Review Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened

Pokemon. Promotional Art Work. Viz Media.

The 16th pokemon movie was aired and I'm going to review, since that's what I do. Last week game the release of another game so there is plenty of things happening for the Pokemon fan base including a sneak peek of the next season but that will have to wait for another review.

The story was deals with a group of Genesect revived through fossil and who find themselves in a world far different from what they remember.  Mewtwo runs into them and due to its past dealing with human experiments tries to help them. Still the for the most part don't trust it. The story ends up in a city like New York in a place like Central Park. Ash and Company end up in the middle of the fight between the pokemon and Ash tries to stop it and find a happy ending.

Review for Pokémon X & Y

Pokémon X & Y Poster. Nintendo. Game Freak.

October 12 saw the release of the new addition to the Pokemon gaming franchise. Pokemon X and Pokemon Y happen to be the first Pokemon games made for the 3Ds. There are a lot of new features to check out in the game.

As always, there was the introduction of several new pokemon introduced in this new game but unlike other games this one also bring back many of the old favorites. One fun feature is that after the player select their starter they get to pick another starter from the original three starters from generation one. Through the game the player comes across many chances to capture old pokemon along with the new ones. 

One great feature about the game is its connectivity that allows you to connect to internet and to other players around the world. The friends that you have registered on your 3ds pop on the game as long as they too play one of the new pokemon games. You can trade much easier now and battles online just as easy.  All you have to do is have wi fi and click the wifi button on the on the screen.

Review of A Certain Scientific Railgun S

A Certain Scientific Railgun Title card. J.C. Staff.

The second season A Certain Scientific Railgun has finished airing a few weeks back and now its time to review and recap what happened. The season dealt with two story lines.

A little recap of what the show is about, Scientific Railgun is a spin off series of the A Certain Magical Index. It takes place in Academy City where science has found ways to develop powers in people. In this city Mikoto Misaka is ranked the third most powerful with the ability to control electricity. Though by most means she's just a middle school student but she and her friends get into troubles that grip the city and the dark side of it. The City has a dark side with researchers willing to do anything for their experiments. 

Review of Supernatural Season 9 Premiere

Supernatural. CW.

Season Nine of Supernatural started off with a bang. It picked up a few hours after Season Eight ended.  After trying to complete trials to close the gates to hell finds Sam dying with Dean struggling to find a way to save his brother. Castiel after being tricked last season finds himself now human and every other angel losing their wings has fallen to Earth. To make matters worse most seem eager to find Castiel and kill him.Things are certainly ramping up for the season.

As always be weary of spoilers when reading reviews, if you haven't seen the premiere you could get spoiled if you read on. The first episode of the season had three story plots going on, let's take a look at each one.

Review For Treehouse of Horror 24

The Simpson TreeHouse of Horro XXIV. 20th Century Fox. Gracie Films.

With Halloween just around the corner it comes time for another Simpson Halloween special. Thankfully this time it was actually aired before Halloween.

There was a lot going on this special and the opening itself deserves attention by itself. Now I'm sure you've seen your share of couch gags but this one really stood for me. Like most of the Halloween Special's the usual high jinks are Halloween themed but the animation crew really went all out this time. Through the whole opening gag they touched on every horror story ever. I mean ever. I saw references to horror literature from Poe, Lovecraft, and even Stephen King. There were characters and monsters from every horror film I knew like The Fly, The Birds, The Invisible Man, Frankenstein, The Wolfman, and the Day The Earth Stood Still.  There things like the Walking Dead, Godzilla and even things form past Halloween Specials. There also things like Hellboy and Blade along with monsters from Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth. That is to expected since Del Toro's team was the one behind the opening with Del Toro Directing it himself. If you are even barely aware of the horror genre you would still spot something you knew. It was wonderfully done and really in the Halloween setting. If you don't like The Simpsons but like horror you will get a thrill from the opening.

Review of Pokémon Origins

Pokémon Origins.TV Tokyo. Nintendo. Pokémon. The Pokémon Company

First off I have to come out that I have been a long time fan of the series and while watching the Pokémon Origins special there was a certain amount of nostalgia, so I'm a little biased. I don't think it's a bad thing though. The special deals with the first generation of Pokemon games and that has the greatest appeal to those who played them with they first came out. Let's get to issue at hand and review the four part special.

The special covers the entire plot of the first generation games, Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue. The special does cover the whole plot but focuses on most of the actual story and on a few choice  major events. The story follows Red, the protagonist of the games, on his quest to become a Pokémon trainer and complete the Pokédex. The first part of the special deals with the start of his journey, picking his first Pokémon, battling his rival Green and his first Gym Leader. The second part focuses on the battle against Team Rocket in Lavender Tower and dealing with the ghost haunting the tower. Part three deals with Red's continuing fights against Team Rocket and his Gym Battle against Giovanni the leader of the Team. The Final part of special deals with Red battling the Elite Four, battling his rival for the championship and a battle against Mewtwo. Overall the writing staff picked some great parts of the games to focus on while still managing to cover the rest of the games along the way. The writers covered some Compelling, action packed, and emotional moments in the story.

Review of Servant X Service Season 1

Promotional Art. © Karino Takatsu/SQUARE ENIX, SERVANTxSERVICE Project

Servant x Service is a slice of life comedy that takes place in a civil servant's office. Yeah, doesn't sound great when it's described like that but in fact the show is pretty great. The show comes from the same mind that made the manga "Working."  The show provides a number of laughs and gives the viewers a number of unique characters. Now that the season has wrapped up we can look back at is as a whole. Let's start with a run down of all the major characters. As always, be weary of reading a head if you are afraid of spoilers.

Th series focuses on three new employs starting at a civil service office. The first one is the large breasted glasses wearing young woman that will be referred to as Lucy Yamagami. She's tends to be a hard worker, more than a bit naive and has an unquenchable love for books. Lucy is an odd name in Japan but her whole name is actually composed of several names that would take an entire two lines to write out. The sole reason she has become a civil servant is to find the civil servant that allowed such a ridicules name like hers onto a birth certificate and tell them off. Her entire reason for being there is simply revenge as she puts it.  Through the season we find out a lot about her and her past. Though it seems petty to go after someone for such a thing as a name the story tells how boys used to make fun of her name in school and how she was often isolated to the library where she developed a love of reading. There is also an arc about her dealing with her fellow employs and what feelings develop from that. Overall her character arc flushes out this naive girl and really makes her a realistic character and a large part of this world.