Back to the 80’s

In these last weeks I’ve been on a rampage of watching old school anime, already had watched Zeta Gundam and Macross but I wanted to watch other classics so I got my hands on Saint Seiya and Gunbuster. The only reason why I never watched Saint Seiya before even though it was and is now being transmitted on Animax is because I hate the Portuguese dub, seriously some voices sound gay, the conversations are stupid, the name they gave to some saints are stupid, I could never watch such series, so I managed to get the full series besides Elysium with the original voices and English subs. If you haven’t watched Saint Seiya you should, it’s really amazing, no wonder its so famous around the globe.
Gunbuster is one of those very classic Super Robot series, I never expected it to be so good, well I heard it was good but never thought it was that amazingly good, give it a try you won’t regret it.

GoodSmile new line actSta

In June 5th Good Smile Company announced their new line of action figures called actSta and the first to be produced is Subaru from the series Nanoha StrickerS. Scaling at 1/8 this is one of the biggest PVC/ABS action figures, well at least that I know of . No price or date has been announced by Good Smile, for everything I managed to understand from this action figure at first eye is that her price will be heavy, I foresee something around 4000~7000 yen.

Cross Edge, the galore of characters

About two weeks ago I got Cross Edge for the PS3, still hasn’t been released in PAL territory so this is the American version (yeah I’m naughty). Didn’t pay to much attention to it at first, was to busy shooting zombies/ganados on Resi 5 but now I’m playing it with full attention. This game is targeted at a very specific audience and its not those that are all for JRPGs because some of these JRPG fans will not enjoy this game, I see it almost like a Gundam game which is target specifically at Gundam fans, so this is targeted at those that like titles like Disgaea. You won’t see great graphics here because this looks like a PS2 title and the price itself does not lie, its 10 to 20€/$ cheaper than your average game, the story is a bit weird but the amount of known characters and the conversations between them are hilarious at some points. The menus are complex, the fights can be a bit hard but if you play it on easy its really a “walk in the park”. The strongest point in the game for me is definitely the soundtrack, I’m a sucker for soundtracks like this ^_^ , the anime designs are amazing, and again the characters from Darkstalkers interacting with the ones from nippon ichi Disgaea is funny (search for the scene when Etna meets Morrigan). Again be very careful when you purchase this game, unless you are a fan of turn base SRPGs stay away from this.

Blizzard Blizzard

There is no other video game company in the world like Blizzard, not Square, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, you name it, Blizzard has legions of fans because of the quality in their games. People may call me Sony fanboy, computer nerd, video game freak but of one thing I’m sure… I’m a full Blizzard fanboy and am proud of it. I grew up playing Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness and then it was Starcraft back in 98 which I love amongst all the three universes, Diablo, Starcraft and Warcraft. Currently I am impatiently waiting for Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3, I still remember waiting 3 frickin long years for Warcraft 3 when it was announced in 99, we all (fans) hope that Starcraft 2 will be launched in this year, we’re hoping for a date to be announced at BlizzCon in August. I’m also a fan of game novels especially if the universe of those games is good so I have a good quantity of books, would like to get more but its quite hard to get them so I have always to buy them through Amazon UK or purchase them in the States. Here’s my current collecting, still waiting for Starcraft second “manga” volume which should had arrived yesterday or today, still hoping for tomorrow’s arrival.

Megahouse 1/8 Sheryl Nome

Normally I don’t make posts about upcoming products unless its those that really catch my eye and ESPECIALLY since it is Sheryl Nome from Macross Frontier. I really loved that anime, I’ve watched all of the other Macross series and Frontier is my favorite of all and Sheryl was my favorite character although a bit annoying and full of herself on the first episodes but her character was great. She’s schedule to launch in August by Megahouse also known as Alpha X Omega, the retail price is ¥6800. Been waiting for more info on this figure ever since I saw her at February figure festival of this year.

Hayate Yagami, the S class Mage

As you might already know Hayate Yagami from Alter is a masterpiece of both sculpting and painting, her size does not judge her greatness. She’s massive, big, huge and beautiful, probably her biggest downsize is her hefty price but for those that like a good piece of artwork that shouldn’t be a problem. You’ll not see the small Reinforce here for I intend to make a special photo shoot with the other Reinforce figure.