The Outcast of Digimon - Digimon Frontier Review

April 7th, 2002. A week after what many consider to be the best Digimon series, "Digimon Tamers", came to end. As per tradition up to this point, a new Digimon series would take it's place in what seemed like an endless cycle of Digimon.

Something strange happened with the fourth TV Anime season of Digimon, "Digimon Frontier". Many fans raised their eyebrows to the entire concept of the series. It was a (arguably) radically different change from what we'd experienced up to this point; and fans weren't sure whether this was a welcome change or not.

Frontier is generally the most polarizing Digimon series when it comes to opinions on it, perhaps only rivaled by the notorious "Digimon Adventure 02". Many hate the series, yet many love it and claim this hate is unfair and unwarranted. Is there any truth to this, is the large fan backlash to Frontier something that it doesn't deserve? Is the series itself something that is worth the time of the many Digimon fans that devoted their time to the franchise? Is it just plain bad? Well, as someone who has come fresh off of a rewatch, let's take a look. Beware as spoilers for the series will follow!

Aikatsu! The Movie - A Celebration of all things Aikatsu!

Announced on the 27th of February, 2014, during episode 71 of Aikatsu!, after much success with the franchise they finally announced the series would be getting a feature length film; Aikatsu! The Movie. It's no secret; I'm a massive Aikatsu fan. If you'd ask me if I could only watch one series for the rest of my life, it'd probably be this. I was excited to hear a movie was coming out and the anticipation over the last year to watch it has been overwhelming. The time has finally come and I'd now like to share my thoughts on the movie with you guys.

Aikatsu! The Movie was originally released in theaters on the 13th of December, 2014 but was only released on DVD/Blu-Ray in June. The movie has quickly cemented itself as one of my favorite movies, but not just because it's Aikatsu. Because it's a good movie. Why is it a good movie? The answer is easy. Because it's Aikatsu. Beware of Spoilers ahead!

Kamen Rider Battride War - Review

This is late. This game came out a couple years ago now, right? Surely you'd think I'd be reviewing Battride War 2. Well, I haven't actually played that yet. But I have played this and thought perhaps I should give my thoughts on in the same way I did the Climax Heroes games. So, let's get into it shall we?

 

Kamen Rider Battride War was released for the PS3 on May 23rd, 2013 during the run of Kamen Rider Wizard. Ergo, it's obviously going to be a Wizard centric game...

Denji Sentai Megaranger - Review

Hello everyone! Joeker here again after over a year of absence. Unfortunately TheDokta and myself had gotten somewhat worn out from life issues. (School, work, etc) and had gotten to the point where all that was being posted were update posts and hardly any actual content, so we decided it may be better to take a break.

It's 2014. JoekerStraightFlush turns 3 this year and I have decided to come back and try to update it a often as possible. The most frequent early reviews posted here was of Super Sentai, Kamen Rider and Precure, so to celebrate turning 3 I am going to go ahead and do a review of one of each now that we're back. Starting with a Super Sentai series I watched recently, Denji Sentai Megaranger.

Mighty Switch Force Review

HEY GUYS! TheDokta here. After a somewhat uneventful 2012 I hope to post more often here in the new year. To start of the year I thought a good review for a game I finished just recently. Mighty Switch Force being the third game in the Mighty series by WayForward(A seriously awesome game company check out their stuff) the other two being from DSiware.  Its a puzzle platformer game with some mild shooting. Now to start my first review of 2013!

Lets get wet ladies ;D

Summer of Video Games - Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2

It's currently summer where I live. I recently thought "What better way to spend summer then to play video games?". So that's what I've done.

I wanted to start this last month, "Summer of Video Games", but unfortunately things got hectic because of the Christmas season and things have run late into January, but I already have a few articles ready to be written for it thanks to that. I'm planning on making this simply me discussing and kinda reviewing the games I play (Whether I've finished them or have given up). And to start off with, a game I've wanted to talk about for quite a while, Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2. I won't be going into too much detail though, this isn't a full review.

 

Neptunia is a very interesting franchise, from the moment I bought mk2 I was asked at the counter "Is this game a hentai or something?".

Kamen Rider Super Climax Heroes - Review

It's been a while since I promised the last game review; A review I totally forgot to do. Making up for that, I will be reviewing the new Kamen Rider game, Super Climax Heroes earlier then I usually would this year. Specifically, the PSP version.

Following the trend that has started since Kamen Rider Decade's "Kamen Rider Climax Heroes" game for PS2, 2012 has bought the release of a new Climax Heroes game, Super Climax Heroes, for both the PSP and the Nintendo Wii.

Guilty Crown - Anime-Planet Anime Review

Yo guys! As usual, Joeker here. I've just finished a review for the anime series Guilty Crown over at http://www.Anime-Planet.com. I hope you guys will give it a read, it's only short!

Cute Wheelchair girls piloting Mecha's are always okay.

You can read the review by clicking here http://www.anime-planet.com/users/Tsukasa112/reviews/8423 ! Hope you guys enjoy it.

Anime Rant - Kampfer and C³

Hey guys, Joeker here. This is an article I've wanted to do for a while now, but haven't been sure on a good way to tackle it. Well since we've been very starved of content for months now, I thought I'd give it a try anyway.

Basically, today I want to talk about two anime that seem extremely promising at first, Kampfer and C³ - CubexCursedxCurious. Spoilers ahead.

Kamen Rider Climax Heroes Fourze - Review

I'm finally getting around to doing it. But hey, I doubt anyone will like it because my thoughts for this game are mostly negative and this will be a very short review. So, you know. Lets get started.

Here is my main gripe with the game. Above, is the character select screen. It doesn't start out full, but it will fill up very quickly.

Candy Boy and Why You Should Watch it

I honestly never thought I'd make a post like this. I've been enjoying the wonderful world of anime for a very long time now, and I'm far past the point where every anime I watch becomes my favorite. But recently I experienced something very similar to what I did when I was younger, that is an anime series called "Candy Boy".

As you can see in this image here, it is indeed a Yuri/Shoujo-Ai series, but even if you have some sort of hate for the genre, I really do ask you put that hate aside for the time being and read this post.

Smile Precure - Episode 1 Review

Yo guys, Joeker here! Rare, right? Two reviews within the course of one month? Well, as I said I plan to increase productivity here. So, lets kick it off with the first episode of Smile Precure! I  may be slightly biased towards Heartcatch. There might also be spoilers. Well, without further adue, lets get started!

This was a fairly strong first episode for Precure. It was much better then Suite's first episode. It introduces each of our heroines early on.

Pokemon ReBurst Chapter 1-2 Review

Pokemon ReBurst, also known as "Pocket Monsters ReBurst" is a manga series that started...erm...in 2011. Sometime. In the Weekly Shounen Sunday. It is about a boy named Ryouga who is a 'Burst Warrior' along with his friends, fighting an evil organization called "Great Gavel" along with trying to find something called the "Arcades". No, he's not a trainer. That's right. He's a "Burst Warrior" What's that, you ask? Well, It's a Human who can become a Human-Pokemon hybrid. Crazy, right? Ridiculous? No, actually. It's not at all. I'll explain more about it a bit further on. Oh Yeah guys. Warning, Spoilers ahead.

The series also advertises itself as being more "serious" then other Pokemon media. I assume by that they mean the anime. It is indeed more serious, only based on what is scanlated so far. I'll explain why as I go on.

OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's go Kamen Riders - Review

Well guys, here I am with my review for the 40th anniversary movie for Kamen Rider, OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's go Kamen Riders!

Riderrrr, Tamashii!

To start off, this movie is wrongly titled. It SHOULD be "Den-O, Double Riders, All Riders: Let's go Kamen Riders" as the most screen time anyone from OOO got was Ankh (Usually floaty hand Ankh too).

MMPR: A Friend in Need and My thoughts about Masked Rider.

So, guys. I watched Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and every other Power Rangers series up to Wild Force when I was growing up. It's no surprise, but I loved them. Recently though, my love for Power Rangers has changed into a love for Kamen Rider and to a lesser extent, Super Sentai. One of the episodes I didn't get to watch as a kid, or at least don't remember watching (I do remember having a Masked Rider and Masked Rider Super Gold figure, though.) was the "A friend in need" 3 parter for MMPR. So, I decided to watch it. Now, i'm going to do a quick review of the episodes, then give my thoughts about what the Saban's Masked Rider series could have been, instead of the garbage we got.

I have to admit, this was an epic moment for me.

High School Debut - Review

Well guys, this is my first JMovie review. High School Debut, I haven't read the manga nor do I intend to ever read. It's not that I don't like Shojou, it's just without magical girls flying around it can get a bit boring. But an entire Manga series summed up into a movie? That I can do.

I'm gonna get this off my chest now. I would probably never watch a movie like this if it were made anywhere else in the world. Japan always seems to have it's own distinct styles of doing things, even when doing a romance movie like that that is able to make it appealing and fun for everyone; Not just teenage girls. It shows all to well in this movie, The movie's humor and gags can be enjoyed by anyone and the characters were all fun too.

Digimon Xros Wars - The Boy Hunters who Leap through time - Impressions.

Yo, guys. Joeker here, as usual. Today I'm gonna give you all my early impressions of Digimon Xros Wars - The boy Hunters who leap through time, the new series of Digimon. I've loved Digimon since I first watched Adventure when I was around 7 and still do today, unlike most people when it comes to Digimon I have a soft spot for every series, because they are all good in their own ways. But, let's take a look at the new series, based on it's first two episodes.

What i'm about to tell you is no secret. I loved Xros Wars. In all honesty, I Think it was probably the best Digimon season we'd had so far. The characters, Digimon, plot and villains were all well done, in fact better done then the past series before it. But how does it's sequel hold up? Well, let me tell you....

Shakugan no Shana III/Final - Episode 1

To start off, I knew this came out this month, but had no clue it was so soon! I absolutely love Shakugan no Shana, it was the first anime I willingly watched subbed and for that has a special place in my heart. I was really looking forward to this season and the first episode was most certainly not a let down! This review will contain spoilers of the episode, so do read at your own risk.

dat animation

This episode starts out with one of those "This is what's gonna happen near the end" kind of moments. It shows an Evil Yuji and Shana fighting, Yuji saying he will save her. It's at this point I figure "Oh hey, cool. I already knew this would happen from the trailer. I can't wait to see how Yuji ends up evil." But, to my surprise...things happened a little differently.

The Skull Man - Triple review

Yo, guys. Joeker here! Today, I'll be bringing you a three in one review of Skullman. Today we'll be taking a look at the original oneshot manga by Shotaro Ishinomori, the 2007 anime series and the Live action special.

Well, I guess we'll start off with the manga then,The Skull Man.

It was hard to get used to his suit design here after watching the anime first.

As we all know.. or at least I hope we all do, Skull Man is what inspired Kamen Rider. You can see the resemblance he shares with Kamen Rider 1 in appearance, well the helmet at least. Grasshopper, Skeleton. Yeah, they are similar. Well, anyway. I'm gonna level with you guys here. I don't get it. I heard when this manga was first released it "Instantly become popular and a huge success." Well, I have two problems with that. The first is, if it was so popular, why did it to unheard of until 1998, when Kazuhiko Shimamoto "remade" the manga and the second is, it's really not that good. 

Tokyo DOGS - Series review

After a long period of next to nothing done on the blog, here I am, bringing you a review of the JDrama Tokyo DOGS! Tokyo DOGS is a JDrama that aired during 2009 and starred Hiro Mizushima (Kamen Rider Kabuto) and Oguri Shun (Crows Zero...all I've seen with him in it other then this.).