Dwayne Moloney from Secret of the Sailor Madness and Let’s Go JoJo joins us to look back at the first episodes of three more anime that geography denied us childhood nostalgia for. This week we look [...]
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Once again, no not the anime. Although I should check out the anime and make a comparison against this… The new Romance of the Three Kingdoms live-action TV series produced by mainland China began airing just a few days ago on May 2, 2010. Contrary to my original expectations, this series was not actually produced by [...]
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And it rocks. I mean, this shouldn't be that surprising. How many times has anime completely turned expectations on their head? Before anime, if you told me I'd love a show called 'Princess Tutu' I'd have laughed at you, and if you told me I'd get more emotionally attached to little girls and their everyday lives than to any ol' samurai, I'd have looked at you funny. However, the truth is that anime has surprised me so often that I tend to be incredibly optimistic. I don't understand people who still manage to think that all of a new season's shows look like shit when likely half of them will be surprise jewels. So when I found out that there was, in fact, an SD Gundam Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there was not a shred of negative expectations.
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Saikyou Busho-den Sangoku Engi Short Synopsis: Our lead character is another famous character from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel. I was not looking forward to this series at all. With all of the cheesy adaptations that have been done before, I had pretty much given up hope for this franchise. But damn, this episode [...]
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The joint production between China and Japan on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel finally airs in Japan, 2 years after its initial screening in China in 2008 (or it could have been 2007). I had a post done on my impressions of the first episode of the Chinese version, but considering that it [...] Related posts:三国演义 01 Impressions
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I recently finished Romance of the Three Kingdoms anime (adapted from Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s manga, not the recent Chinese-Japanese collaboration), which I finished only recently. It’s old and rather long, but turned out to be a fairly epic ride. At least it doesn’t turn everyone into girls! Since it’s faithful, it does a great job of [...]
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Actually, they came out half a year ago. I just can’t believe I missed these trailers until now… There’s nothing that hypes me up quite as much as CCTV’s (Chinese Central Television) new Romance of the Three Kingdoms TV series. Out of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature, I consider Romance of the Three [...]
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Jumping over to another one of the big franchises of anime, a new Gundam anime series has been announced via a hobby show booth in Chiba but don’t get too excited until I’ve finished. The new anime series will be based on BB Senshi Sangokuden toy line which takes SD Gundams and turns them into [...]
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The Empire, long divided, must unite: long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been. And that is how the classic novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms opens its first chapter. ‘There is no war to end all wars’, this much Yang Wenli seemed to have understood. After Qin Dynasty fell, Liu [...]
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The old-school anime Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a faithful adaptation of a famous historical Chinese novel written in the 14th century about the collapse of the Han Dynasty in the second century and its aftermath.  The story is about three heroes: the diplomatic Liu Bei, the brave Sun Qian, and the devilish Cao [...]
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Just like the post title sez, these three are among the manga, manhwa, manhua, and makita we can expect from Elex Media and Level Comics this month. It's worth noting that close to 15 percent of the 102 manga due out in May (excluding the mangazine anthologies) are series premieres and standalones. If you think that share's still on the low side, by comparison, series conclusions at eight
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This is actually not joke. Koei is actually releasing Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI for PC in the States in the summer. I might actually be inclined to double-dip and buy the PC version, just for the added convenience. The PC version also apparently has better graphics than the PS2 version. [...]
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It’s been a long road, but the end is finally in sight, or is it? For although our animated journey must end, the chaos is not over as the Three Kingdoms era properly begins…
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A little over a year ago, I introduced the unintentional hilarity that was Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a 1991 series notable for its remarkable cheesiness and incredibly poor subtitles. Now, the series is finally complete but the question remains- was it really worth sitting through? The answer to that, quite simply, is no, but since [...]
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Even as Cao Cao laughs evilly and plots his victory, Zhou Yu and the forces of Wu are preparing to move against him so that Huang Gai can give Wei the very first taste of Flaming Passion. Meanwhile, the godlike Zhuge Liang decides to invent some new HARD GAY techniques.
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There’s a new genius in town; his name is Pang Tong and he has a fondness for bondage. Can Pang Tong convince Wu and Wei to adopt his ways, or will the classic techniques win out over whips and chains?
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This continues right where the other diary entry left off. You may notice that the amount of detail suffers after the first battle. I’m still exploring on how much I should talk about each move during battles. You may think the first battle is boring, so oh well… Hopefully you enjoy [...]
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The map of my current game of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. As I promised, I’m going to start blogging about my gaming more. As mentioned before, the first game I’m going to blog about is The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I never knew how long an entry could be until I started [...]
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When Zhou Yu decides to slip a man into the enemy camp, he has to choose carefully. Eventually, he settles on Huang Gai, a man whose HARD GAY prowess will sure make Cao Cao fall for him straightaway. Unfortunately, in order to pique Cao Cao’s interests, Huang Gai must first master a dangerous type of [...]
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In an attempt to show that there are things even Zhuge Liang cannot do, Zhou Yu sets him the task of giving HARD GAY 100,000 times in just three days! Is Zhuge up to the task, or will that just wear out his Liang?
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