Jaw-dropping, Mahou Shoujo

I usually view only one anime series per season (sometimes not even finishing one), and I was convinced into watching Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica for this winter season. I saw this particular series in the preview articles, and it didn't catch my eye at all. The art is too moe for me, and I'm personally not very interested in the mahou shoujo genre. The only anime that I watched in this genre was Cardcaptor Sakura, and that's like years ago.

Okay, so how was I convinced? I read some interesting speculations and reactions to this series from various aniblogs, but that wasn't enough to push me into watching it. Instead, my friends in Mabinogi gave such interesting reactions after watching 3 episodes of Madoka Magica that I decided to watch it.

anime related

Well, I should say that I am a fan of anime in general. The truth is that I haven't really watched that many anime series, but I am an avid reader of anime reviews/previews/thoughts/critics and I also enjoy anime music, especially original soundtracks. I love reading snarky as well as witty comments concerning anime, and I thoroughly enjoy the sarcasm and irony there-in that not everyone can understand or appreciate.

I guess the only crowd of friends that I can talk anime with is my high school friends and online friends. I'm not saying that we are anime fanatics or otakus; in fact, I think not all of us really identify ourselves that way. We are just able to include anime and manga into daily conversation. I have always wondered why anime/manga fans are viewed in a negative way in the society at large. Most people think of anime fans or otakus as a crowd of awkward and awkwardly dressed people. While there are many people who fit in that particular stereotypical view, the thing is that we're not all like that.

2000~2009 anisongs

從2000~2009，34分鐘200首動畫歌，你認得幾首呢???
請按Read More去觀賞影片。

影片與評分都來自於http://mottohadeni.net/blog

ソ・ラ・ノ・ヲ・ト (空・之・音)

這是空・之・音的原聲帶封面，我好想買!!

這部動畫讓我打破了"只看完結的動畫"這自我規定的原則，但我一點也不後悔。雖然我很討厭每個禮拜都像白痴一樣在期待禮拜三出新一集，但真的很值得。不過因為我是看英文字幕的版本，所以名字部分我只能打英文的羅馬拼音。

這是Rio跟Kanata的Amazing Grace合奏，這段超感人。 :' )

Rio-sempai!!!!! !^*&$^*#&^%(#%

Rio-sempai!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't gooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
The Amazing Grace duet was so touching, I wanna cry now.

Bgm: Amazing Grace

Sasameki Koto 13 [Final]

I just finished the first season of Sasameki Koto, and I thought it was really good, really really GOOD!! What a coincidence it is that these 13 episodes came to an end on volume 2 of the manga, which is exactly the same as the progress of the manga licensed in Taiwan. I didn't really read onward, even though there are scans available online. Maybe I should catch up on the manga, and I am a little more intrigued as to what happens afterwards concerning the story after I finished this season one of the anime. I am definitely looking forward to the second season, and I hope the quality will remain this good!

The anime pretty much stayed faithful to the plot of the manga, with the exception of ep. 11, but that was also a pleasant episode. The art is great, I mean it is a lot more detailed and looks better than the manga, which is the first positive sign of a decent adaptation. A lot more attention was paid to the background in the anime, meaning that most people had a face complete with eyes, nose, ears, and mouth. Lol. And side characters like Azusa, Akemiya, Tomoe, and Miyako were inserted into the background, making appearances even before they were to enter the main plot. Kiyori was much more detailed and looks more like a real character, she was like a part of the background a lot in the manga.

輕聲密語

其實最初接觸這部漫畫是純屬意外，只不過是在逛書店，然後沒經過考慮就手癢買下的。當時我也沒想太多，更沒料到這會是一部百合漫畫。封面感覺是不錯，但翻開後對於畫風是有點失望...。不過它的故事卻非常細緻，作者很會描述女孩們的心情，那種情緒上的拉扯看的我非常有感觸。而且之中也有適當的放入搞笑劇情，看一看沉重的之後能笑一笑。

總之，輕聲密語在講高中女孩們之間的友情與愛情，而主角們是兩位非常要好的朋友。村雨純夏，175公分，文武雙全，全身散發著帥氣的氣息。風間汐，一位只喜歡可愛女孩子的女孩。而村雨喜歡這風間，卻只被當作最要好的朋友。故事大概就是這樣，看著兩人之間的拉扯，然後作者也善用了許多百合與漫畫界的老梗。老實說，看到這種設定我也會替村雨感到無奈，在現實世界常常也是如此不是嗎?拋開漫畫中誇張的部分，其實這種情況是存在的。我就很能體會村雨的心情，也因此時常想用力巴一下風間，醒醒吧風間!!

Fangirling & FF13

Fang and Vanille

Meaningful Anime?

I guess the few meaningful things that I've done all winter vacation was driving lessons and watch anime. LOL I usually only watch one series once in a while for very random reasons like stumbling upon them on the web or it was just a whim. And I usuall choose to watch finished anime because I don't like to wait, it makes me feel like an idiot when I'm sitting in front of the TV or computer pining for the next episode. Well, I've broken that rule as well. *shrugs*

Let me see... all the anime series that I've finished on the computer are: Moyashimon, Toshokan Wars, Ga-Rei -Zero-, Strawberry Panic, CANAAN, Kara No Kyoukai movies 1&2, Marimite Season 4, and Minami-Ke all 3 seasons.

There are also some that I dropped for no apparent reason: Higurashi, Burst Angel, Kanazuki No Miko, Madlax, El Cazador, etc. Most of these are pretty famous yuri-wise, but I couldn't focus on any of them and lost my interest. I watch anime mostly for entertainment and self-amusement, so critics and reviews don't really affect my opinion on what to watch. Though I have to admit that reading anime review blogs is one of my favorite Internet past-times.