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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 #14

From: warpio | Posted: 6/15/2018 08:27:00 AM

Episode 14 - Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu's Unyielding Wish

This starts out with the knights battling some generic monster. After that, Hikaru gets really sad and talks about how she wishes she could've become stronger so that she could save Presea. This is where you find out that Fuu did in fact try her healing magic on Presea and it didn't work.
Then,...
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Total screenshots: 27
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Tags: Show Comedy Drama Fantasy Adventure Anime Romance Mecha CLAMP Magic Shoujo

Hollow Knight - Log Post #8

From: warpio | Posted: 6/14/2018 08:07:00 PM

Misc. comments + screenshots

The Mantis Village boss took me a few tries, but it's not hard at all once I learned to stop being greedy on the 2nd phase and only attack when it's safe.
This Deepnest area is a dark narrow cave with invincible worm enemies roaming around. I found the map guy right away, and at first this just...
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Total screenshots: 99
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Tags: Game Side-view Platformer Action Fantasy Windows Team Cherry

Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaire's Conspiracy - Log Post #11

From: warpio | Posted: 6/14/2018 12:18:00 PM | Overall Rating: 6/10

Misc. comments + screenshots

Case 12, the last case of the game, is the best part of the game by far. THIS is the usual Layton story quality that I was expecting. Even though this case is still just as short as all the others, the stakes feel much higher and it actually makes you think there's a villain behind everything...
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Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaire's Conspiracy screenshot

Total screenshots: 99
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Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaire's Conspiracy cover art

Tags: Game Nintendo 3DS Mobile Android iPhone Adventure Puzzle Mystery Point-and-click Adventure iPad Level-5 Professor Layton

Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #13

From: warpio | Posted: 6/11/2018 11:32:00 AM

Episode 13 - The Most Valuable Thing in this World

Ascot tries to convince Caldina to stop fighting the Magic Knights, but she's determined to receive the pile of money that Zagato promised her.
While Umi is arguing with Mokona, suddenly Fuu gets attacked by bats and runs away. Then before Hikaru and Umi can go after Fuu, they meet Caldina, who...
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Total screenshots: 28
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #12

From: warpio | Posted: 6/11/2018 08:48:00 AM

Episode 12 - The Fearsome Illusionist Caldina

Caldina and Ascot follow the Magic Knights as they are trying to get back to that floating mountain that Mokona wants them to get to. They don't have a flying machine anymore, so now they have to climb a huge cliff to get up there. As they get part of the way up, they start to hallucinate and...
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Total screenshots: 35
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Tags: Show Comedy Drama Fantasy Adventure Anime Romance Mecha CLAMP Magic Shoujo

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror - Log Post #2

From: warpio | Posted: 6/10/2018 02:51:00 PM

Misc. comments

Now I'm in this starry hallway... one path leads up towards Area 3, one leads down towards the boss, and the other leads back towards the Goal I've already been to. There's this one weird secret door that doesn't lead anywhere except a part of a room that I've already been to where I'm just stuck...
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Kirby & the Amazing Mirror - Log Post #1

From: warpio | Posted: 6/10/2018 01:45:00 PM

Misc. comments

Contents: 1 - Rainbow Route, 2 - Moonlight Mansion, 6 - Oil Ocean, 2 - Moonlight Mansion, 1 - Rainbow Route, 2 - Moonlight Mansion

That starting intro is really nice... honestly I think the core Kirby games have been consistently getting better in terms of their artistic/cinematic composition. This one takes the Nightmare in Dreamland aesthetic and puts it into an actual original game.
The modes are:
Adventure with 4...
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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

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card - Log Post #24

From: warpio | Posted: 6/10/2018 11:05:00 AM

Episode 22 - Sakura's Clear Cards

Wow, this is the greatest way they could've possibly ended this season... such an amazing cliffhanger.
<spoiler /><spoiler>
woah... This first scene says a lot without saying much... The transparent cards are floating in a void, when suddenly they shatter, and the shards all combine together to form Sakura's...
</spoiler>
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Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card screenshot

Total screenshots: 76
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Tags: Show Comedy Fantasy Adventure Anime Romance Magical Girl CLAMP Magic Shoujo

Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka??: Dear My Sister - Log Post #1

From: warpio | Posted: 6/10/2018 08:35:00 AM

Misc. comments + screenshots

This movie was pretty much just like an extended episode of the series. The story is kind secondary to all the great looking background scenery and overly cutesy humor.
Plot recap: <spoiler /><spoiler>
Everyone's seeing off Cocoa at the train, and she's crying as if she's going away forever... but then Rize...
</spoiler>
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Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka??: Dear My Sister screenshot

Total screenshots: 103
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Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka??: Dear My Sister cover art

Tags: Movie Comedy Anime Slice of Life production doA

Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #11

From: warpio | Posted: 6/09/2018 10:48:00 PM

Episode 11 - The Legend of the Rune-Gods - In Cephiro, Another World

So now, Mokona's flying platform is sending the Magic Knights toward the flying mountain where Princess Emeraude is imprisoned. Umi thinks that now that they have the Rune-God, they can just go in and save the princess and be done with it so they can get back to Tokyo. But then as they approach...
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Total screenshots: 21
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Tags: Show Comedy Drama Fantasy Adventure Anime Romance Mecha CLAMP Magic Shoujo

Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaire's Conspiracy - Log Post #10

From: warpio | Posted: 6/09/2018 10:17:00 PM | Overall Rating: 6/10

Misc. comments + screenshots

Case 11 is another Phoenix Wright style investigation like Case 10 was, only this time Katrielle is trying to clear herself from the charge of murder. The gameplay is exactly the same despite the fact that you're supposed to be running from the cops the whole time. This case gave Emiliana some nice...
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Total screenshots: 20
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Tags: Game Nintendo 3DS Mobile Android iPhone Adventure Puzzle Mystery Point-and-click Adventure iPad Level-5 Professor Layton

Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #10

From: warpio | Posted: 6/09/2018 11:13:00 AM

Episode 10 - Revival of Selece, the Legendary Rune-God

Ascot summons a giant monster from out of the ocean, and tells him that his friends were killed by the Magic Knights to get him to obey, but it doesn't work, so he starts controlling the monster with his magic instead.
Mokona leads the knights to a lake, and says that the Rune-God is down below....
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Total screenshots: 28
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #9

From: warpio | Posted: 6/09/2018 09:31:00 AM

Episode 9 - The Magic Knights' Greatest Crisis

Umi has a dream about being in the fencing tournament, and then wakes up and wishes that was real... You can tell this is probably gonna be the episode where Umi's sword evolves.
Alcyone wishes she could get another chance to challenge the Magic Knights, and then she sees Ascot and Caldina behind...
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Total screenshots: 32
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Tags: Show Comedy Drama Fantasy Adventure Anime Romance Mecha CLAMP Magic Shoujo

Toki Tori - Log Post #1

From: warpio | Posted: 6/08/2018 08:48:00 PM

Misc. comments

This game is alright. Just really basic 2D puzzle stages where the goal is to collect all the eggs. You can only jump up tiny gaps, and you get a certain limited amount of abilities per stage to work with, such as creating bridges, teleporting 2 tiles over, or freezing enemies...
The levels have a...
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Tags: Game Platformer Action Nintendo 3DS Game Boy Color Mobile Puzzle Windows Phone 3D Two Tribes Publishing B.V. Toki Tori

Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaire's Conspiracy - Log Post #9

From: warpio | Posted: 6/08/2018 08:36:00 PM | Overall Rating: 6/10

Misc. comments + screenshots

Case 10 was actually pretty good. Ernest (who the dog Sherl calls Pinstripes) tells Sherl about the time that he first met Katrielle, and she helped prove him innocent in a theft case that he stumbled into on his first day attending university. This case shows you a lot more of Katrielle's...
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Total screenshots: 17
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Tags: Game Nintendo 3DS Mobile Android iPhone Adventure Puzzle Mystery Point-and-click Adventure iPad Level-5 Professor Layton

Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #8

From: warpio | Posted: 6/08/2018 10:48:00 AM

Episode 8 - The Horrible Trap of Summoner Ascot

Ascot is now even more pissed at the magic knights for destroying two of his beasts, and now he summons a giant wolf to go after them.
As Mokona is leading the Magic Knights toward the Rune-God, they see a bunch of animals freaking out and running away, and up ahead is a field of dead animals and...
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Total screenshots: 35
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #7

From: warpio | Posted: 6/07/2018 10:13:00 PM

Episode 7 - Ferio in Desperation - A Romance in the Desert

Umi asks to borrow the wish-granting item that Ferio gave to Fuu, and uses it to wish that she could go back to Tokyo and win the fencing tournament. When Hikaru mentions that it already would've been over by now, Umi is like "What are you talking about? Cephiro is a land of the will. If I wish...
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Total screenshots: 31
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Tags: Show Comedy Drama Fantasy Adventure Anime Romance Mecha CLAMP Magic Shoujo

Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaire's Conspiracy - Log Post #8

From: warpio | Posted: 6/07/2018 10:13:00 PM | Overall Rating: 6/10

Screenshots dump

Case 9 was very boring. Inspector Hastings gets more character development here, kinda.

Total screenshots: 16
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Tags: Game Nintendo 3DS Mobile Android iPhone Adventure Puzzle Mystery Point-and-click Adventure iPad Level-5 Professor Layton

Dig Dug - Log Post #1

From: warpio | Posted: 6/07/2018 09:22:00 PM

Misc. comments

Wow, this is really hard. The controls are kinda weird, it's different depending on whether you're digging through dirt or moving through an already-dug area, and sometimes I move straight when I intend to turn... It's very easy to get cornered by enemies. You can get more points by crushing...
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Tags: Game Arcade MSX PC-88 Side-view Single-screen Action Commodore 64 NES Game Boy Advance Nintendo 3DS Wii U Wii Apple II Mobile Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Atari 8-bit Game Boy Intellivision Playstation 4 Windows XBox 360 XBox One Atari 7800 Windows Phone Arcade-Action Sharp X1 FM-7 VIC-20 Namco TI-99/4A Palm OS 3rd-person Sord M5 Dig Dug

Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #6

From: warpio | Posted: 6/07/2018 03:32:00 PM

Episode 6 - Lives at Stake - Presea's Weapons

As the Magic Knights go back into the Forest of Silence to get Presea to make them some new weapons, they feel an earthquake. Mokona beams out a hologram of Clef to explain.

The ground shaking is a sign that Cephiro is starting to crumble. Hurry, children of another world. If Cephiro...

Total screenshots: 34
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Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #5

From: warpio | Posted: 6/07/2018 02:40:00 PM

Episode 5 - Escudo, the Legendary Ore

Alcyone begs Zagato for another chance to kill the Magic Knights, saying she has a plan this time.
The Knights reach a lake and think it's the Spring of Eterna, but Mokona says this isn't it. They see a boat and decide to check it out anyway, and then they get attacked by a water monster. Umi...
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Total screenshots: 48
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Tags: Show Comedy Drama Fantasy Adventure Anime Romance Mecha CLAMP Magic Shoujo

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card - Log Post #23

From: warpio | Posted: 6/03/2018 01:29:00 PM

Misc. comments + screenshots

Contents: Episode 21 - Sakura, the Mirror, and the Key of Memories

This is a very huge episode summary mixed with my own comments. I didn't initially plan to start copy+pasting so much of the dialog, but there's just literally so many good quotes that I think are worth writing down that this post just ended up being huge.

<spoiler /><spoiler>
When Touya gets home, he notices...
</spoiler>
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Total screenshots: 88
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Tags: Show Comedy Fantasy Adventure Anime Romance Magical Girl CLAMP Magic Shoujo

Magic Knight Rayearth - Log Post #4

From: warpio | Posted: 6/03/2018 12:22:00 PM

Episode 4 - Alcyone, the Vengeful Sorceress

The magic knights are getting tired trying to keep up with Mokona, so then Umi gets the idea to try and use magic to fly to the Spring of Eterna... but it doesn't work because she hasn't learned how to use magic yet. Only Hikaru does, and she only knows one attack.
Then suddenly, Mokona runs away...
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Total screenshots: 60
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Tags: Show Comedy Drama Fantasy Adventure Anime Romance Mecha CLAMP Magic Shoujo

Hollow Knight - Log Post #7

From: warpio | Posted: 6/02/2018 07:31:00 PM

Misc. comments + screenshots

Went through all of top sections of City of Tears... The top right leads to a place called Soul Sanctum, and there it seems like I can't go any farther yet... then at the top left I found a big room with a lot of annoying flying enemies... they're really good at staying away from me and attacking...
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Total screenshots: 106
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Tags: Game Side-view Platformer Action Fantasy Windows Team Cherry

Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaire's Conspiracy - Log Post #7

From: warpio | Posted: 6/02/2018 03:04:00 PM | Overall Rating: 6/10

Misc. comments + screenshots

Even outside of case 6, there seems to be a lot more 1-word or number answer puzzles compared to previous games... and even the puzzles that aren't like that, generally aren't as good. There's this one puzzle in Case 7 that's complete bullshit, it's about choosing the right ladders based on the...
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