Scott Pilgrim - Game Review

Alright so I was with my friends this weekend and we played the Scott Pilgrim video game on the story mode for four players and it was freaking awesome. I usually have a lot of trouble with X-Box controls because I have always been a Play Station girl, but this was surprisingly easy to get he hang of. I really enjoyed the game and all of my friends and I were into it! Seriously we played for maybe four straight hours (well two in the morning and two at night)(and its not easy to keep their attention!!!) and when the game finally froze on one of the last battles we all groaned and noticed how long it had taken us. We turned the game off after that. XD Well let me start by saying the characters were SO CUTE! All of the characters were much more attractive in the game than they were on the commercials for the movie. (Haven't seen the movie yet) Ramona actually seemed pretty sweet and adorable, I am definitely going to read the mange after this. So obviously I was intrigued by the character design and the story, it takes A LOT for a video game to make me read the actual book it is based off of. I am especially wondering about Ramona's ex's. I would like to know WHY Scott has to fight them. Like so they want Ramona back? Is it a pride thing? What's going on there?! My friends refused to tell me anything about it. :/ (that really annoyed me especially since one took all of the manga for it and shoved it in my face. I almost slapped him. ) Well Scott Pilgrim is every nerd's fantasy apparently XD I have to admit it sounds pretty appealing to me to, but I'm a romantic so I guess that's why. Well not only were the character designs cute and the plot interesting (enough for me to want to know more) but it was a great game. the game play was simple and easy and I picked it up in a snap so this game it totally noob friendly! :D Which is good for me because I'm a gamer noob. I was also surprised at the multi-player mode. Sometimes they are really crappy and one person will be having a great time while the other is having a horrible time. But in Scott Pilgrim everyone HAS to work together, not only that but there are other aspects that unite the players as a team. For instance if you're character dies, another person can bring you back to life while someone else guards the one who is bringing you back. Once you're down you can borrow lives from others, and finally, in the stores you can loan money to your friends. (I LOVED Ramona's special abilities by the way. I played as her and she was BAD ASS! Seriously, one of her regular moves she pulled a freaking Thor hammer from her purse! XD One of her special moves is swinging her bag in a circle which is GREAT for pushing back a lot of enemies, she has this cute little kick that really packs a punch where she will kick someone behind her, and FINALLY she has an amazing special ability where she calls up about a gallon of coffee and gives all of the players in your party this boost. From what I could tell the boost helped you defense, made you faster, and made your attacks a lot stronger as well. -its an awesome boost!-) So here's the conclusion, if you are like me and you play video games for the story, not the actual action and excitement, and to boot you aren't that natural of a gamer, then Scott Pilgrim for the X-Box is perfect for you and your friends to play because the multi-player mode is easy for EVERYONE to get into it and really unite you guys as a team.

When You Miss Something....

So, sometimes I'll read a manga or watch an anime and suddenly something occurs to me.....I'm missing something. There is something in this plot line that is missing, and it is glaringly obvious like some kind of big, empty vortex or a hole that actually sucks up the story line into some alternate universe where it makes sense and you just can't get there...meanwhile you are left on the other side of the vortex missing that information. Alright....whatever right? Maybes its a mixed plot line where its scattered and you'll find out later? Oh no....then you see a small annotation that tells you 'refer to the video game for the PS2' and you're entire world shatters right then and there because you realize that's why you're missing the information. No it can't be like Marvel comics where the have annotations that tells you to refer to a different issue for more back story on that detail.....no it's refer to that video game. However we are anime lovers and manga readers...we are not video gamers! D: If we were would we be reading this stupid manga? No! We'd be fighting monsters on the PS2...... so now it you like the manga enough and you want to understand the story you have to go out and spend the money on the game and mow your friend's lawn in order to borrow their PS2 or mow your lawn to earn the money to buy your own PS2 and then figure out some way to earn three years worth of gaming skills in order to actually finish the game and finish the story line......or you have to look up walk throughs and trust wikipedia and gather small bits of information from around the web until you feel confident enough that you have the whole story. the sequel to the latter however is that three months later someone mentions that secret love interest or that final hidden boss that changed the plot line entirely and you are like 'What?! No! I finished that manga a week ago--......oh.....you uh......you meant from the video....the video game....ARGH!' You scream and pull out your hair and for the next three months you rely on your cosplay wigs. =.= You see? You see the horrible result from splitting story lines from video games and manga?! Balding. That is the result. Here are things that okay: -Having different story lines for the manga, the anime, the video game, and the visual novel. -Adding extra details and twists to each different version of the story. Here is what is not okay: -Intertwining them all so that if you read or watch one of the mediums you MUST partake in all the mediums in order to understand ANYTHING that is going on. A good example of this was Disgaea.....I read the manga 'Disgaea 2' you know, with Rozalin and all? Ooooh such a yummy story line for the comic romantics! However it had that annotation to refer to the video game and when I finished that volume I never picked it up again because the next part was on a video game. 0.0 this is possibly one of the most annoying things ever done to me. following in a close second is when a manga author refuses to put out more than one volume of multiple mangas and when the anime makes no sense by the end because they cut out too much and you are FORCED to read through the manga for hidded clues and details that were lost in the animation process. Thats it for today. XD The X factor, the void in so many mangas today was the topic. The conclusion? It annoys me. Very deeply. hahaha. If I wanted to play the video game I would, if I was GOOD at video games I would play them...but I'm not so I read manga and watch anime.... Have a good day guys!

AMV of the Week

Black Rock Shooter! Yay! The Anime Music Video of the Week is a video for Black Rock Shooter, a short anime film that is just plain great, to the song Unbreakable. Not much to say other than that, great anime and the song is fitting to the movie. Hopefully I can do a review of it soon so you can really know what I'm talking about, or, even better, check it out your self! :D

(Honestly I really liked this song, I'll admit the guitar in some parts aren't exactly easy on the ears, but for the most part I really like this song and I kind of think it sounds epic. :) )



Song: Unbreakable
Artist: Fireflight
Anime: Black Rock Shooter
Lyrics:

Where are the people that accused me?
The ones who beat me down and bruised me
They hide just out of sight
Can't face me in the light
They'll return but I'll be stronger

God, I want to dream again
Take me where I've never been
I want to go there
This time I'm not scared
Now I am unbreakable, it's unmistakable
No one can touch me
Nothing can stop me

Sometimes it's hard to just keep going
But faith is moving without knowing
Can I trust what I can't see?
To reach my destiny
I want to take control but I know better

God, I want to dream again
Take me where I've never been
I want to go there
This time I'm not scared
Now I am unbreakable, it's unmistakable
No one can touch me
Nothing can stop me


Forget the fear it's just a crutch
That tries to hold you back
And turn your dreams to dust
All you need to do is just trust


God, I want to dream again
Take me where I've never been
I want to go there
This time I'm not scared
Now I am unbreakable, it's unmistakable
No one can touch me
Nothing can stop me


God, I want to dream again
Take me where I've never been
I want to go there
This time I'm not scared
Now I am unbreakable, it's unmistakable
No one can touch me
Nothing can stop me

AMV Of The Week! - The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti)

Hey guys, first of all I saw 'The Secret World of Arrietty' tonight with my friend. I love Hayao Miyazaki but dear god I am sick of movies about FRIENDSHIP!

The movie is 1hr 34min‎‎, rated G‎‎, and its genres are animation,action,adventure,sci-fi, and fantasy‎. I know its animated and its rated G, but I wouldn't recommend it for kids. Its a great movie and the animation is amazing, but its also very calm. (Not surprising for a Miyazaki or Studio Ghibli.) Most younger children seem to need something kind of fast paces and flashy with lots of jokes or action. -Also the kids in the movie with me WOULD NOT FREAKING SIT STILL! I seriously almost yelled at their parents or caretakers or whatever because it was just terrible, they kept running around, squealing and screaming, and one kicked my seat a bunch!- -I'm starting to hate movie theaters...and I'm going to suggest a law for all children under the age of 8 to be kept on leashes, dogs are more well behaved than them!- *ahem* Anyways. This movie also has some very deep topics that children won't really understand. One of the main characters, Shawn, is sickly and he has fully prepared for his death and is actually kind of morbid at one point...yeah, right? not something a child would understand since he was so calm and serene about it. None of the kids in the movie seemed to REALLY get what was going on.

The movie is based off of the book, The Borrowers, and it was really great, for people who understood it. The movie starts off with Arrietty, freshly 14, who is fully ready to go out on her first borrowing mission! As the movie goes on she goes on a huge adventure.....around the floorboards and in the backyard of the house! XD It certainly was interesting, but like I said it isn't very action oriented. A lot of the movie is mostly inner turmoil and subtle outside factors, its kind of complicated to explain how it made me hold my breath, yet at the same time kept me relaxed and feeling rather serene.

So to finish up, the movie was really good, I'd recommend it to anyone who can sit still a little longer than an hour or who could appreciate the quality of the movie and the storyline.


Comparison Movie:
I'd compare this movie to spirited away in many way. For one, both of them have plots that go way deeper that just what you SEE in the movie and you have to read between the lines to really understand what the characters are going through and how they change throughout the movie because its just fascinating, and really, half the plot is there! Also, the soundtracks, Spirited Away had a really peaceful soundtrack, and so does Arrietty, I loved the music for it! :) And finally, the friendship. Arrietty meets Shawn, a human, and the two become close friends and learn different things from each other that improve them over all, not unlike Chihiro and Haku. If you liked Spirited Away, you'd really like The Secret World of Arrietty. :)


(SPOILERS ---- ?????)
For all you romance lovers out there who hated Spirited Away, maybe you don't go see this movie. I love romance movies, and I love Spirited Away.....but I hated the ending. I mentioned before that the two movies are similar but I felt the same way about both of them. Loved the movies itself, hated the ending. I feel like both of them are unfinished and left me wanting a LITTLE more because in BOTH of them what I thought would be romance turned out to be friendship. This is a common theme in Miyazaki and Ghibli movies, friendship and nature are their big things, if you area romance seeker then maybe they just aren't for you. :/


And that's about it, the movie was good and calming. :) You have to appreciate inner subtle plots to really enjoy it though I think.






Now, the AMV of the Week.

This week I choose one simply because it was fun and it just really FITS the anime with it! XD I didn't choose it for the song though, so just be ready to laugh! XD

I think this song really fits with Tamaki.... XD hahaha, he's so flamboyant and just is...he's just rich, pretty, and proud!


The song this week is by Toybox, I don't think they are Japanese, in fact I'm very sure they aren't. XD But there are a lot of people who use their music for AMVs and usually is you mention them at an anime convention everyone knows who you're talking about. Sooooo yeah, that's why they make the cut. XD Enjoy the video!



Song: SuperStar
Artist: Toybox
Anime: Ouran High School Host Club.
Lyrics:


I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are

(Superstar!)

Got Many money Honey, Im a superstar
My life is funny honey, Have you seen my car?
I know alot of people, Im a superstar
Everybody know me, right from near to far


I got a plane (got a plane)
I love the fame (love the fame)
You know my name (know my name)
And i just want you to know


I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are

(Superstar!)

Ive got a red Ferrari, Im a superstar
I really like to party, Am i cool or what?
I love alot of women, Im a superstar
Stars got a freaky living, thats the way we are


I got a plane (got a plane)
I love the fame (Love the fame)
You know my name (know my name)
And i just want you to know


I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are

(Superstar!)

I got fortune i got fame
Love it when you say my name
Love to party I am naughty
Prettier than everybody!

I got muscles Im a stud
Jealous people kiss my butt
Im so fly ill make you cry
Cross my heart and hope to die


I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are

AMV Of The Week! :D Yay! -A little Joke-

Hey guys! This week's AMV is absolutely awesome! This song fits the anime so perfectly and it is for one of my favorite animes: Ga Rei Zero!



Song: Black Black Heart
Artist: David Usher
Anime: Ga Rei Zero

Lyrics:


Something ugly this way comes
Through my fingers sliding inside
All these blessings all these burns
I'm godless underneath your cover
Search for pleasure search for pain
In this world now I am undying
I unfurl my flag my nation helpless

Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds

As I begin to lose my grip
On these realities your sending
Taste your mind and taste your sex
I'm naked underneath your cover
Covers lie and we will bend and borrow
With the coming sign
The tide will take the sea will rise and time will rape

Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds

Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds




Comments: (SPOILER ALERT - IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN GA REI ZERO THEN DONT READ BELOW!)
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nope I caught you! go watch the anime!

Alright but getting more serious now. Forgive me its almost 11:45 and my mind is turning to mush.

Thins song is perfect for Ga Rei Zero because in the end its like, Yomi doesn't WANT to turn evil, but it seems like she's given very little choice in the matter and she only truly turns evil, if you can even say truly ever, is after she's LOST HER GRIP on her life after her father dies and her fiancee doesn't visit her and then her sister thinks she actually killed someone. So so yeah she turns evil still, but doesn't want too and just can't go against it and she faces severe inner turmoil during her injury and after she is taken over by the bane stone.

Anime Music Video Of The Week

Hey guys! I'm coming to you a little late at night, but its still Saturday so you know what that means! The Anime Music Video Of The Week! Yay! Without further adieu here we go! This week the anime music video is one I recently added to the Anime Lovers Delight Playlist on the side. Its called "Again" and its by Yui. It was a huge anime opening that swept across youtube and got many 'likes' from anime lovers. So this week we are giving the opening for Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood a thumbs up, get ready to click your thumbs up like buttons guys!




Song: Again
Artist: Yui
Lyrics:
(these might be for the full song I think btw. hope you enjoy it!)

I thought I was running after something carried over from my dreams,
Yet I'm stumbling into people on this narrow, winding road.

It's not like I want to go back to the way things were back then,
I'm just searching for the sky I've lost.
I hope you understand.
Stop making that sad face as though you were a victim.

Sins don't end with tears,
You have to carry the pain forever.
who am I waiting for in this maze with no exit in sight?
a blank notebook.
make me want to release my feelings more and more
What do I want to escape from?
... is it reality?

makes me want to scream that we live on do u hear me? i cant play it safe no more ... I've got nowhere to go home to.
There's still so much in life to remove this feeling.
(I'm on the way)
I even welcome this pain
for the things I miss

I have to apologize for this. Ah, I'm sorry.
I can't say it well. I'm just causing worry.

Everything that I embraced that day. Everything that I will embrace tomorrow
I will not arrange them in any order.
I hope you understand. I closed my eyes
but I could still see things I do not want to see.

From the useless rumors, which one was it that i heard first?
"Face it and you will be friends"
Don't tell lies like these.
My heart being agitated from deep inside,
a burning sensation runs through my body.
Actually I'm expecting something
from this thing called "reality".

It makes me want to scream that we're alive
For things to come true. Can you hear me?
I can't put up with playing it safe.
... I've got nowhere to go home to.
I'm always grateful for kindness
That's why I want to grow stronger,
(I'm on the way)
...to march on.
I welcome friends and foes.

How do I open the next door? I'm thinking.
I can't take back this story that has begun.
Open your eyes.
Open your eyes.

I still have too long a life ahead
to get rid of these feelings, right?
I want to try doing over
the things I've left undone
Shall we go AGAIN?

It makes me want to scream that we're alive
For things to come true. Can you hear me?
I can't put up with playing it safe.
... I've got nowhere to go home to.
I'm always grateful for kindness
That's why I want to grow stronger,
(I'm on the way)
I even welcome this pain
for the things I miss

Right or Wrong? Redemption for the AMV of the Week?

Recently I spoke with my most frequent reader and my strongest supporter, my dad. :) He voiced his opinion about the Anime Music Video of the week and said he hated it. XD I hate to say it, but I can see his point. He is very focused on how the song sounds and the lyrics and well, yeah, the lyrics don't make a lot of sense.... and I can understand him not liking the song. XD

But here is why I love it so much:
1. Its catchy and I looooove the song, it gets stuck in my head and I felt epic all day with it, like I should be in my own anime opening. :3
2. I was blinded by the gorgeous animation and character design. :/ Sorry, in the future I will judge it more on the song and less on the animation of it I suppose, but this week, that's what got it to the Music Video of the week: The animation and the uniqueness of it. I don't see a lot of anime endings like that and it was really interesting. :3 Sooo yeah, sorry if you didn't like the song but just watch the video then tell me what you think of it. :3 Still disagree with me, then let me know and I'll work to make the next week's song better :)

Anime Music Video Of The Week!

Alrighty guys, I"m going to do my best and post up an anime music video for the week every Saturday starting today! :D

This week I've chosen the K-ON first ending. :) I love the characters design and outfits. The song is great, and the animation is clean and beautiful. Not only that, but its a very unique ending, very...involved? I guess I'd say. A lot of times endings are really dull or just pictures or the character walking through scenes or something, nothing wrong with that, but I LOVE interesting endings. So yeah, this week its the first K-ON ending. :) Check it out.



Anime: K-ON
Song: Don't Say Lazy
Artist: Yoko Hikasa with Aki Toyosaki , Satomi Sato and Minako Kotobuki

English Lyrics:


(Lyrics Provided By: http://atashi.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/k-on-ending-theme-dont-say-lazy/ )


Vocals: Sakura High K-ON Club (Toyosaki Aki, Hikasa Yoko, Sato Satomi, Kotobuki Minako as Hirasawa Yui, Akiyama Mio, Tainaka Ritsu, Kotobuki Tsumugi)
Lyrics: Omori Shoko
Composition: Maezawa Hiroyuki
Arrangement: Komori Shigeo

Please don’t say “You are lazy”
But the truth is, I’m crazy
The swans, I’m sure
Give flutter kicks at a place that you can’t see
I’m instinctively obedient and loyal; I’m well aware of that I get trifled with
Plus my future’s looking bright…
So sometimes, I take a break

Firmly ascertaining it with my eyes
Marking my destination on the map
If there’s a shortcut, then it’s the easy way out
If I’ve got wings that can let me skip things, too, then that’s the best

Oh no, I broke a nail; so I repaired it with glue
With just that, I feel kind of accomplished
What’s important is loving yourself
If you don’t love yourself, then no one else can love you

Please don’t say “You are lazy”
But the truth is, I’m crazy
A capable hawk, I’m sure
Hides its picks at a place that you can’t see
I do my hardest to daydream; the reality drives me desperate
Plus I’m still in mid-development…
So unexpectedly, I go off-pitch

Even if you just don’t see me
My motivation blows the meter
Dreaming with all my might
Sleeping enough for you with all my might

I did it, I got a little thinner; I got so proud that I ate stuff
With just that, why do I feel like it defeated the point?
I promptly adjusted my goal downwards
Adapting with flexibility to the occasion and changing inside-out will let me win

Please don’t say “You are lazy”
But the truth is, I’m crazy
The peacocks, I’m sure
Can charm you here and now
I push on with my entire body and insides; my wish is to be slim and pretty
Plus temptations come up a lot…
So my will gets completely shattered

Oh no, it can’t be the Red Point?! No way, I barely cleared it!
With just that, I feel like I can do everything
What’s important is acknowledging yourself
If you don’t forgive yourself, then no one else can forgive you

Please don’t say “You are lazy”
But the truth is, I’m crazy
The swans, I’m sure
Give flutter kicks at a place that you can’t see
I’m instinctively obedient and loyal; I’m well aware of that I get trifled with
Plus my future’s looking bright…
So sometimes, I take a break