This season's anime list will be a more "for your information" than anything else.  I don't plan to watch as near as much anime as I did in 2010.  In fact, I've already picked out two to watch, Kimi ni Todoke and Mitsudomoe season 2.  It's kind of a mix of me being burnt out, and that this season doesn't seem incredibly interesting.  But I know I will be watching other animes that I have been wanting to see.  For anyone who is keeping up with the various series, here is a great site to see when the various shows get broadcasted.  Anyways, that's it for now.

As a kid, I thought that everything tasted better if I shook it up first. Justice, milk, even sodas, doomed to being flat and tasteless; every drink container that got into my hands was violently taken for a spin. The message that I had seen once on a label saying “shake well before serving,” suddenly applied to everything. I’m just glad my parents never had another child, for fear that I would try the same to it- there is a thin line between playing and shaken baby syndrome. It’s surprising, even a non-carbonated drink, if shaken up enough in a sealed container, will generate enough bubbles to generate a reaction similar to if it was carbonated.

Protip: Freeze Mentos in an icecube then wait...

Drinks aren’t the only things that suddenly become better when faced with agitation. I tend to like vending machines, older ones to be specific, because the food drops down to the trapdoor where they meet a cold hard floor where they are soon doomed to be eaten. The newer ones use fancy conveyor belt systems to bring your tasty snack down to rest safely, however it requires an impact with a hard surface before the true flavor is unlocked.  To ensure the best quality, you still have to drop it first.

Don't drop this though.

The same goes for a candy bar bought (or stolen, if that is your preference) off a shelf. It’s like a glow stick. Before you release the hidden magic, it has to be given a little beating. Before I go and make a domestic violence joke here, let me ask you one thing. Doesn’t a candy bar from a vending machine always taste the best?

Here at the Troll Cave, we approve of being creative. Doing and using things differently than intended can be fun. Or the fact that you voided the warranty that was put there in place to protect you may lead to unexpected effects.

(via The Daily What)
Ok, so I don't think filling a child's toy with a flammable liquid is listed under the instructions as "do not do this," but that's probably because most people assume that the user will have enough common sense not to do it. Thus is the fault in assuming anything.


I don't think Tchaikovsky assumed either that one of his songs would get a techno/rock remix either, or if he even knew what techno was. But I think that being creative worked here pretty well.

Everything has to change a some point, even trolls.  Not that I'm going to change my internet lurking and trolling ways, but I figure that I could do some things to make things better in some way (without me having to get up from my comfy seat here in front of my computer).  I'll put them to the theme of my different tags.

I want to watch more anime for at least this winter, because I really won't need my Japanese for the time being while I take French next semester.  I plan to finally watch some anime I've been wanting to get around to.

For music, I plan to remove all of the crappy songs I never listen to off my Ipod in order to fit in the new stuff I've downloaded. 

I will probably keep doing random stuff.  Here and in real life.  Speaking of real life, I want to keep myself from staying up so late from now on, but then again here I am writing a post at 3am.

I want to become a better troll, and keep lurking and trolling the internet.  As my conquest of 4chan and beyond continues, I will continue to post the results here for all to see.

For youtube, I want to post something amazing on there this year.  The new camera I just bought can also shoot 720p video, so I'll see what I can come up with.

Now all that's left is the motivation for me to do all of this. Tell me some of your New Year's Resolutions.

Well, this season I watched even more than the last season (11 animes in total, on top of regular stuff) , and believe me, it was a workout, but totally worth it. Looking back on it now, last season I wrote way too much so I’m gonna cut this down a lot. As for rating the individual series, I figured out a better scale as well, based on how much I looked forwards to watching them each week. 1 being “Man, I can’t wait,” 2’s being nothing special, and 3 as “Ugh, Do I really have to watch this?,” or something along those lines. You get it.

1
Arakawa Under the Bridge Season 2
I almost gave this a two, just because it always took forever to get subbed, and I kind of forgot about it.  However, every episode I said to myself ‘This is the best episode ever,” especially the last two, which were epically hilarious.

Nino in a bikini was a plus too.

Lesbians not included

Bakuman
This bored me a bit at first, but after they got past the introduction and got into the real story, I really liked it. I guess a plot based anime with no action or fan service is fine too. Looking forwards to the second half.

Ika Musume
This one was always fun and cute- a nice change from a lot of stressful action anime with lots of yelling and stuff. Plus, almost every episode being a beach episode was cool too.

Ika and Index?  Twins?

Index Season 2
All I can say is that this wasn’t as good as the first season. I probably will watch the second half, just so I can see some Accelerator action if they ever progress beyond chasing around scantily clad large breasted women.

Ore no Imotou ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai
I think this would be better called “My Older Brother Can’t be this Understanding” or “My Little Sister can’t be this much of a Bitch.” I have to give them a bit and say that Kirini definitely was cute, but she was just as annoying. It had some good moments, but in the end it was more moé junk.

3
Panty and Stocking
I’ve always been a Gainex fan, but I felt let down with this. The humor was vulgar and overly sexual, and even grossed me out a couple times. The animation was horrible, and only turned good for a second while they turned into stripper-angels. I actually liked the Chuck and Garterbelt episodes more than the regular ones. The only saving grace was the last two episodes where the geeky boy turned into a stud, and the slut angel suddenly turned pure, creating some diversity.
I actually liked the music, one of the better elements, as well the fan art that popped up everywhere, both of which helped a bit, but not enough to save it.

Star Driver
I felt like every episode of this was the same thing. The same transformation and fight scene, with a slightly different lead-up and if you were lucky, different characters. And what characters they were, with their stupidly colorful and often revealing outfits. I dropped it after I saw that I would have more than 12 episodes. I might watch the last one though, just to see what happens. I don’t think I’ll miss anything.

And there we go!  As far as all of 2010 went, there was some good anime, then there was some bad anime.  While I didn't start following what was coming out until the summer, I picked some of my favorites.

Summer was my first season here on the blog, and I only really watched two- Working! and Arakawa Season one.  Both of these were great, and I don't really know if I could pick just one.  For the Fall, many of you already know my favorite, Seitokai Yakuindomo.  Finally, this season would have to be Soredemo Machi wa Mawateiru.  Lots of long names in there, but as for my pick for my favorite anime of the year, it has a slightly shorter name, and that name would be Shiki. 

And now it's time for 2011 and all if its anime.  I'll be here to keep trollin' and provide all your anime needs, so stick around.  Remember these are only my opinions, so don't hate me!