Reikichi's Anime Awards 2016

If you are familiar with Crunchyroll's anime award, you know what happened to the list. 6 out of 13 categories are robbed by Yuri on Ice! Well I've posted the review in my blog, last week to be precise (which you can check here if you are interested in my thoughts to that series). But I kinda see it coming why Yuri on Ice won a lot in this award since this is a popularity contest and this anime is really popular. And fyi, the fandom are a little bit too extra, How extra you may ask? They edited Yuruzu Hanyu (a REAL Japanese figure skating btw) into Yuri Katsuki (source). Yeah, it's that extra guys. I found it quite disgusting, frankly speaking. I must say that I enjoyed Yuri on Ice a lot, but the thing is, that show won a lot of category that they don't really deserved it. *cough* Best Animation category *cough* Most Heartwarming scene *cough*

But I'm not blaming the fandom for that awards. And they haven't announced the "Anime of the year" yet by the time this post is posted, but I'm calling it from now, it's going to be Yuri on Ice! Anyway, the nomination list that was provided by Crunchyroll themselves are a little bit weird.(if you are curious about the list, you can check it here) Most of them are popular shows. And please keep this in mind first, popular does not always equal good. For example, like why the hell Biba from Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress got nominated as the Best Villain while the show itself is a total trainwreck show after Biba showed up? I mean there are better villain that could be in the list. Although I know for sure that Kira Yoshikage should won this easily since he is the best villain, not only among the list, but literally the best villain ever! And why do they keep put Kabaneri in almost every list? It's reasonable for the best animation or the best fight scene since both of those category are Kabaneri's only quality in the show. It feels like CR didn't watch all of the anime in 2016 and only picked the popular ones (which they should have if they want to make an "award"). 

So enough with that CR's rant. I thought to myself, why don't I make my own personal awards list which I think deserves won the CR Anime Awards category list with their reason why. And since CR only stick to anime series, this list would stick to that rule as well. So without further ado, let's jam!

Hero of the Year

Josuke Higashikata - (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure : Part 4 - Diamond is Unbreakable)

Josuke Higashikata is the main character of this Part's JoJo. He's the most relatable JoJo among all JoJo that I've read (currently reading up to Part 7, and Johnny Joestar character is too dickish compared to this JoJo). He's smart, heroic, friendly towards his friends, funny, quirky, sometimes he's sly like a fox (or more like his father, Joseph Joestar), Even Hirohiko Araki himself (the author of JoJo) says that Josuke is his favorite JoJo among all JoJo that he's been created (by the time he's being interviewed, he's still working on Part 7, you can watch it here where he talks about Part 1-6). and here's his quote on that 

Villain of the Year

Kira Yoshikage - (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure : Part 4 - Diamond is Unbreakable)

Kira Yoshikage is the best villain ever created imho. And here's why he's the best. Kira Yoshikage is unorthodox villain. Usually, villain have a grandiose goal i.e rule the world or even destroy it. It's different with Kira Yoshikage. His goal is simple, Kira Yoshikage wants a quiet life. Normally speaking, who doesn't want that kind of life, am I right? But here's the catch, even though he wants a quiet life, he has unhealthy obsession of killing young women and took their hands for......unspeakable R-18 things ^___^;. 

And he sees nothing wrong with that because it's his "hobby". The thought of the serial killer is among all of us is quite frightening to be honest. Kira is just like us, he enjoys quiet life, eating his favorite lunch alone in the park, he loves his warm milk before going to bed, he loves cats and hates dogs #relatable, he loves sleeping for 8 hours straight and woke up like a baby without feeling any stress or any fatigue. And I believe there's people like that in real world, right? This makes his character really interesting as the main villain of a series. Because he feels like an actual person that we could encounter in everyday life. Without that detail of his perspective in life, we will only see him as your weekly stand user that is going to be defeated by Josuke. Indeed, he is a serial killer, but he's also a normal person who enjoys living his life the way he sees fit without any judgement or disturbance from others.  

He feels so human and relatable yet horrifying at the same time. Because deep down that human side, he is a psychopathic killer. And he walks among all of us, just like people normally do......

Best Boy

Kaizaki Arata (ReLife)

ReLife is one of the best drama anime that came out in 2016. Kaizaki Arata is a 27 year old NEET who is currently looking for a job. He tried and tried and tried but still haven't landed a single job. One day he is being offered by Ryo Yoake for a scientific project called ReLife where he must "relived" himself by attending high school again and interacting with high school students like what normally students do. So his appearance would be like a 17 years old boy, but deep down he is a 27 years old man. This guy is really relatable for adult audiences. And how he views the high school life with his "adult" perspective is really interesting. It's not an "edgy"-like perspective like Hachiman from Oregairu, but it's more a mature perspective. ReLife is a great show which can be enjoyed both by adult and teenager audiences! 

Best Girl

Akari Kawamoto (Sangatsu no Lion)

"WHAAT? REM SHOULD HAVE WON THIS TITLE! WHY DON'T YOU PUT REM IN THIS LIST! SHE DESERVES BETTER!"

okay hear me out first. Rem is a good girl, but she's not the best. And I know who deserves better than Rem. 

Akari Kawamoto is the eldest sister in the Kawamoto family, since their mother and grandmother passed away, she's in charge of the family and took the role of "mother" in the family. She have 2 little sisters, Hinata (in the anime series, she's still in middle school while the manga she's already in high school), and Momo (currently in preschool). Akari helps her grandfather to run his Japanese Confectionery store in the morning, and she works as a hostess in a store that is run by her Aunty at night. She worked hard time by time so her little family can stick together. She took care of Rei (the main character) who was forced to drink alcohol (while he is still a teenager) by his shogi opponent. She's a caring and loving person like a mother would do despite of her young age. She deserves to be happy. But she put others happiness first before hers. She's a selfless character who deserves better. And hopefully she will get what she deserves. So that's why she deserves to be the "best girl" in this list :D

Best Fight Scene

Kageyama Shigeo vs Teruki (Mob Psycho 100)

If you want to watch the fight, watch it here

I personally think that a fight must be meaningful. Why do they fight? What drives them to fight? The motivation that drives them to fight to proof something. And that something is meaningful. In this fight, Shigeo (Mob) has a super psychic power but he tries to conceal his psychic power and want to live a normal life just like normal people do. And he fell in love with a girl and that girl loves muscular man. And that's why he joined body building club. While Teruki is a punk who thinks that he's the strongest of all punks since he has psychic powers. And he abused his power to get to the top for recognition. And then they fight, it's not only psychic battle that happen in this fight. But it's also the clashing of two very different perspectives. And this fight changes the course of the show for the next episodes that come after this.

Best Animation

Hibike Euphonium season 2 (Studio : Kyoto Animation)

Need I say more? The fact that CR lacks of Kyoto Animation anime in their list is just plain weird. (But among the list, Mob Psycho 100 has the best animation though, since they have a lot of sakuga in that series). Kyoto Animation is one of the studio that usually delivers the best, detailed, and amazing looking anime when it comes to series. And Hibike Euphonium season 2 is breathtakingly gorgeous. If you are a fan of classical music anime like Nodame Cantabile for example, I recommend this series to be watched. But be aware there's a hint of Yuri in this. By Yuri, I mean actual Yuri as a genre, Not Yuri on ice! ^_^;

Most Heartwarming Scene

Kayo's first home cooked meal (Erased/Boku dake ga inai machi) 

This my pick in CR anime awards. and Yuri on Ice won this category by "TWO MEN KISSING". I mean wtf dude, THIS IS the most heartwarming scene of 2016. Dear YoI fangirls who voted that kiss, are you even HUMAN? 

*cough* sorry

okay let's be fair here. Erased anime was starting off strong but lame and cheesy in the ending (that is to be expected from A-1 Pictures anime adaptation, please read the manga instead for a better conclusion and more detailed story, but I digress). This scene alone is one of the touching scene of all anime that I've watched this year. And here's why, Kayo is an abused children, her mom hits her a lot, and her mom tries to hide the bruises every weekend because the parental association gets report on her act to her daughter and wants to make sure that there's an improvement of this parent. But apparently not. Kayo never had a proper breakfast, she is usually given a pocket money or a piece of bread or even cup ramen by her abusive mother. And one day she is saved by her friend, Satoru (the main character) so she stays on his house for a day, And Satoru's mom cooked her a meal. And.... you can how she reacts to that in the scene here. *brb I need some tissue*

Best Drama 

Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu (Studio : DEEN)

2016 would be remembered as the year of slice of life and drama anime. There are a lot of great shows with that genre that came out on that year. And this is the best drama that came out this year. It's a show about Rakugo, an art form of Japanese story telling show where there's 1 person who told the story impersonate every character themselves and usually it's a comedy that has a deep moral story. This anime is a historical drama that took place in Shouwa era. And we will see the struggle from zero to hero of rakugo. And the story theme is really mature. I highly recommend this anime,

Best Couple 

No Contest

Well, here's the thing, I don't really like shipping characters (be it homo/hetero) if it's not canon to the original source material. So most of the list that CR provided are non-canonical pairing. Like Satoru and Kayo (Erased). They are not couple! and *SPOILER ALERT* Kayo marries another guy in the end. 

I'd say Koichi Hirose and Yukako Yamagishi (JoJo part 4 : DiU) are qualified to be the best couple. But unfortunately, we don't see much of their relationship in the anime (and even the manga), so I can't say much about them. Probably I'm missing a "canon" couple in the list. So that's why I put "no contest" in this list. Please understand

Best Comedy

Sakamoto Desu Ga? (Studio DEEN)

I know sense of humor is subjective. What I found funny probably won't be funny for you. But I really love absurd comedy like "Sakamoto Desu Ga?". And this is the only one that CR awards that I actually happy and completely agree with. If you love absurd comedy, you'll love this anime as well! 

Best Action

Drifters (Studio : Hoods Drifters Studio)

I personally picked Mob Psycho 100 in the CR, and it won the category. But I haven't watched Drifters when I voted for that category. And that I've watched it, my god this anime DESERVES to be the best action that came out in 2016! It's made by the team who made Hellsing and Hellsing Ultimate. If you are familiar with Hellsing, you know what to expect from Drifters. A gory and awesome action scenes! To put it simply, Drifters is like Mortal Kombat but with historical figure. If you are into action, I highly recommended this anime!

Best Opening

Lay your hands on me 

Performed by : Boom Boom Satellites

Anime : Kiznaiver

The best opening goes to this song, (I can only found the song, not the entire opening sequence) The opening sequence is really trippy but calming at the same time. And we are introduced with the characters in the series. The song and the opening sequence really fit in. And I dedicated this award to the late vocalist/guitarist of Boom Boom Satellites, Michiyuki Kawashima, that passed away on 9 October 2016. May his soul Rest in Peace.

Best Ending

I want you

Performed by : Savage Garden

Anime : JoJo's Bizarre Adventure : Part 4 - Diamond is Unbreakable

The ending song really fits in with this part of JoJo. If you are a JoJo fan, you might be also speculating like crazy what will be the ending song to Part 4 anime? Is it going to be Shine on you Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd? Or is it going to be Killer Queen/Another one bites the dust by Queen? But nope, it wasn't. It's Savage Garden! I personally quite shocked when I know this. But the song really does fit in with Part 4. We are taking to the tour of duwang Morioh city in this ending. And as the episode caught on, we are shown the characters of the anime. So every time the anime introduces a new character, the ending is updated with new characters. So, not skipping the ending feels like a checkpoint or a bookmark "Yeah, I've seen that character". I must say, props to David Production who is really faithful adapting JJBA series until now, I really hope they continue adapting this awesome and bizarre series! XD

Anime of the year 2016

Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu (Studio : DEEN)

This anime totally nailed every aspect of the "best anime" that should have, great animation, great direction, great soundtrack, great drama, great story, and also great characters and also their development! I've already made a review of this anime in this blog. You can check it here if you are interested in my thoughts to the series.

I think CR should add one more category, which is "Best soundtrack" as in the BGM in the anime (since the BGM is quite underappreciated). And yes, I'd totally agree if Yuri on Ice qualified to be in that category and actually won it. But this year we have a lot of good anime soundtracks like for example from Boku no Hero Academia, Rakugo Shinjuu, JoJo, heck, even Kabaneri. 

Okay so those are my personal "anime awards" list that I think should have won the anime awards. You might be saying "There's too much JoJo in this list!" but I think it deserves to win a lot since this is Part 4 that we're talking about, the best part in the entire series. But again, CR anime awards is not a relevant award since it's a popularity vote. I'll wait for Tokyo Anime Awards Festival for the official (and more credible) statement. Last year, Shirobako won the anime of the year (which is I think one of the best anime that came out in this decade). And hopefully TAAF picked Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu as the anime of the year! 

Okay that's it from me guys, those are my personal list. I hope you enjoyed this "rant" of mine about the anime awards. ^__^:

And let me know if I missed some show that you think deserves to be listed on this list on the comments below! 

This is Reikichi, signing out! XD

Best Anime in 2016

Happy new years guys! It's finally that time of the year!.
And it's time to look back at things that happened in 2016, and honestly, mostly sucks...
Tragedy happens, A lot of famous celebrity passed away (David Bowie, George Michael, Prince, Mohammad Ali, Alan Rickman, and recently, Carrie Fisher). May their soul rest in peace. Ars longa vita brevis

Anyway, we're here talking about anime, and here are my personal favorite picks on Anime that released on 2016! But first I must state some ground rules first for this list:

1) I have to watched the anime series until the end and it has to be finished airing before 2016 ends. I really want to include the currently airing, Sangatsu no Lion by studio SHAFT, but it's still airing, so I can't put it here in the list. Let's save it for 2017! haha
2) I want to include movie anime too this year, But keep in mind that not all of them are released in my local theater, so sadly I didn't have the chance to watch them all including Koe no Katachi.
3) Speaking of "didn't have the chance to watch them all", yes, that includes series as well. And I'm quite picky when it comes to anime series lately. I haven't finished watching 91 Days, and I'm planning to watch Drifters since it's made by the same person who made Hellsing.
4) This list is not a ranking, I enjoyed all of them. So you can see this list as the anime that you should probably check it out.

So are we clear on this? Good! I think it's time we blow this thing, Get everybody and the stuff together, Ok! 3, 2, 1! Let's jam!

1) Girls und Panzer Der Film

Girls und Panzer Der Film is a continuation from Girls und Panzer series. You know what to expect from a movie anime like this, just another episode of anime but with movie budget! The animation in this movie is just really awesome and beautiful. The tank fights are much more smoother compared to the series. And they really deliver the intensity of the tank fights even better than the series. If you love GuP, you must watch this movie!

2) Kono Subarashii sekai ni shkufuku wo

I honestly kinda skeptical about any anime based on Light Novel and it's all about "isekai" genre. But this anime caught me surprised (I already reviewed this anime here in this blog). It has a good world building, genuinely funny scenes. If you are a fan of Isekai genre, you should watch this!

3) Love Live Sunshine!!

Love Live Sunshine, is the continuation of Love Live! well kind of, It has different characters from the first Love Live. The story is not about µ’s. This time we're looking at Aquors. They are group of girls who aspired to be Idol group just like µ’s. Animation wise it's much better looking than the first Love Live. And character wise, they are all loveable compared to µ’s. (because µ’s has Nico, who is pretty much obnoxious in my opinion, sorry Nico fans ^_^;). I have a lot of things to say about this anime, but that is another post for another day. But overall, I love Aquors! You Watanabe is best girl! XD

4) Mob Psycho

Mob Psycho 100 is done by studio Bones. This is based on manga by ONE, the one who made One Punch Man. And honestly this anime has great characters in it. And also have some really great and rather unique "Sakuga" animation. I know humor is quite subjective, but the humor in this anime didn't really hit me. *since I prefer absurd humor*, But overall, it's a good show and has some interesting character and story in it.

5) Flying Witch

I'm always a fan of "Iyashikei" (healing) anime just like Non Non Biyori, Azumanga Daioh. And I also enjoyed reading Yotsuba&!(manga). And this year we have Flying Witch that is done by JC Staff. Their animation is really awesome and relaxing to be looked at. If you are looking for something relaxing to be watched after you are done with your activities, I highly recommend this anime for you! XD 

6) Joker Game

Joker Game is a series about Japanese spies back in WW II. This anime is done by Production I.G who was responsible for great titles such as Ghost in the Shell and Psycho Pass (and also absurd comedy like Cromartie High School). If you are looking for an intense and thrilling spy action, go watch this anime! 

7) Boku no Hero Academia (Season 1)

This anime also caught me surprised. Honestly speaking, It's been awhile that I watch a shounen anime. And this anime have interesting fights and setting in it. I've already reviewed this anime in this blog here. If you want to have some good and refreshing shounen anime, this one is worth checking out!

8) Sakamoto desu ga?

I've read the manga long ago before this anime is announced. So I was pretty hyped on this anime! And my god, they did it! It's done by Studio DEEN, If you love absurd comedy, you'll love this! 

9) Saiki Kusuo Psi-nan

I honestly didn't know anything about this series, but my friend posted a screenshot of this anime, and that made me laughed out loud. This anime is about Saiki Kusuo who has psychic powers and he tries to live his life as a normal person. It's genuinely funny and entertaining. If you love Kamiya Hiroshi doing monologue just like Bakemonogatari, you'll love this anime. And if you love comedy in general, this anime is for you! 

10) Garo : Divine Flame 

Garo Divine Flame is a movie anime which is a continuation of Garo Honoo no Kokuin. Just like I said before, it's just like another episode of anime but with movie budget! And my god, in my opinion they have the best fight scenes in 2016. "Sakuga"-fest movie. Beautifully rendered 3DCG compared to the series. And just genuinely entertaining fight scenes. If you have watched the anime series, I highly recommend you watch this movie! It's awesome!  

11) ReLife

This year we have a lot of great drama anime. This time we're talking about ReLife. It's about a 27 year old NEET who is looking for a job but suddenly a person from ReLife lab offers him a job to experience his current life as a high school. This anime is really interesting, it has great characters, great setting, and more importantly, a great story that can be related by both mature and teenager audiences. I highly recommend you to watch this anime! I've already write the review of this anime in here if you want to know my thoughts about it XD

12) Mobile Suit Gundam : Iron-Blooded Orphans (season 1)

I really wanted to put this anime last year, but since the first season didn't finish at 2015, so here we are! I'm a big fan of Gundam series, and this Gundam series is really awesome! It's all about some group of orphans who works for PMC (Private Military Company). We never saw Gundam with this setting before, usually we saw both of strong political views, but this time, we saw it from a PMC which usually goes like "You pay me, I'll protect you". So money is the strong driving force in that kind of company. And this time. they are hired by Mars Politician. It has some great animation, great themes, interesting characters, awesome soundtrack and also great fight scenes! The second season is currently airing. I haven't watched it yet because I want to marathon it when it finished airing. 

13) Kimi no Nawa

Kimi no Nawa is another Makoto Shinkai movie, if you know anything about anime community, you probably have heard about this anime. And it's a mega-hit in Japan! And finally I have the chance of watching it in my local theater. And my god, I can see why this movie anime is booming. I've already review this anime here in this blog. If you have the chance to watch this anime, just watch it! 

14) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure : Part 4 - Diamond is Unbreakable

What a beautiful, DUWANG! It's the best part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, guys! Part 4 : Diamond is Unbreakable! It's done by David Production, and I'm really happy how faithful they are when they are adapting the manga (even though some scenes are not included in the anime). But overall, I'm really satisfied with this anime! This anime sets on 1999 in a town called Duwang Morioh. And there's a serial killer who lives in that town. and it's up to Josuke Higashikata and his friends to uncover the identity of the serial killer. What? A group of teenagers who have supernatural powers that comes from within themselves and hunting down a serial killer? It sounds familiar doesn't it? Yes, Persona 4 has the same setting with Part 4. But since Part 4 was made first (1992-1995). So, there you go! Part 4 has some great characters, great Stand, amazing soundtrack, great setting, great story, and also they have the best villain ever, Kira Yoshikage! Someday I will review this anime, but I have to review Part 3: Stardust Crusaders first XP.  I highly recommend you watch this anime if you are JoJo fan! The last thing that I can say that this anime is GREAT! 

15) Shouwa Genraku Rakugo Shinjuu

And finally, One of the best anime that come out at 2016, Shouwa Genraku Rakugo shinjuu! It's a great historical drama that touches upon the Japanese traditional verbal entertainment called Rakugo. It's a slow burner, but you will enjoy this anime! I highly recommend this anime. if you want to hear my complete thoughts about it, you can read it here!

You might be asking, "where's  Re: Zero?", If you read my after thoughts, you know I won't put it here because honestly didn't really enjoy that anime. Boku dake ga inai machi was supposedly to be in this list, but unfortunately the manga is 200% times better and A-1 didn't really make a good job on hiding the identity of the killer by making some unnecessary foreshadowing which pretty much uncovers the true identity of the killer. While the manga didn't do that. SO! If you want a better experience on Boku dake ga inai machi, go read the manga! I highly recommend that! ^_^

Some honorable mentions (since I haven't watched it yet, but a lot of my friends recommended it) are Amaama to Inazuma (another slice of life anime), Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari, Drifters, Fune wo Amu, and also 91 Days!

So those are the anime of 2016 that is worth checking out, in my opinion. I hope that you will find this list to be useful! And here's a hope for a better year in 2017!

This is Reikichi! Signing out! XD

Rant on Game of Thrones spoilers

finally done with GoT Season 6 and
holy shiet! 
the last 2 episodes are the best in the series so far!

but my enjoyment of the series is greatly reduced because the internet are spoiling everything because of those rabid fans.....

it feels like if you don't watch it on D-Day

you're screwed

totally screwed, mate

I really hate the people who'd be like "Please do not spoil it for me!" 

and after they watch it

they spoil everything on the internet!

and they’d be like

"it's your own fault, why don't you watch on D-Day too?"

People have their own lives and not all of them have the spare time like you, you spoilery cunts!

people invest their time to watch it.. and so does the writers who put so much effort to make twist and turns of the stories!

if you already know something is happening in the story, 

it feels like that you already lost the element of surprise!

the element of surprise is what makes people who can't stand spoilers (like me) feels engaged and immersed with the story

so what's my point with all these rants about spoilers?

please be considerate to others who haven't watch it

if you have watched it, and you feel that you need someone to discuss about it. just discuss with the person who already watched it instead

I don't need to know your reaction of the twist or someone's death on a series! 

if you feel so inclined to make a reaction make a reaction video out of it and upload it to youtube!

it's a thing on Youtube nowadays!

okay guys, that was my rant on Game of Thrones spoilers

for those who did enjoy the series without spoiling 

good for you 

for those who spoil it well this picture is for you

It's been awhile!

Hey guys! It's been....

welp


Awhile I guess hahaha!

I think this is my very first entry for 2016, hahaha! So I hope I'm not too late to say this,
*clears throat
Happy new year!
*looks at the calendar
*it's the end of march
I'm too late, don't you think? hahaha

So, I've been through quite a lot for these couple of months, but what's more important is that I'm still alive and capable of writing this blog again


I post this because I want to announce an important update,

yes, this blog is going to be revived again weekly, and I hope you guys are as excited as I am right now!
Time to catch up those anime/movies/series that I've been planned to watch last year hahaha


Couple of days ago, I watched Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice, and I'm going to review it on this blog, but I need to rewatch it again, so I think it won't come today, please look forward to it! XD


So I will post a movie anime that I just watched yesterday, which is "Bakemono no Ko" or the english title is "The Boy and The Beast"

If you feel that this post is not really visually entertaining, here, have some doge!

That's all guys, I hope you guys will enjoy my rambling or posts here!

Thanks for reading!

Some update and future plans for this blog + Summer anime 2015 watching progress so far

So I'm going to post a little update for this week.. and also future plans of this blog

Apparently I got a lot of projects to do in my office up till November, So I think there's a possibility that I won't be able to post weekly as usual. *maybe 1-2 weeks of hiatus* I'm sorry for the inconvenience guys.

Secondly, I usually go to Anime Festival Asia Indonesia (AFAID) every year, but this year I won't go there because I'm not really interested to go there since it's quite far from my home.. (I live in the south, and it is being held in the far north in the middle of nowhere) and not offering something new, and they screen some anime which is not interesting for me (i.e. Attack on Titan movie recap of the series, Boruto *blergh, assassination classroom (which I already watch the series...welp 2 eps of it to be precise XP). And there's no interesting guest or bands that I like.. Well there's FLOW.. but I'm not into them that much.. Even though there's GACKT coming, but unfortunately he didn't got to perform on Anisong.. welp.. hopefully next year. haha

But I'm coming to Jakarta Comic Con instead, which is basically held in the same place as AFAID lol (Yeah I just said that it was far from my home, but I'm going there anyway). Since I'm curious what'll be like. I hope they screen some update on Batman vs Superman there 

Sorry, I'm itching for experiencing something new, hahaha! Maybe I'll post an event report of Jakarta Comic Con later. *maybe* XP

The next thing I want to talk about is this year's summer anime.. and boy there's a lot of disappointing anime this season, you can check my first impressions of them here . The thing is, does it live up to my expectations? Let's see!

Chaos Dragon : I watched 3 eps of it and I dropped it... There's a lot of characters, and I don't really engaged with the setting, There's even an explanation in break scene before part A and part B of the anime. How can you expect to read that wall of text in just a second like that? Damn it. My girlfriend have watched up till episode 8 and she told me that there's nothing really interesting happened up to that point. Chaos Dragon is chaotic after all. 

Himouto Umaru-chan : This anime is popular among my friends.. And that made me download the whole on going episode, And I watched the first episode of it... aaaannnddd I dropped it and delete the remaining episode because I can't take it... I don't get why it is so popular lol

So there's this imouto (Little sister) who does everything perfect at school (having good grades, good at sports etc) but at home, she became a super spoiled freaking brat who is a total otaku and always get what she wants by being a bratty bitch and because his big brother let her do so...She always got what she wants and always have it her ways. She whines and sulks until she got what she want.....
and every time she did that I was like

It's said here that the genre is comedy, but it didn't make me laugh at all the entire first episode......
For me if the genre is comedy and it didn't make laugh at all, that means the show have problems..
well there's a notable "otaku" references going on like "Nice Boat" from School days... But still, didn't even make laugh like I watch Gintama (which is much better in executing parody/referencing jokes). Sometimes I fed up with otaku reference jokes in anime, Every time I watch anime that heavily relies on otaku reference jokes, I was like

And that is why I don't watch Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken

Maybe there's a reason I don't like this anime.

Have I seen this before?

Why did it feel so familiar? 

Why did I hate this kind of imouto?

oh

I remember

she's like Kirino from OreImo!

Nope,

I'm so done

Not this shit again

Non Non Biyori : I've watched up to eps 4 and still haven't move on from it.. It's so good so far! 

God Eater : I watched up to eps 3 and I dropped it because it's so bland and the main character (which should be the player) is just boring and doesn't have a personality on him. The animation is indeed stunning since it is ufotable works, but still.. I don't feel the story is the same with God Eater that I played on PSP back then. It feels so different, and the pacing at 2nd episode is just tooooo slow.. 

it was like, the main character got prison because..... he didn't obey the rule. and in the end they offered the main character "Hey kid, do you want to get out of prison?"
and the main character be like
"well duh!"
and the show ended....

I think this show is popular because of Alisa's underboobs amirite?

Ranpo Kitan : I watched 2 eps of it and I'm still confused with it. It is a good mystery show but the way it delivers and the presentation is kinda weird. I really don't like the other characters that is not really "Important" are just shown as silhouette and that feels like a lazy animator doing their things because of the tight schedule lol. But what makes me irritated is apparently the silhouette character was the criminal who did the murder. 

Well.. I sure didn't see that coming hahaha

Gangsta : best of this season so far. currently watching 9 episodes of it now

Charlotte : It is a good show so far. It feels so Angel Beats I will make a full review of it when it is done airing 

Ushio to Tora : just watched the first episode of it. Haven't continue it yet... But it is cool!

Gakkou Gurashi : ermmagad... How do I even start about this anime? What keeps me watching this is because I want to know why people see this as a good series.. while I don't see it that way. Well it has good premise and taking an unique theme in zombie genre.. but for me it's a wasted potential...
I will make full review of this too.. but this one is going to be harsh review.. because I hardly enjoy this popular anime 

Kangoku Gakuen (Prison School) : 2nd best of this season! Totally gonna make a review out of it!

Gatchaman Crowds Insight : Just watched the first episode.. Still saving them up!
Durarara! : Saving 'em up
Rokka Yuusha : It has a good premise, I watched up till eps 3... haven't continued watching again

Okay guys, that's all the update for this week! Thanks for reading! :D

Anime Elitist vs Anime Casuals

Hey guys! How's it going? Welcome back to my weekly post! I had a busy week at work *as usual* but yeah. that's life. you gotta face 'em all! Anyway I managed to upgrade my 3DS to New 3DS and it was AWESOME! Finally I got to play Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate with 60 fps and 3D on! My god! best. game. ever! I was thinking to not to update my blog because of this lol

Anyway, this week I'm going to rant a little bit. This post is going to be my personal opinion on Anime Elitist and Anime Casuals

The thing is,

Anime community sucks

seriously though, I entered and saw some discussion on the internet about Anime, and yeah, it sucks so hard! Not just local anime community, but also other anime community
and I noticed that there are two types of person from this anime community *generally
Which is Anime Elitist and Anime Casuals.
Anime Elitist is an anime enthusiasts who thinks that his/her taste is so refined so other anime which is not qualified as "God Tier" anime is going to be called trash. They usually have watched like more than 300 anime titles.
They'd be like "Oh your taste in anime is so shitty!"

"Your waifu is a whore! what a shit taste you have!"

"You watched this anime and you liked it? WHAT A PLEB!"

"You only watch the anime and thought that character is shitty?? READ THE MANGO PLOX!"

MANGO IS FOOD! WHY SHOULD WE READ FOOD? WE EAT FOOD GODDAMMIT!

so yeah that kind of person

While anime casuals are the one who watches like 5 anime and be like "OH MY GOD THIS IS THE BEST ANIME EVER!". They enjoy that kind of anime, usually the anime that they watch are the "mainstream" anime like Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, Sword Art Online, Attack on Titan and so on

So these 2 types of person really, really, got my nerves sometimes *hahaha
What got my nerves for both of these guys is because the elitist feels like "Holier than thou" kind of person but in anime community. And Anime community is a niche community which means it is a small community. And this so called elitist are even more niche than the anime community. And Anime casuals are the majority of the community. And seeing these two types of person debating over anime is just down right hilarious. The elitist love to make fun of the casuals, and the casuals be like what the hell man! THIS IS THE BEST ANIME EVER!

Personally I'm neither an elitists or casual because I also have watched like 250 anime titles *not qualified lol
but I watched anime just to know and feel engaged to its story, and most of the anime which elitist claims to be "God Tier" Anime are my favorite anime like JoJo's Bizzare Adventure for example
And sometimes I watched anime just to escape from reality for a bit and just to sit and enjoy the ride. And that "enjoy" kind of thing is just my personal taste. I enjoyed some of the (so called by elitist) shitty anime like One Piece or UtaPri *yes I watched this with my girlfriend and we were like CinemaSins commenting on everything that wrong with that show lol* but I enjoyed watching anime or read manga which has intriguing story like Mushishi, 20th Century Boys, Madoka Magica and so on.

My point here is, just don't be a dick to others. Opinion of other people should be respected even it is a stupid opinion like "SAO is the best anime ever" *I laughed out loud typing this sentence*
I work as a qualitative marketing researcher which heavily relies on respondent's opinion
My boss always said to me  "Every opinion matters no matter how silly they are".
Both elitist and casuals take the opinion as a fact and didn't respect each other's opinion. The thing is, opinion is not a fact. it's just an opinion. My preferences with your preferences are different. even though you judged my preferences as shitty, I don't mind! I'm ok with that

Just
don't
be
a dick!

What triggers me to post this is because I saw a post (you can click that one if you understand Bahasa Indonesia) yesterday that happens in my campus which holding a Japanese event from yesterday till today. And there's a girl who cosplays as Nico from Love Live! Personally, Nico is my least favourite character because of her annoying personality. (Remember that was just my opinion). And in Indonesian Anime Community there's a meme spreading out in the internet that says
"Waifumu lacur mz" and the direct translation would be "Your waifu is a whore, sir!" which is usually used by so-called "Anime Elitist"
And Nico is considered as a "lacur" or a whore by the elitist
And you know what happened?
There's a person shouting "Whore!" to her in that event..........

Seriously??

Is this how you elitist work? What the hell man, You are lucky I'm not around in that event..  If I was happen to be around, I'd be like

You can call me SJW or anything but, I'd totally hit that person. Can you imagine how that girl feel to be called like that? Those inconsiderate bastards! You can joke around on the internet, but when in public places, that joke can be taken as an insult! Just know your place!

*sigh

Back to the topic, my point is, just don't be a dick to others!
Here 's a quote from Ritsu Senpai from Bokura wa minna Kawaisou

Sorry for the rant guys, I hope that this anime community will be a better community. If it helps, I'd love to guide those "anime casuals" to watch even more anime that has better story and quality. That's your job elitist!
Thanks for reading!

What makes a mature anime?

Hey guys, welcome back to my blog! Hope you guys are feeling well and healthy!
I had a minor accident this week. It's not that horrible, but I'm okay! This week I had a little bit of confusion of what should I post this week, I had materials and so on *in my head* but didn't have the time to write it here *or make a draft out of it* because I'm quite busy with work this week hahaha! So hopefully you enjoy this week's post! I promise to my self to post at least an entry every Sunday.

Enough with the chit chat, let's jam!

As a person who spent a lot of time on the internet, sometimes I just love to see how people interact with each other, and on this case is the anime lover vs the normal person

The normal person would normally see people who loves to watch anime is childish. That person would be like

"Oh you still watch cartoon? What a brat!"

and the anime lover be like

"It's not cartoon! It's anime!"

and that particular anime lover post it in the anime group and be like

"This normies never watched anime and told that it was childish! This guy never seen Highschool DxD!"

Welp, that was an interesting statement......

Personally, I'd ignore what normal people say about anime. If they say childish, I don't mind. Don't make other people's judgement bothers who you really are. I am 25 years old now and I can say that I still enjoy watching anime because I just love it! Should you care about them not liking anime? No, just love what you do. It's better for you to spend time doing something you really enjoy better than looking after someone and get pissed at someone who don't really care about you, right?

Anyway,

Highschool DxD is an anime that heavily relies on... Sexual themes, as you can see here, The "plot" is just too huge to handle lol

Look at the size of that.........hair! My god she has long hair! *eh

Now we're back to the main title's question... What makes a mature anime? That anime lover sure thinks that if the anime has a lot of titties then it is qualified as a mature anime...

Well, he is not 100% right or wrong...

"How about violence? Anime that contains a lot of violence should be classified as mature anime right?? Take a look at Tokyo Ghoul or Shingeki no Kyojin, PEOPLE DIED THERE! THERE'S A LOT OF BLOOD, MUTILATED PARTS OF BODIES! "

Welp, again, it's not 100% right or wrong

In my opinion, what makes a mature anime qualified as "mature" if it has a story that is only relatable and understandable for mature audiences. Does that include sexual themes and violence? Yes, it could be. Sex is a part of our life, we can't deny its existence and it what makes us human a human. And violence or should I say aggression is one of the way to solve a problem if two of unmet paradigm clashes and didn't meet any conclusion, that's why war happens. War.. war never change.. *Fallout 3 anyone?*

To make it easier, let's classify this into genres, which are Shounen and Seinen genre
Shounen in Japanese means "A Young boy" while Seinen means "an adult man". These 2 genres are differentiated by its "target audiences". So if you see a seinen genre, it is targeted to the more mature audiences. Can younger audiences enjoy seinen genre? They could, but they can't get the same grasp like the mature audience do. That's why sometimes the younger audience misunderstand the concept that is being delivered in the Seinen genre. The same way with mature audience who watches shounen genre. They can enjoy it but sometimes they can't relate to the younger audiences' problem *like I do when I watched high school romance drama anime now*

So how about Naruto? It has violence, does it classify as a mature anime?
For me, it's big no since the kids and teenagers can relate a lot to this anime and understand this very well, The struggle to get back your homo friend who lost his ways are real yo! *pfft*

Highschool DxD? It has sexual themes, does it classify as a mature anime?
For me. it's a big no! Since, well.. there's almost no story in it.. *almost* and this anime is full of fanservice. What is a fanservice? well, it's servicing the fans! There's a lot of form of fanservice but in this context is to make the male audience pleased by giving the image to satisfy their carnal desire.

Those two series that I mentioned above are classified as shounen genre. Seinen genre use violence and sexual content as well, but there's a series that almost didn't use those two elements and relies heavily on story

Take Mushishi for example, They can deliver a great story and setting of the world in this anime which is very intriguing and makes you think without using violence or sexual content. I totally recommend this anime because this anime is so good and quite underrated and not popular since, yeah, no sexual theme or moe character to attract most people lol

Ginko FTW, Mushishi probably one of the best underrated anime I've ever seen. The soundtrack is awesome too

Maybe some of you guys asked, "Why you choose Naruto as an example? There's a lot of anime that has more gore and violence in it!"

The thing is, Naruto is very popular series and you (including me as well) can accept the tonality of violence or sexual content of a certain anime, but how about the other people?

The tonality of acceptance of the sexual or the violence content depends on where you are actually. Here in Indonesia, even Naruto's violent action sequence is heavily censored by our local television. Even Spongebob Squarepants got censored for god's sake!

She wears a bra and blurred out by our TV, WHO'D TURNED ON BY THIS SERIOUSLY!? WTF

So what makes a mature anime is mature for you guys? :D

Why I avoid some genre in Anime?

Credits to Gigguk

This entry is purely my opinion on a certain genre of anime and please remember that opinion does not equal as fact. Opinion is not about right or wrong but my opinion can be the same with your opinion and vice versa. I'm not forcing my opinion to my readers. And please note that a certain anime genre is not made for everyone because we humans have their own personal preferences. So keep that in mind before reading this :D

Last week I promised that I’m going to explain why I avoid some specific genre of anime nowadays. Lately anime is starting to feel saturated. A lot of anime nowadays is just ecchi or harem or slice of life genre. I know that sex sells.. But how can I convince others that anime is good if it looks like a legit porn? It’s not like that I hate fanservice (baka! >///<). I like seeing them! I’m a grown ass man!  But isn’t there any other better way to attract us as consumer to watch anime?

Personally, I slowly agreed with Hayao Miyazaki’s rant about “Anime industry is filled with otaku”. Just look at last season’s Danmachi for example. It’s like an anime inspired from otaku’s wet dream. It was like

*Otaku wakes up from his wet dream*

“I JUST HAD THE BEST WET DREAM EVER!”

*writes down the wet dream that he just had*

*post it on blog*

*make manga/light novel out of it*

*anime producer sees it*

*makes anime adaptation on it*

*Profit*

Seriously tho, that Hestia’s boob string is filling every pixiv and other image boards in the internet. Why everybody is attracted to that string attached to her boobs? Personally I like my woman with no strings attached (there you go, a stripper joke)  

I've waited for a perfect time to put that joke here seriously.... 

So, back to the topic! I avoid harem genre because I know that the ultimate winner that the main male protagonist will choose is only one.

Not the main heroine

Not the osananajimi (childhood friend)

Not the other harem candidate than randomly shows up in the middle of the season

Not the twintailed pettan tsundere

Not the kuudere

Not the Yandere

The one that the harem male protagonist usually choose is

VIRGINITY!

I CHOOSE NOT TO CHOOSE ANY OF THESE GIRLS BECAUSE I AM TOO STUPID TO CHOOSE OR TOO DENSE TO AWARE OF IT! GODDAMMIT!

It’s usually goes the same way.. well not all of it. But like 98% of harem genre usually ends up that way.

Because it’s always end up the same way, why would I watch that? Except there’s a twist in the series or unique selling point like Noucome that offers a super hilarious anime. Seriously, it’s just hilarious, even though it’s not worth rewatching for me haha

I usually avoid moeshit anime. Well I used to like this kind of stuff, I watched Kiniro Mosaic, GochiUsa, and other moeshit. It’s just cute girls doing cute things. Yeah I know you are adorable and cute, yeah we get it. But again, I will watch it if there’s an unique selling point like Non Non Biyori. Non Non Biyori is just different. Their setting is in the countryside of Japan which is rarely exposed in anime, *well there’s Barakamon and many others actually*. Yeah they are cute girls doing cute things, but they are doing it the countryside ways, which is unique compared to typical generic slice of life in the town. Besides the soundtrack of Non Non Biyori is soooooo damn relaxing.. I think the birth of moeshit genre is because of K-On. Yeah they execute it nicely. Maybe if I watch it now (not during my college days) I wouldn't watch this anime because THEY DID NOTHING BUT DRINK TEA AND EAT DELICIOUS CAKE!

The sense of progress is also the reason why I avoid watching slice of life genre nowadays. THERE’S NO SENSE OF PROGRESS IN SLICE OF LIFE ANIME! It’s just circling around without achieving something. It feels stagnant and boring. But again if there’s something unique of it I will watch it. Notable example is Danshi Kokosei no Nichijou. This anime is just too damn hilarious and there’s a lot of relatable stories for me. Besides there’s Sugita Tomokazu, my favorite seiyuu (Voice Actor). The other slice of life anime is Azumanga Daioh, I can relate a lot to that anime and it’s just sooo heart warming watching it. And as for manga, I really love Yotsuba&! which is created by the same person, Kiyohiko Azuma

I also tend to avoid teenage love story... there are two reasons why, first of all I'm not a teenager anymore *well duh!*
Secondly, well, teenagers nowadays have different problems with teenagers back in my days and that made me hard to relate on problems that they had in the anime these days. And sometimes the story is just too stretch out because of the emotionally unstable teenager. They don't know what they do or what they want. Damn it teenagers! GET A GRIP! Seriously though, every time I watched this kind of anime, I was like Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon

But again, if there's something unique from the genre I'd watch it. Take this season's Ore Monogatari! for example. It offers something different that other teenager love story don't have. The main protagonist Gouda Takeo is an epic big guy and not the ikemen type of guy and he is in love with a girl named Yamato, who obviously is in love with him but he didn't realize it because he is just too dense lol. But they finally end up together. I really enjoyed watching that series because I myself has a big body like him... but less muscular lol. If I was still single and watching this anime, it would give me hope to have a girlfriend who will love me the way I am hahaha
Thankfully I already have girlfriend and she accepted the way I am now. So don't give up on hope guys!

Lastly, I tend to avoid the shameless promotion anime, or in other words, anime that sells products in their anime or to put simply, Anime that promotes toys like Beyblade, Let's & Go, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Vanguard, and so on.
It's just like a shameless product placement and sometimes the story just don't make any sense.

"but this is an anime, why it have to make sense!?"
It has to make sense, anime is more enjoyable if it is consistent with its own logic (Like JoJo's Bizzare Adventure for example lol).The last anime with this genre that I watched is Gundam Build Fighters TRY. It was a fun show, and I loved Gundam series. But, it wasn't consistent about its concept. And there's a lot of cheesy line in this anime.. It feels like watching UtaPri, One of the best cheesy line in GBFT that I remembered is:

"Please stop this battle, I don't want to make your Gunpla cry"

First of all, it's just a toy, it won't cry
secondly, YOU ARE IN A GUNPLA FIGHTING TOURNAMENT! WHAT DO YOU EXPECT!? YOU HAVE TO BEAT YOUR OPPONENT IF YOU WANT TO WIN!
*sigh*
Can you imagine if you are in a fighting game tournament and someone says that? For example it's a Street Fighter game tournament.
"Stop this battle! I don't want to make your Ryu cry"
seriously... =__=

Well that’s just my personal opinion guys, I loved anime in general, but since I don't have so much spare time to watch it again, I became a picky person when I want to watch it. Why waste my time on something that is not worth watching for me? If you don’t agree with me, that’s all right. Everybody has their personal taste amirite? Thanks for reading!