This episode of La Corda d’Oro ~Primo Passo~ has Tsukimori handing Hino an invitation to a event where Tsukimori and his mother will be performing together. As Fuyuumi has been missing in action in the previous episodes of La Corda d’Oro ~Primo Passo~, this episode has more cute Fuyuumi moments. As the previous episode of La Corda d’Oro ~Primo Passo~ had Kanazawa-sensei take away a cassasate from Hino and Amou-san, this episode develops more about Kanazawa-sensei wound and joy.

If your an Hihara X Hino fan, then you’ll enjoy the play date that these two have in this episode. If your a Shimizu fan, then you’ll be happy to see that Shimizu appears in this episode, and he provides Hino with some good advice in this episode.

The second half of this episode deals with Tsukimori and his mother performing together at a concert. As most anime shows has characters appear in stock clothes throughout their series, I was happy to see new outfits/clothes that the performing cast wears in this episode.

Overall, this episode is a nice filler episode before the final selection performance in the next episode of La Corda d’Oro ~Primo Passo~.

This episode of Macross Frontier deals with the violent Zentradi that hasn’t been talked about in this series so far. The leader of the violent/rebel Zentradi IMO reminds me of Kamjin from the original Macross series.

This episode deals with Sheryl and Alto being an item, and Ranka’s first live. I thought that the last couple of minutes of this episode were really good, as seeing Sheryl standing alone, with her hair blowing in the wind reminded me of a similar scene in the original Macross series with Misa. Speaking of the original Macross series, I thought it was evil to have Alto and Ranka to seemingly come across the generation one/original Macross ship at the end of this episode.

If the story writers were trying to link the original Macross series to this Macross series, I won’t mind seeing the original Macross ship fighting along side the new/current Macross ship, though making this plot element work is a little though.

Overall, this episode was full of the original Macross series references, and seeing all of the original Macross series references in this episode, is making IMO the remaining episodes of Macross Frontier that much more interesting.

This episode of YUA: Full Throttle is a very fun episode, as it deals with Natsumi, Yoriko, Aoi and Miyuki having to go undercover at the Bukuto WakuWaku stage charity event. The quartet of police officers has to wear animal suits, so that they can investigate a bomb threat, which was discovered on the internet.

I thought that having some of the YUA cast (Natsumi, Yoriko, Aoi and Miyuki) dressed in animal suits was a smart idea, to provide some humor in this episode. I thought that Natsumi was an fun Ms.Kitty, Yoriko was an unsure Mr. Monkey, Aoi was a kind/pleasant duck (I mean Ms. Chick), and Miyuki an unsure/kind Ms.Mushroom.

This episode shows the bad sides of being a mascot, as some crowed people try to get a rise out of the four costumed police officers, as one of the crowed people kicked Ms.Kitty (Natsumi), while searching for the bomb in this episode.

I thought that the Tratra Man parody references in this episode was pretty funny, as it reminded of all the sentai shows, that have been produced. Anyway a pair of kids gets involved in this case, and with the power of the mushroom costume that Miyuki wears, she is able to befriend the kids in this episode, to help solve this case.

Overall, this episode of YUA: FT is an example of why IMO that YUA: FT is such a good series, as YUA: FT doesn’t try to wow the audience over with complex plots and spectacular graphics, but be able to deliver simple quality entertainment and character development to the viewer.

As it’s now 2008, I manged to come across the postcard advertisements of this conventation, and decided to share them. There’s also another anime ball like previous years (please see my Manifest 2007 Postcard Advertisement post if you don’t know what I’m talking about).

This episode of Code Geass marks a new opening and closing theme. My opinion of the new opening and closing themes is that IMO I still prefer season one opening themes of Codes Geass, as I feel they are superior (in both in music and animation) then Code Geass R 2 opening themes. Regarding closing themes, I would have to say that Code Geass R2 closing themes are on par with season one of Code Geass closing themes.

Regarding the content of this episode I would have to say a lot of plot elements got mixed together, which should make the remaining episodes of Code Geass R 2 very interesting. I thought that the mask that Shirley saw in this episode, reminded me of Hei’s mask in DTB (Darker then Black).

What I liked about this episode of Code Geass, is that it now looks like now that Orange (Jeremiah) is now on Lelouch’s side. With Jeremiah now in the picture, it will be interesting to see if Lelouch will use Jeremiah to go undercover, and gather intelligence about the Order, to gain an upper hand against Britannia and V.V.

Regarding what happened to Shirley in this episode, IMO her fatal mistake was to mention Nunnally’s name in front of Rolo. As the new opening theme contains images of the Knightmare units of all three sides of Code Geass, I betting there will be some good fight sequences in the upcoming episodes, though I hoping to see some new Knightmare units for Princess Cornelia, Jeremiah, Schneizel and the other Round members.

Overall, this episode is a nice episode to mark about the half way mark of Code Geass R 2 (provided there’s no OVA’s or Movies). With Code Geass R 2 starting to prepare to enter the home stretch, I’m betting Sunrise is starting to prepare to promote/market the second season of Gundam 00.

This episode of La Corda d’Oro ~Primo Passo~ deals with mainly about the gossip about the final selection that is coming up. This episode deals with Amou-san and Hino being friendly with each other. During the time Hino and Amou-san spend time with each other in this episode, Amou-san comes across an old cassette tape. The contents of the cassette tape that Amou-san finds contains music from Verdi, La Donna e Mobile, Act 3, from the opera ‘Rigoletto’.

After Kanazawa-sensei hears the music from the cassette tape, Kanazawa-sensei takes the cassette tape away, and Hino puts together the connection between the cassette tape and Kanazawa-sensei. If you’re a Tsukimori/Hihara/Tsuchiura fan, you’ll enjoy this episode, as this episode reveals more details about their past. If you a Tsuchiura X Hino fan, then you’ll enjoy the end of this episode.

Overall, this episode of La Corda d’Oro ~Primo Passo~ is more of a relaxing/fluff episode, though hopefully the end of this series will be good.

This episode of Macross Frontier is a less action orientated episode, as this episode gives some details about Alto’s past. Some of this episode is dedicated to Ranka’s rise to fame. The most interesting element of this episode IMO, is where Alto and Shirley have a small talk before this episodes ends, as this scene reminded me of the scene where Hikaru and Misa have a private conversation (in the original Macross series) under similar circumstances.

Overall, this episode of Macross Frontier was interesting, as this Macross series dealt with Alto’s birthday, and the original Macross series dealt with Minmay’s birthday.

This episode of Vampire Knight covers chapters 10-12 of the manga of Vampire Knight, and this episode of Vampire Knight goes into details about how Kaname, Yuki and Zero meet each other, when they were young.

This episode also goes into details about something inside Yuki changing in this episode, that IMO is leading her towards Kaname’s side and not Zero’s. This episode has plenty of shots of the main characters (Yuki, Zero and Kaname) looking cute when they where children.

Overall, this episode is just a flashback episode to give depth to the main three characters, and to setup episode to give hints of future plot elements of this show.

This episode of Code Geass is a very interesting episode, as it deals with politics and Ashford’s Academy’s students. From the political side, we see get to see the inside of the Holy Empire of Britannia Imperial Capital – Penddragon, and the other Round members. I really enjoyed the scene where the Holy Empire of Britannia and Knight of One are speaking to each other, as Knight of One says ‘War is but one of many diplomatic methods’. And his Holy Empire replies ‘Only fools wage war’. Also Princess Cornelia reappears in this episode, which should make future episodes of the show very interesting.

From an Ashford Academy school life point of view, the viewer gets to see Milly Ashford hold an event called ‘Cupid’s Day’, to get Lelouch and Shirley together. If you’re a fan of this pairing, then you will enjoy the time that this episode is dedicated to this pairing. Though, I still wonder where Rolo and Kallen will fit into the picture, by the series end.

I liked how this episode ended with V.V explaining to the audience about the new upgraded Orange-kun, which possesses a geass canceller. I though it was a good plot twist to make Shirley feel happy about being with Lulu (Lelouch), and then turning the tables on the Lelouch X Shirley fans, by having Orange-kun using his geass canceller on Shirley, to make her remember that Lelouch killed her father in the previous season of Code Geass.

Overall, if you like action, politics, humor, plot development, then this episode provides a good build up, to the remaining episodes of Code Geass R 2.

This episode of Vampire Knight IMO is very good, because of the scene where Zero drinks Yuki’s blood. I thought that the manga handled this scene better, due to the higher quality art. In the manga (chapter Eight) before Zero drinks Yuki’s blood, Zero says ‘Let’s us do something unforgivable’, which IMO sends a shiver done one’s spine, when I first read this manga chapter.

This episode also includes Yagari Touga teaching the vampire class, and there’s ice being delivered to and from Yagari and the night class students. Before this episode ends, we learn a little about the promise that Yagari and Zero made between themselves.

Overall, I thought that this episode didn’t deliver the same emotional impact compared to the manga, but I am still enjoying the gothic undertones/atmosphere that this anime is delivering to the viewer.