Anime Anthology

Spring 2013 Anime Round-Up

Naniwa-zu ni
Sakuya kono hana
Fuyu-gomori
Ima wo haru-be to
Sakuya kono hana

The coming of Spring will always remind me of Chihayafuru. What titles have bloomed and worthy of picking up this season? Read on to find out. Read More >>

Joshua’s First Look at this Spring 2013′s Anime

Due to my obsession with judging things in terms of watermelons, I will be judging my first look at this season’s anime using three categories:
1. Juicy Watermelon: For animes that I feel are worth watching
2. Split Watermelon: For animes that I am undecided upon
3. No Watermelon: For animes that I don’t enjoy

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First Look: Spring 2013

There have there been a lot of changes recently in my life that I feel I don’t have time to watch anime… Oh who am I kidding? There is always time to watch anime. Sleep is overrated anyway right? I’ve managed to find some time to catch up on a lot of the anime coming out this season and as usually I have opinions on them. If I didn’t I’d be worried that this website was made in vain. I’ll admit that I was a bit more selective in my process this time around so you may notice a lot less drops this time around. However, that doesn’t mean I’m actually enjoying everything I’m watching. As usually I’ll be using the format of worth picking up, on watch, and dropped.

Aku no Hana • Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge • Date A Live • Devil Survivor 2 The Animation • Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W • Hataraku Maou-sama! • Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Bride • RDG Red Data Girl • Shingeki no Kyojin • Suisei no Gargantia • Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S

Spring 2013 Quick First Impressions (Part 1)

Sorry this is quite late since I’m quite busy with reviewing for the PT Licensure exam like I said on my Spring preview. Anyhow, these are my impressions on some of the series I manage to watch on my free time and as you can see from the title there will be a Part 2 so watch out for it. Btw, those impressions below are solely based on the first episode of the series I’ve watched. Now on to the first impressions after the jump.

Sakamichi no Apollon

Title: Sakamichi no Apollon
Genre: Slice of Life
Rating: 8.5/10

Summary: The coming-of-age story of “love, friendship, and music” follows a naive boy and a scruffy boy in a provincial town in Nagasaki Prefecture in the late 1960s. In the early summer of 1966, Kaoru transfers to the local high school from Yokosuka. Thanks to his family’s nearly constant cycle of moving from town to town, Kaoru has only known school as a difficult place for readjusting every time. However, on his first day at this new school, he meets a boy and begins a new direction in life.