Rin and Shirou might have found out the master of Caster. Who was it?
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Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works – Episode 10 – Caster’s Master Finally Revealed!
Weekly Anime Impressions – Fall 2014 – Week 10 – Ore Twintail and Shirobako Episode 10
Christmas is almost here and I am busy with exams… I will be focusing on the 12 days of Anime (will be done in one post), top Japanese Video Games and Anime in the coming days.
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Amagi Brilliant Park – Episode 11- The Big Day
Seiya has found a breakthrough, but is it enough to meet the goal?
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Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – Final Review
Back in the early 2000s, Game Freak made a big leap in terms of gameplay and graphics with Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire when they finally transitioned to the Gameboy Advance for the 3rd generation. These games basically laid the foundation for future generations by introducing new mechanics such as abilities, natures, an overhauled IV/EV system and double battles.
While Game Freak hinted a Ruby and Sapphire remake in Pokémon X and Y last year, everyone knew that it was going to happen. Eventually, they revealed Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, which is a remake of the original games. These remakes add new features (including enhancements to Pokémon Contests and Secret Bases) while adding more mega evolutions and an expanded post-game. Does this new remake live up to the original? Let’s find out!
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Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works – Episode 9 – Finding More Clues about Caster and Shinji Rejoins the War?
With Caster’s master nowhere to be found, Rin and Shirou continues their search.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Fall 2014 – Week 9 – Ore Twintail and Shirobako Episode 9
Finals are coming, so I’m going to be somewhat busy. The good news, I already beaten Pocket Monsters Omega Ruby and the full review is coming on Tuesday/Wednesday.
Now, for the Anime impressions.
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Amagi Brilliant Park – Episode 10 – Seiya’s Forgotten Promise and Latifah’s Secret
Seiya finally remembers the promise he made to Latifah during his childhood. What was it?
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Winter 2015 Anime Season Preview
Given that I am 2/3rds done with Pocket Monsters Omega Ruby, I’ll leave the review for next week. For now, I’m going to focus on what shows I plan on watching during the winter. Even though I will have more free time since I would have graduated at the end of this semester, I will only cover two shows and share rest of the impressions in a weekly post.
As always, this list is subject to change from now until the actual season starts.
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Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works – Episode 8 – Shinji’s Dirty Plans – What is Caster up to?
Shinji finally does the unthinkable and unleashes Rider’s powers.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Fall 2014 – Week 8 – Ore Twintail and Shirobako Episode 8 and Site Updates
Believe it or not, there is only 4 1/2 more weeks of the Fall Anime Season left until the new year…
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Amagi Brilliant Park – Episode 9 – Elemental Fairies and the Meaning of Teamwork
For a while now, I have always wondered about the elemental fairies since they receive a good amount of screen time (besides the mascots of course) and that each girl has a unique personality. At last, they finally get their own episode.
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Amagi Brilliant Park – Episode 8 – Let’s Pretend to be Kanie Day
It has been a while, but at least we are finally taking a glimpse of Seiya’s school life.
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Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works – Episode 7 – Caster vs Archer and Shirou’s Stupidity
It seems that Archer finally shows his hate towards Shirou. I know why.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Fall 2014 – Week 7 – Ore Twintail and Shirobako Episode 7
Now that Pokemon ORAS is now out, I have created a Live Blog over at my sideblog. I will announce when I start since I haven’t got my copy and I need to finish all my classwork before Thanksgiving (so I can spend most of my break playing games).
As for Amagi Brilliant Park, as of now, there is still no subs and it looks like it’s not coming out anytime soon, meaning that I will eventually cover it once it releases (can’t watch the RAWs since I won’t understand all of it). Comes to worst, I’ll combine it in next weeks post for that show.
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Reminiscing about Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire – Memories and Favorite Aspects
It has been over 10 years since Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire released in America. Even though Generation III was not my favorite generation, there were many aspects that I liked. Since Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire releases tomorrow, the best way to share my anticipation for the new remakes is to look back at the original games and share some memories I have with it.
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Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works – Episode 6 – Shinji’s Dirty Secrets and Shirou gets Rescued
It seems that Shirou has become an easy target, unfortunately.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Fall 2014 – Week 6 – Ore Twintail and Shirobako Episode 6
It seems that everything worked out in the end…
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Amagi Brilliant Park – Episode 7 – It’s Time for Some Piracy
Pirates from another world has invaded the water park and held everyone captive. What are we going to do? Seiya has a plan.
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Thoughts about the 2D Animation vs. 3D/CGI debate with Anime
A recent episode of Shirobako has brought up an interesting topic regarding the whole 2D Animation vs 3D Animation/Computer Generated Images debate and how should Anime be made. This issue was so controversial that it almost pushed Endou to quit (besides Tarou’s incompetence).
The 2D vs 3D/CGI debate has been a passionate one for the fact that most Anime have 2D animation. As technology improves, animation studios might be eager to adopt 3D/CGI as a way to make it flashier while cut production costs. By doing so, something gets lost in the process, which is why this debate is so passionate not only to fans, but people who work in the industry.
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Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works – Episode 5 – Shirou Tries to Be a Hero
Shirou thought it was a good idea not to bring Saber to school. Sadly, he learned the hard way.
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Amagi Brilliant Park – Episode 6 – Seiya Builds a Harem… Sort of.
It seems that Seiya is building his own harem, which makes Isuzu really jealous, at least in her dream.
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Thoughts on Tastes and Why There is No Such Thing as Good/Bad Taste
For a long time, I avoided sharing my views on how people view tastes in Anime since it is a controversial issue in the fandom. While some anime bloggers shared their thoughts on the issue, there are many reasons why I do not subscribe to the view there is such thing as good/bad tastes.
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Ciel nosurge – First Impressions
Back in 2012, Gust who is known for their work on the Atelier franchise decided to make another series that is set in the same world as the Ar tonelico series. Since the Playstation Vita came out in February of 2012, they decided to experiment with this new handheld by creating a communication dating sim called Ciel nosurge (シェルノサージュ〜失われた星捧ぐ詩〜 lit. Ciel nosurge ~Song offered to the Lost Star~ ), which is played in real-time over the internet. This game can be described as Animal Crossing meets Love Plus with social elements thrown into it. They recently released an Offline version that removed the online requirements with all the DLC content included, thus making it possible for the player to play at his/her own pace.
While two versions of the game got released after the original (Re:Incarnation and Offline), they also created a sequel titled Ar nosurge, which came out this year in Japan and later got localized to English. I find it odd that they would release that game first considering that the sequel requires the player to finish most of Ciel nosurge in order to fully understand the story. Considering that this game is a niche title, not a role-playing game and is very text heavy, I can understand why Gust and Koei Tecmo aren’t willing to localize it. Even so, it seems that people are interested in this game. With that, I will share my initial impressions of the gameplay from the Offline version.
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