New season first impression: Part 1

Welcome to the fall season anime of 2008 everybody! Lots of anime, and many have already been put online, here’s a quick review of the few that came out with fansubs during the past few days.

Side note: Was going to do a preview of the whole season…but by the time I sort through everything, it the new season was already here, no need to preview what’s already here.

Rosario + Vampire Capu 2

Dear lord…where should I even begin with this one. Let’s see, there are a lot of panty shots; 55 of them in 24 minutes episode, to be exact. Here were my rules about counting the panty shots in this anime, for every flash, I counted 1. Those from the same action only get counted as 1, and more than 1 panty shot in a single frame from more than one female count as 1.

…Anyways, putting the interesting amount of panty shots aside. What you found from last season of R+V can still be found in this season. Amazing voice over work by the same cast of last season, the comedy, the various monsters, and of course, the panty shots.

If it wasn’t for Mizuki Nana, I probably won’t even be watching this show. That said, the first episode will probably be the only episode I don’t watch using the ‘skip watching’ method. (Aka, keep using the skip ahead 5 second hot key in Media Player Classic)

More after the jump!

PGS: Post Geass Syndrome

I’ll come out and say it bravely…I’m suffering from Post Geass Syndrome (Aka PGS).

For the past two nights, I’ve been having different dreams about Code Geass’ ending and it is really troubling my sleep. My dreams may contain spoilers of the actual show, so I’ll put it after the jump. Before that though, just a few random screen caps.

The horrible outfit and sword gave me nightmares.

Who’s idea was this sword anyways?

Common Anime food: Tamagoyaki!

Think about the anime you’ve watched, how many times have you seen tamagoyaki (friend egg rolls)? Too many times, probably.

It got me thinking then, how hard is it to make it? I’ll be honest, I’m not a good cook nor do I cook all too often. Even so, I researched and tried to make this. Happily though, it turned out to be very easy to make and even though I can’t cook it well, I’m going to tell you how to make it!

Recipe and pictures after the jump!

Shizu-sama! Daisuki desu~ <3

There is this person I know who watches anime, reads manga, collects figures, wants to play visual novel but can’t because she doesn’t know enough Japanese…and yet, she doesn’t pay attention to seiyuu (voice actors). What I can’t understand is, why? They give life to the very anime you watch and love! Imagine what the anime would be like if all the characters just move their mouths and words aren’t spoken! Might as well read manga then, why watch anime!?

Right right, enough of me rambling on. Let’s get started, shall we?

Let’s start with a little game then, all the pictures below will be common in something. No, the answer is not that they are all anime girls.

(From left to right: Lenalee [D-gray man], Tamaki [To Heart 2], Boota [Gurren Lagann], Rei[Marimite], Wilhelmina [Shakugan no Shana], Akiha [Tsukihime], Himawari [xxxHolic])

Again, no. The answer isn’t that they are all anime girls…or anime character. *Looks at Boota…*

If you don’t know the answer, congratulations; you still have a life.

People with a sense of logic could deduce that I’m talking about a seiyuu. (For those not very Japanese literate, Seiyuu = Voice actor.) People who are my kind would know that the answer is indeed. Itō Shizuka.

Why is she one of my favourite female of all time? Well, find out after the jump.

Anime I enjoy watching, Part 1 out of maybe more

I really didn’t post that much back on my old group blog…I mean, the two bad anime posts and this one were all the anime review posts I’ve ever done.

Ah well, whatever. Here you go, a post that’s about anime you can watch without worrying that you are wasting your life.

Anime I enjoyed watching #1: The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi

I really don’t think I have to describe this one, but since I did say I would put a small review of all anime I found worth watching, I guess I have to do this one too.

To start off, I can ASSURE you that you will be enjoying this anime A LOT. Though…When I was thinking how I should nail down what makes this anime so special…I really couldn’t. So I tried to put down a list of what this anime did right, and guess what? Everything that this anime did is done right, let me be more specific…

Music: This is probably first and the ONLY anime I will think that all the songs (including character CDs) are worth buying. Every last darn one of these CDs are worth buying, and I do mean every last one of them.

Animation: This anime is done by Kyoto Anime, who are also responsible for Full Metal Panic (Second Raid and Fumoffu), Kanon 2006, and a heck load of other anime jewels. So no need to worry about the animation quality.

Plot: The gist of the plot is this. Our male protagonist, Kyon, is your VERY VERY average high school guy. Up until the point he meets Suzumiya Haruhi. Suzumiya Haruhi is a very eccentric girl, she is weird in every single way and if you look up the word “weird” in the dictionary, you are pretty sure to find her picture. With the appearance of Suzumiya Haruhi in Kyon’s life, Kyon quickly finds his normal life gets thrown out of the ordinary. He finds himself situated beside Aliens, Espers, and Time travellers. Even yet more weird, all of them gathered because of Haruhi. The reason: Suzumiya Haruhi is a god, only…she doesn’t know that she is.

Characters:Every one of the characters has been created with the utmost care to present the most entertaining personality possible. From sarcastic optimism to cynical apathy. From silent book worm to clumsy maid. Everything you name it, they have it.

Voice Acting: Depending on how well you know me, you probably know that I’m not that into dubs. So I’ll talk about the original Japanese voices, and I can only give you one word: SUPERB. Every last seiyuu (Japanese voice actors) fit their characters perfectly, it’s just flawless.

Result: One very damn amazing anime that every anime watcher should watch. Plus, it’s pretty short. 13 episodes, so even if you think it’s a meh-ish anime (which you WON’T), it’s not that much of a waste of time.

More of anime that I really enjoyed after the jump.

Anime I Regret Watching, Part 2 Out Of Too Many

Right, let’s get to the second installment of anime you totally shouldn’t waste your time on.

Anime I regret watching #4: Shuffle! Memories.

What the heck did they do to Primula’s face!?

The first problem about this anime is, I can’t figure out why they made it. I mean, aside from the reason to rip more money off of anime fans, there is simply no reason to have this 12 episodes “sequel” where 11 are made out of recaps. No, I’m not kidding. If you are a Shuffle! fan and thought, “Oh yay! Sequel to Shuffle!” Hold your horses, because it is definitely not a sequel. There is -some- (Note: Very little.) original content within the recaps, and the only episode out of the 12 that contains 100% original content is the last episode, which just an OVA with the usual crew on a boat and have nothing to do with the plot.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I loved the original Shuffle! series. However, I don’t love it enough to watch a water-downed version of it. Frankly, if I want to watch Shuffle! again, I’ll just watch Shuffle! again! Why would I go ahead and watch 11 episode of a water downed version of a series that I enjoyed all of the 24 episodes in the original series!? Why!?

The plot had to be trimmed and condensed so that they can fit 24 episodes into 11, which means only the dramatic scenes get left in and as a result, you can’t relate to the character as well as the original series. Aside from that, this series has more or less the same quality of the original. The animation quality was a tad bit higher, but everything else remained the same. After all, this is just a recap. The only major change in this recap version of Shuffle! is the music, and again, why!? The original music was great, but they just had to go around fiddling with the OP and ED, putting in second rate songs that are sung by the seiyuu, it’s just horrible!

So overall, if you haven’t seen the original Shuffle! series, go watch that instead of this. If you watched Shuffle! and want more of it, only get the last episode of Shuffle! Memories.

More bad anime after the jump.

Anime I Regret Watching, Part 1 Out Of Too Many

Right…which post to move over. To be honest, there aren’t that many post to move over…decisions, decisions…

Ah well, can’t be helped. I’ll start with what I do best, rant. But not just rant, I will also give you my piece of opinion as to what anime you wouldn’t want to waste your time on. Because, we all know that there are too many anime and too little time.

That said, let’s start with the top few anime that I regret watching. Of course, do keep in mind this is my opinion. (Though I did ask a few of the other writers to help me come up with this list)

Anime I regret watching #1: Stratos 4

Now…Let me sum this show up to you in an equation.

Girls + Rocket ships + Rocks = Waste of your time.

Yes, I’m not even exaggerating here. That’s basically the whole 13 episodes of it. It’s about a team of girls shooting down comets that are falling down from space so the Earth doesn’t blow up. No, I’m really not kidding. In essence, it’s about rocks. That’s about it. Nothing much. Yet somehow they were able to make a 2 episode OVA sequel out of this, amazing huh?

Maybe you are thinking, they had to have done SOMETHING correct if they were able to make 15 episodes of girls shooting rocks. Well, in that case…the only thing that made this anime fly (no pun intended) is: Cute teenage girls in tight pilot suits. Nothing else.

Read more of anime I regrettably wasted my time watching after the jump.

Heads up! Old post coming soon

I got a bunch of old posts from the old blog I wrote for that I’ll ship over here soon. It’ll take a while since there’s a lot of images and some editing needed. So expect a bunch of stuff coming soon.

Karaoke – Hare Hare Yukai (Ver Kyon)

I did say every so often I’ll sing and post it on here…welp, here’s the first one: Hare Hare Yukai (Version Kyon).

This was the first time I recorded me singing I think? Either way, this was done about last year…I think I’ve gotten better at singing since. Maybe I’ll upload more of me singing later.

Code Geass: Last Impressions

I won’t do too much on this, it’s just too epic to sum up. I definitely recommend this anime though, so everyone…WATCH IT!

Before I begin, a warning of spoilers after the jump. Do take note of that.

C.C.! Marry me!