HJU Double Feature: Kamen Rider Kiva 02 & Cutey Honey the LIVE 17

8 02 2008

See ya next week!

Kamen Rider Kiva 02


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Cutey Honey THE LIVE - 17
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Next Week On Kamen Rider Kiva

7 02 2008

HERO: PERFECT HUNTER
Airs February 10th 2008.

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Present Time. Wataru heads to the Café Mal D’amour along with Shizuka to thank them for the table board. Wataru tells the always severe Megumi that he wants to become a wonderful person like his father. The Master, knowing Wataru’s father was Kurenai Otoya, has an unexpected reaction.

22 years ago. Otoya, as always, is in the city, talking to girls. However, Shima, who had been watching him fight the Fangaia, assigns Yuri the task of monitoring him, as Shima wants to recruit him as a Fangaia hunter. Yuri tells him that his attitude may be a problem but Shima does not change his mind.

Present time. A female lawyer named Aya has come to Wataru’s house. According to her, his father, Otoya had given trouble to a lot of people. Wataru doesn’t give credit and decides to search all the victims in the list Aya provides to prove her wrong.
While at it, Wataru meets a bounty hunter named Nago and…



Last Week On Juuken Sentai Gekiranger

7 02 2008

LESSON 49: ZUN-ZUN! THE JUUKEN FOREVER…
Airs February 10th 2008.

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Long has decided that himself, and not the Destruction God, will be the one to destroy the world, and he attacks the city. The Gekirangers arrive to try to stop him but bright light erupts from Jan, Retsu and Ran’s bodies and they fall unconscious. The Ringi Rio had passed to them seem to be telling them where to go. So Gou and Ken decide to face Long while the three recover. The last battle has finally come. Will the Gekirangers be able to defeat Long and save the world?



HJU Comic & Video Game Picks of the Week: February 6th

6 02 2008

This Week’s Release List…

MARVEL

UNCANNY X-MEN # 495
“DIVIDED WE STAND”

Reeling from the events of Messiah Complex, the surviving mutants reassess Xavier’s dream amidst the rubble of the mansion. Betrayed by one of their own, and mourning the loss of former allies, is peaceful coexistence still an option? The only thing that’s certain is an uncertain future for mutantkind. Is anyone safe in a world without X-Men?

CLANDESTINE #1
Alan Davis’ freaky family returns! They’ve existed, hidden among mankind for centuries, a mysterious bloodline of superhumans, eternal and apart. And all they’ve desired is to be left alone, to pursue their individual interests in peace. But now, the existence of their hidden clan is threatened with exposure by the activities of one of their youngest siblings, Rory Destine, who aspires to be the costumed crimefighter called the Crimson Crusader! And now that the cat’s been let out of the bag, who or what is going to come calling at the Destine family’s Ravenscroft doorway?

MS. MARVEL #24
Brian Reed and Aaron Lopresti break the record set by Ms. Marvel’s original series by reaching the twenty-fourth issue (cue fireworks)…and they do it in style! On Monster Island, surrounded by thousands of Brood, Carol Danvers regains her long lost Binary abilities…but the price may be her life!

DC

DETECTIVE COMICS #841
Scarface and the new Ventriloquist make their deadly return to DETECTIVE COMICS in a story destined to surprise readers! Plus, Zatanna guest-stars in this special tale!

METAL MEN #6
The terrors of Oolong Island are revisited as The Metal Men go toe to toe with Chemo and the other monstrous Board of Trustees at Magna-Tech Inc. The alchemical creature known only as The Nameless uses his stone-like Gogoloths to steal Magnus’ secrets for the elemental controlling Responsometers in a literal bid for earthly domination! Plus, the return of the Robot Renegades!

TEEN TITANS YEAR ONE #2
The origin story of the Teen Titans continues as the focus falls on Aqualad, who must overcome his many phobias and get help above the waves when Aquaman goes rogue! Things aren’t any better on land, as both Kid Flash and Speedy must confront the madness of the Flash and Green Arrow.

And the Video Game Pick of the Week is…
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NO MORE HEROES (Wii)

3 02 2008

I know I already posted about this in the Comic Book and Video Game update, but I had to post something one more time. No More Heroes for the Nintendo Wii is a-fucking-mazing. This game is made for fans like us. It’s a celebration to the Japanese Fanboy and fanboys in general. The story of the game plays out like something out of a tokusatsu like Cutey Honey the Live, GARO and Sh15uya, the game play is slick and fun, and the sheer style emminating from this game has me in a constant state of grinning while playing it.

Seriously… buy this game. The 50 dollar price tag is a bit steep, but I fully believe the developer deserves every single penny for this inspired piece of art. If you pick it up, pop on into the forums to let us know what you think. In the meantime to wet your whistles, here’s the opening to the game and after the jump… the first boss battle against Death Metal the Holy Sword.

Enjoy and let the games begin!

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Next Week On…Kamen Rider Kiva

2 02 2008

MUSICAL SUITE: FATHER AND SON VIOLIN
Airs February 3rd 2008.

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Shizuka has accepted another violin repairing job in the absence and without permission of Wataru, who keeps working hard to some day obtain the particular color his father’s violin has. Complaining, Wataru receives the case from Shizuka and opens it, it is a violin with a big crack across it. Wataru is frightened at the sight of the violin, why?

22 years ago, 1986. Yuri is told by Shima to protect a young violinist named Hitomi. A Fangaia who targets only female violinists seems to have appeared. Yuri then goes to where Hitomi is and finds none other but Otoya with her. Apparently he is a former violinist and he coaches Hitomi.

Meanwhile, in the present time, Wataru goes looking for ingredients to repair the violin. Megumi catches him again doing weird things and is about to tell him off again but…

In 1986, Yuri finally confronts the Fangaia but it’s true identity is…!



Next Week On…Juuken Sentai Gekiranger

2 02 2008

LESSON 47: SABA-SABA! KENDAN NOW
Airs February 3rd 2008.

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Invited by Jan, Rio and Mele approach SCRTC. However, Ran and Retsu can’t forgive them so easily for all the people they made suffer. So, they decide to perform a Kendan, a battle between those who commit a crime and those who judge it. Three days from now, Ran and Retsu will face Rio and Mele in a Kendan Battle. However, the supposedly defeated Sanyo appears…



HJU Feature Premiere: Kamen Rider Kiva - Episode 1, ONLY from TVNihon.Com!

1 02 2008

It’s here!!!!

Thanks, TV Nihon!

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FRIDAY ACE: “Bootleg Haruhi” Edition - Week Of 1/27/08

1 02 2008
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The above image is from a middle school pamphlet promoting the Beijing Olympics. Now I’m not a big Haruhi freak or anything (even though this marks the sixth time I’ve referenced said anime in a blog entry >_>) but my question is how the fsck do they expect to get away with this now that the images are online? Are they going to try saying that she’s like cars from a distance to justify it or something?

(Scroll down a bit for that link to see what I’m getting at but ten points to your house if you get the reference right away.)

This is a hell of a thing to come back to after my b-day vacation. That and the fact that Rambo (lit. The Second Coming of Commando) was bested at the box office by THIS atrocity (Which has me sobbing softly for Kevin Sorbo’s career). Hopefully, this week’s Friday ACE should clear things up.

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Lord Zedd is Coming to ACEN 2008!!!

31 01 2008

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The hits just keep on comin’! First we get that ACen is getting Power Rangers, and now they’re getting the Power Ranger’s greatest foe… the Fallen Ranger, Lord Zedd himself! Sure you met the guy in the suit at the Power Morphicon, but now…. meet the voice behind the mask!

We’re making battle plans and taking a roll call already on who’s going to be there. Don’t miss out!