Since I have so many games, I’ve been wondering if I should review some here, insteadof simply going *keyboard smash* OMFGUGAISTHISISAWESUMSAUCE!!!111one.

 So, I give you, princess debut:

The premise is rather simple: This is a dating sim. For girls. On Nintendo DS. Yeah, really. The setting goes: You’re a girl who gets to stand in for a princess who doesn’t wanna learn to dance in time for the ball. So you switch places with her, find a dance partner, and aim to learn to dance in time for a special holiday. If you get it right, you can then marry the prince. So, it’s a combined dating sim/dancing sim.

 The whole “dancing” system is OK for a minigame, but it gets kinda boring after a while. New dances appear every so often, though, and you can get new dresses throughout the game, so it earns a few points for trying to make it interesting. All the dances are real dances, and set to classical scores like “Swan Lake” or “Flower Waltz”. The animation of the dancing couple is really good, too. It really looks like they are dancing, and there is a mode where you can learn dancing for real from the game.

I found the main character a bit of a sissy at times.. But, it came from Japan, so I shouldn’t expect too much regarding gender equality. The princes are all very cute, you can find all the usual archetypes from anime here, like the “kid brother” boy, the “onii-chan” type, megane-kun, a tsundere guy, and the childhood freind. Sadly, there is no great amount of character development, and it’s pretty easy to see what princes what choices will lead to, mostly. But there is enough moe-interaction with the boys to make it worthwhile, and you can miss a few choices without getting a bad ending.

 In short, this is a nice game, usefull for short bus trips and shorter periods of play. Final score: 3/5

Today, I came across something interesting while I was browsing the “That guy with the glasses” site: An article about romance movies for men.

Well, since I’m a bit of a movie-person(Although I like silent films the best, thankyou very much), I checked the article out and came to some astonishing relevations.

 Now before I continue further, I must say this: Yes, I’m a girl, and no, I do not like romance movies. If it has explosions and action, yes, I’ll probably watch it. If it’s old, filmed in the 1910-1930’s, I’ll watch it. If it’s funny, I’ll probably give it a try. I’m usually not that picky with my movies, they can frankly be pretty predictable and half-bad if they’re to serve as temporary entertainment, except if it’s a romance movie.

Romance stories and dramas can be beautifull, yes, but in order to appeal to me, it has to be something really, really, really good. Because I really can’t stand those movies that are all about some stereotyped chick in her 20’s-30’s, who dons make-up and thinks clothes are her life. I mean, hold on. I don’t know any people around me who acts like that. I don’t act like that. So why the heck should I bother watching? It’s the same crap in every movie, right? Girl-falls-love-with-guy, one-of-them-screws-up, they-get-together-at-the-end-anyway.

Guess what? That list proved me wrong.
The descriptions of every movie actually made them seem like movies I’d watch. Why? Because, a) They’re mostly funny, and b) They actually seem to have a decent story.

So, if you don’t like romance movies, try that list. Really, there’s lots of really good movies on it! And the sappy-predictable-romance-frilly-bullshit is far, far away.

Ehehe, yeah. ^__^

Don’t worry, I’m still going to update this blog- I just need some more time to finish the Ravex In Tezuka World review. In the meantime, you can visit me here:
http://www16.oekakibbs.com/bbs/Sailor-Kitty/oekakibbs.cgi

So, I picked up the Black Jack DS game after thinking long and hard, and then finding out that Rock was in the game(coughcoughfangirlcoughcough).

At first, I was afraid I would have trouble playing, since I don’t even know kana. But it turned out to be pretty easy, as long as you have basic Tezuka knowledge, even the story is easily understood at times. Note that I say “at times” because most of the time, you’ll have a pretty good idea of what’s going on. Dialouge and such are complicated, but it’s fun to watch that too, because the sprites are entertaining and they’ve got voice acting, too- ^W^ I’ll try to post some screenshots later on. I’ve decided to take as many as I can along the way.

I really hope Rock doesn’t die in this game… I mean, the guy never gets any happy endings. Uh, I should probably save my fangirl-banter for later..

Anyways, I really should write up a review of this game once I’m finished with it, :3 I really reccomand this game, no matter how good/bad you speak japanese.

Look what I got in the mail. :3

OK, so I know it’s technically not the very best movie ever made… That one might still be in the works. But I do know that it is one of the best movies I’ve seen so far, and one of my personal favorites. ^0^ It was the first thing by Tezuka(OK, not really, but still) that I ever saw.

See, back when I was a kid, Sweden seemed to want nothing to do with anime/manga. There was some anime dubbed, but that was really low-quality-dubbing. We did have Sailor Moon on TV though, only most kids seemed to hate it. I loved it. So I learnt it was an anime and, uh… The rest is history. Really. (And it involves a little 8-year-old desperatly hunting for anime.)

Anyways, I first saw Metropolis when I was ten. I wasn’t really sure why I picked it up, probably because I thought “Hey, that looks like anime!” And then I read the back of the cover. Then Astro Boy was mentioned, and I knew then and there: I HAD to see that movie.

Sadly, the lady who was supposed to take me to rent a movie did not agree. She pointed out that the movie was “From ages 11 and up”. I nearly threw a fit. Needless to say, I was not allowed to watch it that time.

So I manage to get my dad to rent it for me(He’s actually got a clue of how these age-thingys work). I had a terrible cold when I saw it, so I couldn’t enjoy it as much as I otherwise would. It was a wonderfull movie, though. I remember being dissapointed at first, since everybody looked like disney characters with long eyelashes. Then Rock entered the picture. I had no idea of any of Tezuka’s characters at the time, but I liked Rock. He had a gun. He shot things. Therefore, he was cool. I felt really sorry for him, too… All he wanted was to be loved.

The VHS-movie was DUBBED. Yeah, dubbed. I sighed about it, but I saw it anyway. Thing is, it was dubbed in english. ENGLISH. Most movies in Sweden are only dubbed if they are: a) For children, or b) Animated. But this one was dubbed in english, and it’s still the only anime dub I actually think is pretty good. Especially Rock and Tiima’s voice, they were pretty close to the original.

SPOILER STARTS HERE.
I loved the ending scene to bits. My dad cracked up when they started playing old jazz-music to scenery buildings crashing down. I nearly cried at the end, where Tiima falls to her doom… But it’s a bit of a happy ending too, I think. I love bittersweet endings, for some reason.

So, now I have the DvD. It’s a been given a wonderfull treatment that you don’t see often in anime over here, seeing as it has bonus material and dubbing in several langueges. Including RUSSIAN. And it has two disks, ^0^ lucky lucky me.

Ok, it’s been a while since I last wrote about games. This one here is a remake of an old game, a near-perfect RPG.

Rhapsody was originally released for the Playstation. I read a review about it and really wanted to play it, but I don’t have a Playstation, and it was long off the market by the time I read about it. Luckily, it was re-realeased for DS last year, so I’m finally able to play it now.

The setup is pretty simple: A girl embarks on her journey to save a prince. Yes, folks, it’s a game with a cool female protagonist. A PIXEL RPG WITH A COOL FEMALE PROTAGONIST. I’ll just let that sink in for a while.

…Ok, back to the article.
The developers did, however, add some more ingredients to the mix. Like the fact that Cornet, the main character, talks to puppets and uses them for battle. There are musical scenes, too.

Yes, there are musical scenes. The songs are in japanese, but there are subs on the bottom screen for you to follow. The sprites dance cutely in little musical routines, it’s adorable to watch. You can rewatch all the scenes in the menu once you unlock them. While some seem rather mediocre, they aren’t exactly bad. For a game, they’re pretty good. Not in the “This song rocks!” way, rather in a “Cute song, it’s OK” way-Although there are some gems, like the villanes’s song.

And the pixels. This truely is pixel RPG at it’s best. The characters are drawn in cute, anime-styled graphics, and the backrounds are gorgeous. The sprites are cute, too! You can choose to view all the sprites and faces you unlock in the menu of the game.

To summarize, this is a great game that really needs more attention. I hope more parents will buy this game for their daughters instead of the usual pink-princess bullcrap.

Hello guys!

Ugh, saving up is so hard… But I made it. I made it. I saved up 500 SEK to buy myself some books with, ^W^ So I finally ordered Cyborg 009. I have the first two books, but it’s out of print, so it’s not in stock anywhere I live… (Cute Joe is Cute) And, I found out that it was actually released in Sweden during the 80’s with Swedish dub. Sweden, like a few european contries during the 80’s-early 90’s, imported a decent amount of anime from Japan. And while Sweden does decent dubbing on high-budget Disney films and so…

Well, they didn’t give anime much quality. The best anime dub I know is Digimon, and that was imported from 4kids. Most Swedish anime is dubbed with unfitting voices and has a cast of 3-7 voice-actors. The result, if you like bad movies, usually turn out hilarious. I try and buy them if I can find them, for the FAIL=WIN factor.

Take the Terra E dub, for instance. There was one man dubbing Jomy, Toni and Soldier Blue(They never translated his name. It sounded really wierd.), and he made them all sound like old men. They messed up translating several lines, ending in conversations that were impossible to follow and qoutes like
“We will fight them.. And after that, we will make freinds!”

Everybody were laughing their asses off. Even the grown-ups and a girl who hated comedy.

…Back to the 009 dub.
Turns out, it’s avadible on youtube. It’s fantastic, really. There is one person, ONE SINGLE PERSON doing an entiere fifty episode series. Sure, he was a decent voice actor, but, man. He did the girls, the children, it all sounded really stupid and wierd. His grammar was very lulzworthy, too. I mean, in a “People die if they are killed…” sense.
Link(It’s in Swedish, gomen…):

I simply must have this dub. I’m pretty sure this isn’t fansubbed, either…

Oh, and for those of you who don’t speak Swedish, here’s an extra. I went on a Rock drawing spree in class today:

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Here, everybody!
It’s not a very known fact, but I am quite a fan of silent movies, Chaplin, and Asta Neilsen. Although I do mostly watch movies by those two (And hoping to get my hands on the Henry Lloyd box), I occasionally dig up really old things from the time when “moving pictures” were considered entertainment in themselves, while developing precursors of modern filming technique. While most are primitive and of poor quality, they still manage to make me smile from time to time.

This gem here is, according to sources, the very first science fiction movie ever made. It was filmed in 1902, and retains certain elements detectable in Sci-Fi through the ages; A voyage to a diffrent planet, aliens, et cetera. Sorry for all the ado, here is the movie: 

…So, I finally got my Black Jack books in the mail last week. (I’ve been busy and not had much time to write until now) They really PWN, even if they are much darker than the anime. The manga is a really great piece with gritty realism, bad endings, and not the uppity-happy-happy optimism that the anime posseses. The anime was kind of a family show, were Pinoco showed up a lot more often. Probably because the younger viewers identified with her, and this was broadcast on television after all.

I’m happy that I got to see the anime first, because otherwise I might as well have been one of those people bitching that “Hey, this ain’t Black Jack! This is wholesome family entertainment!”

Well, I kinda like the fact that the anime and manga differ, because that means I get to see something new weather I watch the anime or read the manga. I usually stop watching anime because it fails to impress me and I feel “Ehh, I’ve read this in the manga. It’s exactly the same…” Then I turn it off. But the thing about BJ is that I can read the manga and find a dark treasure trove, watch the anime and see more Pinoco and a slightly or almost completely different storyline, without it diverting too much from the original.

I can only hope that BJ anime will be released in the states soon. I nearly cried my eyes out with happiness when I found it was being relincensed, then cursed a river when I found that I could not buy it, then cried again when the anime came out, and now I have both the anime and manga. Kitty is happy girl, yes?

Since it’s been a while now, I’ve decided to clean out my entries (Boy, did that feel good!) and start anew in this little corner of the world that we call the internet.

So, I thought it might be nice to share some of my favorite Vocaloid songs with you, :3

 1. Adolescense-Another Cendrillion by Kagamine Twins
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=hC8AP6gsHq4&feature=channel_page
I must admit-I’m a sucker for Kagamincest. But this one is actually pretty good, has a pretty video and great music.

2. Go Go Mario by Hatsune Miku
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=NEu0WqMv6Hk&feature=channel_page
Everybody likes Mario, right? And Vocaloid+Mario makes for an adorable video.

3. Old Radio by Kaito
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=tVGrqjKHz5Q&feature=channel_page
Truly, one of Kaito’s best songs. It’s got a cool story, too.

4. Give Back My Pants! by Len Kagamine
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=0Shd8wxlFIg&feature=channel_page
Isn’t Len-kun cute? He’s so shota in this… But that’s just cuter. ^W^

5. Prinsoner by Len Kagamine
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=CnSdZPhvFhw&feature=channel

Beutifull… ;__; If you love Kagmine-twins, you’ll love this. The video has varying art quality, but the words and story make it worth watching.

6. Hitobashira Alice/Human Sacrifice Alice by Kagamine, Miku, Kaito, and Meiko
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=PdcFAl-Ho6I&feature=channel
Sick, twisted, and well-worth watching. My taste exactly!

7. Dolls by Rin Kagamine
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=Es8fClakbrU&feature=channel_page
I don’t know the story that well, but the art is lovely, and the song really strikes tears.

8. Goodbye For Physicist by Hatsune Miku
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=DZm3o_WFy_o&feature=channel_page
Yes, the video is wierd. But it kinda makes sense if you can read the lyrics, preferribly matching the song to the text.

9. Uninstall by Kaito
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=tiKZgymNqnk&feature=channel_page
Yan-dere Kaito. :3 This song is so sad…

10. The “Hungry” Song by Miku Hatsune
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=jbCbcNsYuZw&feature=channel_page
This song is kinda slowy, but fits very well when you want to take it easy.

11. Let’s Return To Zero by Len Kagamine
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=WsiDTDFWyxM
RAWCK! Kinda simulates the feeling of the very last boss battle in a video game.