Sci-fi phaser/disruptor rifle packs an unusually violent punch.
I don’t really remember Birdy being that splatter, but the first episode of the new season is. Unlike some anime’s second seasons, it retains much of the feel from the first season, probably due to the fact that they didn’t put it off for a year or so before continuing on. So it’s both fresh in our minds as well as the scriptwriter’s. Read the rest of this entry »
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-12/valkyria-chronicles-game-to-get-tv-anime-next-spring
IT DESERVES AN ANIME! I’m not kidding, even though I don’t have the game (It’s out now for the Playstation 2), judging from the gameplay trailers and the tutorial videos, and from the demo that I saw and played at PAX, Valkyria Chronicles, In my Humble Opinion, is the greatest game ever. It uses this clever thing called the “BLiTZ” ( Battle of Live Tactical Zones) -wiki, and the “Canvas” graphics engine (Basically Watercolor + Anime; it looks awesome; ) -PAX Pamplet. From the trailers I’ve seen the story line looks considerably good, it’s what you’d expect in an anime.
Basically BLiTZ is, is its a clever blend of Third-person shooter, Turn-based Strategy, RPG, and Real-time strategy. It leans towards the strategy portion, though, since you can’t really expect a first person shooter from just a “aim at the head and shoot” sorta thing. Here’s a (couple) screenshots [Taken from the Military Training II from the official Japanese Website for the game]:
There’s 6 classes (excluding the tank): Scout, Infantry, Anti-tank, Engineer, Sniper, and Shocktrooper (Assault/Front-line Infantry). You start out with a certain number of command points, in a turn, you pick a character and then manuever him/her around (uses up bar) and then take a shot, heal, or repair (engies only). Most missions consist of capturing command points and stuff, and it’s all tactical, a great relief from the normal gears of war, or the call of duty games that are getting old. Each of the characters have a distinct personality, which really adds to the game’s sense, you’re not commanding generic faceless troopers, that’s the enemy’s job. One of the main ones I’ve grown to like is an engineer named Herbert, who’s always flexing his arm sockets, and complaining that he’s tired. Although the scene where you call in the medic (and she runs in) automatically gets kinda annoying, even though she says different stuff each time.
Demonstration:
Herbert: “Hey medic… you’ll help… right?”
Medic: “I’m on my way, hang in there!”
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Herbert: “Maybe I should get a medic in here…”
Medic: “You’ll be alright, that’s a promise!”
Marina Inoue did the voice for Alicia in the Japanese version, If she would do her voice for the Anime, then I’m all eyes (and ears) for it.
Oh and for the anime, whaddaya know, Aniplex has it covered. AWESOME!
Anyways, look forward to the Spring season. I really…. really… want a PS3, now, just for one game… THAT.
I found time to blog! Anyways, my wireless mouse is dying, and other than that circumstances, such as a lack of homework and my reluctance to diligently study for tests, caused me to blog. Read the rest of this entry »
I can’t say much about it at this point, since I don’t look up synopsis anymore.
But it seems that Hyakko’s gonna have Hirano Aya doing voice acting for one of the characters.
The PV on the other hand…. tells me pretty much nothing about the series. But since the animation label looks good, and the fact that Static-subs is going to be one of the fansubs, then hey, it might not be so bad.
Sony Pictures of America has seemed to have licensed Mamoru Oiishi’s “Sky Crawlers”. (As you may know, Mamoru Oiishi did Ghost in the Shell)
It hit big and is coming out with a game for the Wii in Japan. Just hope the voice acting isn’t as inconvincing as in Paprika (another movie that they licensed by Satoshi Kon).
Seems to be about War and Aerial Combat. It looks good. I’ll be catching it, once it gets released.
I couldn’t help much mentioning it all in the title. But yes I’ve seen an independently subbed version of this movie, and it’s highly approved and recommended by me, I’m gonna try to gather a group of Friends to go. If you live in the vicinity, then I suggest watching this, it’s about slice of life, high school and time travel. In fact I want you to go sooo badly, that I’ve already prepared a mapquest page with the destination set to Seattle’s Landmark Varsity Theatre, all you need to do is replace the ?????’s with your address, and you’re set!
For more information please visit this link.
Again Bandai is taking all of the good anime, seriously….
On a side note the last time something like this Happened I was gonna ask someone out to go see it with me. Depending if I go with my Friends or not, I should ask her out!! Hmm…. maybe if you guys help cheer me on like in that movie, Densha Otoko, I can work up the courage to do so… but at first I’m going to try a discreet myspace approach, after checking if she still still socializes there, which I’m hoping to hit lucky and it does….. It feels like it’s against some social norm to ask people out using myspace…. Is it?
Update: The Movie times are 12:30 | 2:40 | 4:50 | 7:10 | 9:20 Feature Length is 98 minutes (1h38). $7.00 Dollar Matinee (they call it “Bargain”), and $8.25 students after 18h00PST.
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