Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or that the only summer 2008 anime guide you bothered to check out is THAT’s where the bloggers’ comments about it are all homophobic and doesn’t really do this series justice), you would know that Antique Bakery is not BL, or at least, not like your typical BL which is almost immediately associated with Buttsecks and Lustful panderings. It’s Buttsecks-Less! If you don’t trust me, then trust the great Omni. Or JP. Or other ones who have read the manga and know what it’s really about. (That Antique Bakery review by Floating_Sakura of Manganews is by far the best I’ve seen)

Updates
07/04 Antique Bakery official site changed, again. Hopefully now, for good.
07/01 Fixed Yakushiji Ryouko trailer link, added Slayers Revolution, Somedays Dreamers ~Natsu no Sora~, and Scarecrowman trailer link(s)
06/30 Antique Bakery site changed to FujiTV official site, Strike Witches trailer link changed to latest PV.

I love the tagline of this series, “People become stronger when they find someone they ought to protect”. rawr, so GAR

Not too long ago, I pointed out Kurenai as one of the animes I’m looking forward to in the Spring Lineup. Yes, I’m looking that far ahead. Although I don’t have the actual novel in my hands, I managed to find it *cough* somewhere else *cough* It took me weeks of perseverance, to keep me from buying the novels on impulse. I thought hard, wondering if it’ll be worth my time and money, considering the pile of unread mangas and novels (*cough* Saiunkoku *cough*) I have. I browsed through the novels again, supposedly for dispelling my excitement (the want-to-buy-it kind of excitement) for it, only to end up failing to resist it more orz.

The winds of change are blowing, bringing with it quite a number of new titles, some sequels, a whole lot of moe school girls, some working hamsters, a pinch of magical girls, and, what anime season would be complete without the obligatory petri dish of super-deformed bacteria! The Scrumptious Anime Chefs bring to you an almost complete list of this fall season’s anime.

Don’t forget to tell us what YOU will be watching. Bon appétit.

The Scrumptious Anime Chefs bring to you an almost complete list of this summer season’s anime. With a rather large disparity in our tastes, we’ve included “Chef Chaff” in each of our preview, to give you an idea of what we think of the title.

Don’t forget to tell us what YOU will be watching. Bon appétit.

Here goes part 3…
9) Shining Tears X Wind (http://shining-world.jp/tv_tearsXwind/) - airing April 6

Introduction:
This is based on the “Shining” series RPG games, namely Shining Tears and Shining Wind (hence the anime’s title of Shining Tears X Wind :3). Similar to the game, the anime’s setting is also in the [fantasy] world of Endias, where [...]

Part 2 of my thoughts and impressions on the upcoming season’s animes…
5) 神曲奏界ポリフォニカ Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica (http://www.polyphonica.tv/) - airing April 3

Introduction:
This is a world where spirits and humans coexist. In the same way as people live on the miracles brought forth by these spirits, spirits thrive on the music that these provide [or [...]

Here to post some of the upcoming animes for this season that I’m looking out for (or at least caught my interest, enough to make me watch even 1 episode) Do keep in mind that since this will be from a female POV, expect a little bias on the female (fangirl) side I still [...]