Saki (Intro and 01)

Saki

• Game, Comedy, Psychological, Drama, Yuri-harem (does not classify as harem)
  
• Based Off Original Manga (BOOM)
  
• Studio Gonzo (Samurai 7)

First take a look at the title splash image:

Saki (Title)

Hey, that looks pretty cool, doesn’t it? They’re skilled art designers. Nice.

Anyways, Saki is a new anime series, an adaptation of the original manga. It began airing in Tokyo this April 6th (Japan time). So that would mean there are four episodes (April 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th) that have already aired.

This anime is produced by Gonzo Studios (famous for several shounen titles). The main character, Saki, is voice-acted by Kana (Ueda Kana). You may know her from Sakuya in Hayate no Gotoku! (awesome anime!) and Anna in He is My Master (very fanservice-packed).

Saki is waiting for you! ☆

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Saki is about a high school student named Saki (咲) who is dragged into the mahjong club at her school. The members of the mahjong club are all very colorful characters, including Nodoka, a mahjong genius who is surprisingly sensitive; Yuuki, an upbeat bubbly girl who pretty much represents the loli-moe world; Kyoutarou, a nice guy who acts like he doesn’t know how to play mahjong in order for the others to teach him (in other words, to teach you); Hisa, leader of the club, also finding a chance to act cool and say some very knowledgeable lines of dialogue for the viewers; and Mako, Hisa’s friend, a computer techie.

Hayate no Gotoku!! Season 2

As Hayate no Gotoku!! season 2 of the anime adaption has been running for almost a month, I thought that it might be worth the time to blog about it. After all, I haven’t really blogged about anything for the past several months, and I thought that I should revive my habit of updating my blog (which no one probably reads, but hey, who cares) and bring people up to date.

Hayate no Gotoku! TV Anime 2nd Season starts this summer!!

Up to now, four episodes have been aired in Tokyo. The fourth episode aired less than two days ago on April 24 (Japan time). I haven’t watched any of them yet. Why? ‘Cuz I got manga to read, that’s why.

Hayate no Gotoku! Volume 19 (Japanese)

I just bought the latest volumes (18 and 19) from Japantown today. Yes, it’s in Japanese. No, you can’t find the scanlations for this, at least not yet. (You can get started in Japanese here.)

I find it a bit weird to be watching the anime when I know exactly what will happen since I’ve read the manga completely up to the latest volume, but I will definitely be watching it. Who doesn’t like an animated, colored version of a manga anyways, seriously? (Unless, of course, the studio sucks. XP)

Well, time to finish reading the manga and then start watching the anime. Then I might write another rant on how the anime/manga industry is declining, why, and how we can prevent the end of the mangaka’s world. In truth, it’s more about how most manga are now targeted towards the wrong audiences these days. Or rather, they just have the wrong ideas about what is good and what is not.