Sket Dance

I started watching Sket Dance and bawled my eyes at during episode 25. Sket Dance, I thought you were supposed to be a comedy series. =/ (It normally is. The main three characters are part of a school club that helps people. So far the series has mostly been episodic).

Surprisingly, I enjoy the humor in this series quite a lot even though a lot of it is just them talking in their clubroom, and they're often so over-the-top. All the episodes feel so high-strung, haha. I thought it might fall flat for me. I'm surprised at who became recurrent characters too (am enjoying Roman and Shinzou's scenes. They never fail to amuse me). Watching Sket Dance makes me want an Oresama Teacher anime. That series has some pretty random, over-the-top humor too, and the main character is part of a club that goes against the student council. (also, Tsubaki Sasuke from Sket Dance reminds me so much of Ayabe Reito from Oresama Teacher, and both are student council members).

comparison pic and other pics )

*turns this into a summary of recent anime I watched / am watching* I guess this is a random check-in halfway through the winter season. :3

marathoned: Time of Eve )

continued from previous season: Chihayafuru, Bakuman s2, Hunter x Hunter )

newly following: Area no Kishi, New Prince of Tennis, Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou, Natsume Yuujinchou Shi, Poyopoyo, Recorder to Randoseru )

stuff I need to finish: UN-GO, Kaiji, Working season 2, Hanasaku Iroha )
Bakuman
The Bakuman anime ended where I thought it would. It was a very slow-paced anime, but I thought it was fine like that. It's kind of nice to see it not rushed at all, and some scenes were even expanded on, especially Miho's parts (she's much more non-existent in the manga is my feeling...). I also got reminded of a lot of details that I've already forgotten. Makes me really want to write fic, but that hasn't happened yet except for two very short drabbles. :'D

more babbling )

Anime, Anime
I've fallen behind with everything else I've been following and haven't even started on others that I wanted to follow. =x But for next season, I've been looking forward to Ao no Exorcist, The World God Only Knows II, Sket Dance, and Kaiji, though I need to watch the first season of Kaiji first... which might not happen any time soon. I have a feeling that Ao no Exorcist and Sket Dance will turn out like Fairy Tail for me (in that I really want to follow it, but I'll only be able to for a few episodes before getting distracted by other things). I wonder how much Ao no Exorcist will cover? The manga hasn't gotten that far yet...

Recently, I'm getting the feeling that I'm much more of a manga reader than an anime watcher... and it seems that most anime I start watching are manga adaptions.

(I really want more decks based on manga at [livejournal.com profile] colors_tcg. *g* Manga fans!!! Please join!! I feel I can pretty much leave decks of new anime up to the other members to be donated. XD;; So...fans of older anime, please join too! XDD)

I plan on marathoning Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood first though, before watching any other anime. So yeah, I'll be busy with that. XD; (Though it is not a good anime to marathon...)

Help_Japan
Still working on [livejournal.com profile] help_japan commitments! I've finished all the chibi pixel art and they can all be viewed here in this post. Ryoma + Karupin, cats, Chi, and Tezuka + Fuji.

Thank you [livejournal.com profile] arachne13 and [livejournal.com profile] tsubasa_niji for bidding on them. <3 Still working on translations and that FMA:Brotherhood moodtheme (which is why I'm marathoning the series, finally)!
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