• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Chikorita157's Anime Blog

The thoughts, reviews and analysis of Comedy, Romance, Drama and Slice of Life Anime of a College Student

  • Home
    • Podcast
  • About
    • Commenting Policy
    • Banners
    • Spam Liker Hall of Shame
    • Blogroll
  • Reviews
  • Archives
  • Guides
    • List of Suggested Manga
  • Subscribe
    • RSS Feed
    • Feedburner
    • Anime Blog Tracker
    • Comments Feed
    • Add to Feedly
  • Kireina Yuri

Twelve Days of Anime – Part II (Days 7-12)

December 24, 2011 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment


アニメの12日 – 二部

Today is the day before Christmas and to celebrate it, I’m looking back at the reminder of the moments in this year’s Anime that made it awesome. This includes Croisee, Ano Hana, Fate/zero, Idolmaster, Hourou Musuko and Madoka Magica.

If you don’t know what this project is all about, I highly suggest checking out the prelude (Image Source).

6. Ikoku Meiro no Croiseè – Camille & Claude: the Class Separation

Croiseè had many cute moments with Yune and Alice having fun with each other through various activities. However, Camille and Claude caught my attention, especially with their childhood dream of being together not being possible because of their differences of class that got revealed in episodes 8 and 9. Because of this, she could never experience anything outside of the garden, which is why she finds Claude and stray cats interesting. To make matters worse, her family wants her to marry a rich guy that she doesn’t even love just for more power. This makes me feel rather sympathetic towards her since there is no easy solution. Not only that, Claude had grown a very pessimistic outlook of life as a result of it. Still, I hope they will find a way to achieve it so they can live together as a couple.

5. Ano Hana – The Heartwarming Ending Song

While I haven’t finished Ano Hana, it’s probably one of the better dramas Mari Okada produced this year aside from Hourou Musuko from the four episodes I have seen. Although the remaining episodes are still collecting dust on my hard drive, the ending song in particular has caught my attention not only for the excellent performance, but it also brought something special. If you haven’t know already, the ending song is actually a cover version of Secret Base ~君(きみ)がくれたもの~, one of ZONE’s most famous songs, which made that girl band popular. Since then, there has been some cover versions of the song. Needless to say, the “10 years after” remix of the song was simply beautiful and it fits with the rather nostalgic feeling of the show.  Since the song was well recieved with the ZONE reunion being in August of this year that it spawned a tribute album containing some of the band’s hit songs and cover versions of their songs from various artists. This shows how powerful this song is when combined with a very emotional story.

4. Fate/zero – Rider and Weaver is the Most Badass Duo Ever

Compared to Fate/stay night, Fate/zero surpasses the former from its storytelling, animation, music and the characters. Perhaps the most popular duo is obviously Rider and Weaver. Somehow, Rider effortlessly catches everyone’s attention since he only wants to hang around like he did with the other servants over wine and of course, show his power by using his army to bash some Assassins.  Still, Weaver’s complaining and him trying to look cool along with Rider teasing him is still fun. Nevertheless, it’s doubtful that any other duo can gather the same attention and popularity, although Saber might have a chance since she’s the only female servant in the 4th Grail War.

3. The iDOLM@STER – Chihaya and Haruka

While it’s sad that Azusa and Takane (two of my three favorite idols) didn’t get much screen time, the growing friendship between Haruka and Chihaya became rather special, especially in Episodes 20 and 24. In the beginning, Chihaya acts rather emotionless and doesn’t seem to enjoy the other aspects of being an idol, except singing.  Eventually, Haruka helps to build her self-confidence and also brought her back from an early retirement through the help of everyone after the unfortunate libelous article regarding her past. In turn, when Haruka fell into depression, Chihaya repaid her by bringing everyone back together in front of her eyes. From what they have demonstrated, it shows how close their friendship really is and that makes it one of the strongest aspects of the show.

2. Hourou Musuko – Anna, the Role Model

Hourou Musuko has been the second most memorable show as Transgenderism and homosexuality awareness is increasingly becoming important after various suicides resulting from bullying of these people. For Nitori Shuichi, he faces more difficulties compared to Takasuki since he wants to become a girl. Because of this, his sister views him as a freak and of course, the harshness of society. Thankfully there is another girl that understands. Her name is Anna and she is pretty cool as she views him as a younger sister and protects him. Even though she splits up after he goes to school dressed as a girl out of pressure, they still have quite a close bond because he is the only one that truly understands her feelings, which only reinforces the fact that she is a great role model.

1. Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Kyubey /人◕ ‿‿ ◕ 人\

Of course, I save this for last because Kyubey is the most notorious cute critter of the year as he incites the fear of everyone!  He is always asking innocent girls to sign a contract so he can get more Grief Seeds for his Incubator. Not only that, his permanent smile and the fact that he creates/has new bodies of himself only make him more sinister and undefeatable… unless you change the entropy thing. Even with that, it doesn’t change the fact that he still scares the hell out of you and me.

Like this post? Use the Reactions system and Do Not Use the Like Button in WordPress Reader.

The Reactions system replaces the WordPress Likes system, which appears at the bottom of every post.

Please do not leave likes via WordPress Reader on my posts as they will not appear on my blog.

If you like the post, simply click/tap the Like button in the reactions below. You can also choose a different reaction if you wish. Any reactions made are 100% anonymous.

Related

What’s your response?
0 responses
Love
Love
0
Like
Like
0
Surprised
Surprised
0
Haha
Haha
0
Thinking
Thinking
0
Sad
Sad
0
0 Shares
Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

Filed Under: 12 Days of Anime, Ano Hana, Fate/zero, Hourou Musuko, Ikoku Meiro no Croisèe, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, The iDOLM@STER
Tagged With: 12 days, opinion, reflection

This post was handcrafted by…
Chikorita157 - who has written 2,983 posts.

Author and Owner of Chikorita157's Anime Blog. If you want to learn more about me, see the "About chikorita157" page.

Liked our content?

Feel free to leave a comment, share the post on social media, or linking back to this post on your blog post. You can also support us on Ko-fi as well.

Also follow us on Twitter for the latest blog updates and Anime/Manga/Video Games related tweets
Follow @chikorita157

Reader Interactions

New Here? Review the Commenting Policy before adding a comment.

Additionally, linking to your blog should only be done in the Website field, not in the comment itself, unless it contibutes to the discussion. If you are using a Wordpress.com account to comment, you can change the website URL in the Account Settings

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Previous Post: Secret Santa Review – Kuragehime
Next Post: Merry Christmas!

Primary Sidebar

Categories

Archives

Current Season

  • Cue!
  • Love Live School Idol Project
  • Machikado Mazoku
  • Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road

Episodic Blogging Schedule

Wednesday – RPG Fudousan

Thursday – Machikado Mazoku 2-choume

Friday – Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road

Saturday –  Cue!, Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club

Non-Episodic Content

  • Editorials
  • Japanese Self-Study Progress
  • Let’s Plays
  • Podcast
  • Project iM@S
  • Reviews

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Follow Us

You can subscribe to this blog via WordPress Reader

Follow Chikorita157’s Anime Blog on WordPress.com

Also follow us on Twitter for the latest blog updates and Anime/Manga/Video Games related tweets

Follow @chikorita157

Recent Posts

  • Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Second Season – Episode 7 – Shioriko’s Idol Dream Dilemma
  • Cue! – Episode 18 – Chuunibyou and the Stoic Girl
  • Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road – Episode 7 – Pigrimage and The Mysterious Fog
  • Machikado Mazoku 2-Choume – Episode 6 – Truth about Sakura, Darkness Peach, and The Precious Smile
  • RPG Fudousan – Episode 6 – Fa Saves the Day (Again) and Terrifying Singing

Recent Comments

  • OG-Man on Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road – Episode 7 – Pigrimage and The Mysterious Fog
  • OG-Man on Cue! – Episode 18 – Chuunibyou and the Stoic Girl
  • OG-Man on Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Second Season – Episode 7 – Shioriko’s Idol Dream Dilemma
  • chikorita157 on RPG Fudousan – Episode 6 – Fa Saves the Day (Again) and Terrifying Singing
  • chikorita157 on Machikado Mazoku 2-Choume – Episode 6 – Truth about Sakura, Darkness Peach, and The Precious Smile

Support Us

Footer

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

© 2009–2022 James M. All rights reserved.
All text on this page is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
This blog uses Genesis Framework and WPTouch Mobile Suite. Source Code
72 queries : 0.177s espeon

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Mastodon
  • Tumblr
  • Ko-fi
  • Youtube
  • Twitch
  • AniList
  • Kitsu
  • MyAnimeList
  • Privacy Policy