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Entry tags:	clannad, midori days, nodame cantabile, remedial anime awards

Remedial Anime Awards, January 2008


I realised that I have not made a single post in this blog throughout January. Minus the resolutions for 2008 post which was meant for the whole year round, I had written nothing else regarding animes. Well, I could come up with some excuse, but now that I think of it, the excuse that I'm probably going to be using is "I'm too busy with life". Predictable, eh? I'd just feel ashamed of myself if I were to use that lame excuse again considering that I've used it many times last year. And so, no more excuses. It's better to look forward to the future than and work hard to look behind at the past and be disturbed by it.

The awards of the last two months had failed to take place due to me having some unavoidable activities on the dates of the awards, and therefore, I'm including both the two month's potential winners into this month's awards. Although there are three months, but there'll only be one winner for each award based on their exposure and viewer's acceptance. Clannad, Midori Days and Nodame Cantabile would be the main contenders in this awards. Here it goes:





Best Male Character: Sawamura Seiji (Midori no Hibi)

Also known as "Mad-dog Sawamura" in school due to his violent nature, Seiji can be described as a delinquent who likes to fight. However so, he only involves himself in a fight when necessary to protect weaker students using his "Devil's Right Hand". He has never had a girlfriend and therefore wanted one badly, until one day when he suddenly said, "looks like the only girlfriend I'll have is my right hand," and suddenly, a green haired girl appeared as his right hand. For the next few weeks, he avoided fights as he couldn't use his right hand to fight anymore. I personally admire Seiji a lot not only for him being strong but also kind.






Best Female Character: Ibuki Fuko (Clannad)

Her appearance in front of Tomoya and Nagisa alone has been a mystery as the real Fuko had been on the hospital bad since an auto accident due to a coma. But putting that aside, Fuko is definitely one naughty, hyperactive girl. She looks a bit smaller than Tomoya and Nagisa even though she's the same age as them and her favorite items are usually star-shaped to show her fetish towards starfishes. She would easily enter a dreamy state when she sees cute items like starfishes, a party cap, etc. Her storyarc in Clannad had ended but she still appears every now and then.


Best Villian: None
Best Non-Human Character: None




Best OP: Allegro Cantabile Sound by Suemitsu & The Suemith (Nodame Cantabile)

The Opening theme of Nodame Cantabile, Allegro Cantabile Sound is a song sung by a band of male singers led by Suemitsu (who cares?). It took me a while to get used to the song as I hadn't expected an opening song like this from an anime which is about musical stuffs like Beethoven, Stressman, etc.






Best ED: Dango Daikazoku by Chata (Clannad)

If you like songs that you could sing together with your family (or friends also can), then this is definitely for you. Dango Daikazoku is a song which made my jaw dropped when I'd first listened to it. I was planing to hate it forever but later I fell in love with the song which goes "Dango, Dango, Dango, Dango, Dango Daikazoku". Feel free to play it in the Youtube above.






Best Quote:
"An Orchestra exists because there's an audience to listen to it."

A quote by a highly regarded orchestra conductor in Nodame Cantibile.




Best Scene:


Nodame playing a piano in the midst of a pile of rubbish. Accordingly, the creator of Nodame Cantabile was inspired by a photo of a girl playing a piano just like the scene above posted on the internet.






Best Seiyuu: Mai Nakahara

Mai Nakahara is the VA of Nagisa Furukawa of Clannad, Yuna Konnyaku in Kage Kara Mamoru!, Midori Kasugano in Midori Days and Aono Morimiya in Sola to name a few. Some of her hobbies include cooking and watching movies, and she is skilled at kendo.