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This weekend was the unofficial start to summer. Blech hot weather, insects, reruns, half-naked strangers.

Thought winter was a slow time for anime, but it looks like slim pickings for this summer's season, too. Here's a quick list of the not-so-horrible-looking anime starting in July:
Natsuyuki Rendevous: Young man falls in love with a florist ( Read more... )

..they have ridiculous outfits, semi-silly choreography, and weird fluffy hair, but Shinee's Sherlock performances are strangely addictive.
"I love you...but why are you dressed like my grandmother...." (slight edit) - most apt comment there.

and the other item of note, I like FT Island's new j-pv, Stay.

I enjoy the odd humor in FT Island's Hello Hello PV. They've returned to Korean angst pop. Ya.

So watching some random episode of WGM, and noticed that like using a variety of background music from 10-15-ish years ago. Judy and Mary's Jitensha was used a few times. It's such a good summer-y song.

Ao no Exorcist 6! Hilarious filler involving the ( Read more... )

is at 6pm tomorrow?

The new Hagaren trailer looks mildly interesting. The new characters look like they are coming from another show.

Good Luck My Way would be an ok title if they inserted another word in there somewhere. And it sounds unsurprisingly like their other Hagaren songs. L'Arc En Ciel's 20th Anniversary song...makes me smile anyway. ( Read more... )

I was buried in work when this came out last month. Poor Jang Geun Suk, I think he was channeling cheesy 80's jpop when he chose his new Japanese single, Let Me Cry.

Skimmed Lee Hong-ki in Muscle Girl. I don't think the drama is as funny as it tries to be, but I may watch a few episodes. The drama is about a young girl and her late father's debt- ( Read more... )

Itzura na Kiss has been made into a kdrama which starts next week. I don't have much hope from it after seeing the extended preview. Kim Hyun-joong ('Rui' in Boys Before Flowers) is about 10 years too old to be in high school while Jung So-min (stalker sister in Bad Guy) is only about 5 years too old to be in high school. She lacks the special ( Read more... )

How are those A.N.JELL boys doing nowadays?
FT Island just debuted their first single in Japan. The PV for 'Flower Rock' features Hong-ki singing in Japanese which can't be as bad as DBSK.

CN Blue released their 2nd mini album, Blue Love. The MV for 'LOVE' features a playful sounding song. not much to say about the other tracks..And how about ( Read more... )