This week i'll be talking about one of my current favourite song: Glitter (Starving Trancer Remix)feat.Another Infinity
Album cover of Glitter / 神巫詞
I came across this song from watching the anime - Fairy Tail. It is the 11th ending song for the anime. There are some songs that will immediately goosebumps when you listen to it. Well, this song gave me lots of goosebumps the first time I heard it! Not many songs give me goosebumps, so this song is rather special to me.
Glitter (Starving Trancer Remix) is a remixed version of Glitter, originally composed by Another Infinity.
Another Infinity is an alias for musicians Starving Trancer and Ryu☆. The remix is basically made by the same people who composed the song ._.
The remix maintains a similar sequence with the original, but is altered to sound more ambient. I personally love the addition of the string instruments (violin) it makes the song sound very epic.
Another notable song by Another Infinity is Towa no Kizuna. Which was also featured on Fairy Tail.
and another notable song by Starving Trancer is Only My Railgun - Starving Trancer feat. MAKI. This song is part of EXIT TUNES which are a series of japanese trance music made by different artists. I love listening to exit trance, they all sound so good!
haha I know I went off topic showing you all other songs, but they are all awesome and I would like to share it with you readers :) hope you all enjoyed this week's collection of j-trance music!
An awesome weekend of anime & cosplay has come to end. Today, I'll be bringing you a quick coverage on AFA 2012! The event was held in Singapore Expo Hall this year.
There were over 30 stalls in the hall, selling products such as clothes, files, accessories, posters, mugs, figurines and more... It was really exciting to see THAT many anime products all in one location!! The queues are unbelievably long. It can take you 30 minutes JUST TO GET INTO THE SHOP :O
There's a stall dedicated to Madoka Magica, I haven't watched the anime, I heard it's good. I should watch it when I have time~
And then there's the Sword Art Online booth, which sells quite a number of SAO goodies. Unfortunately, when I arrived at the booth, ALL of the goodies have already been sold out T_T
They also had Kirito's swords displayed at the booth. Pretty cool stuff :)
Kirito, watchu lookin at?!
Cool display
Danny Choo also set up a booth displaying several Mirai Suenaga goodies.
Nendoroids, they're so cute!
There were many figurines of One Piece characters~ They also had many of the pirate ships on display. I must say, they are really beautifully made!
Figurines of Accel-world and Code Geass, the variety is endless!
And of course there are cosplays too! This year, a lot of people seemed to cosplay as Kazuto Kirigaya (Kirito) from Sword Art Online. There was a cosplay contest organized as well but I missed it, oh well...
It was a really exciting weekend. I'm already looking forward for next year's AFA! That's all I have for you guys. See ya!
It's time for Beat Of The Week! And since this is my first time doing it, I hope you all like it :)
With the exception of heavy metal and trot, I listen to every genre of music there is on Earth. However, I will mainly introduce music with strong beats as it is "BEAT" OF THE WEEK. So do look out for a mixture songs of random languages. (I also listen to listen to most languages except for Malay and Tamil. No offence, but the songs are not really my style :P)
If you guys don't know, I am a major Kpop fan... *hint hint* ;)
Ok let's go!
This is one of my favorite Japanese groups :D
IOSYS (イオシス)
Well, I'm not really sure what the symbol means, but their music is awesome. :D
Iosys is a musical ensemble and doujin circle based in Sapporo. There is practically almost no information about the members in this group. The only thing know about the members is that most of them live in Hokkaido and Kanto areas of Japan.
They are not signed under any company or labels, but they generally release their music through doujin channels such as Comiket convention and their webpage, which is in Japanese so.... Google Translate it, yah?
Anyways, this group is famous for its parodies for character or themes in games such as Touhou Project and Atlus's Etrian Odyssey. Their music videos are generally flash videos of characters in the above mentioned games.
example of a discography
They also produced the 2nd ending credits for Penguin Musume Heart and composed the opening and ending credits music for Yumekui Merry.
They generally do quite a range of music, but they do focus very much on electronic music and rock. The main singers of the group are females, and their voices are rather high-pitched, but it is not to the extend of annoying. :)
On a side note, their Engrish is rather.... awesome. If you really want to know what they are singing, I strongly suggest everyone to look up the lyrics. Otherwise, you probably have no idea what they are singing about.
They have a lot of discographies, but I will just choose my favorite ones :D
Artifical Children
I really like the flow of the music. They use so many instruments. SO NICE :) And the vocals are also very very soothing. The lyrics are also very meaningful, but a bit deep for me to understand HAHA. No English in this song. The video is a bit repetitive because the original video is shorter than the song and the uploader tried to make it as long as the song.
Border of Death
A rock kind of music. The lyrics are also nice but deep. The best part about the song? The ENGRISH :D JKJK It's a very very nice song. And there's lyrics :)
LAST ONE!
Cirno's perfect math class
The cutest song EVER!!! Very very catchy song! Another electric kinda song, and the lyrics are hilarious. HAHA. This song is pretty short for Iosys. :) BAKA BAKA. LOL.
Posted by IAmBored November 11, 2012 Hello people :) This is a comedy-action anime.
La storia della Arcana Famiglia (アルカナ・ファミリア) Arcana Famiglia, Italian for "The Story of the Arcane Family")
The story is starts in Regalo Islands, an island that specializes in trading. There is an organisation called Arcana Famiglia, which is some sort of like a police force in the area. They protect the island from threats, within and outside the island. So they patrol in groups to protect the island and maintain peace within.
Sumire - Mama
There is a 'Papa' (Mondo), who is the head of the family, and a 'Mama' (Sumire) who is his wife, and also the judge of the family. They are like the father and mother figure in the family. They are also the parents of the only female protagonist in this story, Felicita. Go watch it to know how to pronounce it... Trust me, at least 50% will pronounce it wrong the first time they see her name. Me included.
So this family is different from others as each of the members have a contact with Arcana cards (Something like the tarot cards). They each have a special power and they have the mark of the card somewhere on their body. Everyone has a different spot on their body.
The family
The anime starts with the Papa's birthday!!! He announces that there will be a Arcana Duello among the Arcana users to choose his successor. The winner of the duel will not only win the "Papa" seat, he also gets a wish and his daughter's hand in marriage. Of course the ojousama (lady, as called by many of the members in the family) is furious and refuses to let her future be controlled by her father. As such, she decides to train and participate in this competition as well, so as to choose her own future. Together with Nova, who is her cousin and childhood friend, and Liberta, who is also her childhood friend, they set out to win the duel with a common goal: To win the duel and not let Felicita get married. As such, they encounter quite a number of challenges and they grew stronger after facing each one.
Pace - Mr-I-love-l...y
Other minor characters include Luca, the attendant for Felicita. Pace, who is a big eater with huge strength. Debito, the guy who always calls Felicita "Bambina", which means little girl. Dante, the bald guy with enormous guns and lastly, Jolly, who appears to be the antagonist. I am still a little perplexed by him...
The Bad: 1) TOO SHORT!!! MAKE A SEQUEL YOU PRODUCERS!!! YOU CALL THAT FIGHTING??? 2) *cough* Errr... The humor in the anime is either pun, or someone gets beaten up in a funny way... And it is not exactly the HAHAHA kind which I like... 3) Well, this anime has the potential to become a really good fighting anime like hitman reborn, but something was screwed up halfway... 4) The characters were not exactly well developed, there are like little stories per episode to show their lives before they join the arcana, and how they trained their powers etc but... 5)The little romance that the producers put in the anime is interesting but pathetic.... Come on, how many more triangle loves do we need? Cliché... 6) Awkward conversations... 7)WHAT THE F... I have nothing else to add.
LOL
The Good: 1) The graphics are really nice :) Good animations. 2) The soundtrack...? 3) -________-
FINALLY!!!!
So basically, it is a total let down. I was really expecting an awesome anime. But what do you expect from an anime that is without a manga? This anime originated from a game for PSP with the same title. So basically the producers like dug into their brains to make a pathetic storyline. Ok maybe it is not that pathetic, but its focus is like, lop-sided. The first episode already mentions that there will be a duel, so one would expect it to immediately focus on the preparations or the emotions for the upcoming battle etc... BUT NOOOOO, we have to deal with the emotional crap of the characters' sad past and random awkward stuff that took up more than 70% of the entire series. Then everything else was squeezed into the final few episodes. COME ON...Its not like there are a load of episodes for you to squeeze everything into...
The shortest duel ever
All in all it was a stupid anime that I am never going to watch again rather reasonable anime for its lack of manga to back the plot. If there is a sequel I may consider watching it, but I would probably wait for it to finish serializing before watching it.
O_O
For those of you out there who are considering watching this, if you hate any of the points I mentioned before, then don't bother watching... SERIOUSLY. I am never a person to discourage people from watching an anime, yet you will always find an exception somewhere somehow. Otherwise, I do wish that those who are going to watch this anime keep an open mind about this anime, and do remember that however awesome the beginning is, it is going to go downhill very fast... To those who are looking forward to waste a bit of time, I do welcome you to watch this anime :). It is quite a fun piece of work to watch if you do not have high expectations. I have no words to describe how disappointed I am... *sigh* Producers who are seeing this don't sue me. I am giving my honest opinion about the anime. I am not paid to do this... "La storia della Arcana Famiglia"debut on 1st July 2012 and is fan-subbed by Commie, HorribleSubs, NyanTaku & Hatsuyuki. The anime ended on 16th September 2012 with only 12 episodes. It ended quite early... :(
I used a lot of "..." today. It represents my lack of vocabulary to express my inner thoughts.
First and foremost, I know I'm procrastinating real bad uh, I mean, I need a break from frying my brain cells to death, so you might wanna ignore (temporarily) what DarrenW mentioned previously about me having exams.
Secondly, I do realize that I'm late for this week's Beat of the Week... I do sincerely apologize. >__<
Now, I know FayeA has introduced y'all to mainstream, LiSA, but today I'll be hitting the whole lot of you with a home run so hard you'll wake up in the Ice Age (figuratively speaking, of course). Why is that so? Let's just say that I don't know anyone in real life who knows the song I'll be introducing today... in my defense, if you look under my bio under the "Team" section, I DID mention that my favorite music genre is basically anything that catches my ear.
This song, Snow Angel, is sung by KOTOKO. While she might not be that obscure a name for you readers (since she's sung quite a few songs, e.g. for Shakugan no Shana), it's the anime that this song is used in that's really unheard of... Onegai Teacher, anyone?
Well, I gotta confess that I watched the anime only after listening to a few songs from the anime, most of which are sung by KOTOKO. (what a coincidence...) While this post ain't exactly an anime review, I would like to gently remind those who are interested in searching for it that Onegai Teacher is ecchi, and thus might be subject to viewer discretion. Undoubtedly, some of you will immediately search for it the moment I mention "ecchi", but ah well.
I personally find Snow Angel to be quite a pleasant mix between J-Rock and rather stereotypical anime J-Pop. The live (and often more easily reproducible than synth/dubstep/etc) instruments blend in well with the vocals, with neither one overshadowing the other too much. (the transition in the beginning from a cute piano mini-solo to a full blown band performance is also quite cute)
Lyrics wise, most unfortunately, this song is yet another run-of-the-mill J-Pop songs concerning love and all. A huge redeeming point for this song, however, would be the addition of snowy depictions (à la the title - surprise, how unexpected!) but that might be a bit biased coming from me because I like winter. :/
When I was searching for this song, it came to my attention that the live version of this song was sung in 2004 - further google-fu showed that the anime was shown in 2002. Whoops, I feel old...
Below, I shall attach two versions of the same song - the anime version (which is quite cute, especially if you understand the context of the anime) and the live version, which is, truthfully, surprisingly good because I tend to have a...less than fantastic opinion of J-Pop singers when singing live. Hey, I may like Japanese culture and all but I prefer to stay realistic.
P.S. This might be because I've never been to a live J-Pop concert before, but I don't quite get the point of backup dancers and all, especially when the song isn't a dance-y song...
Now, I shall retreat into my humble abode (figuratively speaking - since I'm typing from it) and resume studying real hard for my A Levels! (hopefully)
P.P.S. For those who don't know, A Levels are kind of like SAT, with the difficulty of the SAT subject tests. If you still don't know what's a SAT, just think of my exams as a slightly more generalized form of a university entrance test.
See y'all in a month! (or until my procrastination skills get the better of me, ehehe) aaronsine
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omg... Its the same colour as our wallpaper. Sh....
And today, I will be introducing you the last anime on my list, "Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo / さくら荘のペットな彼女"!
Basically, before I say anything, I would like to say YES, this IS and ECCHI title, so those who don't like ecchi, LOOK AWAY NOW!
So yea, that is a scene from Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo, your ordinary ECCHI series. So where does it begin?
It begins when we are introduced to your ordinary main protagonist, (Ah, yes, TYPICAL setting) Sorata Kanda. A second year student attending Suimei Academy (Suiko), living in Sakurosou, "A place for Sumei University for the Arts Affiliated High School's problem children." He tries, in a vague attempt, to be anything but un-ordinary.
Why? Well...
Because EVERYBODY ELSE IS CRAZZZY. Let's meet them shall we?
Misaki Kamiigusa
Resident 201. A very eccentric character, Misaki is possibly the most energetic and optimistic character I have ever seen in an anime. Commonly regarded as "alien", because of her unnatural powers and wacky ideas. However, she can appear normal at times, and loves Jin. She is reknowned for her ability to create animations for various anime corporations, and earns big bucks.
Chihiro Sengoku
An art teacher of Suiko, she is single and unmarried, and sufferering from what seems to be lazyness (unusual of a teacher). She often attempts to find men due to her unmarried status, even to the extent of being a mistress (WHAT).
Jin Mitaka
Actually one of the more normal residents so Sakurasou, Jin stays in room 103. Well known for making animation scripts for animes alongside Misaki. He often gives advice to Sorata so he's not so bad. But he is known to have dated hell-knows how many women, which makes him kind of a ladies man, in a bad way.
Ryunosuke Akasaka
Resident of room 102 and hikikomori, so you won't catch a glimpse of him in the physical form. He makes a communicative software called "maid", in which he uses to communicate to the rest of Sakurasou. Skilled at making software and hacking, he likes to invade on Sorata's privacy.
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And so, that's why Sorata wants to "escape from Sakurasou". But all that changes when somebody visits! Its our female protagonist, Mashiro Shiina, Chihiro's distant counsin. And so, Sorata is placed in charge of her.
But SHE'S IMPOSSIBLE to handle, (lack of common sense and any form of ideas on how to live) as illustrated by the pictures. Quiet and blunt, Shiina doesn't really care about anything much except fufilling her dream to draw a perfect manga.
Then Sorata discovers her history. The "Mashiro Shinna", worldwide reknowned talent in painting masterpieces since young. (Art pieces like those in museums). Sorata then discovers that he is the only odd one out. Everybody has talents unimaginable at their age, whereas he is just a common student.
What will Sorata do? What are his plans on the future? Will he still leave Sakurasou? What will happen at Sakurasou? Watch to find out!
Personally, I recommend Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo, despite the fact it is ECCHI, because it is extremely good fun to watch. I split my sides so many times in one episode I lost count. The uncanny ability by this anime to evoke laughter certainly gets my recommendation. You will get a cheerful and happy mood from this anime. It just evokes laughter and a sense of family.
The art styles and musics used are pretty normal, though not fantastic. It has a good introduction and developing plot. I call romance, friendship, companionship, and comedy.
So yes, if you are confused about any ECCHI titles to watch, this is a good one!
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo is an Autumn 2012 anime, and it will have 24 episodes (Wow. Thats long). It is currently being fansubbed by Ahodomo-EveTaku, Hadena and Rori. It is also available on Crunchyroll as Simulcast (2 days late).
Yes, its time again when we rank the opening and endings this season!
So for some weird reason my youtube started loading very slowly, so this review took quite some time to make. So here are the official ranking for OPs this Autumn.
As usual I have to remind you guys that we know that there are many many other openings out there, but we can only rank the ones we are watching.
This time I have to say, the ranking for 3 animes were super close. With a difference of only a few points. Also, Shin Sekai Yori is not ranked here because the OP for that anime doesn't exist. (No OP as of yet)
And due to copyright we might not show some OPs. (Sigh...) So do enjoy the openings we show! If there are any!
I honestly, liked this song very much. It has an awesome tune and rhythm to it, but watching it was a headache! Literally, I got a splitting headache from watching this opening. It was very fancy and nice and all, but due to the fact the transition was so flashy caused my head to hurt. To those who are prone to seizures, please avoid this OP!
A pretty nice song, especially since its been sung by a guy instead of the rest, which are all girls. Magi had a lot of things going on in the OP, so its quite nice.
I loved this OP, basically, it was very cool, with the Scepter 4 & Homura Clan members, but compared to the last 2, this one was just "very good". The transitions were cool psychedelic and very amazing, to be frank. Song was traditional and modern at the same time.
Going for the black and white, PSYCHO PASS's OP was definitely something. Though not a fan of the tune "Abnormalize", I loved the chorus tune. The transitions were amazing and badass, and I really liked it.
And YES, BTOOOM, by a margin, is the best OP this season, mainly because OF THAT SOUND. Yes, "No Pain, no Game" is currently my favourite tune. But that's only half of it. It was because the transitions and animations in this OP was so fast packed and matched the song so well, that I couldn't miss it. 1:17 is probably what sums it up.
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And there you have it. Yes it might be objective, but I really tried very hard by listening to each OP at least 10 times before I made judgement.
I've been waiting since the start of the season to review this!
So today MedusaS and I will be introducing a new Autumn 2012 anime to you guys, PSYCHO - PASS / サイコパス.
HUGE DISCLAIMER
[Information Provided by DarrenW]
I will keep this short, but interesting.
PSYCHO - PASS is set in the near future, where a city is run through psychology, yes, criminal enforcement through examining the mental state of the entire population. PSYCHO - PASS is a system whereby measures such a mental state.
Tsunemori
And the story begins when we meet our main protagonist, Inspector Tsunemori Akane, who has just enetered the crime scene I mean her first day on the job at the "Public Safety Department"
Akane enters the Public Safety Department with exceeding qualifications as shown by Sibyl System (Another monitoring system)
And immediately, a big case arrives, and it becomes clear as to how enforcement is carried out. Enforcers, along with inspectors, comprise of people who have been identified as "latent criminals", where their "crime coefficient" (due to PSYCHO - PASS) is too incredibly high to remain in social order.
Then they roll out their tools for the job. "DOMINATORS", as they are called, is technologically infused gun, which has the ability to select individuals to target and to decide what degree of punishment should be carried out. (Computer + Gun BIG GUN)
Main Characters
Akane then meets her colleagues, who are a collection of possibly the most awesome individuals, all people with incredibly high criminal coefficients since young.
However, on the first case, Akane becomes mortified of what she sees. Justice has become unjust, with the system taking over man's judgement and dishing out the punishment itself.
There are flaws within the system. Does mankind truly need a system which measures the propensity of people to commit crimes? What will happen? Find out by watching this intense Sci-Fi thriller!
DarrenW
Immediately, once I started watching PSYCHO - PASS, I can tell you that I was immediately captivated by the action. The build up of suspense is very nicely done.
The design of many parts of the anime, CGI and technological tools used, really impressed me (normally I don't really take notice). I want that personal room-service bot!!!
The setting and plot is simple and easy to infer almost immediately, delivered with ease as I would put it, so a lot of watchers won't feel lost and all. It has the potential (and I'm most certain) it will have a very elaborate and complex plot structure in the future. Something is about to happen! Initial impressions are very good. Serious and intense plot, good action scenes, good character developments.
The writer for PSYCHO - PASS (Gen Urobuchi) is the same writer for Fate/Zero.
Designs carried out by Nitro+ and produced through Productions I.G.?
Main character is voiced by Kana Hanazawa?
Ending Insert Song is sung by EGOIST?
Why are you still sitting there? This anime is a MUST - WATCH. Watch this NAO!!! (Editor: I hope this is not a typo)
MedusaS
Immediately I could tell this was no "ordinary" anime. Uh... not immediately actually, I had to see a few PVs first before I decided to add this to my watching list.
So I found PSYCHO - PASS AWESOME! I like Sci-Fi Thrillers very much. (Though from looking at my reviews its very hard to show that). PSYCHO - PASS embodied the human condition, psychology, culture, and many philosophical views, of which it is still a THRILLER.
It looked very realistic, so I appreciated it even more. Just hope out future ISN'T like this. I can't really say anything more because I don't know what to write?
All the characters look like they want to murder somebody (no wonder crime coefficient is so high), but they are all actually very nice people. Tomomi Masaoka deserves my respect.
I liked the OP and ED A LOT. EGOIST is one of my all time favorite artists (bought the album recently). Opening song was very creative and had a lot of interesting sounds to it.
Still though, I didn't understand why the PV I watched was so misleading.
Expecting awesome stuff I.G.! I don't want to be disappointed!
PSYCHO - PASS is an Autumn 2012 anime, which is produced by Production I.G. It aired on October 11 on Fuji TV's noitaminA block, and is also airs at the same time on Animax Singapore. It will have 22 episodes. It is fansubbed by Commie, and is also available on FUNimation as Simulcast.
