Originally a popular shoujo light-novel by Tani Mizue started in 2004, I didn’t have any idea what it was before Nana voiced the leading female in its drama CD adaptation last year. I wasn’t that interested until I knew its anime version will be airing next season.

Set in England during the Victorian era of 19th century, the fantasy tale follows a fairy doctor and a blue knight count in their journey to find a legendary sword. Despite their stupid job names and seemingly shallow plot, this might be a good alternative to replace Allison to Lillia to get my weekly dose of decent Nana anime.

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Original character design

Animation by Artland and directed by Soutome Kouichiro, I’m expecting this to be at least as good as Bokura ga Ita. They brought us the awesome Mushi-shi and likeable (but brainless) Umisho too. Composer Gokita Takehito is responsible for music, and apparently J-pop band AciD FLavoR gets the OP. The character design looks very shoujo, but it’s pretty good.

Cast

Midorikawa Hikaru and Mizuki Nana will lead the cast as count Edgar J.C. Ashenheart and fairy doctor Lydia Carlton. Yuuki Hiro as Nico, Lydia’s fairy partner in a cat’s form. Koyasu Takehito as Kelpie, a tall-dark-bishonen fairy. Sugita Tomokazu as Raven, the count’s loyal servant. Kamiya Hiroshi as Paul Firman, an artist who likes to draw fairies.

The rest of the cast hasn’t been confirmed, but the drama CD line-up looks good. I spotted Kugimiya Rie, Asano Masumi, Miyake Kenta, Chafurin, Ohkawa Tohru, Miyano Mamoru, Sendai Eri, Yonaga Tsubasa, Sasaki Yuko, etc. Dunno who will make the cut though.

More information in the official site.

Absolutely the best news since… I forgot, too many bad things happened to me in the past week: I got mizuki-nana.net but I couldn’t make anything yet due to nonstop labor work (even today), I even forgot to order first-press-now-sold-out Slayers Megumix, then my hard disk died (along with all my pr0n image collection and Mizuki Nana photos I’ve gathered forever), and lazy Aussie Post Office holding on my Minorin DVD and Makkun tribute album. -_-;

The almighty cast is back~

I still feel the pain of scanning all my crap once again, but Rondo Robe really made my day for announcing second OVA of IchiMashi. Yay! Nobue is my favorite character ever, for her love of cigarette and underage girls. And while I actually got into seiyuu thanks to Marimite, it was Ichimashi that got me into stalking them. Chiba Saeko and Orikasa Fumiko are yummy~

Yum!

..back to work now.

..for making my dreams come true.

First, Marimite DVD trailer was posted today.
LOL at “Lady Sachiko Ogasawara”, but no worries, they’re doing us fans a big favor by releasing TWO subtitles for Marimite, the other one retains the original honorifics~ xD

Looking at the trailer brings back memories.. Marimite was one of the first anime I really liked and also responsible in making me a seiyuu fan (still tops my list as the best ensemble cast ever).

Coming next in September is ARIA, one of the best anime of all time. I should refrain from praising/talking about the series here otherwise I’ll start babbling a seriously long crap, lol.

Actually, they will release Emma: A Victorian Romance first in June. I haven’t seen the anime, but I recall liking the manga long time ago, maybe it’s time to watch it.

*cough* It’s only subtext

And so, I’ve pre-ordered all of them~ my very first R1 DVDs. Have to worry about the player later -I only got one drive each for R2 (Jap) and R4 (Aus). They’re at an unbelievably cheap bargain at US$37.49/boxset (pre-order price, heck, I’d pay triple and it’s still way cheaper than R2 releases).

For Marimite, you get the whole first season that comes without dub (!), 7 specials (those cute Naisho chibis~), and character bios + liner notes (must be the soeur system explanation). Wondering if they gonna release the 3 fan-discs too..

I’m actually pretty surprised RightStuf/Nozomi picked up those anime.. they seem to pay more attention for the niche market. Madman will NEVER release them here; the chance is as big as Narucrap goes slice-of-life.

On the other note, I shouldn’t get my hopes up high, but I’m seriously praying they will also pick up Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha. But maybe not, since those Amerikans must be afraid seeing the little girls’ transformation scenes, lol~ xD

Ditto

So yeah, please support Marimite/Aria/Emma if you liked it.