[Featured post #2] Year-end babble: Notable anime OP/ED themes of 2009

My second year-end list of anime OP/ED themes which I thought were worth mentioning. I basically just compiled my seasonal list and re-ranked the songs altogether regardless of the season order (although some got bumped out of the list and some got added in).
*This covers the Winter 2008/2009 season all the way to Fall 2009.*
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Notable OP/ED themes: Fall 2009

Fall 2009 season OP/ED themes post! Kindly note that this is quite subjective as it’s listed as “Top 5″ ranked according to my preference, followed by randomly listed titles as “special mention.”
~ Format :: “Song title” by band/artist (OP#/ED# – anime series title)

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Notable OP/ED themes: Summer 2009

Here’s my OP/ED themes post for Summer 2009 season. There are several good songs this season. As usual, this is quite subjective as it’s listed as “Top 5″ ranked according to my preference, followed by randomly listed titles as “special mention.”
~ Format :: “Song title” by band/artist (OP#/ED# – anime series title)

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La Corda d’Oro ~secondo passo~ [special episode #2]

“Second Movement” (special episode 2 of 2)
Note: There are some bits of (fangirl side comments) from me throughout the summary. :3

SUMMARY: While feeding some cats, Kanazawa-sensei (or Kanaya, as they call him) apologizes to Hino about Kira’s rude behavior to her. Hino says it’s all right. At ensemble practice, it’s just Fuyumi, Hihara and Shimizu [...]

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Extra: [book 1] Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

Also known as Seirei no Moribito and Guardian of the Sacred Spirit

After finally getting around to reading, collating stuff from the novel + anime, and tweaking, here’s a little review of book 1, as promised. ^^

In this entry, I won’t be writing a detailed summary of the book since the story is pretty much the [...]

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Moribito Goodies with a bit of a Ghostfighter

Um, nothing special… Just the usual occasional (giddy) random babble/filler post from me. I finally got my Seirei no Moribito books!!! My good friend since high school came back home to Manila (from Michigan) for a vacation this month. Along with her, she brought the first Moribito book that I requested, even surprising me with [...]

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Notable OP/ED themes: Spring 2009

Another season, another OP/ED themes post. It’s for Spring 2009 this time. Quite a few good tunes this season. As usual, please note that this list of songs is pretty much subjective. It’s listed as “Top 5″ ranked according to my preference, followed by randomly listed titles as “special mention.”

~ Format :: “Song title” by [...]

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La Corda d’Oro ~secondo passo~ [special episode #1]

“First Movement” (special episode 1 of 2)
Note: There are some bits of (fangirl side comments) from me throughout the summary… I couldn’t help it. :3

SUMMARY:  New school term starts at Seiso Academy. We get a glimpse of each of the guys: Tsukimori practicing violin, Tsuchiura playing soccer, Hihara and Yunoki in their classroom, Shimizu on [...]

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