Bubblegum Crisis

I kinda regret not watching this earlier. It is SO GOOD!

The premise is simple, set in 2032 in Tokyo, Boomers, cyberdroids used for manual labor and military purposes intended to serve mankind, become deadly weapons in the hands of ruthless individuals. Behind the series of incidents is Genom, a megacorporation with immense power and global influence. Enter the Knight Sabers, an all-female mercenary team using highly advanced suits of powered armor to fight rogue Boomers for the safety of Mega Tokyo.

What really amazes me is how well the OVA series is done, going from animation, design and OST. My only complain is that it is unfortunately short: only 8 episodes and what is worse, is that we will probably never see another series get this much love in its production. This is truly a classic.

The Goddess is Coming!

A few hours ago, Tamashii held a conference that was broadcasted online in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Myth Cloth lineup. What we got to see was frankly disappointing: a repaint of the 5 God Cloths (some with weirder colors, especially Pegasus and Cygnus) with the addition of action faces that were absent in the original releases.

The real deal of course was that Athena's own Myth Cloth finally appeared after all these years and she looks superb:

However, the price is really high this time: a whooping 10,500 yen! Frankly, I don't think this is fair considering that Hades had a more complex armor (regarding the wings) and had a lower price but I guess that after coming this far, it is practically mandatory for the collector to get this figure. Be ready for December, as that month this beauty will be released.

There were also some Omega Myth Cloths too, but frankly, they looked horrible to me. Perhaps indeed Athena will really be the closure of the classic line.

Crossbone Gundam Fan OP

Just 2 words:

HOLY

SHIT!

I remember watching this very same video a few years ago back when the drawings were made with A PENCIL.
I don't know if it is only 1 person who did this, but this is simply incredible and obviously brings up the question of why the Crossbone series has not been animated yet.
Edit: I just got note of the author of this awesome video, his name is Chau Kitchen (at least that's what it says in nicovideo).

Resident Evil 6

So, about 2 or 3 weeks ago I noticed this game was on sale in the Playstation Store for 20 bucks, so I decided to grab it to check it out. While it is interesting to see how the 4 campaigns eventually tie up together and offer different POVs of the story, it definitely felt much more like an average action game than a Resident Evil one.

90% of the time there’s raining bullets and explosions and fucking mutated zombies everywhere that simply refuse to stay dead, not to mention all the cliches you’d expect to find in your average horror movie. It’s not that it is a bad game, it is entertaining, but it clearly shows that the franchise hasn’t aged that well and has been exploited to death: this game is like a living corpse carrying its name.

Perhaps it is time to think of some sort of revival by remaking the series and going back to the original concept of the Resident Evil franchise, back when, you know, zombies ACTED AND MOVED like zombies, and didn’t use guns or suddenly mutated into some sort of overpowered and grotesque freak that needed like 100 bullets to stay the fuck down, only to trigger a quick time event in which suddenly, it is killed without the characters breaking down a sweat.

The Celestial Scorpion

This last month I was in a rush: a total of 3 EX purchases and my wallet hurts...

The armor is great, unfortunately, Milo's faces suck ass and make of this, the weakest EX figure so far in my opinion, what a shame.