Crossover fever has become a staple of geek culture with high flying video game projects such as Project X Zone and semi-regular Shonen Jump crossovers such as Goku & Luffy saving the world, or even the multi-generation crossover film epics of Pretty Cure.
But what crossovers do we as an audience want to see the most? I bring this up seeing as Japan's favorite Thief Lupin III & favorite kid Detective Conan have joined forces in their own film and it looks awesome. Here are ten more series we'd like to see. Only rule is that I cannot list things that already exist such as Dynasty Warrior Gundam's epic crossover.
10. Nadesico X Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Two ships full of idiots fighting in one big battle, although contrary to their ditzy nature I wouldn't want to fight either captain, they're not as stupid as they act.
9. Outlaw Star X Cowboy Bebop
One is considered the best anime of all time, the other is a cult classic stuck in it's shadow but both combined could create something special.
8. Tenjo Tenge X Ikki Tousen
Considering the sex & violence levels in both shows, combined, these two may not even be allowed broadcasting rights but it would still be awesome.
7. Trigun X Grenadier
Consider these two the same shows with different gendered leads. It's too obvious to ignore the awesomeness of Vash the Stampede & Rushuna Tendo.
6. Mage Battle Royal: Fairy Tail X Slayers X Negima
The three powerhouses of the fantasy mage genre in one of the greatest teams in history. I would love to see a piece of art with Negi, Natsu & Lina Inverse in the same picture in all their bad ass glory.
5. One Piece X Fairy Tail
Saying that, Fairy Tail works with One Piece just as well. It would be easy just to combine the powerhouse Shonen Jump shows but you hit roadblocks when you try and decide which universe rules to go by, hence I doubt Bleach or Naruto would work in any other universe other than it's own. Madoka Magica has a similar problem.
4. Evangelion X Gurren Lagann
Evangelion is no stranger to being out of character so adapting for Gurren Lagann is surprisingly simple, two of the most groundbreaking mecha series in anime history, made by the same company no less. I'm surprised they haven't done it yet.
3. Pani Poni Dash X Azumanga Daioh
But not all crossovers have to be about fighting, the classes of Rebecca Miyamoto & Miss Yukari mix well for one of the most surreal looking school comedies of all time.
2. Black Butler X Hellsing
They're both British, they both work in the Underworld, they both have very capable allies and both have plenty of awesome. Between Alucard & Sebastian, pick a winner.
1. Ranma 1/2 X Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple
Many of the previous crossovers on this list would be well received and already written about frequently in fan fiction, but when it comes down to it you still need rules for both shows to fit and not make one show look bigger than the other, that's where this final entry comes in.
Although Ranma 1/2 is driven by it's Gender Bender antics the core part of it is Anything Goes Martial Arts & while Kenichi follows a strict formula of "bad guys get stronger every episode" it also has an anything goes formula, not to mention both shows feature in generic Japan on Earth.
So what does it result in? An anything goes crossover, in other words both worlds are open for any show that takes place on modern day planet Earth to enter, even if said show isn't an action series, in shorter terms this is the basic template world for anime, in fact any animated show, comic, live action movie or video games all use a basic world template and is the easiest scenario to crossover.
Bonus: Missing in Action
Clamp Crossover: All Clamp works happen in the same universe.
Anything with Dragonballz: Cheapens the other shows that get involved.
Magical Girl Crossover: Their universe rules are more diverse than Shonen Jumps.
Generation Crossovers: Nice idea but how do you rework an 80s creation with it's modern remake? Example: Old & New Dirty Pair or all the versions of Macross.
Death Note vs Code Geass: This is more Light vs Lelouch, that's for a different list.
Welcome to another Endless Wardrobe feature with more things that don't need a full post for.
I'm Back!
After an ugly event on Tuesday I've been on hiatus but now I am back and ready to post again.
On My Schedule Today
You might see as many as five posts in the next 48 hours, so lets see what's coming up.
Lilo Stitch Anime for Cartoon Vault
An American Tail also for Cartoon Vault
Two New entries for Walk of Fame
A review on web anime novel Okashina Futari
At least two top ten lists
On hold
Shezow Review for Cartoon Vault
Working on
New World, should be finished next week.
A video games feature within Retro Retrospect.
Dirty Pair Week, which should premier around August if all goes to plan.
Cancelled
Top ten list surrounding common complaints with anime that were unjustified, cancelled due to lack of material.
So what is a Dranzerstorm?
I've been asked this a couple of times and I'm going to tell you.
The right question would be how do you make a Dranzerstorm? You see when Beyblade was first distributed they were spinning tops made with a number of plastic & metal pieces which could be switched for the best combination.
You start with Dranzer's base, you then use Dragoon's weight disk, the next bit is important; Most Beyblade tops had a right spin gear but Dragoon's uses a left spin gear so it's important when making the Dranzerstorm that it spins left, you then finish with Dranzer's attack ring, although a G-Revolution spec works just as well, and presto you have a Dranzerstorm.
Other successful prototypes are the Dranzershield, Dranzerslash which uses Draciel & Driger parts respectively or my personal favorite the Dranzer Ice Storm which uses Wolborg's weight disk & Dragoon's left spin gear.
As promised the biggest review I've ever written, please click full view for the full review. Now to begin my longest ever review, Sonic OVA.
Sonic the Hedge...
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Endless Wardrobe is a little feature that acts as a news update as well as smaller posts that won't fill out a whole feature.
So What's Next?
Coming soon will be a feature on the Lilo & Stitch anime requested by Nimbusoak, I remind everyone that they can request anything, anytime and I'll do my best to post it.
Soon I'll also be posting the review of the Sonic OVA film which will be my longest review to date.
There will also be a couple of surprise top tens so look out for them.
And there will also be a feature on the Aussie cartoon Shezow as well.
I Refuse to do Touhou Project
As popular as this game is and I am aware of how much people love it, I'm afraid I can't bring myself to review it on the grounds that I know nothing about it other than the fact that it's a bullet hell game and I am not qualified to review anything about it.
Tagging Questions
Over a week ago I was tagged so here are my tagging questions, but as I'm new at this I tag my subscribers and let them decide whether or not to answer my questions.
1. Does it baffle you to know that I do most of my posts at Midnight when it’s only Dusk over where you are?
2. Cartoon Network or Nicktoons?
3. Which anime character best represents you?
4. What is your most epic gaming moment?
5. Which Pokemon would you start with if you could choose between all the starters in the franchise?
6. Harry Potter or Negi Springfield?
7. Would you watch End of Evangelion after midnight with all the lights off?
8. Think of the most creative superpower possible.
9. Which anime character would you marry?
10. What’s your theme song?
11. How did I do for a first try at tagging?
Caption Battle Returns
RinMustang22 has created a caption battle world, check it out if you enjoy writing funny comments to random pictures.
And Finally
My break is over so look for new posts shortly. Coming soon will be another new world, I won't tell you what it is now, you'll just have to wait until next week.
Now we reach the final entry in Cartoon Network month it's been a long month but finally we've reached the end, a post on every single day of June. (If it doesn't seem that way it's because of timezones)
So lets finish this off with part 2 o...
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