My girlfriend and I recently finished watching Bakemonogatari, albeit skipping a few episodes and including Nekomonogatari (it's sometimes categorized into Nisemonogatari, but I find that it's best watched after Bake 11.) For her, this would be the frst time she's watched it, but for me, it'd be at least the third.While it generally reviews well, and it sold like hotcakes, it's a problematic...
For 12 episode series, we're half way through the run. That calls for the mid-season review of where things have gone, the movers and shakers of the season if you must. 3 series have been cut, while two new ones join the ranks, bringing the new total series to 8. Dropped series are crossed out, while new additions are in bolded italics.Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's...
Welcome to Salty Hunting 4 Ultimate, henceforth referred to as SH4U. It's a rant corner about Monster Hunter 4U, which has eaten up about 400 hours of my life. Each post covers a different monster or topic that bugs me enough to warrant a longish rant.I love this game, but as I've pointed out before, there's a lot of dumb shit that can...
I initially had a poor outlook of this season. I ran down the list, and was only interested in one or two things. Turns out that the season has brought more of a bounty than I expected, and I'm here to share what I've found.In this post I cover. Bolded titles are what I'd consider the more universally anticipated series.Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's InvestigationsChivalry...
Title: Persona Q: Shadow of the LabyrinthDeveloper: ATLUSSystem: 3DSRelease Date (US/NA): 25/11/14Yet another game in the Etrian Odyssey series, though this time, things get shaken up a whole lot.Persona Q is a cross over between two of ATLUS titles: the memorable casts and core of Persona 3 and 4, with the frame and structuring of Etrian Odyssey. On previous installments of Backlog Gaming...
It's 2015. The song came out last year. Avex's latest idol group, unfortunately named, I kid you not, lol. The group's name is lol. WHY. WHY MUST YOU NAME GROUPS SUCH AWFUL NAMES. You really stunt their overseas growth. Japan really is a walled garden - idol groups can flourish within those walls, but are like bonsai - miniature to what they could...
Image from Etrian Odyssey WikiaTitle: Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium GirlPublisher (NA): ATLUSDate (NA): 01/10/13 (ddmmyy) Genre: JRPGEtrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl is the first game in the 'Untold' skew of EO games. Technically, it is a remake of EO1, with a newly added 'Story Mode', and graphics using the new EO4 engine. For the purposes of this piece, I've played through the new Story Mode, as...
For those of you who haven't read it yet, here's the preview I wrote for this one.For those of you who have read it, I am a freaking genius. The episode went pretty much as I described it would in the preview. After that first episode, I've got high hopes for this one. Spoilers abound, so if you haven't watched it yet, I...
From this forum postI don't know a heck of a lot about this series, but from what I do know, it doesn't seem like this one is going to go well.Title: Chaos Dragon - Sekiryu Seneki, Chaos Dragon: Red Dragon CampaignProduction: Connect / Silver LinkGenre: Fantasy, ActionAirs: July 2nd (today), 2015Chaos Dragon is unique in it's original form. The story itself is rather...
Image from hereJust like I did with Gakkou Gurashi, here's a break down of a series, and what could make or break it. Spoilers ahead, so read at your own caution.Title: GATE(ゲート) 自衛隊 彼の地にて、斯く戦えり (Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri), Thus the JSDF fought there.Production: A-1 PicturesGenre: Fantasy, ActionAirs: July 3rd (03/07/15)A fantasy-action series, with a generous helping of political bickering, GATE might be this...
The Summer Season is upon us! Kicking off a long a storied tradition here on the blog is Gakkou Gurashi!Title: がっこうぐらし！(Gakkou Gurashi!), Living at School!Production: Lerche (script by Nitroplus)Airs: 09/07/15 (July 9th)Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, HorrorSpoilers ahead in my discussion of the series. I know a bit about it, and I really think it can be a really good series, so long as there's a...
