I think everyone that knows me know that I am a nerd. A Big nerd. I think I will just share some of my nerdiness with you all.
Let's ease into the nerdiness by combining anime with metal, where I will give a super brief review of a song. This song is called "F", and it is by a band called Maximum The Hormone. For those of you who aren't aware, my favorite cartoon is Dragonball, and my favorite character is Freeza. Why am I telling you this? Because that is what this song is about. Yes. A metal band wrote a song about Freeza.
"Freeza wants YOU to listen to this song"
Now, this song doesn't come straight out and SAY it is about my beloved Freeza. Let's look at the lyrics, and I will prove it to you. "Furou fushi motome namekkusei idou" (Searching for eternal life, he came to Namek); Here it is talking about how someone came to the fictional planet of Namek, looking for immortality. Only one person has ever done that; Freeza. "Sono ni no ude pink pink pink" (His upper arms are pink, pink, pink); do I need to explain this? Look at the picture. "Sentouryoku gojuusanman" (Battle power 530,000); You know who has a battle power of 530,000? Yeah, you do. Believe me yet?
All-in-all, it is an excellent song. Not only is it excellent at balancing traditional vocals with screaming and includes awesome instrumentation, but it has an actual message. If you read the lyrics in the video I am about to throw in, you can see how it criticizes the cruelty of the world's governments.
Next bit of nerd business to attend to is-- Power Rangers Samurai is on tomorrow. >.<
This season, the 18th, is based off of the sentai series 'Samurai Sentai Shinkenger'. These might be spoilers, so... I guess you might want to skip this if you don't want to hear even the vaguest of plot details. I don't know that this is all accurate to the Power Rangers version, but from what I have read, they are very similar, so I am going to go over the basics of the sentai.
The characters in Shinkenger all have powers based around a different element. They harness these elements by using kanji (Japanese characters based on the Chinese writing system). The symbols they use are 火(fire), 水(water), 土(earth), 天(heaven), 木(wood), and later on 光(light). Their organization has lived for centuries, protecting the world from the Geddoushuu (ge-doe-shoo). I think that is all I should give, but definitely check it out tomorrow.
The very last thing I want to bore you with is the thing I am most excited about. Wait for it-- Pokemon Black and White come out in exactly 28 days! Yay! I played through a bit, on a Japanese copy of the game, but at the time, my Japanese was-- un-good, so I didn't get far. From what I DID play, it is a great set of games. The games take place in the Unova region, which is completely separate from where the previous 4 games took place. This area is based off of New York City. The game has 156 new pokemon (complete list). Not much to say about this. I'm just EXICTED ^_^
Too many pictures in this post? Let me know, because I was a bit iffy about separating each topic with an image. And now for the traditional end-of-post-funny-video:
I can't wait for Pokemon Black and White - I have every single Pokemon game from the beginning. And I watched a LOT of Power Rangers when I was a kid - now might be time to try out a new series of it!
ReplyDeleteGood, fun, and funny post!
I usually don't pick up all the versions of a Pokemon game; the exceptions being Gold, Silver, Crystal, and HeartGold, SoulSilver. They are definitely my favorite series of games.
ReplyDeleteI too watched a lot of Power Rangers. I stopped after Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, but the Japanese series it is based on is the best one in over a decade, so I expect the same quality from this season of Power Rangers.
And thank you!