Potluck: AAA Errata, Haruhi DVD Ordering, Show Suggestions
Posted on March 2nd, 2007 by CalAggie in Potluck
There was also a head-on camera angle.
Okay, first off: I have two corrections to make to Monday’s AAA post. #1 is that the individual awards are also called Mechas. I could have sworn I had read about that name a couple months ago and just plain forgot until I looked at some of the stories published after the ceremony. #2 is that you CAN stream the ceremony online, according to ANN. (Windows Media Player handled it well for me.) After the jump: my experience watching the awards, comments on the Haruhi R1 dual-ordering, and a call for suggestions of anime to show during empty spots in club.
I watched the whole thing this afternoon and it’s just under an hour long. It looked like I was watching a panel given the size of the room and volume of the audience. That is a actually a good thing because it provides a homey atmosphere like other non-mainstream industry awards shows (e.g. AIAS, Webbys). One nice thing that happened throughout was all the winners thanking the original creators; however, the running joke of Pierre Bernard and his Recliner of Rage didn’t really catch on and flew over the heads of many attendees.
The next thing I want to shortly discuss is the different episode ordering of R1 Haruhi DVDs. This still confuses me a little after having the news roll around in my head over the past couple days. As far as I understand it from the explanation on the ASOS Brigade site, the regular edition releases will follow the chronological order (Haruhi order) while the special editions of volumes 2-4 will include episodes in the original TV broadcast sequence (Kyon order) that are subtitled only. I think I’m going to stick with the regular edition DVDs after pre-ordering the FLCL collection from RightStuf and then seeing it sold for much cheaper on Buy.com several weeks later. I just don’t think that the extra $25 is worth it for the box, CD, original ordering, and other extras. Although the “lemon” covers are tempting…
Finally, I am taking over showing duties (and becoming club president) in late March for my anime club and I’ll be forced to fill out some timeslots as the 24/26-episode series we’re currrently watching start wrapping up. I will need three to four anime for the 4 weeks of May meetings and I’m looking for unlicensed comedies and shoujo that are easily obtainable over fansubs. On my own, I came up with Nodame Cantabile, Bokura ga Ita, and Manabi Straight. I’m considering some shows (NHK, Geass, Kanon) that I would rather save for fall but I’m willing to show the first couple installments of them if need be. Any suggestions?
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Zero no Tsukaima is laughable and worthwhile but its only 13 episodes.
Well that’s why it’s gonna get a second season sometime this year.