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Love Live School Idol Paradise (All Volumes) – Final Review

November 17, 2017 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

I have to admit that idol anime can be fun to watch. While it’s obvious that I like The Idolmaster a lot more, Love Live is enjoyable as well despite the music is not my cup of tea. When Dingo, who developed the Project Diva games on the PlayStation Portable, announced Love Live School Idol Paradise, it interests me. While it faced a few delays, does it live up to expectations? Maybe not and I will explain why you should probably skip this game and keep playing Love Live School Idol Festival instead.
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Category: Love LiveTag: final impressions, idol, music, Playstation Vita, Video Games

Love Live Sunshine!! Second Season – Episode 6 – Chika’s Miracle Wave

November 11, 2017 by Chikorita157 3 Comments

It looks like the girls still doesn’t have enough students.

Now the nationals are near, the girls make the final preparations.
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Category: Love LiveTag: comedy, idol, music

The Idolmaster Platinum Stars – Final Review

November 10, 2017 by Chikorita157 4 Comments

For a while now, idols have become popular in Japan. While I enjoy Idolmaster 2 and One for All on the Playstation 3, Bandai Namco decides to make the jump to the Playstation 4. They announced The Idolmaster Platinum Stars on the franchise’s 10^th anniversary live concert and released in July of 2016. It improves on the graphics drastically while introducing new gameplay. The question is, does it live up to the hype.
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Category: Project iM@S, Reviews, The iDOLM@STERTag: bandai namco, final impressions, idol, music, Playstation 4

Love Live Sunshine!! Second Season – Episode 5 – Riko Overcomes Her Fear for Dogs

November 4, 2017 by Chikorita157 2 Comments

Fromm this scene, it’s obvious where this episode will go.

Riko finally overcomes her fear with dogs?
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Category: Love LiveTag: comedy, idols, music

Love Live Sunshine!! Second Season – Episode 4 – The Glorious Dia Episode

October 28, 2017 by Chikorita157 3 Comments

Aqours is in financial trouble that a swan self-peddling boat may be their only option.

As expected, the girls managed to pass the preliminary rounds of Love Live. Meanwhile, Kanan and Mari finds out that Dia is acting funny.
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Category: Love LiveTag: comedy, idol, music

Love Live Sunshine!! Second Season – Episode 3 – Competition and Open House Delimma

October 21, 2017 by Chikorita157 2 Comments

It looks like Chika is a bit too clumsy.

Now the girls received a second chance, does this mean that the girls can do both the primaries and open house? Not really since Mari receives some more bad news.
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Category: Love LiveTag: comedy, idol, music

Love Live Sunshine!! Second Season – Episode 2 – Disagreements and The Case for Team Building

October 14, 2017 by Chikorita157 3 Comments

Riko obviously don’t like how Chika goofed off.

Now that the girls heard the bad news, they decide to move forward.
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Category: Love LiveTag: comedy, idol, music

Love Live Sunshine!! Second Season – Episode 1 – More Unexpected Bad News and Finding a Way Forward

October 7, 2017 by Chikorita157 2 Comments

Thankfully, Riko saved Chika from falling into the water.

While Aqours didn’t qualify for nationals from last time, they managed to attract 10 perspective students. Sadly, Mari have bad news to reveal to everyone.
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Category: Love LiveTag: comedy, drama, idol, music

Love Live Sunshine!! – Final Review

October 1, 2017 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

Since its inception, Love Live School Idol Project have grown into a very popular idol-genre franchise. It garnered a lot of fans around the world with its story of a group of girls banding together to save their school through singing. Love Live Sunshine focuses on the successors of Muse, Aqours. Does it live up to the original series? Let’s find out.
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Category: Love LiveTag: final impressions, idol, music

BanG Dream! – Final Review

August 7, 2017 by Chikorita157 5 Comments

A few months back, I shared my thoughts about Kidani Takaaki believing that idol boom will die and the band boom will happen. Of course, that never really went into fruition since girl band shows are not too different from idol anime.

Regardless, Bushiroad, the company behind the Love Live School Idol Festival mobile game decided to take gamble. They created a new franchise called BanG Dream focused on girl bands. They created an anime series to jump-start this trend. You might be asking yourself, did the anime succeeded in that goal? Not so much.
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Category: BanG Dream!, ReviewsTag: comedy, final impressions, music

BanG Dream! – Episode 13 (END) – The Performance to Remember

April 24, 2017 by Chikorita157 2 Comments

Poppin’ Party is excited for their performance.

It’s finally the big day as Poppin’ Party perform at Space Live House. Will their performance go well?
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Category: BanG Dream!Tag: final impressions, moe, music

Bang Dream and the Girl-Band Boom, Does it Even Exist or is it a Pipe dream?

April 18, 2017 by Chikorita157 4 Comments

For a while now, I have come across an article about BanG Dream. It’s about a statement that Kidani Takaaki made. He said that “the idol boom that has continued until now is already finished this year.”

In other words, he believes that idols will make way for the girl-band boom. However, I am very skeptical of that for many reasons that I will share.
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Category: BanG Dream!, EditorialsTag: fandom, girl bands, idols, music, opinion

BanG Dream! – Episode 12 – The Moment of Truth

April 16, 2017 by Chikorita157 2 Comments

It looks like Arisa’s dining buddy is at the ramen shop!

Now that Kasumi got over her difficulties, will Poppin’ Party pass their last try at an audition?
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Category: BanG Dream!Tag: comedy, drama, music

BanG Dream! – Episode 11 – Kasumi Admits Her Weaknesses

April 10, 2017 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

After a terrible performance last time, it’s sad to see Kasumi this depressed.

After Kasumi lost her voice during the second audition, will she be able recover from this?
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Category: BanG Dream!Tag: drama, music

BanG Dream! – Episode 10 – Kasumi’s Denial and Loss of Passion

April 3, 2017 by Chikorita157 4 Comments

Saya’s former band appeared to pass the audition.

Last time, Poppin’ Party did not pass the audition and Kasumi wonders why. Is Kasumi in denial about her performance after the owner tells her what’s wrong?
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Category: BanG Dream!Tag: drama, music