Oh boy... remember how I tore Sailor Moon and the 7 Ballz a new anus in the review I posted about it? Well, turns out that it wasn't the creator's (whoever it is) only work. This next title, Anime Fiction, takes it a bit further. Now frankly, I'm dumbfounded, because before I even began blogging, I saw it before, and only now am I just getting intel on the title.
Now unlike its predecessor, there is no premise behind this one at all, emphasizing more on the hentai. The title contains characters from Cardcaptor Sakura (I guess a returning shot), Cowboy Bebop, Love Hina, The Vision of Escaflowne, and a few others this time around. The OAV lasts for 2 episodes which last about an hour each, so you can say that they were packaged separately as different DVDs. I shouldn't have to point this out, mainly because I did so before, but this was US-made, and the fact they used existing characters from existing series deems it as a hentai parody, much like the title before it.
Once again, visuals: unimpressive, sound was just as redundant, basically the content and my opinion of this is the same as its predecessor, surprisingly, considering how I graded that, I'm surprised this didn't get a much worse rating. Anime Fiction, for what it's worth, gets a 2.2 of 10. I can't even call this hilariously bad, seeing as how there was nothing funny about this title.
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2011/08/31
2011/07/18
CXIX: "Duel Masters" series
I spoke of Yu-Gi-Oh! a good while ago, with the movie of the original series, and a bit of Pokemon not only in terms of voice actors from various shows, but also posts of the games on my other blog. Today I'll be speaking of Duel Masters. At first I thought it was a joke series, but it has a setting of its own, as well as media and cards of its own.
Duel Masters centers in on Shobu Kirafuda, a boy with a positive spirit. He aspires to become a great duelist like his father before him. From then on, he ventures to various duels, making friends, and becoming an apprentice under Knight, who is wise, but rarely able to assist Shobu in his duels very much. From then on, he duels while upgrading his deck, which started as a Fire Civilization Deck, and competes against skilled foes of different cards.
Mock the sayings all you wish, but despite of the commercial products sold (which might not be around anymore), the anime has been deemed a parody of sorts. In fact, let's talk about the anime itself for a little bit. Apparently, there's a lot of anime under this title, which falls in the similar fashion that Beyblade, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Bakugan as a metaseries (Chaotic only had one series, albeit a large one.) However, in comparison to the others, only 3.5 animated series were shown in the US. Not only that, but the second one onward heavily deviated from one another. Duel Masters' first season was loosely derived from the manga, while the succeeding 2nd season for US was entirely original, and the same was true for the third season. The .5 comes in where the Japanese 2nd season, Duel Masters Charge, was localized, but only half of the season was aired as Duel Masters 2.0. The rest was never seen here as a US release.
Next, what's in the anime. To deviate itself from the other card shows, mainly Yu-Gi-Oh!, Duel Masters had more of a comedy element seen in the Americanized version. You can say that the comedy portion was just as prominent, maybe more, as the action it had in it. On top of adding things unseen from the original version, typical anime cliches were joked about, and plenty of pop culture references and fourth wall breaking moments are recurring. In spite of the comedy, the storyline is technically dramatic, just flooded in humor and puns. Sonic X, a anime made as the 4th TV adaption of Sonic the Hedgehog, was also guilty of this somewhat, but not in the sense Duel Masters was.
Duel Masters ran for a total of 65 episodes, airing from late 2002-2006. It was under different productions with different actors, so it's hard to call who exactly voiced what overall. In fact, doing so given this would be a pain, so I'll omit it this time. Just know that voice actors such as Wendee Lee, Liam O'Brien, and Derek Stephen Prince had roles in the series overall, at least what was shown in the US/Latin American versions. While the anime here is pretty much finished, as with the card game itself, the series is still ongoing in Japan.
Duel Masters I won't say it's the butt of all jokes, but the comedy seen in it was just too much. I respect them trying to be different, but it more or less hurts them so, 5.8 of 10 for this title overall.
Duel Masters centers in on Shobu Kirafuda, a boy with a positive spirit. He aspires to become a great duelist like his father before him. From then on, he ventures to various duels, making friends, and becoming an apprentice under Knight, who is wise, but rarely able to assist Shobu in his duels very much. From then on, he duels while upgrading his deck, which started as a Fire Civilization Deck, and competes against skilled foes of different cards.
Mock the sayings all you wish, but despite of the commercial products sold (which might not be around anymore), the anime has been deemed a parody of sorts. In fact, let's talk about the anime itself for a little bit. Apparently, there's a lot of anime under this title, which falls in the similar fashion that Beyblade, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Bakugan as a metaseries (Chaotic only had one series, albeit a large one.) However, in comparison to the others, only 3.5 animated series were shown in the US. Not only that, but the second one onward heavily deviated from one another. Duel Masters' first season was loosely derived from the manga, while the succeeding 2nd season for US was entirely original, and the same was true for the third season. The .5 comes in where the Japanese 2nd season, Duel Masters Charge, was localized, but only half of the season was aired as Duel Masters 2.0. The rest was never seen here as a US release.
Next, what's in the anime. To deviate itself from the other card shows, mainly Yu-Gi-Oh!, Duel Masters had more of a comedy element seen in the Americanized version. You can say that the comedy portion was just as prominent, maybe more, as the action it had in it. On top of adding things unseen from the original version, typical anime cliches were joked about, and plenty of pop culture references and fourth wall breaking moments are recurring. In spite of the comedy, the storyline is technically dramatic, just flooded in humor and puns. Sonic X, a anime made as the 4th TV adaption of Sonic the Hedgehog, was also guilty of this somewhat, but not in the sense Duel Masters was.
Duel Masters ran for a total of 65 episodes, airing from late 2002-2006. It was under different productions with different actors, so it's hard to call who exactly voiced what overall. In fact, doing so given this would be a pain, so I'll omit it this time. Just know that voice actors such as Wendee Lee, Liam O'Brien, and Derek Stephen Prince had roles in the series overall, at least what was shown in the US/Latin American versions. While the anime here is pretty much finished, as with the card game itself, the series is still ongoing in Japan.
Duel Masters I won't say it's the butt of all jokes, but the comedy seen in it was just too much. I respect them trying to be different, but it more or less hurts them so, 5.8 of 10 for this title overall.
2011/06/08
LXXVII: "Sailor Moon and the 7 Ballz"
Okay, granted that I don't speak of hentai majorly in the blog, but whenever I do, I try to mention titles that are in the least made decently. Every now and then, however, I come across some titles not worth the buzz. This peculiar hentai, Sailor Moon and the 7 Ballz, is one of those said titles, and believe me: it's clear to say that it's as cheesy as it gets!
Not much of a plot behind this one. As it is a parody of the anime, the plot (or lack there of) deals with the wedding between Usagi (Sailor Moon) and Mamoru (Tuxedo Mask). Among those getting invited are the other sailor scouts (well, the other 4 that we normally know of). To add to this, if it wasn't hinted enough in the title, we see some from Dragon Ball Z as well. To add to even this, we even see characters from Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ranma 1/2, Hokuto No Ken, Cardcaptor Sakura (I know, don't ask how this happened!), as well as others. Unfortunately, as far as the plot goes, that's all there is to it, as there's just plain sex throughout the rest of the feature.
Heaven knows how I manage to bear watching it. It's sad really, because recalling it, it looked more like something you could find via Newgrounds (not meaning to offend them) than something actually released on VHS and DVD. Much to my dismay, it is, and it's not only me who ridiculed this title. Others have done the same, noting how bad it is, and I honestly can't disagree. Of course, this isn't the only one of its kind, as I've seen other worse off in terms of content, quality, etc. As a parody, however, it fails... badly. As typical as it may sound, this product is created and sold, but it is not licensed by anyone from either side. The OAV is 60 minutes long, and it is of Japanese language with some form of subtitling. The animation (character design, sex scenes, etc.) was of poor taste. Even with characters like CC Sakura made to have sex appeal and legal age, unless you have balls of steel (Duke Nukem reference), you're better off watching something else.
Sailor Moon and the 7 Ballz would have even Dio Brando of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure not only unamused, but also cringing.Though it's not a hopeless case like a few American-made hentai, it's as bad as Colorful, save for the few points it does get over it. This title gets a 2.4 of 10. A part of me didn't want to do this, since I didn't feel it worth covering, but I kinda joined the bandwagon by doing so anyway...
Not much of a plot behind this one. As it is a parody of the anime, the plot (or lack there of) deals with the wedding between Usagi (Sailor Moon) and Mamoru (Tuxedo Mask). Among those getting invited are the other sailor scouts (well, the other 4 that we normally know of). To add to this, if it wasn't hinted enough in the title, we see some from Dragon Ball Z as well. To add to even this, we even see characters from Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ranma 1/2, Hokuto No Ken, Cardcaptor Sakura (I know, don't ask how this happened!), as well as others. Unfortunately, as far as the plot goes, that's all there is to it, as there's just plain sex throughout the rest of the feature.
Heaven knows how I manage to bear watching it. It's sad really, because recalling it, it looked more like something you could find via Newgrounds (not meaning to offend them) than something actually released on VHS and DVD. Much to my dismay, it is, and it's not only me who ridiculed this title. Others have done the same, noting how bad it is, and I honestly can't disagree. Of course, this isn't the only one of its kind, as I've seen other worse off in terms of content, quality, etc. As a parody, however, it fails... badly. As typical as it may sound, this product is created and sold, but it is not licensed by anyone from either side. The OAV is 60 minutes long, and it is of Japanese language with some form of subtitling. The animation (character design, sex scenes, etc.) was of poor taste. Even with characters like CC Sakura made to have sex appeal and legal age, unless you have balls of steel (Duke Nukem reference), you're better off watching something else.
Sailor Moon and the 7 Ballz would have even Dio Brando of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure not only unamused, but also cringing.Though it's not a hopeless case like a few American-made hentai, it's as bad as Colorful, save for the few points it does get over it. This title gets a 2.4 of 10. A part of me didn't want to do this, since I didn't feel it worth covering, but I kinda joined the bandwagon by doing so anyway...
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