Ponyo English Trailer
Spaceman-Spiff June 23rd, 2009
HD version available at: http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/ponyo/
I just hope this song won’t be dubbed:
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Ponyo to Open on 800 U.S. Screens
Spaceman-Spiff June 5th, 2009
Studio Ghibli’s and Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, Gake no Ue no Ponyo [Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea], will open in 800 US screens on August 14.I’m guessing it will open in Canada too, just like previous Ghibli movies (though maybe one or two months late).
It’s nice being able to watch anime in the theatres, though it’s probably going to be dubbed.
I just heard yesterday that a few months back, there was another anime movie being released in US screens. It’s titled Sword of the Stranger. Seems to have pretty good ratings. Too bad it wasn’t screened in Canada.
Live-Action Movies Weekend
Spaceman-Spiff December 11th, 2006
Saw a few live-action anime/manga adaptation movies last weekend, and the following are my impressions:
Death Note
Links: Official Website – IMDB
Raito (Light) and L both looked ugly compared to the manga. Well, more for Raito. The only character that looks good is Ryuku because he’s a CG character. Some of the acting are also bad, especially for Raito.
The story is suppose conclude in the 2nd Death Note movie, “Death Note: The Last Name“.
The Prince of Tennis
Links: Official Website – IMDB
Where to begin… There’s so many things wrong about this movie >_< .
The characters mostly appear only for fan-service. Besides Ryoma and Tezuka, the rest of the players don’t have a lot of screen time or character developments. Tezuka’s actor looks cool, no comments on the rest.
The story feels very rushed. The only matches that are covered entirely is Seigaku vs Hyoutei. The movie wasn’t translated, but it was easy to understand.
When you watch Prince of Tennis anime or read the manga and think that all of those tennis stuffs don’t make much sense, the live-action is even more absurd. Looking at those actors playing superhuman CG tennis feel so weird you feel you want to laugh. Yes, me and my friends did laugh a lot watching this movie. Not because it’s comedic, but because some of the stuffs they did are so stupid, it’s funny.
Detective Conan
Links: Official Website – IMDB
Titled as “Detective Conan Drama”; tells the story before the events of the first chapter of Detective Conan manga.
The movie is pretty heavy on dialogs, and without translation, I found myself falling asleep at the beginning of the movie. I only watched the first half an hour of the movie, but my friend watched it till the end, so the following are his comments:
- Most of the acting sucks
- Kogorou Mouri is funny
- The first part of the story is not very interesting, but the second part is good
Side Note: My Familiarity with the Series
At this moment I have read and watched:
- Death Note: The entire manga series.
- The Prince of Tennis: Around 80 episodes of the anime and up to volume 30 of the manga.
- Detective Conan: Up to volume 43 of the manga and a few random anime episodes and movies.
Blog Resurrected
Spaceman-Spiff November 17th, 2006
…kind of.
My Life in the past year and a half consisted mostly of: school, work, and WoW. But I’m not doing any of those 3 at this moment.
Recently playing:
- Dragon Quest VIII (finished) – lvl 43, 120 hours
- Final Fantasy XII (stalled) – got bored at lvl 30, 44 hours into the game
- Gyakuten Saiban [Phoenix Wright] (finished) – fun game
- Gyakuten Saiban 2 (at 4th case)
Current manga interests:
- One Piece
- Anything by Mitsuru Adachi
- Pluto
- Vagabond
- Tetsuwan Atom
Hope I won’t get too lazy to continue writing. Now, gotta delete 6000+ spams from the blog comments.
More Roughness
Spaceman-Spiff March 14th, 2005
7 chapters of Rough releases today. I’ve read the story up to v10, and this is clearly my favorite Adachi manga, even more than Katsu and H2. If you like romance manga with some sport contents in it, go check Rough!
Almost dawn, I better sleep now…
Hillariously Scary Wallpaper
Spaceman-Spiff March 13th, 2005
Get this image and set it as your wallpaper, tiled XD.
Found it while surving some oekaki boards.