Count Down To New Years W Anime (#1)!!!

Happy New Year! I figured that I would pick my favorite episode for the final Count Down To New Years W Anime! I hope that everyone is having a fun, safe and happy new year tonight!!! Also I want to thank everyone to getting me at my goal for the end of the year with over 1000 hits! THANK YOU!

 

Remember, do not drink and drive please!… If you need a ride home call a taxi, tow truck or anyone. :c)

Make it home safe!

#1:

Fruits Basket

Eps 9  “A Solitary New Year”

Air Date: August 30, 2001

Episode: 24min

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

My Rating: ***** (5:5 stars)

Its the last day of the year and everyone is doing the annual new years cleaning at the house. Kyo and Yuki are fighting like usual and the girls are also over to the house to help. Once again Shigure is under the gun from his editor to comeplte his latest book that is due by new years. While he is trying to avoid his editor, he ends up breaking the screen door. Again! Meanwhile during the craziness and fixing the screen, Tohru is planning the new years dinner of traditional soba noodles and new years cake. Arisa reminds her that she might want to get to the store to buy what she needs before its too late. Yuki ends up going with her and breaking the news that they wont be home for new years. :c( Instead they will be at the head house since its a family tradition that all family members gather at new years to celebrate.

Tohru hides her disappointment that the boys not being home on the way back from the store. Once they arrive home Shigure is doing everything he can to avoid writing while at the same time pissing his agent off to no ends! Also Saki, who has some strange obsession with cleaning the bathrooms, has left them ummmm… girli-fied shall we say. This of course makes the boys choose to hold it instead of going to the bathroom with all the roses and black lace that she left behind.

Saki finds out that the boys wont be  home for new years leaving Tohru home alone. Later, when Shigure trys to get the boys ready to leave for the main house, neither want to go for some reason or another. He ends up trying to get Tohru’s help by explaining the meaning of new years at the main house including the zodiac banquet. Yuki ends up explaining despite his personal reservation against his family, he doesnt want to leave Tohru alone and it only dawns on Kyo then that they would be leaving her alone for the new year. Tohru realizes the importance of the night to the Soma family and encourages them to go. On the way to the head house Saki runs into the boys and trys to guilt them into going back and staying with Tohru. She was able to succeed and the boys race off to make sure that Tohru was ok. When they arrive home they see that Tohru had been crying and realize that they had made the right decision in returning. Shigure ends up having to explain to Akito that the boys will not be present for new years. This does not please Akito at all. Back at the house Tohru, Kyo and Yuki are on top the house ready to make their new years wish with the first rays of light from the rising sun of the new year.

I swear this episode always brings a tear to my eye!

via my personal anime list on MyAnimeList.net

Count Down To New Years W Anime (#2)!!!

Due to being sicker than a dog and barely able to muddle through work, this post is delayed by a day. This means that I will do the #1 post for tomorrow on new years eve. Guess it kinda worked out being behind by a day! :c)

#2:

Azumanga Daioh

Eps 8  “Osaka’s New Year’s Dream / In Tomo-chan’s Case / In Sakaki’s Case / Welcome / In Kaorin’s Case”

Air Date: May 27, 2002

Episode: 24min

Genre: Comedy, Craziness, Slice-of-Life

My Rating: **** (4:5 stars)

This is the episode all about dreams… Osaka is once again in dreamland and this time she is dreaming about the great mystery of Chiyos pigtails. She is dreaming that Chiyo is flying around using her pigtails as propellers! Osaka then decides to take the pigtails off to see what happens and Chiyo falls down. Sakai is dreaming too but of the neighborhood cat that that always eludes her but not before scratching the living daylights out of her, Chiyo then comes along and introducing her to a cat that says its Chiyo-chichi and then Chiyo invites her to her house for dinner with her dad. While there Sakai sees a penguin that is supposed to be Chiyos maid.  Tomo is also off drooling in dreamland about things that will never ever happen. She is dreaming that she is the a all-star student that scores high marks and is smarter then Chiyo and Yomi. HA! Yeah right! She also wins beauty contest and is the hero in every tale. Kaorin is having a bit of a Yuri dream where Sakaki saves her from the local Yakuza but, before the story can progress she is woken up to head to the temple with everyone for new years. While at the temple the group talking about their dreams that point out to Chiyo that she was in each one of them which leaves her franticly asking what she was like and what she did in them as they are bringing in the new year.

via my personal anime list on MyAnimeList.net

Count Down To New Years W Anime (#3)!!!

 #3:

Cross Game

Eps 34  “Happy New Year”

Air Date:  November 22, 2009

Episode: 24min

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sports

My Rating: *** (3:5 stars)

Everyone is getting ready for new years and the Tsukishima family’s shop is delivering soba noodles for everyone’s new years celebration. Mmmm Soba!!! Ko ends up helping Akane to make the delivers since there are so many. Mizuki trys to get Aoba to go climb up the mountain on new years eve to crest the summit when the sun rises to be blessed for the new year. Aoba wont have anything to do with its and turns him down. Ko ends up delivering soba to Aoba and gets a earful about the teams recent loss that knocked them out of their chances to go to the spring tournament. After Ko and Akane are done delivering soba around the neighborhood, Akane returns a drawing book back to Ko. He is happy that is was able to help her with her art project. While everyone runs off to the shrine to pray for victory on new years day, Aoba heads to batting cage to get in a few hits. Yuhei finds her here and ends up talking with her about trying out for the women’s national team which she decides against. While Ko and the boys are at the shrine Junpei’s wallet is stolen by a pickpocket. The boys chase him down to only have the pickpocket taken out by one of Momiji’s possible boyfriends!

via my personal anime list on MyAnimeList.net