So I don't really do anything much anymore, what with all my classes being online now and all. Just sort of lounge around and write terrible codes and watch stuff on my computer. Oh yea, and continue losing at Starcraft to basically every other player out there with a remote understanding of the game. I've recently started to cut back on the gaming (No I didn't, not according to xfire, but it feels like I did) and picked up on watching anime again since I got something ridiculous amount of unwatched. Here are some reviews in case anyone will ever find them useful I suppose.

Doujin-work: I gave this an 8/10 on MyAnimeList. Its an everyday life kind of anime but focuses mostly on the main character working on becoming an artist. She basically started out wanting to make money but in the end found other meanings and happiness. Typical plot and story. Budget for this anime feels like it was pretty low (even lower than Higurashi!) but the characters are unique and it was quite fun to watch. This anime really does contain a decent amount of adult material and while there are no explicit contents, it is definitely NSFW material.



Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora (Looking up at the Half-Moon): Romance with some light comedy, this anime was only 6 episodes long but the pacing made it felt a lot longer. Definitely a good thing in this case since it was so good that I enjoyed every minute of it. The opening and ending are nothing to be too impressed with, neither was the art or the sound or anything really. The story, plot, and ending was what really sold me on this anime. The main character is a teenager and he was hospitalized due to some illness. There he met a girl about his age and it kind of goes from there. Don't really want to give away spoilers or anything, but out of all the titles in this post, this is the one I liked the most. (Though I'm a sucker for romantic anime and such, I could be extremely biased here since the anime didn't actually receive a very high rating). Reminds me somewhat of Sola.



Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro: Directed by legendary Miyazaki, this classic MUST SEE title took off a bit slow but if you like watch the Lupin series (or any other Lupin movie) then you will love this movie. Despite coming out in 1979 (hey thats older than me), this movie was great and a typical Lupin III action piece. Probably not for everyone but most people should like it, after all, its Lupin III. I also saw Lupin III vs Conan and while that was great, and the crew did an exceptionally fine job in integrating the arts and characters, it could have been a lot better with these two big names. Totally worth a watch if anyones a fan of both or either series but others won't be missing out on too much here.



Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time): I love Scifi and I love light romance (but not those stupid drama tv shows) and this movie was great. Ranked 17th on MAL so I suppose others thought the same as well. It kind of made me think about some things but I not sure that was what the movie was about. The art was great, the characters were ok (there were like 5 significant characters). Reminds me of 5cm per second but I just don't know why. Must be just cause the arts were the same and they're both by the same people I suppose. Basically the story is about an average high school girl (I think shes in HS...not sure, could be middle school?) that accidentally gained the ability to "leap" or jump through time. Travel to any point in the past (might also capable of travel to the future, but that didn't happen in the movie) and change how things turn out. At first her powers were great and everything was perfect but gradually things didn't end up how she wanted them to due to her changing everything. Now she has to somehow fix all the mess that she made but will that cause more problems? The ending was quite a twist since I cannot say I have seen it coming but it wasn't ground breaking or anything. Definitely something everyone should check out though.