The World Ends With You

Summary: Fifteen year old fashion victim Sakuraba Neku wakes up in an alternate plane of existence in Tokyo’s trendy Shibuya district, and he’s got amnesia to boot. He has seven days to win the mysterious Reapers’ Game or else…

Medium: Nintendo DS game

Genre: RPG

Game Strengths: Fashion trend system, dual screen ( Read more... )

Star Trek (2009)

Summary: JJ Abrams and Leonard Nimoy got together and wrote an EPIC FANFIC that they decided to film and it was AWESOME! Young cadet Kirk (and company) of the Star Fleet Academy soon finds himself ensnared in a battle against Spock's enemies from the future. Epic win ensues!

Medium: Theatrical Film
Genre: Science Fiction, Action ( Read more... )

Watchmen (2009)

Summary: In an alternate 1985 a group of superhero vigilantes work to track down a mysterious killer of heroes as well as save the world from the escalating threat of the nuclear showdown between the US and the USSR. Also, humanity sucks.

Medium: Theatrical Film
Genre: Action, Suspense, Mystery
Rating: R, oh-so-very-R

Movie ( Read more... )

Disney's Bolt (2008)

Summary: A television star dog who believes he actually has superpowers gets lost and struggles to return to his owner, accompanied by a Sarcastic!Cat and a FanBoy!Hamster.

Medium: Animated Film for theater
Genre: ...action? IT'S A JOURNEY ABOUT LIFE AND FAMILY AND BELONGING!!11
Rating: G

Movie Strengths: Fairly ( Read more... )

Avatar: The Last Airbender
Episodes 1-61

Summary: Long ago the four (elemental) nations of the world lived in harmony, until the last century when the Fire Nation began a war beginning with the genocide of the Air Nation. The world’s only hope is the Avatar who has the ability to master all four elements ( Read more... )

20th Century Boys Film Adaptation, Movies 1 + 2
(The third movie is due to be released in late August)

I'm reviewing them together since I saw them both fairly closely in succession and they have more or less the same strengths & weaknesses.

Summary: The first two movies in the film trilogy adaptation of Urasawa Naoki's 20th Century Boys manga ( Read more... )

Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea - Studio Ghibli Feature Film of 2008

Summary: A little goldfish-mermaid girl, Ponyo, meets a human boy, Sosuke, and decides she wants to become human. Nautical-themed puppy love ensues.

IN SOVIET RUSSIA JAPAN, SEASIDE VISITS YOU!

Genre: Fantasy/Slice-of-Life
Rating: All Ages

Movie Strengths: Exquisitely rendered, ( Read more... )

Woohoo! All done! After a week of late-nights because of its relentless cliffhangers I have finished Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys manga! Hoping to watch movie one this weekend and catch movie two in theaters this week.

Summary: A tale of latent homosexuality & obsession friendship, rivalry, and really GAY fascism ( Read more... )

I'd been meaning to watch Fullmetal Alchemist for years now and over the last two weeks I've watched all fifty-one episodes of the original anime as well as the movie, and I plan to start raeding the manga this week ( Read more... )