Anime: Strike Witches 2

I only got to know about the second installment of this series in one of my trips to Akihabara, seeing a huge "Strike Witches 2" promo at the side of a whole building. I took on the series with much excitement and hope. But unfortunately, I struggled to watch the first few episodes, and able to finish it a few months after.

Don't get me wrong, it has improved much with its 3D guided animation, more action from the naval forces, battle scenes that rivals Macross, new characters, etc. But there is no new twist or development in the story. Just more of the same old cutesy cutesy stuff, naive characters stayed naive (to think the girls would have known better by now, since they are now supposed to be "battle hardened"). And the new characters were not developed enough to make the viewer care about them. The character design was more unrestrained, showing off full frontal nudity unlike the first series, and more daring "fan service".

In the end, I was disappointed...musch like when I was disappointed with the second season of K-On.

The Silent Hill Experience with "The Silent Hill Memories" Site

Searching through the net while reminiscing my time with various Silent Hill games and media, I happen to come across this site called "The Silent Hill Memories".  Mainly a Russian site, the English site contains a treasure trove of pictures, articles, updates and... a very large data base of downloadable OST mp3s. A resource for every one who plays or ever played a game of the Silent Hill series.