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Some lose ends… Poll 3 Results and Site Statistics

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Since it’s been a month, I decided to do some housecleaning and finally give the results to poll 3 which involves Female Leads from Air, Clannad and Kanon.

Site Statistics

Since April 22, 2009, I have been tracking the blog traffic and in one month, the website received over 2000 visitors and 3641 hits… which isn’t bad for a blog that is a few months old… Not to mention, we have over 9 people who are following us on Twitter.

If you are interested in the full report, this report can be read here. (Requires Adobe Reader)

Poll 3 Results

Last 2 weeks, I posted a poll asking readers what Key lead heroine they like the most? Here are the results:
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It seems that Nagisa is the most favorite and following that is Misuzu. The least popular female lead seems to be Ayu… Some people might find Ayu a bit annoying because she say Uguu~ so many times and also considering how Clannad ended a few months ago, no wonder… Even though I like all three leads, I seem to like Misuzu the most because she is the cutest/most moe as stated in several posts ago.

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Cute Catchphrases…. So many of them.

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Well, if moe anime is good, how about putting a bunch of cute catchphrases in it? I don’t watch a certain series because it have tons of moe in it, but what I did noticed when I was watching Kanon is that it’s filled with these catchphrases, the most famous being “Uguu~” which is imitated in one of the Lucky Star episodes.

Not just that, it seems every one of these series made by Kyoto Animation haves them.

Here is a rough list of all these presumed catchphrases for all the anime I have watched so far:

  • Uguu~ – Ayu (Kanon)
  • Nyuu~ Nayuki (Kanon)
  • Fight-o dayo! Nayuki (Kanon)
  • Auu~ Makoto (Kanon)
  • “Liar” Nayuki (Kanon)
  • Ahaha~ Sayuri (Kanon)
  • Hae~ Sayuri (Kanon)
  • Ehehe~ Various
  • “I don’t like people who say such things!” – Shiori (Kanon)
  • Gao~ Misuzu (Air)
  • nyoro~n Churuya-san
  • Anpan~ Nagisa (Clannad)
  • “Are you a bully?” Kotomi (Clannad)
  • “What the heck.” Kotomi (Clannad)
  • Moe Moe Kyun! – K-ON!

So what is your favorite “cute” catchphrases?

Notice that I was bored, so I made this post…

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Haruhi-chan/Churuya-san comes to a end.. New Haruhi Episodes coming soon?

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Yes, I have been tremendously busy so I decided to halt blogging on Haruhi-chan/Churuya-san which means I have alot to catch up… but I have finally heard word that Haruhi-chan and Churuya-san is finally over… Hopefully, my predictions will be right and Kadokawa will release the new episodes… or decide to troll us again.. thats okay…Just hold your breath… Season 2 or the new Haruhi episodes are coming very soon!

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Theme Redesign

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Uguu~ You said you wouldn’t laugh!

After messing with the theme files for WicketPixie 1.1.2 for one hour in Espresso trying to make the banner view correctly, make it XHTML Transitional valid, and some various tweaks, it’s finally here just in time for Spring.

New Features in the Anime Blog:
TweetThis: You will be able to share any of the anime posts posted here on Twitter, providing you have a twitter account. Make sure you follow this blog’s Twitter account for the latest anime updates
New look: No more white boxes on the side, now seamlessly integrates with the sidebar. Also, there are new buttons to subscribe to this blog and go to this blog’s Twitter account.
Other internal changes: There are changes under the hood that only I can use, including the ability to edit posts directly without going through a list of posts, customizable home page (disabled since I want to use the default Wordpress layout), and various customization options without editing the code.

Otherwise, there isn’t that much drastic changes in the theme. I’m hoping to work on a new banner soon so it would be rotating. The WicketPixie theme is still in beta, so if there is something buggy, please contact me ASAP so I can try to fix it.

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Spring Semester coming to the end… alot of work….

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While Spring Semester is starting to wind down and piles of homework, exams, and etc are coming with no end causing me to delay alot of the viewing of other anime besides K-ON at the moment. Like with most anime bloggers in college, college is my first priority and blogging in the anime blog is not my highest priority but I usually post atleast one post a week.

Once spring semester is over, I will start watching Kannagi, ef, Haruhi-chan and hopefully Air and start posting about it… but just hang in there for a few more weeks… they are coming..

Note: I don’t do haituses… they are pointless and counterproductive…

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Spring Anime Schedule

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With Clannad ~After Story~ almost done, it’s time to map out what I’m watching in Spring…. Not much… but it shouldn’t disappoint.

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K-ON!

I’m picking up another Kyoto Animation anime again and this one is on Music and also contain comedy and Moe…. This is a adaptation of it’s manga, but not having read the manga, I don’t know much about it. We will find out on the first week of April, when it airs!

Older Anime

Kannagi

I only have watched one Episode already, but I became interested because it seems to be somewhat popular.

Our unlucky protagonist, Jin, uses the trunk of a sacred tree to carve a statue for a school project. When he takes it outside, to his surprise it begins absorbing the surrounding earth and transforms into, hold your breath on this one, a girl! So like all similar setups this guardian deity is pretty pissed that her tree was cut down and lives with Jin while she takes out her anger on squashing bugs….er, cleaning the “Impurities”.

Air/Air in Summer (Mid April/Early May)

Yes… I’m doing another Key/Kyoani adaptation, but this time, a one on a summer setting.

Yukito Kunisaki is on a journey, seeking a girl with wings who flies in the sky, as mentioned in a childhood tale. During this journey, he settles down in a small town, trying to make some money. There, he meets a strange girl named Misuzu. Misuzu quickly makes Yukito her friend and invites him to stay with her. Yukito decides to stay in the small town, and continue searching for the winged girl his mother had searched for in her life.

Thats all for Spring… It seems  to be a lackluster Spring season, but oh well… maybe Haruhi Season 2 will come out next year then.

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Are Dubs really that bad?

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Most of the time, not really unless you saw the subbed version. Most of the time, I watch the dub because I’m so lazy reading those subtitles and why do I have to read it when I’m tying to enjoy it… The most decent dub I saw so far is the Suzumiya Haruhi and Lucky Star. The problem with some dubs is that the dub is so horrible and so unbearable that I have to end up watching the fansubbed version. The most notorious of this is Pokemon (also known as Pocket Monsters) which recast the whole voice cast and make the dub 10x worst than any Anime I have seen dubbed since Pokemon is the only decently dubbed anime by 4kids (excluding the unnecessary edits and americanization) (Thanks alot Pokemon USA for messing it up). The perception of dubs by many “purists” that dubs are always bad and subs and original voice actors are better. This is misleading to most fans of Anime and watchers because most dubs are just okay enough and not horrible like some fanboys/fangirls who exaggerated its horribleness. Also, you can’t always have the English voice to completely match because the language and how they speak is different and something may not sound right doesn’t necessary mean it’s a bad dub… it’s only bad when it’s absolutely horrible and things are censored (which is common for anime aired on TV, but not always the case), mainly most Anime dubbed by 4kids who replace OP and ED with RAP garbage…

Otherwise, dubs in my opinion aren’t bad at all… If you think it’s horrible, you can always turn on the subtitles and Japanese audio on the Anime DVDs.

What you think about dubs? What do you perfer and why?

Originally posted on December 21, 2008.

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Welcome!

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Welcome to my Anime Blog… I have decided to split this from my Main blog because it’s to general.

All posts are retroactive. This means that I will post after watching a episode even though the series isn’t currently airing. Be aware that this blog contains alot of spoilers. Inorder to read the full posts, you must click Read More to read the said post.

Enjoy.

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