People are wondering if Akihito actually dies? We’ll see…
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Kyoukai no Kanata – Episode 10 – It’s All Just a Dream
Thoughts on Anime/Japanese Media Criticism – Can there ever be an Objective Criticism?
In the past, I covered several topics relating to criticism such as what Anime is good and what is bad. Now, I want to focus more thoughts on criticism of Anime or media in general as I only touch upon how I reviewed things. I understand that people will have different options, thus a well-balanced or objective one can be difficult to achieve for various reasons.
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Little Busters Refrain – Episode 9 – Lessons of Winning and Losing
Kengo is the person Riki has to beat.
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Tales of Hearts R – Final Review
To me, I felt that 2013 is the year of remakes in Japan since Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;birth1, New Atelier Rorona, and Tales of Hearts R got released this year for the Playstation Vita. With that, I decided to pick up my first Tales game that never made it out of Japan, which received a remake. That game is Tales of Hearts R. (Image Source)
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Kyoukai no Kanata – Episode 9 – Manipulation and Despair
As Akihito’s side wakes up again, Mirai is left with a tough choice to make.
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Young Characters and School Settings – Why they are popular?
Back in 2009 when I started watching Anime, I started to notice a noticeable trend in Anime these days, It seems that most of these shows take place in a high school setting and usually star a young male or female character. While I think demographics play a big role in this, but there are cultural and other reasons why they do so. (Image Source)
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Little Busters Refrain – Episode 8 – The Fight of Strength and Friendship
Riki now faces his first obstacle in reviving Little Busters, defeating Masato.
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Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;birth1 – First Impressions
Back in 2010, Compile Heart created a roleplaying game based on the console wars with video game consoles personified as cute girls in a game called Hyperdimension Neptunia (超次元ゲイムネプチューヌ). While it was an interesting concept, Idea Factory managed to mess it up. The first game shows this with obvious gamebreaking bugs, poor graphics for a PS3 game, difficulties trying to heal your characters among other things. They eventually realized how unfinished the first game was, so they remade it for the Vita. Since I received the game three weeks ago, I want to share my first impressions. (Image Source)
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Kyoukai no Kanata – Episode 8 – The Calm Before the War
As the lull approaches, what does this mean for Akihito?
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Nostalgia Filter and the Anime Fandom
During the summer, I have shared my thoughts about the Anime Fandumb. Of course, I forgot to write about the very thing that also fuels the whole moe debate and the old versus the new, the Nostalgia Filter.
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Little Busters Refrain – Episode 7 – A New Start
After Kyousuke’s complete failure from last time, the ball is now in Riki’s court as a loop takes shape.
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Nagi no Asukara – Episode 6 & 7 – Unresolved Feelings
It seems that Hikari figured out that the sea village is pretty much doomed. Therefore, he does the obvious.
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Pokémon The Origin – Final Review
During my childhood, I used to watch the Pokémon Anime. It was enjoyable seeing Ash/Satoshi use his Pikachu to defeat an Onix. Eventually, I lost interest in the show since it has a lot of filler episodes and for the fact that it’s loosely based off the games, especially when Ash/Satoshi’s Pikachu lost to a freaking Surskit in a recent episode!
On the other hand, Gamefreak decided to make short Anime special based off the original games titled Pokémon The Origin staring Red and Blue (named Green in this Anime). With this new take on the Pokémon Games, will it live up to its name? Perhaps. (Image Source)
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Kyoukai no Kanata – Episode 7 – Rescuing Sakura
Finally, Sakura decides to have a rematch against Mirai. How well will she do this time around?
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Little Busters Refrain – Episode 6 – Suffering, Deception and Betrayal
Kyousuke deceives everyone and shows that he is evil.
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I’m not Doing This Because I Like You or Anything – Thoughts about The Tsundere Archetype
Believe it or not, one of my favorite character archetypes has always been the tsundere. While I have read other’s opinions about this in the past, I felt the need to share my thoughts since not all tsunderes are created equal and that these characters usually have interesting character development that make them enjoyable. (Image Source)
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Kyoukai no Kanata – Episode 6 – Can’t Defeat a Youmu? Become an Idol!
Is the bad smell making you feel down? Just sing!
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Little Busters Refrain – Episode 5 – The World’s Secret (Almost) Revealed
At least, the person behind the mysterious notes reveals his identity as Rin’s and Riki’s intimate relationship gets cut short.
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Nagi no Asukara – Episodes 4 and 5 – Akari’s True Feelings and Hikari’s Redemption
At last, Akari finally confronts her feelings.
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Kyoukai no Kanata – Episode 5 – Friendship Bonding and Forced Cosplays
It seems that Mirai and Mitsuki has a girl’s night out together.
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Pokemon Y – Final Review
It’s have been a long time since I reviewed a Pokémon Game. When I got a Japanese version of Pokémon Black 2 back in June of last year, although I enjoyed it, I felt that it didn’t add much in terms of gameplay besides finishing what the prequels started. Not only that, even though I spent 380+ in the Generation V games, I didn’t like the fact that none of my favorites (e.g. Eevee) was in the first game and that it took power creep to another level. Generation V was a pretty big mess, especially considering permanent Sunny Day or Rain Dance. This is why I hardly did any wifi battles. With that, perhaps Game Freak finally realized the monster they just created and decided to fix that with Pokémon X and Y with its transition to full 3D. (Image Source)
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Little Busters Refrain – Episode 4 – Riki’s New Girlfriend and the Final Task
As Yuiko fades away, Rin finally takes center stage.
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Kyoukai no Kanata – Episode 4 – The Hidden and Dark Side of Akihito
With the Shadow Hollow making it’s appearence, is Mirai the one that doesn’t fully understand Akihito? Probably.
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Anime and Video Games – Finding the Balance
Back in 2012, I shared my thoughts on how I manage to use my free time to do other things besides studying. While graduate years proved to be a bit more time-consuming compared to before, I never touch upon how much attention I put into watching Anime along with other hobbies such as video games. A certain post written by Yumeka from Anime Yume sparked my interest in writing this and expand my thoughts beyond the time management post. (Image Source)
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