Finally, the bird finds true love as he sees a cute girl! Well, sort of…
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Tamako Market – Episode 3 – Timid Girls and Dera’s Unrequited Love
Let’s Play Atelier Meruru – Episodes 2 & 3
I basically finished editing Episode 2 and 3 a bit early. Because of that, I may as well bring them to the public. In these episodes, I do some farm development and making the path to the mines. Believe it or not, I made a lot of progress in those five months. Believe me, the in-game time goes by very quickly (although you have a lot of time if you meet the extension requirements).
Also, I received a question on where to get this game since it’s pretty niche. Your best bet is NIS America website or Amazon. Aside from that, feel free to add me on the Playstation Network. Mine is chikorita_157, which is my Japanese PSN account (trophies list will have mostly Japanese language games). I will accept everyone who I know in the blogosphere first.
The next posting (Episode 4 and 5) for this let’s play will be made in two weeks. For now, enjoy! (Image Source)
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Little Busters – Episode 15 – Sleepovers and Riki’s Feminine Side
While not much happens, the sleep over was very entertaining.
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Challenges of Localization: The Never-Ending Debate
While I have talked a bit about the subtitles and dubbing debate early in my anime blogging career briefly, there is something that caught my attention regarding localization. Just this week, there has been news that Tecmo Koei won’t be having dual audio to the English version of Atelier Ayesha. As you would expect, the whole fandom blew up in rage just like that and advocating boycotts. However, there have been recent instances in Anime where licensing companies such as Sentai Filmworks excluded the Japanese Audio from Blu-rays, most notably the Persona 4 The Animation to make the release unattractive for reverse importation. Of course, that too had repercussions.
In general, localization and the whole sub vs. dub debate is a never-ending controversy for many reasons that I will explain. (Image Source)
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Let’s Play Atelier Meruru – Episode 1 and Introduction
It’s a new year and as promised, I will be doing another Let’s Play. This time, I will be doing this one on a pretty niche Japanese RPG. As the title suggest, it’s about making items and this is the third game in the Arland Trilogy.
Like last time, I will be making a post for every two episodes, which will be about an hour long. I am planning to record enough before college starts so I have enough content before Spring Break, which I plan to record the rest. As always, if you have any suggestions on improving future episodes or have any thoughts, just leave them in the comments below.
For now, enjoy the first episode. I plan on publishing the next episode next week. Please note that I’m using the Japanese audio, not the English Dub.
Note: No Punis were harmed in the making of this Let’s Play. (Image Source)
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Tamako Market – Episode 2 – Tamako Brings Valentines Day to a Shopping District
Tamako is totally fired up for Valentines Day.
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Little Busters – Episode 14 – The Truth Behind Mio’s Forgotten Imaginary Friend
Finally, Riki finds the truth behind Mio’s suffering and her desire of wanting to disappear.
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Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai – First Impressions (Episodes 1 and 2)
I’m a year late to the party, but I’m not going to miss out on this for any longer.
And yes, I was on vacation during the past two days. This can explain the inactivity because wireless Internet wasn’t free. Since I am back, its time to catch up.
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Tamako Market – Episode 1 – A Strange White Talking Bird Appears!
Based on its cover, this show is about sweets, a mochi shop and a plump white talking bird.
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Experiences with Playstation Vita – A Self-Study Japanese Learner’s Paradise
Besides blogging about anime, I am a big gamer as I played video games since my childhood. In the past, I was a big Nintendo fan and I’m still am. However, when I started learning Japanese since 2011, I find that playing Japanese Games can be a good way to practice what you learn while discovering new vocabulary and Kanji. Of course, the Playstation Vita made that all possible when I got one on my birthday. Since I have played with it for almost five months, I want to share my experiences. (Image Source)
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