While some people have seemed to have given up on Yoakena, I somehow find myself liking the show as it keeps on progressing, even if the main plot point of the story is the cliched “royalty falls in love with commoner from opposing kingdom” type. Perhaps it’s just my nostalgic self longing for this old [...]
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This is like some major milestone in terms of the loli jailbait depato. Lots of Iroha goodness this week, and thankfully, the Momoko abuse hasn’t died down, and infact has only intensified from the fight between the lolis. So anyway Hanzo and Iroha decide to make their move and use Koushi as a means of weapon [...]
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Ohime-sama dakko~~ I need to constantly remind myself that Negima?! isn’t Negima!. There are a few things here and there in the series I do not agree about, but one thing I must say stands out is the awesomeness of the fight scenes, when SHAFT really gets serious. Setsuna really made this episode for me. Even [...]
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Asuna, Haruna and the gang formed Chupacabra Research Group to investigate on the mystery of the Chupacabra phenomenon. However, the Chupacabra was actually some dark blobs which were possibly caused by the missing Star Crystal stolen from the Magic Academy. During the battle against the evil fairy, Negi was [...]
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Yeah, complain all you like about the long title. I could have made two separate blog posts, but since I have limited time on the computer and internet, I might as well merge the two posts into one. Well, the two topics have something to do together anyways. I have done the first soundtrack some time ago, and I am now doing the second and last part of the soundtrack. Again, I had downloaded the soundtrack from Nipponsei. Some of you might worship them; so do I. Well, appreciation is needed by minglong and the others who bought the actual OST. Well... to fully remove Ouran Koukou Host Club off my computer, I had to also remove the soundtrack. However, there are a few songs which have really long names, like for example, track number 6, and it goes like this: "Ouran Concerto Moderato marciale for oboe, 2 horns, violin and string quartet". The CD burner decided to scream, and I had to rename the tracks in order to make them fit the burner.Again, I had also removed 10 episodes of School Rumble. I need more space for Shuffle!So, what is so good about this soundtrack, you ask. I can confidently tell you that there is nothing too special about this soundtrack, other than the long names and it's cover is much nicer than the first soundtrack's. Like the previous soundtrack, this soundtrack also comes with a limited edition character card and a bonus disc featuring "Ouran Koukou Host Mania!" by Sakamoto Maaya and a few others.Shissou by LAST ALLIANCE, the ending theme of Ouran Koukou Host Club, is also available in this soundtrack, although it is only a TV size version. You'll have to get the single to get the full version. So... this song can be used to temporary full those who like the song, and these people might as well get the single later on.Matsukaze Masaya, the voice of Ootori Kyouya, sings "Tsumetai Yoru" as Kyouya's image song. His voice is strong like a man's. The music is quite nice too. I hear guitar and piano instrumentals every now and then, and the pairing of these two instruments make good music.Meanwhile, the twins' image song were sung together by the twins. "Bokura no Love Style" is a song performed using a guitar with the mixture of bass and drum. Its chorus sounded like some church's youth song, and would sound better if more people were to sing it, the more the better."Mata Ashita", which literally means "Goodbye" or "Let's meet again tomorrow", is the last vocalled track. It's a song sung by all the members of the club. Mainly it's sung by the male members of the club, leaded by Tamaki and Kyouya, while the twins sings the part before the chorus. All of the males sing the chorus, while the females (including Honey-senpai) made random laughing sound evey now and then. This is a good group song, and I give a 8/10 rating to this song.Meanwhile I won't be making any comments on all of the BGM and vocalless tracks, I'll do a few due to the lack of time. Hirano Yoshisa, the composer of most of the vocalless, is an experienced composer who composed songs for Final Fantasy and others.Track six is a song you would be able to listen throughout the anime. Track 18 is a really soft and soothing song. Track nineeen is "Sakura Kiss for piano". Minglong calls it divine, but I do not like it at all.
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The world is a waste land. Greed is the only passion. No one is truly good and innocent. Its putrid stench and vile underpinnings cannot be exaggerated too much. Nothing and nobody is as clearly defined as it seems, and the only truth is that there is no real truth. It’s all subjective to the point of confusions. What the goal? What is right? What is wrong? Who do you trust? When everyone is an
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There’s a hot rumor of some special Olympics going down between a shady coach and his star track and field athlete, and Weekly Jidai is trying to get the scoop. However, when Harihan (”short for harikomi-han, where harikomi is stake-out or surveillance, and han is a group or a squad”) photographer Sugawara Fumiya goes [...]
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I bet my title has you hooked in, right? As we know, this season has so many good romance/harem shows that it will be problematic for us to judge who will be the best sizzling anime gal on town. Impz has heard your cries and has embarked on an ambitious project to have a mini [...]
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No wonder not many are blogging Bartender. It’s kinda boring with virtually nothing to talk about. Well, at least I don’t have much to say about this show except for alcohol stuff. It’s just too weird for the bartender Ryuu Sasakura to figure out the exact bottle which was broke 20 [...]
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I love this series! The humor was hilarious. No wonder so many people are talking about it. Although Momoko is small but her strength was monstrous and evens a polar bear was no match for her. It’s funny to see the battle scene between the drugged bear and Momoko where [...]
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Souten no Ken, ep. 4: Pray to the Blue Sky (Souten ni Negae) Kenshiro learns about the fate of his loved ones in Shanghai, and he must make a decision. Summary and thoughts following the pics (click to enlarge): Summary: Katsuei tells Kenshiro to kill him, but Kenshiro pulls back. When Katsuei asks why he [...]
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REIRA starring YUNA ITO - TRUTH (43MB, for PSP/Quicktime) NANA the MOVIE 2 teaser (YouTube video) This is basically the main theme for the second NANA MOVIE starring Nakashima Mika and Ichikawa Yui. I am a bit disappointed to know that Miyazaki Aoi doesn't reprise her role as Hachi in the second film since I thought she's perfect as the character. As it turns out, many other actors from the original film won't reprise the role. Nobuo Kyo has taken over the role of Ren from Matsuda Ryuhei. Matsuyama Kenichi who plays Shin in the first film (and L from Death Note movie) has been replaced by Kanata Hongo. Anyway, this is a beautiful looking PV that was shot in Scotland and features the actors who will play their role as TRAPNEST members in the second film. The song itself is nice but it's not as good or sad as Endless Story, which I think is one of the best songs I've ever heard. As a side note, I haven't had the chance to go through the lyrics with great care since I'm strapped for time so any correction is welcome as usual.
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RPG Maker is a minefield of subtle traps, all designed to ensure that the event you planned doesn’t work as you had envisioned. In episode four, my problem was that characters weren’t moving the way they were meant to after they first appeared on the map; fortunately, sticking in a short wait (my answer to [...]
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Impressions: Wow, I actually thought the Yoshii vs. Ishida fight was pretty good. Exceeding all my expectations, it turned out to be far better than that shitty fight that Sawatari had with Mayuri. I think this is because I really like Yoshii’s weapon in its true form. Of course it has a lot of disadvantages such [...]
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If you are wondering how Ten is faring lately, fear not. I am alive and relatively well. The apparent absence of this blogger relies heavily not on the usual procrastination woes, but on a uncontrollable addiction. Fellow bloggers temporarily abandon their posts due to manga reading, gaming, school, work, vacation, war, drought, [...]
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Both these GONZO productions share a large chunk of their plots. Gantz is a manga by Oku Hiroya, which is currently on hiatus. I think the new chapters are starting again this month. So why am I comparing Gantz with Red Garden? The basic premise is the same - regular folks, who are dead, get revived [...]
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Halloween on October 31th. Did you celebrate it? I did not and I did not get anything about this episode, except that I know just a little bit about Trick or Treat. That’s about it. Sunako seems to love it a lot, the festival and the likes. Sadly, I did not like this episode much. Ehhh, why? [...]
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A lot has been said about Kanon episode 5, so I’m going to skip that and just say that Kanon redefined the harem notion. People tend to have very negative perception of Harem genres in anime. There are 2 types of viewers when it comes to harem anime: a) OMFG IT’S A HAREM YES! MOAR CHICKS. But [...]
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Impressions: Phew, I’m finally up-to-date on Busou Renkin. I was quite surprised to see that torrents for this series are getting just as many peers as D.Gray-man. I thought this anime was meant to be not very popular. Oh well, D.Gray-man isn’t that popular currently anyway, but by the time Busou Renkin is coming to a [...]
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Fans of Haruhi and her motley crew of aliens and humans, self-proclaimed members of the S.O.S Dan, and Harutards found a reason to rejoice and to weep a week and a half ago, when Max Factory announced their quite amazingly sculpted Suzumiya Haruhi PVC figure at a quite unbelievable price. The catch? ONLY 5000 units (since increased to 10000) of the hyperactive schoolgirl would be released. O.oNow, before we get to the figure itself, one wonders what is going through the great minds at Max Factory. What would drive them to LIMIT (for now, at least) a figurine from one of recent times' most successful and contagious anime franchises? It's pretty well-known that Haruhi-ism is well and truly present among anime-watchers and otakus in Japan, most of Asia, and in the U.S, not to mention other parts of Europe I haven't heard about. Face it, I have seeds in my torrents from Chile and Ukraine...EVERYONE watches anime.So, what part of economics preaches low supply when quantity demanded is way in the clouds? You don't sell less when you can sell more. ESPECIALLY when you can sell more AND up the price in the process. A projected price of 3990 Yen? When Ryougi Shiki is 5000 Yen, I'm sure people would buy Haruhi at 6000. =P The figure seems simple enough, not many frills like the recently released Ignis of Jingai Makyo. So, I don't think they're worried about her armband warping and changing shape.Maybe they're holding it back so they can increase the price later? When desperate Haruhi fans turn into rabid, snarling maniacs, you never know what they'll pay to satisfy themselves. But that would just be simple insanity and commercial suicide, so to speak. Sure, they MAY get to sell their 2nd batch at a generally higher price, but what of their reputation? People would just hate them for doing it. Nah, even a dumbass would know this isn't a good plan.So, what drives this somewhat inexplicable move from Max Factory in limiting the seemingly limitless (at least in PVC figure terms) profits just waiting to be plucked and stuffed into their pockets? Some other issue behind the scenes? Or just plain mental retardation? (spoken like a true fan that has not yet secured his own pre-order of the figure, lolz)Anyway, here's what's causing all the 'ooh's, 'aah's, 'orz's and 'meh's on the internet. Suzumiya-san in all her glory.Suzumiya Haruhi 1/8 scale PVCFrom: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu She's 1/8 scale as is the norm. And she's wearing her trademark school uniform, musch better than a bunny dress, in my opinion. Yup, she's got the S.O.S Leader armband, and she seems to have interchangeable hands, one for posing and the other for holding that little yellow horn. What can I say, it's a dream come true for me. And even people who don't like Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu would be hard-pressed in finding much fault with the figure.Release? February 2007 for the 1st batch (of 10000). And a tentative April for more? There had better be more...*readying ESPer powers to blast Max Factory out of the closed space they're lost in*. ^^Manufacturer: Max FactoryRelease Date: February 2007Price: 3990 Yen>>> Toyzlog Tags: PVC Figures, Figurines, Toys, Anime, Anime Toys, Japanese Toys, Max Factory, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, Suzumiya Haruhi, Tenjou
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