Rebuild of Evangelion

Has anybody watched this yet?

Short review:
To watch this movie, the watcher must have at least some idea what Evangelion is. Cause it's just a compilation of the anime series with the frills cut out. If you have watched the series, you'll enjoy the technical scenes with remade graphs and animation. If you haven't, you're (not) alone with the confusion.

Long review:
The movie is as the title says: A rebuild of Evangelion. The series is taken, pulled apart, scenes remade with modern CG, the frills taken out and it all put together to make the movie. As a fan of the series, I enjoyed the seemingly different but similar scenes of how the system fails, the little scenes included of the strategy planning for the fortress angel and Shinji's travels to Tokyo-2 and back.

As the series starts, Shinji arrives in Tokyo-III just in time for an angel attack. Angel number 3 (for which shall be henceforth known as No. 3 cause for my life I can't remember its real name) is plummeted by the tax payers' money and revels in it while Shinji remains confused, wimpy and rebellious to his father. After some mental manipulation by Gendou in the form of Bandaged!Rei, Shinji is literally pushed into the entry plug.

Same as the series right?

Well yeah. Nothing much more to add there. Except that new scenes that were inserted includes the outright declaration of Gendou's manipulation of his son for himself and an ending of (a naked) Kaoru's Entrance from out of the a box out of several boxes on the moon.

I say: do watch the movie if you want to relieve your memories of this excellent series. If you have yet to watch the series, You might be confused at the technological jargon used in the series but you can enjoy the techie bits of animation involved and Shinji's mental breakdown under his parent's pressure. Its $10 definitely well spent.

As a new generation of anime watchers view it, as what happened for the last time the Eva series was shown, I shall say it:

Let the Debate begin!


Edit!

Please try not to throw anything at the screen after the crooning of Utada-san just cause they didn't show the preview for the next part! Or the ending was that abrupt!

POTC madness!!!!

Watched POTC 3 yesterday. Funny was funny but it didn't do it for me. Unless you like Johnny Depp in various state of minds and undress, this show's for you. The show is rather like spidey but worse. Too many things happening at once, too many things left not shown in the movie and the script was not that fun. Humour was left to slapstick goodness and overused scenes.

To give an overall view:

The pirate world is being wiped out. The only way to save them against the East India Company and the Flying Dutchman alliance is to bring all the Pirate Lords together to fight. The only problem: Captain Jack's one of them and he's now in Davey's Jones Locker which is at World's End. The journey takes them to Singapore, to one of the poles, down a HUMONGOUS waterfall and a nice sea water bath underwater with the ship.

We get to see Will trying to act gentlemanly, James Norrington in a confused state, Elizabeth in only a bathrobe, Jack topless, Jack tattoed, Jack brainless, Jack bringing a new meaning to the movie Multiplicity and Jack acting noble. Barbossa being Barbossa, his actions is the only one that remains straight and true.

Oh yeah, You get to see the Great Sotong King in a bucket...

Last but not least, Stone crabs FTW!!!

Synopsis: Parfum Extrait 0

Its been a long time since the last update! I've been rather slacking after the exams! XD Reading manga, watching anime, drawing stuff! Seems like I've been rather busy instead of lazy! Than again I've gotta start on my costume! ^_^ Now if only my monetary funds can cover me well enough... *cries*

Anyway, right now lemme give you guys a synopsis of one of the manga I've been reading: Parfum Extrait 0 by Kaori Yuki



It is said that by looking into another's eyes you can tell much about a person. So does one's scent. This manga is a one shot complete manga recently translated by Chuang Yi, written and drawn by the artist of Fairy Cube, Kaori Yuki.

This is a manga about an expert perfumer (read: not Perfume peddler), Kanade Saikawa, who is able to remember and distinguish every scent and odour he has smelt before. The fragrances he create goes with the person's personality and style making each of it unique to the person. It is a mask the fragrance it, but it never hides the heart of one who wears it.

The first story is of one of his customer who was rumoured to be harrassed by an unknown man thought to be one of the Yakuza. Body guards for the girl has not deterred the man from the girl. It is then known that the girl is missing from the mansion and that her mother was gone overseas. By chance, he had stumbled onto the scent he created on the streets, but it was tainted with the scent of "Death". By using his nose to follow the unique scent that he created for the girl he found himself at a rundown building filled with the choking scent of roses. It leads to a bigger story than just a missing girl from the streets.

The second story is of Kanade's Past. Approached by a magazine, about a popular internet rumour of the "Perfume of Death", he tries to explain that its impossible for a scent to kill somebody. It was until a person who bought such a bottle of perfume from an online shop died shortly after she opened the bottle he did not believe such a rumour. But with his nose, he caught the slight scent of almonds beneath the fragrance which he identified as his "Felicia no. 8". Was it murder? or accidental suicide? Afterall, the perfume he created was discontinued about 2 years ago. Read the story which follows Kanade's past regarding a love triangle and death.

The third story is of how a fragrance can cover up memories if it causes such a deep impression to a person. Perfumes can also form false memories to mask the harsher reality to the person in concern. Be mesmerised as Kanade does his magic using his Fragrance Organ to uncover the truths beneath the false.

Overall, the manga is a nice short volume with beautiful detailed artwork that is characteristic of Kaori Yuki. Good for those who are looking for a short yet meaningful read into the world of perfumers and those affected by them.

Rating: 7.0/10

Rather, now i'd like to apologize for my broken English! Seems to be a long time since I've actually read something that is not a graphic novel... Help me...