Namco Bandai Games has announced that they are producing Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto, a PSP adventure game based off the BONES-produced robot action show airing on Japanese TV right now. A fairly standard Japan-style adventure, the PSP Star Driver tells a fairly divergent story from the TV show and has you playing as an [...] Related posts:STAR DRIVER: Kagayaki no Tact by Bones Stuido Dazzling the stage! Requirement to getting hired by Studio BONES: Do the Kiraboshi pose
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“Sakana-chan…” T__T This would be just about the best Star Driver episode so far except for the lack of Sakana-chan and Head who went on holiday… Introducing the new West maiden (not really, she was on the bus last week), Mizuno You, who specializes in doing odd stuff (like running into the male toilet to [...]
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Episode 9! Summary! Welcome back to Star Driver! this weeks episode throws in a pair of pink haired sisters into the mix to make things quite fun! we start with Takuto and Sugata sharing a bath together guess he stayed over in the previous episode? guess that is for the girls to Woooooooo over lol. [...]
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The cast just continues to balloon. Here are the guys of Glittering Crux: Here are the (mostly) ladies of Glittering Crux: Wait, we’re not done yet. We can’t forget the good guys (and animal): Good Lord. Can you name each … Continue reading →
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If the first eight episodes focused on fish girl, it appears that the next set of episodes will focus on Mizuno, who may be come to known as bird girl. With the updated ending featuring Mizuno’s face instead of fish girl’s on the bus(it finally occurred to me that having her picture on the bus [...]
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Do you like fanservice? Do you like odd ball characters? Do you like mecha fights? Well if you’re answered yes to my three questions, then you will enjoy this epsiode of Star Driver. As I thought that character introductions were over and done with in this series, this epsiode adds more characters to the Star [...]
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High school hijinks, bit of melodrama, giant robot fight, episode closes with a revelation.  You know the Star Driver drill by now, right?  I almost wonder whether there's any point still 'blogging this show but oh well, here goes. After the "delights" of a bath scene featuring Takuto and Sugata, this episode gives us a proper introduction to Mizuno You, a rather oddball girl (which is nothing
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This episode started and ended in the bath.  Just an interesting way to come full circle.  In the bath at the start are Takuto and Sugata.  The latter has returned to his usual self and jokes with Takuto about having … Continue reading →
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Episode 09 -Mizuno’s First Love – そんなミズノの初恋 (Sonna Mizuno no Hatsukoi) With the departure of Sakana-chan last week (…sob…), we get introduced to the west maiden of this series, Mizuno. And oh boy, what a eccentric girl she turned out to be. Her energetic disposition and carefree personality is a fresh breath of air to [...]
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Yet again: an episode that gives a complete new spin to the story. And we’re only nine episodes in yet; normally you see these kinds of things ten episodes later or something. This episode again did something that went completely against my expectations, it brought in A TON of new stuff, characters and plot threads. [...]
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Be sad no more! Because I have the final chapter in my latest series of the “The 60 Second Review Catch Up”. So how about we get this party started? Star Driver – Episode 8: Love Across The Ocean This episode starts with the end of the story. I’m not talking about the end of [...]
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I have to say that Star Driver is beginning to have me question why I watch it. At some moments the show delivers kick but action scene after scene, but it increasingly seems to be borrowing frame rate lessons from Evangelion at other moments, though I guess if you’re a fan of two bishies panting [...]
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Summary: After ending her story, birdcage girl is mysteriously released into the world by Head as he’s had enough of her crappy storytelling. Back at school, Wako tries to give Sugata his birthday present but he blows her off and leaves to go home instead when she talks to him. Meanwhile at Kiraboshi headquarters, the [...]
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So far, I’ve kept to schedule. Day 2 of my Star Driver catch-up period. So let’s get straight into it and review episode 7. Picking up from episode 6, Takuto is in class alone after the events of the night before. Both Sugata and Wako stayed at home; Sugata for obvious reasons and Wako because [...]
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Episode 8! Summary Sugata vs Takuto battle of the bros! Today’s episode starts us out with Sakana aka fish girl telling the rest of her story as she finishes the story she is asked to leave, well more like kicked out as he leaves her she cries. Then we join the Crux members chatting it [...]
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Star Driver goes from zero to BL in one second. They don’t even need to rev up beforehand — just one punch, and ♥ KIRA-BL-SHI ♥ So yes, Sugata and Takuto spend the second half of the episode fisting each other, but not in the way one might expect. No, this is more the G [...]
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Wako was obviously in distressed about Sugata and Takuto was feeling helpless about it. I hope he realized that it's morally ethical not to snatch Wako away from Sugata at this point otherwise it would be a cheap shot as a protagonist.Tha President kinda soothed him though. The trio hold so many promises, she said to Takuto. Before when there were only Wako and Sugata, she can't picture them having a happy life in the future but with the arrival of Takuto, that changed. Whether or not he was a third wheel will remain to be seen.On the other hand, the Glittering Crux were having a meeting regarding the King's Pillar. They are sending the freckled girl to finish the job which mean she needs to kill Sugata to ensure that the King's Pillar will not reawakened and threatened them.And so the fish girl started to sing and the battle begin. This time even Sugata is present in Zero Time. He's still unconscious though so I really do hope Takuto can protect Sugata from getting killed. I mean the battle was getting fiercer with every episodes and this time around, the bad Cybody can freaking swim. It was cool as hell. Takuto and Tauburn had a hard time defending themselves. Further more, they had Sugata to worry about as well.Heh, what do you know. Their plan pretty much backfired because it just brought Sugata back to life. But that happened in Zero Time. In real time, Sugata apprivoised again. He might be awake but he has lost his will. He is now like a living zombie. I take it back. He better off dead if this is how he ended up. I don't wish this kind of things to happen to anyone. It's the worse imo.What worst is the fact that the pink haired girl get to him first. Since he has no will, with only one kiss, he is under her control which mean Samekh is now under the Glittering Crux command. FUCK FUCK FUCK. Yes, I did literally scream that and it's half and hour past midnight.Argh Sugata WTF?!As for the story of Sam, he asked for the Galactic Ship and his wish was granted. However to sail it, he has to kill the girl he loved which he did. In the end it was not the girl that he loved but the longing to venture out to the galaxy. After a while he begin to regret his decision but it was all too late.The end.Sounds familiar? Yes, because that's pretty much sums up what I think is going on with Sugata. It damn breaks my heart.But the fish girl is now free. Head is not happy with how the story ends. I am still pretty much intrigued with Head. He's so fucking mysterious. Mysterious is good.In episode 8, Sugata, like what I've been afraid of, totally changed. He's no longer give a damn about Wako and is a total jerk overall. I would be surprised if no one put two and two together. Did they do not know the power of the pink haired girl? Did Takuto really think it was just a kiss? Jeebus.I want Sugata to fucking snap out of it already!tbh, if I had the same power, I would have done the same thing towards Sugata but totally for different reason XDOf course Takuto won't do nothing even if he didn't understand. He tried to talk face to face with Sugata and even tried to punch him for refusing Wako's present. And just like true men, they let their fists do the talking. I got to admit, if I wasn't such a fangirl for this show before, the following scene definitely made me one *squeals*Just as things were about to get awesome, Scarlet Kiss started Zero Time and kidnapped Sugata in order to use his power. I was underestimating Sugata. He freed himself from Scarlet Kiss' mind control and take over the cybody to kick Tauburn's mecha ass. I love the fight. No complains because they need to do this to move on and be friends again. I hate seeing the two of them at each other's throat. They need to do this to understand each other a little better, if that make sense.I literally go Awwwwwwwwwwwww =3The animation once again impressed me. For example, when fish girl was telling the story in episode 7, Head was playing with candies. I love what they did with the animation. It is certainly caught my attention. And look at the silhouette of Takuto and Sugata up that hill in the above screen caps. Aren't they pretty? Also take a look at this:ImpressiveThis show just fucking blew me away. I'm gonna fapping my way to bed in a moment :D
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I originally had plans to bring them all together into one post, but I ended up not having enough time to watch all of them in a row, so I’ll do one at a time; hopefully one a day. Starting with Episode 6. Kiraboshi! *pose* Wako takes Takuto into town to find a watchmaker to [...]
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Episode 08 – Always Like a Shooting Star -　いつだって隆盛のように (itsudatte ryuusei no youni) Well, color me impressed. This show continues to build up, and this episode just proves how this show is finally starting to get somewhere, especially with the release of Sakana-chan and the fight between Takuto and Sugata. The creators have done a [...]
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Now I know Star Driver operates on a certain degree of ridiculousness (ie the things they wear) but… Is this really how males bond? Now I’m not a guy (though I suppose there’s no real way for anyone to verify that, so you’re just going to have to trust me) so I don’t understand the [...]
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