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> <channel><title>TheAkiba &#187; Queen&#8217;s Blade</title> <atom:link href="http://theakiba.com/tag/queens-blade/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://theakiba.com</link> <description>Anime News and Reviews</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:16:38 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>April 2009 New Anime Guide</title><link>http://theakiba.com/april-2009-new-anime-guide/</link> <comments>http://theakiba.com/april-2009-new-anime-guide/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:50:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>YoU</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Anime]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fullmetal Alchemist]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hatsukoi Limited]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hayate the Combat Butler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[K-ON!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Koihime Musou]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pandora Hearts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Phantom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Preview]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Queen's Blade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shangri-La]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tayutama -Kiss on my Deity-]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tears to Tiara]]></category> <category><![CDATA[To Love-Ru]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://theakiba.com/?p=195</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>April is coming and all I see is nothing but the flood of Anime rushing towards my screen. Spring/April Anime always contains lots of outstanding ones, say Code Geass. What's coming this Spring? Here we go! (Please note that some of the summary of the Anime via Anime News Network).</p><p>This post <a
href="http://theakiba.com/april-2009-new-anime-guide/">April 2009 New Anime Guide</a> was written originally at <a
href="http://theakiba.com">TheAkiba</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>April is coming and all I see is nothing but the flood of Anime rushing towards my screen. Spring/April Anime always contains lots of outstanding ones, say Code Geass. What&#8217;s coming this Spring? Here we go! (Please note that some of the summary of the Anime via <a
href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com">Anime News Network</a>).<br
/> <a
href="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325001.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3337" title="20090325001" src="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325001-640x403.jpg" alt="20090325001" width="640" height="403" /></a></p><h2>Queen’s Blade -Rurou no Senshi- / クイーンズブレイド 流浪の戦士 (TV)</h2><p>Date: April 2nd 2009</p><p>Episodes: 12</p><p>Official Website: <a
href="http://queensblade.tv/">http://queensblade.tv/</a></p><p>In 4 years time the competition that will decide who the next Queen shall be will start. The strongest warrior will continue to rule the country according to tradition and expand it. The contestants need only be older than 12 years. They need not be human, intelligent or even of that country. The rules for the tournament are simple: murder is allowed. Any weapon can be chosen. The winner is decided when one of the participants flees or can&#8217;t move anymore. Such event is broadcasted trough a crystal sphere by the court&#8217;s magic teacher to all population to see and enjoy.</p><p>Enjoy the nice scan! ^^<br
/> <a
href="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325013.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3353" title="20090325013" src="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325013-640x398.jpg" alt="20090325013" width="640" height="398" /></a></p><h2>Koihime Musou / 恋姫†無双 (OVA)</h2><p>Date: April 1st 2009</p><p>Episodes: 1</p><p>Official Website: <a
href="http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/koihime/">http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/koihime/</a></p><p>After losing a family to bandits during a night raid, Kanu swears she will not let others share the pain she experienced that night. She quickly becomes a well-known and feared by villains bandit hunter. During her journey she comes across others, who wish to join her in her cause. One of them is a girl named Rin Rin, who had similar experience with bandits in the past.</p> <figure><a
href="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325003.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3340" title="20090325003" src="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325003-640x403.jpg" alt="20090325003" width="640" height="403" /></a></figure><h2>Pandora Hearts / パンドラハーツ (TV)</h2><p>Date: April 2nd 2009</p><p>Episodes: 13</p><p>Official Website: <a
href="http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/ph/">http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/ph/</a></p><p>Oz Bezarius, heir to one of the duke houses, has just turned fifteen. His life is rich and carefree, darkened only by the constant absence of his father. At his coming-of-age ceremony, however, everything changes. For no reason that he can discern, he&#8217;s cast into the prison known as the &#8220;Abyss&#8221;, only to be saved by a &#8220;chain&#8221; known as Alice, the bloodstained black rabbit. Why was he cast into Abyss, how does Alice factor into it all, and what does the organization known as &#8220;Pandora&#8221; want with him&#8230;<br
/> <a
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/> This Anime is strongly recommended ^^<br
/> <a
href="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325005.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3343" title="20090325005" src="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325005-640x779.jpg" alt="20090325005" width="640" height="779" /></a></p><h2>K-ON! / けいおん! (TV)</h2><p>Date: April 2nd 2009</p><p>Episodes: 13</p><p>Official Website: <a
href="http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/">http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/</a></p><p>The story is basically about four girls who try to rescue their high school&#8217;s light music club, even though they are all novices who cannot play instruments or read music.<br
/> <a
href="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325006.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3344" title="20090325006" src="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325006.jpg" alt="20090325006" width="640" height="482" /></a></p><h2>Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ (TV)</h2><p>Date: April 2nd 2009</p><p>Episodes: 13</p><p>Official Website: <a
href="http://www.phantom-r.jp/">http://www.phantom-r.jp/</a></p><p>A spate of mafia assasinations occurs in America, the work of the mysterious organization named Inferno. &#8220;Phantom&#8221; is their most strongest and capable assassin, however a lone tourist witnesses Phantom&#8217;s latest act of murder. He unwittingly exposes the top assassin&#8217;s true identity, a young girl named Ein. Witnesses are usually killed, but the man is captured and taken to be brainwashed into &#8220;Zwei&#8221;, Inferno&#8217;s newest assassin, with no memory of who he is. From this point on, Zwei is drawn into a world of conspiracy, deceit and violence.<br
/> <a
href="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325007.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3345" title="20090325007" src="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325007-640x912.jpg" alt="20090325007" width="640" height="912" /></a></p><h2>Hayate the Combat Butler 2nd Season / ハヤテのごとく！第2期 (TV)</h2><p>Date: April 3rd 2009</p><p>Episodes: Unknown</p><p>Official Website: <a
href="http://hayatenogotoku.com/">http://hayatenogotoku.com/</a></p><p>The Anime is so famous that I don&#8217;t think there should be an introduction. For more about the story, check out this.</p><p>Abandoned by his parents and given a monumentally large debt as a Christmas present, 16-year old Ayasaki Hayate is at the lowest point of his life. Desperately trying alter his hapless fate, he decides to kidnap someone to hold for a ransom. Due to an ill choice of words, the girl he tries to kidnap misunderstands the action as a confession of love. His plan is totally crushed when he gives his real name out. Realizing his wrongdoing, Hayate proceeds to rescue the girl from the yakuza, who had instead kidnapped her. The girl, as a token of thanks, offers Hayate a job as her butler. Hayate, overwhelmed by her kindness, vows to protect her even at the cost of his life.</p><p><div
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/> <a
href="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325008.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3347" title="20090325008" src="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325008-640x923.jpg" alt="20090325008" width="640" height="923" /></a></p><h2>To LOVEru -Toraburu- / To LOVEる -とらぶる- (OVA)</h2><p>Date: April 3rd 2009</p><p>Episodes: 3</p><p>Official Website: <a
href="http://www.j-toloveru.com/">http://www.j-toloveru.com/</a></p><p>Rito is a high-school boy who just can&#8217;t confess to the girl of his dreams, Haruna-chan. One day when coming home and sulking in the bath-tub a mysterious, and barely clothed girl, appears out of nowhere. Her name is Lala and she comes from another planet&#8230;</p><p>For more about the release data, check out the <a
href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-08/to-love-ru-trouble-ova-project-to-be-3-volumes-long">list</a>.<br
/> <a
href="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325009.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3348" title="20090325009" src="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325009.jpg" alt="20090325009" width="640" height="384" /></a></p><h2>Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou / 極上!!めちゃモテ委員長 (TV)</h2><p>Date: April 4th 2009</p><p>Episodes: 13</p><p>Official Website: <a
href="http://mechamote.tv/">http://mechamote.tv/</a></p><p>Apparently a Shoujo manga. In the story, Mimi Kitagami is a kind, level-headed girl who aims to be the best, coolest student council president of her high school class. However, three trouble-making boys are always causing her grief â€” and she has a one-sided crush on one of the boys, Ushio Toujou.<br
/> <a
href="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325010.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3350" title="20090325010" src="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325010.jpg" alt="20090325010" width="640" height="459" /></a></p><h2>Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica crimson S / 神曲奏界ポリフォニカ クリムゾンS (TV)</h2><p>Date: April 4th 2009</p><p>Episodes: 13</p><p>Official Website: <a
href="http://www.polyphonica.tv/">http://www.polyphonica.tv/</a></p><p>The original Polyphonica fantasy visual novel software and text novels are set on an alternate world where &#8220;Spirits&#8221; can exist alongside humans. There are &#8220;Dantists&#8221; who can play music and communicate with the Spirits, and Tatara Phoron is one such Dantist who is in contact with a spirit named Corticarte Apa Lagranges. The Shinkyoku SÅkai Polyphonica crimson S anime ties into Ichiro Sakaki and Noboru Kannatsuki&#8217;s spinoff light novels of the same name.<br
/> <a
href="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325011.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3351" title="20090325011" src="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325011-640x933.jpg" alt="20090325011" width="640" height="933" /></a></p><h2><a
href="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325012.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3352" title="20090325012" src="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325012-640x455.jpg" alt="20090325012" width="640" height="455" /></a></h2><h2>Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (remake) / 鋼の錬金術師 (TV)</h2><p>Date: April 5th 2009</p><p>Episodes: 13</p><p>Official Website: <a
href="http://www.hagaren.jp/">http://www.hagaren.jp/</a></p><p>This is a remake of the famous Anime series Fullmetal Alchemist and this time the story seems to be strictly go with the mange. <a
href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-07/new-fullmetal-alchemist-tv-anime-to-premiere-in-april">Check out more about this series</a>.<br
/> <a
href="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325015.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3355" title="20090325015" src="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325015-640x848.jpg" alt="20090325015" width="640" height="848" /></a></p><h2>Shangri-La / シャングリ・ラ (TV)</h2><p>Date: April 5th 2009</p><p>Episodes: 12</p><p>Official Website: <a
href="http://www.anime-shangri-la.jp/">http://www.anime-shangri-la.jp/</a></p><p>Shangri-La is a Japanese science fiction novel series, written by Eiichi Ikegami and illustrated by Ken&#8217;ichi Yoshida, which was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten&#8217;s Newtype magazine between April 2004 and May 2005. It was later adapted into a manga series, featuring art by Tasuku Karasuma and serialized in ShÅnen Ace&#8217;s Ace Assault from January 2009, and an anime television series, directed by Makoto Bessho, written by Hiroshi ÅŒnogi and featuring animation character designs by Range Murata, which is slated to premiere in Japan from April 6, 2009. (via <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shangri-La_(novel)">Wikipedia</a>)<br
/> <a
href="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325016.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3356" title="20090325016" src="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325016-640x404.jpg" alt="20090325016" width="640" height="404" /></a></p><h2>Tayutama -Kiss on my Deity- / タユタマ -Kiss on my Deity- (TV)</h2><p>Date: April 5th 2009</p><p>Episodes: 13</p><p>Official Website: <a
href="http://www.tayutama.com/blog/">http://www.tayutama.com/blog/</a></p><p>Lump of Sugar&#8217;s Tayutama -Kiss on my Deity- is originally an PC Galgame and it is made into Anime. The story centers on Yuuri Mito, a student at the SÅsei Academy and the only son of the man who runs the Yachimata shrine. At Yachimata, there is a legend of a deity named Tayutayu-sama who protected the area, but this deity and other so-called &#8220;Tayutai&#8221; have been lost in time. Mito and his friends discover a relic on the school grounds with mysterious patterns on them. Then, at the opening ceremony of the new school year, an equally mysterious girl named Mashiro appears before Mito. Mashiro is somehow tied to the relic and the legend of Tayutayu-sama.<br
/> <a
href="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325017.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3358" title="20090325017" src="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/03/20090325017-640x912.jpg" alt="20090325017" width="640" height="912" /></a></p><h2>Tears to Tiara / ティアーズ・トゥ・ティアラ (TV)</h2><p>Date: April 5th 2009</p><p>Episodes: 11</p><p>Official Website: <a
href="http://tearstotiara.jp/">http://tearstotiara.jp/</a></p><p>Tears to Tiara (ティアーズ トゥ ティアラ ,Tiāzu tu Tiara) is a Japanese Eroge tactical role-playing game developed by Leaf and originally released for the PC on April 28, 2005 in Japan. It was followed by a 12 years-old and up version released for the PlayStation 3 on July 17, 2008 in Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in which the pornographic content was removed. The PS3 release, entitled Tears to Tiara: Kakan no Daichi (ティアーズ トゥ ティアラ 花冠の大地 ,Tiāzu tu Tiara: Kakan no Daichi), contained several enhancements and additional scenarios, like 3D gameplay and change of character appearances, thus becoming a Remake. (via <a
onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears_to_Tiara');" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears_to_Tiara">Wikipedia</a>)<br
/> <a
href="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/02/20090211001.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-large wp-image-2974" title="20090211001" src="http://cdn.theakiba.com/images/2009/02/20090211001-640x498.jpg" alt="20090211001" width="640" height="498" /></a></p><h2>Hatsukoi Limited / 初恋限定 (TV)</h2><p>Date: April 11 2009</p><p>Episodes: 12</p><p>Official Website: <a
href="http://www.j-hatsukoi.com/">http://www.j-hatsukoi.com/</a></p><p>Check out my <a
href="http://theakiba.com/2009/02/10/hatsukoi-limited-anime/">old post</a> for more about this Anime.</p> Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.<h4>Related Posts</h4><ul
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