Gurren Lagan is a 2007, mecha series created by a favorite of mine. Gainax, though the company has gone down in quality with stuff they've made reccently, except for the Evangelion Rebulid movies and maybe even Stella Girl's Academy that I have yet to watch. Gurren Lagan in my opinion is defintely one of their best.
Story:
The story follows a young boy, a digger living underground. Along with Kamin, he's awesome sort of big brother. One day Simon finds a minature type drill, that glows.
Kamina tells our young hero that he's drill is the one that will piecre the heavens! but that's not all our two characters find underground, a big skull type creature. that is known as a Beastman, that our characters will keep fighting for the right and peace of living on the surface through out almost the rest of the series. However, another character is fighting the beastman as well and comes underground from another village, the beautiful gun-carrying Yoko. It turns out Simon's drill is a key to a tiny mecha known as a Gunmen. So! Yoko, Kamina, and Simon finally escaped to the surface from the beastman, Our heros and heroine will meet other characters along the way in their fight. Including the flamboyant mechanic, Lerron and the Beastman hunter Kittan and he's three sisters known as the Black Siblings.
Overall:
The series is just perfect, watching it makes me think of what makes a good anime.
The character designs are good as well, and sometimes the way the characters look in certain lighting is just great. The battles are quiet good. Some people say Raxephon and other series make up for Evangelion, but honestly I think Gurren Lagan does, even though it wasn't created by Hideki Anno. And of course being a Gainax series the soundtrack and music are good. I really can't think of a bad thing to say about it, I think the battles could be long sometimes, but they were still good. Just when you think things are bad towards the end of epsiodes sometimes in the series. at the end of them it just gives you a sense of hope and happiness. The ending is not half done with no ending, the series ends quiet beautifully. with that being said if you want a good mecha series or just hated Evangelion or weren't even happy with it, go with Gurren Lagan instead.
There's also two movies for the series, Gurren-Hen and Lagann-Hen that just basically give a recap of the series, and sometimes skips things around alot with montages basically, I would watch the whole 27-episode full series instead, it 's completely worth it I promise! and now.. I give the series a 10/10.
Until Next Time!
Friday, August 23, 2013
Monday, August 5, 2013
Sword Art Online Review
I've never done a full series review before. I've only done reviews per episodes
As I was finishing the series, I was badly ill with a cold, so... I may not give the clearest and the best review but I'll try ^_^
Sword Art Online is a huge series that came out while I was taking a break from anime, I didn't know about it until JesusOtaku's top openings of 2012 that I found out. I watched episode 1 on Hulu then stopped, I wasn't quiet ready to get back into anime. On my down time to decide what to do after finishing Evangelion so many weeks ago.... since Toonami is now showing the series, I honestly didn't care for how the dub script was done, it just felt out of place to me. so! I took it upon myself to finish the series.
Sword Art Online is based on a set of Light Novels by Reki Kawahara, who has also created Accel World, (I plan on reviewing that next) published by ASCII Media Works's Dengeki Bunko label in April 2009 following with a spin-off in October 2012. There is also a few manga adaptions as well. But today I'm talking about the anime that was released in July 2012 to December 2012.
The plot is set in the year 2022, were gaming and MMOs has become advance, through the means of Nerve Gear. The game device uses the brain of the player's all five senses to control their in-game character, in the game known as Sword Art online. Our main characters are
Kirigaya Kazuto "Kirito", a solo player known as the Black Swordsman.
Asuna Yuuki, Sub-leader of the Guild Knights Of The Blood
And a array of minor characters
So.. the series starts out quiet normally following the plot in episode 1 and 2. Then in episode 3 onward, we get array of flashbacks. Then the plot goes alot array of directions, not really sure where it wants to go and kind of goes flat We get a better even out plot around episode 7-9 In episode 9 or 8 felt like I started getting attached to the characters. I'd also like to point yes, there feels like there is plot holes, and not everything explained quiet well sometimes. The main male character is sterotypical but the female character, Asuna makes him a slighly more better character. The relationship and love story alone is kind of makes the series worth it, which in the end is what the series is a love story in a MMO setting. I'm sure some of the plot is filled in by the light novels, which.. I'm not sure if I'll finishing reading or not there are 13 volumes in all. Meaning I'm not sure if I wanna go through the series again in written form. In some ways you wanna just wanna finish the series already or not finish at all but it kind of holds you on cause you get attached alot I felt like I couldn't finish it it was sometimes predictable. So! after 18 episodes I dropped it. it is way overhyped. (however our newest popular series, Attack on Titian is not it's awesome! :D) Let's hope Accel World is better and doesn't go in a different direction then intended if not... screw it! I'll move on to something different. I do believe anime these days has gone a little bit in quality or my tastes have completely changed whatever the case, I give a overall 7, at least for the effort.
Until Next time! ^_^
As I was finishing the series, I was badly ill with a cold, so... I may not give the clearest and the best review but I'll try ^_^
Sword Art Online is a huge series that came out while I was taking a break from anime, I didn't know about it until JesusOtaku's top openings of 2012 that I found out. I watched episode 1 on Hulu then stopped, I wasn't quiet ready to get back into anime. On my down time to decide what to do after finishing Evangelion so many weeks ago.... since Toonami is now showing the series, I honestly didn't care for how the dub script was done, it just felt out of place to me. so! I took it upon myself to finish the series.
Sword Art Online is based on a set of Light Novels by Reki Kawahara, who has also created Accel World, (I plan on reviewing that next) published by ASCII Media Works's Dengeki Bunko label in April 2009 following with a spin-off in October 2012. There is also a few manga adaptions as well. But today I'm talking about the anime that was released in July 2012 to December 2012.
The plot is set in the year 2022, were gaming and MMOs has become advance, through the means of Nerve Gear. The game device uses the brain of the player's all five senses to control their in-game character, in the game known as Sword Art online. Our main characters are
Kirigaya Kazuto "Kirito", a solo player known as the Black Swordsman.
Asuna Yuuki, Sub-leader of the Guild Knights Of The Blood
And a array of minor characters
So.. the series starts out quiet normally following the plot in episode 1 and 2. Then in episode 3 onward, we get array of flashbacks. Then the plot goes alot array of directions, not really sure where it wants to go and kind of goes flat We get a better even out plot around episode 7-9 In episode 9 or 8 felt like I started getting attached to the characters. I'd also like to point yes, there feels like there is plot holes, and not everything explained quiet well sometimes. The main male character is sterotypical but the female character, Asuna makes him a slighly more better character. The relationship and love story alone is kind of makes the series worth it, which in the end is what the series is a love story in a MMO setting. I'm sure some of the plot is filled in by the light novels, which.. I'm not sure if I'll finishing reading or not there are 13 volumes in all. Meaning I'm not sure if I wanna go through the series again in written form. In some ways you wanna just wanna finish the series already or not finish at all but it kind of holds you on cause you get attached alot I felt like I couldn't finish it it was sometimes predictable. So! after 18 episodes I dropped it. it is way overhyped. (however our newest popular series, Attack on Titian is not it's awesome! :D) Let's hope Accel World is better and doesn't go in a different direction then intended if not... screw it! I'll move on to something different. I do believe anime these days has gone a little bit in quality or my tastes have completely changed whatever the case, I give a overall 7, at least for the effort.
Until Next time! ^_^
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Evangelion Episode 24
Ok! this is a post of something that means a whole lot me, and a couple and relationship that means alot to me, there's alot of misconception about these two characters in the fandom, and people who just don't care all that much about the series. i'm here to share and so... something from my own dvd.
This is regarding the almost the borderline romantic relationship between EVA pilot of unit 01 and main character of the cult 1995 Gainax classic. Shinji Ikari and Kaworu Nagasi the 17th angel. you can say i'm a fujoshi in some sense (a fangirl or fan of boy's love) but i'm not gonna ignore something right in front of me, and pretend i read between and call it like i see it :) this... is the subtitled ADV released of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Platinum Edition of volume 7, Episode 24:" The Beginning of the end"/Knockin' on Heaven's Door. the screenshots were taken by me to prove a point. I will not explain the plot of this episode, you'll have to wait until my retrospect of the series. There's alot of things missing that i did not screenshot or explain but you can see those for yourself :)
Shinji Meeting Kaworu: Kaworu hums "Ode to joy" explaining how music is great and singing etc. introductions are exchanged. later on something i did not put in Shinji is listening to "ode to joy" on he's cd/cassette player.
Shinji waiting or... maybe not :) Kaworu asks about what Shinji is doing, Shinji explains how EVA synch tests are done for the day, and he wants to take a bath and go home. Leading to Kaworu telling Shinji Home is happiness and about human lonliness basically.
Famous Bath scene :) (this was a damn lengthy one!)
After words Shinji says it's time to go to bed. Kaworu Shinji means go to bed together and sleep, Shinji gets flustered yet again.
Shinji tells about the past, and questions why he's telling Kaworu all this, cause Kaworu knew Shinji needed to tell him something.
We do find out Kaworu is in fact the suppose last angel in End of evangelion it's actually man. that is not important right now neither is Kaworu's death, for the point of this post what is is the assumption of what Shinji said in the last few scenes. in English dub it's liked some people think loved/admire which either is true it still gets the point across :)that the feelings were completely returned some say loved was in the fansubs which is a lie. weather ADV translated differently does not matter, it still has the same point across. There's drafts of this episode that was partly fan translated, either way Hideki Anno to me, intentions were completely clear. you just have to know where to look ^_^ i will give the links for the translated scripts, and the post that provides more information on EVA geeks, a fan fourm, i am a member of . but do not post on often. Now.. on with the rest of the show!
Misato begins to tell our future savior of humanity how the love of Shinji's life gave up the complete will to live, and how Shinji was meant to live, people who give up the will to live don't survive. Shinji thinks that is quiet cold of Misato,
So! there you have it. now here's links to the drafts etc.
and a youtube video that highlights things much better than me
In fact i take that back the fourm post gives alot of what you need
Whoops! another update the video has been deleted for copyright claims
Just find the episode wherever you can i did not review the Director's cut cause i skimped through it, and it seems to be the same thing.
Until next time!
~Koneko~
Friday, July 26, 2013
Regarding Reviews and being a fan in general
So! I have decided I don't wanna focus too much on newer anime as much. I mean I just really wanna do my own thing and not be caught up on the latest thing (lately has been let's do mecha and cute girls and some other bull crap that shouldn't be in a specific genre of anime). With that being said I do enjoy, mecha I'm just still really new to the genre , and Sci-fi in general in anime, since I never really cared for the genre to begin with but that's slowly beginning to change. And don't me wrong I mean who doesn't like cute anime girls *points at Yuko on blog header* I also do sort of like Ecchi, I mean a lot of it can be funny and the girls are attractive (for you reading I identify myself as Bisexual but I'm really Pansexual) but not attractive as say Bleach or something (I'm a big Bleach fan I may not do many reviews on it since there's just so many episodes, chapters and what not it's a Shouen series with the almost typical format so... I think there's no need to review it), moving on the shows I'm talking about is like this Spring's anime Date A live, let's put the mecha genre with useless nonsense with cute girls *rolls eyes* I did watch the first episode, and instant main character's little sister's panty shot, which really wasn't needed for her to jump on the bed to wake her brother up. I'm sure it's a fine show, or maybe it's better than the average typical show like this, it's just not for me and not my taste, and it seems to be the same crap over again. And don't you dare point out me liking ecchi or something like Gainax, with what I've seen it's more tasteful with big boobs etc. not just a panty shot that really doesn't need to be there. I apologize for my rant I will get the Ghost In The Shell review up as soon as I can and soon as I finish rewatching the movie .
Gomenasai
~Koneko~
Gomenasai
~Koneko~
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Upcoming Reviews & Plans for this blog
These are reviews I'm thinking of doing for the blog at some point. I'm aware people do Summer anime etc. though I have been watching Summer anime including: Watmoto, Gatchaman Crowds, Blood Lad etc. I really don't feel like doing those, cause this is my blog and I do what I want!
Besides I took two years off from anime, so I'm not all "caught up" and during that time my tastes have changed a little, including respecting older anime, that I really don't have no nostalgia feelings for unlike some people :).
-Rewatch Ghost in the Shell (1995): Since I have the first two Stand Alone Complex dvds, I might as well ^_^ I also have the sequel to the original movie, that Dreamworks released on dvd, but sadly it's not in English, I'm not about to get on my stance on Dub V.S. Sub.
Gurren Lagan: Again I have the 3rd volume two-disc dvd with episodes 19-27. I have not seen 1-18 yet, neither the movies. since I also like Gainax so much as well.
-Rewatch Evangelion: I finished the series weeks ago in English, after so many years. This does not include Rebulid I've only seen 1.0 I would like to watch the English dub first, then at some point rewatch everything in Japanese. I wanna give a really proper retrospect of the series since it's a cult classic and I partly love it :3 as a warning I have my opinion on the series from looking up things and then forming my own thoughts, and you have your own opinions,
if you don't like it tough crap!
-Other Things: I may retwatch series I have already seen, which is not many since I have no motivation to ever finish anything sometimes. I will also write things about that I love or lists of things out like. So! it's whatever i feel like on this blog. you will not see any specific genres if you see a pattern that is fine.
You'll just have to stay tuned and see!
~Koneko~
Besides I took two years off from anime, so I'm not all "caught up" and during that time my tastes have changed a little, including respecting older anime, that I really don't have no nostalgia feelings for unlike some people :).
-Rewatch Ghost in the Shell (1995): Since I have the first two Stand Alone Complex dvds, I might as well ^_^ I also have the sequel to the original movie, that Dreamworks released on dvd, but sadly it's not in English, I'm not about to get on my stance on Dub V.S. Sub.
Gurren Lagan: Again I have the 3rd volume two-disc dvd with episodes 19-27. I have not seen 1-18 yet, neither the movies. since I also like Gainax so much as well.
-Rewatch Evangelion: I finished the series weeks ago in English, after so many years. This does not include Rebulid I've only seen 1.0 I would like to watch the English dub first, then at some point rewatch everything in Japanese. I wanna give a really proper retrospect of the series since it's a cult classic and I partly love it :3 as a warning I have my opinion on the series from looking up things and then forming my own thoughts, and you have your own opinions,
if you don't like it tough crap!
-Other Things: I may retwatch series I have already seen, which is not many since I have no motivation to ever finish anything sometimes. I will also write things about that I love or lists of things out like. So! it's whatever i feel like on this blog. you will not see any specific genres if you see a pattern that is fine.
You'll just have to stay tuned and see!
~Koneko~
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Slayers (1995) Review Part 1: Episode 1
So.. Some of you may not know about the anime called Slayers, it was a adventure/fantasy and comedy series, based on a set of light novels with 52 books, it seems. In 1989 written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi, that have been conveniently packed into 15 volumes, only 8 have been released here in the States, since Tokyopop has sadly shut down, along with the company who had released the original anime, Central Park Media. There is many prequels, OVAs and what not. Those I have not seen, I have no nostalgia factor with the series, since I didn't truly get into anime until 2007, of course I knew about Pokemon and what not, but that is not important.
I purchased part A of the collection of the Slayers original series, distribute by Central Park Media, at my local , resale shop, yesterday. here's some photos of my own copy of the dvd,
Now.. on the to the review! ^^;
Episode 1: ANGRY? Lina's Furious Dragon Slave!
Our story begin, with our heroine and master sorceress,
Lina Inverse
breaking in on a group of bandits, as we come to learn named, The Dragon's fang.
the Dragon's fang, are celebrating their victory on finding treasure, which Lina decides to take from them and to kill/attack their leader with her fire magic.
Later on while traveling in the woods, a member of Dragon's fang, stops a heroine. To apologize, only to trick, Lina and other members to ambush her out of revenge.
But as soon Lina, can use her magic, to stop her attackers, our second known main character pops up. A passing traveler who thinks Lina is a little girl, and not a powerful magic-using young woman.
Gourry Gabriev
comes to her aid. For rescuing her, our male lead decides to accompany Lina to Atlantic City (why she wants to travel there, has not been given yet). Traveling to the next town to relax and eat. While enjoying their meal, a elder gentleman approaches the pair Asking if Lina, is the great Dragon spooker, thinking she had defeated the Dragon's Fang's leader's pet dragon. (btw I'm doing this from memory so if I get things wrong I apologize, like i said before I'm not a expert, I'm a amateur). Which comes to be known, she did not, leading also to realizing the dragon has escaped. And the town/village has half been destroyed. of course the old man is mad, our heroes fight the dragon. But! here's the funny thing, the dragon runs away, cause Lina and Gourry fall down while fighting the dragon. so the dragon avoids stepping on them and runs away. I tried to make this review short as possible, even I' m tried of writing out the plot as much as you are tired of reading XD.
So! here's my thoughts on the series thus far....
Story and art 10/10 :
The story is very fun and entertaining and good and adventurous and funny as well =) the art has to me has aged quiet well, though I guess you can tell it's still retro.
Dubbing etc. : There's some cheesy lines here and there, it's the 90's so it's all in good fun I suppose. Though Lina's one-liners can be quiet good.
Overall: The series is not gonna be nothing special it's a entertaining, fun ride. nothing more with 90's goodness, I'm sure they'll be more action etc. at some point.
I give it a 9.5/10
Until next time! ~Koneko~
I purchased part A of the collection of the Slayers original series, distribute by Central Park Media, at my local , resale shop, yesterday. here's some photos of my own copy of the dvd,
Now.. on the to the review! ^^;
Episode 1: ANGRY? Lina's Furious Dragon Slave!
Our story begin, with our heroine and master sorceress,
Lina Inverse
breaking in on a group of bandits, as we come to learn named, The Dragon's fang.
the Dragon's fang, are celebrating their victory on finding treasure, which Lina decides to take from them and to kill/attack their leader with her fire magic.
Later on while traveling in the woods, a member of Dragon's fang, stops a heroine. To apologize, only to trick, Lina and other members to ambush her out of revenge.
But as soon Lina, can use her magic, to stop her attackers, our second known main character pops up. A passing traveler who thinks Lina is a little girl, and not a powerful magic-using young woman.
Gourry Gabriev
So! here's my thoughts on the series thus far....
Story and art 10/10 :
The story is very fun and entertaining and good and adventurous and funny as well =) the art has to me has aged quiet well, though I guess you can tell it's still retro.
Dubbing etc. : There's some cheesy lines here and there, it's the 90's so it's all in good fun I suppose. Though Lina's one-liners can be quiet good.
Overall: The series is not gonna be nothing special it's a entertaining, fun ride. nothing more with 90's goodness, I'm sure they'll be more action etc. at some point.
I give it a 9.5/10
Until next time! ~Koneko~
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