Review for the final 2 episodes of the cat loving series !
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Image is courtesy of MiyuriInternational Saimoe League Nominations results were announced about a week ago, but the statistics were revealed only some two days ago. 86 characters, plus the automatic entries based on previous results, advance to the next phase, the preliminary period.Nomination Results: (The number is total number of received votes)1 Akiyama Mio K-ON! 4172 Senjōgahara Hitagi Bakemonogatari 3283 Shiina Mafuyu Seitokai no Ichizon 3014 Sakurano Kurimu Seitokai no Ichizon 2235 Sengoku Nadeko Bakemonogatari 1986 Kuronuma Sawako Kimi ni Todoke 1727 Shiina Minatsu Seitokai no Ichizon 1628 Akaba Chizuru Seitokai no Ichizon 1619 Saten Ruiko To Aru Kagaku no Railgun 16010 Shirai Kuroko To Aru Majutsu no Index 15611 Hanato Kobato Kobato. 14812 Beatrice Umineko no Naku Koro ni 14813 Ikaros Sora no Otoshimono 13814 Alice Pandora Hearts 12015 Kotobuki Tsumugi K-ON! 11316 Uiharu Kazari To Aru Kagaku no Railgun 11117 Sangō Shizuku Kämpfer 10818 Tainaka Ritsu K-ON! 10819 Nymph Sora no Otoshimono 10420 Hoshina Utau Shugo Chara! 10321 Ushiromiya Ange Umineko no Naku Koro ni 10122 Miyanaga Saki Saki 10023 Nogizaka Haruka Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu 9824 Ushiromiya Maria Umineko no Naku Koro ni 9825 Suō Pavlichenko Darker than Black 9426 Yin Darker than Black 9227 Takei Hisa Saki 9028 Ryōgi Shiki Kara no Kyōkai 8529 Kamio Misuzu AIR 7830 Bernkastel Umineko no Naku Koro ni 7831 Yagami Hayate Mahō Shōjo Lyrical Nanoha 7732 Mizuno Kaede Nyan Koi! 7633 Index Librorum Prohibitorum To Aru Majutsu no Index 7334 Amamiya Yūko ef - a tale of memories 7235 Minami Kana Minami-ke 7136 Mizunashi Akari ARIA 7037 Hachikuji Mayoi Bakemonogatari 7038 Isayama Yomi Ga-rei Zero 6739 Kirishima Kotone Nyan Koi! 6440 Ranka Lee Macross Frontier 6341 Kirishima Akari Nyan Koi! 5742 Kusakabe Misuzu 11eyes 5643 Winry Rockbell Fullmetal Alchemist 5344 Felli Loss Chrome Shelled Regios 5245 Senō Natsuru Kämpfer 5246 Sōryū Asuka Langley Neon Genesis Evangelion 5247 Shindō Chihiro ef - a tale of memories 5148 Sonozaki Shion Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 5149 Nagi Kannagi 5150 Tsuruya Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu 5151 Enma Ai Jigoku Shōjo 5052 Nishizawa Ayumu Hayate no Gotoku! 4953 Shihō Matsuri sola 4954 Oshino Shinobu Bakemonogatari 4755 Aizawa Sakuya Hayate no Gotoku! 4656 Segawa Izumi Hayate no Gotoku! 4657 Minase Nayuki Kanon 4658 Ayanami Rei Neon Genesis Evangelion 4659 Isurugi Noe true tears 4660 Sheryl Nome Macross Frontier 4561 Alice Caroll ARIA 4462 Evangeline A.K. McDowell Mahō Sensei Negima! 4463 Hanekawa Tsubasa Bakemonogatari 4364 Sakurazaki Setsuna Mahō Sensei Negima! 4265 Shirayuki Mizore Rosario + Vampire 4166 Mishima Akane Kämpfer 3967 Yoko Littner Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 3968 Chii Chobits 3869 Lisa Seiken no Blacksmith 3870 Lambdadelta Umineko no Naku Koro ni 3871 Fujibayashi Ryō CLANNAD 3572 Yuno Hidamari Sketch 3573 Teletha Testarossa Full Metal Panic! 3474 Misaka Shiori Kanon 3475 Sawatari Makoto Kanon 3476 Akashiya Moka Rosario + Vampire 3477 Tsukamoto Yakumo School Rumble 3478 Yūki Mikan To Love-Ru 3479 Chiba Kirino BAMBOO BLADE 3280 Miyamura Miyako ef - a tale of memories 3281 Daidōji Tomoyo Cardcaptor Sakura 3282 Katagiri Yūhi Akane-iro ni Somaru no Saka 3183 Niche Letter Bee 3184 Hinaichigo Rozen Maiden 3185 Sawachika Eri School Rumble 3186 Kotegawa Yui To Love-Ru 3116 characters are already eligible contestants for the regular season period. 34 characters from the preliminaries will join them.16 contestants:Aisaka Taiga(Toradora!) Asahina Mikuru(Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) Fate Testarossa(Mahō Shōjo Lyrical Nanoha) Fujibayashi Kyō(CLANNAD) Fukuji Mihoko(Saki) Haramura Nodoka(Saki)Hiiragi Kagami(Lucky ☆ Star) Hirasawa Yui(K-ON!) Katsura Hinagiku(Hayate no Gotoku!) Nagato Yuki(Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) Nakano Azusa(K-ON!) Okazaki Ushio(CLANNAD)Sakagami Tomoyo(CLANNAD) Shana (Shakugan no Shana) Suzumiya Haruhi(Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) Tōsaka Rin(Fate/stay night)
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Original image hereThe Fall anime season is over so it's time for Dengeki's regular top 10 anime of the season. The rankings significantly differ from the expectations people had before the season started.Top 10 Fall Anime Ranking:1. To Aru Kagaku no Railgun2. Nyankoi!3. Darker Than Black II4. Sora no Otoshimono5. Full Metal Alchemist6. Kimi ni Todoke7. Dragonball KAI8. Seitokai no Ichizon9. Umineko no Naku Koro ni10. Tentai Senshi Sun RedTop 10 Fall Anime Before-season Expectations1. To Aru Kagaku no Railgun2. Darker Than Black II3. Inuyasha Finale4. Fairytale5. Seitokai no Ichizon6. Tegamibachi7. 11eyes8. Nyankoi!9. Seiken no Blacksmith10. KobatoI will comment just on the series I watched from the top 10 list. First, To Aru Kagaku no Railgun. I definitely enjoy watching this series. The first arc, first 12 episodes, was interesting and provided a well made story with action and humor. Unfortunately, I hoped for a more thrilling ending. The way they brought it to end in episode 12 seemed pretty mediocre to me. Nevertheless, the combination of action, humor and emotions managed to make quite a good impression. Last but not least, the characters are great and each of them is unique in a way. They make some three fourths of the awesomeness of this series.Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood has been keeping me entertained since last year's spring. The story is great and there are no fillers unlike in other shounen anime that are full of long strings of fillers episodes. Story wise, FMA:B is definitely one of the best anime I've watched, but I shouldn't make any firm statement before it ends.Anime I enjoyed the most from my watch list was Seitokai no Ichizon. I found its humor hilarious and I just couldn't stop laughing, so I laughed pretty much the whole time through. Of course, it was not only the humor I liked about it. Again, like in Railgun, if it weren't for the amazing characters, this show wouldn't be that good. They were the keystone for the construction of humor in this anime. Each character was undeniably really, really unique. There was the harem master, the BL obsessed game addict, the illegally trafficking sadist in sheep costume, the intrepid and invincible fighter, and the world-ruling kindergartener. Truly a formidable line-up. For me, Seitokai was the best anime of Fall.Umineko no Naku Koro ni is hard for me to comment. Apart from the voices, I didn't enjoy it, because I'd read the visual novel which was thousand times better. If I hadn't read the visual novel, I wouldn't have known what was going on probably, because many important things were omitted and other were rushed. The pace was too fast which resulted in the worst thing about the anime adaptation, which was that it lacked any emotions, which were present in the visual novel in spite of the fact that the visual novel was voiceless. Umineko no Naku Koro ni would need at least 40 episodes in order to include all the necessary facts and heart-shattering emotions. Then, this anime could be epic, just like the visual novel is.
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Not that I cared much to begin with, but just for the record, as seen at Tenka Hametsu: And you know what’s the problem with this show? Every “help-a-cat” episode is the very definition of filler in any show. “Monster-of-the-week” syndrome. And the other half of the show is bland, uninteresting romance comedy. The whole [...]
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「猫と少女とアレルギー」 (Neko to Shoujo to Arerugii) "Cats, Girls, and Allergies" What do you get when you put Holo from Spice and Wolf, Makoto from School Days, and Junpei’s cat allergies from Nyan Koi, all in a mystic setting? Omamori Himari… apparently!
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Comedies within anime aren't normally part of my everyday fix, but Nyan Koi is.
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See my first Midpoint Review of Nyan Koi! here. It’s taken 13 episodes for Sawako to realize that what she’s feeling is love. Why so long? Shoujo romances are known for being drawn out, of course, and since Kimi ni Todoke is merely at the halfway point, the usual expectation is that Sawako and Kazehaya are not [...]
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When last season started, I quickly came to the conclusion that there would be a couple good shows, and a bunch of crap. However, I was pleasantly surprised to see a few surprisingly good shows (Kampfer), a few surprisingly bad ones (Nogizaka Haruka 2), and a lot of mediocrity (Nyan Koi). I am tempted to [...]
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The first of two midpoint reviews. The second will be about Kimi ni Todoke. Nyan Koi was one of the low-key surprises of the past season. Credits aside, it wasn’t about cat girls, and it turned out to be fairly mild on the fanservice. Instead, it specialized in the kind of “misunderstanding pile up” style comedy [...]
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Plot Junpei Kōsaka is a second-year high school student who despises cats and has an allergy to them. It just so happens that his high school crush is Kaede Mizuno, a girl who adores cats. One day, while walking home from school, Junpei kicks an empty can and unfortunately breaks the local neko-jizō-sama (guardian deity of [...]
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