Kicking off what promises to be an awesome month of music, we’ve got something pretty recent just for you! Jump right into to Guilty Crown!

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I’m guilty, pardon the pun, of not keep up with this particular series. I love what I’ve seen, which I can mostly describe as Code Geass if Code Geass was awesome and the main character wasn’t a huge jerk. It’s got a majorly epic production cast, not the least of which is Supercell. Known through most of the mainstream anime world as an awesome composer, every bit of music in this series is absolutely beautiful. The opening is no exception, and is what hooked me to watching and will keep me watching even after it swaps out. It draws you in with the quick line of Engrish, and then becomes epic. The whole song feels like an orchestral performance, building up to the final crescendo. Not knowing a single thing about music, it’s very interesting thing to hear, and I love the whole thing.

Like I said before, there’s a lot of build up to the song. It starts off nice and slow, but gets so much more intense. I’m not sure why I keep telling you about it, you can hear it for yourself. Anyone familiar with Supercell knows they also mess around with some Vocaloid stuff, but this is actually the first time I’ve heard anything associated with them with actual performed vocals. Whoever is singing this song has an absolutely beautiful voice.

A nice thing about the animation for My Dearest is that is shows you a lot, with actually ruining too much. I’ve seen too many spoiler openings over the years, but this one does a nice of job at telling everything and nothing. Which of these are the main fighters? Who’s the bad guy? Why is there a Gundam? None of these are given away, and require you to watch the series to know, which is something that most openings should do. They’re supposed to hook you, not tell you everything before you’re ready to know it.

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QUESTION TIME! What’s your favorite thing about the opening? Be it the song, singer or the entire thing all at once because you can’t decide, let me know!

Wanna see how cool Guilty Crown is for yourself? Lucky for you I have it linked right here!

Today, we get to see inspirations of Madoka Magica, more information on the “Dragon Age” anime, and Black Rock Shooter Anime to be streamed for the whole world to see.

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Today, Japanese voice actors cover Disney, Gokujyo strike two, and Funimation acquires more rights to Haganai.

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Today, Kano-Uso compilation album to be released, Dark Horse offer digital versions of some manga, and Funimation discontinues some DVD releases.

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Today, JManga acquires Doll The Hotel Detective and Tenka Ichi!! into it’s reserve, American librarian society ranks top ten graphic novels, and own your own bar in a new RPG.

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Today, Akira Animator to appear at AnimeFest, Hatsune Miku spreads like wildfire, and NakataXOda team up for “One Piece” exhibition.

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Honestly speaking, I’ve only seen maybe four or five mech series. I’m obviously no expert (or novice for that matter) in this genre. That said, today we look at a mech series that I thought was one of the few diamonds in the rough of the off season. So let’s dig into the new show, Rinne no Lagrange!

The show starts off with a shot of a girl staring off into the sea. When suddenly, she spots a swimmer out in the distance drowning. Luckily she was wearing her school swimsuit under her uniform and runs off into the sea saves the swimmer. Credits.

Showing up to school late and out of uniform (which got stolen while she was in the ocean) gets the girl, Kyono Madoka, a quick scolding and a thanks from some random lady at the school with a kendo sword. Then a sort of half-montage/half-day progression of Madoka’s activity packed school day. She finally heads home at sundown. Along the way, some strange girl wearing Madoka’s uniform takes it off to return it, and underneath is wearing a very strange uniform.

When she arrives home, Madoka gets a surprise visit from her cousin Nakaizumi Yoko who as a greeting pins her in submission, and scolds her for her being able to beat her so easily. After examining something on her butt (by force, seriously, she just pulls her pants down, checks, and leaves…) Yoko gives Madoka her contact card i.c.e.

While showering after a softball game, Madoka gets another surprise visit from the mysteriously dressed girl.The girl asks to join Madoka’s club, the Jersey Club, and introduces herself as Fin E Ld Si Laffinity, Lan for short. Right off the bat she has a favor to ask of Madoka: for her to pilot a robot.

And now an awkward parallel plotline cut brought to you from some some spaceship somewhere near the moon heading towards Earth by the “League of Stereotypical Antagonists.” We have the silent leader in a trench coat, the hot-headed and gravity-defying-haired fighter wearing a cut off jacket and medical wrap, and the young-appearing silent odd one out. This should make for a beautiful lack of backstory or explanation for their entire being.

Madoka and Lan arrive at the floating fortress/hangar far off the bay, while Yoko (who vowed to never let Madoka pilot a robot) finds out that Madoka left for the fortress/hanger and storms off for there. When she touches the somehow familiar robot, Madoka has a strange flashback to her drowning in the ocean and being saved by a (meaning that) creature (meaning robot.)

The invader alarms go off as a giant alien robot enters the atmosphere and begins to attack the fortress/hangar. Yoko has Madoko get in the robot, which Yoko will pilot from afar, to fight the seemingly invincible enemy robot (who turns out to be the young-appearing antagonist.) Madoka’s robot smashes right into the shield of the enemy, getting stuck into it.

While stuck, Madoka wishes that she could pilot the robot herself, which causes the ship to transform into a traditional robot. This shatters the enemy’s shield, who then proceeds to pull out a laser sword and attack Madoka. But because of her martial arts training, she stops the blow and suplexes the enemy robot, shutting down its systems. After counting off the pin and saying her catchphrase, “Tick!”, the credits roll.

Today, Steamboy’s Art Director releases a dark new picture book, Magic Tree House Novel Novel sales sky rocket thanks to Anime, and NHK will be holding a live concert for victims of the Tohoku Earthquake.

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Today, Revealed art and more of “Dusk Maiden of Amnesia”, AKB48 manga spotlights Kodansha’s magazine’s cover, and Is This A Zombie? gets a second season!

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Today, Avi Arad talks about manga, Chibi Maruko-chan will celebrate its 1,000th episode, and LUNA SEA to release their first new single in over 11 and half years.

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