Wednesday Notes (June 28)...

Is it really already the end of June? And the summer season gets started tomorrow? Things have been going by much too quickly for me to keep up recently (^^;) Anyways, news, news...

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Studio Fantasia's New Anime (MOON PHASE)
Studio Fantasia and director Tetsuya Watanabe -- that would be the director and studio that did Kimi ga Nozomu Eien -- team up to bring a new original anime this fall titled 奏光のストレイン Soukou no Strain (ED: Corrected reading). Mankind has advanced into space, but has split into two warring factions. Sera@Ayako Kawasumi, a member of the Union, finally sees her older brother Ralph again, but he's a part of the opposing army, the Deague. Even so, Sera forces herself to fight -- will her feelings reach her brother? Guess I'll be looking forward to this one ;)

Updated June 29, 12:28PM: Official site now open with story info, characters, and staff/cast. Billed as "SF Bishoujo Mecha Action"... SF and Bishoujo and action are fine, but mecha.. my weak genre again ＿|￣|○ Do like the character design, though, and there are some seiyuu I like -- Lotti@Yukana, and Jessie@Miyu Matsuki -- so we shall see how it turns out.

Hidamari Sketch Anime (MOON PHASE)
The 4-koma by Ume Aoki that's serialized in Manga Time Kirara Carat (Hidamari Sketch on Hatena) will be made into an anime this fall. I know I've read about Hidamari Sketch somewhere before... it'll be going on my list to pick up next time I grab stuff from Amazon :)

Shouji Gatou and Nagaru Tanigawa Discuss Haruhi (MOON PHASE)
Nagaru Tanigawa (author of the Haruhi novels) and Shouji Gatou (Full Metal Panic) discuss Haruhi in this month's The Sneaker. Apparently Tanigawa-san himself is the one who suggested bringing "Asahina Mikuru no Bouken" first, shuffling around the episodes in the anime, and also ending with Yuuutsu. According to an interview with the director, he'd like to make more of Haruhi into an anime, but as of now absolutely nothing is set.

I'd be very surprised myself if a second season of Haruhi isn't made considering how successful it's been (pretty much a license to print money). I'd like to see a second season with Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu as the main story, being a Yuki fan and all ;)