Triple Movie Review

Kung Fu Chefs

My Way Film Company Limited ©

Summary

Ousted chef Wong Bing-Yi is determined to help Shen Qing at her restaurant "Four Seas". He trains a young chef, Lung Kin-Yat to compete against Chef Tin, the head chef at "Imperial Palace", for the title of "Top Chef".

Year: 2009

Genre: Comedy, Fighting, Cooking

Rating: N/A

Wrap Up

This movie was pretty interesting. It teaches you a lot about cooking. The fighting in it, is mostly for entertainment purposes. As in, they didn't want the viewer to get bored while they did a movie about cooking, so they threw in random fighting scenes. The storyline is actually pretty decent. I was surprised. Originally thinking that this movie was going to be a B-Movie, it actually ended up being decent. The only complaint I have is that the subs go wicked fast.

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The Warlords

Media Asia Distribution©, ARM Distribution©, Polybona Films©,
Shaw Organisation©, MediaCorp Raintree Pictures©, Innoform Media©,
Magnet Releasing©

Summary

It's a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi. The story was filmed by Zhang Che in 1973 as The Blood Brothers.

Year: 2007

Genre: War, Fighting, Romance, Drama, Historical

Rating: R

Wrap Up

In all honesty this movie was pretty depressing. Here, I thought it was going to be an epic movie about three brothers who stood up to the empire and change the course of China's civil war. However, I was wrong. It's about three guys who are not blood related, but take the sacrid brother pack. They work for the empirer, but still change the course of history. The ending was sad. The entire movie is sad. I guess that's just how wars are though.

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Operation: Endgame

Infinity Films©, Scion Films©, Darko Entertainment©

Summary

A battle ensues among groups of government spy teams in an underground facility after their boss is assassinated.

Year: 2010

Genre: Drama, Action

Rating: R

Wrap Up

Weird ass movie. It's pretty much just two groups of people killing each other off. Some people even kill off their own team mates just for the hell of it. Everyone is crazy. It's got a crazy twist at the end of the movie, but you kinda see it coming if you're paying attention to the dialog. If you're bored, watch the movie. It's nothing to brag about though. Pretty dissapointing in all honesty.

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Scott Pilgrim vs The World - Movie Review

Universal Pictures©

Summary

Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart.

Rating: PG-13

Genre: Comedy, Fighting, Romance

Year: 2010

Storyline

For the most part the storyline is pretty interesting. You have a guy who falls in love with a girl, who has evil exes that he must fight off to be with her. It really shows how much he's in love with her if he's willing to put up with all that. I haven't read the graphic novel, so I'm sure how close it is. I do know that they cut some of the side charaters, but I guess they weren't needed for the main point of the storyline.

Graphics

The special effects in this movie were mindblowing. Every single minute of the film there was something going on. I loved watching it just to see all the effects. I wish real life was like that.

Sound & Music

8-Bit music and random video game sound effects? Yeah... This movie has it all. Loved it. However, I don't think having the sound track would give me the same feeling as the movie did. Just because it doesn't have all the visuals, but that's just my opinion.

Wrap Up

Best movie I've seen in a long time. Probably the best retro movie I've seen since TMNT: Turtles Forever. I personally think they did an excellent job with this movie and I put it at the top of my to buy list. I recommened everyone to give this a chance. It might surprise you.

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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - Movie Review

20th Century Fox©

Summary

Security guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institution in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.

Rating:  PG-13
Genre:  Science Fiction, Comedy

Year:  2009

Storyline

It's pretty hard to judge the storyline. It's a family movie and a sequel. It had all the same characters in it as the first movie, which is always a bonus. The beginning part of the movie also made a lot of sense. However, I felt having the Egyptian King randomly have an evil older brother was a bit much. There wasn't really any need to have an actual villain, but I do like how he created an allied forces with other villain like people through time. Even Darth Vader made an appearance. Sadly, he couldn't use the force. The ending to the movie was pretty far fetched, but I guess it was the best they could to show that everything was going to be alright.

Graphics

This movie is really well done graphics wise. Who ever was in charge of the special effects, did an excellent job making everything look like it came to life. The costumes looked legit, and the scenes where they were entering the paintings were excellent. Mixing in the black and white graphics of olden times, really gave it the feel that anything was possible. The movie left me with an impressed amusement as far as graphics are concerned.

Sound & Music

I'm not going to lie, I don't really pay much attention to this while watching the movie. Unless something really stands out I don't even notice the music most of the time. Well, I do, but I don't give it much thought. There are however three singing cupids in this movie. Which of course sing love related songs. Not just classical, but newer rap like songs. I found this entertaining as far as music goes.

Wrap Up

All in all, this movie was pretty entertaining. It was a lot better then I thought it was going to be. I have such bad experiences with sequels that I was really worried that this would be terrible, but it was actually good. I recommend it for those of you who have families that like to get together and watch a movie from time to time.

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Pretear - Anime Review

Hal Film Maker©, Kadokawa Shoten©, Rondo Robe©

Plot Summary
Himeno Awayuki was a normal sixteen-year old girl until her father married a woman who happens to be rich. Since then, she has been perceived as an outcast by both her new stepsisters and her classmates. Later Himeno finds out from seven men called the Leafe Knights that she is something called Pretear, a girl who has the power to merge with and control the nature of the elemental-oriented powers from the Leafe Knights and stop an evil being called the Princess of Disaster.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Magical
Episodes: 13
Year: 2001

Episode 1

This was a bit different then what I was expecting. I really do feel for the girl. Her life reminds me a lot of Cinderalla. I thought she would go on a journey to find the Leafe Knights, but they were already all gathered and ran into her in the first episode. Takes a lot of the adventure away from the show. I would like to point out that the knights changed their clothes to fight. What is with the Japanese and having that in their shows? At least it wasn't indivisual transformation scenes. I would also like to mention that for a group of knights dedicated in protecting Leafe of the entire planet, they suck at fighting.

Episode 2

In this episode, Himeno Awayuki decided to practice using the special moves she can do while fused with one of the Leafe Knights. However, she only practices with one of them and of course it's the one she uses in the fight with Demon Larva. I also like to inform everyone that it's a one hit kill to all the Demon Larvas. Doing that makes the show less exciting then what it could be.

Episode 3

This episode is pretty much the same as the others. I'm guessing since there is only three episodes, there's enough time for her to fuse with each Leafe Knight twice, defeating a different larva each time. Of course, she'll use their special move to do a one hit kill each time. If this wasn't a half season anime, I wouldn't suggest it. However, I might as well finish it since it's not very long. Who knows? It might have a decent ending.

Thoughts On Completion

For the most part, Pretear, has a pretty interesting storyline. I enjoy the fact that there were different Knights that represent each Element and the fact she could fuse with any of them at any given time. However, I was disapointed in the fact that they didn't go into much detail with it. No upgrades to their special moves and no duel fusions. The storyline focused a lot on the feelings of each of the characters and the plot twists were decent for a short anime. They could have did a bit more with it, but I guess they didn't have enough time. The ending started off good, but took a horrible turn when they had the main  villain cry. Ruined the entire thing for me. It's an anime targeting 14 - 16 year old girls, so it's understandable that being love would save the world, but it was so over done that even the root of all evil did it. This was not for me, nor would I recommend it for any straight males older then 16. However, it's short enough to watch if you have nothing else to do, or if you're interested in trying out a new type of anime. To be fair it wasn't THAT bad and did keep me entertained through the entire series.

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Opening Theme(s) 

• White Destiny by Yoko Ishida

Ending Theme(s)

• Lucky Star by Sayuri Yoshida

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Soredemo Machi Wa Mawatteiru - Review Update

Shaft©

Overview
First I wanna point out that I originally mispelled this Anime in my Fall 2010 prediction review.  I had accidently spelt it, Soredemo Machi wa Maqatteriru. Anyway, the story centers around Seaside, a slightly odd maid tea shop in an otherwise ordinary shopping district of a mundane neighborhood in Tokyo. (Despite the addition of maids, Seaside is a traditional maid tea shop, instead of one of the maid cafes made popular elsewhere.) Hotori Arashiyama works at Seaside and daydreams about being a high schol gir detective. Harriet The Spy in Anime form? Sounds about right to me. I'll be looking forward to seeing what end up doing with this show. It has a couple of possibilities. The only fear I have, is that it turns out to be a children's show. With really lame detective parts. Like finding a lost cat or something.

Episode 1
So far there hasn't been a single decitive related thing. It's all about the small maid cafe. The characters in this show are ugly, but I'm thankful for the change in art style. I was getting bored with the same character designs.

Episode 2
Hotori is hopless. She's so childish and stupid. I don't see how she'll ever be a great detective. At least they finally showed something that was dectective related. Which is Hotori enjoyment when it comes to reading mysteries and watching detective shows.

Episode 3
At least the episodes are packed with random useless information.

Wrap Up
The artwork reminds me of Welcome to the NHK. The story itself is lacking. I got bored watching this. I don't think I would recommend it nor will I continue it. I almost fell asleep. They try to hard to be funny and there isn't really an actual storyline. I just had a hard time keeping interested in the show.

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My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute! - Review Update

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Overview
Also known as, Ore No Imouto Ga Konna Ni Kawaii Wake Ga Nai (Long title, I know). I guess this can also be called, Oreimo for short. Kousaka Kyousuke is an average high school studen who doesn't get along well with his younger sister, the cute and popular Kirino. Then one day he makes a startling discovery: Kirino's secretly an Otaku. Okay. I'll admit. I thought this was just another incest Anime. We really don't need any more of those, but after talking to someone about it, it might actually be more then that. I added Romance to the genre, because that's what it sounds like it's going to be. However, there hasn't actually been anything announced that states it's a Romance. Might actually be an Otaku anime.

Episode 1
Pretty interesting concept. The younger sister has a younger sister fetish. Who would have guessed it? I'm pretty sure the copy of the episode I was watching cut off before the actual end though, so I may have missed something. However, it seems like the entire episode is about the brother finding out about his younger sister's fetish/hobby and deciding to help her hide it from everyone. She also seems to be demanding life counseling. Keep in mind that everyone in town thinks she's perfect and he's a loser. On to the next episode!

Episode 2
This episode covers Kousaka trying to help Kirino find Otaku friends without having her give up her school ones or for them to find out. It's quite an interesting episode. I found the argument about which anime genre was better to be most interesting. On another note, what's up with all these Fall anime shows having every female character blushing in every scene. It's not like they're even blushing, but it's drawn that way. I guess it does kinda make them look cuter, but it's way over done. This has to be the fourth or fifth show I've seen so far that did their art style this way.

Episode 3
This episode is so full of win. There's nothing better then an older brother challenging his overly stubborn father to protect his younger sister. I was cheering for him the entire time. This episode has me hooked on this show.

Wrap Up
Alright, the name of the anime is pretty werid. I was sure it was going to be the incest romance type, but I was completely wrong. It's more of a Slice-of-Life anime with an Otaku theme. For me, it took until the thrid episode to get me hooked. By the end of that episode you'll be rooting for the main character and feel so proud that he had the guts to stick up for his bitchy sister. I recommend this and know that I'll be watching more of this as soon as the episodes come out.

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Tantei Opera Milky Holmes - Review Update

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Overview
The story takes place in an imaginary world in "the Age of Dectectives", where private dectives and phantom thieves overwhelm the cities. It's about four girls who aim to be great detectives. This sounds like One Piece, but with Detectives instead of Pirates. Might be either really good or really bad. Way to early to judge this one right now.

Episode 1
So the show is about four girls who get struck by lightning and loose their special powers that remind me of devil fruit abilities in One Piece. They live in a world where everyone is either a dective or a thief. Well, maybe not everyone, but most people.

Episode 2
These girls are spoiled brats. Now that they're not spoiled, because they lost their powers all they do is fight over stupid stuff. I don't know if I can keep watching this show. It's really stupid. I would like to point out that for a children's show the credits are really pervy.

Episode 3
In this episode they play twister to get their powers back. Did it work or was it a fluke? Only real way is to keep watching the show.

Wrap Up
This show is a good show for 10 year old girls. However the spoiled brats and concent fighting over stupid shit makes me never want to watch another episode of this show again. I don't recommend it to anyone, unless you're like a young tween girl.

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The World God Only Knows - Review Update

Manglobe©

Overview
Katsuragi Keima is a god at eroge games, while in real life he hates all real girls. However he is approached by a devil, Elsee, from to help her in catching runaway spirits that hide in people. Apparently the spirits only hide in the hearts of girls and the only way to get the souls out is by making the girls fall in love so the spirit gets forced out. Someone told me to read this Manga a long time ago. I told them I did, but the truth is, I only bookmarked it. Surprising to me, they're doing an Anime now. Which gives me an excuse to also check out the Manga. I'm super interested in this one, because it just sounds insanely funny and ironic. I will enjoy doing a full review once the show finishes.

Episode 1
This episode was super entertaining. This is probably the best Parody Anime show I've ever seen. It makes sense in a weird sort ofway. This episode is pretty much about him trying to have the girl fall for him to make an evil spirit escape from her heart. At the end of each conquest the girl looses all memory relating to it, but it seems her feelings remain. I think that would be weird to randomly be in love with someone, but not know why.

Episode 2
I thought each episode would be a different conquest, but it doesn't look like it. This episode carries over to the next. Meaning, some girls are a lot harder for him to "conqure" than others. This was a pretty funny episode. Elsee, the demon girl, is trying to win her place as his "little sister", and even convinces his Mother. So funny.

Episode 3
All I have to say about this episode is when they capture the loose souls, it reminds me of Ghost Busters.

Wrap Up
This show is as funny as I heard the manga was. I really enjoyed watching it. I recommend it for anyone who's played a dating sim before. You don't have to have played one to enjoy the show, but it helps when it comes to inside jokes. I'm willing to continue watching this show until the very end.

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Invasion! Squid Girl - Review Update

Diomedea©

Overview
Also known as; Shinryaku! Ika Musume. The sea in the world has been polluted. All sort of trash were thrown into thesea, making it upleasant deep under the sea. One of the inhabitants of the sea, Ika Musume (Squid Girl) seeks to exact revenge on humanity for throwing trash into the sea. I'm not too sure about this one. Sounds like an anti-oil spill anime. However, the picture I found of it made the show look adorable. I'm not too interested in it, but I'll give it a try. Might actually involve fighting and what not. Too early to tell at this point.

Episode 1
Yeah, I don't know how to even review this. It's three episodes packed into one. Pretty much about the squid girl showing up to conqure some beach resturant and through random comical events ends up working there. That seems to be the basis of the entire show.

Episode 2
I can't help but to think that this show reminds me of Lucky Star. It's so random and doesn't really have a storyline. Not to mention the squid girl looks just like the blue haired chick in Lucky Star.  This episode was about life guards, birthdays, and cosplaying.

Episode 3
They actually introduced a character that is afraid of the squid girl. I think it makes the show more interesting this way.

Wrap Up
The show is interesting to watch. It seems to be for all ages. I suggest watching it when you're bored and have nothing better to do. I don't know if I would recommend watching it all in one sitting. There isn't really much of a storyline.

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Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Girls - Review Update

ARMS Corporation©

Overview
In an alternate future, the Tokugawa shogunate never lost power and Japan mainstrained its enforced seclusion from the rest of the world. The 25th shogun assumed the mantle of Japan's leadership 20 years ago, and the student council enforces the suppression of rebellious elements at a giant academy for children of military families at the foot of Mt. Fuiji. This one actually sounds really interesting. It's pretty much old school Samurai within the modern world. I personally love alternate history/timelines stuff, and look forward to seeing how well done this turns out. Judging from the name, it's probably going to be a bit Ecchi too. Which can be a good thing, but also can take away from the seriousness of the show.

Episode 1
The artwork reminds me of the video game Okami. It also has ink splatters on the screen which give it a 3D feel. Quite impressive in my opinion. This first episode is a prolouge to the series. It's actually really well done. Starts with the end, does the backstory and ends with the introduction of some samurai girl. Pretty interesting so far.

Episode 2
Interesting story development. This episode was more comical than the first one. It's based around everyone trying to figure out who the new samurai girl is. I also like to point out that the ninja maid's glasses work the same as the scouters in DBZ.

Episode 3
This episode forshadows a possible villain as well as a more complex storyline. I'm starting to see what's going to be happening. Is the mysterious samurai girl a hero or actually a villain?

Wrap Up
Other than being a border line Echii anime, this seems to have a pretty complex storyline. The art style is like an ink painting and the random blots of ink covers any nudity or blood. I'm guessing they did this to keep the rating down. It's an interesting show, but I don't know if I would recommend it. It's too hard to tell, even with seeing three episodes. Just too many questions and so many paths for the storyline to take. I say give it a couple more episodes before you decide if you should keep watching it or not. It's worth checking out just to see the art style.

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Shaman King - Manga Review Update

Viz Media©

Volume 16
So much happens in this volume. I'll try to keep the spoilers to a minume. Not only is there a couple of fights, but there's also a lot of background storytelling. It helps with the development of the key characters. Also there's a twist thrown in that makes you wanna just keep reading.  The plot thickens as Hao tries to recruit Ren, the X-Laws try to recruit Yoh, Hao's spirit miduim and true power is show, and Yoh tells everyone about the connection he has with Hao. You'll have to read it all to find out about these events in detail as well as anything else that may have happen that I left out.

Volume 17
This volume makes me wonder if people wrote Hirouki Yakei and complained about how quick the battles have been in the past couple of volumes. There was some intense fights and they happen outside of the tourniment. It looks like Hao's minions are making their move and attacking Ren's team. The plot is laid. The mana levels are reveled. How will Yoh and company survive this battle? We'll just have to read on and find out.

Volume 18
I'm kinda dissapointed in this volume. Mainly because it came with a free trip to Japan if I had bought the manga 3 or 4 years ago. It's no longer vailed. I also didn't care for the fact that a main character had kicked the bucket, but like a lot of manga these days, they found a way to bring him back. Some of you may see this as a spoiler, but I'm really getting fed up with that happening. Dragon Ball over did it, and now a lot of other manga seem to be finding ways to keep characters alive, because of their fan base. I know it's sad when awesome characters die, but that's what makes it realistic and what drives the other characters to get stronger. More is at stake when you don't know you can be brought back to life. I also thought that the two weakest people having the strongest ability was a bit lame. I've seen that done a ton of times too. It's a good way to balance it out, but even the game Twisted Metal did it. Weakest people having the strongest special is just so over done these days. Of course one could argue that everything has already been done. This is true, but it's nice to see things that are not done in every other manga that I'm reading. I want to see a verity. You know?

Volume 19
There really isn't much to say about this volume. The entire volume is a flash back. It even has flash backs within the flash backs. Don't worry, it's not too complicated. It coves the time when Yoh met Anna. It also has flash backs of the final battle in the last Shaman Fight. It seems like a cat spirit was the one that delt the final blow to Hao 500 years ago. The next volume continues the flashback. Let's keep reading and find out what happens.

Volume 20
The end... Well, sort of. I'm guessing this is where the anime ended. The first half of the story is over. Starting with the next volume it's the next stage in the story. A most interesting plot twist has changed the course of the storyline. What will happen next? It's hard to forsee right now. The only real way is to continue reading. However, I have no other volumes and currently no money to get them. I feel since this is the end of the first series, it's also a good place to stop and put Shaman King on hold. It may be a few months or even a year before I'll have the money to pick up the rest of the story and the time to read them. I may not do any more reviews. I think doing a review of the first series is enough to get people to read it. I might do a review on the anime, but I haven't decided yet. However, on the bright side, I can now work on some other manga. Thank you friends who give me their old manga that they no longer want. It's the one good thing about friends who move and/or get married and/or grow up.

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Otome Youkai Zakuro - Review Update

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Overview
The fox-eared girls living in the youkai part of town are about to be put to work together with a delegation of young human soliders, to promote interracial understanding. So when will happen when Zakuo's strong personality collides with human sensibilities? This one can go two ways. It can be a Romantic Comedy, or it can be filled with Drama, War, and Fighting. I couldn't find enough information on it right now. I'm pretty interested in this one, so I'll be looking forward to the actual episodes. I want to see which direction it will take.

Episode 1

Pretty interesting concept. This episode was very entertaining and made me laugh a few times. I also enjoyed the character introductions and relationship development. However, the battle towards the end of the episode was a real disappointed. It reminded me of Star Driver, in where it was a one hit kill. Hopefully the next episode has a bit more of a battle.

Episode 2

So this episode shows how scared humans are of spirits and how much Japan is trying to be like America. It has it's pros, but they're forgetting their own culture in the process. It makes an excellent point. I also figured out that the lack of action is based around the fact that this pretty much has a romance undertone to it. 

Episode 3

This episode shows that there might actually be a or some villains. It also shows that not all spirits are friendly or scared. There are some that are very dangerous and even eat humans! However, there's still not much action in it and it still has that drama/romance undertone. 

Wrap Up

This show wasn't what I was expecting. It's still pretty good, but I thought it was going to have battles, action, fighting, and possibly war in it. It's pretty much based around the relationships between humans and spirits. I would say it's a good show if you're into not much action. Sometimes we all just need a bit more romance in our lives. I suggest this one for all those of  you who want a break from the action anime and/or want a bit more romance in your lives.

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MM! - Review Update

Xebec©

Overview
Taro Sado is a normal high school boy who discovered a side of himself that is into masochism. Even as he triest to hide his side from his high school crush, he tries to fix it through his school's "2nd Volunteer Club." Meh. I don't know what to say about this. The main character sounds like a pussy.


Episode 1
WOW! I really don't know what to say. This is indeed an extremely comical anime. I surprised myself by enjoying the show. I thought it was just going to be about some weak male character who gets beat up by girls and enjoys it, but there's actually a lot more to it then that. The club deals with many different people who all have different issues that they want to fix about themselves. The show is really about just accepting yourself and accepting your friends for who they are. Everyone has a secret or issue that they don't like about themselves. Pretty good concept if you ask me.


Episode 2
This episode is based around forming backstories behind another character in the club. The story seems to keep the comedy feel, but throws in a bit of drama. It's not a bad show at all. I'm enjoying it so far. Looks like they're going to introduce another chacter. I hope the show continues being as good as it is. I need a good laugh every now and then.


Episode 3
This episode is pretty good. It's different from the others and shows that the main character can actually be a badass. There's fighting and everythign in it. This is quite the show to be able to pull off genre crossing and have it actually make sense storyline wise.


Wrap Up
I'll admit my first impression of this show was wrong. I didn't think it would turn out as good as it was. It really didn't need three episodes to do a review, but I felt it would only be fair. This is one of those shows that if you don't care for it after the first episode then you might as well drop it. However, I can see this becoming pretty popular even though it has an unusal group of characters. If you ignore all their weird fetishes, the story is got some really good morals. It's all about helping people. I highly suggest it.

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Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt - Review Update

Gainax©

Overview
At first glance this reminded me of Cartoon Cartoon. A friend of mine, Ty, mentioned that it was like Power Puff Girls, but in anime form. That was enough to get me interested in watching and reviewing the show.

Episode 1
This show really IS like the Power Puff Girls, but made for adults. It's so crazy that it's almost worth watching. I wouldn't recommend anyone under 17 to watch it though. It's pretty sexual, but not porn. I think it actually one ups South Park. Then again, I've only seen a few South Park episodes. The art style randomly changes when the transform into their angel forms to take out the evil spirit. It's almost disturbing, but I think that's because they're on stripper poles when they do their transformation. I did find it pretty funny though. It's really hard to judge this from just the first episodes, because it's so crazy.

Episode 2
Right, so there isn't really a concestent storyline, but there seems to be an overall plot. It's about two angels whore fight ghosts to earn heaven currency, but they haven't actually said what the currency is for yet. I do love the fact that whenver they defeat a ghost, the graphics change to real life clay graphics and they have the clay version of the ghost explode.

Episode 3
I'm pretty sure the show is becoming more adult related. This episode would never be shown on television here in the USA. I really don't know what else to say.

Wrap Up
The show is insanly random, adult themed, and yet funny in it's own immature way. I wouldn't recommend it unless you enjoy that kind of thing. I personally don't, but that's just me. I know a couple of people who enjoy the show, so I have to say that my final verdict will be... Watch the first episode and if you like it, keep going. If it's not your cup of tea, that's fine. I'll be reviewing the other new anime and hopefully one of them will be what you're looking for. I also learned that the coins are so Panty & Stocking can get back into heaven. I guess they were kicked out and if they collect enough coins, they can return.

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Shaman King - Manga Review Update

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Shaman King #11
This volume is filled with many different things. I'll try to keep the spoilers to a minume. The one thing I don't like about it, is that there's a Vampirer that they have to fight and that just doesn't make any sense when you're talking about a fight among Shamans. Ryu has his first serious battle since his training with Yoh's Grandfather. The Path Tribe gave everyone a three months to make it to their village, but it seems like Yoh & Company manage to get to the entrence in only five days. The volume of course ends in a clif hanger. I'm interested in seeing what they're going to do for the remainder of the three months.

Shaman King #12
If you're running low on cash, this would be a good place to stop for awhile. It ties up some loose ends and ends in a way that makes me feel like it would be the end of the first season. There's still a lot of questions to be answered, but they made it to the village. The first major arc is completed. My guess is the next volume is going to be after a three month time jump. Since they only took five days to make it to the enterence. They're not in the village itself, but I can see the next volume starting off with them in the village and then doing flash backs to show how they made it through the maze. The events that happen in this volume really makes me wonder if Hiroyuki Takei had this all planned out or if he's just going with the flow. Starting to really enjoy how complex the story is becoming.

Shaman King #13
Took me awhile to get ahold of this volume. None of the bookstores I went to had it. I manage to make enough money off this site to order it online. Thank you everyone who clicked the ads! It really does help. Anyway, this volume marks the start of Part 2 in the Shaman Fight. Which just so happens to be a 3-vs-3 tourniment. With 63 contestants still around, who will make it to the finals? The fights are starting to get exciting. Everyone had the chance to train for two months before the toruniment started, so you know they are all powered up. I just love to see everyone's new moves.

Shaman King #14
Not a lot to say about this volume. It covers more of the 3-vs-3 tourniment and with the way things are going, I'll say it'll be a few volumes before the finals. The fights are not super intense, but they did do a good job introducing another villain as well as the background story behind her. I also like how people are actually starting to die off now too. There has been a few deaths throughout the series, but it's more obvious and common now. I guess that's what you get for sticking evil people in a fighting compitition for the chance to become Shaman King of the entire world.

Shaman King #15
This was a real fun volume for me. Other than Shamans, I have a thing for Vikings and Druids. Both are shown in this fight with Yoh's team. I was overly interested while reading for that sole reason. Well.... That and the power ups that they showed. Yoh's team really did get super powered up, but I'm dissapointed in the fact that they showed everything right off in the begining. Hiroyuki Takei should have saved it for a surprise during one of the more important battles. However after reading it, I can see why he wanted to show it off. I'm sure Hiroyuki Takei was just as excited drawing the manga as I was reading it. I'm looking forward to see what else is in store for Yoh and company. Even more now that Ren deiceded to run off and attain a new ability on his own. Will he finally be stronger than Yoh? I guess we'll have to keep reading to find out!

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House, Season 7 - Review

Mondays at 8:00pm PST/7:00c on Fox

Overview
I'll admit, I'm not a House expert. I've only seen a handful of episodes. Usually when I was at a friend's house. I just recently started the 7th season, because I had always liked the show and wanted to see what was going on now. I think the last episode I seen was in either season 4 or maybe 5. It was a couple of years ago if I'm remembering correctly. If you're like me, you don't really need to see the other seasons to know what's going on, but it does help. House is an asshole who has a team of doctors that specialize in figuring out what's wrong with a patient when no one else knows. With that knowledge you can jump in and enjoy the show. However, I do suggest checking out the other seasons if you're interested in the personal relationships and developments among the characters.

Episode 1
This episode wasn't too exciting. It covered the newly developed relationship of House and Cuddy. It also foreshadowed something going on with Thirteen. Really not much as a starter to a season, but I guess it fits since the last season ended with them together or something like that.

Episode 2
This episode tackles the conflicts that come up from House and Cuddy being in a relationship while still being in the work environment. As many of you might know, Cuddy is House's supervisor/boss. I'm sure that can get quite awkward and they did an excellent job showing it.

Episode 3
House is a big fan of an Author who gets checked into the ER, because she tried committing suicide. He spends the majority of the episode trying to find the manual script of her latest book, so he could read it. The show also tackles the fact that House and Cuddy have nothing in common outside of work. House is trying to find some kind of common ground and so he takes her out on a couple of dates. Which prove quite entertaining for the viewer.

Wrap Up
The season started off a bit too slow for me, but Episode 3 proved that it's getting back into the groove of things. I'm really looking forward to watching this show on a daily basis and hope the season continues to get better and better. However, I have a small amount of fear that they will drag the show on longer than it needs to be and ruin it. I've seen a lot of shows do that, but so far House seems to keep the watchers entertained by throwing in plot twists and new interesting cases. I recommend everyone who enjoys doctor shows to check out House, if you haven't already.

Watch - Episode 1 (Hulu)
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Watch - Episode 3 (Hulu)