This review has been updated. To view Sankarea Final Impressions, click here. May 6, 2012 Posted by DarrenW
Woah... I'm BACK.
Very sorry about the delays from me, I'm right in the middle of my mid year exams. The reason why I can post today is because its a holiday tomorrow and I got a tiny bit of time off from studies.
To be frank, I was just about to do the manga review when I heard that there was an anime for it coming out.
Now what happens when someone dies? What would you do? Sit around and sob about it, or revive the corpse???!!! Well, that is exactly what our main protagonist, Chihiro Furuya, is planning to do.
Babu
Chihiro Furuya is your average high school student has a fetish/love for ZOMBIES, which is very unusual. He wishes to date a cute female zombie, and doesn't have an interest for real human girls.
After the death of his beloved cat, Babu, Chihiro can't take it anymore. He wants Babu to be back alive, so it can spread the joy that was once there when it was alive. Digging up an antique recipe book, he find out that its actually a recipe... for ressurection.
And that's where our other main character comes in. After experimenting at his secret laboratory abandoned resort not far away, he notices that a girl visits the place everyday, a girl called Sanka Rea.
Okay! Now you know where the name comes from.
Remember what you wish for.
Wanko
Sanka Rea is also a high school student, of which she attends the girls school (named after her), across the river from Chihiro's, of which her father is the principal of that school.
After getting to know each other, Chihiro finds out that Sanka's father is real weirdo and sick-in-the-head, willing to go to any ends of the world to "protect Sanka" and making Sanka do stuff that anybody wouldn't do in thier lives (if we had daughters that is).
Chihiro's Fetish
Hating her life, she says she hated her life to the extent that she would rather die and be reborn as someone else.
But really... She wouldn't expect what happened next.
After completing the resurrection potion, he finally tests it out on Babu, but with no immediate effect. The dead corpse still remains dead. Sanka steals part of the potion from Chihiro, and goes home. Unfortunately, she is caught by her father for leaving the house unofficially, and is locked up.
In an attempt to save Chihiro from her father's henchmen, she escapes once again, but unfortunately, her luck runs out. In a struggle with her father, she loses her balance and plunges down a cliff, her body impaled by a pointed tree stump as she dies.
30 SEC LATER
What will happen now? Will Babu survive? What will happen to Sanka from now?
If you might not have guessed, this is another one of my favourite animes, specifically because I have read the manga a long time ago, and loved it then, so its awesome that they're making the anime out of it.
DEMENTIA IS EPIC
It appears that the anime is following the manga story, so I would already confidently say it has a really good plot. For those watching I'm not going to spoil it any further. Just some hints, its going to get better.
The theme of dreams, a girl's life, and romance seems very appropriate.
Of course, for art, its a different story. The anime has done an amazing job as it looks exactly like the manga, and more specifically, the art is very detailed in a lot of places. Though it was only until this anime that I realised what Wanko's hair colour was.
Sanka Rea
Duoun
Mero
Personally, I've never read a manga nor watched an anime that was about zombies. Of course there was "Kore wa Zombie Desu ka" that was sitting on my waiting list for a long time. It is informative to some extent, of zombies that is. I also have to commend the anime for not showing too much guts spillage or blood in that matter, unlike "Another" which I didn't finish because of that reason.
Screwed-up dad
"Sankarea" premiered on April 5th, 2012, and will have 13 episodes. It is currently fansubbed by AniBlaze, Anifecta-Subs, Asenshi, Commie, Doki, Eveyuu, Hadena and Hatsuyuki (Wow quite the popular anime) . It also has a manga edition in 2009 which is still ongoing btw. The manga's plot far exceeds the anime and most likely contain what the anime is going to show.
First time I've seen a tombstone is used in an OP :P
It was on this very day a year ago that I wrote my very first review: "The World God Only Knows (S2)". I remember I was very bad at expressing myself so I kept the reviews that time short. But of course, its a very different story now.
For those who didn't know, yes, today we've reached a milestone, an entire year of reviews without much intermission.
We managed to grow from just myself to 8 people, of which I am very proud of to call my teammates. From just 10 hits a day to a dazzling 412 a day, and having comments, which I never got before.
I'd like to thank everyone who has helped WWHC along its journey, including SparkNorkx, for commenting :D, as well as all of you readers out there. Yes, you. You helped us build this website into the way it is today.
By right, I was supposed to have submitted a new promo video, but my windows computer crashed... (Sigh...). In case you don't know my reviews were always from a Mac.
May you continue to support us while we continue to provide you with top-notch reviews (hopefully) of your seasonal entertainment for many many year to come!
*I'm also very sorry that there was not a lot to celebrate about because for some of us, our mid-sem exams are... tomorrow! I will have to go back to studying in a while.
Oh yes, and we will be making a few changes to the site later in the month. This theme has been going quite too long eh?
This anime review has been updated. For the final impressions for this anime, click here. May 1, 2012 Posted by DarrenW
Hey yo!
I hope you readers have been enjoying the reviews that we have posted recently. It was hard to get around but we managed it.
Today, I'll be doing an honest down to heart anime which managed to grab my attention: Natsuiro Kiseki!
Basically, the story starts off with your most normal setting, 4 highschool girls who are childhood best friends, based in the nice countryside in the midst of summer.
Let me introduce them to you. They are:
Natsumi Aizawa, the protagonist-like structure, whom doesn't have any specific character for now. You can say she's quite mature, and stubborn.
Saki Mizukoshi, probably the most adult-ish, mature and also very very pessimistic about anything.
Yuka Hanaki, your supportive and important cheerful friend, who is always super hyperactive.
And lastly, Rinko Tamaki, who is basically, very calm, collected, and follows what everybody else asks her to do. She lives at the shrine.
But actually, the story first starts off with one of the childhood friends leaving for tokyo. Yes, the four, after spending their life together since elementary school are going apart.
Rows start to form as Natsumi and Saki don't get along and they formally end their friendship.
As Yuka forces the four to meet round the wishing rock behind the shrine where they once stood many years ago, they make a surprising but unexpected wish. To fly...
And of course, they DID.
It is suddenly aparrent that the rock they had always wished upon contained supernatural powers of helping people grant their wishes. However, there is one but one condition: They must all wish together as one.
Since young, the four had always wished they wanted to be idols. Will they finally live their dream ambitions? Only time will tell.
Before I got into the plot and theme stuff, I would first like to say that I personally think this anime has the potential to become awesome. Just look at all the previous animes with similar settings: K-On, Railgun and Clannad. They all had the feel that made you relax and enjoy the anime stress-free and secondly, also painted realistic view on things that you would or could relate to in real life, along with certain good tips.
Ah, of course, there are some things that don't happen in real life, like a supernatural rock, or espers (YET).
Now, for plot. I'm sure you want to know how good it is, but unfortunately, I can't really see where this anime is going for now. I'm sure a more serious plot development is on its way, and we just have to wait. The theme would definitely be friendship, camaraderie and that of chasing dreams. Very vividly obvious after watching the first two episodes.
I have to say, the art is beautiful. A lot of effort is put into the details in the background and character drawings. They really earn praise there. Love the OP. Very nicely sang and the transitions were very nice.
Natsuiro Kiseki premiered on April 6th, 2012, and is currently being fansubbed ONLY by rori, unless you want it in tamil, vietnamese or spanish, which is what i found.
Enjoy relaxing.
Hint: What day is it today? DarrenW Edited by FayeA
Here's your seasonal dose of CRAZY with this fantastically funny anime, "Haiyoru! Nyarlko-san"!!!!
Mahiro Yasaka
So where does all the random stuff begin? Well with a serious horror plot of course! Our main protagonist, Mahiro Yasaka is struggling as he attempts to outrun an out of this world monster.
It manages to corner him, but then is suddenly stabbed by someone and died.
Ok...
It is then revealed that the person who saved Mahiro was none other than our other main character, the MOST WACKY, FUNNY, ENERGETIC AND CUTE character I have seen in a LONG time. Yes, its Nyarlathotep, or Nyarlko-san.
For those who are asking WHAT? WTF is Nyarlathotep? Well, it is a name derived from one of H.P. Lovecraft's works on the Cthulhu Mythos, a shared ficitional universe, of which this anime's original novel writer based idea from.
OMG
For those who don't know what the Cthulhu Mythos is (er, like EVERYONE), think of it as something alien with an aztec feel to it.
So yeah, this anime is an adaptation to the mythos, of which the fictional elemental classifications have been all converted into cute anime girls.
Now that wasn't too hard to digest is it? I summarized it into about 100 words for you guys.
Yeah, so now we know what angle this anime is going. Alien. OMG.
WTF
Anyways, I will first explain what IS GOING ON. Nyarlko-san is a part of the Space Defence Agency, who has begged her boss to be dispatched to Earth, to protect Mahiro from certain death. There have been other aliens planning on hurting him, which she has to deal with.
And deal with she DOES. She completely disembowels and rips them wearing a smile on her face. Like I said, crazy. Why she begged for the job was because she fell in love with Mahiro at first sight... and she's also an otaku. An alien as an otaku. (Insert Jackie Chan Meme here)
POKEMON
Anyway, in the second episode, she decides to bring Mahiro to Ry'leh to investigate what was going on and put a stop to it. Of which she did and the plot literally ended in episode 2. That's all.
I was quite pleased and displeased at the same time in episode 2, where a lot of the serious scenes with the serious feel going on with it were literally changed into something else with the flick of humor... The action scenes were quite funny and at the same time using some CQC (Close Quarters Combat) which I don't get.
I WONDER WHO IT IS
Well of course, if its humour you are looking for, THIS IS IT. This will be one of the funniest shows of the season.
If its ECCHI you are looking for, this is also IT. However it ISN'T Mahiro as the perverted one. ITS NYARLKO.
However, Nyarlko-san would be, in that sense, very different from your other heroines. Not tsundere, very perverted and very dirty minded, random. So only the looks hold, of which isn't her true form either.
It also has a very funny OP video which summarizes how the whole anime is going to look like quite well. AND WHO IS THAT VOICE ACTOR WITH THE FUNNY VOICE? Well it's Vanilla from "Yumeiro Patissiere" (OMG)
Personally though, I feel that the plot, after episode 2, is just gonna be your usual ecchi humour episodes with some action in between.
Haiyore! Nyarlko-san is a Spring 2012 anime which premiered on April 9th, 2012. It is being fansubbed by Commie, Ahodomo, Hatsuyuki, and Underwater-rori.
Enjoy being random and losing your sanity. LMAOing MedusaS Edited by FayeA
Yeah, so I realized that Beelzebub has came to an end. So... This is my first ever final impression. Yes... So it is very very late, but I was doing other stuff and I had a bunch of animes and drama to watch.
So let's go!
Like 'father' like 'son'
What would you do if you found out that you had to take care of a baby, which is not yours, but your parents think otherwise? Tatsumi Oga’s life turned upside down when a baby clung to him. This baby is none other than Kaiser de Emperana Beelzebub IV (AKA Baby Beel), the youngest son of the current demon king. In other words, the baby is a demon baby. Along with him came woman named Hildegarde (Hilda), who is a maid responsible of taking care of Baby Beel, and a dimensional transport demon named Batim do Emuna Alaindelon. Due to the fact that the baby needs a human parent to take care of him (a human who is strong, arrogant, and thinks nothing for the fellow man, and Oga fits the description perfectly), Baby Beel thus sticks to him and Oga is forced to take care of him. Oga can’t go away from the baby more than 15 meters or he will experience a high voltage shock that would kill him. (The baby shoots lightning out of its body if it cries or throws tantrums….OUCH) And things happen around him as he tries to get rid of the baby.
Hilda
After the first few episodes, it was revealed in the plot that Baby Beel was sent by his father to destroy the world we live in. So not only does Oga have to raise Baby Beel, he also has to stop the world from coming to an end. (Though the demon king is super obsessed with games despite the fact that he is bad at playing them, to the extent that he ignores practically everything else. And that includes destroying the world. So yeah, despite the 'warning' of the world coming to an end. It never actually happened.)
Kawaii
So one word I have for this anime is: "Insane". It is totally out-of-this-world (literally) kind of insane. The randomness of the anime totally amazes me. Although I won't say I usually watch this kind of anime (since there aren't many fighting based animes that are funny... wait, some are...) as the plot and the title seriously threw me off. Yeah, and add the baby and I probably wouldn't even have bothered. But for some reason, I was tempted to watch it. SO I DID. And guess what? I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!
(O_o) I wonder what happened...
The plot, despite some similarities and overlaps, is pretty well played out. What I really really like about this anime is the fact that all characters have an opportunity to shine in the anime. No character (big or small) have less than 20 seconds of time on screen. Every now and then, there will be a diversion of episode where the supporting characters can shine and develop and be the main lead for that episode. This is awesome as sometimes it gets a little annoying that the main lead is hogging the lime-light and the supporting characters desperately need more development, especially for viewers to understand them better. :D
A few of the many characters
Yeah. The songs are also awesome and I love the animation for the openings and endings!!! <3 The only complaint I have is that the producers should spend more money to hire more creative story-liners. Other than that, I don't really have any issue with this anime!!! So do watch it if you run out of animes! :D
The anime ended with 60 episodes on 25th march 2012... So I'm late. But better late than never! HAHA *wink*
WooHoo!
Yeah and school is hectic for me. The teachers were super boring and I probably fell asleep in class more times than I can count. And the projects are killing me. But otherwise, I should probably still be hanging around (especially in the K-POP section at YouTube) and if I disappear for long periods of time (like recently) it is either because of school or because my fav band came out with a new album or something like that.
Cheers. IAmBored *who lacks an organizer and thus is replaced by an irritable panda* Edited by FayeA *who is attending cram school and has no time for editing.
This review has been updated. To see "Accel World, Final Impressions", click here. Posted by DarrenW April 26, 2012
Yosh!
Sorry that the reviews by me are so late nowadays. Exams are coming up and I really don't have a lot of time to relax and write reviews.
And... I just realized that viewership has dropped from a daily 410 to 120. Wow. That's ugly.
But for now, I will do the initial impressions for Accel World / アクセル・ワールド!
So the story begins in a setting that's not too far away from us, in 2040, where technology has advanced to a stage where manipulation of the five senses have become available. Neuro-synchronization allows people to link their brains similar to that of computers. So basically you can view whatever you want while having windows on the side of your eyes, and enter virtual realms that feel realistic.
Virtual Realm
"Haruyuki Arita"
And thats when I saw the main character for the first time. OMG. Our protagonist, Haruyuki Arita, that sounds like Ouma Shu from Guilty Crown, appears in front of my eyes as a short obese student, being tortured and bullied by other people. (I like Wikipedia's interpretation, where they say "short, fat boy")
So Haru decides to escape into the virtual world, to vent his angers from reality. (He's virtual avatar is very suitable) He likes playing what I would depict as a 3D version of squash with special power-ups.
"Kuroyukihime"
However, he comes back one day and finds that his high score has been severely trashed. Life basically sucks for Haru now, or is it? He gets the attention of his school's vice president, Kuroyukihime, who is, on the up side, one of the more beautiful characters in the anime. Mysterious, she presents a different ideal to Haru.
Do you want to rebuild reality into a form you never dreamt of?
"Brain Burst"
"Neuro linker"
Haru agrees and installs a file called "Brain Burst", which is like the ultimate reality hacker programme I've ever seen, which gives you the ability to freeze time into a thousandth of a second, and lets you think through your strategies.
"Silver Crow"
However, with such great powers comes at a cost. Accelerations use up acceleration points. People who install such programmes must fight in a virtual arena, to maintain their acceleration points. (like a HP bar)
Reborn into the "Silver Crow", will Haru be able to accelerate his world into the greater reality?
"Ash Roller"
Although not much actual plot has developed, the setting and how its progressing seems quite good from where I'm standing, with rational explanations and all that.
Personally, there aren't any issues to talk about here. It's all about the future and all that. Why not give it a chance. I'm sure that this series will be one of the more interesting ones this season.
Accel World has an awesome 24 episodes and right now has premiered 3. It also comes with a light novel and manga version, of which you SHOULDN'T READ if you don't want spoilers. It is currently fansubbed by Commie, Asenshi, Hadena, UTW, and WhatStory.
Welcome to the accelerated world. Welcome to Accel World.
Hi everybody! I'm going to do an old anime/manga for today... Since there are no new animes released that I like, yet.
So now I have about 6 animes that are ongoing and that is seriously my record. So there is a high chance that I may not watch new ones for a while. (unless the plot and art is like superb, then that anime may be included in my ongoing list) I am totally dreading when my animes end, especially if they end all around the same time. (Imagine how many final impressions I have to do!)
Now this anime is an extremely lighthearted anime and is quite funny! :D
I know I promised this a long time ago. So yup, let's go!!!
Skip Beat!
What kyouko looked like before transforming
So the main female protagonist is a sixteen year old girl named Kyoko Mogami. She followed her childhood friend, Shotaro Fuwa, to Tokyo because she thought he wanted her to. She is totally in love with him and even juggled with multiple jobs because of Shotaro's expenditures and lavish lifestyle. She is so supportive to the extent that she does everything for him, and does nothing for herself. She had left her hometown and stopped her education just to go to Tokyo with him. Upon arriving in Tokyo, Shotaro, or Sho (as his fans call him), worked hard and was ranked number 7 for the top 20 most popular male celebrities in Japan. He is also described as an extremely talented musician . However, he only treats Kyoko as a maid and never as a lover or childhood friend.
The first encounter after kyouko
swore revenge
Kyoko overheard him saying this one day,when she went to visit him, and heard him describe her as a boring and plain girl. Sho then proceeds to flirt with his manager and Kyoko saw the entire thing. She then realizes how much time and effort she has 'wasted' on Sho. She saw the difference in attitude when Sho interacts with his manager as compared to with her. She also learns that the reason Sho wanted her to be in Tokyo with him is to do his house-keeping, and he said that he ever forced her to go to Tokyo with him.
Ren (left), Koko and Sho
Kyoko didn't shed any tears at her discovery, instead, she vowed revenge. She wants to be a bigger and more popular star than Sho. With this determination, she changes her appearance and enters into showbiz.
Ren's Manager
At first, she was unable to get into LME (the company which is in competition with Sho's company) but she 'forced' the head of LME's talent section, Takenori Sawara into letting her audition. She had failed the audition initially, but with the LME president, Lory Takarada's help, she joined a department called 'Love Me'. This department was founded by Lory for those people who he deemed as having potential, but they are lacking a key component/emotion: Love. Although she joined LME successfully, she had to collect points as she helped other people, at the same time, also getting random jobs.
The story then continues with Kyoko's journey in the showbiz world. Despite facing many challenges and troublemakers, she ended up overcoming the obstacles and became friends with the people she met.
EVIL Spirits
Another main male protagonist is Ren Tsuruga, No. 1 male celebrity. He is hated by Sho as he is more popular. In the beginning of the anime, they hate each other, but after joining LME, Kyoko hates him even more because of his attitude against her. Ren does not like Kyoko's motive of joining the showbiz world, and he thinks that all actors and actresses should be focused in their jobs, not having revenge as their top priority. So he purposely pisses her off.
Of course lots of things happened along the way and resulted in both Sho and Ren falling in love with Kyoko. (though both males denies it.) And this results in an over used plot-line of a triangle love.
Impressions:
Obsessed with being a princess
Yeah, so this anime is really good. I really like how the characters can act so well. It's really amazing to see them in action. The suspense of the anime is well handled and the story is closely following the manga. The randomness of some things in the anime is really quite humorous.
I wouldn't say that the art is the best, but it is definitely watch-able. And the guys are freaking tall... What I really like about the manga/anime is that Kyoko is actually not very pretty. I mean, out in the anime/manga world, there are tons of beautiful or well-endowed females. I like how Kyoko is portrayed as an average looking girl that has an impressive ability, and I think that's really important. What you have on the inside rather than on the outside. It shows that any normal person with courage and ability can achieve near-impossible goals. :D
I totally love this anime. It is about the only anime that I know that has its story-line revolving about showbiz world. The characters are easy to fall in love and empathize with, with the exception of Sho (in my opinion).
Genre: Romance, Comedy
This anime premired on Oct 5 2008 and ended on March 29 2009. It has a total of 25 episodes.
There is a Taiwanese drama based on this anime that ended recently. A total of 15 episodes. The name of the drama is Extravagant Challenge.
There is no news about a 2nd season of anime for skip beat. Although there are rumors, but no official news has been released. The anime never resolved the love triangle between the main protagonists. So there might be another season in the future, but it would not be anytime soon, since the manga hasn't touched on resolving the romance too.
Yeah, so this is an enjoyable anime! Just chillax!!!
♪(>w<)♪ IAmBored Edited by FayeA
After completing the resurrection potion, he finally tests it out on Babu, but with no immediate effect. The dead corpse still remains dead. Sanka steals part of the potion from Chihiro, and goes home. Unfortunately, she is caught by her father for leaving the house unofficially, and is locked up.
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