A friend of mine convinced me to check this series out, as of this writing only the first two episodes have been fansubbed. To be honest it isn't the kind of series I would normally watch, and so far not something I'd try to recommend to anyone I know, but it is pretty amusing never the less.

It is a slice of life series that revolves around four high school girls and their oddball conversations that often lean towards Japanese pop culture such as anime, manga, video games, etc. It is pretty funny, it got a few good laughs out of me, and the opening song is one of those that get stuck in your head.

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Today I received my order for Shanda the Panda issues 41 through 45, putting me finally up to date with this comic series.

The past year or so I have been struggling to get my hands on old back issues that I didn't have, finally now I have them all from 0 to 45. Strangely issue 30 was the hardest out of all to get.

Anyway, this put me in a good mood so I figured I'd post about it.

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Today I watched through all 26 episodes of Oban Star-Racers. I have been aware of this series for some time, but I never gave it any credit. Yesterday while flipping channels I caught what turned out to be the first episode, it sparked my interest a bit so I decided to torrent the whole series overnight.

After watching it through I can say it was worth watching, great characters and story. I'm surprised it is a French made series. I really like the lead character, Eva/Molly, pictured above, they did a great job on her.

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This is a great song, I need to find the full version of it.

I watched this 24 episode series through about a week ago. I liked it, there is something special about a desert wondering, sword wielding girl, and her huge, well armed tank.

I hope they do more with these characters, while it didn't have an open ending, there were plenty of loose ends.

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My cousin surprised me by giving me a first generation Skywarp for Christmas this year. This thing is in amazing condition for being about 20 years sold. I have placed it in a display case to keep it protected. Sadly my cheap digital camera does it little justice, this thing is beautiful.

When we were kids back in the mid 80s I had a Skywarp, but that one did not survive the decades as well as this one. I always liked Skywarp, if for no better reason than his awesome color scheme. I have considered a few times getting myself one off eBay, but never got around to it.

Anyway, this thing wins pretty hard.