"Magical Witch Punie-chan" (aka Dai Mahou Touge) is scheduled for tomorrow, from Media Blasters. I wonder if it'll come in?

If it does, I'm putting in an order tomorrow night, because Rocket Girls has also come in.

The dry spell is almost over, and we're starting to get good stuff available again. Also on my list:

Zero no Tsukaima -- due Nov 4.
Nanoha -- due Nov 11.

The dates are estimates, not promises, but you never know. Zero no Tsukaima is Funimation and Nanoha is Bandai and they've both been pretty good about keeping schedules recently.

UPDATE: Pete links to someone that he says has already seen Dai Mahou Touge. Well, I have already seen it myself. This would be a guilt buy for me even if I didn't think it was terrific.

But the guy Pete links to seems a bit clueless. For instance: "As the series was only 4 episodes long and probably makes most of its money through DVD sales, I had expected more “fan-service” to act as an additional selling point."

It was an OVA. That means it made all of its money through DVD sales.

As to a claimed lack of fan service, that depends on how broad your definition is. No bare boobies, for sure. But when Pyun and Potaro pull off their combat henshin in ep 7, they certainly provide plenty of more tame fan service.

Besides which, how can you not love a girl whose magical transformation begins when she says, "Lyrical Tokarev, kill them all!" or whose motto is "Anything that has joints can feel pain"? Punie is a unique comedic creation.

And it has the best sports festival in animation. No contest at all on that.

UPDATE: Is this fan service?

UPDATE: Rats. It didn't come in. Well, maybe tomorrow...

UPDATE: I need to learn how to read a calendar. It was actually due tomorrow, not today.

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