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Capeta is a show about racing with music by avex, so I wasn't surprised to see a cameo of the AE-86 from Initial D followed by its support van. Takumi should hop in a Go Kart and teach Capeta some downhill racing skills...
Kaleido Star takes place in a town called Cape Mary, but I keep thinking it's in Santa Monica, California. The abundance of palm trees and the location near the water are enough to make me suspicious, but the appearance of a "blue bus" strengthens this belief. The big blue bus has a very distinct look, so it seems very likely that the producers were influenced by the look of Santa Monica when they were creating this show.
It was small and quaint, but it only took me a couple hours on Saturday to see everything that I wanted to really see; eating sake manju (thanks Leland) and taking a pic of a spatula in the wild were the highlights for the day. I spent most of Sunday hanging out at the Anime Expo booth asking people to fill out surveys. Fortunately, most of the people I asked didn't run off screaming "There is no God!" after seeing me...
November 20, 2005 / civet
At first, I thought that the target audience of Fancy Lala was simply that of young girls who were mostly ignorant of older pop-culture, but certain things appeared that made me change my mind.
While references to Bruce Lee are common in shoujo manga and anime, I was surprised to see Das Boot. I'm still not sure what relevance such a movie has to the magical girl genre. This is clearly an indicator that I have much to learn about that segment of Japan's population.
While the big one that I'm holding isn't quite as large as I would like, it proved its metal in battle. Besides, it's not the size, it's...
November 13, 2005 / bubo
The other week, I was at IKEA, and I noticed an item called Signum. The creators of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's were probably at IKEA wondering what to call a girl who carries around a whip-sword and were inspired when they saw the pen tray...
The middle picture is the limited edition angela whistle that I won from Studio Neko-Han-Ten (thanks again nonchan). It's surprisingly difficult to whistle Asu e no Brilliant Road with it, but I suppose it just takes practice...
While I've had okonomiyaki before, I've never actually tried to fry one up myself, so that was a pretty fun experience. I was adventurous and tried out their "Pork, curry, & cheese okonomi-yaki". Curious but good. The only drawback is that the restaurant is a bit of a drive from where I live so I can't go there that often. ;_;
November 6, 2005 / zabaglione
As I was watching Tsukuyomi ~Moon Phase~, I wondered what exactly they were trying to do with that show. It seemed serious enough, but the frequent occurance of strange things threw the mood off. I suppose they really weren't trying to be that serious given all of the falling pots, wash basins, and abundance of "neko mimi". When filming equipment starts to show up in the frames, I think that's a definite indicator of something weird...
Speaking of magical girls, the company that "Lala" works for in Fancy Lala is called lyrical production inc. What does this have to do with anything? Well, it makes me think of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. You can see other similarities in that picture I posted before between Miho and Nanoha. I know that Nanoha borrows from a lot of other shows so I wonder if the creator was partly inspired by this.
Finally, Raven from the World of Eternity forums was playing Fate/hollow ataraxia when he noticed a spatula (lower left) during one of the attacks, proving the offensive capabilities of a certain type of kitchen utensil. Sure there are others there, but they are merely distractions for the real attack...
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