Japan Dreamin’

If you were to follow me on tumblr you would find out that I am just in love with Japan just as every other otaku would be. I appreciate everything Japan has to offer. From cars, clothes, video games, anime, etc. the list can never really end. The place is RICH with culture and I would just love to visit for at the very least a month and be able to live out everything I’ve always wanted to do out there.

My thoughts: Parasyte

The human mind has always been something I’ve been fascinated about. The emotions that control us, the thoughts that linger in our head and haunt us although years have gone by. Don’t you think it’s amazing how something so little as just a scent wafting by your nose can remind you of so many nostalgic memories? Or to say a tragic accident can cause us a life time of pain and suffering. I’ve always wondered how it would be like if we were to lose all of our feelings one day and do our best to continue on moving forward with life. I’ve been watching an anime called “Parasyte” recently and I have to say that this anime displayed those thoughts splendidly.

Throwback Thursday: Cowboy Bebop

Space, a place that holds so many unanswered questions, a place that has so many mysteries, and last but not least a place where space cowboys travel searching for their next bounty. As you guys have probably realized by now, Throwback Thursdays are childhood memories that I love to indulge in and I hope you guys feel the same. Cowboy Bebop was one of the very few space animes that I really enjoyed. This anime isn’t normally something I would watch in the first place. Come to think about it, I would choose just about any other genre before any kind of space related anime. But the opening intro looked good so I thought to myself “lets just go with it”.

Another trip down memory lane: Return to Zanarkand

Probably known as the Final Fantasy that changed the franchise. This game was jam packed full of new features, mini games, characters, and everything else alike. For me, I had a love/hate relationship with this game. One aspect of the game that I absolutely loved was being able to switch out characters mid-battle. I thought that brought a lot of new excitement to the series. As I said in one of my previous posts (here) I never really did know what was going on in any RPG games, I would just grind the hell out of my characters until I was able to 1-hit KO all the monsters in the area and move onto the next. But as you grow up and you finally understand what the story is about, you finally begin to appreciate the story and all it stands for.

Slowing down

Hi folks! I do apologize for the lack of content, but due to the high volume of work I’ve been given I think I may have to slow things down a bit for the blog. I’ll do my best to keep up with the posts I’ve been doing since the start but there’s no guarantees. Thank you to everyone who’s been supporting me! It means a lot! Till next time.

-Aniplays

Lifestyle sunday: Darrot Bun

Hi folks! Sorry for the lack of content this week, I’ve been quite busy lately since the weather is finally starting to warm up. This week has been a very pleasant one for me. I’ve been able to catch up with old friends, help a friend out with starting his manga out that he’s been planning for quite some time now, and now I’m just waiting for some food to be done cooking. Hope all of you have had a good weekend as well. For Lifestyle Sunday today I wanted to give you guys some background info about myself. Perhaps I should have done this as one of the first posts, but I wasn’t thinking in the beginning.

Never forget your bonds

In advance I would like to apologize about the format of this post, I wanted you folks to be able to read the pages without having to click on the pictures.

This weeks double chapter of Fairy Tail really touched some string for me as I read this page. It reminded me a lot of my past and the people that I’ve lost during my journey through life. I’m not just talking about the ones that ended up in the after life neither, I’m talking about the bonds that I used to have with past friends. I understand that it’s a part of life that people will drift apart eventually but I just wanted to let you all remember that no matter what they were part of your life for a reason whether it be good or bad. Wow, that was one of those run on sentences my english teacher always scolded me about haha.

Music Monday: Street Fighter X Tekken

Known as probably one of the more underwhelming titles from Capcom, Street Fighter X Tekken was like a solid 5/10 in my book. I just feel like the whole gem system was pretty broken and the cinematics were less than eye popping. If you want my honest opinion this whole game was just a flop.

I came across this song randomly one day as I was browsing youtube for Street Fighter videos. To be truthful I really love how the artist mixed Balrog’s  (boxer) and Vega’s (claw) character themes from SF turbo 2.The song isn’t meant to be a serious song for any hardcore music fans out there, just sit back and listen to Balrog firing shots to the Tekken side. It’s an enjoyable song if you’re an avid Street Fighter fan like myself. Till next time!

-Aniplays

Lifestyle Sundays: Vanida Long

So some of you might be thinking “I thought it was Cosplay Sunday?” So I want to clear this up. I decided to change it from Cosplay Sunday to Lifestyle Sunday because it’s just too hard to locate cosplayers every week for an interview and photoshoot. So I’ve decided the name change “Lifestyle Sundays” simply because anime lovers come from all different kinds of backgrounds and we all have different stories waiting to be shared so why not make it more versatile?

Latte art with a touch of anime

Japan never ceases to amaze me. I just find the country a very spectacular place. Their architecture, restaurants, forests, cars, pretty much EVERYTHING that comes from there amazes me. Some people in America may take their job for granted and think of it as something that just gets the bills paid as opposed to Japan, they do everything with a sense of passion, and that’s what I admire about their ethics over there.