Anime View Guide for May 09 Updated 15 May 09

Monthly Anime on TV Viewing Guide for Anime (and some cartoons) Programming on ComcastOnDemand Channels:

MAY 2009- Updated 15 May 2009
COD/CE/AdultSwim/Action

Big O (Eps 24-25)
Code Geass (Eps 15-16)
Death Note (Eps 27 to 29)
Ghost in the Shell/SAC (Eps 4 to 6)
InuYasha (Eps 126 to 130)

COD/CE/AnimeSelects/WickedAnime

Aquarion (Eps 23 to 24)

COD/CE/TheAnimeNetwork

Azumanga Daioh (Eps 13 to 14)
AD Police 1
Ariasub 1
Bento Beat Box (Anime Music Videos)
DN Angel (Eps 5-6)
Fumoffu (Ep 12)
Mariasub 1
Valkyrie (Eps 208-209)
Wedding Peach (Ep 26)
Getbackers (Eps 2-3) (These dudes are amateur detectives in school)

COD/CE/IFC/Anime

Gunslinger Girl (Eps 7-8)(Read my blog re GG. Orphaned cyborg girls trained to kill. The Social Welfare Agency- Section 2 of the Italian government is a junior version of Ghost in the Shell's Section 9. Cool dialogue and great music!)

COD/CuttingEdge/FunimationAnime:

Only Devil May Cry, Kenichi and D. Gray-Man are first ep free then 99 cents each. Balance of titles are free:

Drama-Comedy:

Case Closed (Eps 1 to 5)
Peach Girl (Eps 1 to 4)
Suzuka 3
Suzuka (Eps 1-2)

Black Blood Bros (Eps 1 to 7)

Action-Fantasy:

Aquarion (Eps 1 to 5)
Galaxy Railway (Ep 2)
Jyu-Oh-Sei (Eps 1 to 4)
Mushi Shi (Eps 1 to 4)
Sasami (Eps 1-2)

Ouran Host HS Club (Eps 1 to 7)

Devil May Cry (Eps 1 to 8)

Kenichi (Eps 1 to 8)

D. Gray-Man (Eps 1 to 8)


COD/PremiumChannels/Starz/StarzKids

Nanoboy (Eps13) (A pint sized kiddie type superhero)
Nightmare Before Xmas
Meet the Robinsons
Ferngully (Amazon Adventure)

COD/PremiumChannels/Encore/Kids

Ratatouille (A rat teaches a French chef wannabe in France)(Animated film)

COD/PremiumChannels/Encore

Resident Evil 3

COD/PremiumChannels/Starz/AllMovies

Spiderman 3
Underdog

COD/PremiumChannels/Max/EarlyPremieres

Incredible Hulk
Fantastic Four 2 (Silver Surfer)
New Wolverine flick (Sneak Peek)

COD/PremiumChannels/Movieplex

God's Gun (Yeah a Western but well if you've read my ff's you'll get the irony)

COD/Kids/CartoonNetwork

Ben 10 Alien Force (Eps 1,2,25,26)
Total Drama Island (Cartoon but animeish fun. Better than 'Survivor' reality game show which it mimics!) (Eps 18 to 22, Total Drama Drama Special Eppy)
Secret Saturdays (Cartoon or anime? Very like old Johnny Quest shows)(Eps6,7,11 to 14)
Bakugan (Eps 8 to 16)(Dueling tops to save the world BION! Small fry fare)

COD/Kids/DisneyXD

Iron Man (Cartoon but animelike)
Titles: Grim Reaper

Spiderman (Ditto as above)
Titles: Menace of Mysterio; Alien Costume- Pt 1; Spider-Slayers

Pucca (Chop Socky fun cartoon)
Titles: Chop Chewie; Chef Napped; Tame That Toon; Fab Abyo

Yin Yang Yo! (Cartoon like 'Avatar the Last Airbender' and pretty decent)
Titles: Camp Magic Pants; Clown-Fu Fighting; Skirting the Issue; For the Love

X-Men (Could be anime or cartoon. A great series and great flicks. Hugh Jackman (Wolverine in films) hosted the Oscars)
Titles:The Cure; Slave Island; X-Men: Cold; Unstoppable

Aaron Stone
Titles: First Strike, Hero Rising (Parts 1-2), Timeout, Rockin' the Free

COD/Kids/KidsWB

Thundercats (A very rare anime and Mama has been after it for years!) (Eps 112 to 116)

Batman Beyond (Animelike cartoon w/ old Bruce training new Batman) (Eps 201 to 207)

The Batman (Cool animelike cartoon w/ Rimo (Ray's bro) Romano as the Batman) (Eps 212 to 213 and 301 to 303)

COD/Kids/Bomerang

Nothing this time I'm afraid.

COD/Kids/Free Movies

Nothing this time I'm afraid gang!

COD/Kids/Kids Movies(Pay Per View films)

Aladdin (Robin Williams is the genie) $2.99
Dr Seuss' Horton Hears A Who (Jim Carrey is Horton) $4.99
City of Ember (Save the glittering city!) $4.99
Kung Fu Panda (Jack Black the fighting panda) $4.99
Madagascar 2 (Lost animals again) $4.99
Open Season 2 (Deer leads animals against hunters again) $4.99
Pocahontas (Indian girl loves nature and Smitty) $2.99
Return to Neverland (PP must rescue Wendy from Hook years later) $2.99
Wall-E (The Oscar winner of 2008) $4.99

Many more- Chek the onscreen guides

COD/Kids/4KidsTV

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Back to Sewer)
Titles: Back to Sewer #6; Hacking Stockman; Search for Splinter- Pts 1-2; Turtles Space- Pt 1

Yugioh 5 D's
Titles: Duel to Remember; Lockdown Duel (Pts 1-2) Fire It Up; The Takeback (Pts 1-2)

Chaotic (Weird one but a cartoon) (Eps 147 to 149)
Dino King (Another oldie weirdo cartoon) (Eps 140 and 142)

COD/Kids/Kabillion

Spiderman
Titles: Cosmic Quantum-Ep 7 and 18 (CQ is in almost every Kabillion section here); Spiderman- Disabled and Scam; X-Men: Mutant, Past, Rogue, Wolverine and X-Impulse

Transformers
Titles: CQ- 18; Rocket: Earth Day; Surf: Kalani David; Transformers- Eps 13, 19, Sound

Godzilla
Titles: CQ-Ep 7; Dennis the Menace- Band; Godzilla- Eps 6 and 9; Rocket: Earth Day and Rockin', Skateboarding

Men In Black
Titles: Men In Black- Eps 7 and 9;Rocket: Earth Day; CQ- Eps 7,12,18

GI Joe
Titles: CQ- Eps 7,12,18; GI Joe- Eps 11-13; Rocket: Earth Day; Surf: Kalani David

Ghostbusters
Titles: Ghostbusters- Eps 3 and 6; Rocket: Earth Day; CQ- Eps 7,18

Code Lyoko & More
Titles: Code Lyoko- Earth, Seeing, Start; Kiteboarding; Surf: Kalani David; CQ- Ep 18

COD/FreeMovies/Trivia&Games (FREE)

TV Trivia: Disney Ch 1; Friends 2; Jr. 4; Seinfeld; TV to Go 1

Channel 1 Challenge: A&E Challenge 2; Anime Challenge 2; Kids Challenge 2; Life&Home Challenge 2; Music Challenge 2; Sports & Fitness Challenge 2

Quizzo: Entertainment 1 to 3; History Round 1 to 3

Scene It? Trivia: Disney 5; Disney Channel 1; Disney to Go; Friends 2; Harry Potter 5 and 7; Jr. 4; Movie 5 and 6; Seinfeld; Star Trek; TCM 4 and TV to Go 1

Trailer Trivia: Various movie trailers with a special Tom Hanks category

Movie Trivia: Disney 5; Disney to Go; Harry Potter 5 and 7; Movie 5 and 6; Star Trek and TCM 4

Brainteasers: Animated Phrases 2 to 4; Pix Puzzles 2 and 3; Word Puzzles 2 and 3

Recreational Games: Same as before plus Darts 501

Big Brain Trivia: Brain Game 15 to 19 (Beg/Int/Expert)

COD/Kids/ActivityTV

Origami (Japanese art of paper folding)
Hometown Recipes (Like Chicago style pizza)
Cartooning Lessons

COD/PremiumChannels/HBO:

Transformers the movie


That's all the FREE anime/cartoons on demand but there quite a few Pay Per View Ones here:

COD/Movies&Events/AnimeNetwork

Clannad (Vols 3-4) $3.99 each
Princess Resurrection (Vol 4) $3.99
Appleseed $3.99

COD/Movies&Events/FunimationAnime:

For these episodes the first is free with the rest being 99 cents each. The movies run $2.99 each.

Devil May Cry (Eps 1 to 8)
D. Gray-Man (Eps 1 to 8)
Kenichi (Eps 1 to 8)

Movies/Specials:

Origin
Tsubasa Movie
xxxHolic Movie

These require a $14.99 monthly fee. Check with Comcast but I think that covers all of this particular channel's offerings:

COD/PremiumChannels/TooMuchforTV

Grenadier Touch 1 and 2

(Most of these PPV animes are definitely not for the kids!)

This is getting tiresome already man! Show of hands onegai of those who think we should stick to adult anime and anime related films only? After all how many 12 year oldsters we got here anyway?



From now on I'll post this list twice monthly and I'll keep it under 'Files' rather than 'Messages' or 'Blogs' (at www.Eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/Files)

By the way Eons Help is correcting our blogs posting problems. They are tweaking the systems which is why we cannot carry out certain actions here. I am posting chapters under blogs thus:

The 'teaser' beginning of the chapter on blog's first page and the balance in the reply.

Hope you guys and gals like this new method of posting tv lists. A reminder that Sci Fi's
AniMonday at 11 PM ET is a double eppy of 'Gurren Lagann' (BGR anime) and a double eppy of 'The Rave Master' (a hilarious swords/sorcery anime a la InuYasha and TWHE as well as Onepiece. Cool series especially the location names like 'Hip Hop City' OK the 'Rave' gives Haru Glory's sword power but to defeat the evil ShadowGuards will require four 'Rave Stones' which have been scattered all across the world like the shards of the Shi Kon no Tama in IY and the spell fragments on TWHE!) .

Anyway that's all the anime for tonight. Tomorrow at 3:30 AM we'll have WitchBlade. IFC has dropped HellGirl after airing the final eppy of Season 1 last week. Not sure when or if they are gonna continue it and/or bring it back. Dammit that burns me up man!

Hey WitchBlade the film (with Sarah Pezzini not Masane Amaha- yech!) will hit theatres in a month or so as will DragonBall and Death Note is already out there showing. Many more anime based flicks are coming soon and they are filming Bebop with Keanu Reeves in Dave's role as Spike Steigel. For Jett I'd pick LF- Larry Fishburne or even MF- Morgan Freeman. Denzel Washington or Samuel L Jackson don't fit the mold. How about Miley Cyrus aka Hannah Montana as 'Ed' and Lindsay Lohan as Faye Valentine? (Rafe) Donnelly could be Tommie Lee Jones. Hey I oughta be a Hollywood cast finder eh? Gad, I wonder how much of a muckup they'll make of the 'Bebop', 'Swordfish II', 'Redtail' and 'Hammerhead'? I don't think Ed's power scooter had a name although we all know the computer she wore on her head with 'goggle monitors' was named 'Tomato'!

Here's the new Saturday night CN/AS lineup which begins earlier now for us at 12:30 AM ET following Star Wars the animated series at midnight. All times Eastern of course:

12:30AM to 1:30 AM Bleach (2 eppys)
1:30 AM to 2:30 AM Code Geass (2 eppys)- Sorry no more Shin Chan folks.
2:30 AM Fullmetal Alchemist
3:00 AM Death Note
3:30 AM Ghost in the Shell/Stand Alone Complex
4:00 AM Cowboy Bebop
4:30 AM Big 0
5:00 to 5:15 AM Rising Son (New one re raising a kid in Japan. Hope he ain't another Shin Chan Nohara eh?)
5:15 to 5:30 AM The Brak Show (Yuck! This show makes me vomit!)
5:30 AM to 6:00 AM InuYasha

Sad to see Naruto eliminated in favour of Ben 10 Alien Force which dominates Saturday evenings on CN. It follows Total Drama Island and 6Teen which is about teens in a shopping mall.

Before I forget we just watched Mallrats which is a Jay & Silent Bob teen comedy filmed in a New Jersey shopping mall. Jason Lee (Dave Seville in Chipmunks flick) played a comic fanatic and the special guest star was Stan Lee himself. If you saw Fantastic 4- Rise of the Silver Surfer you may have caught a cameo of him as one of the wedding guests at the Reed Richards/Sue Storm nuptials. In Mallrats he was an integral character. Stan was signing comics at the mall and helped out Jason with a few problems. Don't miss this flick or Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back when the goofs come to Hollywood. Cameos by Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia). He's a supervillain (natch- he voices 'em everywhere) and she's a nun (go figure eh?)

Anyhow Showtime is where we saw 'em- Showtime at COD.

A couple of Code Geass crossovers in this week's eppys. Two of the new 'Nightmares' (like Gundams) have unusual names: 'Guren' (as in 'Guren Lagann' the BGR anime series above) and 'Zangetsu' (as in the name of Ichigo Kurosaki's 'zampatou' sword in 'Bleach'. His has the voice of Richard Epcar who also voices the last of the Bounts- Kouga).

If anyone saw the PGA Masters Tourney did ya see the Japanese guy who finished third? OK let me clarify this. In golf when there's a playoff regardless of how many are involved there is only one winner. He or she gets the first place prize. The others in that playoff tie for second. In Chad Campbell and Kenny (Seattle Mariners' pitcher Gaylord's nephew) Perry's case that meant they would split the second and third place prize money. Coming in third Shingo Katayama gets 4th place loot and so on down the line. Angel Cabrera, Jr became the first Argentine to win the Masters and the first to win a second Major championship. The first Argy to win a Major was Roberto deVincenzo (1967 British Open). He almost won the Masters way back when but was DQ'd for failing to sign his scorecard. He had finished and in a sense already 'won' the tourney but rules are rules so the guy in second got the green jacket that time.

Anyway Katayama looks like a younger version of Haruka Takachiho who created the Angels, don't ya think?.

Getting into DLs and ULs and burning CDs again. Trying to get into attaching videos to messages like I do pix now but it's damned tricky folks!

Anyone figure out who AS aka AH was yet? It's their birthday today- 30 April and hint- think European birthplace. Good Luck!

OK it was Adolph Schikelgruber who became Adolph 'Der Fuehrer' Hitler who was born 30 April in Austria and then became Chancellor of Germany by a single vote. Doesn't Fuehrer King Bradley on FMA look a lot like Onkel Adolph? That State Alchemist Army banner reminds me of the Black Eagle banners of the Germanic Army of WWII. FMA gave it cheerier colours- green and gold like the GB Packers NFL team!

I am now reading Umberto Eco's classic novel Foucault's Pendulum which is all about the Knights Templar and the Grand Plan and the Philosopher's Stone and other heavy stuff like that. It's a great book and might make a great film if Hollywood ever wises up. It's a bit of a wordy read and calls for an understanding of world history and a smattering of mythology and stuff but it is well worth it. Eco wrote that marvelous book Name of the Rose which became a film starring Sean '007' Connery as a monk detective.

I will leave you with this. I invite everyone to visit the Forums in SciFi.com under AniMondays/RaveMaster and read all about my newest fave anime series- the Rave Master. I burned the RM OT 'Rave-olution' by Reel Big Fish for Mama for Mom's Day and she has not stopped playing that CD since then. She adores it and she loves RM and GL which precedes it on Mondays AniMondays on SciFi Channel.

Bobby's fave on the History Channel 'Ice Road Truckers' returns on 31 May and soon Mama's fave Dexter returns to Sundays on Showtime. When will my Angels ever return- who knows? Maybe I'll watch them tonight- nai Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke is on OnDemand. It's the female version of Ron Howard's Backdraft albeit it is set in Baltimore MD rather than Pittsburgh PA. It's all about a gal who becomes an arson investigator and features Scott Bakula (Cpt Jonathan Archer of the Enerprise) in Bobby DeNiro's Backdraft role as senior arson squad leader and Caterina's boss. Reena is Alice Witt reprising the Backdraft role played by Alec Baldwin if I remember aright.

By the way Discover Channel (Ch 64 on Comcast) has dropped (at least for now) Josh Bernstein's Into the Unknown series from their lineup. Josh was on a morning TV talk show this past Wednesday and he may be returning to the History Channel soon. A shame to lose his show since good archaeological shows are few and far between these days. I grew up with Bold Venture and Marlin Perkins' Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom as well as the Wonderful World of Walt Disney. Today's Disney crap would make Walt upchuck! Imagine showing stuff unsuitable for the entire family on network TV in prime time!

Another great show was In Search Of narrated by Leonard 'Mr Spock' Nimoy and I recall an eppy of theirs re the Knights Templar and Foucault's Pendulum. If anyone knows where I can find a copy of those gems on VHS or DVD onegai let me know. A big domo arigatou in advance for your assistance. Gotta really go now and get some blogging done and maybe post Chapter 49 at last.

Well that's it for this time. Enjoy and toodles tomos watashi-K&K

Angel Wings Ch 48/Halftime is pep rally time!

Since this is a short one I think I'll show you a rare pix of Kei and Yuri- dressed up to the nines and performing onstage. It's the cover from the only one of their music CDs still available from domestic sources. Most of their stuff has to come from Japan and it ain't easy to find either!

ANGEL WINGS

DISCLAIMER: OK Sango darlin', it's all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let's get to Ch 48 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- That should be obvious unless you have not read my Xmas with the DP ff in which case you won't get The Big Game rematch too well. Oro does this all mean? We'll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall's on the warpath again! Here 'tis:-

CHAPTER 48

'The Big Game II- Halftime' or 'Desperation Time/Pep Rally'

During the halftime break while Gene had nothing but praise for his Hawks 'Cat' and the Boss admonished all of their Killers.

"They get the ball to start the second half dammit but when we get it back and the defense had damned well better get it back for us our quarterback will be 'Jimbo' here. And you! You guys call yourselves Ice Road Truckers? Ha! Ya can't even get the ball into the shimatta end zone! Hell! Ya can't even get it to our players! 'Jimbo' and Cap Starwind are best mates so he should be able to 'read' Gene's plays or at least let's hope he can! Let's try using some running plays for awhile and now's the time to razzle dazzle everyone with some trick plays like 'rolling right reversal', 'end of round', 'flea flickers', the 'option' and- Hell! I'd even like to see us try that old 'Statue of Liberty' play, guys and gals! Kome, you try to pin 'em back deep on the kickoff. Let's see some hustle out there people! Shimatta ni jigoku (Dammit to Hell) and let's turn this game around! Any words of wisdom, Boss?" said an overly enthusiastic Rally Vincent. Kei shook her head.

"Nai (No), not really, 'Cat'. Ya seem to have covered it all so like 'Ojou' would say 'Let's get out there and kick their asses!' Go Killers!" yelled the redhead. A cheer broke out and lasted until Doctor 4 bellowed 'Third quarter begins in two minutes, folks!'

END of Ch 48. Ch 49 'The Big Game II- Third Quarter' or 'Using All Your Options' soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine's gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K

I dickered over this chapter's titles. Let me know if I got 'em right eh?

PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K

See ya next blog post. Don't forget April 15th is coming. Toodles-K&K

I promised ya another 'shortie' and here it is, hazu! Enjoy-K&K

Angel Wings Ch 47/2nd Qtr or 3 the hard way!

Let's introduce the two field generals. First meet Han Solo's replacement- Gene Starwind of the 'Outlaw Star' (He's the short redhead in the centre although I made him a tallish dark-haired guy with a beard and made him older too- around 45 to be exact. OS (his starship) was the very first 'Adult Swim' anime ever shown on Cartoon Network back in the early 1980s. It was on Friday at 11 PM ET and ran for a half hour before AstroBoy (not AS fare) took over followed by kiddie cartoons until morning) and below us is Kei's replacement- Rally 'Cat' Vincent of the Gunsmith Cats who is a 'cowgirl' bounty hunter from old Chicago on Terra. A crack shot but can she coach football. Well she'll inspire her team with Ojou's cry 'Let's kick their as-s-s-s!' Will it work? We'll know by Chapter 50 or 51 gang! Here she is:

ANGEL WINGS

DISCLAIMER: OK Marlene darlin', it's all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let's get to Ch 47 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles-What is 3 points in football and if you have not read my Xmas with the DP ff you won't get The Big Game rematch too well. Oro does this all mean? We'll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall's on the warpath again! Here 'tis:-

CHAPTER 47

'The Big Game II- Second Quarter' or 'Three the Hard Way'

Here's the situation in a nutshell. As first period time expired the Hawks scored again to make the score Hawks 23, Killers 7. Thanks to that 'dingbat soul reaper brat' (Rukia) the Killers are down to one timeout for the half while Gene's team still has all three of theirs left. The big Trceraton 'Dynamo' and the Lagoon girl Revy Roberts have both been ejected from the game for literally' tossing' a Hawks' player (Ayame) off the field.

The Hawks kicked off to the Killers and Leona's deep spiral kick was 'fair caught' at the Killers own ten by a very frustrated Ed Elric.

"Crap! Oro (What) a crock! I could've made it to the fifty easy but without Revy and the missing link ('Dynamo') to block for me, 'Cat' tells me not to chance it!" grumbled the alchemist lad when he came off the field.

"Edward! You watch your mouth, boy! There are young ladies present! Do you want me to get out the soap?" cried Pinato 'Granny' Rockabell and she boxed his ears.

"Killers' ball at their own ten. First and ten." announced Doctor 2.

'Pretty Boy' Eric saw that everyone was covered so he called his own number and got to the Killers' forty before he stepped out of bounds. A sprinting Mae Hopkins tooki the ball to the fifty for another first down and then 'Blondie' (Marlene Angel) wormed out another ten to the enemy forty for another first and ten. Mikey the Ninja took a handoff from Eric and lateraled it right back to the trucker who then threw a long flea flicker bomb to the Boss at the Hawks' eight.

"First and goal to go from the eight." cried the little fellow from Gallifrey. The game chromo read seven minutes, fifteen seconds to halftime.

Marlene picked up two to the six, then Mikey lost four back to the ten. Mae the 'Blonde Bomber' burrowed her way to the one where she fumbled. InuYasha snatched away the ball before it hit the ground and shoved it into Louie's mitts. The big mage/treasure seeker had reached the opposite end zone for another quick six before Sammy was at midfield and most of the Killers' offense had just crossed the Hawks' twenty! Thirty to seven was on the boards when Leona had kicked the extra point which was followed by the two minute warning. Remember that 'Cat' and her Killers have a single timeout to go while Gene's Hawks have yet to use their first. Keirran Deirdre O'Halloran was livid with rage.

Meanwhile 'Cat' had finally convinced Doctor 2 to allow 'Dynamo' and Revy to return to the game in the second half just as Louie was scoring his touchdown.

"Looks like you'll need all the help you can get, Miss Vincent." chuckled Doctor Six.

Leona's kickoff was downed at the Killers' twenty-five by Kouga the wolf demon. Short strikes were caught by Mar (4), Mae (3) and Mikey (2) leaving the Killers with a fourth and one dilemna.

'Cat' decided to gamble when Kei screamed 'Go for it dammit!!' A 'screen pass' to Yuri netted them a first and ten at midfield. Alchemy Ed, Lord Falco, Winry Rockabell, Peri Brown and the two 'WOOHP' spygirls (Sammy and Alex) each caught a pass from 'Pretty Boy' (Eric) to finally reach the twenty kilo line of the Hawks. Eric did a quick 'shovel pass' to the 'Crybaby' (Prince John) and (amazingly) he caught it at the Hawks' ten for yet another first down (first and goal to go) despite being sandwiched between Jonathan Harlock and Louie the Rune Soldier Mage.

With all of thirty seconds left in the half Eric spent the Killers' final timeout. Then he proceeded to lob passes high right corner, high left corner and high mid end zone overthrowing in turn the Boss, Alchemy Ed and Winry respectively. 'Cat' said 'uh uh. No way boyo!' to a fourth and goal from the ten so Kome and her field goal unit trotted onto the field. Sammy snapped to Eric and the strawberry blonde teenager booted a twenty-six kilo field goal dead centre through the uprights for a three just as Doctor 2 fired his disruptor pistol to end the first half of the game. The score was thirty to ten and still in the Hawks' favour.

END of Ch 47. Ch 48 'The Big Game II- Halftime' or 'Desperation Time/Pep Rally' soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine's gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K

I dickered over this chapter's titles. Let me know if I got 'em right eh?

Feel free to correct me on any football errors. Dad played for the Philly Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers and even the ill fated 'Steagles' in the 1940s. Despite that I didn't get into football until 1966 when Al Hirt formed the NO Saints and I have been a diehard Saints fanatic ever since! Take heart my tomos for after the game the Angelic Armada will be heading for home once more. More pitfalls along the way? We shall see to quote from ComcastOnDemand. I swear to end this before the year's up, maybe by June eh? These things just seem to write themselves and dunno when to quit! Sorry but most writers feel that's the case so it ain't just me.

PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K

See ya next blog post. Don't forget April 15th is coming. Toodles-K&K

Angel Wings Ch 46/First Qtr or Strange Beginning

Only pix of Sango the demon slayer maid and Kirara (Key-la-la) her nekomata shapeshifting nekoyoukai or cat demon companion. They hail from InuYasha and in the first football game of the Hawks/Killers IY broke her leg with a flying tackle! Will she play this time around? We shall see but remember that 'hiraikotsu' bone boomerang weighs several hundred kilos and she tosses it around like balsa wood! Pardon the old refs in these blogs (Ch 45 through 48) but I did write these chapters earlier and just now got around to posting them. Sorry.

ANGEL WINGS

DISCLAIMER: OK Ari darlin', it's all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let's get to Ch 46 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Watch oro the starting team coach's decision is and if you have not read my Xmas with the DP ff you won't get The Big Game rematch too well. Oro does this all mean? We'll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall's on the warpath again! Here 'tis:-

CHAPTER 46

'The Big Game II'- First Quarter or 'A Strange Start'

Doctor 2 tossed the coin and the Hawks called tails. They won the toss and Gene Starwind amazed everyone including Han Solo by electing his defense to start the game!

Leona Ozaki booted the pigskin high, long, straight into Winry Rockabell's waiting mitts and right through them. The Risenbool automail mechanic from Amestris had dropped the ball. By that time Leona was sprinting down the field with InuYasha, Naraku and Kouga in her wake. Winry seized the ball and got creamed on the Killers' own six kilo line. (A kilometre equals 36.37 inches or a hair over a yard).

"First and ten from the six, kiddies. Killers' ball." sang out Doctor 2.

"Don't be so damned melodramatic about it. It's not the Terran Superbowl, Doctor." scolded Doctor 4.

Naruto snapped to Alex the Ice Road minister who danced around in the backfield until he saw Falco all alone in the end zone. That was when he lobbed a pass high and deep. Suddenly from out of nowhere it seemed Louie the Rune Soldier mage (magician) leaped in front of Falco and intercepted Alex's pass. Falco dove for him and missed. Louie tore up the field towards the opposite end zone with the entire Killers' offensive lineup hot on his heels. Alchemist Ed and young Peri tried to get in front of him and clothesline Louie at the Killers' five but the mage merely leaped over them both and landed two kilos deep in the end zone for the score- six points.

"Stay out there, Louie! We're gonna go for two! Here comes the offense!" yelled Gene as Rebecca and Nat charged onto the field with the rest of the Hawks' offensive line. Rebecca snapped to Nat who lateraled to Shippou and the speedy kitsune kit (fox demon) easily flashed over the goal line for two. The Hawks had struck first. Eight to nil over the Killers with over fourteen minutes left in the opening quarter and the Hawks would still get the ball to begin the second half.

Clover, Mandy and Starfire were cheering louder than anyone else until Raven told Star that the Hawks and not the Killers had just scored. Starfire started to cry and Ari slugged her.

"Grow up, kid! For Christ's sake, don't worry! We'll get 'em next time!" cried the svelte elf huntress.

Leona again kicked off but a gust of 'repped' wind caught the ball from behind and it sailed into the end zone for a touchback.

"Killers' ball at their own twenty. First and ten." intoned Doctor 2.

"Don't give 'em the Fxxxing ball again, Alex! No deep stuff, OK? Just short passes and handoffs for a bit. Work on the clock." growled Kei.

"Kei! 'Cat's the coach, not you! Now get your ass over here! 'Cat' wants you, me, Peri and Winry to go out this time. Mikey's in as running back so Alex is gonna pump fake to one of us and then give Mikey the ball. 'Dynamo', Helena and brother Raph will block for him. 'Cat' figures for us to at least get a first down outta this play so let's go!" whispered Yuri to the other Killers in the huddle.

All went well and Alex did indeed hand off to a Ninja turtle- Donnatella not Michaelangelo! Donnie wasted no time in making a beeline for the Killers' end zone but he only got two kilos before he heard Alex behind him so he lateraled behind himself to a speeding Louie who scored standing up- again. Fourteen to rei (zero) now and again Gene rolled the dice and won a two point conversion battle when Nat handed off to Kouga who followed InuYasha and Naraku over the goal line for a sixteen to zip lead over Kei's happless Killers. The Boss was furious!

"Can't ya even tell one Fxxing Ninja from another one dammit? Mikey's taller than all of his other brothers and Don's shorter than all of 'em! 'Cat'!" yelled the redhead and she signalled for a timeout, the Killers' first of three while the Hawks had yet to use any of theirs. She sprinted to the sidelines like a jackrabbit and grabbed 'Cat' by her shoulders. Spinning her around the Boss started barking out orders.

"Yank the good padre (Alex) and get 'Pretty Boy' (Eric) in there! A pickoff I can understand but not handing off to the wrong guy dammit! Tell Eric to go deep only if he's dead sure he's got an open receiver out there! (Kei cupped her hands around her mouth and called) Alex! 'Cat' wants ya! (She whirled back to Rally) That's an order, Vincent!" growled the redhead accepting a cold beer from Drew. 'Cat' benched Alex and sent for Eric who decided to play coach himself.

"Let's try a 'jailbreak' pass play and see what happens, Miss 'Cat', OK?" suggested Eric and 'Cat' reluctantly nodded.

"Yuri, Sammy, Spygal Alex, Ed Elric, Boss and Falco! You're the wideouts. Scatter and signal Eric when and if ya get open. Eric, it's your call but please don't give the ball away. By the way why ain't our special teams out there for the kickoff yet? Move it!" howled 'Cat' and for the third time Leona booted the pigskin. This time Mae the 'Blonde Bomber' was back deep with Ed Elric and she fielded the ball at her own sixteen and scooted downfield flanked by 'Dynamo' and the 'Lagoon Babe' Revy Roberts while 'Big Spike' Miroku and 'Dark Knight Ivy' (Ivanhoe) cleared a path for the blonde spitfire. She was finally shoved out of bounds at the Hawks' thirty by Sango. Suddenly yellow flags flew everywhere.

"Well it's about time, children! Killers' ball at the Hawks' thirty. First and ten. Offsetting late hits by Lagoon (Revy) and Doggie Boy (InuYasha). Any more of that sort of donnybrooking and I will have the miscreants thrown off the field! Three minute warning. Sorry, I mean three minutes to go in the opening quarter. The Hawks have all three timeouts left and the Killers have two." announced a pompous Doctor 2.

The Killers scored quickly when Eric noticed 'WOOHP' Spygal Alex all alone on the Hawks' goal line with nobody covering her. He tossed a quick underhanded lob into her hands but Hugh the 'Polar Bear's tackle crushed the breath out of the poor Valley girl's lungs, however, his momentum carried her over the goal line and into the end zone for a quick six. 'Cat' refused to gamble so Kome kicked the extra point to cut the score to nine- sixteen to seven. The Killers were finally on the board with two timeouts and the two minute warning yet to come in this half. The game chromo stood at two and a half minutes to go in the first quarter. For the very first time in the game Kome kicked off to the Hawks. Ayame fielded the ball at the goal line and dashed up the field until Revy and 'Dynamo' literally 'tossed' the wolf youkai demon maid off the field at the fifty kilo line markers. Yellow scarves immediately littered the field.

"I warned you, children. Roberts and 'Dynamo'- off the field. You are both ejected from this game. Fifteen kilos for unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct. Hawks' ball at the Killers' thirty-five. First and ten. Two minutes left in this quarter." shouted the little fellow.

Nat threw a short screen pass to Nyssa at the thirty where she was tackled by Rukia who quickly signalled for the Killers' second timeout. Doctor 4 at last saw her and called time but not before all but thirty seconds were left on the clock. Kei went ballistic and lashed out at the poor soul reaper girl.

"We still got a whole 'nother shimatta (damned) quarter to go and now we only got one timeout left! Way to go, soul reaper bitch!" yelled the incensed redhead and Rukia apologized for the mistake. Her apology fell on deaf ears as Kei was listening to 'Cat' giving her orders.

"Don't let 'em score! Force 'em to try for a field goal if you can't get that ball back. Three's better than six. Even at nineteen to seven two touchdowns give us the lead. Go!" encouraged 'Cat' hustling them back onto the field.

Nat tossed three straight passes to Han, Ivy and Sango. All three were neatly knocked away by Neko, Faye and Rukia respectively. With two seconds to go on the game chromo Oddo the holder snapped off a beauty to Han Solo in the left corner of the end zone for a touchdown- a fake field goal which all the Killers had bitten on- even the Boss Lady herself! Leona booted the extra point and the Hawks' score climbed again- to twenty-three this time.

Doctor 2's whistle brought to an end the opening fifteen minutes of play. The score was Hawks- 23, Killers- 7. Kei was not a very happy camper that she certainly was not!

END of Ch 46. Ch 47 'The Big Game II'- Second Quarter or 'Three the Hard Way' soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine's gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K

I dickered over this chapter's titles. Let me know if I got 'em right eh?

Onegai do not hesitate to correct me on any football mistakes. My source as always is and sometimes they get it wrong too. Although I love football and have been a diehard NO Saints NFL fan since the team belonged to Al Hirt in 1966 I never really got too much into the way the game was played, strategies, etc. This was despite the fact that my dad played in the late 1940s for the Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers and the hapless 'Steagles' during WW II. Enjoy the game and call it in the air!

PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K

See ya next blog post. Don't forget April 15th is coming. Toodles-K&K

Angel Wings Ch 45/Finding Rooms/Picking Players

Meet my fave player (Drew Brees) the QB of my fave NFL team- the NO Saints! They came within a game of the SuperBowl two years ago before bowing to Da Bears! This year-who knows?

Why the football thing? Ch 45 begins 'The Big Game Rematch' betwixt Han's Hawks and Kei's Killers albeit with different coaches. Different results? We shall see eh? Enjoy the chapter with 46, 47 and 48 coming immediately after this blog.

ANGEL WINGS

DISCLAIMER: OK Naomi darlin', it's all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let's get to Ch 45 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Tom Beaudette's catchphrase for that big motel chain and well- all teams have to have players, don't they? Oro does this all mean? We'll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall's on the warpath again! Here 'tis:-

CHAPTER 45

'We'll Leave the Lights On For You' or 'Team Rosters'

"Yo 'CC'! Bring up those old lodgings lists from last time and upload 'em to my PDO, tomo (friend). Then get me a new list of the places we got at our disposal currently. How many do those two scatterbrained dimwits have onboard with 'em this time? Huh? Only about seventy-five or so? That's a damned Helluva lot less than we were stuck with last time! The 'LeBoulage Hotel' been refurbished yet? It has? How many empty rooms they got left? Twenty-seven? Book 'em all quick before those Jupiter conventions grab 'em. How's about the 'Zangara Motel' on Loki Lane East in 'Kabuu Kichuu District'? All 59 units are vacant? Book them too. That makes a grand total of eighty-six in all. That'll do for now. Get me a manifest of her ships' passengers and crews. Parking docks? Just two for now. One for the 'LA2' and one for the 'Liberator'- Zack Zero's monstrosity. Any ships and shuttles already aboard those two vessels stay there! I can swipe lodgings away from the Jupees and get away with it but if we start stealing parking dock spaces Roy Mustang'll have himself an alchemy catfit for sure! Are the 'Angels 1 and 3' back yet? Oro (What) do ya mean that ya dunno! Well then- find out dammit! Fast! Why? 'Cause if they ain't back yet we'll have even more folks to billet when they do, that's why! And-- Aw screw it! It's suppertime and I'm hungry as a Klydorgian Torga bear! I'm going over to the canteen 'CC' and I'll be back in a half hour. Then we can really get down to tactics. See ya later, tomo mine." said Naomi and she smiled while she slung her jacket around her shoulders and dashed down the gantryway stairs to the front doors. She ran across the esplanade to the 'canteen' actually the Academy's dining hall.

Meanwhile back aboard the 'LA2' both teams had at last been chosen, both rosters posted and uploaded to everyone's PDO. The lists looked like this:-

Kei's Killers (Coached by Rally 'Cat' Vincent. Mascot: Kira 'Killer' Rayne (Ryuuk the Shinigami death god)

OFFENSE:

Quarterbacks: Alex the 'Minister of the Ice Roads' (Starter), 'Pretty Boy' Eric the Ice Roader (2nd string backup), 'Jimbo' Hawking (3rd string backup)

Running Backs: Marlene Angel, Mae 'Blonde Bomber' Hopkins, Michaelangelo the Ninja

Wideout Receivers: 'Boss' Kei O'Halloran, 'Crybaby' (Prince) John, Ed Elric the alchemist, Falco, Winry Rockabell, Peri Winkle Brown

Tight Ends: Yuri Donovan, 'WOOHP' spygirls Sammy and Alex

Offensive Guard/Middle Linebacker: 'Dynamo' the Triceraton dinosaur 'thing'

Offensive Tackle/Outside Linebacker: Kakashi Sensei the Ninja, Raphael the Ninja

Offensive Guard/Inside Linebacker: Helena the 'Hawkgirl'

Centre: Naruto the Ninja

SPECIAL TEAMS:

Kicker: Kome Sawaguchi

Punter: Leonardo the Ninja

Holder: 'Pretty Boy' Eric the Ice Roader

Snapper: Sammy the 'WOOHP' spygirl

Wedgebuster: 'Dynamo' the Triceraton dinosaur 'thing'

Upback: Revy Roberts

Gunner: Winry Rockabell

Punt Returner: Winry Rockabell

Kick Returner: Ed Elric the alchemist

DEFENSE:

Defensive Ends: Neko Olson, Mugghi 2 (Kei's Mugghi)

Defensive Tackles: 'Cowboys' Spike Steigel, Jett Black

Nose Guard: Revy Roberts

Cornerbacks: Neji the Ninja and Ten Ten the Ninja

Strong Safety: Ichigo Kurosaki the substitute soul reaper

Free Safety: Faye Valentine the 'Cowgirl'

Outside Linebacker: Rukia Kutschski the soul reaper

Inside Linebacker: Naruto the Ninja

Middle Linebacker: 'Big Spike' Miroku the security chief

CHEERLEADERS:

Starfire the Tamaranian 'Teen Titan'

Raven the 'Teen Titan'

Kira Gordon the 'Jakotsu Academy' schoolgirl

'Derringer' Merrill Stryfe the 'insurance girl' from Gunsmoke (Trigun)

Edna Jordan the tro-con cadet

Ryosko the tank driver (Those Who Hunt Elves)

Ari the actress (TWHE)

HAN'S HAWKS: (Coached by Gene Starwind. Mascot: 'Henrietta the Hawk' (Marina Oki from Cosmic Warrior Zero)

OFFENSE:

Quarterbacks: 'Nat' Edwards (Starter), Nami Richards (2nd string backup), Sally Mimoru (3rd string backup)

Running Backs: Kouga the wolf youkai demon, Shippou the kitsune youkai demon kit (fox), Kikyo the 'mika' warrior preistess

Wideout Receivers: Miroku the monk, Zoe Morton, Ayame the wolf youkai demon maid, Nyssa the Trakken girl, Kagome Higurashi, 'Ivy' Ivanhoe the 'Dark Knight'

Tight Ends: Sango the demon slayer maid, Han Solo the rebel/ex-pirate

Offensive Guard/Inside Linebacker: Villa from Blake's 7

Offensive Tackle/Outside Linebacker: Jonathan Harlock (Emma Emeraldas's uncle)

Offensive Guard/Middle Linebacker: InuYasha the dog hanyou (half human/half demon)

Offensive Tackle/Outside Linebacker: Naraku the guma (spider) hanyou (half human/half demon)

Centre: Rebecca the healer/warrior maid (from The Dark Knight)

SPECIAL TEAMS:

Kicker: Leona Ozaki the AD Tank Police tank driver cop

Punter: Donnatella the Ninja

Holder: Trace Edwards (Nat's husband)

Snapper: Oddo the dwarf pickpocket (from The Dark Knight)

Wedgebuster: InuYasha the dog hanyou (half human/half demon)

Upback: Naraku the guma (spider) hanyou (half human/half demon)

Gunner: Kouga the wolf youkai demon

Kick Returner: Ayame the wolf youkai demon maid

Punt Returner: Sango the demon slayer maid

DEFENSE:

Defensive Ends: Genie the warrior treasure hunter (Rune Soldiers), Diana 'Wonderwoman' the 'Justice League' girl

Defensive Tackles: Kiva Nerese the Bjorn 'Starfleet' starship captain of the Coriander, 'Queen' Emma Emeraldas the pirate/cowgirl/rebel/adventurer

Nose Guard: Louie the Mage (Magician from Rune Soldiers)

Cornerbacks: Flay Allster and Cagalli Yula Athna (Gundam Seed just like Nat Edwards nee Badgiruel)

Strong Safety: Donnatella the Ninja

Free Safety: Jonathan Harlock (Emma Emeraldas's uncle)

Outside Linebacker: Hugh the 'Polar Bear' Ice Roader

Inside Linebacker: Dominique the Cyclops (former Gung Ho Gun from Gunsmoke)(Trigun)

Middle Linebacker: Leona Ozaki the AD Tank Police tank driver cop

CHEERLEADERS:

Clover the 'WOOHP' spygirl

Mandy the pesky 'friend' of the 'WOOHP' team

'Cowgirl' Ed or Edward

Serena 'Moonie' or 'Sailor Moon' Tsuki

Merrill the treasure hunter (Rune Soldiers)

Melissa the treasure hunter princess (Rune Soldiers)

Ila the sorceress apprentice treasure hunter (Rune Soldiers)

OFFICIALS:

Timekeeper: 'CC' the obnoxious central computer program

Scorekeeper: 'Artok' the friendly central computer subprogram

Referees:

Head Referee: Doctor 2 the Gallifreyan Time Lord

Side Judge: Doctor 6 the Gallifreyan Time Lord

Back Judge: Doctor 4 the Gallifreyan Time Lord

There were others such as Drew the Ice Roader who was equipment manager for both teams. Bulma Brief had decided (at the last minute) that her hubby Vegeeta and his pal Goku Son (the Saiyaans) couldn't be trusted not to nuke the field like they did last time so she told the coaches to get someone else for safeties. Everyone aboard got a good night's sleep and at 1000 hours (10 AM) Holodeck Chamber #4 was filled to capacity with football fans many of whom had bought 'game tickets' from Oddo the dwarf and 'Cowboy' Spike Steigel. Apparently the Terran 'NASA' crowd aka 'Klink's Kooks' thought that 'fifty bucks each' was cheap for tickets to an intergalactic football game and this was a rematch! Garner made the two 'entrepeneurs' refund the 'ticket funds' when they got back home anyway so no real harm was done except that Dr Kleinholdt ('Klink') was destined to be the laughingstock of NASA for the next few years.

Of course all hands were there to witness this important rematch of 'The Big Game'!

END of Ch 45 Ch 46 'The Big Game II- First Quarter'or 'Strange Start' soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine's gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K

I dickered over this chapter's titles. Let me know if I got 'em right eh?

PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K