Oh my god! The long wait is finally over, yes your eyes don’t deceive you the topic is in fact correct the trailer for the upcoming Trigun movie has been shown at AX ( Anime Expo) 2009 and watching the trailer I cannot wait for this to get released. Trigun and Cowboy Bebop hold a very special place in my heart as a fan of anime and Trigun was one of the first brilliantly dubbed anime I ever encountered. Here is hoping they use the original Japanese/English voice cast for the movie, you can check out the shaky cam trailer below.
I wasn’t a very big fan of the previous versions of the Splinter Cell franchise, but all I can say is holy mother of god, and all things that is good in this world this game is going to be amazing! Check out the latest trailer were the developers discuss the latest instalment of the long running franchise.
Earlier in my first impressions of Tales of Vesperia I said I had a issue with the introduction movie and said I will expand on it later. But then I thought that this was more of me being nit picky than anything else, so I am just adding this as a foot note. The introduction movie is something really awesome with high quality animation and up beat song, the title of the song is “Ring a Bell” or in Japanese “Kane wo Narashite” sung by a Japanese lady going by the name of “Bonnie Pink”.
My issue with this is that they did not keep the original Japanese vocals for the song, but instead got her to sing the English version for it. And the end result is a song that is sung in broken English which in my opinion totally ruined it, not to mention you cant make a word out anything she is singing. I think it would have been better to get a proper English artist in or they could just have just kept it in Japanese version as is. Below is the two different videos decide for yourself.
This is a rather tough first impression for me, why you may ask? Well not because the game is bad or anything rather the fact that I am currently playing another top notch JRPG for the Xbox 360 Star Ocean: The Last Hope. So I am going to try my up most not to compare the two games, as each of them should be judged on their own merits. Anyway let’s get this rolling I have been a fan of the tales series since the Gamecube days and this game holds a special wet spot in my pants, mostly because of the animated cutscenes and the cell shading used. And in that regard Tales of Vesperia does not disappoint and if you were a fan of the other tales games you will definitely enjoy this.
Vesperia takes place on the planet Terca Lumireis. The people of Terca Lumireis have come to rely on “blastia”, an ancient civilization’s technology with a wide array of capabilities, such as providing water, powering ships, or creating barriers around major cities and towns to protect them from monsters. The Imperial Knights and Guild members also use “bodhi blastia” to enhance their abilities in combat, but can be fatal to humans in large concentrations. When the aque blastia core is stolen from Zaphias’s lower quarter, denying water to the lower class that lives there, Yuri attempts to chase down the thief, but is arrested and jailed in the castle. He escapes and flees with Estelle, after discovering that she is searching for Flynn and so there adventure begins.
The Xbox 360 achievement system is a really awesome way of enlarging your e-penis status as an Xbox 360 owner and if your gamer score sucks you can always enlarge your e-penis with this handy Achievement Generator. So if you suck at playing games you can always create your very own achievements that you can print out and stick on your walls to make yourself feel better.
Just before you leave for Bacchus D-79 “home” planet in Star Ocean: The Last Hope you can take a walk about the Calnus while it is in warp and you can interact with the characters and explore the ship before going out of warp. I took the footage as you “accidentally” walk into the woman’s shower.
Now I might not be the biggest Neon Genesis Evangelion fan out there, and I might not get all moist when you mention it. But I can safely say this cosplay image is pure hotness.
It took Mike Rodriguez a little less than four months to complete himself, from concept to final product except for the music and the sound samples. Also check out his blog site to see his work in progress diary of his animation work, which you can find here.
First off I haven’t played any of the previous Star Ocean titles the closest I ever came was watching the 2001 anime entitled: ” Star Ocean: EX” and that was pretty much my only contact with the franchise. But having said that I have played some of the games that the two developers namely Square Enix and tri-Ace have developed in the past so I knew what to expect when it came to gameplay and quality. Though the unknown factor was how well the two companies would work together to bring us the next installment of the Star Ocean franchise, and so far I am impressed with what I found so let us begin. And the first thing I will be discussing in my first impressions is the voice acting and story, which has gotten knocked by most reviewers.
Yes the so called “dubious” voice acting and story gets mentioned in most online reviews but I think I can shed some light on this due to my experience regarding Japanese culture and having watched my fair share of anime in dubbed. The voice acting is not bad in fact the lip synching and the way the voice actors carry themselves is brilliant, the issue comes in that some of the voices of the English voice actors is rather how can I put it “abrasive” personally I love them while I can imagine it might grate someone’s ears. And some of the English voice actors from games like Eternal Sonata, Lost Odyssey and Final Fantasy make their return. So they aren’t new to this experience and are seasoned voice actors with lots of experience.
