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Mon, 11 Apr 2016 04:47:43
gamingeek said:

Have you seen Free!

Any good? What are your top 10 sports anime?

Haven't seen Free. My daughter watched it and liked it a lot. I suck at making top lists, but some of my favorites are:

- Hajime no Ippo: Boxing anime, it's great stuff but I don't think the anime ever reached some conclusion. It has two or three different runs.

- Kuroko no Basket: This one is also great, matches are pretty exciting but it has a bunch of...I dunno, supernatural powers stuff. I didn't mind it, but I guess it can be a turn down for some.

- Slam Dunk: Another basketball one, this one is older and with no superpower stuff going on. Characters are great.

- Yowamushi Pedal: Cycling one, has an epic conclusion and great character development.

- Ace of Diamond: The latest one I watched, feels like it drags a bit towards the middle of the first season, but it quickly ramps up its pace during the second one and the ending is among the best.

- Notari Matsutaro: Sumo fighting anime. Great comedy and art style.

- Initial D: Racing one, I seem to remember the ending was a bit lacking, but overall it was an amazing ride lol pun.

- Bamboo Blade: Kendo anime, it mixes comedy and schoolgirl stuff.

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Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:49:03

What sport is Ace of Diamond?

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Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:13:03
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What sport is Ace of Diamond?

Baseball.

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Mon, 11 Apr 2016 15:05:29
Yeah I just had a Homer Simpson moment

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Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:42:53

Started two new Animes

World Conquest Zvezda

World Conquest Zvezda Plot (lit. Sekai Seifuku: Bōryaku no Zvezda) stars a little girl named Kate Hoshimiya (also known as Lady Venera), who is at the helm of an organization called Zvezda, which has the purpose of World Conquest.

Seems like a winner so far, very funny and cute, with the weird world domination thing happening. No English dub though.

The Future Diary

Yukiteru "Yuki" Amano is a loner who spends most of his time writing a diary on his cell phone or talking with his imaginary friends Deus Ex Machina, the God of Time and Space; and Murmur, Deus's servant. One day, Deus gives Yuki a special diary, mentioning something about a game. Strangely, Yuki's new diary has entries in it spanning the next 90 days—entries about the future that come unnervingly true.

Seems like a poor mans Eden of the East at the moment with a darker side. If the series continues like episode 2 with everyone just looking at their phones and magically changing the future every 5 minutes it will start to wear. It hasn't yet though and has a dark side which is getting more interesting.

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Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:44:24

Finished the Familiar of Zero Season 3

Wish there was a complete series boxset, charging £30 x 4 (£120) for the 4 parts is extortionate for 48 episodes.

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Tue, 19 Apr 2016 12:08:49

Finished Season 1 of Noragami

As a minor god of calamity, Yato lacks even a shrine to his name. In attempts to become known, he charges only 5 yen to grant the wishes of Near Shore dwellers- a.k.a. the living. Throughout his missions, he encounters a Near Shore girl named Hiyori Iki whose soul frequently slips out of her body, and Yukine, a wandering spirit whom he names as his weapon to kill corrupted spirits with.

It's watchable but not particularly good. The humour is not quite there, overeactions only and not very funny ones. Still pleasant enough to watch but nothing memorable.

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Thu, 21 Apr 2016 15:13:48

Finished the first 13 episodes of the Future Diary. Kinda hard to comment on it because its not a complete story arc.

It's decent.

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Fri, 22 Apr 2016 05:36:03

I greatly enjoyed The Future Diary.

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Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:45:48
Ravenprose said:

I greatly enjoyed The Future Diary.

I like it too. The main characters outfit is distracting though, orange outfit, short shorts and beanie hat. High socks? Guy looks like a loon.

How many episodes are there?

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Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:12:14

Finished Danganronpa, all 13 episodes.

Makoto Naegi, an average student selected to join Hope's Peak Academy, arrives at the school only to lose consciousness and later find himself trapped inside the school, along with fourteen other students. There, a sadistic remote-controlled teddy bear by the name of Monokuma announces that the students will be forced to live in the school forever, offering only one way to graduate: murder another student and get away with it.

It's clearly based on a videogame and a very Phoenix Wright like one, at that. Most episodes have someone die then a trial.

It's decent stuff but not brilliant. The ending elevates it a bit. It's not something I would rush out to watch, but if you have run out of other stuff to watch it's watchable.

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Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:58:52

Damnit, really wanted to buy Nisekoi but there is no English dub. So I will wait.

Ordered No Game No Life, where is season 2? indecision

Log Horizon part 2 and Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions.

I wanted Beyond The Boundary but the price is a bit of a rip off.

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Mon, 25 Apr 2016 17:16:53

I'm still playing through Danganronpa on Vita.

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Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:54:31

Is it like Phoenix Wright?

There is a second series, bizaarely called Danganronpa 3. cool

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Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:21:55

Naruto Stage Musical's Visual Shows Main Cast in Costume


The official website of the Live Spectacle Naruto stage musical unveiled a new visual on Monday featuring the play's characters in costume.



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The site also revealed visuals for the new characters, including Yūgo Satō in costume as Rock Lee, who is new to this run of the play, as well as Kaoru Fujiki and Tatsuya Kobayashi, who are different from the cast of the first run of the musical.




Yūgo Satō as Rock Lee
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Kaoru Fujiki as Ino Yamanaka
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Tatsuya Kobayashi as Shikamaru Nara
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Ryō Katō as Chōji Akimichi
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Yūta Iiyama as Kiba Inuzuka
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Shinichirō Ueda as Shino Aburame
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Saki Takahashi as Hinata Hyūga
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The site confirmed on Sunday that FLOW's "Hikari Oikakete" song will return as an image song for this run of the musical. The song was first used in the musical's first run.


Previously revealed character visuals include:




Kōdai Matsuoka as Naruto Uzumaki
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Ryūji Satō as Sasuke Uchiha
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Yui Itō as Sakura Haruno
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Kenta Suga as Gaara
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Yūki Kimisawa as Kakashi Hatake
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Hidekazu Ichinose as Iruka Umino
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Asahi Uchida as Zabuza Momochi
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Kazihiro Hirakawa as The Third Hokage
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Tatsunari Kimura as Kabuto Yakushi
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Miho Imamura as Haku
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Yoshiaki Umegaki as Jiraya
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Hiro Yūmi as Orochimaru
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Additionally Shigeki Yamada will play Orochimaru's Incarnation.


The musical covers the manga's story from the first to 27th volume. The production includes drama, songs, dance, and acrobatics.


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The musical will run from July 30 to August 7 at the Umeda Arts Theater in Osaka, and from August 13-28 at the AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo. Akiko Kodama (Fairy Tail stage play) will again direct and write the play.


General ticket sales for the new run will start on May 29.


The musical held performances last year from March to May in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Osaka, and Miyagi. The musical then held international performances in Macau, Malaysia, and Singapore. A DVD of the stage musical went on sale last August.


The musical is part of the ongoing "Naruto Shin Jidai Kaimaku Project" (Naruto's New Era Opening Project) marking the 15th anniversary of Masashi Kishimoto's original manga. The manga ended in November 2014.


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Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:15:29
Adult Swim isn't putting Hunter X Hunter up On Demand. I missed the first two episodes. I guess I could try Adult Swim's website but I think they changed it so you need your cable provider login to view shows on their site.

SUPER MARIO MAKER LEVELS:

  • SMB Mix-Up! (1AB2-0000-0047-5A7D)
  • Storm the Castle (77BD-0000-00E0-A9C0)

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Wed, 27 Apr 2016 12:49:11

Should have recorded it.

I'll catch you up.

Hunters are peeps who travel around the world seeking out treasures are hunting fables or rare legendary creatures. Having a hunters licence gives you access to money and free travel around the world.

Gon - the main character wants to be a hunter because his father was one and disappeared years ago. He wants to find him. The Hunter trials are happening now, everyone is on the island trying to become a hunter.

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Thu, 28 Apr 2016 00:04:49
Adult Swim finally put the first episode of Hunter X Hunter up On Demand two weeks after the premiere.
Edited: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 00:30:00

SUPER MARIO MAKER LEVELS:

  • SMB Mix-Up! (1AB2-0000-0047-5A7D)
  • Storm the Castle (77BD-0000-00E0-A9C0)

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Mon, 02 May 2016 12:32:15

Finished World Conquest Zvezda Plot.

Fun series, Grinning need a second series which it teases. It's a comedy series where a little girl is focused on World Conquest.

Silly, whimsical, offbeat and fun. My kind of series.

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Wed, 04 May 2016 11:32:41

Watched the first 3 episodes of Sentai Filmworks English dub of No Game No Life.

Great dub, and they cut out the child nudity that was on Crunchy which I throuroughly approve of (cutting it I mean). That felt weird and eliminates the one aspect that bugged me.

Also in HD, the colour palette which I bemoaned before looks great.

Also D-Gray Man is growing on me. I'm about 26 episodes in and whilst not the greatest of series it has got more enjoyable. Only half the series has been released here though. No idea where I'm going to see the other half.

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