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REVIEWS Anime: Hundred

TOP 5 CHARTS

Anime: School Days

TRENDING

Comic: Adventures of Supergirl

A Pokémon Live-Action Movie!

Comic: Black Panther

One Piece 65% done! Rise of the Tomb Raider ready to hit PS4 Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization

Top 5 Adult Manga Top 5 Flop Video Games

Comic: Legends of Tomorrow

Top 5 Most Grossing Comics Of 2016

Comic: Ultraman Vol 4

Top 5 Anime With Highest Fanbase

Manga: My Monster Secret

THis month In gamers&anime CHARACTER PROFIES Honoka Tamarai

Lee Everett

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Black Panther

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Pokemon Live Action Movie

We all know huge success of the Pokémon GO. Within a small time it became the biggest mobile game in USA. Just think how big the Pokémon live-action movie will be!

obtained the rights for Live-Action movie. Project will initiate in 2017. Legendary Entertainment is widely known for Pacific Rim and Godzilla (2014). Although Warner Bros. have actually brought Pokémon Anime Movies to the big screen.

Rumour has it that a “Secret Bidding” took place in which Sony, Legendary& WB fought for the rights of Pokémon live-action movie The film is expected to revolve around the after they went for sale. According to the character Detective Pikachu as it was latest word Legendary Entertainment has featured in the previous Nintendo 3DS game. The Film will be distributed outside Japan by Universal Pictures while Toho will distribute in Japan. Production of the film will start in 2017.

Let’s hope Pokémon live action movie will be a blockbuster. Gamers&Anime

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July 2016

One Piece Is Only 65% done! The adventures of Luffy and fellow mates ain’t over yet. The Sailor Crew being a worldwide obsession the series is running for almost 20 years. One of the most popular Manga One piece is almost 65%complete, said the creator of One Piece Eiichira Oda. Oda confirmed it in an interview by “Dai One Piece Shimbun”publication. Oda stated in 2012 that the story is completed up to 60%

“Interviewer: Four years ago, you said, “I’ve been saying that we’ve reached the half point since two years ago. Now, we’re at 60%.” What about now?

series. I’m not going to be able to make another long series after One Piece. “

As per taken from one piece podcast. The manga debuted in 1997 in Weekly Shonen Jump and till now published 82 volumes. Not only manga but the One Piece also received huge success in Anime and Movies with above 700 episodes and 12 movies. One Piece has created a world record for most selling manga.

By doing the math Oda: I’d say about 65%. I need the One Piece still has courage to chip away at the ideas I come up with. It’s a race against time between a long way to go. So my remaining lifespan and the end of the sit back and enjoy.

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Rise of the Tomb Raider ready to hit PS4 The wait of gamers is almost complete. After being launched on Xbox and PC platforms Rise of Tomb Raider will soon hit the PlayStation platform. It is an action adventure game and a sequel of Tomb Raider. Also the game is said to have a new adventure called as “Blood Ties”. In Blood Ties you can reveal the mysteries of the Croft Manor.

and her adventures while in search of Kitezh city and fighting against paramilitary organization. The game clearly tests your survival skills as you have to make stuff like weapons, tools etc under limited resources. Talking about the graphics it has HDR, Dynamic Colour and a high detailed environment. In short the game seems to be highly appealing.

The game-story revolves around Lara Croft

It’s not known that does VR supports the whole game but the added chapter Blood ties does support VR. The game is set to release on 11th October 2016.

From zombies to avalanches, Scavenging to Surviving, Rise of Tomb Raider’s got it all! Gamers&Anime

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July 2016

Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization “Hollow Realization” the upcoming video game is adapted from the popular Anime series Sword Art Online. It is a role playing Action game. SAO HR is the fourth game after the success of previous SAO games. The game allows you to play as Kirito and other three team members. You can create your own players by giving them appearance as you want and weapons etc.The Game has been given a high detailing environment with awesome graphics. The game has a whole new story and adventures. There are likely 300 non player characters in the game also allowing you to interact with them and enhance your relationship with them. There is a lot that you can do in the game, apart from taking over July 2016

the bosses in battles, you can take a break, wander, buy things and do a variety of stuff. The new Battle System allows 4 teams of 16 players to enter the battles. When it comes to Boss Battles you can join with other parties and fight along. The game will be released on PS4 and PS Vita platform.

Price of the game will be around US$ 66.99. The game is set to release on 27th October 2016.

By having overall review of the game it is a real treat for Sword art online Fans. 7

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1. Nozoki ana Gamers&Anime

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2. H Mate

3. blade play

4. aiki

5. sense

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2. All points bulletin

3. i, robot

4. radar scope

5. The last express

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2. dc universe rebirth

3. the punisher

4. black panther

5. dark knight iii

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5. attack on titans

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Movie Roost

The only good thing about this movie is that it made the studio come to their senses – and thus, was born, Batman Begins. I was struggling quite a bit to find a movie that I could roast to a crisp. How could I insult a film that a director so lovingly made? But after I was watching an interview with George Clooney, I realised that I had the perfect movie in my hands. Batman and Robin. This pile of shit that everyone included in the making of this film apologized for. Even the director, Joel Schumacher himself apologized for disappointing the fans. But disappointing is far from the correct word as this movie nearly killed the Batman franchise. The movie starts with Batman and Robin gearing up, which are essentially a series of butt shots, crotch shots and who can forget the FUCKING BAT NIPPLES!!! This is when I lost my shit. Why the fuck would you put rubber nipples on a batsuit? What was the Costume Designer thinking? Did no one tell the director that it was a bad idea? Batman is supposed to be intimidating, but instead he’s the

punchline of a joke. The first line in the movie uttered by Robin is made to look like witty banter but is just your garden variety stupid – “I want a car, chicks dig the car!” followed by Batman’s “This is why Superman works alone.” Ignoring that shitty joke, what are the writers trying to tell us? Does Superman exist? If yes, why doesn’t he come to help save Gotham? It leaves us with more questions than answers. Then we go into an exposition scene where Commissioner Gordon – whose only role in this movie is to provide exposition – tells them (and us) that Mr. Freeze is attacking a museum. Mr. Freeze, played by a horribly miscast Arnold Schwarzenegger is easily the worst of this cast. Let me tell you his plot. To steal huge diamonds to make a giant freeze ray so he can freeze Gotham and hold it hostage for billions which he will use for research to cure his wife who has

MacGregor’s Syndrome Stage 3. time I say Bane in reference to this Easily the stupidest villain ever. Why “movie”. He just goes BAM! BAM! And doesn’t he just sell off those huge repeats every last word Ivy says. In the diamonds he steals, which considering comics, Bane is nothing like that. He the size and the description of the challenged Batman on a physical as well diamonds, can be easily worth billions? as spiritual level. So much complications. And for some Robin is a dick throughout the movie. weird reason, every time he flips a switch His incessant whining really got under he makes sexual noises. You could even my skin. In the museum robbery scene, say, he is “turned on by switches.”(Get I swear, I’m not making it up, he bursts it? Turned on by… ah fuck it.) If you think through a door on a bike and you can see that pun was bad then prepare to be that the hole through which he busted in, destroyed. is in the shape of the Robin logo. I have a fun game for you. Then there is this really cheesy subplot Every time Mr. Freeze makes an ice of Batman and Robin fighting over Poison related pun, take a shot of vodka. You Ivy because she’s…. pretty, I guess? Yay, will be drunk by the end of the movie. I Mother Nature! had kept a counter for those puns, which Oh yes, even Batgirl is in this movie. amounted to a whopping number of 37. Barbara Wilson is Alfred’s Niece who has Those are seriously cringe worthy and returned Alfred to “free” him. She’s a biker sitting through 37 of those is by no means at night and a really horrible actress by funny. day. Alicia Silverstone’s accent Oh, and did I mention Alfred is dying? Of constantly appears and disappears. This course he is. And guess what Alfred is was the movie that pretty much killed her dying of? You guessed it (No points for career. After this laughably bad scene you). McGregor’s Fucking Syndrome. where the identity of Batman and Only difference being, it is in Stage 1, Robin are revealed to her, she takes which Mr Freeze already has a cure for. on the Mantle of Batgirl. Cut to another They could have easily dropped this scene of butt shots and crotch shots. The subplot. only thing missing here are the Bat Coming to the museum, we have a nipples, which is kinda odd considering Batman who clearly enjoys Figure it’s the only character with whom bat Skating in his free time. His introduction is nipples make sense. also “Hi Freeze, I’m Batman.” I’m sorry, I The CGI is also laughably bad. The whole just cannot take this Batman seriously. A movie feels like a toy commercial. And it shame, considering George Clooney, one really was. After looking it up on the of my favourite actors, would have made internet, I found out that this whole a great Batman. movie was made in order to sell toys. It’s a shame since George Clooney is not That is why there were different costumes the only actor wasted. Uma Thurman, during different fights. who plays Dr. PamelaIsley/Poison Ivy is atrocious, considering she just got an I laughed, Hard. Throughout this Academy Award Nomination just a year movie. After a while, the line was before this film. blurred. I wasn’t sure if I was But my biggest issue, and by biggest laughing at the movie or myself. As issue, I mean UN-FUCKING-FORGIVABLE MISTAKE the Joker said, “All you need, is a they made is with BANE. I cringe every little push!” I guess this movie did it.

Character Profiles Name: Honoka Tamarai Anime: ReLIFE Gender: Female Age: 17 Height: 155 Race: Human Role: Student Ability: Volleyball player

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Character Profiles Name: Kimihito Kurusu Anime: Monster Musume Gender: Male Age: 18 Hair: Black Eye: Brown Race: Human Role: Miia’s host Ability: None Debut: Episode 1

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Character Profiles Name: Otome Katou Anime: School Days Gender: Female Height: 164 cm Race: Human Role: High School Student Ability: Basketball player Affiliation: Sakakino High School Katou Family

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Character Profiles Name: Barbara Morse Comic: Mockingbird Gender: Female Height: 180 cm Weight: 61 kg Race: Human Role: SHIELD agent, Private investigator, Biologist Affiliation: Parker Industries Debut: Astonishing Tales #6

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Character Profiles Name: T’Challa Comic: Black Panther Gender: Male Height: 182 cm Weight: 91 kg Race: Not specified Role: King of Necropolis Unusual Features: Formerly vertical pupil Debut: Fantastic Four #52

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Character Profiles Name: Hyperion Comic: Hyperion Gender: Male Age: Not specified Height: 195 cm Weight: 209 kg Race: Human Role: Former cartoonist Affiliation: Squadron Supreme Debut: Avenger #85

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Character Profiles Name: Lee Everett Game: Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead: Season One Gender: Male Age: 37 Height/Weight: Not Specified Race: Human Role: Former history professor, University of Georgia Ability: None Debut: A New Day

Character Profiles Name: Leon Scott Kennedy Game: Resident Evil DOB: 1977 Gender: Male Height: 177.9 cm Weight: 70 kg Race: Human Role: R.P.D Officer Debut: Resident Evil 2

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Character Profiles Name: Reiji Sakamaki Game: Diabolik Lovers Gender: Male Age: 18 Height: 183 cm Weight: 67 kg Race: Vampire Role: High School Student Debut: Manga: Diabolik Lovers Anthology Anime: Episode 1

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Character Profiles Name: Annie Leonhart Anime/Manga: Attack On Titan Gender: Female Age:16 Height:153 cm Weight: 54 kg Race: Human, Titan Role:104th training corps Ability: Titan shifting Debut: Manga- That Day Anime- That Day: The Fall of Shiganshia, Part 2

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Character Profiles Name: Asta Manga: Black Clover Gender: Male Age: 15 years Height: 155 cm Race: Human Role: Main protagonist Ability: Swordmanship Debut: Chapter 1

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Character Profiles Name: Itona Horibe Anime/Manga: Assassination Classroom Gender: Male Age: 15 Height: 160 cm Weight: 53 kg Race: Human Role: Student Ability: Mechanics and engineering Debut: Manga- Chaper 29 Anime- Episode 11

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Review

Hundred

5/10

“They call it Hundred because you’ve seen this show hundreds of times already.”

If I had to say what Hundred’s weakness is, the lack of any uniqueness to help it stand out more from the rest of the magic school battle anime out there. It appears as if there is a really bad cycle in Japan right now where so many school/harem/Sci-Fi’s anime are taking over and in my opinion not too many of them are doing so well. Gamers&Anime

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I mean we’ve had ‘Asterisk Wars’, ‘Chivalry of a Failed Knight’ and many more similar every season and each title just leaves me with mixed feelings. Now the story is simple, straight-forward yet lacks uniqueness which I believe is something that is absolutely vital in every anime & manga. July 2016

Hundred is literally copy & pasted, meaning if you have watched at least 2 or three titles similar to this then you can already predict the upcoming events and the relationships between characters. In addition to that, predictions of the plot along with the events that are going to take place for certain episodes is sort of like a walk in the park. Now I’m not really trying to criticize Jun Misaki because other authors obviously have this idea too. They want to use the re-occurring themes found in other authors work and make their own unique novel based upon those themes. That’s perfectly fine however it hurts both the story and the plot in many ways because it is all too common. This is exactly why I brought up the ‘bad cycle’ theory. If I didn’t watch shows like these when they aired for a while and just got into hundred then perhaps I could’ve felt that the story was refreshing however, this simply was not the case. There were no exciting story developments and plot development felt weak. Most importantly though it was pretty hard for me to get excited and engaged with such meritocracy. Overall I just was not impressed with the stories presentation or plot because it’s been done too many times to the point where I really wanted to drop it. The art & animation is actually really great. The flow of the fighting and action scenes were amazing to me. Although I could’ve done without the talking through most of the battles, I was, for the most part July 2016

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impressed seeing the duels between characters like Claire, Hayato, Emile etc. The character designs were pretty good however I still prefer the illustrations done in the light novel by Nekosuke kuma over designs made by the producers at Production IMS. Characters are so forgettable that I’ll probably never even remember them. Hayato Kisaragi is literally copy and pasted from every other show liked this; the childhood friend romance is overplayed. My impressions of the characters overall is that they simply needed more work to distinguish themselves from others. Sound was pretty decent for the most part. I didn’t care for the soundtracks background music or the opening and intro songs. I did like the sound effects I think those were pretty good. The singing done in the show, sort of like pre-game musical performances were annoying. It’s like they tried to add idols to the already unnecessarily convoluted show. I don’t really have too much to say about the Seiyuu’s involved in the show. I think their performances were pretty good. Each of them delivered some pretty solid lines. Overall I was okay with the sound department not too many complaints nor praise to give it.

Personally, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone because it is so similar to every other anime in its genre. Gamers&Anime

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School Days

4/10

“School Days, can there be anything worse than this? I don’t think so. Why did the writer write such a thing? ”

This anime has crap written all over it. I liked the genre so I started watching it. But it’s a waste of time actually. You won’t be happy, you’ll be frustrated instead. The plot is crazy and weird. Brilliantly unsatisfactory ending.I took a liking to this show at first because I like romantic stories. And this had the beginnings of what I thought was going to be your everyday romance. I was played for Gamers&Anime

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a fool. The main protagonist Itou Makoto is a teenager who just found a girlfriend but he took things too fast and fucked up. So he takes help from his classmate. At first he had genuine feelings for Katsura (the girlfriend) but he got obsessed with physical aspects.

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Katsura Kotonoha is a first year His classmate Sekai who was student and likes Itou, as well. helping him also had feelings for Saionji Sekai is Itou’s him. Then he cheated on both of them, because sex was all he cared classmate who tries to help Itou about. He kept getting approached and Katsura to get close. She ends by other girls even when he was in up having feelings for him as well. So the story revolves around these a relationship. He didn’t have any three characters. From beginning emotional connection to girls. This concept conveyed excellently, to the to end these three characters point where I hated myself for being changed a lot and the changes, although they may seem very able to relate to him. Throughout the series Kiyoura Setsuna, another extreme, were natural and believable. classmate, attempted to keep Katsura away from Ito for Sekai’s Animations were quite good. The sake. After some time Itou breaks up with Katsura. Kiyoura is leaving art is satisfactory. The setup of School Days is fine. There’s nothing the school and in order to ensure else to applaud for (except some Itou looks after Sekai, Kiyoura fine sex scenes). sleeps with him…complete nonsense. School Days anime is just So Itou Makoto (The Motherfucker) is a first year high school student who falls in love with Katsura.

weird. It’s hatred for everything the anime stood for. I would suggest to stay away from this shit.

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Adventures Of Supergirl

8.2/10

“Writing a comic book would have been quite challenging for the writers of Adventures of Supergirl. And they are doing great.”

Changes in the “Supergirl” TV show can have great impact on the comic book story. Also changes cannot be made in comic story that won’t be reflected in the show. Basically you shouldn’t mess with the TV show. By far, it is doing great and it definitely has the feel of the Supergirl TV show. No Gamers&Anime

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change has been made in Supergirl’s costume. But the character’s look quite different than their TV counterparts. Supergirl’s face doesn’t match with Melissa Benoist, who is the Supergirl in the TV show. Still comic book version can show intense and bigger battles than TV show. July 2016

other few important characters. The story begins at Krypton, a faraway planet. Our protagonist Her foster sister Alex Danvers who works as a special agent at the Kara Zor-El is born in the House DEO. She is caring and loving and of El. A situation where a planet is about to die occurs and her mother tries to protect Kara. Director Henshaw is sends Kara’s cousin the head of the DEO and him hiding (Later Superman) on a pod to something which will be revealed Earth. Behind him she sends eventually. Kara’s cousin, the Kara to protect her cousin. Kara while travelling towards Earth gets Superman makes his appearances knocked into the Phantom Zone by a few times to help Kara. Talking about the art, one of the noticeable the shockwaves due to the aspects of this issue’s artwork is destruction of her planet. She and another ark with the worst criminals Kara’s bright grin beaming over the of Krypton called Fort Rozz to stay pages. Detailing is great bringing in the Phantom Zone for years until an energetic feel to the characters. Kara’s huge smile expressions are they get separated on Earth and amazing. It feels much like watching her cousin who is the Superman now finds her and takes her to the the episode. Bold lines and fun Danvers. She tries to survive on this sequences keep the comic from being too serious. alien planet discovering her new powers. One day she Adventures of Supergirl #1 did uses her powers to save a great job in introducing the a friend and…. Our attention won’t get easily diverted from Supergirl but there are

beautiful and lively character. It’s close enough to the TV show and immensely entertaining.

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Black Panther

9.5/10

“Black Panther#1 is an introduction to the story of T’Challa, new king of Wakanda.”

Narratively, the story works and feels believable, requiring little knowledge or investment of the titular characters history, even with nods to the past events. Such a set up means that new readers won’t have too much trouble and old fans of T’Challa will be able to jump in with immediate recognition of his current conflict. It feels good that now the setup is in Wakanda and not in US and it covers political and social Gamers&Anime

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matters and not any super villain. This story is definitely worth a try. The Orphan King or the Panther, T’Challa is Wakanda’s hero. However, he is not the same person we have known. He returns to rebuild the nation he failed to protect and the people of Wakanda have lost faith in their king. July 2016

The story begins where he is attempting to quell a fight with a mining community. His nation is being caught in the gripping vice of conflicts and he is trying to mend the rifts among his people. While the nation is technologically advanced and wealthy, there are some issues T’Challa must address between those who supply the resources vital to Wakanda’s survival and those who live within its sky bracing buildings of developed cities. T’Challa is someone who is dedicated in making things better for his country but who’s also conflicted about how to go about it while managing his personal struggles.

balance tradition with what is right. First issues often make or break a series. Unfortunately, comics that fail to hook readers with their first offering aren’t typically given a second chance by readers. Black Panther #1 suffers from none of this and does some things better in its initial issue than many books do during their entire run.The comic’s artwork is breathtaking and really enhances the story. There are few pages of design sketches and notes on the characters. Bright colors play a major part in bringing life to the beautiful images.

Black Panther #1 is smartly There’s also Wakanda’s written. Beautifully drawn legendary female guard, Dora and colored. It is a great Milaje, who is struggling to welcome issue. Must read.

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Legends Of Tomorrow

8.3/10

“Legends of tomorrow #1 is totally different from the TV series Legends of Tomorrow.”

Both of them have Firestorm but that’s where the similarity begins and ends. There is no time travel, Vandal Savage or a superhero team battling their way towards being legends. Readers who buy this comic by seeing just the title are bound for disappointment. This comic contains four unrelated stories of superheroes which have not been in the spotlight for a while. Those Gamers&Anime

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who like Firestorm, Metal Men or the other characters will be in for a pleasant surprise. Legends of tomorrow #1 is actually four full-length comics in one package. The stories include Firestorm, Metamorpho, the Metal Men, and Sugar and Spike. Firestorm gets more space on the cover and gets lead spot in the comic. July 2016

story is, largely because it doesn’t Everyone’s favorite flame-hero is go anywhere. The Firestorm’s story the combination of Ronnie isn’t that bad, but it’s hard to relate Raymond and Jason Rausch. to the protagonists who share those Readers are going to find little in common with this Firestorm and his powers. They are kids working with a scientist and it was too mixed up other appearances in ‘The Flash’ with high school drama. The and ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ TV Metal Men story is fun too. The series. Sugar and Spike’s story Sugar and Spike’s story is the best. is very good, it is fun and full of In this story, the lines are thin and surprises. They’re investigating a warehouse where a Batman villain very pleasing with a lot of detail going into the backgrounds making is developing something. I’ll leave the experience amazing and it to that.The story of Metal Men interesting to look at. Metal Men certainly has a classic feel. These have cool designs and the story is Metal Men (there’s also a girl or a fun. woman) look shiny and gorgeous. They’re each rather unique and its fun. Metamorpho’s story starts with a cool dream sequence. He is held as a test subject in Some stories are stronger. Simon Stagg’s lab. Stagg’s The Sugar and Spike’s story is daughter is trying to save awesome and I would him. “What a drag?” That’s what Metamorpho’s

recommend the comic to anyone. overall this comic is worth trying.

Review

Ultraman Vol. 4

7.5/10

“Ultraman Volume 1 is inspired by the Japanese superhero TV show that began airing in the 1960s.”

This manga adaptation appears to be a “new generation” story to continue from the original television series.Volume 1 starts out by establishing the basic premise from the original Ultraman television series, but quickly moves ahead to a time when Ultraman has left Earth and become a memory. Personally, I felt that the first chapter of Ultraman Volume 1 did a great job of establishing the concept of Ultraman for readers who don’t have familiarity with it, Gamers&Anime

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and it also effectively set the stage for what happens later in the story. A new threat is growing, and that kind of danger requires a new kind of Ultraman. With this we skip ahead twelve years, to a Shin Jiro who is now a teenager. He does his best to use his enhanced abilities for good, but ultimately ends in screwing up, causing him to question his power. July 2016

The Ultraman Vol 4 shows Shin Jiro everyone wants him to be. struggling about what it means to be a Ultraman. The alien enemies The first volume started as a blast. on earth are powerful and brutal Very good story, good drawings, and they don’t forgive anyone who lots of fighting scenes. The author comes in their way. Another did a good job refreshing the Ultraman, Dan Moroboshi, who character and explaining what is wears an updated Ultraman going on.There’s also a drawing armor suit, does not hesitate to kill that caught my interest in a them. He is like the Punisher from two-page spread on pages 120-121 DC Comics. Shin Jiro is trying to which depicts Shin revealing to Shin stop Dan from using violence. So Jiro that he’s Ultraman. The story Shin Jiro is the main protagonist. was a bit slow paced in the first 17-year-old Shin Jiro is the new volume but that’s not the case with Ultraman. He is the son of Shin volume 4. The art in this volume Hayata, the first Ultraman 20 years looks impressive, especially the earlier.He does his best to use his fight sequences. The contrasts of enhanced abilities for good, but the shades make it stand out, and ultimately ends in screwing up, the details included for the causing him to question his power. drawing of Shin also catch the eye. Shin Hayata supports him during The overall art style, when battles but he doesn’t like the fact combined with the storytelling, that the Ultraman factor is forced makes this volume of Ultraman an upon his son. Dan Moroboshi is the engaging read. alternate Ultraman. He helps Jiro but he has different plans. So by far this is a good Adacic is a hybrid alien who read. Sci-fi fans will feasts on humans hiding from the S.S.S.P. and Shin Jiro is definitely like it. It was deployed to defeat him, quite satisfying and fighting the decision to I look forward to this new become the Ultraman

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Review

My Monster Secret

5.8/10

“The harem bar has been somewhat raised as of late. It’s not enough just to have a hapless male lead and a bunch of cute girls.”

Jitsu wa Watashi wa is the anime adaptation of the series titled “My Monster Secret”. In the context of stories like that, My Monster Secret feels almost like a throwback to a gentler age. Its characters harbor simple crushes, and their feelings are constrained largely by shyness and personal density. It’s not sexy as much as charming. It’s not a great read, but it is not bad either. Gamers&Anime

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It is the story of high school student Kuromine Asahi who literally cannot tell a lie. Whether he is trying to maintain a poker face in a simple game of cards, or keeping gossips to himself. Asahi is a total failure when it comes to the art of deception. He is not able to hide from his friends about his crush Shiragami Youko. July 2016

has to keep two secrets. The character designs are very unique and older-looking than most anime characters. The manga starts off a bit slow, and its first half is downright weak. The first chapters feature some fairly rough expression work, but the designs smooth out over time, and they possess a very unique style. The characters are broad-shouldered and have very distinctive mouths and eyes.The backgrounds are competent but flavorless, as you might expect from a romantic So Kuromine Asahi is a normal comedy. The character expressions high schooler with an inability to lie. are consistently strong. Shiragami Youko is a vampire who doesn’t talk much except with there are some good and Asahi. She fears that if she funny moments that work talks other students would see her teeth. Asahi’s classmate and also a fair number Mikan is trying to find out what that don’t, but it is he is trying to hide. She takes reasonably charming. My immense pride in exposing Monster Secret is an other’s secrets, Nagisa is Asahi’s class representative enjoyable read. and happens to be a…So he When he goes to meet her to ask her out, he finds out that the girl of his dreams is actually a vampire. To protect the girl he cares about, and maybe work up the courage to tell her his real feelings, Asahi has to work a little harder. Can Asahi possibly keep his lips sealed? In the second volume few more characters are added and Asahi is trying hard not to reveal his biggest secret. Asahi is too nervous to say anything to Shiragami and she is too oblivious to notice anything.

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The Division: DLC 1 Underground (PS4) Abzû (PC, PS4) Batman – The Telltale Series – Episode 1 (PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One) Livelock (PC, PS4, Xbox One) Escape from Tarkov alpha (PC) No Man’s Sky (PC, PS4) Bound (PS4) Grow Up (PC, PS4, Xbox One) Metroid Prime: Federation Force (3DS) F1 2016 (PC, PS4, Xbox One) Obduction (PC) Nioh second demo (PS4) Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (PC, PS4, Xbox One) Madden NFL 17 (PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One) The King of Fighters 14 (PS4) Assetto Corsa (PS4, Xbox One) Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom (PC, PS3, PS4, Vita, Xbox One) World of Warcraft: Legion (PC) Verdun (PS4, Xbox One) Resident Evil 4 re-release (PS4, Xbox One) The Turing Test (PC, Xbox One) Darkest Dungeon (PS4, Vita) Fallout 4 Nuka-World DLC (PC, PS4, Xbox One) Mobius Final Fantasy (Android)

Assassination Classroom Volume 11 Attack on Titan 19 Attack on Titan 19 Special Edition Black Clover Volume 2 Bleach (3-in-1 Edition) Volume 16 Dragonar Academy Volume 10 Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma Vol13 Haikyu!! Volume 2 Kaze Hikaru Volume 24 Kuroko’s Basketball Volume 1 Maid-sama! (2-in-1 Edition) Volume 5 My Hero Academia Volume 5 One Piece Volume 79 So Cute It Hurts!! Volume 8 The Heiress and the Chauffeur Volume 2 Toriko Volume 35 Yona of the Dawn Volume 1 Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition) Volume 7 Blood-C: Demonic Moonlight Volume 2 Arata: The Legend Volume 24 Attack on Titan: Before the Fall 8

Devils and Realist Volume 10 Itsuwaribito Volume 18 Magi Volume 19 Monster Hunter: Flash Hunter Volume 3 That Wolf-Boy is Mine! 1 The Testament of Sister New Devil Vol. 3 Tokyo ESP, volume 6 Yoshitaka Amano Dorohedoro Volume 19 Kiss Him, Not Me 6 The Gate of Sorrows Tokyo Ghoul Volume 8 Ultraman Volume 5 Your Lie in April 9 Emma Volume 5 (Manga) US Hour of the Zombie Merman In My Tub Volume 4 Not Lives Volume 3 The Heroic Legend of Arslan 5 Angel Beats!: Heaven’s Door Volume 2 Monster Musume Volume 9

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All-New Wolverine Annual #1 Mighty Thor #10 Thunderbolts #4 All-New Inhumans #10 Deadpool Vs. Gambit #4 Web Warriors #10 Civil War II: Choosing Sides #5 Spider-Gwen #11 X-Men ‘92 #6 All-New Wolverine #11 Hyperion #6 Uncanny Avengers #12 Rocket Raccoon & Groot #8 Captain America: Sam Wilson #12 Nova #10 All-New, All-Different Avengers Annual #1 The Astonishing Ant-Man #11 The Accused #1 Doctor Strange #11 Deadpool & the Mercs for Money #2 Carnage #11 Black Panther #5 Uncanny Inhumans #13 Spider-Man/Deadpool #8 Uncanny Avengers #13 A-Force #8 Spider-Man 2099 #14 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. #8 Amazing Spider-Man #17 Ms. Marvel #10 Darth Vader #25 Old Man Logan #10 CIVIL WAR II: ULYSSES #1 Spider-Woman #10 Uncanny Inhumans Annual #1 Daredevil #10 Marvel’s Doctor Strange Prelude #2 Ultimates #10 Nighthawk #4 Vision #10 International Iron Man #6 All-New X-Men #12 Spider-Man #7 Spider-Man 2099 #13 Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! #9 Amazing Spider-Man #16 The Totally Awesome Hulk #10 Darth Vader #24 Drax #10 Marvel Tsum Tsum #1 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #10 Daredevil Annual #1 Guardians of the Galaxy #11 Civil War II: Kingpin #2 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #11 Han Solo #3 Venom: Space Knight #11 A Year of Marvels: The Incredible #3 Extraordinary X-Men #13 Deadpool Vs. Gambit #3 New Avengers #15 Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #3 Deadpool #17 Vote Loki #3 Star Wars #22 The Punisher #4 Fallen #1 Moon Knight #5 Civil War II: Gods of War #3 Empress #5 Civil War II: X-Men #3 Mockingbird #6 Daredevil/Punisher #4 Captain Marvel #8 Civil War II: Choosing Sides #4 Scarlet Witch #9 Star Wars: Poe Dameron #5 Spidey #9 Civil War II #5 Squadron Supreme #10 Gwenpool #5 Silk #11 Black Widow #6 Uncanny X-Men #11 Power Man and Iron Fist #7 Invincible Iron Man #12 Powers #7 All-New, All-Different Avengers #13 Howard the Duck #10 Marvel Universe Avengers: Ultron Revolution #2 Marvel Universe Guardians of the Galaxy #11 Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three - Bitter Medicine #5 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Adaptation #3 Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man Vs. the Sinister Six #2

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CONS AROUND YOU comic con Wizard World Orlando Atlanta Comic Orlando, FL Convention August 5-7, 2016 Atlanta, GA August 14, 2016 Tampa Bay Comic Con TerrifiCon Tampa, FL Uncasville, CT August 5-7, 2016 August 19-21, 2016 Latino Comics Expo Long Beach, CA August 6-7, 2016 Dover Comic Con Dover, DE August 6, 2016 Charlotte Comicon Charlotte/Concord, NC August 7, 2016 Boston Comic Con Boston, MA August 12-14, 2016 Khan-Con 2 Hillsville, VA August 12-13, 2016

Liberty City Anime Con New York, NY August 19-21, 2016 Pensacola Comic Convention Pensacola, FL August 20-21, 2016 Fan World Niagara Falls, NY August 26-28, 2016 COMIC CON PALM SPRINGS Palm Springs, CA August 26-28, 2016

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Omnicon McAllen, TX August 5-7, 2016

Gen Con Indianapolis, IN August 4-7, 2016

G.A.M. Convention Naples, UT August 6, 2016

G.A.M. Convention Naples, UT August 6, 2016

AnimeFest Dallas, TX August 12-15, 2016

Collector Con Tulsa, OK August 6, 2016

Otakon Baltimore, MD August 12-14, 2016

Retro World Series Main Event Houston, TX August 11-14, 2016

MatsuriCon Columbus, OH August 19-21, 2016 Delta H Con Houston, TX August 19-21, 2016 Liberty City Anime Con New York, NY August 19-21, 2016

TempleCon Warwick, RI August 25-28, 2016 Hub City Comic Con Lubbock, TX August 26-28, 2016 Coulee Con La Crosse, WI August 26-28, 2016

SakuraNatsu Con Colorado Springs Gainesville, FL Comic Con Burg Comics Con Kansas City Comic Colorado Springs, CO August 20, 2016 Harrisburg, IL Con August 26-28, 2016 August 27, 2016 San Diego International Kids’ Kansas City, MO Film Festival August 12-14, 2016 Fort Collins Comic Carlsbad, CA Con Northwest Comic Fest Fort Collins, CO August 26-28, 2016 Salem, OR August 26-28, 2016 August 13-14, 2016 Geek.Kon Nickel City Con Madison, WI Buffalo, NY August 26-28, 2016 August 13-14, 2016 Hub City Comic Con SpartaCon II Lubbock, TX Waldorf, MD August 26-28, 2016 August 13-14, 2016 Burg Comics Con Geek Mob Roanoke Harrisburg, IL Roanoke, VA August 27, 2016 August 14, 2016

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