Music Spotlight: Neru – Whatever Whatever Whatever

Here is something a little different that requires me to feature this as a Music Spotlight post, and one that features another VOCALOID song, because there isn’t enough on this blog–and some gems I have yet to discover to share with everyone! This one I came across while I was browsing around on Pixiv in the Pokémon Sword & Shield tags, an entry from what looks like to be an animation featuring the Gym Leaders Raihan (Kibana/キバナ) and Piers (Nezu/ネズ).

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Winners of the 2020 Crunchyroll Anime Awards

In case you missed it, Crunchyroll held their annual Anime Awards this past weekend, and the list of winners are here! Some of them were predictable, and some surprises, as usual for an award show. There were many awards up for grabs from what 2019 bought us in terms of a memorable anime series, but only one would go home with the prize.

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Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway’s Flash – Trailer #1

Update: Due to the current circumstances in the world, the release of Hathaway’s Flash has been postponed without a new date. This will be updated as soon as a new date is announced.

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Meaning to post this as soon as it came out, but it’s never too late to get hyped up about the long awaited anime film adaptation of the Hathaway’s Flash novel. Get ready for the feels!

And there is still time. The original announcement trailer came out a full year ago, with a then-tentative window of Winter 2020. Hathaway will be released on July 23rd, 2020.

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Pokémon: Twilight Wings – Episode 1: “Letter”

This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series Commentary - Pokémon: Twilight Wings

Got excited when I heard about the new Pokémon webseries, Twilight Wings. The first episode features Leon and Chairman Rose, but it’s so short at only 6 minutes! Who else thinks these should be full length episodes? And when can I expect more?!

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The Housework 3 Step Challenge – Dragon Ball Super Style

If you’re like me and your life is in perpetual chaos, then you might want to sit down and consider possible solutions to make life easier all around when it comes to performing housework. Let’s say you’re a part-time employee, you work only up to six hours a day, maybe more if there’s a lot to be done, then you come home and suddenly don’t feel like doing things for yourself, which actually can set you up for disaster later on. And by later on, I mean minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and even years.

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K-Pop Rules The World: How South Korea Overtook Japan in Digital Music Choices

If you are into J-Pop, including K-Pop, then you may be wondering why you don’t see enough content outside of Japan of your favorite artists without having to go to great lengths to obtain the latest release. It might be due to a generational issue of complicated, and possibly financial, reasons. I was originally going to just Tweet about this, but this needs more than 280 characters. So I am going to just write about this in a form of a blog post. It’s about the reasons why K-Pop is as global as it is, with even a handful of male J-Pop bands embracing the style of K-Pop. And it all falls back to an interest in music from another country that is right across from South Korea.

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Weekly Stream Notes: Issue #4

Here is the fourth edition of the Weekly Stream Notes, where the news briefs are highlighted during the stream. This is a way to catch up on the latest in the world of Anime and Gaming, as well as what’s happening on the Centaku Media community. Since it’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve had a traditional stream notes posting, here is a catch-up on the weeks of 7/7 and 7/14.

As of writing, you can catch Centaku Media live on Twitch, Mixer, and YouTube on Sundays at 12 PM, and Tuesdays & Thursdays at 5 PM. All times are US Eastern. You can also watch the streams on the Livestreams page, which has the latest schedule updates!

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