Wakfu: The First Impressions

I've just seen the first episode of a series recommended to me by a friend... And, yes, I'm well aware that this is a French series (that fact that it's subtitled while everyone's speaking French is undoubtedly the biggest clue), but it has an anime style of art similar to Code Lyoko (another French animated show I like). In short, yes, I'm counting this as an anime. It's really a Japanese shorthand for their pronunciation of "animation", so technically all animation is "anime". As for what I thought of it...

It's set in an awesome fantasy world (always a "plus" in my proverbial books) that features a type of magic/life force for which the series seems to be named after. The personality and/or attitude of our hero, Yugo, is in such a way that I wouldn't be at all surprised if he and Klonoa were long lost siblings or something. Along with the beginnings of some plot threads... Is Yugo really a "dragon"? (If that means "magical reptilian beings" or something else is yet to be determined.) How much of a threat are these demonic beings/items/whatever beings referred to as "Shushu" really? Not to mention who the crap was that guy from earlier who tried to kill both baby Yugo and that "dragon" guy (I can't remember his name but it's kind of long.)... But it seems that this first guy we saw who got possessed by a "Shushu" is not only going to be hanging around for a while, but he also thinks he's the hero of this story... (LOL! That's a laugh...)

So, just as that friend of mine suspected, I like this series and I'm going to watch the second episode just after I'm done typing and posting this! Anyway, I'm also going to put a link to the first episode in right... Here! But, FYI, if you're using an AdBlocker program, I'd suggest you disable it for this site. It can prevent you from seeing it past the start of the opening theme.

DRAMAtical Murder: The First Impressions

Yes, I know, the spelling of this series name is a bit odd; but that's the way it's presented. So that's how I'm going to type it. But this isn't going to be your usual first impressions post. For one thing, I actually already heard of this series before...

Sword Art Online II: The First Impressions

Now, as I recall, this blog was started after I saw the first episode of Sword Art Online so that's why there's no First Impressions post for the first season. Now that the second series has aired, maybe I can also talk about my thoughts on the first series at the same time...

Free! Eternal Summer: The First Impressions

It's most definetely summer! And, you know what time it is! (Time to spin The Wheel of Mythicality?) No, this isn't Good Mythical Morning... (Time to spin The Wheel of Morality...?) "Turn, turn, turn, tell us the lesson that we should learn..." Nope. Besides, Akurei, what are you doing here? (Just wanted to do that one gag, carry on.) Anyway, what I wanted to say is... Season Two of Free! Iwatobi Swim Club is here!

More on this after the jump break...

Black Bullet: The First Impressions

So...An insectoid infection, young girls cursed from birth by the very virus at the source of the aforementioned insectoid infection, but they and their partners are the last hope for humanity’s survival... This is my first impressions of Black Bullet!

No Game No Life: The First Impressions

Our world... It's a world where fate is cruel and order unkind... Where conformity is worshipped and anything that's in any way different is crushed and tossed aside... But, if you find out that you've been born in the wrong world, would you accept an invitation to another world? One where it's promised that you'll thrive? More on my thoughts about the first episode of "No Game No Life" after the jump cut...

From the New World the First Impressions

I've heard interesting things about this series, mostly in the form of it being a crapsaccharine world, so let's see if any of what I heard even has a grain of truth to it...

The Severing Crime Edge the First Impressions

Hello! I'm just now publishing this post, even though I watched the first episode during the NaNoWriMo Hiatus, I've just kept this post in draft form 'till the beginning of December. Now, let's start this (belated) record of my..."first impressions" of this particular series...

Kuroko no Basket Season 2 the First Impressions

I've just seen the first episode of the latest season of Kuroko no Basket (Or "Kuroko's Basketball" if you're going by Crunchy Roll titles), and seeing Taiga Kagami trying to eat with his chopsticks in his left hand (as practice, of course) gave me an idea for me to do the same to hopefully improve on my typing skills. Except for me that would mean eating with my chopsticks in my right hand... yes, I'm left-handed. But past the jump break is what I thought about the first episode of the second season of this show...

Genshiken Second Generation the First Impressions.

Okay, okay, I admit it... I didn't finish the first series yet! *ducks to avoid a myriad number of thrown objects* Well, with that out of the way, here's what I thought of the first episode of Genshiken Second Generation (after the jump break of course) ...

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic the First Impressions

Well, I'm about to watch the first episode of Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Aladdin and Alibaba, and...let's see where this show takes us...

The Rose of Versailles the First Impressions

Yes, I know this is an older series. As a matter of fact one of the codifiers of Shoujo manga tropes, another one is Princess Knight...which I should try to find a way to watch it soon. (Man, you're getting a bit obsessive about the works of Osamu Tezuka.) But, still, let's see what kind of a...first impression I'll get from this old series that's new to me...

RWBY the First Impressions

Yes, I know I'm posting this a week late (gremlins got to my wireless router). And, yes, I'm counting Rooster Teeth's RWBY as an anime. I more see it as an art style than anything that can only be made in a specific country. So, yes, I also consider shows like Avatar (both The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra) and Code Lyoko to count as anime.

I've seen the Red, White, Black, and Yellow trailers; now let's see what kind of show all of those were leading up too...

Shin Megami Tensei IV the First Impressions

Warning! Parts of this post will contain crude language, this post is about an M rated game after all.

OK, this is it! I'd not only pre-ordered this game, but I paid for it 100% before it came out; and now it has! Let's see what this latest entry in the mainline Shin Megami Tensei franchise has in store for me...

And, yes, I've played some kind of MegaTen game (even if unofficial) before. Although there isn't a First Impressions  post for this anime, believe me; I greatly anticipated the premiere of the first episode of Devil Survivor 2: The Animation for a reason. And I've also played most of the Persona games along with the first Devil Survivor game and Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers.

(Note: This is turning out like an After Action Report.)

Makai Ouji the First Impressions

I know this was posted a week after it actually aired, but I needed to figure out what to do with the usual Rerun Day that's usually on Sundays. Since the all of the other days either A) Already have a theme day applied to them or B) They're already locked into place by a regularly updating series that isn't a rerun (to me), Rerun Day itself had to be put on hold.

Now with that out of the way, here we go, this is...Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist!

Silver Spoon the First Impressions

Sorry for the delay in posting this but I did actually see the first episode not only the day it came out but the minute it was uploaded, only had a bit a hiccup when the video player failed and I had to reload it.

Well I'm familiar with another one of Hiromu Arakawa's work, FullMetal Alchemist, and I had a somewhat similar story idea (except my idea involves a teenage girl from the suburbs helping her aunt living in the country raise sheep) let's see how this turns out...

Watamote the First Impressions

It's another portmanteau series nickname based upon the original Japanese title that is quite a mouthful, "Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui!"...heck, even the English Translation of that is equally a mouthful, "No Matter How I Look At It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!"...

Oh really? So the fact that avoid talking to your classmates because they're all shallow idiots has absolutely nothing to do with it? Or how about the fact that you're taking appeal lessons from the Internet? Dude, duck face is absolutely not attractive! And that's not even getting into how attaining popularity, especially in High School, is a flawed goal to begin with. Still...

The World God Only Knows: Goddesses the First Impressions

First of all, before I get any messages about me not doing a First Impressions post for the previous two seasons of Kaminomi (portmanteau series nickname based upon the original Japanese title for the series "Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai") that's because I not only watched the first episodes of both seasons long before this blog existed, but by the time the blog started existing, I've already seen the last episodes. Hence why there isn't a The End of post for those two seasons either.

Now that the flame retardant has been applied, let's dive into the first episode of Kaminomi Season 3...

Free! Iwatobi Swim Club the First Impressions

Let's see, first thing, the reasons behind why this series is called what is it...

The "Iwatobi Swim Club" part is obvious, it focuses on the (implied soon to be) Swimming Club of Iwatobi High School, although the cold opening for the first episode showed back when they were still kids (seriously; it took a bit for me to figure that out, but at least I figured that out before the opening theme started). As for the "Free!" bit; apparently that's because our protagonist, Haruka Nanase, for some as of yet unknown reason will (or is it 'can') only swim free...style.

Welcome Everybody...(descriptions for the sub-series of this blog)

...who'll actually read this. Hello, I'm Shimohi (at least that's what I call myself in most video games). As mentioned in the description I have some sub-series in this blog and It'll take up too much of the character limit to describe what these sub-series are all about so, hence the existence of this post. Now, without further ado, here we go...

• Overthinking Things: This is the blogs alternate name, this is mostly my own attempts at providing tangential learning opportunities by typing about a connection between an anime/manga series, video game, or TV show (like some low, if any, rent version of the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series of Non-Fiction books).
• The End of (Title of TV Series or Game here): This is my reactions to the end of a series I've been watching and reflections on the series as a whole. Because I'm easy to entertain, but hard to impress, I don't think I can really call these type of posts 'reviews'. But if the Internet thinks it counts as a review, whatever. And, yes, the title of this sub-series is a Snowclone of the title of the move "The End of Evangelion".
• (Title of TV Series or Game) the First Impressions: This, in contrast to "The End of..." is my reactions to the first episode of a TV show (anime, live-action, or western animation) or the events of a game from start 'till the first time you can save (or just after the forced tutorial, whichever comes last), still keep in mind what I said about my ability to review in the above description for "The End of".
• Fan Fiction Spotlight: It is said that 90% of everything (including fan fiction) is crap. This sub-series is all about calling attention to the remaining 10% that makes the search worth it (at least in my opinion). Well...there is a type of fan fiction I read that will never, ever, ever, ever show up in this sub-series: Lemons. Just as it's said on  the That Guy With The Glasses show, What the F*** is Wrong With You?, "Nobody wants to see your d***", nobody wants to know what kind of amateur porn I read.
• Random Rambling Rants: Exactly what it says on the tin, besides, I love alliteration! Post title format is "(beginning subject) to (ending subject)".
• This Week in (Title of video game here): Some video games don't have a concrete ending...like most MMOs or games like the Animal Crossing ("Dobutsu no Mori" in Japanese) series. So this is...an actual record of the stuff that happens in that game.
• Pollnalysis: After the poll on this very blog is done gathering votes, I look at the results and this sub-series of posts are the result of said analysis. 
• Visual Novelist: Text-based Let's Play sub-series about various visual novels, and it's not just Romance games either.
• PPS Officer: Short for "Pokemon Protective Services" (something I made up for a game of Pokemon Tabletop Adventures I'd like to run someday). A Let's Play sub-series all about the various games of the Pokemon Franchise.
• MegaTen Demonologist: A Let's Play sub-series all about games from the Shin Megami Tensei series and it's spin-offs.
• Final Fantasist: A Let's Play sub-series focusing on the single-player Final Fantasy games (this means I'm NOT including the MMORPGs in the series).
• Role-Playing Gamer: A Let's Play sub-series that covers pretty much everything that doesn't fall under the influence of the other series.

I will add more here as more sub-series crop up.
- Shimohi