Showing posts with label hall of anime fame. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hall of anime fame. Show all posts

Sunday, May 10, 2020

Planning my First Live Stream!

Hi everyone! I am planning to do my First Live Stream. I did some testing and it looks okay. If you are interested in a live chat with me. I will probably do one live stream chat on 11th May 2020 at around 3pm (Singapore Time). We can talk about anything in Pop Culture and geeky stuff.

You can subscribe to my Youtube Channel- kragito weibs channel or Live Stream Link

Hope to see you then!

Sunday, September 1, 2019

Bad News!

My desktop got corrupted by a virus as such it will take some time to get everything back so there will be a delay for the next Star Twinkle Precure Review.

However I did watched the latest episode and love Lala's AI is the MVP of the episode. One more Princess Pen left and everyone including the Galactic Alliance and the Knot Raiders are after the final pen!

Until then, see you in the next post! (Hopefully it will be sooner than later)

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

I'm Back!

Hi everyone! I just came back from Japan so I am still settling some matters before any movements on the blog. I know many of you are wondering my thoughts of Kira Kira Precure Episode 11 and the short version was I like it!

Anyway, there are still many shows I have yet to go through for this season. So please be patient with me.

I also want to do a shout out to my friend, David who just started his website-http://wandererkingsraid.weebly.com

If you are a fan of this particular Korea online game, you can take a look. I have also put a link of my blog at his website and tell him that Kragito send you.

Overall, I hope to get things going before this weekend. Until then, See you!

Friday, October 3, 2014

Some Updates...

Hi everyone! I will be in Japan this Friday till 13 Oct. So the next episode reviews of Happiness Charge Precure, Sailor Moon Crystal, Marvel Disk Wars and all new shows will be back after I returned. Until then, take care and see you in the next post!

Friday, August 23, 2013

We are Three years old! Go back to how Japanese Animation has changed my life! (Also how Precure came to my life?)

We are three years old! Wow, never expect this blog to last this long! Anyway, this year, I like to do something different. Instead of talking of what happen last year, we are going to talk about how Japanese Animation has influence my life and what are the things I experience during my early years and today.


It all started back when I was around 12 years old. My cousin bought the Dragonball Z2 NES game and I was amazed by the graphics and action. It took me a while to figure out the game play and my cousin showed me a copy of the Dragonball manga. I was hooked instantly and the rest they say is history.




But it took me a while to learn that Dragonball was just a small step to a bigger world. I was glad I lived in the early 80s and 90s as before there was Internet and Apps to read manga, there were manga rental stores. But I was too young to understand some of the contents of these mangas. (Especially those with the "Rated 18" sticker on it) So I just stick to what I know best which is Dragonball, Yuyu Hakusho and Slam Dunk. Other manga titles like City Hunter, Peacock King and Saint Seiya were good based on words of mouth but I got into these mangas when I was older and have a source of income.


Manga was one media but there is nothing beat to see your favourite characters coming to life on the big and small screen. However it wasn't easy to find anime shows and the only way you can find it is in a video rental store. So I did managed to rent some Dragonball, Guyver and even City Hunter (Yes, my first influence of City Hunter was from a video tape) But it was either dubbed in Cantonese (which is where it was from) or censored due to nudity or gore.


A few years later was the introduction of LD (Laser Disc) and VCD (Video Compact Disc) which can store more data and better quality. I watched my first Gundam series on an LD which is actually the 2nd Gundam Movie-Soldiers of Sorrow. I was blown away by the graphics despite being made in 80s. Later more titles were shown on LD and VCD and I just bought whatever titles I could get my hands on to enjoy it. Some examples will be Bubblegum Crisis (Best Soundtrack of all time!), Orange Road the First Movie (Best Ending Song) and the Grandizer/Great Mazinger/Getta Robo movie.



With the introduction of the Super Famicom (Super NES) come more Japanese anime related games like Zenki, Patlabor, Ghost Sweeper Miki. Eventually, I tried to hunt down all these shows just to see how good it is. It was a treasure hunt for me every week, going to my regular video store or manga store to find new titles.


When the advent of Internet arrived and people started posting details of certain shows, I did my research and discovered that there is a whole universe of shows out there and with the arrival of DVD, things really got heated up. I went to a shop that actually carried these shows and I was surprised by the picture quality but the amount of episodes it can hold. (Up to 9 episodes per disc!)

But then I realised that Japanese Anime has started to change their selling tactics. Although we still have our Shounen shows like Naruto, Bleach and One Piece which aired on Prime time, there was a large number of shows that are aired after midnight (Earliest is 10pm) These shows usually have mature contents and graphic senses of nudity, sex and violence. (Not that I am complaining)


One of the few shows that I remember watching was Love Hina which started a very old genre-The Harem Genre. Before that, shows like Ranma 1/2 which has one male lead and several female leads was tame but Love Hina pushed the limits of censor ships and turned it into a genre which is still ongoing today.


There is still a fanbase for Mecha shows but before that, it was either a Gundam show or a Takara/Sunrise robot shows for kids. (A good way to sell your toys on television) However Mecha shows also evolved. From the earlier days of hot blooded Mazinger Z to the more techno babble/religious theme Evangelion. From simple female leads who does nothing but yell at our male pilots to badass female pilots who can go on par with their male counterparts.


The Manga genre was always been the baseline for any adaptation to put into the big or small screen. However another form of media create a new baseline-The Light Novel genre. It has been done before in certain shows like Record of Lodess War, Slayers and Orphan. However it is until light novels like the Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi and Full Metal Panic that animation studios turned their attention to create new shows. Given that it take an average of 3 volumes to create a 13 episode series, the studios could drag the series as long as they want and create seasons after seasons just to win the fanbase and test the market.


Now, let's talk about how I get into Precure. Before that, I did grew up watching the Sailormoon series and it has some moments but overall, the story is more of a romantic series with action throw in. So in 2004, Toei decided to start afresh with Henshin Heroines genre and Futari wa Pretty Cure was born. I watched all the episodes and it was pretty dark at some time but it didn't win me over yet. Max Heart was boring even with the introduction of Hikari/Shining Luminous. Splash Star was a spin off with new characters and yes, the Kaoru and Michiru sub plot was good, overall it is more of less the same plot as Max Heart.


Then Toei decided to do something different. A five member Precure team and the moment, I saw the promo video, Sailormoon came knocking back on my head. Yes Precure Five was all right and the ending was a bit anti climax. Then Five Gogo came and it was pretty good with Milky Rose introduction. Furthermore, a five minute short film united the three series for a crossover and I thought, yeah! That was a great idea for a crossover!


But the series that make me sit down and watch every week was the next series-Fresh Precure. Maybe because they decided to make them really look like teens rather than little girls. For the first time, I love all the members of Fresh Precure unlike the other series where I only like one or two members of each series. I think many will agree with me they love the Eas/Setsuna/Cure Passion Arc and they have one of the better ending song-Happy Together which lift a smile every time I hear it.

Heartcatch Precure was awesome in terms of execution and plotline, Suite Precure was fine with the plot twist of Cure Muse but the generals are the lamest. Smile Precure was like Kamen Rider Den-O which focus more on comedy rather than main plot but it was the most funniest in the series. Doki Doki Precure was all right with some parts but we just pass the 25th episode mark so it still too early to tell.

Here are my list of my favourite things in Precure:

Favourite Team with Chemistry-Fresh Precure

Favourite Series-Heartcatch Precure and Fresh Precure (It'a tie)

Favourite Leader/Pink-Cure Peach and Cure Melody (Another tie)

Favourite Costume-Suite Precure

Favourite Special Attack-Sapphire Arrow from Cure Aqua

Favourite Team Attack-Heartcatch Orchestra from Heartcatch Precure

Favourite Final Form-Princess Form from Smile Precure (Riding a Peaguas is always Awesome!)

Favourite Fairy-Tarte

Favourite Villain Group-Desert Trio

Favourite Plot Twist-Cure Ace Arc

Today, Japanese Anime has many media to adapt from like video games, apps, toys and even music. Many series were shortlived due to poor response while a small few endured. It also showed our viewers are changing. We can endure 291 episodes of Dragonball Z as there was really nothing else to watch back then but now we can't even stand 100 filler episodes of Naruto. Some will claim it was due to the anime series is catching up with the source material. But I felt if that is the case, they should just put the series on hold for a couple of months and then continue it. Instead, it was just week after week of unnecessary episodes. (A waste of manpower and money for the studio staff and the viewers)

Japan Animation today rely on not how many episodes you have but how much merchidises and DVDs you sold. A fairly decent show could be popular due to it's storyline or characters but if the franchise is not selling, it will be quickly replaced by the next big thing which is sad that we live in such a world that popularity is based on material things and not the quality of the series.


However classic series like Dragonball and Doreamon which endured the test of time will remain in our hearts no matter how old we are. Because you can always go back and tell your kids that that was the show that change your life.

This post is based on my personal views and thoughts and not intended to offend any people, organsiations or themes. The pictures are for teaching purposes.

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Opening Video for My Blog (Trial Run)


Hi guys, trying out a new movie edit software and what else but an opening video for my blog. Hope you like it.

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Hall of Anime Fame is Two Years old! A look back on a year's events!


I can't believe that I am hosting this site for two years already! Yes, we are two years old and it is thanks to you people for coming and supporting me! Up till today we have about 146756 views and 93285 visitors coming back to this site! Now let's look back on some of the things that happened on this site from August 2011 till now!


Oct 2011Fate Zero Episode 1 went on air and man, it was one of the most anticipated shows ever. When Fate Stay Night came out years ago, I was drawn by the story and characters especially the servants who are warriors from different eras and times. The show make me love fantasy all over again and when it is announced a prequel will be make, I immediately jump out my seat! What begins was a journey of how a boy become a man and the hard choices he make. The servants were far more interesting that FSN especially Rider who is my favourite servant in the show. The show was spilt into two seasons and when the final episode ended, it was bittersweet but yet satisfying conclusion to one of the best shows this year.


Ozu, Den-O, Let's Go Kamen Rider Movie: The Forty Anniversary Movie of Kamen Rider and it really went out with a bang! The plot might be a bit confusing (Especially the father and son part) but the action scenes make up for it. The final battle with Shocker Leader and Great Leader Colossus was exciting and silly (Their Bikes form the Number 40!) The First seven riders make an appearance in the Forzue, Ozu and Double Mega Max movie and by then, I was speechless when the first seven riders kick the villains' sorry butts with the new FX effects. Let's hope we can see some more of the legends riders in future crossover movies!


Nov 2011: Gokiager/Goseiger: The Super Sentai 199 Heroes Movie: The Super Sentai Franchise was celebrating their 35th anniversary and the best way to do it is make another crossover movie like their Kamen Rider counterparts. Man, the actions and sentai alumni were better done than Kamen Rider. I am not going say much as you can read my post to find out how I felt about the movie.

Now I am waiting for the Mother of Super Heroes Movie which is Super Heroes Taisen Movie which the Kamen Riders and Super Sentai go all out (Although Someone told me it is pretty close to the All Stars Precure New Stage movie)


The Idolmaster Episode 20: Why this particular episode? This episode change the way how people looked at Idolmaster forever because of one song. That song is Yakusoku or Promise sung by Kisaragi Chihaya. The premise is Chihaya lose her younger brother in an accident and it traumatise her to the point that she couldn't sing anymore. Her friends stood by her and she finally had enough courage to sing and it touched the crowd and the viewers (Including me!) to tears.

After that episode, their popularity soared high and everybody tried to find high and low for this song. Furthermore, Idolmaster is no more regarded as "one of those shows" in the crowd but earned a place in Anime History as a defining moment. I now have this song in my MP3 collection and you too should go and get it!

Janurary 2012Digi News begin and this is where I post all the latest game news from Japan and sometimes America. Mostly the news are about the toku heroes games but I tried to talk about the Project X Zone and the latest Yakuza 5 that is coming later this year. Although some people has been asking me should I start reviewing some Hentai games since several animes were adapted from Hentai games. I might consider but just don't ask me where to find the games.


Feburary 2012: Smile Precure Episode 1-Originally I was only planning to do just the first six episodes because I thought nobody will be interested in a show that is a spiritual successor to Sailormoon. Furthermore, it is catered towards the young female viewers but there is actually a fan base (Thanks! Precure.live journal) internationally and the people over there are all very nice too. Thanks for your support and let's continue to see through the second half of Smile Precure till next Feburary!


April 2012: It is a sad day for Kamen Rider fans as Araki Shigeru who played Joe Shigeru AKA Kamen Rider Stronger left us. His death came too sudden as he died of pneumonia after battling esophageal cancer. After Yamaguchi Satoru AKA Riderman and Okada Ryoko AKA Tackle, Araki left a legacy which we can only now look at our DVD series and YouTube as Stronger battled Black Satan and Delza Army and stood along with his fellow riders.

Quick Picks: Sometime in one season, there can be a few good shows but the problem is I can't do all the shows that I want to do. Let me explain how I do a review. First, I have to watch the episode. Then I have to take screenshots. After that, I have to start writing on the episode on my blog. Depends on my free time, it can be posted within an hour but if it is bad, it will take the next following day to be post up. Especially if you have two or three shows on the same day, it gets messy real fast. Furthermore, I am doing solo on this blog so it take time for reviews to be post up especially if I have personal commitments outside.

Then I thought of an idea. Instead of writing a full review, I make short reviews of an episode similar to First Impressions and thus Quick Picks was born! It give me more time to do more shows and get the message across. I tried to keep my spoilers to a minimum for Quick Picks and it is more of a quick summary of the episode and how I feel about it. So far, the response is pretty good especially those who are following the Accel World, Dog Days Season 2 and Hyouka series. Thank you so much and hope to see more shows in Quick Picks!


July 2012: Precure All Stars New Stage Movie: We finally got a new All Stars Precure movie! Was it good or was it bad? It was actually a mix bag. You can go and read my review about it as I am not going to rant over here. Let's hope the Smile Precure Movie won't be bad as New Stage although I have to yet to find a good Precure movie other than PC5 movie and the DX3 movie.

Now a quick rundown of my top ten anime shows from April 2011 to March 2012! Some of the shows I started watching once it had ended it's run.


No 10: Maji De Watashi Ni Koi Shinasai: The first episode was over the top action, the middle was comedy and the ending was one of the best friends stand together battle ever!


No 9: Dog Days: From the people who did Nanoha series, the first season is just introducing the characters and with an ongoing season that is filled more cuteness and colors, let's hope for a good season ahead!


No 8: Amagami SS Plus: It might be an "After-Story" for our six female leads but it gave a closure that is both sweet and satisfying.


No 7: High School DxD: With a cast of Hikasa Yoko, Itou Shizuka and Taketatsu Ayana who play hot demon girls, what more can one ask?


No 6: Ikoku Meiro no Croisee: A nice slice of life show showing the sights and sounds of 18th Century France and a young Japanese girl who is lost in translations at first but later became the life of the town.


No 5: Ben-To: Fighting over half price bento and behaving like characters from Street Fighters, it work out an appetite!


No 4: Boku no Tomodachi ga Sukunai: Two wonderful female leads, a cute Gothic sister, a perverted mad scientist are some of the things that is worth watching it over and over again! A second season has already confirmed and I promise that I will review this show once it come out.


No 3: Fate Zero: It is only a prequel but it is one of the best show for 2011/12!


No 2: Tiger and Bunny: Super Hero Action! Two new movies has been confirmed and hopefully more heroic actions as the duo battle more evil doers.


No 1: The Idolmaster: Chihaya's episode stole my heart and it has one of the best ending seen this year!

Finally some recommendation of anime shows from April 2012 till now. Some of them have already completed their run while others are still on-going!


Saint Seiya Omega: I thought it is going to be draggy like the original series but when Mars destroyed the Sanctuary quite early in the series and declared Kouga and his friends as criminals, they abducted the fake Athena, Aria and began on a quest to expose Mars' scheme and to save the world.


Kuroko no Basket: You like Slam Dunk? Then you will like Kuroko no Basket which is both entertaining and exciting. Watch Kuroko, the mysterious sixth man of an ex-school champion team lead a new rookie, Kagami to a world of non-stop Basketball Action!


Hyouka: The Sleeper hit of the year. It looks like a slice of life show at first but in reality, it is a detective mystery story with the members of the Classics club solving mysteries.


Accel World: If you like online gaming with cool super armors and more cooler attacks, you like this show and Haru is one of the nicest male lead despite his appearance.


Kore wa Zombie Desu Ka Season 2: With some of the hottest female characters which include a Masou Shoujo, a Necromancer, three Vampire Ninja girls and one undead male lead, all hell break loose!


Zetman: If you ask me, who is the best anime studio in delivering gore and violence, Madhouse did it again with Zetman. From the author of I's and character designer of Tiger and Bunny, Zetman deliver kick ass monster action and dark humor. The show may be over but the battle still goes on for Zetman!


Haiyore! Nyaruko San!: A bundle of laughter and parodies as Nyaruko San who is originated from H.P Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos protect the boy she love and hoping to get laid by him!


Sakamichi no Apollon: If you're in for a coming to age story of Friendship, Love and Jazz music composed by Yoko Kanno, this show will take your breath away!


Nazo no Kanojo X: Fall in love with one of this year's best heroines, Urabe Mikoto. A girl who used saliva to transmit emotions and whip out a deadly pair of scissors. (Warning: Drooling might be contagious)


Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru: Also known as Nakimo. A guy's search to find the sister he never knew and hopefully he doesn't bang the wrong girl in the process.


Hagure Yuusha no Estetica: Akatsuki is either the male lead every guy want to be or a complete jerk. But as long he can pull out ladies' underwear in a flash, he is fine in my book!


Sword Art Online: The sister novel to Accel World with a more darker and dealier online game being played. Especially if a player health points drop to zero, he will die in real life!


Dog Days Season 2: Cute animal people with an all star seiyuu cast and an opening and ending song by Mizuki Nana and Horie Yui? What are you waiting for!?


Oda Nobuna no Yabou: Finally a decent Sengoku story that move closely to the original historic source material and a male lead who is competent among the female characters.


Tari Tari: You will cheer for this unlikely group of friends who formed a singing club as they learn about friendship, love and music.


Binbou Gami Ga: Sunrise's answer to a female version of Gintama which is about Sakura Ichiko who has everything but learned what is most important to her. Although she tended to throw everything out of the window every time the Poverty god, Momiji irritated her.

That is all I have to talk about over the past one year. I thank again to everyone who has been supporting me and hope you will continue to support this blog as long as I am hosting it! Thanks again and see you in the next post!

Friday, January 6, 2012

Like my new outlook of the site?

I did some new background changes to the blog and you will notice the background is the new Precure team-Smile Precure which is coming this February. The main picture on my header is my favourite vampire ninja girl-Seraphim from Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka and it is from the upcoming season 2 that is coming this April.

One more thing to add, according to Histats, our site has reach 51000 views already! Thank you all of your support and hope you still enjoy your stay here! Thanks again to everyone!

Edit on 07/01/12: Now the header picture is the female lead Rias Gremory from the new show High School DxD and she is hot as hell! She is also voiced by Hisaka Yoko and guess what? She play a super sexy demon! Yummy!  Will be reviewing the first episode soon!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Happy New Year 2012!

Welcome 2012 and Happy New Year! I was busy for the last few days and because Fate Zero and Idolmaster have already ended their run, I can take some time off to catch up on other shows and play my Musou Orochi 2 which I have completed two days ago. (It was awesome by the way!)

What can we expect for this year? First is our usual First Impressions of the new Winter anime titles and based on your votes and my choice which titles will be review on a regular basics. Next, I will be doing a Top Ten Shows from April 2011 to March 2012 post which I will review which are my favourite shows for the 2011 line-up! It will be out after the Spring 2012 line-up begin.

Finally, something that I neglected for a year. The review of the Gokaiger Series and how it has done so far. Knowing that the show will ended somewhere in Feburary, I really want to get it out of my system. Yes, I am aware that Gokaiger will be meeting Space Sheriff Gavan in a movie-team up on January and there will be a Kamen Rider vs Super Sentai movie in June or July.

Hope you will support in this new year and to all the viewers who has supported me, thank you all and may all your wishes and dreams come true for 2012!!!