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As someone who enjoyed the first season of Freezing, I found Vibration to be very disappointing for several reasons, but first I will cover the good points of this series.

Story - (Synopsis from Freezing)
The story hasn't changed, Set in a slightly futuristic world where Earth has been invaded and is at war with aliens from another dimension called the Nova, the story follows the adventures of a Japanese boy named Kazuya Aoi who enrolls for training at a special school for genetically modified girls called Pandoras who battle the aliens, and their male partners, called Limiters, who use a special power called "freezing" to limit ... their opponent's mobility. The protagonist makes the acquaintance of an unusual older girl named Satellizer el Bridget who appears to be the most powerful Pandora in her class, but has not yet chosen a male partner to be her Limiter, and in spite of the warnings of all his friends, he decides to be her Limiter.

This isn't your typical School/Romance/Harem in my opinion, it is quite different which actually holds a plot - defeating the aliens combining forces of one female, also known as a Pandora and one male who is called the Limiter; although one boy has a different type of power being the younger sibling of the greatest Pandora to exist, where he can use his 'full' freezing power for anyone he fights with and all the Pandoras fight over him. I rated the story an 8, based upon the two seasons.

Art -
Now for the art, exactly the same as the first Freezing, it is remarkable. The detail put in, each snowflake falling and all the detail put in to the characters, background and the whole surface of it, it's clearly had a lot of time and effort put in and in my own opinion, this is the best part about this season. I rated the Art a 9.

Sound -
I didn't find the sound that interesting, it's got the type of opening/ending sound tracks you just listen to once, don't find it catchy and skip it and move on. I rate the sound tracks a 5.

Characters -
Well, here we go. In my opinion; the character development is the biggest flop of Freezing Vibration; the first season had 3 main characters, Kazuya Aoi, Satellizer el Bridget and Linchen Rana, who had a great back-story and you find out a lot about them all within the first couple of episodes. But, then you come to Freezing Vibration, they have doubled the amount of mains from 3 to 6 and make it confusing; their isn't a big story behind these characters because you are not told much about them, they haven't presented them in the right way and just rushed them into action. Characters - 5.

Enjoyment -
Although their are bad things about Vibration, it isn't all bad. It is enjoyable to an extent and does keep you moderately interested, although at points I have felt bored and 'couldn't be bothered' watching. In my opinion, the newer mains annoy me and don't interest me, I would of rather watched the first season again but with more development to the story and what/when Kazuya and Bridget finally become the #1 team.

Overall -
Overall taking all my ratings into account, I rated this a 7.
The story and art are the best things, like in any anime these are a key necessity for a good show, although the Characters are the biggest let down for me and I'm not too bothered about the sound.

Thank you for reading.
~Malteasers

Welcome to Sakurasou, the house of problem children.

When I first started watching Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo, I wasn't expecting it to end up like this,

Story: 9
The whole story of this series links together, their isn't any filler, just a bunch of problem children who are not able to live in the student dorms for various reasons of their own accord and how they go about their highschool lives to the fullest and funnest way possible, this is just captivating by how people moving into this house are all instantly friends, fight between eachother, have fun and then Mashiro Duty is handed out ... for the most problematic of them all, the girl who is a genius who can't care for herself at all.

Art: 10
The art throughout this whole series is amazing, I didn't see any flaws and you just end up mesmerized by everything which you see, from the designing of characters to the paintings which are drawn and how they captivate each character in their own way for their many different reasons

Sound: 9
The sound, starting from the opening track and ending track of the first 1-12 episodes has the very fun-feeling factor which a school theme needs, you want to sing along, dance, cheer; everything which comes to mind it makes you feel like you can do it as long as you try hard just by listening and watching the OST, then you get the EST which ends the show weekly perfectly with a very popular heart moving song. The OST and EST of episodes 13-24 which give you the more serious feeling, where everything is happening and they're fighting against it for their own reasons, while the OST shows how much fun they're having while it's playing, the EST shows them dancing and holding hands together, enjoying their year as the Problem Children of Sakurasou having fun every minute fighting against lifes cruelty of being unfair. As well as the other OST's and EST's throughout to make the episode get across it's feelings more. While the EST's and OST's are very good throughout, the songs in the series are also good, Graduation song and all the rest made you feel what Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo was trying to put across to you and you can't help but feel happy and sad at the same time.

Character: 9
The characters; while they're all unique are all amazingly designed and their voice actors never loose concentration and always stay in character; portraying their traits, while the Alien, Misaki, just jumps in and does whatever she wants, Sorata knows his responsibilities and does them to a tee, helping Mashiro and they just seem to be able to get along perfectly, with Aoyama on the side watching Sorata. Then theirs the playboy, Jin who has dated almost every type of person you'd want, a nurse, a wife etc.. And then it all comes to life why he is like that and what makes him change.

Enjoyment: 10
I haven't enjoyed a series like this in a long time, it takes a lot of effort for a School rom-com to come out well and I think it was executed perfectly by the producers, I enjoyed this so much and the emotions you feel during a series are just phenomenal, you can't help cry, laugh, feel happy or sad, it just comes as it moves onwards, this was on of the most fun and joyful anime I've ever watched, even though their are a lot of sad moments for each character, it all comes to settle down and you just feel happy watching it.

Overall: 9
I don't think a 10 exists, nothing is perfect although this comes pretty close. When something you're watching makes you feel emotions that the characters put across, it has to be good no matter what. Don't blame me if you cry to a headache like I did, but you won't regret it; it was amazing watching this series.

Macademi Wasshoi was a very fun-loving, care-free anime that I enjoyed watching. A useless guy who is a magician is suddenly surrounded by girls, items and friends of which he would of never imagined and never thought could happen to him in his lifetime, until he met Tanarotte, the stubborn yet obedient god/devil girl. Now, for the in-depth review.

Story: 8
At first when I was watching this series, i didn't think their was a story; but when you get further through you find that their is an emotional story which grabs you from start to finish. The power to create beings to destroy countries, how ... it can go out of control and of course the harem side of it, being surrounded by beautiful characters which you learn about so easily and quickly while the story is commencing.

Art: 6
The art isn't too good, you can always see all the flaws and where it could of been majorly improved for this anime, I found the art to be surprising especially from what Media Factory and Zexcs have created before, this was the worst part of the anime.

Sound: 9
Every song used in this is very caring and fun, you want to start dancing and feel the rhythm every time you hear the OST and EST, but also with the songs in between the series. Macademi Wasshoi! has clearly put a lot of effort into how they wanted this anime to be seen for its viewers.

Characters: 9
Even though the art of the characters isn't very good; and just barely passable in my own opinion, they've attempted to overuse the chibi style and mix it with anime which didn't work well in my opinion, the characters development was extraordinary, you learn so much about each character, Tanarotte, Takuto, Suzuha, Falce and it's not just the mains you learn about, but also the supporting characters such as Sakuma Eitarou and Eneus.

Enjoyment: 8
I thoroughly enjoyed this series, it was very amusing keeping it's comedy parts intact and not overdoing it so it starts to get boring, while it's keeping all of it's fantasy and supernatural genes together and not using magic as an everyday thing which a lot of Fantasy's attempt to do, then run out of ideas of what could be next. The romance/school/ecchi is always good to see work well together along with the harem style which was adapted into the series with all the characters who surround Takuto.

I rated this series as an 8 overall although it would of been improved if the art was better. But overall, this series was very amusing to watch and fun even though it is a lot of filler; its nice to see how it is put across to the fans, which I think Media Factory and Zexcs did extraordinarily well.

This being the sequel to Kouhime Musou, I will take both into account as it's one story.

Throughout this series, you see a lot of history replicated, but instead of the men being a part of that, they're replaced by fan-serviced women, busty, colourful and appealing to the eye. Now lets move onto the review in full.

Story: 5
The story throughout this series has a good feel, when you read the synopsis of a series you decide whether to watch or not, the first season of Koihime Musou made me want to watch, like many others who carried onto the second season (or Third) although, it ... didn't live up to expectations from the start. It has all its comedy points going for it, it's ecchi which is shown when you're watching and it's obviously in a fantasy world with magic and the 'war like' layout which is shown through the episodes when you see war-torn towns and cities and their rulers. This attempts to be historical, but it doesn't show much of Chinese history into good detail, maybe I'm going to far since 'Oda Nobuna' changed my view on Historical anime.

Art: 7
I found the art appealing and very well designed throughout, it was good work by Shinji Takasuga althouh it could of been better if he put the extra effort into it.

Sound: 8
I enjoyed all the songs in this series, they're plausible and almost anyone could enjoy them. They are very catchy and fun, I, myself think this is some of Akifumi Tada best work for music, as he placed a lot of songs into the series even though it was only 12 episodes.

Character: 7
The Character design was good work from Tomoya Hiratsuka, although this was such a typical ecchi design most people could of done it, although the character development was stop and go, you didn't see much from Bachou or Kanshou and they're supposed to be main characters. And then theirs Ryuubi, who you learn quite a lot about and gets a lot of screen-time even though she's the new character to the lot, she plays a key role in their journey this time round. The character development could of been better, although you can't please everyone.

Enjoyment: 5
I did enjoy the comedy and the fighting side of Shin Koihime†Musou, and I admit that Koihime Musou wasn't the type of anime you'd jump off your seat to watch, but it was very 'draggy', their is only 12 episodes but it felt like a lot more, it also took me a lot of time to finish Shin Koihime†Musou even though I enjoyed Koihime Musou a lot more than this sequel.

Overall: 6
5+7+8+7+5 = 32/5 = 6.4
That is how I figure out my overall ratings, not over personal preference if I didn't enjoy a show or not.
I will watch the finale of this, Shin Koihime†Musou: Otome Tairan because I don't like to leave something unfinished once it's started. Hey, it's only 12 episodes, so about 4 hours. If I don't enjoy it, that's part of life.

Thanks for reading.

This is a new review; I found out after watching 29 episodes of One Piece, I realized I made the original review too early.
Okay first off;
Story: The story of One Piece is so much different to everything else I've watched, I like One Piece and gave the story an 8 because it's something I myself haven't seen something as planned out and consistent as this, although it has major flaws, for example the fillers... I'm kind of happy I haven't waited week-by-week to watch the 319 episodes I have currently watched, I would of been disappointed to of been given 3 months ... worth of filler... Although; some of the filler episodes are very interesting and actually make you want to watch them, namely during the Enies Lobby Arc, I will not mention anything that can be classed as spoilers so I'll leave the story section of this review here.

The art, On my first review I found the art to be very poor; not realizing that One Piece was released in 1999(The Anime) so I gave this a very low rating the first time, but as I have gotten further on with the story I have noticed many changes to the art and fighting styles all of the characters use and how much it has improved, and I'm not even up-to-date with One Piece, I literally can't wait to see the complete development of this series, although waiting every week for this show will be a killer.I rated the new art style an 8.

The sound; I found the opening theme tunes well fitted for this series and a lot of work was put in, Usopp's songs and so-on so forth. The Opening theme tune is very catchy for every arc and makes you enjoy watching them from start to finish, it kinda makes you feel like watching more and more every time you hear it. The sound was rated an 8.

Well, not on to the second most vital point of any anime I watch and write my reviews on... The Characters, I find the character development for One Piece amazing, you learn about every one of Luffy's Nakama's past and how they ended up where and how they are, wanting to achieve their goals and will stop at nothing to do so, and with Luffy as the captain, who says that's impossible?! This section I rated 9, as I have thoroughly enjoyed watching every character develop and seeing what they turn out like and how they can overcome the impossible on a daily basis.

It's finally time, this is the most vital point in any type of anime you can watch - Enjoyment, with this whole series, the first 50 or so episodes, I thought about stopping; reaching a certain landmark and just carrying on when I can be bothered, I'm glad I didn't do that. This has instantly become a favorite of mine, making me WANT to watch more and I just enjoy watching almost every episode, I rated the enjoyment factor for One Piece a 9.

Overall: 9
I have given the overall summary of One Piece a 9 in my opinion, it's so amazing that I didn't think I would like this show; I took it on with a whim and I don't regret that one bit, One Piece teaches you so many life rules, abiding by your own justice and doing what you feel is right and not what the world thinks of it, if you think it's right, go at it whole-heartedly and you won't be disappointed with yourself, Luffy believes in his friends and Nakama to the bitter end knowing they are capable of overcoming everything and I find that the deepest bond between them all, it just sets everything in motion. I have enjoyed re-writing this review; I will leave my old review below for comparison for people wishing to judge One Piece too early, like what I done.

-This review was wrote on Nov 7th 2013-
"With this show, I've found that the art-work isn't as what I personally expected, I find that other long running shows have much better artwork, for example Bleach, or Naruto... Although I've only just started to watch this series, I can't see the artwork changing too much.

I find that the story plot is quite impressive, looking for the most valuable treasure in the land on a huge journey, gathering members, and as of what I've watched, it's a decent pace for a long running, as it has been going since 1999, which is impressive in itself, 14 years?! That is a a standard in itself.

I found the characters very interesting, like I said, I'm a new watcher so getting to know the characters very early is a good thing, the way Luffy obtained his most precious treasure and Zoro started to learn his three sword technique and their goals. I found that to catch my attention, and a lot of thought was put into these episodes explaining their pasts.

I used to dislike the thought of watching One Piece, but I have eagerly changed my mind, last year I watched 3 episodes, got bored and switched it off, I have came back (Was looking for some new stuff to watch) and I don't regret it, I have enjoyed this show - Only on episode 29, but started 3 days ago(4th Nov 2013).

I have rated the show an overall 9. I am enjoying it, but the thing I am most let down by is the art work, I understand that for a 1999 production, this is probably a lot more advanced, and brings me back to the times I watched Tenchi Kyo-Ryo-Ohki or, a personal favorite of mine; Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari, they were, and still are excellent shows, even with their artwork, and I hope this turns out to be the same.

Thank you for reading, I hope this is helpful to anyone looking to watch this anime."