The big day has finally come. Will the Kitauji High School concert band advance beyond preliminaries?
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Hibike! Euphonium – Episode 13 (END) – A Goal of Competing in Nationals Becoming a Reality
Archives for June 2015
Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works – Episode 25 (END) – Deciding on the Future Path
With the Grail War finally over, what path does Rin and Shirou take?
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Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka – Episode 12 & 13 (END) – A New Hero in the Making
It seems that Bell can’t help but to run away from cute girls. This is getting annoying, but at least he improves in the finale.
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Nisekoi Second Season – Episode 12 (END) – More Cute Chitoge Moments
As expected, a Chitoge episode is definitely a nice way to end the second season of Nisekoi.
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Kantai Collection ~KanColle~ (Anime) – Final Review
Back in 2013, Kadokawa Games decided to create a game called Kantai Collection (艦隊これくしょん, lit: Fleet Collection), which is a free to play browser game. It is basically a card battle game that involves war ships personified as cute girls.
While the game aimed to appeal to war ship otakus, the franchise’s popularity sprung up because of the fandom and the voice actresses who are involved with the project. The rest was history. The game was so popular that Kadokawa and DMM (who hosts the game) had to put in place a lottery in place in order to play the game, besides the geographical restriction.
Given how popular Kantai Collection is, eventually they announced an anime production for this franchise. While there are some viewers that complained about some aspects of the show, especially since most of the western viewers could not play the game without jumping through several hoops, what are my thoughts on the show? That is what I’m set out to do.
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Hibike! Euphonium – Episode 12 – The Desire to Improve and How Kumiko Come to Love the Euphonium
With only 10 days remaining before the first round of nationals, will Kumiko be able to perfect the part she has trouble with?
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Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works – Episode 24 – The Final Fight
With Shirou successfully surviving from Gilgamesh’s Ea, now the real fight begins.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Spring 2015 – Week 11 – Nisekoi 2 and DanMachi Episode 11
While Kosaki is not my favorite girl, this episode definitely got me to appreciate her character a lot more.
Note: This is the last week for Anime Weekly Impressions, at least for spring. Next week, I will be sharing my final impressions for each show separately.
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Dog Days Double Dash – Final Review
It has been a little over two years since the second season of Dog Days have aired. I have to admit that the sequel improved every aspect of the first season. Instead of focusing on melodrama that felt out-of-place, it introduced another kingdom into the war games while bringing Nanami and Rebecca into the mix. To me, the second season was an improvement since it had a lot of enjoyable moments.
Although Seven Arcs announced a third season, we didn’t hear much about it until last year when they announced that it would air in 2015 during winter. With that, did it live up to the two-year wait?
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Hibike! Euphonium – Episode 11 – Second Audition to Prove Who’s Special
As Taki prepares for the nationals by moving the practice venue into an auditorium, Kaori receives another chance at earning the solo part as she and Reina challenge each other in an audition. Will she win?
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Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works – Episode 23 – The Real Fight Begins to Stop the Grail
Now that Rin have transfered some mana to Shirou, it seems that they are ready to stop Gilgamesh’s evil plan. As expected, there are obstacles that are in the way to make the heroes’ lives difficult.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Spring 2015 – Week 10 – Nisekoi 2 and DanMachi Episode 10
Despite Bell being overpowered, it seems that luck was not on his side this time.
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The Idolmaster turns 10 Years Old – Reflecting back on my Experiences with the Franchise
As mentioned in my summer preview, the Idolmaster franchise will finally have its 10th anniversary on July 26th, the date when the arcade version of the game was first released. Since its inception, the franchise has grown tremendously with Cinderella Girls, Million Live and Side M (which everyone forgot about). With that, I want to celebrate the occasion by reviewing two games from the franchise, movie and share a personal reflection on the franchise as a whole.
To start things off, I want to reflect on my experiences with the franchise and why it’s special to me, especially from a person that has a musical background.
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Hibike! Euphonium – Episode 10 – Audition Dissatisfaction
With the audition results in, it seems that someone feels particularly salty and that would be Yuko.
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Summer 2015 Anime Season Preview and Updates
As the spring anime season comes to an end in a few weeks, I may as well share my picks for the summer along with some plans I have in store.
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Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works – Episode 22 – Suddenly, Dolphins Again?
With Archer defeated and Gilgamesh at large, Rin and Shirou have to do something that they have never done before in order to stand a chance against him.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Spring 2015 – Week 9 – Nisekoi and DanMachi Episode 9 and Anime Research Survey
It’s already June and half of the year is gone. I have to admit that Haru is now the best girl, besides Marika of course.
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GochiUsa – Favorite Characters and Relatable Moments
I have to admit that I regret not watching Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka when it first aired since it’s a very enjoyable show about cute girls working at a coffee shop. There were a good amount of heartwarming moments and the little things in life that I can relate to. Since I have two episodes left to watch, I want to share some thoughts about the show.
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Hibike! Euphonium – Episode 9 – Audition Anxiety
The big day has finally come. Will Kumiko pass the auditions?
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