Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai Anime Review

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai © A-1 Pictures

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai
Review/recommendation by Kia & baka-girl (Some rights reserved)
Rating: 8.6 of 10 ♥ (Kia's ver); 8.4 of 10 ♥ (baka-girl's ver)

One of this anime season's best original production drama has caught our attention. Emotionally stirred with love, annoyance, laugh and tears; we'd like to present our first joint review for this wonderful series!

Summary

Five childhood friends grow apart after the death of Meiko Honma, close playmate of them all. Jinta Yadomi, leader of the group when they were kids, neglects high school and lives as a shut-in when he unexpectedly starts seeing the ghost of Meiko, who can only interact with him and no one else. She has returned to ask Jinta to fulfill the forgotten wish she made as a kid.
-Excerpted from Anime News Network

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Black Butler anime Season 1 premieres 11 January 2011 on Animax Asia

Airs weekdays at 830PM WIB (UTC+07)

© Yana Toboso/SQUARE ENIX, Kuroshitsuji Project, MBS

Yeah, yeah, you knew already from last year, but just in case someone reading this blog remains in the dark(ness), Black Butler Season 1 premieres on Tuesday, 11 January 2011, at 830PM WIB on Animax Asia.

In a manor house on the outskirts of Victorian era London, butler Sebastian Michaelis serves Ciel Phantomhive, the orphaned twelve-year-old head of an English noble family and a toy and candy empire, who serves directly under the Queen. Sebastian carries out any task required by his master while solving the problems plaguing England with ease and perfection, because of his demonic lineage and Faustian contract with his master.The parents of the Phantomhive estate were murdered when Ciel was younger. As a result, he made a deal with a demon asking for vengeance upon those who had disgraced him, and the Phantomhive name, in exchange for his soul.

[Synopsis from Wikipedia]

The anime adapts the popular Toboso Yana manga that serializes in the nominally shounen GFantasy. TV Tropes' summary closer goes: Mix and stir Hellsing and Count Cain with Loveless, at least toward the beginning. No, seriously, which perfectly captures, yup, the series at the outset. Elex Media publishes Black Butler in Indonesia; nine volumes have been released as of November 2010.

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Fairy Tail anime premieres tonight, 30 September 2010, on Animax Asia

© Hiro Mashima · KODANSHA
Fairy Tail Guild · TV TOKYO
[Scan from Network 09/2010]

Weekdays at 830PM WIB (UTC+07)

Just reminding (because I'm sure you already know from the promo barrage): the Fairy Tail anime premieres tonight, Thursday, 30 September 2010, at 830PM WIB on Animax Asia.

So that's some four hours to go before —

Seventeen-year-old Lucy Heartfilia joins the (in)famous magic guild “Fairy Tail,” and teams up with a pink-haired, muffler-wearing fire mage nicknamed “Salamander,” Natsu. Along with a talking cat on the wing baptized Happy, the pair tackles some of the most perilous magic missions ever conceived (by a manga-ka).

[Synopsis adapted from the Indovision blurb]

The anime adapts the popular Mashima Hiro manga that TV Tropes commends for its beautiful drawing, imaginative magic and unusually deep (for shonen series, anyway) Character Development. Elex Media publishes the award-winning Fairy Tail manga in Indonesia (ongoing serialization in Shonen Magz, volume 8 expected to street 6 October).

A-1 Pictures and Satelight's TV co-production—featuring seiyuu Hirano Aya as Lucy Heartfilia, Kakihara Tetsuya as Natsu Dragneel, Nakamura Yuuichi as Gray Fullbuster and Kugimiya Rie as Happy—premiered on 12 October 2009 in Japan. Season 1 concluded with episode 48 last 27 September. The second season premiere is skedded for 4 October 2010.

Animax Asia's encore telecast of episode 1 will be at 130AM and 1PM on the Friday. Weekend encores of episodes 1 and 2 will be from 930-1030PM (Saturday, 2 October) and 730-830AM and 6-7PM (Sunday, 3 October).

Fairy Tail: Partial airing schedule (2010.09.30 - 2010.10.06)

EP	Title	Day/Date	Airtime
1	Fairy Tail Premiere	THU, 30 Sep 2010	830PM WIB
2	The Dragon, The Monkey and The Bull	FRI, 1 Oct	830PM
3	Infiltrate The Everlue Mansion!	MON, 4 Oct	830PM
4	Dear Kaby	TUE, 5 Oct	830PM
5	The Armored Wizard	WED, 6 Oct	830PM

Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03) via Animax Asia

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