It's Back!

Hello, my babies!!!! Did you miss me? I missed you too. Sorry for the loooonnggg delay in anime news, but that's what happens when life gets in the way. Suffice it to say that my anime had to take a backseat for a while, but that's ok because the anime never stopped. So get ready, my otaku peeps.....the Chick is back.

So ANNOYING!!!!

Can we talk? I mean, seriously, just sit down and talk about this? Can someone, anyone, please tell me why we have such annoying animes out there???? Don't get me wrong, your Chick loves the comedy.....if it's funny. School Rumble.....you are not. If I have to sit through one more episode of misunderstandings and miscommunications, I'm going to scream. Just when I think my baby Harima is thisclose to finally telling his long time crush, Tenma, just how he feels, the other characters get in the way. For anyone not familiar with this anime, lemme break it down for ya. Tenma is a sophomore in high school who isn't the brightest bulb in the storage room, but she's a good girl, down for her friends and all that. While she may look like a middle school student, she's really the oldest of her and sis Yakumo, who by the way acts like she's the oldest in taking care of Tenma, cooking, housekeeping and overall domestic stuff. Harima is the tough guy of the series, the obvious deliquent with his sunglasses and older-guy mustache, but also a decent guy with a problem in telling Tenma how he feels about her. An aspiring manga artist, Harima is talented with animals too, which in turn sparks a friendship with Yakumo. However, Tenma has a crush herself on quiet Karasuma, who seems to be crushing on.....curry. (Yea, he's a weird dude). Sis Yakumo also has an admirer, Haruki, and with so many other student characters thrown in the mix, believe me, there is more blundering and misinterpretations than you can throw a geta at. When I first started watching this series, I didnt think that it would take the entire series for anyone to start to say anything of consequence to each other. You could not believe all the things that should have been said versus all the things that were misunderstood because someone didn't say enough.

Now I'm all for the guy getting the girl and happy endings and riding off into the sunset, but School Rumble, you really take the cake on this one. I know some people out there love this anime strictly because it's light and fluffy and a real make-you-feel-good type of series, but there has to be a point to all of this flailing about. Oh well.....on the next one!

Found It!

Finally! After weeks of searching and being almost thoroughly bored with a lot of "cute" animes, I have found the top anime that beats all cuteness! Wait for it......wait for it.......

OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB!!!!!!!

Yes, yes, for all of you out there that found this before our Chick.......well, good for you. Just playing, you know your Chick loves you. But this is wonderful. Not even 10 minutes into the first episode and I knew I had to have more. I was quite satisfied with the first episode and that's saying a lot for anime out there that can take a while to get to the meat of the plot. Anyone not familiar with Host Club, you have a girl from a common background (i.e. poor) stumbling across her wealthy school's Host Club, a group of good-looking male students with too much time on their hands who entertain the female students, also with too much time on their hands. In trying to get out of the Club's room, our heroine, Haru-chan, knocks over a very expensive vase (the horror!) and is then turned into the Club's errand "boy". At the time, the Club just thinks she's a he, puts Haru in a male student's uniform and introduces him to the guests as their new member, but don't worry, babies, they found out very quickly Haru's female. See? Story's moving right along. Even got rid of one villain by the end too. Good....I can't stand dragging plots.


Host Club only has 26 episodes and I can not wait to get to the end. Will Haru be with the Club King, Tamaki, pampered, obnoxious, but with a good heart? Or will she go for the strong and silent type in Mori, (who by the way, I absolutely adore)? Warning: Host Club is not for those with phobias to lots of roses, flowery language and some yaoi-inspired scenes. If you dont like it, then let me enjoy it for you!


Now....what should be my next assignment?????

Dance with Me!

No, I'm kidding, but I have found a better anime to watch nowadays. While I'm still working on Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood (which is wonderful, btw), I was pleasantly surprised to come across this new one (well, new for the Chick) on Hulu. Who knew Hulu was just full of great stuff? I mean, Archer is a blast, but come on, we're talking Ergo Proxy, X, The WallFlower, Monster....good stuff, good stuff. So now I'm watching Dance in the Vampire Bund. This is one of the better animes I've seen in a long time, so I'm very excited to introduce my babies to it. The plot is not that complicated, so that's a good thing. BOttom line is, vampires exist and the ruler, Princess Mina, plans to have the vampires dwell on a piece of property just off the Japanese coastline, a bund for vampires. And what story would be complete without a little drama in the middle as the story brings in a young man who apparently has ties to the princess, but (wait for it.......) he can't remember!!!!! Shocker! Don't worry, babies, the story moves right along in double time, so no time to be bored. Take the Chick's advice and watch this one!!! 

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?

Oh Michael Bay

Hey, my babies!!!! yes, I'm back after a very long hiatus. I'm so so so sorry. But don't be mad with your Chick. I have decided that I will expanding my blog to include movies that have to do with old cartoon favorites, you know, Transformers, GI Joe, Airbender. Oh, you didn't know about that one, huh, my darlings? Yes, the Last Airbender will be coming to a theater near you next year. My husband and I were having a conversation just two days ago about who would be great to cast for a live action version and my beloved M. Night Shamlayan has already taken the project under his wing. This is going to be good. But that's a blog for 2010. For 2009, let's talk about Mr. Bay.

Oh, Michael, Michael, Michael. What have you done? How could you take a character like Optimus Prime and make him so.....not what I remember? Don't get me wrong, babies, Prime was absoultely savage in the new movie, but where were the rest of the Autobots? Is it me or did Prime never have backup in the cartoons? They came on the scene way too late for my taste. (For those who have not seen the movie yet, I'll try not to spoil it for you.)

Another issue I'm having? Where the hell did the Twins come from? They don't even have names! Now I've watched the animated transformers many times and never have I come across any twins. I'm beginning to believe that Bay created them and if so, who are you to do so? If you make a transformers movie, then do us a favor, Bay, and don't start creating characters. I had thought that you would have kept in mind the real Transformers and not something you thought up on the spot. I'm not saying not to have an original idea, but keep in dealing with plots and scenery, not the Autobots or even Decepticons. Creating new bots just creates drama in the new generation who don't know the transformers like a lot of us "old-schoolers", if you will. You're changing a legacy, Bay, and quite frankly, the Chick isn't cool with that.

Now let's talk about the movie itself. I did like the first one, I'll admit that. Forever and always, Bumblebee will my favorite. I did like how they kept his character the same in the second movie. However, taking his voice away wasn't cool either. I was hoping to hear more from him this time. Loved how Shia's character was literally beat up while Megan was just as pretty as a picture. Girl, come on. I thought you were an actress. You can get dirty for your role. I will admit that a lot of the critics had basis for calling it loud and stupid. Many of the fight scenes were lost due to Bay's erratic camera angling and a lot of the script itself you can't understand because of all the shooting and things getting blown up. Once you understood the plot, it made things a little easier to follow, but looking back now after I've watched it, it seems that Bay and his writers were grasping at straws to make this a credible-sounding plot.

Of course, this is all open for debates. I'm sure all the hardcore fans out there will have much to say on the subject and I'm open to hearing it all. Get at your Chick!

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.