It has been a while I got this excited for an anime. In fact, I can't remember the last anime that got me all worked out like this. Needless to say, I think Aku no Hana is a very awesome anime. I definitely recommended it to everyone.
It’s that day when I got another level up in life. I’m turning a year older again today. So many things have changed in a course of a year. I read what I wrote on my birthday last year and I almost choked with laughter at how ridiculous everything sounds.
So overall, year 2012 has indeed been kinder to me. I have achieved what I set out to achieve but most importantly, I unexpectedly found love which is easily the highlight of the year for me.
I need an outlet to express how I feel nowadays. To be honest, things are going too good for me at the moment to the point that I am sort of living in fear for I do not want these extremely good feelings, and the love I have for him to end. If all these are gone tomorrow, there is a big probability that I might lose sanity.
Welp, looks like we are having this conversation again after so many years. Well 2 years and 3 months to be exact. The last time I wrote about my crush, I was in a different state of mind where I know it can be nothing more than just that, a crush.
Anime for lolicons. That's my first thought when I read the synopsis in the preview. Since I am not a lolicon, I figured I will be stressing out when I watch this anime. Hopefully though not to the point where I start questioning why are we letting such anime exist. Furthermore, it's about magic. I do not like magical stuff.
It's pretty much about Akira who inherited her late mother's ability in fortune telling. Turned out she has super power and she's not the only one. Together, they become somewhat a Power Ranger. Naturally when there's power, there will be villains though it is still unclear who they could be.
The plot is weak in my opinion. Nothing particularly stands out. The animation was average, the seiyuus sound annoying and I was bored to death.
Not gonna watch this. Too childish for me. It's not shit though. Just not my cup of tea.
Episode: tbc
Aired: Summer 2013
Producers: AIC
arts & animation 5/10
story 5/10
characters 6/10
sound 6/10
enjoyment 5/10
overall 5.4/10
I can't remember the last time I watched yaoi. It has been a while. Since I've been working relentlessly for these past couple of months, I think I deserved a reward. Needless to say, I'm pretty stoked about this one right here. I have been waiting for it since last year but for some reason they canceled the plan to release it last year and only now did us fans finally manage to get the 2012 version of the legendary Ai no Kusabi. Yeah, if you think you are a fan of yaoi but have never watch the 1992 version, don't call yourself a fan.
The premise of the story is basically the same but with better animation, character design etc. Riki is still Iason's pet, since well... he has black hair and thus automatically made him a mongrel. The blondies are pretty much the men in power and each of them are allowed to take one mongrel from the slum to become their pet. I know... fucked up society is fucked up LOL
I found myself still a bit partial towards Iason. He's just so calm and collected. His behavior as Riki's master is something that I look forward to actually and he's the reason why I fap to this yaoi. Riki for me personally, is a one dimensional character. He's a rebel and that was it. I guess we just have to wait until he realized that he's nothing if he isn't Iason's pet to finally see the other side of his character, if any. This is because Iason has released him and allowed him to go back to the slum. He's a confident buttfucker though and he is just so sure that Riki will be his soon enough. I wish Iason nothing but the best :3
As expected, the animation is crisp and sharp, way better than the 90's version. It sort of reminded me of Togainu no Chi. At certain point, especially when Iason was whispering to Riki's ear as he teased him, I found the animation exceptional what with each of the characters' face expression. It sure is turning me on! If only we get to see more yaoi action... but hopefully good things will come for those who wait.
I like everything about Iason including his voice so I have to compliment Tooru Ookawa for the job well done. Itou Kentarou too is perfect for Riki because he has that rough edges to his voice that showcase the rebellious side of him. He also sounds pretty convincing when he's hot and horny. Heh.
I am currently downloading the second episode of this OVA and can't fucking wait for it to be done. The 2012 version of Ai no Kusabi does not disappoint except for the BL action part. I need to see more of that in my yaoi please...
art & animation 8/10 story 7/10 character 8/10 sound 7/10 enjoyment 9/10 overall 7.8/10
I remember reading the manga few years back when I was still a manga whore. Even though I can't remember the details, I am sure once I saw the first episode, the story will be familiar and starts to coming back to me. There is only one problem though. Like in most cases, I might actually end up raging about this show because of the ecchi. It is just something that I can't tolerate when it comes to anime.
And what did I say? I am already raging when Takeru conveniently fell on top of Haruka with his hand on her melon. I mean... come on now, stop being too fucking obvious already. It is only 2 minutes and 18 seconds and I don't think I want to see anymore of this crap.
This is what I remember from the manga
This shit is what I got for anime >=(
WHAT THE FUCK WAS I THINKING READING THIS SHIT THAT MANY MOONS AGO? o_O
But... wait a minute... I don't remember the manga being this bad. Maybe AIC is just sucks at the adaptation. I wouldn't ended up reading up to chapter 12 otherwise (I stopped reading because I quit being a manga whore). Just look at the character designs for an example. AIC totally fucked it up. I don't recognized them at all and it was the character designs that made me read the manga in the first place. Ah crap now I feel like I need to save and cleanse my soul somehow. Jeebus.
arts & animation 3/10 story 3/10 characters 4/10 sound 4/10 enjoyment 1/10 overall 3/10
p/s: this rating does not reflect what i think of the manga and believe it or not, this just makes me wanna pick up the manga again T__T
I said in Glo's summer preview that this is something that I won't bother myself with but when I wrote my own preview, I changed my mind for two reasons. I saw potential of crude sex jokes and perhaps some yaoi/BL. I might be wrong but my friend Monroe is adamant that I should watch this today or I shall continuously receive verbal attacks from him. Damn, he can be persuasive.
First few seconds of the episode, I asked myself, why the fuck am I watching this hentaish anime that is ruined by censorship? Then the OP. Another idol-ish type of song. I hated it too. That's three things I hate in a row in just a matter of two minutes.
Monroe better has damn good reason why he wants me to watch this so damn bad *cracks knuckles*
This show is about Taketo who writes porn. Naturally "normal" society would shunt him but he is accepted to some Inspiration Academy where people can shine doing what they do best. Taketo is in a newspaper club and when he is assigned to write about the clarinet girl, he changed. Instead of writiung porn, he starts to write novella shit. That doesn't stop his mind from thinking lewd things though.
Taketo reminds me of myself, as I'm sure of many other persons out there. I write novels too in my free time and I can only write romance stuff. I never write lewd stuff though, only implying it since I don't have the experience to write about sex. That would be pretentious. Every so often, I get inspiration out of nowhere and all I need is pen and paper. Though I never write anything lewd, my brain is corrupted as such that most of the time, it's all I think about hence why the innuendos and crude jokes. People who know me would agree completely. They don't want their child to has anything to do with me but I hope they love me for it lol
Having said that, I do not enjoy R-15 at all. As I predicted, it is made of shit. The animations are bad and the story is trying to be what it's not. It should just stick with Taketo having porn and lewd thoughts and further develop the comedy (oh the potential comedy!) more instead of making him into a poetic novelist. It's too fake for my liking. There is a hint of BL but it isn't strong enough to make me jizz in my pantsu. The show is further butchered by the censoring that took half of the screen. What's the point of making an ecchi anime then if you censored all the good stuff?
I feel so inept now
Bad. This is bad. It's so bad it's not funny. I don't care what you say Monroe but this is just plain hideous. You owe me half and hour of my life I just wasted on this shit.
No more noming. Time for my reapage.
arts and animation 5/10
story 5/10
characters 5/10
sound 4/10
enjoyment 4/10
overall 5/10
I got the impression that Wandering Son pleases a lot of people. My initial thoughts were off the mark if what they saidy is true. I am stoke to see what AIC did to make this show exciting with that kind of story line.
(c) KL
The episode didn't grab my attention until they introduced themselves to the class. It was interesting I think because I learned a lot from that brief introduction. I take back what I said earlier about this show. The characters are definitely intriguing with their own layers of secret to keep us glued to our seat. I was still clueless even half way through the episode. I can't decide whether Suichi is a boy dressed as a girl or a girl dressed as a boy.
This show presents more than just entertainment. It got me thinking of the social ways of this generation. Cross-dressing seems common. I mean, no one was actually bothered when Chizuru came wearing a boy uniform and Takatsuki even wants to wear one herself. Then Shuichi went out after school wearing a girl's uniform. I'm just too confused. And if I'm not mistaken, the lady who brought Takatsuki the boy uniform is actually a man. You see what I mean? Traps every where. Through this show I see that the world is more acceptance towards women who cross-dressing as men but when it is the other way around, people started to call them names. This happens in my community and around the world. Why are we so biased? Aren't we are all the same? I can understand why Shuichi is awkward, shy and a pansy. He's under a lot of distressed because he can't actually be himself without getting judged. This kinda made me appreciate shows like Kuragehime and applauded Kuranosuke for being true to himself.
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The end of the episode made me smile. Suichi having a wet dream is priceless. Despite wanting to be a girl, this reminds him that he's still a boy. A very healthy boy at that :3
Hourou Musuko gotta be the best animated show of the season. Everything is in motions: the trees, people, cars, etc. I can see the effort that was put into making this show and I appreciate that. I want to convey my highest gratitude to the team for making me enjoy this show so much because of the little details. Even though initially it was kinda hard to differentiate one character from the other except from physical thing like the hair color or megane, I have grown accustomed to it be the end of the episode.
I am a fan of the J-Rock OP. I am kinda grateful about the choice of song actually. We've had enough dance/moe OP to last till Armageddon. Same goes for the ED. I feel like it has been a while since I am served with something this consistent. This show reminds me the feeling of watching earlier shows in the 90's. Quality shit this is. I love it. I might not know any of the seiyuu but kudos to them for doing a good job. I see the personality of each characters shine through because of their voices.
This is awesome. I feel strangely fulfilled.
Arts & Animations 10/10 Story 8/10 Characters 8/10 Sound 9/10 Enjoyment 10/10 Overall 9/10
Once I heard the voice of the female lead I know I'm so not going to like this show. That kind of voice always annoys and irritates the fuck out of me. How people can stand hearing that is beyond my understanding.
The story: I dunno what the fuck the story is. It was all a bunch of crap put together to resemble a plot but phailed miserably. Who the fuck thinks that a moving puppets were enough to have a circus, or even found it interesting? No one, is who! Meteor shower? Gosh!
The show's attempt to be adorable and funny are appalling. Who do they take us for? A bunch of morons? The characters are forgettable. The only one that stuck in my head was Leicester but that because he is a pimp. The characters walked around with a constant blush on their faces. I wonder if they have a vibrator up their ass or something that warrant such expression. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case though since I heard that this show is originated from an eroge.
And then while the villagers wear usual clothes, the main characters wear all these fancy ridiculous clothes which make them less real in my opinion. The art and animation were average at best and the seiyuus annoy me. Why are the girls have to sound so fucking annoying? Urgh!
Having said that why do I feel like I have to watch at least another episode before I drop this show? =\
art & animation 6/10 story 4/10 characters 5/10 sound 5/10 enjoyment 5/10 overall 5/10
Heh the opening scene show Isuzu attempting to rape Hiroshi, claiming that it was love at first sight. The pervert in me chuckled because they both look like they are in middle school or maybe that was probably me in denial.
Then they were being chased by CardCaptor Sakura with a scythe. She is the Hidden God or Ookamikakushi. I remember saying that this could turn out to be quite interesting after I saw it in the Chartfag's chart. Let see if I am right.
Hiroshi, his dad and his disabled sister moved to Jouga where he met Isuzu who immediately groped him at their first meeting. Being a healthy young boy, he was of course turned on by her show of affection. I found her rather annoying.
But of course, what is a story without some love triangle, right? Right. So we have the whole class, including the teacher, who wants to be in Hiroshi pantsu and said it was kinship in pretense. All except one: Nemuru Kushinada. You can probably guess who she is.
In case you couldn't tell, the one getting grope there is Hiroshi
Halfway of the episode, I can guess why Hiroshi is extremely popular all of a sudden. It wasn't so hard to decipher since he looked like a sacrificial lamb. It must be the air in the town. Even the moon looks eerie and ominous.
Kinda looks like the moon from 11eyes. ne?
Since Nemuru/Ookamikakushi has identified her victims (those who want to rape Hiroshi) at the school, she gets down to work at night. Once the victim has been taken care of, his/her existence would be erased from the face of the earth. Heh, not really. They just made up stories like he/she moved to other town etc.
There she is, the Ookamikakushi ^w^
It wasn't bad I guess. I might watch another couple of episodes before I decide whether or not I will commit to this.
The art aren't splendid but I like the blurred effect. The OP and ED are forgettable. The characters were so so. Besides the Ookamukakushi, I don't give a damn about the others. As for the story, it certainly is promising. Interesting indeed.
art 6/10 story 7/10 sound 6/10 character 6/10 enjoyment 7/10 overall 6/10
I remember at one particular time, I was obsessed with sports-related anime. In my craze, I picked up Bamboo Blade and was glad that I did. It even makes me interested in kendo. Too bad I'm too old to pick up a sport, or to learn martial art.
Bamboo Blade is pretty straight forward in terms of the story line. We have a struggling kendo club looking for new members to ensure that the club will not be canceled. Of course, as the story progress they managed to gather new members, including two boys. The instructor is kind of good for nothing sensei. One day he met with an old friend, another instructor at another school, and bet that his club can beat the other kendo club in a practice match. The prize is one year supply of sushi (didn't I said he's good for nothing?). Anyway, somehow the practice match leads to the final tournament. There are nice mini stories, trials and tribulations in between that completed this story.
Bamboo Blade does a fairly good job explaining what Kendo is, the strategies and the ropes of the sport. As a total noob when it comes to Kendo, I didn't get lost in the plot trying to understand what has taken place.
Each of the members have eccentrics personalities which make this show so fun to watch because they are such a riot! The members of the club is the heart of this series and totally has the best character chemistry ever. Tamaki got to be my favorite character in the series. She's small and seems to have a quiet personality but she's one of the best at Kendo. Also she's an otaku, so she wins big time. Kirino is the responsible captain of the kendo club and have a close relationship with Sayako, the hilarious red-head. There is also Satori is the timid girl, Miyako who have split personalities and is totally in love with the very eccentric, very geeky, Dan the pimp. Let's not forget Yuuji who is the only sensible male around and seems to be the closest with Tamaki (I was hoping for some romance), and their failure of a teacher, Kojiro.
Despite this being a all female cast for the most part, there is absolutely no ecchi or fanservice to the pervert, which is something that I appreciated.
Kawazoe Tamaki. She might be small but she can so kick your ass to oblivion.
While it may not be the best looking series out there, I think AIC A.S.T.A, FUNimation Entertainment and Studio Tulip did a pretty good job with the art. The characters were designed with their personalities in mind and has such versatility to them. The overall animation is well enough to catch your attention and does not come off as an over kill. Only the background is lacking in character, imo.
The OP of this series is pretty catchy and lively. It will give you a sense of happiness. It also has a sweet ED too. Both songs were done by Hirohashi Ryou (the seiyuu for Tamaki). The background music too is pretty awesome, with epic orchestral pieces to hot-blooded insect songs. The voice actors did at awesome job to add personalities to the characters. They also did well in matching with the characters' various emotion. Did you know, Kojiro is voiced by the same guy who voiced Kamina-sama from Gurren Lagaan, with the same intonations and vocal gestures. It was sheer hilarity and full of epicness!
Bamboo Blade has it all: comedy, drama, romance... all rolled up into 26 episodes. If you are looking for a fun anime with great character chemistry and amusing anecdotes, then Bamboo Blade hits the mark just right. However I can't recommend it to everyone especially if you like plot twist and a fast pace non-linear storyline.
Personally I thoroughly enjoyed this series though :)
Art 8/10 Story 8/10 Characters 10/10 Sound 8/10 Enjoyment 10/10 Overall 9/10
