Arcana Heart provides half of your daily recommended intake of moe with less calories than the typical moe anime competitor. Examu’s all-girl fighting game brawled its way to North American shores in mid-April courtesy of Atlus USA. Eleven girls, each representing a different facet of moe otaku culture, duke it out in a fighting system highly reminiscent of the Guilty Gear series.
Found this very awesome fanmade OP set to Bouken Desho Desho while lurking around. Video, despair, etc. Hope you enjoy it.
The concept of gender swapping popular anime and game characters has been around forever, but the infamous practice has recently surged with new life again. The Genderbending of Haruhi Suzumiya - Need I say more? I’ll admit that the revised Kyon-ko is surprisingly cute though. So what’s the appeal in reversing character genders anyway? One can only guess, but let’s explore the options.
Getting back on the blogwagon should be interesting. This summer will hopefully afford me as much time for reading and writing as I want it to, so long as I make a point of doing that writing. But enough about me, it’s time to go on the offensive.
I saw this article from GamesRadar and decided to give it a read. Certainly, everyone has an opinion about games they feel don’t deserve accolades, but why vocalize my own when I have columnists on fancy-schmancy gaming news sites to do it for me?
Thanks to Diego for pointing out the comment section had a fatal flaw. The code is now updated to allow comments like it was intended to. I sure do feel like an idiot for not noticing it sooner. To keep things on topic, the backlog is slowly disappearing.
Shana Second is starting to pick up again at episode 19. The problem is that it took way too long to become interesting again. Better late than never, but it just feels like most of the season was wasted time. Maybe it’s because I don’t like Hecate/Konoe, who was the focus in the first half. With all the recent happenings now, it’s strange that the show’s titular character has really felt like a secondary character lately.
Hayate no Gotoku is really feeling like a chore to finish. Chances are slim that I’ll pick up Hayate season 2 unless the last few episodes are epic.
Finally got around to Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei again. Despair is serious business. The episode 6 seiyuu swapping gag was gold. Surprisingly, Tomokazu Sugita really fits well as Itoshiki-sensei in an odd way.
Watched To Love-Ru, and I actually really like it. The thing is that I don’t even know why I like it. At the very least it’ll be a fun show to keep up with. I’ll try to add a couple more of the new shows to my list as the anime backlog gets shorter.
Oha lucky and Happy Mother’s Day to everyone out there. I hope you all did something nice for your moms today. This blog has hit its sentimentality quota for the week. Wolf Hurricane will now return to its normally scheduled programming. Getting back on track, there will be a nice article up in a couple days.
I suppose I’ll do a plug for my pal over at ZeroXR too. He’s giving away the pricey Aliph Jawbone bluetooth headset to one lucky winner. I’m not dropping a hint or anything, but you could give it to your mom as a belated Mother’s Day present. The criteria? You have to write a haiku! We all love haiku. If you don’t, then something must be wrong with you. Get the full details here. The deadline is May 19th, so don’t procrastinate.
It’s only a week into May and the days are already so hot. I think I’ll stay inside, watch anime about summer, and live the season vicariously that way. Finals are over for now, so it’s time to kick back and get some R & R. I’ve still got plenty of unfinished posts sitting in the old queue right now, and those will go up eventually. For now I’m just trying to trim down my ever growing anime queue.
The first order of business is to finish up the shows that ended recently. Dragonaut’s ending was corny but passable. My low expectations for the ending were satisfactorily met. Bamboo Blade had a pretty good ending. Curse the production staff for teasing us with that finale leading to the inevitable second season though. Overall Bamboo Blade was an excellent show. Next up is to finally finish Hayate no Gotoku and Shana S2. $5 says I’ll be sick of Rie Kugimiya’s voice when all is said and done. It really doesn’t help to tackle Zero no Tsukaima next…
Been dabbling in game rentals here and there. I was thoroughly unimpressed with Heavenly Sword. While HS was beautiful and visually stunning, it didn’t manage to draw me in. Mario Kart Wii is still more of the same fun but uninspired gameplay. Guess I’ll continue to do the mandatory single player character/track unlocking between anime sessions.
This post will be called filler because it isn’t about any particular topic or anything. There were a couple quiet updates here and there on the backend that you probably won’t notice. You can also find Yamcha on MyAnimeList now. I’ll slowly add anime that I’ve seen over the years as I try to recall them. In my old age that might take a while.
The region 1 release of Lucky Star is out, and the consensus on the dub voices is generally positive. Also, if this is any indication, Bandai Visual is planning to release all six DVDs in limited edition variations to siphon even more cash from the collectors out there.
Going by the Lucky Star LE retail price of $65 US (which I’m assuming will remain stable), the total set for all the LE boxes will end up at $390 before tax. In a best case scenario you can get each LE box for ~$40, which is still an outrageous $240 for the whole set. Bandai struck gold with the Haruhi LE sets, so this is guaranteed profit. I’m on the fence about the frivolous extras, but the collector in me says to go for it. Cognitive dissonance’d.
Congratulations to Shigeru Miyamoto for being voted as Time Magazine’s most influential person in 2008. The beloved innovator behind classic franchises such as Mario, Donkey Kong, and Zelda garnered nearly two million votes and finally gets some noteworthy recognition outside of the gaming community. Now all that’s left is a Nobel Prize or something like that…
Totally off tangent afterthought: I wouldn’t be surprised if a religion devoted to Miyamoto popped up within the next 20 years. Now that’s an interesting notion. Count me in if it ever happens.
I’ve really been out of the anime loop lately. So we have an otaku equivalent of Myspace now. I’m shocked. My indifference to social networking sites aside, it really doesn’t look half bad. I might make an account there to see how it is. Anyway finals are coming up, and I’ll slowly write up some things to post in between cram sessions.
Kotobukiaya’s Tamaki Kawazoe figure looks promising so far. The final production won’t live up to the promo pictures, but that won’t stop the Tama fanboys from snatching her up anyway. Also caved on the Alter Haruka Takamori pre-order. It was just too tempting for me to resist. Yamcha is weak!
Before I forget to bring it up, A-kon is coming up at the end of May. I have a love-hate relationship with this convention. Love the fact that vendors can carry a ton of rare merchandise. Hate the fact that there are so many sweaty otaku crowded into one building. Oh well…
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