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NICO NICO NII!!!! July 22nd is Yazawa Nico's birthday! While the shortest of the group, she is definitely the idol with the most heart, and she puts her all into her performances with the gusto of a pro. Her words may be extremely harsh on the other girls, but she only wants what's best for the group. Also, if you are playing School Idol Festival, log in today to get 5 Loveca stones. (Love Gems in International version) Top image credits:  Mocha＠コミ1そ06b Pixiv

Today is a very sad day for all gamers and Nintendo fans like me. Satoru Iwata, the President and CEO of Nintendo has passed away at 55 due to a bile duct growth. When I was young, it was Nintendo games that represented my youth, I loved playing Mario, Starfox, and Kirby among many other legends, some of which this man had a part in. When I look back on those fond times, I truly appreciate everything both Iwata-san and Nintendo did for me as a kid. For all the memories and fun times that I've had with Nintendo games and products, I want to say thank you Satoru Iwata, and Rest in Peace. You can read the IGN article here: Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata Has Passed Away

With today being the fist day of the new anime season. I once again bring all you wonderful readers the upcoming anime chart for Summer 2015. Enjoy!! The Series That I am most interested in are: Oku-sama ga Seito Kaichou! (7/01) Gangsta (7/01) Wakaba * Girl (7/03) Classroom☆Crisis (7/03) Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai (7/04) Charlotte (7/04) To Love Ru -Trouble- Darkness 2nd (7/06) Sore ga Seiyuu! (7/07) Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou (7/07) **My Current #1, I love the Manga** Bikini Warriors (7/07) Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan (7/08) Prison School (7/10) The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls 2nd Season (7/17) Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma☆Ilya 2wei Herz! (7/24) There is a lot more I am interested in, but these are definitely the top choices. What are you guys interested in this season? Chart created by Zana at  neregate.com The following websites were used as sources of information to create the chart :  Anime News Network ...

With E3 2015 finally behind us, I just wanted to write up a small post about what I was most interested in from the event. Overall for the big three, I think Sony won the show, with many new and innovative titles along with the announcement of some returning fan favorites. Nintendo followed suit, and unfortunately I found nothing of interest from Microsoft. As for individual games themselves, the niche and indie titles stole the show for me with Xseed Games easily having the games I'm most interested in. So now I'll list all the games I am currently keeping an eye on in alphabetical order (I will include trailers if you're curious): Battleborn - Looks like a crazy fun time + from creator of Borderlands Cosmic Star Heroine - Zeboyd never fails to deliver! I backed this one on Kickstarter and I can't wait to get my copy! Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Looks incredible, plus Human Revolution was an amazing game. Disgaea 5  - Gotta love me some sexy devils ;) ...

Today (6/9) is Tojo Nozomi's Birthday! As my second favorite character in Love Live, I adore her a lot! She is the main pillar of support for the group, and kind and sweet to boot (not to mention handsy) so I just wanted to give a small B-day post to μ's favorite big sister. Also, if you are playing School Idol Festival, log in today to get 5 Loveca stones. (Love Gems in International version) Top Image credit:  鹿琉磨遊  on Pixiv

Of the new anime series airing this season, one that really caught my eye was Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka or Danmachi for short. The title for the English version is: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? I really like how the anime takes standard RPG tropes and applies them to their world, like how an adventurer can 'view' their stats similar to the status menu in an RPG or there is a level system to indicate overall growth. As a child I grew up playing JRPGs (My blog name is a good indicator of that) and today it still remains my favorite gaming genre, although shmups and 2D fighting games are coming close. This anime has been a blast to watch so far, and I'm really liking the characters, especially Hestia; she is adorable and a really supportive goddess. <3 I was so impressed with the 4 episodes I've seen so far, I went and picked up the English versions of the first two light novels! Here's the synopsis lifted st...

About three weeks ago I went out to my backyard, where we have a Cherry Blossom (Sakura) tree that was planted out back by the former owners of our house . In recent years the tree has not been doing so well, but it seems that this year it is getting much better. Do any of you guys know any good methods for caring for a Cherry Blossom tree? I took a couple of images, and I've gotta say for a cell phone camera, they came out okay :) I love Cherry Blossoms, so pretty and serene.