Vein of Stars

….or maybe it’s because in the movie we have Thora...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:37:55 -0300

….or maybe it’s because in the movie we have Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson as awesome Teens.

Ghost World is a great comic, and something really different...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:25:13 -0300

Ghost World is a great comic, and something really different for someone that reads mangas mostly.

But for some reasons I preferred the movie, I think that the plot worked better as a continuous situation instead of the episodic structure of the comic (since I read the Graphic Novel). But mostly, I could feel better Enid’s conflicts in the movie than in the comic, where it seemed rushed.

On the other side, Rebecca was treated as a superficial girl and she matured in a wrong way in the movie. In the comics it’s really fairer her maturation, and it’s done in a way that we don’t start to hate her, and we can see easily Enid’s problems.

Paranoia? Imagination? Mental Problems? Supernatural beings from...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:50:44 -0300

Paranoia? Imagination? Mental Problems? Supernatural beings from the Other Side?

I can’t tell quite sure, but this was a really interesting reading, and with a very curious way to tell us how hard is to mature.

Best sidekick someone would ever want.

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:30:35 -0300

Best sidekick someone would ever want.

Hey people! Wanna know something not cool? I hated this...

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:17:47 -0300

Hey people! Wanna know something not cool?

I hated this movie.

You can rage all you want, but this sucked hard. Maybe tomorrow I will write about it… maybe.

Guess what? I just had an Eargasm. An album with many highs and...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:35:58 -0300

Guess what? I just had an Eargasm.

An album with many highs and lows… but with a positive balance.

“Would you kindly?”

Fri, 10 May 2013 21:14:47 -0300

“Would you kindly?”

Shinsekai Yori is a really enjoyable show. It brings an...

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:07:22 -0300

Shinsekai Yori is a really enjoyable show. It brings an interesting world surrounded of mysteries, that are uncovered little by little, and which their consequences bring a good drama for the plot. It has some problems with the instability of the animation quality and pacing, which causes some let downs while watching it. The secondary plot, which turns out to be the main plot in the future, surrounding the tribes of Queerats is a huge problem that turns out in a good and interesting conclusion, that you are able to enjoy if you put in your mind that this show is not only about mysteries.

By the way, yes, two guys kiss in one episode. It is sad that...

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:07:19 -0300

By the way, yes, two guys kiss in one episode. It is sad that many people dropped this show only because of a 10 second scene. If you are homophobic, don’t even start reading here and go try to be a better person. Curious is how “two girls kissing” is always ok… (and yeah, there is also a lesbain couple).

The characters are ok, they fulfill their roles, but I...

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:07:14 -0300

The characters are ok, they fulfill their roles, but I couldn’t develop a stronger link with any of them. Saki is a strong female lead, while Satoru and Shun are the most intelligent ones in the difficult situations. Mamoru is the fragile one, while Maria is more cheerful. There are some other minor characters, but most of them shows up only to die 1 episode later. The Queerats Kiroumaru and Squealer are probably the most interesting characters, since that they are the ones who are the cause of the final conflict, and we understand their point only a few minutes before the ending of the show.

The sound is really competent, it is able to create the mood of...

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:07:08 -0300

The sound is really competent, it is able to create the mood of melancholy, tension, and brings a kind of “epic ancestral religious” music over the show. The art is really beautiful, and the absence of colorful places and clothes makes everything even more melancholic and sad. But the quality of the animation is unstable, and we can notice many episodes with a lack of quality (and many of them are in the Queerat parts).

So… if Shinsekai Yori isn’t all about mysteries,...

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:07:01 -0300

So… if Shinsekai Yori isn’t all about mysteries, what else it has to offer? Well, there is another intelligent race living in this world, and they are called Queerats. They are like animals with some humanoid characteristics, that live in tribes in the forest and all their acts are monitored by the humans. And here lies two extremes aspects of Shinsekai Yori:

- Best: The final arc. It is full of action, drama, violence, tension and everything you would expect for. Even better, the final revelation of this anime brings us a good chance to reflect upon everything that happened and we can even try to bring it to our reality.

- Worst: Pacing. Pace is a huge problem in this show, specially when the protagonists are interacting with the Queerats. While we are all looking for the mysteries and thrilling scenes, we have to spend a bunch of episodes watching the kids running in the forest and talking with Queerats. To makes things worse, in the beginning you can’t tell if these episodes are relevant or not, until you arrive at the final arc. If they were able to develop the mysteries and the Queerats problems together, definitely we would have a better result in the end.

The best part of Shinsekai Yori is the world where the story...

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:06:55 -0300

The best part of Shinsekai Yori is the world where the story takes place, since it is all surrounded with a dark mystery, where most people are unaware of the secrets of their society. With the eyes of the group of five children, we also start to uncover the true nature of the place they live in. But here is the first problem of this show: Despite it was sold as a Horror and Psychological show, it barely has any of this elements. Drama and thriller are the predominant genres here, and they are really competent in these aspects, working with the tragic consequences of the children’s discoveries in the show. Also, by the time you reach around episode 18 there won’t be anymore mysteries to be revealed, except for a last and awesome revelation in the last episode.

Shinsekai Yori takes place 1000 years in the future, where the...

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:05:43 -0300

Shinsekai Yori takes place 1000 years in the future, where the society returned to a more rural state, and religions like Buddhism and Shintoism are once again predominant. But what makes this world so special is the fact that everyone now has telekinesis power, called Cantus, and how everything works around this ability, specially how to control it. There are children disappearing, demons, supernatural killer cats, a strange new humanoid race, Mantras… and this is only the beginning of the mysteries.

I’m having mixed feelings about Shinsekai Yori…. I...

Mon, 06 May 2013 02:18:47 -0300

I’m having mixed feelings about Shinsekai Yori…. I was expecting something more psychological or thrilling. But there are only 5 episodes left and I’m anxious for the ending, hope I finish it tomorrow.

I’m really curious to see what this show is about…...

Wed, 01 May 2013 22:22:50 -0300

I’m really curious to see what this show is about… and since it was well received in the end, I decided to give a try.

See you again in 25 episodes.

If one of the problems of the previous series was the lack of...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:51:19 -0300

If one of the problems of the previous series was the lack of time to develop the characters, now they are all back and we are able to know them a little better. Also, new characters are introduced, with all the fun and drama that all the Clamp characters bring. An interesting point, and that I don’t like very much, is that the battles now happens almost of the time inside their Mechas. If you like giant robots fighting, you will enjoy, but I particulary prefer the fights with the girls casting their magics herselves. Also, now Hikaru assumes a “protagonist” type and leave the other girls a bit shadowned, and I didn’t like it either.

Once again, this is a great Clamp publication and a good conclusion to the story of the girls and Cephiro.

In the direct continuation from the previous Magic Knight...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:51:13 -0300

In the direct continuation from the previous Magic Knight Rayearth, and now Fuu, Umi and Hikaru are back to Cephiro once again, and now they have to fix the problems left in Cephiro that happened after their tragic last battle.

My problem with this publication is that it is to short and fast...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:51:07 -0300

My problem with this publication is that it is to short and fast paced, and leaves you wanting to know more about those characters that were briefly introduced, or to have longer fighting passages. Consequently, the plot also moves very fast, but the great fights, charismatic characters and the surprising ending makes this publication a must reading for manga lovers, specially Clamp ones.

What I like the most in Clamp publications is the quality of...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:50:58 -0300

What I like the most in Clamp publications is the quality of their art. They manage to draw characters with a unique beauty and delicacy in every page, and despite this, the action is really intense, with powers that would make many battle shounens envious. Also, all the time you will be laughing with all the visual puns that Clamp is master in doing.