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Hey, everyone!... It's been ages... O.O Sorz...
So, this is my third time doing this Top 10 thing, and this year will be better, I promise.
The first year I did them, I obviously had no idea what I was doing. The second year I tried, I was a lazy bum and did something soooo pointless. So this year, I'm gonna be doing them better, and I will also have THREE Top Ten's this year to make up for my laziness the past year...
The first one I'm doing is "Top 10 Female Characters of 2014". Of course, as I have not seen everything, I may be overlooking someone you really like, but if that happens, please tell me who they are and where they're from in the comments, OK? ^-^
I will be choosing characters depending on things like character design, creativity and personality. I will not be including more than one character from each anime in this list.
Also, if I mention a character from a longrunning anime like One Piece, that will be because this character was particularly outstanding this past year.
So, without any further ado, let's start!
NUMBER 10- Yokoi Rumi from Tonari no Seki-kun
Even though we only got a few episodes that were less than 10 minutes, she left a big impression on me.
Her character design is cute, and really fits the special artstyle of this anime.
Her reactions to Seki's time killing are exceptional! At first, she seems annoyed by him and wants him to stop and listen to the teacher, but after a while, she always gets very interested in his little games.
NUMBER 9- Wendy Marvell from Fairy Tail
Now, this one may come as a surprise to many...including me...
Wendy has never been one of my favorites from Fairy Tail, but if you read the manga, you will know that she has grown A LOT during this last arc.
The current arc is my favorite so far, and Wendy was good at contributing to that. I don't want to spoil anything for anime wacthers only, but just know that she's grown extremely as a person during the last year.
NUMBER 8- Kirisaki Chitoge from Nisekoi
Her character design is the typical popular pretty girl, which I don't find very interesting. Other than that, she has a very characteristic red ribbon in her hair, and pink edges on her hair. Her design goes well with the animation style, and the pink edges on her hair fit perfectly in with the colors and sparkles.
I think the thing I liked the most about Kirisaki was actually the way the animators portrayed her. In some scenes, they really made her cuteness obvious without it being obvious that they were trying to do this.
NUMBER 7- Kiyoko Shimizu from Haikyuu
Despite the lack of screen time she got, she left a big impression on me in just one scene. If you've seen this anime, you should know what I'm talking about.
I fell completely in love with her character design, because she was such a different pretty than what I'm used to seeing in anime. Usually the pretty girl has long hair in some unnatural color and gigantic eyes (like Chitoge), but Shimizu displayed a different kind of moe.
Her personality seems kinda rough at the start. She just seems unsociable, and silent, but we learn later that she is just very shy.
Her rough look + her shyness= moe level over 9000!!!
NUMBER 6- Sakura Chiyo from Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
Her design is very cute, and this especially shines when you get to see what the other female protagonists look like. She's petite with big shining eyes and she has many characteristic traits like her hair color, the red ribbons and her purple eyes.
Her personality is also very cute, as she is very much in love with Nozaki, and always has the cutest reactions to whatever he does. Even when he does something really ridiculous, and she just has a "WTF" look on her face.
She's basically the straight man (If you don't understand what that means, google it. It's a type of comedy)
NUMBER5-Takane Enomoto from Mekaku City Actors
Her personality was kinda quirky. She's energetic and always wants her "master" to do something more than just louse around on the computer all day.
Her design is inspired by Hatsune Miku, which you can tell, but it's still pretty different, and I really like what they did to her. It really suits the artistic style the animation studio was going for as well.
As the story progresses, we learn more about her and why she is the way she is. I don't want to spoil anything in case you haven't seen this anime yet, but just know that in the end, everything makes sense...Well, at least about her...
NUMBER 4- Haruno Sakura from Naruto Shippuden
Her design is a lot prettier than before, not to mention the adult version. She just becomes prettier and prettier.
This last year she got to show her development to the boy of her dreams as well. She became very reliable, and was a huge help during the war as both a medic and a fighter.
NUMBER 3- Kaga Kouko from Golden Time
Her style is always astounding, and is a big part of her personality which isn't something they tell you, but something you figure out yourself.
Her personality is sassy and confident, but she's like a stalker when it comes to her crush. Kouko has a very understandable thinking which makes her realateable. at least to people in similar situations.
NUMBER 2- Kaori Miyazono from Your lie in April
Her personality drew me towards her, cause she has a talent for playing the violin, but she uses it in a very expressive way, showing her love for the violin.
Kaori sometimes has a tsunderelike behavior, but that is easily overshadowed by her usual perkiness and cheery character.
She also has a habit of saying quotes from among others, Charlie Brown.
NUMBER 1. Harime Nui from Kill la Kill
Her personality is as cute as her looks until you make her your enemy. She's kinda like a yandere, but here violent side is much more obvious.
She really makes you wonder if you like her or not sometimes, but I always liked her as a villain, as she is very different from the usual "bad guy".
The only thing I don't like about her is the way she went. I'll try not to spoil too much for people who haven't seen it, but I found it very boring and anticlimactic. Even if it did show the power of the main villain, it was boring to end her off like that, and I hope she'll be back in a second season (if there will be one).
So that's it for now, folks!
There will be a new one up soon and another one after that, so look forward to that! (≧ω≦)
Hi, everyone! So today is gonna be a little bit different, as I would like to just get some opinions on dub or sub out. This time I'll be focusing on One Piece, my favorite anime of all time!
So,the other day I saw that One Piece film Z was on YouTube in english dub, and I thought "Why the hell not", and just went for it. And to be honest it wasn't nearly as bad as I feared!
Most of their voices fit really well, and I was only disappointed by a few of them. Robin and Nami's voices were perfect and I absolutely loved them. Most of the other crewmates had awesome voices as well, but I honestly have to say I was hoping that Brook would have a British accent... Not something I can't live with, though!
Now, the ones I wasn't as pleased with actually included THE main character! I found Luffy's voice a little too... crusty...? I don't really know how to explain this, but basically, there are two different types of voices, the soft and clear ones, and the cloudy ones. Now, since Luffy's japanese voice actor, Tanaka Mayumi has a clear voice, I think it was too big of a leap between those two voices for me.
Another voice I wasn't enjoying as much as the others was Choppers. I feel like when they hired Choppers voice actress, they cared a little too much about him being cute, and not so much about Chopper actually being a man. Because despite his normally adorable appearance, he can actually be quite threatening.
Other voices I didn't like in particular included Kizaru, Akainu and Ain, but I won't go into detail with them as well.
So, would I recommend you watch One Piece dubbed or subbed? If you are learning english, or you have trouble keeping up with the subs, I recommend watching the dub, but if you would rather have better voice acting, go for the original. Also, if you wanna stay up to date on One Piece, you have to either read the manga or at least watch the subbed version, as the dub is still far far behind.In the end it depends on what you want, but I know I will continue watching the subbed version, as I am literally in love with Luffy's voice, and I 'll also continue reading the manga, as that one tops both the other options easily.
Anyways, that's it for now! See ya! (^-^)/
Goddammit, I am so bad with deadlines and keeping these promises! I really need to get myself together. It's been like a month since last time... -_- so anyways, let's get started with my review on Aishiteruze Baby! :D
Ever since the complete beginning of my anime experiences, I've heard about this anime but I never really felt like watching it until just a while ago, and I'll be honest, I could've gone without it. It wasn't as memorable as I thought it would be and I got my hopes up, I guess...
Aishiteruze Baby is a 25 episode romance/slice of life anime revoling around Kippei, a womanizing high schooler who is given the task of taking care of his cousin, Yuzuyu when her mother leaves her.
Now, for my opinions on this show, I'll have to say I found it pretty meaningless most of the time.
Characterwhise, the show had nothing really special. A flirt, a loli and a Kuudere being the main protagonists. Nothing new or original was given to us there. Though, I will say that I found the character development pretty good. Seeing that Kippei went from womanizing jerk to loving father, Kokoro went from anti-social girl who never shares her feelings to adorable teenage girl openly in love and most importantly, Yuzuyu grew from a crybaby to a strong little girl who is able of taking care of herself and making friends.
So, since the characters are bad, surely the storyline has something going for it... Right? Well, My opinion is kinda split on this one. Half the episodes were decent and good episodes that could've made up a good anime if they didn't added the second half of useless shit. I found some parts of the series genuelly dark and depressing, which might've been a bit more remarkable if we didn't get distracted by the amount of stupid. I feel like if they wanted to make an anime which was cute, funny and cheery, they should have focused on that, as well as if they wanted a dark and depressing
anime, that should be the main focus.
For the music, there's nothing in particular I can remember about the soundtrack, but I remember the
opening. It was cute and calming. Kinda carefree like half of the show, but that's
not really what I consider the best choice when it comes to openings, as the main goal of an opening is catching the viewers eye. This one doesn't make you exited about the new episode, but nearly makes you fall asleep. It is kinda like a really good lullaby, huh?
I rate it 5.5/10
So, like I mentioned earlier, it's been literally decades since I last put out a review... I reaaaally need to pick up the pace... Well it's not my fault that school work takes up all my time! (Is what I say, but really, I'm just procrastinating all the time...) no, but in all seriousness though, I do procrastinate A LOT, and for some reason I'm do in it with this too. That's really weird cause I like doing this, so... I don't know why... Oh well, I'll try to fix that a little bit, for now: See ya! (^-^)/
Ever since the complete beginning of my anime experiences, I've heard about this anime but I never really felt like watching it until just a while ago, and I'll be honest, I could've gone without it. It wasn't as memorable as I thought it would be and I got my hopes up, I guess...Aishiteruze Baby is a 25 episode romance/slice of life anime revoling around Kippei, a womanizing high schooler who is given the task of taking care of his cousin, Yuzuyu when her mother leaves her.
Now, for my opinions on this show, I'll have to say I found it pretty meaningless most of the time.
Characterwhise, the show had nothing really special. A flirt, a loli and a Kuudere being the main protagonists. Nothing new or original was given to us there. Though, I will say that I found the character development pretty good. Seeing that Kippei went from womanizing jerk to loving father, Kokoro went from anti-social girl who never shares her feelings to adorable teenage girl openly in love and most importantly, Yuzuyu grew from a crybaby to a strong little girl who is able of taking care of herself and making friends.
So, since the characters are bad, surely the storyline has something going for it... Right? Well, My opinion is kinda split on this one. Half the episodes were decent and good episodes that could've made up a good anime if they didn't added the second half of useless shit. I found some parts of the series genuelly dark and depressing, which might've been a bit more remarkable if we didn't get distracted by the amount of stupid. I feel like if they wanted to make an anime which was cute, funny and cheery, they should have focused on that, as well as if they wanted a dark and depressing
anime, that should be the main focus.
For the music, there's nothing in particular I can remember about the soundtrack, but I remember the
opening. It was cute and calming. Kinda carefree like half of the show, but that's not really what I consider the best choice when it comes to openings, as the main goal of an opening is catching the viewers eye. This one doesn't make you exited about the new episode, but nearly makes you fall asleep. It is kinda like a really good lullaby, huh?
I rate it 5.5/10
So, like I mentioned earlier, it's been literally decades since I last put out a review... I reaaaally need to pick up the pace... Well it's not my fault that school work takes up all my time! (Is what I say, but really, I'm just procrastinating all the time...) no, but in all seriousness though, I do procrastinate A LOT, and for some reason I'm do in it with this too. That's really weird cause I like doing this, so... I don't know why... Oh well, I'll try to fix that a little bit, for now: See ya! (^-^)/
Hey, everyone! So you may be wondering where I was last week. Well, the answer to that was at home! Again! No, this time it was not because of laziness, but rather the fact that I am currently sick! Hooray! Oh well, let's just get this started...
So, Brothers Conflict is a 12 episode reverse harem anime done by Studio Brain's Base, which has also worked on these titles: Baccano!, my little Monster, Amnesia and many more.
The story revolves around Ema, whose father gets remarried to a woman who has 13 sons, but because of the parents' business, they are never at home. Therefore Ema moves in with her new brothers who all start falling for her at least somewhat.
The series is based on a light novel written by Mizuno Takeshi. There are also two games for this story, which being Passion Pink and Brilliant Blue
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Now, to what I thought about the show, I'll have to say that it works a lot better as a gal game than as an anime. There were too many guys to focus on during only 12 episodes, which gave it less of an impact because you don't get to know any of them. If it were more focused around just a few of them, we would get to know the characters that were actually interesting well, and a little less, the ones that nobody cared about.
I do get a feeling this is just one of those animes made to earn money to make batter animes. They make animes which embrace the otakus so that they can earn money from that to use on a different project. This has been happening a lot lately because of people watching anime for free on the internet. This is why animation studios are almost only making 12/13 episode animes without any outstanding plots, characters or originality.
The animation was pretty, but as we have hightened our standards now, I'll have to say it was mediocre.
I loved the characters a lot in this! I do wish we could get to know them a little more, but all the boys had charming personalities and that made it impossible not to have a favorite, whoever you are. The only character I'm not satisfied with is Ema, the main character. Mostly because she just had the personality of sandpaper, but for some reason everyone loved her.For the music, I don't think there was anything about the soundtrack worth mentioning, but, I do, however, feel the need to mention the opening and the ending. The opening is extremely catchy and really does well with the transitions from character to character, showing all the brothers. I never ever felt like skipping it. The ending is awesome because they made a catchy song, got the voice actors of
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Final rating: 4.5/10
Yaaaaay! I'm Finally back! I'm not dead! Who knew? Well, I hope you enjoyed this weeks review of Brothers Conflict! New review hopefully coming soon!
So Kokoro Connect is a 13 episode anime about a group of friends who have formed a group together at school where they... Do nothing... It is mainly a supernatural and drama anime, but it also has it's fair share of comedy which makes the show interesting at all times.
The five members of the Cultural Research Club—Taichi Yaegashi, Iori Nagase, Himeko Inaba, Yui Kiriyama, and Yoshifumi Aoki—encounter a bizarre phenomenon one day when Aoki and Yui switch bodies without warning. The same begins to happen to the other club members, throwing their daily lives into disarray.
At first, the five students find some amusement amidst the confusion, but this unwarranted connection also exposes the painful scars hidden within their hearts. As their calm lives are shattered, the relationships between the five students also begin to change...
(Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime/11887/Kokoro_Connect#LhoGYvhufDisYKF5.99 )
Kokoro connect has some beautiful animation and soundtrack which does a great job at setting the mood, especially in the more serious parts. There were some genuelly heartbreaking moments that I. Can't imagine being the same without these two things. Along with the voice acting of course- which was, as always, fantastic.
The characters were very satisfying as they were interesting and fun to watch, but also realistic. All of the characters had gotten their personalities from their past experiences.
It was always fun to watch, but I kinda felt like it was going in a loop after the first arc. The problems I thought they had fixed in the previous arc would appear again, which could make for a bit of an unsatisfying ending because there is always a possibility that these sorts of things kept happening.
This anime was definitely centered around the drama, which I found fantastic! The drama of this anime would mess me up so bad. Whenevery there was a really happy scene and everything was going perfectly, BOOM! Here you have some drama! It had a good pace for a 13 episode anime, which is a very important thing. Due to the pace of the show, I was able to become attached to the characters in a short time.
Overall, I give Kokoro Connect an 8/10
Thank you so much for reading my review! If you think there's something I left out that you wanted me to write about, do tell me in the comments, and I'll do my best to answer them! Sorry about this review being a bit late, guys. Damn you, school... Oh, well... See ya soon! (^-^)/
Hi, everyone! Sorry I've been inactive recently. Todays review is of Sekaiichi Hatsukoi!
Sekaiichi Hatsukoi is a 2 season, 24 episode long boys love anime which is about Onodera Ritsu, a man who quit his job with literature because nobody acknowleged his hard work since he is the son of the boss. He gets a new job working as a manager for shoujo manga, but Ritsu soon realizes that his new boss is the boy he was in love with during his highschool years. It is soon revealed that his boss, Takano, is still in love with Ritsu!So, for this show, I'll say the animation is mediocre and the art style is fitting. The music was a good plus to the emotional stuff.
A minus I'd like to point out was that I didn't feel like it was very necessary to include that much of the side characters' love lives, as I am honestly not interested in those. A few episodes would be fine, but when they put them in the middle of a story, it gets annoying. It takes away the focus from the main story!
Regarding the main story too, I didn't like how Onodera would seem to give in to his feelings, but then the next episode he was back to being all tsundere. At the end, it almost became a little unsatisfying, as I would just imagine him going back to being shy again.
Regarding the characters, I liked most of them, and I felt like many of them were very relatable in the way they think... Except Ritsu...
I also found it rather weird how almost every single one of the managers for shoujo manga were gay... Wouldn't that just help for the stereotyping?
I feel like a lot of people are sugar coating this anime because of the BL. Cause if anyone said they didn't like it, they would piss off thousands of fangirls who will call you a twat because "OMG, you don't support gays!?" If you try to imagine this as one of the more common boy x girl animes, you'll see how bad it is in comparison. I want an anime which would work with any genders. But that's probably just me...
Final rating: 6/10
So that's it! I hope you liked this weeks review! I now own a keyboard for my iPad! (~*o*)~ new review will be out next week! See ya! ^-^
Hello everyone! I just came back from a looong trip to Britain! Sorry for not informing you, and not posting for ages *-* Well, here is my review of an old anime which I only recently watched- Itazura na Kiss! (Playful Kiss in english)Itazura an Kiss is based on a manga published by Shueisha in 1990-1999. The anime aired during 2008 and was created by the Studio, TMS Entertainment. There is also a drama, but I won't be reviewing that. Or the manga...
So, Itazura an Kiss is a romance anime which I had heard a lot about even years ago when I had just started getting into anime. It's a romance about a highschool girl named Kotoko who falls in love with the popular, smart and "handsome" Irie. However he rejects her, and she decides to give up on him. Later that day Kotoko in her house with her father and her friends, but because of an earthquake, the house collapses and Kotoko and her dad need to find a new place to stay. Luckily for them, her father had a friend who took them in, but OH SHOCKER! It's Irie's family. So Kotoko now has to live together with the guy who rejected her...
So, I've known about this anime for a long time now, and I've heard a lot of good things about it, so I had high expectations going into the show, but now that I've seen it, I gotta ask: why? Why is this anime so loved? So popular and praised by the anime romance fans?
The animation is mediocre for it's time. Maybe even worse quality than others. Toradora also came out in 2008, and the graphics in that anime seem so much better! The music was nothing special, but rather, it was average. The setting was very generic, the story was predictable, the characters were nothing I haven't seen before. Honestly, I don't understand why Naoki was supposed to be so attractive. He is a real jerk unless you're stupid enough to stick around for long enough for him to open up a little bit. Honestly, I don't find his face attractive at all, and why does a high schooler have gray hair!? 
The story progressed waaaay too fast. By episode 15, they were already married! You get more of an impact when the characters who have been falling in love for an amount of episodes finally get together! Rather than it happening early on in the series. Unless there's gonna be tons of drama within the relationship like in Bokura ga Ita, but we didn't get that in this anime either. There was no buildup which lead to there being absolutely no impact other than "WTF this escalated way too quickly!"
If there's one thing I will give this anime, then it's how amazing the opening is. It's the nr. 1 reason why I started watching it in the first place, and I still find myself listening to it from time to time while doing homework or something.
Opening: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4a59xkalRsw
3/10
Sooo... This review may have taken a bit longer than usual... And I might've written the beginning of it a month ago or so... The truth is that my parents have put a password on the PC because I was a bit too much in the basement doing nothing... So I've written this whole review on an iPad, and I don't write nearly as fast on this thing. Also, I kinda got a bit lazy... I have no excuse! DX sorry! T^T
So I'm gonna see if I can buy one of those keyboards for iPads so I can write faster. I'll try to get another review up next week too, so until then! See Ya! (^-^)/
