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Rurouni Kenshin 2
Voice actress: Yui Horie
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Black Haze
High School DxD
UQ Holder
Nise Koi
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Spiderman 2
Lego: The movie
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Magi: Season II Page 29
Strike the Blood
Unbreakable Machine Doll
Fairy Tail: Season II
Magical Warfare
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Dark Souls II
Professor Layton 3DS
Wildstar
Lego Hobbit
Wolfenstein: The new order
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Cosplay Picnic
Local Artist
International Cosplay: Yaya Han
TCG Interview: Pokémon
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- Mobile is the platform of today
NEWS: FACEBOOK BUYS OCULUS RIFT
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Director: Keishi Ōtomo
Based on: Rurouni Kenshin – Written by Nobuhiro Watsuki (Manga)
Starring: Takeru Satoh
Release date: (Part I) August 1, 2014, (Part II) September 13 2014
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Distributer: Warner Bros
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peek at:
Two months after the release of this album, she plans to
hold a big two-day concert at Yoyogi National Gymnasium
entitled: “The adventure of Yui Horie V: Targeted School
Festival”. Yeah, it kind of loses a lot in the translation.
This concert is scheduled for the 7th and 8th of March. To
live into the theme of this concert, she dressed in a school
uniform during the press conference. Now take a look at
that kawaii face, and tell me how old you think she is?
That’s right, she is 38 this year. Unbelievable right? The
Japanese have gotta let us in on their secret to eternal
youth.
All Otaku promises to keep SA community up to date on
the major happenings Japan, and will at least try to profile
a different voice actor in each issue in order to get the
community informed!
Ms. Horie then proceeded to form a temp unit with
Yukari Tamura in 2001 and together they released
two singles, one of which was used in the Love Hina
Christmas Special. In 2005, the founded Alice5 and
included 4 more voice actors. Sadly, Alice5 was
disbanded in 2007. After this debacle, she became a
free agent. Today, she is affiliated with VIMS, a
division of “I’m Enterprise”. She has published seven
independent musical albums, which nearly all
incorporated at least one track from an anime she
worked with. Ms Horie has her own radio show,
which first broadcasted in October 2002, and can be
heard on the Japanese station JOQR (AM 1134 kHz)
at 22:00 – 22:30 every Sunday. As expected, she also
has a lot of fans, but her official fan club is called:
“The Black Cat Alliance”.
Now that we are a little better acquainted with Ms
Horie, let’s get back to the news. Late May she had a
press conference on Nico Name Housou’s live
broadcasting program called: “Washi-Sta Igai to
Omoshiroi Bangumi” and announced the release of
her ninth album (title still undecided)! This album
should be available on the 9th January 2015. Her
previous album, “Himitsu” (Secret) was released on
the 22nd February 2012 and was ranked 3rd on the
Oricon weekly album rankings in the first week! We
here in SA do not really have an official counterpart
to Oricon, we more have a whole bunch of
independent top “x” lists that radio stations compile.
The good news don’t stop there (well, for the
Japanese people anyways).
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- By Grant Wilson
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Every story needs a hero and until the Lego Movie finds one
Emmet will have to do.
Eight years ago the Wizard Vitruvius fought the evil Lord Business for control of the horrifying super
weapon, the Kraggle.
In the city that he lives in, Emmet is the most perfectly round peg in a round hole with nothing at all to
separate him from the thousands of other Lego minifigs that inhabit his city. He buys expensive coffee,
sings the "Everything is awesome" song, but when an unlucky series of events causes the one thing that
can halt Lord Businesses sinister plans is to be attached to his back, Emmet must discover what it truly
means to be special.
The Lego movie is a triumph, a work of art and one of the funniest comedies of the year, the team that
brought us 21 Jump Street have struck again with the Family film of the year.
When I first heard about this movie I was sure it would be terrible, I mean a movie about Lego could
only end in a cheapo toy tie in and given that the other films in this genre include the abysmal
Transformers and GI Joe movies. The movie could have easily been a terrible pandering piece of
garbage.
What really impressed me was that despite being a fully CG film the movie actually looks like a Lego stop
motion fan film. It's a great experience and it feels like the story came right out of a child's imagination.
Chris Pratt is great as Emmet as the lovably hopeless protagonist by default that nobody has any
confidence in being remotely competent. Elizabeth Banks works well alongside him as Wildstyle, the
Vitruvius and Wildstyle
action girl who seems to be a living
embodiment of every trope in the book.
Morgan Freeman could read the phone book
and it would sound good, and supporting
characters including Batman, who is as goofy
as Adam West but still quotes from the
Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Films and a
1980s Spaceman named Benny, who
resembles my first Minifig, round out an
excellent cast.
The real outstanding performance and the winner of the movie in my opinion is Will Ferrell as the
villainous Lord Business. Business is the embodiment of a great comedic villain and Ferrell together with
Liam Neeson as his sidekick "Bad cop" have the funniest lines in the movie and the climax which I will
not spoil, is where Ferrell gets to show off acting chops we've seen before but never like this.
I recommend that if you missed this in the cinema, Shame on you! Don't miss it on Video!
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Gareth Urahara-sensei Duff is an English Teacher by trade and a cynic by genetics. He'll be back just as
soon as he gets that "Everything is awesome" song out of his head.
Lord Business
Released in 2012, this full colour
Korean manga (manhwa) opens with a setting reminiscent of an
old victorian era. With fair maidens in free flowing dresses, far
spanning forests, a horse & carriage, a well-polished
introductory narrative akin to any opening prophecy and a large
scaly, fear-instilling, black dragon – Black Haze is not what you
were expecting. The protagonist, draped in black robes and
equipped with a blade, who saves the maiden, is a high school
student.
With a slightly deceptive opening to the overall setting and
themes of the series, the fantasy, high school adventure story
has a smooth plot progression that is building up the “bigger
picture”. With each major character bit by bit the ongoing of
magic and the world beyond our reach.
One of the aspects in which the series is not lacking in any way
shape or form are the wealth of characters. From colourful and
animated to the monochrome and dull, the cast of the series is
impressive to say the least with people of importance designed
in full colour and the people who were just needed to populate
the background in a dull grey with no discernable features.
Having not reached a major turning point in the story, the swell
towards it is putting its dedicated readers on edge. This fantasy
dipped in mystery is worth the read.
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Nise Koi!
Written : Hajime Tanaka
Illustrated: Naoshi Komi
Published : Shueisha
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Nise Koi!
Translated to Fake Love or False Love, this critically acclaimed manga gained popularity for its over
the top clichés and light hearted humor in a plot set around the heir to the local yakuza trying to
distance himself from the violence and thuggery. Things don't go as planned when the daughter of a
rival mafia gang cross paths with his family's yakuza. The only way to end the escalating battles is for
him to date the daughter of the rival gangsters. With a plot twist and love triangle not hesitating to
poke its head early on, the series is littered with comical scenes of the two trying to convince
everyone that they are a happy couple with over the top expressions of love.
In amongst the run of the mill comedy antics and drama that ensues, we are introduced to a variety
of diverse characters some archetypical of the manga genre and others unique to the manga itself.
Nonetheless the characters are well draw in a style that blends shonen and shojo together
seamlessly. Complimenting their unique physical appearances are their quirky yet loveable
personalities and expressive dialogue.
A very noticeable drawback to the entire series are the unoriginal plot points that can be both
predicted and made in comparison to other romantic shonen manga.
The serial which started its original in November of 2011 is still going strong will 12 volumes
available for purchase. Not surprisingly the manga’s success, in selling over a million copies, led to its
inevitable adaption into an anime with 20 episodes that has had the same success as its source
material.
-By Bill Salazar Masuku
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