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Otaku Revolution’s Top 15 Anime Soundtracks


Introduction | 15-11 | 10-6 | 5-2 | 1 | Honorable Mentions

“Music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” – Bob Marley

Music soothes the savage beast. Coincidentally, the average anime fan is a beast, so it works out real well, doesn’t it? One minute you’re sitting there in front of your laptop, its keyboard covered with Cheeto crumbs, raging over “Endless Eight” episodes while listening to a random mix of mp3s on your hard drive or iPod, the next you hear Scott Matthew sing “Be Human” and your frenzy wanes. (I’d cry at sad movies and laughed ’till it hurt, too, Scott… if I could just be more human.) read more

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Otaku Revolution’s Top 15 Anime Soundtracks: 15-11


Introduction | 15-11 | 10-6 | 5-2 | 1 | Honorable Mentions

#15 – The Big O (Tosihiko Sahashi)

Okay, so it’s first theme song is ripped from Queen’s Flash Gordon theme song and the second season’s theme music is the dark match version of the theme from Gerry Anderson’s UFO. Call those “homages”, damn it. It’s obvious that The Big O borrows from various sources, not the least of which being Batman: The Animated Series (which Sunrise animated some of). But let that be a testament to the variety you’ll find both in the show and its soundtrack. Want sultry, sexy sax? Want suspensful movie serial music invoking shades of Bernard Hermann? What about a track that’s an obvious rearrangement of “La Merseillaise”? And this hodgepodge doesn’t feel anything at all like a hodgepodge, with its judicious use throughout the 26 episode run of the program (which would have been longer if Mike Lazzo didn’t have a hard on for two particularly unfunny “comedians”). The show’s soundtrack might not give you what the title of the show promises, but you’ll be satisfied nonetheless. read more

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PG Strike Freedom WIP 08: Decals

Behold, the long awaited decals!


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It took just shy of a month for these two decal sheets from Samuel Decal to finally make it over from Hong Kong. How amazing modern civilization has become that a letter can now safely travel half way around the world only to be folded in half by a representative of the United States Government. Fucking hell. At least the damage isn’t too bad and mostly across decals that are in abundance elsewhere on the sheets.

I’m a little disappointed by the sheets though. Upon closer inspection it’s apparent that there’s maybe four different designs repeated ad nauseum. There was a lot greater variety across Samuel’s Red/Blue frame prints. I also noticed that he used gibberish for some of the text, but didn’t bother to do anything about it when he started printing 1/60 scale sheets. The large caution triangles read “Caution gkhihksdgfk abfjkasf asfhiasf” which loosely translates to “Caution: Plot Armor.” read more

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Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 82 Review

Episode 82, "The Awakening of Super Power! Trunks Has Surpassed his Father Vegeta", or "Put An Asterix By His Number"


*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: Trunks continues to power up, unleashing a great amount of energy. He bulks up considerably and attacks Cell. Cell admits that Trunks’ power surpasses his own, but claims that he cannot win. Kuririn lands on an island and revives Vegeta with a senzu. Again, Trunks engages Cell, but can’t manage to land a hit on him despite his massive strength. Back in the Room of Spirit and Time, Goku is impressed with how strong Gohan’s become. Goku transforms into the form Trunks is using. Trunks still can’t land a hit on Cell, frustrated and confused. Cell takes the clear advantage in the fight. Goku explains to Gohan that the form he’s using (and therefore the form Trunks is using) is too bulky and sacrifices speed for strength, and expresses his desire to do better than that. Cell explains as much to Trunks, telling him that that form uses up too much power to maintain itself, even demmonstrating it himself. He claims that even Vegeta knew that, and Trunks realizes that his father must’ve already known. Trunks powers down and tells Cell to kill him. Cell is about to oblige him, but asks if they could further excel if given more time. When Trunks confirms the possibility, and tells him that Goku is training to beat him, Cell backs down, opting instead of hold a tournament where any fighter can fight him, to test his power more. He admits that his only goal is to enjoy himself and flies off, leaving Trunks perplexed.
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Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 81

Episode 81, "Vegeta’s Full-Power Strike! But Cell’s Terror Grows and Grows"


*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: Gohan continues training in his Super Saiyan form. Meanwhile, Vegeta prepares to fire a massive blast at Cell. He calls the attack "Final Flash". He fires it and it seems to overwhelm Cell. When the smoke and dust clears, a huge chunk of Cell’s body is missing and Vegeta thinks he’s obtained victory. However, Cell is bluffing at his injury, and regenerates. Vegeta fires at Cell frantically, but it does no damage. Cell knocks Vegeta out, and he reverts out of his Super Saiyan form. Trunks unleashes his power, his body transforming, bulking up considerably. Cell and Trunks size each other up and then begin their combat. Kuririn flies off with Vegeta, with Cell acknowledging that he knew Trunks steered their fight away from Vegeta on purpose. He tells Trunks that his interest is now with him. Trunks begins to power up even more. read more

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