Amanchu (early 3 episodes)

 

 

My though for the first 2 episode 

 

Slice of life anime will always have a special place in my mind, this type of anime always makes me think that everything is rainbow and sunshine in this world. And I am so glad Amanchu is here, the setting, the character, the humor, the... bobblehead face, everything is great!!! (and fun too)

The main target for this kind of anime is the sense of relaxation, if you get a "comfy" feeling every time you finish an episode or two, that mean the anime is success at presenting the slice of life aspect to you (at least that's how i think). As for Amanchu i like it, the general premise of the show is the daily life of 2 girls who just start their high school life, both came from different place, different lifestyle and their personality is complete opposite to each other, one is your typical shy and timid person and the other one is someone who can't stand firm for 10 seconds and very energetic, yet somehow the chemistry between these two is very funny, it's really one of the main attraction for this anime.

I enjoy it more than i hope

 

When it come show and criticism, I am bad. My standard for anime quality is pretty low, you could say that I am easily entertained, thus Amanchu made me laugh... a lot. To be honest after two episodes, I am not sure if i should call Amanchu is slice of life, it is one in a way but, it can be a comedy too considering Hikari  personality, she is pure gold.

The show really did well at showing how both girls has their own "canvas", Futaba the quiet one is very shy, when it focus on her everything seems quiet and low tone, then Hikari the energetic one, everything is moving around non stop, she's very active, loud and whatever she do, she do it in the most cheery way. Both telling their own story in their own way, when you see each of their focus, the slice of life is there and it's really strong, Futaba having trouble with her shyness while Hikari just going her own merry way, Futaba with her inner monologue and Hikari with her acting, but when both canvas collide... the slice of life is shifted and there goes the "sunshine and rainbow".

Everything just mixed so well, Futaba shyness help Hikari push her charm to lead the way while Hikari selfless to help Futaba push her shyness to shown even more in a very good way which lead to the comedy. The comedy just feel right, there is no rush in it, when the fun hit it hit at the right moment, the gleeful feeling you watch is end with a good laugh (or giggle) and moment later everything shift back to slice of life again ending the chemistry, this flow keep going for the two episode I've seen and I am not complaining, I like it this way because it offer me something more than just "cute girls doing cure thing", it has it moment while keeping it steady showing it to us viewer that this is still slice of life anime in it's pure form.

Continuing the show

 

I am definitely going to watch the whole series, i like slice of life anime so i will continue, Hikari bobblehead mode amazed me and Futaba shyness add even more amusement to it. To be honest i was off a bit when the show keep showing Hikari mostly in bobblehead mode but, after a while it paid off thanks to Futaba.

Spot the main character

Million chain.... not english but very easy to play

That's one character design that i rarely see

Million chain, i stumbled upon this when i was browsing japan appstore. In short its "connect a panel/dot" style of game, its simple and really easy to understand, the art is nice, character art is mixed feeling however(there is reason for this however) and don't let the language let you down, this game is manageable even with zero knowledge of Japanese language.

Gundam Build Fighter Try.... I'm not feeling it so far.

Never in my head i can think a team called Try Fighters

I was so happy when GBF got their season two announced, a solid gundam fight yet not political war stuff. But, for this series after 8 episodes.... I'm not going to lie, i don't feel it, when i watched GBF for the 1st time it was awesome, the "fuck yeah" moment when the insert song start playing then sei and reiji start kicking ass with their gundam, that was a great moment when i watched it.

Maybe because when i watch GBF at that time i have really low expectation, it only "clicked" for me after episode 2, then after episode 6 i put it on my must watch list immediately, that was 1 of the most intense fight i ever seen. It caught me by surprise how serious the design/animator team doing considering the whole point of this series is to promote gunpla merchandise, when TRY came out i cant wait for that moment again, but sadly it didn't happen so far until now, maybe because this time i got high expectation or.....

TRY is not a bad series by long margin, the fight is good, mech design is great (i like the SRSC gundam design), the quality also look sharper for me, humor is there but, i cant shake this feeling that bandai trying too hard for this. And it especially shown when they fought destiny gundam, i cant help but notice how similar the "feeling" at the destiny scene just like how sei face off with ricardo back in GBF even complete with the "why i must do this" motivational speech, it irks me in some way. And then there is this "finisher" thingy, just like in GBF where every little bit is build knuckle this build knuckle that, in TRY its jigen hao arts everywhere, i know its lighthearted show but shouting jigen haoh arts every episode?i hope it change in the future. I also found the way they introduced the TRY team in the tournament is kinda lacking, back in GBF sei and reiji really pull it off surprising everyone showing what their gundam can do, in TRY its also the same but for me somehow it has less impact, maybe because minato is the only who surprised? or because they just show him not everyone else resulting in less awesome moment? i don't know.

Another thing is i like the character from season 1, sei, reiji, ricardo, mao, nils, aila and so on, there many likeable characters in season 1. In TRY..... not so much so far, the trio main characters is fine although i often found sekai and yuuma banter is a bit dry, i have no idea whats the point of sekai big sister, she just "there" unless bandai had a hidden plan for her in the future, gyanko is... well actually her "family" got promoted, in GBF the "sazaki" got shafted pretty fast, in here they become quite likeable i say, ral still the same (which is good), adams and yuuki only appear in less than 10 seconds so it didn't count, and the rest is bland. I'm sure the sei and others will come out later but i really wish they appear early, right now everything seems "flat".

chain chronicle..... nice game but dat energy cost....

Seeegaaaaaaa

Another good anime style game for tablet, Chain Chronicle was developed by sega and just got recently released in english. It's an RPG with semi tower defense with strategy gameplay, it has really nice art which remind me of atelier series. I got it from australia region appstore.

Buddy Complex... time traveling hurt my brain. (simple review)

The sequel only span 2 episodes, i have no idea why it's only 2 but nevertheless we have a proper ending.