Thar be slight spoilers here, but nothing series-destroying if you haven’t seen the show yet.
This is depressing.
I have no inside knowledge, and very little knowledge of how the actual licensing process goes, so this post is mostly speculation (and desperate rationalization) on my part. I thought I’d share in hopes it would help calm the minds of other fans who are awaiting the ADV DVD release of Gurren-Lagann.
I have no idea how to pronounce the show’s name properly in English, but the katakana used for the name are pronounced ‘mu ne mo syu ne’. Which is funny, since the ‘mune’ part taken on its own means ‘breast’ in Japanese. Haha, tits. I’ll get back to that later.
The structure of the show is pretty interesting. It’s a 6 episode series and each episode runs for an hour (45 minutes without commercials). Starting Feb. 3rd, they’re airing one episode per month. Pretty weird. It’s like an OVA, but on Satellite.
I’ve only seen the first episode raw (I don’t think there are any subs yet), and my Japanese is hardly at the level where I can ‘get’ everything, but I have the general idea of the show. Taking place in 1990, it centers around the green haired lady in the image above. She’s Rin Asougi, the central character who runs a sort of detective agency along with a loli chick named Mimi. Rin strikes me as a cross between Yomiko Readman of Read or Die and Motoko Kusanagi of Ghost in the Shell. She’s highly skilled and pretty ruthless at times, but when she’s not fighting someone she’s playful, compassionate and even a little clumsy.
Now let’s get back to the boobs. This is definitely an Adult show. Rin doesn’t have any problems rolling around unclothed with nary a puff of steam or strategic prop placement to be found. Putting aside the nudity, there’s some pretty disturbing violence in one extended scene involving a chick with a piercing fetish. It’s actually worse when the piercings are taken out. Yikes. Rin actually dies 3 times in this episode. This was being advertised as having ‘erotic violence’, and it certainly lives up to that advertisement.
If you’re the type that follows seiyuu, this show has a few big names to it. Mamiko Noto, Rie Kugimiya and Rie Tanaka all play major roles in this show. Nobuyuki Hiyama is in it as well, but I didn’t recognize his voice at all. The opening and ending songs are done by the Japanese metal band Galneryus
Looky here for a 3 minute trailer to have an idea of what the show looks like.
I’d imagine Mnemosyne would be more interesting if I understood what they were saying. It did hold my attention through its entire 45 minutes, so this is something I’ll be following during its run. It wasn’t anything particularly spectacular, but it is one of the more exciting programs this season. Hope someone subs it!
Bunny Suit Kallen. Geass was always a huge pile of pandering amusement, but now they’ve gone too far.
They’ve hit my weak spot.
For massive damage.
[via DbD]
From Anime News Network.
This DBZ movie is getting really weird.
It probably seems like I don’t actually watch much anime or play much games. I certainly haven’t been keeping a steady flow of content here. However I figured I’d post what I’ve acquired within the last week alone to show that I do, in fact, enjoy and purchase anime and games. Scrubs too.
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I’ll list what these actually are:
Row 1
-The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Special Editions vol 3 & 4 (Complete)
-Eureka 7 Special Editions vols 9 & 10
Row2
-Fighting Spirit/Hajime no Ippo Complete Collections vol 1 & 2 (Complete)
-Gundam the Movie: Char’s Counterattack
-Scrubs season 6 (one of these things is not like the others…)
Row 3
-Virtua Fighter 5 for 360
-Ace Combat 6 for 360
-Zack & Wiki for Wii (this game is all kinds of good. I’m thinking of making a post about it in the future)
-Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations for DS
-Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a day for DS(I really like these games. Once I get bored of them, I can give them to my mom as a gift…if she doesn’t go out and buy it herself)
-Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles for PSP
So there. Eight of these items I have already seen/played to completion in previous forms. Suzumiya, Eureka 7, Ippo I’ve seen on fansub. Virtua Fighter 5 I already had for PS3. I had already played the Japanese/English version of Gyakuten Saiban 3.
Please don’t ask how much all of this cost me. I really don’t want to think about it…
Shinichi Watanabe (also known as Nabeshin), director of comedy anime Excel Saga and Nerima Daikon Brothers, was at a convention in the US last week. There was a panel in particular about Anime Bootlegging that he requested to contribute to and share his opinions on.
You can watch video clips of the panel at this site.
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This is on Xbox Live right now, but I believe demos will be coming to the PSN and somewhere on PC as well. (Long story short, I want this game now.)
Quick history lesson: Stranglehold is the ’sequel’ to the John Woo film ‘Hard Boiled’, starring Chow Yun Fat. Fat’s likeness and voice are in this game as well, as the main character ‘Tequila’. The PS3 special edition will actually come with the BluRay version of the Hard Boiled movie.
This is from Famitsu. Judging by the pictures and bit of text I can read, it’s going to be a 3D “melee action” game. And it’s on the 360.
It mentions something about ‘Real Time’ on the right hand side. I wish the scan was bigger because I can’t read most of the other stuff (not like I’d be able to read much anyway). The other guy who isn’t Sol is named ‘Sin’, which is printed clearly in roman letters.
Curious, they’re calling it “Guilty Gear 2″ as if it’s the direction the series is going in. Hopefully some more information will surface soon, but right now I am not impressed.
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