Anime N Manga

Sunday, October 30, 2005

Gundam Seed Destiny

Zaku warrior live concert version
Gundam Seed Destiny is a continuation from Gundam Seed. The story take place shortly after the war between coordinators and naturals ended. The world is at peace and recovering from the previous war. But the peace is short-lived. An unknown terrorist group stole three newly developed Gundams and launched a couple of attacks on Earth. The world was once again thrown into chaos as the war escalates, flamed by the mistrust between naturals and coordinators… Ah crap, I am beginning to sound like the narrators in the Gundam series. So here are some of my opinions after watching the series:

First of all, Gundam Seed Destiny is a marketing gimmick! Countless number of Gundams and Zakus were introduced in this series, far exceeding the number in any previous Gundam series. Almost every character in the series is issued a mobile suit… even Lacus got her own custom Zaku, painted in pink, complete with hearts and Haro decals (see picture ^). And with every mobile suit shown in the series, comes the Gundam plastic model kit… available at all major departmental stores near you.

Secondly, Gundam Seed Destiny seems to me like a rojak of ideas from many great animes, from planes combining to form a robot, to genetically re-engineered superhuman. And if that isn’t enough, they had to recycle old ideas from previous Gundam series. Oh… and look out for the ‘Jet Stream Attack’. I almost fell off my chair laughing when they came up with this one :)

And then there is this new character Shinn Asuka. An arrogant, self-centered young Gundam pilot who is the lead character for this series. He gets more and more irritating throughout the series and you will just be waiting for the episode he gets killed off by some old guards like Kira or Asuran.

Despite all these that I have just mentioned, Gundam Seed Destiny is an excellent anime!! The action takes off right from the very first episode and last all the way to the end… not a dull moment in the series. All the characters from the first Gundam Seed will return in this series, giving the viewer a sense of familiarity. Trust me… you will be whining about that @#%* Shinn, you will be complaining about all the cheesy ideas used in the series, but you will also be watching 10 episodes a day. I finished all 50 episodes in 1 week. ;)

Monday, October 24, 2005

Some New Animes

Hi.

I found a list of some of the animes that are aired recently :

a. Blood +
b. Hell Girl
c. Paradise Kiss
d. Kaleidoscope
e. Black Cat
f. Cluster Edge
g. Rozen Maiden 2
h. Angel Heart
i. Noein
j. Idaten Jump

If any one knows more of any of the titles above, maybe can share your opinions. I'll try to post the urls to their official sites later.

News

In case u don't know, Channel U are showing the following on Sundays from yesterday onwards:

4.00 pm D.N. Angel
4.30 pm Saiyuki Reload

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Bad news for Naruto fans...

For those who are still following the naruto anime, here is an uber bad news: the filler series is gonna continue till spring 2006!! That would mean another 27 episodes of crappy plot and bad drawing!!!!

Details can be found here:
http://www.narutofan.com/

Monday, October 03, 2005

What is with Japanese Anime and mothers?

How you ever notice how many anime have the element of mothers in them? Take the most recent Anime, FF7: Advent Children for example. A tale of a filial child by the name of Sephiroth, seeking to reunite with his mother. Along came Cloud, who ruined everything.

Lets go back a year. Appleseed 2004. THE Legendary fighter, Deunan. Ass-kicking, gun throttling, mecha piloting Deunan. And what does she do when she is in trouble and need help with the last letter of the save-the-world password? She cries: “mommmmmy!!!!!”

What about the 2001 adaptation of the PS game, Zone of the Enders? Remember the girly, act cute and pink colored mecha call Dolores-I? And who was the one to program her in such a revolting fashion? The mother in the family of course!

Lets go even further back. Remember Neon Genesis Evangelion? The mother of all motherly anime! (Pun intended ^_^) What have sissy Shinji, arrogant Asuka, and robotic Rei have in common (other than the fact that they all need psychiatrist help)? They all lost their mother at a young age, and are piloting a biological weapon which contain the soul of their mother. Even Ritsuko have issues with her mother and have to communicate with her by talking to laptops and machineries.

Still not convinced? Lets try one last example – Sailormoon. No hint of any mothers or motherly stuff in sailormoon? Think carefully… who is the mother of Chibi-usa? Moonie herself of course!

Okay… maybe the last example wasn’t a good one. But for those who have watched these Animes, I am sure you understand what I am pointing at. So what is with Japanese animators and mothers? I think they lack MOTHERLY LOVE!!

(Disclaimer: the article is not to be taken seriously. Most of the information given are either distorted or completely untrue :D)

Death Notes

A... Death Notes 8 is out!!! But its Tong Li publisher.

Sunday, October 02, 2005

Gundam Seed Destiny on Central


From Oct 2, Kids Central will be showing Gundam Seed Destiny every Sunday at 11am.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2669