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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation + JoJo's Bizarre Adventures: All-Star Battle

For those who have had the chance to enjoy the JoJo's Bizarre Adventures manga over the years, big news regarding the franchise is here! Announced by officials in advance of the upcoming Araki Hirohiko Jojo Exhibition later this summer, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation has been green-lit for production and will be launching this October as part of the Fall 2012 Anime Season. If that news alone wasn't enough for fans, it was also revealed that publisher Namco Bandai and developer CyberConnect2 would be releasing JoJo's Bizarre Adventures: All-Star Battle (fighting game) for the Playstation 3 system later this year. Trailer is below (for the game):

Now, I am not well-versed about this franchise, but it is certainly big news for fans of the franchise that want not only a proper anime adaptation of their favorite franchise, but get a fighting game to play with as well. If you are interested in more information, refer to the link below. Images taken from the game's trailer can be found below the link.

Full Story Link: http://sgcafe.com/2012/07/jojos-bizarre-adventures-to-get-anime-and-ps3-game/

Game Site Link: http://www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list/asb/

(disregard last image....I failed -_-)

Tiger and Bunny: The Beginning (2012)

For everyone who is a fan of the Tiger and Bunny franchise, more information plus a trailer revealing footage from the upcoming movie Tiger and Bunny: The Beginning has been released by Sunrise and posted on SGcafe's site. According to Sunrise, a new NEXT character will be incorporated into the movie. Below is the link to the full story and the trailer can be found below the links.

Full Story: http://sgcafe.com/2012/07/tiger-bunny-movies-first-footage-aired/

What are your thoughts regarding these two topics?

Super Duper Mini Review

 Kuro

In this world, there are three identical looking people in existence who split between them an energy-like force called “Terra.” This energy can be attributed to the amount of “Luck” or “Life Energy” that an individual possesses. There also exists beings who observe the human world, maintaining the balance of Terra, known as the “Coexistence Equilibrium.” These beings possess ability that surpass that of a normal human being and reside in hiding in places known as the “Pure Place” in tribes. They are called the Terra Guardians. This is a tale of battle that begins with a chance meeting between a human boy named Keita and a young Tera Guardian girl named Kuro.

• A solid cast of characters.
• The art style kinda has a dark/griddy feeling in some spots and light/happy in some spots.  It was a nice blend of the two.
  
• Really interesting concepts used in the show like the Doppeliner System and the whole contract thing was neat.
  
• Tons of fight scenes through out the show which aren't to shabby.
• Some nice twists as the show progresses.
  

• A slow start.
• While some of the twists were nice, some of them have been done before.
• Some events in the show were predictable.

• In the manga Keita is a 19 year old freelance computer programmer.
•  The manga is created entirely by a Korean manhwa team led by both Lim and Park. They would occasionally make fun of the fact that none of them were fluent in Japanese in omake segments drawn at the end of each manga volume.
  

 IT'S MORPHING TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111

What's a Super Duper Mini Review? Well, since I'm taking a break from written reviews, I decided to put a short list of what I liked and didn't like about the shows I review and put down some notes and fun facts as well. For some info about the show like genre, plot summary, etc., I borrow some info from Anime News Network, Wikipedia, and of course our wiki here on Anime Vice.  

Mini Review - Mai-Otome

 Mai-Otome

Arika Yumemiya has traveled far in search of her goal: the prestigious Gualderobe Academy. This is the school where young girls are trained to become Otomes, protectors of royal leaders throughout the lands. Here, Arika makes plenty of friends, but some enemies know something about her past that she does not. Nevertheless, her spirit and determination will keep pushing her forward. --- Adapted from its predecessor, Mai-HiME, this series is not a direct sequel, but an alternate universe setting featuring some of the Mai-HiME cast (though with different personalities).

• Like Mai-HiME, the music is fantastic.
• Good fight scenes.
• Interesting concepts used in the Mai-Otome world.  Otome, slaves, etc.
• It was fun seeing the Mai-HiME characters with different personalities.
• While it is a school setting (the main series), the world of Mai-Otome makes it enjoyable.
• The ending is not as cheesy and bad as Mai-HiME.
  

• When compared to Mai-HiME, some of the new characters aren't as memorable as the ones from Mai-HiME.
• A slow start before it starts getting enjoyable.
  

• I recommend watching the prequel LAST as it will make more sense.  I started out with the prequel first and I was kinda lost.  Then I started the main series and thought "Wait, what happened to the girl in the prequel?"  After I finished the main series and the sequel, it made more sense.

What's next?