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About AnimeVGLog

This site was primarily created for the purpose of tracking all of my video game/anime progress, as well as keeping an organized list of title recommendations that I want to get around to watching/playing through later. I find it hard to keep up with all the new releases and remember all of the media titles that looked interesting to me, so I developed this system I can keep everything in a backlog and ensure that I will get around to it eventually. This idea was expanded to include several other features, and now it has become a hybrid media tracker site, blogger site, and forum software.

The name AnimeVGLog comes from the fact that I mainly consume anime and video games, but I've made it so you can add virtually anything to the catalog as long as it falls under the vague category of "Book", "Game", "Movie", or "Show". You can also add Custom items that don't even need to fall under one of those 4 categories, but they will be available only to the user that created them. So if you have other hobbies that you want to add to your personal backlog, this is possible. If there's a title you want that's not yet in the catalog, you can request it to be added, or simply add your own custom item for personal use. Titles are only added on an as-needed basis. This site's purpose is NOT to be a comprehensive wiki, however. There are other sites that do that much better than I could. The catalog system on this site allows you to keep track of all the video games/stories in your backlog, easily list out your favorites, and keep an organized log of what you've played/watched/read and when. This isn't meant to be a wiki site that lists every media title out there. The purpose of AnimeVGLog's media catalog is mainly to organize log posts and backlog items, and catalog items are added only according to the needs of the userbase.

The main user page that you arrive at when you log in (/home/), contains some stats about how many media items you've completed, and how many you've added to your backlog. There is also a backlog randomizer script where you can roll a random item from a pre-defined backlog category (or set up your own categories using search terms), and the script will choose a random item from your backlog so you don't have to decide for yourself and you can just pick from a grab bag of interesting looking titles each day or whenever you feel like starting a new title. Adding items to your backlog gives you the option to choose a priority level from A-E, where A is the highest priority and E is the lowest, and this randomizer software will take priority into account and roll the higher priority backlog items more often. If there are certain shows/games/books that you want to go through sooner than others, but still have trouble deciding which to do first, that's where this feature comes in real handy. And of course you can browse your backlog manually using /list/my_backlog/.

For every item in this site's catalog, you can create a published or private blog to organize your comments or post screenshots related to that title. You can also sort through the catalog in order of your log post history (/list/my_log/) and see a visual timeline of your log post history with all of the titles you've made log posts on. Published log posts will appear on the front page of the site and in the archives in blog format.

This site also has a message board system with built in tags that can be used to browse and filter through discussions on any topic. Although this is primarily an AniVG focused community, anyone is free to discuss whatever on the message board. Or you can even use the message board to store some info on a title without having it affect your log post history.

If you have any suggestions, or you find something on the site isn't working like it should, the quickest way to get through to me is to use the contact form.

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Log Posts

Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #41

From: warpio | Posted: 7/14/2018 04:50:00 PM

Episode 41 - Nova's Battle and the Monster's Identity

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Now that Nova's appearance made all the kids that the Magic Knights were hanging out with afraid, that fear causes other monsters to start showing up in the castle again. Umi and Fuu say they'll take care of the monsters so that Hikaru can go after Nova. Hikaru's pendant starts glowing...
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Total screenshots: 22
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #40

From: warpio | Posted: 7/14/2018 03:56:00 PM

Episode 40 - The Magic Knights and the Calm After the Storm

I expected this to just be a boring comedic filler episode or something, but no there's still a lot of interesting stuff going on.
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Hikaru gets transported to the past, where she sees the scene of Zagato talking to Lantis... Hikaru sees Emeraude spying on their conversation, and runs away...
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Total screenshots: 21
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #39

From: warpio | Posted: 7/13/2018 10:48:00 PM

Episode 39 - Chaotic War at Cephiro Castle!

This is another really good episode. The last few have been kinda formulaic but now it's getting into the more unpredictable stuff again.
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Oh, I thought Eagle was gonna use the injured Umi to make Hikaru surrender, but instead he decides to let Geo take care of the Magic Knights while he...
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Total screenshots: 42
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #38

From: warpio | Posted: 7/13/2018 08:57:00 PM

Episode 38 - Eagle's All-out Attack on Cephiro Castle

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The first half of this episode is pretty boring. All the Magic Knights are back in the castle now, and just talking about all the romance relationships going on and stuff... and then Mokona leads Hikaru outside to the courtyard to meet Lantis... She doesn't seem to remember when she told...
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Total screenshots: 18
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Tags: Show Comedy Drama Action Fantasy Adventure Anime Romance Mecha TMS Entertainment CLAMP Magic Shoujo

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror - Log Post #13

From: warpio | Posted: 7/13/2018 03:26:00 PM | Overall Rating: 9/10

Misc. comments

Oh shit, I decided to look around a bit more, and I found the Area 1 hub door switch room. This opens up the upper right hub door leading straight into Area 9... so much for my theory about Area 9 being designed as the "hard to get back to" area.
Further right from that switch room... a bunch more...
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Kirby & the Amazing Mirror - Log Post #12

From: warpio | Posted: 7/13/2018 12:47:00 PM | Overall Rating: 9/10

Misc. comments

Oh wow that was easy... it turns out all I needed to do for that one Carrot Castle chest I was stuck on was use the phone to bring CPU allies into the room and they'll go up and hit the bomb block without me having to go up through the one-way floor... I keep forgetting about this feature.
And the...
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Tags: Game Side-view Sidescrolling Vertical Scrolling Platformer 2D Platformer Action Nintendo Game Boy Advance Nintendo 3DS Wii U Adventure Puzzle Action-Adventure Capcom HAL Laboratory Kirby Flagship Dimps 2D

Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #37

From: warpio | Posted: 7/12/2018 10:27:00 AM

Episode 37 - Revive, Hikaru's Sword!

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Oh, so Aska was never really a threat at all. She tries throwing a bunch of swords at Fuu, and Fuu just blocks them and then restrains Aska with her wind attack and forces them to give her back her magic glove so she can leave. Before leaving, she talks to Aska about her reason for...
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Total screenshots: 27
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #36

From: warpio | Posted: 7/11/2018 10:41:00 PM

Episode 36 - Fuu versus Aska! Life or Death Archery Match

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Aska gets really excited when Fuu tells her that the Rune-Gods are alive, and says she wants Fuu to give her one... Fuu decides to challenge Aska to an archery game, and agrees to give Aska her Rune-God if Aska wins and Aska agrees to let Fuu go if Fuu wins.
Meanwhile, Hikaru's mental...
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Total screenshots: 21
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #35

From: warpio | Posted: 7/11/2018 09:58:00 PM

Episode 35 - Umi and The Ambition of Tarta & Tatra

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The situation with Eagle being sick and Hikaru falling into Nova's mental trap are shown again at the start of this episode, and then it goes to Umi who is trapped in a cage in the Chizeta palace, and Tarta gives her back her magic glove and challenges her to a fight. The animation during...
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Total screenshots: 25
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Tags: Show Comedy Drama Action Fantasy Adventure Anime Romance Mecha TMS Entertainment CLAMP Magic Shoujo

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror - Log Post #11

From: warpio | Posted: 7/09/2018 04:20:00 PM | Overall Rating: 9/10

Misc. comments

Area 5 Carrot Castle part 2
It's weird how the inside of Carrot Castle at the left of the map is practically all of the area, but there's still a couple paths to the right with the wooded area outside of the castle as its background.
Oh yeah I forgot what a confusing door maze the inside of Carrot...
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Kirby & the Amazing Mirror - Log Post #10

From: warpio | Posted: 7/09/2018 02:37:00 PM | Overall Rating: 9/10

Misc. comments

My file is exactly at 50% now.
May as well finally finish off Area 2. There's still that goal room with a treasure I never got to. It requires using multiple Kirbys to move a big stone block out of the way. Oh wait what the hell... there's still another treasure chest in that goal room I haven't...
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #34

From: warpio | Posted: 7/07/2018 10:55:00 PM

Episode 34 - Hikaru and Friendships Torn Apart

Going with a Cardcaptor Sakura style episode title here. This was another exposition-heavy episode.
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Nova tries to convince Hikaru to hate her friends, by showing her false memories of them saying things they never said... Hikaru doesn't fall for it. So then instead Nova brings out a false...
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Total screenshots: 20
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #33

From: warpio | Posted: 7/07/2018 12:23:00 PM

Episode 33 - Hikaru's Wish and Presea's Secret

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Ascot wants to go and try to save the Magic Knights, because he feels bad for having killed Presea and causing them so much trouble earlier... and also he's in love with Umi for some reason. That came out of nowhere... Caldina stops him by using her weird dance move.
Presea goes and tells...
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Total screenshots: 12
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #32

From: warpio | Posted: 7/07/2018 11:42:00 AM

Episode 32 - Umi and Fuu & Fahren and Chizeta

This episode was really silly, and very action-focused. Quite a departure from the usual episode format.
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Umi and Fuu are unable to beat these Chizeta guardian Djinn things, because they're so ugly, they get distracted by them whenever Tarta and her sister make the Djinn do some weird...
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Total screenshots: 26
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #31

From: warpio | Posted: 7/07/2018 10:44:00 AM

Episode 31 - Chizeta's Mobile Fortress and a Powerless Hikaru

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Aska is about to try and attack Cephiro again, and then she sees the Bravada, the mobile fortress of Chizeta, approaching Cephiro as well. This Chizeta fortress seems like a fancy, rich palace ruled by women...
The Magic Knights go to see Presea and Caldina and Ascot, to tell them that...
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Total screenshots: 32
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #30

From: warpio | Posted: 7/06/2018 09:36:00 PM

Episode 30 - Nova and Regalia, Rune-God of the Devil

This is the best episode of the series yet.
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Nova immediately starts fighting Hikaru after she introduces herself. She's really obssessed with Hikaru is getting pure joy out of beating her down... Nova explains that she is from Cephiro, and that Lady Debonair is her mother... But that's...
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Total screenshots: 27
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Tags: Show Comedy Drama Action Fantasy Adventure Anime Romance Mecha TMS Entertainment CLAMP Magic Shoujo

Hollow Knight - Log Post #14

From: warpio | Posted: 7/06/2018 03:33:00 PM | Overall Rating: 10/10

Misc. comments + screenshots

Now I'm kinda stuck on where to go, and just wandering around aimlessly. The first new thing I found was a side area in Fog Canyon and Fungal Wastes that is only accessible after you can swim in hot water. This lead to a really tough room in Fog Canyon that's full of eggs with explosives in them....
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Total screenshots: 169
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Hollow Knight - Log Post #13

From: warpio | Posted: 7/05/2018 07:48:00 PM | Overall Rating: 10/10

Misc. comments + screenshots

Went back to the colosseum in Kingdom's Edge, and managed to beat the 2nd trial easily... then I tried the 3rd trial, which has no reward besides Geo... I got pretty far into it, but then once the mantis enemies show up, it doesn't give you any time between swarms to heal, and I couldn't get...
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Total screenshots: 133
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Tags: Game Side-view Platformer Action Fantasy Windows Team Cherry

Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #29

From: warpio | Posted: 7/05/2018 05:07:00 PM

Episode 29 - Eagle and the Captive Hikaru

This plot pacing is so good... there's just enough time spent on battles and exposition so that every episode feels balanced out, while not dragging anything out for too long.
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Fuu and Umi can somehow sense that Hikaru is in danger, and they go fly around to look for her. Meanwhile, Lantis...
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Total screenshots: 24
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #28

From: warpio | Posted: 7/04/2018 09:36:00 PM

Episode 28 - Hikaru and Lantis's Dangerous Journey

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Hikaru and Lantis are out battling monsters in the crumbling Cephiro.

Monsters... I think they're much stronger now than before.

All monsters in Cephiro are materializations of the heart. The fear of people who have lost their Pillar creates powerful...

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Total screenshots: 25
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Tags: Show Comedy Drama Action Fantasy Adventure Anime Romance Mecha TMS Entertainment CLAMP Magic Shoujo

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Log Post #49

From: warpio | Posted: 7/04/2018 03:44:00 PM | Overall Rating: 10/10

High replay log part 11.5

Okay, finally done with Ubota Point... next I'll glide over to the tower area and fully explore that place. This Bronas Forest is pretty hard to explore, since the trees obscure most of the terrain on the map. From here, I actually found a walking path directly to the tower (although I think you...
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild screenshot

Total screenshots: 166
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Log Post #48

From: warpio | Posted: 7/04/2018 11:39:00 AM | Overall Rating: 10/10

High replay log part 11

From Lakeside Stable... Right near here there's the whole higher ground part that contains Ubota Point and Rassla Lake... this is where the south waterfall in lake Floria comes from. I was thinking of exploring that section next. It seems like from here the only way up to it is to climb a wall...
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Total screenshots: 152
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild cover art

Tags: Game Action Nintendo Nintendo EPD Wii U Adventure Puzzle Action-Adventure Exploration Collectathon Eiji Aonuma 3D Nintendo EAD Legend of Zelda Nintendo Switch

Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #27

From: warpio | Posted: 7/04/2018 10:29:00 AM

Episode 27 - The Secret of the Pillar of Cephiro

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Hikaru keeps having daydreams about the demon woman talking about taking over Cephiro, and of Nova telling Hikaru that she'll kill her friends... She still doesn't say anything about it to the others and pretends everything is fine.
Then suddenly the castle starts shaking... Everyone's...
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Total screenshots: 29
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #26

From: warpio | Posted: 7/03/2018 09:33:00 PM

Episode 26 - The Magic Knights and Aska of Fahren

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Eagle interrupts his encounter with the Magic Knights to go after the Fahren dragon dome that just appeared instead... I think this Aska girl is the leader of Fahren, a bratty little girl, and she seems really confident that she'll take over as the pillar of Cephiro no matter what. She...
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Total screenshots: 16
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #25

From: warpio | Posted: 7/03/2018 01:18:00 PM

Episode 25 - Hikaru and Nova in the Dream

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Clef and the others are watching the Magic Knights through a magic monitor, and they realize the creature that Alcyone is riding isn't from Cephiro.
Fuu saves Umi from falling out of the sky with her wind magic, and then Alcyone attacks Hikaru.
Eagle's crew is watching all of this and is...
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