This time around we’re bringing a review to the blog with a review of the 12 episode comedy, Girls High. Girls High focuses around Eriko, a young girl who has just made the transition from junior high to high school. Along the way with old friends and new Eriko experiences what its like to be in the world of high school.

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So I just got done with the first volume of Kujibiki Unbalance in manga form and just had to do a little review.

Anyone familiar with Genshiken will know the story behind this series, if you don’t here’s the short of it. Kujibiki Unbalance was a fictional anime/manga in the Genshiken anime/manga, was canceled in the anime and then the creators decided to create an actual series based off of what was presented in Genshiken. Now that’s all done I’ll break up the review as we doing with anime on the show.

Plot: 
Much like the anime Kujibiki follows the same story in the anime Chihiro, the unluckyest person ever becomes the sudent council president elect and along with three other classmates they must preform duties that the current student council assign. In volume 1 they mix and match stories from volume 1 and 2 from the anime as well as a story from the novel. Overall it’s the same thing you’ve seen (if you’ve watched the anime) with a few liberties taken ( fan service, swearing…)

Art:
I was absolutely blown away by the art every page was drawn in amazing detail. I found myself just staring at the pages after I was done reading. I can’t say enough about the art in this book you just need to see it for yourself.

Final Thoughts:
This really is a fun enjoyable read. It really gets you into the story and the art helps you to fully immerse yourself into the overall story. The one thing that I found that bugged me was that Del Rey decided that whenever yen was brought up they would convert that into dollars and I know that the dollar isn’t doing so well right now but 100 yen does not equal 1 dollar. That all being said if you’re a fan of Genshiken and have watch the Kujibiki anime or just want something fun to read pick up this book.

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First I would like to say that i remembered why i don’t watch Anime on TV anymore … they freaking EDIT IT AND FREAKING CUT STUFF OUT FOR TIME!!!!  …. ok got that out of the way but other than that … OK i hated how they FAST FORWARDED the episode the animation was Terrible on the TV because of the freaking Network Station … Although i am sure the DVD’s are good i watched for the voice acting.

Kyle Hebert as Kamina at first i thought was a big mistake, but when i was listening i could tell that this guy can pull off a great Kamina as in Emotional and moving but his Voice needs to sound more Manly and less like a child.

Now i must Applaud Yuri Lowenthal as Simon, he does an amazing job of bringing such emotion and strength to this character and of Course Simon is probably my Favorite Character in Anime.

Wow surprise surprise Michelle Ruff can actually act, i don’t know how but she can pull of Yoko Ritona pretty good, way better than her Rukia (Bleach) voice.

Now this guy is just “Fabulous”, Steven Blum plays the voice of Leeron who is the the ace Mechanic of the whole series and really really makes him sound Gay, but the only thing is he does it SO WELL!!! Its funny much more entertaining than the original.

All in all most things to complain about are the translations itself like TEAM GURREN instead of GURREN BRIGADE …. so whats DAI-GURREN BRIGADE gonna be ??? The super Awesome Team Gurren ?? God i hope not and the Pronunciation of Lord Genome (Je - no - me) is Key he is also my favorite main character if they call him Genome (G - Gnome)  i will be angry.

Other than That buy the DVD’s, don’t watch it on TV you will appreciate it better and this series has a lot of potential as long as they keep translations to a minimum and the voices are good.

ONE MORE RANT ITS NOT CALLED TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN in the States … now its Just ..
GURREN LAGANN!!!!!

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Now that i have gained 3 exp from fighting the evil Rats who ate my Phone Wire, i am now able to give my impression on Final Fantasy Tactics A2. The A2 i guess stands for Advance 2 since its the sequel to Tactics Advance on the GBA , but this one is on the Nintendo DS.

First off things i dont like, i dont like how the judge system only effects you and not your opponent, it makes me sad that i can’t use the law system to my own advantage to beat the enemy. Although now if you follow the rules the Judge gives you a Buff whether it be +Power or +speed and other fun stuff.

Second i dont like how you dont start with Full Mana at the begining of battle, i usually have to wait 3 turns before i get to use a summoning move or a full area move.  So this means my Favorite Red Mage Double Cast and Summoner Moves have been Nerfed .

But in the end its the captivating Story that keeps me going, that this boy needs to finish writing in the book and for the book and the world of Ivalice to end. Although i have yet to beat this game… i am half way through i enjoy it.

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Lately in my pursuit of all things manga, I’ve come across something familiar to help me out. Fullmetal Alchemist.

This has got me hooked from chapter one and hasn’t let go. The story starts off rather close to the anime at first but quickly ventures off into a story that is just something all its own. It gives you the same mind blowing story elements, retold in a different way giving it an identity all its own.

The art style in my opinion doesn’t feel as stylized as the anime version but still gives you something pretty to look at. If you enjoy Fullmetal Alchemist in anime form you’ll love the manga version. If you haven’t checked it out, shame on you… but if you really haven’t I recommend the anime version above the manga version. While the manga version has more explored story depth along with redistributing the character depth to different characters… you might find yourself a little lost fairly easily.

Either way, check it out. 16 volumes are available here in the US, overseas people need to let me know what its like over there. A great manga if you’re just getting into manga from anime(which believe it or not isn’t as rare as you think).