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) )
( Best Female Character: Ibuki Fuko (Clannad) )
Best Villian: None
Best Non-Human Character: None
( Best OP: Allegro Cantabile Sound by Suemitsu & The Suemith (Nodame Cantabile) )
( Best ED: Dango Daikazoku by Chata (Clannad) )
( Best Quote: Under the cut )
( Best Scene: Under the cut )
( Best Seiyuu: Mai Nakahara )

Just right when I'm really really tired I'm doing this monthly award (read: shit).

So, what I have I being doing lately? Let me tell you frankly: nothing much, other than playing MapleStory. This is getting off-topic, but... ah nevermind, I don't care liao.

Believe it or not, my school, Tshung Tsin, played this Neko no Ongaeshi (The Cat Returns) anime movie in the school hall for all of us to watch a few days ago! It was played with Chinese subtitles with original Japanese dub and everyone's eyes were stuck on the screen! Surprisingly, it was well welcomed and cheers can be heard every now and then during ups and down! I'm not going to question where or how did the Computer Research Club (the organizer of the screening) obtained the rights to screen the movie - they're not making a profit anyways.

Right now I'm downloading 1.8GB worth of anime off Azureus, my BitTorrent client (meh @ BitComet users! Azureus Banzai!!). The downloads include Honey & Clover II and Clannad and it seems that the download speed is quite satisfactory and I think most of the downloads should finish by a day or two.

I plan to pick up two new animes series but end up only pickng up one - Clannad that is. The other one is Shakugan no Shana II, but due to unforeseen circumstances (all of a sudden I've been downloading old series), I decided not to download that one for the time being.

Clannad made its debut in Yamaki's Anime Blog this month. The anime series has managed to grab a few of the spots in the awards, proving that it is indeed a worth-to-watch anime.

The recipient awards are as follow:

( Best Male Character: Furukawa Akio (Clannad) )
( Best Female Character: Yoshioka Haru (Neko no Ongaeshi) )
Best Villian: None
( Best Non-Human Character: Botan (Clannad) )
Best OP: None
( Best ED: Kaze Ni Naru by Ayano Tsuji (Neko no Ongaeshi) )
( Best Quote: Under the cut )
Best Scene: None
Best Seiyuu: None


One last note: Vote for Tsukasa!

I plan to call off this month's awards, but then decided not to after some considerations.

Honey & Clover shall be this month's main winners, followed by School Days. I'll make this quick.


( Best Male Character: Lohmeyer-senpai (Honey & Clover) )
( Best Female Character: Miwako Teshigawara (Honey & Clover) )
Best Villian: None
Best Non-Human Character: None
Best OP: None
Best ED: None
Best Quote: None
Best Scene: None
Best Seiyuu: None


Lastly, a thousand appoligies for the delay.

Since I'm short of time (it's two hours to 12am), I'm going to make the introduction as short as possible.

I really feel rather... I don't know how to describe it, it is just that since I haven't spend much time watching animes, I feel relucant to make posts like this. Notice that I've only written 2 articles for this month so far? This is because the week before I was having my exams, and then it's the school holidays for us here in Malaysia. Holidays, so I should be free, right? Well, not actually. Somehow I was roped into some school activities which had kept me pre-occupied for almost the whole week until I have no time to enjoy myself watching animes, listening to songs, surfing the internet reading blogs, playing Maplestory...... the list goes on. Again, since this awards is what makes Yamaki's Anime Blog different from other blogs - and if I were to cancel it, Yamaki's Anime Blog would lose it's own unique identity, if you understand what I'm talking about.

Okay, without anymore furthur ado, here are the list of this month's winners.

Best Male: None
( Best Female: Saionji Sekai (School Days) )
Best Villian: None
( Best Non-Human Character: Monkey's Hand (xxxHolic) )
Best OP: none
( Best ED: Kioku no Umi - yozuca* )
( Best Quote: Under the cut )
Best Scene: None
Best Seiyuu: None

In conjunction with Yamaki’s Anime Blog’s First Anniversary celebration (I wanted to buy a birthday cake to celebrate but I was short of money, so meh), I, kristalyamaki, would like to present to you, the best of the best, the ones that made many go fanatical, in a roundup of the best animes of each month as produced in every month for the past 12 months. It’s about time I proudly announce the best winners of the Remedial Anime Awards, August 2006 – July 2007. For those wondering what had happened to the awards for the month of July 2007, there is not going to be a July edition of the Remedial Anime Awards. Taking that apart, there’s still this overall awards so you can sit back and enjoy!

And so, here is the list of anime series which are included in this award:

1. Asatte no Houkou
2. Sola
3. School Rumble
4. Honey & Clover
5. Kanon (2006)
6. Shuffle!
7. .hack//roots
8. Infinite Ryvius

The following anime series are also specially allowed to enter a few specific awards due to lack of contestants:

1. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Best Vocal Soundtrack)
2. Bleach (Best ED Theme Song)
3. Maria-sama ga Miteru (Best ED Theme Song)
4. NHK ni Yokoso (Best ED Theme Song)

There would be altogether 17 awards which will be given away tonight to the contesting anime series. The anime series have underwent strict judging by me and a few other anime watchers that I know and we have come to a conclusion. (well, I did most of the critiques and nominations while all the other judges did was nodded their heads to whatever I said. It’s hard to find good anime critics these days... =\ )

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