Bonen no Xamdou: First Look!

Let me begin by saying I am a mega-huge fan of the BONES animation studio. In my mind, they have been constantly been delivering some of the best anime to date, and they are breaking ground in amazing and engaging sci-fi series. So, imagine my enthusiasm when I heard they were putting out a new series! With character designs like those in Eureka Seven (which is one of my favourite shows), robots, mysterious girls, possible explosions... Well. I nearly wet my pants. As of now, I can't wait for episode two!!

Bonen no Xamdou (or Xam'd: Lost Memories) is a feast of heavenly proportions for me. Everything about it is stunning, interesting. The animation is slick, in my preferred style and design. The story struck a chord with me right off of the bat. It left me desiring more. Desperately desiring.

The story goes like this. (And, because I feel lazy and my stomach is full of Subway, big thanks to MAL for the synopsis.) "Sentan Island is a small island surrounded by the Yuden Sea. It exists in a state of dreamlike tranquility, cut off from the war between the Northern Government and the Southern Continent Free Zone. Our hero, Akiyuki Takehara, lives on Sentain Island along with his mother Fusa. He is currently separated from his father, the town doctor Ryuzo, but the bond between father and son remains. One day, after taking Ryuzo the lunch that Fusa has made for him as usual, Akiyuki arrives at school, where he is caught up in an explosion along with his friends, Haru and Furuichi. The explosion produces a mysterious light, which enters Akiyuki's arm, causing him excruciating pain. He's given no time to understand it, however, as the white-haired girl who rode on the bus with him guides him to a power unlike anything he's ever known." It will apparently be twenty-six episodes long, which is a little bit of a shame. And yet... I'm in love!

The opening and ending animation has English themes playing along with it, which I find an interesting touch. Basic rock with guitar melody, a techno grove, echoing singing that makes your foot tap and makes you want to wave you r hands in the air, wave a cigarette lighter, or break out your rave gear. It's already making my head bob. The music playing during scenes instantly stole my heart away. Time to start hoarding money again for another soundtrack...

I am so ecstatic and excited for Xam'd. It has great potential to be one of the best shows of the season, or maybe the year, and I will be along with it every step of the way. I have the feeling Bandai Entertainment will want to pick it up... And I will buy it if things keep going this strongly. Totally.

So, if you are interested, well... America is getting this series two months before Japan. Go download it on your Sony PlayStation in high definition for $3.75, or standard quality for $2.82. It is reportedly the most-downloaded item on the American Sony store so far! It has Japanese audio and English subs.

I highly recommend this. Very highly. Uber-high. Go buy it now. Please.

Miss M ;D

E3: Activision and Konami

Here's the last two events






P.S.
Activision isn't technically apart of E3.

The IPhone is hood

E3: Ubisoft and Capcom

Here's all two events

E3: Sony

Sony's Press Conference wasn't everything I hoped for, but it was better than Nintendo's bore fest. But anyway lets jump right into it.

First off lets start with the big announcement that the earlier games for the PS3 will get a price drop to 29.99. And there will be a Batman Lego PS2 bundle pack for $149, and there will be a Ratchet and Clank Size Matters PSP entertainment pack.

Speaking of Ratchet and Clank, there will be a PSN RC game called Quest for Booty. It follows what happens after the disappearance of Clank. And it will be available for $14.

There will also be a Resistance game on the PSP called Retribution. There was also gameplay footage of Resistance 2.

Also there were trailers for Infamous and God of War 3 that seem to be awesome games.

But on the online side of things there were trailers for to new online games for the PS3. DC Universe Online and MAG(Massive Action Game), both two excellent game.

And that was pretty much it.

E3: Nintendo

Today they had the Nintendo Press Conference, and to tell you the truth it was disappointing. I actually got a headache just watching. But lets forget about that and focus on the announcements.


There aren't really that many note worthy announcements. They really just focused on sales and casual gaming. First off they showed how they used the balance board for Shaun White Snowboarding. The board seemed very intuitive to your movements, in fact there are a couple more games that use the balance board. Like the new Rayman Raving Rabbits game where, from what they showed, you hold the Wiimote and Nunchuck as handlebars and you sit on the board to direct the rabbit. You also use the board in Nintendo's big game Wii Music. In this game use over 50 instruments to play music all with the Wiimote and balance board. Now unlike normal music games you don't have to cue up your button presses with the notes. Actually there are no notes at all. There's also a new Wii Sports game called Wii Sports Resort. In this game you play a lot of summer activities with the Wii. But the big thing about this game is the fact that it comes with Wiimotion Plus. Now Wiimotion is an add on to your Wiimote that enhances the response of your movements. Another game that uses a new feature is Animal Crossing: City Folk. What really makes this game special is the fact that it uses a mic called Wii Speak. It's not a headset, it's an open room mic. I really hope they use this one with Super Smash Bros Brawl, so that I can trash talk some seven year old kid in front of his mom. Also another game I'm sorta excited for is Star Wars Clone Wars. This game doesn't have a light saber controller, but it seems that you really use the controllers as if were a real saber.


Now for the DS. The only game note worthy on the DS is Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. A GTA game for the DS not much is known about it yet.


So that's pretty much it not much else.

EA Press Conference

Here's the full version of EA's Press Conference.