Winter is saved!

Looks like I have to take back what I said earlier...

I LOVE THIS SEASON!

Today I started watching Sasami-san@Gambaranai and found out that NGE 3.0 is already up'n'subbed but what really saved me was Kotoura-san! I just finished the first episode one minute ago and I'm more than pleased. Great opening and ending theme and an awesome story! Same goes for Sasami-san@Gambaranai(you might find it a bit irritating though).

I wish you all a pleasant day.

Peace
  Ontaru

CLANNAD

Hey there

At first I wanted to do a nice review here but then I decided that that's not neccesary at all so
today I'm just gonna talk about my favourite anime of all time - Clannad(and ~Afterstory~)
I'm sure that the mass of all the otakus out there know and love Clannad and I think I can easily list six reasons why YOU should watch it:

1. The story is a perfect mix of drama, romance humor and fantasy. It's a story about how friends and family influence our life and how strongly past and future are connected.
2. The art and animations are flawless and high quality.
3. The soundtrack ranges from awesome and pure epic to tear-jerking and heartwarming.
4. There is not a single character you can dislike. Everybody (even the tiniest supporting role) plays an important part and is needed to lead the story to its true ending. This is even more obvious in the visual novel.
5. You can watch it three times in a row and you will still love it and tear up at sad points.
6. It has the most beautiful and satisfying happy end I have ever seen.

Clannad  ~Afterstory~ also features my favourite episode of all the hundreds of anime I've seen. "Small Palms" is a worthy end for an awesome anime(I'm not counting the extras here).
Here's the final scene. DON'T watch this if you haven't seen it before!

So now that I've cried my eyes out once more I will also mention the movie.
I've talked about this before with some people and it seems that many fans don't like the movie. I have to admit that I also wasn't very font of it the first two or three times I watched it, but the more often I saw it, the more I began to like it. I still hate the Sunohara in the movie though.

So here's my advice for today:
Start watching Clannad NOW! Even if you've just watched it recently - DO IT!


This defenitly won't be the last time I'll talk about Clannad so be prepaired.
Peace
  Ontaru



PS: You should check out the visual novel if you can get ahold of a copy. I will not advertise internet piracy here so email me if you need help finding a download.

Some pics fyi

Here you go:

See you later this evening.

Peace
  Ontaru

Too tired...

Hey there...

After a long day on the shooting range I was once again reminded of how awesome automatic machine guns are but now I'm totally worn out and far too tired to think of anything more demanding than this post. I'll make up for it tomorrow with the imho best episode of my favourite anime and maybe some (de)motivators.

I'll leave you with my favourite scene from Full Metal Panic! Fumoffu?! 

Two videos 'cause I couldn't find the full scene on YouTube. 

Peace

   Ontaru

 

 

Few apps you should check out

Hey there


I recently found these cool android apps and I think I should share them with you. Most of them are for studying Japanese.


Obenkyo

This app is probably the best one out there for learning Japanese. I use it every day to review all my Kanji and to become more fluent in reading. You can just browse through all the symbols, learn the correct stroke order and even take tests on the stuff you've learned. It's really easy to use and once you've memorized all the Katakana and Hiragana you can start off with the Kanji list which features about 3000 symbols with all readings, meanings, stroke order and examples of common usage.

It has a nice list of vocabulary and two experimental features for studying particles like ''ga" and "to" and for learning and understanding grammer using Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese.

If you want to study Japanese not only at home but pretty much everywhere you go, go and get this app! It's free and all the content is for offline usage.


Survive! Japanese

Another cool app for learning Japanese. You start off in this text adventure at Tokyo airport and have to complete tasks like returning a lost notebook whilst learning basic Japanese. I only tried the lite version but I'm thinking about getting the full one, because I really liked it so far. The lite version is of course for free so you should defenitly check it out.


Japanese Flashcards

A nice bunch of flashcards for easy learning with different modes like memory, quiz or slideshow mode. Haven't used this a lot yet but it seems to be pretty handy.


Japanese Word of the Day

Put this widget on your homescreen to get a new word every day with Hiragana/Katakana, Kanji and english translation.


Eva Clock HD

It's a Neon Genesis Evangelion clock widget and it looks AWESOME!


Mango

 Easy to use app for reading manga online, with a huge list of manga, favourite and offline option.


Mirai Clock 3

Another anime clock app by Danny Choo(Culure Japan). It does nothing special except beeing very well made and super cute. I never get bored of it.
Downloaded it from his site(link above) so I'm not sure if you can find this in Play Store.
Also check out Danny's YouTube channel tokyostormtrooper


That's it for this list. I found all the apps(except MC3) for free in Play Store and I believe you can get most of them for iOS too.
I'll post more if I find some other cool apps, so visit this blog every once in a while. ;)


Peace
  Ontaru