Poll for Next Series to Complete in Spring Cleaning Challenge

There it is! Go vote!

I will be completing the top two scorers. (The others will come back at round two!)

I will get working on Hidamari and Marshmallow ASAP.

2011 Spring Cleaning Anime Challenge

Hello again!

You should know that this blog will usually be like this. Do a post, wait a month or two, do another. It’s hard for me to be consistent on it!

I should say that I will be taking part in Anime Herald’s 2011 Spring Cleaning Anime Challenge. Basically, it means going through a lot of your backlog! And BOY, do I have a lot! Here’s my anime list’s On Hold section. Yes, some of those have no episodes watched, because I want those to be among some of the next watches.

So, first I choose, and write a review on it, then I poll you guys and you choose my next watch.

I think I’m going to mix it up a little, and finish two shows that are half done for that first show, and review both. Those two shows will be Ichigo Marshmallow (5/12 done) and Hidamari Sketch Hoshimittsu (also 5/12 done). So, expect reviews of those soon!

I’ll set up a poll after a little while, probably with shows that I’m only on episode 1 or 2 of. So, expect that soon! I’ll tweet it a bit, so it won’t be hard to find. In case you somehow got to this blog some way other than my Twitter feed, here’s a link.

Alrighty, I’ll start completing those two shows this weekend, because the challenge starts on Sunday. I’ll probably actually post that poll on Sunday as well.

“Pokemon” V1 Beta Java Project!

You didn’t think I was just going to talk about anime on here, huh?

I’m in an introductory Java course at college, and I’m getting bored from all the hotel invoices and such we have to do. So, in order to make myself more interested in Java, I started a personal project.

I’m recreating the battle screen from Pokemon! Maybe it doesn’t look exactly like it, but doing that is so hard. Alright?

So, I would like you guys to try it out and tell me what you think!

http://www.mediafire.com/?arbq4qce84c1egx

Comment on here with your opinions!

YouTube Uploads for February 6, 2011

I use my YouTube account for my own stuff, as well as reuploading videos from Nico Nico Douga. I decided to now blog about my opinions on my uploads, starting today!

First up, three videos based off of the “Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!” Nico meme. I just discovered this today, and I love it!

“Seeing Through Rose-Colored Glasses”, Decoded

I’ve done a few of these in the past, but I’ve never uploaded them onto a blog. I enjoy decoding popular sayings into what they really mean, according to logic and psychology and etc. There will be more of these in the future, I’ll tell you that.

Here's some rose-colored glasses on a dog. For comedy!

So, anyways. This one is “decoding” the popular saying, “seeing through rose-colored glasses”, which generally means seeing all the positives but completely forgetting (and/or denying) any faults. I took it as:

Rose-Colored Glasses

Roses are Red

You’re therefore seeing red

“Seeing red” means having anger, blind rage, etc.

Therefore, “seeing something through rose-colored glasses” really means you’re pissed off at what you’re seeing. This makes it more likely that you’ll instead pick out the negatives, and deny the positives. It’s all opposite, really.

So, that’s that. Comment with suggestions and alternate meanings, if you want.

Of Alchemy and Homunculi

[Contains "Of Mice and Men" spoilers.]

When I read Of Mice and Men roughly 3 years ago, I had an odd thought the entire time. In my head, I pictured the older brother as Ed, and the younger brother as Al. I’m amazed, looking back on it, they fit so well.

Ed always seemed to be the more mature one (for some reason), so he fit the role of the older brother well. Al seemed to me (at the time) to be a bit more shy, held back, and etc. He also likes fluffy animals.

So anyways, this way of thinking made the ending end up extremely odd. You know how the older brother has to shoot the younger brother for quite a few reasons. If you apply the Elric’s to those brothers, things get screwy. If you shot Al, all the bullet would do is maybe ricochet around on the inside and end up doing nothing. It kind of made the older brother’s actions seem pointless. Because nothing happened.

But through envisioning the brothers as the Elric brothers, I was able to connect with the characters more. What would have ended up being an O.K. read changed to a great one.

This post is a little detail and analysis lacking, but that was because this happened 3, 4 years ago. So, sorry about that.

Shoka: Worst Anime I’ve Ever Seen

Ugghhh. This. Is. Terrible.

This is the creature he's talking about. "Amazingly Drawn", huh?

I’m not going to waste my time with a review. Simple one: The story is instantly forgettable (I forgot it halfway in. That’s gotta be a new record.) and the art is just atrocious. Do yourself a favor, and stay away from this crap.

Worst anime I’ve ever seen, worst art I’ve ever seen. The CD-i cartoons look even better than this. By quite a bit.

IS BETTER THAN

And CD-i is a way better waste of your time.

And, by the way, they messed up drawing breasts.

I mean, CMON. You could do better than this, right??

Anime School

I know how most animes take place in a high school setting, and all of that stuff, but how about for every grade out there? Here’s a list:

Kindergarten: Hanamaru Kindergarten (of course)

1st Grade: ???

2nd Grade: ???

3rd Grade: Nanoha, Kodomo no Jikan

4th Grade: Sakura [Cardcaptor Sakura]

5th Grade: Chiyo [Azumanga Daioh] (well, she would be, if she didn’t skip.)

6th Grade: Amu [Shugo Chara]

7th Grade: Kamichama Karin

8th Grade: The girls of Negima (second season too, of course)

9th Grade: ???

10th Grade: Azumanga Daioh

11th Grade: To Heart

12th Grade: Death Note

I’ll add the one’s I don’t have to this list as I get them. In the meantime, enjoy the list

Angel Beats Ep 1

Whoohoo, a Key show!

I hear there’s an OP in episode 2, so I’ll post about it then.

So, yes, the main character does look, sound, act, and a whole bunch of other things like Haruhi. But I digress.

I’m loving the show right now. I love Key stuff anyways, and when they add references to other Key stuff, it is win.

It's Tomoyo lol

This episode was pretty funny and epic. Hells yes.

Not much for this episode, so wait for next time.

Arakawa Under The Bridge Ep. 1

This show is completely nuts. As SHAFT is my favorite anime studio ever, and as they animated this show, craziness was to be expected. But, not that crazy.

A 30 Second Commercial of Arakawa

**I would do an OP and ED review, but there was none yet. I’m guessing that there will be one soon.**

So. Kou Ichinomiya is a executive about to be the president of a famous company. He is introduced, and then the viewers learn he has no pants on. They were stolen and put up high on the bridge.

So, he ends up meeting Nino. A homeless person that claims she’s from Venus.

Kou attempts to get his pants back, and almost flashes Nino. Because something got caught on his boxers, which he should have seen.

An “Under Construction” sign.

The entire pole he’s climbing up drops him into the water. Nino saves him, and he’s now in a debt, which he can get asthma attacks from. So, now he has  to do everything in his power to repay his debt. Reminds me of another series…*coughHayatenoGotokucough*

So, stuff happens and he meets a Kappa. Or, at least a guy dressed as one.

Same VA as Nozomu from SZS. So, "ZETSUBOUSHITA!" is appropriate here.

Anyways, not much to say about this show, other than the fact that it’ll be a mindfreak for sure.

More posts on this series soon. I’m positive of that.