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Inspired by some great looking projects out there (such as Khai62‘s) I decided to dust off my kit and snap fit the parts. My first impression is that the kit was huge! Before opening the box (which I’ve had since Decmeber 2011 – I likely opened it up once back then said "woah it’s huge" only to forget until now) I expected it to be about the size of my 1/144 Hildolfr. Guess I missed the part about this kit being 1/35 scale.
A long time ago, I reviewed a cartoon called "King Arthur and the Knights of Justice". It was awful and people are stupid to think it was ever a classic and good. I then realized earlier that I never did people a service and uploaded all the PSAs from the second season on Youtube, something that has not been done at all really except for a few. So… "enjoy".
I agree, Ao. I felt the same way after watching it.
(Note: Contains E7 and E7AO spoilers)
If you haven’t read my review of Eureka Seven: AO, here it is in a nutshell: First half was great, second half was a mess with too much plot and not enough clear motivations. The final two episodes, which have finally aired after an annoyingly long hiatus, are actually fine, but make me angrier at the creators than I was before watching them. Not only did this show have a good idea to begin with – the idea was apparently good overall (including all the reveals and ultimate finale concept), but they felt the need to fuck around for about 8-10 episodes in the middle, and then were forced to cram in the entire explanation and pseudo resolution of everything into the last two episodes. In fact, it’s mostly in the last episode, since the one before it is basically more setup (in that sense it reminded me a bit of Trinity Blood – another show that tries to explain everything in the last 5 minutes).
So, yeah… pretty awesome. I’d let Pirate Asuka handle my Jolly Roger, if you know what I mean. (I MEANT MY PENIS.) (Wait, she’s how old again?) (So yeah, definitely would let her.)
Why was this not here earlier? I have to return and do this? For shame, other ORers. Forcing me to actually do something.
(My top 10 favorite Bond movies list is in the works.)
Always uphold the class rules…
(Note: Contains extremely minor spoilers, mostly with regards to the exposition of the story.)
Another is a 12 episode adaptation of the mystery horror novel by Yukito Ayatsuji produced by P.A. Works. In 1998, Kouichi Sakakibara moves from Tokyo to the town of Yomiyama. His mother died shortly after his birth and his father is a college professor doing research in India, so Kouichi is sent to live with his maternal grandparents and attend the ninth grade at his mother’s old junior high. Kouichi is assigned to class 9-3, which turns out to be quite unfortunate.
Tanegashi Accel Impact!
Robotics;Notes is the third anime adaptation of one of the Science Adventure series of Visual Novels by 5pb. and Nitroplus, following Chaos;Head (produced by Madhouse) and Steins;Gate (produced by White Fox). This time they handed the keys to Production I.G, and FUNimation has already licensed it to stream on their website.
Robotics;Notes takes place in 2019, presumably in the same universe as Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate (a bit more on that later), and ostensibly centers on a high school robotics club in danger of losing its club status. Its only two members are the terribly disinterested gamer Kaito and the overenthusiastic club president and mecha freak Akiho, who is obsessed with completing a giant robot that the club has been working on for years. I say "ostensibly" because clearly there is more to this story. All signs point to it being more than just a show about a high school club building a giant robot together. Kaito and Akiho are linked by a mysterious incident in their past and something awfully weird is going on with the world…
Psycho-Pass takes place in a futuristic Japan (I guess) where society is governed by tests which index people’s personality traits. The tests help determine best career paths and, most importantly, the likelihood that they might commit a violent crime. Psycho-Pass tells the story of a police division whose task is to stop those who commit these crimes and are likely to do so. A proper synopsis from Wikipedia…
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In the near future it is possible to instantaneously measure a person’s mental state, personality, and the probability that a person will commit crimes with a device installed on each citizen’s body called the Psycho-Pass. When this probability, measured by the "Crime Coefficient" index, is too high in some individuals those individuals are pursued and apprehended — with lethal force, if necessary. This task is performed by a special team of potential criminals called Enforcers, who are supervised by police officers known as Inspectors; the Inspectors ensure that Enforcers perform their duties within the constraints of the law. Enforcers and Inspectors employ special weapons called "Dominators" that are designed to fire only on those with a higher than normal Crime Coefficient. The story follows Unit 1 of the Public Safety Bureau’s Criminal Investigation Division. |
Psycho-Pass is another piece from Production I.G, directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani, and written by Gen Urobuchi (Fate/Zero, Blassreiter). It’s already been licensed in the US by everyone’s favorite Chris Sabat employer, FUNimation.
Oooh, now with Mari’s new Eva unit (Unit-09?)…
Thanks to this trailer 4 the Answer is going to be stuck in my head all day.
