It’s almost the end of the year and since I have shared my thoughts on what games I enjoyed in 2014, I will focus on the top 5 shows that I enjoyed and completed during the year.
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Best and Worst Anime of 2014
Nagi no Asukara
Nagi no Asukara – Final Review
For a while now, I haven’t watched anything from Mari Okada for a while mostly because the first two episodes of AKB0048 left a very bad taste in my mouth back in 2012 (to be fair, I haven’t watched the Hanasaku Iroha Movie nor Sakurasou either). To me, I feel that her strengths lies in coming of age, love triangle romance and melodrama types of shows, which is one of the reasons why many people liked Ano Hana, Hanasaku Iroha (despite its flaws) and True Tears as the drama is not necessarily clear-cut and the complex character development. Not only that, she is one of the prolific female Anime directors in an industry that is male dominated.
With that, will Nagi no Asukara live up to the likes of the big three? Maybe. (Image Source)
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Mari Okada Considers Reviving Miuna After Being Moved by TwitchPlaysPokemon
Toyko, Japan – In the recent episode of Nagi no Asukara, Miuna sacrificed herself to save Manaka, which left viewers with buckets of tears, especially those who wanted to see her with Hikari. After several days of fans morning over her, Mari Okada announced that Miuna would in fact not have to live life as a wooden maiden for longer. The main reason she changed her mind is because she was moved by the emotional journey of Red being controlled by thousands of people in a stream known as Twitch Plays Pokémon. In this adventure, the main character revives a Helix Fossil after beating all the gym leaders with some sad happenings such as a bunch of Pokémon being released and of course, political fights over democracy and anarchy. After watching the players finally beat Blue, the Pokémon League Champion, she couldn’t bare seeing the extreme sadness of the viewers again after they were heartbroken by the ending of AnoHana, so she did something that is extraordinary to give Miuna a happy ending, use the helix as a deus ex machina!
Mari wants to resolve the hardships the Sea God was facing by having Hikari and Manaka bring back the precious Helix Fossil containing the spirit of the girl the sea-god loved. While Miuna suffered for these years since she had to sacrifice herself during the 2nd Ofunehiki festival in order to save Manaka, perhaps with the revival of the Helix Fossil, the sea-god might reconsider and release her in place of the fossil. Time will tell if Miuna is allowed to return to the surface.
Still, Lord Uroko, who refers himself as a scale of a sea-god declared that April 1st will be an unofficial holiday named “National Helix Fossil Day” in honor of Miuna making her sacrifice so that no one will suffer the same fate like Manaka did initially. Of course, the sea-god reunites his love in the form of a female Omanyte. He should be proud of this decision since Shioshishio won’t have to suffer a horrible fate. The balance is finally restored between land and sea!
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 12 – Nagi no Asukara Episode 25 and Nisekoi Episode 12
At last, winter comes to a close. Therefore, this marks the last Anime Weekly post for this season. Next week, I will be sharing my impressions for the first two to three episodes before resuming this (I plan on blogging Atelier Escha and Logy and Love Live 2).
In case you missed them, here are the final early impressions for Sakura Trick and Chuunibyou Ren. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 11 – Sakura Trick, Nisekoi Episode 11 and Nagi-Asu Episode 23
Spring is finally in the air as the winter season starts to conclude. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 10 – Sakura Trick, Nisekoi Episode 10 and Nagi-Asu Episode 23
Since Spring Break has started for me, it’s time to relax a bit before I have to study for more exams and work on other projects. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 9 – Sakura Trick, Nisekoi Episode 9 and Nagi-Asu Episode 22
It’s a week before Spring Break and I’m swamp with classwork. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 8 – Sakura Trick, Nisekoi Episode 8 and Nagi-Asu Episode 21
While the cold weather continues, love is in the air once again. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 7 – Sakura Trick, Nisekoi Episode 7 and Nagi-Asu Episode 20
As the endless winter persists, I have the winter blues… Hopefully spring will come sooner. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 6 – Sakura Trick, Nisekoi Episode 6 and Nagi-Asu Episode 19
From the looks of it, the love triangle rivalry is heating up. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 5 – Sakura Trick, Nisekoi Episode 5 and Nagi-Asu Episode 18
While the winter Olympics in Russia started with a bang last week, it felt like I haven’t gotten anything done for the fact that I got snowed in by not one, but two winter storms! (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 4 – Sakura Trick, Nisekoi Episode 4 and Nagi-Asu Episode 17
I hope that everyone enjoyed Super Bowl Sunday yesterday! Now, it’s time to take a look of some of my impressions from last week. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 3 – Nisekoi, Sakura Trick Ep 3 and Nagi-Asu Ep 15&16
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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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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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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Nagi no Asukara – Episode 3 – Truth about the Sea Human Rivalry
It seems that Hikari wants payback against the man who went out with his older sister…
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Nagi no Asukara – Episode 2 – Forbidden Love
Manaka might be in love with another boy…
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Nagi no Asukara – Episode 1 – Prejudice and Menaka’s Faithful Encounter
As always, the art looks gorgeous in this show, but the characters are the sticking point.
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