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!

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 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!