MG Marasai WIP 2nd part

Barely any WIP but anyway i just write a blog post to show my current progress of my MG Marasai. As you can see i almost finished the paint job of Marasai which i got the beam machine gun and the shield left to paint. If things went smoothly probably i can finish working on this kit before 23rd of this month which is the deadline of the GAF group build. As i said before the color scheme that i use for Marasai is for Karaba faction which you can figure out which MS color scheme based on.

MG Marasai Build-off

While my backlog haven't got cleared yet, i decided to work on my MG Marasai as a part of GAF group build. In this group build i am going to repaint the Marasai as a part of the Group build requirement where i need to paint Marasai with other faction's color scheme other than original. In my case i will be painting Marasai in Karaba color scheme which is the Major opposing faction of Titans on Earth and the color scheme will resemble to one of the MS that Karaba uses. MG Marasai is really good kit in my opinion, while it has some minor problem with articulation, the inner frame quality is much better now. For the Group Build, i will be including Ballute System and LED which is the leftover from my Hyaku Shiki and 00 Designer's version lineup. The LED really makes the MG Marasai much better by several levels because the LED is used really well for this kit.

Revoltech Monster Hunter Rathalos Blademaster

After Revoltech Rathalos announced few months ago and released recently, Kaiyodo decide to do follow-up of their Revoltech for Monster Hunter series. This time we get the Hunter action figure which is Rathalos Blademaster. The action figure will be released on September this year with 3200 price tag and Just like Rathalos, there will be also Azure version of the Rathalos Armor released in limited run. This version of Rathalos Blademaster is from MH Tri series which got pretty good skill in MHP3 where the armor gives you 50% chance of landing critical hit on enemies weakspot when it comes in a set. The action figure also comes with Rathalos Great Sword and SnS which are MH Tri version as well. I won't be getting this action figure since the Azure version is running out already though hopefully there will be more Hunter Action figure coming up. While i loved to see Lao Shan, Kushala or Teostra armor to get a cut, i think the newer MH armor will be prioritized first in which i will be gladly to get Rathian or Agnator armor.

Some stuffs arrived for July

Hmm in this month i think i managed to hoard pretty rare stuff compared to my past loots. I managed to get Vardant Toy by Megahouse and Armor Plus Tekkaman Rapier from Mandarake relatively cheap. Last time i also saw another spare Vardant and Brave Gohkin Linebarrel which is only 3500 yen though probably they are gone already. I also got Gespenst Mk-II and LBX Odin from Amiami which makes my backlog doesn't get any better though i will probably able to build the LBX relatively fast. If you are looking for Japanese hobby rare stuff, check Mandarake first before deciding to find it elsewhere

Muvluv Alternative Total Eclipse episode 2

Well the 2nd episode is certainly way more satisfying than the first Episode and my expression is just looks like F-14D above. The Total Eclipse anime is more like Muvluv series now because DESPAIR is joining the ride! Basically the 2nd episode shows how terrible BETA are for newcomers to the series where majority of the BETA strains are having really fun party on Kyoto. The BETA and TSF animation are pretty good despite being 3D animation. As expected Yui's friend are all dead in this episode each killed by different strains and the last 2 deaths are probably the most gruesome ones. They don't really put much good fight considering it is their first live battle but it is still a disappointment because they are Royal Guards. It is such a waste that they got to pilot Zuikaku, they should just be given Gekishin instead. Anyway for those who have read Muvluv Alternative, there are some nice cameos in this episode and hopefully there will be more coming up. I didn't expect Type 00-R is already finished by Siege of Kyoto though definitely it is not Ikaruga who pilots it since he used Zuikaku at that time and the Type 00-R animation is one of the main feature of this episode. The 2nd episode makes me resolved to watch Total Eclipse all the way through because i particularly want to see how this anime will end.

Volks A3 YF-22F Review

The Prototype of the TSF killing machine.

Super Robot Chogokin Aquarion Evol

Aquarion EVOL has finished recently and around the same time, Bandai also announced release of Super Robot Chogokin for EVOL. The SRC will be released around October this year with 4800 yen price tag just like Solar Aquarion. Aquarion Evol is the main form of Aquarion mainly used by Amata in the series thus it is closely resemble to Solar Aquarion of the prequel. In terms of look, EVOL probably looks slightly cooler though it lacks arsenal compared to Solar Aquarion. So far i have only watched up to 18 episodes of Aquarion Evol and probably need to catch up soon to confirm whether the ending is really disappointing or not.

Mongol(Film)

Genghis Khan is perhaps one of the Historical figure that i really admire thanks to Age of Empire series which i think portraits his exploits really well(Mangudai is awesome unit!). Therefore recently i decided to watch a movie adaptation about Genghis Khan's life called Mongol. Probably you will only watch this Film if you either like history or happen to be Genghis Khan fanboy. Mongol mostly tells about early life of Temujin and his eventual ascension as ruler of Mongol, Genghis Khan.  My thought about this movie is rather mixed, The battle in the movie is really lacking because it doesn't really feel like a Mongolian Warfare at all since the majority of the fighters in the battle are Foot Soldiers rather than Horse Archers which are supposed to be the backbone of Mongol Army(i suppose it is due to budget constraints). On the other hand the movie flesh out really well the sources of Genghis Khan's "Yassa Code" which become the Mongolian Empire code of Law stated by the ruler himself. I also didn't expect the Great Khan have his life really hard before he unite Mongol as in the movie he became a Slave at a point of his love. In short if you expect great battles from this movie, you will probably disappointed(like me) since most of the Major Exploits of the Genghis Khan happen in later part of his life which the movie doesn't cover. However the movie tries to shows that even the Great Khan who conquer half of Asia continent have lots of hardships before he become a conqueror.

Danball Senki LBX 014 Lucifer

Another LBX kit that i got my eye into which would be in my future buy-list. As the name implies, Lucifer is really imposing LBX used by one of main antagonist, Yagami Kousuke a Genius LBX battler who serve as one of the last boss in Danball Senki Game. Lucifer is also one of those special LBX like the one that Ban and Jin have as it can trigger powerful special mode as well. In the game Lucifer is no pushover opponent and you will probably have hard time fighting close combat with it especially with its 2 special Hissatsu function that are really powerful and exclusive to Lucifer. I would like to see Epsilon getting a kit by Bandai in the future and i will be putting up the game's review somewhere around next week.

Armor Plus Tekkaman Blade Review

A perfect Toy yet flawed as Action Figure

New SD Gundam G Generation announced!

My body can never be ready when i heard new G Generation games are released! and this time PSP got another new title called SD Gundam G Generation Overworld which makes the 3rd G Gen game have been released on PSP. The game will be released on September this year with the price of 6000 yen. From what i see the animation quality would be the same with G Gen world while the gameplay probably will get some minor tweaks but the determining factor whether the game will be good or not would be the number of playable MS in the game. Obviously a new G Gen game would be lacking without new series addition which are pretty awesome. The new addition series that caught my attention the most are Knight Gundam, Gihren no Yabou and Gundam Wing G-unit(Germinass and Hydra Gundam yay!). I expect we will get to see Unicorn Banshee as well and maybe some Jesta variants as well considering UC MSV is coming along too!. I am quite surprised that more SD Gundam series joining in the series but hopefully existing series will see more of its units especially Astray which was really lacking in G Gen World. I will get the better scan for the pics if i find one and I just list the Gundam series included in the roster down there.

機動戦士ガンダム／MSV／MSX／機動戦士ガンダム 第08MS小隊／
機動戦士ガンダム MSIGLOO 1年戦争秘録／機動戦士ガンダム MSIGLOO 黙示録0079／
機動戦士ガンダム MSIGLOO2 重力戦線／機動戦士ガンダム外伝 THE BLUE DESTINY／
機動戦士ガンダム外伝 宇宙、閃光の果てに／ジオニックフロント 機動戦士ガンダム0079／
機動戦士ガンダム0080 ポケットの中の戦争／Z-MSV／GUNDAM SENTINEL／
機動戦士ガンダム戦記 BATTLE FIELD RECORD U.C.0081／
機動戦士ガンダム0083 スターダスト・メモリー／機動戦士Zガンダム／
ADVANCE OF Z～ティターンズの旗のもとに／機動戦士Zガンダム A New Translation／
機動戦士ガンダムZZ／機動戦士ガンダム 逆襲のシャア／CCA-MSV／M-MSV／
機動戦士ガンダムUC／機動戦士ガンダムUC-MSV／機動戦士ガンダム 閃光のハサウェイ／
機動戦士ガンダムF90／機動戦士ガンダム シルエットフォーミュラ91／
機動戦士ガンダムF91／F91-MSV／機動戦士クロスボーン・ガンダム／
機動戦士クロスボーン・ガンダム スカルハート／∀ガンダム／
機動戦士クロスボーン・ガンダム 鋼鉄の7人／機動戦士Vガンダム／
機動武闘伝Gガンダム／新機動戦記ガンダムW／新機動戦記ガンダムW Endless Waltz。
新機動戦記ガンダムW デュアルストーリー G-UNIT／機動新世紀ガンダムX／
機動戦士ガンダムSEED／SEED-MSV／機動戦士ガンダムSEED ASTRAY／
機動戦士ガンダムSEED X ASTRAY／機動戦士ガンダムSEED DESTINY／
SEED DESTINY-MSV／機動戦士ガンダムSEED C.E.73 STARGAZER／
機動戦士ガンダムOO（セカンドシーズン含）／
機動戦士ガンダムOO A wakening of the Trailblazer／
機動戦士ガンダムOOP／機動戦士ガンダムOOF／機動戦士ガンダムOOV／
機動戦士ガンダムAGE／模型戦士ガンプラビルダーズ ビギニングG／
機動戦士ガンダム シークレット・ウェポンズ ファントム・ブレット／
SDガンダムワールド ガチャポン戦士シリーズ／SDガンダムGX／
機動戦士ガンダム CROSS DIMENSION 0079／機動戦士ガンダム ギレンの野望／
G-GENERATIONシリーズ／＋近日公開作品（複数）

Rewatching Legend of Galactic Heroes

It has been 2 years already since i watched the main series and up until now Legend of Galactic Heroes is still the best anime that i have ever watched. I rarely bother to rewatch the anime that i have finished already but for this Masterpiece I will give an exception as i wanted to see the series in its best form considering i just got the Blu-ray version of the series recently. Currently i am on the first season of the series, while there are not much difference with the DVD version some of the scenes are remastered up to LOGH Gaiden Quality of animation like the episodes 26(which is still really sad as ever ;_;). Along my 2nd run of watching LOGH i also intend to collect meaningful quotes of the characters which the series have plenty of it especially from Yang Wenli because i think this the only thing i can do to help this series. If this series had been released on the West considering there were plans to do it back then(there are dubs samples) i think LOGH would get the attention that it really deserves which is my only regret for the series. Anyway for those haven't watched this series i would like to recommend watching this series again since it is simply one of the best series that animation world ever created which we don't see much these days.

By the way this the Dub sample for the LOGH which are really decent actually

Riviera the Promised Land

One of my favorite RPG game back in the past and yesterday i managed to complete my first playthrough for the PSP version which i have been neglected for years i guess. Riviera is probably one of the more interesting RPG game that i encountered throughout my gaming journey where the story is loosely based on Norse's Ragnarok saga. The game offers one of a kind RPG Gaming experience and have great musical score as well. Though the story of Riviera is less desirable with typical JRPG story and pretty terrible script. Somehow i also find the PSP port is quite lackluster compared to the GBA version mainly due to full voiceover feature which is a bad move in my opiniion and some utility issues as well. Nevertheless i really loved the game back when it was in GBA as it is easily one of the best game in the platform in terms of graphic and music. For my first playthrough of the PSP version of Riviera, I managed to get the Ending for Serene just like my first game in the GBA. Serene happens to be my favorite heroine in the game because she is really adorable when she goes dere mode despite her tomboyish personality. Riviera is probably the stepping stone for its Developer, Sting which helps them to release some more interesting RPG titles which you can try Hexyz Force or Yggdra Union which are decent titles released by them.

Danball Senki LBX 010 Odin

In last few weeks i have been playing Danball Senki after taking a break from Saisei-Hen. I find the gameplay of this series is really fun in particular the customization level despite the story is rather bad(since the series are meant for kids). This series is quite similar Medabots except it is smaller and probably you will like Danball Senki if you were the fan of Medabots. The mecha toys in Danball Senki are called LBX and After i played the game i got myself interested to get one of the kits that Bandai released. The first kit that i plan to get is the Odin which is the LBX used by the main protagonist. Odin is the replacement LBX that Yamano Ban gets after his Achilles got wrecked in Artemis tournament and just like Achilles, Odin still use lance as its primary weapon. So far the Odin is the only LBX that are capable to transform (barring ZX3 which can combine together) and even got special finisher in its transform mode. I would recommend to play the game which is one of the better mecha games that PSP got or you can try to watch the anime series because Level-5 make this series have really good production value.

Drifting Classroom

Another manga that really have good story and can't be judged by its cover. I think out of old manga series, Drifting Classroom is the best when it comes to story department. The series tells about the life of a group of kids stranded in apocalyptic world after an explosion happen in their school. It appears that they are stranded in the future where civilization have collapsed and one by one their members died due to attacks by creatures and they have to defend themselves as most of the adults died. The story is quite grimdark for a shonen series of its time but it teaches plenty of moral lessons as well and somehow the series also remind me with Lord of the Flies novel. In short if you want to find some Shonen series with good story try to read this one because Average shonen titles in the present lose directly with Drifting classroom when it comes to story.