This is big, guys. gímik {sic}, the three-kin anime powerhouse behind such series as Kiddy Grade and Uta∽Kata, are working on a new show. For real, it seems. It’s a spinoff of the aforementioned Kiddy Grade franchise, and it is to be entitled “Kiddy Girl-and”. I kid thee not (pun not intended). Much thanks to my Twitter followers who alerted me of this, and to the Anime News Network for discovering it in the first place. Man, this gives me a great idea for a blog post: a gímik retrospective. Just as soon as I’ve finished watching Gigantic Formula. And, come to think of it, Kiddy Grade itself. I’d better make preparations for a marathon showing…
EDIT: Shiroi Hane, to whom I give credit for promoting gímik awareness across the English-speaking world, has mentioned us on his blog. Wow… *sniff* I’m so moved. Has this blog hit the big time already?
I have to thank you as it was this post that alerted me to the news in the first place. I stopped checking the official site daily a long time ago although I did check it only a couple of days ago, probably not long before the update. Yesterday I’d been busy all day at work and also brought work home with me that kept me up till 2am. I decided to check my email for the first time just before bed and your blog posts had been picked up by my news filters. I almost missed it as it was mixed in with the normal spam and I then spent another 2 hours chasing down information and creating my own blog entry.
Needless to say I had trouble staying awake in work today, even after a large can of Relentless Juiced Energy™.
It’s strange how these things work out. I was particularly tired that evening, and I was all ready to go to sleep when I impulsively decided to check Twitter. Whilst everyone was trying to wrap their minds around the title and how it should be pronounced, I managed to throw together a blog post on the iPod touch (I didn’t have the laptop on me), thereby catapulting this newly-formed blog out of obscurity and being read by no less than one other person. Well, it’s a start. Thanks for the link-back; I’ll get your blog linked up on the sidebar just as soon as I figure out how.
It was a long time till I got around to finding a hack for blogroll for me blog. I’ve never been really serious about blogging to be honest and I often leave entries half finished..
BTW, it’s very cool to meet another british Kiddy Grade fan