Anime: Code Geass- Lelouch of the Rebellion
Song: What Have you Done now?! – Within Temptation

So I’ve been catching up on Code Geass. Definitely filling the void for me for a mech series this year. Worth checking out…. subtitled.

We want to have a show next week. We really, really, really do. However, Chris is going to be out of town. So we have some ideas on how to make it happen…

1) Gene and Angelo do a normal show without the mixer or awesome mics we usually use.

2) We prerecord a show earlier in the week devoid of any news thats going on(which probably there will be none). We would more then likely throw in release spotlight and two or three recommendation reviews.

3) We do a show with stuff sent in by the ever popular SHAFT community. Emails, voicemails, segments and/or anything you would like to send in to the program. It’d be a show that revolves around our awesome listeners!

So, let me know what you think. I think 3 would be amazingly cool. 2 would be good too if you don’t mind a rambling review show. 1 is a cop out… we’d do it but probably not as well without the cool equipment.

If I get enough material from everyone, 3 would be the choice we go with.

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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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Anime: Golden Boy
Song: Girls – Beastie Boys

This just seems right for some reason. Don’t ask me why. And yes, its fairly worksafe.

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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