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Physical vs Digital Releases – Why Japan Still Loves Physical Formats

January 19, 2016 by Chikorita157 10 Comments
Artist: くが
Artist: くが

For a while now, I have bought physical copies of games, music CDs and even anime DVDs/Blu-rays since I prefer owning an actual copy. Nowadays, the trend has shifted towards digital distribution even though Japan still prefer physical formats over digital. Why is this the case and what effects does it have on the industry as a whole.
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Read morePhysical vs Digital Releases – Why Japan Still Loves Physical Formats
Category: EditorialsTag: analysis, fandom, industry, opinion, physical vs digital

Year in Review – Reflecting back on Anime Blogging in 2015

December 31, 2015 by Chikorita157 2 Comments
Artist: りょうたん
Artist: りょうたん

2015 is finally coming to a close. Since I have shared my top Anime for this year, it’s time to reflect back on my blogging and what happened during the year.
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Read moreYear in Review – Reflecting back on Anime Blogging in 2015
Category: EditorialsTag: end of year, rambling, reflection

Best and Disappointing Anime of 2015

December 29, 2015 by Chikorita157 8 Comments
Artist: 能義 たか好
Artist: 能義 たか好

Now that Christmas is over, it’s time to take a look at the top 5 anime I enjoyed and completed during 2015.
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Read moreBest and Disappointing Anime of 2015
Category: Charlotte, Editorials, Fate Stay/Night, Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?, Hibike! Euphonium, The iDOLM@STERTag: opinion, reflection, year end

12 Days of Anime for 2015 and Merry Christmas

December 24, 2015 by Chikorita157 2 Comments
Artist: don
Artist: don

It is that time of year again, it’s time to share my 12 anime moments for this year, a tradition I do every year. Since I am busy with work, I decide to do it in one shot.
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Read more12 Days of Anime for 2015 and Merry Christmas
Category: 12 Days of Anime, Charlotte, DanMachi, Dog Days, Fate Stay/Night, Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya, Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?, Hibike! Euphonium, Kantai Collection, Nisekoi, Shirobako, The iDOLM@STERTag: 12 days, christmas, rambling

Site Updates, 12 Days of Anime and Thoughts about Muse’s Decision to Disband

December 10, 2015 by Chikorita157 2 Comments

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Now that Thanksgiving is over, 2015 is almost coming to a close. With that, it’s time to focus on the plans I have in store along with my thoughts on the recent announcement regarding Love Live.
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Read moreSite Updates, 12 Days of Anime and Thoughts about Muse’s Decision to Disband
Category: 12 Days of Anime, Editorials, Love Live, Site UpdatesTag: idol, opinion, personal thoughts, site updates

The Dark Side Behind the Glamor or Why Being a Voice Actor in Japan is Difficult

November 19, 2015 by Chikorita157 4 Comments
Artist: とうぼく
Artist: とうぼく

Earlier this year, I have focused on how being an animator is tough given the poor working conditions, salary and being overworked in general. However, I have not covered the other aspect of anime production, voice acting. As seen with Shizuka in Shirobako having extreme difficulty in landing in a role, there are a good number of people who want to become a voice actor or rather, a seiyuu (声優), but they do not realize how difficult it is to gain a role.

Like I did with my analysis on how much animators make, I will focus on some of the basic aspects in regards to how people become voice actors, how much they are paid, how roles are determined and issues they face.
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Read moreThe Dark Side Behind the Glamor or Why Being a Voice Actor in Japan is Difficult
Category: About the Japanese Animation Industry, Editorials, ShirobakoTag: analysis, industry, voice actors

Anime Scoring – Has it Outlived Its Usefulness?

November 5, 2015 by Chikorita157 8 Comments
Artist: casino
Artist: casino

As you recall, I have shared my thoughts on scoring in the past. Sure, everyone has their own way of scoring things when it come to writing reviews. However, as time goes on and our opinion changes through experiences, you might look back at the list and wonder to yourself, why you gave a show a certain score. Moreover, scores usually do not tell whole story since it is just an arbitrary number. This makes me wonder why bother with them?
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Read moreAnime Scoring – Has it Outlived Its Usefulness?
Category: EditorialsTag: fandom, opinion, scoring

The Trans-Pacific Partnership – The Trade Agreement that will Destroy the Anime Fandom as We Know It

October 19, 2015 by Chikorita157 6 Comments
Artist: 彩季なお
Artist: 彩季なお

Remember the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act from 2011? These acts aimed to stop piracy, but at the same time introduced unintended consequences since the legislation was so broad that companies and government can use it to request internet service providers to censor sites. If thy were to pass, companies can use it to censor your content and limit free speech. Thankfully, people protested and these two legislations died. ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) faced the same fate since it was SOPA-like.

Now, we have a new bogeyman that will threaten free speech, reign in censorship and limit free speech. This will not only destroy anime blogging, but the anime fandom as we know it. That is the TPP, which is commonly referred to as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a secret trade deal that involves the United States and other Asian countries in the pacific, including Australia, Canada, Japan and others.

This recently leaked treaty has a lot of nasty copyright restrictions that will undermine fair use and make copyright violations a criminal offense. This mean that you might get a hefty fine or even get thrown into jail. With that, I’m going to share some background information about the treaty and then go into certain provisions that will possibly impact the anime fandom as a whole.
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Read moreThe Trans-Pacific Partnership – The Trade Agreement that will Destroy the Anime Fandom as We Know It
Category: EditorialsTag: censorship, controversy, fandom, politics, trans pacific partnership

Thoughts about Japanese Anime Releases: Why they are Expensive?

October 9, 2015 by Chikorita157 4 Comments
Artist: 冬ゆき
Artist: 冬ゆき

A few years back, I have shared my thoughts about collecting anime Merchandise. While I stopped buying anime DVDs several years back since I wanted to focus more on importing Japanese games and anime CDs from Japan, I decided to buy Idolmaster Cinderella Girls in Blu-Ray, which makes me wonder about Japanese anime releases and how they differ from licensed releases.

While I covered it somewhat in previous editorials, I never gone into much detail considering that I did not own a single Japanese release. Now I do, so it is time to talk about some differences and why they are expensive.
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Read moreThoughts about Japanese Anime Releases: Why they are Expensive?
Category: About the Japanese Animation Industry, EditorialsTag: analysis, Anime Blu-rays, anime industry, anime merchandise, personal thoughts

What makes a “So Bad It’s Good?” and Ridiculous Anime Enjoyable to watch?

September 23, 2015 by Chikorita157 11 Comments
Artist: miu (angelo whitechoc)
Artist: miu (angelo whitechoc)

I have been wondering for a while why people tend to enjoy shows that are either have a ridiculous premise or ones that it can be considered as “so bad it’s good.” While I have shared my thoughts about bad anime, I wonder what qualities make a show so bad it’s good.
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Read moreWhat makes a “So Bad It’s Good?” and Ridiculous Anime Enjoyable to watch?
Category: Editorials, Ore No Imouto, Ore Twintail, Shining Hearts ~Shiawase no Pan~, Tantei Opera Milky HolmesTag: fandom, opinion, personal thoughts, so bad it's good

Charlotte and Jun Maeda – Did he learned from his mistakes in Angel Beats?

September 16, 2015 by Chikorita157 5 Comments
Artist: 紅雪
Artist: 紅雪

With Charlotte coming to an end in two more weeks, there has been some discussion going around on whether or not Jun Maeda learned his lessons from the mistakes he made while creating the story for Angel Beats because he made a lot of questionable choices that impacted the overall quality of the show. Since five years has passed, it makes me wonder if he learned from his mistakes. (Warning: Spoilers!)
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Read moreCharlotte and Jun Maeda – Did he learned from his mistakes in Angel Beats?
Category: Angel Beats!, Charlotte, EditorialsTag: analysis, Jun Maeda, key, opinion

Overly Obsessive and Misbehaving Anime Fans – How it Negatively Impact Normal Fans

September 5, 2015 by Chikorita157 4 Comments
Artist: herunin
Artist: herunin

For a while now, I have covered several aspects of the fandom and of course there are always going to be good and bad fans. However, after hearing news about fans threatening others through violence over other fans opinions and such, it makes you wonder if there are some really bad apples and messed up people in the fandom that are worse than the anime fandumb since their behavior hurt the overall reputation of ordinary people like you and me who happens to enjoy anime or even video games.
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Read moreOverly Obsessive and Misbehaving Anime Fans – How it Negatively Impact Normal Fans
Category: Editorials, Love LiveTag: analysis, controversy, fandom, opinion

False DMCA Claims and Daisuki – The Negative Implications on the Anime Blogosphere (Update: Getting fixed)

August 26, 2015 by Chikorita157 6 Comments
Artist: きゅうり)
Artist: きゅうり

Recall what happened in 2011 and winter of 2012 for one moment. The United States wanted to pass two different acts called the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP. These acts aimed to grant the ability for companies to block sites that host illegal content. Of course, the legislation was so broad that companies and even the government can basically abuse it and request the Internet Service Provider to completely block a website for using copyrighted content, even if it covered under Fair Use under Copyright law for review or literary criticism.

If these two acts were to pass, it would allow companies to censor your content and limit your free speech. This means that you are not allowed to say anything bad about them because they can simply use these powers to take down your site. Of course, these two legislations never passed congress due to pubic outcry.

Shortly after, ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) came along, which is another treaty like SOPA and ACTA. It basically did the same thing, but is a lot worse since it is now worldwide. Just like the previously two failed pieces of legislation, ACTA died in a fire after public outcry.

Now, I am faced with another dilemma. It seems that the media industry is not happy with how the war on piracy is going on that they are resorting to other tactics, namely DMCA claims to Google. You might be wondering why I am writing this post. While I condone piracy, some of my posts became collateral damage as they DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) claimed some of them. In other words, they got removed for the search results, basically censoring my opinion about the show, which I am fighting against.
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Read moreFalse DMCA Claims and Daisuki – The Negative Implications on the Anime Blogosphere (Update: Getting fixed)
Category: Editorials, The iDOLM@STERTag: copyright issues, daisuki.net, false DMCA, rant

Anime Influences on Japanese Games and Thoughts about Licensed Anime Games

August 25, 2015 by Chikorita157 4 Comments
Artist: イノシラ
Artist: イノシラ

For a while, anime influenced many types of media not only because of its popularity, but also for its art style and the story telling. Because of this, it is easy to not only see anime not only as some form of advertisement, but also having a big influence on other types of media such as video games. You might be wondering: what aspects in video games do anime influences? I will share my take on it along with my thoughts about licensed anime games.
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Read moreAnime Influences on Japanese Games and Thoughts about Licensed Anime Games
Category: EditorialsTag: analysis, opinion, Video Games

The Lifelong Question: Will Anime Become Mainstream Outside of Japan?

August 6, 2015 by Chikorita157 9 Comments
Artist: zhkahogigzkh
Artist: zhkahogigzkh

Since the late 1990s, Anime has grown tremendously popular mostly due to globalization and the Internet becoming widespread. When I read Moonlitasteria’s take on the topic on whether or not Anime as a whole have become mainstream in the West, I wanted to share my own thoughts on it.
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Read moreThe Lifelong Question: Will Anime Become Mainstream Outside of Japan?
Category: EditorialsTag: essay, fandom, industry, opinion, rambling

Thoughts about Anime Reviews done by Fans and Professional Critics

July 23, 2015 by Chikorita157 10 Comments
Artist: Tears39
Artist: Tears39

Since I am busy settling down, I may as well share my thoughts about something that I’m curious about: Who does Anime reviews better, the Anime Blogging community or ones done by professional reviewers like Anime News Network? I have wanted to share my thoughts about this after reading an infamous review from a certain famous Anime news website.
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Read moreThoughts about Anime Reviews done by Fans and Professional Critics
Category: EditorialsTag: fandom, personal thoughts, rambling

Reflecting on Iwata Satoru’s Accomplishments and Sharing my Experiences with Nintendo

July 14, 2015 by Chikorita157 4 Comments
Artist: ジロ
Artist: ジロ

You might have heard from social networking sites and news sites that the President and CEO of Nintendo, Iwata Satoru has passed away this Sunday from cancer. It’s saddening for the fact that he contributed a lot to gaming and managed to turn Nintendo around by innovating the consoles, which have enjoyed a lot of success, namely the Nintendo Wii, DS and the 3DS.

With that, I will share my thoughts on his accomplishments and contributions to Nintendo and the gaming industry. Of course, I will also share my experiences with Nintendo and how I got into video games.
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Read moreReflecting on Iwata Satoru’s Accomplishments and Sharing my Experiences with Nintendo
Category: EditorialsTag: Iwata Satoru, nintendo, personal experiences

Life Lessons – Relating with Shizuka’s Difficulties – Should you Chase a Passion?

July 9, 2015 by Chikorita157 4 Comments
Artist: 維夜
Artist: 維夜

Since its airing, Shirobako gave a good glimpse of the Anime Industry on how it works and the issues surrounding it with some that are interesting to discuss about. Now, I am going to take a look at the last aspect, should you chase your passion or pursue a career that pays well?

Sure, the other four girls (Aoi, Ema, Misa and Midori) had an easier time getting their foot in their door, but there is one girl who had an extremely difficult time and her name is Sakaki Shizuka. The difficulties she faced comes at no surprise considering that the voice acting industry is very competitive and there are only so many roles to go around at a given time. Was it worth it at the end to pursue such a career? Could she have done things differently?
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Read moreLife Lessons – Relating with Shizuka’s Difficulties – Should you Chase a Passion?
Category: Editorials, ShirobakoTag: analysis, anime industry, personal experiences, voice acting industry

The Idolmaster turns 10 Years Old – Reflecting back on my Experiences with the Franchise

June 11, 2015 by Chikorita157 2 Comments
Artist: momen-tary
Artist: momen-tary

As mentioned in my summer preview, the Idolmaster franchise will finally have its 10th anniversary on July 26th, the date when the arcade version of the game was first released. Since its inception, the franchise has grown tremendously with Cinderella Girls, Million Live and Side M (which everyone forgot about). With that, I want to celebrate the occasion by reviewing two games from the franchise, movie and share a personal reflection on the franchise as a whole.

To start things off, I want to reflect on my experiences with the franchise and why it’s special to me, especially from a person that has a musical background.
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Read moreThe Idolmaster turns 10 Years Old – Reflecting back on my Experiences with the Franchise
Category: Editorials, The iDOLM@STERTag: idol, music, personal experience, relfection

GochiUsa – Favorite Characters and Relatable Moments

June 4, 2015 by Chikorita157 6 Comments
Artist: すず
Artist: すず

I have to admit that I regret not watching Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka when it first aired since it’s a very enjoyable show about cute girls working at a coffee shop. There were a good amount of heartwarming moments and the little things in life that I can relate to. Since I have two episodes left to watch, I want to share some thoughts about the show.
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Read moreGochiUsa – Favorite Characters and Relatable Moments
Category: Editorials, Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?Tag: analysis, life lessons, personal experiences

Hibike! Euphonium and Concert Band Nostalgia – Remembering the Fond Memories with Music

May 28, 2015 by Chikorita157 6 Comments
Artist: 幻想黑兔
Artist: 幻想黑兔

It has been several years since I last played an instrument after graduating high school. For me, music played a big role in my childhood because I learned how to the piano at a young age and played the Clarinet since 4th grade. While there are shows like Tari Tari and K-ON, which focuses on music that I can relate to, I have to admit that Hibike! Euphonium feels very nostalgic since concert band was one of my favorite aspects of grade school, which I will share.
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Read moreHibike! Euphonium and Concert Band Nostalgia – Remembering the Fond Memories with Music
Category: Editorials, Hibike! EuphoniumTag: music, personal experiences

More on Anime Watching Habits: Rewatching and Watching Anime with Others

May 14, 2015 by Chikorita157 6 Comments
Artist: ダンボールだんぼ
Artist: ダンボールだんぼ

In the past, I shared my thoughts on how I watched Anime. With that, it’s time to take a look at two more aspects of watching Anime that I haven’t talked about yet, rewatching shows and watching Anime with other people.
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Read moreMore on Anime Watching Habits: Rewatching and Watching Anime with Others
Category: EditorialsTag: group watching, personal experiences, rewatching anime, watching anime

More on Idol Anime – Which Franchise do I prefer and who are my Favorite Idols?

April 30, 2015 by Chikorita157 5 Comments
Artist: negativeundead
Artist: negativeundead

It has been a few years since I shared my thoughts on my favorite idols from The Idolmaster. Of course, a lot of things have changed since then. Bandai Namco eventually came up with Cinderella Girls (which is receiving an Anime adaptation) and Million Live. Of course, other idol shows have popped up as well such as AKB0048, Aikatsu, Love Live School Idol Project and Wake Up Girls.

I guess some people might be curious on which one I prefer and what are my favorite idols from these franchises. This is what I’m set out to do right here.
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Read moreMore on Idol Anime – Which Franchise do I prefer and who are my Favorite Idols?
Category: Editorials, Love Live, The iDOLM@STERTag: favorite aidoru, opinion

Forget Twin Tails, Ponytails are the Best!

April 1, 2015 by Chikorita157 10 Comments
Artist: yamoka
Artist: yamoka

You might be wondering, which hairstyle looks better, twintails or a ponytail? Naturally, Twintails are the cutest since two is obviously better than one. Today, I realized that twintails are so overrated when I saw the light. Obviously, ponytails are the best and I will tell you why.
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Read moreForget Twin Tails, Ponytails are the Best!
Category: Dog Days, Editorials, Kantai Collection, Mahou Shoujo Madoka MagicaTag: April Fools, opinion, ponytails, ponytails are better than twintails, twintails
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