This news from ANN has me extremely surprised. Card Captor Sakura Anime is a magical girl CLAMP title from the late 90s. The last time we ever saw Sakura and few others was Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Manga and Anime.
According to the ANN post the key voice actors will be reprising their roles and even better news is that animation studio Madhouse is doing the Animation work. They were the ones that animated the CCS TV series and two movies. Can't wait to see them apply their modern tools and skill set to
Got to wait Until at least 2018 though, I hope it gets Simulcast on Crunchyroll when it airs in Japan.
You can read the ANN post below:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-26/cardcaptor-sakura-clear-card-arc-manga-gets-tv-anime-series-in-january-2018/.109204
Monday, November 28, 2016
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Naruto Shippuden is getting a board game (spoilers)
Found this overview/preview video on The Dice Tower youtube channel.
Monday, May 09, 2016
That Humble Manga Bundle
A few days left for this one and it's got some fairly well-known titles such as the first volumes of Parasyte and Attack on Titan. Both of these are probably better known for their Anime series adaptations. At least current titles (in the fandom) were chosen to be in the bundle.
It's only sold 5900 bundles at the time of this post but I hope Viz will do this too at some point.
It's only sold 5900 bundles at the time of this post but I hope Viz will do this too at some point.
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Just Finished: Familiar of Zero Season 2
Season 2 aka Knight of the Twin Moons is a 12 episode season that picks up right where Season 1 left off. With Loise and the boy from another world (Modern day Japan) , Saito.
Agnes, royal guard captain probably gets most of the character development in this season. I guess the initial concept of Familiar of Zero aka Zero no Tsukaima drew me in back in 2007 but I wanted more. The steady development of the main relationship, an evolution of Saito's ability. Just something.
The use of WW II fighter was really stretching it for me. Teenage boy knows how to make repairs to the war plane after it was just in a rough landing. Fixed it with metal and items found in a Medieval world. Sort of reminds me of "Army of Darkness" to be fair to FOZ. One was about a making a chainsaw and "boomstick" usuable while the other is about a flying hunk of metal...
Agnes, royal guard captain probably gets most of the character development in this season. I guess the initial concept of Familiar of Zero aka Zero no Tsukaima drew me in back in 2007 but I wanted more. The steady development of the main relationship, an evolution of Saito's ability. Just something.
The use of WW II fighter was really stretching it for me. Teenage boy knows how to make repairs to the war plane after it was just in a rough landing. Fixed it with metal and items found in a Medieval world. Sort of reminds me of "Army of Darkness" to be fair to FOZ. One was about a making a chainsaw and "boomstick" usuable while the other is about a flying hunk of metal...
Tuesday, February 02, 2016
Started watching Dagashi Kashi
It is an Anime that started airing last month and so far only four episodes are out/simulcast. The show is about a boy that wants to become a manga artist but his father wants him to carry on the family business of running a countryside snack shop. The shop also sells model kits.
The main protagonist's name is a pun of Coconuts.
Oh and the show follows the trope of one of the parents not being with the family for one reason or another. The dad is as big of a goofball as the dad from Bleach. So many Gundam parody sequences in just two episodes.
Only seen the first two episodes so far and it is really a nonsense show. My only real takeaway so far is that I like to eat Japanese snacks (like potato chip flavors unique to Japan,Konpeito, Pocky, Ramune and so on.) This show has gotten me interested in trying more stuff. In the first episode alone, I had to look up that snack featured there. Umaibo?
I think that Funimation and Japancrate (japanese snack subscription service) should do a cross-promotion for the show. How or what I don't know but it would make sense and since it's being simulcast via English Subs, do it now while it's timely.
The main protagonist's name is a pun of Coconuts.
Oh and the show follows the trope of one of the parents not being with the family for one reason or another. The dad is as big of a goofball as the dad from Bleach. So many Gundam parody sequences in just two episodes.
Only seen the first two episodes so far and it is really a nonsense show. My only real takeaway so far is that I like to eat Japanese snacks (like potato chip flavors unique to Japan,Konpeito, Pocky, Ramune and so on.) This show has gotten me interested in trying more stuff. In the first episode alone, I had to look up that snack featured there. Umaibo?
I think that Funimation and Japancrate (japanese snack subscription service) should do a cross-promotion for the show. How or what I don't know but it would make sense and since it's being simulcast via English Subs, do it now while it's timely.
Monday, January 04, 2016
Starting off 2016 with a Final Fantasy Record Keeper event
Final Fantasy Record Keeper is a mobile game (for Android and iOS) that does away with the Story and exploration of Final Fantasy and focuses a great deal on the turn-based from From Final Fantasy 1 up to 10. It is a collaboration between Square-Enix and DeNA. Free to download a play and so far the only pay system is to get more chances to get rare items.
Battle is setup like older games , You pick up to 5 characters to be in you battle party. Each character on the team gets a weapon, armor, an accessory and two assignable abilities. You choose actions via touching the commands at the bottom of the screen. What makes this more interesting than the actual main games is that Record Keeper allows you mix you battle party with both Heroes and Villains. Even bad guys have limit (Soul) break skills.
Around New Years 2016, A New Event called Defying Fate started up where you could recruit all of Final Fantasy X characters available so far (Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu and so on) The New character being Rikku, the thief.
Battle is setup like older games , You pick up to 5 characters to be in you battle party. Each character on the team gets a weapon, armor, an accessory and two assignable abilities. You choose actions via touching the commands at the bottom of the screen. What makes this more interesting than the actual main games is that Record Keeper allows you mix you battle party with both Heroes and Villains. Even bad guys have limit (Soul) break skills.
Around New Years 2016, A New Event called Defying Fate started up where you could recruit all of Final Fantasy X characters available so far (Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu and so on) The New character being Rikku, the thief.
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Currently Watching - Chivalry of a Failed Knight
One of the few 2015 Anime that I watched this year was Chivalry of A Failed Knight (The Worst One)
A total of 12 episodes and the series follows the usual Shonen/Action Tournament Anime. Follows the life and battles of Kurogane Ikki. He is indeed the titular "Failed Knight"/ The Worst One because among all the students in the school with Sword-magic, he can't enchant his sword with magic. be it elemental or otherwise. The school gives him a student rating of F (the best being an A-rank).
Most of the usual RPG elementals tropes are here (Fire, Water, Lightning).
The art direction for the last two episodes goes really out there as it takes a Grey, Black, and white with hints of red, blue, and yellow in select objects or characters. The actual picture quality of show goes into a "Grindhouse" mode where you can see more noise and pop in the picture like it was and old film. Something odd to be sure and really got my attention...
A total of 12 episodes and the series follows the usual Shonen/Action Tournament Anime. Follows the life and battles of Kurogane Ikki. He is indeed the titular "Failed Knight"/ The Worst One because among all the students in the school with Sword-magic, he can't enchant his sword with magic. be it elemental or otherwise. The school gives him a student rating of F (the best being an A-rank).
Most of the usual RPG elementals tropes are here (Fire, Water, Lightning).
The art direction for the last two episodes goes really out there as it takes a Grey, Black, and white with hints of red, blue, and yellow in select objects or characters. The actual picture quality of show goes into a "Grindhouse" mode where you can see more noise and pop in the picture like it was and old film. Something odd to be sure and really got my attention...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
J-list asks about the oldest Anime title you have ever seen
Anime then and now. So, what's the oldest anime you've watched?
Posted by J-List on Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Took me a few minutes to think of an answer and the oldest Anime I've ever seen is either a few episodes from the Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, or Lupin The Third series that originally aired back in the early 1970s. I am going off of Anime News Network's date info.
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
The Samurai Pizza Cats are now on Crunchy Roll!
Three cats that operate a Delivery service and hero business to stop The Big Cheese. Probably one of the few English dubs that give a pass to no matter how much it changed from the original Japanese script. Mainly due to the fact that the characters in the show are anthropomorphic cats and other animals that talk like humans and the three protagonists don battle armor and launch out of a cannon.
I haven't watched the show since 2000 so the heavy pop culture references might make this an odd watch for younger Anime fans. You can find the show on Crunchyroll's site at the time of this post, the first 18 episodes of the show are viewable for free, while the rest of the episodes are locked away for paid Premium CR users. Thanks Crunchyroll and Discotek Media for making this happen.
I haven't watched the show since 2000 so the heavy pop culture references might make this an odd watch for younger Anime fans. You can find the show on Crunchyroll's site at the time of this post, the first 18 episodes of the show are viewable for free, while the rest of the episodes are locked away for paid Premium CR users. Thanks Crunchyroll and Discotek Media for making this happen.
Monday, December 07, 2015
My opinon on the FF VII Remake gameplay trailer
I just finished watching the first gameplay trailer for the highly-anticipated Final Fantasy VII remake by Square-Enix and here are my main thoughts and hopes for any upcoming trailers.
The graphics looked good. Seems like the team working on FF VII remake is using the same high-end toolbox as the FF XV team. It's going to be fun exploring the slums and Golden Saucer with the new graphics and camera prospective.
The Action RPG like battles are ok with me. It was all about the limit break and Materia System that really stood out to me in the original game anyway. After playing several hours of Kingdom Hearts and FF Dissida, I'm quite alright with a more fluid combat system. This gameplay trailer didn't really show the Materia system/menu at all. Only showed the first mission, with Cloud and Barret, so view of what Tifa or Red XIII and the rest of the gang look like.
The graphics looked good. Seems like the team working on FF VII remake is using the same high-end toolbox as the FF XV team. It's going to be fun exploring the slums and Golden Saucer with the new graphics and camera prospective.
The Action RPG like battles are ok with me. It was all about the limit break and Materia System that really stood out to me in the original game anyway. After playing several hours of Kingdom Hearts and FF Dissida, I'm quite alright with a more fluid combat system. This gameplay trailer didn't really show the Materia system/menu at all. Only showed the first mission, with Cloud and Barret, so view of what Tifa or Red XIII and the rest of the gang look like.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
One could hope that there would be another Viewtiful Joe or Okami
もしもぼくが続編を作らせてもらえるとしたらどれがいいですか…？ If II can make a sequel, which one do you want to see?
— 神谷英樹 Hideki Kamiya (@PG_kamiya) November 24, 2015
Hideki Kamiya directed the original Devil May Cry game and the more recent Bayonetta games that Platinum Games has developed. I casted my vote and gave it to Okami but either Okami or Viewtifiul Joe sequel would be ok with me.
Friday, October 30, 2015
The Legend of Zelda representing video game music on a talk show
Video Game concert tours have been happening outside of Japan since the mid 2000s Thanks to people in the Industry like Tommy Tallarico and Nobuo Uematsu. Today there are big three video game related concert series that I know of.
- Distant Worlds (Final Fantasy)
- Video Games Live ( A mix of Japanese and Western developed games)
- Symphony of the Goddesses (The Legend of Zelda)
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
The Back To The Future adventure game is on sale and Rocket League car DLC
Today is October 21, 2015. Big deal to Back To The Future movie fans. Steam is having a 75% off sale on Back To the Future:The Game. An adventure game developed by Telltale Games.
Picks up after the end of the movie Trilogy and some of the original actors from the movies do voice work for the game. A.J. LoCascio does an great voice impersonation of Michel J. Fox/ Marty McFly
Rocket League is a competitive sports game where you play International Football aka Soccer by driving cars around a giant field. The Iconic Delorean is now a DLC car in the game! Complete with Flame and light streaks. This might be enough to at least get me to play the game for a few matches.
For Marty McFly and Dr. Emmett Brown the future was today.
Picks up after the end of the movie Trilogy and some of the original actors from the movies do voice work for the game. A.J. LoCascio does an great voice impersonation of Michel J. Fox/ Marty McFly
Rocket League is a competitive sports game where you play International Football aka Soccer by driving cars around a giant field. The Iconic Delorean is now a DLC car in the game! Complete with Flame and light streaks. This might be enough to at least get me to play the game for a few matches.
For Marty McFly and Dr. Emmett Brown the future was today.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Well I underestimated the system requirements for Battlefront
Wow! The PC/Windows system requirements are slightly above what I was expecting. Talking about the RAM (computer's system memory) and the Graphics Card power.
CPU: Intel Core i3 6300T
-That's a processor that was released this year! Dual core at 3.3 Ghz with hyper threading. Basically telling you to invest in a full 4-core system if you haven't already.
8GB of System RAM minimum (16 recommended). I only have 4 installed in this system now so I would be looking at an $80.00 dollar investment for 8 GB from the same brand and series I prefer.
40 GB of Hard drive space is sort of the expected thing for "AAA" games these days so that's nothing all that noteworthy.
Nvidia GTX 660 with 2 GB of VRAM. So I looked up the reference specs on Nvidia's website and that would be 960 Cuda cores at a clock speed of 980 MHz. GDDR5 VRAM. This would be another $200.00 upgrade for me to get a GTX 960.
CPU: Intel Core i3 6300T
-That's a processor that was released this year! Dual core at 3.3 Ghz with hyper threading. Basically telling you to invest in a full 4-core system if you haven't already.
8GB of System RAM minimum (16 recommended). I only have 4 installed in this system now so I would be looking at an $80.00 dollar investment for 8 GB from the same brand and series I prefer.
40 GB of Hard drive space is sort of the expected thing for "AAA" games these days so that's nothing all that noteworthy.
Nvidia GTX 660 with 2 GB of VRAM. So I looked up the reference specs on Nvidia's website and that would be 960 Cuda cores at a clock speed of 980 MHz. GDDR5 VRAM. This would be another $200.00 upgrade for me to get a GTX 960.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Re-watched: Tekkaman Blade II
The direct sequel to 1990s Tekkaman/ Teknoman (the name that Saban Entertainment gave it)
This being a 6-episode OAV and not a full TV show. The Tekkamans or Radam technology seem to favor the color red for both the good and evil ones. The big problem presented in Tekkaman Blade II is the fact that Earth scientists finally figure out how Tek Setter (transformations) works and how to recreate it near perfectly without the mind control side-effects. Unfortunately the tech falls into the hands of some not so nice people. While I don't think the OVA is a good stand-alone experience. Any fan of Tekkaman Blade (TV series) should take the time to watch
One thing I really answer is what happened to one of the former member of the Space Knights team from the prior show. You would have thought that Rebin would have continued to work on the Tekkaman project but no sign of him.
I think Discotek Media is currently publishing the series on physical DVD. The protagonist characters here were featured in a strategy-RPG game for the Nintendo DS. "Super Robot Wars W". Sadly never released for English speaking gamers.
This being a 6-episode OAV and not a full TV show. The Tekkamans or Radam technology seem to favor the color red for both the good and evil ones. The big problem presented in Tekkaman Blade II is the fact that Earth scientists finally figure out how Tek Setter (transformations) works and how to recreate it near perfectly without the mind control side-effects. Unfortunately the tech falls into the hands of some not so nice people. While I don't think the OVA is a good stand-alone experience. Any fan of Tekkaman Blade (TV series) should take the time to watch
One thing I really answer is what happened to one of the former member of the Space Knights team from the prior show. You would have thought that Rebin would have continued to work on the Tekkaman project but no sign of him.
I think Discotek Media is currently publishing the series on physical DVD. The protagonist characters here were featured in a strategy-RPG game for the Nintendo DS. "Super Robot Wars W". Sadly never released for English speaking gamers.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Attack on Titan Live action films will be in some "Chicago land" theaters
Any Attack on Titan fans in the state of Illinois? Well the live action movies from Japan will be having a very limited release in Chicago and select theaters in the suburbs . Both parts 1 and 2 will be screened on different days and Months (September and October)
I'm not really a fan of the Anime, Only seen the first episode so far but something like this deserves a shout out. An authentic Live-Action adaptation brought over from Japan.
http://www.attackontitanthemovie.com/
Just skip the intro and punch in your zip code to see if a theater near you will be showing the two films. really neat how the map results have that custom Attack on Titan emblem for the map results.
If you put in Chicago/60606 then
Music Box Theater
Studio Movie Grill Chatham 14
Muvico Rosemont 18
come up as results...
I'll wait and gets released on North American home video. Don't want to watch the films until I get around to seeing the Anime first.
I'm not really a fan of the Anime, Only seen the first episode so far but something like this deserves a shout out. An authentic Live-Action adaptation brought over from Japan.
http://www.attackontitanthemovie.com/
Just skip the intro and punch in your zip code to see if a theater near you will be showing the two films. really neat how the map results have that custom Attack on Titan emblem for the map results.
If you put in Chicago/60606 then
Music Box Theater
Studio Movie Grill Chatham 14
Muvico Rosemont 18
come up as results...
I'll wait and gets released on North American home video. Don't want to watch the films until I get around to seeing the Anime first.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
One of the Anime Podcasts I listen to has gone into Hiatus
It's kind of sad news to hear especially if you're a long time listener to the main show. Anime-Pulse was one of the main Anime podcasts I first listened to on a regular basis. The hosting pair chose some good names to go by. Ichigo I'm guessing from the protagonist of (Tite Kubo's) Bleach, which had been airing in Japan/ "fan subbed" for around a year by that time. The other co-host went by the name Batou which came from (Shirow Masamune's) Ghost in the Shell. I think I started listening to them around their 10th published episode. Been a good run of 10 years talking about Anime.
I was only really subscribed via RSS to the the original show, none of the spinoffs live Manga-Pulse and VG-pulse really appealed to me. This now joins the other Anime news/review podcast I used to listen to back in the day which was the"Weekly Anime Review Podcast".
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I was only really subscribed via RSS to the the original show, none of the spinoffs live Manga-Pulse and VG-pulse really appealed to me. This now joins the other Anime news/review podcast I used to listen to back in the day which was the"Weekly Anime Review Podcast".
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Sunday, September 06, 2015
Live-Action Angel Heart adaptation? Might watch it
Not to be confused with the Hollywood film from the 1980s, Angel Heart is a Manga series drawn/ written by Tsukasa Hojo and is a sequel to the longer running City Hunter. I enjoy what I've seen of both series but it's actually nice to have are more authentic take on this world.
There was a movie from 90s called City Hunter that starred well-known Action star Jackie Chan. Fun movie even has a few memorable pop culture references in it but not quite faithful to the original work. In 2011 there was that South Korean drama series.
According to this post on Crunchyroll The two major (in my opinion) roles in the Angel Heart story have been cast. Ryo Saeba and Xiang-Ying. Anyway I hope the streaming rights to this show get picked up by Crunchyroll or it ends up on Hulu's Asian drama section.
There was a movie from 90s called City Hunter that starred well-known Action star Jackie Chan. Fun movie even has a few memorable pop culture references in it but not quite faithful to the original work. In 2011 there was that South Korean drama series.
According to this post on Crunchyroll The two major (in my opinion) roles in the Angel Heart story have been cast. Ryo Saeba and Xiang-Ying. Anyway I hope the streaming rights to this show get picked up by Crunchyroll or it ends up on Hulu's Asian drama section.
Thursday, August 27, 2015
You can buy the older fallout games on GOG once again.
While waiting for Fallout 4 why not play the entries that started the series? Back at the start of 2014 All of the Fallout games were removed from the Good Old Games store.
http://www.gog.com/promo/bethesda_launch_fallout_bundle_260815
Goodbyes are not forever (and war never changes). @Fallout is back, fully #DRMfree! http://t.co/DowKmrUEht pic.twitter.com/8dH6yJRBko
— GOG.com (@GOGcom) August 27, 2015
- Fallout 1
- Fallout 2
- Fallout Tactics
http://www.gog.com/promo/bethesda_launch_fallout_bundle_260815
Friday, August 21, 2015
My thoughts after filling out the KONAMI heritage games survey
I don't really care about the possibility of a prize for participating in the survey. It is a good outlet to respectfully request for a Konami game series revival or sequel. A safer way than trying to "spam" their English Twitter account.
Of all the Konami owned franchises Silent Hill was strangely omitted from the selection screen. Obviously having to due with what happened with Silent Hills/PT. If you're a fan of Contra, Gradius, Castlevania, Vandal Hearts, Bomberman or in my specific case "Suikoden" or Genso Suikoden. This is the best way to let Konami know just how interested are you. Look I can understand that it's tough to think of 108 characters for each installment and think of an overall theme but it's been almost a whole decade since Suikoden V was released on the PS2. Thanks konami for finally digitally releasing Suikoden II on PSN.
That's right the series never landed on the last generation consoles (XBOX 360 and PS3) unless there was a Japan-only release I don't know about. We have yet to see what the series can look like with HD/1080p graphics.
I'll reiterate some of the points I put on the survey.... What I like about the Suikoden series was the turn-based combat mixed in with some strategy battles and recruiting those 108 possible characters that hang out at your base. Final Fantasy has Cid and the Suikoden series has that fast-travel character named Viki This is also one of those RPG series that had co-op/ team up attacks like those found in Chrono Trigger. As for musical soundtrack. The 3rd game has my overall favorite theme music.
The indie game scene has been trying to fill in the void left by Contra with games like Broforce and Mercenary Kings.
You can fill out the survey for yourself by follwing http://mobilesurvey.blicx.com/
Of all the Konami owned franchises Silent Hill was strangely omitted from the selection screen. Obviously having to due with what happened with Silent Hills/PT. If you're a fan of Contra, Gradius, Castlevania, Vandal Hearts, Bomberman or in my specific case "Suikoden" or Genso Suikoden. This is the best way to let Konami know just how interested are you. Look I can understand that it's tough to think of 108 characters for each installment and think of an overall theme but it's been almost a whole decade since Suikoden V was released on the PS2. Thanks konami for finally digitally releasing Suikoden II on PSN.
That's right the series never landed on the last generation consoles (XBOX 360 and PS3) unless there was a Japan-only release I don't know about. We have yet to see what the series can look like with HD/1080p graphics.
I'll reiterate some of the points I put on the survey.... What I like about the Suikoden series was the turn-based combat mixed in with some strategy battles and recruiting those 108 possible characters that hang out at your base. Final Fantasy has Cid and the Suikoden series has that fast-travel character named Viki This is also one of those RPG series that had co-op/ team up attacks like those found in Chrono Trigger. As for musical soundtrack. The 3rd game has my overall favorite theme music.
The indie game scene has been trying to fill in the void left by Contra with games like Broforce and Mercenary Kings.
You can fill out the survey for yourself by follwing http://mobilesurvey.blicx.com/
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