’s hard-core world view plays out as an anime action saga.

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Tayutama -Kiss on my Deity-
http://www.tayutama.com/
Monday, April 6 @ 1:30am
Studio: Silver Link
Opening theme: "The fine every day" by Kicco
Ending theme: "Kizuna no Uta" by Ui Miyazaki

When Yuuri accidentally burns down a forest and releases a torrent of spirits upon the city, he tries to summon a goddess to drive them away. When she incarnates as a young, sick girl, she makes him promise to marry her once she grows up, but her future and his battles with the spirits are both closer than Yuuri imagined.

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Natsu no Arashi!
http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/natsunoarashi/
Monday, April 6 @ 1:30am
Studio: Shaft
Opening theme: "Atashi dake ni kakete" by Omokage Lucky Hole
Ending theme: "Kirari Futari" by Ryoko Shiraishi

A socially inept city boy named Yasaka protects a beautiful girl from being attacked while visiting the countrysid. She senses something unusual about him and drags him to the top of a hill where they find another world. The next morning, everything is back to normal, but the girl has decided to live with Yasaka and he becomes swept up in her life.

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Tears to Tiara
http://tearstotiara.jp/
Monday, April 6 @ 1:35am
Studio: Oriental Lights and Magic/White Fox
Opening theme: "Free and Dream" by Suara
Ending theme: "Blue sky,True sky" by Aira Yuuki

The oracle Riannon is kidnapped to be sacrificed to appease the resurrected demon lord, Arawn, prophesized to bring the world to ruin. However, in the time since his ‘death,’ the prophecies have become corrupted and lost their original meaning. He awakens and kills the evil priest that summoned him, granting Riannon her freedom. She’s so grateful that she declares herself Arawn’s wife, putting the Gael tribe under his control as he leads them to his true destiny.

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Saki
http://www.saki-anime.com/ 
Monday, April 6 @ 2:00am
Stuido: Gonzo
Opening theme: "Glossy:MMM" by Miyuki Hashimoto

Saki Miyanaga always lost her New Years money to her family when she played mahjong with them, so grew to hate it. However, when her friend drags her into his mahjong club against some of the top players in the nation, she intentionally throws the match by using her ability to control her score with almost inhuman skill. From there, her fate is sealed as a member of their club.

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07-GHOST
http://07-ghost.net/ 
Tuesday, April 7 @ 1:40am
Studio: Studio DEEN
Opening theme: "Hi-iro no Kakera" by Yuki Suzuki
Ending theme: "Hitomi no Kotae" by Noria

Teito lived his life as a slave, without any memory of his past until he’s discovered to hold a rare power and is sent to a military academy to develop it. While there, he discovers clues to his past and becomes embroiled in a war turning his friends against him, and forcing him to seek his enemies for help.

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Eden of the East
http://juiz.jp/
Friday, April 10 @ 12:45am
Studio: Production IG
Opening theme: "Falling Down" by Oasis
Ending theme: "Futuristic Imagination" by School Food Punishment
In 2010,  a curious missile attack strikes an uninhabited area of Japan, causing no real damage. Soon after, a Japanese woman visiting American is saved by a man carrying nothing but a cellphone filled with money and a gun. He has no memory of his past, but the two of them are drawn into discovering the truth behind the missile attack.

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Hatsukoi Limited.
 http://www.j-hatsukoi.com/ 
Sunday, 12 April @ 12:00am
Studio: J.C.Staff

Other than the Hayate sequel, the only other new show J.C.Staff is working on is Hatsukoi Limited, a series based on a manga by the creator of Ichigo 100%. This is probably the epitome of idealized school romance and comedy, and it features a huge cast of characters - both high school and junior high - falling in love in some way or another.

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Titles that were skipped include anime that are targeted at kids (eg. Mainichi no Kaasan), repeats (eg. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu), typical sports anime (eg. Cross Game) and had negative reviews by several other bloggers (eg. Ristorante Paradiso).

Classic Anime

Ah, it brings me back memories when I was a child, watch classic anime. By classic anime, I mean anime that was first aired before 2006: The year I started watching various anime and high-definition widescreen was becoming more common. However, it wasn't the first anime I had watched.

It's so long ago that I can't remember what anime that I was watchng back then, but the earliest I remember include Doraemon, Digimon, Slayers, One Piece, and Pocket Monsters. There are also anime from that era that I watched later on.

When I watch anime from back then today, I would say that the graphics now has somewhat improved a lot from just 10 years ago. If you watch both the first and second season of Negima you can already tell the difference: aspect ratio, camera angles, how the story is portrayed, and so on. Another anime that are based on the same storyline, but noticeably different is Kanon: the early-2002 and late-2006 versions. The latter is more faithful (and better looking) to the original story.If you look carefully when watching any old anime on DVD or any digital format, you would notice that the image would shake a bit even if the "camera angle" doesn't move. This doesn't happen on newer anime as they are produced digitally.

There are also anime on today based on books or visual novels that were produced a long time ago like Clannad and White Album. So, even if it's considered recent, the timeline would be of some years ago or envision what the future would be to them back then. Of course, there are also anime that are based on novels (小説) released quite recently that are quite good.

Strangely enough though, what anime me and Haruka watches at any particular given time are exactly the same even though she is at a different location from me. The mystery of having a twin of me.

Images featured here are random screenshots from (from top): "Serial Experiments: Lain" (1998), "Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure" (1999), "Clannad" (2007, 2008), and "Toradora" (2008)

First real post here after a long time

I found this image for the Spring 2009 anime. Notice the similarities for one of the images with the vector I did at end-December 2008

Not counting lyrics, new anime listings, and 1-episode review of a series, my last real post here is actually back on 20 January 2008. LOL

To tell you the truth, I had been adding a lot of posts for my main blog, including ones that could be anime-related, and places that are too numerous to mention. According to the archive count, there are a total of 268 posts for the whole of the year 2008. Due to time constrains and other reasons, I can't post on every single one of my blogs on a regular basis. On top of that I have recently started to listen to some tech-related podcast, stories on my main blog, and vector tracing, some of which are quite complicated to do so.

Due to these reasons, I should just put up whenever I want instead of being pressurized of having to creating a different-language version to the point that I don't even create a post.

Toradora! OP2/ED2 lyrics

(Japanese/日本語)
(Op1/Ed1)

Opening: "silky heart"
Vocals: Horie Yui
Lyrics: Satomi
Composition: Fujisue Miki
Arrangement: Kawaguchi Keita
Red: TV-Size

English:
My Silky Love, all the while, for 24 hours
My Silky Love, every time when I think of you
My Silky Love, my irritating feelings
My Silky Love, simply overflow

Even though it’s easy to say ‘I love you’
When you come in front of me
My characteristics arise and interfere with me

If it’s the usual, I can go on boldly
Even though that’s my personality
No matter how hard I try, I can’t tear down the wall

I want you to realize…my feelings
So I always send a gaze
Of, “I really love you,” at you
With my greatest courage!

When I met you, I finally noticed
My flimsy silky heart
Even if I was awkward at love
The scar of romance that I almost forgot about
Suddenly started to hurt with a twinge
If I don’t say ‘I love you’ like myself
Someday…I’ll become weaker than I am now

If I say ‘I love you’, then I can be at ease
The truth is, even though I know that
When I sound it out, you seem to leave me

I wonder, what do you think
Of me?
At our current distance we’re merely friends, right?

I just might be whitewashing it
But I don’t want to get hurt, it’s just that alone…
Or so I persuaded myself
And I just ran away

If my flimsy silky heart
Gets hurt this time, then I’m sure
I won’t be able to love anyone ever again
The splitting sound that echoes in my chest
Is at the bottom of my memories, I’m sure
The sewing kit that I forgot to put away
On that day should be around somewhere…

All the while, for 24 hours
My Silky Love, every time when I think of you
My Silky Love, my irritating feelings
My Silky Love, simply overflow
My Silky Love, all the while, for 24 hours
My Silky Love, every time when I think of you
My Silky Love, my irritating feelings
My Silky Love, simply overflow

When I met you, I finally noticed
My flimsy silky heart
Even if I was awkward at love
Even if I were to pretend to be strong on purpose
To hide my weaknesses, I’m sure
That I’ll properly tell you my feelings
And ‘I love you’ like myself someday

Romaji:

My Silky Love nijuuyon-jikan zutto
My Silky Love kimi no koto omou tabi
My Silky Love modokashii kono kimochi
My Silky Love tada afurekaetteku

Suki to ieba kantan na no ni
Kimi ga mae ni kichau to
Kyara ga sobie watashi no koto o jamashiteru

Itsumo naraba tsuyoki de ikeru
Sonna seikaku na no ni
Donna ganbatte mite mo kabe wa kuzusenai

Sasshite hoshii…kono kimochi o
Dakara watashi wa itsumo kimi ni
Daisuki da yo to okuru shisen
Saidai no yuuki de!

Yaburesou na shikuku no haato
Kimi ni atte kizuita yatto
Ai ni wa bukiyou dattan datte
Wasurekaketa koi no kizuato
Kyuu ni uzukidashita no kyun to
Itsuka wa watashi rashiku suki to
Iwanakya…ima yori yowaku nacchau yo

Suki to ieba raku ni nareru no
Honto wakatteru no ni
Kuchi ni shitara kimi ga hanarete shimaisou

Donna fuu ni omotten darou?
Kimi wa watashi no koto o
Ima no kyori wa tan ni tomodachi nan darou na

Kireigoto kamo shirenai kedo
Kizutsukitakunai tada sore dake…
Nante jibun ni iikikaseta
Nigeteru dake da yo ne

Yaburesou na shiruku no haato
Kondo, kizutsuita nara kitto
Nido to dare mo aisenaku nacchau
Mune ni hibiku sakesouna oto
Kaban no soko ni aru yo kitto
Ano hi shimaiwasureta mama no
Sooingu kitto ga dokoka ni aru hazu…

Nijuuyon-jikan zutto
My Silky Love kimi no koto omou tabi
My Silky Love modokashii kono kimochi
My Silky Love tada afurekaetteku
My Silky Love nijuuyon-jikan zutto
My Silky Love kimi no koto omou tabi
My Silky Love modokashii kono kimochi
My Silky Love tada afurekaetteku

Yaburesou na shikuku no haato
Kimi ni atte kizuita yatto
Ai ni wa bukiyou dattan datte
Yowasa o kakusu tame ni waza to
Tsuyogatteta to shite mo kitto
Isuka wa watashi rashiku suki to
Kimi ni kono kimochi o chanto tsutaeyou

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Ending: "Orange"
Vocals: Kugimiya Rie, Horie Yui, Kitamura Eri as Aisaka Taiga, Kushieda Minori, Kawashima Ami
Lyrics: Watanabe Akiko
Composition: Funta3
Arrangement: Hashimoto Yukari
Red: TV-Size



English:
On a sleepless night
I sigh all alone
How’s everyone?
I feel kind of lonely

That’s not like me
So stop laughing
It’s just that I don’t know
My true self

Into the broad earth, a single seed
Extended its roots
And bore fruit that was still unripe

The fruit wants to hurry up
And turn orange-colored
Basking in your light
My ideals and dreams only expand
Notice me, hey
I tried to eat
An orange today, too
But it was still sour and I cried
Because it’s unlike me to leave any behind
I ate it all
I loved it; I felt like crying
I loved it; I loved it

Even if they’re similar, they’re different
Mandarins and oranges
Friends and lovers
And our 2 hearts, too

I didn’t want to get hurt
So I fled
When I did that, not even light
Would shine upon me

They’re miracles, right?
Encounters and love
Seeds and buds
Even for the fruit that was still unripe

The color orange makes me recall
The sunset glow that I saw
On that day
It seemed as if our 2 shadows
Held hands together
I wondered if the oranges
Would turn sweet someday
Or would they wither?
I didn’t want to learn of my future
So I ate it all
It was sour…
I loved it, but I felt like crying
I loved it, so I felt like crying

The fruit wants to hurry up
And turn orange-colored
Basking in your light
My ideals and dreams only expand
Notice me, hey
I tried to eat
An orange today, too
But again, it was sour and I cried
Because it’s unlike me to leave any behind
I ate it all; I loved it
I felt like crying; I loved it
I loved it
I loved it; so sour
I felt like crying; I loved it


Romaji:

Nemurenai yoru ni wa
Hitori de tameiki
Minna wa dou na no?
Nandaka sabishii

Rashikunai nante ne
Warau no wa yamete
Honto no watashi o
Shiranai dake da yo

Hiroi daichi ni hitotsubu no tane
Nekko nobashite
Mada aoi mi o tsuketa

Orenji-iro ni hayaku
Naritai kajitsu
Kimi no hikari o abite
Risou ya yume wa fukuramu bakari
Kizuite yo nee
Orenji kyou mo
Tabete mita kedo
Mada suppakute naita
Watashi mitai de nokosenai kara
Zenbu tabeta
Suki da yo nakeru yo
Suki da yo suki da yo

Nitete mo chigau yo
Mandarin orenji
Tomodachi koibito
Futari no kokoro mo

Kizutsukitakunai
Watashi wa nigeteta
Soshitara hikari mo
Sashite wa kurenai

Kiseki na no ni ne
Deai mo koi mo
Tane mo tsubomi mo
Mada aoi mi de sae mo

Orenji-iro wa ano hi
Mita yuuyake o
Omoidasasete kureru
Futatsu no kage ga
Te o tsunaideru mitai datta
Orenji itsuka
Amaku naru kana
Sore tomo shibonjau no?
Watashi no mirai shiritakunakute
Zenbu tabeta
Suppai…
Suki da kedo nakeru yo
Suki da kara nakeru yo

Orenji-iro ni hayaku
Naritai kajitsu
Kimi no hikari o abite
Risou ya yume wa fukuramu bakari
Kizuite yo nee
Orenji kyou mo
Tabete mita kedo
Mata suppakute naita
Watashi mitai de nokosenai kara
Zenbu tabeta suki da yo
Nakeru yo suki da yo
Suki da yo
Suki da yo suppai
Nakeru yo suki da yo

New Winter 2009 anime

Apologies for posting this late, especially since some of the below are airing currently. Had a lot of things to do lately. This is slightly different from Japanese version I put up on 4th January as I would simplify the timings, added more info, and excluded specific Japanese channels air times since you probably won't be be watching it there. If you're, however, interested on the timings and the channels, I have put up the English (英語) or the Romanized (ローマ字) title next to the Japanese title there for easier reference.

All times below are in Japanese Standard Time (UTC +9, or 17 hours ahead of Pacific Time) of the first regular airing. Start times are converted to the regular 12-hour format. So if, for example, I state something like "（1月7月から）水曜　25:00～25:30" on the Japanese blog, I would convert the time to "Thursdays @ 1am from 8 January".

Chrome Shelled Regios
(Japanese: 鋼殻のレギオス)

• Website: anime.webnt.jp/regios/
  
• Description: A light novel series by Shūsuke Amagi, with illustrations by Miyū. A short story light novel series is serialized in Dragon Magazine. A manga adaptation drawn by Miyū is serialized in the shōnen manga magazine Dragon Age Pure. A second manga adaptation drawn by Nodoka Kiyose is serialized in the shōnen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age. A third manga adaptation drawn by Watari is serialized in Beans Ace magazine. A four-panel comic strip adaptation drawn by Masumi Futaba will start serialization in Monthly Dragon Age on November 8, 2008. A science fiction light novel series titled Legend of Regios is set in the past world of Chrome Shelled Regios series, and published by Fujimi Shobo under its Style-F label. A anime adaptation will start in January 2009 produced by ZEXCS.
• Airs: Sundays @ 3am from 10 January

Slayers Evolution-R
(Japanese:スレイヤーズEVOLUTION-R）

• Website: starchild.co.jp/special/slayers_revolution/er/
• Description: Evolution-R should pick up where Revolution left off, meaning that Lina Inverse and company are trying to help revive the city of Taforashia and its people who were put into an icy slumber because of a plague. This in turn means finding someone called Rezo the Red Wizard.
  
• Airs: Mondays @ 9:30am from 12 January

Maria-sama ga Miteru 4th Season
(Japanese: マリア様がみてる 4thシーズン

• Website: gokigenyou.com/index2.htm
• Description: A continuation of a series with a lot of yuri overtones about the relationships at a prestigious all-girls school.
• Airs: Saturdays @ 10:30am from 3 January

White Album

• Website: whitealbum-tv.com
• Description: A love triangle story between two female idols and a regular college guy. The guy and one of the girls have been dating since high school, but they start to grow apart, and things happen between him and the other girl.
• Airs: Sundays @ 4am from 3 January

Shikabane Hime: Kuro
(Japanese: 屍姫 玄)

• Website: starchild.co.jp/special/shikabanehime/
• Description: Shikabane Hime Kuro is the continuation of Shikabane Hime Aka, and they appear to have changed the name of the series solely to mark the next chapter of the story. Kuro picks up where Aka left off, with main character Makina now contracted to young Ouri
• Airs: Thursdays @ 10:30am from 1 January

Maria Holic
(Japanese: まりあ†ほりっく)

• Website: mariaholic.com
• Description: Maria Holic revolves around a high school girl, Kanako Miyamae, who is scared of boys and breaks out in rash if a boy touches her. During her second year of high school, she enrolls in an all-girls school hoping to find a female romantic partner. However, her ideal candidate turns out to be a crossdressing boy.
• Airs: Mondays @ 12:30am from 5 January

Viper's Creed

• Website: viperscreed.jp
• Description: VIPER’S CREED takes place in an troubled 21st century with a polluted environment, economic collapse, terrorism, and a great war, and the story is about the members of a private military company who guard a key city.
• Airs: Tuesdays @ 10pm from 6 January

Akikan!
(Japanese: アキカン！)

• Website: melomelomelon.com
• Description: Akikan (”Empty Can”) is the unlikely story of high school boy Kakeru Daichi, whose can of melon juice soda magically transforms into a human girl. More "akikan" girls begin appearing, each of them needing to be infused with carbon dioxide from kissing to survive.
• Airs: Sundays @ 12am from 3 January

MAJOR 5th season

• Website: www3.nhk.or.jp/anime/major/5th/index.html
• Description: Baseball anime
  
• Airs: Saturdays @ 6pm from 10 January

Genji Monogatari Sennenki
(Japanese: 源氏物語千年紀 Genji)

• Website: genji-anime.com
• Description: A straight adaptation of that original work about the rise and fall of Hikaru Genji, a son of a Japanese emperor during the Heian period.
• Airs: Wednesdays @ 12:45am from 16 January

Kemono no Sou-ja Erin (Japanese: 獣の奏者 エリン)

• Website: www3.nhk.or.jp/anime/erin/index.html
• Description: About a green-eyed young girl who has the ability to control a great beast and subsequently gets involved in a power struggle.
• Airs: Saturdays @ 6:25pm from 10 January

Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger
(Japanese: はじめの一歩 New Challenger)

• Website: ntv.co.jp/ippo/
• Description: Based on one of the longest running manga series, Hajime no Ippo follows the rise of a great boxer and the other boxers around him.
• Airs: Wednesdays @ 1:59am from 7 January

Sora Kake Girl
(Japanese: 宇宙をかける少女)

• Website: sorakake.net
• Description: The story takes place in a future with space colonization, and it revolves around a girl who encounters a space colony with a unique artificial intelligence.
• Airs: Tuesdays @ 2am from 6 January

Minami-ke: Okaeri
(Japanese: みなみけ おかえり)

• Website: starchild.co.jp/special/minami-ke/3/
• Description: After almost a year off, the Minami sisters are back for a third comedy series.
• Airs: Mondays @ 1:30am from 5 January

The Tower of Druaga: The Sword of Uruk
(Japanese: ドルアーガの塔 ～The Sword of URUK～)

• Website: druaga-anime.com
• Description: This second season picks up half a year after the events of the first, and main character Jil remains somewhat shocked over a certain betrayal until he meets a young girl and decides to make the climb again.
• Airs: Wednesdays @ 1:30am from 8 January

Rideback
(Japanese: ライドバック)

• Website: rideback-anime.jp
• Description: RIDE BACK is a very intriguing story about a time of great political turmoil in the not-so-distant future, but it focuses on a girl who was raised as a dancer and is attending a university. She accidentally gets involved with the Rideback club - Ridebacks are a cross of motor bike and mecha - and puts her dancing skills to use on a Rideback just as things start to erupt politically.
• Airs: Mondays @ 12am from 12 January
  

Birdy the Mighty Decode:02
(Japanese: 鉄腕バーディー DECODE:02)

• Website: birdy-tv.com
• Description: The story continues with the two main characters again sharing one body. This time, Birdy goes after some escaped prisoners who may be connected to what happened in the first season, and the story looks to examine her past more.
• Airs: Saturdays @ 2:10am from 9 January
  
  

Zoku Natsume Yūjin-Chō
(Japanese: 続 夏目友人帳)

• Website: natsume-anime.jp
• Details: The second season of this series continues the story of a boy who can see spirits and - with the help of a feline spirit - deals with the various other spirits in his grandmother’s Book of Friends.
• Airs: Tuesdays @ 1:30am from 6 January
  

Kurokami The Animation
(Japanese: 黒神 The Animation)

• Website: kurokami-anime.net
• Description: Kurokami is an action title that follows a boy who by chance meets and becomes contracted to a powerful girl. The main twist on the story comes up when characters meet their doppeliners and one of them subsequently dies.
• Airs: Wednesdays @ 2:40am from 9 January

Sora o Miageru Shōjo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai
(Japanese: 空を見上げる少女の瞳に映る世界)

• Website: munto.com
• Description: This series is a retelling and continuation of one of Kyoto Animation’s original works, Munto, a story about a girl who has the ability to see floating islands in the sky and a young king whose world is running out of a certain energy. He has to go to Earth to find the girl who is the key to saving his world and convince her to help.
• Airs: Wednesdays @ 1:45am from 13 January
  

Asu no Yoichi!
(Japanese: 明日のよいち!)

• Website: tbs.co.jp/anime/yoichi/index-j.html
• Description: After being raised in the mountains by his father as a swordsman, a boy is sent into a modern city to live with a family of girls and attend high school. Hilarity and fanservice ensues with some martial arts and swordplay mixed in.
  
• Airs: Wednesdays @ 1:29am from 8 January

Hetalia - Axis Powers
(Japanese: ヘタリア Axis Powers)

• Website: hetalia.com/index.htm
• Description: The series follows the adventures of the male personifications of various countries of the world, including the cowardly Italy and hard-working Germany, in a comedic parody of history.
• Airs: Sundays @ 1:52am from 24 January
• Note: An episode is only 5-8 minutes long.

(1:50pm edit: I may have accidentally added 2 hours and/or put the date of the day before to some the timings above...)

Kannagi OP lyrics

(Japanese/日本語)



Opening theme:
"Motto Hadenine" (TV Size)
by Haruka Tomatsu

Romaji:
Wakatte iru wa yo, deai no shunkan ni
Ase ga nijin da Babyface

Osaerarenai kodou, yase gaman de kakusu
Speed ihan no Driving

Datte, te wo nigire mo shinai kuse ni
Tsugatte "tsuitekoi"
Nande senobi darake no, anata ga suki

Madamada ji-mi-da-ne!
Kiss mo ji-mi-da-ne! (Fuwa-Fuwa)
Haki furushi no zubon nuide tobi konde kitara?

Sorede mo ji-mi-da-ne!
Honto no ko-i-da-ne! kizuite
Anata dake ni atsui Un-Deux-Trois misete ageru, sotto
Hard day's night game
Doroke sou......

Wakatte kita no yo, issho ni ita mono
Sunao ni narenai Shy boy

"Otoko rashiku" nande kuchiguse ni iu kedo
Drift tsuzukeru Lonliness

Datte, ano ko ni kimonai kuse ni
Omowasete burina mejakuse
Chotto koko ni iru janai, watashi wo mite

Madamada ji-mi-da-ne!
Nakami mo ji-mi-da-ne! (hara-hara)
Jibun dake no yume wo miru yori, issho ni odorou yo

Yappari ji-mi-da-ne!
Heart wa Crazy for me! Itsuka wa
Mune no oku de, amai haru ichiban fukiareruno, kitto
Magic nightmare
Shibire chau......

Gogo no kyoushitsu, daradara jigyou
Taikutsu na jumon, kokoro ga sawagu
Shoubu wa houkago, itsumono ano basho
Onegai, matteite, watashi no subete
Anata ni sasageruwa
Kami-sama mimamotte, For you

Madamada ji-mi-da-ne!
Kiss mo ji-mi-da-ne! (Fuwa-Fuwa)
Hakifurushino zubon nuide tobikonde kitara?

Soredemo ji-mi-da-ne!
Honto no ko-i-da-ne! Kizuite
Konya dake wa, futari Un-Deux-Trois kasanari au, motto
Ha-de-ni-ne!
Dakishimete......

English:

I already knew, ever since the moment we met
I had a sweat filled Babyface.

While hiding my uncontrollable heartbeat and my wild endurance,
I break the speed limit while Driving.

Well, it’s because I can’t even grip your hand and yet
I’m able to strongly say “Come here!”
How is it that I love your growing figure?

It’s still too plain!
My kiss too is plain! (Light and Airy)
What if I took off my worn of shoes and pants and jumped in?

Bet even so it’s still too plain!
It’s true love right? I realized...
Just to you, I’ll gently show my hot 1 2 3...
Hard day’s night game
I’m mesmerized...

I’ve come to understand the person with me
can’t be honest...such a Shy boy

Although your favorite phrase is “Like a Man!”,
you continue to drift into Loneliness.

I shouldn’t pay attention to that girl but
she gives you suggestive winks...
Hey, I’m right here aren’t I? Look at me.

It’s still too plain!
My interior is still to plain! (Heart beats)
Rather than just seeing my own dreams...lets dance together!

I knew it, it’s still too plain!
Your heart is Crazy for me! Someday,
I’m sure the sweet spring deep in my heart will blow away my
Magic nightmare
I’m getting numb...

The afternoon classroom and the long lecture,
this boring charm makes a riot out of my heart.
The match will be after school at the usual spot.
Please wait for me, me and my everything.
To you, I’ll offer
a god watching over you...just for you.

It’s still too plain!
My kiss too is plain! (Light and Airy)
What if I took off my worn of shoes and pants and jumped in?

Bet even so it’s still too plain!
It’s true love right? I realized…
Just for this night, our 1 2 3 will overlap each other…
It’s too gaudy right!
Hold me...

Kyo no Go no Ni OP & ED1 lyrics

(Japanese/日本語)

Opening theme:
"Nisemono" by Friends

Kashi koi to ka, sega takai toka ja
hatsukoi wa, hatsudou dekinakatta

Kotoba janakute ii, minde itte
Boku tachi wo mite te kure, motto tsuyoku naru to

Katatsumuri mitai demo, sora he muketa antena
Futari no kyori, hikarete, yuku no wa wakaru

Nisemon naniranai yo! Nisemono wa iyada yo
Penki no haketa, kaiten mokuba

Rappingu wa iranai yo, terekusaku naru yo
Honmono no kimochi dake, kokoro ni sasatte yo

Shinobi konda yuenchi kyoukaisen, yabutte
Issho ni tashikametai mono ga aru tsuitekite

Ganbarette ittara dame datte
Ganbarenai, toki ni oitsumeru kara

Soreja nani wo soreba iino darou
Takaramono, kimi ni yaru nakinagara waratte

Koware yasui jibun wo mote ama shiteru kuse ni
Koware yasusa niteiru, kimi no tonari ni

Ishhokenmei hashitta, tera yuuhi no naka wo
Dare hitori kiete hoshikunai

Kossotito atsumetatta rakuen no kakure ga
Sonna sekai wo gareki no naka kara tsukurou

Watashi tachi, otona ni natte yukeru hi ni wa
Yume mite ita mono wa donna fuuni utsutu kana

Nisemon kairanai yo! Yowamushi wa iyase yo
Onnaji kotobakka kanransha

Isshokenmei hashitta, tera yuuhi no naka wo
Honmono no kimochi dake, kokoro ni sasatte yo

Shinobi koda yuuenchi kyoukaisen, yabutte
Issho ni tashika metai mono ga aru tsuite kite

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Ending theme 1:
"secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~"

Kimi to natsu no owari, shourai no yume, ookina kibou, wasurenai
10 nen go no 8 gatsu wa, mada deaeru no wo shinjite
Saikou no omoide wo...

Deai wa futtoshita shunkan, kaeri michi no kousaten de
Koe wo kakete kureta ne, "Issho ni kaerou"
Boku wa terekusa sou ni, kaban de kao wo kakushi nagara
Hontou wa totemo toteni ureshikatta yo

Ah, hanabi ga yozora kirei ni saite chotto setsunaku
Ah, kaze ga jikan to tomo ni nagareru

Ureshikute, tanoshikute, bouken mo, iroiro shita ne
Futari no himitsu no kichi no naka

Kimi to natsu no owari, shourai no yume, ookina kibou, wasurenai
10 nen go no 8 gatsu wa, mada deaeru no wo shinjite
Kimi ga saigo made, kokoro kara, "arigatou"
Saken de ita koto shitteta yo
Namida wo koraete, egao de sayonara, setsunai yo ne
Saikou no omoide wo...

Ah, natsu yasumi mo, ato sukoshi de, owacchau kara
Ah, taiyou to tsuki, nakauoku shite

Kanashikute, sabishikute, kenkamo, iroiro shita ne
Futari no himitsu no kichi no naka

Kimi ga saigo made, kokoro kara, "arigatou"
Sakende ita koto, shitte ita yo
Namida wo koraete, egao de sayonara, setsunai yo ne
Saikou no omoide wo...

Totsuzen no tenkou de, doushiyo mo naku
Tegami kaku yo, denwa mo soru yo, wasurenaide ne, boku no koto wo
Itsumademo, futari no kichi no naka

Kimi to natsu no owari, zutto hanashite, yuuhi wo mite kara hoshi wo nagame
Kimi no hoho wo nagareta namida wa zutto wasurenai
Kimi ga saigo made, ookiku te wo futte kureta koto kitto wasurenai
Dakara, koushite yume no naka de, zutto eien ni...

Kimi to natsu no owari, shourai no yume, ooki na kibou, wasurenai
10 nen go no 8 getsu wa, mada deaeru no wo shinjite
Kimi ga saigo made, kokoro kara, "arigatou"
Sakende ita koto shitteta yo
Namida wo koraete, egao de sayonara setsunai yo ne
Saigo no omoide wo..., saigo no omoide wo...

Toradora! OP/ED lyrics

(Japanese/日本語)

Opening theme:
"Pre-Parade" (プレパレード)
by Rie Kugimiya, Yui Horie, Eri Okamura

Romaji:
pure purepara-to tsuyoku nanka nai
pure purepare-do itsuka kimi wo tsukamaeru

yudan shitara sono yubi chiku chiku atakku kakugo shite
chiisai kedo hasamuno mijinnko mitai na anata

hoshii no wa purasuchikku na ha-to (purasu purasu dakedo mainasu)
demo sore ja tsumaranai soko ni kizuita mono

koi wa amakute nigai mono,　tanjunmeikai fukuzatsukaiki na shiromono
do- de mo ii koto bakkari ki ni shitari suruno
donna kanji? sonna kanji!

onkoutokujitsu ekisentorikku na anata
tsuyogaru soburi wo zenshin matotte tachiuchi

sunao na dokidoki shigeki ga tsuyokute kurakura
kizuichauno kizuikechauno