I watched the Despicable Me 3 after hearing that it is not that great movie from my friends. They said, it doesn't have much impact when compared to the first movie. Well, yes, I kinda agree with them. It doesn't have much punch when compared to the first movie but I still enjoyed a bit anyways. Gru's jokes were funny for me and there were a few scenes that I wished they could do better. Anyhow, I wished that there were a few more parts on the minions and how they actually spend the time in the prison instead of snippets and when telling the story of Gru and Dru, I wish there is a bit more proper plot for that.
Right now I feel that the movie has so much potential with different characters' stories but it didn't showcase properly in the movie. Instead of cramming everything in one movie, I wish that the story of Gru and Dru in one movie, the story of the minions being in jail in one movie and the struggles that Lucy takes when it comes to motherhood and the emotions in one movie if possible.
Overall, it was an okay movie. So, here's my rating. Plot - 7/10 Character - 7.5/10 Music - 8/10 Enjoyment - 7/10
Is this anime a joke? Although it has a lot of potential but it kinda ended in such a heartbreaking scene for me. I believe this anime is made by Chinese studio and dubbed by Japanese voice actors. This anime didn't have depth and the characters were kinda rubbish. If done properly, this would have become one of my favorite anime since I like these kind of plots. Such a pity that I don't really like the first episode and how it is progressing.
PS. When I think the anime is rubbish and if I don't like it, it is just my preference and if you like this anime, I'm glad that you like it and please continue supporting the anime.
Will I be watching? - I will not be watching this anime. It will be in the dropped folder.
Will I be blogging? - This first impression will be the last of this anime. If I become to like this anime in the future, I will write a review about it then. For now, this will be the last blog post about this anime.
Will I recommend? - I do not recommend it. However, if you watched it and find it interesting, I'm happy for you.
"waaaaaaa! What did I just watched?" That's the comments from some of the people that I know and well, I kinda new how they will react. I found this anime interesting since the guy cross-dress as a girl and tried to seduce the main character.
Plot - Kirishima Ryou, went to the party cross-dressed where he meets a girl named Kominami Shizuka, who was trying to get used to the college life and city life. Shizuka was being seduced by Ryou thinking that Ryou was a lesbian where she found out he's a guy who likes to dress as a girl.
I find this plot interesting and since this plot is more towards adult content, it was better used as a proper plot without needing to look out for the implications with younger viewers.
Character - I don't really see that much of character development from the first episode but I can see that Kirishima was attracted to Shizuka and vice versa. I also find that Shizuka was dumb enough to follow a stranger home even if that stranger looks like a good person and a girl. Well, I'm curious to see how the characters develop though.
Music - I like the OP quite a lot since it's my type of song. You can listen a bit from the first PV that I embedded in this blogpost. I wonder what will be the ED for this anime.
Art - Well, art style is pretty normal. I wish the studio actually make it a bit longer than 3 minutes. I can't wait to see more of the perverted scenes from this anime and how the studio will draw it. From the first episode, there isn't much since it was only a bit of flash back.
Will I be watching? - I would like to give another try. If I don't like the story from the next episodes, I will be dropping this anime. It was an interesting story though. I hope there is a good linking between the episodes.
Will I be blogging? - I am not sure. If I ended up liking this anime, I will review when the series is over.
Will I recommend? - It is definitely an adult show. So, if you are a young viewer, I don't really recommend (although you guys don't really care and watch them anyways). But if you are an adult and have a bit of free time (I think you will definitely give 3 minutes out of your life every week) then I suggest you should try watching it. I'm also a bit conflicted between to watch or skip this anime because I don't really know it'll be good but at the same time, it's only 3 minutes. So, I'll probably ended up watching it anyways.
Wow! Just wow! This anime gave me shivers when I first watched it. The facial expressions, the cliche, the intensiveness, it was epic for me.
Plot - When I first read about the synopsis from MAL, I just thought that it will be an anime that is focused a lot on the gambling side like how it focus on volleyball in Haikyuu or basketball in Kuroko no Basket's case. But when the PV came out, I immediately knew that it will focus a lot on the human psychology and how gambling will determine a person's pride and status in this anime. It sounded so spectacular to my brain since I, myself is also a good gambler if I say so myself within the family.
Characters - I find the narrator, Suzui Ryouta, very weak and kinda annoying. Well, no offence to the character since the show is like that so... I can't really say much. Although the MC, Jabami Yumeko, is like a pretentious trash and when she's in the focused mode during the game, she's like AWESOME! She sucks me into this weird fetish world with that red glaring eyes.
Music - OP was epic though. Although it is not my type of music that I listen to but when I listened for the first time, it was really good and interesting to listen. ED was a lot better for me since it's a bit easier to listen for me. OP was a little bit out of the world for me and I couldn't get used to it.
Art/Animation - The art style looks a lot like Prison School although the studios are different and the manga authors are also different since Kakegurui is drawn by Naomura Tooru where Prison School is drawn by Hiramoto Akira. I especially like the way they draw the uglier side of human expressions and put it together in an anime. It was a really excellent choice of the emotions such as pride, greed, fame and so on being used in a manga and anime.
Will I be watching? - I'm not as hyped as other people but I'd be sure to watch this anime. It looks interesting.
Will I be blogging? - I'll do a review when the series is over.
Will I recommend? - I recommend it to everyone although I can't guarantee that everyone will enjoy this show. This anime is very specific with the theme and emotions so I'm not sure this will be everyone's cup of tee. But if you have free time, give it a go.
Okay, before I write my first impressions, I want to tell you that I haven't played the game nor watched the Hanamaru version. So, I have no idea what the show is about.
Plot - When I saw the MAL details about this anime, I thought that this is a pretty interesting plot. The part where they have to go back to the past to save the future plot is common but the part where the historical Japanese blades, in the form of handsome young men are super interesting for me. So, their mission were to go to time to time in Japan to save the course of history and eliminate the enemies that try to change the course of history.
Characters - So far, I think the main characters for the first episode are the Horikawa Kunihiro and Izuminokami Kanesada. Kunihiro is polite and thoughtful but yet a bit negative when it comes to why he is chosen as a warrior and paired him with Kanesada (Kane-san) who is very skillful but a bit short-fused warrior. I like the relationship between the two from the first episode where Kane-san tries to bring the positive side to Kunihiro when he went a bit too negative with his feelings.
Music - Since this is the action film, there is a lot of background music when it comes to the fighting scenes and I absolutely love the background music at the start, it was epic and absorb me to continue watching the anime. For the ending song, it was really good to listen. It was exciting and make me can't wait to watch the next episode asap.
Art - The first thing I noticed is the use of 3D animation in this anime. But I think the use of 3D is used in good places where it was necessary to use. I think the way they draw the locations and the landscape scenes. For character design, the characters are so cute.
Will I be watching? - Yup, I have no idea what will happen but I will sure be watching. The guys are cool! (lol)
Will I be blogging? - I will be writing a review when the anime is finished.
Will I recommend? - Yes, even if you have not watched the Hanamaru or played the game, I will recommend this anime to watch. It looks interesting.
Should I talk more about what the show is about or you've already known and just want to know how I felt about this anime?
Well, if you want to know the plot, I recommend you to go here for synopsis and some other details to find out who are the voice actors and trailers.
At first, I started watching this anime because of the characters. Then when I actually started watching, I find that the show is actually very interesting. The character development is one of the main thing that the anime highlights. The studio focus a lot on the character development and how the princes need to be put together since one of them will become a king one day and they need to be prepared for it.
Plot - This anime has an interesting plot with pretty visuals. I find the characters interesting since each and individual has so much interesting aspects that draw me in to watch this anime much more. Even when the current King was introduced, his character and his behaviours are like a doting parent even though he is a king of a country. The studio and the story perfectly portrays on the relationship between Haine and the four princes and Haine and the King.
Characters - Wow, just wow! I love how the characters grow. It was so breathtaking and heart-warming to see the characters learn and widen the scopes of their mind. It was sooooo nice to watch. What else do I need to say? I Just love the characters.
Music - I really liked the opening of this anime. The ED was okay but not my absolutely favorite throughout the series.
Art/Animation - The art is beautiful. I like the way the studio draw the background interiors and their landscapes.
Overall - This is the great anime to watch. This show showcases the friendship, the relationship between the four princes and the Haine, Haine's mysterious past with the King and the relationship between the four princes with the King makes me feel so fuzzy feelings all over my heart.
I recommend you to watch this anime. You'll experience the funny moments, the insecure moments, that warm fuzzy feeling from a character and this anime will make you grin like an idiot in the class. (well, that's what I was doing while watching this anime during my lectures) Also, watching guys that are cool is also not that bad for the eyes.
Today, I went to watch Fairy Tail "Dragon Cry" in cinema with my friend. I had some expectation from this movie because I saw the PV, which I embedded at the end. I was thinking from the trailer that this movie will be all about Natsu trying to find Igneel, the dragon that Natsu have been looking for a long time. When I saw the movie, the story line is completely different and I was surprised with it.
Plot - According to MAL, "Dragon Cry is a magical artifact of deadly power, formed into a staff by the fury and despair of dragons long gone. Now, this power has been stolen from the hands of the Fiore kingdom by the nefarious traitor Zash Caine, who flees with it to the small island nation of Stella. Frightened that the power has fallen into the wrong hands, the King of Fiore hastily sends Fairy Tail to retrieve the staff. But this task proves frightening as a shadowy secret lies in the heart of the kingdom of Stella. Dragon Cry follows their story as they muster up all their strength to recover the stolen staff and save both kingdoms."
When I watched the anime, my understanding was like this. "Someone stole this staff called Dragon Cry by this traitor to Fiore kingdom called Zash, he went and work under the King of Stella and who demanded to get the Dragon Cry for his selfish use. Natsu and the others were assigned to get back that stolen staff and Natsu found that the staff was extremely dangerous."
It was easy to watch though. But I wished that they link the anime better than they did. It was nice to watch but I kinda hoped they connected the movie better. It was dry to watch too. There were a lot of ups and downs with this anime. When I see some exciting fighting scene and some time later, they cut the fighting scene and went to another person. I was like riding a roller coaster.
Characters - There were very little character development. If you are a fan of the Fairy Tail anime series, you'll know who the group is. The few things I found interesting were the human version of Charles and the half-dragon version of Natsu. Others, nothing much.
Music - It was the same as the anime series so nothing much. I like the credit song from Polka Dots titled "What you are", that one was not bad to listen. But not my holy grail song though.
Art & Animation - Oh boy, I don't even know where to start. First of all, I find that the quality of this movie is not consistent. When I saw it was done by A-1 Pictures, I was praying to be a good one since A1 got some hits and misses throughout the years. But this movie turned out to be in the "miss" category. The fighting scenes seems nothing spectacular.
Merchandise - I got a Fairy Tail file from the cinema and I thought it was a good service. I got some cardboard bags during SAO and I thought it was very unusable and just being a clutter to my room so when I saw this file, I was happy with it since I can use it for my university.
Overall, this movie was a miss for me. It was neither a good show nor a bad show. It was okay if you were watching online from Crunchyroll but since you are paying S$13 to watch this movie, I find it was not worth to watch it in cinema.
Today, for the first time, I watched a movie all by myself in the cinema. The experience was epic.
I really liked the anime adaptation of Kuroko no Basket and I've been watching all the episodes they have come out with before. So, when I saw the trailer, I knew I had to watch this movie. Just because I know how powerful "Miracle Generation" is. So, when I saw that they are playing with all the members from miracle generation plus Kagami, I was so pumped.
Vorpal Swords
Plot - Well, if you haven't watched Kuroko no Basket, I highly recommend you to watch it. The plot for this movie is that one of an American street basketball team called Jabberwock came to Japan and play friendly match with one of the college basketball team, Team Strky. However, the difference in the playing style and power was too far apart that Jabberwock team mocked all the players from Japan to either quit playing basketball or go die. So, after hearing this, Kagetora, working as Jabberwock's guide, proposes with a revenge match where he asked "Miracle Generation" members to play the revenge match against Jabberwock.
Jabberwock Team
Characters - Coming from watching the seasons of anime adaptation, I'm familiar with the characters, their abilities, their personalities so there is nothing really new for me. I still love how they react and perform a great team spirit even though they only had one week of practice. Since, I'm a fujoshi, I've read all the doujins of the Kuroko no basket, so when the characters joke or get in a quarrel, I can't really hide my grins.
Art - Nothing much to say about the art. It's really great. One thing that I'm more impressed with is the camera movements or camera angles on the game. It was absolutely epic. Coming from an aspiring film producer, I pay a lot of attention on how the camera angle works and how they film even if it is an anime. The only complaint I have with the art style of the entire Kuroko no Basket anime adaptation is that the shoulders are super broad. However, I think that this kind of style is unique in its own way so I can't really say that it's a complaint.
Music - The background music that I heard are all epic/powering background soundtracks that gives me shivers. I was more of drawn to the fast pace that the anime had so, I couldn't pay much attention to the soundtracks. (My apologies)
Overall - I really enjoyed watching this movie. It made me so empowering and realize how amazing team spirit works. Everyone already was so over powered and yet they sync together perfectly to give revenge match. It gave me the same feelings when I watched the Haikyuu Season 3. It gave me shivers and the feels of constantly wanting to know what will happen next.
I highly recommend you to watch the anime. But, if you are a Kuroko no Basket newbie, I recommend you to watch the anime adaptation seasons first before you watch this anime movie.
Oh my, I was supposed to write this blog post a while back but I kinda didn't have enough time to write blog posts. Forgive me.
If you have watched this movie before you read this post, please let me know what you think of this movie in the comments.
I didn't have anything to say. It was a fun show to watch. All the jokes were funny and the story is well put together. GOTG 2 answers some questions I had in the first movie so for me, I was kinda satisfied with it. Story wise, I was not very satisfied with it. I felt like it was a bit well put together to make up a story that has action genre. I was a bit shocked when I knew about the father's story (ahem, spoiler). It was so cringy to watch the romance in it.
Characters are still as funny as ever. I love the relationship between Rocket and Drax. I just love Drax in this volume 2 because of his jokes. They were so funny. Starlord and Gamora, just kiss and make out already. It was so cringy to watch them have feelings but not saying out loud. Groot is as cute as ever. I was drooling over baby Groot.
The anime was soothing to watch. After watching this episode, the first thing that came to my mind was "why is this so hyped?" I didn't get the reason for being so hyped up by quite a lot of people. I can see that it is really cute to watch but at the same time, I feel that the anime pace is really slow.
Plot - According to MAL, the plot seems to be just a romance story that looks over the two main characters and see how they form relationships and overcome the challenges that are being faced while getting mature with time.
As I said earlier, I felt that the pace of this anime is really slow yet, I couldn't stop watching. Currently, by the time I'm writing this post, the anime has produced four episodes. When I first started watching it, I realised it was really slow so I was planning to drop it but for some reason, I couldn't stop watching these four episodes. It is like watching the couple's daily activities and I was drawn to it.
Characters - Both of the main characters are so cute and so pure. So far, I have nothing much to talk yet but I really like how they portray the feelings and emotions of each person.
Sountrack/Music - I really like the OP of the anime. It's hip yet addicting to listen. The ending wise, it's okay to listen but it's not a song that I'll listen on repeat.
Art - Ohhh my gawd, the art is amazing. It's the whole other story when it comes to art. It's really amazing to look at especially when it comes to background. If you have been following my blogs, I pay a lot of attention to the background because I, myself is a self-claimed photographer and I tend to shoot landscape photography whenever I can. So, I pay a lot of attention to beautiful background that inspires me to shoot photographs more.
Character design wise is really interesting for me. It's a lot different than what I'm used to for the style of art for the characters and it's really refreshing to see in conjunction with the background that they have chosen. Another thing that I want to talk is the way they the anime motion is made or in other words, film-making. I'm trying really hard to produce high quality films so the angle that the staff is using, the way the characters move and the way the camera (motion) is being used to film is very intriguing to watch.
Will I be watching? - Well, I'll be watching. Since, I've already watched four episodes, I'm curious to see how the two main characters are going.
Will I be blogging? - I'll be writing a review after the show is over.
Will I recommend? - If you like a romance story, this will be your cup of tea. If you don't, I still recommend you to give it a shot since the art style is so good. It's worth to watch if you want calming, heartwarming show to watch after a long day.
Ever since the very first anime came out, I've been following this anime for many years. Even though I'm not a fan of horror movies, this anime is considered to be super natural yet heartwarming experience while watching the first five seasons of this anime. So, my expectation of knowing Natsume more and his grandmother, Reiko-san, more is what I was expecting from this anime. I find that there were many questions that are needed to be answered.
Plot - This anime is about a boy named Natsume Takashi who can see ghosts/monsters「綾香氏」and he inherited this book of friends 「夏目友人帳」where the book contains the list of names of monsters Reiko defeated during her time and when someone call the names, the monsters will serve at whom the person called. Therefore, a lot of monsters wanted this book to rule the monsters that were listed in the book and for those whose names where taken by Reiko, wants their named to be returned. Natsume made his mission to return the names of the monsters inside the book while running from dangers that he faced.
The thing about this anime is that you don't really need to know the previous seasons of anime since the anime is made like watching short stories in each episode. So, don't be intimidated by the amount of series that they have. From what I've seen from the opening, the anime will go on with Natsume finding more about his grandmother, looking back on his past and understand himself more and yet continue to look forward to the future hoping to find the place for him where he protects his family and friends. His struggle between protecting his loved ones and wanting to tell what is going on with his life is one thing I love to see more and him finding the answer is what I want from this Natsume Yuujinchou series.
Characters - Natsume is one of my all time favorite, characters wise. He has very kind yet complex emotions of his ability to see monsters, his family background, his relationships with both humans and monsters. Taki and Tanuma - Natsume's close friends and the only friends from school who knows Natsume's ability to see monsters. I love that Taki and Tanuma is very supportive of Natsume and wanting to help but not able to help properly due to not being able to see like Natsume. But they were happy that Natsume depending on them bit by bit and opening up to them little by little. Nyanko-Sensei - Natsume's pet cat and the monster that he promised to give the book of friends when he dies. I absolutely love Nyanko-sensei when he's in the fully monster form and his emotions for Natsume is very exciting to watch.
Music/Soundtrack - OP - This OP has become one of my favorite songs of all time. I really like the voice of Tomohisa Sako (Shounen-T) since very long time ago and the lyrics and the visuals.... (omg, I'm fangirling to this OP)
ED - It's quite good. It didn't made me listen to the song repeatedly like OP did to me. Overall, it's still in the top 10 ending songs of Spring 2017 though.
Art - Omg, the art is getting better and better every season. I absolutely love the backgrounds and they really impressed me during the OP of this season.
Will I be watching? - YES! This is one of my favorite anime series to watch.
Will I be blogging? - I'll do a review when the series ends. I'll be doing for the previous series too.
Will I recommend? - YESSSS! I highly recommend to anyone. The visuals are great, the plot is really good. You don't really need to watch the previous series to know what's going on. I really recommend you to try watching the first few episodes.
This is one of the anime that I was looking forward to the most since I started watching Naruto when I was young and I started watching again recently during my final exams. I got hooked onto the characters during the Boruto: Naruto the Movie, so I was really looking forward to how Boruto would act.
First Impressions - Never did I think that Boruto: Naruto Next Generations would start before Boruto attends the Ninja Academy. I thought they would continue from the movie since the manga continued from the movie.
Plot - As I said earlier, I really loved Naruto so seeing Naruto and Hinata's son growing up is like seeing my friend gets married and have kids and looking at the kids grow old. It made me feel that I'm becoming very old (lol). Well, anyways, from the episode 1, Boruto is still the kid who doesn't like Naruto, his father, since Naruto cannot pay attention to the family since he became Hokage. Being Hokage seems a very troublesome job. Boruto feels that his family is being neglected by Naruto who is always working so he doesn't really pay respect to Naruto.
Characters - Since Boruto is taking a lead in this series of anime, he already know some of the ninjutsu. I guess it's because either Naruto or Hinata taught Boruto some basic Ninjutsu when he was young. Even before Boruto goes to the Ninja Academy, he already knew how to make Kage Bushin (Shadow Clones) and so on. I haven't really seen Sakura and Sasuke's daughter currently so I can't really tell much from Ep. 1.
Music/Soundtrack - OP - I really like the OP. It's been one of my favorite songs this season. It's really hip and great tempo.
ED - Since the characters were talking in the ending, I decided to leave the ED totally and listen to it when it's a proper song.
Art - The art style is totally different from Naruto so, it was really refreshing to see. It has a lot more gag type drawings that cracks me up most of the time. Especially, Naruto's facial expressions are a lot different from the Naruto that I'm used to so, it's really interesting.
Will I be watching? - YES. I don't know how many episodes will Boruto get but I'm planning to watch as much as I can. Will I be blogging? - I'm not really sure. I think I'll do a review for the anime when it finishes. Will I recommend? - If you are a die hard Naruto fan, I highly recommend you to watch this series. If you are new to Naruto (Where have you been in this planet?), I also recommend you to start watching it to follow Boruto's journey.
One look, the characters are absolutely hot! #kyaaaa
At first, I thought it was BL anime, then I saw the Shoujo tag. So, yup, you guessed it, it's reverse harem and gender bender anime. Another shocking fact is that this anime only airs for 8 minutes.
Plot - I guess from episode 1, I can see that Hikaru (not real name) is a girl who enrolls to this high school in place of someone named Onigashima Hikaru. This Hikaru told her to enroll in this particular high school and become top of the school. Little did she know that the high school that she was about to attend is the school full of delinquents.
I find the plot to be normal game-setting plot. Well, it's interesting how they managed to grab the audiences' attention from the plot alone. I'm not hyped as a lot of other people did but I found it pretty interesting to continue watching. For me, I'm more curious on what the real Hikaru will do since he's not going to school anymore. Become a NEET? (lol)
Characters - So far, I only see Hikaru (girl), and a few other people. I love the fact that even though the characters are super famous for being delinquents, they are kind and funny people. I hope the main character shows more emotion though. I think it can't be helped since it is from Visual Novel, where stereotype main characters usually show very less emotions (please correct me if I'm wrong.)
Soundtrack/Music - OP & ED - I like the OP and ED a lot. If I have to choose between them, I prefer the OP more. Both songs were sung by the same artists.
Art - I find the art pretty normal. Character designs are pretty normal but I really like how they draw the backgrounds. I like the person with dark blue hair (Kira Rintarou) especially on his character design. Another interesting character design is the person with the white hair (Mirako Yuuta).
Will I be watching? - I can't resist the hot guys. The girl herself is pretty hot too.
Will I be blogging? - I'll blog about it after I finish this season.
Will I recommend? - If you like hot guys, I highly recommend. So far, it's really interesting. I want to know how she get into this troublesome situation and I want to see who the actual Hikaru is.
I was keen on watching this anime when the PV first came out and after watching around a few minutes worth of this anime for the first time, I kinda dropped immediately. Then, today, since I have finished my final exams, I decided to give some anime that I haven't watched a go and here I am, watching this anime. I feel bad for my readers because I haven't written much of the first impressions series much because of my finals but I'll be powering through a lot of first impression episodes from now on so, please read again.
So, let's start with the plot. Plot - Naoto is a normal high school boy who has very good ears. One day, one coffin like box dropped from the sky in his home and when he opened the box, he saw a beautiful girl asleep in the box. Being obsessed to be a clock master, he loves repairing clocks. When he listened the girl, who is a robot made up of gears, he repaired her loose gear and the girl awakes.
Well, this is the easiest way I can summarize the plot for episode 1. The plot is quite complicated but it's kinda enjoyable. There's also some ecchi parts included in the plot and well, I should say that it came out when I was not expecting at all. All in all, it was interesting to watch.
Characters - Naoto is a guy who talks about what he has in mind without thinking the consequences. I kinda like that kind of character but he was a bit of an extreme person that made me feel a bit 'urgh, the main character is annoying'. RyuZu, an automaton (a robot made up of gears?), is quite sharp with her use of words and together they make an awesome comedy yet cute couple to watch. So far, I don't know much about other characters to talk more yet.
Soundtrack/Music - OP - I like the OP. It's really my type of music that I like to listen but it's not a masterpiece though. I like to listen but not on repeat for a few weeks.
ED - ED song is a bit meh for me. It is indeed a good song but not really what I like. If I have to choose between the OP and ED, I prefer the OP.
Art - Wow, the people who draw all these gears, I'll give prompts to you. Drawing lots of gears are not fun at all. But, for the art, it was really awesome. The character design is very cute though if Naoto were a little bit taller, I'll like him even more. I guess, he was like that because of the character traits I guess. If the character design is made a bit taller, his traits will not match the character I guess. Can't be helped. (._.)
Will I be watching? - Yeah.
Will I be blogging? - I'll give it a go.
Will I recommend? - I think it's a nice show to watch. If you like comedy and a bit of fighting/action type, I recommend it. If you also like gears especially, I think you'll like this show since they show a lot of gear parts.
I watched Koe no Katachi a few weeks ago in the cinema. I absolutely loved it. It was very touching, emotional and relatable. It was about a deaf girl who was bullied by the main character and then after the girl had transferred to another school, the main character was bullied from his classmates and became a thorn in his school. He believed that it was a sin for doing bad things and isolated himself from the class. He's always a loner and one day, he met the girl whom he bullied during the primary school days and his time started moving.
Plot - After I saw the trailer, I immediately knew I need to watch this movie. But I watched the trailer during last year August and I couldn't wait till the movie come out. So I immediately read all the volumes of the manga in one night. So I knew what kind of plot they are showing and to be honest, I was a little bit disappointed in the anime. I know that the staff needed to squeeze the 7 volumes of manga into a 2 hour movie. So, they cut a lot of the scenes of the side characters. I believe that it was a huge mistake. When the stories of the side characters were cut drastically, you don't get to see the reason behind the growth of the characters and why this person do that. So, it was a bit disappointing but nonetheless, it was a good show.
Characters - I wish Nishiyama is less of a scared person. Even if she's really bad at socializing, she should try to express her feelings. Well, I can understand the character that the author is trying to develop. She overcoming her shyness and express more feelings is one of my main favorite thing that is from the manga. Ishida wise, I can feel and understand how he's going through. If I have to say something to the characters, Ishida maybe the most relatable person in the entire anime. I'm not saying that everyone can relate to Ishida because everyone has bullied someone before. It's just the way he feel about his guilt, his past and him trying to suicide is very relatable. He cannot let go of his part, he wants to end this pain that he's feeling all these years. Everyone might feel this kind of emotion in one form or another. You just want the pain to go away. Sometimes, you think that ending your life is the easiest way to end this pain without embracing it. For me, I felt like I'm looking at the mirror when I was looking at Ishida. Last time, I also kept running away from the pain and guilt without embracing it. Opps, the review suddenly became so dark! Sorry..
Music - Oh wow, I loved the soundtracks. But I think they should control the pitches and the loudness of the soundtrack. Sometimes, it's too loud and sometimes it's too soft. Sometimes, it suddenly became high pitch when the plot should be soft. So, that's my only reason. Sometimes, these little mistakes can turn me off.
Art - I loved the art. It's very cute and beautifully drawn. I also loved the art from the manga but I love the art of the anime way better though. It's really nicely drawn.
Overall, it was really a good watch. It has complicated emotions included in 2 hours of anime and the characters and the voice actors conveyed very well for the audience. But I still enjoy the manga a little bit better just because it has more information and reasons.
Sometimes, I think the story itself is very good. I just wish they made this anime into a series anime rather than a movie. It'll be more effective to tell how good the story is. Now I feel it's a bit rushed and unfinished with the movie setting.
Anyways, I recommend you to watch it. It was a 8 out of 10 for me.
Well, this anime is another adaptation from Light novel series and to be honest, I wasn't that excited about it. I didn't put in my 20 Anime from Spring 2017 that I'm excited to watch list. But when it came out, I decided to give it a go. Well, very first five minutes is not that exciting. I was debating on continuing the episode but I decided to stick with it. I feel like I made the right decision though.
Plot - I didn't have no idea what this anime is about. I didn't read the synopsis nor watch the PV which I embedded below. The plot turns out to be this beast who is running from humans and witches because he is considered as a rare creature that is worth a lot of money. So a lot of humans and witches want to kill him so that they get the money. On the other hand, Zero, who is a witch travelling alone looking for a book that someone named "Thirteen" from her. They met and Zero asked the beast to be her body guard in turn, she'll convert him back to human being. Then they met a boy who was trying to kill the beast with magic. Zero stopped him from using magic asking where he learnt it. The boy answered that he learnt from the grimoire of zero. Zero said that is the book she was trying to get back and she was the one who wrote the book.
Characters - From the first episode, I cannot really say much about the three characters. I realized that Zero seems strong and the beast has a very kind heart despite of him being a beast. The beast is easy to get really red when Zero teased him. I wonder how will the characters develop from episode 2 onward. I'm looking forward to it.
Well, with the characters like this, there'll be so many doujins coming out very soon I guess. Him very unique. *wink*
Music/Soundtrack - ED - 「Hajimari no Shirushi」by Chima. It was nice to listen to but not a master piece.
Art - The beast is so cute! The way it is drawn and how he reacts to what Zero told him is very cute. So far, I'm really impressed with the backgrounds. The way the team draws the background is very beautiful. The character design wise, well, I should say it's pretty normal. Nothing very jaw dropping so far.
Will I be watching? - I don't see why not. Will I be blogging? - I'm not sure. Will I recommend? - I think you should give it a go. So far, I can't really say whether it's really good or not. As I always say, if you have time, give it a go! I think you'll enjoy a different perspective on how ware-beasts are treated.
To be honest, I wasn't hyped about this second season at all until 2 days before the show came out. I was scrolling through what doujin to read and I found some Shingeki no Kyojin BL stuff so I started reading and you guessed it right! I was hooked! *nosebleeding*
After 4 years of making the season two, I didn't know what it'll be all about because I don't read the freaking manga and I totally forgot about the first season. Luckily, the first episode went with some serious confusions.
Plot - Since it's a sequel of the first season, I had no idea what I'll be shown and it kinda exceeded my expectation. What is that beast like titan, how come there's a titan in the wall?, where do all the titans come from, how come the beast titan can talk??? Omg what is happening!
Those are my thoughts watching the first episode of Shingeki no Kyojin season 2! I was freaking confused.
Character - So far, I don't see any new characters added but the character development is minimal. Now, Levi had to step down for a bit since he's injured and Armin and Hange is getting smarter and getting closer to find some theories behind. So as of episode 1, I don't see much character development.
Music/Soundtrack - OP - Shinzou wo sasage yo is much better than the previous OPs. ED is a bit meh for me. Not really my type of music for the ED.
Art - As usual, titans are creepy AF! But somehow, they are showing more feelings than usual. If it is season 1, titans just eat and eat and eat people. Now, the art is very gentle on the titans. So it was more like gentle but creepy AF. I find the art is at top notch so no complaints there.
Will I be watching? - HELL YEAH! Will I be blogging? - Sure! I don't see why not. I just hope I don't drop it in the middle of the season. Will I recommend? - Well, from the first episode, I highly recommend it. It has some twitch around the series and I think this time round, it'll explain a lot of stuff that season 1 didn't explain.
This season is super hyped from a lot of people since it has many anticipated continuations of epic shows and I'm one of them. When I saw the list of Spring 2017 from MAL, I was super pumped to watch!
Attack on Titan
Boruto - Naruto Next Generations
Boku no Hero Academia Saison 2
Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records
Eromanga Sensei
Renai Bokun
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata
Sakurada Reset
Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism
Tsuki ga Kirei
Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai
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Seikaisuru Kado
Fukumenkei Noise
Natsume Yuujinchou Roku
Oushitsu Kyoushi Haine
Souryo to Majiwaru Shikiyoku no Yoru ni
Kenka Banchou Otome: Girl Beats Boys
Frame Arms Girls
Starmyu 2nd Season
Re:Creators
So, this is my 20 anime that I can't wait to watch! Well, but first, I got final exams for the first trimester so I'll be busy studying. I want to watch anime so much now. >.<
Since it is time for Winter 2017 anime, there are some anime that I'm looking forward to. I usually watch all anime that come out each season, I tend to look at the seasonal chart and look forward excitedly even before the anime come out. Therefore, today, I want to share what Winter 2017 seasonal anime that I'm looking forward to.
Ao no Exorcist: Kyoto Fujouou-hen
Masamune-kun no revenge
Kuzu no Honkai
Chaos; Child
Super Lovers 2
Spirit Pact
One Room
So, these are the ones that I'm looking forward to this Winter 2017. What anime are you watching now? Let me know!
My first impressions were "omg another oreimo type anime!"
Well, can't be helped, this light novel is written by the same author as Oreimo. Even the OP is sung by ClariS. The opening is called "Hitorigoto (ヒトリゴト)" by ClariS. I find the OP not bad but not the greatest song ever though.
Let's talk about what I really think about the anime. To be honest, I'm never really a light novel reader since my Japanese is still not a level of reading kanji properly so I always stick with manga. I'm an avid reader of manga and I have no complaints. I haven't read the manga but I'm pretty sure what kind of plot will be from the synopsis and the trailer.
Plot - I find it pretty typical for light novels which is a genre in Comedy, Drama and Romance according to MAL, having some form of shut-in otaku drawing manga or play games non-stop. From the first impressions, the plot is nothing special to me as it seems pretty typical among others. Well, I decided that this anime will be pretty good to watch when I'm super tired and my brain is not working. It seems fun to watch the siblings fight for ecchi and light novel related stuff which I don't really see in western countries.
Characters - So far, I only see 2 people as a major characters. Masamune and Saigiri. Let me tell you, Saigiri is so cute! Her tsundere part is so moe for me. She's quite sharp with her words but the way she interact with Masamune is very cute. Masamune on the other hand, I find that he's a pretty typical main character. Coming from Oreimo, although the plot is not entirely identical, there're some parts that I find it similar. Music/Sound - OP is good but it's not the op that made me listen on repeat. ED is 「adrenaline!!!」by TrySail. If I have to comment on whether I like the ED, I'd say meh~. I don't really like it but I don't hate it either. I don't really feel anything about the song.
Art - The drawing is extremely typical. 「ごめんね～」But when you watch Oreimo, I find the drawing quite similar so can't help but say it's quite similar. But sometimes, it surprises me with ecchi scenes about Saigiri's butt and such so it made me nosebleed.
Overall - Well, I really enjoyed it. It was a show to watch when I just wanted to enjoy the show without thought provoking.
Will I be watching? - I'll give it a go~ Will I be blogging? - TBA
Will I recommend? - If you have time and you don't mind some quirky anime that is funny, from the first episode, I'd say go ahead. Otherwise, I'll say just skip it. There are a tonne of good ones beside this anime this season.
Well, today, I went ahead and watched the much anticipated Fast and Furious 8 movie starring Vin Diesel. My reaction was only one word, "WHATTTTT!?"
As you all know, this year's movie is the eighth movie from Fast and Furious franchise and they have been getting better and better at it. After the death of Paul Walker, I thought the franchise will have some difficulties producing a new movie because of Paul's passing. Well, after the 7th, which was epic, this movie turns 180 degrees around and made Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) the main enemy his family is facing. Well, I didn't watch the trailer so I went in with my blindfolds on and the concept made me off guard.
The actual movie wise, well, it was good! It made the audience not able to turn the eyes from the screen, had moments where the audience had some laughter in some situations and some cases pissed off at Toretto for betraying his family which was pretty much the main concept of the franchise. I thought "why are they throwing away the relationship and hard work they put in to build this "family" so easily?" The plot is hella messy. Toretto betraying the family was not enough, they had to put some woman hacker hacking multiple lethal weapons and trying to bomb the hell out to the entire planet.
The actual character development is minimal but Toretto's past is dark as always. The way he act in the movie is like a guy who is trying to carry all of the weight of his past and couldn't move on. I find it cute for the team interacting without Toretto for some reason. I find they had more freedom while messing with each other. It maybe due to new members of the team and I found it hilarious.
Well, I'm not sure you'll consider this as a spoiler but when Toretto returned to the family, Letty welcomed him with the hugs and kisses. I actually wanted her to punch Toretto (lol) before she actually went and hug him.
The choice of the movie's music is always a weak spot for me. During FF7, I really liked a few songs from them including the famous "See you Again" but this time round, I love "Good Life" and "Hey Ma"
The soundtracks are not bad and they actually felt perfect with the movie.
