Smithy's Feed Releases for April 2010
2010 April
K-ON!! 4
Are we watching Yui who has gotten up early to dutifully pack for her school trip to Kyoto? Of course not, it’s Yui’s reliable sister Ui who has prepared her suitcase and diligently wakes her older sister on time.
Grouped with her friends from the li...
Strike Witches review
Recently got the “Strike Witches” complete collection from Funimation. Spread over 2 DVD discs, it contains the entire first season of this excellent magical girl action series that is peppered with comedy, ecchi scenes and yuri moments.
Based on ori...
Shin Koihime†Musou Otome Tairan 4
Happily eating dumplings as they march along through the forest on their journey, Batai’s culinary ecstasy is rudely crushed when out of the bushes someone comes crashing into her, causing her cherished food to spill.
With a shriek of terror, Batai g...
Dollfie Dream Yoko
Had always admired the excellent photos made of Volks’ Dollfie Dream ball jointed dolls ever since their popular visible proliferation online outside of Japanese websites, in part due to Danny Choo and Figure.fm.
Having an interest in photography and...
K-ON!! side characters
Not long before “K-ON!!” started to air, the otakusphere was alive with the rumor of a new character that would join the cast. A pink haired girl with a ponytail named Miura Akane, she turned out to be a fan created character.
Now we see Pixiv and ot...
K-ON!! 3
Fawning over the club’s new pet sea turtle which they affectionately nicknamed Ton-chan, Yui coos how adorable the turtle is while Azusa earnestly reads up on how to care for such a turtle. Looking on hesitantly, Mio is unsure what to do, but her fr...
Sakura
Continuing where we left off with the photos taken at the Japanese garden, will now showcase the photos of the blooming cherry blossoms, also called sakura (桜 or さくら) in Japanese.
Hanami (花見 or はなみ) is the Japanese tradition of enjoying a da...
Japanese garden
Visited the Japanese garden last Sunday for a hanami (花見) and thought to share the photos that I made that day.
While it luckily didn’t rain, unfortunately next to the cold weather it was rather overcast with thick cloud cover which the sun could...
Shin Koihime†Musou Otome Tairan 3
Sparring with Kannei, Ryomou keeps up with her opponent but is ultimately struck down by a powerful blow she hadn’t correctly anticipated. Defeated, Ryomou ponders if she will ever overcome the harsh training, though it’s clear her poor eyesight is t...
K-ON!! 2
About to head over to the music room, Mio asks Mugi why she’s doing the class chores even though hit’s not her turn. Pointing to the one tasked with the chores today, Mugi shows Yui blissfully sleeping at her desk.
Any attempt to wake the aloof girl...
After the rain
Hoped to visit the Japanese garden last week but alas had to postpone going for a hanami (花見) as it rained pretty much all through that weekend.
Even though with all the rain we had last weekend, did venture outside to snap a few shots of the soa...
Shin Koihime†Musou Otome Tairan 2
In the palace, Kaku is thinking about her past with Kayuu, but she’s quickly pulled out of her reverie by Choujo, who doesn’t hesitate to berate the bespectacled tactician.
Off on their quest to gather the necessary ingredients for the cure to the po...
Working!!
One of the series I was curious about this spring season was “Working!!”, a comedy anime based on the 4koma manga by Karino Takatsu. Although the first episode already had a pre-airing earlier on but I only watched it recently.
A pure comedy, the sho...
K-ON!! 1
A new school year has started and Yui is diligently practicing guitar in the music room, much to the surprise of her fellow club members. Has she finally gotten serious they friends wonder? Not quite, Yui had simply set her alarm too early by mistake...
Kaichou wa Maid-sama
Although hadn’t really planned on sampling nor watching “Kaichou wa Maid-sama”, mostly due to the character visual style which clearly shows its shoujo manga roots, did watch the first episode of this anime based on Hiro Fujiwara’s manga.
Was quite...
Angel Beats!
One of the series that piqued my interest in this new spring season was “Angel Beats!”, and judging by the current buzz around the otakusphere, it is one of the more anticipated titles of which the first episode has spawned many reviews and opinions...
Girl Friends
Frequently saw Yasashii Sekai enthusiastically talk about “Girl Friends” (ガールフレンズ ) so yesterday on a whim decided to check out this yuri manga created by Milk Morinaga.
Cannot deny that am more prone to enjoy stories of this genre and liked...
Spring is here
The weather was great last Saturday, it was surprisingly warm and the sun was out for most of the day, it really felt like spring had finally come round!
Seeing all those fresh blossoms, new leaves on the trees, budding flowers, took my Canon 450D to...