tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934718837218625702024-03-05T00:37:44.771-08:00Addicted to Anime<img src="https://home.comcast.net/~hallb50/geckobanner3ka.jpg" />-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-20900002666733348462010-05-15T10:37:00.001-07:002010-05-15T10:37:10.119-07:00Kiddy Girl? Well, mentally...<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/15/1365.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/15/s_1365.jpg' border='0' width='243' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/15/1366.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/15/s_1366.jpg' border='0' width='241' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />I finished Kiddy Girl-and the other day. I hate comparing shows like this to their predecessors because this kind of show is really almost stand alone just set in the same universe. However, this one did have Eclair and Lumiere in it at the end, so...oh, did I forget the other three or four ES pairs?<br /><br />This time around the ES members are two apprentices who cover as waitresses for the GTO which is the new version of the GOTT. The Nouvlesse, led by a charismatic ability user, are planning a comeback...<br /><br />I would have liked this show much better if it had not followed Kiddy Grade (which I am proud to say adorns a covetted place on my anime shelf) making it seem that the juvenile title is a perfect fit. Even given the opportunity to be a coming of age story, it failed to develop any of the chara to the extend of intellectual stimulation for the viewer. <br /><br />Mind you, the story was great, the potential for magnifcence was there, it just was not followed through on. <br /><br />I enjoyed it for what it was and the antics of Ascour and Di-air kept me entertained, so i'll give it a 6.2 on the Z-scale...<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/15/1368.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/15/s_1368.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='257' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /> <br />- posted via 3G...<br />-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-50847233459458277192010-05-14T16:26:00.001-07:002010-05-14T16:26:18.084-07:00It's not a daiper, it just looks like one...<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/14/1461.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/14/s_1461.jpg' border='0' width='197' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/14/1462.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/14/s_1462.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='261' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />I recently finished an anime about aliens. Tanpopo is a loli Manager for a minor toy company who comes to Earth to find a tester for a power suit the Galaxy Police commisioned for. Her rival is another poser suit developed by the Emerald Company. An unemployed student reluctantly takes the job and becomes Dokkoida. <br /><br />I really loved the hilarity of all the heros and villians living under one roof without knowing who's who. The aliens throughout the galaxy were portrayed very oddly, especially the chief and Tanpopo's boss. Gags and goofiness abound in this satirical parody of superhero anime. The plot was solid and animated decently.<br /><br />I was more annoyed than enamored by the Dokkoida power suit. <br /><br />I enjoyed the catch OP, but the ED was lacking substance. Overall I give this one a 7.1 on the Z-scale. <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/14/1463.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/14/s_1463.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- posted via 3G...<br />-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-31665861758883564222010-04-18T16:23:00.001-07:002010-04-18T16:23:07.738-07:00The Wallflower...<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/18/1661.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/18/s_1661.jpg' border='0' width='213' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/18/1662.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/18/s_1662.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='214' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />I got this one from the library. I was hesitant because of all the bishonen in it but glad that I did go ahead and watch it. <br /><br />The Wallflower is about a group of feeloaders who are given the task of making Sunako Nakahara into a lady or be forced to pay rent for the luxurious mansion they live in. Unfortunately for them Sunako is rather an introverted horror otaku...<br /><br />This anime was pretty hilarious. The use of sight gags and chibi chara was great. I enjoyed the OP song but didn't care for either of the EDs. <br /><br />What I didn't like was the excessive use of blank chara and some lack of background detail. <br /><br />Overall I'll give it a 7.0 on the Z-scale...<br /><br />Check it out!<br /><br />- posted via 3G...<br />-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-27297195987702794172010-04-12T17:33:00.001-07:002010-04-12T17:33:33.891-07:00Rizelmine<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/12/1526.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/12/s_1526.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='257' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />I finished this anime yesterday. <br /><br />Rizelmine is an android who's development is stuck at the 12 year old stage. Her handlers set her up with middle schoolers Iwaki who is more into older girls. Hilarity ensues as Iwaki-kun fights off the romantic advances of Rizel.<br /><br />This is a very funny comedy anime although it's a little older. It got a little ecchi toward the end which is a bonus for me, but that didn't detract from the warmness and romance.<br /><br />Overall it was a great show and a bonus for the loli fan! The music was ok; I would say that the second ED was better than the first. <br /><br />I'll give it an 8.9 on the Z-scale.<br /><br />Check it out!<br /><br /> - posted via 3G...<br />-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-37620079646343283732010-04-12T14:52:00.001-07:002010-04-12T14:52:17.755-07:00Tatakau Shisho - The Book of Bantorra<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/12/1322.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/12/s_1322.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='259' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/12/1323.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/12/s_1323.jpg' border='0' width='250' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />I won't even try to tell you I understood everything that went on in this anime. I think if you go to college you should make your Professor watch it and explain it to you! <br /><br />Book is about a world where when someone dies their life history is contained in a stone tablet or "book" as it is called. Armed Librarians collect the books and police trade in them while battling the rebelious Church. There is more to this world and others than what appears on the surface...<br /><br />I finished this and am not even sure who are left alive at the end excluding the obvious. There was little to no fanservice despite the over endowment of the Acting Director, so that did not detrct from the story. The chara were cool, each with a special ability, at least before they were killed off, as many were. <br /><br />Although a bit confusing, I thuroughly enjoyed this anime. The music was decent too. <br /><br />I'll give it an 8.5 on the Z-scale.<br /><br />Now go watxh anime!<br /><br />- posted via 3G...<br />-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-40820201971373121462010-03-12T17:05:00.000-08:002010-03-12T17:13:42.322-08:00Handsome no Kanojo OVAIn my cheesy quest to finish 500 anime titles by summer, I have decided to take the quick route and throw in a bunch of movies and OVA titles to get there quicker...<br /><br />One such title I watched was the one episode OVA Handsome no Kanojo. It's from the 80's and was pretty bland. It seems that this one was one of those titles thrown together to promote the manga it's based on. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsUYh-RwP6L6l73WjK7ySswoVW4YVhojFyrR9grc4-_JlvLXaaiU6R7Fv1o9E4dh4I7isGkLrTqWzN8qDc_hDQlKmEI4xfl4ftDvfnOZIJyM7ZMqlColmyf61bM0AW1gkiX1xs8uKP0wN/s1600-h/bscap075lx5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsUYh-RwP6L6l73WjK7ySswoVW4YVhojFyrR9grc4-_JlvLXaaiU6R7Fv1o9E4dh4I7isGkLrTqWzN8qDc_hDQlKmEI4xfl4ftDvfnOZIJyM7ZMqlColmyf61bM0AW1gkiX1xs8uKP0wN/s400/bscap075lx5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447920093044986338" /></a><br /><br />A High School girl, who is an aspiring actress is given a sharp critique by a College cinema student who decides she is the perfect actress for his movie. Naturally they fall in love at the end.<br /><br />I'll give it a 6.0 on the Z-scale.-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-32354356124469024122010-02-12T17:29:00.001-08:002010-03-12T17:02:13.033-08:00Thought Crime...I found this article due to a recent sentencing handed down to an Iowa man for receiving lolicon mang in the mail. What's next simply having such art on your computer? I do not believe possesion of such materiel puts one on the path to victimizing children anymore than watching Saw causes someone to kidnap and murder people...<br /><br /><a href="http://comipress.com/special/miscellaneous/down-the-slippery-slope-the-crime-of-viewing-manga#_edn37">http://comipress.com/special/miscellaneous/down-the-slippery-slope-the-crime-of-viewing-manga#_edn37</a><br /><br />"In the meantime, organizations like the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which would have provided expert witnesses at its own expense had the Handley case gone to trial, should be supported through donations and membership. News sites and blogs should loudly criticize government interference with the rights of its citizens to purchase, read and possess the publications they wish. Petitions should be sent to members of Congress objecting to the censorship of art under the guise of protecting children. Moral crusading against comic books and art must be forced into retreat."<br /><br />What do you think?<br /><br /><br /><br />- posted via 3G...<br />-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-2436728556769170572010-01-31T07:17:00.001-08:002010-03-12T17:00:35.449-08:00Winter 2010 ep 3 reviews!Well obviously this didn't happen...enjoy the images as much as I'm enjoying the shows why don't cha?<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/399.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/s_399.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='159' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/400.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/s_400.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='158' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/401.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/s_401.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='241' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/402.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/s_402.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='207' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/403.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/s_403.jpg' border='0' width='202' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/404.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/s_404.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='271' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/405.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/s_405.jpg' border='0' width='266' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/406.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/s_406.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='201' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/407.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/s_407.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='215' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/408.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/s_408.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='171' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/409.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/s_409.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='157' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/410.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/s_410.jpg' border='0' width='197' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/411.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/s_411.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='199' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/412.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/31/s_412.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='159' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- posted via 3G...<br />-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-10029240005220567002010-01-22T06:41:00.001-08:002010-01-22T07:44:41.245-08:00The old days...On my days off I drop both my kids at their bus stops. I had dug out an old CD of anime songs I had made years ago and the OP for <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=363">Sailor Moon</a> came on. My oldest daughter, now 14, just started singing it off the fly! She said she remembers singing it all the time when she was little! Sailor Moon was the first anime that we both watched and I attribute it to being the one that started my addiction...<br /><br />( ^_^)<br /><br /><br />- posted via 3G...<br />-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-86756927540639202762010-01-11T11:29:00.001-08:002010-01-22T07:58:34.696-08:00It could be magic<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/11/550.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/11/s_550.jpg' border='0' width='180' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10764">Sora no Otoshimono</a></strong> - this is about a happy-go-lucky guy who only wants peace and quite in his life and maybe a few ecchi videos to watch. An Angeloid falls down from the sky and makes his life far less that peaceful...<br /><br />This is the epitomy of ecchi comedy. From magic cards that grant wishes to flying pantsu (even exploding ones!) this had me laughing my ass off on many occasions! This anime does justice to the genre (is there even an ecchi comedy genre!?) with a unique flare.<br /><br />There is a serious side to the story as well. The place where the Angeloids come from is run by beings that are evil and ruthless. They want their wayward Angeloids destroyed. <br /><br />Pros: the chara are done well and there are some very good fight scenes as well as the great comedy. <br /><br />Cons: there are annoying intros by the superbrain character. The Angeloid Nymph seems to be the only chara that we get decent background information on.<br /><br /> SnO gets an 8.0 on the Z-scale...<br /><br />- posted via 3G...<br /><br />-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-38534880504453323642010-01-11T10:42:00.001-08:002010-01-13T16:39:03.977-08:00Not cats and dogs<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/11/498.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/11/s_498.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='221' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/11/499.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/11/s_499.jpg' border='0' width='300' height='300' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=712">Pet Shop of Horrors</a> is a four part OVA about an eccentric Chinese Count (Count D) who runs a very rare pet shop. People who purchase pets from him always tend to end up in trouble! A local cop suspects drug dealing and does his best to get into Count D’s business.<br /><br />Pros: The stories were interesting enough. I liked the one about the Presidential aspirant the best. <br /><br />Cons: Count D was just a bit too effeminate for me. It was really bizarre how the chara could imagine their pets to be something they weren’t. <br /><br />Although it’s old it was still worth watching…I’ll give it a Z-scale 6.1…-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-81741445425555531522010-01-10T05:44:00.001-08:002010-01-13T15:11:18.698-08:00From the city at the edge of nowhere<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/10/214.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/10/s_214.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='92' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />I finished the second season of <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6832">Black Lagoon (the Second Barrage)...</a><br /><br />if you could get into your mind the most screwed up South Asian city and added the greatest hodge-podge of criminal chara you can imagine, that would resemble Rhoanapour. This city is the home of the Lagoon Company, an eclectic group of criminals who do all sorts of jobs if the price is right. They have one awesome tricked out PT boat. In the first season a nondescript Japanese businessman is abandoned by his company and reluctantly joins the Lagoon Company. <br /><br />The second season has all the rudeness and violence of the first, but with new faces and better story arcs, it is an improvement on the first.<br /><br />Pros: No holds barred violence mixed with human nature at it's lowest makes for some gritty entertainment. There is more focus on Revy in this season as well. The same haunting ED is used in this season too.<br /><br />Cons: There were some really screwy chara in this one that we didn't get enough background on for the roles that they were given. <br /><br />On the Z-scale, this one gets an overall 8.9! <br /><br />I mostly watched the English dub which was pretty damn well done; rare for a dub. <br /><br />There is an OVA coming out sometime this year which I am seriously pining for...<br /><br />Go check out Black Lagoon on DVD!<br /><br />- posted via 3G...<br />-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-58535115326524206362010-01-07T11:01:00.001-08:002010-01-10T19:12:27.995-08:00When a girl loves a girl...<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/07/474.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/07/s_474.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='237' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10701"><strong>Sasameki Koto</strong></a> - I know what you are thinking...Yes it's a girl's love (yuri) anime, but it was the funniest damn girl's love anime I've ever seen! Kazuma is a demure yet perky girl who just falls in love with girls. Sumi is her best friend and, unbeknownst to Kazuma, is in love with her. Unrequited love spurs much comedy in this as well as the yuri couple who wants to start a girl’s club and the boy who has a crush on Sumi that was conned into modeling (as a girl!) by his imouto (little sister)!<br /><br />Pros: It was pretty darned funny! Sumi’s home life at a dojo, Kazuma’s brother’s work as an author (with a female pen name), and Aoi-san’s budding talent as an author as well (Kazuma’s brother is her idol; she has no idea he’s a guy!) – All these and more lend to the comedy with a little drama thrown in to flesh this anime out. <br /><br />Cons: I understand why it ended the way it did, but I don’t have to like it…<br /><br />Overall I will give it an 8.9 on the Z-scale…<br /><br /><br />- posted via 3G...<br />-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-42368444748076629422010-01-05T11:09:00.000-08:002010-01-05T16:11:38.871-08:00Finished Anime...These are all from the 2009 Fall Season...<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/05/467.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/05/s_467.jpg' border='0' width='257' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10686"><strong>Nyan Koi!</strong></a> – I really enjoyed this one probably because the chara were so cool and it has a lot of cats in it! The main chara is allergic to cats but his family insists on keeping one since he was a kid (it’s fat and black!). One day he has the misfortune of knocking off the head of the neighborhood temple’s cat jizou (a minor god) which curses him to do good deeds for cats or be turned into one (that would be fatal to him!). Various females also vie for his attention in typical harem style.<br /><br />Pros: It has cats! The animation is top notch. It has cats! The story plot and individual side plots all fit well together were funny and interesting. And it has cats!<br /><br />Cons: It was typical of a lot of harem stories, although still funny as hell…<br /><br />I will give this one a 7.8 on the Z-scale.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/05/464.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/05/s_464.jpg' border='0' width='203' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10935"><strong>11eyes</strong></a> – Man this was trippy! In short a group of high school kids are pulled into an alternate world intermittently and must fight for their lives against the Black Knights. There is far more to this than that, but I don’t want to give anything away…<br /><br />Pros: This anime had some awesome battles and decent plot twists (but no cats :( ). There was even a love scene O_O!<br /><br />Cons: The plot was a little too strange and there were some gruesome deaths with too much focus on the dying charas. The very very end was just too convenient, but I don’t want to give anything away. I will say that there was one of those long speeches in the middle of a battle that are so annoying…<br /><br />I will give this a 6.5 on the Z-scale.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/05/465.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/05/s_465.jpg' border='0' width='223' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10874"><strong>The Sacred Blacksmith</strong></a> – A fantasy anime where a female knight strives to defend her beloved city with the help of her friends, a demon sword, a blacksmith, and his loli assistant.<br /><br />Pros: There were some pretty good side plots and the main plot was decent. I enjoyed it for the most part especially the fights which were rare.<br /><br />Cons: The plot was vague and unresolved in the end and again there was one of those annoying speeches in the middle of a battle…<br /><br />I’ll give this one a 6.7 on the Z-scale.<br /><br />Go on...go watch some anime!-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-88171836772783171182009-12-26T18:14:00.000-08:002009-12-26T18:22:54.137-08:00Anime Rating System...OK, I mentioned the anime rating system I use which was developed by a friend and revised by me to include equivilent Anime News Network ratings. Here is is...<br /><br />Z-scale for rating anime<br /><br />I will here place the numbers and reasoning from Z for Z’s rating scale (the Z-scale!) and where the ANN ratings correspond (in bold; note: ANN ratings fall between the corresponding number range). Note that it goes from 0-10 vice 1-10 so that 5 will be the absolute average.<br /><br /><strong>WORST EVER</strong><br />0 – Obviously an absolutely terrible abortion of an anime. <br /><strong>AWEFUL</strong><br />1 - Horrible anime in almost every way. <br /><strong>BAD</strong><br />2 – Just plain bad. Boring, horrible story, ugly animation. <br /><strong>WEAK</strong><br />3 – Bad. An anime you would wish to skip. <br /><strong>NOT REALLY GOOD</strong><br />4 – Disliked. Not all that bad, but it had more things to dislike about it than it had things to like. <br /><strong>SO-SO</strong><br />5 – Neutral; didn’t like or dislike it. <br /><strong>DECENT</strong><br />6 – Not bad. More things found to be enjoyable than not. <br /><strong>GOOD</strong><br />7 – Good anime. Interesting during most of the anime and you are happy that you watched it. <br /><strong>VERY GOOD</strong><br />8 – A pretty good anime. It was enjoyable in pretty much every way. <br /><strong>EXCELLENT</strong><br />9 – Great anime. It kept you excited the entire time, and you loved it. <br /><strong>MASTERPIECE</strong><br />10 – Absolutely amazing and pretty much flawless. It was enjoyable in every way possible. <br /><br />Credits obviously go to Z. I will hotlink this scale to the side panel for when it drops off the front page here.-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-12416944792113478862009-12-25T09:07:00.001-08:002009-12-25T09:08:21.222-08:00Merry Christmas!!! ^_^<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSLb1rlrWJQYI6f0c1RprSmrVTx0jSAInw78BlhjmlhHdJFjxN1M8sxGDvx7MGauKr3RrixiaRs3sYANWsWUA0LoGbmZjILhNB4TtFCfRxeWFr_DAm9rUnSOydLiFsM68s8vvvdsF049a/s1600-h/Kampher12.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSLb1rlrWJQYI6f0c1RprSmrVTx0jSAInw78BlhjmlhHdJFjxN1M8sxGDvx7MGauKr3RrixiaRs3sYANWsWUA0LoGbmZjILhNB4TtFCfRxeWFr_DAm9rUnSOydLiFsM68s8vvvdsF049a/s400/Kampher12.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419221767999402610" /></a>-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-90486183896193412772009-12-24T19:00:00.001-08:002009-12-25T09:09:53.460-08:00I'll start something new (well it's not really new because I tried this before) by doing short reviews of anime that I've finished watching. I'll probably post an explaination of the rating system I use in a later post...<br /><br />So the first one I will do is Kampher - this anime was basically a no holds barred fanservice joyride. A guy wakes up to find a strange talking stuffed animal with it's intestines hanging out in his room and the fact that he has changed into a girl! The animal explains that he has been chosen to be a Kampher; a warrior who has to fight other Kamphers. Unfortunately for him, Kamphers can only be female. The majority of the anime is basically harem stuff and battles while the girls try to fathom the true purpose of Kamphers. The last episode was an extra semi-Christmas special where the dolls switch places with the girls and learn what it's like to be alive.<br /><br />Pros: The story was really pretty interesting and the fanservice wasn't the in-your-face type like you find in shows like Queen's Blade. <br /><br />Cons: The last few episodes were just lame and the story didn't end well. The extra ep was just so much fluff...<br /><br />I'm rating this a 6.5 on the Z-scale (just what the Z-scale is will come later)<br /><br />Link - <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10861">http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10861</a><br /><br />Now go watch more anime!<br /><br /><br /><br />- posted via 3G...<br />-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-9825240727248743752009-12-14T09:46:00.001-08:002009-12-14T09:46:46.098-08:00I did this post fromy iPhone...Yes, as it will undoubtedly say after this post, I did this with my iPhone. Now I may actually post more than once a month or less here! Wish me luck...the following is a test image (and also my favorite gum from Japan)...<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/12/14/312.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/09/12/14/s_312.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-17368545799892856082009-11-30T19:48:00.000-08:002009-11-30T19:50:20.005-08:00Now that I have an iPhone...I got an iPhone for Christmas (yes it is early!) <br /><br />So, even though I would like this to be an image intensive blog, at least I can post more often when it suits me instead of doing hodge-podge when I can find the time...<br /><br />Oh, and I updated my Top Ten Watching List >-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-21770476118584199822009-08-11T20:05:00.001-07:002009-08-11T20:05:34.560-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjM1XlN5PepUQS_KbL1hQEoLrt89-oRcLmGQNaxohaAgQiwqAUUorujPmL5HQNLjIMwJv6eWtPk5EOIA65ocpJ4N6F8rtbJRBh_5s3q75WVPBtSrFD8rmzNzFTRhD_-6iVRLBj8GoExM/s1600-h/moto.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjM1XlN5PepUQS_KbL1hQEoLrt89-oRcLmGQNaxohaAgQiwqAUUorujPmL5HQNLjIMwJv6eWtPk5EOIA65ocpJ4N6F8rtbJRBh_5s3q75WVPBtSrFD8rmzNzFTRhD_-6iVRLBj8GoExM/s400/moto.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368906446005917586" /></a><br /><strong>That's right. That's right.</strong>-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-25383220256975074362008-12-28T20:14:00.000-08:002008-12-28T20:20:42.318-08:00Review...Yes, another monthly post!<br /><br />This time I will quickly review the anime <em><a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3127">Samurai 7</a></em> which I recently finished (in a rush since I have to get it back to the Library for the other 10 people waiting for it!)...<br /><br />I saw Kurosawa's <em>Seven Samurai</em> quite a while ago, but there were parts in this anime that gave me a feeling that they came straight out of that movie. There are only vague similarities though. Samurai 7 is set on some other futuristic world where the system of social order has become similar to fuedal Japan. The premise is the same as the movie though; seven samurai are hired to defend a village from bandits. It went well beyond that though.<br /><br />Pros:<br />If I was going to recommend any action anime to a non-anime watcher it would be this one hands down. There is a great deal of well coreographed fight scenes as well as much to do about bushido code and such. It has just the right amount of comedy to offset some of the graver material within. The mix of CG and animation is awesome. The designs of environment as well as tech stuff is pretty cool.<br />The chara are fleshed out pretty well.<br /><br />Cons: Not many.<br />I would haved liked a different ending, but this being a samurai series, it required a samurai ending to it.<br />I was not happy with quite a few of the non-main chara designs. Heads and facial features were rather obnoxious on some of them.<br /><br />I would definately recommend this to anyone! I rated it a Masterpiece on <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/">ANN</a>...-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-79653506323256491432008-11-28T16:08:00.000-08:002008-11-28T16:27:14.889-08:00Yes! I do want to update this...So, here I am again. It's only been two months this time! My goodness, I see that there's been at least a bit of activity with 7400+ views...it's motivating!<br /><br />So I'll do what comes natural and update my Top Ten lists on the sidebar...<br /><br />In the Top Ten I'm Watching there are a number of new anime that I really would like to recommend!<br /><br /><em><a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10050">Toradora!</a>, <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=9011">Kemeko DX</a>, <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10044">To Aru Majutsu no Index</a>, <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=9295">Kannagi</a>, and <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10051">Hyakko</a> .</em><br /><br />Check out the ANN links for them to see what the stories are about! Well, I am still lazy...<br /><br />In the Top Ten I've Seen list I added <em>Outlaw Star</em> (see description in <a href="http://geckosaddictedtoanime.blogspot.com/2008/09/older-anime.html">this</a> post) which I rated a Masterpiece on ANN! It's awesome old school sci-fi with a bit of mysticism...<br /><br />Since I'm getting more hits here than I expected, I'll be sure to come back soon with some more updates!<br /><br />Yeah...wish me luck... :D-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-83905249669804298322008-09-19T21:06:00.000-07:002008-09-19T21:08:41.807-07:00Older anime...<a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=423">Outlaw Star</a> - I got the first two DVDs from the Library. That’s up to episode 9. I have to say that for an older series, it’s pretty good. These two partners (the main chara and a kid) in a do-it-all business are hired by an outlaw in disguise to be her bodyguards. They fight off pirates until she reaches a secluded warehouse where she attempts to double cross them. Failing in that she tskes them with her and her prize; an android girl that was in a case at the warehouse. It seems the android is the key to a new and powerful ship. Tracked by pirates they find the ship and due to an unexpected plot twist, the main chara becomes owner of the ship he dubs the Outlaw Star…<br /><br />The thing that got me really interested in this series is that the weapons used by all are pretty cool and the minor details that really good science fiction has, the sequences for take off, having to have a ship registered and pay for port fees, ship maintenance, and properly stowing gear, etc. That kind of stuff makes it much more interesting.<br /><br />A detractor is that annoying shot sequence whenever a new scene or the cut screen initiates. It’s obnoxious!<br /><br />Overall I’m ready to watch more to see where this adventure takes the two (well four with the girl and the ships AI; oh, yeah, there’s five with the samurai lady…).-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-65086143229819073202008-09-13T20:56:00.000-07:002008-11-28T15:53:06.326-08:00Anime watched!<a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=9012">Nogizawa Haruka no Himitsu</a> - At first I thought this was just another fanservice anime, but, man, it's really cool! This somewhat ditzy but altoghether gifted young HS girl has a secret; she's an otaku! Yuuta (who seems to live with his Onee-san and a teacher; both alcoholics...) finds out but instead of rejecting her as most others would, he respects her hobby and befriends her. There is a great deal of comedy as Yuuta gets dragged along into her world while they attempt to keep it a secret from the rest of thier school...The fanservicy at home moments at Yuuta's house aren't played out too much. as a bonus she has an adorable 14 year old (although she looks more like a Japanese 12!) who's a bit craftier than Haruka and wears shimapan! Check this one out; I'm on ep 3. Subbed by BakaWolf-m.3.3.w...<br /><br />EDIT: I had to delete the images off this because Photobucket banned me! Whatever...-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893471883721862570.post-82434971426384803602008-05-10T19:42:00.000-07:002008-05-10T20:01:37.636-07:00Recently...I want to post something but since I spend quite a lot of my free time watching anime, I might as well post what I've been up to...<br /><br />Recently I watched eps 23 - 30 of <em><a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=94">Armored Trooper Votoms</a></em>. It's about a natural born soldier who is infatuated by a vision of a beautiful geneticly engineered PS (Perfect Soldier). The series revoles around his search for her and the mechanations and politics behind his universe. Chirico Cuvie is <em>the man</em>.<br /><br />I finally found the last of and finished <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8151"><em>They Are My Noble Masters</em> or <em>Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsugi ga Ore de (Kimiaru).</em></a> It's about a brother and sister who run away from an abusive father and wind up serving a wealthy family with some very comedic members! I loved it and recommend it for it's awesome comedy...<br /><br />From the new season I watched the first three eps (that's a rule of mine; I can usually find out if somethings worth watching if the first three eps grab my attention, then the next set of three will clinch it for me :D) of <em><a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=9236">Kyoran Kazoku Nikki</a></em>. Wow, this is one hyper goddess of a cat-girl! Add a bunch of the most misfit children(?) available and a government employee forced husband to play Daddy and you have one of those outragious comedies that still manages to have a moral thrown in each ep for good measure. I'll be watching this one...<br /><br />On the docket for the evening...the last four episodes of <em><a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4318">Basilisk</a></em>!-gecko-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502802950702128000noreply@blogger.com0