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A FutaLoli Review

14 August 2011 - 03:59 PM

Over the course of our time watching anime my friend and I decided to make a review show. It kinda started because our friends started to become interested in making movies so we thought of doing something we would enjoy. So I hope you enjoy our unique perspective on all things anime. Here is episode 7:

Part1


Part 2

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

27 January 2011 - 07:55 AM

If you guys were like me I came into Madoka expecting something new from Shaft. After all, a few blogs were going on about the fact that this was Shaft's ORIGINAL anime based on the magical girl genre. So I was intrigued and decided to give it a few episodes to see if Shaft was really gonna try something new or were they simply just trying to jump on the moe bandwagon. I will tell you one thing about Shaft in concern with Madoka. They did not disappoint.

Episode one already got me hooked not because of how it looked or even the voice actors that were assembled for the characters (Eri is a goddess!). What got me was how dark the content was, I mean c'mon, this is suppose to be a magical girl show! The enemies are something out of nightmares and they fully intend on devouring you. What drove me even more was the dialogue from episode two with the fact that they were really pushing on how even the act of becoming a magical girl (or Puella Magi in the show) there will be consequences. And then what happened in episode three... Everyone who I've been forcing to watch this show really didn't expect something like this to happen in episode three. I really don't wanna spoil it for you guys cause it's one of those things that you gotta see for yourself.

Overall Shaft has figured out a awesome formula for this post moe boom and that's "Make it look moe, make it sound moe, but don't give them moe" and I applaud them. Good work gentlemen.

World of Warcraft

27 November 2010 - 03:19 AM

With Cataclysm's release less then two weeks away (only nine days if you live in the pacific), I'm willing to discuss some of the latest WoW news. The latest patch to hit servers was 4.0.3a, last Tuesday.

What came with the new patch are:
* Portals in Dalaran/Shattrath Removed
* Class trainers in Dalaran where portals once were
* New race-class combinations (excluding worgen/goblin)
* New Gnome/Troll starting areas
* Changes to existing zones
* New cata load screens
* New cata intro cinematic
* New cata login screen
* New music
* City Quartermasters, with rep tabards
* Bug fixes
* Class balancing
* Druids, paladins, priests, and shaman will have their talent trees reset
* Experience required to gain levels 71 through 80 is being reduced by 20%
* New tamable hunter pets (Monkey, fox, dog, and beetle, as well as new skins for existing pet classes.)

What didn't come with the new patch and NEEDS the Cataclysm expansion are:
* Creating worgen/goblin characters
* Worgen/Goblin start zones
* Archeology
* Professions past 450 (Illustrious Grand Master)
* Guild leveling
* Guild achievements
* Eastern Kingdoms/Kalimdor flight
* New Zones (80+)

I hope you enjoyed the information as I am enjoying leveling two new alts. Now, unlike a vast majority of the players I play with, I am a child of the Wotlk expansion. I was not there when the gates of Ahn'Qiraj was opened, when the scourge commenced it's second invasion of Azeroth, when heroes ventured into the dark portal, or when the Sunwell was reactivated. My experience with WoW has only been these past two years. However, I am a deep convert. So I greatly enjoy the game and its contents. I've dealt with nearly all of Wotlk's content with the exception of Yogg-Saron and Helion. In the future I intend to talk more about WoW and its newest expansion. I look forward to meeting you online if you ever decide to visit my home server of Aman'thul. Later.

Gundam Unicorn

04 November 2010 - 01:18 AM

The second episode of Gundam UC was just released in Japan a few days ago. Thankfully Sunrise is still doing a awesome job putting out a quality duo language dub. So alot of people don't have to wait for a fansub release and can just find the raw and watch in the OVA's selection of Japanese, English, French, Spanish and Chinese subs. Before I go into my review I gotta say that this episode is a must watch if you're into Gundam/ Giant Robots/ Space Battles or if you're just into anime. Warning spoilers even for those of you who have watched it cause I'm referencing stuff from the books.

Episode two of Gundam UC picks up right where we left off from episode one. The Unicorn goes into its NT-D mode aka the Newtype Destroyer and faces off against Marida Cruz, a Puru clone. From there we're introduced to more characters such as Daguza Mackle, the commander of a unit of ECOAS troops, and Full Frontal, a captain and Char clone with Neo Zeon. It's pretty crazy that Zeon has some awesome cloning technology since the first Neo Zeon war. It is also revealed that Audrey is none other then the princess of Neo Zeon, Minerva Zabi who went missing since the first Neo Zeon war. Both sides eventually get to have a chat with Banagher and he winds up in the hands of Neo Zeon. At that point the Federation launches a special operation with ECOAS leading the way to retrieve Banagher and his Gundam.
This episode roughly covers volumes 3 and 4 of the book and has confirmed the pacing of the OVA with two volumes per episode. We're pretty fortunate that Unicorn didn't hit the movie theater and we can enjoy a anime with movie quality without having to wait too long. Maybe I'm being bias to the UC era but episode two felt well paced and never seemed to throw to much information at me. Or maybe its because I read the books... Anyway, Sunrise has a big budget for Unicorn and you can see it in the animation immediately with not only the way the mobile suits battle each other but also with the fluid character movement. The characters are diverse and are pretty grey as befitting of Gundam characters. They all have a motive for doing what, in their own minds, needs to be done. Also you can clearly see a rivalry reminiscent of Char and Amuro in Full Frontal and Banagher. It's just unfortunate that the Japanese dub was able to acquire Char's seiyuu while the English dub wasn't able to do the same. Sunrise also delivers with its quality of dub. The English cast does an excellent job with their individual roles and gives me another example of what a quality English dub is suppose to look like.
I could continue but I wanted to keep it short because I could continue to rant on and on about Gundam. Gundam UC: The Red Comet gets a 5/5 from me.


It took them eight months before they release episode two. However episode three is scheduled to release March 18. So Gundam fans need only wait four months. I pray and hope this doesn't prevent them from releasing another quality episode.

Also can't wait for the dvd release of the Gundam 00 movie on Dec. 25.