The Daily Dose

  • After nearly a one-month hiatus because of the new season, I’m back to doing Daily Doses. This particular post is a bit of a backlog post for the big items from the past few weeks.
  • If you watched the first Gundam 00 series and haven’t yet been spoiled about a certain something, I urge you NOT to go to the official site. I made the mistake of doing so after I saw the commercial that aired after this weekend’s episode of CODE GEASS, and I got spoiled when I checked out the details on the list of Mobile Suits.
  • New Anime Announcements (list almost entirely courtesy of MOON PHASE)
         • BLACK LAGOON is getting a third series.
         • Kyou no Go no Ni is also getting a television anime (instead of more OVAs).
         • ef - a tale of melodies anime has been announced for this Fall season.
         • Umineko no Naku Koro ni is getting an anime.
         • Shounen manga Kuroshitsuji is getting an anime.
         • Mystery/supernatural novel series Mouryou no Hako is getting an anime that’ll be         produced by Madhouse and will have character designs done by CLAMP.
         • Love adventure game Akane Iro ni Somaru Saka will be getting an anime this Fall. This         series is going to have a truckload of voice talent, including the likes of Hirano Aya,         Kugimiya Rie, Inoue Marina, and Tanaka Rie.
  • The Tales of the Abyss anime adaptation will air this Fall on MBS, meaning it has a good chance of taking Macross F’s Thursday timeslot since Gundam 00 is likely replacing CODE GEASS R2.
  • The White Album anime adaptation has a website now with news that the series will start January of 2009. It will feature Hirano Aya and Mizuki Nana in two of the lead roles.
  • And finally, in the aftermath of the leaked BONES document incident, MOON PHASE confirms that he got word a while ago that there is indeed a new Full Metal Alchemist series in the works - an original manga version - likely to be officially announced at the end of the year.
  • If you find anything that you think I should mention on any particular day’s Daily Dose, please send me an email with the words “ANIME NEWS” somewhere in the subject line.
  • Image at left courtesy of サツキ on pixiv (account needed to access)….and yes, I have been reading Toradora! recently

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    ef - a tale of memories - 12 (END)

    Summary:
    In the aftermath of Chihiro throwing her diary pages away, Renji visits all of the places where they share memories together.

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    ef - a tale of memories - 11

    Summary:
    Chihiro surprises Renji one day at the train station by giving him her finished novel, but she doesn’t consider it complete until he reads it.

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    ef - a tale of memories - 10

    Summary:
    Lying in bed with Hiro, Miyako comments on how he cherishes her and how she only wants to be involved with people who do so.

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    ef - a tale of memories - 09

    Summary:
    With Chihiro still crying, Yuu hands her the diary to read so that she can regain some of what she’s lost.

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    ef - a tale of memories - 08

    Summary:
    Having not heard from Hiro, Miyako throws her phone into the fountain and decides to go check at his apartment.

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    ef - a tale of memories - 07

    Summary:
    Renji finds Chihiro hard at work in the library and reads what she’s written so far.

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    ef - a tale of memories - 06

    Summary:
    When Kyousuke had found out that Hiro was a mangaka, he agreed to keep it a secret under one condition.

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    ef - a tale of memories - 05

    Summary:
    When he was young, Kyousuke had watched a film of his mother, and she told him that she had wanted to be in this director’s movies for a long time.

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    ef - a tale of memories - 04

    Summary:
    Chihiro is waiting again at the station the day after she was sick, and Renji brings her a present in the form of a plushie to apologize for breaking his promise.

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    ef - a tale of memories - 03

    Summary:
    In her diary, Chihiro has a message written to her future self explaining how she’ll lose her memory in 13 hours.

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    ef - a tale of memories - 02

    Summary:
    The night after meeting with Renji again, Chihiro heads to the church and speaks with Yuu about how she had fun.

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    ef - a tale of memories - 01

    Summary:
    Asou Renji, who had always thought of protecting a princess as a knight, has an abandoned railroad station that he likes to visit for its quietness.

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