#pretty cure no densetsu

[toanw]

precure no densetsu!!

[animemusicbrackets]

HERES THE BRACKET. FINALLY. GOD.

sorry for the wait u_u

(Text version, with dates under the cut below)

For franchises that had more than one submission, I grouped them together so that after round 2, there will only be one contestant per franchise. to try to be fair or whatever, so that a small number of franchises dont dominate the bracket

yes i know mdzs and tgcf arent anime but its my poll tourney and i do what i want godbless

this might be too much to ask but please watch the videos if you can and vote based on that! idc how much you like or dislike the anime, how much do you like the OPENING. obviously this is for fun so you can do whatever but if possible i dont rly want this to be a popularity poll :')

propaganda welcome :)

Tag List: round 1 round 2 round 3 quarterfinals semifinals finals third place round propaganda bracket updates matches (the actual polls, not including any reblogs)

ROUND 1

PART A (5/6 12:00pm ET)

Match 1: "Peace Sign" - Kenshi Yonezu (My Hero Academia) {VS} "Hitamuki" - SUPER BEAVER (My Hero Academia) Match 2: "THE DAY" - Porno Graffitti (My Hero Academia) {VS} "H. T. [Humanoid Typhoon]" - Tsuneo Imahori (Trigun 1998) Match 3: "Kaen" - QUEEN BEE (Dororo 2019) {VS} "Naru" - PON (Tsurune: Kazemai High School Kyudo Club) Match 4: "DANZEN! Futari wa Pretty Cure" - Gojo Mayumi (Futari wa Pretty Cure) {VS} "Bye Bye" - 7!! (Kimi To Boku) Match 5: "Hikariare" - BURNOUT SYNDROMES (Haikyuu!!) {VS} "FLY HIGH!!" - BURNOUT SYNDROMES (Haikyuu!!) Match 6: "Gun's & Roses" - Paradise Lunch (Baccano!) {VS} "Flyers" - BRADIO (Death Parade) Match 7: "MAN HUMAN" - Denki Groove (Devilman Crybaby) {VS} "Goya no Machiawase" - Hello Sleepwalkers (Noragami) Match 8: "Maji LOVE 1000%" - STARISH (Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 1000%) {VS} "KICK BACK" - Kenshi Yonezu (Chainsaw Man)

PART B (5/8 12:00pm ET)

Match 9: "Papermoon" - Tommy heavenly6 (Soul Eater) {VS} "Resonance" - T.M. Revolution (Soul Eater) Match 10: "Hyadain no Kakakata☆Kataomoi-C" - Maeyamada Kenichi (Nichijou) {VS} "Parallel Hearts" - FictionJunction (Pandora Hearts) Match 11: "Easy Breezy" - chelmico (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!) {VS} "Bara wa Utsukushiku Chiru" - Koji Makaino (Rose of Versailles) Match 12: "Tank!" - The Seatbelts (Cowboy Bebop) {VS} "COLORS" - FLOW (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion) Match 13: "Melissa" - Porno Graffitti (Fullmetal Alchemist 2003) {VS} "Golden Time Lover" - Sukima Switch (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) Match 14: "Rain" - SID (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) {VS} "Again" - YUI (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) Match 15: "Monochrome Kiss" - SID (Black Butler) {VS} "Brand New World" - D-51 (One Piece) Match 16: "Smile Bomb" - Mawatari Matsuko (Yu Yu Hakusho) {VS} "Dream Island Obsessional Park" - Susumu Hirasawa (Paranoia Agent)

PART C (5/10 12:00pm ET)

Match 17: "R★O★C★K★S" - Hound Dog (Naruto) {VS} "Lovers" - 7!! (Naruto: Shippuden) Match 18: "Far Away" - Asian Kung-Fu Generation (Naruto) {VS} "Blue Bird" - Ikimonogakari (Naruto: Shippuden) Match 19: "Hero's Come Back" - Nobodyknows (Naruto: Shippuden) {VS} "BLOODY STREAM" - Coda (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) Match 20: "Aoi Hana" - Kikukodan (Sweet Blue Flowers) {VS} "Unravel" - TK (Tokyo Ghoul) Match 21: "Setsuna no Ai" - GRANRODEO (Bungo Stray Dogs) {VS} "Gurenge" - LiSA (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) Match 22: "Scar" - Tatsuya Kitani (Bleach) {VS} "Eternal Blaze" - Nana Mizuki (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's) Match 23: "Sono Saki e" - RIRIKO (Children of the Whales) {VS} "Rondo-Revolution" - Masami Okui (Revolutionary Girl Utena) Match 24: "Motteke! Sailor Fuku" - Aya Hirano, Emiri Katou, Kaori Fukuhara, and Aya Endo (Lucky☆Star) {VS} "Moonlight Densetsu" - Dali, Moon Lips (Sailor Moon)

PART D (5/12 12:00pm ET)

Match 25: "99.9" - MOB CHOIR feat. sajou no hana (Mob Psycho 100) {VS} "1" - MOB CHOIR (Mob Psycho 100) Match 26: "99" - MOB CHOIR (Mob Psycho 100) {VS} "Kibou no Uta" - Ultra Tower (Food Wars) Match 27: "Departure!" - Masatoshi Ono (Hunter x Hunter) {VS} "Sakura Kiss" - Chieko Kawabe (Ouran High School Host Club) Match 28: "History Maker" - Dean Fujioka (Yuri!!! On ICE) {VS} "Kaikai Kitan" - Eve (Jujutsu Kaisen) Match 29: "Drunken Dreams of the Past" - Lin Zhixuan (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) {VS} "Connect" - ClariS (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) Match 30: "No Parting" - Jeff Chang (Heaven Official's Blessing) {VS} "Delicate ni Suki Shite" - Ota Takako (Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami) Match 31: "Kiss Me" - Celeina Ann and Nai Br.XX (Carole & Tuesday) {VS} "Sudachi no Uta" - Anemoneria (Wonder Egg Priority) Match 32: "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" - Yoko Takahashi (Neon Genesis Evangelion) {VS} "Shinzou wo Sasageyo" - Linked Horizon (Attack on Titan)

[tsuki-sennin]

Episode 44! She's finally here~! The Empress finally makes her mark! We get to know her deal! Uh... use the intro I had two episodes ago, yeah that one. Also there's a Beeg Elle running around. An Uppercase Elle, if you would.

Spoilers, I guess...

-"I can't believe I got my ass beat by a bunch of teenage girls, a thirteen-year old bird and a baby. How far I have fallen..."

-Ahhhhh, injured previously.

-"Skearhead. If you die, that's it."

-Ariri...

-We ride our Chocobos to meet the darkness.

-Oh yeah, Elle gets big in this episode

-She doth brood in the rain.

-"Somewhere safe?"

-Oh???

-I'd be a little more shocked about this apparent hint at a deeper history between the Underg's desire to topple Sky Land's monarchy if this were a thing brought up more

-Ohhhhhhh she looks so sick

-Instant Dark Pillar

-300 YEARS????

-GIRL WHAT

-Beef with a literal baby.

-Oh wow, she

-She's serious about this, huh?

-Majestic Chroniclon~!

-Away to the soaring world go you

-Oh, okay just

-Shoot 'em all down

-"I hate you, Princess."

-Time stands still in the Chroniclon's world.

-Elle-chan does as any kid would do. Go straight to her Mom and Dad :)

-BIRDS

-Oh, I see how this is now

-No miss, we're fine! Sorry to bother you and your... escort?

-Ellelain?

-"Did we find a body double?"

-To the castle we go~!

-556~!

-Oh!

-Sky Land's got a different calendar too. Interesting how we still have worldbuilding even so late into the season.

-Hmm... I wonder what kind of massive world-shifting event caused them to start their calendar 856 years ago?

-Try not to step on any Cure Butterflies while we're here, okay?

-The Legendary Pretty Cure, once more.

-Oh yeah, we have a whole knight regiment here.

-Hirogaru Change~!

-...Hirogaru Change~!

-"Here you go, kind strangers~!"

-She believes in the future...

-OH?

-Hello!

-Who the hell are you, pops?

-Jesus, they're all getting womped.

-Emperor Underg~!

-There goes our hero, Sora-chan.

-"Flee, my son!"

-God, Sora's so cool...

-One kill~!

-"Underg Energy. Rip them to shreds."

-I see Mashiro's now a god at Chocobo Racing.

-Well, we kinda bootstrapped the Legendary Pretty Cure into existence, Song of Storms style.

-Densetsu no Pretty Cure! Cure Noble...

-The hell are we doin' today?

-Ohhhhhhh, I see

-A princess herself.

-Ohhhhhhhhh

-I see....

-Yeah, that's good enough motivation for me.

-I think this would've been awesome to explore earlier, but uh... well, we were kinda preoccupied, weren't we?

-She's gonna kill your asshole dad, little Empress.

[xbuster]

[curetapwater]

Song things that make me feel:

The bridge to Live and Learn

That last bit of the chorus to Tengaku when Rin's voice goes up and down with the guitars starting and stopping

The last "your tragic fate is looking so clear" in Nightmare

Bridge to Heart Attack

The little riff Carrie Underwood does the last time she sings "leather seats" in Before He Cheats

"Yeah we're damaged. Really damaged. But your love's too good to lose" from Seventeen

"Stick around here. Make things better" from I Am Damaged

Honestly all of In from Carrie but especially "to fit in. Geez. Shoot me please. Put me outta my pain. Am I a mess? Yes. Totally insane."

The second version of the Fresh Pretty Cure op when she sings "never give up" in English

"When you jump without a net you'll find, it won't be there all the time. So watch your step now, watch your step, don't fall" from His World and also the main riff be it on guitar or violin

"Nothing can stop you now. No ghost can bring you down" from All Hail Shadow

That fat-ass deep-ass guitar riff in Coming Undone

The last "trust in my self-righteousness suicide" from Chop Suey

Kill the Lights by Britney Spears. Just all of it.

In Numb when he says "you were just like me with someone disappointed in you"

The brass + guitar solo from the Max Heart version of the Futari wa Pretty Cure op

The synth violin solo in Rainbow Factory

"All the failures help to fuel success" in Pegasus Device

The part in First Time in Forever Reprise when they sing over each other

The part in Monster where Elsa briefly contemplates suicide but then decides that's not an option

The final verse of Don't (aka the only Ed Sheeran song I really like)

The high note of Here I Go Again

The final riff of Boulevard of Broken Dreams

The melody of Shaggy's verses in Angel

"Im inside, open your eyes. I'm you" from Sad But True

The beginning of The Plagues when the chorus of voices start quiet and build louder to convey a sense of divine dread

The beginning of the orchestral version of All Hail Shadow from Sonic 06

That bit towards the beginning of the Melee opening when the music feels like it's building but like in increments? I can't explain it.

The main theme to Swan Lake

The music box version of Moonlight Densetsu

When Sonic finally gets knighted and then they start playing Knight of the Wind like DUUUDE the strings combined with the vocal riff AAAAA

I could go on.

[sketch-shepherd-art]

Inspiration for my stories

This is a reupload from a really old deviantART journal from 2017 that I regularly updated with each new original story idea I completed. 

Since I’ve started sharing my original stories to Tumblr more, it only makes sense that I talk about their various inspirations from other works here too. 

This is mostly going to be copy-pasted from my old DA journal but will also include some new inspiration for my recent stories. I’ll regularly reblog this and add more of my inspirations with every new story I complete. 

Domestic Revolution: - Watership Down (an unconventional rabbit protagonist that’s not a cute fluffy stereotype) - The Secret of NIMH (animals getting enhanced intelligence due to genetic manipulation) - Felidae (the villains being abused animal test subjects who murdered their owners and went off to start an animal supremacy movement which involves murder of other innocent creatures. Their human owners [Preterius/Achmed] originally wanted to create a special substance that would cure/help animals in some way) - Avatar: the Legend of Korra (Joseph/Amon. Both are tragic villains starting a revolution to rid the world of a particular group) - Ginga Densetsu Weed (both Kaibutsu and Hougen influenced Joseph in some way. For Hougen, it involved a villain going insane and lashing out at his own followers. For Kaibutus, it was a villain who was a test subject for humans and gained a hatred for them because of it) - Mulan (the scene of Audrey discovering the forest full of human corpses is inspired by the burnt village scene)  Wild Range: - Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (a horse story that takes place in the wild. Also both include a fight scene between a horse and mountain lion) - The Land Before Time (an simple plot of characters going through a journey facing predators and forces of nature with a moral of family and teamwork) - Watership Down (more based on the rabbits’ journey to a new home in the first half of the book/movie. Also both involve a smart character with quick thinking who helps the other characters with their brains) The Heart of Karis - The Last Unicorn (Quite obviously. I’ve had a story idea for a unicorn running away to look for someone/something since I was eight) - Moana (the idea of a character stealing the “heart” of a place causing it to wither and die out, and much of the story is centered around the protagonists trying to restore it) - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Yes really. The complex magic of the unicorns and a story arc involving a queen [Celestia/Theia] banishing a royal relative over their selfish actions [Luna/Zephyrus] and the banished individual becomes corrupted and possessed by dark forces [Nightmare Moon/Teryn] and comes back for revenge but gets redeemed at the end) - Avatar: The Legend of Korra (The Fog of Lost Souls/The Cannibal Desert. Both are creepy, misty areas inhabited by dark forces that make you go crazy and forget who you are, and a character manages to lift the fog and free themselves) - The Chronicles of Narnia (a huge final battle in the climax between mythological creatures) - Steven Universe (Iris is inspired by both Blue Diamond and Pearl: both characters constantly mourn the loss of someone close to them and desperately try to preserve everything that’s left of them, plus both tend to put emotion over reason at times. Iris and Theia are pretty analogous to Pearl and Rose) - Beauty and the Beast 2017 (minor characters and characters who were imprisoned in a place and separated for a long time are revealed to be family members and happily reunited) - Kung Fu Panda 2 (Zephyrus/Teryn’s backstory is inspired by Lord Shen, a character who was banished by misusing power for evil instead of good)  War Hound - The Odyssey (Obviously. The whole story is just a futurustic animal-ized version of it) - Isle of Dogs (the main characters being a group of five dogs with differing personalities, and their leader is the mature and serious one. There's even a bird character that delivers messages) - Ginga Nagareboshi Gin (a one-eyed bear as a villain) - Watership Down (a minor villain who appears hospitable to the heroes at first, but turns out that they're only trying to lure them as bait for humans to spare their own lives) - The Secret of NIMH (a mysterious, aged bird character who gives the protagonist helpful answers [the Great Owl/the Old Raven]) - The Good Dinosaur (a character being killed in a flash flood) - RWBY (Adrian is partially inspired by Adam Taurus) Karis and the Secluded Kingdom - My Little Pony: The Movie 2017 (a ruler and her kingdom flees underwater when a big bad attacks her home, although @cartoon-and-animal-lover suggested this idea to me first drawing from the same inspiration so I can't take all the credit) - Atlantis: The Lost Empire (the underwater civilization) - Tangled (Circe and Ilias were heavily inspired by Mother Gothel and Rapunzel) - The Secret of NIMH (Circe is also inspired by Jenner, a villain who is against idealism and prefers to stay in the past) - Balto 2: Wolf Quest (Circe is also inspired by Niju for the same reasons above) - The Land Before Time (how the heroes took down the bunyip is similar to how Littlefoot and his friends killed the Sharptooth) - Avatar: The Last Airbender (the scene of Shirong and Ilias in the cave was inspired by Zuko and Jin's date) - The Road to El Dorado (a bad guy controlling a giant sentient puppet made of stone to destroy the heroes [Tzekel-Kan with the giant jaguar/Circe with the Leviathan]) - The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride (though not a scene actually in the film, the infamous deleted scene of Zira committing suicide inspired Circe's suicide at the end of the story. The uniting of Kryvo and Concordia was also inspired by the joining of the Outlander and the Pridelander lions, though in my story the two sides weren't enemies like how they were in TLK) 

Magic of the Faun - A Troll in Central Park (Well, even though this story was originally written as a straight up improved remake of it, there are some very basic plot elements that stayed, including a certain type of magic being outlawed, a villainess who wants to petrify a kingdom, and the mythical protagonist being whisked away to our world and befriending a human) - Disney’s Fantasia (the home of the mythological creatures is inspired by the Pastoral Symphony segment) - Coraline (a child who feels constantly ignored by his parents but realizes that not being around him often doesn’t mean they don’t love him) - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (several magical elements, as well as Queen Chrysalis being one of the inspirations for Mortia) - Sleeping Beauty (Mortia’s character is also partially inspired by Maleficent. The fight between Caius and Mortia was also influenced by the final battle between Philip and Maleficent) - Ferngully (a villain associated with pollution and darkness who wants to destroy the protagonist’s natural resources [Hexus/Mortia]) 

Rudolf Okay so I don’t have to explain that this is obviously my own adaptation of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer but I took different inspiration from different versions - the 1964 Rankin Bass special (Much like Bumble, Denali is a non-talking giant monster of a villain. Vixen’s design is a direct homage to Clarice with the pale colors and the red bow. Rudolf and Aura bonding over both being outcast for their differences from other reindeer is similar to Rudolph and Hermey) - the 1998 Goodtimes Entertainment film (Blitzen being the father of Rudolf and the villain causing the storm on Christmas Eve that Rudolf eventually helps the team through) - Niko and the Way to the Stars/The Flight Before Christmas (a young reindeer trying to get to Santa’s village to meet his dad who’s part of Santa’s team)  - Klaus (a less traditional take on an iconic Christmas character, all the way down to the similar one-word character title. The rivalry between the Luminos and Avios deer is is also inspired by that of the Ellingboes and the Krums) - Balto (outcast hybrid protagonist who earns respect from others after completing a heroic deed) - How to Train Your Dragon (the iconic Test Drive scene was in my mind when Blitzen and Rudolf were having their flight session together. The battle against Denali is inspired by the fight against the Red Death, including the scene of the protagonists leading the big bad away from everyone else and causing it to crash to its death mid-flight) 

[sundove88]

Bandori Covers I oh so Desire: Part 3: PasuPare

-Mugen no Hana (Captain Earth)

-Wonder Wind (Hayate no Gokotu)

-Miracle Go! Princess Pretty Cure (Go! Princess PreCure)

-Saikousoku Fall In Love! (Monster Musume)

-Kokoro no Tamago (Shugo Chara)

-MAHORO VACATION (Momoiro Clover Z)

-Colorful (Madoka Magica)

-Aurora no Kaze ni Notte (Mermaid Melody)

-Kaze No Ne (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles)

-Luminous (Madoka Magica)

-I’ll Give You Romance (Dragon Ball)

-Someone in my Dream (Eiko Matsumoto)

-Hey World (DanMachi)

-Scarlet Ballet (Hidan No Aria)

-Zenrokyu Bantankyu (Osumatsu San)

-Snow Storm (Rosario + Vampire)

-Donna Toki Mo Zuto (Love Live)

-Crossing Field (Sword Art Online)

-Super Nuko World (Mafumafu)

-Alicia (Magia Record)

-Connect (Madoka Magica)

-levan Polkka (Hatsune Miku)

-Renai Circulation (Monogatari)

-Moonlight Densetsu (Sailor Moon) (COVERED)

-Love! Snow! Really Magic! (Snow Miku) (COVERED)

-Mankai*Smile (Smile PreCure)

-Kyoumen No Nami (Houseki no Kuni)

-Let’s Go! Smile Pretty Cure! (Smile PreCure)

-Dango Daikazoku (Clannad)

-Himouto! Umaru Chan! (Himouto! Umaru Chan!)

-Haruka (Far Away) (Dragon Ball Super)

-Snow Halation (Love Live)

-Bon AppetiteS (Blend S)

-Snow Fairy Story (Snow Miku)

-Love tte Jewelry=Angel Break!! (Twin Angel Break)

-Isekai Quartet (Isekai Quartet)

-New Moon Ni Koshite (Sailor Moon Crystal)

-Hoshi to Hana (Yuki Yunna)

-Sparkle (RADWIMPS) (Your Name)

-Usubeni (Light Pink) (Dragon Ball Super)

-Sugar Rush (ABK48)

-SABARA ITOSHIKI KANASHIMI TACHIYO (Momoiro Clover Z)

-Catch Me, Catch You (Cardcaptor Sakura)

-Clear (Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card)

-Mezase Pokemon Master (Pokemon)

-Gekko (Sailor Moon Crystal)

-Kataomoi no You Age (MLP)

-Signal (Magia Record)

-Sweet Devil (Hatsune Miku)

-Utsuroi (Magia Record)

-Legend of Mermaid (Mermaid Melody)

-PONPONPON (Kyary Pamyu Pamyu)

-Kibo no Kakera (Powerpuff Girls Z)

-Michishirube (Violet Evergarden)

-U (Belle)

-Stronger (Balan Wonderworld)

-Careless (Magia Record)

[thebloodychampion]

Animes I watched

Ai Tenshi Densetsu Wedding Peach (Wedding Peach) Akame Ga Kill Alps No Shoujo Heidi (Heidi) Bakuten Shoot Beyblade (Beyblade) Blood+ Calimero Captain Tsubasa Road To 2002 Cowboy Bebop Darker Than Black: Kuro No Keiyakusha Death Note Digimon Adventure (Digimon: Digital Monsters) Digimon Adventure 02 Digimon Adventure The Movie (Digimon The Movie) Digimon Tamers Dragon Ball Dragon Ball Super Dragon Ball Super Movie Broly (Dragon Ball Super: Broly) Dragon Ball Kai Dragon Ball Z Dragon Ball Z Movie 12: Fukkatsu No Fusion!! Goku To Vegeta (Fusion Reborn) Dragon Ball Z Movie 14: Kami To Kami (Battle Of The Gods) Dragon Ball Z Movie 15: Fukkatsu No F (Resurrection F) Elfen Lied Full Metal Panic Fushigi No Umi No Nadia (Nadia: Secret Of Blue Water) Futari Wa Precure (Pretty Cure) Ganbare! Kickers! (Fight! Kickers!) Golden Boy Hellsing Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni (When They Cry) Inuyasha Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) Loveless Mahoutsukai No Yome (Ancient Magus Bride) Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke) Monster Farm: Ebaneski No Himitsu (Monster Rangers) Naruto No. 6 Ojamajo Doremi (Doremi) Ouran Koukou Host Club (Ouran High School Host Club) Pokemon Movie 01: Mewtwo no Gyakushuu (Pokemon The First Movie) Pokemon Movie 02: Maboroshi no Pokemon Lugia Bakutan  (Pokemon Movie 2000) Pokemon Movie 03: Kesshoutou no Teiou Entei (Pokemon 3: The Movie) Pokemon Movie 04: Celebi Toki wo Koeta Deai (Pokemon 4Ever) Ranma 1/2 Rockman.EXE (Megaman NT Warrior) Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) Tanoshii Muumin Ikka (Moomins) Tenkuu no Escaflowne (The Vision Of Escaflowne) Vampire Knight Wolf’s Rain Yu-Gi-Oh! Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side Of Dimension Yu-Gi-Oh! Hikari No Pyramid (Yugioh The Movie)

[magicalgirlpropaganda]

More things to do when quarantine is over:

•go to a spa. Never beeb, always wanted to

•i wanna go to a con again

•universal studios again. Specifically Halloween horror night.. I was going to go this year but I cant because of covid..........

•i want to have a get together. I can make some food and me and my friends can get together and watch movies

•i have always wanted to try larping

•i miss the fair. I like going to the fair.

•the halliween event at the farm. I miss it. Especially the haunted trail.

•I want to take a cooking class!

•i rlly want to go the the sailor moon and pretty cure store

•i once went to this biiiig hotel. Like apparently its the biggest non casino hotel in the world. It was huge. It had an entire town there. I just wanna hang out there for a few days idk. So basically there is a giant greenhouse with different paths leading to restaraunts, shops, a boat ride, a garden, ect. There is an entire tiny town here with a toy store and book store and stuff. There is a waterfall and a rlly good breakfast place and the waterfall and the garden just makes it rlly relaxing and i wanna go again.

•i want to get better at meditation

•not rlly fun but i want to get therapy. I need to work through some things

•i want to work at this bakery in town

•i want to go to pride again

•I want to go to that art festival we usually have every year again

•we sometimes had these festivals that are like. Showing different cultures and it was very interesting+fooooood! There is one that i went to twice that was specifically japan. There was this tea ceremony demonstration and a ton of food trucks and shops and ect. There was even a retro light novel/manga shop but ofc they were all not in english and i didnt recognize any titles so i didnt buy any. I just like learning about other places. Also there was this guitarist that stared singing moonlight densetsu and that was pretty neat.

•i want to go to a very fancy party one day

•i want to commit atrocities

•i like to visit old abandoned churches. Like that one in the mountains.

•urban exploration

[hybbat]

What are your top 5 favorite anime?

Oofuri (Big Windup)

Gatchaman Crowds

Eizouken

Birdy the Mighty

Tsuritama

(Very close) Runners up include digimon tamers, iron blooded orphans, dr. Stone, ginga densetsu weed, k-on, fate/zero, heartcatch pretty cure, sayonara zetsubou sensei, and tiger and bunny.

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“I’m the Idiotic Guardian, who writes for boredom and for mediocracy, I am winstononlycomments! And now, in the name of Tumblr, I’ll review you!”

 Hey guys! So today I’m reviewing the immensely popular Anime, and the mother of all magical girls:  Pretty Guardian: Sailor Moon! Now, just a short disclaimer: I AM NOT THE TARGET AUDIENCE BY ANY MEANS, so don’t act like my opinions on the show are fact, cause their not. Anyways, before we start, here’s Hulu’s description on the anime: “Usagi Tsukino is a clumsy but kindhearted teenage girl who transforms into the powerful guardian of love and justice, Sailor Moon. Meeting allies along the way who share similar fates, Usagi and her team of planetary Sailor Guardians fight to protect the universe from forces of evil and total annihilation.” The plot seems to be as basic as can get, but appearances can be deceiving. (DISCLAIMER: I AM WATCHING THE FIRST 5 EPISODES OF THE VIZ DUB! MY THOUGHTS MAY BE HINDERED BY THE DUBBERS INTERPRETATION!) Let’s get started!

 Now Sailor Moon’s opening (Or Moonlight Densetsu) may be one of the most iconic Anime openings ever made. It’s impossible to describe such a beautiful intro, you NEED to see it yourself. It’s a 9.4/10  (As always, here’s a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ4AYSjD478) My only complaint is that it’s a little too repetitive.

 Now, the beginning of Sailor Moon, like many anime, is rather basic. It begins with Usagi telling us about herself. She tells us that she’s clumsy, is attending her last year at Jubaan Middle School, and is rather emotional. All the episodes I watched begin like this, and it’s a nice treat for new viewers. In the first episode, she wakes up, late for school. On her way there, she sees a cat being attacked by some young boys. This Cat has a bandage stuck on its forehead that Usagi removes. Now, this cat is named Luna, and gives Usagi a special brooch that transforms her into Sailor Moon when shouting “Moon Prism Power Makeup!”. Sadly, Usagi doesn’t really fight, making the superhero aspect a little bland. The closest thing she has to an attack is her “Moon Tiara Action”, that straight up VAPORIZES the enemy once it makes contact. An even SADDER thing is that she doesn’t really “Fight” until the point where the episode is almost over, the main reason for this is because almost every episode relies on Usagi going through struggles such as *gasp* not being able to afford Jewelry! (As I said earlier, I’m not the target audience, so this doesn’t count as a struggle to me.) I would keep on going, but I want to keep this spoiler free as can be, So I’ll stop here.

My Recommendation:   4/5, Watch it over a weekend.

Possible Alternatives: Pretty Cure/Glitter Force and Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Next Review: One Punch Man

[blue-scorpion-king]

Danganronpa and Relatable Anime and Manga

Danganronpa 1, plus one from Another Episode:

1] Makoto Naegi-"Kongou Banchou" 2] Kyoko Kirigiri-"Monster" 3] Byakuya Togami-"Salaryman Kintaro" (Manga only) 4] Touko Fukawa/Syo Genocider-"Gankutsuou/The Count of Monte Cristo" 5] Aoi Asahina-"Keijo" 6] Yasuhiro Hagakure-"Shaman King" 7] Sakura Oogami-"Yu Yu Hakusho" 8] Celestia Ludenberg-"Kaiji: The Ultimate Survivor" (Both anime and manga) 9] Chihiro Fujisaki-"Serial Experiments Lain" 10] Oowada Mondo-"Fist Of the North Star" 11] Kiyotaka Ishimaru-"Angel Densetsu" (Manga only) 12] Sayaka Maizono-"Saint Young Men" 13] Hifumi Yamada-"Pretty Cure franchise" 14] Leon Kuwata-"BECK" 15] Mukuro Ikusaba-"Kingdom" (Manga only) 16] Komaru Naegi-"Mobile Suit Gundam" [Universal Century, G Gundam, and Iron Blooded] 17] Junko Enoshima-"Battle Angel Alita" (Manga only)

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Super Danganronpa 2:

18] Hajime Hinata-"Patlabor series" 19] Nagito Komeda-"Madoka Magica" 20] Chiaki Nanami-"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" (Both anime and manga) 21] Akane Owari-"Freezing" 22] Sonia Nevermind-"Dragon Ball to Z to Super" 23] Souda Kazuichi-"Macross series" 24] Mahiru Koizumi-"Speed Grapher" 25] Ibuki Mioda-"Detroit Metal City" 26] Nidai Nekomaru-"Kinnikuman" 27] Peko Pekoyama-"Berserk" (Manga only) 28] Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu-"Nichijou" 29] Mikan Tsumiki-"Yuri! On Ice" 30] Hiyoko Saioniji-"Vagabond" (Manga only) 31] Gundham Tanaka-"Shingeki No Bahamut" and "Virgin Soul" 32] Teruteru Hanamura-"Food Wars" (Both manga and anime)

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New Danganronpa V3:

33] Kaede Akamatsu-"Your Lie In April" 34] Saihara Shuuichi-"Psycho-Pass" 35] Kaito Momota-"Cowboy Bebop" 36] Maki Harukawa-"Golgo 13" (Both anime and manga) 37] Angie Yonaga-"Angel's Egg" (An anime movie) 38] Himiko Yumeno-"Little Witch Academia" 39] Ryoma Hoshi-"Hajime No Ippo" 40] Kirumi Tojo-"Black Butler" 41] Tenko Chabashira-"Prison School" (Both anime and manga) 42] Rantaro Amani-"Hunter X Hunter" (Both manga and anime) 43] Miu Iruma-"Getter Robo" 44] Kokichi Oma-"Saga of Tanya The Evil" 45] Ki-Bo-"Chobit" 46] Gonta Gokuhara-"Toriko" (Manga only) 47] Tsumugi Shirogane-"Devilman" (Both anime and manga) & 48] Korekiyo Shinguji-"Kiznaiver"

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=This is simply what I think what anime/manga that each Danganronpa character listed will relate to in some way, even with some I have not seen or read yet. -No video game/live action adaptions. -The anime has to be at least good all the way through. -It relates to each of the DR characters' talent in some way. -I hope you like this. :3 Tell me what you think on what anime/manga that each DR character would watch, or read, on IM, with asks, reblogs, reposts or chatrooms. ~The Bat~

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Hi Nina! I've been wondering for a while, but you've mentioned a couple of times that there are upwards of 200 magical girl intellectual properties you've consumed and I was wondering what they were. I'm also quite curious as to what your to watch list has on it. If this is too much of a hassle, I completely understand. I mostly wanted to get a sense of where you've been in the genre and where you plan to go. Thank you for your time.

OH BOY!

Okay, full disclaimer, I do count like the series with multiple named seasons/movies as different entries (i.e. all the Precure I count as unique entries, and each season of Sailor Moon, etc. If it has a separate entry on like “myanimelist” i count it as separate). I’ve also sat down and watch RAWs/things in languages I’m not entirely fluent in cause I’m #thirsty

LIST IS UNDER THE CUT:

Unmarked is anime/cartoon, I’ll signify comics/manga

6♥Princess

Ai Tenshi Densetsu Wedding Peach

AKB0048

AKB0048: Next Stage

Akihabara Dennou-gumi

Ange Vierge

Bayonetta: Bloody Fate

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! LOVE!

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R: The Movie

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Kaguya Hime

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars

Sailor Moon Crystal

Black Lagoon Omake (the one with Revi as a magical girl obvi)

Choujigen Game Neptune The Animation

Futari wa Pretty Cure / Pretty Cure

Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart

Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star

Yes! PreCure 5

Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!

Fresh Pretty Cure! 

HeartCatch PreCure!

Suite PreCure 

Smile PreCure!

Glitter Force

DokiDoki! PreCure

HappinessCharge PreCure! 

Go! Princess PreCure 

Maho Girls PreCure!

Kirakira PreCure a la Mode

Hugtto Precure

Creamy Mami

Magical Emi

Corrector Yui

Fantasista Doll

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz!

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei!

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!!

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Specials

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Undoukai de Dance!

Flip Flappers

Flying Witch

Tokyo Mew Mew

Tokyo Mew Mew A La Mode (Manga)

Kiki’s Delivery Service

Day Break Illusion

Houkago no Pleiades (TV)

Houkago no Pleiades (ONA)

Jungle de Ikou!

Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne

Kill La Kill

Kyoukai no Kanata

Little Witch Academia

Little Witch Academia: Mahoujikake no Parade

Magic Knight Rayearth

Magic Knight Rayearth II

Magical☆Star Kanon 100%

Mahou no Stage Fancy Lala

Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha

Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica

Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Movie 1: Hajimari no Monogatari

Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Movie 2: Eien no Monogatari

Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari

Mahou Shoujo Nante Mou Ii Desukara

Mahou Shoujo Taisen 

Mahou Shoujo-tai Arusu

Magic User’s Club

Mai-HiME

Mai-Otome (Mai-zHiME)

Majokko Shimai no Yoyo to Nene

Mawaru Penguindrum

Adolescence of Utena

Revolutionary Girl Utena

Yuri Kuma Arashi

Princess Tutu

Cardcaptor Sakura

Nanatsu-iro Drops

Nurse Witch Komugi-chan Magikarte

Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt

Petite Princess Yucie

Ground Defense Mao-Chan

Puni Puni Poemi

Rolling Girls

Sasami: Mahou Shoujo Club

Sasami: Mahou Shoujo Club 2

Pretty Sammy

Shamanic Princess

Pretear

Show By Rock!!

Show By Rock!! # (Currently watching)

Little Witch Academia (TV Serious - Currently Watching)

Sugar Sugar Rune

Ultra Maniac

Uta Kata

VividRed Operation

Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil

Zettai Bouei Leviathan

Yuki Yuna is a Hero

Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z

Maji de Otaku na English! Ribbon-chan: Eigo de Tatakau Mahou Shoujo

Tokimeki Tonight

Saint Tail

Cutie Honey

Minky Momo

Mako-Chan

Mahou Shoujo Lalabel

Zodiac Star Force (Comic)

Mahou Shoujo of the End (Manga)

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Herself the Elf

Rainbow Brite

She-Ra: Princess of Power

Jem and the Holograms

Jem and the Holograms (Comic)

Wildfire

Lady Lovely Locks

PJ Sparkles

Bibi Blocksberg

Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders

Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic

Sky Dancers

Sabrina: The Animated Series

Cybersix

Atomic Betty

W.I.T.C.H

Winx Club

Winx Club: The Mystery of the Abyss

Lilly the Witch

Trollz  - I go back and forth as to whether or not this one counts.

The Life and Times of Juniper Lee

Angel’s Friends

Pixel Pinkie

Tara Duncan: The Evil Empress

PopPixie

Mia and Me

She Zow

Sofia the First

RWBY

Equestria Girls (All the movies, I’m not doing separates for these)

Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld

Bee and Puppycat

Bee and Puppycat  (Comic)

Steven Universe

Steven Universe (Comic)

Sabrina: Secrets of A Teenage Witch

Rainbow Brite (2014)

Song of the Sea

LoliRock

Star Vs. The Forces of Evil

Little Charmers

Shimmer and Shine

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Star Darlings

Regal Academy

Elena Princess of Avalor

Nella the Princess Knight

Girls of Olympus (Pilot Only)

Twelve Forever (Pilot Only)

Sleepless Domain (Comic)

Agents of the Realm (Comic)

How I Loathe Being a Magical Girl (Comic) 

The Hues (Comic) 

 Shattered Starlight (Comic)

Andromeda Star (Comic) 

Brujaha (Comic) 

Princess Love Pon (Comic) 

Magical Shark Girl Pre)-(y PonPon (Comic) 

Unfamiliar (Comic) 

Sylvania (Comic) 

Witchery Etc. (Comic) 

Magical Girl In Training (Comic) 

Magical Girl Neil (Comic) 

Magical Hazel (Comic) 

Apricot Cookie(s)! (Comic) 

Magic Remains (Comic)

Strawberry Seafoam (Comic)

Luminous (Comic) 

Magical How? (Comic) 

 Mahou Josei Chimaka  (Comic) 

Magical Girl Beatdown (Comic) 

 Magical Bitches (Comic)

Transmajicka (Comic)

magnifiqueNOIR  (Comic) 

Put a Spell on Me  (Comic) 

Weapon Girls: Waltz  (Comic)

Witchery Etc. (Comic)

Pripara (Watching)

Balala The Fairies

Petite Petite Muse

Z-Squad

Lady Jewelpet

Rilu Rilu Fairilu Yousei no Door

Mikagura School Suite

Negima!?

Is This a Zombie?

Ayashi no Ceres

Full Moon o Sagashite

Pastel Yumi

Ojamajo Doremi

Ojamajo Doremi # (Sharp)

Mōtto! Ojamajo Doremi

Ojamajo Doremi Dokka~n!

Nurse Angel Ririka SOS

Shugo Chara

Persia the Magic Fairy

Re: Cutie Honey

Mermaid Melody

Sally the Witch

Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card

Mysticons

I THINK that’s everything I may be missing some.

I didn’t include if I read the manga AND saw the anime- like with Sailor Moon, Sugar Sugar Rune, etc. I also didn’t include any of the Precure movies because I don’t know I feel like that’s overkill??? I also started reading the Magical Girl Raising Project Light Novels so those would be shoved in there too I guess.

A lot of these series are missing from MyAnimeList list because I intend to re-watch them and it’s a good way to keep track of things I haven’t re-watched recently. (now if only I remembered to update what episodes of things I’m currently watching lmao)

Even with all of this there are still so many series I have to see!! I can’t wait *u*

Edit: I woke up this morning realizing I missed a bunch

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Square/Enix Misfits: Final Fantasy Mystic Quest

Original Release Date: October 5, 1992 (NA)

Original Hardware: Nintendo Super NES

To be fair to the other games I've talked about this month, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest is not treated with nearly as much indifference by its owner as the rest. It received a Virtual Console re-release on the Wii, and the lead character of the game appeared in Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call, along with a couple of songs from the soundtrack. Its existence is acknowledged, if nothing else. But when you take into consideration the fact that this is indeed known as a Final Fantasy game in Japan and North America, the hesitance with which it is ever mentioned is really something. There doesn't seem to be a lot of pride in Mystic Quest for anyone currently at Square Enix. I suppose in some sense it's an embarrassing reminder of how poorly they read the international market at the time, but I think it's more a case that there's apparently nobody left at Square who worked on the game, leaving no one to champion for it.

It's a well-known story by now, but we'll go over it again for posterity's sake. After Nintendo gave the first Final Fantasy game a mighty push in North America, by publishing it and marketing it themselves, Square decided to follow in the footsteps of Enix and try to keep the series going on their own through their American branch. Plans to localize the second game on the NES were scuttled due to the age of the 8-bit market, so they got started by localizing some unrelated games under the Final Fantasy banner. The first was Game Boy title Makai Toushi SaGa, which was developed by many of the same people who worked on Final Fantasy 2. Square released it overseas as The Final Fantasy Legend, and it sold reasonably well. SaGa 2 and Seiken Densetsu followed, localized as Final Fantasy Legend 2 and Final Fantasy Adventure respectively, with similar sales results.

As Square became more and more of an RPG company, the gap in popularity of console RPGs in Japan and overseas started to look like an important problem for them to crack. Even the full weight of Nintendo's impressive marketing machine combined with the most well-liked games in the genre wasn't sufficient to generate broad interest in RPGs among console gamers. At some point, someone at Square got it into their heads that the lack of interest must have been due to how difficult and complicated RPGs were compared to more popular genres like platformers and shooters. It was believed that Western gamers just couldn't get on with their complexity the way that Japanese players could. Looking back, it was a silly conclusion to draw. Even without hindsight, you would think someone would have noticed that far more complex RPGs were quite popular on personal computers in the West. But it was what the decision-makers at Square firmly believed, and it would shape their localization choices for the next several years until they proved themselves wrong.

With this perception in mind, Square's localization of Final Fantasy 4 toned down both the difficulty and complexity of the game. Certain character abilities were removed, along with a number of spells and items. The Training Room tutorial area was expanded with more advice. Prices on equipment and items were decreased, and the paths leading to secret areas were practically highlighted. Again, the game appears to have sold reasonably well, but nowhere near what it did in Japan. Square wasn't out of ideas yet, however. Perhaps it wasn't enough to modify an existing game to fit the perceived needs of the Western market. Someone at Square decided that they needed to create a game that would help Western players understand the basics of a JPRG. The team that had been assigned to the third SaGa game on Game Boy was just finishing up with that project and was ready to move on to their next job. They were given what must have looked like a real heaven-and-hell task. They would get to make a Final Fantasy game, but one designed specifically to teach Westerners how to handle these beautiful console RPG unicorns.

Those are the circumstances that brought forth Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. While I'm sure the team did their best with it, there's really very little chance this was a passion project for anyone involved. Assuming their goal was to create some kind of bridge between Western gamers and the main Final Fantasy games, I have to say that they failed miserably. As many things as they grabbed from the main Final Fantasy games, Mystic Quest has a very different feel from those games. It's light on story, puts a far heavier emphasis on solving puzzles, and in terms of its presentation, has far more in common with SaGa than Final Fantasy. That doesn't make it a bad game, but it does make it a fairly poor trainer for Final Fantasy specifically.

Suffice it to say, Mystic Quest did not succeed in igniting the JRPG genre overseas. The game was panned by critics and players alike for its simplicity and brevity. The hardcore fans Square had already built up felt like they were being condescended to, and the more casual fans the publisher had hoped to court simply ignored the game the same way they did with every other JRPG. In spite of all of that, the game sold fairly well. It ended up moving 800,000 copies worldwide, and though half of that total was in Japan, 400,000 was nothing to sneeze at for a JRPG in the West. I suspect its low price of $39.99 had as much to do with that as anything else, but the game certainly didn't bomb. It wasn't universally detested, either. A lot of people enjoyed the game for what it was: a no-frills turn-based RPG with lots of puzzles and a goofy sense of humor. That contingent of fans was at least big enough to get Square Enix to find a place for Mystic Quest in Curtain Call, and I doubt we've seen the last of Mystic Quest's cameos in Final Fantasy cross-overs.

As for the game itself, I can easily see both perspectives on it. I had good memories of my initial playthrough of it more than 20 years ago. I think I found it better than I thought I would at the time, much the same as I would feel when I later played Secret of Evermore. Replaying it for this series of articles, I didn't have as good of a time as I thought I would. In large stretches of its running time, it's as dull and grindy as a lot of people fear JRPGs to be. The optional monster lairs are a bit too on the nose as a means of grinding levels, and as much as you don't really need the experience they provide, some of the items you get for clearing them are very useful. Capping party size at two members leaves little room for strategy in battles, and would-be interesting decisions like having limited ammo on some weapons become moot by the game handing out said ammo like candy on Halloween.

The dungeons are probably the best parts of the game. They have some interesting designs, but they also involve a lot of backtracking and useless treasure boxes. Most of the time, solving an optional puzzle and heading down a winding path will reward you with nothing more than some arrows, shuriken, or bombs. You usually have to make your way back along the same route to take another branch, but since defeated enemies stay defeated, it's a pretty boring walk every time. I like how weapons double as tools to solve puzzles, though. The only problem with that is that you need to be careful you don't accidentally use the wrong weapon in battle if you had it equipped to solve a puzzle. Not that it matters all that much. Most weapons for the main character take two hits to kill whatever normal monsters are around no matter which one you're using. Just bomb everything, there isn't really any downside to it.

I remembered the story being quite thin, but there's even less there than I had thought. Hero Benjamin has to wake up the crystals to save the world from the evil that is threatening it, etc. Most of the other characters are one-note cardboard cut-outs who jump in and out of the plot at semi-regular intervals. The game's silly sense of humor saves it from being a total wash, with Benjamin obviously not buying into most of what is going on around him, but going along for the ride nonetheless. There's a half-hearted stab at a late-game twist, but the plot never gets more complicated than "some bad guy is doing bad stuff with the local crystal, go beat him up and save everyone". Now, I'm not saying the main Final Fantasy games were high literature, particularly at this point in time, but the winding character-driven plots are usually considered one of the main attractions of the series. Mystic Quest has none of that, for better or worse.

Though the pacing is kind of poor, the game doesn't overstay its welcome. There's almost no way to stretch it out any longer than the 15 or so hours it's meant to run. The game is very strictly segmented and you can't go any farther than you need to at any point. You can almost always backtrack, but there isn't a lot of point to it unless you miss a spell book or something. On the topic of magic, one interesting choice the developers made was in how they simplified the magic system. There are only 12 spells in the game, and they get more powerful as you level up. The spells are divided into three groups. Depending on your level, you have a certain number of castings from each group you can make before you have to rest. So a casting of Cure costs you just as much as a casting of Life, basically. There are elemental weaknesses you can take advantage of, but magic is in general quite strong compared to your basic attack no matter what.

The unusual magic system is, I think, emblematic of why this game didn't reach the masses the way Square had hoped. Although I could see the average person having some issues parsing the Vancian magic system of Final Fantasy 1, I'm not so certain that Mystic Quest's attempt to simplify things actually produced something that players could understand more easily than the basic magic points system seen in most other JRPGs. I also don't feel like people really had a problem understanding that, say, Cure 3 was a stronger version of Cure. I feel this way about many of Mystic Quest's design elements. For the most part, its efforts were largely spent on simplifying things that weren't hard to understand in the first place. In some cases, such as the magic system, the result was something of a lateral move. In other cases, for example the monster lairs, it made things less enjoyable for little gain. I'll tip my hat to one very good decision, however. Letting the player save anytime they wanted to was something that was already long-overdue in 1992.

Ultimately, the path to success in the West for JRPGs had nothing to do with how easy or hard they were. When games like Final Fantasy 7 and Pokemon broke that barrier down, they did it not through misguided hand-holding but by communicating to the player why they should care to invest themselves. Check out this cool-looking world and characters, don't you want to see what happens next? There are 151 monsters out there, do you think you can catch them all? Once the genre broke out, re-releases games like Final Fantasy 4 didn't need any alterations to make them sell well overseas. The message and marketing were clear by that point. Maybe that was what Square should have been focusing on instead of weird commercials with Mog and Ogopogos. But hey, it's easy to look back and say things like that. I'm sure Square had the best intentions with Mystic Quest. Considering its mission statement, the game isn't half-bad. But it could have been a lot better if they had put their full efforts into making a fun puzzle-based RPG without the appeal to a phantom demographic.

Many of the team members who worked on Final Fantasy Mystic Quest went on to work on the Japan-only Super NES game Treasure of the Rudra before completely falling off of the game development map. One notable exception is Chihiro Fujioka, who wrote the game's story. Fujioka served as a director on Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and has contributed to just about every Mario & Luigi RPG in various design roles. He's also the drummer in the Earthbound Papas, a prog-rock band led by Final Fantasy series composer Nobuo Uematsu. The composer of Mystic Quest, Ryuji Sasai, worked on a few other games in the years that followed, including Bushido Blade 2 and Tobal No. 1. He has largely withdrawn from video game work in recent years and is now part of two rock bands. Those sweet guitar licks you hear in Mystic Quest were sampled by him. Curiously enough, he also did the music for a recent Kemco mobile RPG called Fairy Elements.

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest is the easiest game to access of the four I've written about this month. At the time of this writing, it is still available on the Nintendo Wii eShop. I don't imagine that shop will be around forever, so grab it if you want it. I'm not sure when or even if Square will re-release the game. For the moment, Mystic Quest is neither gone nor forgotten, but its low-key presence in the Final Fantasy brand certainly makes for an interesting case. It is likely to be the only Final Fantasy game to ever release in the United States before Japan, was one of the first spin-offs of the brand, and serves as an amusing reminder today of an era where Square didn't have the faintest clue how to sell Final Fantasy to Western gamers. I think those things make it worthy of mention in any Final Fantasy retrospective, even if I can't necessarily recommend playing it in the here and now.

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ROUND 2

PART A (5/22 12:00pm ET)

Match 33: "Peace Sign" - Kenshi Yonezu (My Hero Academia) {VS} "H. T. [Humanoid Typhoon]" - Tsuneo Imahori (Trigun 1998) Match 34: "Kaen" - QUEEN BEE (Dororo 2019) {VS} "DANZEN! Futari wa Pretty Cure" - Gojo Mayumi (Futari wa Pretty Cure) Match 35: "FLY HIGH!!" - BURNOUT SYNDROMES (Haikyuu!!) {VS} "Flyers" - BRADIO (Death Parade) Match 36: "Goya no Machiawase" - Hello Sleepwalkers (Noragami) {VS} "KICK BACK" - Kenshi Yonezu (Chainsaw Man) Match 37: "Resonance" - T.M. Revolution (Soul Eater) {VS} "Hyadain no Kakakata☆Kataomoi-C" - Maeyamada Kenichi (Nichijou) Match 38: "Easy Breezy" - chelmico (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!) {VS} "Tank!" - The Seatbelts (Cowboy Bebop) Match 39: "Golden Time Lover" - Sukima Switch (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) {VS} "Again" - YUI (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) Match 40: "Brand New World" - D-51 (One Piece) {VS} "Smile Bomb" - Mawatari Matsuko (Yu Yu Hakusho)

PART B (5/24 12:00pm ET)

Match 41: "R★O★C★K★S" - Hound Dog (Naruto) {VS} "Blue Bird" - Ikimonogakari (Naruto: Shippuden) Match 42: "BLOODY STREAM" - Coda (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) {VS} "Unravel" - TK (Tokyo Ghoul) Match 43: "Gurenge" - LiSA (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) {VS} "Scar" - Tatsuya Kitani (Bleach) Match 44: "Rondo-Revolution" - Masami Okui (Revolutionary Girl Utena) {VS} "Moonlight Densetsu" - Dali, Moon Lips (Sailor Moon) Match 45: "99.9" - MOB CHOIR feat. sajou no hana (Mob Psycho 100) {VS} "99" - MOB CHOIR (Mob Psycho 100) Match 46: "Sakura Kiss" - Chieko Kawabe (Ouran High School Host Club) {VS} "History Maker" - Dean Fujioka (Yuri!!! On ICE) Match 47: "Connect" - ClariS (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) {VS} "No Parting" - Jeff Chang (Heaven Official's Blessing) Match 48: "Kiss Me" - Celeina Ann and Nai Br.XX (Carole & Tuesday) {VS} "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" - Yoko Takahashi (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

HERES THE BRACKET. FINALLY. GOD.

sorry for the wait u_u

(Text version, with dates under the cut below)

For franchises that had more than one submission, I grouped them together so that after round 2, there will only be one contestant per franchise. to try to be fair or whatever, so that a small number of franchises dont dominate the bracket

yes i know mdzs and tgcf arent anime but its my poll tourney and i do what i want godbless

this might be too much to ask but please watch the videos if you can and vote based on that! idc how much you like or dislike the anime, how much do you like the OPENING. obviously this is for fun so you can do whatever but if possible i dont rly want this to be a popularity poll :')

propaganda welcome :)

Tag List: round 1 round 2 round 3 quarterfinals semifinals finals third place round propaganda bracket updates matches (the actual polls, not including any reblogs)

ROUND 1

PART A (5/6 12:00pm ET)

Match 1: "Peace Sign" - Kenshi Yonezu (My Hero Academia) {VS} "Hitamuki" - SUPER BEAVER (My Hero Academia) Match 2: "THE DAY" - Porno Graffitti (My Hero Academia) {VS} "H. T. [Humanoid Typhoon]" - Tsuneo Imahori (Trigun 1998) Match 3: "Kaen" - QUEEN BEE (Dororo 2019) {VS} "Naru" - PON (Tsurune: Kazemai High School Kyudo Club) Match 4: "DANZEN! Futari wa Pretty Cure" - Gojo Mayumi (Futari wa Pretty Cure) {VS} "Bye Bye" - 7!! (Kimi To Boku) Match 5: "Hikariare" - BURNOUT SYNDROMES (Haikyuu!!) {VS} "FLY HIGH!!" - BURNOUT SYNDROMES (Haikyuu!!) Match 6: "Gun's & Roses" - Paradise Lunch (Baccano!) {VS} "Flyers" - BRADIO (Death Parade) Match 7: "MAN HUMAN" - Denki Groove (Devilman Crybaby) {VS} "Goya no Machiawase" - Hello Sleepwalkers (Noragami) Match 8: "Maji LOVE 1000%" - STARISH (Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 1000%) {VS} "KICK BACK" - Kenshi Yonezu (Chainsaw Man)

PART B (5/8 12:00pm ET)

Match 9: "Papermoon" - Tommy heavenly6 (Soul Eater) {VS} "Resonance" - T.M. Revolution (Soul Eater) Match 10: "Hyadain no Kakakata☆Kataomoi-C" - Maeyamada Kenichi (Nichijou) {VS} "Parallel Hearts" - FictionJunction (Pandora Hearts) Match 11: "Easy Breezy" - chelmico (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!) {VS} "Bara wa Utsukushiku Chiru" - Koji Makaino (Rose of Versailles) Match 12: "Tank!" - The Seatbelts (Cowboy Bebop) {VS} "COLORS" - FLOW (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion) Match 13: "Melissa" - Porno Graffitti (Fullmetal Alchemist 2003) {VS} "Golden Time Lover" - Sukima Switch (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) Match 14: "Rain" - SID (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) {VS} "Again" - YUI (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) Match 15: "Monochrome Kiss" - SID (Black Butler) {VS} "Brand New World" - D-51 (One Piece) Match 16: "Smile Bomb" - Mawatari Matsuko (Yu Yu Hakusho) {VS} "Dream Island Obsessional Park" - Susumu Hirasawa (Paranoia Agent)

PART C (5/10 12:00pm ET)

Match 17: "R★O★C★K★S" - Hound Dog (Naruto) {VS} "Lovers" - 7!! (Naruto: Shippuden) Match 18: "Far Away" - Asian Kung-Fu Generation (Naruto) {VS} "Blue Bird" - Ikimonogakari (Naruto: Shippuden) Match 19: "Hero's Come Back" - Nobodyknows (Naruto: Shippuden) {VS} "BLOODY STREAM" - Coda (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) Match 20: "Aoi Hana" - Kikukodan (Sweet Blue Flowers) {VS} "Unravel" - TK (Tokyo Ghoul) Match 21: "Setsuna no Ai" - GRANRODEO (Bungo Stray Dogs) {VS} "Gurenge" - LiSA (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) Match 22: "Scar" - Tatsuya Kitani (Bleach) {VS} "Eternal Blaze" - Nana Mizuki (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's) Match 23: "Sono Saki e" - RIRIKO (Children of the Whales) {VS} "Rondo-Revolution" - Masami Okui (Revolutionary Girl Utena) Match 24: "Motteke! Sailor Fuku" - Aya Hirano, Emiri Katou, Kaori Fukuhara, and Aya Endo (Lucky☆Star) {VS} "Moonlight Densetsu" - Dali, Moon Lips (Sailor Moon)

PART D (5/12 12:00pm ET)

Match 25: "99.9" - MOB CHOIR feat. sajou no hana (Mob Psycho 100) {VS} "1" - MOB CHOIR (Mob Psycho 100) Match 26: "99" - MOB CHOIR (Mob Psycho 100) {VS} "Kibou no Uta" - Ultra Tower (Food Wars) Match 27: "Departure!" - Masatoshi Ono (Hunter x Hunter) {VS} "Sakura Kiss" - Chieko Kawabe (Ouran High School Host Club) Match 28: "History Maker" - Dean Fujioka (Yuri!!! On ICE) {VS} "Kaikai Kitan" - Eve (Jujutsu Kaisen) Match 29: "Drunken Dreams of the Past" - Lin Zhixuan (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) {VS} "Connect" - ClariS (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) Match 30: "No Parting" - Jeff Chang (Heaven Official's Blessing) {VS} "Delicate ni Suki Shite" - Ota Takako (Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami) Match 31: "Kiss Me" - Celeina Ann and Nai Br.XX (Carole & Tuesday) {VS} "Sudachi no Uta" - Anemoneria (Wonder Egg Priority) Match 32: "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" - Yoko Takahashi (Neon Genesis Evangelion) {VS} "Shinzou wo Sasageyo" - Linked Horizon (Attack on Titan)