It's a good thing I was lazy last week. Otherwise the anime news for today would have been lamely small. Heavenly Sword was about like everyone says. Extremely well done and beautiful (My god, Kai. I LOVE YOU KAI! YOU CRAZY LITTLE SEXPOT!). It's too short, like that also say. And no one has mentioned that Kai and Nariko are obviously fucking. I mean some real muff-motorboat action all over the place. I've got Team Fortress 2 waiting for me at home, so I will mention how that one is a bit later. TGS starts Wednesday. And Crysis on the 25th! YES! Good stuff all around. On with the rollup!

• Shakugan no Shana's second season website has been put online. AND NOT A MOMENT TO SOON! Now you can pass the time until the show starts (October 4th) by reading the site over and over again.
• Not that any of my post pubescent readers will care, but the Maple Story website has also been put online. But for you cute little scamps, the show starts on October 7th, and you can just cutey wootie hoojuboo!!! Sorry, that's how you're supposed to talk to those sorts of people.
• A new .hack//G.U. OVA is in the works. It's set to be three episodes and 85 minutes long. I'm not sure if that's total or per disc. The undying series will see the first disc of this OVA released on January 25th. It'll be out on both Blu-ray and DVD. There will be a PV for it at TGS this week.
• Trailer: There's a nico^2 video up for the upcoming anime for Saishuu Shiken Kujira. The anime is based on an eroge. A good one. So be sure to check out the promo.
• And speaking of eroero, Boku no Pico shota has been re-edited to not offending the delicate constitutions of chicks who like dudes fucking, but don't want to see the fucking parts. It's called pico ~ Boku no Chiisana Natsu Monogatari. That is to say, my little summer story. Galge has a trailer for it. Galge has some nudie boobies on some pages, so be wary.
• Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3: Kurenai no Tsuki, a period reverse harem game (I think…) has had an anime special confirmed. It's out this December.
• The October Comic Blade Avarus has confirmed a Monochrome Factor anime is in the works. No info on a date or cast or anything.
• And here's a 3D Haruhi head.

I had some links that I was going to use to whine about the state of free expression in Japan, but I just don't have the gusto to do it at the moment. Please imagine me droning on about how the world is going to shit because upset people are forcing easy-going types to come down to their level of bother as opposed to them being forced to be more understanding, or at least less meddlesome.