Tu Year Anniversary

Happy posting as Blog de LaFlaga enters its second year of pointless musings.

Hidamari Sketch ~ Toukubetsu Hen

New radio drama from the very talented seiyuu of Hidamari Sketch. Massugu GO! (listen and you'll understand).

ARIA of My Vacation

BOAS just spent some wonderful memories with ARIA the Natural that pretty much constitute the entirety of my vacation this summer. That may sound BAD; but let me remind you of the feeling you get after a real vacation (I need a vacation). At least AQUA isn't some kind of Kincaid Antiguan pseudo-paradise. May ARIA sing out gently to your hearts in need of R&R ^_^

とび魚のバタフライ / 世界が終わる夜に

New Single from Chatmonchy--you know that Japanese chick band that did the ending for Hataraki Man.

Touka Gettan OP/ED Singles

Opening better than ending; good bonus tracks on both singles.

Siren (The Singing Water Fairy)

LaFlaga needs more pretty pictures

Ayakashi ~ Samurai Horror

Domesticated by Geneon.

Ayakashi

Rozen Maiden

BOAS caught an banner ad for the US release of Rozen Maiden Vol 1 from Geneon and I swear the subtitle was "Some dolls you just don't play with". Who writes this stuff? Personally, I would have went with "because we're man enough to watch other men play with dolls" (>_<)

www.rozendvd.com

Touka Gettan In Reverse

BOAS doesn't know if everyone who watches Touka Gettan knows this but it is being aired in reverse chronological order--that is the first is the last and the last is the first. Makes a bit more sense now doesn't it? No? Yeah me neither.

SRC: ANN

At the Movies with BOAS

So just picked up a couple of movies and one is Kamikaze Girls (AKA Shimotsuma Monogatari) which is absolutely brilliant, hilarious, rococo. But BOAS also happened across a super discounted DVD of Millennium Actress and felt so sorry that I just had to buy it. Maybe some people don't agree with me but Millennium Actress is really a movie only a critic could love.

VIZ: Kamikaze Girls
Millennium Actress The Movie

Just a quick follow up; Millennium Actress is better than I remembered it to be. Still kinda cheesy but heart felt.

Teddy

Are you serious!? I mean will these things have red crosses painted on them?

BBC: Robot Teddy BEAR Rescues Soldiers

AIR Manga in Russian

A scanlation group that is translating LaFlaga's release of AIR into Russian. Give them your support!

Kuroshiro

FAQ Page up on LaFlaga

http://laflaga.googlepages.com/faq.html

It's All About Style

Some tips for coding with style that is clear and concise

IBM Developers Network

And how to do the opposite

How to write unmaintainable code

But at least you'll have job security ;)

Touka Gettan OST

It has Momoka on the cover :)

But don't be confused that this is the music from the anime--it isn't! BOAS will be looking forward to the anime OST as well. Doesn't that music between Touka and Yumiko sound a bit cheeky?

Kami-chama Karin OP Single Ankoku Tengoku

The opening single for Kami-chama Karin titled Ankoku Tengoku is new from ALI PROJECT. It's got a jazz rhythm that's pretty interesting.

"I AM GOD", Kami-chama Karin

China's Sola

This picture from the Associated Press found on the BBC world news page shows Chinese workers dressed in Army fatigues holding out umbrellas for the Chinese Congress. ARE THOSE THE UMBRELLAS FROM SOLA?

I don't know what to title this?

So it's basically some pictures about Chinese performance artists living in a glass box day and night somewhere in Beijing. AND NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT!

SRC: BBC World News

This Season With BOAS

Everything has been terribly busy but BOAS still wants to share some picks for this anime season:

1. Touka Gettan
2. Claymore
3. Lucky Star
4. Shining Tears X Wind
5. Seto no Hanayome
6. Kiss Dum Engage Planet
7. Sola
8. Murder Princess

Namida Ichirin

That's the title of the insert song for Seto no Hanayome--it's very enka. There needs to be way more enka in popular entertainment and anime; that's just BOAS' opinion. Here are the lyrics:

涙―輪

夜桜 背に舞い落ちる
どこへ行く道か
親がくれた命ひとつ
うまく抱いてもやれず

泣いてどうなるものでしょうか
ふと見上げた空の彼方

仁義あらば 花となろう
義理に咲いた あだ花
涙 散る花

情は 岸辺も知らず
流れゆく川か
舟をつなぐ綱のもろさ
東も西も遠く

訊いてどうなるものでしょうか
ただうつつの旅の行方

仁義あらば 風も吹こう
義理に咲いた あだ花
涙 散る花

Listen to it on YouTube