History WebVideo / Arkada

* NoEnding: Dismissively calls these "Read the Manga Endings", theorizing that quality adaptations like ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'' and ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'' only air for a single season because they're marketing tools for the source material.

* BadassFingerSnap: How he transitions into both the reviews and ClosingCredits. {{Subverted|Trope}}, however, when he doesn't add the accompanying screen distortion and sound effect.

* FollowTheLeader: From his review of ''Anime/{{Another}}'' to his review of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}} Ultimate'', Arkada adopted fellow Podcast/Podtaku member Holden's Rating.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Normally, he sets aside the second week of December for a "Review Week of Awesome", where he reviews 5 titles his fans vote on out of a selection he chose. For 2017, however, he instead had a "Review Week of Awful", where he reviewed 5 panned titles[[note]]said titles being ''Anime/CrossAnge'' (got taken down later by Youtube due to violating the site's policy on nudity), ''Anime/MarsOfDestruction'', ''Anime/NerawaretaGakuen'', ''Anime/GarzeysWing'', and ''Manga/BigOrder''[[/note]].

-->[''from the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya ''review'']]: \\

Tristan "Arkada" Gallant is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canadian]] {{anime}} reviewer on Website/YouTube. He is the founder of ''[[http://www.glassreflection.net/ Glass Reflection]]'', co-founder of Podcast/{{Podtaku}}, and former member and [[TheManBehindTheMan website owner]] of The Website/DesuDesBrigade.

* BadassFingerSnap: How he transitions into both the reviews and ClosingCredits.

* BadassInANiceSuit: He usually wears a dress shirt, tie, and dark red vest for his GR reviews and Let's Plays, although they were covered up during the mountie jacket era.

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He wore his hair long and in a ponytail for some time, though he cut it short again around the time that he ditched the mountie jacket. Former fellow-Brigadier Vixen even lampshaded it on Tumblr once, asking when he grew his hair out.

* NiceHat: He has a white trillby that was complimented by one of his friends in a clip at the start of one review, and which can be seen on his bed in the ''Anime/{{Karas}}'' review. At one point during the ''CLANNAD'' review, he is wearing the hat as part of an all-white outfit.

* RealMenWearPink: In his review of ''Anime/PrincessTutu'', he says "Real men like ''Princess Tutu''". He then quotes it in his 25 anime recommendations video.

** After a short introduction, he starts his reviews with "Ladies, gentlemen, and others. My name is Arkada, and welcome to ''Glass Reflection''. Today [name of the discussed anime]. Let's jam!" *''cue finger snap and visual effects''*

-->... because [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch]] is one big, giant ham. I can be pretty bad like *''snickers and leans close to camera''* real talk, real talk, I can be pretty horrible ...

Along with ''Glass Reflection'', he has two Website/YouTube channels, one for [[https://www.youtube.com/user/GRArkada anime]] and one for [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ArkadaGaming gaming]]. He is also on [[https://twitter.com/glassreflection Twitter]] and [[http://glassreflection.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]], and has a [[https://www.patreon.com/user.php?v=Arkada Patreon page]].

* {{Squick}}: [[invoked]] While he's watched and enjoyed many a violent and gory anime, he was too grossed out by the body morphing in ''[[Manga/{{Parasyte}} Parasyte: The Maxim]]'' to be able to do a full ''Glass Reflection'' review, instead doing a First Reaction video about it.

* RealMenWearPink: In his review of ''Anime/PrincessTutu'', he says "Real men like ''Princess Tutu''. He then quotes it in his 25 anime recommendations video.

** His most iconic one would be "stay frosty", which he uses at the end of all of his videos (usually along with the next catch phrase, as well as his farewell in Podcast/{{Podtaku}}.

* CallBack: Ark will occasionally refer to something he's said in a previous review which ties into the one he's currently doing, such as when he revisits ''Anime/{{Ice}}'' and plays a clip from his original review where he says that ''ICE'' would possibly be improved by an English dub.

* BadassLongcoat: He sported a white lab coat up until the review of ''Film/SummerWars'', in which he debuted his mountie-esque jacket. The lab coat made a return in the ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' review.

** One of his criticisms of the dub of ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' is that some names are noticeably mispronounced throughout, specifically mentioning Nagisa's name being pronounced NaGEEsa.

* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: He is unfortunately prone to this; some more egregious examples include [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Na-RU-to]] and [[Manga/{{Akira}} Ah-KEE-ra]]. Lampshaded in his review of ''Anime/TimeOfEve''; he even has a clipboard with the proper pronunciations on it.
--> Dammit, why am I not better at pronouncing these things?

* NiceHat: He has a white fedora that was complimented by one of his friends in a clip at the start of one review, and which can be seen on his bed in the ''Anime/{{Karas}}'' review.

** Flimsy DVD packaging (i.e spindle cases & tins), as indicated in almost any of his reviews where this is present. The latter is made especially clear in his review of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' where he has to turn the metal tin upside down and let the cases fall out of it because there's no space to lift them out with your finger(s).

* BadassFingerSnap: How he transitions into both the reviews, and ClosingCredits.

Tristan "Arkada" Gallant is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canadian]] {{anime}} reviewer on Website/YouTube. He is the founder of [[http://www.glassreflection.net/ Glass Reflection]], co-founder of Podcast/{{Podtaku}}, and former member and [[TheManBehindTheMan website owner]] of The Website/DesuDesBrigade.

Along with Glass Reflection, he has two Website/YouTube channels, one for [[https://www.youtube.com/user/GRArkada anime]] and one for [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ArkadaGaming gaming]]. He is also on [[https://twitter.com/glassreflection Twitter]] and [[http://glassreflection.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]], and has a [[https://www.patreon.com/user.php?v=Arkada Patreon page]].

* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: He is unfortunately prone to this, some more egregious examples include [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Na-RU-to]] and [[Manga/{{Akira}} Ah-KEE-ra.]] Lampshaded in his review of ''Anime/TimeOfEve''; he even has a clipboard with the proper pronunciations on it.

* BadassLongcoat: Sported a white Lab coat up until his review of Film/SummerWars, in which he debuted his current mountee-esque jacket. Makes a return in his review of {{VisualNovel/Clannad}}.
* BadassInANiceSuit: The aforementioned mountee-esque jacket. As well as a Vest & Dress Shirt ensemble he wears during Lets Plays.

** ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays''; several Glass Reflection videos lampshade his hatred of the show, although he did do a proper GR review of it.

** Seasons/Series ending InMediasRes or without a proper conclusion seem to becoming one as well. Or at least impacts his thoughts on whether the anime in question is worth your time or not

** His most iconic one would be "''stay frosty''", which he uses at the end of all of his videos (usually along with the next catch phrase, as well as his farewell in Podcast/{{Podtaku}}.
** After a short introduction, he starts his reviews with "''Ladies, gentlemen, and others. My name is Arkada, and welcome to Glass Reflection. Today [name of the discussed anime]. Let's jam!''" [cue finger snap and visual effects].
** His motto about endings: "''The ending is paramount''." Meaning that the ending of a show is one of the biggest deciding factors about whether he recommends a show or not. For him, a bad ending taints an otherwise good show, and can even break it.

* EnemyWithout: In his ''Manga/DesertPunk'' review, Ark had to go head to head with his real life self Tristan, over whether or not it was okay to make a masturbation joke since Tristan has a girlfriend. Arkada wins by pointing out that ''Tristan'' has a girlfriend, not him.
* FollowTheLeader: From his review of Another, to his review of HellsingUltimate, Arkada adopted fellow Podcast/Podtaku member Holden's Rating
* GilliganCut: Done twice in Arkada's ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' review. The first time was after declaring that in no way was he ever going to review the aforementioned series. The second time was declaring that he was definitely not following it up with a ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' review, which is then subverted when he's instead shown watching ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}!'' after the Gilligan Cut.
* HandsomeLech: He is not a bad looking guy, but sometimes the way he talks makes one think he never gets any.
** But his whispering voice over his drawn avatar in the FourthWallMailSlot section is pure MrFanservice.

-->'''Arkada''': ... because [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch]] is one big, giant ham. I can be pretty bad like *''snickers and leans close to camera''* real talk, real talk, I can be pretty horrible ...

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He wore his hair long and in a ponytail in some of his later reviews, though he cut it short again afterward. Former fellow-Brigadier Vixen even lampshaded it on Tumblr once, asking when he grew his hair out.

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* [[RealMenWearPink Real Men Like Princess Tutu]]: Actually says this in his review of ''Anime/PrincessTutu''. He then quotes it in his 25 anime recommendations video.
* [[RedOniBlueOni Red Oni]]: To Prof.

* {{Squick}}: [[invoked]] While he's watched and enjoyed many a violent and gore-filled anime, he was too grossed out by the body morphing in ''[[Manga/{{Parasyte}} Parasyte: The Maxim]]'' to be able to do a full Glass Reflection review, instead doing a First Reaction video about it.
* StupidSexyFlanders: To Creator/CrispinFreeman and Creator/SteveBlum, but mostly Creator/CrispinFreeman, but who can [[{{Bishonen}} blame]] him?

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* StupidSexyFlanders: To Creator/CrispinFreeman and Creator/SteveBlum, but mostly Creator/CrispinFreeman, but who can [[{{Bishonen}} blame]]him?
* [[TallDarkAndHandsome Tall, Blond and Handsome]]: The tallest of the four D2 brigade members, blond, and quite attractive.

* StupidSexyFlanders: To Creator/CrispinFreeman and Creator/SteveBlum, but mostly Creator/CrispinFreeman, but who can [[{{Bishonen}} blame]] [[{{Badass}} him]]?

[[caption-width-right:350:[[CatchPhrase Stay Frosty]]]]

Tristan "Arkada" Gallant is a Canadian {{anime}} reviewer on Website/YouTube. He is the founder of [[http://www.glassreflection.net/ Glass Reflection]], co-founder of Podcast/{{Podtaku}}, and former member and [[TheManBehindTheMan website owner]] of The Website/DesuDesBrigade.

* LargeHam: Arkada's favored acting style. He even admits it.

* CatchPhrase: "Ladies, gentlemen, and others, stay frosty." Sometimes shortened to "Stay frosty."