About the Mangaka Okubo Atsushi is better known for his more recent work, Soul Eater. However he also assisted on the older series, Get Backers. B.Ichi is his first independent work where he did both the art and story. About the Manga I was in two minds over B.Ichi as it’s by the creator of Soul Eater, which [...]
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Finally, a review post! It's been ages since I've done this--almost a year! So today I blabber about yet another mecha show--this time it isn't as flashy as Macross Frontier or Code Geass. Now what made me and my lazy ass to write something? This is the spin-off to the original VOTOMS series, one that I had read about but hadn't been able to watch. So when Pailsen Files came along, I decided to check it out. (circa 2008)
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There’s the front view and the back view, and then some 3/4 views. Accompanying these shots will usually be facial expressions, different poses, possibly different outfits. Whenever I buy an artbook I look for character lineart and design images, prioritizing them over even full posters. They’re one of the main reasons I bought issues of [...]
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A new gaming rig is being assembled to satisfy my ever growing need for the latest technology (not state-of-the-art though ) Processor: Intel Q9300 Quad Core Motherboard: Intel P45 Chipset RAM: 4GB DDR2-800 Hard disk: 640GB Graphics card: Will be temporary using any el-cheapo graphics while I raise $ for ATI 4850 Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech New Touch & Razer Krait Sound card: [...]
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Shameful Otaku Secret (SOS?) posts a comprehensive and entertaining review of Blassreiter. Among other things, it talks about the role Blassreiter plays in the Gonzo’s foray into the downloads, its style and basic premise, etc. It was quite enough information for me to reject the show with confidence. For some reason everyone else reviewing it [...]
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VICTOLY! MAJESTIC! GLORIOUS! IT’S JUST AS PLANNED, AND IT KEEPS ON GETTING BETTER! It may be late to tell this, but it seems that a certain bastard has quit his promised endeavor halfway through. So much for the group he tried to maintain, he then turns the reins over to someone with better balls, who turns out [...]
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A new month just arrived and you will be glad to know that there is an event for you to attend.. What event izit? Well, it is the X08, the biggest XBox360 showcase ever to hit the region.. The event will be held at Marina Square Atrium which held other great events in the past such as EA Play 08 a couple of months back.. So what can you expect there? Well, as the title put it, alot of XBox360 games for you to get your hands on.. There will be a massive lineup of over 30 of the hottest Xbox 360 blockbuster titles releasing this holiday season.. So what games can we expect during X08? Well Organised by Xbox Singapore, X08 gathers the top gaming distributors and publishers; Atari Singapore, Electronic Arts, Infocomm Asia Holdings, Microsoft Game Studios, New Era Entertainment, Replay Interactive will showcase their games.. Top global publishers Activision, Codemasters, LucasArts, Midway, Sega, Take-Two Interactive, THQ and Ubisoft will be represented by their respective local distributors.. The games that will be showcase at X08 are: - Midnight Club L.A. - Fable 2 - Gears of War 2 - Tomb Raider: Underworld - Fallout 3, the long-awaited next chapter in the Fallout series. Every minute is a fight for survival against the terrors of the outside world – radiation, Super Mutants, and hostile mutated creatures. - Guitar Hero World Tour - Tom Clancy’s EndWar, a revolutionary strategy game that allows you to rain destruction on enemy troops using voice commands alone. - Need For Speed Undercover, stars Asian movie siren turned Hollywood screen gem Maggie Q while bringing this blockbuster franchise back to its action driving roots. - Saints Row 2 - Darksiders: Wrath Of War Well, other than just XBox360 games, there are other games you can play such as Red Alert 3 and Dead Space (My favourite).. The best part is is that you get to play some games on XBox LIVE and pit yourself against other online players.. ^^ Apart from games, there are also other events being held at X08 other than just games.. They are: Are You The Next Xpert? In August this year, Xbox Singapore launched a radical initiative to bring Xbox fans together online and introduce newcomers to Xbox LIVE. The Xbox LIVE Xperts program is currently led by local blogger Sheylara, who has become the face of the local Xbox team to help build a vibrant online community. The initiative has generated a strong positive response from local gamers and if you’ve always wanted to be part of the Xbox team, now is your chance to be the next Xpert! Xbox Singapore is now calling for video entries from potential Xperts and the winner will be announced at X08. Log on to www.xperts.com.sg for more details. Lara Croft takes on Singapore Lara Croft, the fearless adventurer from Tomb Raider series is making a special appearance at X08. Featuring the essential characteristics at the core of Lara Croft’s personality -- brawn, brains and beauty - Alison Carroll particularly compliments this iteration of Ms. Croft. One of the top draws of X08, Tomb Raider: Underworld is the first Tomb Raider game designed to fully reflect the physical athleticism and real-world skills required of a world-class adventurer. Sharing Lara’s strength and grace, Alison is an experienced competitive gymnast who has performed and competed across the globe. Her more than 12 years of gymnastics training align perfectly with the game’s enhanced movement set and you can expect some high-kicking action at X08! Hot Rods, Hot Babe Get your picture taken with 2007’s Miss Maxim and Singapore’s Champion Motorsports Car when you bring your Xbox 360 copy of Midnight Club LA to the IAHGames booth. And stand a chance to win a Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle (the same one featured in the game) if you pre-order Midnight Club LA before 23 Oct. Well, thats about it about this announcement of X08.. For more info, click here.. Hope you will join everyone including me to the event at end of October.. See you there.. ^^
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Is the most eighties thing I have seen yet, even more so than Do You Remember Love? and Zeta Gundam. The show itself basically says that the eighties were the most perfect time in human history for piece and love. Apparently no one remembers the Reagan presidency, but for a bubble-boom Japan I guess things [...]
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I’m happy my expections didn’t amount to nothing. FUNimation’s been disapointing me lately but I’m actually happy with Ouran’s dub! There’s a lot of weird stuff to it but I’m happy overall with it. Particularly the voice acting. (By the way, I watched the first two episode up on FUNimation’s website.) Translation and Script This has got to [...]
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CAPCOM has announced at the Tokyo Game Show that there will be an anime series for the upcoming Street Fighter IV and it will be produced by Studio 4°C. Originally short clips of promotional materials were just produced to market the game itself. But they became so popular that the company decided to go ahead and [...]
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I spent most of the night working on updating the blog: I am very happy with my new chosen theme: Arthemia and I hope everyone else likes it. I just have a few more things to do such as fixing the banners and a few minor improvements/removals but they should all be done in the next few hours. So enjoy
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The propreitor of The Scrumptious went to a local convention… This passage was chuckleworthy: The maid café became the main attraction of Anicon 2008, thanks to the cute meidos in the place, and the café was filled with pedobears in no time! According to biankita, the pedobears were making the maids sing, dance, etc. Of course [...]
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Like Ryan, I noticed that most raws are awful, and fansubs look much better. In particular, AFK’s Lucky Star was much better than its raws (although it was also better than competing fansubs). I blame the rat race to publish the raw.
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What a strange title but anyway. Haha this show is win! It’s like my new Higurashi or something xD It’s also really amusing because the lead male is a total kimo-ota. Our (not so heroic) hero Takumi lives in some kind of a rooftop shed and sits all day playing video games, collects figures and [...]
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Christopher says: DVD thinpack covers? Beautiful. DVD faces using same artworks as covers? Absolutely gorgeous. It’s nice to see DVDs that look so beautiful. That’s what I thought, too. But now, a question is burning me: is the cover “sexualized”? I had to watch this episode three times (over three days) before I started to appreciate it. In [...]
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Download Bonertown and I go on for an hour on how useless Code Geass season 2 was. Lots of spoilers abound, as usual, so listen with that in mind. This one isn’t just filled with spoilers for Code Geass, though– it has Death Note and Gundam 00 spoilers, as well. There’s also a BIG Cowboy Bebop [...]
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「ケルベロスの戦い」 (Keruberosu no Tatakai) "Kerberos Battle" Based on the novel series by Tanaka Yoshiki of Legend of the Galactic Heroes fame and produced by the same director/studio that worked on its OVA, comes the new anime "space opera" TYTANIA.
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Finished three short reviews for today. I thought I’d finish reviewing my older SD Gundam models before I begin new ones. You might as well call these “filler” reviews since I don’t think anyone will ever look for them ^^;. Still… they might come in handy for reference purposes. Completed: - 1/100 Destiny Gundam (no no… not [...]
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For some strange reason I am intrigued by this show. Although I’m not sure I’ll have much to say in my blog entries about it other than a boring summary? The plot seems pretty predictable at this point: Evil catboy youkai is out to cause chaos in the peaceful town so he can have his [...]
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Good season for horror fans.
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