Anime - Druaga no To : The Aegis of Uruk

Druaga no To (Eng: The Tower of Druaga): The Aegis of Uruk is the first season of The Sword of Uruk series that currently still on going. For you who haven't pick up this series to your watching list, this review is for you~

Druaga no To (ドルアーガの塔) or The Tower of Druaga was originally an arcade game released by Namco in 1984. The game was ported or remade through many platform such as Famicom, Playtation, PC, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360.
The anime adaptation by Gonzo was aired in April 2008, subtitled The Tower of Uruk.
The story set in the same world as the game. Sixty years after Gilgamesh, the hero from the game, defeated the evil Druaga and now became King of Babylim. The tower of druaga now become a place for treasure hunting, monster hunting, and for adventure. Once for a few years comes the Summer of Anu, the season where the monster inside the tower will become weaker. It's the only chance for climbers and army of Babylim to reach the top of the tower.
A young man, Jil is an inexperienced young Guardian that just start his way to become a climber. His dream is to reach the top of the tower and it seems like he sometimes fantasies to become a hero too >.<

Baka Neko Pyon's Rating

Level of
Action       : OOOO
Comedy       : OOO
Fantasy      : OOO
Romance      : OO
Drama        : O

Quality
Char Design  : OOO
Graphic      : OOO
Plot Depth   : OO
Opening Song : OOO
Ending Song  : OO
BGM          : OOO

My thought
Interesting  : OOOO
Relaxing     : OO
Boring       : O

Must-watch Lv: OOO

I love this series, that's what i have to say ^^. When i picked up this series, i thought it would be the same as another rpg styled anime. But i was wrong. This series is far more interesting than i ever thought. Action, comedy, fantasy, and slight romance is so well packed together. This series is good for you who wants to spend your time relaxing your muscle and need to watch something different from shounen anime nowadays.
Oh yeah, besides of 'Gonzo Factor' (hahaha ^^) and the good humor in the story, what made me watch this series is the presence of Horie Yui (remember School Rumble? ^^) who did the voice for Fatina (my fav >.<) and Chihara Minorin (Nagato Yuki) who did the voice for Coopa, the only loli main character in this series?!

Well watch it yourself and tell me what you think later~

Anime - Akikan!

Entering 2009, anime such as Kannagi, Hyakko, Ga-Rei Zero ended, replaced by several brand new animes and just a few animes that are still ongoing like Tales of the Abyss, Bounen no Xam'd, except long-run series like Bleach, Naruto, Soul Eater (had enough of those animes x_x)
Well, to cut it short, starting from this post i'll write quick reviews one per post for ongoing animes that i'm currently watching in 2009.

Akikan

Akikan! was first published in 2007 as light novels by Riku Ranjou, with illustrations by Hiro Suzuhira, one of my fav illustrator out there ^_^
Akikan manga began serialization in 2008 and the anime aired in 3rd January 2009 and is currenly ongoing.

Akikan is a story about a boy Kakeru Daichi, who bought a melon soda that will magically transforms into a human girl after he drank it. Daichi named the girl Melon and since then they're living under the same roof (but actually Melon usually stays in fridge as steel can ^^).

Baka Neko Pyon's Rating

Level of
Comedy       : OO
Romance      : OO
Drama        : O
Harem        : OOO
Ecchi        : OO
School Life  : OO

Quality
Char Design  : OOO
Graphic      : OO
Plot Depth   : O
Opening Song : OO
Ending Song  : OO
BGM          : OO

My thought
Interesting  : O
Relaxing     : O
Boring       : OOO

Must-watch Lv: O

Well, actually after i keep watching until the 3rd episodes, i think that this series is a little bit boring, as it's just your usual shounen stuff, portion of jokes, not too serious romance, and obvious story progress. Or maybe it's just because of i'm already graduated from this type of anime in the past >_<. So depends on your personal interest you might consider this series as refreshing and fun to watch ^^
What do you think?

Chinese New Year ~ Year of the Ox

Oh my god.. It's been 1 month since last update as i was indulging myself watching new animes doramas and learning Mandarin, Japanese, HTML, CSS, all at the same time.. Because of that i was kinda lost my passion to write which is actually.. bad thing XP
My language school is entering Chinese New Year holiday mode start from today. That means I can spend more time learning other things beside Mandarin at home and of course.. time to have fun with my friends!

Short talk about Chinese New Year
(or also well known as Chinese Spring Festival 春節 by most of foreigner)




Currently, the atmosphere here in Taiwan has been set to Chinese New Year mode >_< When you are strolling around the city especially shopping district, you can hear Chinese New Year songs almost everywhere, and you will see accessories and posters painted in red in front of shops and houses ^^


This year will be Year of the Ox. And it will be my first Chinese New Year experience since i've been here in Taiwan. Just yesterday I saw there was so many people in train station, they formed a long waiting line about 10 metres in lenght. They were all waiting to make a reservation for a High Speed Rail tickets (Taiwan's Shinkansen ^^) depart to south of Taiwan, some peoples will go for vacation and some others will go to pay visits to their families in their homecities. Well, despite that i also heard nowadays Taiwanese prefer to go abroad for their Chinese New Year lol

My teacher and Taiwanese friends told me that when it is Chinese New Year, you will find less people in main city like Taipei because most of people will travel south. Most of shops will be closed and beautysalons and barber will charge you more than usual (what?! barber??).

Oh yeah, they also said that you still can see traditional performances in temples, well it is good idea because it will attract many foreigners including me ^^

Almost forget to mentioned that two days ago, I went to a street market downtown called 迪化街 (Di2Hua4Jie1) which is a famous street market between Taiwanese and foreigners.

I went there with my Japanese friend with travelbags and camera on hands. I was very surprised when i arrived there. The street is small but long with marketstands in the left and right of the street wrapping it like sandwiches XD. I saw hundreds of Taiwanese and few foreigners that want to witness this interesting event. My Japanese friend said "sugoi, matsuri mitai" ("wow, it's like a festival") as we immediately entered the crowd. We were walking through the street with speed of 30cm per second because there was hundreds of peoples in front of us and hundreds more behind >_<. People there sell variety of snacks and local food for Chinese New Year preparation, and everybody's free to try some or to make it simple "eat for free" >_<

Well, I think that's all for now. To close this talk, as we're looking forward to the upcoming Chinese New Year, i will expect something far more interesting from Taiwan after this in the future. I hope this Chinese New Year will be a good new start here in Taiwan as Taiwan's economy doesn't give any signal of improvement, many of Taiwanese are hoping Year of the Ox will bring better luck and fortune for the future.

PS: I can't wait to watch Taiwan's Dragondance and Liondance!