Filed under CODE GEASS, D.Gray-man, Miscellaneous, Negima!?, Random Musings by Omni | 53 comments
Today, the Fourth of July, happens to not only be a national holiday in the US, but it also marks the two-year anniversary of this site. I actually started writing on this blog a little earlier than that, but it wasn’t until I moved here to AnimeBlogger in July of 2005 that I consider the site to have really started. Since then, the site has accumulated 1,646 posts and 45,172 comments, and it’s gotten almost ten and a half million hits. As always, I want to thank all the readers and everyone who’s helped out with the site, and hopefully we’ll have more years of blogging to come.
Now, on to some miscellaneous newsworthy notes:
As you can see in the image above, the cast for the live action Mahou Sensei Negima! drama has been decided. The official site has profiles for each of the girls, and I was kind of surprised by some of the choices, stemming mostly from how the ages of the actresses range from 12 to 24 years old (for easier comparison if you don’t know their names, refer to the Wikipedia pages that list the characters in the same order). Although Asuna and Nodoka’s actresses look about right for their characters, who the heck decided that Kaede should be played by a 13 year old? Anyway, the drama starts in the fall of this year, and you can find some magazine scans of the actresses here.
For the guy who specially requested it, here’s the download link (mirror) for the new ED to D.Gray-man, Antoinette Blue by Kitade Nana. However, I still don’t have any plans to blog show again despite the story seeming to pick up.
There’s been a bunch of rumors flying about in the recent week about a one-hour CODE GEASS special that’s supposed to be airing on the night of July 28th. Although nothing about it has been confirmed, speculation is that it’s either the highly-anticipated episodes 24 and 25 or it’s a recap special. Given that that’s a week after the premiere screenings, the possibility is certainly there, but I wouldn’t get my hopes quite just yet until there’s been an official announcement. On a related note, ANIMAX’s schedules now state that they will be airing those final two episodes on August 30th and 31st. Whether or not the other channels will get broadcasts before then remains to be seen.
jaalin at 11:25 pm on July 4th, 2007
i dont have a problem with some random chick playing makie, as long as shes damn cute… but can we have horie yui do her voiceover
Julius at 11:28 pm on July 4th, 2007
they should have a white chick play ayaka (lincho)
Micchi at 11:35 pm on July 4th, 2007
kaede’s being played by a 13 year old… and the twins do kinda look right
Kabitzin at 11:41 pm on July 4th, 2007
Wow, congrats on 2 years, and the amazing amount of comments! As for live action Negima… it could be a groan-fest, but I bet a lot of people will watch it for the girls. Will it have as much fanservice as the manga?
Julius at 11:41 pm on July 4th, 2007
ps.
Chachamaru doesnt look like a robot at all.
I thought Kaede was supposed to be part of the breasts club being well endowed, i don’t think many 13 year olds are well endowed hmmm.
Chizuru looks excedingly old.
Fuka and fumika dont look like twins…
Chisame isnt a maganeko?
Nodoka face isnt covered?
and how come zazie’s face isnt painted?
i wonder if this live action can actually pull off the character uniqueness of each girl.
BROOKLYN otaku at 11:49 pm on July 4th, 2007
@julius =white chick playing “incho” hilarious!!!..but true…. and honestly dude, CAN YOU REALLY TELL WHICH GIRL IS WHICH??? thats amazing
dward at 11:50 pm on July 4th, 2007
OMG…..I can’t really imagine how the whole thing will look like….
Rogue at 11:56 pm on July 4th, 2007
Is it just me thinking hair coloring would really help in this cast? Ayaka and Evangeline being non-blonde is just… not right. And yeah, LOL @ Kaede being played by such a small girl
I’ll probably end up watching this anyways when it comes out -_-
mewmew at 12:00 am on July 5th, 2007
congratulations on the anniversary, and i really hope there’ll be years of blogging still to come
i really do wonder how this live-action piece will deliver…
hmm…i guess i ll have an interesting week in tokyo then… i can see both the geass finale and the 1st rebuild of evangelion movie in the same week ^^;;; i do hope the geass finale airs earlier tho >.>
Dísir at 12:04 am on July 5th, 2007
Setsuna is amazing! Konoka… a little iffy~
qin at 12:18 am on July 5th, 2007
a lot of the smaller character seem to have large actors, did something go wrong with the casting?
kenta at 12:20 am on July 5th, 2007
omg, the front row!
Omni at 12:26 am on July 5th, 2007
Yea, I thought they did a decent job with Setsuna too, but some of the other girls not so much…
Drakron at 12:35 am on July 5th, 2007
I am almost inclined to say “would, no, no would, no, would, hell yes …”
Serious is the a disaster waiting to happen.
Malchus at 12:35 am on July 5th, 2007
They should have a little GIRL play Negi. Seriously. Then you could get up to all the hijinks in the manga without it being too traumatizing for the child actor. Maybe.
Fisherman Horizon at 12:42 am on July 5th, 2007
Congratulations on the two year anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pakxenon at 12:51 am on July 5th, 2007
First, congrats on two years. I’ve been here since November 2005 and got introduced to all that SHUFFLE! and Shana stuff back then. Since then, I’ve been a regular contributor to your view counter. Keep up the blogging!
Second, I label a big giant DO NOT WANT on live-action Negima. So let’s watch it become a trainwreck on TV!
vasaline at 1:15 am on July 5th, 2007
holy shit DE GOZARU!! i’ve been shrunk and now i’m no longer a match for the narutaki twins!!
CenturyEgg at 1:18 am on July 5th, 2007
They looks too old to be students - -”
I really dont think this will turn out good…hehe
Neo Horizon at 1:22 am on July 5th, 2007
Congrats and happy anniversary!
I can’t believe they’re really gonna do a live action for Negima. -_- I totally don’t approve of this, but I sorta hope it turns out well so that Negima can FINALLY have a good adaptation, but I won’t hold my breath. Anyway, it’s pretty easy to see who’s playing who from the picture (I think). I can pick out Kaede and the twins, the sports girls, Setsuna, Konoka and Asuna, the library trio, Asakura and Sayo, the cheerleaders and Hakase, but I’m not too sure about the others. I could probably pick a few more out if I sat down and tried to figure out who I haven’t found yet, but I won’t. XD