My top 5 Cartoon of 2015

With 2015 coming to a close, it makes sense to recollect on some of the best I've seen and with so many competitors, it will be a hard choice to make.

Steven Universe

Well I've decided to write about some of the shows I've seen this year that have been popular and very highly praised to see if they live up to the hype. This time it's Steven Universe.

Star Vs The Forces of Evil

Well I've decided to write about some of the shows I've seen this year that have been popular and very highly praised to see if they live up to the hype.

This time it's Star Vs The Forces of Evil.

My Random Thought: Now Watch Me 2015

About 2 week ago, I watched this year's YouTube Rewind video and a lot of people doesn't seem to like it, the music choices were bad, the references ambiguous and more. But to be honest, I'm completed satisfied with it. It was catchy, it was very YouTube and not mention all of the references are actually a lot better placed and a lot easier to get that 2014's video. 

This is the biggest number of foreign YouTubers I've seen on a rewind video. And the crowning jewel for me? It finally acknowledged the gaming community enough to make a segment dedicated to it, finally more than just Felix. People complain about the music choices and while I can understand there be better choices but I think they worked on it for a while now and it'd be too late to change everything just to include in Hello by Adele. 

Same with some of the challenges that didn't make it, I think it was just too late and they couldn't find a place for it to fit so late into production. As for John Cena, he's a walking meme. Unless they can get Mr.Cena in themselves, I don't really think the YouTube Rewind team can do anything unique with this meme, not to mention that this meme started on Vine, not on YouTube. While I do also think that 2013's one is the best. 2015 is definitely a very close second for me.

That's all for now. Did you enjoy it or dislike it and what's your favorite part? Feel free to voice your opinions below.

See you next time.

Over the Garden Wall

Well I've decided to write about some of the shows I've seen this year that have been popular and very highly praised to see if they live up to the hype.

This time it's Over the Garden Wall.

Monster High movies vs Equestria Girls: Part 3 [The Conclusion]

After 2 parts, it's time to the the final comparison to see if which one stands out more and I will use the newest of the 2 franchises to compare it.

For Equestria Girls, we have Equestria Girls: Friendship Games

For Monster High, it's Boo York, Boo York

After watching both movies and sorting out my thoughts for it. I have finally decided on how to write this finally finale. For all who were waiting for this, here is my Christmas gift to you, the conclusion to Monster High movies vs Equestria Girls.

Gravity Falls

Welcome to Cartoonation. This is where I talk about all the animated shows and movies I watch and love. This is now be replacing Sugar Cube Corner which will now be a category for this.

Well, I guess it was about time I started watching this show. Twitter, Facebook and YouTube wouldn't shut up about how amazingly mind blowing Gravity Falls is. My breaking point was when the people I know even start talking about it so I decided to watch episode 1 to get a taste of the show. Now I know almost every episode back to front and quoting characters. Someone help me. :c

Blog Update: New segments & The future of this blog page

Finally, at long last! I have found some time to write something. It's been almost 2 months since I wrote so here are some updates.

1. Where have I been?

College. Enough said. It's been hard with the assignments and exams but it has been nagging at me to write since I stopped. I will try and make them punctual again but there are no promises so far. Sorry :(

2. The Equestria Girls vs Monster High finale

I haven't found the time and a clear version of the newest movie for a comparison. So It will be delayed until my semester break, please look forward to your usual dose of ponies instead.

3. New segment: A Dose of Cartoonation

After coming across some new TV shows, I'm planning to write some new posts about them. Shows like Steven Universe, Gravity Falls and some of the TV shows from my childhood. I was wondering if I should whether I should make it once every 2 week on Friday interchanging with Sugar Cube Corner or should I replace it with Sugar Cube Corner and include it in as part of this new segment. The choice will be your hands. Just vote for one of them here and after 2 week I will debut this segment along with the new arrangement.

That will be all for now, guys. Starting next week, this site is alive again. Thank you all who come to read my posts. I'm back and I'll do my best to stay this time. 

See you next time.

5 tips to be a good spy in Running Man

When the Running Man PD calls you into a secluded room, you know what happens next.

Spies are a very common role in Running Man, they add this extra layer of deceit in the mix and it can be fun to see how they outwit the other members or sometimes their own teammates. It is not too hard to be a spy on this show but it is really hard to be a GOOD spy. You need a lot of techniques and more than just a poker face. So today let's discuss some tips on how to be a good spy in Running Man.

Monster High movies vs Equestria Girls: Part 2 [Equestria Girls]

Welcome back to part 2 of this 3-parter, if you missed part 1, feel free to click here for get a quick read. Now that Monster High has been glossed over, time for Equestria Girls. Since most of the people who read this are bronies, I don't think I have to explain much for Equestria Girls since most reviewer and brony analyst have pretty much ripped these 2 apart and dissected them. So I will be going a little more in depth with how different they are.

12 Funniest Running Man moments

Let's be honest, the reason why we all love Running Man isn't just because of the members or the guests that appear. It's mainly because it's so fun to watch.

Whatever stress or problems you had lingering in your mind will go away just by hearing their voice or by watching a funny and memorable moment. 

So, get your stitches ready and make sure that people aren't gonna choke you for the tiniest giggle. Today I'll be picking 12 of Running Man's funniest moments.

5 ways Running Man has changed my life

Happy 5th Anniversary, Running Man! 5 years and still running strong. (Yes, I made that joke. Sue me.)

I can't recall the exact date that my sister first showed me the show, but my god that moment changed my life forever. I can't remember a variety show that made me laugh and kept me company like Running Man did. It has become a part of my life and although I never admitted it, I might have hated the show if I heard about it without watching it. Anyways, to commemorate such a feat, I'm going to list 5 ways that this show changed my life.

Monster High movies vs Equestria Girls: Part 1 [Monster High]

Well, this one was a long time coming, especially now with Equestria Girls 3 coming out this september. Everyone knew that Equestria Girls was created by Hasbro to compete with Mattel's Monster High. To better judge the 2 different series, I have taken the time to do some research and watch all the Monster High shorts and movies within my semester break (Yup, great way to spend a holiday......). Anyways, today I will compare them to one another, to be fair, I will only use the movies and not the TV specials for comparison. There is a lot to cover for Monster High so let's start.

5 questions from the fans of Running Man

With the ever changing concepts of Running Man, there have been a lot of ideas, speculations and worries among the fandom. So today I have chosen 5 questions and concerns the fans have for Running Man, these questions are either pop out almost every time so I'm going to say my thoughts on the case.

My Random Thoughts: China's Yulin Dog and lychee festival case

Well, I'm kinda surprised that this event is still something people flail their arms about. Yes, its the Yulin dog and lychee festival in Guangxi and since this is still a thing, I guess I'll throw in my 2 cents about this conversy.

Let's get this out of the way first, I know this blog is normally talking about a bunch of tech coloured ponies from Equestria or a popular variety show but for this one in particular, I'm going to be completely serious about this.

5 couples in Running Man

With the heat of the summer sun casting over us, it's pretty surprising we still get the sweet love from spring. Love is still going pretty strong and it's time to mention some of the sweetest pair ups Running Man has shown us. There are only 2 rules for this one. They have to be shipped together romantic-wise on the show, not just by the fandom or be an actual couple outside the show and they have to show signs of affection on the show.

My random thought: My #5Emotions moments

Well, if you read one of my recent post, you would know that I'm a fan of the Creatures. Today's one is about the ex-creature who introduced me to Let's Plays, SlyFoxHound. For all you homies (That's what Sly calls his fans), you know that he posted a video talking about the new movie, Inside Out, which I am also so very looking forward to watching,

and 5 moments in his life which he felt each of the 5 emotions.

Joy

Sadness

Anger

Fear

and Disgust.

As a homie and someone who really is looking forward to this movie, I will list down 5 moments of my life which I felt these emotions. (Unlike everyone else, I'm not sponsored to do this, it's just because I'm not original whatsoever XD) 

5 Go Dong Wan incarcerations

As great as the members are, the show would not be where it is today if not for the people working hard behind the camera. Sometimes, out of luck, even they get a chance in the limelight, one of them is the well-known FD Go Dong Wan. With the craziest costumes and a roadrunner sound effect, he became one of the important pieces of Running Man.

Today, I will highlight 5 of his best incarcerations to congratulate our beloved wacky FD for the one of the biggest change in his life, becoming a husband.

My Random Thought: Crossdressing in parodies

Have you guys heard this song before? This is a parody song of Pretty Girls made by one of my favorite Youtuber groups, The Creatures. 

Anyways, I wouldn't be talking about it unless there was something I wanted to talk about and of course it's in the comments.

Some people think that this parody is offensive to women and transgenders, and I don't understand why. I, as a girl, don't find this offensive in any form, and if girls feel like they don't want to shave, just let them be and this parody is poking fun at the original song, not at girls who don't shave. In fact, this one is better than the original in terms of music and comedy.

 As for transgenders, them crossdressing isn't meant to offend transgenders. they did it because for starters, the song pretty much requires them to do so. Secondly, the song is funnier because of it. 

Running Man did the exact same thing, parodying 'One Night Only', a song sung by women while crossdressing as women. It still stands as one of the funniest moments in Running Man history

So before you jump onto your soapboxes and rant about why something offends a certain group of people, you should think this, "Did they really do it to offend people? Is it obvious? Do others see the same?", if the conclusion is no, then maybe there really isn't anything to feel offended about so just enjoy the show. Anyways, Feel free to voice your opinions and thoughts.

(P.S. Thanks to Dexter Manning and The Creatures for creating one of the funniest parodies ever! c:)

See you next time.

Lullaby for a Princess

Earlier this week, I watched the full animation for Ponyphonic's Lullaby for a Princess by WarpOut. This project has been in the works for 2 and a half years and man was it worth the wait. Watching the original animatics for this video, I thought it was going to be another Pony Music Video using flash but I was pretty impressed and I was excited for what they were planning to do.

After a long time with no new info on the project, I thought it was a forgotten piece by now and I stopped following it's progress. But thanks to the latest video of the person whose video had led me to this song, Fiery Joker, AKA Commander Firebrand from FOB Equestria, I learned that the animation has fully completed and has just been released. I watched it and it blew my expectations out of the water and into the heavens.

The biggest thing that surprised me was the art style, like I said, I thought they were going to use flash to make it but they went far and beyond just using flash like the show, the most common praise a great pony animation would get this, "This is as good as the show's animation" or "This looks exactly like the show". But this one is like a gorgeous artwork that came to live so it can tell a story, the models feels like 3-D while the backdrop looks like a painting with stunning CG effects.

The animation is also top notch, the way they animated it fits so well with the song and it's so fluent. I was in awe with a big smile on my face the first time I heard this and the only thought in my mind was "Oh My God, this is amazing. I have to see others' reactions to this."  The best part about it is that I showed this to a friend of mine who knows nothing of the show and she was just blown away by it, she was so surprised that this was the work of a fan of a show for "little girls".

So far, this is the best animation I've seen and I hope the fandom can create more works of art like this one here. Feel free to voice your opinions and tell me what you thought about it.

(P.S. When Season 4 came out, I was surprised how similar it was to this video. WarpOut, if for some reason, you're reading this, either you have some mad guessing skills or someone on the crew saw your animatic and said, "this looks awesome, let's make the fight look like this." Either way, you're awesome for making this. ^ ^)

See you next time.

5 sides of Joong Ki in Running Man

On May 27th, Song Joong Ki was released from his 21 months military service and back onto his career as an actor.

I feel happy that he has returned to society once again and people even wonder if he will return to Running Man since he finished his service, I don't think so because he left for his acting career but that wouldn't stop me from making a post in honor of him from some of the sides of himself while he was still on the show.

What is Discord's role?

When people heard the voice of John De Lancie for the newly-introduced antagonist in season 2, Discord, the spirit of chaos, fans went nuts for him.

Since then, every episode with this draconequus is always known for being funny and having a ton of references to other medias.

In "Return to Harmony", he acts as the antagonist by hiding the elements of Harmony, trying to divide the mane 6 and turning Ponyville into Chaos Capital of the world, we all know how his plan turned out.

In "Keep Calm and Flutter On", Princess Celestia ask the Mane 6 to help reform Discord so he can use his powerful chaotic magic for good, and she believes Fluttershy will be the one who can reform him. Fluttershy thinks the best way to reform Discord is to befriend him, At the end, Discord does promise to use his powers for good (most of the times) because he treasures his friendship with Fluttershy, but not enough to not betray them when Tirek offer him freedom for an alliance, only for Tirek to betray him.

Since the elements of harmony are now returned to the tree of harmony, Equestria has lost one of their powerful defenses. Since the elements and the power of the tree is the only way to defeat Discord, it shows how powerful he is so it makes sense that Princess Celestia wants Discord to use his magic for good.

Discord can sense magical imbalances, transform and create things out of thin air and break reality itself.

He now stands as one of Equestria's strongest allies, seeing how she asked Discord to go after Tirek instead of Twilight.

That's his role in Equestria but what about in the show?

Twilight in the beginning refers to people who don't really care about friendship, as more of an antisocial person. Discord represents a different kind of person, he represents the kind of person who doesn't know much about friendship. It's not because he doesn't care, he doesn't understand how friendship fully works yet, he doesn't know what's okay and what's not when it comes to friendship, no episode shows this better than 'Make New Friends but Keep Discord'.

Discord gets green eyes of envy when he learns that Fluttershy has a new friend called Treehugger when she went to observe the breezies and that Fluttershy asked Treehugger to go to the Grand Galloping Gala with her instead of Discord.

Feeling like he has been replaced, he gets his ticket and goes to the gala with a sentinel green goo creature called the smooze to make Fluttershy feel jealous too.

But when things don't go his way, he tries to send Treehugger to another dimension so he can have Fluttershy's friendship to himself.

Eventually Fluttershy steps in and tells Discord it's normal to have more than one friend and have different friends for different things. People think that seems out of left field for Discord, seeing how he normally portrayed as smart and calm while playing somebody else, but they seem to forget he is new to friendship.

He doesn't understand that people can have different friends for different things, he is scared that he may be replaced so he becomes a little possessive towards Fluttershy. It may seem like a kid moral but there are people who are like him, most of them are children or teenagers that are shy and insecure about themselves and their friendships.

While this moral may seem useless to us, it could be a new way of seeing thing or a long-needed answer for those people.

Anyways, that's all for now, feel free to voice your thoughts and opinions.

See you next time.

My Random Thought: Cyberbullying

It's actually surprising how many of these happen because of things I see online, this one is no exception.

In this one, I was watching a video about cyberbullying. If you do not know what cyberbullying is, first of all, you are either bless in ignorance or you don't go online that much, and I ain't judging. Secondly, I'll tell you what it means, it means to be bullied online or through social media.

Now, as usual, the reason for this post isn't because of the video, it's because of the comments. There is an argument that someone had in the comments

There have been debates left and right thanks to this one comment. I feel lukewarm about this person's statement. Yes, some are easier to get away from than others, but that isn't the cure-all solution for it. There are many stages of cyberbullying so let's tear it down to simpler parts.

The mildest form is those strangers on forums or comments who just do it because they want to, they can be avoided by the supposed go-offline tactic or you can find a different website or server with better protection.

The toughest form is the one that could haunt you forever, it's from the people around you to the people you see everyday. You can't say that is nothing compared to physical bullying . (P.S. I am not undermining their pain, I know how hard it is to go through a life without a piece of mind)

Everyone knows that the scariest form of bullying isn't physical but emotional bullying, playing on fears and insecurities is the saddest and also one of the most lethal form. Now imagine if someone, anyone has dirt on you and they find you on wherever you go, people you know or see on a daily basis can access to this dirt thanks to this someone following you, you may never being able to escape. The worst part is that you may never know who that someone is and yet he has so much control over you.

If you know someone like this, don't let them feel alone and make sure they feel they're loved because you may regret it later on if you don't do it now.

Here is something to chew on, it's one of my favorite videos

See you next time.

Is Running Man dropping in entertainment?

Last time, we talked about the comedy aspect of Running Man and how much the two changing points of the show, Song Joong Ki leaving and Choi PD and Myuk PD leaving, changed the show. Now, let's continue with the entertainment section. Is Running Man dropping in entertainment and what makes an episode memorable and entertainable?

5 shocking moments that happened in My Little Pony

My Little Pony has been recognized as a cartoon for little girls. While I think that that is not entirely true, it's a show for all ages and all who can accept it, it's still undeniable that the show is originally targeted for children so Hasbro can release their new pony play set. However, there have been moments where the whole 'made for kids' thing is questionable as some of these things while a little more cutified, are things I never even think would be on this show. So here are 5 shocking moments that happened in My Little Pony.

My Random Thoughts: Humanity and the trolls

Recently I discovered a YouTube channel that conducts social experiments, while people may think they're pranks. I don't think the people in the video should feel like they've been played, rather I hope the video makers say, "thanks for caring, no matter what, keep it up and have a great day."

But that's not why I'm talking about this, I'm talking about this because of one of the comments I saw.

I know what people say, "Don't feed the trolls", but this is a different case. some people in the comments for these kinds of videos aren't seeing the whole picture. I'm not trying to justify what the man in the video did but I can say that the other dude may have a point when he replies to that comment.

In a world we are see more new comments and posts than new faces, I think it's safe to assume that a lot of different people we haven't met yet, with their own backstories and worries. We keep worrying about humanity and what the future will become but why are worrying about the future if the present is already in a mess and no one gives a damn about it.

And for starters, we can start by stop cursing another person's life. He isn't a serial killer, he did made a small mistake. We can't see what is on his mind and we've all done it things we regret before, but hoping someone will die is a bit extreme, especially, when the other dude tried to reason with him (although the whole Osama Bin Laden thing is also a tad too far).

We can't judge someone entirely in one action or mistake, it's not fair to him. All I ask is maybe we can learn that if you can't see his side of the story, we can't determine if he is a bad person because humans aren't perfect but we can change for the better.

Anyways, feel free to voice your opinions or experiences with these things.

See you next time.

From The Beginning: Lee Kwang Soo

I know I promised the entertainment one , it'll be up next week. This week, to celebrate Kwang Soo Day and his upcoming movie, Mutant.

We will be looking back from his very beginning in the show as a little tribute to Running Man's maknae, Lee Kwang Soo.