It seems that Illya and Miyu is becoming more than just friends. :p
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Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 2wei – Episode 1 – Miyu and Illya Bonding Time
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Summer 2014 Anime First Impressions Digest – Free 2, Glasslip, Hanayamata, Sailor Moon Crystal
With vacation coming to an end, I’m finally back to share my initial thoughts for most of the Summer Anime I will be watching.
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Summer 2014 Anime Season Preview and Site Updates (Recent Downtime and Future Plans)
Since summer starts in a few weeks, it’s time to share my thoughts on what shows I plan on watching for the next season along with some plans and updates regarding this blog. (Image Source)
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Atelier Ayesha Plus – First Impressions
Back in 2012 when I regained my interest in Japanese RPGs, I eventually discovered the Atelier games, which focuses more on item crafting rather than saving the world. While I have played all the games from the Arland trilogyand enjoyed them, Ayesha is the first game in the Dusk trilogy, which overhauled the synthesizing and battling systems while giving a slightly darker story. I choose not to play this game at first for the fact that Tecmo-Koei thought it was a good idea to remove the Japanese voices from the localized release.
At first, I thought of getting a Japanese copy. However, they eventually announced a Vita version several months later. Therefore, I waited to get that instead. With that, here are my initial thoughts of the game after playing for 30 hours. (Image Source)
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Atelier Escha and Logy – Episode 1 – The First Day of Alchemy
Back in 2012 when I regained interest in Japanese RPGs, I decided to get a copy of Atelier Totori Plus (in Japanese) and Atelier Meruru. While the Arland trilogy is more light-hearted compared to the Dusk series, I enjoyed these games mostly for the fact that it was not a traditional Japanese RPG featuring a teenaged male hero going off on an adventure to save the world, but rather one starring a young cheerful female character (with a few exceptions) that make weapons, gather items, do quests, battle monsters and make items through alchemy. While the first several games only got released in Japan, the Atelier games definitely influenced Japanese RPGs in general as many of them implemented some type of item crafting, especially weapons and equipment.
Atelier Escha and Logy is the 15th game in the series and since I played most of the game already, I was excited to see the first episode of this adaptation.
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No Game No Life – Episode 1 – Escaping Reality
From the looks of it, Shiro and Sora are indeed god-tier gamers.
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Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;birth2 Sister’s Generation – First Impressions
Just a few months ago, I shared my final impressions of the first Rebirth game and I thought Compile Heart and Felistelia did a great job fixing all of the flaws from the original game such as having all the goddesses join throughout the story, using battle system from Victory and having improved graphics.
Just a few weeks ago, Neptune Rebirth 2 Sister’s Generation got released, which is a remake of Mk2. This is odd considering that the second game wasn’t nearly as flawed compared to the first. Despite this, since I played 14 hours, it’s time to share my initial thoughts of the game. (Image Source)
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 1 – Honoka Becomes President!
With the school finally saved, what will Honoka do now since she is student council president?
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Spring 2014 Anime Season Preview
As winter comes to an end, it’s time to focus on shows I plan on watching in spring. Since I will be busy next week, I decide to release it a bit early. As always, it’s subject to change. (Image Source)
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New Atelier Rorona – Origin Story – First Impressions
Back in 2009, Gust finally transitioned from the Playstation 2 to the Playstation 3 when they released Atelier Rorona. While the gameplay went back to the premise of the original games and focused more on item crafting and such, the graphics were pretty lackluster. While Totori and Meruru had better graphics and gameplay, it seems that first game in the Arland trilogy felt really out-of-place in comparison. I can’t really blame them since the Playstation 3 had a rough start when it comes to role-playing games.
Four years later, Gust finally made a full remake of the original game for the Playstation 3 and the Vita complete with a full graphics overhaul. How well does it stack up with the original? Let’s find out! (Image Source)
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Nisekoi – Episode 1 – A Beginning of a Fake Relationship
From the look of it, Raku is probably the most unlucky high school student.
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Sakura Trick – Episode 1 – First Impressions
After the first few minutes of watching this episode, I already had cuteness overload.
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Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai Ren – Episode 1 – Old Rivalries and a New School Year
With a new school year starting, Rikka finds herself living with Yuuta?
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Winter 2014 Anime Season Preview (Updated)
Since it’s the New Year, it’s time to take a short look of what I plan on watching for Winter 2014. As always, it’s subject to change.
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Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;birth1 – First Impressions
Back in 2010, Compile Heart created a roleplaying game based on the console wars with video game consoles personified as cute girls in a game called Hyperdimension Neptunia (超次元ゲイムネプチューヌ). While it was an interesting concept, Idea Factory managed to mess it up. The first game shows this with obvious gamebreaking bugs, poor graphics for a PS3 game, difficulties trying to heal your characters among other things. They eventually realized how unfinished the first game was, so they remade it for the Vita. Since I received the game three weeks ago, I want to share my first impressions. (Image Source)
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Pokémon X and Y – First Impressions
Last Saturday, Pokémon X and Y has finally released everywhere. While I didn’t look at most of the press releases on some of the new features in this game, I was certainly excited. After playing the game for 24 hours, I would like to share my first impressions on the things I liked and disliked.(Image Source)
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Little Busters Refrain – Episode 1 – Yuiko’s Hidden Anger
Since Little Busters is now back, Komari decides to throw a pancake party.
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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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Kyoukai no Kanata – Episode 1 – The Mysterious Girl Who Loves Stabbing
A cute glasses-wearing girl appears, but something seems rather mysterious about her.
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Fall 2013 Anime Season Preview
As summer finally winds down, it’s time to take at a few shows I’m planning to watch in about less than a week. As always, it’s subject to change. (Image Source)
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Atelier Escha & Logy – Alchemists of the Dusky Sky – First Impressions
In the second round of video game impressions, I’m going to share my first impression thoughts on Atelier Escha & Logy since I will probably won’t be able to finish my first play through when summer break ends the next week. (Image Source)
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Hyperdimension Neptunia the Animation – Episode 1 – What it means to be a Goddess
For a long time, video games played a big part of my life because of the escapist element coupled with interaction. Of course, somebody came up with a brilliant idea to make a video game personifying the console wars such as the battle between the big three (Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft) or the one that happened in the 90s between the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis.
Now, these consoles are personified as cute girls in a video game titled Hyperdimension Neptunia, which is made by Compile Heart and Idea Factory. While Idea Factory has a bad reputation for making not so good games (although Monster Monpiece was enjoyable), at least their installments to their franchise improved on their gameplay and story. From that, we have the Anime, which everyone waited for.
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Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya – Episode 1 – Illya’s Unexpected Magical Girl Transformation
Initially, I wasn’t going to watch this, but I couldn’t resist the urge since I enjoy magical girl shows. This time, we have yet another alternate world in Fate series, but with a magical girl twist as Illya becomes one. (Image Source)
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Tamayura ~More Agressive~ – Episode 1 – Reminiscing and Birth of the Photography Club
From the last season, we saw the girls enjoying each other as they make memories and most importantly, show their passion for the things that they enjoy doing. Now, Fuu wants to take it to another level, hence being “more aggressive.”
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