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咲‐Saki‐アンテナの皆さん、国際最萌リーグはご存知ですか。好きなアニメキャラに投票してワイワイしたりハァハァしたりするアレの一種です。こっちは2008年からやっていて、世界中のアニメファンの参加を歓迎する前提で行われています。 2010年に咲‐Saki‐のキャラもメイントーナメントに登場しました。わかりやすい作品の方は人気が出やすいという印象ですが、ところどころ咲‐Saki‐シリーズを応援する票を見ると、何となくあたたかい気持ちになります。（ちなみに怜ちゃんと穏乃ちゃんが一番の人気者のようです。） なので、咲‐Saki‐のキャラクターを応援したいという方がいればぜひ参加してください。ちょうど今指名期間になっています。ここから指名できます（日本語で投票してもOKです）。左側にキャラ名・右側にシリーズ名を入れます。 ただし、せめて三つのアニメシリーズのキャラクターを入れないと票は無効になるので、咲‐Saki‐のキャラクターを沢山入れたい方は咲‐Saki‐のキャラクターを12人まで入れて、残り二人を別のシリーズ二本のキャラクターにしないといけません。まぁ、咲‐Saki‐以外のアニメをあまり見ない方はジブリとかでも大丈夫でしょうｗ。 14日まで投票できるので、興味のある方はぜひ。   続きを読む →

咲‐Saki‐アンテナの皆さん、国際最萌リーグはご存知ですか。好きなアニメキャラに投票してワイワイしたりハァハァしたりするアレの一種です。こっちは2008年からやっていて、世界中のアニメファンの参加を歓迎する前提で行われています。 2010年に咲‐Saki‐のキャラもメイントーナメントに登場しました。わかりやすい作品の方は人気が出やすいという印象ですが、ところどころ咲‐Saki‐シリーズを応援する票を見ると、何となくあたたかい気持ちになります。（ちなみに怜ちゃんと穏乃ちゃんが一番の人気者のようです。） なので、咲‐Saki‐のキャラクターを応援したいという方がいればぜひ参加してください。ちょうど今指名期間になっています。ここから指名できます（日本語で投票してもOKです）。左側にキャラ名・右側にシリーズ名を入れます。 ただし、せめて三つのアニメシリーズのキャラクターを入れないと票は無効になるので、咲‐Saki‐のキャラクターを沢山入れたい方は咲‐Saki‐のキャラクターを12人まで入れて、残り二人を別のシリーズ二本のキャラクターにしないといけません。まぁ、咲‐Saki‐以外のアニメをあまり見ない方はジブリとかでも大丈夫でしょうｗ。 14日まで投票できるので、興味のある方はぜひ。   続きを読む →

A short rundown of 2014 anime shows containing commentary on religious/spiritual matters, for anyone interested in the topic matter and wondering what shows they should catch up on from the year gone by. The list is organized in alphabetical order of the English titles and only contains those 2014 series I had a chance to […] 続きを読む →

With another year behind us, time to share the best of the recent anime offerings. As always at this place, I have a Top 12 list. What is different from usual is that movies, OVAs and ongoing shows are all off-limits. With plenty of good shows out this year, it was difficult enough cutting the […] 続きを読む →

While Saki may be described as a series about high school girls activating crazy powers to crush each other in mahjong, this episode was much more about those characters failing to activate or capitalize on their powers. For a short list: Yuuki bites off more than she can chew when in the south round, and […] 続きを読む →

While Saki may be described as a series about high school girls activating crazy powers to crush each other in mahjong, this episode was much more about those characters failing to activate or capitalize on their powers. For a short list: Yuuki bites off more than she can chew when in the south round, and […] 続きを読む →

This week’s Saki showed the first half of the vanguard match, which means it was a Yuuki episode through and through. But it was more than Yuuki raking in some points while she still can – Ritz made it a point to show how Yuuki overcame several of her main weaknesses in the short period […] 続きを読む →

This week’s Saki showed the first half of the vanguard match, which means it was a Yuuki episode through and through. But it was more than Yuuki raking in some points while she still can – Ritz made it a point to show how Yuuki overcame several of her main weaknesses in the short period […] 続きを読む →

Readers, are your brains okay? Ehem. Keeping things short and simple as I will be very busy until next week. Way to go rejoicing about finally being able to enter the nationals right in front of your senpai who will not be able to participate… They are lucky Subara-chan is an angel. She is too […] 続きを読む →

Readers, are your brains okay? Ehem. Keeping things short and simple as I will be very busy until next week. Way to go rejoicing about finally being able to enter the nationals right in front of your senpai who will not be able to participate… They are lucky Subara-chan is an angel. She is too […] 続きを読む →

The second episode is here, and with it the new OP and ED songs! In the pic above, we have Saki showing off a west wind tile – since that particular tile has no personal link to Saki, I assume it represents the western (B) tournament bracket Kiyosumi found itself in. The OP song is […] 続きを読む →

The second episode is here, and with it the new OP and ED songs! In the pic above, we have Saki showing off a west wind tile – since that particular tile has no personal link to Saki, I assume it represents the western (B) tournament bracket Kiyosumi found itself in. The OP song is […] 続きを読む →

So begins the reunion with the much beloved cast of one of the craziest mahjong anime out there. I hope to cover this series regularly, with my impressions coming out later into the week for scheduling reasons. Did I like the opening episode? You bet I did. Some people were dissatisfied with the lack of […] 続きを読む →

So begins the reunion with the much beloved cast of one of the craziest mahjong anime out there. I hope to cover this series regularly, with my impressions coming out later into the week for scheduling reasons. Did I like the opening episode? You bet I did. Some people were dissatisfied with the lack of […] 続きを読む →

This is a story from a long time ago. The story of a girl, mahjong, and one more girl.  Word has been out already that Ritz and Aguri liked working together enough to start another Saki-related project following the completion of Saki Achiga-hen, but so far we could only speculate on what the new serialization […] 続きを読む →

This is a story from a long time ago. The story of a girl, mahjong, and one more girl.  Word has been out already that Ritz and Aguri liked working together enough to start another Saki-related project following the completion of Saki Achiga-hen, but so far we could only speculate on what the new serialization […] 続きを読む →

You know I have my gripes with Shiraitodai as a team. Their team creation method that insists on gathering players of a single type is downright ridiculous, making it completely possible that half of the school’s top 10 players end up warming the bench while amateurs (coughSeikocough) that got lucky to team up with Teru […] 続きを読む →

You know I have my gripes with Shiraitodai as a team. Their team creation method that insists on gathering players of a single type is downright ridiculous, making it completely possible that half of the school’s top 10 players end up warming the bench while amateurs (coughSeikocough) that got lucky to team up with Teru […] 続きを読む →

Initial broadcast dates for the two final episodes of the Saki Achiga-hen anime have been announced: Ep. 15 (AT-X) 2013.4.02（Tuesday） 19:30～20:00 Ep. 16 (AT-X) 2013.5.25（Saturday）19:30～20:00 The manga has recently finished it’s run, so watch out for spoilers until then. 続きを読む →

Initial broadcast dates for the two final episodes of the Saki Achiga-hen anime have been announced: Ep. 15 (AT-X) 2013.4.02（Tuesday） 19:30～20:00 Ep. 16 (AT-X) 2013.5.25（Saturday）19:30～20:00 The manga has recently finished it’s run, so watch out for spoilers until then. 続きを読む →

The Saki universe has two types of mahjong matches: individual and team matches. What we get to see in the anime is mostly the latter. But to be honest, most Saki teams are pretty crappy at doing this “team” thing. Shows like Chihayafuru make it clear that a team battle is something completely different from […] 続きを読む →

Recent interview with series director Ono reveals that the Saki Achiga-hen special episodes will continue until episode 16, one episode longer than previously revealed. Well, the more the better. The more detailed the portrayal of a Saki match, the more impressive it is, so more time can never hurt. If only they had done Achiga […] 続きを読む →

The 13th episode of Saki Achiga introduced us to two new abilities: Sumire’s [Sharpshooter] skill, which aligns her waits with a chosen victim’s predicted discards, and Takami’s [Harvest time], which lets her draw a hand composed of all her initial discards throughout the match in the very last dealing of the game. Unlike Sumire’s ability, […] 続きを読む →

  Picking a list of twelve favorite shows for this year’s AniBlogger Choice Anime Awards was quite a challenge. Deciding on the top ten was easy enough, but after that, I ran out of shows I feel really deserved the recommendation. Normally, I would just put in an ambitious-if-flawed series in there and be done […] 続きを読む →

After a long, long wait we now know the initial broadcast date for the 13th episode of Saki, Achiga-hen. The episode will air on AT-X channel on the 24th of December, starting from 23:30 o’clock. There is still no officially confirmed information available concerning the release dates of episodes 14 and 15. Saki, Achiga-hen is […] 続きを読む →

There is a track in the Saki-Achiga soundtrack entitled Miyanaga Teru. This is not exactly something to write home about. The character bearing that name appears in the show, and there is nothing unusual about her getting a track to herself. But for some reason, the track title stands out from those for other characters. […] 続きを読む →

Some of you expected me to go gaga over episode 12 of Achiga, and I won’t disappoint. I don’t think a single post is enough to cover all the points of note, so I’ll start things off with the main character. Onjouji Toki. It goes without saying that she has been overdoing things, taking crazy […] 続きを読む →

Exam time over, back to mahjong girls.   Saki 11 had more of Teru going wild, Subara’s ‘sacrificial pawn’ one-liner that had many Japanese fans swoon and Toki realizing that yes, the nationals make you do crazy things.   It also had Toki and Subara stopping Teru’s East 4 dealer turn.   How the two […] 続きを読む →

The more Teru dominates the table in recent Saki episodes, the more does Toki act like a main character, pushing the Achiga representative Kuro ever deeper into the shadows… Which reminds me of a different sickly (up to a point), time-manipulating girl who went to steal the spotlight of her own series late into the […] 続きを読む →

If you are watching Fate/zero (like everyone else this season), you might remember that Kiritsugu’s parents came up with his name, which translates to ”to cut and join again”, after finding out that this unusual process was his origin, or the centerpiece of his existence as an individual. Names are important in any culture, but […] 続きを読む →

Today, we’ll be delving somewhat deeper into episode 8 of Saki, Achiga-hen. As opposed to last time, we’ll have to make do with relatively few pictures of cute girls playing mahjong in this post. Instead, there’ll be plenty of mahjong tiles involved (not much of an equivalent exchange, is it?) Today’s question is: “What was […] 続きを読む →

There is a story out there about a group of girls achieving their dreams through mahjong. It is a story where hope and hard work open the path toward a miracle.   Achiga is not that story.   Achiga is the story of girls who refuse to blink even as their faces are battered by […] 続きを読む →

Introducing an amusing pastime the Saki staff set up for us – Achiga’s What to Discard? The basic idea is the same as the chess puzzles that sometimes appear in western newspapers. You pick one tile which you consider the best discard and click on it. You’ll be taken to a screen saying what tiles […] 続きを読む →

Achiga-hen might not be perfect, but it can be damn impressive when it wants to. Like here: In the scene pictured above, Harue dukes it out with the Achiga girls, but nobody’s faces or positions are revealed for the game shown. Question: Who is sitting to Harue’s left? Hint: Long story short, Kuro discards her […] 続きを読む →