[October 2019] Spooky Anime Picks

In the spook-tastic month of October,  I welcome the smell of spirits and fear in season with Halloween. This month I am recommending paranormal related anime titles to add a little shiver to the mix.

[January 2018] End of the Year Anime/Manga/Music Pick

I am so overdue on this post! The title says January, but it's already the ides of March. There's already some new series I'm starting and also some that are slated for April. I'm looking forward to the Persona 5 anime, the continuation of Shokugeki no Soma and finally an adaptation of Golden Kamuy. Guess what? It's also on my manga list too!

Another year on the "A Desecrated Soul" blog has passed. Rather than do a year in review post like the previous 2 years, I've decided to do a mashup extravaganza. However I do want to point out some things that stood out to me in 2017. My anime of the year was Mob Psycho 100 and 91 Days. Mob Psycho 100 is funny and ironic with an intentionally sketchy animation style giving it a free-flowing look. 91 Days was an underrated series that deserved recognition for its storytelling. Music wise there are too many titles to name and for manga, I keep revisiting Super Doctor K and The Case Records of Professor Munakata. Without further ado, let me introduce January's anime, manga, and music picks.

[November 2017] The Ultra Rare Manga Post

It's been a while since I read some manga and two months since my last monthly post. During this time, I did some searching under the genres of mystery, horror, and supernatural. The titles I read this month fall under all three. Like most of the time, I am reading several titles at once and only managed to finish three on my list.

[August 2017] Summer Picks of 2017

If you're not following Game of Thrones, I suppose you can follow anime or if you're like me, you follow both things at the same time. As oppose to updating my blog posts on travel, I'm rewatching old series again. So far I've finished Black Lagoon for the third time and I'm starting Hellsing Ultimate and Persona 4 The Animation. Nothing beats some good old vampire hunting and Shadow pummeling. As ironic as it may be, I do have a vampire related title coming up on this summer list.

[July 2017] The CDJapan Haul and Music Review

Due to my occasional patronage to CDJapan, I have grown to like their company. As anyone who likes anything Japanese, this is a site you probably frequent among others like Japan Discovery, YesAsia, AmiAmi and Ebay. Shipping really kills my wallet, but I still buy things from them anyways. I haven't gotten diehard enough like my co-worker to use EMS for his figurines.

[May 2017] Anime Roundup for the Spring Season aka The Only Series I Will Be Watching

I can't say I have been the most active in keeping up with anime. Especially when I come home dead tired from work. To keep things simple, I've narrowed myself down to only 3 series this spring.

[April 2017] The Long Journey from Brazil to the Stars

I'm back again in April for another exclusive pick. I ordered some more music and here are some gems to share with you all. Perhaps you may find that you also own some of these gems.

[March 2017] Anime Picks: Series in Review

You know me by now, I never catch up to the latest drama or witness the most recent movie unless it's some meme that is shared furiously over the web. Anyways, I was tempted to make this month's pick into a list of disappointing series, but realizing how much drama that could possibly stir up, it's probably not a good idea.

[February 2017] First Hairstanding Picks of the Year

I skipped so many months of monthly picks in 2016. I need to keep this up in 2017! You all know how much I love my Japanese metal bands. This list will not be short of them. Here's the first monthly pick of the year.

[June 2016] A Little Bit of Each

It's been hard trying to find something to recommend. For a change, I'll be giving you guys this month a little bit of each. Some music. Some manga. Some stuff I recently discovered.

[May 2016] Anime Pick

I'm returning to more anime monthly picks than music. Sit back and enjoy another anime themed post!

[April 2016] Anime Pick

I haven't done an anime pick in ages since I've been so damn behind on stuff I wanted to watch. This year, I'm trying to jam a lot of series into my schedule even though I have even less time this year to watch stuff. In keeping of the tradition of recommending series, I'm going to try to include more recent titles relevant to this year as well as some that are from last year.

[March 2016] Music Pick

Welcome to my super late recommendation post. I might as well name this a April music pick. 

[February 2016] Music Pick

Hmm. I never get tired of metal and his month's music pick doesn't fall short of it either.

[January 2016 Music Pick] Start the New Year with Enka?

I'm a little late on the monthly pick, but I'm still going to do one for January. I'm back with some music I came across and hoping in the new year that there's a lot of new material to explore.

December 2015 Music Pick

November 2015 Music Pick

 
This month has some heavy tastes and I threw in a wild card just for fun.

October 2015 Music Pick

Usually when I do a music pick, I like to offer what I think is great music, but this month it seems that I'm being more of a critic instead. *laughs* I do get nit picky over my favorite artists, but to a certain extent I think these albums still appeal to me. I'm not trying to downplay anyone here, just offering my honest opinion.

September 2015 Music Pick: Soundtracks from Chinese Martial Arts Cinema

Michelle Yeoh as Yu Shu Lien in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Is it sheer coincidence that all the soundtracks I picked this month come from movies related to martial arts? Not really, because all I seem to enjoy most are martial arts films. My first martial arts film was Bruce Lee's Big Boss. I was only 3 at that time, but I vaguely remember the corpses in the ice factory. What a wonderful memory. However it really is my favorite Bruce Lee film. I usually don't pay attention to the soundtracks of action movies because I'm too absorbed in the action. The music kind of just disappears and I barely notice it. However in the following movies, the music adds a distinct flavor to the film.

August 2015 Music Pick TVB Edition

 
Instead of the usual anime and Japanese music pick, this month I am putting up my personal top favorite TVB themes. TVB is a big part of most Cantonese speaking people's lives. Hong Kong dramas have been sold and watched throughout most of Asia. Overseas Chinese and Asian audiences have also enjoyed these very same shows in their time. Though I cannot say that TVB dramas are terrible now, but they have definitely changed to something not to my liking. If you follow this blog, you can clearly see how much Japanese music I listen to. C-pop occupies only a small portion of my personal playlist, but it still has a spot.