The Ubiquitous What Are You Watching Thread?

Monday watched the dub of episode 12 of Blassreiter[i] overall I think I should have picked another
episode as it was rather hard to judge how good the dub was since it was more of an action oriented
one.Though I thought that Amanda, Mei-Fong and Beatrice(except when she was in Demoniac mode where she was OTT) hit pretty well. I think I'll have to re-watch the entire series dubbed to get a better idea of how good or bad the dub really is.

Tuesday episode 13 of [i]Utareruwamono they really need to explain how Touka survived that fall.
OTOH another really epic battle.This time Elulu and Aruru are left behind but Camus is caught trying to sneak away! (Yeah like carrying all that bundle of weapons wouldn't be noticed...and btw
the end credits do spell her name as Camus even though others spell it Kamyu.)

Also on Tuesday got my copy of Utakata will start watching when I finish with Humanity Has Declined.

Wednesday saw episode 6 of Cardcaptor Sakura this is the one with the illusion card. It also has the great ending where Sakura's brother sees the vision of their mother.

Thursday episode 6 of Humanity Has Declined. Watashi's adventures in the ruins come to an end as P-ko comes to the rescue when they're attacked by a male android. At the end she faces discipline
for not obeying orders.(Her hair gets cut off,which she secretly prefers.)

Also saw parts 3-4 of Survival of the Fittest. Watashi meets a clan of intelligent hamsters but their all chased by a group of weasels.

Gate ep.5&6
Finally we come to the battle of Italica. Imagine Apocalypse Now coming down on roman/medival bandits. Rory's the only character that's still true to the original art design. Princess Pina, the head maid meh.

" I love the smell of napalm in the morning."

Friday saw Sailor Moon episode 15. The girls meet Ami's gardener friend who tells Ami that
the park might not be there too much longer because of construction. Rei gets and idea to trap
Mamoru into a date( it fails at first but she goes to plan B and he's forced to agree to one reluctantly.)
Usagi spies on Mamoru and Rei but is surprised by Umao so has to agree to go out with him.
Luna and Ami see the construction foreman get attacked by squirrels and go tell Usagi.Then the two of them rush to the spot in time to see Nephrite's newest Youma.
They transform but are attacked;managing to overcome the attack they're finally pinned by the youma's vinelike tentacles but Sailor Mars helps out.Mars and Mercury do a sexy pose but Moon is
pissed because they forgot her.The Scouts get into trouble and Tuxedo Mask comes to the rescue.
Later Mamoru shows up from his date with Rei all wet.

Rozen Maiden:Zuruuckspulen tale 4 on Saturday.Jun wakes up and realizes that last episode was a dream.Or so it seems as he sees Shinku all finished.He tries to shake her awake but then
remembers he has to wind her up.He does so and Shinku begins to act like...well...um...Shinku!
The first thing she does is start order Jun around demanding a cup of tea.
Because he has to go to school and work he leaves her at home alone and she explores the apartment.Later when he gets home she tells him she needs her own things.
So he takes her shopping hidden in his backpack(first case of backpack seat driving ever!)
Jun meets Nori(or is it Tomoe...still not sure though she looks more like Nori..confused).
They have a discussion and Jun helps her select something.

Sunday episode 24 of Princess Tutu After recovering from her adventure with Drosselmeyer
Ahiru is walking down the street when she spies Rue going the other way.Following her she sees her
deliver some groceries to Mythos except both girls are shocked to see him turn into a raven.
Rue runs away and Ahiru finds her crying.They talk.
Meanwhile Autor and Fakir are having a discussion.
Later Mythos shows up and Rue tells him she loves him.
Ahiru turns into Princess Tutu and summons the Prince's heart fragments but they reject him and
instead flow into Princess Tutu's pendant.
The Raven King arrives and taunts everyone.Rue tells him she knows the truth now.
Mythos flies toward the Raven King but Rue's love changes him back into a boy and he starts to
fall but Princess Tutu saves him.When he asks her she shakes her head:she wasn't the one who
was responsible for his transformation.Too late they see Rue being abducted by the ravens.

Monday watched the sub of episode 13 of Pumpkin Scissors.Martis ends up escorting(reluctantly)
the youngest princess of Rodelia.It appears that she happens to be an old acquitance of Alice's and also a bit of a brat(Alice's expression when she hears of her arrival is classic! )Martis and the Princess end up looking for a hot dog cart because she wants to taste hot dogs since they're 'crude but elegant'.
In the process they end up confronting some thugs in District Zero.

Tuesday watched episode 14 of Utareruwamono the war continues and Touka pledges herself to
Harouko.

Wednesday Cardcaptor Sakura episode 7. This was a fun one where Sakura has to get a clow card disguised as a painting but it has the ability to turn back time.They also meet a 'boy' who wants to destroy the painting because 'he' says it was made by his father.
Then it turns out in the end that the 'boy' is really a girl and it's her father's portrait of her.

Thursday episode 7 of Humanity Has Declined.This was basically Watashi having her version of
Groundhog Day.But each go around she meets more duplicates of herself.

Also saw the final two minisodes of Survival of the Fittest Watashi finds the way to get back to
normal is eating the cookies the fairies have made because they contain all her intelligence.Also it turns out the fairies think of her as their god!

Sailor Moon act 16 on Friday.This was IMO more of a Wedding Peach type of an episode what with
the wedding dress modeling contest,and the finally where the home ec teacher gets married.All that was missing was Pluie or one of Raindevila's other generals.
I know,I know Wedding Peach didn't begin until 1995 so this was three years before it even began.
I really loved the ending where the home room teacher,Usagi and Rei all go for the bouquet but end
up bouncing it to....AMI! instead....and we all knew she was so special in any case(and it's no
wonder Usagi later turned into Potamos on Wedding Peach! )

Saturday watched Tale 5 of Rozen Maiden:Zuruuckspulen.And the Alternate Suignotu(sp?) makes her
appearance finally.She seems to be a bit more mellow than her counterpart in the Wound World.
Then again the first time we see her she is with AltMegu.Megu really had a way of getting to Suigontu(probably because they were both wounded souls).Any ways she and Shinku end up having a fight(as per usual)but it's more of a Rozen Maiden version of a slap fest.
Jun comes back sees the apartment a mess and gets pissed at them both.Later Shinku tries to explain to him about N fields to show how Suignotu entered.
Oh and on Sunday I looked up the Rozen Maiden Wiki and the girl whose name I couldn't get was
Saito.

Sunday act 25 of Princess Tutu,and now just the climax left.This was pretty epic especially when
Drosselmeyer tries to get Fakir to write a tragic ending to Princess Tutu but he refuses and stops his hand from writing by stabbing it.Then Fakir and Autor learn that the Raven King has cursed all the rest of the townspeople to turn into ravens.Fakir races to find Ahiru with the help of Uzura.When he
does he's able to help her take the pendant off so she can give the last of the shards to Mythos,but when she does she converts back into a duck.
Mythos transforms into the Prince and thanks Duck using the name Princess Tutu.
Meanwhile Rue is still trapped inside the Raven King and is being forced to dance.

Inuyasha:The Final Act dub on Monday.Watched episode 12.It took a couple of minutes to get back into the groove of watching the dub since I have been watching Japanese either sub or raw for the past
several years.But once I heard Richard Ian Cox as Inuyasha it felt like old times.I even think that
Kira Tozer did a good job as Kagome.Kudos for her not trying to try too hard to imitate Moneca Stori
but rather to make the role her own.

Utareruwamono episode 15 on Tuesday.This brings the current war to a conclusion.The old ruler was pretty much evil and insane.The crucial moment came when he and Hakouro are dueling and Hakuoro's true nature is revealed briefly.

Wednesday episode 8 of Cardcaptor Sakura and the introduction of Syaoran.

Thursday episode 8 of Humanity Has Declined.

Monday I watched the sub of Girls Und Panzer episode 4 mainly for the awesomeness that is
Darjeeling.
It's interesting to note that only a nano-second in firing made the difference between Oorai girls doing the goosefish dance and the St.Gloriana girls doing it.

Tuesday episode 16 of Utarewarumono one of those rare lyrical episodes between battles.
Favorite scenes: 1)Elulu reading to Oboro's sister and 2) Hakouro watching Camus dance above the
river.

Wednesday episode 9 of Cardcaptor Sakura in it a Clow Card is disguised as a brooch and possesses Sakura and Tomoyo's friend Mika.

Thursday episode 9 of Humanity Has Declined Watashi and the fairies are marooned on an
island.

Friday night saw episode 18 of [i]Sailor Moon[i]. Usagi's brother had an important role in this one as it begins with him accidentally breaking a doll that a girl in his class made.This leads to Nephrite using
the doll for his next scheme.

Saturday night episode 7 of [i]Rozen Maiden:Zuruuckspulen[i]. Favorite scene was when Suigunto
is sitting talking with Jun and she's at first seemingly mocking him as he works but then he says something that startles her.
Also we finally see where the Jun of the Wound World is.But of all the dolls to be stuck with:Kanaria?!

Sunday began what I have of [i]Cat's Eye[i] with episode 1. Hitomi really has Toshi wrapped around her finger!
The poor dude not only [u]doesn't[u] know his girlfriend is part of the infamous cat burglar gang
Cat's Eye,he's really henpecked too! I mean in one scene she literally leaves him holding the(grocery)
bag!

Got my copy of the Girls Und Panzer OVA yesterday.

Monday watched episode 29 of Wedding Peach dubbed. It wasn't as bad as I was fearing it might be.The only thing was the girls were a bit OTT with their transformations and attacks,plus every so often listening to Larissa Wolcott's Momoko I half expected her to suddenly yell out:"Hail Ilpalazzo!"

I mean she did play Excel in ep.14-26 of Excel Saga.
And the only other thing was when she read the episode title she said "A Halloween Style Witch"
when the title itself plainly read: "A Halloweenesque Witch".

Tuesday re-watched ep.17 of Utareruwamono this one sandwiched some very serious philosophical discussions between Harouko and the young sovereign and some rather silly goings on at the capitol.
I love the end of this episode when it's revealed that the young sovereign is actually a girl.I think the shock works well since neither Harouko nor the viewer is expecting it.
And as far as the rest go: it was fun to see Touka go from being a tough warrior to acting like a
girly girl when she sees the critter when it comes out of the basket.

Wednesday episode 10 of Cardcaptor Sakura, a Clow Card interrupts the school festival. Also the introduction of Tomoyo's mom and boy does she ever have a grudge against Sakura's dad!

Thursday episode 10 of Humanity Has Declined seems to be the episode showing how
Watasachi first met the Fairies. The part with the statue was fun.

Friday episode 19 of Sailor Moon. To find out Sailor Moon's true identity Nephrite sends love letters to nearly all of Usagi's female classmates (except poor Ami...no wonder she turns temporarily
evil in the Live Action series! ).Unfortunately Naru falls for the ruse and Nephrite thinks she's
Sailor Moon,until he doesn't find the Moon sigil on her.
Usagi finds them and transforms but Nephrite sends a lion youma against her then Tuxedo Kamen comes to the rescue but the two of them are trapped in the elevator shaft...

Saturday episode 8 of Rozen Maiden: Zuruusckspulen. The work preparing for the play that Saito is in continues.Also Jun continues to work on the new doll secretly.Then Shinku insists he take her with him for the dress rehearsal.Jun tells her not to make a sound, but she can' t see anything where he leaves her and ends up moving to the front where the rest of the cast and crew find her to the chagrin of Jun..

Sunday Cat's Eye episode 2.When the two older sisters discover a dying man on their next burglary Cat's Eye has to go all out to trap the real killer.
In this episode the two older sisters don't want Ai going with them because they deem the case too
dangerous so they drug her milk!

I must say Ai is getting to be my favorite character thus far.

Monday saw Black Lagoon episode 21. This was the one that showed Balalika's backstory.
It also continued with the final arc centered around the ill fated Yukio.

Tuesday saw Utarewarumono episode 18. Elululu was pretty pissed at Hakoruo.
I loved the way that all the girls decide to go along on the mission without anyone knowing,and then
Benawi's entire reaction is to tell them not to worry!

Wednesday episode 11 of Cardcaptor Sakura Sakura and Keros visit Tomoyo and find a Clow Card
in a closed chest.

Thursday episode 11 of Humanity Has Declined Wataschi befriends a younger student at school.

I just sent my order for Season 1 of Aria The Animation.Both Sato Chiwa and Ohara Sayaka
are in it.

Friday saw episode 20 of Sailor Moon, the girls go to the beach and stay at a creepy looking mansion. The fact that the name plate read Adams in English would've been a clue as to what their
hosts were like( I think they only used one 'd' instead of two because of obvious copyright).Though
the hosts looked more like the Munsters.

Saturday episode 9 of Rozen Maiden:Zuruuckspulen Shinku makes her stage 'debut' and
a certain one eyed Doll shows up, also everyone's favorite green skirted twin Doll arrives.

Sunday episode 3 of Cat's Eye Ai's best friend Katsumi accidentally shoots a photo of
Hitomi escaping from a busted heist and sets out to prove thatthe sisters are the notorious cat
burglars Cat's Eye.

Monday: Chobits dub. Really enjoyed Michelle Ruff as Chii.

Tuesday:Utawarerumono episode 19. Kurera and the others help her brother to defeat the
usurper.Then she decides to return with Hakouro and the others instead of taking her rightful place as her country's ruler allowing her younger brother to take her place.

Wed. saw episode 12 of Cardcaptor Sakura it featured a Clow Card with the ability to manipulate time. At least Sakura got a chance to do better on her recorder solo the second time around and didn't hit the sour note the way she did in the first time around.

Th. saw episode 12 of Humanity Has Declined the series finale has more of Watasachi's school life.

Friday Sailor Moon episode 21: The Scouts help out an animator working on the popular
Sailor V anime. Minako gets her own anime?!
Also it turns out that both Usagi and Rei are big fangirls!

Saturday Rozen Maiden:Zuruuckspulenepisode 10: the Juns finally meet.

Sunday Cat's Eye episode 4: a heist goes wrong when another female thief gets the better of the sisters.Hitomi in that swimsuit is worth the entire series.

Wed. Saw Cardcaptor Sakura episode 13. Basically a poltregeist seems to be haunting a zoo but turns out to be a rather cute Clow Card.

Th. Started Utakata with episode 1. WOW! the ending especially when Manatsu kisses
Ichika on the forehead when she's sleeping and says "Gomenensai!" was worth the watch.

Friday saw episode 22 of Sailor Moon.This was basically Act 4 of the manga except that Naru has more to do and takes the place of the Translator in the manga. I like the fact that in the original anime they give Naru a lot to do, including her own arc here.

Saturday watched episode 11 of Rozen Maiden: Zuruuckspulen. It was interesting how they turned the Shinku in the crystal into a red herring when it turned out to be really Hina Ichigo. But the question remains what happened to the Shinku of the Wound World and why did the Shinku of the Unwound World go to pieces(literally) at the end?

Sunday episode 5 of Cat's Eye. total fake out with the robotic doubles of Rui and Ai that Ai made! Fooled the female detective completely, and just in time too to save Hitomi from arrest!

Monday I watched the dub of episode 13 of El Hazard: The Alternative World otherwise known as the 'Hot Springs Episode'. Average but fun.

Tuesday episode 21 of Utareruwamono. The Young Sovereign is manipulated to go to war.

Angel Heart
I had finished my collection of Angel Heart (anime & manga & etc.) for a while but didn't got the time to watch it.
Whoa the intro was like 12 episodes long but I didn't mind. Something's wrong here.
The 3rd ED was "My Destiny" also found in Kanon.
Overall, it was short compared to the whole of City Hunter or manga but I'm satisfied.