At last, Mocha, Cocoa’s older sister has finally arrived. Will Cocoa completely lose her big sister status as she feared?
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Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?? (Second Season) – Episode 5 – Mocha Arrives, Did She Outdid Cocoa as an Older Sister?
Anime Scoring – Has it Outlived Its Usefulness?
As you recall, I have shared my thoughts on scoring in the past. Sure, everyone has their own way of scoring things when it come to writing reviews. However, as time goes on and our opinion changes through experiences, you might look back at the list and wonder to yourself, why you gave a show a certain score. Moreover, scores usually do not tell whole story since it is just an arbitrary number. This makes me wonder why bother with them?
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Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru – Episode 5 – The Curse, is it a Cover Up?
From the first half of this mystery, it seems that Fujioka thinks that he will die early from a curse. Given how suspicious the claims he gave are, will Sakurako be able to expose his attempted cover up?
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Hidan no Aria AA – Episode 5 – A Decisive Match Against an Old Rival
The big match against Akari’s rival, Urara in a Quartet test has finally come. Will Akari manage to win and damage Urara’s big ego? We’ll see…
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Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?? (Second Season) – Episode 4 – Older Sister Training and Becoming Ladylike
Oh no! It seems that Cocoa is super nervous now that her older sister is coming. Will she act like a responsible older sister for Chino in time?
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Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru – Episode 4 – The Family Curse, is it Real or Fake?
Apparently, some stranger seems to believe that a curse of some sort will make him die prematurely like his uncle and other men in his family. This makes me wonder, does this curse exist or maybe he is hiding something.
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Hidan no Aria AA – Episode 4 – Preparing to Fight Against an Old Rival
Now, it’s Akari’s second chance to raise her rank by winning a Quartet test. Sadly, she has to face off an opponent that humiliated her in the initial test.
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Charlotte – Final Review
Back in 2010, Maeda Jun decided to create an original production by partnering up with PA Works titled Angel Beats. This show focused on a group of students in an after life fighting against god. While it was an interesting premise, it never reached full expectations because there were so many flaws that held the show back. Some viewers were disappointed that they declare it one of the worst shows PA Works made, until Glasslip (which is the worst show from PA Works thus far) came along.
Five years later, he decided to do another project again with PA Works and Aniplex called Charlotte. While I will not share my thoughts on whether or not Jun learned his lesson since I covered it in a separate opinion piece, I will share my overall thoughts about the show.
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Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?? (Second Season) – Episode 3 – Chino Expands Her Horizons Beyond Coffee
It looks like Chino is finally taking up ballet dancing during Fine Arts Month thanks to Megumi.
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Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru – Episode 3 – Yuriko Finds The Truth and Police’s Continued Uselessness
Unlike the last mystery, this one hit close to home as the bones of someone’s loved one is found.
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Hidan no Aria AA – Episode 3 – Kirin finds Her Amica and Crush
It seems that there is a cute girl who seem to have a crush on Raika.
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership – The Trade Agreement that will Destroy the Anime Fandom as We Know It
Remember the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act from 2011? These acts aimed to stop piracy, but at the same time introduced unintended consequences since the legislation was so broad that companies and government can use it to request internet service providers to censor sites. If thy were to pass, companies can use it to censor your content and limit free speech. Thankfully, people protested and these two legislations died. ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) faced the same fate since it was SOPA-like.
Now, we have a new bogeyman that will threaten free speech, reign in censorship and limit free speech. This will not only destroy anime blogging, but the anime fandom as we know it. That is the TPP, which is commonly referred to as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a secret trade deal that involves the United States and other Asian countries in the pacific, including Australia, Canada, Japan and others.
This recently leaked treaty has a lot of nasty copyright restrictions that will undermine fair use and make copyright violations a criminal offense. This mean that you might get a hefty fine or even get thrown into jail. With that, I’m going to share some background information about the treaty and then go into certain provisions that will possibly impact the anime fandom as a whole.
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Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?? (Second Season) – Episode 2 – Rabbit Busting and Maid Outfits
I have to admit, Rize looks cute in any outfit she wears.
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The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Episode 25 (END) – The Ball that Makes Dreams Become True
The time has finally come as the girls have their dream become come true at the Cinderella Ball.
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Hidan no Aria AA – Episode 2 – Jealousy makes Shino Crazy
At last, Akari passed her first test to become Aria’s Amica. Sadly, there is one girl who is not happy with Akari being obsessed with Aria 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru – Episode 2 – The Lost Child
While the first episode’s mystery felt like a warmup, this is finally the real deal as Shoutaro finds a little girl all alone walking to a convince store.
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Hidan no Aria AA – Episode 1 – Hidden Potential
While I watched Hidan no Aria ages ago, it felt like another Kugimiya Rie Tsundere shows, especially since it was made by JC Staff. Instead of getting a second season, we now have a spinoff involving a girl named Mamiya Akari who looks up to Aria despite being dead last in the Butei rankings. I know it took awhile, but it’s here now.
As you would expect, Akari is definitely one of those girls that has a cheerful personality. Aside from kicking her younger sister in her dream, she apparently idolizes Aria, who is top of the class to the point where she can stop criminals in their tracks without fail. This time, Aria managed to stop a bank robber gang who is trying to escape by boat without any help.
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Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?? (Second Season) – Episode 1 – Time to take Cute Pictures!
Yes, it’s finally back and as always, the girls are adorable.
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Thoughts about Japanese Anime Releases: Why they are Expensive?
A few years back, I have shared my thoughts about collecting anime Merchandise. While I stopped buying anime DVDs several years back since I wanted to focus more on importing Japanese games and anime CDs from Japan, I decided to buy Idolmaster Cinderella Girls in Blu-Ray, which makes me wonder about Japanese anime releases and how they differ from licensed releases.
While I covered it somewhat in previous editorials, I never gone into much detail considering that I did not own a single Japanese release. Now I do, so it is time to talk about some differences and why they are expensive.
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Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru – Episode 1 – Curiosity over Bones
It has been a while since I have watched an anime that focuses on mystery. With that, it’s time to focus on another one, which involves an ordinary high school student boy and a young adult woman who seems to be obsessed with bones.
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Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz – Final Review
I have to admit that Illya from Prisma Illya is more enjoyable than the one in Fate/stay night. While I enjoyed the first season despite having a few flaws, I like how they made this spinoff into a magical girl show with the usual clichés as Illya and a mysterious girl named Miyu uses magical sticks to transform into magical girls to collect Class Cards.
The 2nd season eventually introduced Chloe, which is basically a darker skin version of Illya from Fate/stay night. While most of the second season was focused on her, there were many enjoyable moments, especially the fight at the end with Bazett. With that, will the second part of 2wei, 2wei Herz live up to the prequel? Somewhat.
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The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Episode 24 – Shredding One’s Fears and Just Smile
Now that Uzuki got herself out of her depression, with the help of Rin and Mio, it’s time for the Producer to lend his support too.
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The Award Catchup Post – The Infinity Dreams Award and Real Neat Blog Award
As the fall season anime concluded last weekend, it seems that I ran out of ideas to write editorials. For now, it is a good time to focus on the remaining awards posts I have left collecting dust in a corner because I was busy doing other important things along with work. With that, I will share my responses.
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Charlotte – Episode 13 (END) – The Final Mission
Now that Yuu decided to plunder all the abilities, will the mission that looks impossible be a success?
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