Kurogane’s Anime Blog

I realize it’s a bit late for “Year in Review” posts, but some inexplicable urge just compelled me to write this out. Possibly attributed to my current holiday I guess. In anyways, I suck at ranking things, so this is not a “Top Ten” styled post, but more of a focus list of shows I thought best represented the year that was 2006 for me.

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Finally finished off Zegapain 26. Definitely one of the better series’ this year, too bad it it’s not as appreciated as it should be. This year seems to be overflowing with so many great shows until some gems are totally forgotten.

Reasons why you should watch Zegapain:

* Ayako Kawasumi as Misaki Shizuno. In my opinion, one of the best characters she has played.
* The cuteness and awesomeness that is Kaminagi Ryoko.Suprisingly, her seiyuu, Kana Hanazawa is just a year younger than me.
* The melancholic mood throughout the show, supplanted with the optimism of certain characters that makes for an amazing contrasting feel.
* The whole cast.
* Great music work
* and you. (Dear God, I’m still on this song… orz)
* The surprise factor that Sunrise can actually pull a series off well.

and you (link to download, delete within 24 hours etc. etc.) is such an awesome song, I’ve been looping it non-stop the whole day…. I need the lyrics sheet, anyone knows where to get it? I did a cursory search on Google and the usual places, but I can’t seem to find it. Need to get it before I go nuts over it.

Oh, btw, Zegapain is really really awesome, up to the halfway point anyways. It’s been a while since an anime has made me actually sit down and watch 3 episodes of it in a roll and making me totally forget about the current series’, though sadly I hear the last episode hasn’t been subbed yet. I hope Megami-Anime finishes it in another…. erm, 5 hours or so, since I’ll be at that point by then, give or take a day or so.