I managed to finish “RahXephon”. I’m not quite sure what I think of it yet, but it is a good series (with some parallels to “Neon Genesis / Shin Seiki Evangelion”, but oddly enough they’re not the ones which seem to be most apparent at the beginning of the series). But I am not a big fan of the singing (except for Quon’s “La La?”)… ^_^
You can safely start watching “Witch Hunter Robin” at episode #11 and not miss any of the story (well… watch eps #01-02, too – for the introduction). But the story seems to be worth it… As an aside: Why has noone made a Robin-wallpaper of her in that spandex-biking outfit? <nudge> ^_^
“Gatekeepers 21” is surprisingly good. In fact, it’s excellent (in contrast to the TV series). It’s set 30 years later, still has the “obligatory” schoolgirls, but is much darker and gloomy in feel and concentrates on a much smaller cast of 3 (arguably 4) main characters. It just made my current top-five anime list out of nowhere… ^_^
watched “Lords of the Rings – The Two Towers” and liked it… ^_^ Quite a bit darker than the Fellowship but that was to be expected… They still manage some comic relief (mostly through Gimli)!
Also finished “Scryed”. Simple, but extremely well-done fighting / mecha series w/ a strong back-story (and no filler episodes… whoah!). Now off to revise for exams… 🙁
Bought a new pair of earbuds: sony’s MDR-EX70LP. They rest completely within your ear-canal, but are the most comfortable ones I’ve used (and sound very nice (for earbuds ;))). But rather expensive… :p
“Metroid Fusion” for the Gameboy Advance kicks butt! Just like “Super Metroid 3” for the Super Nintendo / Famicon and “Metroid 2” for the original Gameboy (which from a marketing point of view is probably called Gameboy Classic now ^_^), both of which I’ve played tirelessly. Great mood, music, and interesting story!
As an aside, I’m quite impressed w/ the hardware of the Gameboy Advance (ignoring the passively lit display)…