But it wasn’t all meh, some was just fucking terrible, and some were amazingly great.

Here’s the year in review.

Anime TV series

Winter

• IS Infinite Stratos

[Completed 12/12 episodes.]
I`m not too sure what to think of that one. I`d say I enjoyed it as a whole. Was it a good show ? F*ck no ! It was Generic Harem # 27353 with all the clichés in the world, but you know what ? that was actually fun. Nothing too complicated to watch, just a decent show where you could disconnect your brain…and. enjoy. I even chuckled a few times.
The Opening and Ending songs were rather meh, and I can’t recall the Score making any sort of impression on me.
Overall:  2.75/5

• Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?

Completed 12/12 episodes.
Oh, man THIS show. One of my favourite of the season. It can’t really describe why I liked this show so much. The humour, the randomness, it was all there for me. Beside the bullshit drama arc, this was a very good show.
The Opening song was Catchy, the Ending was rather enjoyable ( Manzo ftw). The score however, didn’t leave any kind of impression on me.
Overall: 3.75/5

Spring

• Dog Days

Watched 6/12 episodes.
As of writing this, I still haven’t finished this show, and doing so is not a priority to me. Not because it’s bad or anything, but it’s not mind blowing either. It’s just… is.  I get nothing from watching this. I don’t thrive to watch for the next episode, it’s like there’s no challenge. Unlike IS which was Generic Harem #27353 but with fanservice and some sort of humor, or something else, Dog Days is just WAY too neutral.
The Opening is decent ( Generic Nana Mizuki song #3434 (don’t burn me) )  and the Ending song…I don’t even remember what it sounded like. Eh. As for the Score, same as the previous ones, no major impression.
Overall (based on what I’ve seen): 3/5

• TIGER & BUNNY

Completed 24/24 episodes.
What I think most considered the GEM of 2011, Tiger & Bunny, or Anime for Adults as some would refer to it.
Great show, great story, great characters, great score, great everything. Basically all that has already been said about it. Sunrise understand that and are probably going to milk that until the end of times, but it’s cool, we’ll remember how awesome the first series was.
I think it’s safe to say it’s my favourite of the year.
Great Opening and Ending songs. The score by Yoshihiro Ike was pretty awesome too, couldn’t get any better score to go along that show.
Overall: 5/5

• Hanasaku Iroha

Completed 26/26 episodes.
Ah, Hanasaku., the peculiar one. The animation was pretty good and…beautiful, but the characters felt flat at first. I couldn’t get attached to either of them, and actually had to take a break from watching it because I felt like snapping the Main character’s neck. However, I’m glad I decided to see through the end, the characters did end up growing on me.
The Opening and Ending song were rather uninteresting to me, but oh well. As for the score, I can’t recall what it sounded like.
Overall 4/5

• Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai

• Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi

Watched 10/12 episodes.
Eh, HoshiKaka was Generic Harem show #27354. There’s not much to say about it. It wasn’t bad, but wasn’t ground breaking either. It was just decent.
Opening was sorta catchy I guess. Ending songs are score were forgettable.
Overall 3/5

• C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control

Completed 11/11 episodes.
Economics 101, the anime…. Expect not really. I’m not sure what it is that C tried to accomplish, but I don’t think it succeeded. It had a weird mix of CG and animation. The show wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t good either. It was so – so. Maybe I’d have enjoyed it more if I had the economic notions they blabled on in the show.
I think this show had a lot more to offer than was what given, but oh well.
The Opening song was pretty good, the Ending song by the wonderful school food punishment. The score composed by Iwasaku Taki is not…his best work so far. It was gritty and had “fatigue” written all over it. That being said, it’s Iwasaku Taki.
Overall: 3/5

• Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko

Watched 6/12 episodes.
The show that should have ended after episode 4. I actually can’t say much about this show. As of writing this, I never pasted half of it. The first four episode were pretty good, but the subsequent, not so much. Couldn’t help but wonder where this was going, and wasn’t really encouraged in finding out.
The Opening is quite catchy however. The ending song put me to sleep. The score is…forgettable.
Overall: ?/5

Summer

• Dantalian no Shoka
  Completed 11/11
  Yet again , another one of my favorites. I’ve steer clear of Gosick despite the fact that I love victorian settings show , but I decided to give a chance to dantalian and I don’t regret it. I loved Dantalian a whole lot. The music, the setting, the characters, all was there for me to enjoy. The show was far from perfect, had some flaws, but they were transparent to me. I was entertained.  Don’t think there’s much else to add.
  Overall 3.75/5

Fall

• Fate/Zero
  Completed 13/13
  Part I of the prequel to Fate/Stay Night,  Fate/Zero was ufotable’s tale on Urobushi’s novel. Needless to say it was pretty freakin awesome.  That’s all I have to say. One of thing that sightly disappointed  me was that they didn’t take Kenji for the score, as I’ve grown used to associating his score to the fate universe, but I can’t complain much as they chose Kajiura instead, and well Kajiura is a goddess.
  Overall 5/5
• Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!!
  Completed 12/12
  One good show of 2011. Adpated from of game by the same guy that made Kimiaruji ( Ageha-sama !!!!)
  Quirky humor, insteresting characters, Majikoi did a good job at entertaining me, but I think the anime was lacking something I can’t quite put my finger on.
  Decent opening and ending. Forgettable score.
  Overall 3/5
  
  
• Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
  Completed 13/13
  Not really sure what to say about Horizon. I enjoyed it, but it took me a while to get into it. I watched it, but I think I barely grapsed 60% of what was going on.
  Too much information came out at the same time.
  I think that’s about it.
  Nice opening and endings, pretty entertaining score.
  overall 3.75/5
  
  
• Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle
  Watched 6/25
  Phi Brain is sunrised lastest attempt at originaliyu. It isn’t bad. The character design is all over the top. I think JunJun’s character is what makes the show for me.
  Catchy Opening, lovely ending , forgettable score
  overall 3/5
• Mashiro-iro Symphony
  Completed 12/12
  The harem show in which the lead character actually chooses someone, too bad it’s the most boring girl in the show.  It was interesting while it lasted. That’s all I have to say.
  Decent opening  , catchy ending song, …was there a score ?
  Overall 3/5
• Ben-To
  Completed 12/12
  That show was over the top ridiculous. As far as I am concerned, it makes it a contender for BEST SHOW of 2011. wasn’t found of the last couple of episodes however, but damn the show was good.
  Decent opening and ending songs. I can’t remember the score.
  Overall 3/5
• Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
  Watched 12/50
  Gundam AGE is that show that most started hating even before it aired for weird reasons.
  On my hand , I pretty darn enjoy it. Yes, It’s gundam toned down a bit, but not that much when you think about it. I think it has a lot of potential, and I can’t wait to see where it goes.
  Also I love the score.
  Opening song that grows on you, and pretty catching ending song. Lovely score.
  Overall 3/5
  
  
• UN-GO
  Completed 11/11
  The sorta “noir” show I watched this year. Un-go did a pretty good job at keeping me entertained. Definitly a good show that not enough people watched. Shame. Ain’t much else to say.
  Here’s to hoping for a second season.
  Catchy opening and ending songs, decent score.
  Overall 4/5
  
  
• Guilty Crown

Welp, it’s that time of the year once again.

Remember how last year I was supposed to put pictures and that never happened ? Yeah this year, enjoy the pictures and no text.

Let’s get started

( PS : once again, few seconds away from the new year)

Music/Sounds :

• Best Anime Opening :

The Tatami Galaxy’s opening

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• Best Anime Ending :

K-ON!!’s ending

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• Best Original Soundtrack :

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Original Soundtrack

• Best Track :

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn’s “Mobile Suit”

composed by Sawano Hiroyuki

• Best Insert Song :

Angel Beats’s Ichiban no Takaramono (Yui final ver.)

GENERAL :

• Best Anime Movie :

• Best OVA :

• Best Anime Series :

Tatami galaxy

• Best Seiyuu :

Omigawa Chiaki

• Best Drama Series :

• Best Comedy Series :

• Best Manga :

PARTICULAR :

• Best Anime Character :

• Best Anime Sequel :

(I troll you)

• Best  Fight :

Shiro vs Archer

• Best Anime Cliffhanger :

• Best Show ending/conclusion :

Katanagatari

• Best Game :

Another Century Ace : R

• Best Figure :

Alpha X Omega’s Neliel Tu Oderschvank 1/8

August is over , it went by so far, I barely remember it started.

I started collecting figmas in august and I received plenty .

I took most out of their box for quick look, and put them right back. I’m not to sure what I’m waiting for to release them out their prisons.

Probably to have a new desk space , or more place , since i am starting to run out of that.

And by starting to run out , i mean I don’t have more place in my room anymore to put all those things.

As a result my figmas and unopened figures now will stay on the floor blocking access to my drawer >_>.

good thing I don’t use the 3 bottom rows.

Anyway, here’s the complete list of what I received :

- RG RX-78-2 Gundam

- HG 00 QAN[T] 1/144

- Revoltech Sengoku Basara Series No.094 Tokugawa Ieyasu

- figma Emiya Shiro : Casual ver.

- Figma.BP Lelouch Lamperouge

- figma Saber Armor Ver.

- figma Tosaka Rin Plain Clothes Ver.

- figma Rider

- figma Tainaka Ritsu School Uniform Ver.

- figma Kotobuki Tsumugi School Uniform Ver.

- figma Akiyama Mio School Uniform Ver.

- figma Saber Alter

And finally

A.C.E.: Another Century’s Episode R

Boa Hancock

I am totally in love with this figure, as you can see, she comes with two facial expressions, and two right hand gestures.

The cape is removable and all, but she’s so much cooler with it. I decided to keep her with the pose on the last pic for now, because well, she looks awesome like that.

Now all I miss  is a luffy to have her be all flustered about.

She’s really the second greatest addition to my collection since Nell.

I’ve always been worried people would screw up Shounen Jump character’s figures, but I’m glad to see I worried for nothing.

And now some,

Tear Grants

Very lovely Tear figures. I’m glad I finally get to have one, I missed on out on the first figures they made of her because I had no clue who she was back then. shame.

She comes with a little dagger that is to be placed in her left hand, however seeing how small it is, and how I don’t have a proper emplacement for her yet, I am pretty sure i would end up loosing it, so I leave it in her box for now, until i get to move into a new apartment somewhere around summer 2011.

and finally some

Senjougahara

~

Finally get to take her out of her box, woot.

Another beautiful figure from Kotobukiya.

Like the Tear’s figure, she comes with a small accessory I fear to lose before I move out, so it shall stay in the box for now.

Satisfaction level : OVER9000 !!!!!

Here’s Grendizer :

Screw Crusher Punch !!!!

Double Harken !!!

Suddenly….

A challenger appears !

Who… Who are you ?

Friend or foe ?

I challenge you … !

What ?

You’re on !

To be continued… ?

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And now, Wingman.

And that’s it for today.

Yukimura and Masamune soon ~

Well I recently got a job, and I now work full time, so I get even less time to do stuff and be lazy and not post.

That being said, now with a regular income, I started spending more ( At least I think it’s more) on Random goodies.

This is what a Bought from June to July.

As you can see, Some of them are already taken out of their boxes, the others not yet.

Expect pictures to be taken soon. I’m testing out this new camera so yeah.

Here’s a list of what’s in the shot :

-  Sarugaki Hiyori 1/8 PVC by Alpha Omega

- Neriel 1/8 PVC by Alpha Omega

- Composite Ver.Ka Lancelot Albion by Bandai

- Hirasawa Yui 1/8 PVC by Alter

- RAH DX Selena 1/8 by Megahouse

- Manga Realization Wing Man

- Uesugi Kenshin 1/8 PVC by Kotobukiya

- Robot Damashii Knight Mare Frame Zangetsu

- Revoltech Sengoku Basara Series No.079 Date Masamune

- Revoltech Sengoku Basara Series No.080 Sanada Yukimura

- Revoltech Series No.085 Grendizer

- Toward the Terra Soldier Blue & Jomy Marcus Shin

- CB-0000G/C Reborns Gundam 1/144

- GN-000 0 Gundam (Type A.C.D.) 1/144

oh and

- Gundam Principality of Zeon Mark Pattern Mug Cup

How much it all cost ? no idea, I don’t count anymore =/

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Here, now have a few shots of Soldier Blue, Jomy, Nell and Hiyori.

My Lovely Ghost KANA is a short manga ( 3 volumes) about a guy named Amano Daikichi who after losing his home and job stumbles upon an abandoned apartment building where resides the ghost of a girl (Kana) who can’t remember her past. And so it’s the story of their daily life ( despite the fact that she’s a ghost) . Also they hop on like rabbits.

My Lovely Ghost KANA didn’t get much the exposure it could have gotten however. At first people jumped on it because it was written by Tanaka Yukata, yknow , the same bloke who gave us Ai-Ren ( which, I still haven’t read past chapter 2 ) , but then they quickly lost interest because it apparently didn’t have the level of life drama they wanted it to have. meh. My Lovely Ghost KANA was very Slice-of-life, nothing more, nothing less. If slice-of-life isn’t your cup of tea, you should pass, but if like Slice-of-life, then it’s definitely worth your read.

oh, also, it’s mildly heart-warming/touching and might give you a fuzzy feeling or something. there’s some daww as Kana is adorable. This definitely could / should get a one episode OVA . I’d dig Hanazawa as Kana ( See what I did thar ?!).

So yeah, give it a try if you don’t mind slice-of-life, and the hopping like rabbit part.

Woo, once again I’m late to the party. I finally started reading Yankee-Kun to Megane-Chan. It’s probably a good thing that I was late because the first chapters are so-so.

Here’s the description if knew of this manga :

“The story starts with a seemingly unassuming class rep Adachi Hana who has taken an interest in the school’s known delinquent, Shinagawa Daichi. Just what is her reason for following Daichi and wanting him to go on the class field trip?”

I somehow concluded that this manga was about some diligent Class-rep-like girl who decided to reform the class delinquent to be a fitting member of society.

BOY was I wrong !

Turns out Megane-chan is a former delinquent and a quite strong and feared one at that. And that is why she felt a connection with Yankee-Kun. Also turns out that Megane- chan, against all stereotypes…is pretty retarded. And by retarded I mean…stupid…extremely stupid.

She sucks in class ( so much that she repeated once already ) , fails to present any kind of logic, is crude, selfish, thinks with her stomach and seems to have no redeeming quality.

Well no ok, to be fair, she does have a big heart and really want to help people out.

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The story in the first 3 volumes thus follow the adventures of Yankee-Kun (Shinagawa Daichi) and Megane-Chan (Adachi Hana) trough their freshman years, and I suppose their getting accustomed to each other. Sadly, the first 2 vol are actually not that interesting.

   Things eventually get better when the 3rd gang member joins in, Chiba Seiya , the sweet , tall and shy classmate with the glare of death.

Chiba is the somewhat comic relief of the manga. He gets his own 2 chapter mini-arc in chapter 3 and 4, too suddenly be forgotten until chapter 19. Chiba suffers from frequent bullying due to his involuntary glare of death that makes him look like he picks up fight with anyone when in reality he’s pretty chicken.

Not long after that the 3 friends pass on the 2nd year and are joined by Himeji Rinka , Hana’s underclassman from her previous school who had a pretty strong entrance, and  while not as stupid as Hana, is almost as particular.

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But the real deal begins when Hana decides to be candidate for student council… yeah… a bunch of delinquent in the student council. Crazy idea right ? …Until they actually get elected. 

  They are joined by their final (gang?) member : Izumi Gaku . The second best student after Chiba…who happens to also be a former Yankee.

Interestingly enough, He and Daichi become BEST buds from the get-go.

While the formula didn’t change much and it pretty much stayed the same manga with more characters, the fact that delinquents became Student council makes the manga 10 times better simply for the Irony.

It gets better, while on a “student council retreat” during the summer, they meet the former student council.

The former president is actually a pretty cool and laid back guy……until someone calls him the forbidden word “ Girl” and he instantly turns into a blood thirsty , hungry for battle , super vicious delinquent.

It is then explained that it’s almost a tradition in the school to have a student council composed of erm “strong” elements, for the school attracts “particular” students.

But while composed of delinquents, they are actually good people with big hearts, even if they can get pretty sidetracked at times…

Helping bullied students here and there, making geeks look more confident, etc.

From to

There appears to be some sort of subplot with Hana, not being a simple girl ( or rather former delinquent), but the manga doesn’t dwelve too much into that so far. or rather , at least not what I read so far.

If you don’t read this manga yet and have some spare time, I highly recommend you start reading it.

here’s to hoping it gets an anime soon.

Music :

• Best Anime Opening

Sword of Uruk op

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Runner up : Maria+holic, Juuden, Tears to Tiara , Needless

While not having made my top 10 opening , Question? was what I believe to have been the most entertaining anime opening of 2009.

• Best Anime Ending

Sora no oto ed 2

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not comment needed.

• Best Soundtrack

Xam’d Original Soundtrack

• Best Original Score

Shin Mazinger
Runner up :  Sengoku Basara , Chrome Shelled Regios and Asura Cryin’

• Best Original Track

「聖者誕生」(Shouja Tanjou)
from the Eureka 7 movie

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• Best Original insert song

翼をください Eva 2.0

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General :

• Best Animation Movie

evangelion 2.0
runner up : Eureka 7, Gurren Lagann 2 , Summer wars

• Best OVA

Denpa teki kanojo

• Best Anime Series

Shin Mazinger

• Best Animation

Kimi no Todoke
Runner up : Higashi no Eden, Bakemonogatari, Sengoku Basara, RideBack

• Best Animation Studio

production I.G

• Best Director

shinbo

• Best Seiyuu

Marina Inoue

Particular :

• Best Drama

White album

• Best comedy

Sunred 2
Runner up : Akikkan , Maria+holic

• Best romance

kimi ni todoke
Runner up : Toradora

• Best mecha

Shin Mazinger

• Best Character

Arawn

• Best sequel

Asura Cryin’2

• Best fight(s)

Sengoku Basara

• Best Final Battle

Regios

• Best cliff hanger(s)

Shin Mazinger

• Best show ending/ conclusion

Asura Cryin’2 & Tears to tiara

runner up : Toradora

Lol posting 30 min before 2010, pics later and stuff

• Opening :

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• Ending :

I cheated a bit for this one, but for good reasons. Somehow….

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And that’s it for my top 10 opening and ending. Check back soon for more on 2009 ~