Jan

31

Galaxy Convoy

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Galaxy Convoy

“We just call you transformer …”

Every time I hear that line from Galaxy Force’s opening theme, a little part of me dies.

Painfully.

Jan

31

Hooray for Hibiki

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Kamen Rider Hibiki
Kamen Rider Hibiki

Mishicorp has a torrent for Kamen Rider Hibiki’s first episode. (It’s unsubbed, though.)

I had trouble imagining how the creators would integrate the musical motif into the series but whatever doubts I had were dispelled after seeing the wonderfully creative first episode. The musical sequence immediately after the opening credits was one of the highlights of the episode and it had me laughing in delight and shaking my head at the audacity not to mention the eccentricity.

Eccentric seems to be the word to describe the supporting cast as well and I’m anticipating some entertaining hijinks as the series develops.

I don’t know if the series can sustain this level of quality — recent Kamen Rider series have meandered badly between episodes 20 to 40 — but I’m quite optimistic.

Episode 2 can’t come soon enough for me.

Jan

30

Rooney, Rooney

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If Manchester United produced a “Best of Rooney” video right now, it would be a rather short video. He has yet to fully justify his exorbitant price tag.

But my god, you’d be forgiven for gushing like a love-struck teenager after seeing his two goals against Middlesbrough in the FA Cup. Stunning doesn’t begin to describe them.

The first came courtesy of a fantastic Gary Neville through ball which Rooney despatched with a brilliant chip. His second goal was just as astonishing. Saha headed on a long ball and Rooney volleyed it into the net over Schwarzer with deadly precision.

He’s already scored 11 goals this season and he’s aiming for 20.

He’s only 19.

Jan

30

Elsewhere on the web

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Kamen Rider Hibiki’s green monkey and red hawk discs transformed.
Creative but I’m not paying 1600-plus yen for the resulting origami-type figures.

World’s Greatest Band Name.

Disco forever!
Vintage Kamen Rider series never fail to crack me up.

Jan

29

France Five

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Red Fromage!

Black Beaujolais!

Blue Accordeon!

Yellow Baguette!

Pink A La Mode!

Shin Kenjushi France Five is a homage to the sentai genre by French fans. It can be painful to sit through at times but the terrific fight scenes make up for any deficiencies in the acting department. If nothing else, you have to admire the passion and the determination it took to pull this off.

The latest episode is a 98MB RM file. It’s in French but there are English subtitles available.

(Link obtained from Japan Hero.)

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