In the past, I shared my thoughts about the Anime Fandumb where fans become obsessive to the point where they berate people. Of course, there is another ugly aspect of the fandom that I haven’t touched upon: fandom rivalry and fanboys.
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No Game No Life and the Art of Gaming
After watching the first episode of No Game No Life, it intrigued me because I play a lot of video games. Sure, I enjoy the various references they make to Anime and Video Games along with the characters. What interested me more is how Blank manages to win every game despite coming close to losing. While the games are not necessarily deep, there are many aspects in gaming that contribute to their victory, which is not noticeable by most viewers. (Image Source)
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Defining Introductory Anime – What shows would you recommend to First Time Viewers?
Like most fans, not everyone gain an interest in Anime overnight. With that, I have been wondering what kind of shows will catch a person’s attention for people who haven’t watched Anime. Of course, people have different tastes, which makes it somewhat difficult to pick what show you should recommend. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Spring 2014 – Week 4 – Atelier Escha & Logy Ep 4 and Nisekoi Ep 17
Finals week finally arrive and of course, the best way to start that week off is with moving animal tails.
As mentioned previously, I will only be sharing Anime Impressions for this week only for obvious reasons.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Spring 2014 – Week 3 – Atelier Escha & Logy Ep 3 and Nisekoi Ep 15 & 16
I admit that last week was a pretty exciting week, at least for Anime. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Spring 2014 – Week 2 – Atelier Escha & Logy Ep 2 and Nisekoi Ep 13 & 14
I hope that everyone is having an enjoyable Easter. Now, let’s focus on this weeks impressions. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 12 – Nagi no Asukara Episode 25 and Nisekoi Episode 12
At last, winter comes to a close. Therefore, this marks the last Anime Weekly post for this season. Next week, I will be sharing my impressions for the first two to three episodes before resuming this (I plan on blogging Atelier Escha and Logy and Love Live 2).
In case you missed them, here are the final early impressions for Sakura Trick and Chuunibyou Ren. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 11 – Sakura Trick, Nisekoi Episode 11 and Nagi-Asu Episode 23
Spring is finally in the air as the winter season starts to conclude. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 10 – Sakura Trick, Nisekoi Episode 10 and Nagi-Asu Episode 23
Since Spring Break has started for me, it’s time to relax a bit before I have to study for more exams and work on other projects. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 9 – Sakura Trick, Nisekoi Episode 9 and Nagi-Asu Episode 22
It’s a week before Spring Break and I’m swamp with classwork. (Image Source)
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My Unpopular Anime and Gaming Opinions
A few weeks back, Yumeka shared her unpopular Anime opinions which got me thinking, what are my unpopular opinions? Since I don’t necessarily have 10 unpopular Anime opinions to share, I will also cover some video game related stuff too. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 8 – Sakura Trick, Nisekoi Episode 8 and Nagi-Asu Episode 21
While the cold weather continues, love is in the air once again. (Image Source)
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Thoughts about Idols in Anime – Why do we adore them?
In the past, I have been somewhat critical towards the state of idols in Japan and Korea on various things such as the apparent lack of talent and of course these agencies taking complete control of their personal life by preventing any of their members from dating anyone. However, this doesn’t mean that I dislike idols completely for the fact that idol themed shows has shown some positive aspects that can relate to life along with the cheerful music. Here are some of my reasons why I and many people enjoy idol-themed anime and video games. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 7 – Sakura Trick, Nisekoi Episode 7 and Nagi-Asu Episode 20
As the endless winter persists, I have the winter blues… Hopefully spring will come sooner. (Image Source)
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Gamers and Otakus – Should Hobbies get tied to a Label?
After I shared my thoughts about Miyazaki’s remarks on otakus and the Anime Industry’s focus on that demographic, one of the comments caught my attention to write about this topic: Should you call yourself an otaku or even a gamer? (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 6 – Sakura Trick, Nisekoi Episode 6 and Nagi-Asu Episode 19
From the looks of it, the love triangle rivalry is heating up. (Image Source)
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Thoughts about Otaku and Its Influence in the Industry – Is it a bad thing?
In the past, I tend to avoid the topic on the Otaku for the fact that they are viewed negatively by Japanese society while the west tends to view the word in a more positive manner.
Of course, in a recent interview from the famous Hayao Miyazaki has stirred controversy when he stated that the Anime Industry is “full of Otaku.” While it’s understandable why he would feel this way considering his age, he brings up an interesting point that eventually lead me to share my thoughts about the whole thing. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 5 – Sakura Trick, Nisekoi Episode 5 and Nagi-Asu Episode 18
While the winter Olympics in Russia started with a bang last week, it felt like I haven’t gotten anything done for the fact that I got snowed in by not one, but two winter storms! (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 4 – Sakura Trick, Nisekoi Episode 4 and Nagi-Asu Episode 17
I hope that everyone enjoyed Super Bowl Sunday yesterday! Now, it’s time to take a look of some of my impressions from last week. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 3 – Nisekoi, Sakura Trick Ep 3 and Nagi-Asu Ep 15&16
Since the winter Anime season is finally in full swing, it’s time to focus on the first weekly digest of the Winter Season. (Image Source)
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Thoughts about Marathoning or watching Weekly and How I Watch Anime
In a recent post that Kai wrote last week about watching weekly or marathon shows got me thinking: How do people generally watch Anime? With streaming, powerful tablets and smartphones, there are more places where one can watch it. Even so, people are going to have different preferences on how much they watch and where they watch it. (Image Source)
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Surface Pro 2 Review – Great Tablet for Anime Blogging?
Back in 2010, I became a first adopter of the original iPad, which was the device that started the tablet computer craze. I liked the device for the fact that I can surf the Internet, read e-books, watch Youtube, check twitter and stuff without having to drag a laptop along. Of course, tablets got more powerful since one can now view fansubs without converting them (even 10 bit providing that you have the latest tablet and the right player) and even write a post using the native Wordpress interface with image uploading. While tablets won’t replace a laptop for some tasks, they are handy when you are on the move.
On the other hand, when Apple decided to leave the original iPad behind for iOS 6 even though it can probably handle it. Since I got frustrated with my Livescribe pen, which is a device I use to take notes during class and transfer them to the computer, I need a tablet with an active digitizer. After reading about the capabilities Kai’s tablet can do, I decided on getting a Windows 8.1 tablet, particularly the new Surface Pro 2 Microsoft released last year.
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