4/04/2010

Upcoming April 2010

I'm still here! And there are some things I'm working on. So far this year I have watched the following titles:
NieA Under 7
Gunslinger Girl Il Teatrino

Gun x Sword
Bleach (ongoing)
Fushigi Yuugi
Night Head Genesis
Paranoia Agent

I also reviewed Berserk, but I guess I watched that last year. I'll be writing up reviews for Night Head Genesis and Paranoia Agent soon. I've been watching Kimi ni Todoke, which is adorable. And the next show on my Netflix is Clannad: After Story. So I'm off to a bit of a slow start, it seems. I've been reading a ton of manga though! And I got to do some other things, like review Kick-Ass: Creating the Comic, Making the Movie. I also covered all three Makoto Shinkai films over Global Shinkai weekend (5cm, The Place Promised, Voices).

Otherwise.... I finally beat Nostalgia, for the Nintendo DS, which was entertaining, if a little lacking. Think a less sophisticated Skies of Arcadia. I also beat Mass Effect 2 recently, which was bloody brilliant. Assassin's Creed 2 I beat before that, which I also loved. Was playing Prince of Persia, but it glitched on me somewhere, and I'm unable to complete the game, so I put that aside. Finished Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth last night, which was...about as nonsensical as you can get. Good game, but some of those cases.... At a bit of a standstill at the moment regarding video games, so I'm hoping to pick up Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon for the Wii soon, and also Resonance of Fate later this year on the 360. Still working on Dragon Age: Origins for the PC.

Nothing much else to report on. Haven't seen any good dramas lately. I'm waiting on the Gokusen film to be translated, and the Nodame movies to come out. Still wondering what happened to that Skip Beat drama...wonder if it was canceled. Oh, I did have plans to watch the LA Yamato Nadeshiko...but forgot about it. Will have to look that up again. Very excited about the LA Beck Mongolian Chop Squad that is coming out, starring one of my favorite actors (the lovely Hiro Mizushima). Also, there's a new (animated) Trigun film! Can't wait to get my hands on that!

To all my readers, few though you were, if you're still there.... I hope you are enjoying yourselves! If you're looking for some manga to read, don't forget to check in on my review column at ComicAttack.net. I write my Bento Bako Weekly column every Monday, and I often have a Bento Bako Lite on Wednesdays. I'm working on some anime review for you and hope to have them up in a week or so, so I'll see you again then!

2 comments:

xJAYMANx said...

@Kris-chan: Heyyy, you're still around! Glad to see some familiar titles there. Haha, the "Gokusen" film has been translated, just not in English yet, hehe. As for other J-drama, why not "Hana Yori Dango"? But maybe you mentioned a (manga-esque) reason not to watch yet. Yeah, I still need to download the "Nodame - Final" series, but still watching other series at the moment (Dae Jang Geum K-drama, Smallville S9, and the Jackie Chan Adventures cartoon). So yeah... Good luck with your anime reviews too! Though I'd suggest watching stuff instead, lol. ^_~

Kris said...

I'm watching a Twitter feed of the sub group I got the series from, and I think they're around halfway with the translating and coding of the film.
I think Hana Yori Dango is on my Netflix.... Oh,the anime is. All the LA they have is the films.
Wish Netflix would expand their Asian drama selection. :(

No, no, I want to write the reviews! They don't take too, too long. Plus they help me remember what I watched, lol. I'll get to them, I'm just a little busy with manga reviews for Comic Attack. My anime consumption has slowed quite a bit as well. I still have a couple series on my shelves I haven't watched yet. About to pop in a disc of Clannad After Story (from Netflix) right now, to watch over lunch.

What I need to do is get a thing that lets me stream my computer to my TV. I'd watch a LOT more anime and dramas that way. I just hate sitting at my computer watching that stuff.