Yesterday, I went to Melbourne for an anime spree with frazzled_niya. We had a LOT of exercise, especially considering I managed to lead us back up to Carlton when we were meant to head back to her hotel.

 The first shop we went to was Animasia. Normally I buy a lot of things at that shop, but instead I only bought a DVD of Monkey Magic (which I will talk about soon) and ordered in a boxset of Angelique ~Kagayaki no Ashita~ which should arrive Monday. Later this week I'll order the boxset of Kiniro no Corda ~Primo Passo~.

 After that, we went to Minotaur. I purchased the first volume of Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time and volume one of InuYasha manga as well as a plush of Kirara.

 We had lunch at Red Rooster, and because we were talking about anime and such so much I didn't feel the least bit anxious when eating my meal (I normally feel full when eating in public). We then left and went to Hobby Japan to have a look. I know she purchased some figures...but I'm not sure which ones.

 Then we went to JB Hi-Fi. They have a huge stock of anime, they even have the Pokemon DVD wallets I'm after! I know I'm going there next time, I must get those!

 It was time to go back to the hotel, but instead of heading one block south, I lead us three blocks north, like I said nearly back to Carlton. I soon realised the error and we made our way back down before it went completely dark. We got back to the hotel and exchanged some things (gifts for her and zelgadis55; items I purchased off her including a Gameboy colour, some games and some mini chara fortune figures of Evangelion and Bleach (I know I got Shinji, Kaworu and Rei from Eva and Ichigo, Kon and Rukia from Bleach, the other Bleach character puzzles me though since I'm new to the fandom; oh, and a disk of Weiss Kreuz Gluhen). We went up to the hotel room and I met her family who were quite hospitable. After a glass of coke and looking at pictures on her laptop, I left the hotel and began my journey home.

 I got home and instantly started to watch Weiss Kreuz Gluhen, all 13 episodes! 

 Sena was so cute! And he was voiced by Yamaguchi Kappei-san. I like Aya in glasses, he looks very handsome. Knight from Crashers: Knight and Ran was in the series and even Schwarz had a makeover! Nagi's was cool, he kind of reminded me of a goth kid. Sculdig's outfit didn't make me consider he was evil, but at least he still has orange hair. Yeah, unlike Crawford who now has white hair and a monocle! I didn't get a good enough glimpse of Farfarello though. And, I'm sure all of you Weiss fans know this, but...Aya died at the end of the last episode! I cried pretty hard when I saw that scene, I hadn't cried like that when watching anime since seeing the final episode of Chrono Crusade.

 And now about Monkey Magic. Of course, every Saiyuki fan would know about this tale, the Journey To The West. In this movie, however, our heroes (minus the horse) arrive in a village of Tiger People. The king and queen had been attacked and turned into tortoises. The princess Reimei wants to save them, and so she asks for their help. They agree to it, and go off to face the demons who attacked the kingdom. The demons names were Gold Horn and Silver Horn (Kinkaku and Ginkaku).
 They get to the place Reimei said the demons would be at, but then they see the demons aren't there. They hear from their friend, a thief woman named Rin-Rin, that Kinkaku and Ginkaku are back at the palace. Only the monkey king continues onwards with Reimei and she leads him to her grandfather's hut on top of a mountain where she collects an orb that will create a dark cloud large enough to blot out the sun, on the demons' orders.
 Things happen and then it leads into a battle against the demons. When the ikkou caught Ginkaku, his brother killed him and then attacked them. In a fit of rage, the monkey king goes to fight Kinkaku and defeats him. Their last problem to fix is a giant black dragon that they manage to seal in Ginkaku's gourd. And the heroes continue on their pilgramage to India.
 The two songs at the end were great, the first was called Around The World, it's pretty upbeat, and then to a great surprise for me, the second song was a cover version of Gandhara, which was the first ED theme song for the series Monkey.