Sunday, October 23, 2011

Manchester United Got Pwned

Admittedly, I'm not a huge soccer fan (yet). As such, I don't have a clear way of the way the leagues are, particularly over in the UK. But, from what I've heard, Manchester United is the team to beat. Or it was. And, from what I know, or thought I knew, 6-1 is one hell of a point difference. So, since Manchester City beat Man U by five points...wow. Looks like both Manchester teams are doing well, from what it says here. (reading ESPN)

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Freedom

This CGI anime was actually quite engaging, very well done and had an awesome story from the most-bits that I saw. Eden is a moon base (or complex of moon bases, I'm not entirely sure if it's just one or all of them together) that operates by rigorous rules, keeping the last of the humans in order and alive. Takeru, a teenager in Eden, breaks a few of the stringent rules, getting him assigned to community service on the lunar surface. It's then that something falls -- a photo of a beautiful girl, a paradise-like setting, and a message that Earth is well, is anyone out there? Driven largely by his instant infatuation with the girl in the picture and curiosity towards a planet thought to be dead, and aided by his friends, Takeru starts an adventure that may very well turn the order of Eden upside-down. I didn't see all of it, but I saw a good portion, I would say. The story has a very epic feel to it with lots of funny moments interspersed. I found it rather enjoyable.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The Galaxy Railways

*ahem* TRAINS IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE No, seriously. Trains in space. They go from steam engines on up, but they are literal trains. In space. With windows that open. From the cabins. Into space. INTO SPACE. WINDOWS. Anyway. I'm going to get hung up on that point again, so I better spit this out quick. Father is a captain of a train called Big One, in the SDF or Space Defense Force. Being a captain, he's always away, so his two sons, Mamoru and Manabu, decide to sneak to the restricted train platforms to see him off. They end up on the train in space, and conveniently this happens to be the time that shit gets real. Let's just leave it at "Yes, seriously, his sons watch as he detaches Big One's engine and suicides into the threat." Fast forward five years, the elder brother, Mamoru, enters the SDF. Spoiler alert, um, he dies too. So then it's Manabu's turn to leave his mother behind and join the SDF. And then on the way to wherever the SDF headquarters is (IN SPACE) they crash through a time rift because the train derails, likely because Manabu and what is likely the female lead don't know how to get past their prides and close a window. That is open. In their cabin. In space. And the time rift takes them back so that Manabu sees his brother die, AND the obento that was packed for Manabu gets left behind with said brother, so that he gets to die with a picture of his family by his side and a mouthful of his mother's home cooking. And that's about the first two episodes.

Jewel BEM Hunter Lime

At first, I was drawn to this anime because it was deep in the corner, in the "I have never even heard of this before" category. So, out of curiosity, I pulled it out. The story had to do with a magic user, Lime, who must recover seven magical jewels. Or something. With her partner Bass, a blue-skinned, three-eyed humanoid that has to hide in human form and has a perverted streak enviable of any anime character, the angel-winged Lime must transform into various outfits and go incognito to find and recover the jewels. Which turn into monsters that are absolutely freakin' adorable chibi object things. So basically, adorable chibi things + cute, buxom babe + perverted jokes everywhere. And Bass constantly falls/gets run over/etc. I lost count of the craters he made. And that was just episode 1. A good example of your run-of-the-mill over-the-top, fanservicey, quirky anime, at the very least. Unfortunately I only had access to a little of the animation so I can't honestly give a formed opinion on story...it's not epic or anything, but seems straightforward, at least. ...Did I mention fanservicey? I think I keep on understating that.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Power Stone

I have no idea if this was an anime originally or not; it had a more kidsy cartoonish look to it from the getgo. That, I could deal with. The peppy, young-oriented feel I could tolerate. Forced voice acting that made me grind my head against the wall? No way.