Absolute Duo Episode 1 Review

Absolute Duo Episode 1 Review is it worth watching?

Episode 1 Absolute duo starts Straight to the action with a script that sets up so much potential

Warnings
Like with alot of anime I fear absolute duo turning into harem a lot of the obvious signs are there but if it's balanced enough I can tolerate it.

I have not read the manga or absolute duo light novels but this review will have spoilers from episode and speculation.


Characters received powers because of being injected with luciful taken from the former angels name I assume and made me wonder if blaze was some how connected to demonic power which it looks like has corrupted the protagonist from opening.

In the second battle we see the protagonist  Tooru protects his opponent the person physically closest to him he even  uses an attack that  he holds back even at his own expense which shows that somewhere in his soul is a desire to protect others at high cost and explains why his soul manifested a shield and not sword unlike everyone else. They were forced to fight based on survival of the fittest  a concept in which the strong survive but the Tooru protects weaker and i think maybe this concept affects the manifestation of absolute Duo.
They were literally forced to fight the person closest to them.
The first battle shows he will fight partner again, this time Julie who seems to like and trust  him quite a lot so her motivation for turning on him and being at the academy must be quite strong and probably the same.

To skilled To Young
Who prepared her? How was she trained or is she a prodigy at least in terms of physical ability because she's skilled too skilled. She is interestingly  light-hearted, characters like her are usually militant or aggressive due to the harsh training they endured at  young ages however Julie is very calm maybe  a little emotionless from trauma.
She saw Tor protect the other girl is that what she liked or is it his name and some prophecy form her village of assassins I bet.
By absolute duo I think the script really plays on the sword and shield concept not just the partnership but the concept of balance. Typical Japanese perversion is embarrassing to watch  it's the type of thing that makes me hold my face in my hands while watching.

IS Absolute Duo good?
Well based on the first episode animation is good and if other Duo episodes look like this I'd bee satisfied.
What I like about absolute Duo Episode one is it sets up a lot and leaves me with a lot of questions but I tend to think a lot and question a lot anyway but it's worth another episode to me.

Shining Resonance Review

Kingdom hearts two first introduced me to the concept of music being a weapon in RPG game and since then I have thought in th back of my mind about exploring  a an RPG game that used music as a weapon but I wasn't really seeking it. The music I'm talking about is summoning stich and having him play the guitar.

Shining resonance is a game that I hoped would be a RPG guitar hero I could enjoy with friends unfortunately it's only one player.
The game like most anime with  one main male character and many female characters can often become more about who the guy picks and distract from story but is obviously a big selling point with a Japanese audience.
Despite my criticism the game has a great sound track and is a lot of fun.

The Adventures Of Puss In Boots Episode 1 review

With the rise of the latest CGI series,TMNT,Sonic boom and the other dream works bug hitter dragon riders set in-between how to train your dragons end and how to train you dragon 2 I was nearly very disappointed when I saw the animated entrance and thought no CGI. I was about turn it off luckily I watched a bit further.

Being the first episode I have yet to discover a great bad guy for the show so I can be thinking about what they are plotting while puss is on his adventure. I suppose the entrance gave me some clues that maybe the cat has beef with bandits.

Gave me a few laughs my only problem is that when a series has the name adventures in the title it tends to make each episode about a problem being started and then wrapped up completely to the point I worry a lasting story will not be maintained but i doubt that is what this shows about but if what it does is entertaining enough i will keep watching. I just want to see a great bad guy that gives puss a chance to be a hero that deals with more than forgettable bandits who all look the same(No Racist)

All Shining Resonance Characters

Full list of All shining resonance playable characters with descriptions

• Yuma Ilburn - The game's main protagonist. The surviving dragon whose existence affected the way the world came about. Because of its power, it is targeted by a variety of people.

• Sonia Blanche - The "lightning princess" of the kingdom of Astoria. She is leading the people in a fight for the country’s revival. She is high-spirited and always strong for the protagonist.

• Kirika Towa Alma - An elf who inherits the song of magic to manipulate the spirit power of mother nature. She is a better healer than a fighter. While she is not good at communicating with humans, she is a generally kind person.

• Agnam Bulletheart - A red-haired young man who’s something of an older brother to the protagonist. Agnam is like his element; fiery.
• Rinna Mayfield - An elven witch who specializes in wind magic and uses the Dragon Spine Tran Rod, a wind instrument, to do her business, she’s a Dragoner sent from the elven country of Wellant to help Astoria after it finds its island of Alfheim, a former dragon stronghold, besieged by the Lombardia Empire.
• Lesty Sera Alma - He’s Kirika’s older brother, as well as a knight who commands a group of elven troops. When working as a party member, he has a cool head about him, but he can also become an obsessive big brother type when it comes to his younger sister.
• Marion Lu Shila - An enemy at first, Marion is a young woman who’s a member of Beowulf, a special squad of knights under the control of the Church of the Seal. He sports a Demonic Dragon Eye and has two distinctive personalities that argues with each other.

Unlockable Characters

• Excela Noa Aura - The imperial princess. Excela is a top tier dragon knight, obtaining the title Dragon Master and the wielder of the Seventh Armonic. She plans to make Yuma her own.
• Jenius Aion - Jenius is a major roadblock in the journey of Yuuma and company. A swordsman of profound skill, he’s been known to down legendary dragons with just the lone blade he carries. However, he has no affiliation with any of the major powers, instead hunting down dragons as a loner, making his priorities most ambiguous. 

Non-Playable Characters

• Georg Zalbard - A knight in the empire who goes after dragons, namely the protagonist. He is a leader of the Beowulf squad, a special group that works under a church of the Lombardian Empire. He’s considered a dog of the church, who commands the most excellent battalion and brings fear to the outsiders.
• Zest Graham - Zest is one of the empire’s strongest soldiers. A man that loves engaging in combat with opponents stronger than himself, regardless of whether they’re an ally or an enemy, he shows a complete lack of interest in anyone else who isn’t up to par.
• Beatrice Irma - A member of Beowulf, Beatrice is in charge of intelligence gather and assassinations.
• Joachim Rubens - Joachim is a scientist who works for Beowulf and is their leading researcher in the field of ancient dark magic. A man with a few screws loose in his head, he’s extremely gifted in biology and medicine, but feels no particular urge to apply his knowledge outside of his research experiments.
• King Albert - King Albert is Sonia’s father and the man who runs Astoria. A wise man who always thinks about the needs of his people, he’s earned a deep level of trust from the citizenry. Naturally, as such a great man, Sonia looks up to him and respects him deeply. 
• Captain Barrows - Captain Barrows is the leader of Astoria’s knights. A magnanimous individual, he’s regarded as King Albert’s right hand man and Sonia's teacher in swordplay. He dislikes Yu

Gundam Breaker 2 Review

Gundam Breaker 2 Full Review

Breaker 2 is truly the gateway game as far as the gundam series is concerned and like most English speaking fans of the gundam and gunpla franchise I really wanted localization.

Only option for the purchase is to buy an import which is not as much of a disaster as it sounds the game has enough English for you to pretty much workout what is what. Breaker 2 was released a week before christmas December 2014 in Asia a for PS3 And Vita. Aimed at Asian market Japanese and Chinese Versions are available. However in the history of PS3 only one game has ever been region locked so like every other PS3 game breaker 2 is region free.

Anyone can Enjoy
As a anime fan I find it hard to involve  friends who are not into anime which is one of the reasons I love this game I remember playing federation vs Zeon  co op on PS2 split screen with only arcade accessible years ago and wishing for a gundam game in which I could complete the actual story mode with friends in  co op. Fortunately this game has come around and the co op story mode is exactly the same as in one player mode.

Does Breaker 2 Have A better Story Than Breaker 2?
Well the easy answer is yes gundam breaker 1 had no real story so getting a story mode in breaker two is a plus even if you don't know Japanese it gives you something to at least follow. If you still want a Gundam breaker 2  English translation there maybe a substitute given the popularity of the breaker series I would not be surprised if it gets translated by a fan. Option two learn Japanese something every animé fan has been swearing they would do. Or option 3 partition now it maybe to late for breaker one and I've seen this fail on a breaker 2 attempt however I believe that this franchise is strong enough that if we start now we can get a big enough partition for English Gundam breaker 3.


Gundam Breaker VS Gundam Breaker 2 VS Full Boost

Well lets basically say everything breaker did breaker 2 does better even more
customization and the controls are sharper the options for mobile suit design is extensive you can build pretty much tothe anything from all of the gundam series. Brand new environments that also interact boost last longer in space and water and the vehicles add so much fun to the game. Melee attacks are much faster and really exciting making  close range combat hard to resist.

A couple missions in you unlock the scratch command and can upgrade parts which I actually prefer to purchasing i like a levelling system it makes me feel as though my MS is growing with me as I get better at the game so does my MS where as the same could be said with a purchase but to a lesser extent.

Even the painting system is much better which brings us to gundam extreme vs full boost.
If you want a straight up battle game extreme vs full boost takes the cake but for the customization breaker 2 gives you so much more. You can build a wing zero, epyon,strike  you name it.


Bandai Builds Better
What I like about bandai is there ability to keep building on previous games  so they tend to get better with each release usually. The dbz budokai's kept getting better so did the tenkaichi's minus ultimate so has naruto, tekken and so have a whole lot of ps1 ps2 ps3, vita DS and soon to be PS4. With western brand games they tend to focus since the PS3 to heavily on graphics sacrificing gameplay because they start the design process from scratch each time.

What i want from Gundam breaker 3
1.
I would like to see more originality for the enemy tactics like in breaker, the breaker 2 cpu tends to resort to swarming in order to increase the difficulty.
 2.
A western release English release.

Gundam breaker 2 is truly worth while for anyone new or old to the gundam franchise whether you understand Japanese or not.

Is Gundam Breaker 2 Region Free

Gundam breaker 2 is region free  for the PS3 and PS Vita see more details here.

Gundam Breaker 2 All Gundam List

Complete list of all gundams, bosses and vehicles in Gundam breaker 2 

Check Out Full gundam Breaker 2 Review 

Universal Century

• PF-78-1 Perfect Gundam
• RX-77-2 Guncannon
• RX-75-4 Guntank
• MS-07B Gouf
• MS-14S Gelgoog Commander Type
• RX-79BD-1 GM Blue Destiny Unit 1
• RX-79BD-2 Blue Destiny Unit 2
• RX-79BD-3 Blue Destiny Unit 3
• RX-79(G) Gundam Ground Type
• MS-07B-3 Gouf Custom
• MSM-07S Z'Gok Commander Type
• MSM-04 Acguy
• MSN-02 Zeong
• MSN-02 Perfect Zeong
• RX-78NT-1 Gundam "Alex"
• RX-80PR Pale Rider
• MS-06FZ Zaku II Kai
• MS-18E Kämpfer
• MSM-03C Hygogg
• RX-79(G)Ez-8 Gundam Ez8
• RX-78GP01-Fb Gundam "Zephyranthes" Full Burnern
• RX-78GP02A Gundam "Physalis"
• RX-78GP03S Gundam "Dendrobium Stamen"
• MS-14Jg Gelgoog Jäger
• AGX-04 Gerbera Tetra
• PMX-003 The O
• MSA-0011 S Gundam
• MSA-0011(Bst) S Gundam Booster Unit Type
• MSA-0011(Ext) Ex-S Gundam
• MSZ-006C1 Ζ Plus C1
• MSZ-006A1 Zeta Plus A1
• RGM-86R GM III
• RGM-89 Jegan
• RGM-89S Stark Jegan
• MSN-03 Jagd Doga
• RGM-96X Jesta
• RGM-96X Jesta Cannon
• RX-0(N) Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee Norn
• YAMS-132 Rozen Zulu
• F91 Gundam F91
• LM312V04 Victory Gundam
• LM312V04+SD-VB03A V-Dash Gundam
• LM312V06 Victory Gundam Hexa
• LM314V23 Victory 2 Buster Gundam
• LM314V24 Victory 2 Assault Gundam
• XM-01 Den'an Zon

Future Century

• GF13-017NJ Shining Gundam
• GF13-011NC Dragon Gundam
• JMF1336R Rising Gundam

After Colony

• XXXG-01W Wing Gundam (TV and Endless Waltz Ver.)
• XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Proto Zero
• XXXG-01SR2 Gundam Sandrock Kai (Endless Waltz Ver.)
• XXXG-01S Shenlong Gundam (Endless Waltz Ver.)
• XXXG-01S2 Altron Gundam (Endless Waltz Ver.)
• OZ-00MS Tallgeese (Endless Waltz Ver.)
• OZ-00MS2B Tallgeese III
• OZ-13MS Gundam Epyon (Endless Waltz Ver.)

After War

• GX-9901-DX Gundam Double X
• GX-9900-DV Gundam X Divider
• NRX-0013-CB Gundam Virsago Chest Break

Correct Century

• CONCEPT-X 6-1-2 Turn X

Cosmic Era

• GAT-X105+AQM/E-YM1 Perfect Strike Gundam
• GAT-X102 Duel Gundam (original and Assaultshroud versions)
• GAT-X207 Blitz Gundam
• ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam
• ZGMF-X13A Providence Gundam
• GSX-401FW Stargazer
• GAT-X105E+AQM/E-X09S Strike Noir Gundam
• MBF-02+EW454F Strike Rouge Ootari
• ZGMF-X19A ∞ Justice Gundam
• ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam (Force, Sword and Blast packs)
• ZGMF-X666S Legend Gundam
• ORB-01 Akatsuki (Oowashi and Shiranui packs)
• MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Dragon
• MBF-P01-ReAMATU Gundam Astray Gold Frame Amatsu
• MBF-P01-Re2AMATU Gundam Astray Gold Frame Amatsu Mina Custom

Anno Domini

• GN-001 Gundam Exia
• GN-002 Gundam Dynames
• GN-003 Gundam Kyrios
• GN-005 Gundam Virtue
• GNX-603T GN-X
• GN-0000/7S 00 Gundam Seven Sword
• GN-006 Cherudim Gundam
• GNR-101A GN-Archer
• GNX-609T GN-XIII
• GNT-0000 00 Qan(T)

Advanced Generation

• AGE-1T Gundam AGE-1 Titus
• AGE-2 Gundam AGE-2 Normal
• AGE-2DH Gundam AGE-2 Dark Hound
• ovv-f Gafran

Gunpla Builders Beginning

• GPB-04B Beargguy

Build Fighters

• KUMA-03 Beargguy III
• BG-011B Build Burning Gundam
• LGZ-91 Lightning Gundam
• Powered GM Cardigan

Support Vehicles

• Base Jabber
• FXA-08R Mega Rider
• Einerad
• GF11-042NSB Mammoth Gundam

New Bosses

• MA-08 Big Zam
• RX-78GP03D Gundam "Dendrobium Orchis"
• XMA-01 Rafflesia
• EMA-10 Divinidad
• Adrastea
• JDG-009X Devil Gundam
• Dominion
• GNMA-XCVII Alvatore
• GNMS-XCVII Alvaaron