Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas – Feeling of Unity (Album)




Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas – Feeling of Unity (Download)
File Size: 114MB / ZIP / (MP3/320K/BK)
 Release (2015.09.30) / Catalog Number VPCC-81850
Download  MediaFire
Fear,and Loathing in Las Vegas brings the fourth album contains 11 tracks total, including “Cast Your Shell” (promotional song for the game “CLOSERS”), “Let Me Hear” (intro theme for the anime “Parasyte -the maxim-“), and more.

Tracklist
1. Cast Your Shell
2. Meaning of Existence
3. Escape from the Loop
4. Starburst
5. Interlude
6. Party Boys
7. Gratitude
8. Ignite Your Frail Mind
9. The Demon Called Careless
10. Let Me Hear
11. Journey to Aim High

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Haruka Tomatsu – STEP A GO! GO! (Single)

Haruka Tomatsu – STEP A GO! GO! 戸松遥 (Download)
File Size: 32MB / ZIP / (MP3/320K)
 Release (2015.09.30) / Catalog Number SMCL-403
Download : MEGA
Tracklist
1. STEP A GO! GO!
2. 愛しい光
3. STEP A GO! GO! (Instrumental)

LiSA – Empty MERMAiD (Single)



LiSA – Empty MERMAiD (Download)
File Size: 38MB / ZIP / (MP3/320K+AAC)
 Release (2015.09.30) / Catalog Number SVWC-70107
Download MP3: Zippyshare
Tracklist
1. Empty MERMAiD
2. リスキー
3. 虚無
4. Empty MERMAiD -Instrumental-

FELT- World Trick c88



FELT – World Trick (Download)
File Size: 80MB / ZIP / (MP3)
 Release (2015.08.14) / Event : Comiket Market C88
Download: Solidfiles

Arrangement, Vocal, Remix, Original Work
Performed by 舞花, Vivienne, W.nova, 美歌

Tracklist
01 Gekko
02 New World
03 Let it all out of you
04 Echofalls
05 Day and Night
06 Imbalance
07 Day after [Eris’s La pousse mix] 08 blast
09 Open
10 Landscape





Hana to Alice: Satsujin Jiken - Review








9th grader Tetsuko Arisugawa (Arisu/Alice) moves to a new town and enrolls in school. Upon entering her new class, everyone seems to act indifferent towards her. She comes to find out that some awful misfortune only speculated by rumor had befallen the student who used to occupy her current desk the year before. As her classmates put it. She has "broken the barrier" and may be subject to it's curse. Upon farther prying and a stroke of luck, Alice discovers that she in fact now lives in the house of the student who was supposedly murdered. The desk behind her is also vacant, a girl who turns out to be her neighbor is the person who has been absent for a year and 4 months. Later, Alice gain information about her neighbor and trying to approach her house to investigate the Judas who has been murdered last year, during the investigating, Alice met the old man who kindheartedly helping Alice even Alice lied to him. After she send home that old man, Arai Hana ( the neighbor girl) called her to helping investigating. During the time they had through alot of things which later deepen their friendship like dancing ballet , ordering ramen , and sleeping below truck. Arai Hana later told the truth about Judas and his four wives and made Alice cried until both of them slept. At the morning 7.30 Arai Hana woke up and tried to calling Alice but she could not wake her up and gone alone to scouting Yuda's house, Alice realized the truck is moving the she stunned and could not move until the truck passed by, she tried to find Arai Hana which later she thought she was stuck below the truck, Alice tried to catch the truck and telling people around her to catch the truck. From behind, Arai tried to catch Alice which later ended up with Alice made a big fuss and run away from the truck. In the middle way they went home Arai met Yuda and feel relieve after they talk a bit. After that day Alice and Arai started went school together.

The story is well written. It manages to be compelling yet is very simplistic. There are elements of mystery but I wouldn't go as far as say it's suspenseful or a thriller. Nothing supernatural or unrealistically grand happen. It's pretty light on the melodrama and is rather comedic, but not overly blatant. Rather than corny jokes and routines, they rely on believable character interactions to provide dry humor. This film doesn't feel like an anime at all. It feels as if you are watching real people interact naturally as you would in your daily life. Hana to Alice is a charming coming of age light drama. Actually not even feel like drama it is feel like real life story.

The art and animation is gonna be a hot hit or miss topic among people. Rotoscoping is an animation technique in which animators trace over live footage frame by frame. This creates very fluent, lifelike movement of on screen characters and proper psychics to inanimate objects. The characters can also lack detail and sometimes feel out of place in contrast to it's backgrounds. I quite enjoy rotoscope when given proper attention. The full effect of rotoscope is seen with the dancing during ballet class. The colors between characters and backgrounds mesh together well. I also enjoyed the fairly detailed backdrops and lighting effects. My only issue with the animation during one particular scene when the background feels CG rendered and creates that unwelcome contrast I mentioned as we follow Alice from a shoulder perspective running through her home, and during a couple scenes were they use slow motion with no added effects. Rotoscoping may look good when moving in real time, but it's kinda unflattering, choppy, and just looks awkward going frame by frame. I feel like they could have done a better job smoothing out some of those scenes.

The music was pretty enjoyable. :)

Characters are the films strongest point. It's everything here. Hana and Alice are both very likable. Alice is polite and almost appears naive, but when a classmate attempts to bully her, Alice promptly shows that she isn't feeble in the least bit. She always seems to be speaking in a somewhat playful condescending manner. Alice is rather impulsive and her aloofness creates some very entertaining moments. The animation does wonders here, the sarcastic and sometimes dumbfounded look on her face really brings out the personality of her character. Hana shares Alice's headstrong attitude, which is why watching them banter is so enjoyable. Hana seems a bit more mature and responsible, taking a somewhat rational thought rather than letting her impulses guide her. She puts up a bit of a tough front, but it's apparent that she immediately takes a liking to Alice and feels like she needs to protect Alice from her goofy self. 

Overall the acting is what makes this show stand out, the VA's really brought the characters to life. The story was well written but didn't have a lot of depth or anything that makes it stand out among any other normal. Even this is labeled as anime but the story , character and art makes me feel this is not like anime. The simple story yet enjoyable actually pretty good for all age people.





Monday, September 28, 2015

Arslan Senki – First Impressions



The story is centered around Arslan who was adapted from normal citizen to the royal family . He was a kind but sheltered child whose life changes when he sees that there are perspectives different from the one he’s been taught since birth. The main event is his father  return back to Ecbatana the capital city of Pars and with a passel of slave prisoners from the rival kingdom of Lusitania in-tow. One of those prisoners is a young boy same age as Arslan, and when three careless local imps allow him to escape his cage while Arslan is visiting the slaves hoping to speak with them, the boy ends up taking Arslan as a hostage and taking him on a helter-skelter chase through the alleys of the capital Ecbatana – one which finds the boys engaging in a little political discourse while Arslan is being dragged about by the hair. That boy told Arlsan about people must be treat equally and against slavery tradition , Arslan can’t understand why the boy won’t happily accept being a slave and enjoy all the benefits of slave life in Pars – his abductor doesn’t understand why everyone won’t simply accept the Lusitanian God so they won’t have to go to the trouble of being killed as heathens.