It finally ends with Taichi spilling the beans along with other stuff regarding Iori’s past.
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Kokoro Connect – Episode 13 – It Ends Abruptly…
Archives for September 2012
Nogizaka Haruka’s Secret ~Finale~ – Episode 1 – Time for More Disappointment
I’m dreading every moment of this considering how bad the second season was. Still, I’m obligated to finish it, which is why we have four original video animations to finish it. As a matter in fact, the original source material concluded several months ago, which can explain why they wanted to finish the Anime. Believe me, there will be a lot of fireworks going once this is done and it took only three years in the making to get here.
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Tari Tari – Final Review
For a while now, PA Works have earned a reputation for it’s excellent production values, probably to the point where it can rival Kyoto Animation. They have done mostly original stories, which is one of the reasons why their shows tend to start on a good note. However, they also have a tendency to go sour at the middle and it was especially apparent with Hanasaku Iroha where it looses track of what it originally set out for and goes to the uncharted territory of uneasiness like unnecessary crossdressing and senseless love triangles. With Mari Okada completely out of the equation, will Tari Tari address the issues that the studio’s other works had? We’ll just have to find out. (Image Source)
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Dog Days 2 – Episode 12 – Underground Maze Survival and Adult Becky
It seems that someone got a bit careless…
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Tari Tari – Episode 13 (END) – The Musical to Remember Forever
While the relentless school administrator wants to shut down the unauthorized festival, he is in for a nasty surprise.
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Kokoro Connect – Episode 12 – Confronting the Past
The drama settles in as Yui’s troubles hit a fever pitch.
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Dog Days 2 – Episode 11 – End of the Festivities and Unexpected Body Swapping
Wow, the war ended rather quickly! What we got instead is some hilarious body swapping.
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Hyouka – Final Review
For this year’s project, Kyoto Animation decided to adapt Hyouka (氷菓, lit: Ice Cream), a set of teenage light novels involving a Classic Literature Club. While the show is slightly different from what they usually do, it is rather unique on how it uses Mystery to develop the characters. In turn, it creates an enjoyable experience for various reasons. (Image Source)
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Tari Tari – Episode 12 – Despair and Hope
Defying the Student Council’s decision, Konatsu plans to go ahead with the plans to sing.
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Hyouka – Episode 22 (END) – End of the Energy-Saving Lifestyle and the Future
As the show comes to a close, the focus is now on Oreki and Eru.
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Kokoro Connect – Episode 11 – Inaba can’t be this cute!
Cuteness overload incoming! My body wasn’t ready for this!
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Anime Adaptations and Why Good Ones are “Difficult” to Produce
When we review Anime, one of the common factors is how well a studio adapts the source material. This can range from Manga, Light Novels, Visual Novels, and Video Games since the whole industry rides on it to sell related merchandise. Since production committees have different approaches to achieve this, expectations will never be the same since printed media doesn’t have any voice actors to begin with. This is why I wanted to share my thoughts about adaptations since it has always been a hot topic. (Image Source)
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Dog Days 2 – Episode 10 – Second Half of Amazing Battles
As Éclair miraculously won the important duel of her life, stuff heats up on the other front.
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Tari Tari – Episode 11 – The Dream That is Almost Lost
Sadly, good things come to an abrupt end.
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Hyouka – Episode 21 – Getting Upset Over Valentines Day Chocolates
As one would expect, it’s all about chocolate. It’s not just any kind of chocolate, Valentines Day chocolates!
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Kokoro Connect – Episode 10 – Inaba’s Love Dilemma
Finally, the shocking conclusion to “unleashing personal desires.”
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Live Blogging – Natsuiro Kiseki OVA
Wait?! Natsuiro Kiseki has an Original Animation? Well, yes as it got handed out as part of a festival event that happened on August 29th. Since this is very short in nature, I want to experiment with something new.
Just recently, Automattic, the creators of WordPress created their own Liveblogging Plugin that makes it easier for people to post updates on the fly. Typically, I done live commenting on Melative, but I no longer do that since I don’t have the time and nobody really uses it. Just glancing at this plugin, it brought me a good idea of possibly liveblogging certain shows that I percieve difficult to blog like Nichijou. However, I will still be writing episodic posts for most of the currently airing shows. With that, I’m going to try this out with this OVA.
To view the Live Feed, press Read More. Do not refresh the browser as updates will come automatically. Once I finished watching, I will write my brief overall thoughts above the livefeed. (Image Source)
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Fall 2012 Anime Season Preview and Plans
As the summer season comes to a close in a few weeks, it’s time to start planning for the fall. What I intend to do is to give a list of shows I plan to watch and some updates on what is going on (and its subject to change). (Image Source)
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Dog Days 2 – Episode 9 – Éclair’s Love Anxieties
It’s finally time for another round of war and it seems that Éclair is experiencing some love sickness.
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Kokoro Connect – Episode 9 and Thoughts about the Biggest Public Relations Disaster in Anime History
After putting it off for several days, I wanted to let the drama settle before diving into the 9th episode. Since Dog Days aren’t out yet, I’m going to share brief thoughts for this episode and the bullying incident that everyone talked about in great lengths for the past week (Image Source).
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Hyouka – Episode 20 – The Incident that Occurred During New Years Eve
This looks more like a date!
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Tari Tari – Episode 10 – Wein’s Bravery and the Secret Behind Composing Music
Because of the e-drama involving Kokoro Connect, I decided to hold off on it until later this week. For now, the focus is on that super-hero skit while Wanaka asks for advice from the vice principal, Naoko about composing music.
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Tiger Moms and Eagle Dads – Strict Parenting in Anime
Just recently, something has come into my mind about how parents raise their children in Anime after watching the 8th episode of Tari Tari. With the stereotype of Asian parents wanting their children to succeed such as the Tiger Mom and Eagle Dad, some of these stereotypes are also present in Anime. This is because Asian countries typically value education a lot, which is why they tend to rank high on science and math. For that, I’m going to explain what these terms mean with examples from various shows. (Image Source)
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