I am surprised that Hibiki who is Yoshio’s childhood friend could be this vicious towards Machi.
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Anime Weekly – Spring 2016 – Week 4 – Hundred, Pan de Peace and Kumamiko Episode 4
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Anime Weekly – Spring 2016 – Week 3 – Hundred, Pan de Peace and Kumamiko Episode 3
Yep, I knew it was a matter of time until Emile’s true identity will get revealed.
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Anime Weekly – Spring 2016 – Week 2 – Hundred and Pan de Peace Episode 2 and Kumamiko Ep 1-2
Yep, we are already in the second week and of course, I decided to pick up another show, which I will share my impressions for this week.
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Does Downloading Anime Makes You Less of an Anime Fan?
In the past, I have touched upon thoughts about piracy and how they are taking a wrong approach. Although legal alternatives have made some strides, it has shortcomings besides other issues like region locking and that the subs have quality issues in the viewer’s eyes.
With that in mind, while fans tend to look down other fans because of their tastes of Anime, there is another issue that is also apparent, people chastising people because they prefer to download anime opposed to streaming it legally or buying Blu-rays. While I will share why this practice is counterproductive, there are various reasons why people choose to continue to download instead of watching it on a legal streaming site.
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Anime Weekly – Spring 2016 – Week 1 – Hundred and Pan de Peace Episode 1- First Impressions
Now that we are finished with the winter anime, it’s time to focus on the first bunch of shows for spring. Considering how short Pan de Peace is, I will be bringing Anime Weekly back from the dead, meaning that I might cover one more show and only sharing brief impressions for each. The other two shows that will air in the latter half of the week will be covered normally.
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Thoughts on Oversensitive People and Creative Media – Are They Harming it?
In the past, I tend not to talk about these issues.. Sadly, it has gotten to the point that the mainstream media is using them as a scapegoat for all these issues including sites like Anime News Network inserting politics to some of their reviews, thus the discussion becomes polarized. In some cases, this eventually lead to censorship and lack of localization while people shaming others who enjoy these types of media.
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Physical vs Digital Releases – Why Japan Still Loves Physical Formats
For a while now, I have bought physical copies of games, music CDs and even anime DVDs/Blu-rays since I prefer owning an actual copy. Nowadays, the trend has shifted towards digital distribution even though Japan still prefer physical formats over digital. Why is this the case and what effects does it have on the industry as a whole.
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Best and Disappointing Anime of 2015
Now that Christmas is over, it’s time to take a look at the top 5 anime I enjoyed and completed during 2015.
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Year in Review – Thoughts on What Japanese Games I Played This Year
Now that 2015 is coming to a close, it is time to focus on what I have played this year, which has been very busy.
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Site Updates, 12 Days of Anime and Thoughts about Muse’s Decision to Disband
Now that Thanksgiving is over, 2015 is almost coming to a close. With that, it’s time to focus on the plans I have in store along with my thoughts on the recent announcement regarding Love Live.
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Anime Scoring – Has it Outlived Its Usefulness?
As you recall, I have shared my thoughts on scoring in the past. Sure, everyone has their own way of scoring things when it come to writing reviews. However, as time goes on and our opinion changes through experiences, you might look back at the list and wonder to yourself, why you gave a show a certain score. Moreover, scores usually do not tell whole story since it is just an arbitrary number. This makes me wonder why bother with them?
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What makes a “So Bad It’s Good?” and Ridiculous Anime Enjoyable to watch?
I have been wondering for a while why people tend to enjoy shows that are either have a ridiculous premise or ones that it can be considered as “so bad it’s good.” While I have shared my thoughts about bad anime, I wonder what qualities make a show so bad it’s good.
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Charlotte and Jun Maeda – Did he learned from his mistakes in Angel Beats?
With Charlotte coming to an end in two more weeks, there has been some discussion going around on whether or not Jun Maeda learned his lessons from the mistakes he made while creating the story for Angel Beats because he made a lot of questionable choices that impacted the overall quality of the show. Since five years has passed, it makes me wonder if he learned from his mistakes. (Warning: Spoilers!)
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Overly Obsessive and Misbehaving Anime Fans – How it Negatively Impact Normal Fans
For a while now, I have covered several aspects of the fandom and of course there are always going to be good and bad fans. However, after hearing news about fans threatening others through violence over other fans opinions and such, it makes you wonder if there are some really bad apples and messed up people in the fandom that are worse than the anime fandumb since their behavior hurt the overall reputation of ordinary people like you and me who happens to enjoy anime or even video games.
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Creative Blogger Award
Given that I have been busy during last month, awards posts keep piling up. I guess it’s time to play catch up and finally do them all. With that, I will do the Creative Blog Award first, which OG-Man happened to nominate me where you share five facts about yourself.
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Anime Influences on Japanese Games and Thoughts about Licensed Anime Games
For a while, anime influenced many types of media not only because of its popularity, but also for its art style and the story telling. Because of this, it is easy to not only see anime not only as some form of advertisement, but also having a big influence on other types of media such as video games. You might be wondering: what aspects in video games do anime influences? I will share my take on it along with my thoughts about licensed anime games.
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Anime Weekly – Summer 2015 – Weeks 5 and 6 – Working!!! Episode 5 and 6 and Prisma Illya 2wei Herz Episode 3
After a long and hard decision, I decided to stop covering Illya 2wei Herz, at least separately. It will now be covered on a weekly basis to make things a bit easier for me since it’s becoming somewhat difficult to cover three shows at once, especially now that I am working full-time, eight hours a week.
Also, an open forum for this blog is now up. Now you can share any feedback, any suggestions for future editorial topics for my blog or ask me any questions there. While you have to register in order to make new threads, you can respond to existing threads without registering. Also, please do not comment or send any message through Facebook or Google Plus. I do not check those often, meaning that you most likely not get a response. It’s mostly there to syndicate content.
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The Lifelong Question: Will Anime Become Mainstream Outside of Japan?
Since the late 1990s, Anime has grown tremendously popular mostly due to globalization and the Internet becoming widespread. When I read Moonlitasteria’s take on the topic on whether or not Anime as a whole have become mainstream in the West, I wanted to share my own thoughts on it.
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So, I got a Japanese New Nintendo 3DS (and Yokai Watch 2 First Impressions)
As you know, I own the original Nintendo 3DS, which I bought several months after it came out in the states. I have to admit that there were not many games that I was interested in besides a few first party games. Since the Nintendo 3DS is region locked, a policy that I complained about, I couldn’t import any Japanese games, even if there are some that I am interested in.
Last year, Nintendo has announced a new Nintendo 3DS, which is an evolutionary upgrade of the highly successful 3DS. Since I play mostly Japanese language games nowadays, I decided to go for a Japanese model this time. With that, it’s time to share my overall impressions on the new 3DS along with my short first impressions of Youkai Watch 2.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Week 5 – Nisekoi and DanMachi Episode 5
It seems that Marika really dedicated her life to Raku.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Spring 2015 – Week 4 – Nisekoi 2 and DanMachi
At last, they finally made up!
Hopefully next week, I will be finally caught up with Nanoha Vivid.
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More on Idol Anime – Which Franchise do I prefer and who are my Favorite Idols?
It has been a few years since I shared my thoughts on my favorite idols from The Idolmaster. Of course, a lot of things have changed since then. Bandai Namco eventually came up with Cinderella Girls (which is receiving an Anime adaptation) and Million Live. Of course, other idol shows have popped up as well such as AKB0048, Aikatsu, Love Live School Idol Project and Wake Up Girls.
I guess some people might be curious on which one I prefer and what are my favorite idols from these franchises. This is what I’m set out to do right here.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Spring 2015 – Week 3 – Nisekoi 2 and DanMachi
Surprisingly, Chitoge’s mother is scary.
Note: Nanoha Vivid coverage will be delayed by two weeks due to lack of quality subs.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Spring 2015 – Week 2 – Nanoha Vivid, Nisekoi 2 and DanMachi
While there is no Chitoge or Marika this week, I’m glad that Tsugumi finally got her own episode.
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