Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Theories: Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo

So Cowboy Bebop, known as the all time classic anime, placed on many people's top 10 lists, has this thing I'm looking for. I can't name what this thing is, all I can call it is "The IT factor". Its got beautiful animation, music, atmosphere, and has made many manly men desire Spike's badassery/coolness, or just desiring after Spike himself. What is this "IT" factor? I tried to make a list that compiles the formula for the awesomeness of Cowboy Bebop. Let's use a math equation! Western + Outer Space + Jazz/Bebop + Film Noir + Martial Arts + Gun Fu John Woo influence =



So to boil it all down, the formula is this:

Saturday, July 20, 2013

2004, Part 2: Respectful, Yet Rebellious

Over 130 new anime shows debuted in 2004 on Japanese television, a number in magnitude that would be the norm for the next decade. Naturally, George J. Horvath from needed just a little more space for his coverage on what shows made 2004 what it was. If you need a refresher on the first half, click .It could have been easy to give a simple mention of each of these titles and get this year covered in one post, but as the essay titles indicated this year had to be covered in more detail, respecting the reader and the blog while also bucking tradition and giving more. Luckily, the latter half of 2004 felt the same way...



Being a visual medium anime has to do something to really catch viewers' interests at times and while the year had a few worthy contenders, like Windy Tales and Tweeny Witches, no anime from 2004 did that as well as GANKUTSUOU-THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. Based on the legendary novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas, Gonzo took the story and put it a new spin on it, while also giving the entire show a look that, to this day, is still one-of-a-kind.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

I made a list of anime I need to watch.

Here it is.Now you can laugh at me at all the iconic anime I haven't seen In my defense, I used to be a very avid manga reader and have read them for many now popular anime series.



* Cowboy Bebop (I know.I know.)

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Voice Actor

Among his credits include the voice of Spike Spiegel in the anime show Cowboy Bebop and Mugen in Samurai Champloo. He voiced Roger Smith from The Big O, Orochimaru and Zabuza in the Naruto anime, X-Men's Wolverine in numerous games, as well as in the animated series Wolverine and the X-Men, the animated movie Hulk Vs, The Super Hero Squad Show and Marvel Anime: X-Men. He also provided the video game voice of Jack Cayman, the main character of MadWorld, Tank Dempsey, the comic relief of Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops zombie modes, Professor Galvez in Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker, and Grayson Hunt, the main protagonist of Bulletstorm and Gorim, Oghren, and First Enchanter Irving in the 2009 video game Dragon Age: Origins.



In September 2000, Blum voiced the role of TOM, the robotic host of Toonami shown on Cartoon Network (replacing Sonny Strait), as the second through 4th incarnations of the character right up to the block's cancellation on September 20, 2008 delivering the final lines uttered on the block, echoing his early role of Cowboy Bebop's Spike Spiegel, to recent revival of the block on May 26, 2012. He is also the voice of Amon in The Legend of Korra and 7-Eleven's "Oh Thank Heaven" television and radio advertisements and for his work with Vic Mignogna in a scratch-made sound bite series parodying Anheuser-Busch's "Real Men of Genius" radio ad campaign, titled "Real Fans of Genius". Revealed by Blind Ferret Entertainment on November 15, 2012, it was announced that Blum will be playing Harry, "the Homeless Bum," in Least I Could Do: The Animated Series.
ETA: Oh! Almost forgot to mention this! Happy 10,000 pageviews, Psa 139! I know it's not a lot compared to most sites, but it's kinda cool to me :) I'm almost right at the number tonight. Also, this is my 498th post, so 2 more and I'll have to post like a celebratory something or something for the 500th. /ETA



So this is just a little embarrassing to write about, but I figure there are two types of people who read my blog: people who know me well enough to not care, and people who don't know me at all.

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Kickstart From The Heart: 1000

Bleeding Cool's Kickstarter Correspondent, Shawn Demumbrum has lead three Kickstarter campaigns to launch comic books, two successfully funded and one that wasn't.Each week he will point out some of the unique Kickstarter projects that wouldn't normally be published by the big comic book companies, but deserve your attention.Shawn is the Manager of Comic Book Programming for the .He is currently working on the



Kickstart From The Heart is not associated with the Kickstarting From The Heart panel at San Diego Comic Con. They didn't even invite Shawn

Friday, July 12, 2013

Con Recap: A-kon 2013 Dallas

I haven't been to a con since Gen-Con 2004. Gen-Con 2004 was the last Dragonball GT card game tournament and the last con I went to. At the time I was about to transfer colleges and was finally ready to get back to school and pursue my B.S. and the end of the card game was all but imminent.



Fast forward to 2013 and I have already been thinking of taking Cosmic Rage to cons to promote the project. However, I had no idea what to expect at cons or Artist Alley for that matter. So after I discovered that Anime Detour in Minneapolis limits their tickets, I set my sights on the Lone Star state and what A-kon had to offer.

AFA12 Signature Acquisitions

Yup, 'signature' as in 'autograph', not 'outstanding'.



I'm unequivocally late in posting these, but as the adage goes, "It's better late than never!". So, here are some of the signatures that I was fortunate enough to acquire at last year's Anime Festival Asia 2012.

What will we be up to next week?

We found an apartment! A student apartment 5 minutes away from my aunt and uncle's house by bike. Also about 10 minutes from the center of town. We rode our bikes there today and took a look. I can't wait to move in and get comfy in our new home!! We go sign the contract tomorrow morning and get the keys! I'm also going to register for school tomorrow after the apartment stuff. We have to go change our address at the Maistraatti, talk to the power people, and go by social services to fill out paperwork to receive housing support money. On Tuesday we're going on a little trip to Kemi police station to get a ID card and maybe swing by Ikea and have lunch. Wednesday we might move more stuff into our place, and then Thursday we're going to Eno for a week. I can't wait to see my Suki-baby!!!



I got a library card last week and we went to the library to borrow a few books on Friday. I have been reading 2 books. One is called The Dying Animal by Phillip Roth. It's about a college professor who has affairs with his students at the end of the year. He falls for a Cuban student named Consuela, and the story tells about his experience with this. The other book is called Scar Night by Alan Campbell. It's about a city that hangs over an abyss suspended by chains, and a 12 year old Angel that has to protect the city. Both books are a bit weird. I'm gonna be finishing The Dying Animal soon, and may not even finish Scar Night. We will be going back to the library Monday night to get more books. Adrian is also reading...which is a huge surprise, as he always says he hates reading. I'm glad he got a book though, now he seems eager to finish it and get another one.

(Watanabe x 2) + Kanno

I now am adding two more anime to the recommended titles listings. Both directed by Watanabe Shinichiro, one with arrangements and original music by Kanno Yoko.



When I sat down to watch Kids on the Slope last week I had my dinner and planned to only view the first episode. After the eighth episode I decided it was time to get to bed. This is an interesting drama about three high school students and set in Kyushu. You really don't know when as the show starts but there are clues set throughout the series, things that are there and things that are not there. For Japanese some of these would be obvious but for non-Japanese they are not, eventually you see a calendar. Don't worry too much about the time period, just enjoy the series and the great music.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Con Recap: A-kon 2013 Dallas

I haven't been to a con since Gen-Con 2004. Gen-Con 2004 was the last Dragonball GT card game tournament and the last con I went to. At the time I was about to transfer colleges and was finally ready to get back to school and pursue my B.S. and the end of the card game was all but imminent.



Fast forward to 2013 and I have already been thinking of taking Cosmic Rage to cons to promote the project. However, I had no idea what to expect at cons or Artist Alley for that matter. So after I discovered that Anime Detour in Minneapolis limits their tickets, I set my sights on the Lone Star state and what A-kon had to offer.

AFA12 Signature Acquisitions

Yup, 'signature' as in 'autograph', not 'outstanding'.



I'm unequivocally late in posting these, but as the adage goes, "It's better late than never!". So, here are some of the signatures that I was fortunate enough to acquire at last year's Anime Festival Asia 2012.

What will we be up to next week?

We found an apartment! A student apartment 5 minutes away from my aunt and uncle's house by bike. Also about 10 minutes from the center of town. We rode our bikes there today and took a look. I can't wait to move in and get comfy in our new home!! We go sign the contract tomorrow morning and get the keys! I'm also going to register for school tomorrow after the apartment stuff. We have to go change our address at the Maistraatti, talk to the power people, and go by social services to fill out paperwork to receive housing support money. On Tuesday we're going on a little trip to Kemi police station to get a ID card and maybe swing by Ikea and have lunch. Wednesday we might move more stuff into our place, and then Thursday we're going to Eno for a week. I can't wait to see my Suki-baby!!!



I got a library card last week and we went to the library to borrow a few books on Friday. I have been reading 2 books. One is called The Dying Animal by Phillip Roth. It's about a college professor who has affairs with his students at the end of the year. He falls for a Cuban student named Consuela, and the story tells about his experience with this. The other book is called Scar Night by Alan Campbell. It's about a city that hangs over an abyss suspended by chains, and a 12 year old Angel that has to protect the city. Both books are a bit weird. I'm gonna be finishing The Dying Animal soon, and may not even finish Scar Night. We will be going back to the library Monday night to get more books. Adrian is also reading...which is a huge surprise, as he always says he hates reading. I'm glad he got a book though, now he seems eager to finish it and get another one.

(Watanabe x 2) + Kanno

I now am adding two more anime to the recommended titles listings. Both directed by Watanabe Shinichiro, one with arrangements and original music by Kanno Yoko.



When I sat down to watch Kids on the Slope last week I had my dinner and planned to only view the first episode. After the eighth episode I decided it was time to get to bed. This is an interesting drama about three high school students and set in Kyushu. You really don't know when as the show starts but there are clues set throughout the series, things that are there and things that are not there. For Japanese some of these would be obvious but for non-Japanese they are not, eventually you see a calendar. Don't worry too much about the time period, just enjoy the series and the great music.

Samurai Champloo Review

SERIES: Samurai ChamplooGENRE: ActionSUMMARY:Mugen's a buck wild warrior - violent, thoughtless and womanizing. Jin is a vagrant ronin - mysterious, traditional, well-mannered and very strong as well. These two fiercely independent warriors can`t be any more different from one another, yet their paths cross when Fuu, a ditzy waitress, saves them from being executed when they are arrested after a violent swordfight. Fuu convinces the two vagrant young men to help her find a mysterious samurai "who smells of sunflowers." And their journey begins. This is a story about love, friendship and courage... NOT!



What initially attracted me to Samurai Champloo was the fact that Nujabes had composed most of the OST. But when from the moment I watched the first episode of Samurai Champloo, I knew that it was different, a very good kind of different. From the funky hip hop thematics to the fluid, thick, black line animation, Samurai Champloo became more to me than an anime with a good soundtrack.

Attack on Titan Is Pretty Good

I stopped watching anime in my late teens/early twenties. Somewhere around that age, I figured out that anime has a ton of repeated tropes and cliches from which the genre is built. Figuring out these tropes was once exciting and new, but just like RomComs, once I knew the formula, the content lost it's luster.And while the animation is impressive, after a while, most anime begins to look like carbon copies of each other.Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to poopoo on anime because there are plenty of anime series and movies that I have fond memories of watching (if a may name a few: Ninja Scroll, Samurai Champloo, Dragon Ball Z, and Berserk). But I'm skeptical when anyone recommends that I watch an anime.



I recently read an article onthat piqued my interest about an anime titled Attack on Titan. The article does a pretty good job of discussing the strengths and weakness of the show. Ultimately, I gave it a chance. And, as my title suggests, I found the showentertaining enough to watch all twelve of the listed episodes (you can find it on and ).

Cowboy Bebop, in its entirety, on youtube

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Hanabee Licenses Lupin The Third: A Woman Called Mine Fujiko

There has been some great news that came out of Hanabee in the past couple days and this sweet release is just the icing on the cake that is awesome anime releases. The series is thirteen episodes long and will be released in two separate ...

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"Cowboy Bebop" Director Shinichiro Watanabe to Attend Otakon 20

Watanabe is best known as the director of 1998's Cowboy Bebop, as well as 2004's record-scratchin' period piece Samurai Champloo. He most recently helmed the jazzy Kids on the Slope anime. Shinichiro Watanabe last appeared at Otakon in 1999. Otakon ...

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L'8 Luglio inizieranno le trasmissioni della terza stagione di The World God Only Knows, che porterà in animazione la saga delle dee narrata nel manga originale di Tamiki Wakaki (Star Comics). L'anime è realizzato da Manglobe (Samurai Champloo, ...