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Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica The Battle Pentagram – Final Review

March 1, 2015 by Chikorita157 3 Comments

Back in 2011, Madoka Magica took the magical girl genre by storm as they deconstructed the whole genre by making it dark and filled with drama. As expected, the show received so much critical acclaim that it eventually received three featured length movies, a bunch of manga spinoffs and even a licensed video game, both were made by Bandai Namco. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica The Battle Pentagram is a sequel to the first portable game, which swaps the rogue-like dungeon crawling for a hack and slash gameplay on the PlayStation Vita.

Warning: Contains some spoilers from the Anime and movies.
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Category: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, ReviewsTag: final impressions, Playstation Vita, Video Games

Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2015 – Week 8 – Shirobako and Dog Days Double Dash

February 28, 2015 by Chikorita157 2 Comments

February has finally come to a quick end and winter is almost over. We are finally at the home stretch now!

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Category: Dog Days, Shirobako, Weekly Anime DigestsTag: impressions, opinion, winter 2015

Kantai Collection ~KanColle~ – Episode 8 – Yamato’s Hotel

February 25, 2015 by Chikorita157 6 Comments

As expected, Yamato prepared a lot of drinks and food ahead of the mission.

The 5^th squadron successfully carried out their mission despite Shoukaku getting severely damaged in the process. Thankfully, there is a tropical paradise nearby that has a base managed by another ship girl named Yamato.
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Category: Kantai CollectionTag: action, beach episode, Diomedea, moe, ships

Why are people against Anime?

February 24, 2015 by Chikorita157 11 Comments

In the past, I have shared my thoughts on why people get bullied or fans get labeled as an otaku or a nerd just because he/she enjoys Anime. However, I have never gone through the reasons why some people are against Anime despite its popularity in the west ranging from the stigma surrounding 2D animation, different cultural/political views and being introduced to the wrong shows that give one a bad initial impression.
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Category: EditorialsTag: analysis, fandom, opinion

Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2015 – Week 7 – Shirobako and Dog Days Double Dash

February 22, 2015 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

If you didn’t know, today is Maekawa Miku’s birthday, which lands on “Cat Day” in Japan since two in Japanese almost sound like a cat when said consecutively. Yep, I just learned something new…
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Category: Dog Days, Shirobako, Weekly Anime DigestsTag: impressions, opinion, winter 2015

The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Episode 7 – Admitting Past Failures and What it means to be an Idol

February 21, 2015 by Chikorita157 6 Comments

With the absence of Mio and Rin, everyone is worried about the future of the Cinderella Project. — With Mio and Rin being absent, everyone is worried about the future of the Cinderella Project.

After Mio made a big scene in front of her peers that caused her to quit, how would the Producer convince her to come back?
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Category: The iDOLM@STERTag: A-1 Pictures, drama, idol, music

Kantai Collection ~KanColle~ – Episode 7 – A Glimmer of Hope

February 18, 2015 by Chikorita157 4 Comments

Looking at the damage Kagi received, it looks like it hurts.

At first, it appeared that Fubuki was on the roll until an unexpected attack caused Kaga to sustain a lot of damage while she protected Zuikaku. As the first mission of the operation nears with no instant heal bucket in sight, what will they do?
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Category: Kantai CollectionTag: action, Diomedea, moe, ships

Chikorita157’s Anime Blog turns 6 Years Old – Reflecting on 6 years of Blogging and Looking towards the Future

February 17, 2015 by Chikorita157 7 Comments

Yep, another year has passed and it feels like yesterday since I started my blog back in mid February 2009. Now, it’s time to take a look back on my 6^th year of blogging while I share my thoughts about the future.
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Category: Site UpdatesTag: blog milestone, meta, site news