Hi-sCool Seha Girls final impressions (9-13)

Turning objects/items into walking, talking female protagonists seems like a trend in Japan. The first time I ever heard anything about this was the "OS-tan". That's when Microsoft and Mac OS versions get turned into girls.  So why not Sega video game systems.

from left to right: Mega Drive, Saturn, Dreamcast

One of the best things about this is the span of history that the show goes over. From the Arcade 80s all the way to game references released in the late 2000s. Kudos to Sega and TMS Entertainment for keeping the original graphics/ looks of the various worlds that the Hardware Girls visit.  

I can see a lot of Anime viewers just dropping or avoiding this show due to the varying graphical styles, About half of each episode is just the girls trying to crack cultural jokes and puns at one another.  Strangely reminded me of The Super Mario Super Show (minus the live-action).Episodes are half the length of a normal Anime Tv series  Definitely worth watching if you were a big Sega console fan growing up.

The final episode of  the show is really bittersweet since any current gamer will probably know that the last home console that Sega made was the Dreamcast .  I kind of wish that Game Gear got more representation than just a cameo in one episode.  Oh and "Segata Sanshiro  commerical are wacky. Even more so than the Legend of Zelda wrap  What was with the "Foreigner" running gag for Sega Saturn? Did the console sell really well in North American and Europe or something?

Impressions on Hi-sCool Seha Girls episodes 2-4 fighting and dancing

I watched the initial episode earlier this year and after putting this series on hold for a good while I decided to continue watching by binge watching the next few episodes. Since each episode is short (just over 11 minutes w/ the intro/outro) it's easier to do than other shows.


The second episode of  Hi-sCool Seha Girls is dedicated to Sega's 3D fighting series "Virtua Fighter". The animators recreate the original graphics and animations. Dreamcast, Saturn and Mega Drive look so much better in comparison. I'm guessing this is why We have CGI main characters. Goes better when the girls go into the other Sega game worlds...

Started Watching: Hi Scool Seha Girls

I got done watching the first episode of the show and it's actually kind of fun if you owned or know of Sega's gaming history before they stopped making Video Game consoles. I love how they introduce Dreamcast and go one my selling points is that I can access the Internet.

Sega DremCast girl reminds me way too much of the Space Channel Five protagonist. The first episode introduced only some of the personified Sega gaming consoles... DreamCast, Saturn, Mega Drive ( What Genesis is called in Japan and Europe.) Looks like the next Episode will be dealing with the fighting game Virtua Fighter. I owned this game on the PC. Akira and that Ninja dude were my preferred fighters.

So I pick a show from 2014 to start watching it's very Retro/Historical. One Down 12 more eps to go.

The Walking Dead (Game) Season 1 and Season two on sale on Steam

The Walking Dead Episode Season 2 Episode 5 was released this week via digital download services like Steam. The Season finale for Clem and company.

For the next "day" Season 1 (5 episodes) and Season 2 (5 episodes) will be discounted on the service. Part of the "Midweek Madness" sale that Steam regularly has. Each season is going for $10.00 or less.

Defintely worth playing if you are a fan of Point and Click, story focused games.

Season 1 $6.24
Season 2 $9.99

Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment has so many errors in the translation

Sword Art Online (SAO) : Hollow Fragment is a video game (based on a popular Anime series) that was recently released in North America for the Sony PlayStation Vita. The game was developed and released by Bandai Namco Games.

Look at the screenshot above where the player-character Kirito (not shown) is talking to these two female characters. Here he says "Let me Know anytime if there are something that you want to know." Pretty easy to spot the glaring error.This is just one example of the issues with the English script in the final game.

Still not as famous as "All your base are belong to us".

Serendipity is very close to not meeting the funding mark

Back around the 10th of the month a new crowd-funding  website popped up on the Internet, It's focused specifically on Japanese Animation/ Anime.   Their very first project  is called Serendipity. 

Anicool seems to borrow quite a lot from the more well-known Kickstarter. The most obvious similarity is the various rewards offered to people that give a certain amount of money to the funding goal.

 Anicool  funds projects in Yen as opposed to USD.   In order for Serendipity to be fully funded "they" need a total of 1,000,000.00 Yen. I ran this through Google and it converts to around 9,818.84 USD. Valid exchange rate at the time of this post.

Only hours left until the 2nd episode of Sailor Moon Crystal

It will be released by the time you read this but  Tomorrow is the third Saturday of the Month and that means the next episode is going to be released onto Crunchyroll and Hulu.

If you saw episode 1, we're going to meet the next key character. Hopefully the chosen voice talent is able to do the role justice.

Anime Midwest 2014 - A convention going on right now in Rosemont IL

Anime Midwest 2014 is actually going on today (Friday) July 4th until (Sunday) the 6th. Seems like a fairly new fan convention because they have this thing about limiting the attendance to 10,00 people.  I'm guessing so that's the magic number for the staff to be able to manage things at the moment.  According to their attendance tracker, they've only sold half of their maximum capacity. Good chance you can go there during the weekend.

Seems like if you are a fan of drinking Mountain Dew soda, than this is a good place to hang out as Attendees get free soda and Ramen ( have no clue if it's instant or an actual ramen shop setup. )



It is being held in the town of Rosemont, IL, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center and Hyatt Regency. Now if these to venues sound familiar then you're thinking of the other Anime Con that happens in Illinois, Anime Central. "Acen" took place in May of this year.


Some notable attendees :

• Nostalgia Critic (Doug Walker)
• Linkara
•  Johnny Yong Bosch
• Sonny Strait
• Chris Patton
•  Caitlin Glass

Link to their website
Link to their Facebook page 

Finally getting around to watching the Sailor Moon Crystal trailer

It's going to begin airing in Japan in 4 days. This trailer was originally uploaded to a Japanese Youtube account back in the beginning of June. Features the character,  Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon.  looks so much cleaner/sleeker than how she was in the early 1990s.

The original Japanese voice actress for Sailor Moon is back to reprise her role. Which is awesome that she can still do the high pitched "Whinny" sound from the 1990s. Kotono Mitsuishi has since gone on to play other notable roles such as Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion)  and Marrue Ramius (Gundam Seed/Destiny.) I'm really hoping that there is more to this iteration of Sailor Moon than a crybaby Usagi-chan.  Come  on lead writer for the show, hope you can do something


We get quick still shots of the other 4 Sailor Senshi. Wonder how many of those actors are returning? Looks like Viz Media already picked up the rights for it in North America.

 Here's a link (redirect to Youtube) for those who can't see embeded flash video

I just Signed up for a DBZ mailing list

The latest Dragon Ball Z movie, Battle of the Gods is having a limited Theatrical release in North America. The good news is that we have  the screening dates for this coming August, 2014

The Days are...

• 5 -Tuesday
• 6 -Wednesday
• 7 -Thursday
• 9 -Saturday  

I got the dates off of Funimation's site. The bad news is that we don't have any city or specific movie theater information (where and when) as of yet.  Funimation only has a countdown timer to the dates above. There is also a notification signup form for e-mail and/or text messages.  Has a button to view the trailer and an inactive button to purchase theater tickets later down the line.

http://bit.ly/1qeH0MY link to Battle of the Gods page

There's actually more live-action Great Teacher Onizuka

Sometimes simply called "GTO" Teacher Onizuka was originally a Manga or Japanese comic about a tough, biker guy who dreams of being a School teacher.  The Manga originally began in the late 1990s and a 43-episode Anime was made soon after.  I did watch the Anime way back in the mid 2000s. I remember enjoying the story and characters.   Sadly it ended prior to the Manga being completed. In 2012 A live-action, abbriged, adaptation aired in Japan. Now it's 2014 a short 4-episode sequel or side story.

GTO Taiwan stars "Akira" of Exile in the titular role. By the time you read this post all episodes can be seen on Crunchyroll. The video streaming site. Just a heads up to any of you GTO fans out there.

Anime Still Airing on Local Broadcast TV in 2014

As far as my local TV stations are concerned. For better context I should say which area I live in.  I live in a suburb outside of Chicago, Illinois. We have local channels from 2 to 32. plus or minus if you add the digital sub-channels.

Well on channel 9/9.1 (WGN/CW) there is Anime shown on Saturday morning. A mix of older shows and newer shows. The Block is called "Vortexx" None of the titles will surprise you...




All times are in Central United States time and the shows are aired English-dubbed


Sonic X  8:00 AM
Yugioh 11:00 AM
Dragon Ball Z Kai  10:00 AM
Yugioh Zexal 11:30 AM
Digimon Fusion 10:30 AM