Anime featuring Rio, a character from slot machines.
Opening Theme
"Sekai to Issho ni Mawarou yo! (世界と一緒にまわろうよ！)" by Love Roulettes
Ending Theme
"Miracle☆Chance (みらくる☆ちゃんす)" by ULTRA-PRISM
Rio - Rainbow Gate! 02 http://www.mediafire.com/?jhl3g823v69f61v
watch Rio - Rainbow Gate! Episode 2 part 1
watch Rio - Rainbow Gate! Episode 2 part 2
Sand Chronicles
manga 1-2
Do not be deceived. This is the best new shoujo manga of its type to be published in graphic novel format so far this year, yet it cruised onto the bookstore shelves virtually in stealth mode. Its cover illustration, though reasonably pretty and cute, is basically unremarkable. Viz Media does not even bother to mention anywhere on the cover that it is an award winner, which is a bizarre omission, given publishers' obsession with having award winners on their lists. And quickly fanning through the pages likewise reveals nothing remarkable. Artwork is, admittedly, not Ashihara's strong suit. While entirely satisfactory with its professional layouts, well-considered sequences, and rarefied mainstream shoujo style, dozens of other mangaka merit the same praise…using near-identical technique. Ashihara's manga look a tiny bit like Ai Yazawa's, a good bit more like Miki Aihara's, quite a lot like Masami Tsuda's…you get the point. If anything about the visuals is memorable, it would be the delicate, waifish character designs.
