Eden of the East – 09
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Summary:
To prove the power of the Selecao, Akira sets up a baseball trade for Itazu, and it goes through without a hitch.
Tears to Tiara – 08
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Life at Avalon castle has been relatively peaceful, but Arawn is sure that the Empire will attack again.
Basquash! – 09
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Summary:
Dan and company arrive at a town where Eclipse has been performing, and by chance, Dan has a run-in with Rouge.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – 09
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Ed wakes up in the hospital with Ross and Brosh watching over him, and they report that the laboratory was destroyed.
Valkyria Chronicles – 09
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On the Imperial side, a young man named Karl Oswald has recently been assigned to be Selvaria’s aide.
Hatsukoi Limited – 08
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Valentine’s Day is coming up, and Misaki consults with Yoshihiko about what it means to guys since she’s considering giving chocolates to Yuuji.
Eden of the East – 08
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After having a nightmare about Shiratori ripping apart a Johnny, Akira wakes up back home with Saki watching over him.
Tears to Tiara – 07
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Word gets out that there’s a fighting tournament in Londinium, but Arawn knows that they can’t participate if members of the Empire do.
May’n – Kimi Shinitamou Koto Nakare (Shangri-la OP)
I know I’ve been posting a lot of PVs lately, but there have just been a lot of good songs and videos that have gotten my interest. May’n’s latest falls into the former category. You may remember that I wasn’t too keen about Shangri-la as a series, however one of the bright spots was the May’n opening song. It’s very catchy, and May’n shows off more of the vocal talents that we heard in Macross Frontier. The title also has some interesting background to it because it’s based on an old poem of the same name by Yosano Akiko. The PV, unfortunately, isn’t that great since it just has May’n singing and dancing, and there’s not a lot of variety in camera shots. I realize of course that I’ve been spoiled by some good videos lately, so your mileage may vary. In fact, when Divine saw the video, he mentioned that he was content with just watching May’n dancing in that outfit for four minutes. In any case, I love the song, but the PV not so much, and I’m still not that inclined to find the time to watch Shangri-la.
The single for Kimi Shinitamou koto nakare is already out.
MONKEY MAJIK – Aishiteru PV
A commenter on the Negai post last week reminded me of some of the past groups I’ve posted about, and one of those groups put out a really good song recently. MONKEY MAJIK is a band that I talked about a few years ago but haven’t been paying attention to for a while. For those of you who aren’t familiar with them, they’re a group led by a pair of Canadian brothers who speak Japanese. Aishiteru is the aptly-titled theme song they perform for the NTV drama Aishiteru (which incidentally I hear is quite good). It’s a really nice love song that, like their others, is a mix of English and Japanese. The PV was very interesting to watch too because it’s a combination of papercraft-esque animation with ragdoll characters and real life. I’m not sure I completely understand it, but it appears to tell the story of a guy in love who falls out of heaven, gets eaten by a fish, and the girl saves him in the fish market. I know it sounds like of stupid, but I thought it was worth the watch and definitely the listen. I’m even curious about the drama now.
The single for Aishiteru is due out June 10th, 2009.