Saturday, November 30, 2013

New Anime Review - Senyuu 2

Anime Name - Senyuu 2
Aired - July 3, 2013 to Sep 25, 2013
Episodes - 13

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

Senyuu 2 was the sequel of Senyuu, which was a very unique short which is mostly focused on mocking other shounens and the general fantasy setting as a whole. The season 2 somewhat deviated from the 1st as it tried to focus a bit more on story and as a matter of fact that sacrificed some of the wacky humor that the show had in the first season. It also introduces a bunch of new characters who might not be as fun as the old ones as a whole but some of them truly are very funny.

Friday, November 29, 2013

Anime Movie Review - Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

Movie Name - Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Aired - Sep 1, 2007
Episodes - 1

Duration - 1 hr. 40 min.
Produced By - Studio Khara, Gainax 
Staff - Hideaki Anno (Director, Script, Creator), Yoshituki Sadamoto (Character Design, Animation Director), Ikuto Yamashita (Mechanical Designs), Shiro Sagisu (Music) among others.

This is the 1st of 4 movies (3 released so far) that are to be made as remakes of the somewhat legendary mecha anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion". While I haven't watched the show I was meaning to check out this movie for quite a long time & really was expecting a lot from it as a matter of fact from all the hype over the internet, but also had a bit of irritating fear that it might not turn out to be as good as it promises to be. Well, it had its flows but it is also an experience to be greatly enjoyed indeed.

Thursday, November 28, 2013

New Book Review - Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Book Name - Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
Writer - Devid Sedaris
Published By - Little, Brown and Company

It's like you started a book wanting to read something and hoping to like that aspect and then ending up liking something else from the book entirely. I started reading this cause I was expecting something very funny in the veins of "Shit My Dad Says", but instead ended up liking it for the serious stuff and the travel stories.

New Book Review - The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black

Book Name - The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black
Writer - E.B. Hudspeth 
Published By - Quirk Books

Have you ever read a fictional biography where for some of the initial chapters you really thought it was a real character? Well, that is what happened to me with this book. About 1/3rd of the way through the first part of the book I stopped reading and searched for "Dr. Spencer Black" on google and wikipedia to get real info on him and found out he was a fictional character. This was a rather new experience for me.

New Book Review - Snake Agent by Liz Williams

Book Name - Snake Agent
Writer - Liz Williams
Series - Detective Inspector Chen, Book 1  
Published By - Open Road Media


First things first, I Got this book free from NetGalley for a review, so thank you netgalley for this opportunity.
To be honest, I am not really a fan of Urban Fantasy, in fact sometimes I even go out of my way to avoid the genre as a whole. But with this book i really read some good stuff about this on the internet and am interested in books with an Asian setting (as I am from Asia), so I decided to give it a try. And after my own read I can gladly say it didn't disappoint at all.

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Newer Combo Videos - Kof XIII Sie Kensou Mini CMV Vol 2

Released my Kof XIII Kensou Mini CMV Vol 2, got even more ideas left though.
Kof XIII and Music used in this video are property of their respective owners, they were used without any view of profit. All combos were performed on keyboard; no tools, cheats or hacks were used.
I tried to record mostly new stuff or improved version of old combos published elsewhere.
This video is dedicated to "Persona" & "DarkChaotix" for their inspiring effort in making Kof XIII combo videos for the last 2-3 years.

Monday, November 18, 2013

Newer Combo Videos - Kof XIII Sie Kensou Mini CMV

Finally its done, hopefully I can do more new stuff from Kof XIII
Kof XIII and Music used in this video are property of their respective owners, they were used without any view of profit. All combos were performed on keyboard; no tools, cheats or hacks were used.
First of all you can see that I didn't do any combos from lots of well known set-ups to stun combos, its because I tried to record mostly new stuff or improved version of old combos published elsewhere.
This video is dedicated to "Persona" & "DarkChaotix" for their inspiring effort in making Kof XIII combo videos for the last 2-3 years.

Sunday, November 17, 2013

New Anime Review - Hataraku Maou-sama!

Anime Name - Hataraku Maou-sama!
Aired - Apr 4, 2013 to June 27, 2013
Episodes - 13

Produced By - White Fox
Staff - Naoto Hosoda (Director), Satoshi Wagahara (Original Creator),

Atsushi Ikariya (Original Character Design, Chief Animation Director)

What if the devil lost almost all of his power and was forced to live in modern world? What if the hero came to defeat him and was actually a really bad tempered yelling girl? What if the devil didn't really have any skills and was forced to work as a part-timer at MgRonalds to earn his living? Yeah, it really sounds like a hilarious situation and that's how this anime is. The writer does try to throw in some random romance or emotional stuff but this show really shines through it's comedy mainly and on that regard it really is one of the best comedies of 2013.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Manga Reviews - Ace of Diamond

Manga Name : Ace of Diamond
Author: Terajima, Yuuji (Story & Art) 
Serialization:Shounen Magazine (Weekly)
Genres: Comedy, School, Shounen, Sports
Status: Ongoing (39 Volumes in Japan)
Published: May 17, 2006 to ?
Translated So far: 143 Chapters (16+ Volumes)
This manga is still ongoing in Japan and I have read the translated chapters from various groups, so first of all I would like to thank all the groups responsible for translating this manga without whom I would not have been able to read it at all. Thank you guys and hope you continue translating this.
Sports mangas are usually written to cater to a specific fan of the sports related and frankly I had never been a fan of Baseball. I somehow felt like reading some of the mangas of the fall 2013 animes before watching the shows and somehow picked up "Ace of Diamond" cause I felt like reading something about sports. While this hasn't really blown me away and quite typical in its setting as far as I can tell yet somehow it does what it tries to do quite well and after reading the translated chapters I am quite hooked and waiting for the next chapters.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Retro Combo Videos - NCC Samurai Showdown Tribute Requiem

My newest combo video is a request from someone and has combos of various Samurai Showdown games from the Neogeo era.

All games and Music in this video are property of their respective owners, they were used without any view of profit. All combos were performed on keyboard; no tools, cheats or hacks were used.
Info -
BGM -
"Girl of Revolution (Charlotte Ending)"
"Tuna (Galford)"
"Ground (Earthquake)"
"Sinister (4 Jin Masaru Kachi Demo)"
       - From Samurai Showdown OST
Dedicated To - 0supermoose (who requested a Samurai Showdown cmv)
Special Thanks to - combovid.com & the forum members there
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 -
Most of these combos were a product of research during when I was trying out SS3, SS5 & SS5sp for flashy Genjuro stuff & fooled around with other characters out of boredom. SS1 & SS2 combos are something I tried out after "0supermoose" requested a SS series cmv. This cmv is kind of a left-over plus request thing and is dedicated to - 0supermoose.
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