aikokanzaki
11 January 2017 @ 12:37 am
I literally finished Kamen Rider Gaim 5 minutes ago! And so here I am with my top 5 characters! I’ll try and not been actor-persuaded because Gaim is full of stage actors who I love! So here goes!! Btw, I freaking loved Gaim if you wanted a quick review from me xD


1. Jonouchi - this guy... he’s SO funny and always there with the comic relief! I love how he tried to manipulate people at first and Pierre was just like ‘nah you ain’t’ and how he tries to act tough and pretending like he doesn’t wanna help. He’s such a sweetie <3 his growth as a character is great too! And omg my heart broke when he did the  “looking for Hase’ sign </3 I was always amused and laughing when he was on the scene. OMG remember when he broke out dancing even though he’d originally refused to?! xD


2. Zack - this guy GREW on me so hard (trying not to be actor bias but Zack has REALLY made me wanna evaluate my feels and opinion on Matsuda Gaku). To be honest I can’t really tell you Zack’s personality xD because I was way too interested in being attracted to him physically. And some of his reactions when Pierre would put a hand on his shoulder and stuff were hilarious! And those long legs!! Damn... he’s soooo cute!! He got cuter and cuter as the series went on <3 I do remember him being very faithful to his friends and what’s right though ^_^ can I have a Zack please?!


3. Micchi - He ALMOST didn’t make it on the list. When he first started to go dark, I did not like it, but when he was mentally broken and completely crazy; I was totally back on board with him! I much prefer him as the cute and innocent and happy Micchi but I definitely welcomed him when he was haywire too xD he character arc and development is so deep and it’s such a good development! But, I honestly thought he’d be a character death in this series and I’m still trying to decide if his ending was right or not. Nevertheless, this cutie should always be smiling! <3 also amazing actiing on Mahiro’s part.


4. Kaitou - This is another guy who grew on me! When I first started the series I wasn’t into him because I know that Kobayashi (the actor) in real life is SUPER genki and super... (am I allowed to say?) camp. But DAMN I soon forgot about Kobayashi’s real personality because DAMN Kaitou is DARK and power thirsty and I loved seeing him getting darker and darker and in the begining he’s just a normal dick but throughout the series we see his motives and we see him helping others and he has a real good story going on. And OMG his end and the end!!! Broke my heart!!! I definitely shed a few tears throughout his story arc.


5. Ryoma - I’m going to be honest, fifth place was hard to decide... to be honest I am partially disappointed in Ryoma because I know what to expect when I see Aoki perform and I didn’t get what I wanted from him for a LONG time in this series BUT (getting off the actor biasness) from about the second half, we start to really be able to see Ryoma’s true personality and his craziness and how badstabbing he is and he’s a juicy character! Especially episodes 38 - 40, his scenes are seriously my favourite!! And can we talked about his amazing style! MINUS those damn shorts! Seriouslym can I get his jacket (HIS JACKET!! <3) and shirt from his later episodes?! I love them!! And those tiny skinny legs he got going on are cute too! <3


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I tried to be unactorbias but obviously I was influenced by them! Who’s everyone’s favourite characters? Do you agree/disagree? Let me know ^_^
 
 
aikokanzaki
17 October 2016 @ 07:50 pm
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Here we are for another round!! This time we have:

-Ballerino Keiji
-Kin'Iro no Corda
-Brother's Conflict
-Doukyuusei
-刑事一徹 (命懸けで捜査に挑む犯人より心配性な男) = Stubborn Detective
-Smoking Gun
-Kakusho
-Fuben na Benriya
-Kokoro ga Pokitto Ni
-Shimeshi
-Diabolik Lovers
-Shitamachi Rocket
-Angel Heart

With this I'll have COMPLETELY caught up with ALL anime/dorama/movie reviews! ^_^ But same as last time, if there's anything from past (Season) Wrap Ups where you want a full review then let me know ^_^

Let's get started with the reviews because there's 13 things I have to talk about today.




( Are you ready for a wayy too long of a review? xD ) )


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I DID IT!! ^_^ Now I'm ALL caught up! I'm so sorry if this is long but now I can be a little less stressed xD by the way, what BULK review do you want next? I have:

- D Stage 10th Anniversary DVD Collection
- Messiah
- Saiyuuki
- Hakuouki

They're all stages. My gut is telling me to go in the order in which I marathoned them, but what do you think?
 
 
aikokanzaki
30 September 2016 @ 08:02 pm

This season I watched a total of  doramas and anime from this summer season (see full list here.) and here I am with my reviews of them!

I had 6/7 dramas and 8 anime, which is a total of 15 shows this past season which is like a lot but I honestly I don't think I watched anywhere near as much as I'd planned to watch but we'll see now won't we. First let's get the bad out of the way:

Didn't Finish / Didn't Start

1. GARO
There ended up not being one this season so that's a no brainer.


Now onto the reviews of stuff I did actually watch!

Doramas

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1. Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto [7/10]

( Review 1 ) )


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2. HOPE [5/10]

( Review 2 ) )



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3. Aogeba Toutoshi [8/10]

( Review 3 ) )



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4. Kamen Rider Ghost [3/10 - only for Alein <3]

( Negative of the year! ) )





Anime

( 6 Total Animes! ) )




Extras

Most of the summer season I spent watching the doramas and anime from the actually season but then towards the end I found I had a lot of time (I put myself on a stage watching ban) to finally watch some past doramas so I ended up marathoning 5 in a row (I watched all five in about 8 or 9 days!) and hopefully can get some more out of the way and save some space (finally) on this poor, old laptop harddrive xD << if you wanna know what I have and help me decide the next thing I watch then let me know!

Total Watched and Completed list for Summer 2016:

( Full Watched List of Summer! ) )



Anime: 11
Dorama: 10
Movie: 3
SP: 1
Total: 25

Doramas are finally getting up there and balancing out against movies which I've been completely neglecting recently =[ and I don't think I'll have time to continue any cinema going any time soon (damn you October and your fucking busy schedule!).

And that's a wrap up! If you made it this far then thank you for reading all the drivel! xD

What did you watch this season? Any good ones? Anything disappointing? Any recs you got for me? Let me know everything in the comments below!

 
 
aikokanzaki
28 June 2016 @ 07:22 pm
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Finally got around to this list! Remember; I won't be talking about ALL the doramas, only the ones that have interested me or caught my eye.

Full List:

( As usual a LONG list ) )


List credit goes here.


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Now to my list!



( Give me it all now! ) )


WILL WATCH DEFINITELY THIS SEASON: Hope, YowaMushi, Aogeba Totoshi, Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto

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The LACK of HS doramas this season is shocking! Usually summer season is the HEIGHT for HS dramas...
 
 
aikokanzaki


Finished all my Winter 2016 stuff today (March 30th), finishing off with this one! Let's get this review down!


( Himura x Arisu for life! ) )


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Overall: This is Japanese Sherlock Holmes, but is very gay between Himura and Arisu! Amazing casting and acting, even down to the guests! Psst. LOTS of Tokusatsu actors are in this!! I really loved Himura and Arisu's relationship. I also liked the humour in this - it made me giggle a lot. I enjoyed the mysteries/crimes a lot even though I could figure them all out pretty much straight away. And this drama (like YamaNeko) definitely had an ending that was NOT really the end - give me a second season right now!
Rating: 8.5 / 10
 
 
aikokanzaki
10 February 2016 @ 12:37 am



It is a few days late in true MP style! But I've had a drink so lets get this done!! ^_^

Are you ready?!


PreShow

There were only about 13 rows full of people, and it was at least a 25 row theatre! So I was a bit concerned about whether it was getting the right press and stuff.

If you don't know the story then sorry I ain't explaining it here. It's very faithful to the anime (and therefore the manga) so just watch the first season or read a summary on it. There was more humour in this and I think more solo time for the 'minor' characters in the stage play which was nice ^_^

OH! And once again that theatre smelt amazing!!!





( I think I'm getting better at these reviews ) )




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Overall: I seriously enjoyed this! This is one of the plays I was seriously NOT gunna watch because the second anime season was SO crap so I forgot just how good the first season one! But holy crap, this play did NOT let me down! All the actors were amazing! The project mapping and lighting and costumes and humour were also amazing! Ono definitely stole the show! You could not see Ono at all, it was all Guren! <3 If you're a fan of the anime I think you'll find this play faithful and the songs add a little extra to it - Ono and Hashimoto were the best while Suzuki was Girigiri xD I really enjoyed this!

Rating: 7.5/10 (Forgot to do this for Basara! I give it a 6/10!)


Have you seen the play? Will you? What about the anime/manga? Will you possibly rewatch season 1 alongside me?? What did you think of my report/the anime/manga/the play?