Singapore Cosfest 2008

Being busy on both days of the cosfest, I am unable to bring my handy Nokia 6220 classic to the event. Nevertheless,  let me link some pictures of the Cosfest to this blog. Credits of the photos goes to anyone except me.

Edit: Firefox 3 crashed on me as I opened a site. THANKFULLY, wordpress saved a draft.

Edit 05/07/2008 10pm: Added in a new picture.

Edit 07/07/2008 11am: Added in one more.

Links to more cofest pictures:

Riuva

Riuva

Team Blue

Panther Part 1

Panther Part 2

Anime Baka Blog

Abanzai Blog

Finality Blog

TheGirl’s Blog <==Check out the last picture on the blog

SGCafe Thread by Zeratul <= forum thread.

I AM GUNDAM!

Warning: Picture intensive

Sekirei Episode 1

Hullo there! I’m 5camp, the brand new member of this blog. I was wondering whether Brian would say something about me joining. You know the way they do that in shows, where the teacher says ‘there’s a new pupil who I want to introduce to you all today’ and in she walks, upon which the main character leaps out of his chair and exclaims ‘HEY! You’re that person from earlier’. Ok, very cliche, but relevant since that was the main thing I noticed about Sekirei. That, and the eternally bouncing breasts

I’m sure I’ve seen this before in several anime. Eureka Seven springs to mind 

   

Sekirei had a fair amount of advertising on japenese tv (or at least so I heard. I live way off in Ireland where Japan is that country with lots of earthquakes and kung fu), so I was expecting something fairly decent, paticurly when it came to the animation and to be fair, the animation is fairly good. Nothing that will blow you away or anything, but commendable.But as for the plot…Our hero is a loser who failed the collage entry exam twice (cliche #1) and is feeling pretty down. So what better way to cheer him up then drop a teenage girl on his head (cliché #2), who lands on him in an erotic position (cliché #3). She happens to be chased by two women with astonishingly large, bouncy breasts in very little clothing with the ability to shoot electricity from their fingers. Since out hero is a water type, off he runs with the girl.The girl reveals that her name is Musubi, then has to stay at our heroes flat as she has nowhere to stay (cliché #4). So after she eats the rest of his money, not literally, they bump into the two bouncy breasted fighters again who attack him again. Suddenly Musubi starts making orgasm noises, kisses our hero and gains super powers (cliché #5). She says that she is Sekirei, a girl with magical powers, kinda like a HiME (cliché #6), and that he is a Ashikabi, a person who can partner a Sekirei and the Sekirei will fight on his behalf (cliché #7)

Ok, so it’s obvious here why you would be watching this. Clothes get damaged during fights, breasts are bouncing and panties are being flashed. Yes, this is a fan-service fighting show. If you don’t like fan-service then don’t bother. Beyond the fan-service, it’s not great. The fights were unimpressive, although they will probably get better later on in the series. The plot is ridiculous and did I mention cliché?

Mind you, I’m a person who heartily dislikes bouncing breasts. If you do like that sort of stuff then dig in. It eventually goes into standard harem style anime. You may choose from a wide range of girls (including a loli; there’s always a fecking loli) who will all fight over our hero to get him to choose them to be their Sekirei, or something like that. But yeah, I won’t be watching this.

He must be evil. All white-haired anime characters are evil

It finished off with a multi-billionaire claiming that all the Sekirei have to fight off Battle Royale style to determine who will be the winner and ascend into heaven. What number cliché am I on?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macross Frontier OST: Nyan Furo

This is the OST that everyone is talking about. Nyan Furo is the title for the original soundtrack for the highly acclaimed anime, Macross Frontier. Trust my words, this anime OST is the absolute best OST album ever. And I thought Kawai Kenji did well for Seirei no Moribito OSTs. Behind this brilliant music works is the ever fantastic Kanno Youko. Of course, who doesn’t know the industry’s fore-figure, Kanno Youko who stood along side with the likes of Kawai Kenji, Iwasaki Taku, and Joe Hisaishi. However I personally love Kanno’s composing style, which goes for the whole length of orchestral ranges and all the way to jazz - which I enjoy a lot, by the way. Indeed, her composition style is very versatile, making her one of the best anime composers of all time.

Gurren Lagann Parallel Works 3 is the Coolest Yet

This third installment of Parallel Works is, by far my favourite episode among the lot. The art style, the jazz music, and all Gurren Lagann. Yes, this is what happens when you have Cowboy Bebop jazzing the tunes, Samurai Champloo funking the animation style with Mononoke-esque art style to depict all things Gurren Lagann. Accompanying music this time is Yoko’s theme, Boing vs Boing. The lady of Gurren Lagann shows us how cool “boing” can be. Hit play for sheer coolness.

Code Geass R2 episode 12

After arriving from the Chinese Federation, Lelouch goes through Sayako’s reports and was shocked to see all the tasks scheduled ahead of him. All of this, including kissing Shirley, happened unexpectedly when he was not around. One thing for sure, Sayako’s over-friendly aptitude with girls in school forced him to go for a date to every 108 girls he promised to. See more of Lelouch’s misfortune after the jump.

Gurren Lagann Parallel Works: Take Two

More Gurren Lagann greatness. Maybe the manliness is scaled down in this second video release but Kamina looking sharp as always. After the fight to rescue Nia in a totally different dimension, which was almost happily-ever-after fantasy-like, the faces of Gurren Lagann return with another Parallel Works. This time, it’s pachinko time for Viral. Frankly speaking, I do not enjoy this one as compared to the previous release. But do look out for Viral in an expression you would never thought have seen. That should hold up the interest.

To set the records straight, there is no news for a second season for Gurren Lagann. I highly doubt that myself because the story seems to have a solid end. However there is a confirmed work on the Gurren Lagann movie project, which would probably due by this fall season. Do keep tabs on that one.