Since the winter Anime season is finally in full swing, it’s time to focus on the first weekly digest of the Winter Season. (Image Source)
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New Atelier Rorona – Origin Story – First Impressions
Back in 2009, Gust finally transitioned from the Playstation 2 to the Playstation 3 when they released Atelier Rorona. While the gameplay went back to the premise of the original games and focused more on item crafting and such, the graphics were pretty lackluster. While Totori and Meruru had better graphics and gameplay, it seems that first game in the Arland trilogy felt really out-of-place in comparison. I can’t really blame them since the Playstation 3 had a rough start when it comes to role-playing games.
Four years later, Gust finally made a full remake of the original game for the Playstation 3 and the Vita complete with a full graphics overhaul. How well does it stack up with the original? Let’s find out! (Image Source)
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Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai Ren – Episode 3 – Magical Girls Everywhere with a New Rival!
Satone finally appears! How will Rikka react to this?
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Thoughts about Marathoning or watching Weekly and How I Watch Anime
In a recent post that Kai wrote last week about watching weekly or marathon shows got me thinking: How do people generally watch Anime? With streaming, powerful tablets and smartphones, there are more places where one can watch it. Even so, people are going to have different preferences on how much they watch and where they watch it. (Image Source)
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Nisekoi – Episode 2 – Their First Fake Date
Since Chitoge got forced into a relationship with Raku, how will their first date fare? (Hint: not so well)
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Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;birth1 – Final Review
Back in 2010, Compile Heart and Idea Factory made a game personifying video game consoles as cute girls with the plot based on the console wars. While it was an interesting idea for a story, the first game unfortunately had a lot of problems ranging from game-breaking bugs to mediocre graphics.
Just little over three years later after the franchise got two well received games, Compile Heart decided to make a complete remake and reboot of the first game for the Playstation Vita, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;birth1.
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Sakura Trick – Episode 2 – Studying for Exams by Playing Volleyball!
While some people hate studying for tests, Haruka finds a way to prevent Yuu from failing.
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Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai Ren – Episode 2 – The First Date
It seems that Mori Summer is back to do something about Yuuta’s relationship.
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Thoughts about watching Anime raw – Should you Learn Japanese just from Anime?
Last month, I have read a few bloggers’ thoughts about watching Anime Raws, which got me thinking about a strange idea that some people have: learning Japanese just by watching Anime. While it can be beneficial to watch Anime without subtitles, I will also focus on some reasons why it’s a terrible idea to try to learn Japanese just by watching it. (Image Source)
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Nisekoi – Episode 1 – A Beginning of a Fake Relationship
From the look of it, Raku is probably the most unlucky high school student.
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Surface Pro 2 Review – Great Tablet for Anime Blogging?
Back in 2010, I became a first adopter of the original iPad, which was the device that started the tablet computer craze. I liked the device for the fact that I can surf the Internet, read e-books, watch Youtube, check twitter and stuff without having to drag a laptop along. Of course, tablets got more powerful since one can now view fansubs without converting them (even 10 bit providing that you have the latest tablet and the right player) and even write a post using the native Wordpress interface with image uploading. While tablets won’t replace a laptop for some tasks, they are handy when you are on the move.
On the other hand, when Apple decided to leave the original iPad behind for iOS 6 even though it can probably handle it. Since I got frustrated with my Livescribe pen, which is a device I use to take notes during class and transfer them to the computer, I need a tablet with an active digitizer. After reading about the capabilities Kai’s tablet can do, I decided on getting a Windows 8.1 tablet, particularly the new Surface Pro 2 Microsoft released last year.
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Sakura Trick – Episode 1 – First Impressions
After the first few minutes of watching this episode, I already had cuteness overload.
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Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai Ren – Episode 1 – Old Rivalries and a New School Year
With a new school year starting, Rikka finds herself living with Yuuta?
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High Expectations and Hype for Anime, is it a Bad Thing?
Back in Fall of 2013, people became increasingly disappointed to Kyoukai no Kanata as it didn’t live up to expectations. This made me wonder about if hype and having high expectation is a bad thing or not. (Image Source)
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Little Busters! Overall Final Review
When Key/Visual Arts announced back in spring of 2012 that JC Staff would be animating Little Busters, some fans didn’t like the idea. With the second season concluding earlier this week, how do the prequel and the sequel stacks up? (Image Source)
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Winter 2014 Anime Season Preview (Updated)
Since it’s the New Year, it’s time to take a short look of what I plan on watching for Winter 2014. As always, it’s subject to change.
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Best and Worst Anime of 2013 and Year in Review
As the year comes to a close, it’s time to focus on the best and the worst Anime of 2013 along with some thoughts about 2013. (Image Source)
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Little Busters Refrain – Episode 13 (END) – The Power of Friendship
As Rin regains her will to fight on, will Riki do the same?
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The Best and Disappointing Japanese Video Games of 2013
As we approach the end of 2013, I want to focus on the top 5 best games that released this year, which I got to play. As always, this list will only have games that are made by Japanese companies. (Image Source)
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Kyoukai no Kanata – Final Review
For a while now, Kyoto Animation has been focusing on their in-house intellectual properties. With that, they finally adapt Kyokai no Kanata (境界の彼方, Beyond the Boundary) as their fourth show in their new effort. Does it live up to expectations? Let’s find out! (Image Source)
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Merry Christmas (and also more questions to Answer!)
For those who celebrate, I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. If you haven’t already, check out my 12 Days of Anime posts for this year.
On the other hand I plan to do things differently for this yearly Christmas post. Here, I will volunteer myself to answer a set of questions written by Silvachief, who writes a blog called The Geek Clinic, which focuses on visual novels, Anime, music and video games. If you still want to see more answers for questions asked by other bloggers, check out the ones I answered for Yumeka and AceRailgun. (Image Source)
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12 Days of Anime – Part 3 (END) – Prisma Illya, Gargantia, Neptunia, Little Busters
As Christmas arrives in less than 2 days, it’s time to share my final four moments in Anime. (Image Source)
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Little Busters Refrain – Episode 12 – A Glimmer of Hope
As Riki and Rin leave the world that Kyousuke created, what harsh realities will they face?
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Kyoukai no Kanata – Episode 12 (END) – The Final Showdown
As Akihito reunites with Mirai to confront the youmu inside him, will they stop Miroku’s plan in its tracks?
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