After Rin, Uzuki and Mio met all the girls in their group, the Producer decided to have them perform at a concert with Mika as backup dancers. Are they prepared for it?
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The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Episode 3 – The First Performance
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Hanayamata – Final Review
I admit that I have a soft spot when it comes to slice of life shows with cute girls. When I found out that Hanayamata has an American girl from New Jersey who wants to do Yosakoi (よさこい) a type of traditional Japanese traditional dance, I decided to take a look.
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Hanayamata – Episode 12 (END) – Hanairo Festival and Hana’s Grand Return
As Hana returns to America with her mother, it’s time for the Hanairo festival. Then again, will she make it back in time for the performance?
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Final Review
Ever since the first season of Love Live School Idol Project aired last winter, the series has gained a considerable amount of popularity. Since I enjoyed the prequel, I was excited when a second season was announced since Muse will have a second chance of achieving their dreams and number one in Love Live.
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 12 and 13 (END) – Last Live and Graduation
The final round of Love Live is finally here. Will they win? Also, what special surprise Honoka has for the graduates?
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The Idolm@ster One for All – Final Review
It has been a while since I have done anything with the Idolmaster franchise. When I discovered that Bandai Namco released a 2nd idol producing game under the 2nd vision series of games called The Idolmaster One for All. Since this game is not story oriented compared to the previous games and is more akin to a slice of life, I will be giving my final impressions of the gameplay. (Image Source)
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 11 – The Fate of Muse
I saw this from far away. What will be the fate of Muse?
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 10 – Celebrations and the Importance of Team Work and Support
So, who actually won the final preliminaries? It’s obvious.
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 9 – Final Preliminaries Time and Beating the Snow Storm Like a Boss
The Polar Vortex and Blizzard is no match for Honoka, Umi and Kotori!
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 8 – Nozomi’s Lonely Past and How She Created Muse
As the preliminaries come closer, something seems to be on Nozomi’s mind.
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 7 – Extreme Diets and Student Council Budget Issues
Yep, Yukiho definitely trolled us with that letter…
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 6 – Halloween Costume Brainstorming and Trying to Make an Impact
Yep, it’s the Halloween episode and apparently, everyone in Muse is determined to beat A-RISE, but at what cost?
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 5 – Rin’s Girly Streak and Getting Over Her Short-Hair Complex
While Umi, Kotori and Honoka is on field trip, Rin goes in the hot seat to become a leader temporarily.
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 4 – Nico’s Dark, Sad and Hidden Past
The results are in… Will they make it to the next round? Also, what is up with Nico?
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 3 – The Start of a Formidable (and Friendly) Rivalery
After the massive preparations from last time, the preliminary rounds are finally here.
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 2 – Writer’s Block and Team Building
As Honoka decides to participate in the 2nd Love Live, she doesn’t realize a nasty roadblock that lies ahead.
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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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Wake Up Girls – 7 Idols (Movie) Review – The Rebirth of Yamakan?
Yamamoto Yutaka failed to Save Anime after a few years of being sacked from Kyoto Animation. While Fractle was an ambitious project, it failed to live up to the hype. As expected, this failure was a big blow to his ego mostly because he stated that if the show flopped, he would retire. Since then, we haven’t heard much from him until now.
In the fall of 2013, it seems that Yutaka couldn’t stand not directing any Anime, thus he unretired himself to make a new show. What type of show did he choose to make? That’s right, an idol themed one. With that, we will take a look of the prequel that premiered, Wake Up Girls, The Seven Idols prequel feature film that premiered on the same day the first episode aired. (Image Source)
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Love Live School Idol Project – Final Review
In the past few years, shows involving idol singers has gotten really popular. While Love Live School Idol Project was in the works since 2010, it finally debuted as an Anime during the winter of last year. While I started watching the first few episodes when I was on vacation, I finally finished it this week in anticipation for the sequel that will air this spring. So, how well does it compare to other idol themed Anime? Let’s see. (Image Source)
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My Anime Music Tournament Picks
Unless you are living under the rock, a fellow blogger named zzeroparticle who runs the Anime Instrumentality Blog has created the first tournament for Anime Music. If you like listening to Anime Music like I do, go ahead and nominate your favorite songs. But in this post, I’m going to discuss the top ten songs I nominated. As always, my picks are subjective so you don’t have to agree with them.
So, what criteria did I use for my nomination ballot? First, I only considered opening, insert songs and ending themes for shows I have watched and listened. Second, I also factor in how good the song sounds along with how memorable and enjoyable the song for my nominations. While my choices are biased for recent Anime, hopefully you won’t judge me.
With that, I will share the top 5 picks I nominated for the tournament first with some arrangements on the piano. (Image Source)
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12 Days of Anime – Day 9 – Tari Tari
With a few days left until Christmas, we focus on a girl who helped saved the last cultural festival from those vulture capitalists in Tari Tari. (Image Source)
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Tari Tari – Final Review
For a while now, PA Works have earned a reputation for it’s excellent production values, probably to the point where it can rival Kyoto Animation. They have done mostly original stories, which is one of the reasons why their shows tend to start on a good note. However, they also have a tendency to go sour at the middle and it was especially apparent with Hanasaku Iroha where it looses track of what it originally set out for and goes to the uncharted territory of uneasiness like unnecessary crossdressing and senseless love triangles. With Mari Okada completely out of the equation, will Tari Tari address the issues that the studio’s other works had? We’ll just have to find out. (Image Source)
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Tari Tari – Episode 13 (END) – The Musical to Remember Forever
While the relentless school administrator wants to shut down the unauthorized festival, he is in for a nasty surprise.
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Tari Tari – Episode 12 – Despair and Hope
Defying the Student Council’s decision, Konatsu plans to go ahead with the plans to sing.
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