Tuesday, December 9, 2014

I'm back for now

I still plan to post quite a few things on December 19th and the following days, but I must say that I won't be able to get the naruto walkthrough done. I read the last chapters of the manga and now I can't bring myself to play the game. It sounds selfish, but I don't want to ruin my opinion of the game by forcing myself to play it, so I'm just going to suspend the walkthrough. In return, I'll be posting quite a bit of DayZ stuff and maybe some Left 4 Dead (Both games are on my PC, so it makes things easier). I may actually go back to playing the standalone soon, because they finally added vehicles. I may even get Arma 3 and play some wasteland or epoch.

On the Anime side of things, I've been working on my top 20 anime and Manga fights, however, I just started some new anime and manga with amazing fights in them, not to mention, Log Horizon, Akame ga Kill, Sword Art Online, Psycho Pass, and Trinity Seven are all premiering new episodes every week, so there is the possibility of newer and better fights. In addition to the anime fights, Akame ga Kiru, Akatsuki no Yona, Shingeki no Kyojin, and The Breaker: New Waves are all still releasing, so I may change the countdown to top 20 of this year. I've seen a lot of good stuff and It's really making me think about cool ideas for countdowns and the like. 

Last but not least, Shingeki No Kyojin is not only releasing a second season in January of 2015, but they are also releasing an OVA based off of the 'Birth of Levi' Manga. I read the birth of Levi and it was amazing, so I can't wait to see how nice the animation will look once they release it.

I have bonus info for those of you who play Battlefield 4 as well: In an interview, one of the producers for DICE said: "I can't go into detail why, but the developers at DICE L.A. have been playing a lot of Battlefield 3 lately..." This can only mean that there is going to be not just a sixth map pack, but it will include Battlefield 3 maps. The second piece of news is for console players: On the next patch, Community Test Environment will be coming to console. This means that all of the special game modes and possible new maps will be playable even earlier for those console players who get access to the CTE. 

That's all that I have to say for now, but if I come across any more gaming or anime related news, I'll be sure to relay it through this blog. The last thing that I want to mention is that I may actually shut down the blog in December. This will only happen if I get enough money for decent editing software for my computer. If I do get some editing software, I'll start making YouTube videos. When that happens, I'll either shut down my blog, or use the blog for my gaming stuff and YouTube for my anime and manga.(Although if I get my hands on a capture device for my PS3, I may go exclusively to YouTube.


Thanks for reading and check back periodically to see if I've posted anything. I can't promise any solid dates now, but I should at least have a DayZ post up by December 19.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Taking a break

So, yeah. I meant to post something the week before last, but I've been really busy lately. It's getting hard to juggle all of my stuff, so I'm gonna take a break from posting on the blog until December 19. On December 19, i'll post all of the stuff that I have been working on, so yeah. I'm still reading manga and watching anime, but it's usually while i'm on campus, so I cant do much else. Over thanksgiving, I may post a bit about the anime that I've been watching, but I'm not really sure whether I'll have a lot of time. Last week, I was actually recruited for a pro clan in Battlefield 4, so I've been playing with them in almost all my free time. It's actually pretty stressful in total because I have to keep my kill/death ratio up pretty high as well as learn strategies and other things. But since I also have school, I have pretty much no time. If I get a big assignment, then my whole schedule is taken up. Please read some of the older stuff if you haven't and also check out some of the shows that I've mentioned in the earlier posts. I'll post a lot of content around Christmas, so look out for that. Thanks for reading and sorry that I won't be able to provide you with quality content for a while.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

School Issues + top 5 Shoujo anime characters.

So, I had originally planned to do the top 20 anime fights yesterday, but unfortunately, I got slapped in the face with a week's worth of homework, so I didn't have time to finish my selection. I'll try to get it up sometime this week, but I have a lot of homework, and school comes first. With that said however, I can't leave you with nothing, so this is a top 5 of my favorite shoujo anime characters. I actually want to do an official countdown of this, but I don't really have the time to write one up, so sorry. I'll include a link to the show as well as a picture of the character. As always, the names are written the English way to make things clearer to those who don't know Japanese language mechanics.
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I want to start this off by explaining what shoujo anime is. Shoujo anime is usually defined by the main character being female and the main theme of the show being romance or love. Also, if there is any show that has dudes that sparkle (not twilight) it's totally shoujo.

5-Haruka Nanami-Uta no prince-sama

So yeah, you want to know the truth? The only reason that I even watched this show is this girl's eyes. Like, come on, tell me they don't look cool. Aside from that, completely honest, the show isn't all that. It's a little twist on the classic school shoujo anime, but it's not something that you can't find anywhere else.







Watch it for yourself and form your opinion: http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fUta-no-Prince-sama-Maji-Love-1000


4-Taiga Aisaka-Toradora
This character is the epitome of Tsundere. Yes, here we are, there just has to be one tsundere on every countdown. But don't get the wrong idea, it's not like I like tsunderes or anything. (If you don't get that joke, watch part b of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrnd8O5Zf8o)














Here's the link: http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fToradora


3- Erika Shinohara-Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji

So, this character is from the shoujo that I'm actually watching right now. The way the voice actor does this character makes her all the more amazing, despite the already funny actions that she performs.














This show puts a huge twist on the classic shoujo and I really recommend it, so check it out: http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fOokami-Shoujo-to-Kuro-Ouji


2-Takumi Usui-Kaichou wa maid-sama

What's this? A guy? Well, yeah, there are guys in shoujo anime after all. However, theyre usually all the same, but in this show, Usui makes the difference. He's  so good at everything that he makes it funny. Definitely worth the spot.





This show is full of laughs, so why not check it out: http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fKaichou-wa-Maid-sama


1-Mei Tachibana-Say "I love you"
Mei Tachibana is not your typical shoujo anime character. I love her self-sufficient, yet also tsundere attitude. The first time that I thought: 'this chick rules!' is in the first episode, when she throws a kick at a guy who is messing with her skirt. Talk about self defense.










I will warn you now: This show has feels! I'm serious this show will take your emotions and stomp them into the ground. And then heal them. And then stomp them out again. If you like the show, you should check out the anime: http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fSukitte-Ii-na-yo


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Well, that's that. I hope you enjoyed this quick little countdown. I might do a few more of these while I try to make time to write up the big posts that I have planned. And also, if it wasn't obvious, due to the obscene amount of crap that I have to deal with right now, I probably won't be able to start youtube any time soon. Sorry if you were looking forward to it, i'll try to come up with a plan once things settle down. As always, thanks for reading and bring a friend next time.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

No tricks, Just treats- Triple anime spotlight

So, i'd like to talk about three anime series that I recently saw. The three series are Kara no Kyoukai, Deadman Wonderland, and Akatsuki no Yona. I'll talk about them in the order I named and I'll also leave links. So, here we go:
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First things first, Kara no Kyoukai. I mentioned this series in my last post and I just thought that I would give my opinion. I watched the first movie last night and I really enjoyed it. The animation was beautiful, the soundtrack was incredible, and the action scenes were insanely well put-together. Out of every series that I've ever watched, Kara no Kyoukai had the best animation. From the very first frame to the very last frame, the animation was crisp and smooth. The story kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time and I couldn't get enough of it. It was something unlike anything that I had ever seen before and I can't wait to watch the rest of the movies. If I were to rate this movie, It would be a perfect 10/10 because personally, I had no complaints about the movie at all. I highly recommend this not just to people who like supernatural and action, but anyone who is looking for a good movie to watch. At only 51 minutes, It's easy to find the time to watch it as well.
I really think that you'll enjoy it just as much as I did.

Next is the series that I just finished: Deadman Wonderland.
I started watching this show last week and finally drove myself to finish it over the past two days. As far as story goes, it's pretty good, but don't expect the action to start right away. The real deal fights don't start up until around episode 5 and there are two 'story arcs' after that. The show starts off pretty slow because it needs to set up, but once it gets going, it's hard to stop watching. The more I watched it, the more I wanted to watch the next episode. Despite what I just said, this show gets a 7/10 for two main reasons: 
  1. The story progresses way to quickly. Characters show up and disappear way too fast for them to really take up a place in the mind of the viewer.
  2. THE MOTHER OF ALL CLIFFHANGERS. That one had to be in caps because it needed to be emphasized. It builds off of the first reason. A new character is introduced and he does some weird stuff and then disappears. Then, at the very end of the very last episode, he copies the power of another character right before the show ends. Like, what the heck did he do? How did he do that? Who the heck really is this guy? Those are just a few of the questions I have. There are probably five or six more, but those are the important ones. 
Aside from the obvious plot holes, the show was very good. The fights were awesome and the soundtrack totally fits the vibe of the show. The most interesting thing of all is that the opening song sounds like it was written by an American band. 
Here's a link to the opener: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzBZU1hKIzg

Last but actually best: Akatsuki no Yona. The only thing that I can say about this show is that it's the single greatest anime that I have ever watched. The story, soundtrack, animation, and character development are all beautiful. I've loved every second of this show so far and I will probably post about it some more later on. As of this post, there are four episodes and so far there has been no pause in story development. Every second of the show builds on either the background story or the currently developing one, which is extremely rare even in the best anime. Another rare thing is that as far as I can tell, this anime follows the manga exactly. Not even the slightest variation so far, not even shortening certain conversations. As I said before, to me, this is the best anime that I have ever seen. There is one thing that may keep new people from enjoying it as much as I do. I love history. Especially that of ancient Japan and China and this series leans slightly on both as well as some European elements. Since it is basically historical fiction, it's not for everyone. However, even if you don't like history as much as I do, you will probably still enjoy it if you give it a try. My best friend has no clue how I can love history so much, but he loves the show almost as much as I do. 
Here's the link to the Akatsuki no Yona manga: http://www.mangareader.net/akatsuki-no-yona
Again, they are the same story, it's just that one requires reading an the other doesn't.

That's all that I had to say, but I wanted to let you know that this entire post was inspired solely by Akatsuki no Yona. If not for that show, I probably would have posted after halloween. Akatsuki no Yona is my new favorite show and I believe that anyone who gives it a chance will love it. In a few days, I'm going to bring back countdowns with two super awesome countdowns that I have been thinking about making for a long time. Also, the long-awaited final portion of the Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 walk-through will be posted within two weeks-that's 14 days. Don't rush- It takes a long time to write and edit these posts, but when I see that even one person is reading them, it definitely motivates me to make more. Within the next 5 days, I will be bringing back countdowns and kicking them off with one of the most amazing countdowns yet: Top 20 anime fights. Yes, 20. If you like action anime, this is for you. There is one major condition which should be obvious. No Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, or DBZ. I would love to mention these series, but if I did, the whole countdown could be made from just DBZ alone. After that however, I will make a top 20 manga fights. These will most likely be much more graphic and a lot longer, plus, I will have actual pages from the manga that I'm talking about. Look forward to that within the next week and thanks for reading. Show this to someone you know and check out the shows/movies that I recommend. I wouldn't recommend them for everyone if I didn't think that anyone could enjoy them. Again, thanks for reading!
-K.G.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Why I'm delaying Ninja Storm 3 Walkthrough + Halloween Anime

I want to start this off by saying this: Yes, I didn't post my walk-through for chapters 2 and 3 of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm and I want to reply by saying this: I'll be posting the rest of the game in one shot, so it will take some time. I'll probably need another week to finish it (I'm not going to force myself to play when I don't feel like it.) and a week to write the entire walk-through. Chapter 2 is a bit spotty because I was tired, but there isn't much to it in the first place, but I can't just re-do a single chapter, so sorry about that. I'll explain everything that is missing a picture.

The second thing that I want to say in this post (Kind of the main deal of this post in the first place) is that I don't celebrate Halloween by dressing up and running around asking for candy, but instead I watch anime all night(What a surprise! An otaku watching anime all night). There might be a few of you out there who aren't going trick-or-treating as well, so I thought I would share a few things off of my Halloween playlist for anime.


1. Shiki
The dead raising back to life? No fan service? Sounds like Shiki. I watched the first two episodes and I can truly say that I got quite the case of the chills. I love this kind of mystery-horror stuff, so you best believe that I'm going to watch it.






Here's the link(Tap HTML5 once on an episode to watch on mobile or Xbox 360/One):
http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fShiki

2. Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin

I actually don't all that much about this movie, but I was told that it is a truly amazing supernatural/ghost slayer movie series. I'm going to watch two of the series.









Click this link to watch it(And give me free download points!):
http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fKara-no-Kyoukai-Mirai-Fukuin

3. Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Sinners
Again, I've heard nothing but good things about this movie series, so I'm going to watch this movie as well.









Same deal- Click the link to watch the movie:
http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fGekijouban-Kara-no-Kyoukai-The-Garden-of-Sinners

4. Corpse Party: Missing footage OVA
I watched the original series a while back, but I still wanted to watch the OVA and I thought to myself: No better time than Halloween!
If you aren't familiar with Corpse Party, it's basically the best Anime Slasher/horror/mystery series ever with only four episodes. I loved every second of it and I think that other people will as well. Disclaimer: The original corpse party tortured souls is extremely bloody and gory. If you can't watch buckets of blood or slow torture, your probably shouldn't watch it.







Here's the link:
http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fCorpse-Party-Missing-Footage

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Well, that's that! I plan to do some kind of review for the Kara no Kyoukai movies and talk about whether I would officially recommend them to someone else after I watch them. That post will probably be up by November second. The full naruto walkthrough will probably be up the following week, but I can't be too sure since I've been playing a lot of online games with friends (Which means there might be some more DayZ on the way!). That said, thank you for reading and have a fun Halloween.
-K.G.

Friday, October 17, 2014

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm (Walk-through/Tips & Tricks)- Prologue & Chapter 1

Here it is! I was originally going to upload just the prologue on Wednesday, but I decided that it would be better to upload two chapters per week, so I also played through chapter 1. Before I get started, I'd like to explain a few things before hand. The most important thing is, I don't have any kind of capture software for my PS3, so all of the pictures are taken with my phone. That being said, it took me a while to find the right spot to take a picture from, so the pictures from the Prologue are pretty bad, but you can still see what you need to. The second thing is that these walk-through videos have no specific upload schedule, but I will post one every week. Note: If you see a random circle of light on the picture, that was because my flash wasn't off. I apologize for the bad photography.
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The game opens up with the Nine tales destroying the leaf and the story with that. Since this in writing, I'm not going to describe the cut-scenes. If you're reading this, chances are you've either played the game, watched the show, or read the manga, and to those of you who haven't: check out Naruto shippuden (http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fNaruto-Shippuuden). 
The first thing that you get to do is choose your path. I always pick legend so, there may be times when I don't show both tabs. This time however, I wanted to show the difference. The top picture shows the options for hero or legend. The challenge for legend is to take out the masked man (Shown in the middle) and the challenge for Hero is to stop the nine tails (Shown at the bottom).




Fight the Masked Man










Protect the Village










As I said before, I always pick Legend. When that happens, you get thrown into a battle with the masked man who Minato believes is Madara Uchiha. 



The masked man isn't invisible, I just happened to take this photo while he was using a teleportation jutsu.






When you take his health down low enough, the battle ends and you switch characters. You then switch to fighting against the nine tales as the Third Hokage: Hiruzen Sarutobi. 




This is the fight screen. I decided that It would be good to include these rather than try to take a picture mid-battle.








You jump from rooftop to rooftop dodging the Nine Tails' atacks and attacking when your team mates tell you that the Nine Tails is weakened. You have one support attack that summons a group of leaf ninja all using fireball jutsu.















Reducing the health of the Nine Tails to certain points triggers support from some of the older Leaf Ninja. Namely, Shikaku Nara, Choza Akamichi, and Iniochi Yamanaka. The photo right above this is a rush photo of Shikaku Nara. The photos below this are the closing cutscenes from when you call on Inoichi.


As is customary for Naruto games, the battle cutscenes have button sequences. Each succesful sequence gives you a certain number of stars. Earning ten stars will fill up one big star up top. When you fill up all the big stars, you get to watch a bonus clip.
 Or in this case, earning all of the stars gave me this awesome super fire jutsu.
When you finish a battle, this is the screen that you see. It shows you if you completed he bonus objectives, which as you can see, I completed. Don't be fooled. This is probably one of the easiest fights in the entire series.







After succesfully pushing the NIne Tails out of the leaf village, you then go back to fighting as Minato. 

If you got the star in the last cutscene, You'll see Minato use a contract seal on the Masked Man to remove the Nine Tails from his control. 








This next part is super important!!!! Not actually, but you get to see something cool. I'm not 100% sure of the exact way to unlock this, but I think that if you use the ninja dash and get the first hit in on this part of the fight, you unlock a special clip of Manato using the Flying Raijin Level 2 (As seen below)



Everything was moving super fast, so I barely had time to take a picture of this, but if you notice, it says secret factor. I'll have to try to get more secret factors in later boss battles, but for now, this is the only one I unlocked.







After beating the Masked Man to a pulp, I decided to finish the fight with style.

The big circle on the left is a rasengan. If you are unaware of what this is, it's the 4th Hokage's final jutsu: The yellow flash. Not my favorite Minato jutsu, but it definitely has style.







The picture below is probably the worst of them all. I was trying to take a picture of Minato using the Reaper Death seal on the nine tails, but the flash from my camera ruined it.


Reaper Death Seal











Here's my battle completion screen.








This is the screen that you get when you finish a main boss battle. It gives you the overall score from your fights and just tells you how well you did. I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so don't be surprised by all of the S-Ranks. I do fights 2 or 3 times in order to unlock everything.




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When chapter one starts, the story jumps ahead in time to Naruto. You do a bit of walking around and you do a non-story mission. I didn't take any pictures of that because it's not really important. After that, Kiba kind of drops out of nowhere and informs you that Danzo has become Hokage and that he has declared Sasuke Uchiha a rogue ninja. Of course, Naruto is angry about this and he tries to go speak to Danzo. Kakashi tells him that he needs to calm down and Naruto goes to his home. You sit through a short thought scene from Naruto and then you set out to speak to Danzo. On your way to the Hokage's mansion, you get stopped by Captain Yamato. That is the first fight of the chapter.


This is super easy so, yeah. Yamato is easy to beat. 










Like I said, Yamato is easy to beat, so I beat him in one shot. He's really slow, so it's easy to combo him. Finish him with Ultimate Jutsu for a free bonus S-rank.







After you beat Yamato, Kakashi shows up and talks to Naruto. He explains that Danzo left for the Five Kage Summit in the land of Iron. He also explains that the reason Sasuke was declared a rogue ninja was because he attacked the 8-tails jinchuriki who happens to be the brother of the Raikage. Naruto heads out with Kakashi and Yamato to convince the Raikage to forgive Sasuke. When Naruto runs into the Raikage, the Raikage talks bad about Sasuke and as a result, Naruto wants to fight him.

 When fighting the Raikage, save your substitutions for when he actually combos you. With the right timing, you can dodge his ninjutsu and final jutsu. Rasengan works pretty well against him as well.
This actually took me one try. Usually I get caught by his combos. And get an A or B-rank.









After you fight the Raikage, He pretty much leaves without a scratch even if you win. This is just part of the story. Right after that, you meet someone who claims to be Madara Uchiha and you fight him as well.


Trick to beating Madara? Use a lot of ninjutsu. Then, when he's used up all of his subsitutions, crush him with an endless combo.








Madara tells Naruto the truth about Itachi and explains to him why Sasuke doesn't want anything to do with the leaf. After Madara disappears, you switch characters to Sasuke. As Sasuke, your main objective is to raid the Five Kage summit venue and kill Danzo/ However, as soon as you enter the building, the Raikage intercepts you and you have to fight him. 

Fighting the Raikage is pretty easy. Use the Inferno style to keep him off of your back and attack using your supports. Then, when you have full support gauge (Flaming thing behind your health bar), triple tap the Triangle button (Y button if you are on Xbox) and then hit the attack button right after in order to do team ultimate jutsu. It almost never misses and the only thing that they can do is block.

Don't let this fool you. Right after you fight the Raikage, you have to fight Kazekage Gaara.








As a boss-level character, Gaara is pretty solid. Three bars of health, High defensive abilities, good support. The best choice would be to hit him with both of your supports first so that you have a support drive. Then, combo him and your teammates will join in as well. Again, team Ultimate Jutsu is always nice.

So, once you beat Gaara, you see a short cut-scene of Sasuke using the Susano'o. I didn't think to take a picture of it, but you see his Susano'o later in the game, so I'll get it then. After that, you go into one of the coolest things that has ever been in a Naruto game before. You get a choice between Hero and Legend.

So, I always choose legend, but I'm showing both options in case you just want to shoot through the early parts. Karin is your support for this section and you'll definitely need her.




















Upon choosing Legend, you get to do a really cool free-roam/maze style fight. You get the basic fighting HUD, but you have full control over where you move. In this way, you have to fight through 40 enemies using your basic melee, your range attacks, and your ninjutsu. There's a couple guys in this bunch that you get to finish off with a cool Susano'o + Chidori combo. When you're done, it should look like this:

Getting S-Rank is super easy on this part, so it should only take one try.









At the end of the corridor you fight through, you trigger a cut-scene where Sasuke kind of just shows up in the Five Kage meeting room. Of course, Danzo runs away. While you are chasing Danzo, you run into Mei Terumi-The Mizukage (By far the most oversexualized character in the entirety of the naruto series). 

 Here it is, the last battle of chapter 1. Mei Terumi vs. Sasuke Uchiha. Beating Mei is not easy because she is pretty strong. If you can dodge her combos, she can't counter combo you right away, which gives you an advantage.
This is just a cool shot that I happened to get. Sasuke just says: "get out of the way".

And that's the end of Chapter 1. I know. I screwed up on the last battle, but I was way too tired to retry it so I just let it be. Most of the time, you should be able to get S on this chapter. It's pretty easy. I just got an A because I got careless against the Mizukage. 




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So, that's the walk-through of the Prologue and Chapter 1. I meant for this to be up yesterday, but I got distracted by Horror anime... I'll do a post about those sometime. Aside from that, Chapters 2 & 3 will be up by next saturday (Probably earlier). It usually depends on my mood. I've been busy with schoolwork most of the week, so I haven't been in the mood to write this, but as far as I can tell, next week will be light, so I'm going to play through chapter 2 on Monday, 3 on Tuesday, and start writing my walk-through Wednesday or Thursday. I hope this helps in some way. If not, I hope you enjoyed reading my commentary and laughing at my bad photography. I might be posting another part of DayZ funny moments soon, so keep an eye out for that. Added to those things, I want to make a post talking about Psycho-pass 2 and Log Horizon 2. I've been waiting a while for both of them, so it's exciting to see that second seasons are coming out. That's all that I have to say. 

Thanks for reading and come back again please!

-K.G.

Saturday, October 11, 2014

DayZ adventures (DayZ funny moments #2)

This post isn't going to be very long because I'm not going to post everything that I have. I was originally going to make this post include both DayZ and the Naruto games that I've been playing, but I actually decided that I'm going to make a series of Naruto posts detailing ultimate ninja 3. Each post will have pictures from all of the fights all the way up to the boss battle for that section. I never bothered actually counting but I believe that each post will have 10 or 11 pictures and then, once I get to the final boss battle, I'll try to get one of my friends to take a full video of the final fight. (Note: The final fight is at least 10 minutes, so it's hard to get someone to sit there and hold the camera up at the screen for that amount of time.[Second Note: I can't afford any special capture devices for my PS3, so I just use a high-res camera to take pictures and record video. That was the main thing that I wanted to mention, so here is my DayZ stuff:
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It's been a while since I've made a DayZ post, only because it's extremely hard to find funny moments that I can take a picture of. Without someone else here I can't record any videos, so until I get the stand for my phone, it's just going to be pictures. I'm going to have the pictures in a row with the description beside each picture just for convenience and clarity.

Some people may not understand why I made a big deal out of this, but I'll explain anyway. You can't see it in the picture, but the vehicle trader is directly to my left. What this means is that the vehicles you purchase at the trader are supposed to spawn right where I was looking. The problem is that if I had bought a vehicle like I needed to, as soon as the vehicle spawned, it would have exploded because of the three other vehicles parked right in front of the trader's. I never found out who did this, but they found a great way to keep all of the missions and far away loot to themselves for almost a week.
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This next one is extremely strange, but easy to explain. DayZ is extremely glitchy. However, this wasn't a bad glitch. In fact, it was hilarious and we never found out exactly how it happened. Normally, when you tow a car in DayZ, the bumper of the car that you're towing gets connected to the rear bumper of the car that you are towing it  with. For some reason, when my friend and I tried to tow this Land Rover with our SUV, the land rover decided that it wanted to sit on top of the SUV instead. The funniest part of this whole thing is that we actually drove the SUV like this all the way back to the trader city without any problems. Which, if you play DayZ, is a miracle.
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I have some more funny pictures from DayZ, but I'm actually going to save those for a later date because I want to save them for a bigger post. I'm going to be doing quite a few more DayZ adventures posts later on, so I decided that each post is going to be two pictures. It makes it easier on me and makes things go a bit smoother. That's all that I want to share right now so thanks for reading and come back next week to see the first of my Naruto posts.
-K.G.

Monday, October 6, 2014

Fall Anime impressions + big update


To start off, I'd like to apologize for my long absence (I'll explain that at the end of the post). So, now that that's out of the way, I'll talk about the topic of this post. I'm gonna give my final impression on Tokyo ghoul, talk about Himegoto, and give my first impression on the second season of Log Horizon. (NOTE: THERE WILL BE MINOR SPOILERS. I WON'T REVEAL ANY KEY PLOT ELEMENTS OR CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT STAGES, HOWEVER YOU MIGHT STILL CONSIDER WHAT I SAY A SPOILER. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.)

First things first, I'd like to do a bit of advertising(note: I'm not getting paid for this). I watch pretty much all of my anime on kissanime.com. It's my personal favorite anime streaming site because it loads quickly on both computer and mobile platforms. So, along with all of the shows I recommend, I'll now be placing links to where you can watch them. (Most of which will be on kissanime)


So, the first show i'm going to talk about is Tokyo Ghoul. I'll start off by saying that this show is not for the faint of heart. The crazy things in this series include but are not limited to: Stab wounds, excessive gore, creepy eyes, disgustingly disfigured/deformed bodies, and of course, HUMANS BEING EATEN. Yes, lots of humans are eaten during this show.
This show is about a group of people called 'Ghouls' who's only food source is humans. No, they don't choose to eat humans, they either eat humans or die. Their bodies don't process and break down regular food, so the only way that they can get the nutrients they need to survive is to eat humans. The show tells the story of Kaneki Ken, who is your average, naive, main character. Spoiler: He gets the crap beaten out of him a lot. Just kidding. That happens in almost every action anime. I watched this show from the time episode  six released until the season finale and I can say that I really wish I had found it when it had premiered. The art is gritty and the music matches the tone extremely well. So well, in fact, that most of the time, I didn't notice it until it changed. The theme song sounds a bit weird at first, but it grows on you.
After finishing the last episode, the only thing that I could think was: "READ THE MANGA READ THE MANGA READ THE MANGA." So, I read the manga and to be honest, the manga was more detailed, however, they couldn't have done the anime better. They included just the right moments to give the viewers the right impression of all of the characters. My main complaint with the whole series is that they left the show off in a way that could cause a misunderstanding. Spoiler: They completely change the viewer's perception of the main character, when according to the manga, he doesn't actually change. (Not much of a spoiler, but according to one of my friends, it can be considered such, so I took the precaution anyway.) Because of the sour taste I got from the end of episode 13, I have to give this an overall 7/10, which is way low, but only because of the ending. If I were to disregard the ending, I would say 9.5/10. The anime team did a very good job of not selecting the confusing scenes from the manga, so I can't complain. If the anime were a direct adaptation, I can't say that I would have enjoyed it as much.
If you want to watch Tokyo Ghoul, use this link: ↓
http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fTokyo-Ghoul
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Whether or not I have mentioned Himegoto before slips my mind, so I'm going to put up a bit of a warning. Himegoto is extremely perverted is intended for mature audiences. There's even a character named 18+. Just imagine. Now that that's out of the way, I can do a mini-review of it. Himegoto is a 13 episode web short. Each episode is roughly 4 minutes and is extremely perverted. The main concept of the show is that a high school guy is being chased by debt collectors because his father left a bunch of debts in his name. For some reason, the guy was forced to dress like a girl for the debt collectors, so that's what's happening when the show starts. He runs away from these debt collectors and onto school property, where the rich student council pays off all of his debts on the spot. In return, the student council, which is comprised of 3 perverted girls, forces the cross-dressing guy, who's name is Hime (If you don't understand the joke, Hime is a girl's name. It means princess.),to join the student council and also to dress up like a girl for the rest of his high school days. This show is full of creepy and perverted antics, but is extremely funny. There are so many scenes of guys hitting on Hime that it became it's own running joke. I left out some of the major stuff because I didn't want to spoil it, so you'll just have to watch it. The total time for the show is barely an hour, so there's no reason to not check out at least the first episode.
If you want to watch Himegoto, use this link: ↓
http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fHimegoto
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Lastly, I'd like to talk about the second season of Log horizon. This segment will be short because I don't want to really start assuming things or even really reviewing the  show until I've seen at least 5 episodes. My initial opinion of season two, episode one was that it definitely stood up to the standards left by the finale of season one. It found a fluid way to re-cap the first season, introduce all of the previous characters, and set up for the rest of season two. However, I found one major issue with season two, episode one. They might address this in episode two, but I found it annoying that two or three times during the episode, they show a new character without giving her name, background, or even location. She shows up in the intro song, and again within the first half of the show and it bugs me that they didn't introduce her at all. I have a feeling that they will introduce her in the second or third episode, but it's just strange to me that they would feature what may become another main character without identifying them at all. Nonetheless, they set themselves up for a great season and I can't wait to watch the rest of the episodes.
If you want to watch along with me, use the link I'm leaving you. If you want to watch the first season, use the second link. (I'll label them)

Season 2:
http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fLog-Horizon-2nd-Season

Season 1:
http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fLog-Horizon

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And now: BIG UPDATE!

So, I'd like to explain why I've been M.I.A for the past 20 days. For the half of that time, I was sick and barely even wanted to play video games. (I did manage to grab some funny shots from DayZ, so I'll put them up sometime within the next 7 days.)  For the other half of that, I was celebrating my 18th birthday, reading lots of manga, playing lots of video games, and watching quite a bit of anime. This was all because I had writer's block so bad that I couldn't come up with a topic for even a top 10. Today was the first day in a while that I felt like I could write anything decent, so I came up with the idea to do this. After all, in the time that I was not posting, Tokyo Ghoul and Himegoto both ended and the new season of Log Horizon premiered, so I felt like I had to get my lazy self out of bed and write this really long post detailing all three. Aside from that, I've been playing a lot of Battlefield 4, DayZ, and Naruto ultimate ninja storm 2 & 3. Sometime in the next few days, I plan to come up with a DayZ tips and tricks post, but until then, I'm going to post a couple gaming things later this week. Since I'm feeling all better, I'm going to try to get back on my posting schedule and also try to find news about more new anime. (Generally, my news comes from Tumblr, but my WiFi sucks so it's hard to use without my phone. I probably post a rant about my phone sometime soon, so stay tuned for that one.) Aside from that, I've been trying to find some good editing software that won't cost my life's savings, but it's proving to be difficult since i'm a broke college student. From the looks of it, I may have to delay my YouTube channel until I can get some more money. I will be able to post a bit more in the future now that I've gotten used to my classes, however, I may not be posting that much because I'm trying to finish both the Tokyo Ghoul manga and Dengeki Daisy. They both have a lot of content that I haven't read yet, so It's going to take a while. There may be some kind of Naruto super-post coming soon (wink, wink), but the date is still hazy. I've been waiting for the manga to finally release the final battle between Sasuke and Naruto so that I can catch up. In addition to that, I've been playing the games quite a bit lately, so I've really wanted to talk about those as well. Also, I'd like to post a few pictures of all of the old Naruto posters that I just put up in my room. I found 5 of them just crammed into my closet, so I took them out and put them all up in my room.(When people come over, i'm usually playing Naruto on my ps3 so, people have begun to think that it's my favorite anime now.)The last thing that I want to announce is that I've got enough content for several weeks worth of videos, so I may be posting randomly over the next 2 to 3 weeks, but I really want to show you all of this stuff. If you made it all the way to the end, thanks for reading and please forgive my random absence. I'll be posting more now(unless I get sick again), so tell some friends about this blog, recommend it to some people, tell everyone you know that likes anime and gaming because this is what I love to talk about and i'll always be willing to talk about new stuff that's happening. Once again, thanks for reading and please keep coming back.
-K.G.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Super Update: Anime/Manga/Gaming

I've been very busy with school and all that so I haven't been able to post like I want to. I may not have been posting, but I have been reading lots of manga and playing quite a bit of video games. I know what you're thinking: "If you've had time to play video games, how come you didn't post?"
The answer to that question is simple: I promised some of my friends that I would play games with them. However, I do have 3 games and 2 manga to talk about so, I figure it was worth doing. After that, I'm gonna talk about the round of animes that are coming to a close right now and the ones that are going to start up next month, so please keep reading. Thanks!
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First up: Gaming-

I'm gonna give a first impression on 3 PC games that I have been playing a lot lately. First thing first, these games are pretty old, but I've only recently started playing them a lot so yeah.

#1- League of Legends
I know that this game has been out for a while, but I only just recently got it to install properly on my computer, so I've been playing it quite a bit. My first impression of the game was that it was a solid 8/10 right away. I know that some people will hate me for not rating it higher, but there are some things that I don't like about this game. The main thing that I don't like about LoL is that it is a very experience-based game. There are very few guides on how to get started, and the tutorial sucks. In order to understand a lot of things, you need to play a lot and die a lot. I've dropped quite a bit of time into this game and i'm still learning what's good and what's not. The second thing that I don't like about LoL is that it takes a lot of time to play a single match. I mean, it's good if you can get into your rhythm, but for me with parents who like to ask me to do things all the time, I can only get a game or two in before I'm afk (for those of you who don't play PC, afk stands for away from keyboard) every 10 minutes. Aside from those two main things, I really enjoy the game as long as I have some experienced players giving me advice. (Btw, if you play LoL, my tag is Kenjutsu no Ou. If you have any tips or if you wanna play, add me.)

#2- Vindictus
I'm not gonna say much about this game other than the fact that you should try it out. Vindictus is an MMORPG and I haven't gotten super far in this game, but so far, I love it. The combat is dynamic and extremely wild. There are destructible environments and there are some cool character options. There is one thing that I don't like about Vindictus however. My main problem is that all of the classes are gender-locked. I know that they are gender-locked because they each have a specific background and a separate story that comes up later in the game. As I said, I haven't gotten too far, so I'm gonna try to get farther and maybe do a review or a spotlight on it or something.

#3- Ghost Recon Phantoms
This could possibly be my favorite PC shooter. I've always been a fan of Ghost Recon and an even bigger fan of 3rd person shooters, This game plays very tactically and there are more weapon and character customization options than even battlefield. You can pick different play styles for each class with each class having two different weapon types and two character abilities. There is, however, one fatal flaw for this game; Every now and then, the game will hit a major lag-spike and you'll get kicked out of the match and logged all the way out of the game. I don't know what the circumstances are for this, but If you have a good internet connection it won't affect you. (I have a crappy internet connection and my friend doesn't) So if you have a connection good enough to run smoothly on games like call of duty and battlefield, you should be fine, but if you get bad lag you might have issues every now and then. I know I made it sound bad, but If i'm still recommending the game, it's obviously not unplayable. It only happens after 2 or 3 matches, so I'm not one hundred percent sure that it's a connection problem, but rather a flaw in the code. I'm actually going to message the people who do maintenance on the game and see if they can fix the problem.
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Now, it's time for manga!

Over the past week, I've finished two manga and I'll do a bit of a spotlight on both of them.

#1- High School of the Dead
Yes, I know, this manga is old but I actually wanted to wait until they decided that the story was over to read it. And let me tell you, I should have read it earlier. It's amazingly drawn and totally action packed. I love the art style. I like how the author emphasizes mental state by using the shades in the panels. I really wish that they would have continued, but if the writer isn't into it anymore, I can't get angry about that. However, I have to say. Read it.

#2- Aiura
Aiura is a 4-panel slice-of-life manga and it's super funny. It starts off pretty slow, but once you get to chapter 3, it's non-stop laughs. The comedy in it is very light-hearted and childish, so even the youngest manga reader is okay to read it (although, I doubt saying whether it's okay or not will change much). It's good to read if you're just passing the time. There isn't much of a story considering it's slice-of-life, so you can pick it up any time. I definitely recommend it for anyone.


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Last but not least, Anime

There are quite a few anime that are coming to a close, but there is only one that I will do a full review of. That would be Tokyo Ghoul. I was originally a little skeptical  of it, but now it's one of my favorites. Once the show ends, I'll do a full review, so look out for that.

Next thing is fall anime. This is a tentative list of things that will I will watch that will be starting in or after October:

Log Horizon-Season 2
No game No Life- Season 2
Psycho-pass RE:Start

I plan to do a full set of reviews for all of these, as they are all second seasons to some of my favorite shows. So look forward to first impressions, mid-seasons, and full reviews at the end.
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So, I didn't remember this until the conclusion, but I plan to start making YouTube videos starting soon. Nothing major, just a few anime/manga/gaming highlights and maybe a few tips and tricks from tough parts in games, and maybe just some funny things that my friends and I do. I'll post more about it as I get things set up and hopefully that will be sometime in November. Now, I know that my schedule for blogging is kind of thrown off, however, when I start posting videos, I will be doing at least one video and one blog post per week. If any interesting things come up, i'll post about those as well. To the people who have been helping me get views on my blog, thank you and please keep showing this to new people. Thanks for reading and have a great day.

Monday, September 8, 2014

Nostalgia!- My Top 5 Video Game Songs

*Note: If I don't specify which version of the game that I am talking about, assume that I am talking about the original version. Also, there are links just in case you still aren't sure which song it is.

5. Super Mario Bros. theme
Everyone knows it. It's catchy and classic.

4. Legend of Zelda theme
This song represents hours of fun times and frustration, but overall, It has lots of good memories behind it.

3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 theme
I know that someone is going to have an argument about this being so high on the list and I'll explain why. This is the first game that I ever purchased by myself and the first game that I ever became pro-level in. Not to mention, this was created by hanz zimmer, who makes the most ear-gasmy songs ever. So yeah, it's number three on the list.

2. Pokemon generation 1 battle music
I cannot tell you exactly how much I love pokemon. There are no words to describe that feeling. Ive been with pokemon since I could understand english. 1998 was when the first season came out and I watched it as a kid. The first game I ever played was Pokemon blue version, and the first game that I ever owned was Pokemon yellow Pikachu edition. I love playing pokemon even today. (I might even make a couple of posts about some cool rom hacks, maybe even some reviews)

1. Halo 2 theme
One word. Two sylables. Eargasm. I don't know what it is about electric guitar over top of a symphony, but it sounds incredible. I love this song and it is almost always in the back of my mind. (I even learned how to play the rhythm part on my guitar) I love this song, I love the halo series, and I can't wait to play through the master chief collection. 

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That's all that I have for right now, In two or three weeks, I may drop a review of SAO2. It looks to be winding down, so it may end at episode 12 or 13. Sometime soon I plan to do a comparison review of Black Lagoon. (Manga vs. Anime) Basically, I'm gonna tell you when it's better to read or to watch. I hope you enjoyed reading this post and listening to these songs. Thanks for reading and come back again. Show this to someone else if you feel so inclined. 
-K.G.

Friday, August 29, 2014

Does almost even count? - Manga Rant #3

Okay, so this is what I'm dealing with here: I've been reading two specific manga for a long time now and I've reached the point where I'm in the home stretch. In the first one, Dengeki Daisy, I've gotten to the last 20 chapters, which will only take around 3 hours to complete. In the second one, Seitokai Yakuindomo, I've reached the last 50 chapters, which, considering that seitokai is a 4-panel, that means there are only around 250 pages, or around 2  hours. Both of these time estimates are only valid if I read at a leisurely pace. I can easily knock out 30 chapters in 15 minutes, but then I wouldn't get to enjoy it as much. However, the main problem is that once I finish these 2 manga, I will have to spend hours searching and sampling new ones to replace them. In fact, I've already begun trying to find something that is equivalent to seitokai yakuindomo and the only thing that I can find even close to as funny (that I haven't already read of course) is Seitokai no Ichizon, which is funny, but it doesn't have the same charm as Seitokai yakuindomo. However, that's not the issue. The issue is that i'm coming to the end of 2 of my favorite series. These two manga have been with me since the beginning of last summer and now that school has started, I've been really into reading manga, so I'll be done in no time. I plan to start reading 2 new manga when I'm done with these two, but If you want to recommend something to me, I'll check out whatever you recommend. Leave me a comment, send me an email, or message me on tumblr.

Email: animeandgames4@gmail.com

Tumblr: lost-in-otakuland.tumblr.com

Thanks for reading and come back soon!
K.G.

Friday, August 22, 2014

Let's talk dirty! -Manga rant #2

Yo! Sorry that I haven't been posting. If you aren't aware of this fact, college just started and along with that, all of the crappy first-week homework. Since I haven't posted in a while, I thought that I would talk about one of my favorite genres of manga: Seinen. That being said, there are 2 major seinen manga that I read:

  • Seitokai Yakuindomo
  • Koe de Oshigoto


I said before that I would tell you about Koe de Oshigoto, so let's talk about that first.

Koe de Oshigoto is about a girl who becomes an Eroge seiyu. (I know you probably have no idea what that means, but don't google it yet.)
A seiyu is a voice actress, but an Eroge seiyu is a little bit different. If you didn't already know, Eroge is the shortening of Erotic Games. That's right, this girl, who is a first year in high school, is a voice actress for erotic games. I can't exactly spoil the plot too much but, I can tell you that her older sister was the one who made her do it. I have to warn you right now. This show is so inappropriate that it was taken off of the air after the second episode. But, if you wan't to read the manga, I suggest you watch the show first just to get your toes wet because the manga is definitely not your average comedy. Although it doesn't show any actual genitalia, it describes sexual acts in detail, not to mention the fact that the main character's vivid imagination leads her to imagining herself and other seiyu actually having sex just by listening. This is totally adult rated and I wouldn't ever recommend reading or watching this around any kids ever. I would put up some pages from the manga to demonstrate, but I think google would flag them as porn, so yeah...


Next up is Seitokai Yakuindomo (Student council staff memebers)

This manga also makes jokes about sex and adult topics, but unlike Koe de Oshigoto, they spin it in a childish manner. Aside from 5 or 6 specific running jokes, it's pretty much simple middle-high school comedy. People who get embarrassed easily probably won't like this as much, just because a lot of the sexual humor is pretty obvious (to high schoolers). Despite the fact that the overall feel of the manga is childish, it is still seinen, so I can't recommend it for anyone who isn't in high school. I can say that it's a funny read for anyone who understands the jokes, so check it out.







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That's it for right now, but I might post later today (don't quote me on that). I'll be sitting at school for around 3 hours with nothing to do so I might throw up another manga or anime rant, i don't really know. Thanks for reading and as always, feel free to comment or send an email. Aside from that, feel free to message me on facebook: Kevin Gray. My page has a giant Attack on Titan cover, so you can't miss it. Again, thanks for reading and have an awesome day.
-K.G.

Friday, August 15, 2014

Mid-season Impression: Akame ga Kill

Let me start this off by apologizing for posting this later than I said I would. Since I go back to school next week, I've been hanging out with friends a lot and doing a lot of prep . Nonetheless, that's not that great of an excuse since all I that I usually do for these posts (except for reviews) is sit at my computer for about 10-15 minutes. With that out of the way, I'm going to talk about one of my favorite shows: Akame ga Kill.
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Akame ga Kill is one of my favorite manga, and it just so happened that I discovered it the week before the show premiered. I didn't find out about the show until episode 3 was released, but due to how much I loved the manga, I watched the first three episodes as soon as I found out about them. Unlike many series, the animation for the manga is exactly the same as the animation in the show. Added to that, the story for the anime follows the manga exactly. These are two things that almost never happen. The action sequences are incredibly well done and the voice actors were definitely well chosen. So far, my only issue is the fact that they officially changed the names of most of the characters specifically when the anime was confirmed. And when I say they changed the names, I don't mean that they just changed spelling or pronunciation for the show, I mean that they actually changed the names in the manga as well.
This page to the left was an actual page that they put into the manga to let you know that they changed the names. In every chapter after this page was featured, they used the new names instead of the original ones, which completely threw me off in the next chapter, but I got over it pretty quickly though, because the story is so good that once you get used to seeing the characters, the names don't really matter. 
As far as manga being adapted into anime is concerned, this is the most successful one that I've seen aside from Shingeki no Kyojin (although I like Akame ga Kill more).





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Thanks for reading and please keep on checking out my blog. If you haven't checked out my anime or manga list, please do check them out. If you'd like a quick summary of the work, just let me know. Leave a comment or send an e-mail to animeandgames4@gmail.com.
-K.G.