The Ubiquitous What Are You Watching Thread?

Episodes 5 & 6 of Magical Witch Puni-chan on Wednesday. The first one featured Puni-chan's and
Testusko's class getting a substitute teacher who gives them a quiz. Of course this being Puni-chan nothing is normal about either the test,the substitute teacher or the ways that the students
try to 'cheat'.Also poor Testusko gets it again, this time from the in-coming missile!
The second episode is a date parody where Puni-chan and Testusko try to help their gang leader
friend with her love life. And since Puni-chan is involved of course it doesn't go the way you'd expect.
(Plus what the heck was with that Lenin statue?)

Episode 5 of Ikki-tousen on Thursday. Yeah, this had the start of the Ryomou vs. Ryofu
battle but had to wait for the ending almost for it to happen. Also Ken'u gets her first brief
appearance. The main plot was about Hakufu recovering from the previous battle and trying to
apologize to the leader of the gang she beat because she feels responsible for him being in the hospital(even though she had nothing to do with it). And once more her dragon is awakened when
she gets involved in another one on a dozen fight.

(btw: so according to Wiki at one point in Dragon Destiny Hakufu and Ryomou end up
working at a Catgirl Maid Cafe but lose the jobs because Ryomou is too clumsy....Ryomou in
catears.... )

So...ummm...in Mobile Suit Gundam- Iron-Blooded Orphans my college alma mater turns into a colonial power house?

My alma mater is named DORT COLLEGE btw!

Friday episode 40 of Sailor Moon. The Tsukino family take a trip to a country hot springs.
Of course it all goes south when a youma is awakened and attacks. Fortunately the rest of the Sailor Senshi show up before Usagi has to reveal her alter ego to her family.

Saturday episode 10 of Please Teacher!. The misunderstandings continue. Kei has a talk with
Ichigo that Kiyoshi wintesses and misunderstands then when he tries to make up with her Mizuho
shows up and he has to chase after her. Finally after making up with his "wife" he has another
seizure.
In the final minute we get a look at the mystery girl from Kei's pass(next week the reveal...I'm betting it's a younger Mizuho).

Sunday episode 4 of Umi Monogatari. Marin and Kanon go on a treasure hunt. Kanon's anger
unleashes the ghost of a dead pirate crew(with a rather sexy female captain).They also meet up with
Marin and Urin's friends. This episode also solidifies Kanon and Marin's friendship as after she looses
the bracelet that allows her to breath air Kanon gives Marin hers that allowed her to breath the water.

Saw episode 4 of Cat's Eye on Monday. In this episode the antagonist is a female thief nicknamed
'Lupin's Bride'. So obvious reference to Lupin The Third. Although I doubt the character was
supposed to be Fujiko. It would be interesting if that was the case, though I think it was meant more as a homage.
(Subbed)

Ended Aria:The Animation Tuesday with episode 13. This one had the gang celebrating the
new year.Though I had to kick myself at the end because I turned it off before the epiloge.
Also saw the final installment of I'm Sorry Venice. It was interesting to see how the visit
to Venice added to the anime.

I think Saber is the only real reason to watch the Fate Stay Night franchise. I mean isn't she meant to be a female version of King Arthur?

Wednesday finished with Magic Witch Puni-chan the first part was centered around the school
athletic festival, which of course gets turned into a real live war thanks to Puni-chan and her sisters.
In the second one Puni-chan's little sisters use a spell to turn them into teenaged versions of themselves so they can get even with her.

Thursday episode 6 of Ikki-tousen this ebegins the Big Fighters' Tournament. There's a nice
symmetry to it as it begins with the battle between Ryomou and Ryofou that started last episode and ends with the start of the one between Ryomou and Kan'u. And after the humilation that Ryofou
did to Ryomou the latter was really pissed off.

I wonder if I have space I should look into Fate/Stay Night, it's one of those titles I have been on the fence about.

Friday episode 41 of Sailor Moon Sailor Mercury takes centerstage in this one as Ami's crush
returns to warn her and the other scouts that Mamoru is back using a crystal that seals people.
They meet up and Ami tries to protect him,unfortunately she fails and Mamoru captures him in the
crystal. Then Sailor Mercury uses her bubble attack to confuse Mamoru again( the first time it failed)
this time it works and she manages to grab the crystal from him and break it freeing everyone that was trapped inside.
Most of the rest of the Sailor Senshis (sans Mars) show up and Sailor Moon uses her 'Moon Healing
Exhalation' on Mamoru. It begins to work but Queen Beryl steals him away before the Senshis can do anything.
Next week Minako takes center.

Saturday episode 11 of Please Teacher!. Well I was wrong about it being Kei's memory and the Mystery Girl(tm) being Mizuho. It turns out instead to be ICHIGO!
I guess they must have some sort of connection after having the same condition and her fainting
before he did. Anyways Mizuho some how is able to use the tech in her ship to enter Kei's mind
and have a talk with him. He doesn't seem to remember her at first but then she's able to remind him.
When he eventually wakes up again he's in his old bedroom with his aunt trying to wake him up(this part was kinda creepy...I mean she does try to climb into the bed!)
Later Kei meets up with his friends on the way to school and someone asks about the what he has in his hand. It turns out that Mizuho left him a box of chocolate pochy as a farewell gift.
At the end we see Mizuho and Marie watch from the other side of the tracks before beaming up to their ship.

Sunday episode 5 of Umi Monogatari. This starts out with tourist coming on the island and
Kanon her mom and the girls sell trickets to them. Later there is a eclipse. During this time Marin
sees a red circle around the sun and says something that drives Urin away.
Wanting to apologize Marin and Kanon go look for her. They meet up with Oshahami, Kanon's
classmate who takes an automatic dislike to Marin simply because her boobs are larger than hers.
Meanwhile Warin and Samu go to a sunken shrine under the sea and see it covered with red glow.
On the surface Urin reaches a point overlooking the sea and tosses in her beads and then the string
that Kanon made to tie the ring around her neck.
She puts the ring on her hand and is surprised when it starts to glow and fits.

Monday saw the dub of episode 22 of Kiddy Grade. Colleen Clickenbeard as Eclaire did a good job.
Monica Rial as Lumiere took awhile to get used to. The VA for Tweedledee I thought was a bit low but
she and Tweedledum were on for only a minute or less.
This was the episode that reveals Eclaire's past relationship with Chevalier. It also reveals all the corrupt dealings of the Noblesse.

Tuesday re-started what I have of Excel Saga with episode 1. Noticed a couple of things I hadn't before: 1) when Pedro is shown wheeling the wheelbarrow he actually has some Puuchuus
riding around in it. 2) Menchi shows up the first time when Excel is suffering from hunger cramps.
And speaking of Puuchuus...next week our favorite anemic Space Princess (tm) shows up.

Wednesday episode 7 of Kiddy Grade: Eclaire and Lumiere along with Armbuster are assigned to
take a young heir of the Rosenfeldt family to his family's estate in order to be inducted as the new
head.
After they arrive though they learn that the Noblesse aren't thrilled about the new heir taking over because he is also part Commoner.
Eclaire, Lumiere, Armbuster and Timothy(the heir) are forced to wear isolation suits at the reception.
Later some of the hotter headed young Noblesse challenge Timothy and Eclaire to a race; the stakes
being if Timothy looses he is to give up all his rights.
During the race the Noblesse cheat,meanwhile Armbuster is watching and sending pictures back to
Lumiere.
Eclaire and Timothy win despite the cheating and Timothy's grandfather reveals himself and is
happy to have him take over.
Later at GOTT HQ Eclaire is a bit pissed that she wasn't informed of the plan.

Thursday episode 7 of Ikki-tousen: The tournament continues. Ryomou and Kanu
continue where they left off, but Ryomou at first gets the worst of it. Kanu looks to having an easy
win but Ryomou recovers and Is finally able to get a submission hold on Kanu; at least for a little bit.
Hakufu and her cousin arrive just in time to see Kanu recover from the submission hold and beat
Ryomou.
Hakufu challenges Kanu and looks again like Kanu has the upper hand,then Hakufu's Dragon awakens
and she starts taking Kanu apart.
Somehow Kanu survives and is able to beat her.As this is going on Ukita is watching everything on the water tower. When Hakufu is beaten she makes herself known and jumps off leaping a couple of big glaring holes and causing the water to spill out.

Friday episode 42 of Sailor Moon this gives a bit of Minako's backstory and shows her when she was still Sailor V in London. It has involves a bitter sweet reunion with her beloved "Big Sister" a young policewoman she met in London. The bitter part is that her "Big Sister" is possessed by the latest Youma. Usagi and Luna help Minako escape but when the Youma catches up to them, Minako refuses
to hurt it because she realizes it's really her beloved "Big Sister".
Sailor Moon uses her 'Moon Healing Escalation' on the Youma freeing the woman.
Afterwards Minako finds the locket that has a picture of her, her "Big Sister" and the young man they both loved and realizes she shouldn't have been jealous.

Saturday episode 12 of Please Teacher! this basically serves as the official ending even though there are 13 episodes. In it Mizuho is sentenced for disobeying orders and thinks she won't be able to see Kei again. However much to her surprise she is allowed to return but things aren't like they used to be. Everyone seems not to remember her; this especially hurts when it comes to Kei.
When she asks him to help her move in to her old apartment he agrees,and they even trip over the same bit of the threshold again, but Kei still acts like he doesn't know her.
It's only when she gets depressed and he shows her the Pochy box that she realizes he does
in fact remember.
The rest of the episode show various scenes with the main characters including that of Kei and
Mizuho's home life where they act like a normal married couple (including arguing).

Sunday episode 6 of Umi Monogatari in this episode the eclipse continues as Marin and Kanon
look for Urin. The ring on Urin's finger meanwhile transform into the shape of one of the butterflies.
Marin and Kanon reach the cliffs overlooking the sea just as the eclipse ends. But they are surprised when they both start to transform. A masked priestess watches overhead.
A mysterious blonde haired girl arrives from the sea(really Matsoumoto The Turtle's daughter as
seen in the web promo).
Kanon,her mother Matsoumoto and Marin finally find the missing Urin under some trees. They all
go home.
Later while eating Kanon gets a phone call from Suzuki to watch the news and she sees her wave to her on tv but she's also pissed to see Kojima walk by with Ohashima in tow.
That night Urin gets a visit from Matsoumoto's daughter, she uses the power of Senda to turn her back into a turtle.
Urin then allows Senda's butterflies to take her back to the cliffs where she dives into the ocean again while saying one last "Sayonara".

Monday no anime but watched the Dr.Who episode Time Heist instead.
Liking Clara as the Doctor's Companion very much (although I spoiled it for myself by reading
what happens to her later on).

Tuesday episode 2 of Excel Saga. The Puuchuu invasion begins. Excel has a new temp job
delivering newspapers. Menchi manages a brief escape ( ) but runs into Excel ( ).
Hyatt arrives at ACROSS HQ. Mix well and serve.

Wednesday episode 8 of Kiddy Grade,after a planet suddenly explodes killing everyone living on it
Eclaire and Lumiere are assigned to look into what really happened. With the help of Tweedledee and
Tweedledum they track down the corporation behind the explosion, but nearly too late.

Thursday episode 8 of Ikki Tousen, Hakufu's latest opponent in the tournament turns out to be
Genjou. But when Goei turns up and starts to root for him instead of her, she gets distracted and he
readily beats her. Next is Ryoumo's turn and she handily handles him; however her next opponent is too strong for her.

Meanwhile Chikyuu and Ryofu are trapped but manage to escape. Also Goei reveals the reason she
hired Genjou to beat Hakufu.

Benawi would do something like that as he is so noble a character.

Friday watched episode 43 of Sailor Moon. It starts out with Naru's mom's jewelry shop being robbed. Sailor Moon shows up to stop the robbery,but then the other Sailor Senshi show up as well and instead of helping her start fighting with her.
A photographer flashes a pic and the news gets in the paper that the Sailor Senshi have a following out.
Meanwhile the news reaches the Dark Kingdom and Kunzite devices his latest trap.
Later it seems like the other Sailor Senshi have it in for Usagi as they relentlessly attack her non-stop; however it is rather shown that they were only really just trying to help her get stronger by
training as a unit.
They see the pic in the paper and Usagi decides to send a note to the photogapher to meet.
When she arrives the photographer turns out to be the latest Youma. The rest of the Sailor Senshi are watching as the Youma and Kunzite attack Sailor Moon. Usagi is on the point of dying and
Venus and Jupiter want to get into the fight but Mars and Mercury hold them back.
Mars shows the others Moon's Crescent Moonstick and tells them Usagi gave to her as she didn't want to become overly dependent on it. But then even she and Mercury can't hold back as it looks like Moon really needs rescuing. So they all join in the fight. Kunzite escapes but the Youma proves she can be even more formidable on her own.
Finally Mercury uses her Bubble Defense to create a smoke screen and it helps confuse the Youma enough for Moon to use her Healing Escalation on it and it is exorcised from the photographer.

Saturday episode 13 of Please Teacher. This basically wraps up loose ends from episode 12.
Mizuho's mother and sister arrive again and Kei sneaks out as Mizuho and her mother start to have another quarrel. He's way laid by Mizuho's sister who demands he take her for a walk. On their way he meets one of Kei's friends and he somehow manages to get rid of her and the two boys go talk in the park. While they're doing it Kei's friend is teleported to the empty school gym equipment room and Kei finds himself face to face with his mother-in-law.
She teleports them to the hotel Kei and Mizuho had their honeymoon at and they meet Kaede and
her boyfriend exiting. Kaede runs away embarrassed but her boyfriend is teleported to the same place as Kei's other friend.
Mizuho's mother than gets them a room and begins to seduce Kei ( or appears to).
Mizuho finds her sister who tells her what's happening and she gets pissed at Marie who is forced to
teleport them to the room.
Mizuho's mother leaves and Kei and Mizuho get around to finally consummating their marriage.
Later in the epilog it's shown that a rumor has been spreading about Kei and Mizuho. The rumor even reaches them and they are both shocked.
In the end it is revealed that Ichigo is behind the rumor.

Sunday Umi Monogatari episode 7. The gang return from looking for Urin and find Matsoumoto's daugther in her turtle form. She acts apologetic toward her father. Kanon's mom
prepares a meal for everyone and Kanon notices how lonely Marin looks without Urin.
Marin decides to go back to the sea to look for Urin, who has meanwhil found the temple under the
water. She reaches the inner sanctum and opens the chest there.
Marin in the meanwhile as returned to the sea with Matsoumoto who tells Kanon to stay and look after his daughter.
Marin and Matsoumoto meet Warin and Samu. Together they reach the temple.
Kanon in the meanwhile is searching for the object that will help her breath underwater she finally
finds it and dives with Matsoumoto's daughter.
Ohashima is having a date with Koijima on a sight seeing boat and sees Kanon diving. This really pisses her off again.
Kanon and Matsoumoto's daughter reach the others just as they are being attacked by the latest monster. Kanon having already transforms uses her fire power to free Marin before she's eaten.
The monster is cleansed and turns out to be a dog that is sent back to the surface. The group
finds Urin but too late.
She rejects them and sends them back. However tears are seen in her eyes as she mutters
"Big Sister" to herself.

btw: also got GITS:Arise Part 1 and Ikki-tousen:Dragon Destiny Vol.2 today.

Monday watched the dub of Haibane Renmei episode 9. The rest of the Haibane return from their
unsuccessful search for Rakka. Meanwhile she is still in the well when Toga come by and help her out.
When they leave her alone she thinks she hears Kuu's voice. She follows it to the Wall and touches it.
The Speaker finds her and chides her for being near the Wall. He leads her on the path out of the Woods.
They rest and he tells her what it means to be Sin Bound.
Later Rekki finds her. The others catch up and Rekki says Rakka's sick. She takes her home and has her lie in bed,she also has Kanna go get some medicince.
Hikari wants to know why Rekki knows so much, but she won't tell.

Overall since I hadn't seen it for awhile it wasn't as bad dubwise. Then again the last time I tried watching the dub it wasn't too long after watching the sub,so the Japanese voices were still in my head at that point.

Tuesday saw Excel Saga episode 3. Excel tries to escape but is recaptured and thrown into a pit where she meets a mysterious prisoner in a mask. They exchange food ideas. Meanwhile Hyatt
keeps wobbling and dying at ACROSS HQ. Finally Il Lapazzo decides to send her home with the assignment of finding Excel.
Menchi is happy with his new circumstances but it's only temporary as Nabeshin frees the myserious
prisoner and of course also Excel(as a second or third thought).
Nabeshin goes badass and defeats an entire army of baddies but the mysterious prisoner(who turns out to be a beautiful blonde woman ) is half eaten by a serpent and then shot dead. Of course this
pisses Nabeshin off and he finishes his job.
Menchi is found by Excel and they make their way too civilization again only stopping to view the
results.
As they return they meet Hyatt going the other direction. She looks at the picture of Excel and Excel before dying again (this time on Excel).
Pedro returns home only to find his 'best friend' now married to his wife.

Wednesday episode 9 of Kiddy Grade, Eclaire and Lumiere are assigned to investigate a series of disappearances.

Thursday episode 9 of Ikki Tousen Goei takes Hakufu and Kouin to a hot springs, but it turns out to be none that restful a stay!