Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A’s – Final and Movie Review

July 16, 2015 by chikorita157 Leave a Comment

For a long time, I have been a fan of magical girl shows since I enjoy seeing young girls beat up villains with magical powers. Lyrical Nanoha is somewhat different compared to other magical girl shows like Cardcaptor Sakura since it caters the older male demographic while introducing some elements from mecha anime. In fact, some people described Nanoha’s magical girl outfit as a schoolgirl outfit and a Gundam. In other words, there is a lot of action packed battles. Nanoha A’s pretty much improves on the prequel by adding another heroine to the mix and anti-villains.

While it took awhile since the DVDs were out of print due to Geneon going out of business, I finally got the chance to finish it. In addition, I’ll be covering some thoughts on the movie.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Spring 2015 – Week 2 – Nanoha Vivid, Nisekoi 2 and DanMachi

April 18, 2015 by chikorita157 2 Comments

While there is no Chitoge or Marika this week, I’m glad that Tsugumi finally got her own episode.
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Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Vivid – Episode 1 – Everything Old is New Again

April 6, 2015 by chikorita157 3 Comments

Compared to Nanoha when she was young, Vivio is very skilled.

It seems that the official subs for Yuki-chan has been delayed and since I don’t want to hold up my first impressions for Nanoha Vivid, any longer, I may as well share them now.

Note: Future coverage of this show will be covered on a weekly basis.
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Spring 2015 Anime Season Preview (Updated!)

March 8, 2015 by chikorita157 3 Comments

Since spring is almost here, it’s time to take a look of what shows I plan to watch for the next season. From the looks of it, there is a good amount that I look forward to seeing.

As always, this list is subject to change from now until the next season starts.
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The Life Lessons I Learned From Watching Anime

July 23, 2013 by chikorita157 2 Comments

Back in February, I shared my thoughts on why I continued to watch Anime. Still, the special thing about Anime is its ability to cover a wide range of topics and in some instances, show the little things in life. It makes me wonder, how does Anime presents this? (Image Source)
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My Anime Music Tournament Picks

June 22, 2013 by chikorita157 2 Comments

Unless you are living under the rock, a fellow blogger named zzeroparticle who runs the Anime Instrumentality Blog has created the first tournament for Anime Music. If you like listening to Anime Music like I do, go ahead and nominate your favorite songs. But in this post, I’m going to discuss the top ten songs I nominated. As always, my picks are subjective so you don’t have to agree with them.

So, what criteria did I use for my nomination ballot? First, I only considered opening, insert songs and ending themes for shows I have watched and listened. Second, I also factor in how good the song sounds along with how memorable and enjoyable the song for my nominations. While my choices are biased for recent Anime, hopefully you won’t judge me.

With that, I will share the top 5 picks I nominated for the tournament first with some arrangements on the piano. (Image Source)
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The Magical Girl Genre and Why it’s has a lot of Appeal

June 1, 2013 by chikorita157 Leave a Comment

When I started watching Anime back in my childhood, I saw my first Magical Girl (魔法少女, Mahou Shoujo) anime. Since then, I noticed how much the genre changed throughout the years. With that, I will share some aspects that I enjoy about magical girl shows. (Image Source)
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Disney Princesses vs Females in Anime – The Problem with Damsel in Distress

April 20, 2013 by chikorita157 8 Comments

Last weekend, I have watched Nostalgia Critic’s video on the princess hate. After watching it, I think he has a point since this trope exists in all types of media. The problem lies with Damsel in distress, which became a negative stereotype for females because it’s over usage. In particular, Disney Princesses tend to play this trope a lot, which is a bad representation of how women are portrayed in real life.

In Anime, it’s the opposite most of the time since some female characters take a bigger role. This is the main difference compared to Disney Princesses. (Image Source)
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