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This week, Gene takes off with another Code Geass rant having now finished the series. A dip into the mail bag to tackle the struggling question of bad anime, and an email talking about last show including what weapons we might have missed.
From there we throw down with some talk about Final Fantasy 4 for the Nintendo DS. An awesome game with beautiful new graphics, remastered soundtrack, and impressive gameplay. However, despite all that… not worth your money. Chris and Gene throw their thoughts on the Gurren Lagann dub out for all to see… the results may surprise you.
Big time release spotlight with two of the biggest titles of the year coming out with releases back to back, amazingly by the same company… amazingly both from Bandai.
We round it out with our reviews of Kujibiki Unbalance Vol. 1 manga and Shin Chan!
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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!!!!!
This week the gang starts off quick by going into why good series aren’t lasting more then 12-13 episodes lately, Gene’s love for Code Geass and despair over voice acting DVD’s.
A trip to the mail bag with a middle eastern email and how Avatar isn’t an anime while Animatrix makes the cut, feedback on our Haruhi full series review, the Cowboy Bebop live action movie, good starter anime movies and some updates from San Diego Comic Con.
From there, the main event. Our, and your, favorite and unique anime weapons. While many familiar armaments made the cut, some of the more obscure make their way into the limelight.
We wrap it up with a two week long release spotlight and a review of Aquarion. This series while bright and beautiful comes off dark and foreboding. With slick animation and an interesting character design, the series has serious flaws in character development and plot execution. Not to mention a repetitive music track and rather disappointing dub track. Still worth checking out or getting as cheap as you can.
And we answer a question or two from the live chatroom audience!
Big thanks to Clint and other fine contributors who make this show better in their own unique and awesome ways!!
This week there will be a new episode of SHAFT. And we’re back with an awesome topic. Top anime weapons. What weapons can you only find in anime? What weapons are made better through anime? And what weapons do you just like out of anime?
Let us know what you think, email the show animeshaft@gmail.com, call in 203-599-GEEK or oobedoob_benubi(through Skype) or post up in the forums!
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