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Astro Note Episode 8 Review - The Key Factor To This Mystery

When I said I was rooting for Aoi, that doesn’t mean doing her even more dirty than before! Why was she the butt of the shenanigans for this episode? All I want is for Aoi to get a good resolution.

The hunt for the key continues as Mira and Naosuke keep searching for it. Shoin does not join, surprisingly. Instead, Takumi helps out as he knows about their secret. Takumi does a lot in this episode from creating plans on how to lure out Hubbies to helping Naosuke’s identity remain a secret in front of Ren who wants to expose him. Most of all, he actually gets nice moments with Mira. They both go out to get all-you-can-pack veggies and then talk about Mira’s life on Planet Wid. He learns that Mira’s life was way too stuffy and perfect for her to know what was going on outside of her castle. The reason why Mira enjoys life on Earth far more than her home planet is because she feels free.

Another subplot revolves around Naosuke. While Naosuke looks like a dog, it turns out that he’s from a Widian species that lives for a very long time. His duty is to protect Mira until she dies. It’s a bittersweet role in a way. It also turns out that Shokichi takes Naosuke on walks because he wants attention from dog-loving girls. It’s funny how when girls ask for Naosuke’s name and age, Shokichi tells them his instead. Ren’s friend Haruto seems to like Naosuke a lot too. Ren spends the entire episode trying to expose Naosuke but fails.

The best part of the episode is the Hubbie squid chase scene. There’s a new fact about them in that they can possess people if consumed. Aoi is a victim of said possession as her personality does a complete 180 and starts getting super moody and angry. The Jojo punches were hilarious. The squid then gets taken out of Aoi via a kiss from Takumi. This is why I said they’re doing her dirty because she gets a kiss from her crush and she won’t even remember it. It’s also bound to create awkwardness between him and Mira now.

There’s a glimpse of the Hubble’s boss, but only their hand. Why do I get this inkling of a feeling that it’s Shoin? Since it’s now established Hubbies have the power to possess, what if Shoin had been possessed by them the entire time? That is a possibility, right? What are your thoughts?

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Astro Note - Episode 7

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Room Mate ED theme “Kimi-iro Smile”

Ashihara Takumi (CV: Maeno Tomoaki) Nishina Aoi (CV: Hanae Natsuki) Miyasaka Shinya (CV: Toriumi Kosuke)

Personal purchase, please don’t repost outside tumblr. You can support by buying the physical or on itune jp.

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damn the new ep of Room mate M was a lot of nosebleed >///<

Kousuke know how to make his fans suffer >///<

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RoomMate Anime PV. Starts April 12th

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TV Anime Room Mate Ending Theme “Kimi-iro Smile” Preview 

Release Date: June 14 Ashihara Takumi (CV: Maeno Tomoaki) Nishina Aoi (CV: Hanae Natsuki) Miyasaka Shinya (CV: Toriumi Kosuke)

Tracklist consists of solo version and instrumental.

Despite how shit the anime, the ending song is actually really good xD

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TV anime short "Room Mate" main cast revealed!

<Cast> Takumi Ashihara (CV Maeno Tomoaki) Aoi Nishina (CV Natsuki Hanae) Shinya Miyasaka (CV Kousuke Toriumi)

The short series is the spin-off TV short anime "One Room". Room mate will focus on 3 male characters. It will premiere on April 12th.

src: https://twitter.com/Room_Mate_anime

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Tomoaki Maeno, Natsuki Hanae, and Kōsuke Toriumi Join the Cast of "RoomMate"

The main cast has been revealed for RoomMate, an upcoming "first person" TV anime that places the viewer in the role of the protagonist in a romance story with three handsome young men. The series is the counter-part to the OneRoom short form anime, except that RoomMate is aimed at primarily a female audience.

    The cast of RoomMate (from left to right) includes:

  Tomoaki Maeno as Takumi Ashihara, a 19 year old college student with a strong, silent demeanor that masks a hidden gentleness.

Natsuki Hanae as Aoi Nishina, a 17 year old high school student with a bright personality who belongs to his school's drama club.

And Kōsuke Toriumi as Jinya Miyasaka, a 25 year old salaryman with an arrogant and slightly sadistic personality.

  RoomMate features animation by Typhoon Graphics. The series debuts on Tokyo MX and Sun TV on April 12, 2017.

  Sources:

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Official OneRoom / RoomMate TV anime home page

  Paul Chapman is the host of The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and GME! Anime Fun Time.

By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

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Astro Note Episode 1 Review - Romcom With Aliens

Everyone’s going “This is like Maison Ikkoku”, but I don’t know what that is. I looked it up and it’s one of Rumiko Takahashi’s works with a similar premise. Is it fun? Please let me know. Anyways, I’m always someone who has to watch something weird every season and this seems to be that ‘weird’ anime.

Why is it weird? The story starts off with a space chase as someone in a spaceship escapes from a bigger spaceship and lands in Japan. Then the story transitions to the “alien” already settling on Earth and is landlady of Astro Lodge where the main character Takumi Miyasaka is looking to work at. Unfortunately, the landlady, Mira Gotokuji, actually put in wrong information about the place. Astro Lodge was stated to be a restaurant in the job description, but it’s actually a share house that serves breakfast, but the landlady is looking for a chef because her cooking is catastrophic and her tenants want food because they were promised so. After Takumi shows off his cooking skills, Mira apologizes for the mess up, but he decides to move into Astro Lodge because he wants to cook and because he developed an instant crush on Mira the moment he laid eyes on her. What Takumi doesn’t know is that she’s actually an alien looking for a key and her protective poodle Naosuke is also an alien. All he knows is that she might be a widow and his chances to be with her might be harder than he’d expect.

The premise is pretty simple. It’s like a romcom and slice of life mixed with sci-fi in a way. Since it’s anime original, how the story will go is to be determined. Right now, I think I’m liking what I’m seeing so far. Other than Takumi, everyone in the share house seems to have their own secrets. Mira and Naosuke are aliens and Matsubara is an underground idol. Yamashita is stated to be a novelist, but nothing shows up when searching him. There must be a catch; Takumi predicts that he might be using a pen name, and I think so too, but I think that he might be writing erotic novels. Heck, I think Mr. Wakabayashi is the most suspicious of the bunch. He may not be an alien, but it’s weird how he’s unemployed but still wears a suit, pays his rent and affords an education to let his son Ren go to school. I guess the characters’ real identities will be revealed as the show keeps going.

To be honest, the animation is pretty average. It’s not great, but it’s not bad either. The funny faces are hilarious and the food porn looks great, but other than that, it’s pretty simplistic. The soundtracks not that memorable either. The opening and ending songs were great and the insert song of Maaya Uchida and Soma Saito singing during Mira and Takumi’s outing was nice; Terurun’s song was nice too. The songs without vocals aren’t that memorable, honestly.

The voice acting cast is actually the strongest in this anime. It’s an all-star cast with Soma Saito and Maaya Uchida as the leads. They fit the characters well and I love how Soma Saito screams so loudly during the scene where Naosuke bites his head. The supporting cast consists of Shinichiro Miki as Yamashita, Tomokazu Sugita as Mr. Wakabayashi, Rie Kugimiya as Ren Wakabayashi and Junichi Suwabe as Naosuke. Such a solid cast and they’re all amazing at comedy, so I’m not too worried about their performance because they will always do a solid job. I am not familiar with Ai Furihata, who voices Matsubara, but given that she voices a Love Live character, her singing skills are good. I quite like her singing voice a lot. The way her voice lowers during funny scenes was nice to hear too!

I’m liking what I’m seeing so far. I just hope that the story stays consistent. I’ll be tuning in next week to see what will happen to Takumi. What are your thoughts on this episode?

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Main Cast Announced for the Room Mate Anime Shorts

Main Cast Announced for the Room Mate Anime Shorts

The main cast has been announced for the forthcoming Room Mate anime shorts, which are a spin-off of the One Room television anime series: Tomoaki Maeno is Takumi Ashihara Natsuki Hanae is Aoi Nishina Kousuke Toriumi is Shinya Miyasaka Masashi Kikuta and Takashi Sakurai are in charge of the original planning for the anime, and Eiji Mano drafted the original story. Chisato Nakata is adapting…

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Revelan el reparto del anime Room Mate

Revelan el reparto del anime Room Mate

El dia de hoy se revelo el reparto principal del anime Room Mate 

los integrantes del reparto son :

Tomoaki Maeno como Takumi Ashihara Natsuki Hanae como Aoi Nishina Kousuke Toriumi como Shinya Miyasaka

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Broadcast starts on April 12th!  “Room Mate” new announcement.  Theme song “Kimiro Smile” will sung by Ashihara Takumi  (Maeno Tomoaki), Nishina Aoi (Hanae Natsuki), Miyasaka Shinya (Toriumi Kousuke).

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Astro Note Episode 12 Review + Final Thoughts - Happy Endings For All

The ending, while happy, was something I did not expect and that’s a good thing. I mean, I didn’t predict that this show would turn into a mech one and that the mecha robot would be participating in a final battle Astro Lodge and fish aliens. I like the unpredictability this show gives!

I didn’t expect that the reason the Hubby king was after Mira was so he could marry and have babies with her. He failed with Adara, so he was settling for Mira. The reason why he wanted to marry a Wido was because he wanted to have beautiful and talented children. That’s a very dumb reason, but I didn’t see that coming. I’m guessing Widos are objectified and glamorized like how Asians are objectified and glorified by Western countries. I also didn’t expect that Shoin’s house was a spaceship and that it cannot transform into a mech like Mira’s. He was promised marriage with Mira if he abided to the Hubby king’s order, but it was all a lie. Geez, all these people are trying to court Mira, but Takumi comes out the victor because she professes her love for him to the aliens.

I also didn’t predict that the Astro Lodge tenants would be chilling and eating food. They’re so free-spirited! Though, if I was in my house that turned into a spaceship and I wasn’t the one piloting it, I too would be chilling and waiting until the pilot finishes their task. Freaking out over alien attacks would only last a moment.

Mira decides to renounce her right to the throne and decide to stay on Earth and on Astro Lodge as its landlady. I honestly did not predict this. Usually, these types of stories have it to where someone from another planet would go back and leave Earth. Astro Note breaks all of those cliche tropes. She says that she doesn’t want to be tied down by duties she doesn’t want and rule a place she had no attachment towards. Honestly, go Mira for chasing after what she wants! I’m glad that she actually decides to stay!

Mira’s decision of not wanting to be tied down actually inspires the tenants. They all get happy endings, surprisingly! Ren decides to wear skirts to school and it seems that his friend Haruto and the girl with the frilly dress are okay with it! Tomihiro feels proud that Ren is becoming confident and it seems that he got a job of his own too! Aoi finally gets a job as a legal assistant to Tasuke’s lawyer, the lady who helped her out with Tasuke when she was homeless. She even grew to like dogs as she is seen petting her boss’s Cavalier Spaniel at the same bench Shokichi sat on. While the Naosuke and Aoi romance didn’t happen, I’m glad that it stayed a platonic relationship. He’s the reason why she became more assertive now. She even gave Naosuke a radio so he can remember her with it; she even submitted an entry so that Naosuke can listen to the song she requested on the radio. Aw, it’s like what he did for her in the previous episode. Teruko is finally seeing some success as an idol as she’s on the front cover of a magazine! I seriously thought Shokichi died, but it was a fake out. It turns out that he wants to go to space with Naosuke and visit Planet Wid so that he can write a book about it; he’s trying to finish writing a sci-fi novel that revolves around a man meeting a space alien girl—sort of like Adara and Mira’s situations. Takumi gets a job in a restaurant where he works lunch shift. I didn’t expect Shoin to end up being a tenant for good and returns to being Takumi’s apprentice. He is last seen working at a bakery where he’s a hit with the female customers. The only one who didn’t get a happy end was the Hubby king and he deserves a bad end for all the trouble he caused.  I actually like that everyone got happy endings and that there’s no need for a Season 2! Everything concluded satisfactorily. 

However, Naosuke is going to go back because he wants to. Mira revokes his duty of protecting her for life, so he decides that he’s going to protect the key. I guess that’s his version of a happy ending? At least Shokichi will come along with him, so he has a remnant of Earth with him.

This is probably one of the happiest endings I’ve seen in anime. While some things did get rushed, it was a nice blend of comedy, romcom and sci-fi.

Final Thoughts

I just decided to watch Astro Note because it looked like a weird anime and I figured out I was a weird anime enjoyer. Yes, it was weird, but it was surprisingly entertaining! I do like that the writing makes it in a way that some predictable things aren’t as predictable as I would assume like with the whole ordeal with Ren liking skirts or the whole finale.

It’s not a perfect anime, but I did enjoy the characters and gags a lot. However, if I were to be a critic, I’d say that not all characters got fleshed out in this 12-episode run. There’s a lot I don’t know about Shokichi. Heck, even Takumi doesn’t get fleshed out a lot. All we know about him was that he lost his job at a hotel due to bankruptcy and is working at Astro Lodge now. I’d like to learn a little bit more about him like where he’s from or his background before getting into cooking. Heck, I would’ve liked to learn a bit more about Shoin too! I feel like characterization got shoved to move the plot forward. It’s also a crime that we didn’t see what Planet Wid looks like. Despite that, the anime does do a great job showing that Astro Lodge is a share house full of kooky tenants; the supporting cast are all kooky and it’s presented well.

The voice cast was stacked, surprisingly. A lot of A-list actors and actresses are casted here! We have Soma Saito and Maaya Uchida as the leads and the supporting cast consists of names such as Shinichiro Miki, Junichi Suwabe, Tomokazu Sugita, Rie Kugimiya and more. This anime is perfect for anyone who’s a fan of any of these actors. The only voice actress I’m not familiar with is Ai Furihata, who voices Teruko, but that’s because I’m not into Love Live. She does do a good performance, though!

The soundtrack fits the whimsical atmosphere, but I did like the opening and ending songs a lot. The opening sound is sung by Ai Furihata and the ending song is sung by Soma Saito and Maaya Uchida. I really like it when anime voice actors participate in the opening or ending songs. It makes them feel rather involved, you know?

I think that this is a good anime to just kick back, relax and laugh at the craziness transpiring. It’s nothing too serious to think about. If you like animes like that, I suggest you try watching this!

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Astro Note Episode 11 Review - The Key Was There All Along

That was quite a genre change at the end there. This is a romcom mixed with sci-fi but I didn’t expect the sci-fi to go all out at the end. Other than the ending, it was quite an episode with the twists and what not. However, it did feel like it was going a bit too fast.

It turns out that the key they’ve been looking for all this time…had been the mailbox stand all along. It was abrupt, but hey, at least they found it now. And because of that, Mira, Naosuke and Shoin plan on returning to Planet Wid in a week. That was really abrupt and the other tenants feel the same way too. They decide to hold a farewell party for Mira and Shoin because of that. The other tenants are upset that they’re leaving so soon. Ren doesn’t want Mira to go while Aoi is upset that Shoin, who she thinks is Octo for now, is leaving. Takumi and Mira also spend some quality time together as he teaches her how to cook a proper meal and succeeds. They also make umeshu and plan on going on that delayed aquarium date. Their good-bye seems fairly normal, surprisingly. I’m surprised that there wasn’t any comedy implemented in this rather normal good-bye other than Shokichi panicking over breakfast that Mira made.

However, the good-bye comes with a twist. Those plans aren’t exactly kept as it turns out Shoin is actually a Hubby spy. Ha, I knew it! There was something fishy about him with the way he looks down on humans and how he keeps rushing her to find the key. It turns out that all those Hubby spies were working for him and that his gallant efforts of beating them turns out to be an act as he is actually a spineless coward underneath his cool mask. Now it makes me wonder if he had been a spy all along or has joined up with them recently, because Mira knew him for a long time. I didn’t expect that the Hubby ruler is actually a fish. Yes, Sho Hayami voices a FISH alien. His repertoire is expanding in the craziest way possible.

There’s also the Aoi and Naosuke subplot where Aoi is upset that “Octo” is leaving. She initially believes it to be Shoin but when Naosuke rescues her, she instantly recognizes his voice. Now that Naosuke’s identity as an alien is revealed to the other tenants, I do wonder where this Aoi and Naosuke subplot will go because Aoi really seems to care a lot about Octo and Naosuke seems to care about her a lot too as he even posted an entry on her favorite radio show where the DJ plays her favorite song. I just hope it ends well.

The fact that the massive key’s secret is that it’s the key to unlocking Astro Lodge’s biggest secret—it’s Adara’s spaceship and it can change into a giant mecha. Talk about a crazy twist! And the only way get the key to activate is for Mira to finally reciprocate Takumi’s feelings! Talk about the power of love! Now the story transitions from sci-fi rom-com to a full out mecha anime next week. I can’t wait to see how that’ll turn out.

In other news, Ren’s friend Haruto finds out about his skirt-wearing secret. Uh-oh. How is this going to turn out? This anime is so weird in all the good ways. I can’t wait to see how the finale will turn out.