Arakawa Under the Bridge TV Series Now on Air

This summer is a brighter one when Arakawa Under the Bridge has its TV series now on air starting from the last week of July, 2011. It will be another nice season to see Arakawa residents in real person.
Girls are very cute and lovely. Boys cool and funny. Enjoy!

Nurarihyon no Mago II: Sennen Makyou

A quick celebration for Nurarihyon no Mago II: Sennen Makyou. It starts airing in July 2011. For more information, please visit the official website Sennan Makyou .

The Black Rabbit Has Seven Lives: Introduction

Please be advised this post is for informative purposes only and may contain spoilers.

 The Black Rabbit Has Seven Lives (いつか天魔の黒ウサギ, Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi) is now on air in July 2011.

Based on homonymous light novel by Kagami Tagaya, who was also the author of The Legend of the Legendary Heroes, Kuro Usagi anime is a very romanticist creation that highlights the importance of promise and the never-ending circle of life, presented by Zaxces.

Story:
It all starts when Taito(Usagi) Kuro(Black)gane  received a kiss bounding his life with Saito Himea--one of the Ancient Vampires who bears eternity in her very blood. An ever-lasting love story is shadowed by  Hinata Kurenai who has forcefully separated Taito from Himea in pursuing of Himea`s primeval theotechnic power and erased Taito`s memory of his only love.

Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san: Introduction

Please be advised this post is for informative purposes only and may contain spoilers. This anime contains sardistic and metamorphosis expressions in a sarcastic way. Reader discretion is advised.

Yondemasuyo Azazel-san is another interestingly tailored comedy detective series originally drafted by Yasuhisa Kubo and presented by Production I.G. as a new entry for April, 2011.

Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san!

The story is set against Akutabe Detective Agency where Akutabe summons different demons to do some "special" jobs for him. The comedy effects come mainly from the way the demons deal with those cases using their unique demon power.

Through the cases Akutabe "successfully" solved, an overall picture of the human society and its psychological disorder is revealed either by the mouth of Azazel and other demons or by the observation of the human assistant Sakuma.

Ao No Exorcist: Introduction

Please be advised this post is for informative purposes only and may contain spoilers.

Ao no Exorcist, originally a manga of  Kato Katsue, is now on screen in April, 2011 presented by A-1 Pictures, Japan.

The hero Okumura Rin, the blue flame inheritor of Satan,  is raised by Father and Exorcist Fujimoto Shiro, a priest who is the only one that can resist the possession from Satan. Rin's demonic power is sealed in Koumaken (katana) by Mephisto Pheles to prevent him from awakening.

Rin's demonic mode

When the day comes the Koumaken could no longer control the power of Rin, intruders sent by Satan have destroyed the church where Rin is protected. Fujimoto is possessed by Satan during a quarrel between him and Rin. The world has changed when Fujimoto died and Rin released his power in order to save the people around him...

Samurai 7: Renewal Sect 3 Story (EP 1-5)




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Episode 1-26 Briefing

Warning: the following parts contain heavy spoilers. Read at your own risks.*^_^*
Story telling and details are based on Japanese version only. The story interpretation is solely from Nameless.

EP 1 "Kiru!" (斬る!)--Cut Throat

It opens with a peaceful scene of farm girl and boy sitting in the middle of green paddy fields.  A sudden appearance of Nobuseri brings shadow to the smile of a  farmer who checks his rice.

The camera shifts to the battleground where airships, floating fortress, robot soldiers and samurais fight in a blood shedding world. Kambei gives his order to Shichiroji of last blow to the enemy flagship and an attempt to break through the surrounding in order to save his soldiers as many as possible...

In Kanna village (Kanna means "No gods" or "where gods left"), people are praying for water maiden Kirara to locate their new source of water for irrigation. At the village meeting, a bold decision is made: to hire Samurai who are hungry, provide them rice, ask for their protection against the upcoming marauding from the Harvesting Fortress of Nobuseri. Kirara, accompanied by Rikichi, carrying all the rice of Kanna, starts their journey to search for Samurais who are willing to wave their swords for civilians.

Dragon Crisis: Critic

Opinions expressed in this post toward Dragon Crisis anime is all from Nameless's personal peer.

Dragon Crisis finished its 12 episodes anime version by end of March, 2011. Based on a light novel of Kaya Kizaki, this Studio DEEN anime production is nothing but disappointing.

Ryūji Kisaragi,the hero, is a high school student with high profile parents in the profession of Lost Precious--relics from ancient times that usually are embodied with extreme strong power. The meeting of his cousin Eriko begets a reunion of Ryūji and the Red Dragon Rose. Other dragon species and several more pieces of Lost Precious involved later did not make the anime better.

Elona: Free Roguelike RPG

This post if for informative purpose. Opinions on Elona in this post are from the personal views of Nameless, not those of the game developer.

Eternal League of Nefia--Elona is a free roguelike RPG developed by Noa since 2006.  It is available in both Japanese and English. Can run in Windows XP, Vista and Win 7.

General information:
*Start from designing your character, from race, class to every detail of appearance, similar to what we do in RPG maker, the player will travel in Irva, a land that is affected by Etherwind. There are many towns, cities, dungeons and vast land of wildness for players to explore, hunt monsters, harvest crops or elements, dig metal and ores, and collect rare equipment.

*Quests are posted in every town or from random encounters. They are limitless and will generate every day, ranking from simple ones to hard ones indicated by coloured stars. The character's fame will influence the difficulty of the quests generated.

*Time management is important in Elona as all quests have time limit. Time elapses 10 times faster when travelling in wildness.  Many quests involve travelling to other towns.

*Termination of the character is not the end. You can pull a dead character up at the cost of loosing some of the attributes or abilities and money. You can also let the poor character be buried and delete his/her life.

[C]: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control--New Series of April 2011

This post is for informative purposes only.

[C]: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control is a new anime for the coming April. 

                  Someday somewhere, a golden card is presented in front of you. With it, you can use any amount of cash as you want. What will you say?

Gosick: Gothic Lolita Detective

Please be advised this post is for informative purpose only. It is kept free of spoilers to its best except some basic introduction of the two main characters.

Gosick anime, based on a homonymous light novel written by Kazuki Sakuraba, started its airing in January 2011. It is also available on manga version.

A detective story setting in fictional Sauville (I would see it as "France") after WWI, the Gothic Lolita Heroine named Victorica de Blois is "prisoned" in the highest tower of the library at St. Marguerite Academy. Kujo Kazuya, a Japanese young man from a traditional military family line enters the Academy in Spring and is nicknamed as the "Azrael of Spring"(Haru no Shinikami). To put it simple, this is a story of a simple-minded brave "Azrael" meets a mysterious golden fairy.

Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy Released in Japan

This post is for informative purpose only. All the rights of the information and pictures involved are reserved by Square Enix and the orginal designer/producer. Click on pictures for larger versions.


ディシディア デュオデシム ファイナルファンタジー
Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy


Character Sample: Sephiroth



Developer: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Publisher: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Genre:ACT - Action Game
Storage Format: UMDx
Console: Play Station Portable プレイステーション·ポータブル
Language: Japanese
Release Date: March 03, 2011（木曜日）in Japan

                       March 22, 2011, in the United States
Price: UMD 6,090 Japanese Yen            
           PS-Store 4,980 Japanese Yen
Official Site:  http://www.square-enix.co.jp/dissidia_012/

GameSpot Now Playing entry for Dissidia 012

New Stuff Coming Soon

A sorry from Nameless for a quiet late February and early March due to my travelling in Asia. When I was back, my work has already piled up.  I will add new stuff as soon as possible, and will try to keep up my former pace of a weekly update. Thanks to all who visited this site.
Enjoy this coming White Day of March 14th.
As we appreciate our time spending with our beloved family, friends and love, let's pray for all those who suffer from recent natural disasters and those struggle for survival in areas of upheavals.

Freezing: Rana Linchen Cutscene Album

Please be advised this post is for informative purpose only and may contain spoilers. Freezing anime  contains scenes of violence, nudity and blood-shed. Pictures in this post were kept free from adult content to its best. Reader discretion is advised.

Freezing anime, based on the hononymous manga, is male-oriented. It started airing on Jan.08, 2011. The story is set to a futuristic world where Pandora girl battlers fight against the invasion of Nova. Pandoras depend on the Freezing seal zones provided by  their Limiters in order to balance the Freezing seal made by Nova.

A Little Gift to All

A beautiful song from the anime Pandora Hearts.
Every Time You Kissed Me



For all who are in love or ready to search for love!
Alone, enjoy the music!

Yumekui Merry Continued

This post is for informative purposes only and may contain spoilers.
Merry is very kawai.

.hack//quantum Introduction

Please be advised the following post contains spoilers and is for informative purposes only.

.hack//quantum is a 3 episodes OVA anime by Kinema Citrus studio Japan and presented by Bandai Visual. Ep 1 is released on Jan.28, 2011.

The story is about three high school girl students who play "The World" as a team, but by accident they are involved in a mysterious event of the game.

Left to right: Mary, Tobias, and Sakuya in The World

Yumekui Merry: Introduction

Please be advised this post contains spoilers as Yumekui Merry is a new anime series of Jan. 2011.
Yumekui Merry, originally a manga series written and illustrated by Ushiki Yoshitaka, is now airing its anime series in Jan. 2011.

Merry Nightmare is a Dream Demon lost in human world.

Infinite Stratos: Level Up of Biaku Shiki

Please be advised this post contains spoilers as IS is a new series of Jan. 2011. 
Infinite Stratos has several stages to upgrade. Ichika's BiakuShiki level up when Ichiga combats with Cecilia and Rin.
The starting IS Biaku Shiki is very basic with Snowflake I. 

Starting shape of Biaku Shiki with Snowflake I



Witty Remarks on Life From Regina Brett

Some friend gave me this sheet of paper with 45 witty remarks from Regina Brett, 90 year old, a smiling granny in Cleveland Ohio.
I would like to share some of them here with all my friends. May you enjoy and smile!

"Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
(If it is fair, it'll be even better!)

Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
(I would rather hate a dumb computer)

Samurai 7: Renewal Sect 2 Main Characters

Samurai 7 Sect 2 is dedicated to basic information and pictures of most main characters.

Samurai 7

Phantom~the Requiem of the Phantom Anime Update



Nameless edition  of Phantom logo (c) Jan. 19, 2011.
Original materials from Phantom anime producer/author.

  











Ein and Zwei, no past, no future, the wandering dead, the Phantom of nowhere.

FF Versus XIII FF Agito XIII Update

Final Fantasy Versus XIII ファイナルファンタジー ヴェルサス XIII  PS3

Official site: http://www.square-enix.co.jp/fabula/versus13/ (Japanese)

Quote:

At the beginning, the world is not sided with good or evil. Only because we add our thoughts to the world, good and evil is devided. ( Though I understand it, I am kind of struggling with putting Japanese to English. Anyway, it is similar to that.)



Hero
Noctis Lucis Caelum
ノクティス・ルシス・チェラム

 




Red  eyes when in rage and a blue emblem while fighting are his symbols

 












A New Snack

Today I found a new snack that is weird but good. It is labeled as "Brookside Dark Chocalate Goji". It is a pity I found no Blueberry ones today. It's all gone.  Pomegranate is not attractive as Goji ones because the latter is more nutritious. So I opened it and.....

Samurai 7: Renewal Sect 1

Introduction and the Seven

Samurai 7 anime (2004) is based on Kurosawa Akira's homonymous movie (also translated as Seven Samurai) of 1954. Setting in the Sengoku Period Japan, it tells a story of a small poverty striken village' survival counter attack, with seven samurais, against Nobuseri and the after-harvest marauding.

As Cold as l'hiver

This week is freezing after the storm of last weekend.

That is the sixth of the first month

It’s the 6^th of the first month

Everything smooth but nothing nice

Entered a drug store searching for a toothbrush

That cost $10 plus

Shinrei Tantei Yakumo--Psychic Detective

Based on homonymous novel, anime Shinrei Tantei Yakumo tells supernatural stories brought by a young university student who has a CRIMSON EYE that can see the souls of the dead.

Introduction: Yakumo, born with a red left eye, is treated as an other and experiences attempt of murder from his own mother when he is a kid. Saved by a police detective Gotou from the hands of his mom, Yakumo asks "why did you save me?" In fact he has ultra strong sense of justice and a sympathy for those souls he sees as being wronged or murdered. He is confused by his otherness. He even tries to commit suicide because he feels it's his guilt that  his mother  went crazy and died due to his otherness. A girl from his university changes Yakumo's life....

Love Everlong Forever

Everlong, a free RPG that provides over 50+ hours of normal play, is one of my most beloved old school RPG. It has a well-woven main storyline with 11 playable characters and numbers of NPCs. Though a Ragnarok stereotype, Everlong develops a world of unique outlook, geography, demography and cultures. Several main continents have been shared by different countries/states which are divided by cities and regions. Warning: the rest of this post contains heavy spoilers....

Quote of the Day

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
                                                                                                      -----------------------by 'the fox' in Le Petit Prince