100 Hours of Anime Challenge: Epic Fail

Such an epic fail. Like fail whale epic.
I watched 21.3 hours in total.
si~gh.
Well It was fun while it lasted I guess...
Anime watched
Bakemonogatari 1-12
Guilty Crown 9-18
AnoNatsu 7
Poyopoyo 7-8
SKET Dance 47-48
Bodacious Space Pirates 7-8
Recorder & Ransell 8
Persona 4 2-3
Another 6-7
Danshi (blahblah) Nichijou (...) 4-7
Mirai Nikki 19
InuxBoku SS 7
And some other stuff...

100 Hours of Anime Challenge: Day 3

Woo!
I finished Bakemonogatari AND Guilty Crown! But I still hate Guilty Crown.
Next I think I'll watch C3? Maybe Ben-to? Or maybe I'll just power through to Nisemonogatari. but I don't know how much ecchi I'll be able to handle in one day...
Hours watched: 10.8/100

AOD 2012

I GOT THE BEST FIGURE EVER

Also, I cosplayed Hilda, from Beelzebub. She's AWESOME.

all taken by surfsama

100 Hours of Anime Challenge: Day 0

Friday
Ok, so it's not EXACTLY 100 hours, but it's pretty damn close. I plan to get a bit of a head start because AOD will be taking so much of my time the next two days.
I think I'll watch Bakemonogatari first, with a Idolm@ster, Steins;Gate and Guilty Crown sprinkled in through the week.
You can follow my challenge more closely on my new Tumblr:
http://www.tumblr.com/blog/mitsukit
Screenshots, reactions, quotes and more!

Anime Ketchup

This post inspired me to do a little anime cleaning of my own. I'm going to try to catch up on ALL the anime on my list by February 26, the last day of my week long break.
Mostly this is just anime I saw once, thought it looked neat, and added to my "To Watch" list to take a step towards my ultimate goal.
To be able to go to an anime convention, and not once have to ask "What anime is that from?"
What really bugs me is that more and more these days people stray from anime and have started cosplaying from games, movies and comic books. Being a purist, this bugs me a little, but I understand the feeling when you see a character and immediately yell "I MUST WEAR THAT PERSON."
But back to my point, I have quite the list here to get through. Lets take a look!

Welcome to the NHK

Steins;Gate Fate/Stay Night

IdolM@ster C3

Ben-to [C] Contol
Durarara! Guilty Crown Persona 4 Strike Witches 2 Railgun K-on!! (season 2) Basquash Yuru Yuri Sayonara Zentsubou-sensei (1st season) Kampfer Bakemonogatari (followed by Nisemonogatari) Angel Beats Any familiar names? Probably. But there's a lot of anime I just never really got around to watching or started and didn't continue due to anime overload. Ok, Imma do the math here... and... 91hr and 20min... DAFUCK?! You guys won't hate me if I don't finish this right?? Right? Well... um... I'll be writing a post after every anime... Or day... I guess... and... ALMOST FOUR STRAIGHT DAYS?? I feel like I'm gunna end up like those gamer guys in Korea... But I've done it before, and I'll do it again! Please keep checking back to make sure I don't die!

Also AOD is the weekend before all this, so look forward to that!

How Not to Buy Manga

My spending habit's gotten me into a bit of a problem again... I have an issue of routine, leading to me not being able to drop a series once I've starting buying it no matter what. Also, I like to pre-order things WAY in advance, so my latest amazon order was gigantic.
Bakuman vol 9
Bakuman vol 10
Bakuman vol 11
Bakuman vol 12
Bakuman vol 13
Bakuman vol 14
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan vol 9
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan vol 10
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan vol 11
Kobato vol 6
Sailor Moon vol 3
Sailor Moon vol 4
Sailor Moon vol 5
Cardcaptor Sakura Omnibus 3
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya vol 11
The Intrigues of Haruhi Suzumiya
=$153.12
Goddamn, Mitsu!
I still haven't even finished reading my manga from months and months ago.
I'm really stupid.
NEVER buy manga in bulk like this. My only savior is that since it's pre-order the payments only go through after it comes out. But when you order manga in bulk, just as anything else, you never, ever, get around to actually reading them all.

Currently Reading
Hetalia vol 2
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Cardcaptor Sakura Omnibus vol 2
Black Boy by Richard Wright
Flatterland by Ian Stewart
Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime by Mizuki Nomura
Hunger Games (again, review for the movie)

My Favorite Deviants~

Lesser Known Favorites
00Candy-Addict00 (<-most definitely recommended for fujoshi) (Spanish)
Inma Published artist, I buy all her English work :) (Spanish/English)
belialchan MIA but still worth a look
Chanberry My friend~ Best artist I know, watching her work is AMAZING
j00k1m110
ecko-kun
Logimac I still haven't figured out if that's their real art but...  .-.
DAV-19
matakorn Amazing manga coloring skills (Spanish)

Better Known Artists
Akimiya
captainosaka (omgilovedoubleksomuch.)
bleedman
ChuuStar
gofu-web
emperpep
meru-chan
Nanohikakou
sureya
Mikeinel

And for obvious reasons;
ryoheihuke
redjuice999
If you are unaware or new anime or for whatever reason you don't know who these two guys are, here's a short explanation. Huke drew a series of drawings entitled BLACK★ROCK SHOOTER, which inspired Ryo to write the Miku Hatsune song; Black★Rock Shooter. Also has an OVA and a currently running anime.
Redjuice did many illustrations for Ryo, such as the cover of World is Mine and Last Night, Good Night. He also did the character designs for Guilty Crown.


So anyways. Any other good artists I should check out?

Anime I Haven't Dropped Yet (Winter 2012)

As we enter roughly the 5th week of the winter 2012 anime season, the boys are separated from the men and we decide which anime are worth our time. Some bombed on the first day and some have won over my heart.

Inu x Boku SS
I was reading the manga version before this anime came out and the anime version hasn't let me down. I've seen a lot of bad reviews of this, and I don't understand whats not to like.

Mirai Nikki
Hanging on by a thread, I'm one episode behind but hopefully that will be fixed soon. I'm getting a little peeved because according to the summary my friend gave me of the manga the anime's not going anywhere. I don't really see how they're going to match this up to the manga with only seven episodes left, but I've been surprised before (i.e. Dantalian no Shouka)

Moretsu Pirates
I was pleasantly surprised by this one. The only thing I'd heard of it was that it was postponed, which raised some red flags for me (and the fact it's name Bodacious Space Pirates). But there wasn't a panty in sight, and the animation is amazing. The only thing I dislike is the character design, and even that isn't so bad.

Poyopoyo & Recorder to Ransell
I know these shouldn't really count, but the all happiness they bring me packaged into 3 min had to be included in the list. Probably my second or third favorite series this season.

AnoNatsu
Unexpectedly good. The alien thing really tripped me up. Of course whats to expect from the writer of AnoHana?

Another
I've been in the mood for horror for quite a while now and this satiated that desire. Not for the faint of heart.

Dropped (ongoing)
Listen to me Girls, I'm your Father!
Dropped first episode. Sorry.
Guilty Crown
I'm told its getting better, and who knows? I might pick it back up. But for now it's in the trash can.
Beelzebub
I love the manga to death, and seeing them butcher it was too much... (after 55 episodes...)
Bakuman
I also love the manga for Bakuman, but anime is really boring. I've already seen the same thing three times... (Scanlation release->English release->anime)
Chihafuya
First episode as well. Sorry.
Hunter x Hunter
Kill me Baby
Episode 3, I want to continue, but my pride won't let me...


Maybe it's just because (almost) all my dropped series are from last season, but it seems like this season is really amazing.