durendal

So apparently, Japanese fans also only found out about this via the Blue-ray release? Or so I heard. This is sad indeed. I wish him good health and I do hope he does select a successor to finish it. It's not unheard of for an author handing over the reins to someone else to continue the story. Take Berserk for example, after Miura's passing, the manga was able to continue by his close friend who he told how the manga would end.

Oh no! Did this come from any official source? Quick google didn't have any useful results.

Nice list. I forgot that Skeleton Knight has a second season that just came out. Thanks for reminding me. It was out of my radar because I follow the Light Novel and they have not released a new volume for a long time. I wasn't aware the old country bumpkin began as a light novel. How far along is it? Is it worth the read? I'm running out of Light Novels to read and haven't found anything exciting to read since I finished Mushoku Tensei. I'm also stoked that the latest episodes of the exiled heavy knight seems to have toned down the recaps a bit. Hoping this continues for the rest of the remaining episodes. But then that means they would easily catch up with the manga, which I'm now reading because of the anime.

I still find the web series Street Fighter Assassin's Fist to be the gold Standard. For me this new movie is still somewhat goofy, but definitely leagues better than the disaster of a movie starring Van Damme.

Funny enough, as a One Piece fan myself, I've never watched the anime (so I guess I can't call myself a true fan 😅). I've been reading the manga and have not once seen the anime. I guess having a thousand plus episodes is a big factor as to why. Back then it was still only 200+ episodes. heck, I even started reading One Piece when it was still in the 400+ chapters. Interesting about Dr. Stone, I watched the first 2 seasons, but wasn't able to start the 3rd season, and I've resisted reading the Manga. It was all interesting before the Tsukasa arc, but I guess I didn't get the same excitement to me afterwards. Jojo anime left me really disappointed. The best one was still the stardust crusaders arc, and those that followed are just "meh" to me. I've read the manga and really loved it until Stone Ocean and was really left disappointed with its ending. Then came the decision to make the Steel Ball Run universe fold into the Jojo-verse, which confused the hell out of me. After that I completely stopped with Jojo.

Ok, I'm bored so I'm going to update my list. Currently, the Anime I'm waiting on are the following: Mushoku Tensei S3 - Definitely a must watch. Even though I finished the Novel, its still enjoyable watching this fully animated Tensura S4 - One of the web novels I've earlier read. Stories are starting to branch and I don't know what to expect. Re:Zero S4 - Haven't read the novels so this is one of the anticipated watch Bleach TYBW - Despite having a manga finished a decade ago, the anime introduced new material which was freaking awesome. This is definitely a redemption from the rushed manga ending. Exiled Heavy Knight - one of the newer shows I'm watching, mainly because of tiktok and youtube shorts Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman S2 - Another fun series for me. I am looking forward to the reboot of Magic Knight Rayearth, it was one of the best 90's anime I've ever watched. And of course being a Gundam Fan, how could I miss the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-Zero. Speaking of Gundam, I was kinda sad that they took down the 1:1 scale Unicorn Gundam in Odaiba Japan.

Well, that's something to talk about. That would be much preferable than the deafening silence. 😅

Such a sad day! A lot of celebrities seem to be passing away recently. There was Dolly Parton, then Tim Curry, and now Peter Cullen.

Hey Odin, what's up with you?

Well, I do see that new last scene they inserted somewhat troubling. Optimus Prime is a respected commander of the Autobots, and his lifeless body floating in space is rather disrespectful. It's like they just threw his body out into space. If they did, shouldn't he at least be in a coffin or something for a proper send off? I don't know, just some nitpick I guess.

So are they adding some new scenes to this movie? After seeing all the comments online about how this movie traumatized a lot of kids when it was first shown, am I the weird one who actually loved this when it first came out? I've always thought that the movie is about Hotrod and his journey to become Rodimus Prime. Similar to the GI Joe movie where the premise is pushing Falcon as the main protagonist.

Man, it's hard to discuss this movie without revealing any spoilers. Hahaha. I think the difference between Brand New Day and No Way Home is that No Way Home banks on the nostalgia factor. I mean you get three generations of Spiderman fans together, so it's obviously going to be a colossal hit. Whereas Brand New Day focuses solely on Tom Holland's Peter Parker, and returns to the roots of the Superhero Mythos that Stan Lee established that the Hero has to be tragic, and I liked how this aspect was explored in the movie. There were probably a lot more scenes left out in the cutting room floor, so I'm interested to seeing those deleted scenes, especially those mentioned about villains that were supposedly cut. Do you think we'll get a directors cut for this movie? That post credit scene though..... Hmm.....

So... Who has seen this? I'm upset that some random clip spoiled the final scene for me, lessening the emotional impact. Still a pretty good movie. I really like the action scenes and the relationship dynamics hits really hard. I really do want to watch it again.

Definitely something to look forward to this coming December. But before that, Spider-Man Brand new days comes first. Chris Evans looks different, I guess he's skinny now.

This is indeed a complete overhaul. Nice. Will have to get my bearings on how to navigate this newly updated portal.