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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Naruto Live Action

Naruto Live Action
via Sankaku Complex:

Universal Studios Japan has just announced its live action cast for their adaptation of the hugely popular and never seems to end anime Naruto.
The actors have been selected for a stage play to feature at the Universal Studio Japan theme park. The play will run from late summer till end August and will feature animated video sequences as well.

I wonder if Hollywood has set their eyes on Naruto yet.... since there were other adaptations the likes of King of Fighters, Blood the Last Vampire, Dragonball, Street Fighter...

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Training with Hinako

Training with Hinako
[Issho-ni Training] or [いっしょにとれーにんぐ]
via Dannychoo and SankakuComplex:
For those of you guys out there who need motivational help in exercising, Issho-ni Training puts you in the company of bra-less Hinako who'll work out with you... (no, not on you...)Thousands of otakus have jumped on the wagon to Amazon.com to get their hands on this anime DVD for a modest ¥2,100 (approx. S$33.00).
Sankaku advised to expect a rapid succession of sequels and the inevitable game adaptions to following... A very good Marketing franchise is born...

View the anime clip below and judge for yourself how much you'll be attracted to the fluid motion of the charminly athletic Hinako~

DVD is available at Amazon Japan here: Issho-ni Training.

Watch the Otaku below as he follows the workout routine with Hinako:

Q: Also good for learning how to say in Japanese from 1 until 24...

Monday, April 06, 2009

Dragon Ball Kai

Dragon Ball Kai
龙珠改
via AniDB.net and Wikipedia

Just premiered on the 5th April 2009, Dragon Ball Kai is a remastered version of the original animation - Dragon Ball - in celebration of its 20th anniversary.
Formatted with extended frames for HDTV, sound effects was updated, the opening and ending were completely redone, and the original Japanese cast was re-grouped to re-voice the show, where available (unfortunately not including those that has passed on, such as Hirotaka Suzuoki [Tenshinhan] ).
New content features a brief look at the last moments of Bardock (Goku's father), and Planet Vegeta (planet of the Saiyans), and also an overview of young Goku's growing up years (Dragon Ball, the pre-Z period) until his victory over King Piccolo (比克大魔王) at the Tenkaichi-Bokudai (天下第一武道会).

What went missing is that young Goku's little willy wouldn't be going on TV~

Bardock (Father of Goku);

The Dragon Ball Kai story is re-edited (from the orginal Dragon Ball Z footage) to more closely follow Akira Toriyama's original manga. There will be no fillers, hence resulting in a faster-moving story-development. Kai begins with the invasion of the Saiyans~

Fast Facts via Wikipedia:

Dragon Ball : 153 episodes from 26 February 1986 to 12 April 1989, covering the first 16 volumes of the 42 volume manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama.

Dragon Ball Z : 291 episodes from 26 April 1989 to 31 January 1996, final 26 volumes of the 42 volume manga series.

Dragon Ball GT : 64 episodes from 2 February 1996 to 19 November 1997, produced by Toei Animation and not based on the manga.

All in all, the Dragon Ball legacy is a total of 508 episodes (excluding the special episodes), lasting 11 years~ this is one anime title I grew up with~ ^^

Friday, January 09, 2009

Ultimate Kannagi Cosplay

Ultimate Kannagi Cosplay
Cited by the SankakuComplex community as the "Ultimate" Nagi-sama cosplayer of pettanko goddess anime Kannagi, fans were delighted to see high resolutions photo collections as follows...
Below are the anime version of Nagi. How good are the above cosplay? You be the judge.Anime opening video (enjoy the song and the dancing!):

and of course, the original singer - Haruka Tomatsu's MTV version

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

2009 Animes

2009 Animes
Bookmarked the following anime titles to download for this Spring Season 2009...

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi 2
(Full Metal Alchemist 2)
Air: April 2009
Higashi no Eden
(Eden of the East)
Air: April 2009
By Production I.G.
Shangri-La
Air: April 2009
Artworks by Range Murata. View my earlier post here.
Ride Back
Air: 12 Jan 2009
Machine looks fanciful. Gonna review it.
Koukaku no Regios
Air: 11 January 2009
I always love titles with a big cast and nice character designs...
Kemono no Souja Erin
Air: 10 January 2009
Dragon summoner...
Asu no Yoichi!
Air: 09 January 2009
This title looks fun!
Kurokami The Animation
Air: 09 January 2009
Sora o Kakeru Shoujo
Air: 06 January 2009
Character design looks nice~
White Album
Air: 04 January 2009
Basquash!
Air: TBA
Canaan
Air: TBA
Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Ha
Air: TBA
Miyamoto Musashi: Souken ni Haseru Yume
Air: TBA
They better do a good job on this swordmaster...
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
Air: TBA
Saki
Air: TBA
Reminds me of Lucky Star...
Shina Dark: Kuroki Tsuki no Ou to Souheiki no Himegimi
Air: TBA
Tears to Tiara
Air: TBA

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Lucky Star: Akira Kogami

Lucky Star: Akira Kogami
Ok, I haven really got over Konata's Cha-la Head Cha-la~, so I thought I'd throw in the ending portion of Lucky Star episode 16.
Original picture via Darakusan's Flickr photostream:
Here, you'll see Akira Kogami, a supposedly kawaii idol in the Lucky Channel, but in fact a typical chilli-padi and maybe a little psycho... she was promised a concert by the producers, but due to little budget...

Presenting Akira Kogami, with Cape of 30 Years (Misoji Misaki):

Here's the original video:

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Lucky Star

Lucky Star
If you watch anime but never watched Lucky Star before, then you're missing out on ALOT. And if you've watched Lucky Star but never continue into the ending credits, then you're missing out on even MORE. Lucky Star didn't win the "Best Slice-Of-Life 2007" and "Best Comedy 2007" awards for nothing.

Wat's with the ending credits you ask? Well, below's a 1min30secs clip of episode 5's ending - the gals were inside a KTV room... and Konata Izumi sang...
(Konata's full version here; I laughed so hard).

What Konata sang was the opening theme song of Dragonball Z; the actual voice actor (also called Seiyuu,) was Aya Hirano. Can you imagine how hard she sang?
Original Dragonball Z opening video below:
Full version here.

I love Konata~ she rocks!

Friday, October 17, 2008

Strike Witches

Strike Witches
Picture via SankakuComplex:

Its not very often I come across excellent cosplayers. It doesn't necessary has to be very elaborated; all they need is to exude that kind of aura or demeanour...

Below's a little figurine of Major Sakamoto Mio.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Sekirei

Sekirei
Sekirei ended its season one with the release of episode 12. This last episode was packed with so many actions unmatched even with episode 1 to 11 combined.

Musubi-chan (Sekirei #88), who was supposedly defeated so badly that her Sekirei crest disappeared, revived with the consciousness of The Destiny Sekirei, Yume (Sekirei #08), amid momentarily.
A single number Sekirei?! Yume totally pawned two of the Disciplinary squad members. Just who is Yume? Why did ‘Black’ attack without hesitation?! What’s with Musubi’s double personality?

There were still loads of questions left unanswered...

Will Shiina (#107) ever find his sister Kuu (#108)? Just what is (#10) Uzume’s agenda? Kazehana (#03) has been watching from behind the scene all these while, who’s side is she on? Homura (#06) is still unwinged, what will become of him? Matsu’s #02, how powerful is she? #01 Miya's been staying low in Izumo house all these while, what is she waiting for? What about the Ashikabis from the East, South, and West? Just what will the Sekirei Plan unfold into?

I can’t wait for Season 2…

Ah~~ I really hope my Sekirei will come along and I can fell in love again~ (^ __^)>

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Fall 2008 Animes

Fall 2008 Animes

There's a whole lot of animes due to be released through Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec of 2008... and I've handpicked the following which is already on my queue-list:

1st Aug 2008 - Gekijouban Naruto Shippuuden: Kizuna

Type: OVA

Now to wait for the DVD to be released and for the nice fellas out there to sub it...

26th Sep 2008 - Lucky Star OVA

Type: OVA
Konata + Hatsune Miku~! How not to miss it?!

01st Oct 2008 - Rosario to Vampire Capu2
Type: Series

Season 2 of the kawaii vampire series~ although cramped with excessive fanservice (not that I am complaining), the series has lotsa room for plot developments. That aside, its a light-hearted title.