Keneshi Project: Review

, by Akhy

Animax Carnival: Review and Cover

First of all, I just wish that Animax would bring AFA in the Philippines. Now, I was very excited the first time I heard the news that there will be an anime/cosplay convention sponsored by Animax.

When we got there, at around 10:50 AM, we hurried and looked for the carnival already because we are really after the Premiums. Also, if you are in the first 500 participants, you'll be able to enjoy the games and items offered by the Animax Team. There were the Tic-Tac-Toss, Smash the Can, Ring Toss, Coin Toss, Hook & Fish, and the Balloon Pop. Although me and my friends weren't able to play all the games(its because every voucher is entitled for 2 games at maximum only and you are to choose if you want the dubbing booth, or the photo booth- somehow, my friends were able to play 3 games, but I only got 2).

It was a lot of fun. There were tons of amazing stuff, by the way, we won Canvass Tote Bagsssss(yes, we had a lot of it), Fam Lanyards, and a Fam Notebook.

Now for the review...

When we got there, only those who intentionally went there was there, no passersby. But when we returned about an hour after, the people doubled. Lunch came and when we returned, the place was filled with people and the Animax team had to close the event area because it is already overcrowded.

There's this white Christmas tree towering in the middle of the event area, which made the place look even smaller and cover the views from the other floors of the mall. It's hard to move around and its quite irritating.

As I said earlier, they closed the event area for being over crowded. Maybe it would have been nice if they made the vouchers tickets for the entrance. Since the passersby came in and took the seats. It's pretty rude even though the event is free admission. Too bad we got locked out, we weren't able to go to the Photo booth, which obviously had a very long line. Didn't I mention that you can borrow the attires there and have it while having your picture? -ENVIOUS-

Now, let's rate the event:

Organization: 5/5

They are really organized and they are obviously well-prepared for the event.

Conduciveness: 2/5

I would love it even more if they did on SMX Convention Center, just like Cosmania '12. The Christmas decoration made it even harder to move around. They had to curve the lines just so the people can fit while lining up.

Event Proper: 4/5

The policy of free admission really ruined my day. We got locked out. Is it something I should be happy about? OBVIOUSLY NOT.

Hospitality: 3.5/5

The facilitators/moderators in the booths were nice. EXCEPT from the guy near the Christmas tree who was taping the event. I ACCIDENTALLY tripped over his tripod and immediately said "Sorry." and he answered me, "'Di lang nakakakita?(Are you blind?)" which is very very rude for me for I was humbly taking the blame already and he gave me that attitude. Eh kung sabihin ko sayong "Sorry kuya, sorry". Tanggap mo yon? Kidding aside, it's nothing serious, I just thought of it from the infamous, AMALAYER.

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, by Akhy

Ali Project

Another: Anime Review

As promised, this is my review on the anime, Another. But before I do, I should say that I really love this anime. This kind of anime is rare to find. Well, here goes:

Are you a blood-splatting, horror-loving, gore-lover and mystery-seeker kind of guy? Well, this anime's for you. It hall the essence of blood, horror, and mystery in packed without losing that must to watch essence. Although I have to say that some things are still a bit unclear regarding some parts of this anime.

This anime is about a class in ninth grade who experiences a weird calamity of unusual death occurrences. They tried and tried to find out why are they the only ones experiencing it and only them are the ones suffering. Misaki Mei, a student of this class sees things no one can see with her glass doll eyes. She then befriends Kouchi Sakakibara and ends the calamity. Deaths will be encountered and no one is safe, not until the dead person comes back to death. You would be questioning a lot of things but don't worry, the anime would fill those questions in the end.

Here's my rating for this:
Story: 9.9 / 10
Cinematography/Graphics: 10 / 10
Consistency: 10 / 10
Genre: 10 / 10
Sounds: 10 / 10
Opening/Closing: 10 / 10
Remarks: All in all, its great, even thought there a 9.9, its a 10.

So that you could further understand my rating here's how I rated it:

The Story is rated based on how it was resolved or whether or not, there are no questions left unanswered.

The Cinematography/Graphics is rated accordingly on how it was created, was is realistic? Appealing and something new?

The Consistency is rated according to it's sense of interests.

The Genre is rated based on how it stuck to its genre.

The Sounds, well based on the sound effects used.

Opening/Closing is based on my first time of watching this. It is whether or not I like the opening already and how the closing somehow lifted the intensity of the episode.

The story is awesome and how they divided it into twelve (12) episodes. The people who made this perfect anime was surely took everything on consideration and the right choice of sound effects made the intensity more intense that the previous episodes. Also, the background music theme "Kyomu Densen(Nightmare Contagion)" from Ali Project and Anamnesis by Annabel made everything even more perfect. It catches the interests already and the opening matches the greatness of the whole anime.

This anime would make you even more creative, moreover, on causes of death like Final Destination. Although Final Destination is sometimes predictable while this anime isn't. I was happy that I was always wrong whenever I try to visualize their deaths. Somehow, it's funny in ways that only people like me would understand. But you should be aware that in watching this, you are in effect will be afraid of certain occurrences and items that you will be seeing in this anime.

The story, somehow, I do have to commend and comment on. I still don't get some bits of information from it. Like, why did Kouchi never asked her sister about her advisory class before theirs and only showed him asking about her class 15 years ago. But all in all, the from the beginning until the ending, as a whole, this anime is a 10. It should definitely have another season, or a live action.

"This feeling of reality, of humanity. The senseless crave for contentment yet we're never satisfied. After the other comes another, and after that, another one. The cycle of life never ends. The endless search for salvation. Is it all just vanity or plain hysteria? Is this what is takes to be human? If so, then I'd rather not be." - Keneshi

I have to admit, Akazawa Izumi's death nearly to-, oh wait, it did tore me to pieces. Seeing someone who tried protecting everyone, spending her days thinking of ending the calamity, die in a very cruel way. WHY DOES SHE HAVE TO DIE? Why didn't those other girls die instead? But still, this picture, this scene is the best part of this episode. Atleast, we'll know she'll not comeback to life and become the Another on the coming class 3, or if what I am thinking is right.