Iwa ni Hana

Episode 01: Yakushiji Ryouko no Kaiki Jikenbo (薬師寺涼子の怪奇事件簿)

So one of my most anticipated anime series finally aired. Some quick comments (with spoilers ahead):

1) It seems that they are featuring original stories instead of lifting material straight from the novel series. I see from the staff credits that the script was written by one Yamazaki Hiroyuki (川崎ヒロユキ). If the story were really in the element of Tanaka Yoshiki, I would think that the whole shopping trip to Ginza would probably be a calculated plan on the part of Ryouko - though she makes it look as though it were just a whim.

An update on 'Yakushiji Ryouko no Kaiki Jikenbo'

So Yakushiji Ryouko no Kaiki Jikenbo, also one of my most anticipated anime in 2008, gets an official webpage of sorts:

As you can see, it is scheduled to air in the summer season (probably July 2008). It will be... a heck of a long wait for me.

(Source: ttp://www.starchild.co.jp/special/yakushijiryouko/)

From the creator of 'The Legend of Galactic Heroes' and 'The Heroic Legend of Arslan': 'Yakushiji Ryouko no Kaiki Jikenbo' to be animated in 2008

I was being nostalgic the other day about anime classics like The Legend of Galactic Heroes and The Heroic Legend of Arslan - which were both based on the novel series of Tanaka Yoshiki (田中芳樹). And now the good news came that his novel series Yakushiji Ryouko no Kaiki Jikenbo (薬師寺涼子の怪奇事件簿) is to be animated in 2008! I haven't read it, but I know it is about an enfant terrible of a gorgeous policewoman with a ton of brains solving complicated cases and causing trouble to the Establishment in general.

Finally I feel that there is something for me to look forward to in 2008. I will be sure to write more on this.

(Source: ttp://www.starchild.co.jp/special/yakushijiryouko/)