April showers bring May flowers and new anime series. There is no way that Narutaki and I can watch every new anime series coming out this season but we will try to hit up whatever looks interesting and report back to you our loyal readers on what is worth watching this spring. Plus, I think [...]
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This episode is actually pretty good. The animators are starting to get used to using shoujo style conventions (soft filters, pastel colors, etc). The cheesy crayon drawings that always appear during Hikari/Kei scene still present but it's easy to ignore them and just focus on what's good about the episode. I do wonder what people think about the 'tablecloth' effect. I'm talking about this white tablecloth patterns that appears everytime they try to emphasize harmonious situation. The scene usually involves a static screen so the tablecloth looks like a watermark/pattern overlaying the image. At first I find it amusing but I'm getting used to it know and sometimes they actually look pretty good. As for characters, the focus of the story is still on Kei and Hikari but at least the other members are getting more screen time than in the previous episodes. And if the anime continue in this direction then we'll actually see an arc involving Akira pretty soon.
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  Hikari begins to tutor Kei’s brother when he shows no interest in paying attention to his studies.
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Destiny Gundam MGDestiny Gundam, my brother's first MG Gunpla kits. Because of this MG Destiny, we know that all the Gundam we bought before (Deathscythe HG, Strike Freedom Lightning, and Wing Zero NG 1/60) isn't very good as an MG kit would be.Z.A.F.T (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty) mobile suitAn MG Gunpla kit is awesome. By looking at the manual book, we already know that the parts are special and the posability itself it's totally great, compared to HG. Yeah, that's an MG for you i guess. That's why my brother decided to sell all his HG Gundam, and yeah... All 3 of them are already sold now.So here's a little detail of this Gundam :Destiny GundamZGMF-X42S ZAFT Mobile SuitMaster Grade 1/100ZGMF-X42SThis Destiny Gundam got some nice weapons. A giant 2-handed sword (i always called it Sword Strike since it used by Sword Strike Gundam), a rail gun, a rifle, beam saber, and boomerang. In standby mode, the Sword Strike and the rail gun are mounted on its back.Sword Strike and Rail Gun mounted on the backIts beam saber is mounted on both shoulder, just like Wing Zero did on its beam saber. The difference is, the saber hilt isn't hidden inside the shoulder, but outside the shoulder.Beam saber mountIt has 2 beam sabers, each on both side of shoulders. You only got 2 hilts from the parts, but the parts give you a total of 2 long beams and 2 short beams. You can use them as a combination of dual sword, sword and dagger, or dual dagger.Beam Saber and Beam Dagger (boomerang to be exact)Weilding a dual weapon is cool as alwaysAnother equipment it has is physical shield. Often used with rifle. It's a normal shield that almost all Gundam should have.Rifle and shield actionRailgun is another great weapon Destiny Gundam has. The rail gun still stay mounted on the backpack even in shooting mode.A railgun actionThe other and IMO the best weapon it got is a Giant Sword. I called it Sword Strike since it used by Sword Strike Gundam. I played a Gundam Seed simulation game in PS2, and i like to use a Sword Strike Gundam, since it's full of greate sword slashing action.Two-handed Sword Strike actionAnother 2-handed Sword Strike ActionMagic on the left hand, Sword Strike on the right handAnother feature i've seen on the book and the box is a magic (?). In the kit, you'll got a fixed pose hand like the photo above. It's seems like emitting a magic beam from the hand. Oh yeah, it also has a beam shield.Magic beam and a beam shield actionAnd the last feature is the cockpit. It looks like it's hard to open the cockpit. My brother opened it for me to get it photographed.A cockpit hereWell, that's it for Destiny Gundam. I guess the best set of photoshot i got from Sunday session is this set. Especially the black background that fit the Destiny Gundam. And also this is the last set of photoshot. But don't worry, still one more post to come. Look forward for what's inside the next post.Camera info :Canon EOS 400DCanon EF-S 18-55mm F3.5-5.6Canon EF 55-200mm F4.5-5.6
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Kei’s little brother, Sui was introduced in this episode. Sui is having troubles with his tutors/teachers because they can’t stand Sui. So, Hikari stepped in and became Sui’s tutor. Throughout the whole episode, there are conflicts between Sui and Kei and they don’t get along well. Here’s Special A - 4.. These two..are very close friends [...]
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Shouta-con? Here? I hope not   Summary: Episode 4 revolves around a closer look at Kei’s family.This includes his baby-face dad and his clone/younger brother,Sui.Kei asks HIkari to come to her house because his father wants to see her.A couple of the SA members tag along for the fun.However,its been a long time since Hikari visited Kei’s house and [...]
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Promoting violence :( Kei invites Hikari to his house, since she hasn't been in a while. There, they witness Kei's little brother Sui chase off yet another tutor. Sui yells something nasty to the tutor, ticking off Hikari, who kicks down Sui's door. As a result, Hikari becomes Sui's new tutor to pay [...]
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I am pissed off. I am bloody pissed off. I am downright PISSED OFF. WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BLOODY SPECIAL A? Instead of seeing something like Ouran, I get an Ass-ran filled with Naruto tards trying to act Japanese. I wanted to see something that resembles a decent comedy with a group of likable characters. I got more. [...]
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If you had the main cast of Nabari no Ou on one hand, and the main cast of Special A on the other... which would weigh more?
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[ Episode 3: Onigiri ･ Sincerity ] This episode was definitely better than the last. Sure there wasn’t any “action” but I still found it to be quite enjoyable. The whole setup with Hikari making a bento for Kei isn’t exactly new but I loved how it was all executed. Kei’s reason for wanting a bento [...]
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