Monday, October 28, 2013

New Anime Review - Senyuu

Anime Name - Senyuu
Aired - Jan 9, 2013 to Apr 3, 2013
Episodes - 13

Produced By - Ordet, LIDEN FILMS 
Staff - Yutaka Yamamoto (Director), Robinson Haruhara (Original Creator), Ushio Tazawa (Character Design), JAM Project (Theme Song Performance)

Shorts are quite rare in Anime, and as like majority of the shorts Senyuu is a gag or comedy short in its core. But what is unique about this show is that it is based on a fantasy settings which is even more rare in shorts. Unlike many other shorts Senyuu has one other criteria that is although it tries to parody the fantasy world setting in overall it also tries to have a continuity (rather then being self contained episodes) and tries to tell a short yet somewhat coherent (somewhat comes to mind mostly due to ridiculously comic sequences) story. And that is what I find enjoyable and also an appreciable effort for this series.

Friday, October 25, 2013

Manhwa Reviews - Annarasumanara


Manhwa Name : Annarasumanara  
Author: Ha, Il-Kwon (Story & Art) 
Serialization: Naver
Genres: Mystery, Drama, Romance, School, Slice of Life, Psychological, Seinen 
Volumes: 3  
Chapters: 27
Status: Finished 
Published: Jul 2, 2010 to Dec 31, 2010 

Day to day our society is becoming more realistic, more competitive & our lives are becoming more and more structured, directed toward a certain goal. To prosper in this world there is quite often no room for what one want's but almost always our path is focused towards what we need to do to be a respectable member of the community. In this modernized viewpoint there is no room for someone who does not want to grow up, children are forced to build up their life focused towards being a successful professional, whether they want to be that or not. Annarasumanara is the story of someone deciding to not grow up, its the story of never forgetting or giving up one's dream, the story of what this pressure can do to someone & the story of the beauty of magic in its many forms in our modern society.

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Retro Combo Videos - NCC Vol 4 Rebirth

My newest combo video & first multi-game combo exhibition. Hopefully there will be more in the future.
The song and the games used on this video are all property of their respective owners and are used without profit.
This is my first multigame combo exhibition, hopefully more will come. All combos were performed on keyboard; no tools, cheats or hacks were used.
Info -
BGM - Unrest - The End of Raging Winds from "Etrian Odyssey 4 Super Arrange Version"
Special Thanks to - combovid.com, orochinagi.com & cyberfanatix.com
            for quenching my thirst for Kof and other fighting game combos, still.
Hope you guys enjoy this.
If you do you can watch my earlier solo combo videos (both for obscure SNK fighting games), recorded and edited and uploaded by armison -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pELx3n3GPIY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYc7n40
PS 1 -
1. I believe the AODK combos are the first combos of this game ever published, they are 100% legit, you need opponent life at red to perform super move in the game & when you fall on flamed are you can't block till the flame quenches, I used this trick among others for the combos. I might do transcript for these combos in the future.
2. Some other combos from other games need specific set-ups, timing & conditions but all are totally legit. If you have any question regarding any combos please don't hesitate to ask.
3. Some of these are totally new & others are improvements over previous combos/set-ups ( I used my combo video collection on my Hard disc & youtube to do my research on that).
PS 2 -
1. If you want to request combos for any characters or any pc fighting game you can request it on the comments. I will try my best to fulfill your requests.
2. If you want to see the transcript for these combos also you may request in the comments, then I will upload it.
3. Please do check out my blog of "Reviews & Stuff" and leave your comments -
http://ihate00critics.blogspot.com

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Fall 2013 Animes To Watch For

Instead of doing reviews for stuff  or combo videos this is a new kind of post for me. This time I am gonna post about the animes that I am interested to watch of Fall 2013. These are strictly my views, so you guys may agree or disagree, but please feel free to give your comments & opinions regarding this post. The animes are in alphabetical order & is not listed as per any other category.

BlazBlue: Alter Memory
 A fighting game anime, as you know from my blog I am a big fighting game fan, and BlazBlue is definitely one of the better games of the new emergence of fighting games. More to boost my expectation is the fact that the game also does have good storyline, which is quite rare in the fighting game genre. It is also from Arc System Works who are also the makers of Guilty Gear, this company is also particularly know for there good sense in background music and over all rocking soundtracks, so I am also hoping for something good in that aspect.

Diamond no Ace
 Ok, what's so special about a sports anime you might ask? Aren't they all kind of generic with the protagonist goes through match after match to learn beating all & tries to be the best in the business, has a few rival who him beats at the end etc etc? Well I would say this anime is almost like that, but as I have read through the translated manga I can also tell you not quite, this is a bit different, yes the hero is very much alike most other hard-working shounen heroes, yes other cast members are also quite like typical shounen cast, but despite everything somehow the characters are all quite likeable & one other thing this manga did was made someone like me who never watched a single Baseball game interested in the sports. And there is also the fact that this anime is made by Production I.G. So I expect a top notch animation too. 

Golden Time
 Though I am not actually that much of a romcom fan but I am interested in this for 3 reasons & 3 reasons only; one, it is done by the writer of Toradora , I really loved that light novel; two, for the fact that this anime is not on a school setting for once, its on a college; three, I started reading the first volume of this light novel (translated, from baka-tsuki, thanks guys, visit this awesome site people & support them) & so far it feels quite unique and enjoyable & the writing style is quite good (the translation is top notch too, thanks to baka-tsuki again).

Kill La Kill
 One of the most hyped shows of this season. And why not, it has got the oh so popular combo of school & action. And its also form Trigger who were behind "Gurren Lagann". I am interested in this for Trigger's involvement cause honestly I had my share of the mentioned combo so if not for Trigger I would have though it might not be anything special.
Log Horizon
 I will watch this cause I love rpg's, I love them very much & there is so much memory of me spending countless hours on rpgs. So I believe I do deserve to spend hours watching shows based on rpgs too. I do hope this will be good though & that these feels more like playing a game than watching a show. And somehow I am almost quite certain that this show will not live up to my expectations. Oh well, one can dream, can't one?
Pupa
 This is the story of the brother & sister Utsutsu and Yume Hasegawa. One day Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly & her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis, she turns into a creature that eats human. Her brother struggles to find a way to restore her to normal. Tell me that synopsis doesn't interest you? This anime gives me the vibe of psychological horror that I enjoy so much in my TV shows and animes. I really have high hopes for this show, but sadly no one knows when this will air or even if it will. 
Btw, I still haven't found any sites to download the translated first volume of this manga, so if anyone can point me in the right direction I will be very much grateful.
These are the shows I am mostly interested in this season. I might also watch Coppelion (seinen+post-apocalyptic, could be good), Kuroko no Basket 2 ( Production I.G. & have heard good things, have to watch the first season before though), Magi: The Kingdom of Magic (the premise is promising, need to watch the first season though),Kyoukai no Kanata (second most hyped show of the season), Yowamushi Pedal (this season I am somewhat feeling like watching sports shows somehow).
So that's about it, hope this season turns out to be a good one & hope to do reviews of some of the shows in the future.

One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly
Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=19315#F4FfyEYw3VSGLPGU.99
One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis—into a creature that eats humans. Utsutsu struggles to find a way to restore his sister
Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=19315#F4FfyEYw3VSGLPGU.99
One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis—into a creature that eats humans. Utsutsu struggles to find a way to restore his sister
Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=19315#F4FfyEYw3VSGLPGU.99
One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis—into a creature that eats humans. Utsutsu struggles to find a way to restore his sister
Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=19315#F4FfyEYw3VSGLPGU.99
One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis—into a creature that eats humans. Utsutsu struggles to find a way to restore his sister
Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=19315#F4FfyEYw3VSGLPGU.99
One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis—into a creature that eats humans. Utsutsu struggles to find a way to restore his sister
Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=19315#F4FfyEYw3VSGLPGU.99
One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis—into a creature that eats humans. Utsutsu struggles to find a way to restore his sister.

Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=19315#F4FfyEYw3VSGLPGU.99
One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis—into a creature that eats humans. Utsutsu struggles to find a way to restore his sister.

Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=19315#F4FfyEYw3VSGLPGU.99
One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis—into a creature that eats humans. Utsutsu struggles to find a way to restore his sister.

Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=19315#F4FfyEYw3VSGLPGU.99
One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis—into a creature that eats humans. Utsutsu struggles to find a way to restore his sister.

Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=19315#F4FfyEYw3VSGLPGU.99