Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (Anime Movie)

Hey everyone, I just finished watching Naruto Land of Snow. I watched the movie, but can't say much about it so I won't really review it but can I just say that I feel a few similarities with the Pokemon movie Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. Mainly because there is some sort of key in which is needed to be protected, but really there's not much of a similarity, but it just reminded me of it anyway haha. Anyway I saw a real strong message in the film which I thought I'd quickly talk about anyway. "Believe in yourself." Princess Gale doesn't believe in herself or anyone, but Naruto tries to prove her wrong, and shows her that if you work hard and keep doing it, then things can pull through at the end. That's all I wanted to say anyway. I'm just watching the funny short in the DVD extra now, it's pretty funny haha. Back to Avatar the Legend of Aang now :) Bye!

Corpse Party: Tortured Souls (OVA anime)

Finished watching Elfen Lied or Another and looking for another bloody anime title to watch? Corpse Party is an anime which includes lot of horror, blood, and gore, something which will satisfy your bloody anime tastes. A group of students and their teacher are trapped in an alternate dimension (just a school) and seem to be murdered one at a time in horrific deaths which will really make you squirm. This OVA even goes as far as showing the internal organs of the victims so yea, this OVA is not for the light hearted. 

In terms of the story line, I think there could be a bit more to go on, but for a 4 episode OVA, they rushed things a bit and introduced a bit too many characters to kill off. Overall I'd have to give this series a 7/10 as it is alright if you're looking for more gore and action rather than the storyline itself. And by the way, doesn't part of the opening song remind you of a certain American pop song?? Let me know if you notice it too! Anyway, this was a quick review, hope you enjoyed!

Card Captor Sakura (Anime Review)

I finally finished watching Card Captor Sakura after numerous months watching it!!Card Captor Sakura had been part of my childhood, and even watching it now, it still is one of my most favourite anime titles ever, I still can't get enough of it. Growing up living in a "western" country, I was only able to watch the English dub version, so watching the Japanese version for the first time(I bought the whole collection last year) I was forced to watch the whole thing in Japanese, and yes there are numerous differences between the two. If you are interested you can read other people's reviews online about all the differences but I will not be really discussing about them here.
* Update, I do so be warned!

Basically the anime revolves around the life of a young girl named Sakura who accidentally let loose all of the Clow Cards which are magical cards which possesses powers such as jump, fly, wind etc. Because she let loose all of the cards, she must capture them and return them back into their card forms before something bad might happen to the world. I myself love these sort of action/ adventure magic anime titles which also revolve around school life. There's something about this anime which really helps inspire people and wish that they could control these Clow cards themselves.

There are two differences which I must mention here because they really stand out and might affect which version you may want to watch. One is that the voice actors in the Japanese vs the English dub. In the Japanese everyone is a lot more high pitched and girly/ cute. I can see why in the English dub they went to a more mature sounding cast which was I believe so that more of the male viewers could enjoy the show more. My sister started watching the English dub yesterday and I thought it looked a bit strange as I'm used to watching the Japanese dub now, but that's just me. I know there are people out there who are only loyal to everything original with no dub, but I do enjoy watching dub sometimes, as long as the voice actors are similar in both versions, Card Captor Sakura is one of those exceptions. I don't think I could ever enjoy watching the dub again!

There's also another reason why I don't think I could ever enjoy watching the dub again, and it's because there's numerous scenes which are cut in the dub so that the show saves time overall. There are some episodes which were removed, and some episode shifts. Did you know that the first episode in the Dub isn't even the actual first episode in the original??!!! I couldn't believe it, my childhood was a lie bahaha. Anyway....

Overall I'd have to rate this title a 9.5/10, it is seriously one of the best I have ever seen, and hardly anything can match Card Captor Sakura, and this is me who has watched numerous titles! You know I haven't really talked much about the actual title but I think I should discuss why guys should watch this title too(people who are put off cute titles).

So if you're a young boy or even just someone who is put off cute stuff, I have to say that there's more to the anime than just the cute, girly, pink world of Sakura. Everyone who created this anime title really did a good job with the storyline because they were able to characters looks so cute, yet have such a serious side as well. There's a lot of characters who have a mysterious side of them as well which is later revealed in future episodes so you must watch out for this, especially the final episodes, I had goosebumps, and I had already watched it numerous times(last time was in 2011).

Shall we end this post here before it gets any longer?? Anyway, if you have not seen this anime yet then i highly recommend watching it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Cya in my next post! Bye!

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku (OVA Review)

Hey guys, long time no proper talk?? I'm currently watching Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku. I never heard of it before, and I think because I watched the original Higurashi anime series in 2012 before the OVA was made, but today I finally discovered it so I'm talk a bit about what I think about this OVA.

Well first off, I think it's better to watch the whole anime series before watching this OVA as you don't really get to know the characters in the OVA as the story goes straight in as soon as the OVA starts. I myself haven't seen the anime in 3 years so I have forgotten most of the plot so without looking at any reference, I will try my best with this review.

So basically the story is set in 1983(I believe) and there is a virus and a whole village is blocked off from the whole area. No contact, no food or water, or telephones. People are scared, and some have no idea what is going on and want to escape, but there are external people stopping them from escaping. If they are caught trying to escape, or heard to want to escape, then they are usually killed.

Well let me tell you, this OVA is not for the light hearted, neither is the anime. There is quite graphical violence as we have weapons + blood  which = gore. Shall we get back to the story?? Well the main protagonists are Keiichi, Mion and Rena, all of which are on a mission to escape from their village. Mion can be seen as the first character to take action and slice up some folks from the village. TBH I haven't seen any anime quite like Higurashi, even like Attack on Titan, there's a different feel to the type of gore they show, I guess you can say that I haven't quite found anything recent which has matched it yet, though maybe I'm just not looking far enough.

And well I won't revel anymore of the story-line, but you can see that there's quite a lot of potential for this OVA. As it is set before the actual anime takes place(I believe anyway, no research from me sorry), it really sets the scene of how they wound up where they were in the anime. Can't wait for the next episode, but why is it taking so long to release?? Maybe I'm missing something here, I'm just at 30 mins of the OVA, so that's all from my 30 minutes of knowledge. Well anyway, I'd give it a 8/10, it's a real must watch for any Higurashi fan, or anyone who loves a bit of anime gore with an interesting back story. I guess you can relate the virus story-line with the zombie stories which also include the release of a virus, though here we have people killing each other with a sort of knowledge of it happening. Anyway, g2g, really want to watch the rest of it haha. so good >< bye!!

*Ok edit, I realised that the story takes place after the anime series ended as Rika has the adult woman voice and talks to everyone without the problem of them not knowing. It makes sense too that everyone seems to have experience in fighting and survival from the previous events in the Higurashi anime.

The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki Unboxing

Sorry everyone, I've been so busy that I haven't really had time to post anything on this blogger account. Here is a unboxing video I did of LIMITED EDITION | The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki, hope you enjoy!

Pokemon Limited Edition Heritage Collection Unboxing!

Here I unbox the Heritage Collection which is completely out of print now so it's very hard to get your hands on this rare collection! Hope you enjoy!

Pokemon The Series XY Collection 1 (Series DVD Collection Review)

Hey everyone, sorry for being so slack on reviews but I really haven't been in the mood for doing any reviews lately so I haven't been doing much. At the moment I am watching Pokemon XY so I thought I might do a review on the collection released by Beyond Home Entertainment.

The series XY continues on from the previous Black and White series in which Ash and Pikachu go on and continue their journey by visiting the Kalos region. Just like when Ash traveled to Sinnoh and Hoenn, Ash decided to leave all his old Pokemon behind once again except for his partner Pikachu.

I know this series has similarities between the first season and the Ruby and Sapphire arc in which for one thing, the opening uses the same lyrics as the original series, and also (Spoiler Alert), Ash loses his gym battle and decided to train up his Pokemon. Oh yea, did I mention that there's a girl chasing Ash??? Let's not reveal too much so soon :) Also in this series Ash travels with with a young girl who is still too young to be a trainer(remember Max??) though she doesn't have the brains Max did, but let's not compare them :P

A few things that has changed is that Ash's region starter isn't a grass type, and Ash has had some cosmetic changes which I don't think are too noticeable. Also Ash's male friend doesn't have the different eyes Cilan and Brock had, but we are introduced to the art of science :) Oh yea, whenever there's a TBC the episode usually ends as a cliff hanger which is a bit different to usual episodes which normally end. This is usually because the story for that episode ends but then they bring in a bit of the story for the next episode to make that cliff hang, annoying! >< Don't get me started on Nurse Joy ai-ya!

That's all I want to say about the series at the moment anyway. For the series  I think it's pretty average but it's quite enjoyable at the same time. My rating would be 7.5/10 :D The series follows what normally happens in each series so there's nothing much different, just new Pokemon and characters etc.

As for this collection, I like how Beyond has finally taken the time to make a nice selection screen instead of just a list of episode so good job! Just like the usual designs, Beyond has split up this series into two collections. This collection features a red and blue Poke-Ball, though I'm not certain if they just made that Poke-Ball or not, the design continues on from the previous collections so yey :D

So what's missing from this collection?? I know many people are still wanting subs and Japanese versions, but I guess it can't be helped too much, but why no English subs?? Let's hope everyone knows what they're saying right?? I also noticed that the audio is still 2.0 so that's not too great, but it's still typical for a TV show. At the moment I'm still waiting for Blu-Ray releases of the series so Beyond Home Entertainment, please keep that in mind!!

Not much else to say really, so let's leave it there. If you're wondering how much I got it for, it was around $18 price matched on Mightyape, so it's pretty normal. Usually it sells for around $25 so if you can, be sure to price match it to save yourself some $$. Until next time, cya!

Limited Edition Pokémon Unova Collector's Pokédex Book (Unboxing Review)

Hi everyone, I totally forget about reviewing this but I will do more video reviews in the future, more on products and special items as those require more of a look. Here's the video anyway, check it out!!

Dragon Ball GT (Anime Review)

Hi everyone, so today I have officially finished Dragon Ball Z, after around 1 year, I have finally finished the series!!! Overall I stand by saying on my last post that that season was the best, because it really was. Following on from the final season of Dragon Ball Z, it's been around 10 years, and everyone's grown older and more wrinkly. All except for Goku who was turned back into a little boy again from an accidental Dragon Ball wish.

So I've finished episode 2 of GT. I remember watching the season for a week or two when I was younger, and I was right, I think I know why I enjoyed GT more than Z due to the storyline. Z was more about fighting for 20+ episodes, while at the moment anyway, GT is about the quest to find the Dragon Balls (Similar to Dragon Ball). I think that's what I most enjoy anyway, adventure sort of series, and GT seems to be it!

I have to say that it's weird seeing the characters grow up. They already aged 7 years in the final series in Dragon Ball Z. In actual fact in the final few episodes in Z, they went forward around 7 years so everyone got older then, which I found was a bit weird.

Don't know where I'm going with this, but anyway overall I feel like GT will be a lot better than Z, though online reviews say otherwise. I think if you enjoy story more than action than anything than this could be the right series for you. I'll post another review at the end of either season 1 or the whole GT series. Well until next time, bye!

Pokemon 4Ever (Movie Review)

Hey everyone. I actually watched this film a couple of weeks ago but as I've not really been watching anything new, I decided to just review this.

So you can guess that it's the 4th movie released from the Pokemon anime in 2001. The movie focuses on a young boy named Sam who was teleported along with Celebi decades into the future after being chased by a hunter. And basically the whole film is based around Ash, Sam and the gang being chased by hunters.

Overall it's a typical Pokemon movie, though most of the film is focused around one area, the forest. Not that it's a problem or anything. I feel like this film was rushed as the storyline doesn't seem to flow as well as some of the other Pokemon films.

 Though it's probably one of my least favourite films, there are some interesting parts. One is the secret behind Sam, I think the future self of him should have revealed who he really was. I think they should have incorporated the GS ball into the movie though. If you remember it was first mentioned i the Orange Island arc right until the Johto series. It would have been cool if they got rid of the big mystery about it. Apparently Celebi was supposed to be inside the ball and they were going to make a story about it but just left it alone. Anyway....

If you know about the usual Pokemon films, you know that many have very sad moments, enough that it makes you cry and have goose bumps. This film has no exception too, so be prepared when you watch it, though the emotional meter doesn't go off the roof for this film.

I'd have to give this a 7/10. It's not that bad at all, but it could have had more of a storyline to it. I can't say too much about this film because there's not a lot to it. So if you're a Pokemon fan and haven't seen this movie yet, then make sure you watch it!

Anime Censorship. Anime Only for Kids?? (Blog Post)

Hey everyone, there's no review today, but just a few of my thoughts on Anime censorship. Now I'm not just talking about getting rid of the violence/ blood etc, we know all that stuff about censorship. What I wanted to talk about was some interesting stuff that they do to anime shows when they start broadcasting it in other countries(specifically the U.S because that's the country that seems to dub anime).

Now we know once anime is dubbed, sometimes they change the dialogue, but sometimes they tone down shows too much to turn a teen+ anime title in Japan to a kids 5+ or something show. You can tell that there's something wrong with this already. But this is also because I think in Western countries generally (nothing against anything), usually kids are more linked to "cartoons" don't you think. That's just how society works. My uncle was sort of against me watching Pokemon and always asked "Isn't Pokemon for kids?!", and I have had a few comments similar to this too. The thing is that Pokemon is Shōnen(Look it up if you don't know what it is) and I'd like to think I'm living in my 少年 ya bahaha. Yea anyway, you may have noticed that there's elements in Pokemon which were taken out due to these "specific" things not for young kids. Though there's a part which was played by 4Kids, there's a lot which was due to the Western society not accepting these things for kids. I feel like we're(Western Culture Peeps) less accepting of touchy issues.

You know what? I asked someone about what anime titles they had today, and they asked me "what is anime"?! OMG I was shocked! And they had a whole range of anime titles too. They didn't know the difference from anime and something such as an American cartoon. The thing is that people who think that anime is for kids only have the same mindset too. Have you seen Another?!, have you seen Elfen Lied?!, have you seen Higurashi no Naku Koro ni?! or even Highschool of the Dead?! Watch them before you show a young kid ok :) (This is a joke, don't show them it, but you get my point, not all anime titles are for kids)

This blog isn't really getting anywhere haha.....
Anyway, I was reading about anime censorship yesterday and came across the edits on Once Piece and realised how toned down the show was. A change from a cigarette to a lollipop, drinking wine to orange juice. You know what I thought was one of the most interesting show edits?! In  Yi-Gi-Oh they edited out body guards with guys to them pointing the finger, and you know what, that's actually pretty smart bahaha. I had no idea they did this sort of stuff until maybe a year or two ago. I believe I'm a purest, so I like things as original as possible. Sometimes I can't be bothered reading subs so I move to dub. And seriously when call name a rice ball a jam doughnut or a sandwich, you know there's something fishy going on!

Anyway, these are just my thoughts on the issue. Don't worry if you fit in one of these categories. I'm just expressing my concerns with anime censorship. As long as you know the difference between a general cartoon and anime, and that anime isn't just for kids, then we're all g :D

Dragon Ball Z Season 7 (Anime Review)

Hey everyone, I've gone back to watching Dragon Ball Z again and managed to whip past a couple of seasons. I think the last time I posted I was on season 5 or 4. Those seasons were pretty boring I think as not a lot happened. Just really long fight scenes as usual. I was surprised to find out that the series moves over half a decade, and everyone has gotten older, carrying on with their lives after Goku has left. In the first episode Gohan starts public schooling, something he hasn't done before as he was always home schooled and tries and adapt to the ways of "normal" people.

Gohan has some close calls with hi powers while helping civilians out so he gets Bulma to make a disguise for him, only to have people try and track him down and reveal his identity. Later on numerous people including Gohan and the gang join up at the World Martial Arts Tournament and fight it all out.

That's all I'll reveal for this season. Compared to the previous seasons, this has to be one of my most favourite seasons out of them all so far. It's because the series flows a lot faster now, and fighting is kept to around 1-2 episodes, not 20+ episodes for a fight sequence like previous seasons. Also there's more going on story wise because of this. We get to see many characters develop in this season. My favourite part in this season is Bulma during the tournament as she makes negative remarks to a competitor's mum, and also she gets really into the fight and starts punching Oolong bahahaha.

I'd have to give this season a 8/10, it's really interesting. I think I said that about one of the previous seasons, but it ended in a really long fight too :S Anyway, I'm finishing up this season now. I'll be on the next season tomorrow as I'm already up to disc 5. In other news I'm up to the last episode of season 1 for Hello Counselor. Well until next time, bye!

Bleach Season 4 Episode 64-68 (Anime Review)

Hey everyone! So I've finally started watching Bleach again!! So I have to say that the first 5 episode of season 4 are really interesting, even though I feel like they're sort of filler episodes. I'll talk about them in this episode, but I'll try to not spill the beans too much!

Ok everyone returns from the Soul Society and go back to normal life. Ichigo and the gang go back to school, and Renji makes an appearance, but this time he's in a human form. With Inoue disappearing one day, it is up to the Ichogo gang to figure out what has happened. In episode 2 we are introduced to a really annoying girl(I have to admit) who starts to play games with everyone by telling them to rush to a local phone or else Inoue dies. This happens a couple of times before the girl finally lets Inoue go. I won't spill the beans next, but later on the Ichigo gang are trapped in a museum labyrinth in which there are traps and stuff. This is the second game the girl plays, and for the third game the gang must figure out which person is an imposter and they must figure it out within a certain amount of time before everyone at the school disappears. There's a couple of other mini games and fight scenes inside these episodes also.

Overall I really like the game themed sort of episodes, this made it really interesting. Also there's also mystery and suspense as almost every time someone disappears or is lost, or someone will die if they don't complete a task or something, that made it really interesting and different to the ark. But also this made the episodes feel like filler episodes as you're not quite sure where it's going to lead. The girl who turns out to be a mod makes the game more lighthearted as she has that annoying laughing, cheerful voice which is annoying, creepy and funny at the same time.

Overall, so far if I had to pick out a few episodes from the series, besides the Aizen dead body scene, these ones are my top picks, though I think maybe the one at the school, or the labyrinth episodes are the most interesting to watch for me.

Oh and have I mentioned the music for the credits??!! They're my favourite closing credits to date apart from the original one with the woman singer singing in English "Nobody knows who I really am"..........

Oh so good! I'd have to rate these few episodes an 8/10. I have no idea what is in store for Bleach though, but I'll find out soon hopefully!!!

Another (Movie Review)

Hi everyone, today I'll quickly talk about Another, the live action movie version, and compare it to the anime I just reviewed yesterday.

So the plot is basically the same as the anime, though to shorten it down, less people died, I think that's the main plot difference. It's been a while since I watched the anime so I can't remember it all, but I couldn't help getting a bit annoyed at the main character portrayed in the film. The writers made it seem like the boy Kōichi was a bit nosy and caused the death of basically everyone(making you hate the lead character).

I think that because it's harder to portray death scenes in such a gruesome way like the anime without it being R18 or banned, but still some of the deaths were a bit hard to watch. My favourite was the spoon??? being pressed inside the eyeball, ooh that's just almost unwatchable!!

The ending is really spooky too. I won't spoil it too much, but a character basically appears out from the dead at the school and looks all fine and stuff, with the movie ending with a freaky cassette message, eeek!!!

Like I said, less people died, and it also meant people died in different ways to the anime too(I keep talking about the anime because I haven't read the novel or manga before so sorry!!) There's actually one person who decided to die in the end, I think that was very heroic, different in the anime where the character just gets murdered.

That's all I guess, overall it's a pretty average film, but I would have not enjoyed it as much if I had never watched the anime before so if you haven't watched both before then I suggest watching the anime first. Overall I'd give it a 6/10

Another (Anime Review)

Hey everyone, so I've run out of recent things I've watched to review on so now I'll be reviewing stuff from the past. Some people know that I really enjoy bloody Anime, gruesome scenes, OMG this title is the one!!! It is called "Another". The first episode aired on Jan 10, 2012, and I managed to watch this series back in 2012, around November when I spent all my days watching Anime. No joke, I was watching one series of 12-13 episodes each day! I managed to almost finish the whole series in one day, except for the last episode, and when I manage to watch a whole series in a day, then I know it's real good!

*Quick Edit, I'm watching the live action film for the first time. I'll compare it against the anime and see which is better!!

Anyway, the anime is set around a class who is cursed. in which members in the class, and their family members die off in quite strange deaths. I girl called Mei Misaki is ignored by the class for some unknown reason. Many years ago, a girl in the same class also called Misaki died midway through the year, with her appearing in the photograph strangely with her classmates after the time of her death(freaky!!!)

There's a scene I really need to spoil, but I won't mention any names. A girl has an umbrella stabbed through her neck, and after that I looked at umbrellas in a whole new perspective, and only buy ones without the spike on the top!

I absolutely love this series! It ranks at my top 10 favourites of all time! The blood, the mystery, the storyline, it all fits in very well. Characters may have been added into the anime just to be killed off, but the creators really made a good use of that. The last episode is a real plot twist, I have to say that that's the most dramatic of all the episodes.

As the episodes go on, secrets unravel and makes you grip onto each episode more and more. I highly recommend this series, and I rate it a 9/10! My cousin really liked this series too! I'll watch the live action movie now and either review and compare it to the anime now or tomorrow. Well until then, bye!

Pokemon Heritage Collection & Dragon Ball Z Movie (Anime News)

Hi everyone, so no review or anything but I would like to quickly talk about a new product that will be released on the 11th of November by Beyond Home Entertainment. The Pokemon Heritage Collection will be a massive Pokeball trophy like mould containing the first 9 Seasons with 54 discs and with over 168 hours of footage to watch, this is a must have Limited Edition Pokemon item to buy, but if you've already bought each Beyond Home Entertainment(Formerly Magna Pacific) release of Pokemon on DVD then are you really ready to pay $250 for this collectors item??

If you're like me and have 4-5 copies of each season on DVD, you can't blame me for being a bit hesitant on buying this collection. But if you're like me and are a Pokemon collector, then you can't blame me for wanting it just because it's a new limited edition item, and I myself am a huge fan of the anime ahead of anything else(tcg, games etc). I do have one question though, why no Blu-Ray! This would have been the perfect time for a Blu-Ray release!!!! So far, only the last few movies have been released on Blu-Ray. We are still waiting for a Blu-Ray release for full HD!! Also does heritage only go up to season 9? Is that as ancient as it goes with Pokemon?? I suppose they'll release another Heritage Collection containing the final seasons from season 10 upwards.

Well you know I'll buy it, but what about you??

Link for more details below!!
Beyond Home Entertainment Pokemon Heritage Collection

Well, that's all I have to say, but I hope at least the discs will be stored better than the Pokedex book collections!!!

Also tomorrow repeats for the new Dragon Ball Z film will be showing again at cinemas so if you missed it, then you can go watch it!! (or watch it again!)

DragonBall Z Raging Blast 2 (PS3 Game Review)

So today I decided to play the game DragonBall Z Raging Blast 2 on PS3 for around an hour to see what the game was like. Like my previous reviews, I just talk about my thoughts on the game, that's all.

So what do you do in this game?? Well.... it's a 3D fighting game which means that there's a 3D look to all the characters. There's a few different modes you can play in. One I played was Galaxy Mode, which is basically story mode, but I have to say that for story mode, there's not much of a story going on, just fighting really. I tried out some of the other modes, and you guessed it, fighting!! But I'm not just saying this just because, but I feel like the game is a bit repetitive.

It's different to your usual Tekken, or Street Fighter definitely, though for some reason the health bar brings me back to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Kingdom Hearts. Talking about the health bar, it confused me a bit, until I really took notice of it. When your health bar reaches empty, it automatically fills up again. I had to stare at it for a while before it made sense, so you and your opponent get 3 or four dots(maybe more when you go further in the game), and for each time you or your opponent reaches zero health, one dot disappears and the health fills again, so in actual fact, you stick around until all the dots disappear and the health is empty!! I think this is the first time I've seen something like this before so it's sort of a shock lol.

While you're fighting, I find the moves a bit repetitive. I just press square multiple times, and or press triangle, or mix triangle and square to attack. I don't think there's much of a move set so the game feels a bit repetitive which is a down side of this game. A sort of cool thing is that once you clear a stage, you unlock some sort of award or item or something. Sometimes you unlock pictures(which I think are just stills from the TV show lol).

I have played some Dragon Ball Z games in the past, and I don't think there's much difference between those games and this one. You still just fight opponents, there's not much to it(at least for what I've played so far). A cool thing which they always put in is the interactive loading screens. In this game you just press buttons which show up on screen. Not as fun as the flying Roshi in one of the previous games!!

I give this game a 6/10. I mean it's not bad, and it's entertained me for at least an hour so it's ok. I think they could have worked on a better story though, that would have made the game very exciting. I think that if you have any of the other Dragon Ball Z games and are thinking of buying this one, then maybe only buy it if it's on sale, or if you're a collector or something, because I don't see the point on buying this game really, unless you want to try out a DBZ game!!!

So that's all really. This game does have multi-player mode I believe so I think it could be fun to play with friends or family. That's all for this review!

Dragon Ball Z Season 4 (MId Way Review)

Hello everybody, sorry for all the Dragon Ball Z blogs but I've been watching it pretty much everyday and made it past season 3. I have to say that there wasn't much to season 3, mostly just Goku, Piccolo, Gohan, Vegeta  and Krillin battling Frieza for probably 20+ episodes, and that carried on from the previous season! Following on from the previous season, everyone was wished back to earth and now Vegeta and Yamcha lives with Bulma's family (how this happened I sort of forgot sorry lol), but a year or so passes since the previous season, and everyone is settling down. Goku still doesn't arrive back yet, until around mid way through (spoiler alert sorry). Frieza appears again but is fought off by a mysterious Saiyan named Trunks who later is found to be from the future and gives details on what will happen if Goku and the gang don't change it, so now everyone is training because within 3 years so Android people will come and basically destroy the place(like we haven't heard of that before right??)

Anyway, a little side plot I think is interesting... Gohan is forced to study by Chi-Chi and since he's so smart she decided to hire a tutor for him, who is really mean and nasty. This is probably the most interesting thing to happen in the series haha, so make sure you watch it if you haven't already.

I think what differs from this season to the others is that it's not just one big fight season like some of the previous seasons.  We get to see characters go on with their lives while training at the same time, which is interesting to see. Although the season half way doesn't have as much fighting, I think this is good as the fight sequences only last for a couple of episodes(I like it). Is this too much rambling for you?? Sorry about that!

Currently I'm watching Goku and Piccolo try and get their drivers license haha. What I never really thought about is the characters growing up. Gohan seemed like a wee young kid at season 1, and now he looks more mature, even though he's still a kid. Bulma changes her hairdo once again to an Afro?? I'm always wondering why she's always changing her hair style.

Also I know that the show tries to seem futuristic, while they still mention cassettes and VCR's etc and show people with the big box TV's lol, so if you're creating a futuristic TV show, make sure you leave out the tech, or at least make it seem more futuristic, with no now days tech in the background!

That's all really, goodnight!

Annoyed with Dragon Ball Z Cropping!!

Today there will be no review or anything as I need to do some study, and I have an exam today, but while I'm studying at the moment, I am watching Dragon Ball Z and have realised that (At least I am certain) that even Kai is cropped. This means that even Kai has missing bits throughout the show. This means that we are losing images from the four sides of the picture, though because I haven't closely analysed this, I am very annoyed with whoever has tried to digitally remaster this series. I believe that there won't be a true remastered copy, until they stop cropping the show! I saw a picture online anyway, comparing the Kai versions of the show from the Japanese and English DVD and Blu-Ray versions and all vary in either colour or cropping. Maybe one has brighter colours, maybe one is cropped on the sides, or the other is cropped on the top and bottom, maybe a picture is more fuzzy than the other, all in all, I believe that a show should be consistent throughout. I have never seen a show quite like Dragonball Z before, so much that a show has been altered in a way that it has annoyed me. I believe that I am a purist and like things kept to how they were. I don't mind colour tweaking or noise or dust removal, as long as the original still stays original. But I think what's just annoying me is that they can't get the original 4:3 footage on the screen, and need to crop either the top or sides. I just hope I'm wrong with Kai though, and they've fixed it for the Blu-Rays, but I think I saw that it's still 16:9, but they've moved the frame lower or higher depending on where the persons mouth was or something so the cropping is less noticeable, but really, was the cropping necessary for any of it? The show was made to view in 4:3 in a particular frame shot so it shouldn't be changed at all.

That's just my rant for today! I hope they release an uncropped version to NZ soon.

Dragon Ball Z Kai Limited Edition Complete Collection (Box Set Review)

This is a quick review on the Dragon Ball Z Kai Limited Edition Complete Collection Box Set(Region B released by Madman). In this review I will not be reviewing the anime itself, just the contents. I bought this particular set from Mightyape, Link Here!

So what is included in the Box Set? It includes a box containing four cases with 4 discs in each. And that's it. I actually expected more for a box set being Limited Edition, but I guess it's the box that makes it Limited Edition? The covers for each of the cases seem to be different to the separate collections released by Madman anyway.

If you know me you'd know that I bought the full set of Dragon Ball. The only thing I was missing was Kai, and Dragon ball on Blu-Ray. What I wanted was more HD(1080p) and also better aspect ratio as the remastered versions are all Wide screen, but the frames are cropped at the top and bottom, causing lost images(lots of chopped heads etc) which is actually really distracting, I have no idea what they were thinking there! I'm very happy to say that the whole set is in full screen box form, meaning that nothing is chopped off, including the top and bottom, so that is a definite positive from this! Also the colours are tweaked a bit so that the series looks like it was made in the 21st century, rather than the 20th.

The set includes both English and Japanese audio, perfect for anyone as they also include English subs!
Also if you didn't know what Kai is, it's basically the Dragon Ball Z series, but minus some story-lines and episodes, making it finish much faster. I think Kai is more based on the manga run, that's the reason for all the edits, but some scenes are added in which have not aired on Z before. I'm watching Dragon Ball Z right now and the battles last for basically the whole season, which I think takes too long so Kai will interest me definitely!

But if you've already bought the whole Kai series or are thinking of buying this collection, you might want to give it a think. If you don't have the Kai collection or Dragon Ball Z, then maybe consider watching Dragon Ball Z first before Kai as Kai is missing stuff out from the original anime. Should you have already bought the Kai collection, then you shouldn't need to buy this set unless you're an absolute fan/collector and want to collect the box and art as I don't see any differences with the separate collections. If you prefer watching newer anime titles and don't really like watching older ones then Kai is for you as it has a newer 21th century look.

So all in all, I think this is a really good collection, I myself can't wait to watch this, even though I'm still stuck on Season 3 of Dragon Ball Z. Until next time, bye!