People mocked me (not really). They said I was wrong (but not, since I never explicitly mentioned it here). They called me crazy (for entirely unrelated reasons), but today I have proven myself correct-ish!

I knew it was Lady, gosh-darnit!

Still, I do wonder if the “We’re All Lady!!” line precludes Ryo Akizuki from an appearance in the anime adaptation. It also strikes me that we are never specifically informed of the characters state of readiness. Ho-hum.

(It also also strikes me that I could have gotten a decent comic out of the Ryo “We’re All Lady!!” thing…)

That’s how many copies Redline sold in it’s first week on sale in Japan – blu-ray and DVD combined, indications are that it sold a mere 3134 copies. That must be a bit of a downer for the staff who’ve spent the last seven years crafting possibly the most visually resplendent animated movie Japan has ever committed to film. I really don’t get Japan sometimes.
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From episode 8 of the soon-to-be-sequeled Working!! (Or Wagnaria!! if you are looking at the US boxart), from Yamadas fabulous penthouse apartment (or, rather, the loft-space above the restaurant).

Yes, I realise it doesn’t actually say Mikan, but I’ve claimed far more ambiguous examples in the past. That familiar blue-stripe makes me inclined to think it’s definitely a Mikan box rather than a container for some other, more boring variety of citrus fruit.

(It’s strikes me that I’m glad that Yukiho doesn’t take her androphobia to quite the same extremes as Inami – things could get very bloody very quickly were she to start striking every man she passed with that shovel of hers. Very bloody indeed…)

(I actually spotted this one a couple of weeks ago, but neglected to post about it at the time. This procrastination resulted in me being placed in something of a predicament as I failed to remember exactly which episode it was in. The lesson here is… never blog. I think).

Whilst this seasons crop of anime may be proving disappointing in the most important of aspects, thankfully my manga backlog is proving more fruitful, as this panel from the fourth volume of 20th Century Boys displays. Good series, that is.

I wish I could say that this was me catching up with the huge stack of manga I bought at MCM a couple of months ago… but this was one of the volumes I had before hand, meaning that this is merely the preamble to that. They’ve released another volume of 20th Century Boys since then as well – I just don’t have the time at the moment.

Which might explain why I’ve not updated ‘Waffle much recently. The absence is absolutely not intentional in any way. Honest, Guv’nor. Definitely not just me pulling a Berserk and playing iDOLM@STER.

(Oh, and if anyone knows better about the lack of mikan boxes this season (sans Bakatest – I kind of feel that one is almost cheating in terms of saturation, if the first season was anything to go by) feel free to let me know, preferably with pictorial evidence…)

((Fruitful was an entirely accidental pun))

From episode… well, Mr Shillito didn’t mention which when he submitted it over the Twitters, but I’m presuming it’s one of the later ones.

In a curious twist of timing, NISA announced that they’ve picked up the US license for the show, even if it won’t likely see the light of day until next year. I would say it was the most surprising license of the AnimExpo weekend, but I can’t really say I expected anyone to pick up Ro-Kyu-Bu of all things (or Loups-Garous given the complete lack of positive things I’ve read about both the book and the anime). Still, it’s a Go Negai property that isn’t exactly rife with the super-robots or hyper-violence that Negai tends to be known for in the West, which I guess makes it a curious pick up if nothing else.