Macross Frontier OST 2 “Nyan Tora” Review

Nyan Tora Tora Tora…..Scary….

Hey you!  Yeah, you the guy over there!  I know what you want!  I can see my blogging stats and search engine hits!  It’s a Macross Frontier OST 2 review right?!  Well here it is.  This is the latest Yoko Kanno OST, it’s awesome, 10/10, end of story!

I….it’s not?  Well Anya’s telling me it’s that apparently my review isn’t good enough.  Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to do this properly then.

Ga-Rei Zero episode 2 ~ Killing has never been so easy

I shat bricks!

I really hope that I am not biting off more than I can chew for one season but here you have it, I have decided to take up this series as well based on what I thought was quite a stunning first two episodes. One of the reason why this series sticks out from the pack like a sore thumb could be explained with three simple words; W…T…F.

ChäoS;HEad, Episode 1

In the anime business, we often see VN adaptations, mostly eroge. However, we rarely got something different from the usual “school romance”, even though they are obviously different from each other. In some rare occasions, we got completely different visual novels, such like Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni, Fate/Stay Night, Utawarerumono, Demonbane, etc.
And this time, another of such “outsider” got its rightful adaptation. Chäos;HEad, by 5pb and produced by Nitroplus (to contrary of common belief, Nitroplus has absolutely nothing to do with the game realisation/direction, only the production, pretty much like Visual Art’s for Key games).

Suspense and thriller, this story involves Nishijou Takumi, a very unusual protagonist: a complete hetare, borderline hikkikomori. He is your usual creepy otaku, “enhanced” with strong delusion he acknowledges himself and bears an utter disinterest to the “3D world”. However, he will be involved in a series of murders that will soon challenge Takumi to figure the truth out of his delusions.

As a VN reader, I was quite interested by this title, and got curious by this announcement. This led me to actually take a look to the visual novel, and it was a nice ride. I assume that many of you didn’t read the original material, so I will try to keep my comments safe. However, I think it will be interesting if I also add some points that compare the game and its anime counterpart. I will separate each CH article into 3 parts: the usual summary/comments, the differences between the 2 medium + additional information (safe, just for your information) and a thorough “rant/critic” as a VN reader (should only be read by those who are already spoiled or have read the game), these shall be in white (… white trigger? XD) as there isn’t any spoiler tags system for wordpress unfortunately. They will cover most of the time the content that has been omitted that should have been kept for the plot.
I hope I will provide articles that will stir your interest, regardless you are an anime only or VN reader.

Tytania Episode 01 (Gundam 00 is now going to be competing for my time)

While A Lot Of People Would Probably Just Call This “Fabulous”, I Still Live For These Kinds Of Scenes.  War Should Never Be Waged Without A Nice Cup Of Tea And A Willing Audience

Funny that as I was mentioning the lack of Tytania subs, Aero should come out and deliver.  Here it is at last, my second most anticipated series of the season.  Truthfully I didn’t know anything about the storyline before watching this episode other than it was in the vein of Legend of The Galactic Hereos, but by the end of the episode I was hooked.  This is the kind of show that I thought they just plain didn’t make anymore.