Love Live review

Alright.. First post in a long time. I will finally be reviewing Love Live, the anime specifically.

characters (from left to right): Top row: Maki, Nozomi, Eli, Rin. Middle row: Kotori, Honoka, Hanayo. Bottom row: Umi, Nico.

characters (from left to right):
Top row: Maki, Nozomi, Eli, Rin.
Middle row: Kotori, Honoka, Hanayo.
Bottom row: Umi, Nico.

For starters, or to those who have never heard of Love Live. It is a multimedia project co-developed by different companies, like Lantis and Sunrise. It was launched on August 2010.

I don't want to go deeper on the franchise details and history because this is an anime review after all. I will leave a Wikipedia and the official website link at the bottom.

Debut in anime(With 3 first members)

The first season of the anime was released on January 2013 and the second season was released on April 2014, a gap of a year. The anime is about a group of school girls who become idols to save their school which is shutting down.

Note that in the anime, Love Live is an idol competition where idols compete to become the best.

The first season is about Honoka Kousaka(The main character). Formed a school idol group Muse(μ's) with 3 of her childhood friend Sonoda Umi(Best girl) and Kotori Minami to save the school from shutting down because the lack of new student enrollment. It covers the formation of Muse, their debut, more members joining, Love Live debut, hiatus and re-entering Love Live.

Season 2 announcement

Next, season 2 is basically the continuation of the first season. The school did not close down, Honoka appointed as the new student council president and because of the extreme success of the first Love Live(The competition). The next Love Live was started immediately, giving Muse a second chance. The second season covers the rise of Muse to entering the finals, to winning Love Live and finally the disbanding of Muse(Because they have 3 senior member). And everything ends with the performance of the first season opening and a movie announcement.

Winning Love Live(Everyone present)

Enough of the series details, now is the part where I tell about what I think of the series. First of all, I really enjoyed the anime(Both season). The visuals is top notch, but needs improvement on some areas. The story line is great and easy to pick up and understand, although it could use some improvement here and there. The soundtrack is also very catchy and The openings and the endings is great.

Nice visuals

I also find every character is likable n their own way, like Honoka whose persistence, The tsundere-ness of Maki. At first, I don't really like Ayase because of her cold personality, as the series progress, she started to become a better person and became one of my favorite character. Although my favorite is Sonoda Umi, I love everyone because of their own charm. And generally, I love idol anime and watching all characters and their different ways.

Everyone is likable

The negative thing I have to point out about the anime is.. What's going on behind the scene?. The songs that they wrote is good and all but, who played the instruments?. I know that Maki compose the melody, Umi wrote the lyrics and Kotori designed the costume. But, who handles the recording?. Don't get me wrong, I've mentioned that I like the soundtrack but watching the anime. We can see the writing process but what about the recording process. How do they compose the instrumentals?What is going on in the studio?. Everything is already there, the songs and all. I wished they showed what's going on in the studio.

The same also applies for their live shows. How do they set up the stage?. Where do they get the budget to get the props?. Who is their producer. Comparing Idolmasters, The producer is one of the character and we can see how he manages his idols. But Love Live, the producer is never shown and who manages the group. They have a group leader, but the producer?. I'm sure they have one, because Honoka mentioned it once, but who is he/she?.

How do they get the budget to film this kind of music video?
And the filming process.

So long story short. I really enjoyed the anime but I wished there was more behind the scenes stuff, like they could show the recording process of a song, how they set up the stage and film their music videos and who manages the group.  

So, That was what I think of Love Live. I loved the series but could use some improvements here and there.

I will try to write more things on my free time. In the meantime,  leave a comment on what do you think and how can I improve. Thank you

Wikipedia link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Live!

Official site : http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/

Back again

Hey guys.. Sorry I've disappeared for a long time.. Been busy with life. Anyways, I will try to post more content. Stay tuned for more

Haiyore nyaruko-san W episode 3 review

Okay.. First review. I will be reviewing Haiyore Nyaruko-san episode 3. If you haven't watched season 1 or the first two episode. I recommend you do so. I will try to tell what happened without spoiling the story to those who haven't watched it yet.

The episode title

The one thing that I love about the series is the opening. Its catchy and very addictive. Again, go and watch season 1. Here's the opening used in season 1


I prefer to write the third episode straight away because well.. I'm too lazy to write for the whole season 1 and the first two episode of season 2. So wait till the series to end then I will summarize the whole series form season 1 to season 2. Sorry everyone. So you'll just have to watch it yourself.

Anyways. Back to the topic. So. in this episode.It starts with Nyaruko and the gangs (Kuuko,Hasuta,and Mahiro) Going to Myanmar to stop the library thieves robbed the library in episode 2.

Prepare for landing

So after that, Nyaruko still forget to return the book(watch episode 2), And then the thieves are actually looking for the book Mahiro borrowed from the library to create a Monkey. More precisely Great Monkey Alaozaru

This one

Then Hasuta transform onto a new form. Apparently He used to stop Nyaruko and Kuuko fighting when they were in Space Elementary.

His true form

So in the end they stop the Monkey. And the suspect is apprehended and Nyaruko still forgot to return the book she borrowed to the library.

So. What I think of this episode. So we finally see Hasuta's true ability.Because Nyaruko mentioned about how scary Hasuta is. And There is obviously a Kamen Rider reference in this episode. In fact The whole series has a lot of Kamen Rider reference. Even Nyaruko's true form is based on a Kamen Rider.

True form

 The thieves in this episode is also based on a Kamen Rider. I think its Kamen Rider double.

The thieves

My favourite scene in this episode is when Nyaruko asked her to come and help her but she was thinking otherwise. Because Nyaruko said come. and Kuuko thinks she said "come".

Kawaii XD

I also love how they love to break the seriousness of the series(watch it yourself to see how they did it).

We can also see Nyaruko's future kids (kinda. Its in her fantasy where Hasuta and Kuuko died in the battle). The only thing I have to point out is Try not to break the seriousness too often. Because we want some seriousness in the series.

But, Its still early days. I can't review the anime fully yet. Because there is still a lot of episode haven't aired(Its only been 3 episode) and hopefully. The second season is as awesome as the first season and the next episode will be better. So that's the review for the third episode and see ya in the next episode.

First post

Okay first post.. I will post reviews of anime, manga, games and other things related as frequently as possible.. So please stay tunned and wait for the reviews