The next season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya has had some details posted, including a hint as to which plots will be covered from the light novels. In typical “hardcore fan” style there are a few hoops to jump through to get to the information (which adds to the fun) but if you don’t understand Japanese it’s slightly difficult. Thankfully the ANN post reveals the details for us English-speaking fans. I’m now officially excited about the next season!
Definitely one of my favourite series to be released in recent years, Code Geass is an action-packed, dramatic original anime series that seems to have caught on quickly with anime fans. It reminds me strongly of Death Note in some ways but isn’t quite as disturbing, nor quite as much of a tense thriller. Even if you’re not usually a fan of anime series this might be one to check out.
OK, so I’ve made some comments about the Madman site in the past but lately I have been getting more and more upset by outages in the service. Right now that has really reached boiling point as I’ve been trying to get to the site for the last 7 hours. Read on for more ranting on the subject, along with some (hopefully) constructive criticism.
AnimeCons.com is a site listing anime conventions from all over the world.
If you’ve never heard of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya then what you firstly need to know is that it’s one of the most popular anime/novel series to hit the scene in a good while, to the extent of sparking a level pseudo-religious zeal, dubbed Haruhism, that comes as a sort of homage to one of the central premises of the show: that the eponymous heroine is, for all intents and purposes, God. The show itself is a superb blend of action, comedy and drama which includes plenty of deliberate fan service and a cast of strange characters, all seen from the point of view of the most incredibly normal and average person in world. Fans of anime in general will probably find something to like here.
The full Australian Anime News Network report on Manifest 2007 is up.