Just Your Usual Updates 01

Here I am, entering the new year with some lame updates… (^_^’).
As much as I love watching Bamboo Blade, I will no longer be able to continue doing episode summaries for it due to work taking most of my time. To satisfy your need of screencaps and summaries for this, I suggest you hop [...]

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Year-End Babble: 2007 Anime Notables

As the end of 2007 nears, I figured it would be fitting to post something to look back on the anime scene and mention a few of the series that I found rather noteworthy to share. I prefer using the term “notables” than “best of” since I don’t think I’ve seen enough anime to actually [...]

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Bamboo Blade ep 03

Episode 03: “Black and Blue”

Summary:  Miya-Miya and Dan are running laps together. Miya catches up to him and gives him a hug but Dan utters a small cry of pain upon contact. It turns out that Dan got a pretty nasty bruise on his arm from the bullies last episode.  Miya asks if he [...]

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Bamboo Blade ep 02

Episode 02:  “Blade Braver and Lunch”

Summary:  Flashback: A little Tamaki is totally engrossed in watching an episode of her favorite TV show “Blade Braver.”  The villain is telling Blade Braver that they can’t defeat him since he is the strongest and the world belongs to him. Blade Braver informs him that they will defeat [...]

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Bamboo Blade ep 01

Episode 01:  “The Broom and the Ally of Justice”

Summary:  Kirino is practicing in the kendo club dojo. She insists that Ishida-sensei spar with her and that they should aim for the nationals. Ishida refuses to spar with her saying that he’s too hungry right now and tells her that it’s just a club, and [...]

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Bamboo Blade

An overview for Bamboo Blade.

Synopsis: Ishida Toraji is a high school kendo teacher. His friend and fellow kendo teacher makes him a bet: if Ishida can assemble a girls’ kendo team that can defeat his girls’ team in a practice match, he’ll treat Ishida to free meals at his father’s sushi restaurant for a [...]

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Crash Course: KENDO

A quick 411 on kendo as a reference for Bamboo Blade.
Introduction:  Kendo, or “way of the sword”, is the Japanese martial art of fencing. Kendo is developed from traditional techniques of Japanese swordsmanship known as kenjutsu.
Kendo is a physically and mentally challenging activity that combines strong martial arts values with sporting-like physical elements.

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