First Impressions On: Twin Angel Twinkle Paradise

 

You know what I don't have a damn good to say about this so called anime, so if you hate people "ditching" on your new "favorite show, you know what"??  Though shit is all I have to say, I am not going to force you to read this, but maybe I should force you to watch this anime  while using it as a sadist too for torture.. Okay trailing off into my personal life that, some of you don't need to know about. As of now I don't even think that the series is worth finishing off but perhaps I am wrong. Perhaps on a slow such as Sunday  I will watch some it here and there but as of now I would rather not drink my-self to death.

Twin Angel or know as Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel - Kyun Kyun, Is based off of two ova's that came in out in 9/28/2008. This series much like Rio Rainbow Gate due in part that it's is based off a series of Pachinko-Machines with the same character designs on the machines. Personally I think this is lazy but Rio Rainbow Gate was still fun to watch and no where near as tedious. The story mainly revolves around our two main heroines Aoi and Haruka that are just your normal/average middle schoolers by day but then turn into magical crime fighters by night. 

The main female leads of course go to an rich private school, have the typical cute mascot and there is even the long transformation that shows off pretty rainbows.... um yeah. So what went wrong?? The main problem that anybody can point is the fact that they are trying to damn hard to mimic other things and not trying to be it's own Individual show. "I do realize  this is next to impossible in this day and age but it can still be done". Magical Madoka did it but that went to dark for some, hell even Milky Holmes was funny if not for the reaction faces/comedy in the show.

I personally don't hate magical school girl anime quite the contrary really. I personally love Card Captor Sakura, Pretty Cure, Sailor Moon, Moe-Tan, MagiKano, and Magical Madoka. I just hate lazy attempts at anime that try to parody these shows and just end up falling flat on their ass in doing so. Even the lame attempt/blatant rip-off of Tuxedo-Mask called the Misty Knight who happens to show up in the nick up time to save our ladies with roses. Parody's for magical girl shows can be done right however this is not case in Twin Angel. please go watch some cheap anime from the 90's instead.. oh wait a minute..

Sadly I could hardly find any-thing redeeming what so-ever for Twin-Angel. Hardly  if any of the characters seem likable expect for the ninja butler and even then that was corny. Not even the music or art work is worth mentioning for twin angel and the OP sounds like shit, however I will admit I did like the ED due in part that tusndere queen "Rie Kugimiya" sings in it however that's enough enough to even keep some away. She is also in the show as well as the white angel called , but hasn't made an appearance as of yet. 

Perhaps I am being a little to harsh on this Twin Angel but in all honesty I really expected better from J.C.Staff, I know they are capable of doing better than this. Toradora, Index, Rail-gun, Excel Saga, Hayate, Shana, Familiar of Zero, The Worlds Greatest First Love are all decent so it's in the realm of possibility after all. I will not post a score yet until I see two three more epiosdes and perhaps I will be a little less harsh by then. As of know I am really close to dropping this anime but if I can get hold of some liquor maybe it will help.

Usually I do not go by first episode for any thing to determine if a show is worth a damn or not, but when I am able to list off nearly twenty bad cliches right off the bat somethings wrong .Okay if anyone is offended by my preview for the first epiosde then just take up it with Frederica Bernkastel. Peace out everyone and look forward to more previews soon. Summer is shaping up to be good so far, now excuse me while I go hit my head against the wall for twenty minutes due in part that it will cause the same amount of brain damage.

-Cecil The Dark Knight

Age Rating: 16+

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Characters: 2/5

Animation: 2/5

Music: 2/5

Plot: 1/5

Story: 1/5

Overall Rating: 1/5

Happy 4th of July

I am personally not doing anything special today but for those who are I do wish you happy fourth of July. Summer is in full swing and I will have some more first impressions/reviews up as soon as possible. I have been watching winters last hit "Magical Madoka" which happened to be licensed by Aniplex-Usa. I do have to say that the show and art-work are quite good and just a beyond the norm series like Higurashi or Umineko. Well that's all I have to say people have fun grilling out and setting of fire-works catch you around later.

-Cecil The Dark Knight

Oh enjoy this AMV of Azumanga Daioh celebrating my "great nation" ..

First Impressions On Ro-Kyu-Bu!

The Entire Time~

If your read or referred to my other post for my Summer Watch List then this was on the bottom But of course Japan chooses to air this one first. In no way is this a review just a opinion on how I felt after watching the first episode of "Ro-Kyu-Bu" I do want to make this clear. Also I have a thread started on Crunchy-Roll for the impressions for the show as well, so if you have an account there feel free to post there as well. The only other thing I do wish to add is the fact this anime is not going to be for everyone so if you hate Loli or Moe~ Stuff, then just don't even bother with series I don't want to hear you bitch and don't say it's the end of anime either.

To sume up this series in a nutshell it's about elementary school girls playing basket ball with help from a high school coach.  Subaru Hasegawa or male lead has to become a coach for the elementary girls basket ball team because of this older sister. This was due in part that the last coach was fired for being a suspected pedophile . All of the characters happen to go campus ground due in part it's rich private school. So Subaru is put into hard position due in part that he has given up playing basketball himself but maybe one of the girls will re-kindle his spirit!

The first episode overall just goes over Subaru being a temporary coach for girls by the usual introduction of all characters, what they are good/bad at and why they like to play basket ball. Overall the first episode get's the job done right by laying down what the series will be about so you will not be disappointed at all. I also happen think that Tomoka Minato is the most talented player they have on the team.

One of the high notes for the series is the soft pallet of colors, animation and artwork used for the characters. It's nothing groundbreaking by any-means like madoka magica or stein's;gate was but it's overall pleasant to look at. Another high note is the music which is overall soft but does pick up when tensions are high in a basket ball game. This does add more to the series and gives me some hope that it will be worth watching from start to finish.

I am also get a huge felling/vibe that this will be a series with harem undertones as well, due in part that the younger girls are going to look up to subaru as an older brother. As creepy as this sounds. Also the girls love teasing him by dressing up as maids..he thinks that he is in the wrong club by asking him you don't like little sister maids??" That is one way to give a first impression. It seems that the  girls were just a little to eager to please Subaru, however this not  not going to be easy for his everyday high school life.

Obligatory Shower Scene

I am not going to lie there is also a tad bit of ecchi as well that will drive-away quite a few people/fans away due in part of how young some of the characters look/happens to be. Look at the pic above for a good example of  to see what I mean. I happen to like loli or lolisque characters as well so this isn't going be a bad series for me but I thought this will be the only moe~, anime I watch this season just due in part how sweet these shows can be. To much eye candy on person tends to be just bad as eating a bag sugar which causes the same effects if your not careful enough.

That's all I have to say on Ro-Kyu-Bu! If you have any interst in the seires at all feel free to leave a comment below. If these type of series turn of you off or are not your cup of tea then I really do highly recommend not watching any of it. I will keep you all updated if the series gets picked up for a legal streaming license later down the road, catch ya'll later~

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-Cecil The Dark Knight

Age Rating 14+

Characters: 3/5

Animation: 4/5

Music 3/5

Story: 3/5

Plot: 3/5

Overall Rating 3/5

This Is Science and Dr.Pepper.. A Review of Steins Gate

Free Wall-Paper

So what the hell is a Stein's Gate?? Well let's just say you will need to drink a lot of Dr.Pepper to figure this one out. Like most anime in this day and age It's adaption based off of a visual novel developed by 5pb and Nitroplus that our came out for the Xbox 360 on October 15th 2009. A PC version did come out a year later on August 26, 2010, which I am happy to announce, is getting a fan translation which will complete before the year is over. I also wish to add that Funimation added steins gate to their list for a domestic DVD/Bluray release. The anime is being done studio white fox which is a new comer to the stage on a project like this with music from Takeshi Abo

I do realize that the series nearly over now but hell I feel like it's better late than never to do the review for the series, also don't mind the publish date I just did a time-leap to do it is all. I will say one thing this series, based on the premise alone was enough to have me asking... What?? "Sending Text Messages To The Past" but it has blown my expectations out of the damn water, just like Clannad and Higurashi did when I first watched them. I will admit I didn't expect much from this series but it's what a good Sci-fi series should be. Also all of the roles in the series are filled by characters that actually look/act their age as well.

Behold AHAHAHAHAHA

Steins Gate revolves around our main lead Okabe Rintarō who quite frankly has to be one of the strangest male lead I have seen in a really long time. "Mainly his habit of talking on a cell-phone about the evil origination sern and drinking D.R. Pepper." The first episode starts off Okabe going to class about time travel with his child hood friend Mayuri Shiina who is off buying a coin slot item which she happens to loose by accident but it's worth a cool 100,000 Yen "Just how rare was that Item??"  Mean-while Okabe is debating the theory and relativity of time travel Kurisu Makise or CCCHHHRRRIIISSSTTIIINNNAAA as okabe calls her with his trad-mark laugh. Kurisu also happens to swear that she met Okabe fifteen minutes prior but he has no memory of it.. 

A little time passes and while going upstairs he finds that Kurisu has been stabbed covered in blood so he then texts one of the other male leads Hashida Itaru. After sending the text, everything get's all damn trippy where you see Okabe walking down the street alone even though he was just talking Mayuri. When Okabe awakens from this surreal dream he learns that the class room that he was hit by a huge satellite. It's later that Okabe discovers while he is talking to Itaru on a elevator that the texts he sent him about Kurisu was some-how sent a week ago. However the biggest mind-fu** at the end of the episode is the fact Kurisu is still alive and well, then that's it for the episode one.

So Tsun.. So Tsun..

I will admit that Steins Gate is a series that is really hard to follow, despite this flaw once you catch on to the main focus it's one of best series for 2011. The characters, story, they way it's being handled is just something I was not expecting for a series like this. Stein's Gate genially makes you care for each character, always keeps you guessing what's going to happen next and the twist they have done so far I didn't even some coming from a mile away. Another worthy note is the art style and music they choose for the series. Okabe himself looks like he really is an mad scientist with the beard and lab-coat, the focus on facial features for each characters and the back-ground are really above par as well.

One thing I love the most is the theory of time-travel the are using for this series. Mainly the use of world lines or the possibility of every small choice can change our outcome in life, even our gender if we are not careful enough. Small changes like this however are not enough to fully split the world in A to B lines. Something so drastic such to split the world lines for example what if “September 11^th never happened or if Y2K did affect our computers”. I personally sit around pondering these what if scenarios all the time.

It needs to be something to drastic that it changes everyone’s life not just yours. The other fascinating thing is that later on when a main character is killed; despite Okabe’s best efforts he can not change her fate. This is due in part that she is meant to die no matter what they would need something like I just mentioned to make sure it doesn’t keep re-occurring but at what cost?? This could be linked to a theory called the butterfly effect, however I don't have the time to explain that here and I am sure for many of you this theory is way over your head.

Now for a series being based off of visual novel can go either way and they really took the high ground with this one. The music is just wonderful with a great Op and Ed that still even personally give me chills every-time I see them. One funny thing to point out is the random product placement of Dr. Pepper in the series. Okabe loves to mention the fact that this soda/drink is only meant for high intellects such as him-self. Well I could go on and on about this series but there isn’t a point I just want to get this review out of my way. If you haven’t caught this show yet you really need to, it’s worth your time and you will not be disappointed.

Edit/Update: After completing the full series I wish to add it has one of the most satisfying endings that I have personally seen in a long time. Most if not all the questions are answered and doesn't leave any logic error's lingering around. There is also an ova floating around the net that adds a little more to the series but nothing major. I do hope however that funimation will have this along with their release later next year.

Stein's Gate ED The Twelve Time-Governing Covenants

Age Rating 16+

Animation 5/5

Story 5/5

Music 5/5

Characters 5/5

Overall Rating 5/5 "PERFECT"

-Cecil the Dark Knight

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Nearly 6000 Hits So Far.

So with nearly 6000 hits so far in only three short months, I do feel like it's a time for a bit of celebration. That number isn't anything I do realize this compared to nearly what most sites get per day. However I find this to be a good start thus far. Oh I hope you all did enjoy the Final Fantasy Four DS Opening as much as I do. I am your reviewer "Cecil The Dark Knight" after all, where else did you think I got the name from? "Also having the last name Cecil seemed to have helped in that decision as well."  Despite the original Game being nearly over twenty plus years old already it is and will always be my all time favorite Jrpg. 

Let's move on past this, for those who don't know I have set up the site now to where any-one can post with an log in account. So to the anon's of 4chan play nice, after all I am a old fag after all and being lurking around there since 04. So what I am going to do for this near celebration?? Well The only thing I can do is just finish up my two reviews for spring line up before the summer line-up hits into full swing. Also I do plan to have a another manga review up soon, from a really unexpected title so look forward to that as well. That's all I have to say to everyone, have a good summer and I will catch you guys around. Also feel free to leave any comments of what you think I should review I do welcome any hint's/suggestions so just leave some feed back.

-Cecil The Dark Knight