Code Geass R2 OST 1 Is Awesome

Wow Even The Cover Is Awesome

Yeah so remember when I said that the music in R2 had been mediocore.  Well I take it back.  Perhaps it had something to do with me focusing to much on blogging the scenes and not paying enough attention to the music, or perhaps it was just that the show has never let me hear more then a few songs in their entirety before, but the music is actually damn good.  From whimsical to ominous to epic and grandiose, it’s one of those OST’s that has it all.  I’m going to go over each of the songs in brief like I usually do just to give a general idea of what we’re getting with this one.

Gundam The Gundam (More Gundam PV’s……Gundam!)

MS Igloo 2 PV 2

First of all, holy freaking hell does this look awesome, not just in how it’s a new UC OVA, but just in all the highly detailed action going on.   I believe the voice you hear is Kycilia Zabi broadcasting a demoralization message to the E.F.G.F and from the looks of it we are witnessing the invasion stage of Operation British for the first time ever.  Normally all we get to see is that colony dropping on Australia and the huge explosion, but this gives an even greater feeling of desperation to the scenario as we see Federation soldiers fleeing from the massive Zaku’s that now tower over the battlefield and scrambling to make a stand.  The faces on the characters continue to look better by leaps and bounds over the plastic look we saw in the first MS Igloo and so do the movements of the Mobile Suits themselves.

Code Geass R2 Episode 20 (Mom? You look so….young!)

Anya Is Missing Again So Now I’m Forced To Use My Substitute Source For Pictures.  This Guy Sucks…..

Because of the nature of this episode coming across as more of a two parter that is going to require the next episode to draw any real conclusions from, I’ve decided to forgo any sort of review this time around and just try to focus on what happened.  Also no captions this time around.  Sorry, but I just don’t feel like it this week because I feel like I still haven’t seen the end of this episode.

What Makes A Character Gar To Me

Just a minor topic tonight, but I wanted to state where I stand on the whole issue of defining garness in anime characters.  I’ve noticed that a lot of people seem to start and stop at classifying characters who scream at the top of their lungs as gar.  That’s all fine and good and usually it’s a pretty popular and easily discernable trait among characters who are considered to be gar, but I don’t necessarily consider it to be the sole defining trait of a gar character.  In fact it’s not even the secondary trait I associate with garness.  No, the primary trait I associate with garness is heroism.

I Did This On A Self Dare

Last night I was rather annoyed at the internet for being to predictable in it’s humour again, so I decided to make my own joke.  Well that’s what I claimed I would do if given a couple of days, but instead it looks like I ended up with an experimental video.  I’ll be damned if anyone tries to call it an AMV (and if they do I’ll swallow their soul *glares at Deathasaurus*), but what I really aimed for was simple.   I’m not going to tell anybody what that was though unless they specifically ask because explaining it will kill it outright like a Tim Buckley comic.  Actually I’m not even sure if people will find it funny anyway because it’s not a meme or anything.  Whatever, I made this is a stress reliever and had fun doing it so it doesn’t matter.  Here it is then….

The Truth Is Out There, The Bones Will Tell All

What You Will See On The Back Of The 20th Volume Of The Fullmetal Alchemist Manga

What it means:  BONES is not very good at keeping a secret as we’ve come to learn recently, but apparently they aren’t very good at keeping a white lie up for long either.  Remember that leaked document about a Fullmetal Alchemist sequel that BONES went on record to vehemently deny having any truth.  Well apparent BONES were actually the ones keeping the truth and there is a sequel on the way.  That bit of text on the back of volume #20 is the announcement for a new animated TV series, date, plot and cast unknown. 

Just Communication With Gundam 00 Shots

Well I need to publish a light article in order to test my RSS feed to see what’s going on with it and animeblogger antenna and while I was browsing youtube at random today I turned up this little gem.

Code Geass R2 Episode 19 (Rolo’s Song)

Fox New Only Wishes They Could Have This Story

Well to be honest I’m kind of tired and just a touch surly tonight, so this probably won’t have as many pictures as I normally put up.  My arms are aching from hours of swimming up at the cottage too so I also do this one at extreme personal expense to myself with the PAIN and the HURTING and the OWWWW!  So lets get……serious?  Well serious enough to make a focused article…..

An Update On The Ol…..Er Michael Phelps Show?…..Wha?

Or

Which Am I Watching?  Seriously I Can’t Tell Anymore

This is probably going to make me even more enemies, but I’ve gotta say that I’m honestly sick to death of this Michael Phelps guy already after only having known who he is for like a week. It’s like the Olympics have basically become the Michael Phelps show and the media focuses so much on this guy it distracts (forcibly I should say) from just about everything else going on in Beijing (Thank god I have CBC and don’t have to watch NBC where I imagine it being like 50 times worse lol).  I have absolutely nothing against the guy so don’t get me wrong here.  It’s not his fault the media are desperate for his story and don’t give a damn about other athletes and he’s merely doing what he’s meant to do, swim fast.  Personally I too think he has been phenomenal in his sport, but I could honestly care less at this point now that it’s all said and done and don’t understand why his personal story is so much more important to people than anyone elses or why we need to still be talking about it as other people step up to make their personal bests and attempt to make their own footprint in Olympic history.

Code Geass R2 Episode 18 (Big Trouble In Little Tokyo)

Man, Lelouch Is A Legend At Griping.  Wonder What It Will Take For Him To Finally Wake Up

It’s been about 20 episodes, but we are finally back to where we were near the end of Code Geass R1.  Lelouch’s army is stronger, but so is his enemies, and he’s going for the quick checkmate.  Nunally is the key, the flag, and getting her means winning the battle in Tokyo.  That’s of course easier said than done and it turns out that things are always more complicated then the trivial issue of the day that Lelouch is focused on.