TV/Anime – Winter 2009

So, one REALLY nice part about no longer being that “into” FFXI is that instead of feeling the urge logging in and doing stuff, I’m instead staying out of game and doing other stuff! Don’t get me wrong, half the time I’m still around my computer, I’m just not logged in. IM me on AIM if you see me online! I might be there :P

Let’s see… what’s been going on. TV wise, quite a few shows have started back up! I’m up-to-date on Battlestar Galactica, LOST, 30 Rock, The Simpsons, and American Dad. I still need to catch up on a few episodes of The Office. Knight Rider I think has finished their run with last week’s episode, and I’ll be surprised if that series continues. I’m still not certain if I want to continue watching the Terminator TV series… it doesn’t hold my attention enough to look forward to the next episode, and I’m quite a few episodes behind. Heroes should be starting up soon too… wow, it’s Feb already?

Anime wise, it’s Winter 2009! That means new season, new series and lots of figuring out what to watch! Let’s see what’s on my “must download” list

Gundam 00 S2 – Midway through this latest Gundam series. It really started last season, and while the storyline is average for a Gundam series, the action is decent and the characters pretty emo, so I’ll continue watching this xD

Tytania – Midway through this season too. It’s a slow-moving space opera with lots of politics, power play and… sipping tea while commanding large fleets of ships! Not for those who like action, but I do like the motivations behind the characters here… no one-dimensional emo characters here!

Maria-sama ga Miteru (Marimite) 4th Season – Drama/life events at an ordinary girls high school. This is such a cute series, ordinary schoolgirls going through life with their problems. Nothing fantastic, no fanservice, with snippets of life that remind me of my own high school days. That it’s in the 4th season means that it’s a popular series, but unfortunately I haven’t been able to convince anyone to watch it!

Maria+holic – Starts off looking like a copycat of Marimite that quickly turns… weird. A lesbian girl transfers to an all-girls school searching for the girl of her dreams and finds the perfect girl… or does she?

Akikan – Title means “Empty Can”. This is a totally bizarre series that features soda cans that turn into girls, and an epic fight to the death between aluminum and steel cans! Lots of fanservice too >.>

Sora o Kakeru Shoujo (The Girl who leapt through Space) – If the previous series wasn’t weird enough, this series is even weirder… as far as I can tell, it’s about a girl who is running away from arranged marriage and gets… kidnapped by a travelling deserted space colony  with an insane computer along with her robot/pet/companion thingie which goes on some sort of crazy journey that terrorizes other human colonies

Rideback – Back to more down-to-earth series… kinda. So far, Rideback is about a ballerina that has her dream as a dancer destroyed and discovers a new love in riding and racing motorcycle-robots. There seems to be some military/rebellion backstory developing as well, but right now it’s all about character development. Well worth watching!

Wow… I’m actually watching a surprising amount of stuff when I put it down like this! About 5 1/2 hours of TV per week, and that’s actually just a careful selection of the stuff out there. Plus I have a large backlog… Kannagi, White Album, plus many others, not to mention games such as Valkyria Chronicles, LittleBigPlanet and more!

Mmmm… I’ll be busy for quite a while! So what have you been up to?