The Scrumptious Anime Chefs bring to you an almost complete list of this spring 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 app�tit.

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The Scrumptious Anime Chefs bring to you an almost complete list of this winter season’s anime. Yes, it’s back, albeit late! 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 app�tit.

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I somewhat had the motivation to translate this fun little interview of the Seiyuu cast (and later on, director Sayama herself), though I got tired not long after and just summarized some of the parts orz. I even asked help from my sensei for this because I fail a lot, even he said this is complicated o.O I know this translation is not really accurate, but alas, I don�t think anyone else has bothered translating this, so you�ve got no choice haha. If anyone of you knows if there�s a Chinese translation available for this, do tell� that�ll help enlighten me.

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I�ve been reading the Hakushaku to Yousei novel since last week (slowly, because I was preoccupied with other stuff), and I�m enjoying the read so far. The start seemed a little shaky, I had a hard time picturing the Victorian-esque Western setting due to lack of vivid details, though I�m not really sure if it�s got something to do with my lack of comprehension or the writing itself (I haven�t read enough fantasy books to be a �good� critic). But that�s nothing compared to the priceless antics I�m seeing from the Fairy Doctor Lydia and the Count Edgar, and this is exactly why I actually said I�m enjoying this little adventure.

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It’s almost time for the fall animes, and I’ve completely lost the will to finish our Fall Preview orz. So screw it, I’m just going to pimp the shows I want, hurrah! I’m also dragging my fellow chefs with this, because they have more insightful things to say than I do. *Seleria feels the cold metal gun muzzle on her neck*

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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)

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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.

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Toshokan Sensou FTW o/ (Iku completely agrees too!)

Only a few days till the airing of Toshokan Sensou, and I sure hope you guys are excited as I am (or even more!) for this show! Time for the final pimping, before this hits the airwaves! :3

If my previous pimpings were not enough to convince you to watch this, I sure hope this PV does +___+ Pure P.I.G. Awesomeness~!!! The SD-ish distorted faces are really cute And both the OP and ED song are <3333

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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.

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Last season, I initially planned to cook-up a comprehensive first impressions post on the fall animes I watched, but before I even got a glimpse of most of them, I already found myself joining the bandwagon of blogging Shugo Chara, KimiKiss, My Condolences Ninomiya-kun, and Suteki Tantei Labyrinth. In the end, my originally intended post never materialized. I dropped one show after another as time went by, leaving only KimiKiss (and the Shugo Chara manga, if that counts) in my current blogging schedule. I lost the passion and drive to blog Saiunkoku and Emily along the way as well, and up until now I’m still trying to rekindle that flame =__=

This time around, I decided to take it slow, to delight in what the Winter ‘08 animes has to offer, before deciding on which shows to blog. Despite how several shows piqued my interest, namely True Tears, Persona, Porfy no Nagai Tabi, Shigofumi, Spice and Wolf, Hatenkou Yuugi, Hakaba Kitarou and KimiAru, I can’t seem to bring myself to write about these shows. These animes struck a chord with me, but somehow, it wasn’t enough inspiration for a write-up (the KimiAru deep frying I did isn’t really a proper write-up, but just a random “lol”).

Winter’s Block is making me feel like a sad girl in the snow. It’s not you, winter animes, it’s me.

I’ve never been a good writer. If there’s one thing that blogging has really taught me, it’s that I should not have taken reading [English books] and writing for granted, during the “formative years” of my life. Sorry, mom, I now realize how foolish I am for not listening to your advice. But that’s not the point. The thing is, with the lack of ability to articulately express myself, especially for shows I can’t [fully] get into, I am not able to churn out a “worthwhile” post. With this, I come to the conclusion that the problem lies with me and my current Winter’s Block. The most plausible and convenient reason I can think of behind this phenomenon is that, I left my heart somewhere else, in the season of Spring~ yes that’s right. Deliberately or not, I found myself not wanting to become attached to the Winter shows, in light of what is to come in the next season. I feel like singing, “O Come All Ye Spring 2008 Animes” now, actually

My Newtype magazines just made this worse, as it allowed me to do some sort of “time leap”, and I became excited for what Spring ‘08 has to offer instead. I guess this also explains why I wasn’t able to cook up a Winter 2008 Anime “Menu” / Season Preview? Though I think I owe much of that to laziness, procrastination, and loneliness (bunnies need company to be able to GIVE IT ALL THEY’VE GOT, after all)
Having known the roots of my Winter�s Block, I obviously cannot go about proclaiming how the Winter season of animes suck. I�ve already lost the �right� to proclaim that with what I�ve mentioned thus far. If you�re looking for a guide for the Winter season of shows, I�m sorry to say that I cannot be a hermit bunny at this state of hibernation. And besides, there are other blogs out there which are more qualified for that, IMO. So instead of forcing myself to post about the current shows [halfheartedly], I’ll just stick to what I’ve already been doing and continue to look at what lies ahead, while not losing focus of the present (aka watching Winter shows, and blogging what I�m supposed to). Allow me then to guide you into the world of Spring! Wai~ So yeah, all this lengthy introduction is just to tell you guys, that I’ll be providing “Snapshots of Spring 2008″ in the coming months, as I scan pages from Newtype / Animedia, for the greater good. ^^;;;

Enjoy the pics~! Let’s all be happy and look forward to Spring! =3

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