Anime Alert! Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet

The Douche

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet is a anime that how really caught my interest. I did not watch the first episode when it was released last week but I did catch up today. The anime is about a boy/young man, cannot really tell, who is from a space. He is a soldier who is fighting these weird space snail, butterflies, bugs. Humanity do not have a home to go to so they made a space home called Avalon. When fighting the creatures to boy, named Ledo, is overrun and is forced to retreat back through a wormhole.  But he gets attacked while in it and lands on a foreign planet who's natives speak a language he does not understand. Turns out it is earth he is on. Episode 1 was a good introduction episode. Set up some nice characters and displayed some nice art design. My only gripe about the show is the main character who is too angstty for me. It is a typical Gundam Seed character. You know the whole boy solder who is all great and all but has trouble in society and tries to be distant but ends up looking douchebagy.

 All the other character seem cool and funny. The robot, who is in an AI in the mech, is actually a nice character. Feels very personal and not a typical robot who is emotionless. The main girl is the typical spunky girl with a pet. Caring, cute, and funny. I usually find it a real drag when this girl appears and hope that the main romance does not involve her, but rather the more mature, older, counterpart of her. She is in her too (the older, busty version of her that is). But this character does not feel like a drag. Maybe it is because she and the main character do not speak the same language. But she is rather delightful. Episode 2 is the the whole revelation that people are fingering out what he is and what he can do. At the end of the episode he destroys a pirate fleet and people are in awe. Then it ends. So episode three will be the aftermath and what the people think and introduce the enemy.  

What really sets this anime apart from the rest is the setting. It's pretty much Waterworld. For those who have not seen it, it is about the whole earth being underwater and people are living on the ocean. They discover the cities that used to be and salvage what they can. Oh and there are pirates like the one is the anime.  The anime has high potential but also has the flop tag because of the two main characters. I would put this above Valvrave, just because it held my interest longer. But the second episode of Valvrave has yet to come out so we shall see how that goes. For now 8.5/10 is a good score here. Plenty of cool things only one real negative which is the main hero. But can change an open up.

Poll

I started to see what I I should post more about. Even if you just glance at the blog please fill it out! I would like to know what I should do MORE of. I like posting about anime, manga, and gunpla. But I do not know if I am doing any of those enough. Sooooo please participate in it =) and if there is something I can improve, which I know their are a lot of things, then tell me please!

Next Project

Since the Nu Gundam Ver Ka. is completed (Decals pending if I actually want to apply them), I knew a new model to start working on. I was thinking of going outside of Gundam, maybe towards Kotobukiya. I like their Metal Gear Solid Rex model, but I do not know if it would be wise since I am really liking painting, but I am not skilled to pull of neat designs that would fit Rex... yet. So I am thinking of doing another Gundam model. I just do not know which one. I have narrowed my choice down to three.
MG Zeta 2.0



MG Sinanju Stein


Or last but not least MG Jesta

I am leaning towards the Jesta, because the price should be less than the other two because it is a grunt suit. Or at least I hope so... but who knows. I think I will try to get the Zeta 2.0 soon and do a pink and orange paint scheme on it. But as for the Jesta I have no clue what I want to do at the moment. It will be released soon in Japan which means another extra week or two until it hits America. I want to airbrush some bold colors or maybe go a Zaku green scheme. It is a nice mobile suit design, very blocky with nice edges. So maybe mix up the blues and go coral and sky blue. If ya have any paint ideas say so in the comments!

Manhwa! Tower of God

So I have been transitioning away from manga and over to Manhwa, which is Korean online comics/manga. The reason for the change, and this is a personal opinion, is because I feel manga as a whole is going down the path of pervyness. Do not get me wrong, I enjoy a good harem with oppia girls every now and again. But I am starting to lose interest in it, where as before I loved it. I have known about Manhwa for a while. I will be adding certain Manhwa on here. Those I really enjoy and addicted too. But first some Manhwa info.
The pros of Manhwa, Manhwa is read right to left, in color, and usually are updated every week. The stories are usually very solid and art is dynamic but subtle. Negative. Sometimes takes a story FOREVER to get going. But once it gets going you are usually like "MORE I NEED MORE". I have a couple of Manhwa I want to tell ya guys about, but the one I will tell ya right now is called Tower of God by SIU.
This Manhwa is so good. I literally wasted (time well wasted) three, four days catching up on it. I would start in the morning and read periodically through the day until 2:00 A.M. The gist of the plot is that these guys are climbing a tower in order to fulfill a wish. The main character who goes by Twenty-Fifth  Baam (cool name if ya ask me) is climbing the tower to meet his friend who went into the tower in order to see the stars. The story just doesn't revolve around Baam though. It focuses on a plethora of characters. And while I would usually find that too distracting it works here. Though there are times where I am like "Get to BAAM already". I would defiantly recommend this to anyone.

Anime Alert! My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU

I am working on trying to post more anime and review episodes. Whenever it is an anime the title will be "Anime Alert!" that way ya guys can see it and look or just skip to the Gunpla.by they way I am really bad at remembering the main characters names, I have been sick all week and my memory is shot.
Another new anime that premiered earlier this week, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU is about this boy who is a rather creep recluse. He does not talk to anyone and when asked to reflect on his High-school experience he writes and smart ass response which forces the teacher to sen him to this club that helps students. There he meets this girl (the black haired one in the pic) who is almost like him. She is really pretty and gets picked on because other girls are jealous. The anime started off slow but has some sweet touring moments in it. I enjoyed the first episode but the the beginning almost pushed me away. The boy is too much of a recluse in the begging but opens up towards the end. I won't give anything away in here but will say if you like Comedy and Romance, with a hint of Slice of Life then check it out. I give it 7/10 but it has potential to be really entertaining.

Anime alert! Valvrave.

The new anime, called Valvrave the Liberator, premiered earlier this week. I watched the first episode and was really pleased with it.

 

The animation is nice to watch, although a little to cluttered when to action starts. The colors are nice and are rather eye catching when the fighting starts. The show pulled a Seed Destiny (I started to watch the first episode in the HD Remaster) and gave the hero a tragedy catalyst in order for him to be involved in the fight. And while I do not normally get attached to characters in early in an anime, I felt really sad for the main hero. I won't give away the whole episode,  but I will say this. The ending is what keeps this from being generic. Lets just say the hero becomes rather blood thirsty... screw it. I think he becomes a Vampire. Come on space vampire who pilots mech! If that is not a hook then I do not know what is! On to the mech design. The grunts were rather weird looking but not cool. Zakus, now those are grunts, they were cool looking, but these grunts were meh. The main Mech, Valvrave was kind of cool. I am digging the green loops and the Red Astray swords. The ending song promises some other cool mechs to be introduced. All in all I see potential in this anime and would give it a 8/10.  The only real problems were the first fight scene, which was too dark to really care for and the overload of colors, which I liked but got in the way.

Oh and I guess these will be getting plastic models too!

Nu Gundam Ver Ka is done!

Well the painting portion of it is. First some comments on the paint. I will right a full review later on the computer as I will able to place the pics accordingly.
The paint is nice in my opinion. I love the blue and silver combo and for the most part it is solid. There are some parts where I did not fully hit but you cannot see them. I ran out towards the end and you will see where later haha for now here is my model. The pick with the fin funnels on the back might be the only one you guys get. MAJOR PAIN IN THE ***! Anyways here ya go.
Decals go on this weekend.

Update on Painting

Weather has been bleh and school has been bleh as well. I should be able to paint the back pack today and finish the fin funnels Saturday. For now here is a pic of Nu.