I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper (J-Drama Review)

I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper (J-Drama Review)

Mita Akari (Nanako Matsushima) works as a housemaid for a family who lost their mother through a sudden accident. The father and his four kids are nearing a collapse of their collapse. As the housemaid for the family, Mita Akari helps to solve their various problems ... even if a family member asks her to kill someone. Mita picks up a cockroach with her bare hand and throws it out to the window. When Kaito has trouble with math, Mita is there to help. Mita also cooks exceptionally well. The Asuda family are astonished with all of her skills.

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The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition Review

It’s been 7 years since the last edition and a lot has changed in Japanese Animation since then. Bandai pulled out of the American DVD market; Aniplex went to court over KibaAnime Sols and Daisuki tried to move the locus of power away from America and back to Japan; piracy and torrenting became hot-button issues; anime experimented with stereoscopic vision (Cyborg 009), crowd-funding (Kick-Heart), cellphone distribution (Today’s Aska Show) and “4D” cinema events (Hatsune Miku Live Party). Meanwhile, anime's sense of its own history continued not only to reframe the past, with the rediscovery of A Mole’s Adventure, but also to fret about the future, with the retirement of Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli).

If you ever wanted to know a lot of about anime series, ova and films this is the book for you. Often called The Anime Bible, The Anime Encyclopedia has seen it's 3rd revision. The revision updates from the very beginning of anime to the year 2013. Yes otakus your favorite shows like Sword Art Online and Highschool of The Dead are included in this revision. This entry not only gives the full synopsis and details of anime ranging from A to Z. It also gives you thematic entries covering various genre's from Hentai to sports anime and more. This section is great because it gives a history on each genre and how it started in anime. In addition each anime hyperlinks for those with tablets to get more information on the animation. I found this encyclopedia very useful when it came to old school anime. If you're like me and love the old school anime it's a great tool to look up titles you may have missed. The book is insightful, very detail and packs a punch. 

Final Grade A+/9.5


Switch Girl (J-Drama Review)

Switch Girl (J-Drama Review)

Based on a manga with the same name created by Aida Natsumi, 'Switch Girl!!' revolves around a high school student named Nika (Nishiuchi) who appears to be a stylish and fashionable girl at school, but that's really a fake persona that she uses when she's in public. At home, she “switches off” the facade and her returns to her true slovenly nature. Kiriyama Renn plays the good-looking transfer student Arata, who is Nika's love interest in the story.

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Resident Evil: The Marhawa Desire Vol. 2 (Manga Review)

Resident Evil: The Marhawa Desire Vol. 2 (Manga Review)

Professor Wright and his nephew Ricky is back and their mission, finding the source of the virus and halting its outbreak, continuous.  Meanwhile, Chris Redfield's team closes in to the professor's location. Will they get there in time? All this in a nail-biting second volume. Hit the jump for my review.

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Life Is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis Review

Life Is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis Review

18-year-old Max Caulfield leaves her family in Seattle to study at Blackwell Academy in her hometown Arcadia Bay, Oregon. In a lesson, she experiences a vivid nightmare. After that, she discovers her ability to reverse time and saves her former best friend Chloe from being shot.

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Project Almanac Review

Project Almanac Review

As a group of friends discover plans for a time machine, they build it and use it to fix their problems and personal gain. But as the future falls apart with disasters, and each of them disappear little by little, they must travel back to the past to make sure they never invent the machine or face the destruction of humanity.

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