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Showing posts with label Sailor Moon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sailor Moon. Show all posts
Monday, August 12, 2013
Friday, July 12, 2013
BI TV: Toon Vengeance # 30
Been a while since we posted one of these but the playlist will be coming back, weekly ... and little by little. We start with the line up of Toon Vengeance.
Rurouni Kenshin, G Gundam, Fushigi Yuugi, Ronin Warriors, Azumanga Daioh & more.
Rurouni Kenshin, G Gundam, Fushigi Yuugi, Ronin Warriors, Azumanga Daioh & more.
Friday, June 7, 2013
Broken Infinite TV: New Toon Vengeance # 29
We continue our first year celebration with the return of the Anime Block that started it all! Azumanga Daioh! Heroic Age! Sailor Moon! Rurouni Kenshin! Fushigi Yuugi! Buso Renkin! Ronin Warriors! G Gundam! Dubbed anime for you, any time.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Broken Infinite TV: Toon Vengeance (# 28 )
Sailor Moon returns after Pretty Cure ... leaves abruptly. Toon Vengeance returns hard with new episodes of Buso Renkin, Cardfight Vanguard, Rurouni Kenshin, Project Arms, Heroic Age, Ronin Warriors, Azumanga Daioh & Fushigi Yuugi.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
ONI #1
Desperate Girl
by Darryll B. Carter
Cover Art by
Christopher Rice,
Darryll B. Carter
ONI logo by
Darryll B. Carter
ONI created by
Darryll B. Carter
Panel One
This series of panels should be
from a side scroll view. Show a night view of a city reminiscent of Las Vegas
crossed with Coruscant through the windows of a skyscraper office. These are floor
to ceiling windows. Just focus on the window, don’t bother to show any of the
office.
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Panel Two
Same view. A female scientist, Kate,
struggles into panel from the right. Kate looks just like Karen, they’re twins;
except Kate is a redhead and wears glasses. She’s wearing her glasses, a white
blood stained lab coat, a pink camisole with one strap broken and her black
skirt is ripped on the side. She’s holding her arm as if it is wounded. She’s
dragging that arm against the window leaving a blood smear trail.
Panel Three
Same view. Kate should now be on
her way off panel (left). Kate’s blood smear begins to pull in the opposite direction
to the center of the window. Think of water being pulled by a vacuum. In the
upper right corner; have a menacing hellhound type creature stalking into the
panel, walking on the window.
Panel Four
Same view. Kate is out of panel. The window crawling
hellhound is well on his way off panel following Kate. He’s now joined by a
swarm of hell hounds running on the ground after Kate. The blood travelling
toward the center of the window is on its way to forming a menacing pair of
eyes and a maniacal grin.
Panel Five
The hell hounds are out of panel. The
window darkens and the set of red eyes are formed.
Panel Six
Full black panel with only the
blood assembled maniacal face.
Page Two
Panel One
Camera should be on a slant. Kate
enters a dark room. The only thing that should be seen is the light from the
hallway, as she shuts the door and the shine of her glasses.
Panel Two
Close shot of her hand locking the
knob.
SFX- click
Panel Three
Another close shot of her hands
locking the top bolt on the door.
SFX- shunk
Panel Four
She pushes a nearby couch in front
of the door.
SFX- ERRRRRRNNN
Panel Five
Kate begins to pull out a chair in
front of a computer. The light from the computer is shining on her. It is the only light source in the room.
There is another set of windows behind the desk chair.
Kate- I hope you
get this Karen…
Panel Six
Kate is sitting at the computer
typing with a focused look on her face. Behind her, on the windows, the
hellhounds begin to converge on her.
Kate- You may be
our last hope.
Page Three
Panel One
Straight
shot from the shoulder up of Karen. She’s a brunette short hair, petite. She looks
a lot like Jenny Lorenzo. She’s wearing a black hat that says Space Bean Coffee
and a green apron. She looks very agitated.
Karen Caption- Are you #*#$%#*%
serious?
Karen- Are you
#*#$&%@ serious?
Panel Two
Side
shot. Karen is actually behind the counter facing a guy in a hoodie, James, who
has his arms around a very attractive woman, Cosmo. Karen is slamming her hand down on
the counter with a coffee in the other hand. People around the three are
shocked by the force of the slam. Karen is causing a scene. James, is
a text book definition of what a nerd looks like. He is somewhere between
George McFly, pre Marty’s trip to 1955 and Dexter, the alter ego of Freakazoid.
This girl is a textbook blonde cheerleader and she’s about a foot taller than
James. He’s short.
Karen-
You’re leaving me for Cosmobitch?
Cosmo-
Cosmochick.
Karen-
Shut the #*#$ up.
Karen Cap- She
says one more thing and this coffee’s in her face.
Karen- Are you #*#$&%@
serious?
James-
Karen, things just weren’t working out. And Cosmo is… well, better.
Panel Three
Karen
is facepalming and shaking her head. James grins in creepy manner while Cosmo
is checking out the menu above and behind Karen’s head. Like in any fast food
place.
James-
Cosmo is open to having an open relationship. If you wanted to join us…
Cosmo-
Can I have a Tripple Mocha Latè?
Karen
Cap- That’s it.
` Panel Four
This
moment should look fairly epic. Karen is pissed and she’s pulling her hand back
to toss this hot cup of coffee at James and Cosmo. This shot is heavy on anticipation.
Karen- Here’s your @#@&$!% latè!
Page Four
Panel One
Headshot
of Karen sitting in the office getting berated by her boss who is off panel in
the foreground. She is struggling to keep a straight face; anger is battling
her composure.
Karen Cap- That was a horrible idea in hindsight.
Boss- You’re fired! What the hell possessed you to throw a scalding hot
coffee in a customer’s face!? If they press charges we won’t be held
accountable. Get out of here!
Karen Cap- How the hell am I
gonna pay the rent now?
Panel Two
Karen
storms out the coffee shop front door throwing her hat on the ground. She’s
wearing an open leather jacket over her clothes now with a yellow motorcycle
helmet in her hand. The area outside is visually a typical New York City scene; traffic is going by, tall buildings and skyscrapers in the distance.
Karen- Coffee tastes like dog
shit anyway!
Karen
Cap- That’s right Karen. Vent.
Panel Three
She
hops on her yellow vespa and puts on her helmet and goggles.
Panel Four
Side
scroll view as she floors it down the city street on her vespa.
She passes a parked cop car. One of the police officers spits out his coffee.
SFX-
Vroooooommm
Karen
Cap- Feel the speed releasing your stress. Woosah.
Panel Five
Same
view, different scenery to show the progression. She’s pulled over and the cops
are writing her a ticket.
Karen
Cap- This day is such bullshit…
Page Five
Panel One
She pulls up outside her apartment on
her vespa. It is night now. Her apartment looks like a New York Brownstone. On the door to her apartment there is a pink eviction notice.
Karen
Cap- Finally home.
Panel Two
She takes off her helmet and holds
it in her hands as she looks to the side at her apartment door. She’s calmer
now. Her face has regained its composure.
Karen
Cap- We just go inside kick back. Farm some gold. Farm till our eyes bleed.
Cause selling gold is going to be my only income for awhile…
Panel Three
Her face freaks the out. Like
“WTF?” Her eyes widen in shock and her mouth is agape.
Karen
Cap- What the @#$# is that???
Panel Four
This is a tight shot of just the pink
eviction notice taped to the door. Show the address numbers; 669, but have the
nine swing down hanging by its tail upside down so it reads, 666.
Karen- Eviction notice? What the #@#@ man…
Panel Five
She loses it again, overcome with
anger and crushes the notice in her hand.
Karen-
That little shit didn’t pay his half of the rent before he peaced out?!?
Karen
Cap- All will be well Karen. Just get inside.
Page Six
Panel One
She makes her way inside the
apartment to a foyer. She ascends the stair case and opens another door.
Karen
Cap- Just leave reality, all this bad mojo and all the-
Karen-
bullshit!
Karen
Cap- behind.
Panel Two
She opens the front door and turns
on the lights to see a very bare living room. The only thing left is a floor
lamp in the corner, some bras on the floor and a desk with her
desktop pc on it. Her eyes narrow but she keeps a straight face.
Karen-
There is nothing left that can surprise me today.
Panel Three
She sits her helmet down on her
desk on top of a past due electric bill and pulls out a chair to sit down. The
focus of this panel should be on the electric bill. It should be a close shot
that only really needs to include her hand putting down the helmet and the
other pulling out the chair.
Karen-
Least he had the decency to leave my tower alone.
Panel Four/Five/Six
These are small panels. Her hand
pushing the power button to the desktop.
Panel Five
Her hand pushing the power button
to the desktop.
Karen-
Okay…?
Panel Six
She jams her finger into the power
button with considerable force.
Karen-
What the #@%$?!
Panel Seven
She turns the desktop around to
find the power supply unit is missing.
Karen-
That SOB took my PSU?
Panel Eight
She takes the cover off to find her
entire desktop has been gutted.
Karen-
He took everything!?!?!?
Page Seven
Panel One
The desktop tower is flying through
the window. Should be a beautiful scene of destruction shattered glass from the
window should still be in panel falling.
SFX-
Crrrrrasssssssh!
Panel Two
She’s standing with her body still
in the position from the throw in the center of the living room floor. She
angry and breathing hard as if physically venting her outrage.
Karen Cap- Okay, in hindsight- that
wasn’t really the best idea.
Panel Three
Panel is totally black.
SFX(Karen)-
Sigh.
Panel Four
This panel is still mostly black. Light
from her cell phone starts glowing in her pocket. It adds a little light around
her leg revealing some details but very little.
Karen-
This better be Morpheus with that red pill.
Panel Five
She’s holding the phone in her
hand. Phone should show the following messages (top to bottom); KNovak@odatron.net -Subject: no subject,
ECECO Energy- Subject: Your Bill is Past Due, Premier Reality MMORPG- Subject:
Cosmochick69 Wants to Be Your Friend.
The panel should focus on the phone.
Karen-
KNovak@odatron?
Karen
Cap- Kate?
Page Eight
Panel One
Karen
throws a few things in a duffle bag, clothes and toiletries, using the
flashlight app on her phone to see. The app light is a substantial lightsource.
Email Cap- Karen it’s me, Kate.
I know we haven’t spoken in a long time. Since I left.
Panel Two
Karen
grabs some game cases, a Dreamcast looking console with controllers, and a
Pandora Construct book and puts it in a book bag.
Email Cap- And I’m sorry about
that. But I really need your help and you’re the only one who can help me.
Panel Three
It’s
the dead of night now. Karen is sitting on her parked Vespa with the back
loaded up with her bags. She puts on her helmet and goggles. In the distance
behind her there is a black four door sedan with black tinted windows.
Karen- Kate, what the hell have
you gotten into?
Panel Four
Karen
pulls off and the black sedan follows her. The emphasis in this panel should be
on the sedan, a subtle emphasis.
Email Cap- It’s not safe to give
the specifics through this email.
Panel Five
Karen
rolls into the Lincoln Tunnel, traffic is light. The tunnel is the star of this
panel. It should be showcased along with the scenery.
Email Cap- Just come to my
apartment in Solheim and I’ll explain everything.
Karen Cap- Solheim, the city of
tomorrow. I’ve heard of it. Revolutionary city with revolutionary tech. Top
notch nextgen shit. GPS says its 1 day and 13 hours.
Panel Six
Same
view as previous panel only with the black sedan entering the tunnel behind Karen.
Email
Cap- Please Karen. You’re my only hope.
Page Nine
Full Page Panel- Karen arrives outside
the city limits and gazes upon Solheim. It’s daytime. The city skyline is clear and it’s massive. Solheim looks like a sci fi city, a cross between
Coruscant and the New York from the Fifth Element during the day. (It looks like Coruscant and Vegas at night.) The city itself is inside a
massive outer wall just like the city of Troy.
Setting
Cap- Solheim, Utah- 2 days and 12hrs later…
Karen
Cap- Solheim, Utah. Sparkling city amidst the sand, plains and Mormons.
Karen-
Holy shit. Okay… I’m impressed.
Page Ten
Panel One
Karen
drives through town admiring the high level tech. Show her watching a
holo-message between a woman and her boss in the park. The woman has like a
holo-screen tablet. The vehicles on the street are more futuristic too.
Panel Two
Karen
leans back to continue catching a glimpse of the holo-conversation, amazed and
mouth agape.
Karen-
They’ve got holoterminals???
Panel Three
Karen
and her vespa pull up onto the sidewalk in front of a building that looks like
it was plucked straight off of a motherboard.
Karen-
This looks like the place.
Panel Four
Her
helmet is resting in her hands, goggles still on, as she stares up at the new
age building.
Karen-
This thing has more in common with the chipset on an MBoard than a building.
Must take mad gold to live here.
Page Eleven
Panel One
The
view of this panel should be an angle from above. Karen steps off an elevator
on the 14th floor. Her goggles are still on her face. As she steps off she turns to look down the
hall. Behind her is a large window. The angle should allow a view of her vespa
parked out front and the black sedan pulling up behind it (the vespa).
Panel Two
Karen
knocks on door 1417. There is a lever mechanism that you find in most hotels,
but no key hole. There is a fingerprint scanner.
Karen- 1417. This is it.
Panel Three
Zoom in
on the fingerprint scanner pad. It has a red light glowing on it.
Karen-No
answer. Hmmm. I wonder.
Panel Four
Same
panel as previous shot with Karen pressing her thumb on the scanner. The light
on the scanner is now green.
SFX- Deet Deet
Panel Five
Karen
steps into an apartment completely devoid of personality. The walls are white;
there is no couch, no furniture, just a huge wooden sword, a desk and a laptop
on it that’s plugged into the wall.
Automated
Voice- Welcome Home Karen.
Karen-
Geez, Kate. Looks a lot like my spot did.
Page Twelve
Panel One
Karen
reaches for the large wooden sword mounted on the wall. She has a grin on her
face. She’s surprised and happy.
Karen- I can’t believe she still
has this…
Panel
Two
This
panel is identical to the previous, except Karen has a subtle surprised look on
her face; her reaction to the sudden arrival of the men that have been tailing
her.
MIB1-
Don’t move.
Karen
Cap- Oh, @#$@.
Panel
Three
Two men
in black suits and shades, think agents from the Matrix or the MIB, stand in
the doorway. One has a silenced gun pointed at her the other is putting on a
pair of disposable gloves. The guy with the gun has a grin on his face, holding his
chin up.
MIB1-
Option One: Cooperate and this’ll go
smoothly. Easy.
MIB2
(with the gun)- Option Two: You don’t
want Option Two.
MIB1-
Where’s the DG-IX?
Karen
Cap- What did you get me into Kate?
Panel
Four
Karen
has her hands in the air, she’s distressed. The MIB with the gun steps forward
with his gun extended. He’s irritated.
Karen-
I… I don’t know what that is.
MIB2-
Bullshit. You drove 2,000 miles to get here without a moment’s notice! You know
what we want!
MIB1- Don’t play coy with us Ms. Novak. My partner can be very trigger happy. Now tell us where your
sister hid the DG-IX!
Panel Five
Zoom
shot of Karen’s face, primarily her eyes. Her eyes are looking off to where the
wooden sword rests on the wall.
Karen
Cap- They’re not gonna let me walk out of here. Even If I could give them what
they wanted.
Karen
Cap- What if they’ve done something with Kate?!
Karen-
I have to get out of here!
Page Thirteen
Panel
One
Karen
snatches the wooden sword off of the wall and bashes the MIB with the gun in
the head really hard. She puts her whole soul into it; you can see it in her
face. He buckles from the force.
SFX- (sword impact) Crack!
MIB2-
Ommph!
Panel
Two
She
baseball slides pass the MIB still in the doorway, with the sword in hand. He
reaches out to grab her as if she was still at full height.
MIB1-
You won’t escape!
Karen-
#$%# that!
Panel
Three
MIB
with the gun is leaning out the doorway bearing his teeth and fires off two
shots at the fleeing Karen down the hall. Emphasis more on the MIB.
MIB2- That
bitch is dead!
SFX- (silenced
gunshots)Ffft! Ffft!
Panel
Four
This
shot is from outside the window. Karen cuts the corner. One bullet goes
whizzing through her hair. Both bullets go through the hallway window.
SFX- (bullets
passing through glass) Pssh! Pssh!
Panel
Five
MIB1
(without the gun) slams MIB2’s gun against the wall.
MIB1-
No! We need her alive remember?! She
can’t lead us to the DG if she’s dead!
Page Fourteen
Panel
One
Karen
darts out of a hallway into another hallway at a cross road. She looks lost.
There is an exit sign on the ceiling toward the bottom of the panel. She still
has the sword.
Karen-
Shit. I’m lost.
Panel
Two
Same
panel, but MIB1 emerges from a hallway at the top of the panel. Karen turns her
head to see him.
MIB1-
I’ve got ‘er. Northeast corridor.
Karen-
@#$#%!
Karen
Cap- @#$#%!
Panel
Three
Karen
is running frantically down the hall with MIB1 chasing her. Their positions in
the panel are; Karen, mid and MIB1 rear.
Panel
Four
Same
panel. They are closer to the foreground now. MIB1 is practically on top of
Karen reaching out for her.
Panel
Five
Same panel.
Karen is in the immediate foreground getting tackled off panel by MIB2.
Page Fifteen
Panel
One
MIB2
and Karen crash through a hallway window. The wooden sword crashes on impact
against the window frame. The DG flies out of the broken sword and through the
window as well. The DG looks like a red and black video card.
SFX- Crasssssh!
Karen Cap- Oh, no…
Panel
Two
Karen
and MIB2 are in free fall; falling with shattered glass, his gun, the broken
sword and the DG outside the apartment building. Both Karen and MIB2 are afraid
and in shock. The DG is in the foreground at the bottom of the panel. It is
activating, the fan is spinning within and it’s glowing a fierce red. Karen is
seemingly grasping for it.
DG-
Emergency Proximity Activation. Makai Change.
Panel
Three
A red
portal, a demon gate, opens from the DG and Karen is falls into it.
Page Sixteen and Seventeen
Henshin
Sequence- Think Sailor Moon crossed with the Schumacher Batman Suit up, and Iron Man Suit up.
Panel
One
ONI’s gauntlets
materialize over Karen’s hands.
DG Cap-
14%
Panel
Two
ONI’s
greaves materialize on to Karen’s legs.
Panel
Three
The DG
becomes ONI’s belt buckle and the belt materializes.
DG Cap-
42%
Panel
Four
Karen
is in free fall like a skydiver with her arms and legs spread out. Her body is
naked, but glowing. Think back to Sailor Moon’s transformation sequence. The environment
she’s falling through is a hellish mix of fire and blazing red energy.
Panel
Five
ONI’s
torso armor materializes on to Karen’s body.
DG Cap-
70%
Panel Six
ONI’s
tail skirt materializes over Karen’s butt. Emphasis on the butt.
Panel
Seven
ONI’s
helmet materializes over Karen’s face.
DG Cap-
98%
Page Eighteen
Full
Page Panel
Karen
crashes to the ground Iron Man style creating a small crater in the asphalt.
MIB2 crashes into the roof of his black sedan.
DG-
Transformation Complete.
Page Nineteen
Panel
One
Karen,
now ONI, is excited and hops up with her arms outstretched examining her new
form.
ONI-
No $%#@ way!
Karen
Cap- Nah uh!
ONI-
I’m #$%#&*@ Iron Man!
Panel
Two
Karen’s
face inside the helmet examining her HUD. She’s smiling like a kid on
Christmas.
DG
Cap- Optimizing interface for new user.
DG
Cap- Unable to connect to ONI Network.
DG
Cap- Tasks. Primary Objective; Reboot ONI Network
DG
Cap- You have new messages in your Inbox.
Karen-
Whoa, Whoa wait a minute. First things first…
Page Twenty
Panel
One
MIB1 is
has his back turned to the window Karen and MIB2 crashed out of. He’s holding
two fingers to his ear as if using a radio transmitting device.
MIB1-
We have a new development.
Panel
Two- Splash Panel
ONI
leaps up into view of the window ready to pounce on MIB1. MIB1 turns around in
panic, looking at ONI.
ONI-
Payback’s a bitch!
To Be
Continued Cap
Monday, March 4, 2013
Ikaricast Week, Day 2: Top 5 Best & Worst Anime
Here's our second round fo Ikaricast episodes.
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On this week's Ikaricast the whole Ikaricast crew come together and get their otaku on and discuss their personal 5 most loved, most hated and most desired to be licensed in the west anime.
email us what you think at theikaricast@gmail.com
The music used in the beginning was "Intense Azuma Battle" by Rukunetsu. You like his stuff go to his soundcloud where you can download his tracks free. soundcloud.com/rukunetsu
The track on the end is "Pegasus" by Michael Tsukerman. That was a sample you want it for yourself buy it on iTunes.
The guys have a lot of stuff they want you to check out.
http://thebrokeninfinite.blogspot.com
reviewtopia.deviantart.com
http://fighterxaos.deviantart.com
follow us on twitter @ikariradio @16BitJeff @SeraphSantana and @TheRyotacon
Download the episode here http://reviewtopia.net/ikari/ikaricasts4e24.mp3
Remember we are the creators of this podcast... google.
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On this week's Ikaricast the whole Ikaricast crew come together and get their otaku on and discuss their personal 5 most loved, most hated and most desired to be licensed in the west anime.
email us what you think at theikaricast@gmail.com
The music used in the beginning was "Intense Azuma Battle" by Rukunetsu. You like his stuff go to his soundcloud where you can download his tracks free. soundcloud.com/rukunetsu
The track on the end is "Pegasus" by Michael Tsukerman. That was a sample you want it for yourself buy it on iTunes.
The guys have a lot of stuff they want you to check out.
http://thebrokeninfinite.blogspot.com
reviewtopia.deviantart.com
http://fighterxaos.deviantart.com
follow us on twitter @ikariradio @16BitJeff @SeraphSantana and @TheRyotacon
Download the episode here http://reviewtopia.net/ikari/ikaricasts4e24.mp3
Remember we are the creators of this podcast... google.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
DaWaRou Posts: Sailor Moon Season 1
Oh boy, it's the holiday season! The End of the World as we know it by the Mayans has failed to come and Christmas is around the corner. Also, I've finished revising my first chapter of my novel Spellbound and I might decide to post that somewhere soon, but more on that later. Ladies, Gents and others, I'm John Cortez and this is my 7th post for...The Broken Infinite.
So...first of all, I need to apologize. This post was originally requested by a friend and follower of mine on Twitter who showed me all of Neon Genesis Evangelion and asked me if in my next post, I could explain to him the character of Asuka Langley Soryu since she's my favorite character of the series. At this time I'm unable to properly explain anything about Asuka that the Internet hasn't already covered but I promise that in a future post, I'll get around to it, just not today. Instead we'll be taking a look at one of the oldest and most well known anime to ever premier in America, Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon. I'm really sorry for changing the subject of the post like this!
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Yeah, I know. Instead of talking about one of the most interesting and misunderstood characters of the Evangelion series, I'm going to be writing about the first season of this trite, cliche, fem fluff, over romantic, series that revolutionized the Magical Girl genre. But, honestly, it's due to my own idiocy that it's come down to it. I've got time management problems and I'm a lazy fuck by nature and what's more, I just finished the first season of Sailor Moon while Evangelion is something that I finished about a week ago and while it's still fresh in my mind, this is extremely recent and something I can get done in a day. Please forgive me.
Now, I think that I should probably start off with my history with Sailor Moon. I really don't have one. While I'm well aware that it aired on Toonami while I was growing up, I didn't start watching anime until about 5th grade and by that point I'd never been exposed to Sailor Moon though given my history with Disney's Princess Films, I'd have just gone nuts over it, I'm sure. Girls transforming and using elemental powers to defeat evil? Reincarnated Moon Princesses? CARTOON?! I'd have just lost my mind to see this! But I didn't. In fact, I don't think I ever even heard of Sailor Moon until middle school and while I barely got into it during high school, it was the English dub of it which I found funny, namely Luna's English accent. I've always been a fan of Magical Girl anime, really. My first actual exposure came from the FoxBox/4kids Entertainment's dub of Ojamajo DoReMi/Magical DoReMi here in America and Tokyo Mew Mew/Mew Mew Power and I loved both of them, yes in English and I still do. I've recently discovered the joys of Cardcaptor Sakura, Princess Tutu and Madoka Magica so a while ago I torrented the entirety of Sailor Moon just so I could get some exposure to it in it's original incarnation. Boy oh boy was it something. But, let's get into the review now shall we?
The plot is this: Usagi Tsukino is an average idiot middle school girl. She's a crybaby, an idiot and a blonde but somehow the series insists that she's a natural born Japanese with no foreign ancestry. This also clashes with her family's hair colors as her mother has blue hair, her father's is black and her brother's is brown. Hmm, Blue, Black, Brown and Blonde...must be a thing. Anyways, Usagi wakes up late for school, again, and on her way she sees some kids gang banging a cat and when she chases the brats away, she finds that the cat has a crescent moon bald spot on it's forehead under a band-aid. Who puts a band-aid on a cat?! Lord knows how angry it'd be to have one put on but just imagine the wrath that follows pulling one off! Anyways, the cat ninja jumps away and Usagi arrives late to school where she's chewed out by her Christmas Cake teacher and she hangs with her friends Naru and Umino who's the resident Urkle. She gets like 30 points on her test which means that she failed and on her way home she and Naru decide to go shopping because, hey what better way for a girl to fee better about her self than to waste her money on needless accessories, right? Also, it's a SALE! But there's something afoot! In some undisclosed corner of a dimension from Lord knows where, our villains plot. Queen Beryl wants energy dammit and she and her androgynous lacky Jedite have bewitched the jewels in Naru's shop to sap the energy from the ladies wearing them. Let this be a lesson to you girls. Next time you see a sale that's too good to be true, it might just be a ploy to drain you of your very life essence! Anyways, Usagi meets the cat from earlier once again who introduces herself as Luna and informs Usagi that she's Sailor Moon, a warrior of legend who's job it is to defend the world from the Dark Kingdom's evil forces. Usagi is later joined by Ami Mizuno the genius girl Sailor Mercury who manipulates water and doesn't get an offensive attack until like the third season, Rei Hino a slightly psychic Miko Sailor Mars who maipulates fire, Makoto Kino a tall super girl Sailor Jupiter who manipulates plants and lightning and finally Minako Aino the beautiful blonde Sailor Venus who manipulates...light...or metal or something. There's also Tuxedo Mask who shows up to Deus ex Machina the monster before Sailor Moon finishes it off.
In this season, the girls, with the exception of Sailor Venus are all newbies to fighting evil of any kind and none more so than our main protagonist who's practically pathetic in every way but she manages to get shit done in a pinch at the least by finishing off the monster. The main drama comes later from Tuxedo Mask getting brainwashed and Usagi having to save him with her love and scant other issues that the other girls face. In short, while Sailor Moon may have been the DragonBall of the Magical Girl Genre, it's really nothing all that special in and of itself. This is largely because I've already been exposed to this kind of Magical Girl before in series like Ojamajo DoReMi. Then again that's not to say that Sailor Moon is without merit. It's generally enjoyable and while the reveals are predictable the drama is quite real and at times touching. It's main struggle stems from choosing to do what you believe is the right thing to do and doing what others think or is objectively the right thing to do. For example, Ami gets something of a love interest at a later point in the series who can see the future and has seen him turning into the monster of the week and killing her. He tells her to kill him if he transforms and she struggles with this briefly before deciding that she can save him. Sailor Venus at one point has to fight someone dear to her who's been turned into a monster and pleads with Sailor Moon to save her instead of killing her. It's nothing particularly outstanding or groundbreaking but it might've been at the time.
The flaws of the series lie in it's utter predictability and blatant repetitiveness. Usagi and the others talk about something, the monster appears, they transform and beat the monster rinse and repeat. Most of the decisions that are made can be seen coming from a mile away and while this isn't "bad" it can get rather annoying. Also...Usagi's voice is annoying as hell most of the time but I gather that it's supposed to show her immaturity. Actually, Usagi herself can be seen as a flaw in the series. She's the main character and meant to be the leader to the other warriors when this honor probably should belong to Minako/Sailor Venus who's been at this far longer or Rei/Sailor Mars who's generally the most composed in battle or even Ami/Sailor Mercury who's the smartest. Usagi would've most likely have been killed without the other girls helping her and her immaturity is frustrating at times but it works to the series credit in that she is capable of being a leader and savior when needed.
And so, my thoughts? I quite like it. I like some quality about each of the girls and even the villains got some pretty good moments as well, namely Nephrite, Zoisite and Kunzite. While the series animation isn't glorious by any stretch of the word, it's still rather good looking and seems to improve each season. It's enjoyable and recommendable to those who haven't seen it. And that's it from me! Sorry the post was so short and dull this time around, I'll get on that Asuka post at one point but Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! DaWaRou~!
So...first of all, I need to apologize. This post was originally requested by a friend and follower of mine on Twitter who showed me all of Neon Genesis Evangelion and asked me if in my next post, I could explain to him the character of Asuka Langley Soryu since she's my favorite character of the series. At this time I'm unable to properly explain anything about Asuka that the Internet hasn't already covered but I promise that in a future post, I'll get around to it, just not today. Instead we'll be taking a look at one of the oldest and most well known anime to ever premier in America, Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon. I'm really sorry for changing the subject of the post like this!
Now, I think that I should probably start off with my history with Sailor Moon. I really don't have one. While I'm well aware that it aired on Toonami while I was growing up, I didn't start watching anime until about 5th grade and by that point I'd never been exposed to Sailor Moon though given my history with Disney's Princess Films, I'd have just gone nuts over it, I'm sure. Girls transforming and using elemental powers to defeat evil? Reincarnated Moon Princesses? CARTOON?! I'd have just lost my mind to see this! But I didn't. In fact, I don't think I ever even heard of Sailor Moon until middle school and while I barely got into it during high school, it was the English dub of it which I found funny, namely Luna's English accent. I've always been a fan of Magical Girl anime, really. My first actual exposure came from the FoxBox/4kids Entertainment's dub of Ojamajo DoReMi/Magical DoReMi here in America and Tokyo Mew Mew/Mew Mew Power and I loved both of them, yes in English and I still do. I've recently discovered the joys of Cardcaptor Sakura, Princess Tutu and Madoka Magica so a while ago I torrented the entirety of Sailor Moon just so I could get some exposure to it in it's original incarnation. Boy oh boy was it something. But, let's get into the review now shall we?
The plot is this: Usagi Tsukino is an average idiot middle school girl. She's a crybaby, an idiot and a blonde but somehow the series insists that she's a natural born Japanese with no foreign ancestry. This also clashes with her family's hair colors as her mother has blue hair, her father's is black and her brother's is brown. Hmm, Blue, Black, Brown and Blonde...must be a thing. Anyways, Usagi wakes up late for school, again, and on her way she sees some kids gang banging a cat and when she chases the brats away, she finds that the cat has a crescent moon bald spot on it's forehead under a band-aid. Who puts a band-aid on a cat?! Lord knows how angry it'd be to have one put on but just imagine the wrath that follows pulling one off! Anyways, the cat ninja jumps away and Usagi arrives late to school where she's chewed out by her Christmas Cake teacher and she hangs with her friends Naru and Umino who's the resident Urkle. She gets like 30 points on her test which means that she failed and on her way home she and Naru decide to go shopping because, hey what better way for a girl to fee better about her self than to waste her money on needless accessories, right? Also, it's a SALE! But there's something afoot! In some undisclosed corner of a dimension from Lord knows where, our villains plot. Queen Beryl wants energy dammit and she and her androgynous lacky Jedite have bewitched the jewels in Naru's shop to sap the energy from the ladies wearing them. Let this be a lesson to you girls. Next time you see a sale that's too good to be true, it might just be a ploy to drain you of your very life essence! Anyways, Usagi meets the cat from earlier once again who introduces herself as Luna and informs Usagi that she's Sailor Moon, a warrior of legend who's job it is to defend the world from the Dark Kingdom's evil forces. Usagi is later joined by Ami Mizuno the genius girl Sailor Mercury who manipulates water and doesn't get an offensive attack until like the third season, Rei Hino a slightly psychic Miko Sailor Mars who maipulates fire, Makoto Kino a tall super girl Sailor Jupiter who manipulates plants and lightning and finally Minako Aino the beautiful blonde Sailor Venus who manipulates...light...or metal or something. There's also Tuxedo Mask who shows up to Deus ex Machina the monster before Sailor Moon finishes it off.
In this season, the girls, with the exception of Sailor Venus are all newbies to fighting evil of any kind and none more so than our main protagonist who's practically pathetic in every way but she manages to get shit done in a pinch at the least by finishing off the monster. The main drama comes later from Tuxedo Mask getting brainwashed and Usagi having to save him with her love and scant other issues that the other girls face. In short, while Sailor Moon may have been the DragonBall of the Magical Girl Genre, it's really nothing all that special in and of itself. This is largely because I've already been exposed to this kind of Magical Girl before in series like Ojamajo DoReMi. Then again that's not to say that Sailor Moon is without merit. It's generally enjoyable and while the reveals are predictable the drama is quite real and at times touching. It's main struggle stems from choosing to do what you believe is the right thing to do and doing what others think or is objectively the right thing to do. For example, Ami gets something of a love interest at a later point in the series who can see the future and has seen him turning into the monster of the week and killing her. He tells her to kill him if he transforms and she struggles with this briefly before deciding that she can save him. Sailor Venus at one point has to fight someone dear to her who's been turned into a monster and pleads with Sailor Moon to save her instead of killing her. It's nothing particularly outstanding or groundbreaking but it might've been at the time.
The flaws of the series lie in it's utter predictability and blatant repetitiveness. Usagi and the others talk about something, the monster appears, they transform and beat the monster rinse and repeat. Most of the decisions that are made can be seen coming from a mile away and while this isn't "bad" it can get rather annoying. Also...Usagi's voice is annoying as hell most of the time but I gather that it's supposed to show her immaturity. Actually, Usagi herself can be seen as a flaw in the series. She's the main character and meant to be the leader to the other warriors when this honor probably should belong to Minako/Sailor Venus who's been at this far longer or Rei/Sailor Mars who's generally the most composed in battle or even Ami/Sailor Mercury who's the smartest. Usagi would've most likely have been killed without the other girls helping her and her immaturity is frustrating at times but it works to the series credit in that she is capable of being a leader and savior when needed.
And so, my thoughts? I quite like it. I like some quality about each of the girls and even the villains got some pretty good moments as well, namely Nephrite, Zoisite and Kunzite. While the series animation isn't glorious by any stretch of the word, it's still rather good looking and seems to improve each season. It's enjoyable and recommendable to those who haven't seen it. And that's it from me! Sorry the post was so short and dull this time around, I'll get on that Asuka post at one point but Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! DaWaRou~!
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Premiere: Sailor Moon Musical: Mugen Gakuen
Hello out there. Many of you are Sailor Moon fans. But what many didn't know is that she had a series of musicals that lasted for nearly 15 years. There are so many musics. This one is based on Sailor Moon S and is fairly true to it with some changes and some all new, original characters. Welcome to Broken Infinite's presentation of Sera Myu: Mugen Gakuen 2002.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Broken Infinite TV: Toon Vengeance (13th Edition)
Your Anime Alternative Block is back with all new episodes and 3 more new shows. For the time being, there will not be any new anime movies. Yet, we got 3 new shows as Blue Seed, Paranoia Agent & Code Geass have joined the block.
We start with CLAMP ... we end in CLAMP.
Welcome to an all new Toon Vengeance and it starts ... NOW!
Monday, November 12, 2012
Broken Infinite TV: Toon Vengeance (13th Edition)
Toon Vengeance, your Alternative Anime Block, is here and in full effect. We got a bunch of great stuff. We got episodes of Magic Knight Rayearth, Flame of Recca, Cardfight Vanguard, Get Backers, Outlaw Star & much, much more. Plus, we got a double feature to end our adventures with one mystical adventure in the realm of fantasy and the other a thriller with supernatural accents.
Welcome to Toon Vengeance.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Toon Vengeance (12th Edition)
With no WTFriday or Comic Book Crave last week, we got a brand new Toon Vengeance ... a day early. Enjoy this line up of anime. And don't forget, Cardfight Vanguard anime jumped due to its mini marathon last week.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Broken Infinite TV: Toon Vengeance (#11)
In a special, super sized Toon Vengeance: We got episodes of your favorite shows. 2 mini marathons with 5 new episodes of Cardfight Vanguard & 4 new episodes of the returning anime, Ghost Stories. We gain two news shows with D-Gray Man & Flame of Recca while also showing 2 new features for Halloween.
All this and more in this Jam packed, near 13 hour Toon Vengeance!
Monday, October 22, 2012
Broken Infinite TV: Toon Vengeance (10th Edition)
More action, adventure, intrigue and more with this week's Toon Vengeance! Featuring Sailor Stars, Cardfight Vanguard, Zeta Gundam, Get Backers, Outlaw Star and much more. Includes a movie at the end.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Broken Infinite TV: Toon Vengeance (9th Edition)
Here is more of your Anime Alternative. Sit back, relax and enjoy.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Broken Infinite TV : What The Friday (#2)
We got action. We got adventure. We got stuff that will make you got WTF! Welcome to an all new WTFriday. Included are 5 webseries, 2 animes, 3 different movies and much, much more. Take a look at the upcoming Fighter's High webseries. Plus, more Sailor Moon Abridged. And some great movies. ENJOY.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Toon Vengeance (5th Edition)
We 4, count'em, 4 new shows as we go from just 8 shows to 10, but still just under 4 hours (which most cartoon blocks are between 3-4 blocks)And while Berserk & Ghost Stories are gone for now ... I believe we found suitable replacements.
Featuring: Magic Knight Rayearth (episode 1), Cardfight Vanguard (episode 1), Sailor Moon (episode 4), Ronin Warriors (episode 5), Zeta Gundam (episode 5), Get Backers (episode 5), Tenjou Tenge (episode 5), Outlaw Star (episode 5), Genshinken (episode 1) & Linebarrels of Iron (episode 1)
Featuring: Magic Knight Rayearth (episode 1), Cardfight Vanguard (episode 1), Sailor Moon (episode 4), Ronin Warriors (episode 5), Zeta Gundam (episode 5), Get Backers (episode 5), Tenjou Tenge (episode 5), Outlaw Star (episode 5), Genshinken (episode 1) & Linebarrels of Iron (episode 1)
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Toon Vengeance (4th Round)
Toon Vengeance (4th Edition) - We are back with you Anime Alternative.
Berserk episode 3
Ronin Warriors episode 4
Zeta Gundam episode 4
Get Backers episode 4
Outlaw Star episode 4
Sailor Moon episode 3
Tenjou Tenge episode 4
Ghost Stories episode 4 With 2 surprises in between.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Toon Vengeance (3rd Edition)
Toon Vengeance (3rd Edition)
Your Alternative Anime Block Continues! Check out latest episodes.
Featuring: Berserk episode 2, Ronin Warriors episode 3, Gundam Zeta episode 3, Get Backers episode 3, Outlaw Star episode 3, Sailor Moon episode 2, Tenjo Tenge episode 3 & Ghost Stories episode 3.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Toon Vengeance 7-16-2012
Toon Vengeance is back ... with some slight modifications. Reactions have been good so far but would love for people to be more vocal. Please ... feel free to comment below.
And now for "I Can't Believe It's Not Toonami" aka Toon Vengeance.
Berserk:
Next, we go back for more Ronin Warriors, Episode 2:
Things go from bad to worse as we go into Gundam Zeta, Episode 2:
Time to share some laughs & some fists with Getbackers, Episode 2:
Fists, Fighting and Furious Females and males take over High School in Tenjo Tengue, Episode 2:
And We end on the Haunted High School note with the second episode of Ghost Stories:
And That is it for now. Toon Vengeance will update again later this week. Till then, Happy Monday all.
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