February 2011
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Anime Review: Fractale Episode 3
Welcome to Granitz Village, where truths lie and a story unfolds.
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Seeing Nessa frown as much as she did makes me worried. It must be hard to be so optimistic and curious but to be unable to be detected must be the loneliest feeling in the world. Of course, until Enri shows us what that weird visor does. And what else is that because Clain is still influenced by the Fractale...
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Geek Spotlight: The New Life of the Portable Game...
Making The Argument Against “i” Gaming
Just over a decade ago, we saw more diversity in the handheld gaming market. There were the likes of Sega, SNK, Bandai, and more at least attempting to take a piece of the market. Nowadays, it’s down to just three major players. Of course, the major hitters are Apple’s iPhone/iPod line, Nintendo’s DS and 3DS, and Sony...
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Weekend Box Office Estimates
Here are your top 5 films at the boxoffice for the weekend of January 28th-30th
The Rite - $15.005 million (Opening Weekend)
No Strings Attached - $13.65 million = $39,742,000 10 Day Total
The Mechanic - $11.5 million (Opening Weekend)
The Green Hornet - $11.5 million = $78,800,000 17 Day Total
The King’s Speech - $11.102 million = $72,217,000 66 Day Total
True to form,...
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January 2011
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New And Notable Manga From 1/24/11-1/30/11
1. Koibito wa Doukyonin
“From Intercross:
When Yui’s parents remarried, she gained 6 hot brothers! Currently she likes the really cool Masaki however she feels insecure. Does he really see her as his girlfriend?”-Mangafox.com
2. Zan
3. Yamikagishi
4. Shingeki no Kyojin
5. Pureblood Boyfriend
6. Rui-Rui
Click below to view the rest of the descriptions and pictures.
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Anime Review: Hourou Musuko episode 3
Takatsuki, the floor isn’t a place to be sleeping. You are now faced with a huge problem, so get over it with your manliness. Everyone has a period of time where they are faced with a problem of change and you, Takatsuki, are no exception to that rule, and neither is Nitori.
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The episode begins with Takatsuki’s basketball coach ordering her to wear a bra. This causes...
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Anime Review: Dragon Crisis! - Episodes 1-3
So far, Dragon Crisis! has been an engaging anime- mostly smooth animation, interesting story and characters, and generally upbeat action sequences. The first episode, especially, had caught my attention with an awesome car chase scene and with the fleshing out of what appeared to be a stereotypical ecchi character.
Over all, I feel that Dragon Crisis! can be a really awesome, memorable anime,...
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Manga Review: Bleach 434
Previously in Bleach: With more revelations, Ginjou told Ichigo and Chad of how humans, like Ichigo, possess powers. He further told them of the what Xcution wants to gain or lose and then reached out to ask Ichigo if he would like their help. Ichigo, with the support of Chad, agreed to allow the people of Xcution to aid him in getting his powers back.
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Plot Continuation: Because...
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X Japan to bring more Rock to the States
Japanese rock band X Japan will continue its rocking in the good ole U.S.A. and expand beyond it debut performance at last years Lollapalooza and the tour that followed.
The band recently signed a three-year contract with EMI Music North America, with it their planned single, “Jade,” to be released officially March 15.
But that isn’t the only way the group is planning to invade American...
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Anime Review: Toaru Majutsu no Index II Episode 16
Down but not out, Touma leads Lucia and Saiji’s team to save Anieze from the magical threats of Bishop Biagio.
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Although they are severely outnumbered, the nuns don’t put up much of a fight. Knowing this, Touma trusts that Saiji will take care of the resistance against them and leads Index and Orsola to the mothership. Lucia, on the other hand, doesn’t really want...
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Anime Review: Yumekui Merry Episode 4
Yumeji just needs the okay from Merry to form a dream duo. Obviously, Merry doesn’t want his sympathy but Yumeji is still optimistic that they can be a good tag team.
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Episode four focuses on Hoshino Mei (Takamori Natsumi), the president of the writing club. Although she seems kind and caring, Mei has a secret. She exchanges text messages via the correspondence way with a guy...
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Halo in a Heartbeat
Someone decided to take their Halo games and take their heart rate while they played. The result is this lovely chart that we can take apart and analyze to see exactly what’s going on in the game such as deaths, armor abilities and combat highlights. It’s definitely one of those ” Why hasn’t anyone thought of that before” type ideas.
Full chart here
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Comic Review: Green Arrow: Sounds Of Violence
Writer: Kevin Smith Penciller: Phil Hester Inker: Ande Parks
Picking up from where Quiver left off, this volume collects the final five issues of Kevin Smith’s run. Before the introduction of the vigilante serial killer named Onomatopoeia in the story-arc that names this volume, we see Oliver’s relationships with Connor and Mia further developed, as well as a fantastic issue reuniting...
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Life-Size EVA-02 Head and Hotel Room To Open
If a near life-size replica of a Gundam was built, then you just know other replicas would follow right?
Looks like Neon Genesis Evangelion is upping the ante.
Anime News Network reported that Japan’s Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park will unveil “the world’s first life-size head of the EVA-02 unit” on March 19.
This will of course compliment the bust of the EVA-o1 unit that amusement park...
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Anime Review: Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the...
Title: Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket Genre: Action, Drama, Mecha Company: Bandai Visual, Sunrise Format: 6 OVA Dates: 3/25/1989 to 8/25/1989
Plot Summary: Taking place near the end of the One Year War, War in the Pocket is about a young boy whose encounter with a shot down Zeon Pilot forever changes his life when he naively involves himself in the conflict brewing up in his space...
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Whatyer customizing boy? - Prince of Persia 4
Base figure: Marvel Legends Captain Marvel
This was a commission piece. Everything was pretty much sculpted from head to toe and the sheath and sword were sculpted from scratch In the WIP photo, you can see how much sculpting I did. The left hand was taken from a ML Ripclaw and modded out a bit. I used a clay mixture of Kato Polyclay and Premo. I was able to bake the clay and figure safely in a...
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Anime Review: IS: Infinite Stratos 4
Previously on IS: Infinite Stratos…
Over the course of episodes 2 & 3, Ichika lost his battle against Cecilia due to the fact he didn’t know what his IS special abilities and mechanics were, yet in the end, he ends up being representative due to Cecilia stepping down at her own will. A childhood friend named Rin appears at the school and is deemed the representative of class 2...
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Sugoi Desu Ne - Noel Cruz Customs
Meet Noel Cruz, a super talent artist that takes figures of our favorite celebrities and characters and brings them to life. It’s amazing how much of a dramatic difference there is between the before and after pictures. I know that for me, one of the reasons that stops me from buying these figures at stores is because of how unattractive their faces look. So it’s nice to see...
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Go For Broke! EVO 2011 Roster Announced!
Get your fight sticks ready. And brush up on those combos.
The Evolution Championship Series is gearing up for their annual fighting game tournament in Sin City.
Evo 2011 will take place at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from July 29-31.
The official EVO site announced its roster today, containing most of the upcoming and new entries for fighting games. This year’s lineup will...
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Voice Talent Limelight IV
Time for another edition of VTL, one of the three including the guy in the picture.
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Hanazawa, Kana
Notable Voices:
Kanade Tachibana (Angel Beats!) - Anime
Tsukimi Kurashita (Kuragehime) - Anime
Mikan Yuuki (To-Love-Ru) - Anime
Ruri “Kuroneko” Gokou (Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai) - Anime
Zange (Kannagi) - Anime
Reasons to Love Her: Ever check...
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Comic Con Tickets to go on sale February 5
Those hoping or planning to make it to the annual geek/pop culture mecca in San Diego will have a chance during the first week in February.
Registration for Comic-Con International is set for Saturday, February 5, 2011.
Attendees are advised to visit the official registration page beginning at 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time to book tickets.
Types of tickets include four-day passes for $105 ($52 for...
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Film News: Heavy Rain to be adapted
Source: Variety
David Milch is heading into “Heavy Rain,” signing to adapt the noir-style videogame with Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne producing through their Unique Features banner.
As first reported on Variety.com, “Rain” is being developed via Unique’s first-look deal with Warner Bros., which is fast-tracking the project. Milch will start writing...
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WatchFinal Fantasy Versus XIII First Gameplay Trailer
The first Final Fantasy Versus XIII gameplay trailer has been released and it looks gorgeous. Well, at least the graphics do. Again, Square has outdone themselves with the visuals but the gameplay… not so much.
Gameplay kicks in at the halfway point of the trailer but it looks bland, clunky and unoriginal. In fact, I think the makers of...
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Comic Review: Fantastic Four #587, The Last Stand...
So, as some of you might have heard from the news or online or any other place, this week a pretty big issue came out in comics. Usually I don’t write reviews for single issues, but I thought this would be a special occasion, and I thought this warranted it.
Fantastic Four #587, written by Jonathan Hickman with art by Steve Epting, brings the death of one of the titular four of...
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Anime Review: Kimi ni Todoke S2 Episode 3
It’s now May and things are still awkward between Sawako and Kazehaya. Some things might be better off forgotten, especially misunderstood words.
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The ever socially lame Sawako has a hard time putting on a genuine smile and all the effort into making some kind of greeting face scares people away. You can’t blame her for trying but based on some mythical reputation...
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Single-Player Killzone 3 demo dropping in Feb.
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Sony Computer Entertainment has already announced an open multiplayer beta for Killzone 3 from February 2 – 14, but is the wait from the 14th to the 22nd, when it debuts, too long to wait? Well Sony has also thought of that, and are dropping a single-player demo February 15th for North American fans and February 16th in Europe. The sneak peak doesn’t stop there, if you’re a...
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Can't afford Kinect?
We’ve seen a lot of neat Kinect hacks but a company decided to borrow the idea of being a controller to make up their own little system. Dubbed the “MotionZone”, this all all-in-one webcam and console will include 25 games pre-installed and cost about $80. That’s a little more than the cost of making a Kinect camera. If anything though, it looks like this gadget has the...
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Manga Review: KHR Target 322
Previously in KHR: The passion of Simon, Adelheid, launched attack after attack against the ever resilent Hibari. After enduring each attack, he managed to remain standing against Adelheid’s numerous clones. How does he retaliate and what move does he use, read on to find out if these questions and more were answered in Target 322!
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Plot Continuation: Similar to the previous...
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Sony Announces NGP (PSP2), First Launching In 2011...
Sony has officially let ‘Codename NGP’, or the portable formerly known as the PSP2, out into the wild. I have to say, this thing looks mind blowing.
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The new portable game console feature a HUGE 5 inch OLED screen that has a 960x544 resolution. It has TWO touch panels: one on the back that’s 5 inches big, same size as the front screen, and the front screen has...
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Anime Review: One Piece 480-484
Apologies for my One Piece review hiatus!
While away, a couple of small things happened that probably needs to be addressed. Umm, it may or may not involve Luffy and/or Ace. :)
Read further to catch up. And as always, beware of pesky spoilers.
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Since I’ll be tackling the last 5 episodes, I’m going to try to approach this review more differently than previous One Piece...
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Kandiiholic's Cosplay Pick - Sailor Moon
One of my favorite childhood anime and I’m pretty sure many of yours as well! Here’s my top pick sailor scouts cosplay!!
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To the bone: Ninja Gaiden III details emerge
Ninja Gaiden’s reputation as a bloody, gory, and violent take as a ninja is perhaps well known among gamers world round.
And according to Team Ninja studio head Yosuke Hayashi, it looks like the future adventures of Ryu Hayabusa are not going to deviate from the same violent club shared with the Mortal Kombat series.
IGN got the chance to talk with Yosuke, who offered information on how the...
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Comics You Should Be Reading: Wolverine: Weapon X
My last post was about Grant Morrison’s New X-Men run, and this time I’ll be doing one for the (arguably) most popular member of the X-Men: Wolverine. There are tons of comics focusing on the little fur-ball, but this one is for one of my personal favorite runs — Jason Aaron’s Wolverine: Weapon X.
As usual the article will be broken down like this:
WHO writes/draws
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Whatyer customizing boy? - Sonic and the Black...
Here’s Sonic from Sonic and the Black Knight. All I really did was customize the glove and sculpted the sword. I had bought the figure awhile back and didn’t know what to do with it till I found out about his new game from SEGA. I might end up making it into a statue though. The joints are a bit soft so he can’t really hold the sword or even himself up too well. I also saw what...
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WatchL.A. Noire Goes Gritty on May 17
Rockstar’s L.A. Noire will finally be released on May 17, exactly one year after Red Dead Redemption. Here’s a new trailer to tie us over for the next four months. This game looks ridiculous with its stunning animations and atmosphere. Reminds me a lot of the movie “Black Dahlia” except we’ll be able to play it!
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Anime Review: Star Driver: Episode 16
And the plot twists continue! Farewell, Mizuno-chan.
Again, wow. Even with the “battle of the week”, Star Driver’s story has become much more complicated, especially since this episode was the conclusion of Mizuno’s involvement with the Cybodies. I noticed that Mizuno’s story line was building up and I was hoping that she’d exit later than she did, but if...
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Official Look At Cartoon Network's "ThunderCats"
Warner Bros. Animation has released an official image for Cartoon Network’s reboot of the upcoming series, ThunderCats. Prior to its official release, Bandai provided a sneak peak at the London Toy Fair.
If you feel like the character designs have a certain anime feel, that’s because it is an anime. Warner Bros. Animation has partnered up with Japanese animation studio STUDIO4°C...
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Anime Review: GOSICK episode 3
Victorique is one interesting character who grows in every episode. My view about her is changing and it’s probably for the better. What does this captive princess have in store for us for this season? Oh Victorique, your knight in shining armor is Kujo, you just don’t know it yet.
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The gunshot hit Maurice in the end. How? Julie “found” a gun behind a lamp and...
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Rumor: PSP2's First Real Image
Not a day goes by without more rumors about the PSP2. The above shot is supposed to be a shot of a pamphlet for the upcoming Sony press conference that apparently going to take place later this week. The above picture is not confirmed as of now and likely won’t be. There are inconsistencies in the above shot such as the resolution of the d-pad and the analog sticks, which give reason to...
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Comic Review: Transformers: The IDW Collection...
Collects: Transformers Spotlight (2006) Blurr, Transformers Spotlight (2006) Cliffjumper, Transformers Spotlight (2006) Hot Rod, Transformers Spotlight (2006) #1-2, Transformers: Infiltration (2006) #0-6, The Transformers: Megatron Origin (2007) #1-4 Writers: Eric Holmes, Shane McCarthy, Simon Furman Pencillers: Alex Milne, Marcelo Matere, Casey Coller, Robby Musso, Nick Roche, E.J. Su ...