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(removed) L’Arc-en-Ciel - Hurry Xmas
(removed) Awich - Happy X-mas (War Is Over)
(removed) 坂本龍一 (Sakamoto Ryoichi) - Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
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For your listening pleasure
Since the holidays are getting closer and the anticipation of frosty weather is near. We thought that we would let the readers know that "otaku" and "anime" themed gifts are still great gift ideas for your family or friends. Throw around an "alpaca" or two and you have a recipe for a fun time with those holiday mode inducing stuffed creatures.
Therefore, get ready for the upcoming season by taking a listen to these specially selected anime-otaku music tracks!
Onegai-shimasu! :D
January 30, 2016
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December 25, 2015
A Christmas Thought for Introverts Everywhere! (and Otaku!)
"What is Love?",
...is a popular ballad that goes like,
"What is love, baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more".
If you know the song I'm talking about you know it's catchy and that its been featured in many movies. But unlike how its upbeat nature suggests, it has a haunting and chilling message.
The question resounds over and over again, "What is Love"?, that reminds the listener that they'll never know what love is and that it hurt the messenger. Why is love so questionable and hurtful? Pay attention, to the next sentence because it holds the answer to your question, maybe. One person always loves another more than that person loves that person back.
That could have been a hefty statement. Do you think it's possible for two people to love each other with the same amount and kind of love? If you think the answer's yes then I would argue that you're half right then. There is hope for team yes, after all! Maybe...
Just think and question...
"When you love someone do they feel loved?"
"When someone loves you can you feel loved?"
Anyway,
...is a popular ballad that goes like,
"What is love, baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more".
If you know the song I'm talking about you know it's catchy and that its been featured in many movies. But unlike how its upbeat nature suggests, it has a haunting and chilling message.
The question resounds over and over again, "What is Love"?, that reminds the listener that they'll never know what love is and that it hurt the messenger. Why is love so questionable and hurtful? Pay attention, to the next sentence because it holds the answer to your question, maybe. One person always loves another more than that person loves that person back.
That could have been a hefty statement. Do you think it's possible for two people to love each other with the same amount and kind of love? If you think the answer's yes then I would argue that you're half right then. There is hope for team yes, after all! Maybe...
Just think and question...
"When you love someone do they feel loved?"
"When someone loves you can you feel loved?"
Anyway,
Merry Christmas to All and a very Good Night!
Christmas Cheer!!! Merry Christmas Otaku Friends!!!
Hi everyone! RPGHero here!
Anime and manga is a cultural thing. Here in America, everyone is wondering what culture really is, with all of the social change happening. To anybody who likes anime, manga, and games that is their culture, not just a part of it. A big part of life for every Otaku is striving to be better, just like all of those characters from anime. Sure sometimes the days are mundane and the nights are long, but all of it's already been told in the stories of anime... Culture to us, is loving anime and loving our fellow Otaku. ...and that is why we keep blogging, because we are passionate Otaku too, just like you all!
RPGs are very fun and that's why when I was a teenager, I played RPG games for hours on end. Army people know that the RPG is a term for an artillary weapon blast or whatnot. The RPG game genre is for people who like Role Playing Games and that's where my teenage years were spent over the summers and winter breaks. Sure, I could have been getting out more for real but I was a gamer at heart and the 40-80 hour games were my calling. It is from those RPG genre games that many teenagers learned about a different part of the world. Being that RPG games are different than games like Grand Theft Auto or The Sims, they have brought new elements that teenagers can get addicted to that aren't action or violence. RPGs introduced the concept of the Fantastical whether it was the good guy or the bad guy, each RPG had the amazing or crazy element that they added to only some of the game characters.
Games like Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X, both had the fantastical and wondrous elements. But it was kind of funny because both main characters were not that special, they were both kind of jockish, boyish guys that were catapulted into a world where other people were amazing and daresay Fantastical. That really makes the RPG game player think, especially because the main POV is from the character that is the most regular and ordinary but has to adapt to win the game or the girl. Then there's Final Fantasy XIII in which the main character IS a girl but they gave her the most amazing and daresay Fantastical elements in the game, only lagging from every other bad guy in the game (because the game is that hard). Think about it, Lightning, the game's main character is way more of a soldier than either Cloud Strife from FFVII or Tidus from FFX, and she actually knows how to hold her own in a fight, rather than complain or have the other characters react negatively to the world around them, Lightning is comforting because she is a strong personality, in the game. That goes to show that RPG games are changing too. No more, will teenagers waste those summers solely for Cloud Strife or Tidus, even Serge from Chrono Cross, to be disappointed in their emo, introverted personality styles in the super human worlds of Final Fantasy. Fingers-crossed!
Anime too had changed, becoming more liberal than conservative hehe. The hard smack to the main characters seen in the first Gundam series' are now replaced by LGBT positive humor in the newer anime like MM! or Tiger and Bunny. That's good, because its painful to see the main character of those old Gundam treated like a rag doll for frustrated older male characters, just for the main character to climb out of the social hierarchy to be second, only to that one moment... Same goes for anime like Grappler Baki, The Fist of the North Star, and old DBZ. they were all painful to watch when the good guys weren't doing well enough. But even the new anime are kinda painful with Attack on Titan or Deadman Wonderland, they're way more suspenseful and thrilling, in other words not anti-climactic.
Anyway, we hope that anime and video games do keep on changing. That way those who truly like anime and video games will stick with it. The ones who truly like something stay with it through thick and through thin, as their nature and the nature of the things that they like change too. True Otaku will like anime and manga, even to watch the new ones just as much as the old ones. That's the way that Otaku support the changing way of anime media and the treasured manga-ka that continue to create those stories out of the Japanese they were given.
Lucky no Kaze Ni... Dragon Soul and all that good stuff!
...and Merry Christmas to you all! :D
December 19, 2015
Why is December the Month of Unlikely Couples, by RPGHero
December, Month of Unlikely Couples
No two snowflakes are alike, but they're all drops of crystalline water that reflected the sun's light rays from outer space. That's like everyone, reflecting the sun's warmth, but for a drop of water to become a crystal it absorbs some of the sun's light, the atmosphere, and combines it with the particles inside that drop of water. Maybe that's why we all want love and happiness so much.
~Merry Christmas!~
December 17, 2015
Winter Wonderland AMV!
December 14, 2015
Kagura and Gintoki (You May Decide???)
December,
Month of Unlikely Anime Couples!
Kagura and Gintoki !!!
Gintoki takes care of Kagura since her dad travels the Amanto Outer Space as a bounty hunter. Unlikely because Gintoki is frequently paired with Tsukuyo (Tsuki) and Kagura with Okita Sougo. Also, because some episodes feat them both like the "Sleep Helps a Child Grow" (ep 153) episode.
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December 10, 2015
Naruto and Sakura!
December, Month of Unlikely Anime Couples!
Naruto and Sakura
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December 6, 2015
Our Christmas Song by Hiromi
Our Christmas Song by Hiromi
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December 4, 2015
Natsume and Taki (Natsume Yuujinchou)
December, Month of Unlikely
A n i m e C o u p l e s!
N a t s u m e and T o u r u T a k i
From the anime, "Natsume Yuujinchou"
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| Taki and Natsume after an encounter using the Book of Friends |
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| Taki hugging and smothering Nyanko-Sensei |
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| Taki and Natsume with "friends"! |
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| Natsume with Touru Taki and Tanuma |
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| Spirit of Nyanko-sensei with Touru Taki |
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| Natsume on a date? :) |
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A r e t h e y c o m p a t i b l e?
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| N a t s u m e a n d T o u r u T a k i |
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December 1, 2015
Orihime and Ulquiorra
December, Month of Unlikely Anime Couples!
Orihime and Ulquiorra
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| Orihime embracing chibi-Ulquiorra |
Month of Unlikely Anime Couples, December!
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| This movie is called, "The Year Without a Santa Claus" |
It's December!
The month of Christmas Coolness in all of its colorful, illuminated, and glorious forms! Also of chilly, red noses; hot chocolate, Christmas movies, decorating trees with ornaments and lights, vacations, movies and/or live Christmas shows, Santa Claus, St. Nick, Frosty the Snowman, Santa's elves, snow angels, snowmen, snowfall, Bing Crosby, The Love Hina Christmas special and so much more!
Here at the Otaku Reviewers weblog, we decided to mix it up just a little bit. So from us to you, December will be the "Month of Unlikely Anime Couples"!
Winter can be one of the best times of the year to become a couple with somebody else. In anime, there are a lot of would-be couples that just didn't make it. The same happens to most normal people in their own lives, and leaves us wondering... why? θ＼(；￢_￢)Anyway as December rolls on so will the Otaku Reviewers and we will be posting cool fan stuff often, dedicated to the Unlikely Character Pairs of Anime that could have been, a couple!
...starting with the next post...
December 18, 2011
Jpop Video of the Day!
24 Xmas Time by Mai Kuraki
Read on for English lyrics!
Beware the translation is a strict translation i.e. the grammar wasn't translated.
Read on for English lyrics!
Beware the translation is a strict translation i.e. the grammar wasn't translated.
December 15, 2011
CONTEST WINNERS!
CONTEST WINNERS!!!
May your holidays be more than just filler in the grand scheme of your anime!
Bonnie McAffee you won 1st!
Alondra29 you win too!
Thanks for entering and enjoy your Christmas Special! We'll be in touch ^_^
And to all our other followers, keep reading!
Alondra29 you win too!
Thanks for entering and enjoy your Christmas Special! We'll be in touch ^_^
And to all our other followers, keep reading!
December 4, 2011
November 27, 2011
Christmas Contest Giveaway 2011! [Otaku Reviewers Blog]
Overview of Contest:
Do YOU want an OtakuGEAR pack as seen in the video? Well there are only two packs, so prepare to face the random number generator in pitched combat!
First Place:
Manga: The Complete Guide
Great Manga Encyclopedia for manga newbies and veterans alive! Over 900 manga reviews!
Hatsune Miku Wall Scroll
Its so cute you'll moe moe kyun!
A new copy of the newest shonen jump!
A new copy of the newest shonen jump!
Pocky!
Mmmm, pocky.
Second place:
A new copy of the newest Shonen Jump!!!
Marisa Kirisame (Touhou) Mousepad
Let Marisa steal your precious mouse!
More Pocky!
You know the drill.
In order to be eligible:
1. Follow our blog at the top of the page! If you're already following, no need to follow again; you've already completed this step!
2. Comment below with your email address (or send it to chansu@otakureviewers.com) so we can contact you if you've won, along with your follower name as it appears after step 1 in order to enter!
The contest will be going until December 15th, so make sure to enter before then!
Good luck and Happy Holidays!!
-chansu
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This blog, "The Otaku Reviewers", was started in February of 2010 on this very same platform, Blogger. At first, it was a venture into the informational and informal world of comics, anime, video games, and Japanese culture. In other words, just a random blog.
Over time, the founder of the blog credited with the pseudonym "RPGhero" was joined by two fellow bloggers and friends with the names "Chansu" and "Deretsun". Together the three bloggers looked up interesting Japanese culture facts, recommended new anime, talked about their own "otaku" interests, and traveled across the United States to various anime conventions.
There have been off periods when the blog ceased production of content and there have been times when there would be dozens of blog posts per week. The schedule varies depending on the lives of the people behind the alias'. However the pattern is that we always get back into the game with even newer information about Japanese culture, anime, video games, and other nerdy hobbies.
The motto of our blog is:
"A cure for your apathy and an inspiration for your dreams. ...Applies to Otaku, anime fans, J-pop junkies, and the like"
The purpose is to blog about cool stuff related solely to anime and otaku stuff. There's no other reason we're doing this.
