Anime blog that focuses on Yuri and School Girl Slice of Life Anime and Editorials
In the past, there are many shows that feature animal ears (獣耳) such as Dog Days. Kemono Friends takes this to another level with animal girls set in a zoo that is long abandoned by humans. While this show is a sequel for the now defunct mobile game, it became surprisingly popular. With that, does this show live up to the hype? Let’s find out.
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Since it’s summer, the girls decide to cool off by going to a pool.
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Now that summer break is finally over, it’s time to plan for the cultural festival.
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Now that Maki decides to go to the audition, will she make it?
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Now that the game reaches the alpha stage, Aoba has another job to do. She is task to do the key visuals. Obviously, there is going to be a lot of pressure on her.
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It seems that Himeno is considering changing her hair style. Is it really a good idea?
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The girls continue their search for the remaining treasures. With that, they make a plan for the festival’s revival. Meanwhile, Maki finally visits her parents after running into her father.
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It seems that a year past by very quickly. Today, I turned 28 years old. I felt that I didn’t accomplish anything major during the past year. It’s not surprising since how rough the past year is. While I won’t share much about my real-life problems since it’s personal, hopefully things will get better soon. I know it’s tough, but one has to hang in there. Given how crazy this year is for obvious reasons, anything can happen.
With that, I want to keep things short. As a celebration, I plan on streaming games for most of today, mostly Blue Reflection. If you want to watch, head over to my twitch channel.
Now that Hifumi becomes the team leader, how will she handle the team? Also, Aoba’s old friend returns from studying overseas.
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A few months back, I shared my thoughts about Kidani Takaaki believing that idol boom will die and the band boom will happen. Of course, that never really went into fruition since girl band shows are not too different from idol anime.
Regardless, Bushiroad, the company behind the Love Live School Idol Festival mobile game decided to take gamble. They created a new franchise called BanG Dream focused on girl bands. They created an anime series to jump-start this trend. You might be asking yourself, did the anime succeeded in that goal? Not so much.
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After the teacher introduces Quetzalcoatl to the class, Himeno feels uneasy. I wonder why?
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While Yuko doesn’t have an idea what she wants to do in the future, Mizuki tries to win her heart.
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Now that the senior citizens of Warabiya takes Yoshino hostage, what will the girls do?
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It seems that Hajime is slacking off during work. I wonder what she is doing?
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A guy presents Himeno a so called “love letter” while she is on the train with her friends. How will she react?
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Summer break is finally here. The girls decide to take a break by visiting Lion’s place.
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Now that the girls learned about what happened to the festival, they want to revive it. Will they find the treasures?
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Now that Hazuki approved Aoba’s and Kou’s character designs, it’s time for the initial prototyping.
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In recent years, there is a big shift towards legal streaming. As mentioned in an earlier editorial, streaming sites like Crunchyroll makes anime more accessible. While there are drawbacks such as region restrictions and lack of offline viewing, it keeps most people from pirating anime. Legal streaming overall allows anime to become more mainstream than it did in the past. Of course, this spawned more competition such as Funimation, Daisuki and others.
However, in 2017, the state of streaming deteriorated. It’s obvious that Amazon and Netflix now wants the piece of the streaming pie. Earlier this year Amazon launched Anime Strike. Meanwhile, Netflix becomes a serious contender by taking more high-profile titles such as Little Witch Academia and Fate/Apocrypha. While competition is good as it prevents companies from being too lazy, it has a lot of drawbacks. As seen with the huge backlash towards Anime Strike, it can have negative impacts to the fandom as a whole. Moreover, it can derail the trend towards legal streaming and drive people back to piracy.
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At last, Shino, Himeno’s cousin finally shows up. As expected, there is a lot of adorable moments in this episode.
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Since it’s summer, it’s time for another exam. This time, it’s not just a written one, but a practical one too.
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I have to admit, slice of life and Iyashikei shows are enjoyable because it can show the little things in life. Urara Meirochou focuses on a girl named Chiya. She comes from the forest to a city called Meirochou to find her lost mother.
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At last, we finally learn why Kadota and Chitose don’t get along.
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Aoba can’t wait for the character competition after Hazuki announces it. Will she make the cut?
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