What anime are you currently watching?

[Kimiko]

Oy, it's again been ages since I posted an update here. is turning out to be a huge time sink, which is interfering with my anime watching.

Seirei No Moribito (aka Guardian Of The Spirit) - It has a strong female protagonist, and gets a lot of praise. Sounds interesting, ne?
The first episode looks very good indeed. The animation is smooth, with 3D and 2D blended seamlessly. And Balsa is very cool and confident.
Yes, this anime deserves its reputation. It's indeed of top quality. The last episode (post-ending conclusion) could've been a little better I think, but otherwise this series was very satisfying.

After that I watched Princess Tutu - Ahiru is cuute! ^_^ I like the way she sounds duck-like even when she's speaking normally.
This anime is a really nice take on the magical girl genre. It combines fairytales with ballet, making it quite unique. Although it was a little deeper, I'm not sure the second half of the series was as good as the first. It was a little chaotic at times.

I wanted to try Venus Versus Virus or Witchblade, but neither I could find online, so I picked Mokke and Ichigo Mashimaro next.

Mokke reminds me a little of Mushishi. Supernatural phenomena and a beautiful countryside setting. The animation isn't bad, but there are a lot of still shots or pans, which seems kinda cheap.
This anime is really slice-of-life in that there is no ongoing plot whatsoever. Except for the explanations/background in early episodes and the rare reference to earlier events, you could watch this series out of order. It's entertaining, but not riveting or anything. Like I said, the backgrounds look very nice, but the faces switch between one expression and another without any transition, which looks rather cheap. Dialogue is also sometimes a bit stiff.

Ichigo Mashimaro (aka Strawberry Marshmallow) - Is this what is meant by 'moe'? It's cute though.
Yes, it's cute, but I found the cuteness sometimes was laid on too thickly, which made it stupid. I mean, Matsuri-chan being clumsy now and then is funny, but her acting like a complete idiot isn't so much. Also, it's normal for everyone in anime to look younger than they actually are, but Ichigo Mashimaro took it too far. Nobue looks like she's 16 or so, and the rest look/act like they're maybe 6 or 7 years old. Overall this anime was sort of okay, but I got a little bored with the lack of plot within episodes.
Ichigo Mashimaro OVA - Most notable difference between the series and this OVA is that the clothes are more frilly/impractical. If this is what 'moe' is like, I think I'll stick with regular cuteness, thank you.

Currently I'm downloading/have lined up to watch: Real Drive, Scrapped Princess, Kite, and Mnemosyne. The first two because they looked interesting when I was browsing the ANN encyclopedia. Kite because it was referenced on ANN a while ago. I'm not sure which version this is. If it's a bad one I'll just have to skip over the icky content I suppose. Mnemosyne was reported to be licensed last week, so I figured I'd better download it quickly before it disappears (like Venus Versus Virus and Witchblade). I prefer to watch anime before I buy them you see.

[ZetaBladeX13]

[scy]

Oh my ... new Skip Beat (not much happened of note) but more importantly ...

Doubt FINALE (ch. 20)!! SERIOUS SPOILERS
[spoiler]And oh man, it is seriously a doozy. Loose ends tied up, more people dying, and Mitsuki (AND REI) being creepy as all fuck. Okay, Mitsuki isn't creepy but the ending makes me just a little sad for Yuu. What a way to die man ... what a way to die. Well, assumed to die but he IS handicapped and Mitsuki is in psycho-killer mode with a knife.

Also, Rei is awesome-ness.[/spoiler]

IMAGES (better believe these are fucking spoilers):

[spoiler]Color Rei!
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[spoiler]GUESS WHO
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[spoiler]And now there was one ...

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[spoiler]OH SNAP WHAT?

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[spoiler]Mitsuki LIVES! RISE!!!
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[spoiler]...and she's armed!
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[spoiler]Hey, Yuu ... LOOK BEHIND Y--oh well.

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[eharper256]

My current listing:

From this season:
Kurokami
Maria + Holic
RideBack
Chrome Shelled Regios
White Album
And I currently consider them to be in that order, in terms of how much I'm enjoying them.

Still ongoing from last season:
Toradora
Tytania
Kara No Kyokai, Garden of Sinners
Toaru Majutsu no Index

[noodles]

[Maxine MagicFox]

[ZetaBladeX13]

[ZetaBladeX13]

WIN

[Maxine MagicFox]

I was wondering if you would find that one. I was going to let this topic just sit over night and if you hadn't mentioned it, I was going to present it. XD

Best part:

[ZetaBladeX13]

That bike is truly awesome.... But it needs moar Youmu


Also, why was your pic eggs and toast at first?... XD

[scy]

[Paranoia]

[scy]

Valkyria Chronicles anime wheeee!



...wait...wait...wait...she gained a lot of boobage. A LOT.

...think Selvaria did too.

Edit: Comparison shot:



Incidentally, the defenders also went from ~30-40 to what looks like 9.

[ZetaBladeX13]

The anime version has more underboob... XD

[noodles]

is it good though