Friday, June 8, 2012

Anime's of yesterday (REVIEW): Gundam SEED


Konnichiwa minna! After weeks of absence, I'm finally back! And this time, we are to review and revisit old memories by reviewing 2003's Gundam SEED! This is like a remaster of the old Gundam series'. It revolves around a 16-year-old teenager living in a neutral colony but soon joins the military reluctantly. 

Gundam SEED mixes many genres into one show. It shows mecha, romance, action and a little bit of mystery. It's soundtracks are sung by the greats. These greats are Nami Tamaki, FictionJunction Yuuka, T.M. Revolution. It has 50 non-boring episodes that will really make you think what happened. Although, I felt bad about the characters who had potential, but was thrown away easily.

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Anime Review: Guilty Crown


Wow. If I had to describe this anime in one word, the word is EPIC. The story is filled with psychological plots on how it all started. Then as the show goes on, more and more is revealed on what really occurred on that fateful day, the reason everything happened.

It takes place on a futuristic era, set on 2039. Humanity had encountered a strange virus that crystallizes a person. In 2029, when the virus spread throughout Japan, a multinational corporation called GHQ helped Japan and was paid back by their freedom.  The story is about a 17-year old guy, Shu Ouma, who gained the "Power of the Kings." Shu was a normal High school student until he met Inori Yuzuriha, a girl from a band named EGOIST, and was a member of a rebel group. He falls for her and reluctantly joins the rebellious group who call themselves "Undertakers" or "Funeral Parlor." 

The "Power of Kings" gives Shu an incredible ability. To draw out people's hearts as a weapon. They are called voids. Human heart that takes shape into the person's fear or personality. And Shu has the ability to draw it out and use it.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Manga Review: Aki Sora (Rated +17) + (SPOILERS)

Aki lives a wonderful life. She's got the beauty, intelligence, sports skills and popularity. Although, that changes when she's at home. She's very lazy and untidy leading her little brother, Sora, to clean it. Plus, Sora's twin sister Nami, is madly inlove with her best friend Kana, but doesn't admit it. 

Bullied by Nami and often teased by Aki, Sora is left to do chores their mom has to do. But, where's their mom? She's busy with work like most moms. I'll add more, Sora actually harbors lustful feelings for his big sister Aki, who feels the same. It's an adventure and they have to work hard in order to keep these feelings from being discovered by their parents.

OKAY STOP. Let's take a break here and read my opinion. I saw this manga when I was looking for something ecchi-ish to read, but I didn't think it was this strong. Sex is shown throughout the whole story, but no showing of genitals to be safe.

STORY + OPINION: 10/10
The story is about two siblings having deep love for each other to the point that they actually committed incest. But doing it once didn't satisfy them, as they did it many more times and stopped when they were caught by somebody they know. I'll be hiding that character for now and will reveal it later.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Anime Review: Infinite Stratos


First impression, mechs battling each other. Reality, HAREM. Don't expect long mecha battle scenes guys. The anime is clearly a Mecha Harem, with Harem overpowering. The protagonist will be surrounded by four beautiful girls as they try to make him fall in love with them.

The anime aired from January up to March of 2011 and finished with 12 episodes plus one OVA.

Set in the future, war between men and women wouldn't last more than three days. Women had been superior to the men, as they are able to pilot the powered exoskeleton called IS or Infinite Stratos, made by Dr. Tabane Shinonono.

Then, military offices were hacked and missiles launched as soon as Dr. Tabane showed the entire world her life-changing invention. Unexpectedly, an IS appears, piloted by an unknown woman who had stopped all the missiles and disappeared like it never happened.


Thursday, May 10, 2012

Anime Review: Another (SPOILER ALERT)

Breaking away from all the funny things and harem, my cousin offered me to watch this anime called "Another". Curious, I told him to make a copy on my flash drive as I'm gonna watch it. Fortunately, it didn't take much space. But there was something else. He told me to watch it at night.

I was very impressed with the art. It had well-drawn characters and the best CGI rendering yet. The anime was just published recently, it started in January and ended in March. All in all, it has twelve episodes and has an OVA currently in production. And so, yes. I watched it at night. I started at six sharp in the evening and finished it all at twelve.

The anime will make you use your brains as it will test how much you can do as a detective. The plot is very complex, as it was always present during the anime. As I told you, I broke away from the harem and funny scenes to much more dark ones like this. Oh, by the way, it's also gore.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Anime Review: Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!

Good evening! Hello again, this time I'm reviewing yet another harem! Well, it's kinda toned down as the guy is 17 years old and the girls are 14. The title is Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai! or MY LITTLE SISTER CAN'T BE THIS CUTE! Lengthy title if you ask me, so I just call it OreImo or My Sister.

I found this anime while browsing at a blog. It's a relatively good anime, something everyone can relate to. Even if you don't have a sister or the opposite. An incest anime without the sex and the love is replaced by a brother-sister love.

It's centered around the distant relationship of the "Super Average" 17-year-old Kyosuke Kousaka and his 14-year-old beautiful, Otaku, perverted and  "tsundere" sister, Kirino Kousaka, and how they try to know each other despite not communicating for many years even though they're at the same place. The only communication they go through is "Tadaima!" or "I'm home!" in English.

Local News: Tulfo brothers react to the brawl and apologizes


MONDAY-The Tulfo brothers' daily program had aired and after their local interventions, they finally spoke to the media about the Raymart-Tulfo Brawl that happened the day before. They got as far as threatening the Showbiz couple on National TV. 

Raffy Tulfo was up first and started the threat. He stated, "Raymart, you're lucky. You're lucky you had companions. But even if you ganged up on him, I'm very proud of him as he was able to push one down. Cause, if you had faced my brother one-on-one, your butt may be at your mouth right now. He's an Aikido expert." 

"Please, let's not cross paths at a mall. Pray. You're a ************. Light up your candles right now boy. **********." he added. "I can just stated one thing about Raymart and Claudine," Erwin said. "You know? You just got lucky my brother was alone at that time. If we got on the same flight and the fight happened, it wouldn't turn out that way.   I can only say one thing, Mr. Santiago... Both of you are big liars. Even if you ask anybody, my brother didn't throw the first punch." he stated.