Looks like a bunch of Summer anime are being released and subbed. Hey, is it time to consider which ones I’d watch? That is, if I actually watched anime anymore.

From Moetron’s seasonal list, what pops out at me is the sequel to Mahou Tsukai Taisetsu na Koto. I watched the original series way back when, and all I really remember was that I liked the ED theme by The Indigo. Oh, and CG dolphins or something.

I might watch Hidamari Sketch, but that would require me to watch past the third or so episode of the first series. Yes, Yoshinoya is hot, but hot enough?

There’s Chocolate Underground, which is basically like Library Wars but for chocolate instead of books. Why not make the prohibited object something that anime watchers can relate to? Like eroge or gunpla?

And there’s another season of Zero no Tsukaima. I never got past the second season. But I heard it’s raunchy… Something tells me I should abandon hope of finishing stalled series and just accumulate some new ones.

That’s basically all I’d care to see, if I were actually planning on watching anything. I still really want to check out that Akiba-chan thing, but it’s not even really anime. It’s figumation!

So I usually don’t like making a whole new post just to announce a new header, but this is different. You see, a long time ago, I wrote a comment on Sea Slugs! Anime Blog. And not just any comment; it was the 6,000th comment on SS!AB! As a prize, I could choose anything I wanted to be drawn!

Avoiding any requests that could implicate me later on, I chose to go for a drawing of Yotsuba from Yotsuba&! since the long-awaited 4th volume had finally come out. And 9 months later, a baby was born! 3 months later, I got a picture of Yotsuba grasping for a 1-up mushroom! I said I would use it for a header image, but I was way too lazy to change the Tenma one.

Until now! I took some liberties with the image and stuck it on my header. I think it looks really great! Part of me thinks Kabitzin is actually Azuma Kiyohiko in disguise! I tried to keep the signature in there, but I also wanted to give some credit where credit is due.

So yeah, credit for the awesome illustration goes to Kabitzin. Thanks, dude!

P.S. I pre-ordered this Yotsuba action figure from Revoltech, but it’s not gonna come out for a while. Which is too bad because it looks like a lot of fun!