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.

Loot of this month

Another stuffs that i got around this month which are mostly kits but i do got some other stuff as well. For this month i got some Armored Core kits which i am interested to build again after playing AC 3 and Silent Line which are really fun. I also managed to Haul some Volks A3 F-15E and ACTV which are from Mandarake as usual and my collection probably finished once i get the YF-23. Also as you know i am currently playing SRW Z2 Saisei-hen which i bought from Amiami and an Altalion as well since it is 48% off(though probably i won't build this guy until i finished SRW Alpha 2). Probably after June i won't be ordering as much item anymore which hopefully i could do so.

I completed my Z2 collection yay!

SRW OG Masoukishin 2: Revelation of Evil God

Great sequel that no one anticipated

1/100 Shiranui UN WIP 2

Hmm looks like over the past few months my progress in building my model kit had been getting really slow so far and gets worse as my backlog grow in abysmal rate. I blame it to my school life which makes me unable to give my attention to my kits. As you see, the Shiranui that i have worked from last month have got some significant progress. I have finished giving the paint job for the kit and now all left is to handpaint the details on the kit. Probably i could finish the kit in 2 weeks of time i am not occupied with study but hopefully next month i got some more free time to work on the kit. I also throw some comparison of the Kotobukiya Shiranui with the Volks A3 Shiranui in which the kotobukiya kit is taller in few cm compared to the Volks version of it.

FAF Cerberus Review

The Watchdog of Hell in action!

Now Playing SRW Z2 Saisei-Hen!

Now after i finished my Masoukishin 2 playthrough, i am able to play Saisei-hen as i finally got my copy last 2 weeks from Amiami.  While i am slightly late joining the party, i am really enjoying the game so far as i am able to unders and now i am up to stage 30. The 30th stage is quite special because it is the homage to a particular part of Hakai-Hen where Crowe hilariously get his upgrade unit in the same way again(though his melee version of Li-brasta looks rather ugly). Saisei-Hen is certainly an improvement of Hakai-Hen and each stages are even longer now as you will fight tons of enemies. My current favorite unit is Basara who got much better song remix now and i am looking forward the moment when Ozma met him in person :D. The game deserved its hype for sure as but at the same time it also get too much unwanted attention from some fanbases too which makes me a bit sad. Anyway, probably it will take a while before i am writing a review since i have decided to finish 2 playthroughs at least before writing one. By the way having 100% completion Save data from Hakai-Hen really helps your first playthrough since you got decent amount of money and 300 PP for all characters.

Zeta Gundam a New Translation

One of the Gundam series that i have watched recently and i am watching the newer Movie version. While i have been familiar with the series for a while already, this is actually the first time i touched the anime series. In short the movie is a highly condensed version of the Television series with some animation enhancements all over. Overall i find the Movie is really well made as it really shows what makes Zeta Gundam to be famous and it also managed to make me planning to watch the TV series which is probably one of the goal was the movie was made. Though there are some differences with the original storyline that i know after the first movie for instance the Kilimanjaro arc and Dakar day are skipped and Kamille managed to survive this time. While the movie is highly condensed and skipped some of the arcs, i find it still portrays the scale of the Gryps War really well which is actually smaller than OYW. Also what make me likes the Movie is due to the original series quality rather than the animation quality and now i know why everyone hates Katz :) (but i have to admit his character as a normal teenager in the middle of war is portrayed very well). The movie would have been really stellar if it is made with whole new animations but it still did really well with its budget(100 million yen for 3 movies?!). Anyway if you like the movie you might try to play SRW Z which feature the series and the characters are always the new version all the time!

Gundam Unicorn OVA 7th episode

Hmm looks like Bandai had to take back some of their promise back, few days ago i heard Bandai is going to extend the Gundam Unicorn OVA episodes since the planned 6 episodes is proven not sufficient to cover the novel material. I think this is a safer move taken by Bandai since they seems to consider the Unicorn series to be rather important. More episodes means there is better chance the series to have better conclusion but at the same time it means more time for Bandai to milk the series and release some more Gundam Unicorn kits which i wonder what they still have at disposal. Unfortunately the 6th Episode which is titled Space and Earth is going to be postponed until next year for some reason. So far the OVA still going steadily despite i find 4th episode is slightly weak and the series still can go for better or worse(hopefully the former one).

Yami's SRW Portfolio

In this post i will list all SRW titles that i have finished in which i made through the final stage and beat the final boss. I decided to do this so it is easier for myself and anyone to keep track my journey record on SRW series. So far my Top 3 favorite SRW title is MX in the first place followed by Masoukishin and then Z1. MX took the number 1 position because i really like the theme remix especially the original themes which is the best so far in my opinion and the cast list is my current favorite too. My progress in last 2 years has been the most significant one since i finished most of the listed SRW within this period. Currently the SRW titles that i haven't touched at all is in the older generation and i am certainly going to finish some in PSX at least. Without delaying much further here are the SRW titles that i have finished

GBA

• SRW OG1
• SRW OG2
• SRW J (4 runs)

DS

• SRW W 

PSP

• SRW A Portable (2 runs)
• SRW MX Portable (2 runs)
• SRW Z2.1 Hakai-Hen (3 runs)
• SRW OG Saga Masoukishin: Lord of Elemental (2 runs)
• SRW OG Saga Masoukishin: Revelation of Evil God (3 runs) 
• SRW Z2.2 Saisei-Hen

Vita

• SRW OG Masoukishin: Pride of Justice (3 runs)
• SRW V (2 Run w/ Platinum)

 PS2

• SRW Alpha 2 (2 runs) Arado, Ibis
• SRW Alpha 3 (3 runs) Cobray, Selena
• SRW Original Generations part 1 part 2
• SRW Original Generations Gaiden
• SRW Z

My Backlogs

• SRW K
• SRW Alpha(Halfway)

How many SRW titles have you finished? Which one is your favorite?