Man I'm on a roll today on blog posts here, now aren't I? Anyway, a random user who I have no idea from where has leaked out the first quarter catalogue for the upcoming 40th Anniversary Super Sentai series set to air next year, the animal-themed (again -_-iii) Doubutsu Sentai JuuOhger. And boy do we have some BIG info.
Okay so get this: For the first time ever, we'll be starting out with 6 members in the main team as opposed to the usual 3 or 5. The members are JuuOhEagle (Red), JuuOhShark (Blue. Note that she's female but not light blue like most female Blue Rangers), JuuOhLion (Yellow), JuuOhTiger (White. The only other female on the team), JuuOhElephant (Green) and JuuOhGorilla (Black).
Another thing to note: The gimmick. The JuuOhger's gimmick are the JuuOh Cubes, which allow them to henshin and summon weapons and mecha. Their henshin device is known as the JuuOhChanger and their sidearm weapon is the JuuOhBlaster. Plus, JuuOhEagle has the EagRiser as a personal weapon.
Now, Mecha. CubeEagle, CubeShark and CubeLion (Red, Blue and Yellow's mecha) combine into the team's main mecha, JuuOhKing, while CubeTiger, CubeElephant and CubeGorilla (White, Green and Black's mecha) combine into JuuOhWild. And yes, there are auxiliary mecha, with CubeGiraffe set to debut.
Anyway, this is all we know for now. What do you guys think? For me, I'm actually a little more interested in this as for both Super Sentai and, subsequently, Power Rangers (possibly), this'll be the first team to start out with 6 members in the core team. Unique, if I might add.
But enough of my opinions. Sound off below what you guys think. As for me, I'll see you guys in the next blog post.
Okay so the pic above is somewhat a placeholder for until I can come up with a proper logo pic for these type of posts (Don't ask. I'll have people nagging at me for make a wordy blog post without visuals.).
So anyway, no news this time but this is something I'm probably gonna be doing quite often, which I unceremoniously call "My Music Interest". But what is My Music Interest? It's basically a series of blog posts that I'll be doing either when I'm free, once a week or once a month. As for what it's about, it's where I share the songs I'm hooked up on lately, be it full songs or just short versions. Just something I thought I'd share just for my readers to learn a little more about me.
So anyway, let's get on with the first, shall we?
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PLASMIC FIRE by KOTOKO x ALTIMA
Okay so one of my all-time favorite bands is ALTIMA and on occasion, I do listen to KOTOKO. Both bands are a pretty big part of my otaku fandom. So hearing them perform this song pleases ALOT. And yes, this song is called PLASMIC FIRE and is the opening theme for the upcoming anime, Accel World: Infinite Burst.
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1983 -Schwarzesmarken- by fripSide
Okay so here's a question: What do ALTIMA and fripSide have in common? 2 things:-
1. Both have Satoshi Yaginuma a.k.a Sat as member/composer. 3. Both are 2 of my favorite bands.
So anyway, the video above is the opening intro for the visual novel adaption of Muv-Luv: Schwarzesmarken and featuring the opening theme, 1983 -Schwarzesmarken- by fripSide. And yes, I absolutely love it. BTW, Schwarzesmarken is getting an anime adaption too. _________________________________
Can't Stop!! by Sanae Katagiri (Voiced by Azumi Waki)
So let's talk THE iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls. Yes, I am a fan. Anyway, no videos this time as there's a download for the single online and also because I want people to actually hear the song for themselves.
Anyway, what do I think of this song? Energetic. I'm constantly playing this song on loop most of the time. Though, atleast in my own opinion, this is one of those songs that is meant to be performed live. As for whether this song suits Sanae, quite befitting. The character's always been depicted as someone "genki" and given her background as an ex-police officer, absolutely befitting. _________________________________
Himitsu no Toilette by Shiki Ichinose (Voiced by Kotomi Aihara)
Oh look everyone, another iDOLM@STER song. Yeah this one's the solo single for Shiki Ichinose. This one's not as energetic as Can't Stop!! but it's not a slow song either. Rather, I find it relaxing. I usually listen to this song when I need to relax for abit, which happens alot lately.
As for whether this song suits Shiki or not, no idea. I never really saw her as a cute type of idol, which was how they were marketing her as, but given the song and her voice, I can see now why. Though, I still think she's better off as a Passion idol (Go read up on Cinderella Girls. They categorize the idols under Cute, Cool, and Passion, all based on background and personality).
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So yeah here's a sample of some of the songs I've been hooked up on lately. Leave a comment below on your favorite songs, music genre or singers/bands. You can also leave some suggestions too on what I should check out on. I'm mostly into J-Pop, J-Rock, Synthpop, Electronic Rock, Digital Hardcore, though I do listen to other genres from time to time.
Okay. A ton of you guys have already seen this and know this, but hey, Imma still blog about it. Samurai Jack, which originally aired from 2001 to 2004 before getting re-runs here and there, is returning with a totally brand-new season and has been confirmed to air on Adult Swim's Toonami block in the US in 2016, which isn't all that far. Most of you guys already know the plot but the story's simple: a nameless samurai from ancient Japan goes on a mission to slay the powerful demon Aku, but gets sent to a cyberpunk future ruled by Aku. Adopting the name "Jack", this samurai continues his quest to battle Aku while trying to find a way back to his time period.
Anyway, I'm excited. REALLY excited. I grew up watching this show and loved every minute of it. So this pleases me. Unfortunately though, I don't live in the US and a ton of shows on Toonami Asia are re-runs and mostly kids' action shows. Yeah kinda sucks. Which is why I'm hoping that Toonami Asia can do something and have this new Samurai Jack series air on Toonami Asia.
Anyway, a short trailer's below so go check it out and leave a comment.
