Tonight, I was inspired to create a list of all the anime and manga that I wanted to review. So that's what I did... and wow; so far, there are 33 tentative (and published) reviews on it o_o Some of them I'm not going to complete for quite some time, but hopefully, I'll get around to it eventually. This is a hobby, after all... just like crocheting...
Anyways, some of the items are naturally going to take a while. Like One Piece. But not just because it's a long, as of yet unfinished series. It's mostly because there's not only so much of it out there, but also because there's so much that hasn't been brought to America yet. I'd like to just stick with what's been made commercially available here (even if it's out of print). Anyways, when FUNimation releases more of the anime, I'll be able to review it. Right now, the most I could do is the manga, up to volume 56. And there's no way I'm going to cram everything into one review. That's why for the manga, I'm splitting the reviews up by story arc/saga. As for the anime, I'll be going by the number of episodes in the big box sets (the first one, with episodes 1-26, is set to come out in late July).
Thankfully, the end of the quarter is around the corner. All I have to do is just motivate myself to write a long paper, and the rest of the work shouldn't be too bad.
Well, with that said, have a good weekend, and as always,
Minna-san, sayounara!
2011/05/20
2011/05/09
*Distant Rumbling*
Hey.
As for right now, things have been kind of quiet on the review front. I'm currently waiting on the last three volumes of Oishinbo, so there'll be something to read once my school schedule dies down a bit.
Frankly, though, I'd like to take this opportunity to gripe about something, if I may. I'm not completely sure who those well-meaning people were, but if they said School Rumble was "surprisingly clean," well, heh heh, CLEAN IT AIN'T.
And I had been wondering why the first part of the series was rated TV-PG while there was some dispute between the ratings for the second season (one part of season 2 said TV-MA while the complete season 2 set said TV-PG)... anyways, it's not that it's explicit or anything... it's just that the dialogue's getting too risqué. Baka* Imadori and all his like-minded pals... I had thought the love triangle with Harima, Tenma, and Karasuma was funny and cute, but it's marred by their pervy classmates... and other off-color comments from various people.
So until further notice, I'm not watching the rest of the episodes in that series. Not that I was planning on reviewing it, but let's face it: while it's not the worst sexual offender of anime, it certainly isn't an innocent, sparkly-eyed schoolgirl of an anime either. And I really liked the unpredictable nature of some of the jokes early on (like the message-shot-by-bow incident of episode 3, for those of you who know what I'm talking about). I may go back and watch the earlier, cleaner episodes though, for old time's sake (or language studies, whatever).
I can't get past episode 2 of Full Metal Panic?! Fumoffu either. The first two were really good, but I'm worried about what could come afterwards.
Anyways, for now,
Sayounara, minna-san.
(BTW, the asterisk in the post above? Yeah, that word appears in the glossary, just in case.)
As for right now, things have been kind of quiet on the review front. I'm currently waiting on the last three volumes of Oishinbo, so there'll be something to read once my school schedule dies down a bit.
Frankly, though, I'd like to take this opportunity to gripe about something, if I may. I'm not completely sure who those well-meaning people were, but if they said School Rumble was "surprisingly clean," well, heh heh, CLEAN IT AIN'T.
And I had been wondering why the first part of the series was rated TV-PG while there was some dispute between the ratings for the second season (one part of season 2 said TV-MA while the complete season 2 set said TV-PG)... anyways, it's not that it's explicit or anything... it's just that the dialogue's getting too risqué. Baka* Imadori and all his like-minded pals... I had thought the love triangle with Harima, Tenma, and Karasuma was funny and cute, but it's marred by their pervy classmates... and other off-color comments from various people.
So until further notice, I'm not watching the rest of the episodes in that series. Not that I was planning on reviewing it, but let's face it: while it's not the worst sexual offender of anime, it certainly isn't an innocent, sparkly-eyed schoolgirl of an anime either. And I really liked the unpredictable nature of some of the jokes early on (like the message-shot-by-bow incident of episode 3, for those of you who know what I'm talking about). I may go back and watch the earlier, cleaner episodes though, for old time's sake (or language studies, whatever).
I can't get past episode 2 of Full Metal Panic?! Fumoffu either. The first two were really good, but I'm worried about what could come afterwards.
Anyways, for now,
Sayounara, minna-san.
(BTW, the asterisk in the post above? Yeah, that word appears in the glossary, just in case.)
2011/05/02
Randomness
Well, I hope you've all had a good weekend, and hopefully liked (or at least were mildly interested in) the first review. It's kind of weird, but I actually feel kind of inspired to finish the collection (well, the American one, anyways, as the Japanese collection is much larger, as far as I know), so you'll likely be seeing more Oishinbo reviews in the future.
Also, HTML was being a pain in the butt when I tried to post the review. Note to self: drag-and-drop reviews out of Word directly into the HTML window to avoid formatting issues. I should also probably learn more about HTML when I get the chance.
Also, I played and finished Portal 2 over the weekend. Honestly, it was really interesting. Frustrated the heck out of me a couple of times (didn't know what to do for a few of those puzzles at first), but it felt so good once I actually found a solution to those puzzles ^_^ I haven't played the first game, since I watched my brother when he played through it (he bought both games at the same time; we were only somewhat familiar with the series beforehand... you know, "the cake is a lie" and all that), but that's all right.
And I can't help but repeat myself (only insofar as I've said this in the real world): I can feel that things are changing. There's no doubt about it. We need to be praying because things are getting really serious, and life as we know it is about to change. Don't know when. Just know. And the same goes for a lot of people; I'm sure many of them can sense it as well. It's actually a kind of unsettling feeling, really. I know I'm feeling it now. But all I can do is just live out my everyday life, doing the best I can.
Anyways, on to the topic of other reviews: I've mentioned Summer Wars, so I'll need to watch it through subtitled and once more in English and then hopefully I'll get a review up for that (my homework schedule went through a slight lull but is about to pick up a bit again, so we'll see what happens). As noted before, keep an eye out for more Oishinbo in the future, and I'll be working on reviews for Mixed Vegetables and the Bakuman volumes as well. I can't explain it, but the majority of my manga collection is from Viz... and this doesn't even include One Piece (which my brother buys... but I'll probably have to buy it once I move out), one of my favorites. Oh well.
With that, I hope to be working on more reviews soon when homework gets a little quieter. For now,
Sayounara! ^_^
Also, HTML was being a pain in the butt when I tried to post the review. Note to self: drag-and-drop reviews out of Word directly into the HTML window to avoid formatting issues. I should also probably learn more about HTML when I get the chance.
Also, I played and finished Portal 2 over the weekend. Honestly, it was really interesting. Frustrated the heck out of me a couple of times (didn't know what to do for a few of those puzzles at first), but it felt so good once I actually found a solution to those puzzles ^_^ I haven't played the first game, since I watched my brother when he played through it (he bought both games at the same time; we were only somewhat familiar with the series beforehand... you know, "the cake is a lie" and all that), but that's all right.
And I can't help but repeat myself (only insofar as I've said this in the real world): I can feel that things are changing. There's no doubt about it. We need to be praying because things are getting really serious, and life as we know it is about to change. Don't know when. Just know. And the same goes for a lot of people; I'm sure many of them can sense it as well. It's actually a kind of unsettling feeling, really. I know I'm feeling it now. But all I can do is just live out my everyday life, doing the best I can.
Anyways, on to the topic of other reviews: I've mentioned Summer Wars, so I'll need to watch it through subtitled and once more in English and then hopefully I'll get a review up for that (my homework schedule went through a slight lull but is about to pick up a bit again, so we'll see what happens). As noted before, keep an eye out for more Oishinbo in the future, and I'll be working on reviews for Mixed Vegetables and the Bakuman volumes as well. I can't explain it, but the majority of my manga collection is from Viz... and this doesn't even include One Piece (which my brother buys... but I'll probably have to buy it once I move out), one of my favorites. Oh well.
With that, I hope to be working on more reviews soon when homework gets a little quieter. For now,
Sayounara! ^_^
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