aikokanzaki
04 July 2016 @ 08:40 pm
The summer season has already started or is about the start, and the humidity has really notched up this past weekend so it's time to wrap up the Spring months!! You can see my Spring Watching List here.

I had 9 dramas, 7 anime, which is a total of 16 shows (not including Game of Thrones) this past season which seems like alot but I was surprised at how much extra time I had to watch a billion stage plays (I watched all of Messiah, all of Tenimyu Gen 6th, some Hakuouki, Kin'Iro, the list continues) and have time to write reviews (which I'm nearly up to date on - YAY!). It also helped that I was on a 'Starting' which meant once I'd finished a show or a book, I wasn't allowed to start another in summer (July) came so that opened up a lot of room too.

But anyway! Let's get onto the list!

Out of the 16 things I planned to watch, I managed to complete 6 of the shows. So first lets get the things I didn't finish, or even start out of the way:

Didn't Finish / Didn't Start



( The list ) )

And now I'll talk about the stuff I DID finish this season!

Completed




( 6 ) )

Still-OnGoing

KR Ghost and Zyuogher are still on-going; Zyuogher has slowed down a litle interms of keeping my interesting but it's still enjoyble and I was completely into Ghost when they did Allen's arc but now that we're past that arc, I'm back to like 'hurry up and be over' mode - sorry!
Of course One Piece is still on-going (I went from episode 670 to 745 during the spring season!). I WAS up to date but now I'm about 3 episodes behind now.
Also Ace Attorney seems to be a 24/26 episode show instead of 12 so looks like this'll follow me into summer but this isn't as good as I was hoping. It's all too easy to figure out...

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Extras

As the season was calming down I managed to watch some other things like; marathoning Hakuouki season 1 and omg it ripped me apart. Holy shit guys. I was NOT prepared. How can 26 episodes ruin a person so easily and so quickly?! It's SO dark and it's one of those that rips you apart with the feels but you can't NOT watch! Like wtf?! o_O

That's pretty much my spring season done! So nows the list of pretty much everything (bar stage plays cos damn we'll be here for decades writing that list out. But if you wanna see it then let me know!) I watched and completed in the spring months:

( Full Spring List! ) )

I'm still way ahead in Movies compared to Doramas which NEEDS sorting! xD as you can tell this was a lot slow than my winter months but stage is definitely taking up my life MORE than tv and films atm. But hopefully it'll all balance out cos I actually am missing my dorama marathons...

And that's my wrap up! My next post will either be a review of a dorama or it'll be my summer definitely watching list ^_^


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
It's that time again when all the new, shiny things are starting!! Just like last time I'll list what I am hoping and want to see through out the season (full list and inital interests here). So lets get cracking!!

[ Winter 2016 / Spring 2016 / Summer 2016 / Autumn 2016]


1. Watashi Kekkon dekinai janakute, Shinai desu - Well this was an obvious choice from the start so no need to explain myself here ^_^



2. Good Partner - Seriously that has me SO intreged and I've not seen a legal dorama since Legal High. I'm expecting it to be part serious, part comedy so we'll see!



3. Seirei no Moribito - This is is seemingly only 4 episodes a year for the next 4 YEARS! So I'll wail til season one is completed (cos it finishes in two weeks!) and possibly watch the first season. But I really don't like the idea of having to wait 4 years to get the full story... seemingly this was an anime too?



4. Dias Police - but ONLY if I have time. This is going to be more of a 'back-up' if one of the other dramas really don't mesh with me.
5. KR Ghost, SS Zyuohger, SS Tokyuuger, KR Amazons - Ghost is nearly up to where I want it to be before I start marathoning through it, so hopefully before May I'll be back on attempting to watch it (even though I've already been majorly spoiled for March 27th's episode!). I started Tokyuuger during the winter season and I am in LOVE with it! I cannot get enough but I'm taking my time because I don't want it to be over. But seriously, it's SO good! Zyuohger is proving to be interesting too but this stull has like 40 episodes to go - defo not complaining though! If I finish Tokyuuger this season then I'm gunna move onto KR Gaim. It's like the only other Toku I've not seen that's come out in recent years.

Now the anime... I've been in a HUGE anime mood recently so first we'll look at what I'm already currently watching (there's 4) before looking at the newcomers for this season:


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6. One Piece [Episode 670 onwards~] - I haven't watched any for like 2 years so I was about 50 episodes behind when finally picked this back up recently. I've actually cried a few times. Seriously, Cora-san had me BROKEN UP!! So yeah One Piece this time around is affecting me more and I'm enjoying it more.

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7. Hunter x Hunter [40-ish onwards ~] - another I took a 2 year break from and continued off from episode... I wanna say 40-something. This is definitely one I HAVE to be in the mood for (OP I can basically watch whatever mood I'm in) so I'm watching this at a slower pace but I've just gotten onto the Greed Island arc and loving it so far! Episode 64 as of March 30th.

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8. Fairy Tail - I have tickets for the stage play so obviously I gotta do my 'homework' for it. Seemingly the stage story will take place from the anime episode 52. I'm currently on episode 33 so should be able to get through the necessary arc before I see the stage! I have to say, I'm really enjoying FT! I was worried it'd just be a OP rip off but it's very different and I love the characters and I cannot wait and can totally picture Ono, Shuuto and Shira-chan as Loke, Natsu and Grey <3

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9. Prince of Tennis - I know! I'm finally WATCHING this even though I've been watching the stages for YEARS! Unfortunately this one is taking me the longest to watch. I am definitely preferring the stages to the anime but I think that's mainly cos the anime is such low quality xD Right now I'm on about episode 10 (yeah not far in at all right! But I do rotate between these four anime so one episode per go and I've only been watching POT for about a week). I have to saw; seeing Kaidoh with an orange bandana is weird as hell! xD

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10. Joker Game - I am ONLY allowing myself to watch this ONCE I've FINALLY watched Kamenashi's Joker Game movie. I have been putting off BOTH his 2015 movies for too long! I am excited to see the anime of it though - yes I already know I'm gunna like these.

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11. Ace Attorney - my sister is a HUGE AA fan and I've played a little of the game and I've seen the movie and I wanna see how well it transitions from a game to an anime. And it probably will translate well because they make anime out of games ALL the time xD

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12. I'm Sakamoto? - The synopsis actually doesn't give much away but I am expecting (and hoping) it's a comedy about just how ridiculous this guy is ^_^ If you've read the manga, let me know!



As for all my 'On-Hold' stuff: I am NOT making any promises. I am SO swamped enough, right? I have enough anime episodes, doramas coming up, I watch a new movie at the cinema almost every Monday AND I'm still VERY behind on my stage reviews. On top of that I've been marathoning the GANTZ manga (380-odd chapters by the way) cos I've been 'reading' it for like 4 years already and in the middle of two books and *dies* I really do have enough on my plate entertainment wise at the minute so all my On-Hold stuff is STAYING on hold and I'm gunna make it a rule to not start ANYTHING new on ANY platform of entertainment until most of my shit is done ^_^ sound good?


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And there we have it! My MAHOOSIVE list for Spring 2016 - wish me luck? I need it! xD

What are you watching this season? Let me know below!
 
 
aikokanzaki
23 March 2016 @ 09:38 am
This took less time than I imagined to get this sorted!

Full List:

Full List Here in Japanese )

There are some Season 2 and 3's coming out that I can't watching cos I haven't even watched the first seasons. But now that you've seen the full list. Here's the quickie view of everything that's interested me:


●Tuesday●




[04/12]22:00~「重版出来! Juhan Shuttai」 TBS
Synopsis: Kokoro Kurosawa used to be a contender for the Olympic Judo Team, but she now begins work at weekly manga magazine "Baibusu." She learns about editing from senior editor Kei Iokibe. She becomes fascinated with the edition world including talking with manga writers, discovering new manga writers and efforts to reprint manga books.
Cast: Odagiri Joe, Kaname Jun, Kohinata Fumiyo, Matsushige Yutaka, Nagayama Kento etc.


( Many More Below! ) )


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I know for definite I'll be watching Seto's dorama as it comes out but everything else I haven't had time to properly consider... Give me another week to decide that please!