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 Cromartie High School

 Original Creator:Eiji Nonaka

Director: Hiroaki Sakurai

Production Group: Production I-G

Total Episodes: 26(run time 12 min each)

Vintage: 2003-10-02 to 2004-03-25

 Summary:  Takashi Kamiyama just an ordinary student, who dislikes to fight is enrolled at Cromartie Highschool, where every single student is a delinquent. The students all decide on who’s to become the leader of their school and has a election between the students. Withought knowing anything Kamiyama was nominated as one of the candidates to run. And by default Kamiyama won the election and now he is the Toughest student in the school. Thus starts the story of Cromartie High school and the tough guys eventful day life.

 I’ve known Cromartie High school for a while, but never was interested in it, mostly because of the art style and maybe the plot. But recently my friend suggested that i should watch this series, cuz its short(only 12 min each episodes, so technically it can also be 13 episodes long) and that its pretty hilarious. So i took his words and gave it a go. Suprisingly the series wasnt all that bad, especially when Mechazawa, the Robot student showed up and found out that Norio Wakamatsu was the voice actor. There are also many great characters in the series, like Freddie Mercury is one of the character, which is helariuos, also a Gorilla, which is really random, but each character has their own part in the series and make the short 12 minutes a great episode.

The Animation studio, Production I-G worked on this series. They do a really great job on making animations really well, but for this series, i’d have to say it was semi-decent. Not sure if it was because it was made in 2003, or just because the original creator wanted to keep the style like the manga, so that it can keep its natural feel. Its probably the ladder, i never really read the manga, but i would assume that the animation style is low quality, is because it makes the animation more hilarious, gets the grasp of the originality.

The Opening music “Jun” by Takuro Yoshida, really sounds so funny with the animation that is made, also the music has some kind of nostalgic feel to it, not sure when the music was made, but it is a oldie kind music. The ending song “Trust Me” by Kunio Suma was some what a really different kind a taste of music, not really sure how i can explain it, being such a weird song.

So yeah this series is an interesting one, if your really bored and want some laughs, then go and watch it. Its short and has great humor, what else you need right? So if your like me and debating whether to watch it or not, dont think, just watch it.

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Ratings:

Story:B

Animation:C

Art:B

Music:B

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Youtube video of the OP/ED will be posted, so please go and watch them if you are interested.

Thanks again for reading and if there are any suggestion/comments/questions, please feel free to ask.

Jya~ne see ya later

 ~O-tak-U

ONE PIECE STRONG WORLD

This is One Piece’s 10th Movie, this ones gonna be great, Oda Eiichiro himself is going to be working on this movie along with the other Toei Animation group.

This movie is set to be released on December 12th 2009.

This movie is gonna be set after the Thriller Bark arc, after they befriend the Skeleton musician Brooks

As the movie is still in development, it possible these facts could change before its released. A teaser trailer was revealed at the Tokyo Animation Fair 2009, revealing the title of the movie as “Strong World.

Here is the newest trailer for the movie

Heres something cool, the first 1.5 million japanese moviegoers who see One Piece Film Strong World will receive the “0th volume” (One Piece: Kan-Zero)of the manga. In the upcoming “One Piece Kan-Zero” bonus gift will depict the world of One Piece from 20 years ago. It’s said this volume is directly related to the plot of the movie.

Cant wait for the Movie to be released, just from watching the trailers, this movie looks really great, i say this becuase the last 2 movies (movies 8 and 9) were pretty much recap of Alabasta and Drum Mountain arc, so they werent as exciting. So i hope this movie will be a great one and that everyone will be able to enjoy the movie.

 MBF-P02 Astray Red Frame

Manufacturer: Morgenroete, Inc/Orb Union
Users: Junk Guild
Unit type: prototype general purpose mobile suit
Rollout: 10 January, Cosmic Era 71
First Deployment: 25 January, Cosmic Era 71
Head height: 17.53 meters
Base weight: 49.8 metric tons
Special equipment: flight pack, underwater salvage gear, Power Loader
Powerplant: Ultracompact battery
Armament: “Igelstellung” 75 mm multi-barrel CIWS ×2, Type 70 beam saber ×2, Type 71 beam rifle ×1, “Gerbera Straight” katana ×1, shield ×1
Optional armament: TMF/TR-2 BuCUE Tactical Reconnaissance Type head with dual beam saber ×1
Pilot(s): Lowe Guele, Marlin also known as Juri Wu Nien

(Information from Wikipedia)

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When i First laid my eyes on this PG Gundam Model, i just said to myself “this is the most coolest Gundam ever..” but after looking at the price, it felt as if my dreams and hope disappeared. The Cost of the PG 1/60 Astray Red Frame ranges from  $200 - 300, it is so expensive.

They also have the 1/144 HG scale model as well, but after looking at the PG 1/60 scale model you cant make yourself to buying the HG model. The difference is just too much, the details, the light ups, even the prices. (i wish the PG scale was like $30 lol)

So now im going to have to save up on some cash and get myself some primer/touchups/airbrush/spraycans and such man becoming a gundam model fan isnt healthy… XD

But either way, i’ll start off by getting Astray Blue Frame or Astray Gold Frame Amatsu before i challenge myself in the PG scale Red frame.

The parts used for Gundam Astray Red Frame

Photo Images from Gundam Dot Info

Hey all, its been way too long since i last updated this blog. The procrastination got the best of me after i got back from Japan.

Im sorry that i left and didnt come back for a while. But now that im back, hopefully I can get things rollin again and be able to do some more reviews of anime/manga and what not.

Yeah Soon after i get it all together, i’ll post pictures of my trip to Japan and all the stuff i got there. It was great.

So again, i’m sorry for my lack of presence and hopefully i can get back to writing again.

Till then, Peace!

Sorry for the lack of Updates, been a difficult month i guess.

Anyhow, i will be Gone for about 2 weeks, the reason is I WILL BE GOING TO JAPAN!

So yeah, i probably wont have the chance to update during the trip, So when i get back i’ll do a full report(with pictures!) of my adventure in Japan.

So till then my good friends and readers.

See Ya Later!

Ookiku Furikabutte

 Original Creator: Asa Higuchi

Director: Tsutomu Mizushima

Production Group: A-1 Pictures

Total Episodes: 26

Vintage: 2007-04-12 to 2007-09-27

Summary: The series, set in Saitama, follows Ren Mihashi, who had previously excelled as his middle school baseball team’s ace pitcher, due to his grandfather’s connections as its manager. As he graduates to high school, whose baseball team his grandfather does not manage, he initially does not believe he is good enough to succeed at baseball, however, but assisted by his friends, he grows in stature, confidence and skill, helping his team excel with his own ability.

Ookiku Furikabutte is the first base ball anime i watched, it was defiently great. I never really liked the sports genre, but after watching this series i feel more open to watching more sports genre. The story for this is great, about a weakling growing up to become a more stronger person. The character development is really great too, the characters are all unique and makes the sports fun to watch. The only thing about sports series, is that they are usually really long or short. In Ookiku Furikabute’s case, its short and its kinda sad that they dont go through out the whole tournament because one match is like a million episodes long(over exaggeration) and they dont go to Koshien, i just hope that they do another sequal to this series. And i usually like to watch shorter series. Any how i really like how this series came to be.

Production A-1 picture is a pretty small production group, thats pretty new, it was founded in 2005, so its been only 4 years, and their names are going out pretty widely. Cant wait to see what other series is produced in the next couple years.

The OP for Ookiku Furikabutte “Dramatic (ドラマチック)” by Base Ball Bear  is one of my faveorite theme songs out there. i think that Base Ball bear is a really great Jpop group and i’ll definetly review them eventually. The End theme song “Medaka no Mita Niji (メダカの見た虹)” by Kozue Takada isnt that bad too, its only alittle bit slow, but not that bad still as an ending.

The series is really great, one of the best baseball series out there. So i think you all think will enjoy this series quite bit.

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Ratings:

Story: A

Animation: A

Art:A

Music:A

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Youtube video of the OP/ED will be posted, so please go and watch them if you are interested.

Thanks again for reading and if there are any suggestion/comments/questions, please feel free to ask.

Jya~ne see ya later

 ~O-tak-U

 JAM Project

 Genre: Anison, J-Rock, Heavy metal, Rock, Video Game Soundtrack

Year Active: 2000 - ongoing

 :Members:

 Ichirou Mizuki
Hironobu Kageyama
Masaaki Endoh
Rica Matsumoto
Hiroshi Kitadani
Masami Okui
Yoshiki Fukuyama
Ricardo Cruz

The JAM project is a anime music genre group based in Japan, The “JAM” stands from “Japan Animationsong Makers”. Founded on July 19, 2000 by a famous 1970 song artist Ichirou Mizuki. The Group composed of many talented vocal artist througout various genres; aside from anime and video game themes. Each member is famous for his or her own solo performances of Japanese theme songs.

I recently got into listening to this group after listening to one of their song “Skill”. This group is really amazing, as a person who listens to alot of anime music and such, i feel bad that i didnt even know about this group until recently. They are a great group with great talent in doing their job. The music they create is so amazing. Its almost unexplainable in words, you are going to have to listen to them in order to understand how great they are.

They worked on quite a few anime theme songs, but they are mostly famous for working with the theme songs for the Super Robot Taisen Anime and Game series. Other anime that used their songs consist of Yugioh GX, Crush Gear Nitro, Keroro Gunso, and more others.

If you guys have the chance i totally suggest you guys listen to their songs, will not be a disappointment.

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Ratings:

Music: A+

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I will have Youtube video of the some of the musics, so please go and watch them if you are interested.

Thanks again for reading and if there are any suggestion/comments/questions, please feel free to ask.

Jya~ne see ya later

 ~O-tak-U

Developer: Team Shanghai Alice

Publisher:  Team Shanghai Alice

Released date: August 15th, 2009

Genre: Verticle Danmaku Shooting Game

Gameplay: Single player story mode

Platforms: Windows 2000/XP/vista

This is the twelfth official game of the Touhou series.

The story for this game is that There has been a rumor spreading throughout Gensokyo since the early spring about a flying treasure ship. Since it brings good omen, the heroines race to see who will be the first to board the ship. But from the sky, there’s a black, shadowy figure moving at a high speed chasing the girls…

This game is alot harder for me to play, since im not used to it, so i was only able to complete about 40% of the game in easy mode… yes thats pretty lame, but i cant help it, the game is so hard~! but its definetly a fun game.

The game really improved through out the years, the character design havent really changed, but new characters were added, which is awesome. The 3d environment for the BG is really well made. The soundtrack is probably one of the best thing for this game, the music is really awesome. great Tunes to get for you mp3 if your a touhou fan.

Playable characters;

Hakurei Reimu

Kirisame Marisa

Kochiya Sanae

 yet another master piece that ZUN and shanghai alice team creating in portraying the best in the touhou series. well, i hope you guys can get all the challenge in this game.

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Graphic: A

Art: A

Music: A

Gameplay: A

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 Thanks for checking out the game section, i’ll see if i can put up some game plays on another channel. well anyhow thanks again for reading, and enjoy the games!

~O-tak-u

 Touhou Hisoutensoku

 Developer: Tasogare Frontier /
Team Shanghai Alice

Publisher: Tasogare Frontier /
Team Shanghai Alice

Released date: August 15th, 2009

Genre: Fighting Game

Gameplay: Single-player Story Mode, Human vs. Human Match, Human vs. Computer Match

Platform: Windows 2000/XP

 This game is the 12.3 of Touhou’s Game release with Tasogare Frontier. Touhou Hisoutensoku also know as Unthinkable Natural Law. This will make this game the third 2-d fighting game that Tasogare and Shanghai created. Hisoutensoku was released very recent in Japan at the Comic-Market 76 (this year) along with Touhou 12 Seirensen, aka Undefined Fantastic Object.

After playing couple rounds i really thought that i’m more better at this game then the 2d shooter original touhou games. I really enjoy the battle actions that the characters unleash.

The graphics are great, the sprites for each character is really made well and the battle stage and everything else is amazing. Very beautifully created.

[Gameplay Screenshots]

 Some characters that are confirmed in the game are…

Sanae Kochiya

Cirno

Hong Meiling

Utsuho Reizu

Suwako Moriya

  This game is a realy great game that everyone should try out. If you are a 2d fighter fan, then i think this game will bring quite a challenge to you.

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Graphic: A

Art: A

Music: A

Gameplay: A

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 Thanks for checking out the game section, i’ll see if i can put up some game plays on another channel. well anyhow thanks again for reading, and enjoy the games!

~O-tak-u

Onidere

 Author:Yosuke Crystalna

Number of Tankobon: 4 (ongoing)

Genre: Romance, School

Publisher: Shogakukan

Summary: Tadashi is a sensitive boy who loves nothing more than knitting. Unfortunately he’s also the secret boyfriend of Saya, the leader of an all-girl gang that terrorizes his school. However, they must keep it a secret from everyone.

 This manga is quite new, and i dont know all too well about it, yet. But after reading what they have, one thing is for sure. This is a great comedy romance manga. The story line is great, kinda seems over used, but still with the characters in place it brings great story.

Tadashi the main character, who’s basically a normal middle school boy, but has one secret that he’s keeping a secret from everyone, is that his girl friend is the strongest gang leader of the school. Saya, Tadashi’s secret girlfriend, does all her best to get to stay as close as possible to Tadashi and get to know more about him, but her gang members seems to be bothering them all the time. They both keep it a secret from everyone because they think that it would be wierd to see a wimpy ordinary boy with the strongest gang leader. Yuna, Mitsuki, and Momo are Saya’s best friends and her other member of the gang. They(except for Momo) dont know that Saya is going out with Tadashi. As the story progresses they all seem to be doing activities together, because of one thing… the Student president, Tomeo Kinoshita, he believes with justice he can change the heart of the gangs and make them into great citizens. But it usually fails. Alot other characters appear along the way and make the story more interesting and fun to read.

The only down side to this is the art, its not the best drawings you would see, the proportions arent drawn correctly and the characters designs arent the best, but its all good, because this is a comedy/romance manga, which fits perfectly with this kind of drawing, it adds more expression and humour to the characters.

So if you all want to have some fun and read a great action, school romance comdey manga this new series will definetly be great for you.

i just cant wait for the next chapter to come out. excite excite.

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Rating:

Story:B+

Art:B-

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Thanks again for reading and if there are any suggestion/comments/questions, please feel free to ask.

Jya~ne see ya later

 ~O-tak-U