On the search for the cutest anime ever

Ok, I know it's been a while, babies, but your Chick is married now and it's not easy finding the time to do everything the Chick likes to do. But I have a new project now! What is the Cutest Anime Ever???? I don't know, but I do have some suggestions. Let's see, you have Pretear, Princess Tutu, Chobits, but what about Clannad? Has anyone else seen this one? I haven't actually finished the first series, Clannad, since there is also Clannad the movie and Clannad After Story. Nana is cute, but it's also heart-wrenching at times, so I think I'll take that one off the list since we want happy here, not a tearjerker. And we're not going to talk about anime like Doraemon or Pokemon, they're too feel good. And possibly not Hana Yori Dango (Boys over Flowers). I have most of the manga and I have yet to finish it, so that will probably be later down the line. So on my quest, I think I'll start with Clannad and compare it to Emma, Full Moon (maybe), Fairy Tail and possibly DearS.

Let's see where this takes us, shall we, babies?

Angst, angst, and more angst!!!

BABIES!!!!!! Did you miss your Chick? Oh, I'm sooo sorry that I was gone for so long. I'm telling you, that's what happens when you swear up and down that blogging would be so easy because life is...so.....slow.... and then BAM! She smacks you in the face with a bunch of invitations you'd be silly to pass up. But enough about moi, babies, let me tell you what I've come across. Now for all my chicks out there, a question was posed to me a while ago asking what I thought was a great anime drama. Now there are great anime action series, pretty good suspense series, ok sci-fi and horror that I will attest to, but drama? As much as I love Sailor Moon, that is not drama to me. Well, maybe Sailor Moon Stars, but that's for another day. In any case, I started researching, went online, found a few episodes of Nana. I remember reading Nana in Shojo Beat when it first hit newstands and I was kinda hooked on it. It serialized for a pretty long time in Beat and the story line got more and more complicated as the series went on. The series isn't even finished yet, the 15th volume is out in May.

Anyway, I start watching....and I am so drawn in I ignore my cell phone. (Oh, the horror!). It's perfect for when you want to forget your own troubles of money, college, boys and watch someone else struggle with it for a while. Can you imagine being 20, finally on your own, moving to a whole new city because of some guy, you get there and he almost immediately starts asking when you're going to move out, having to find a place you can afford while looking for a job, dealing with spending issues, relationship drama, meeting new friends? That's why I love Nana. This series takes all that post-high school angst and frustration and puts it in a format that you can understand. I'm on episode 13, the boyfriend of one of the main characters has just cheated on her, but she doesn't know yet. I'm giving it two more episodes before the ish hits the fan.

D. Gray Man

Oni-Con Blastoff Countdown:

 

16 Days!!!!

I'm completely loving the D. Gray Man anime series right now. I had started reading the manga and kinda fell off while I was changing states, but I am glad to be able to watch it online. www.kumby.com is a great site I stumbled upon, looking for episodes when I'm too impatient to wait for my Netflix. They have a lot to choose from, even though I didn't see Jubei-Chan. I love that series. A female Jubei? Stop it. Anyway, for those who don't know D. Gray Man yet, it started yet in the Shonen Jump monthlies and of course, Shonen never finished it. But that's alright, it got me a little hooked on the whole Akuma vs. exorcists, good vs. evil, weapons made from Innocence and a twist on a biblical story. Usually I tout the manga more than the anime, but I'm finding the D. Gray Man anime a lot more interesting than the manga right now. It runs over a 100 episodes, but it's worth sitting and watching.