Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays!

With my 12 Days posts wrapped up for this year I thought I'd take the time to wish everyone a Happy Holidays! I hope people enjoyed reading my 12 days posts and look forward to my next project: 365 characters in the new year.

Next up before the year is over is the long awaited Top 60 anime series of the decade list along with a review of 2009, favourites and hated series throughout the year 2009.

I'll also have a new banner up soon with my mascot as well. I still need to design that and I suppose give her a name. Random name suggestions welcome! The more food themed the better.

Now a pictures gifts of anime characters all seasonal. Enjoy!

Day 12 of The 12 Days of Christmas

Twelfth and final up for The 12 Days of Christmas: romance moments is You're Under Arrest! These 12 Days of Christmas posts aren't in any particular order. I just choose moments that actually made me feel all warm and squishy inside. Be sure to check out animemiz’s scribbling's and Desu ex Machina's and Memories of Eternity and Unmei Kaihen's blogs for more 12 Days posts! Oh and there might be spoilers about so read at your own risk. For the most part though I think I’ve kept things as spoiler free as possible.

This anime series is in my top 20 anime list. What can be so interesting about a police department going around town keeping the peace one might ask. Well for starters sure there's a lot of slice of life element to it. Doing their day to day routine checks and whatnot with silliness involved, but there's way more to this series than meets the eye.

Who? Ken and Miyuki

Why they are adorable: Sure they love each other and all. It's clear to us, it's clear to their peers. BUT neither one is willing to take that step to say the words to each other. So you have this constant battle every episode that revolves around them with the wonder if one will say something to the other about their feelings ever.

Now generally this kind of behaviour drives me up the wall. Very school romance anime like and I for the most part hate those type of anime. But You're Under Arrest takes this and puts a mature spin on it. Everything about this show is well done. Mainly the character developments throughout the series. Even the minor characters show signs of growing. It's rare for a series to have a huge cast of characters and not have me hate any.

Action, girls with guns, fast cars, and hilarious comedy. What's not to like about this combination. Check it out if you haven't!

This wraps up my 12 Days posts for this year! I hope people enjoyed reading them as much as I enjoyed putting them together. I learned a lot about making a post everyday and hope that will come in handy for my next project: 365 characters in the new year. Look forward to it

Day 11 of The 12 Days of Christmas

Eleventh up for The 12 Days of Christmas: romance moments is ef - a tale of memories. These 12 Days of Christmas posts aren't in any particular order. I just choose moments that actually made me feel all warm and squishy inside. Be sure to check out animemiz’s scribbling's and Desu ex Machina's and Memories of Eternity and Unmei Kaihen's blogs for more 12 Days posts! Oh and there might be spoilers about so read at your own risk. For the most part though I think I’ve kept things as spoiler free as possible.

This show has amazing music, pretty animation, and one character I like. Alright maybe that's not the best of reasons to like an anime but those are the only things that kept me watching it.

Who? Kyosuke and Kei

Why they are adorable: He really wants her to be in a movie that he is going to make and pesters her till she agrees. He randomly sees her getting injured on the basketball court and instantly thinks she is stunning with the look she has on her face. After when they are in the nurses office she starts to explain about how she is feeling and he starts recording. She gets angry about this but he persists in telling her why he wants to express his feelings to the world through his movies. They eventually grow feelings for one another over this bonding experience.

Maybe it's just me but if a cute boy like that asked me to be in a movie I'd jump at the chance. Sure I'd have the same feelings as she does (I'd suck at acting too I'm sure) but after him telling her that she doesn't need any of that, go for it! If ef was focused on my sexy delicious Kyosuke this anime would have been perfect. Step aside eye patch girl, your story along with your gay looking guy was boring. (ok not 100% boring but yeah ) Give me a story about making videos any day.

And since it's Christmas time here's a cute picture of the girls all seasoned up with their santa suits:P

Day 10 of The 12 Days of Christmas

Tenth up for The 12 Days of Christmas: romance moments is Eureka Seven. These 12 Days of Christmas posts aren't in any particular order. I just choose moments that actually made me feel all warm and squishy inside. Be sure to check out animemiz’s scribbling's and Desu ex Machina's and Memories of Eternity and Unmei Kaihen's blogs for more 12 Days posts! Oh and there might be spoilers about so read at your own risk. For the most part though I think I’ve kept things as spoiler free as possible.

Now I liked this anime but not as much as everyone else. I found most of it annoying in general. The characters irritated me like crazy with their endless whining. Yeah I know they are kids but gees suck it up... >.< At least the gained maturity at the end of the show among pretty much all of the characters made the show worthwhile to sit through.

Who? Dominic and Anemone

Why they are adorable: She was a crazy bitch throughout the anime to him. Up till the end at least. He stayed by her side no matter what craziness she put him through. Sure unrequited love is cute but only for so long. You saw that he clearly cared for her more than she did for him at first.

With the recent watching of Canaan right after watching Eureka Seven. It made me appreciate the love a man can have for a crazy lady even if she has no idea till the "end" that he truly is the only one to care for her in the world. Everyone else is just using her. Maybe I just have a thing for seriously good stories that involve unrequited love.

Day 9 of The 12 Days of Christmas

Ninth up for The 12 Days of Christmas: romance moments is Detective Conan Episode 192 - 193 "The Desperate Revival ~ Shinichi's Return ~" and "The Desperate Revival ~ The Promised Place ~". These 12 Days of Christmas posts aren't in any particular order. I just choose moments that actually made me feel all warm and squishy inside. Be sure to check out animemiz’s scribbling's and Desu ex Machina's and Memories of Eternity and Unmei Kaihen's blogs for more 12 Days posts! Oh and there might be spoilers about so read at your own risk. For the most part though I think I’ve kept things as spoiler free as possible.

Detective Conan is one of the longest running anime out there and shows no sign of stopping. With endless stories that can be told this series has proven to be highly entertaining for any mystery lover. Slightly repetitive sure, but with over 550 episodes there is bound to be a little overlap. I've personally only watched 218 episodes of the series but have watched all the movies + ova's. (except movie 13) Being a mystery fan I enjoy this series greatly.

Who? Shinichi and Ran

Why they are adorable: They both love each other but have such a hard time saying anything to the other one about it. OK that is highly annoying at times but something ALWAYS happens just before either one of them are about to revile their feelings to the other. Doesn't help of course that Shinichi has this little shrinking problem as well. This one scene was especially well done though.

Shinichi takes Ran to the restaurant where his father took his mother to propose to her. Romantic feeling right there. He wants to tell her how he feels about her and everything that is happening surrounding his strange life but sadly is interrupted by a scream and suddenly he's on the case.

I'm sure I wasn't the only Conan fan out there pulling my hair out at how close this confession was to actually happening. Unfortunatly Shinichi was never able to return as his true form so instead said this to her instead:

Ran still doesn't know the situation with Shinichi but at least he is still able to relay some feelings towards her. Even if it is in his Conan form. <3

If you are a Detective Conan anime/manga lover consider joining The Detective Conan Translation Project (DCTP) forums. It's an awesome place to chill out and get all the information you'll ever need about our favourite little detective.

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