Hello everyone :)
It looks like ive posted a little late again lol. I intended on posting earlier this morning when i woke up the first time (around 3am), but i ended up falling back to sleep while watching a demo anime dvd, and i eventually woke up around noon, so here i am with a few new things to post about lol.
I havent been too busy today, right now im doing laundry and playing ESPN NFL 2K5 (xbox) while im posting lol. Last night i pretty much tired myself out from playing Red Dead Revolver (xbox) and i found myself yet again, unable to finish Roujin Z, due to the fact that i had to clean out the storage building behind my house, which ended up taking about 4 hours in the heat of the day lol. However - yesterday afternoon i did find time to watch some more anime demo dvds before i fell asleep. A few minutes ago i managed to make some dvd case labels for some of the demo dvds, that way i wouldnt have to open each blank dvd case in order to read the actual dvd to find out which episodes/trailers were on there, so im sure that will save me time and energy in the future the next time i need to go through the dvds :)
On another note, Im really glad that theotaku has allowed an increased amount of picture posting within the posts. Thats great news especially for me - being that i believe the best part of my posts are the pictures lol. all these words seem so bland when im not able to put up pics to illustrate what im talking about, so im really looking forward to putting up more pics for you all to enjoy :)
Well, i suppose there is no sense in keeping you waiting and prolonging the large amount of typing im about to do lol, so here are the quick reviews of the episodes on the Newtype USa demo dvds ^^
NEWTYPE USA DEMO DVD - OCTOBER 2007 ISSUE
PUMPKIN SCISSORS - episode 1
Pumkin Scissors kinda threw me off guard. When i read the name of the show, i figured it would be a magical type of anime with fairies and stuff like that lol. So i wasnt really expecting much, but i soon found out that this series (based on this one episode) is a political/military based anime with action, tactical situations and the lives of different people in a combat group. I found myself actually enjoying it because it had a really good blend of comedy action and it tended to remind me of full Metal Panic in a strange way, which is a good thing lol.
WELCOME TO THE NHK - episode 1
I really liked this episode lol. It was kinda hard to figure things out about this show until about the last few minutes of the episode, because everything is exaggerated in a sense lol. From what i gained from this episode, It is about a guy who is paranoid and anti-social who believes that there is a worldwide conspiracy against anti-social people and he has been staying in his apartment for the past 3 years straight, only leaving to go to certain places - such as a nearby park. I really would like to get the rest of this series and see how it plays out, because the main character is pretty hillarious when he starts rambling and conjuring up strange thoughts and exaggerations, and it gets so extreme that you find yourself laughing and possibly believeing him to an extent. Im going read up more on it online to get other's opinions on it and see if ill be encouraged to find a way to buy it, but as of now, id really like to lol.
PHOENIX - episode 1
this episode was pretty fast paced. It is animated and has characters very similar to those from the Cyborg - 009 series and i was worried that i wouldnt care for it much because i never really liked how the characters were so oddly proportioned body-wise, for instance - having huge noses and stuff lol. Im surprised to say that i enjoyed this episode as well as i did the others ^^ It is about a village near a volcano and the villagers that live there. there is a legend that the Phoenix lives at the top of the volcano and if someone were to drink its blood they would be granted eternal life. One of the villager's sister is dying , so the sister's husband decides in a last ditch effort to climb the mountain and kill the Phoenix to save her life. Sadly after a long struggle, the husband dies and is later found by the villagers, leaving only the small brother to help his sister. a few days later a man is washed upon the shores of the ocean, who later reveals himself to be a medicine man and in turn saves the sick woman and eventually marries her after they had bonded together over time In my opinion it was a good episode and i wonder what the rest of the series holds, im expecting it to be pretty short, since the episodes really cover alot of ground. ther are pretty violent as well, but it offers a different type of anime experience thats for sure :)
OTAKU USA DEMO DVD - DECEMBER 2007 ISSUE (this is a different anime magazine)
ASTRO BOY - episode 1
Im actually pretty picky when it comes to older anime series like Astro Boy and Speed Racer. This episode was in black and white and it was pretty violent as well. Until yesterday, i had only seen a couple episodes of Astro Boy and i had played a demo of the videogame a few years ago and i didnt know he was originally a human. This first episode was pretty sad for the most part and to be as old as it is, I still believe it has pretty good animation for its time and a good background message about life and the obstacles everyone has to go through, so if you havent had the chance to watch this series, id at least reccomend the first episode :)
NOEIN - episode 1
This episode was wierd lol. It was hard to gather any real info just from this one episode alone, so there isnt much i can say other than that it seems like it is one of those sci fi altered parallel, matrix type anime shows. The animation was great though and it was very intruiging to watch, always wondering what the main intentions of the episode were. Id reccomend anime fans to look it up and see if it is their type of thing. I may have just been tired while i was watching it, but it just seemed pretty wierd, it's probably what gave me nightmares last night LOL.
FRUITS BASKET - episode 1
I really enjoyed watching this episode lol. It had alot of funny parts and i found a new favorite character that i like lol. I cant remember his name , but its one of the main male characters that wears the kimono, always talking in a high pitched voice and the sorts lol. Im sure most of you here have probably seen this anime, Ive just seen this one episode and it is pretty entertaining, comedic, and intruiging. Id like to see more thats for sure, especially after seeing the end of the first episode ^^
NEWTYPE USA DEMO DVD AUGUST 2003 ISSUE
MAZINKAISER - episode 1
I absolutely loved this episode lol. I believe it is a homage to the old robot animations such as Voltron and the original Gundam. This series is animated alot similarly to the G-Gundam series which is right up my alley lol. It starts off right with a battle of mutliple robots attacking a city and Mazinger Z(sp) coming to the rescue, only to be assaulted by all of the robots. Then the Larger and more experienced Great Mazinger arrives and they are both decimated pretty badly, with Mazinger Z being taken by the enmy and the pilot being thrown miles away in the cockpit pod as Great Mazinger is being dismantled. Great Mazinger is saved by a large ship, but the pilot of Mazinger Z is still missing. this episode had one of the greatest robot battles ive ever seen, 2 of them actually - in one episode. i really want this series lol, i knew i would enjoy it because i enjoyed the opening and ending themes, which im about to download if i can lol. This is top class anime in my opinion, one of the best robot anime ive seen. Id say the only downplay is that they yell out the name of their attacks, i know alot of people dont really like that, but id say its a good burts of nostalgia if you are a fan of the old style like myself lol. i reccomend this for everyone ^^
Well, i think that will be all of the reviews for today, i dont want to burn you guys out with my excessive rambling, so i think im going to get back to finishing this game so i can finally after all these years finish Roujin Z
Roujin Z
In the mean time i thank you all for visiting and i look forwrd to posting about more stuff tommorrow ^^ be sure to check out my wallpapers and let me know what you think ^^
stay strong,
Jason
