The Cure for The Samurai Funk?

Hey guys, Samurai here…still trying to get out of my little anime funk. I’ve tried two different series and nothing seems to be catching/holding my attention. So you know what? I’m gonna have to go back to basics…the BASIC of basics. I’m pinning my hopes and dreams on this one movie and hopefully watching it and reviewing it will re-ignite my burning passion! I wonder if this is how 007 felt when he went All In against Le Chiffre in that last hand of Texas Hold ‘em in “Casino Royale”? In any case…my next review will be…

“My Neighbor Totoro”

 

Samurai’s Anime Funk and a Brief Review of “Kids on the Slope” English Dub…

Hey guys, Samurai here! Yeah, remember that review I was supposed to write for “Ninja Nonsense: The Legend of Shinobu”? Well…I’m gonna put that review on the back-burner for a while. I’m so sorry guys, but for some reason, I just couldn’t find the inspiration to finish it. In fact, over the last few days, I’ve found myself being in a real anime funk. Nothing seems to really interest me. Maybe it’s the fact that I’m now so busy, treating my anime reviews as school assignments instead of the spontaneous, off the cuff commentary-style reviews I used to do back when I first started.

Now before you get your knickers in a twist, I want to make it perfectly clear that I am in no way abandoning my blog. I’m in it for the long haul and you guys are stuck with me whether you like it or not! It just feels like I need SOMETHING…ANYTHING…to break this funk I’m in. To that end, effective immediately, I’m suspending ALL the theme months and will be going back to free-style reviews. Pretty much, whatever I feel like watching, I’ll review–we don’t need no stinking themes! Hopefully this will be enough to break my funk and get my anime mojo flowing again! As for my next review…heh…well…I’ll let that be a surprise. (Otaku Hijack!: OY! How can you suspend themes when next month is ALREADY Free style month?! You ARE NOT taking a Month off again are you?! I NEED PREP TIME… POSSIBLY THINGS IN ADVANCE IF I’M NOT GOING TO BE HERE! Che You know how much Shugo Chara I’ve already watched?! Now I gotta find an outdoorsy show! *Runs to his room to work on Part 1 in great haste*) [::sweatdrops::] Gomen, gomen! I thougth it would be easier and help break the funk! And no, I don’t plan on taking a month off again in June…even when I’m in our Nation’s Capital, I plan on concentrating as much as my short attention span allows!]

 In the meantime…allow me to offer this brief commentary on the “Kids on the Slope” English Dub, which was just released to the public tonight on The Anime Network by Sentai Filmworks…

Rin does not approve.

Shugo Chara update

Well, finally made it to the point where I dropped it before. Reason of course was unnecessary emo. Well, I suppose is necessary but geez I didn’t want that to happen so soon. Also my laptop is busted, so I’m currently dictating to my phone. It is working pretty well, but it is still somewhat awkward. Oh well, I’m moving ahead. 76 episodes complete.

Update: 5/7 2118 WHOO HOO Episode 102 Complete! Shugo Chara Doki! Done. It’s finall time to start the Third Series Shugo Chara Party! Let’s go! *50 minutes later (Yes it was still a 24 minute program)*

My plan for May.

Well Ladies and Gents I have no idea how much longer I’ll be staying with you all. Come the end of May I’ll be on a boat. If it goes anywhere I’ll be gone past Christmas more then likely… SOOOOOO Well first off… I couldn’t finish Kill Me Baby… after trying to watch it the whole way through I know why it failed. Dang I’m just yawning thinking about it. It’s boring and falls into the same 2-3 lines of jokes every single time like clockwork. So as I mentioned in the SYD review and since this is apparently Kid’s month… I am going to TRY key word TRY to watch ALL of Shugo Chara and give a proper review. Take note this is a MASSIVE undertaking. Why? The First series is 51 episodes. The Second 27 and the Third 102! Yeah… That’s a LOT… I mean I’ve seen more of Sailor Moon in a mass marathon but Shugo Chara is a different sort of animal SOOOOO That will be my one and only Kid’s month contribution (Since there’s not yet an Anime for the Amanchu Manga to cover the outdoors). Welp Gonna go start on it. Then sometime in the near future I gotta watch the Rebuild Movies… The Eva fans are cooking up so many amazing theories that I just gotta check them all out for myself. My Sanity will be gone.

For those who are curious if I can make this happen or not. Please check the watching page. I’ll update after every watching session.

“Mysterious Girlfriend X” Dub Cast Announced; Evangelion Gets New Credit Card & Shaving Products

Hey guys, Samurai here—Now, don’t give me that look; it’s been a busy month for both me and OtakuAndrain! Both of our reviews should be up and posted in the coming days! In the meantime, here are a couple anime-related news articles that came across my cluttered desk from both Anime News Network and CrunchyRoll over the last few days! More after the break. 

A Tag-Team Review of “Seitokai Yakuindomo”: Part II – Girls Talk About WHAT?!?!

[Hey guys! Samurai here with Part II of  our Tag-Team review of "Seitokai Yakuindomo"! No clue what I'm talking about? Check out Part I here! And now, back to the insanity...]

A Tag-Team Review of “Seitokai Yakuindomo”: Part I – Girls Talk About WHAT?!?!

Cajun Samurai – Hey everyone, Cajun Samurai here!

Otaku Andrain – OSU! I’m Otaku Andrain.

Cajun Samurai – Man, it’s been a while since we did a review together, huh? I figured that since this was Gag Anime month, and many Japanese comedians work in pairs, it would work for us!

Otaku Andrain – As long as you don’t mind me being the straight man. You’ve seen a lot of Manzai?

[Manzai is a form of Japanese Stand-up comedy that features two comedians: a straight man, tsukkomi, and a funny man, boke trading jokes back and forward with each other based on mutual misunderstandings, puns and other play on words…]

Cajun Samurai – Admittedly, no. Got to work on that.

Otaku Andrain – Oy… well whatever Japanese comedy is kind of weird for foreigners anyway; let’s not go too far.

Cajun Samurai – Right, right…”Super Milk-Chan” still has me scratching my head. In any case! We’re going to be looking at a show that, if memory serves, you introduced me to a few years ago.

Otaku Andrain – That’s right a 4-koma comedic treat that’s nothing like it should appear.

Cajun Samurai – Right. Of course, we’re talking about “Seitokai Yakuindomo” or “SYD” for short because we’re too lazy.