I wish everyone a healthy and Happy New Years. Let’s make 2011 an even better year than before!
Archives for December 2010
2010 in Review for Anime Blogging
It’s the end of 2010 and it was a nice year for Anime Blogging considering how many events that occurred during the year. With the second year milestone on the horizon, things can only get better. So, this post will basically take a look back on the major events that are influential to Anime Blogging and myself during the year. (Image Source)
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Winter 2011 Anime Season Preview
Since all of the Fall Anime has finally ended, there is the Winter 2011 Season that will premiere early next week. Its pretty surprising to see a whole year fly pass by with 2011 in the horizon after two days. Therefore, I will discuss my thoughts on the shows I will potentially watch and cover.
Also, Melative provides all information for the shows I will possibly watch. (Image Source)
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Tears to Tiara – Episode 1 & 2 – First Impressions
First off in the DVDs I have got, I decided to take a look at the first two episodes of Tears to Tiara, an eroge RPG game made by Aquaplus’s Leaf. Basically, it’s takes dark ages that involve an empire like Rome with various myths associated to the time period.
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Tantei Opera Milky Holmes – Episode 12 (END)
This is the battle between Milky Holmes vs. Aresené that everyone waited for. It’s going to be epic.
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Reverse Thieves Secret Santa 2010 Review – Haibane Renmei
Once upon a time there is a Secret Santa Project hosted by Reverse Thieves in the Anime Blogosphere. This projects works by sending your application with your list of Anime you have watched and like. On the other side, a person receives your list and suggests three shows to watch and you pick one to review. Most of you have already seen the list of Anime I have suggested at my side blog, Shiori’s Diary. From the list of shows I was suggested, I decided to watch Haibane Renmei, which is a 2002 slice of life Anime made by Radix. (Image Source)
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Merry Christmas
If anyone celebrates, have a safe and nice Christmas. I will resume posting on Dec 26.
Also, the Secret Santa review will be posted later. Be sure to check it out!
Shinryaku! Ika Musume – Episode 12 (END)
Sadly, this is the last episode of Ika Musume. Even so, there are still some really fun moments before the drama kicks in the second half.
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Shinryaku! Ika Musume – Episode 11 – Possessed Dolls and Beware of Chizuru
It seems that Ika still can’t figure out how to take over mankind. Instead, she has nightmares about a really grotesque old doll. Also, the scientist whack jobs make reappearance and the crew takes a hike to the summit.
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Ore no Imouto – Episode 12 (END)
The last episode is here and with the end of Kyousuke’s Life counseling from Kirino, he doesn’t expect a secret that she is hiding from him.
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Tantei Opera Milky Holmes – Episode 11 – The Power of Friendship
The future looks pretty grim with Milky Holmes disbanded and with Aresené making an empire of Phantom thieves. It’s the end for Yokohama, right… Or is it?
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Twelve Moments in Anime 2010 – #7 – Ookami-san and the cute Tsundere Wolf
In the 7th Anime Moment for this year, I will be focusing on Ookami-san. While I have some mixed feelings about the show, it was rather entertaining since it had a really violent tsundere named Ookami Ryoko. While not too different from other tsundere stories that JC Staff makes, it has fairy tale characters as its cast, which made it pretty interesting. (Image Source)
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Ore no Imouto – Episode 11 – Kirino’s Apology
Kirino, Kuroneko and Saori throw a party for Kyousuke to cheer him up … except there is a surprise that he doesn’t find out until the day of the event.
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Thoughts about Bill 156 and Why the Law is Censoring like it’s 1984.
If you have known already, Tokyo pass the very controversial ordinance, Bill 156, which is also known as the “Nonexistant Youth Bill” that have strong support. However, this bill has been called an act of censorship and an apocalypse for the Anime Industry as a whole. While I think the bill is overblown by a certain tabloid blog in the Anime Blogosphere, I still think that this bill is very destructive to the industry and it’s an excuse to promote government-sponsored censorship. (Original Image)
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Twelve Moments in Anime 2010 – #8 – Angel Beats, the TsunTsun Anime
Angel Beats was a rather unique show even though the execution was so tsundere that it was not even funny. The show was pretty interesting with girls with guns, fighting against other people and learning about the heroes’/heroines’ tragic memories. Therefore, this makes it the 8th Anime Moment in our countdown to Christmas.
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Twelve Moments in Anime 2010 – #9 – Kobato and Sweet Drama
I have to admit, Kobato was one of the sweetest love stories from CLAMP I have seen from 2009-2010. This makes it the 9th Anime Moment with our countdown to Christmas. (Image Source)
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Tantei Opera Milky Holmes – Episode 10 – Milky Holmes’s Darkest Hour
This is the most depressing day for Milky Holmes… So sad! It seems that everyone is extremely harsh towards them that eventually lessen the team spirit down to nothing!
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Twelve Moments in Anime 2010 – #10 – K-ON! (OVA) Live House
Besides the second season of K-ON, which I will be covering in a future Anime Moments post, there was an OVA that released in the first season. Basically, the Light Music Club decides to do a live house performance, which they are very excited about. They met many girl bands they haven’t heard before and had lots of pleasurable time with them. (Image Source)
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Twelve Moments in Anime 2010 – #11 – Sola and the Pool Episode
In our second moment of Anime in 2010, we are going to take a look at Sola and the fanservice/pool episode (Image Source).
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Shinryaku! Ika Masume – Episode 10 – Let’s Play Ball!
Since Ika unable to invade mankind, she plays baseball instead to help her best friend’s softball team. Also Teru Teru Bozu and Mini Ika make an appearance again.
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Nogizaka Haruka and Ore no Imouto… Two different worlds on the Otaku Subculture.
I have always wondered about the themes Ore no Imouto covered since it was a topic that has been done in the past, but not well executed. Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu covered only the surface of the Otaku subculture but only to throw it out of the window in the second season.
While there are some resemblances of the two shows, they are significantly different. The difference between them is what I want to cover. (Original Image)
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Ore no Imouto – Episode 10 – Ayase Blackmails her friend to Cosplay… and loves it!
Ayase kind of got her best friend, Kirino angry about her hobby. She allows Kyousuke to help her with a gift that will make Kirino happy and forgive her. Sadly, this requires someone to do the most embarrassing thing for a non-Otaku… COSPLAY!
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Tantei Opera Milky Holmes – Episode 9 – The Murder of Nezu and Milky Holmes’s Ancestry
In this mysterious episode of Tantei Opera Milky Holmes, Milky Holmes has a mystery to solve since Nezu was murdered at night. The girls need to challenge their accusation to prove their innocence… (Also, we hit our 500th post milestone!)
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