I bet a lot of people are wondering why most Japanese songs have English words. They do it because it’s cute and cool.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Summer 2014 – Week 3 – Glasslip, Hanayamata and Free Eternal Summer Episode 3
Nisekoi – Final Review
In the past few years, I have been bothered by most of the male leads from romantic comedies since most of them lack a backbone. After watching the first episode of Nisekoi, I knew it was going to be different.
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Atelier and the Art of Time Limits and Time Management
Ever since I regained my interest in Japanese Role Playing games back in 2012, besides the Tales of games (so far, I played some of Graces f and finished Hearts), I decided to give some of the Atelier games a try. When I started playing it, it differed from other Japanese RPGs not because it focuses less on combat, but rather more on the time management aspect. After playing five games from the franchise, I wonder what lessons I learned along the way in order to use the in-game time efficiently.
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Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 2wei – Episode 2 – Illya’s Unlucky Day
Sadly, today is not Illya’s lucky day, especially when Kuro is on the loose.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Summer 2014 – Week 2 – Glasslip, Hanayamata and Free Eternal Summer Episode 2
Yep, love is already in the air and we are only in the second week of the summer anime season.
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No Game No Life – Final Review
For a long time, I consider gaming as one my main hobbies next to watching Anime. When I find out that No Game No Life focuses on two hikkimori siblings who are also gamers, I decided to watch it.
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The Stale State of the Pokemon Anime – Should Game Freak Finally Revamp the Anime?
Pokémon was one of the first shows besides Miyazaki films that helped me gain an interest in Anime. While I remained a fan of Pokémon (or Pocket Monsters) since my childhood, I gradually lost interest in the Anime in the mid 2000s because it got dull and bland.
After watching and reviewing Pokémon the Origin special late last year and reading this controversial thread on Bulbagarden Forums, I have a feeling that Game Freak should revamp the Pokémon Anime to be more like Origins and make Satoshi age or change the protagonist every few years.
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Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 2wei – Episode 1 – Miyu and Illya Bonding Time
It seems that Illya and Miyu is becoming more than just friends. :p
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Summer 2014 Anime First Impressions Digest – Free 2, Glasslip, Hanayamata, Sailor Moon Crystal
With vacation coming to an end, I’m finally back to share my initial thoughts for most of the Summer Anime I will be watching.
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Final Review
Ever since the first season of Love Live School Idol Project aired last winter, the series has gained a considerable amount of popularity. Since I enjoyed the prequel, I was excited when a second season was announced since Muse will have a second chance of achieving their dreams and number one in Love Live.
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Fandom Rivalries and Fanboys – Are They Harmful to the Anime Fandom?
In the past, I shared my thoughts about the Anime Fandumb where fans become obsessive to the point where they berate people. Of course, there is another ugly aspect of the fandom that I haven’t touched upon: fandom rivalry and fanboys.
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Atelier Escha & Logy (Anime) – Final Review
Before I started playing Atelier Totori last year, I never heard of these games since it was not a traditional Japanese RPG. Instead of focusing on saving the world from an evil person, Atelier games focuses more on collecting ingredients, doing tasks, exploration and of course item crafting. Back in the 90s, these games were ground breaking as it introduced item crafting for the first time, which subsequently got added to other Japanese RPGs.
To commemorate Gust’s 20th anniversary, they decided to make their first anime adaption for the franchise starting with Atelier Escha & Logy. While I have shared my first impressions of the game last year, I wonder how the anime adaptation will fare?
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 12 and 13 (END) – Last Live and Graduation
The final round of Love Live is finally here. Will they win? Also, what special surprise Honoka has for the graduates?
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Backlogging Video Games and Visual Novels – Why do we keep buying them without completing?
Last year, I have shared my thoughts about my Anime Backlog. While I haven’t backlogged many shows in the past year, I admit that it’s a bad habit. Besides Anime, this habit also extends to video games since many people like myself want to play the latest games, particularly Japanese RPGs despite not beating a game at least once. This makes me wonder, why do people continue to build up a big backlog of video games by buying new ones despite not making an attempt to finish them?
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No Game No Life – Episode 12 (END) – Steph’s Surprising Win
Did Izuna actually beat Sora and Shiro with the help of her “Blood Destruction” ability? Well…
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Summer 2014 Vacation Update
Since summer started a few days ago, it’s time to share what will happen in the next 11 days (June 26 to July 7th). As mentioned in a Summer Anime Preview post I made earlier this month, I will be going on vacation to the Midwest yet again. Since this month as been rough for me with my blog having traffic woes and such, which cause my motivation to write posts to go down slightly. It’s probably best to take a short break to prevent myself from burning out completely. Hopefully, I will come up with more ideas for future editorial posts once I come back. (Image Source)
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Atelier Escha and Logy the Animation – Episode 10 and 11- Exploring the Secrets of the Unexplored Ruins
Logy’s dark past finally got revealed as the R&D Division finds a way to reach the ruins. Also, what is the mystery behind the ruins?
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No Game No Life and the Art of Gaming
After watching the first episode of No Game No Life, it intrigued me because I play a lot of video games. Sure, I enjoy the various references they make to Anime and Video Games along with the characters. What interested me more is how Blank manages to win every game despite coming close to losing. While the games are not necessarily deep, there are many aspects in gaming that contribute to their victory, which is not noticeable by most viewers. (Image Source)
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No Game No Life – Episode 11 – Using the Power of Calculus to Defeat Izuna in a Shooting Game
Finally, we get to see what Izuna is capable of.
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The Idolm@ster One for All – Final Review
It has been a while since I have done anything with the Idolmaster franchise. When I discovered that Bandai Namco released a 2nd idol producing game under the 2nd vision series of games called The Idolmaster One for All. Since this game is not story oriented compared to the previous games and is more akin to a slice of life, I will be giving my final impressions of the gameplay. (Image Source)
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 11 – The Fate of Muse
I saw this from far away. What will be the fate of Muse?
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No Game No Life – Episode 10 – Bonding Time with Clammy and Feel
Since Sora finally got Clammy and Feel on his side, what role they will have in the actual game against the werebeasts?
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 10 – Celebrations and the Importance of Team Work and Support
So, who actually won the final preliminaries? It’s obvious.
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Atelier Escha and Logy the Animation – Episode 9 – Crushed Dreams and a New Plan of Action
It seems that Colland has a lot of bad news to share that will most certainly upset Escha.
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