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Overview
Welcome to the Weekly Beelzebub report! I'm Taka, and for those who are new, my teammates are ShadowKnight508, Sreenivas, Arrussel, and Annabanana. This week's Beelzebub is another bizarre filler.
Plot
Ep. 52 - And There Were No Delinquents
It's a snow day for Oga and the Ishiyama delinquents. When they arrive to school and find out no one else is there, strange things happen such as delinquents getting beat up. Kazuya suspects the person is following the song where the Holy Knights beat up the delinquents. Who is the true culprit?
Find out by watching Beelzebub 52!
Verdict
Beware of spoilers!
Good
- Beelzebub still retains its strange sense of humor. The so called song about the Delinquents getting beat up is a parody of a nursery rhyme called Ten Little Indians. In fact, Beelzebub Wikia has two more references which I need to add to the wiki.
- Aoi's day dreams of her and Oga being alone never cease to bored me.
- Same goes for Furuichi's perverted rants. He wants to see Aoi's body slathered with letters and wants to blow on Aoi's recorder.
- The delinquents suffer more than a beat down. They got humiliated.
Bad
- This episode stops being funny after Hilda's little remark and Furuichi's perverted rants.
- There were inconsistencies. Furuichi mention Behemoth, and the girls see Alaindelon split into two with Furuichi inside of him. The girls didn't even question it. It's a filler after all.
Bizarre
- I love Hilda who is awestruck at Beel who simply wears nothing but a scarf. Her words crack me up when she talks about Beel letting all hang out.
- Koma's perseverance to reach his wildest and perverted fantasies earn him the title of the biggest pervert in Beelzebub series. He's more worse than Furuichi.
- When I watched the episode twice, I see a purple bubble. I could not believe I missed Koma, yet it became clear it was Koma when only the girls were the survivors.
- Yuka's bug eyed is the strangest thing in this episode.
Overall, this episode gets a two out of five. I enjoyed other filler episodes better than this one.
Thanks
I thank you guys for reading my team's report, and I thank my team for working hard to support the community while juggling school, family, and work.
This Week's Reports
- Fairy Tail 115 by Taka
- Sket Dance 43 by Sora
- Guilty Crown 15 by Taka
Last Week's Reports
- Beelzebub 51 by Taka
- Guilty Crown 13 and 14 by Kuro
- Gintama 232 - 236 by MohsinMan99
- Fairy Tail 114 by Taka
- Sket Dance 42 by Taka
Takashichea
Team W.I.K.I. Nation
10. Emma: Victorian Romance
Emma: Victorian Romance is a romantic drama that offers up the classic premise of “love overcoming social status” in its focus on the developing relationship between young maid Emma and the heir of a wealthy upper-class merchant family named William Jones. This isn’t just an anime that falls under the clichéd maid premises you would find in romantic comedy titles that pander to the otaku crowd. This series offers up a believable take on the connections that Emma has with the elder employer she serves in the form of former governess Kelly Stowner and even exploring how the two meet one another alongside Emma’s harsh past. It is also very meticulous in its exploration of the Victorian era English society that Emma is set in with accurate depictions of popular sites, clothing styles, customs and societal norms of the time period. This first season of the series is focused on the slow build up of Emma and Will’s relationship before it becomes well known and tensions flare when others learn of it. However, the series does lack a proper ending as its second season would not air until another two years later. Still if you want a classic romantic premise to look into with a very accurate depiction of a historical time period, definitely check out Emma Victorian Romance.
9. Aria the Animation
A relaxing slice-of-life title to get into, Aria the Animation explores the everyday developments of young apprentice gondoliers Akari, Aika and Alice in a futuristic version of Venice, Italy on the planet Aqua. The series is quite notable for its vast and beautiful scenery shots depicting accurate depictions of various famous sites in Venice, its friendly, likeable cast of characters and calm and serene soundtrack. This is a definite watch for anyone wanting a mellow, wholesome and relaxing series to get into.
8. Honey and Clover
Being one of the first josei manga titles to be adapted into an anime series, Honey and Clover explores the complicated romantic developments and career-deciding dilemmas faced by several art school students. Sometimes bordering on melodrama and other times being inspirational, the series mixes around elements of comedy and drama exploring the situations faced by its cast such as mellow male lead Yuta Takemoto, the eccentric Shinobu Morita and child-like, talented artist Hagumi Hanamoto. Outside of the romantic elements, Honey and Clover believably explores the career decisions made by the cast and actually goes several years with the cast as they go through their years of art school. The series is notable for its pastel-like animation style sporting soft colors and a decent amount of visual detail with its scenery and characters. This is a definite watch if you are a fan of josei titles.
7. Eureka 7
A worthwhile mecha title to check out, Eureka 7 features the exploits of 14-year old Renton, the mysterious young female pilot Eureka and the band of renegades known as Gekko-State going up against Dewey Novak and the militaristic UF Force. The series is prominently focused on Renton’s coming-of-age as he comes to learn of the reality surrounding Gekko-State’s revolt, Eureka’s origins and the corruption of the UF Force’s under Dewey’s influence. The series does explore a number of themes throughout its run with its characters such as religious tolerance, personal identity and responsibility, parenting and moving on from past tragedies. A unique element to Eureka 7’s mecha theme is their occasional recreational use thanks to the liftboards equipped to the LFO units piloted by some of the characters, with the hobby being popular in the world of Eureka 7 and many of the Gekko State members being skilled lifters themselves. Besides lifting being one of the show’s animation highlights, the show has a great amount of quality in its animation with a good amount of detail put into its various character, mecha and ship designs; as well as battle scenes being fluid, intense and diverse with ground and aerial battle sequences that involve humans and LFOs.
6. Kamichu
Some folks have compared the animation and plotting to Kamichu to a Studio Ghibli film and while the series isn’t among the beloved studio’s works, it still stuck out prominently enough when it aired in 2005. While the series seemingly appears as an “everyday lives of high school gal pals” slice of life-type series at first glance, female lead Yurie’s status as a goddess and her regular interactions with different spirits and gods offer up some fun and unusual elements to the typical slice-of-life premise. While the series doesn’t bother exploring how Yurie acquires her powers as a god, it does do well in exploring the complications within her life as she juggles her duties as a god and the awkward experiences of growing up with her crush on a classmate. Kamichu mixes around elements of comedy and light drama in exploring the developments faced by Yurie and those close to her thanks to her divine status. The series has great quality animation for a TV anime series featuring bright, vivid colors and plenty of detail in the designs of vast, beautiful scenery shots and character designs that do closely resemble the Studio Ghibli animation style. Animation within the series is fluid and lively with many characters shown to move about onscreen at once and some scenes feature Yurie making use of her powers to perform her duties and deal with spirits causing mischief within her town.
5. Fantastic Children
Don't let the old-school, simplistic character designs fool you. Fantastic Children is a serious drama that interweaves several story arcs that become more closely connected to one another as more details are unveiled concerning those connected with Helga, the Befort Children and the GED Organization. The series creates enough mysteries surrounding the motivations and origins of many of the characters in the series to the point where when a plot twist comes around, you genuinely wouldn't see it coming. The main cast gets a good amount of development in terms of knowing the type of people they are and their pasts, as well as some powerful character chemistry as they face their ordeals in this series. Fantastic Children makes for a great title to look into if you like epic-style dramas.
4. Mushishi
Mushi-shi is an anime title that is quite serene and laid-back with its storytelling approach. This episodic series centers on Ginko's encounters with people who each have their own conflicts with the forms of mysterious life known as Mushi. Each episode provides a sense of how each person lived their lives before and during the times they are affected by Mushi. Ginko is then given the task of solving whatever problem that the Mushi is giving. With exception to Ginko's appearance, everyone he encounters live in a feudal Japan lifestyle so attitudes and ways of basic living are accurate to the time period. Different themes regarding the presence of the Mushi introduce lessons in each episode which involve themes such as acceptance, loss, sacrifice, guilt, and survival. In addition, there are no fast-moving and intense elements such as action, violence, and comedy. This anime encourages you to just sit back and enjoy the stories being told. The stories even have different outcomes. Some are able to end happily thanks to Ginko's knowledge of the Mushi causing problems. Others end tragically as there is only so much that Ginko can do to help those who are suffering. A couple even provide depth on Ginko's past and reveal what led him to become a Mushi-shi. This mellow mood also went into the show’s presentation with vivid, beautiful settings of scenery and the mellow soundtrack featuring new age and traditional musical tracks. Yet another perfect relaxing title to get into if you do not mind the episodic storytelling style of this series.
3. Paradise Kiss
One of the first popular josei titles released in 2005, Paradise Kiss takes a look at a young woman’s beginnings towards becoming a fashion model discovering all the successes and pitfalls of the profession and the circumstances that lead her into the profession. This made for quite an original premise for an anime series as the challenges of the fashion world were portrayed quite accurately in Paradise Kiss as there was a great amount of attention put on such pressures as developing clothing designs, the application process for modeling and photo shoots for magazine publications. The personalities of the characters involved in the fashion world are portrayed quite well, as the viewer will get a sense of a world that exists outside of the normal lives they experience. Outside of the fashion environment, the series also explores the sexual tension in relationships between characters, especially with George and Yukari. This goes well with the outside worldly environment in which Paradise Kiss achieves. Animation wise, the character designs and background scenery were richly saturated in color and detail with an intricate amount of detail put into the clothing designs being modeled by Yukari.
2. Gankutsuou: Count of Monte Cristo
As covered in my top 25 best anime video, Gankutsuou offers up a suspenseful, futuristic take on Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel of a mysterious count seeking revenge on three influential and corrupt Frenchmen who incriminated him for their misdeeds. The show slowly builds up the Count as a cunning and tragic villain who deceives and humiliates the targets of his vengeance, even using the young son of one of his foes as a pawn to provide information on his old foe. It is one of Gonzo’s better works featuring lifelike settings of notable landmarks of France and having its moments of fluid and intense animation in battle and transport sequences.
1. Monster
The mystery/ suspense series continued picking up steam into 2005 for me as it slowly unveiled more about Johan Liebert and the twisted inner workings of Kinderheim 511; continued Dr. Tenma’s pursuit of him; and introduce more characters with connections to the twisted titular foe and find their morality pushed to the breaking point thanks to the young man’s manipulations or come to believe in Tenma’s innocence as they gather more details on Johan.
Sorry about missing a week but I'll make it up for it by doing a double impression on last weeks episode as well as this weeks.
Episode 17
Back in episode 17, Naoto is rescued and revels to the team that the killer is still out there. With Naoto on the team, they hope to get a better look at who's the real killer. Meanwhile, the mystery behind what Teddie is still foggy despite the hospital examination and Yu strengthen his bond between him and Naoto with a little meal.
Nothing too new about this episode if you already played the game from the revelation that the killer is still out there and the nice little relationship of the team. However, there were some nice anime specific situations like Kanji lending a hand to Naoto and the interesting use of abilities like Teddie's energy shower which does kinda work that way. By now I have to wonder what level Yu is at because the ability to fuse Beelzebub doesn't happen till level 77. By now the Persona's abilities have been used in an interesting way that works realistically while also borrowing from the game from what attacks work and their effects. However, Yu should had known that Mudo does not work on boss!
The hospital scene had a nice touch with showing us the process they want though when being examine. The test results part was a lot less funny due to how Naoto sounded despite her action of taking the result sheet and about to rip it apart. The bonding relationship between Yu and Naoto was short but a nice one since it took Naoto away from something serious and into something simple.
Episode 18
This week we have the Dojima family episode where we learn of the problems Nanako and her dad, Ryotaro. With a little help from Yu, father and daughter get back together.
It was a touching episode that was well paced and packed in lots of emotional scenes. Nanako just wanted to know if her father really does love her and Dojima is just realizing that he only been running away from Nanako by just looking for the person who ran over his wife. The thing that kinda sticks out in all this is the Ms. Dojima face. Not a single scene of her had her face showing which kinda takes us out of the emotion of the scenes. They could of made one up that just for the anime. Despite that little issue, the episode held up because of the emotional hits it made.
Next week we have the god damn festival!
Investigation team, GO!
Highlights
Hello once again!! Okay, first of all this blog post is about Another an anime and manga! ^.^ I am reading it (manga!) I warned you that this probably will contain spoilers!
Horror. It is about a girl called Misaki who has died after she transferred into the third class (i think so, please forgive me if it's wrong!) and all her classmates and friends were so sad that she had died even the teachers stopped speaking and the classroom would feel haunted and someone would speak, 'Misaki didn't die, she's just there -', but the person telling the story would be interrupted. Even so everyone acted if she was still alive, for example they would talk to her table and chair or as if they went home together. Then at the graduation ceremony, on the class photo Misaki would be there... Kouichi is a new student at Yomoiyama North Middle School and notices that in his class it feels unnatural. Also he sees a girl in an eye-patch holding a doll, who's in his class, Kouichi finds out that she is Mei Misaki. He meets her on the roof and she explains that a 'close death' is near.
In what is my first report-like blog, I am reporting an update to the upcoming One Piece: Pirate Warriors game that launches in Japan this March for the Playstation 3. Not entirely sure if this will ever see a US release as of now, but at least we can hope. Information below taken from CrunchyRoll (all respective rights reserved).
"The latest info on One Piece: Pirate Warriors ("One Piece Kaizoku Musou") hit the Japanese interwebs on Famitsu today, so we have some new screenshots and details about the story mode.
Story mode is called "Main Log" and features narration by Mahito Ooba (who has also provided other One Piece game narration and played some TV anime roles). There are two types of stages, Adventure and Musou. Adventure stages task you with using Luffy's Gum-Gum Fruit powers to overcome various obstacles, while Musou stages are battle-centric."
As a fan of both One Piece and video games, there is a part of me that hopes that this promising One Piece game does eventually see a release in the United States. It would be a blast to play as various members of the Strawhat Pirates from their adventure and battle against the fearsome Arlong and crew (Arlong Park Arc) to what appears to be the end of the Enies Lobby ordeal (Enies Lobby Arc) in the fights against the powerful CP9.
Images of the game below are from both CrunchyRoll and Famitsu's sites. All rights reserved.
Screenshots
Character Models
Link
Yukiko Amagi
Yukiko is elegant and careful, she accepts everyone even her own Shadow. She runs the inn in Inaba, she will become the next owner so she always kind of stresses out. Chie is her best friend they look out for each other. Yukiko's Persona is Konohana-Sakuya, which suits her personality, and her fine!
This was VERY short but I will find the time to edit it!
Okay, first of all this blog post is kind of about why I love Blue Exorcist so much. So for a starter, the characters are awesome! Well, even Paku and Izumo(?) but the one thats my all time favorite is... to be honest Rin or Shiemi. Shiemi is funny because once in the anime (which im sad because they havent made another series yet:( ) she does a very funny frown! This picture is at the left hand side next to this writing basically. And for Rin, he cares about birds. Sorry that was a weird thing to say xD, I like him because, well yes one he cares about birds!, two he swears a lot of the time which isn't really something to say about to like him but... I wrote it anyway! Thirdly he cares about Shiemi, does Shiemi love Rin? Or Yukio? That's a question you can say in the comments!! Didn't say much about them two, especially Shiemi so here's a personality list for Shiemi! ^_^
Shiemi is good at cooking I hear but I think so anyway and of course healing! Brilliant with gardens, yes so :) what else to write? Hope you come back to my next blog about Blue Exorcist as well! (This one wasnt very good and it was short)
The series is scheduled to begin airing on April 1, 2012. It will be directed by Morio Hatano, with animation character designs by illustrator and animator Yoshihiko Umakoshi, known for performing the same duties on Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation and Casshern Sins.
Toei Animation describes it as an "original anime story", as it isn't an adaptation of a storyline previously published in manga form, therefore Saint Seiya Ω will not take place in the continuity of Masami Kurumada's manga, although its storyline is influenced by events and elements from it. Ω also marks the return of Toei Animation as the studio in charge of animating a Saint Seiya property, since the adaptation to anime of the Hades arc from Kurumada's manga was completed in 2008.
Original Saint Seiya author and creator Kurumada is not involved in the creative process of Ω, thus he is credited as the original creator of the series' concept.
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Saint Seiya The Movie coming soon...
People who know me know I'm a huge fan of Gust games, even now despite the fact that none of the games they've made this generation have been particularly good, I still can't help but get excited when they announce a new game (With the exception of Meruru), And recently they announced a new game, Surge Concerto: Ceil no Surge, for the PSV. Unlike Gust's other games this isn't an RPG.
The game story will center around a world called La Ciel, in a solar system with a swelling sun that threatens to destroy the La Ciel. Two factions have arisen each offering there own solution, The Astronomers who want to teleport every one to a new planet, and the Terrestrials who want to use song magic to save there solar system. Public opinion is equally split between these two ideas, so it's up to the president, Ionsafon, to make the decision on what plan to go with. Unfortunately her mind is broken (which I hope isn't just some missed translated phrase saying she has amnesia.). Already I have some questions, like why can they only do one? I mean the smart thing to do here would be to try the song magic approach while the teleport to another planet plan is being worked on so that if the song magic doesn't work they have the contingency plan, then again I may hove just spoiled the ending to an unreleased game (yes I wouldn't put part the writers to make a world where the people are smart enough to master teleportation technology but only one person can think of simple solutions to this problem.)
Anyways that where you come in, it's you job to dive into Ion's mind, find mend points in order to restore here mind (Did I mention this game is being helmed by Akira Tsuchiya, the director of Ar Tonelico). When she's not hooked up to the dive machine the player can interact with her during her daily life (you can really sense the urgency this game will have already). You can also change her outfits. unlike the Ar Tonelico series, this game will feature an active time function much like that of the Animal Crossing series. So the player can start up and see Ion eating or playing a game, this also adds a hair growth function where over time Ion's hair will get longer because... why not? The game will also feature online aspects, though, little has been revealed about the online components of the game.
Surge Concerto will release in Japan on April 26 of this year, and us in west will probably see the game release some time early next year.
Overview
Welcome to the Sket Dance weekly report by Team W.I.K.I. Nation. Right now, I'm contemplating about stopping the Sket Dance reports because I got multiple anime projects with its weekly reports. Don't worry fans, Sora_thekey will provide coverage on the Sket Dance anime. He's a new member to our team. Please welcome him. He's more funnier than me. It's more time effective to work on the wiki and provide images while Sora does the reviews.
It's teamwork.
Plot
Ep. 42: Suddenly, Momoka's Road to Being a Stage Actress - "Yaniwani Momoka butai joyū e no michi" (やにわにモモカ舞台女優への道)
This episode has two stories about Momoka, Hime, and Roman. The first one is about Momoka who asks her friends to help her gain a deeper insight into a script for her audition in a play. The second story begins with Hime wondering what career she would have in the future, and when Switch brings up Roman, Roman appears and brings good news. She has made her first debut as a manga artist.
Will Momoka understand the meaning behind the script, will Hime know what she would become in the future, and did Roman really made her debut as a manga artist?
Find out by watching Sket Dance on Crunchyroll.
*This episode is based chapter 99 (vol. 11) and chapter 78 (vol. 9).
Verdict
Beware of Spoilers!
Good
There's so many hilarious scenes in this episode. I pick the best three, and you guys do the same.
- Bossun and Momoka's acting scenes ends so randomly. Out of nowhere, Bossun hands Momoka, an Anthony action figure.Bossun and Momoka being American
- Bakuman Reference: Roman just makes me laugh hard when I made the connection. Will she and Fumi make their anime debut? I think so since the judges showcased Roman's work, Sudden Temptation.
- After Bossun and Momoka make Japanese words sound like English words, Bossun ends it with Shinji running away. See this pun, Shinjirarenai (Unbelievable) sounds like Shinji run away.
Bad
- There's not much bad things in Momoka's story. However, Roman's second story seems like her other story where she shows off her nonsensical story for the first time. Not to hurt the Roman fans, but the humor seems stale. No offense though. Roman should show off more herself instead her silly manga story. She is one of the funniest girls in the series. I liked her alien call, her rivalry with Switch at drawing Bossun, and her drive to please Bossun, her "prince."
Bizarre
- Roman's "Tee Hee" and sound effects are bizarre, but it suits Roman. Her alien call is the best I find her crying scene cute. Not to sound weird, okay guys.
Roman's Alien Call - Why is Momoka's singing "Nervous" so catchy? It didn't stick with me.
- Momoka's luck streak in her career is unbelieving lucky. She is a delinquent whose performance in the puppet episode got her career in voicing anime characters. She's a pop idol, and now she's an actress. Sket Dance really likes pop idol culture. The most obsessed guys who love anime and pop idols are Otakura and Switch, of course.
Overall, I find this episode enjoyable and give it a four out of five. Momoka's story is better than Roman in terms of humor. Roman just needs to show off more of her quirky personality and less of her craptastic drawings.
I would like to see Switch, Sasuke, and Roman participating in a crappy drawing show off. I mean artist showoff contest. Plus, I haven't seen much of Roman's Otome filter.
Trivia
I add some folks.
Thanks
Thank you guys for reading my team's report. I'm postponing the Sket Dance reports until summer, so please visit Sora_thekey's weekly Sket Dance reports. I thank my team for doing a fantastic job. Don't forget to check out our wiki vitae list to see where we are in the wiki project for Sket Dance. For wiki work, ep. 42 is finished.
Please check out Sora_thekey's Weekly Sket Dance ep. 42.
This Week's Reports
- Guilty Crown 2nd Season: ep. 13 and 14 by KuroNekoXIII
- Gintama Ep. 232 - 236 by MohsinMan99
- Fairy Tail 114 by Taka
- Beelzebub 51 by Taka
Last Week's Reports
- Beelzebub 50 by Taka
- Fairy Tail 113 by Taka
- Guilty Crown ep. 12 by Kuro
- Sket Dance 41 by Taka
Takashichea
Team W.I.K.I. Nation
Overview
These are the updates for the wiki teams on the Sket Dance, Beelzebub, Fairy Tail, Guilty Crown, and Gintama projects.
Background
Most of my teammates are college students, and we are very busy like everyone else. It's tough to juggle school, work, and doing wiki works at the same time. In Fall 2011, the addition of weekly reports had a lot of time commitment. With new episodes coming each week and a weekly report to cover that episode and its team's wiki progress, it puts a considerable amount of strain on our commitments. For me, three anime reports and wiki work are pretty challenging to keep up. KuroNekoXIII had his hands full with Guilty Crown's wiki and reports while MohsinMan99 is busy with Gintama. My team is always working hard to support the community and getting them active and talking. We always pull through, and luckily, we got each other's back.
When things get busy such as midterm weeks or community service projects, you got to stop your wiki work and focus on school, family, and work. That's the number one priority.
In each section, I include the team members, changes if present, and the wiki vitae list. The wiki vitae lists are lists that keeps track of the team's wiki progress.
Sket Dance and Team W.I.K.I. Nation
Team Members: Annabanana, KuroNekoXIII, MohsinMan99, Takashichea, Halberdierv2, Hibaru, and Piface314.
Ever since the winter watches took place last January or so, Sora_thekey did a winter watch on Sket Dance. Since the news articles do not have a forum thread copy, I figured to keep writing the Sket Dance weekly reports for my team and to back up Sora's articles by providing links.
Changes
With the semester going and anime reports piling up, I am contemplating on stopping the weekly reports for Sket Dance. I believe it's more time effective and manageable to work this way. I provide images to Sora and work on the episode wiki page while Sora writes his winter watch. My team and I will still handle the wiki work for the character pages and other pages.
This way, I have less weekly reports to work on. See projects below.
New Member
Sora_thekey!
Beelzebub
Team Members: Annabanana, ShadowKnight508, Arrussel, Sreenivas, and Takashichea.
There are no changes. I still keep working on the wiki work and its weekly reports.
Arrussel did the weekly coverage for the Beelzebub chapters. He had too much school, so the chapter coverage is on hiatus.
Guilty Crown
Team Members: KuroNekoXIII and Takashichea
Changes
KuroNekoXIII will work on the even episodes and its weekly reports while I do the odd episodes and its reports. Mainly, Kuro works on the Guilty Crown pages because I work a lot on the episode pages for the other projects.
Fairy Tail
Team Members: Annabanana, Newten, Takashichea, and old members who helped out with Fairy Tail last year. They are Wales, Buhssuht, Obscurefan, and Obsidian609.
Possible Changes
I'm still working on Fairy Tail episode and weekly reports. However, Newten may take over the Fairy Tail weekly reports as his winter watch. Right now, Newten has a team working on My Little Pony project with ScarletKittie and BigHeart711. (Please see ScarletKittie's Team Wiki Project). I just keep going until Newten gets back.
Gintama
Team Members: MohsinMan99 and Takashichea
We're a bit behind in the anime with the reports. Unlike the above projects, we don't do a lot of wiki work because we got too much on our hands with the other projects. We're still doing the weekly reports to get more people involved in the Gintama project. MohsinMan99 and I take turns on Gintama reports on certain arcs.
This is the end of the updates.
Past Team Updates
- Team W.I.K.I. Nation
- Team W.I.K.I. Nation's Mega Updates
- Fairy Tail's Edolas Arc
- Back to the Grind by ShadowKnight508
Go Anime Vice!
Takashichea
Team W.I.K.I. Nation
I've pointed my finger at you, I've groaned, I've cursed you, and I've even dropped series because of you. I've said to myself, "a heterosexual high school boy having zero interest in the female form is impossible." Whenever I would see you throwing attractive girls off of you as they try to make out with you, I would remember my high school days and just not get the joke. I'd call you insane. It was impossible. I had an easier time believing that a character like Sasuke from Naruto could spit fire out of his eye and summon monster shields by flapping his hands around than suspending my disbelief that at the height of his sexual prime and with his hormones raging, he would turn down a fun and guilt-free time with Karin. But, my eyes have been opened.
According to a survey conducted by the Japan Family Planning Association, 36% of males aged 16 to 19 reported that they had "no interest" in sex, with some going as far as to say that they "despised" it. For women aged 16 to 19 the numbers were at a staggering 59%. All of this time I've thought that this was just some weird and bizarro take on teen life but low and behold, this is actually an incredibly accurate portrayal of the mindset of Japanese teens.
So, I'd like to formally apologize to you. I don't like to make fun of people for cultural differences and that's exactly what I've been doing. I'm Sorry. Honto ni Gomen-nasai... mooshiwake arimasen.
From Anime News Network:
This year's 10th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine is announcing on Wednesday that Ken Akamatsu will end his Negima! Magister Negi Magi manga after three more chapters. However, he will first take a two-issue hiatus to prepare for the end, so the series will return in this year's 13th issue of the magazine on February 29. The finale will not come until this year's 15th issue in March, at the earliest.
One of my favorite manga is ending in three chapters, I'm so sad and mad. There so many unanswered questions, why do it to end and leave me in the dark. I'm hoping Akamatsu make a sequel manga to answer all the unanswered questions (he can't do it in three chapters) But I still have a blast at reading it, so I not that mad (Also on the bright side, I save some money LOL!)
It's amazing what people can come up with. I stumbled across this on the interwebs and it brought a smile to my face. Moments before stumbling across this I was actually thinking about checking out a series I hadn't seen before and this sealed the deal for that show being YuruYuri.
via Crunchyroll
For those curious to see how similar it is to the original, here is the Wagnaria 2 OP
Overview
Welcome to the Fairy Tail report! I'm Taka, and I'm here to discuss episode 114 with you folks and my teammates. For those who don't know my teammates, they are Newten and Annabanana. We're finally seeing the climax of another spectacular battle for Erza. Erza had some nice fights in the past such as the Erza Knightwalker, Midnight. and Ikaruga. She doesn't disappoint the fans with this week's episode.
Check out the wiki page and its image gallery!
Plot
Ep. 114: Erza vs Azuma - "Eruza vs. Azuma" (エルザ vs. アズマ)
Erza and Azuma take their battle to the next level as Erza uses most of her famous armors and Azuma dealing out major attacks. When the situation gets tough, Erza almost gives up until she hears a familar voice. Will she gain back her resolve and defeat Azuma.
Watch this episode to find out!
Verdict
Beware of Spoilers!
Good
- Erza is not pulling her punches nor is her opponent. You'll see an array of her cool armors and a new weapon called the Benizakura, Fairy Sword.
- Azuma makes this episode explode with Terra Clamara.
- For Jellal and Erza fans, you'll get to see Jellal again and some flashbacks of Jellal and Erza together.
Erza's Armors Used:
Heaven Wheel Armor, Flight/ Soaring, Adamantine, Lightning Empress, Giant, Purgatory, and Fight Robes. I didn't get a good shot of Erza's Giant's armor or an intact Purgatory.
Bad
- There's not much bad things, but if you want your battles uninterrupted, the scenes of Natsu and such can be a hassle. Compared to the manga, there are no scenes interrupting. However, the anime has more action and displays more armors for Erza.
- For those who don't like cliche shonen things, Erza solves her battle with the power of her friends.
Bizarre
- Erza debating herself whether to use her seduction armor. Good news, she is not like Lucy.
- Azuma tends to be creepy when he licks his lips after Erza pulls out her sword. In Azuma's last battle with Mirajane, he describes his battle like having sex to me unless my head is in the gutter again.
- Daphne makes unexpected cameo in this episode.
Erza's battle is truly awesome. She doesn't disappoint her fans.
Thanks
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After a long break from Anime Vice, I am back and continuing with the blog series I left with, sit tight friends and freaks, I am going to make up for lost time by talking about how 5 episodes were changed, in minor and major ways in the GoLion-Voltron series, and the BIGGEST change occurs in one of these episodes.
Episode 3: A Ghost and 4 Keys (GoLion Title: A Ghost and 5 Keys)
Not much is changed in the early going of this episode, the first obvious change is that Haggar and Zarkon refer to the team as the Voltron Force, though they have not even found a single Voltron Lion yet, this was kind of a Americanized moment though, referring to the team as you plan to refer to them as for the rest of the series prior to them finding the thing that gives them the title.... LOL, sounds like I am talking in riddles, another major change is that the Bat-Fish Robeast is not shown finishing off it's opponent in the Doom arena... The title of this episode is oddly more appropriate, as only four of the lion keys were found and the fifth key was missing. Not a huge departure from the original.
Episode 4: The Missing Key
The Space mice are useful, go figure...
The episode starts where the last left off, Keith in the green lion, Sven in the blue lion, Lance in the red lion, and Hunk in the yellow lion are taking on the Bat-Fish Robeast, while Pidge is trapped amongst local Arusians driven to hide in caves and the black lion key is missing, Yurak wants the glory for beating the team, as does Haggar, honestly this episode did not change much between countries. But Voltron is fully assembled for the first time so dont skip it.
Episode 5: The Princess Joins Up
Allura joins the team by manning a gun turret in the newly discovered Castle of Lions, a structure which was under Castle Arus and emerges from it's rubble in time to take down the Gladiator Robeast, the only notable change is that the Gladiator Robeast's tournament against other robeasts is toned down a bit. This episode contains the iconic stills of the Voltron Force standing on the heads of the lions for the first time.
Episode 6: The Right Arm of Voltron
Here we are at the episode that changes everything, those who know Voltron, even if your knowledge is only of the current series, Voltron Force, knew Sven would not be a longterm member of the team, but this is a huge departure from the Japanese version in many ways, Sven's fate is changed quite a bit, he was killed in the GoLion version of this episode, but only injured in the American version, an entire funeral scene was cut from this episode, Sven returns in future episodes of Voltron, and I will explain how later in this blog series. Character death was generally a no-no back in the 80's in America, so Sven was simply injured at the close of this one.
NOTE: Hulu mislabled this episode with the title of the next episode.
Episode 7: The Lion Has New Claws
Allura pilots the blue lion for the first time, Nanny makes her first appearance, the main thing cut from this episode was that the robeast in it slaughtered some innocent people, and even some of that slipped by censors if you watch the castle of lions monitor closely. A bit of common anime eroticism usually cut from American adaptations of the era is also seen in both, when Nanny spanks Allura. The Japanese version of that scene had what I found to be some pretty funny dialogue with the line "A thousand spankings for not calling me lady"
NOTE: Hulu mislabled this as the aforementioned episode The Right Arm of Voltron
That's all for this installment, watch said episodes on Hulu, and look for my next installment where we go from Prince Bokar to Prince Lotor.
You can also view the original Beast King GoLion versions on Crunchyroll.
EDIT: Since I pointed out that Hulu mislabeled 2 episodes they have since corrected the mistake, episodes 6 and 7 are now correctly titled
