Iron Man 3

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Name: Iron Man 3

Release date (in Singapore): 25 April 2013
Watched on: 27 April 2013

Summary:
Marvel Studios' "Iron Man 3" pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
Summary from: http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=70865

Personal Ratings: 4
I find this Iron man a lot better then Iron man 2. Really awesome movie with a very stable story line.
I really liked how even though in the first part of the movie, there seem to show incidence of no connection, but in the middle part, everything slowly gets connected. I really loved how they actually maintained his character as some one who is very complacent about his abilities. I think that even though in the previous iron man shows, he seemed to have become a better person, a person's personality cannot be changed that easily. That's why I really liked how they maintained his personality for all the shows. Really nice and unique story line.  A balance of action and comedy scenes. Really love the action scenes, especially the part where he did not have his suit. I really like how they showed the part about him having almost nothing, and the fact that he still needed to defeat the villains in the show. Really loved the scenes where he did not have his suit, and needed to make use of the things around him to get away or defeat the villain. Really loved the way they displayed his intelligence, it was really awesome and cool.
I did not really had anything I didn't like about the show, just probably the fact that there seemed to be little time shown about the suits. 

Recommended for:
Gender: Male & Female
Age: 12 and above
Ratings: PG

Karneval

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Name: Karneval カーニヴァル

Status: Completed
Episode: 13
Release date (for eng subs): Every Friday

Summary:
Nai searches for someone important to him, with only an abandoned bracelet as a clue. Gareki steals and pick-pockets to get by from day to day. The two meet in a strange mansion where they are set-up, and soon become wanted criminals by military security operatives. When Nai and Gareki find themselves desperate in a hopeless predicament, they encounter none other than the country's most powerful defense organization—"Circus"!! 

Summary from: http://myanimelist.net/anime/16035/Karneval_(TV)
Summary Source: OneManga

Personal Ratings: 3
A weird and unique anime. I find this anime a little confusing and lost in the beginning. 
I like the unique idea of the anime about using the term "Karneval", and then everything coming under that, such as the organization's name, Circus. I love the way they ended each and every episode. It really gives the viewers the urge to watch the next episode.
I don't really like the way they organize the episodes. I feel that they shift their focus to many times, between Gareki and Nai, that it gets a little confusing. I think that they used a lot of the screen time on Nai, who doesn't really get the point across half the time, after talking so long (in a weird way). I don't get the part about Karoku, it always get confusing when he comes into the picutre. I thought that they could show more of the bad people in between the animes. I also didn't like how they didn't really show the people of the first ship, and then in the second half of the anime, they keep showing them. The shift in the tempo is not smooth at all. I also feel that some of the issues lack explanation (like where do they get the powers from, etc)
I liked how they actually kept the suspense going about Karoku and Gareki and the captains of the two ships. I loved how they portrayed the characters and relationships between each of the characters. Overall the story line is quite interesting. If they don't have a 2nd season coming up, I'm going to really think that I wasted my time on this anime, because it is one of the most incompleted anime I have ever seen.

Art Ratings: 2
Don't like the way they draw and colour the eyes, especially the fact that they keep using gradient of weird colours that don't mix well, and i hate the way they draw the eye lashes for girls. For animation, the characters do look stiff. They make the characters wear weird stuff. Other then that, really unique and nice design or the characters. 

Recommended for:
Gender: Female & Male
Age: 13 and above
My Ratings: PG-13

Kamen Rider Wizard

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Name: Masked Rider Wizard, Kamen Rider Wizard 仮面ライダーウィザード

Status: On-going
Episode: 37
Release date (for eng subs): -

Summary: 
Six months prior to the start of the series, a mysterious ritual held on the day of the solar eclipse took place. Its purpose was to give birth to a group of magical creatures called Phantoms through humans with magical potential called "Gates", by forcibly subjecting them to immense despair. Haruto Soma and Koyomi, the survivors of the ritual, are tasked by the mysterious Shiroi Mahoutsukai to fight the Phantoms. Haruto is also given the Wizardriver to become Kamen Rider Wizard in order to prevent the Phantoms from transforming other Gates into Phantoms themselves. Later on, a man named Kosuke Nito appears as the ancient wizard Kamen Rider Beast to feed on the Phantom's magical power to survive and becomes both a rival and ally to Haruto.
Summary from:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamen_Rider_Wizard

Personal Ratings: 3
Honestly, this kamen rider series is better then most of the Kamen rider series (except w of course.)
Honestly, I did not really like the part where the main character transforms. It looks kind of lame. I also did not really liked how they sticked to the classics and always make them wear a belt. The belt seriously looks quite dumb, especially for the best wizard. I thought that they should have make use of the name Wizard, and change the belt to something less showy, like a bracelet or something. What I hated most about this show was the fact that they did not show us the more powerful phantoms in the show from the starting. They should have told us which phantoms where the powerful ones, like what they did for phoenix and medusa, they had the arm bracelet (which looked totally a lot cooler then the Kamen rider belt.) I also do not like how they need to use the final move to destroy the orges. The Kamen Riders should be able to defeat the orges without the use of much energy or mana. But somehow throughout the show, they always have a random scene in which they are fighting the orges, and it takes up quite a bit of time. In the later episode, I totally did not liked how when the Kamen Rider gets a new power, he always seem to be needing to use the new power on normal phantoms, even though he defeated a super strong phantom with that power and should not be needing to use the new power every single time. I don't like how when some monsters or powers are suppose to be strong, appear weak. Really contradicts the first few parts of the show and really make the show seemed under planned.
The nice thing about this show is probably the story line, and the unique point about this show is probably the fact that each and every case has a story behind it, and I really liked how they did not neglect the enemy side, and have a proper story for the phantoms. The Kamen Riders in the past all seem to not be bothered with the enemy side and just keep them going.
I really cannot wait until the point where they show more about Haruto and Koyomi and her past.

Recommended for:
Gender: Male & Female
Age: 10 and above
My Ratings: PG

Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai season 2

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Name: Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai season 2 俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない。
Prequel: Ore no Imouto Go Konna ni Kawaii Wage ga Nai 

Status: Completed
Episode: 16
Release date (for eng subs): Every Sunday


Summary:
2nd season of Ore no Imouto Go Konna ni Kawaii Wage ga Nai .


Personal Ratings: 3

The 2nd season of ore no imouto. I really liked the first season, and kind of knew there would be a 2nd season for this because some things where not completed. In between the wait, they released extra episodes about kuroneko and the brother. A must watch, as there would be no flashback or any of that sort in the second season.

A little less of the otaku part and more of personal problems and worries (so far in the show), just as it had been in the last few episodes of the first season. So far the anime has been the most addictive and anticipated anime for this season (at least for me it is). A must watch of this season.

The only concern I'm having here is that they will focus less on the main character's sister, and more of the other characters in the show. If that happens, I really think that the whole anime's story line will seem very broken apart and not linked.

Comments on recent episode:

Did not predict that this whole episode would totally be on the younger side of them. I think this really gave the viewer the whole picture of how come his sister (Kirino) is always so bad towards Kyousuke.

-Update coming soon-


Art Ratings: 3
Go to Ore no Imouto Go Konna ni Kawaii Wage ga Nai for the art review.


Recommended for:
Gender: Female & Male
Age: 16 and above
My Ratings: PG-13

One Piece Flim Z

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Name: One Piece Flim Z  ワンピースフィルム ゼット

Released date (in Japan): 15 December 2012
Watched on: 4 April 2013

Summary:
A once former Navy Admiral, Z is back to take revenge on both the Navy and Pirates, who took away everything from him. He wants to destroy all the hope and dreams of the Pirates, and thus eliminating them. His goal is to destroy all three end points in the new world. Once all the three end points are destroyed, the whole of the new world would be destroyed along. 
Luffy and his crew first met Z after he was being washed away after his battle against Kizaru. The crew decided to heal him, however, once he heard that they were pirates, he decides to destroy them. Luffy and his crew members barely escapes death and stops to repair their ship and collect information on Z.
After knowing about Z's objectives, he goes to defeat Z to take back his straw hat and save the world.
Summary by: AngelaAgness

Personal Ratings: 3
When I first saw the poster of this anime up everywhere, I was really really eager to watch this movie. the vibe the poster itself gave out was one filled with intense emotions and excitement. 
I thought that the front few part was really nice. The only thing that I was not satisfied with was the way they ended the movie. The last fighting scene was not up to the normal One Piece standard, it felt really short and there was not much real fighting involved. Luffy did not even have to use his full power to defeat Z. I really wanted to see a proper fighting scene, especially for Zoro. I did not like the way how the show seemed like Z was the main character, and not the straw hat crew. They seemed to place most of the screen time to Z and his past, where else the Luffy and his members seem to have very brief screen times. 
The only thing that I probably like is that is not long winded, and i really liked the way they progress. I like how they stick to the character's personality in the show, and I could really see the link of this movie tot he anime. Like in the new Naruto movie, I really felt that the personality of some characters like, Minato and Naruto's mother, does not seem to be the same as what was portrayed in the anime.
I'm not sure, but the movie seemed a little too linked with the anime. I was sure that there is also a new navy crew that opposed both the navys and the pirates, and one of the girl in the movie was inside too. There is also the thing about Aokiji. IN the movie, it says that Aokiji left the navy to bring Z back, but i don't really think this is true for the anime. 

Art ratings: 3.5
Same as One Piece. I really think that the animation for the movie was a lot better then the anime. There were not parts in the fighting scene where the character looks distorted. 

Recommended for:
Gender: Male & Female
Age: 16 and above
My Ratings: PG-13

Recommended Anime: Spring 2013

Spring 2013

Shoujo:
Aiura
Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku
Ore no Imouto go Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai 2

Shounen:
**Attack on Titans (Shingeki no Kyojin)
Devil Survivor 2 The Animation
Karneval
To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S
*Valvrave the Liberator


View List of Recommended animes here: http://strawberryshortcake-reviews.blogspot.com/p/recommened-animes.html

*Highly recommended for this season (Sequels not included)