Time for #AnimeSquees

Hey Nerdettes & Nerds,  JP Fairfield will be hosting an anime livetweet on twitter starting June 3rd!  

Follow #AnimeSquees and @nerdgasmnoire on twitter to join in the fun.

Livetweet will be every Wednesday from 8pm to 9pm starting June 3rd. (until Empire comes back).  Check the Nerdgasm Noire calendar for any changes.

8pm - Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!: The story revolves around the members of the “Earth Defense Club” aka the “Do Nothing Club” at Binan High School. One day, the club members are soaking in a hot bath together when all of a sudden a mysterious pink wombat appears out of thin air! The wombat asks the members to lend it their help to protect the Earth. At school the next day, each of the club members receives a magical bracelet enveloping them in a dazzling light.

8:30pm - The World is Still Beautiful: Nike, the fourth princess of the Principality of Rain and one who holds the power to call forth the rain, travels to the Sun Kingdom to marry Sun King Livius for her country, despite her own reluctance. She soon discovers that the King, who conquered the world in only three years after his ascendance to the throne, is still a child!! Furthermore, for trivial reasons, he has demanded that Nike call forth the rain…!?

Miyazaki's The Wind Rises

The Wind Rises is Hayao Miyazaki's newest film, based on the fictionalized life of Jiro Horikoshi, the inventor of the Japanese fighter plane, the Zero. While Miyazaki's Secret World of Arrietty was disappointing, this movie, on the other hand, is just bad. To be sure, the animation, the details of the historical stuff in the background is amazing, but the actual plot, the dialogue, and the core message are terrible.

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Bee and Puppycat #31WriteNow

Do you like the show Adventure Time with Finn and Jake?  Do you like your cartoons to be silly, nonsensical and nostalgic?

Check out the latest Youtube animated series on Cartoon Hangover called Bee and Puppycat.   The show was created by Natasha Allegri who's a character designer and storyboard artist for Adventure Time.  

The series resolves around Bee who after meeting Puppycat becomes a reluntant hero who travels to Fishbowl Space.  The series' style and story takes some influence from Magical Girl animes (i.e. Sailor Moon or Cardcaptor Sakura) plus 80's and 90's cartoons.  This mix of influences, odd humor and eerie themes doesn't seem disjointed but a perfect mix of surrealism and magic.

Check out the premiere below:

NNN Episode 50 - Flashback (With Maria)

Topics: It's our 50th EPISODE!!! Celebrate with us as we look back on fan favorite episodes and fan submitted questions.  We also talk about the latest episode of Glee, premiere of Smash, and The Voice.  [Download MP3]

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Mini-Review: Princess Tutu Anime

Synopsis:

Before the story of Princess Tutu, there was a writer named Drosselmeyer.  He had the power to make stories become reality.  The townspeople became fearful of this power and chopped of his hands then killed him.   Drosselmeyer's last story, The Prince and The Raven, was left unfinished leaving the Prince and the Raven to battle each other forever without release.  Eventually, the Raven figured out how to break out of the story into the real world.  The Prince pursued the Raven and shatter his own heart with his sword in order to seal the Raven away.

Unbeknownst to the townspeople, Drosselmeyer longed written about himself before dying and was able to continue control events.  He decided to changed the direction of the story.  He changes a duck aptly named Duck to Princess Tutu and gives her the power to restore pieces of the Prince's heart to him.  Duck can never tell the Prince her feelings for him or else she disappears in a flash of light.

Mini-Review:

At first, I thought Princess TuTu will be just another "Magical Girl" anime but I was pleasantly surprised.   It's more of a ballet fairy-tale with Magical Girl elements throw in.  The anime takes some story elements from Swan Lake and other fairy-tale ballets.    The biggest concept in the anime is fate versus free will.  Do we really have no say in our future or can we beat the odds of our situation?   It also explores how our outside persona is used to cover up the real emotions inside.  Someone who tries to please everyone may just experiencing loneliness and going overboard to placate that raw feeling.

The artwork is beautiful.  It feels nostalgic and fragile if that makes any sense.   Conflicts in Princess Tutu are not solved through violence but ballet dances.  I have to admit during some of the "fight" scenes I got a bit emotional.    The combination of the beautiful art, dance sequences, music, and words can tug a bit at the heart strings.  If you like character driven anime and ballet, I think you will enjoy Princess Tutu.   Let me say this, Mytho (the Prince) is a bit dead but I guess since he's suppose to not have a heart or emotions..  meh...

Rating: Hells Yea!

 

Cross-posted from Shiny Things Goes Here

NNN Episode 41 - Crapping Rainbows; Breaking Rules

Topics: Princess Tutu anime, Rocky the Musical, Arrested Development coming back, The Munsters Remake, American Horror Story, Black geek Girls, Spotify losing record labels, and movies of 2012. [Download MP3]

Nerdtastic News:

• Rocky The Musical
• Arrested Development returning
• The Munsters remake
• Letting my Black Geek Girl Flag Fly
• Record Labels bailing out on Spotify

Movies of 2012

• Ghost Rider 2
• Dark Knight Rises
• Underworld Awakening
• The Hunger Games

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NNN Episode 22 - Team Toni

[NNN] 22-Team Toni

True Blood Season Opener, Marvel Anime Project, Computer Geek Hoarders, The Geek Divide

NNN Episode 19 - Mutant Guy Love

[NNN] 19-Mutant Guy Love

X-Men: First Class movie, Gantz, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

Mini-Review: Gantz

Synopsis:

The story of Kei Kurono and his childhood friend Masaru Kato who died in a train accident. They become part of a posthumous ‘game’ where they have to hunt down and kill aliens within a certain time period armed with handful of futuristic items of equipment and weaponry. Ah, but they are not alone! Kei and Masaru are transported to a seemingly ordinary apartment with other recently decreased people. Will they work together to survive? Or will they turn on each other for their own survival?

Mini-Review:

The one thing I can say is the main character, Kei, is not super likable. He’s one of those guys who you don’t love but don’t super hate. It’s indifference which is worse than hate cause you just don’t understand why we even care about the jerk. The anime seems intent on making sure if you start to like him a little bit to dash those hopes. In fact, most of the characters are not super likable. It seems as if bad stuff happens to the characters just because but on the other hand that's life. The only redeeming character in the story is Masaru who is genuinely kind, heroic and moral… but he’s not the central character… Go figure.

The art style is clean and pretty but not so lush that you wonder if someone is going to throw out rose petals any minute. Gantz is a very violent and bloody anime. You will see guts pouring out. Brains oozing out and all that.. um.. good stuff.

Anime has a very interesting premise. Would you hold on to your human nature in this scenario? Would you question the purpose of your life or if you are really living at all?

Rating:

Meh. It’s alright. [For those that love really bloody animes even with paper thin storyline, it’s a HELLS YEA!] It’s watchable but only because you wonder how much of a jerk can Kei become.

NNN Episode 05 - Broke Melissa With Anime

Topics: Gateway anime shows/movies & recommended graphic novels series.

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