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Fall 2015 Anime Season Preview and Future Plans

September 9, 2015 by chikorita157 11 Comments

With only few weeks until the official end of summer, it’s time to take a brief look of what shows I plan on watching along with future plans. As always, the shows I choose to watch are subject to change, especially since the list is small.
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The Wind Changes – Future Plans for this Blog and Life Updates

July 6, 2015 by chikorita157 6 Comments

After one month of waiting, I finally got my start date last week and my official offer letter. With that, it’s time to make that important announcement about the future of this blog among other things.

In other words, no more NEET life for me!
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Happy 25th Birthday!

August 9, 2014 by chikorita157 9 Comments

It seems like yesterday since I turned 24 years old. Like last year, it has been a calm year thus far except for the couple big snowstorms. Not to mention, I have been focusing primarily on learning new vocabulary and Kanji from playing video games and memorizing them through flash cards. I am still planning to tackle grammar needed for JPLT (will focus on N3 next year) with the references I have since there are apparently not many good advanced level textbooks unless you want to learn from one that is only in Japanese.

As I turn 25 years old, I have a feeling that 1/4^th of my life has already passed by me although I look younger than my actual age. During those years, I have been focusing mostly on education. After the fall semester, I will finally complete my master’s degree and find my first job. I have high hopes that I will get a good paying job, but it won’t be easy. Once I get a one, I don’t expect things to be drastically different depending on the workload. In fact, I will be able to cover more types of content and be able to attend Anime conventions. Not sure which one I will go to, but Otakon is a good possibility since it’s only about a 3-hour drive from where I live. I’ll figure it out once I get there.

With that, feel free to say Happy Birthday in the comments below. I will be streaming games today and tomorrow, so feel free to watch on Hitbox, if you want.
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Anime Blogosphere Pokemon Tournament and 12 Days of Anime

December 6, 2013 by chikorita157 4 Comments

As 2013 comes to an end, I want to share what special things I have planned for December. (Image Source)
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Happy 24th Birthday and Behinds the Scenes of Blogging

August 9, 2013 by chikorita157 10 Comments

Before I knew it, time flew by so quickly. During that time, I finally graduated college this year and experienced the worse power outrage last fall because of Hurricane Sandy. Even so, this year was a rather peaceful one as I focused more on writing about Anime, and diving into intermediate level Japanese language studies despite my up and downs. The question is, how I will manage my time as I head to grad school? I probably do more of the same, with a few adjustments.

For this birthday post, I will share behind the scenes on where I do my blogging. I do most of my blogging in a separate room, which has my desk with a LCD monitor and a screen. Since I’m busy all the time, my desk is unorganized and it’s pretty embarrassing. While I do most of my web surfing and browsing at this desk, I also do my blogging and web surfing at college and when I’m on vacation, in the hotel room. Since these places usually have Internet access, I no longer have the excuse to go on hiatus.

messy-desk — This is usually where I make most of my posts.

As for the computers I currently use, I have two Macbook Pro laptops. The one on the left (Takanashi Rikka) is my main one, which has a faster Intel i7 Quad Core CPU, 16GBs of RAM, 750 GB Hard Drive, Matte Display and nVidia Geforce GT 650m graphics. The right is a 2010 model, Takamachi Nanoha, which replaced my lemon laptop.

With that, feel free to say Happy Birthday in the comments below. As always, my parents are going to take me out later for a special meal. (Image Source)

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Frustrations with Blogging – The Call for Feedback

April 19, 2013 by chikorita157 12 Comments

Just recently, I have been feeling down because I haven’t received any comments lately for my coverage of Spring Anime compared to last year. I know I haven’t been commenting on other blogs since I have been busy lately and have been addressing that. Even with that, I still haven’t received any responses or any likes at all since Monday, which might be an indication that my writing needs improvement.

I know that other bloggers are in this slump and I’m not the only one. However, I want your feedback so there will be more interaction instead of complaining about it. I still want to blog as I still have a lot of ideas I want to write about, but I have lost motivation to write posts as I feel that nobody seems to care about what I’m writing. Because of that, I want to use this opportunity to see what I need to improve on content wise such as my writing quality in the comments below. Also, if you have any ideas on what ideas I should write for editorials or what improvements I need to make for episodic posts to make them interesting. (Image Source)

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November Updates: Hurricanes, Idolmaster 2 Livestream and More

November 5, 2012 by chikorita157 Leave a Comment

As 2012 is almost coming to a close, I would like to share what I will have in store in the coming weeks.(Image Source)
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Happy 23rd Birthday and Some Thoughts

August 9, 2012 by chikorita157 9 Comments

今日は私の誕生日です。(Today is my birthday.)

Believe it or not, time flies when you are working hard. A lot has happened since then as I took on the task of self studying Japanese, experiencing some Anime Blog Tourney drama, moving to another server and of course, overhauling my blog’s theme. Although I have experienced some hardship with my mother having cancer that she has fully recovered from, I think the future ahead will be blight one. I don’t intend to give up blogging any time soon since I enjoy doing it and there is a lot to write about.

As for what I got for my birthday, I received a Playstation Vita. I still haven’t got any games for it besides my downloaded games from Playstation Network since I don’t know what game I should get. I plan on fixing that soon. Aside from that, “Idolmaster SP Missing Moon” plays great on it.

With that, feel free to share your birthday wishes to me, whether it’s on Twitter or in the comments below. Also, I want to thank all my readers and followers who have supported me during these years. Hopefully, I can defy Anime Blog death by passing the four-year mark!
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Support Us in the 2nd AniBlog Tourney!

April 16, 2012 by chikorita157 6 Comments

いらっしゃませ！(Welcome to my blog!)

During the first Aniblog Tourney, I experienced a close loss in the first round. Since then, I have learned from my mistakes by improving my content and interacted with more people. Now, the second Aniblog Tourney is about to begin and we are up against Draggle’s Anime Blog.

As most say, quality is always better than quantity. With that, I have been working hard on writing more posts outside the realm of episodic posts. So, check out my opinion pieces that I have handpicked (you can see more in the Editorials category) and feel free to comment on them if you have any thoughts before you vote… (unhide the spoiler to see the recommended posts)

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Anime and the Perception in the West – An important topic on why the west is obsessed with violence while the East focuses more on cuteness and nostalgia. Valentines Day Special – My Favorite Idols – A brief explanation on my favorite idols from The Idolmaster. Anime and Video Gaming: How they changed everything… – Gaming and Anime Adaptations are sometimes related, so why not write about it? Brief Thoughts about the US Anime Industry and Anime Collection – My thoughts on the US Anime Industry in the past year. Also, I share my Anime collection. Improving Anime Blogs and Writing – 2012 Edition – Tips to improve your Anime Blog for the New Year. SOPA, The Cancer that will kill the Aniblogosphere… in America. – My explanation of the now-dead Stop Online Piracy Act and how it would impact the Anime Blogosphere. Iyashikei, The Art of Friendship, Escapism and Healing – If you wondering why Aria is so relaxing, this is the reason. The Reason why I Anime Blogging and the Social Experiences – I view Anime Blogging is a social experience. In this piece, I share my experiences during those 2 years. On Taste Testing and Dropping Anime: My Anime Viewing Experiences. – My views on taste testing and dropping anime. Hourou Musuko – Innocence, Acceptance and Betrayal… – My take and thoughts on Shuichi’s difficulties on his Transgenderism and society’s treatment of it. For Fun: Everybody Hates Kyubey™ – If you watched Madoka Magica, I share my reasons why Kyubey is the cruelest creature ever seen in Anime History. Thoughts about Bill 156 and Why the Law is Censoring like it’s 1984. – My thoughts about the Nonexistent Youth Bill and why it’s a horrible idea. Moe and an Argument against Genre Elitist – Much more than just Cuteness – An argument against elitism and their hatred of moe. Also, it serves as my defense for the genre by explaining why it’s more than just “cute girls doing cute things.” Ore no Imouto – Eroge or Why there shouldn’t be a double standard on Violent Games and Eroge – An argument against the double standard with eroge and violent video games since both doesn’t necessarily harm people.

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In addition to editorials, I have also focused on other features such as:

Homura-chan’s Pokemon Adventure – Although I have never finished the final part, I shared my experiences while playing Pokémon White.
Idolm@ster 2 Let’s Play – Video “Let’s Play” of everyone’s favorite idol producing game.
Japanese Self-Study Progress – Various thoughts I made during my Japanese Self Study.

This is pretty much it. Feel free to browse around for my other content (episodic and review posts) and most importantly, don’t forget to vote for the deserving candidate in the Aniblog Tourney! Polls will open today until Wednesday at 4 PM Eastern Daylight Time (20:00 GMT)! May the best blog win!

~~(Update 1:also, ignore the nonsense that Draggle is spreading about me… he is just having some fun. :p)~~

~~(Update 2: Cheating is bad, so please vote for integrity and content quality, not the libel he wrote about me.)~~

(Update 3: We playing around, so don’t take any of our mischief seriously)

(Note: This post will remain stickied until the poll’s closure.)

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Twelve Days of Anime – Prelude

December 14, 2011 by chikorita157 1 Comment

メリークリスマス！ (Merry Christmas!)

It’s that time of year again and thus marks a starting of another Anime Blogger tradition, the 12 Days of Anime Project. In this group effort, Anime Bloggers like myself share twelve Anime related moments on our blogs. It’s an activity that got started by a former blogger named CCY (also known as Canon-chan) 4 years ago whose blog pretty went into a vegetative state recently. Of course, there are many who want to keep it alive. So, I feel that I should share some of the holiday cheer.

Unlike last year where I have stopped half way because I got overwhelmed with too much finals that it drained my motivation to complete the last six, I’m doing things differently this year. Instead of 12 individual posts, I will squeeze it down into two separate posts. Each post will spotlight 6 notable events either from Anime or the Aniblogosphere. Hopefully this time around, I will actually finish it this time! So, check it out this Saturday when I plan to come up and spotlight the first six.

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