Animated-Aaron's Review

Guys, Gals & Non Binary Pals. This is Aaron’s Review of The Legend of Korra (season 1). ! Background! The show is a spinoff/continuation of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’. Korra, the next avatar after Aang, moves to Republic city to learn air bending. However, there’s a terrorist group called ‘The Equalist’ who want the non-benders to have power and believe benders need to be taken down. So, Korra must deal with a new life as well as a mysterious villain wanting her to be a broken human for simply being the avatar. ! The Story! My main problem with the story is just how the show adds things in. Granted, the elements being brought in are fine, but as the show gets to episode 10, it’s a little hard keeping track of everything. It starts with Korra being introduced as a hard headed prodigy who sneaks on a boat from the South Pole to Republic city so that Tenzin, Aang’s son, can teach her airbending. She then gets in trouble by the police for destroying a street after stopp...

Gym leaders, the trainers in charge of seeing if the player is worthy of moving on the region’s league. They range from goofy (Wake) to intimidating (Chuck), to flushed out and engaging (Elesa) to ‘I hate you’ (Grant). In any other game, their called ‘Boss battles’. Here, they’re called Gym battles. Either way, I’m listing the ones that I consider to be absolute bosses. 5: Korrina, Kalos A gym leader that you face before and after the gym battle. Hey! That’s pretty cool! Like most of the Kalos gym leaders, she isn’t that hard to beat. Korrina’s Meinfoo was able to land a few hits but I’m putting her on for her place in the story.  Gen 6 introduced mega stones which is basically a power boost and Korrina did a great job easing the gamer into the concept. Being a gym leader, it makes sense that she’d be trusted with that power. Plus she’s related to the ‘master of mega evolution’. Korrina makes sure you deserve the power she’s giving you along with a Lucario. What I like is ...

“The Japanese term  tsundere  refers to a character who “runs hot and cold”, alternating between two distinct moods: tsuntsun ( aloof  or  irritable ) and deredere ( lovestruck ). The term was originally used to describe characters who began with a harsh outgoing personality, but slowly revealed a soft and vulnerable interior over time. Over the years the character archetype has become flanderized, and is now generically associated with a character who flips between the two emotional states at the slightest provocation, and usually at a specific person rather than a general sociability problem.” – http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Tsundere ! Extremely popular in anime, this character trope actually annoys me. By ‘annoy’, I mean I loath the concept do to it becoming a disease to the medium and I’d rather the trope die so it can’t poison any more shows by dragging them down. This isn’t to say there aren’t any anim...

Romance is one of those things that’s optional despite the idea being pounded into your head. Some days, I just wanna watch an action movie without a forced love interest sub plot. Or maybe a romantic comedy with a love triangle where the person decides, ‘you’re both awful. I’m going to enjoy being by myself.’ But until then…here are the ones that got it right in my eyes. Enjoy! Originally posted by capturing-avatar Guys, Gals, & Non Binary Pals. This is Animated Aaron’s Top 10 Couples. Honorable Mentions: Lilian x Roomie: Go Get A Roomie Largo x Erika: Megatokyo Roy x Riza: Fullmetal Alchemist Franchise Homer x Marge: The Simpsons Rapunzel x Flynn: Tangled  Korra x Mako: Avatar-The Legend of Korra Suki x Sokka: Avatar-The Last Airbender 10: Shinji & Kaworu-NGE Franchise Originally posted by tsundere-pineapple Shinji is a very shy person who has a lot of issues. He’s scared of interacting with people and can be emotional but almost always ba...

This is the closest to liking moe I’m ever going to get Originally posted by dezaki Guys, Gals, & Non-Binary pals, this is Animated Aaron’s review of Kanon (2006) ! Background ! Originally posted by dezaki The show focuses on Yuichi after he moves in with his cousin and aunt to begin his new school year in a town that’s always covered in snow. As he gets more accustomed, he starts to befriend and aid girls at his school with their problems. Just as well, he remembers little details about his own childhood when he spent summers there. ! Story ! Originally posted by dezaki If you’ve ever played an RPG, then you have a general idea of how this anime works. Honestly, it’s even paced like a good one. Yuichi gets introduced to all the people he’s going to be interacting within the first three episodes. So when their arcs begin, it doesn’t seem forced. Lots of exposition in the form of casual conversation that pushes the plot forward. The situations Yuichi finds h...

This really should be more popular than it is. Guys, Gals, & Non-Binary Pals, this is Animated-Aaron’s Review of Bamboo Blade. !The Set-Up! The weekly adventures of a school Kendo club as they try to get more members as well as bond through the growing appreciation of the sport. !The Story! It’s about as simple as you can get with a slice of life, sports anime. The first few episodes are about the coach and captain trying to recruit members for a practice match against another school. The reason why is because the underpaid coach made a bet that if he wins, he’ll get free food from a sushi restaurant for a year.  Three students and a lot of exposition on the rules and style of Kendo later, they have the match. In any other anime, the coach would be a creep that hustles his students and the match would take up 4 episodes. Here, when the students find out about his bet, they shrug it off since they know he has no money. It’s treated as a joke. And it is very funny. ...

I don’t think ever I’ve watched a show that was on a such a gradual downhill slope in terms of it’s entertainment.  Guys, Gals, & Non Binary Pals, this is Animated Aaron’s Review of ‘Luck & Logic’. ! The Background ! In a world where gods and demons from various folklore can enter and exit the human world, the demons of course wreak havoc. However, they have to possess someone in order to use their powers and take on much more powerful forms. Same goes for the ‘gods’. A special police known as the ‘ALCA’ protects the streets from the monsters using goddesses to help them transform. The story follows Yoshichika as he aids the other ‘Logicalists’ in protecting their city. ! The Story ! Okay, first two things I don’t like. I mean…at all. The naming and terms used in the show are simplistic but aren’t engaging. The demons that possess civilians are referred to as ‘foreigners’. The fusion and form taken is called a ‘trance’. The powers used are referred to as one’s ‘...