I have realized that I have quite a lot of content on my hands to review the next month, so I thought it would be a good idea to share with everyone what I have on offer to review this month, and take requests for things you guys would like me to review from my list. Currently, I have information on Anime and Games I have to review, however manga still remains open, and I will just go through my collection and keep reviewing titles at random. I will start reviewing these this Saturday afternoon, so if there are any titles you want to see reviewed (With the exclusion of the anime not yet released), then please comment and I shall try and cater to your requests.
Anime
Top Priority
Reviews from May 2011 which have yet to be completed. In this event, due to a hold up in receiving the title.
Needless – Part 1
All of the Earth’s cities became targets of bombings and were bathed in frightful red flames. Half a century has passed since then. The contaminated former epicenter is still isolated from the city of Tokyo creating a hole in the middle of Japan commonly known as the Black Spot. As time passed, people began to inhabit this wasteland. They were deemed unnecessary by those who lived in cities. Among these people were the ones who could command strange abilities – fire, wind, gravity… they had the ability to control these supernatural powers. Thus, those who possessed Fragments were regarded as….THE NEEDLESS!
Priority Review
These titles are samples provided to me from either Siren Visual or Madman Entertainment. These will take priority over any other review. Of course, these titles can vary so this list isn’t inclusive.
Kaiba
SIREN VISUAL
What are memories? Souls? Spirits? This is a world where memories can be turned into data and stored. Even if the body dies, its memories live on and can be transferred to another body. Bad memories can be erased and good ones downloaded. However, this is something only privileged can do. In a world like this, our protagonist Warp (aka Kaiba) is travelling in another body while having no memories of his own…
Welcome to the NHK – Complete Collection
SIREN VISUAL
Hikikomori – a Japanese phenomenon of acute social withdrawal whereby an individual becomes a recluse from society, typically confining him or herself to the house or a single room for a very long period. Satou Tatsuhiro is 22 years old and NEET (Not in Employment, Education, or Training). He’s also a shut-in, or hikikomori – his apartment is filled with garbage from cheap take-away food and he spends his time watching terrible TV and internet porn. Not even the obnoxiously loud music from next door can snap him out of his hibernation and he is under a delusion that he is the subject of a conspiracy by the Nihon Hikikomori Kyokai (NHK), a secret organisation whose sole intention is to produce a world filled with hikikomori.
Earthworm Jim – Complete Collection
MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT
JIM WAS JUST YOUR AVERAGE EARTHWORM UNTIL HE STUMBLED UPON A SUPER-SUIT THAT EVOLVED HIM, GIVING HIM SUPER-STRENGTH! BUT THE FORCES OF EVIL, PSY-CROW (AN EVIL, WELL, CROW), PROFESSOR MONKEY-FOR-A-HEAD, QUEEN SLUG-FOR-A-BUTT AND EVIL-THE-CAT (A CAT THAT LIVES IN HECK) ARE RELENTLESS IN THEIR QUEST TO RECLAIM THE SUIT AND RULE/DESTROY/FREEZE/KNOCK OVER THE UNIVERSE! HE NOW FIGHTS EVIL WITH HIS SIDEKICK PETER PUPPY (WHO HAS AN INCREDIBLE HULK COMPLEX) AND HIS LADY-FRIEND AND LOVE-INTEREST PRINCESS WHAT’S-HER-NAME. BUT DOES JIM HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO SAVE THE WORLD? WILL HE EVER RETURN HIS NEIGHBOUR’S EGGBEATERS? AND WHERE DOES THAT COW KEEP COMING FROM?
Chrome Shelled Regios – Collection 2
MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT
The world of tomorrow is an arid wasteland, a forsaken place where nomadic communities take shelter within mobile domed cities. Massive, mutant Contaminoid monsters swarm the planet’s desolate surface, and the lack of resources fuels steady conflict between cities. In this bleak future, new military student Layfon is haunted by a violent past. While those in his platoon accept him as one of their own, the mysteries surrounding Layfon and his amazing special combat abilities continue to multiply. With the battle against the Contaminoid scourge growing more desperate and new threats appearing beneath the city’s dome, Layfon and his comrades live in constant danger. If they are to survive, he must face the truth of his former life – because the secrets he fights to hide could hold the power to save them all. Will Layfon have the courage to reveal the terrible truth for the sake of his comrades?
Semi-Priority Review
These titles are of moderate priority.These are titles currently available on the Australian market and have been for a while, but I am reviewing them to promote these older titles and ensure you do not miss out on the chance to check them out. These are all titles I see regularly available on store shelves, so it shouldnt be hard getting a copy of any of these from either the Madman Store or alternatively, a DVD or Anime store.
Figure 17
MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT
Tsubasa is a shy elementary school girl with very few friends. One night she sees a shooting star and follows it to a downed alien spacecraft. The alien gives her a clone named Hikaru, who is as outgoing as Tsubasa is quiet. As Tsubasa teaches her new companion about the world, she rediscovers it herself. When hostile alien life forms appear, Tsubasa and Hikaru unite to form Figure 17, a bio-humanoid combat system.
Dragonaut – The Resonance -
MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT
With a deadly asteroid hurtling towards Earth, sexy human Dragonauts in tight uniforms and their curvaceous dragon companions come together to create a formidable fighting force with all the right moves. Caught in the middle of this race against time are Jin, a heartbroken young flyboy, and Toa, a voluptuous lady-dragon with an amazing set of intergalactic battle skills. Jin’s down about the fate of his doomed planet, but Toa is quick to grab him by the seat of his pants and lift his sagging spirits. If these star-crossed space cadets can unlock the secrets of their mysterious connection and convince the Dragonauts to join the action, there may yet be hope for planet Earth!
El Cazador De La Bruja Collection
MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT
Ellis is an amnesiac with a bounty on her head, and Nadie’s trigger finger is the only thing keeping her friend from falling into the wrong hands. They’re looking for pieces of Ellis’s past, and every mile of open highway brings the girls closer together – but their special bond is bound to be tested. At the dusty border crossroads where ancient spirits and modern science meet, a storm of conspiracy is brewing low in the desert sky. Someone out there can explain the hazy mysteries of Ellis’s past. If she and Nadie just keep moving south, the Hunter and the Witch will get their answers soon enough.
Air Gear
MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT
Welcome to the world of Storm Riders, where motor-powered inline skates called “Air Treks” take extreme sports to a whole new level. Those who dare to ride with these high tech devices risk life and limb in a struggle for fame, power and wings to take to the sky. Enter Ikki Minami, the toughest fighter on the east side of town. He rules his school, takes on violent gangs single-handedly and lives with the Noyamanos; four sexy sisters with a surprising secret. And after a humiliating defeat to a terrifying gang of Storm Riders, the sisters welcome him to the world of Air Trek, where his strength, speed and ambitions soar to brand-new heights.
Lucky Star
MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT
Meet Konata, an athletic and intelligent girl too dedicated to her favorite primetime anime shows to excel in anything but otaku culture; Miyuki, the cute, bespectacled living example of moe with an encyclopedic knowledge of all subjects; Kagami, the bitter-sweet, tough but shy straight-man to Konata’s constant teasing and pranks; and her younger fraternal twin sister, Tsukasa, a kind but air-headed klutz. Witness this study in the human condition as our heroines explore the unexplored in questioning the ordinary!
Kanon
MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT
Yuichi hasn’t seen his cousin Nayuki in years. Now that he’s back, all knowledge of ever visiting has vanished. He tries to adjust to the vaguely familiar surroundings, but the gaps in his memory haunt him as time grows short. The pieces of the puzzle have appeared – an eerily silent beauty with blazing tresses, the mysterious girl with the winged backpack, and the sword-wielding demon slayer – but it’s up to Yuichi to discover how they fit together.
Ouran Host Club
MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT
Ouran High School. An institution of extravagance and prestige where learning is secondary to luxury. Bookish Haruhi can’t afford to slack, being on a scholarship and out of place among the moneyed. No matter – the Host Club is now open! A group of handsome boys dedicated to selling their charms to their bored female classmates, Haruhi is suddenly in debt to the club after breaking an expensive vase in their lair. The only way to pay for the damage? Haruhi will work as a Host! The only problem? Haruhi is a she!
Shana
MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT
Yuji Sakai is about to learn that there is more to the world than going to school and finding a girlfriend when he meets a sword-wielding girl with fiery red eyes and flame-colored hair. Denizens of the Crimson Realm are invading our world and it’s up to the Flame Haze, Shana, to slay them. However, when Yuji gets in the way of her sword, he learns that death is very different from how he imagined it would be.
Low Priority
These are actually random titles I have bought for myself, both from American Anime Suppliers and Australian ones. As of yet, I haven’t had a chance to watch them, so here is a few hints at what will be included in this section:
Games
This month, there are only a few titles I will guarantee that I shall be reviewing, however with the many games coming out in future months, there shall be more soon. There may be other titles reviewed, but currently the two that I intend on reviewing soon after I get my hands on them are:
White Knight Chronicles 2 (Playstation 3)
Agarest: Generations of War Zero
Of course, my normal The Otaku’s Gaming Study will continue, and other games may be added to the list.
Manga
– To Be Confirmed –
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