The Anime Alley

I only watched a few dub episodes, but I for one preferred them to the whiney sounding Japanese version.

By whiney I meant that character It's just one voice, but it makes me rage.

Chihayafuru is so adorable and warm. I got my girlfriend into it and we agree that the things that makes the show so likable and different are the semi-realistic characters and charming atmosphere. It really is like a sweet J-drama. Another big bonus is the great soundtrack.

In the end I'm watching Mawaru Penguindrum, Chihayafuru, Mirai Nikki (that show is a lot of fun), and Un-Go (second episode was great and the mystery was way better. Not to be all ultra annoying liberal but I love the powerful anti-censorship message.)

I finally did it. I finished the series that had been in my backlog for the very longest. Genesis Climber Mospeada. I got it in the double pack with Southern Cross, which I watched more or less right away, no idea why I delayed on Mospeada for so long.
Of all the Robotech seasons, New Generation is the most identical to its original counterpart, so I didn't really get much new, but it's still a solid "go to point A to destroy thing B" sort of band of rebels show and I still really enjoyed it! But not only is the story pretty much the same, but characters personalities are the same too, if anything, Annie/Mint might be more annoying in Japanese (whereas Dana/Jeanne was less annoying in Japanese) and everyone else is pretty much the same. One thing I really liked though was that Yellow/Lancer was actually given two seiyuus in the Japanese so it wasn't painfully obvious he was a male from the first time he opened his mouth in ep 3 like it was in Robotech.
I do think that sub timings on the ADV set I got could sometimes be a bit off, they either appeared a fraction of a second too late or they didn't last long enough. They also sometimes wouldn't sub Annie/Mint when, I presume, she was making nonsense noises, but it's hard for me to know that for sure. It wasn't enough to not enjoy the show though and the sets did have some extras.
Basically, if you have Robotech, you don't really need to watch Mospeada, but if you enjoyed New Generation a lot, it's definitely worth checking out Mospeada. If you've never seen either and like the team dynamic, go for Mospeada anyway (or Robotech, it's cheaper)

Mawaru Penguindrum made me misty eyed with this new episode. It's getting rather dark and romantic. Ikuhara sure knows how to toy with my emotions.