H = Ecchi

Anime of the Moment: B Gata H Kei


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What is so different about this anime is that you have a rather proactive girl whose brain is all about sex. Her target is to have 100 "fuck buddies" by dunno when.

And her first choice of "fuck buddy" is a loserish type of guy which Yamada was quite certain is a "cherry-kun" (meaning virgin).

I don't even want to begin, but this is a rather meaningless kind of anime. Minus all the bits where Yamada talks big about how she'll conquer Kosuda, and the bits where when she actually gets down to it and freaks out, there's nothing left in the anime.

Another thing is that Yamada is supposedly a rather pretty and cute girl in the anime. Look at the picture and tell me in what way is does that brat look appealing?

Seriously? Not worth the trouble!

Girl Game

Anime of the moment: Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka


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I was listening to the OST when I realised I have yet to do a review on this anime despite me having referred to it once here.

This is one of those typical harem type of anime where alot of girls all unwittingly fall in love with a seemingly weak and worthless guy. Expect a bit of romance, a bit of tsundere character, a bit of sister complex, a bit of panty flash and you'll get Akane-Iro Somaru Saka.

My favourite episode has got to be epi 4! It's the party on board the cruise ship. And then there's also the episode on onsen. In almost every typical kind of harem anime, you will always get a beach epi or an onsen epi! There's also the typical epi on the school festival.

Everything screams typical and non-impressionable. So you asked why did I finish watching the anime? Because once I start, I like to finish it all the way to the end. Unless it's utterly boring, or the drawing is horrible, or just plain nonsensical (like Highschool of the Dead, which I finally gave up after giving it another chance until epi 3!) anime, usually I'll finish the whole anime.

Someone, one, one...

Anime of the moment: Working!

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A very light-hearted, funny, non-impressionable anime. Something to fill up my time while waiting for my other anime to be updated.

Having said so, I still enjoyed watching Working! I only find Inami-chan quite quite quite ANNOYING! Her phobia towards guys is so extremely "convenient" and irritating. She is in no way cute!!!

My favourite has got to be Poplar. She's just so cute, clumsy and moe~~~ I quite like Yachiyo and Sato-kun's relationship too.

Like I said, not impressionable. Another one of those anime where you laugh and forget. I'm sure few months down the road, I might have already forgotten about Working!

You'll Always be a Part of Me

I cannot stop listening to this amazing song... I've been listening it on repeat for weeks!

And only today I found out it's the insert song for Rolo, when he sacrificed himself for Lelouch. And I've mentioned it before that Rolo is one of my favourite character in the show!



I cried again... I really really liked Rolo!

And if you're keen to hear the full song, it's available here. Not sure if the link worked (but it's the best video for this song I can find), if not you can always search for Boku wa Tori ni Naru within Youtube.

さよなら！ K-On!

Anime of the Moment: K-On! Season 2

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K-On! is definitely one of my most-est favourite-est anime of all time! I was jumping with joy when season 2 was out! I love it so much I kept dreading the day when I knew the anime will end its run.

Just to prove how much of a fanatic I am of K-On!, I have a K-On! omamori, a K-On! cosplay uniform, a Yui Hirasawa keychain I got from a gashapon machine in Japan, a Azu-nyan's guitar as a handphone strap... and the list goes on!

I'm really hoping I can fit into my uniform in time for AFA this year! This is just how incredulous it is! I only got the uniform when I was in Japan last December and now I can hardly fit into it! Oh the horrors!!!

Hanamaru Kindergarten

Anime of the moment: Hanamaru Youchien

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One of the recent anime which I enjoyed most. It is funny, cutesy and straightforward. The story tells of a guy just graduated from school who decided to be a kindergarten teacher. The students at the kindergarten where he is teaching are really likable. My favourites are Anzu, the little girl who likes the teacher, and the smarty pants Hiiragi!

So cute! I hope there's season 2!!!

Omamori Himari

Anime of the moment: Omamori Himari


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Admittedly I was first drawn to the anime because it's about omamori... which was only mentioned in the first few episodes before the omamori turned into a sexy cat-girl.

There are some rather interesting episodes here and there, I wouldn't say this anime is very impressionable. 12 episodes is just right before the audience starts to get bored.

Ladies vs Butler

Anime of the moment: Ladies vs Butler


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Another harem anime. It's either you like them or you don't. You know, many girls all falling for the same unlikely guy. You get the idea.

For anime otaku, there's lots of ecchi fan service which I won't elaborate anymore.

I find the plot rather weak, with not much of a build up climax leading to the last episode. At the end of the day, this is just a rather light hearted anime with some laughs here and there.

Ask me about this anime again next week, and I probably would have forgotten about it.

Kobato

Anime of the moment: Kobato


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Remember this? Well, the anime has ended its run.

As is with all Clamp anime, there are quite a number of cross over character. Either they are running out of their creative juices or they are just plain lazy just sticking to old characters, depending on how you see it. You can spot the most obvious Chi and Freya, the twin sisters from Chobits. And then there's a whole episode where Kobato met the Tsubasa Chronicles gang who were supposedly still looking for Sakura's feathers.

There are alot more others which since I did not catch all Clamp anime, I wouldn't know of.

The story is a little strange. The ending seemed to totally deviate from the original objective of the anime when it first started out. The anime started out with Kobato going around trying to "heal" people's heart so that she can earn some "kompeito" to fill up her bottle. Once she managed to fill up that bottle, her wish will be granted.

What Kobato wished for, we don't know since it wasn't shown explicitly or otherwise. Somewhere along the way, Kobato stopped doing what she's supposed to be doing and there seemed to be a confusing shift in direction the anime is going. It went from being a fantasy anime to a romance anime?! Plus, it is sort of farfetched to have Kobato falling in love with Fujimoto-san and Fujimoto with Kobato? With not much focus or development on the relationship between the two, suddenly they are very much in love?

When Kobato didn't finish filling up her bottle by the deadline, she is supposed to meet her "end". But that did and didn't happen. The story then went on to talk about Fujimoto waiting for Kobato?

I am lost! This might probably explain why I didn't really survive most of the Clamp anime, like Tsubasa Chronicles, X, Card Captor Sakura, just to name a few?

Railgun

Anime of the moment: Toaru Kagaku no Railgun


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If you've watched Toaru Majustu no Index, you would have already met Misaka Mikoto, the Railgun. This is a side story from the original Toaru Majustu no Index, with Misaka Mikoto as the main character.

With the same background in the Academy City, you'll see more of Misaka and her "sister", Kuroko Shirai who is part of the "Judgment" team. Mikoto joins in and help out Kuroko in some of the cases and you'll get to see her display of power, unlike that of Index.

The plot is rather weak, with not much story arch, though later on the episodes, you'll follow the plot of the Child Error over quite a few episodes, which seemed to be the biggest plot within plot so far.

If you like Index, then you'll enjoy Railgun, though comparatively, Index does have a more compelling and interesting plot as compared to Railgun.

You probably won't miss much if you don't watch Railgun.

Professor Layton

Movie of the moment: Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva


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If you've been following my games review, you would know that I'm an absolute fan of the Professor Layton series of games. So far, I've covered the Professor Layton and the Curious Village and Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box. I'm currently waiting for the Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel's English version to be out.

Anyhow, this is a movie not to be missed for all Professor Layton's fans.

I was a little disappointed with the number of puzzles within the movie itself, and how quick Professor Layton solved the puzzles, since that means I didn't really have enough time to ponder over them.

The sword fight reminded me a little of the ending of the Diabolical Box which is actually quite exciting to watch.

The best part of the show has got to be the soundtrack though. When you have such a title as the Eternal Diva, you can expect lots of songs. I love them all!

Now I can't wait to lay my hands on the upcoming game to curb my puzzle itch.

We Were There

Anime of the moment: Bokura ga Ita


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When I was at episode 25, I kept wondering how the anime will end. When I was at episode 26, I kept expecting some twists of sorts, or some "few years later" kind of scenes. There were neither.

But this is one of the best romance anime I've ever watched. It reminds me of what first love was like. In fact it fared much better than Hatsukoi in terms of expressing first love. I was reminded of how it would feel to be liking someone so much you cannot keep your eyes of the person. To have your heart racing when the person you like talks to you and then gives you that extra special smile which makes your racing heart skips a beat. The raw feeling of anger and jealousy when you get betrayed, and find that you cannot trust that person. The sadness that just overwhelms when you feel so lost liking the person and isn't sure whether you want to be with him or not.

All the many different emotions of youthful love all captured within 26 episodes. Ah... that kind of feeling... of liking someone, of trying to trust someone, of feeling sad when that someone is going far away. How bittersweet to be reminded of those feelings.

It's really not easy to love someone. So if you have someone that you cherished, someone that love you a lot, be sure to treasure this someone for life. Love can be so simple, so straightforward, yet so contradicting, and so complicated. 

R2

Anime of the moment: Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2


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Fantastic! I don't know what else to say but it was fantastic!

Amazing plot, new characters (I love Rolo!), and a whole new playground. You also get more people dying. For the good of Britannia, you know.

Not the kind of anime where I'll want to re-watch. One time is more than my heart can take. And why do I have a feeling all is not over yet? Maybe R3?

Code Geass

Anime of the moment: Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion


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Lelouch Lamperouge/vi Britannia is to Kira Yamato; Suzaku Kururugi is to Athrun Zala; Nunnally Lamperouge/vi Britannia is to Cagalli Yula Athha; Euphemia li Britannia is to Lacus Clyne... The similarities to Gundam Seed is just too many to list. Plus this is a mecha anime too. Probably the only difference is the superpower of Geass.

All the scheming and killing and fighting is just no good for my heart, yet, I kept on watching until I reached the end of episode 25. It gave me rather disturbed sleep every night, yet I cannot stop watching. Such is the draw of the anime.

Now on to R2 the second season of Code Geass! The addiction continues...

Kobato

Song of the moment: Ashita Kuru Hi by Kana Hanazawa

Words are not needed to say how beautiful this song is. One of the key highlights of watching a Clamp anime is that you'll be sure to catch some great anime songs. This one is from Kobato...

Ponyo ponyo ponyo sakana no ko...

Movie of the moment: Ponyo


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I've been wanting to watch Ponyo for the longest of time but haven't got the chance to. Ever since I went to Japan and visited the Ghibli Museum, I'm even more determined to check out Ponyo.

I wasn't disappointed! The plot might have been very simple and straightforward, but the execution itself was beautifully done. I believed Hayao Miyazaki has outdone himself with Ponyo! There's nothing not to like about Ponyo!

片想い~~~

Song of the moment: Kataomoi by Chara


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Kataomoi (meaning: Unrequited Love) is the ending song for the anime Kimi ni Todoke (meaning: From Me to You).

Cannot stop listening to the very charmingly hoarse singing of Chara who also managed to bring out the very essence of the anime itself. すき♥~~~!!!

Nyan~~~

Anime of the moment: Nyan Koi!


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Typical harem anime, with a slightly different plot. Actually I'm quite sick of harem anime where you have one male/female lead character (usually male though) who is not so good looking, not so perfect, not so amazing, with all the other characters of the opposite sex (in this case, all the females) falling in love with the lead... Some rather willingly and openly, some rather reluctantly, often complaining about how bad or irritating or [insert something negative] the lead character is.

Luckily, this is a 12-episode anime. Luckily, there are lots of funny bits. Luckily, the plot is slightly different from the usual harem anime. In the end, I rather enjoyed it. Though I wouldn't want to sit through it again.

This is the kind of anime where you can watch and you're too bored. But there are other better anime out there.

Kampfer

Anime of the moment: Kampfer

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No plot, no storyline, no nothing. Okay... there's a bit of fan service but that's about it. Don't bother wasting your time watching this 12-episode anime unless you're really really bored.

Really... don't bother...

Babe Warriors

Anime of the moment: Shin Koihime Musou

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If you've watched season 1 - Koihime Musou, and like it, you'll probably like this too. Nothing much has changed. The same old characters (with one or two more new ones), but different adventure. There's something about pretty anime girls who can fight that appeals to me.

And when you get a whole cast of females, there's bound to be yuri content.

Still, I really like this. Action + comedy + fan service is definitely the formula to a successful anime!