More Live Action Nonsense

Yeah, so for the past few weeks I've been on a J-Drama craze.  I regret nothing.  Except for my tendency to almost answer in Japanese to simple questions; the danger of trying to learn another language through television.

Really great series you might want to check out:

• Hana Kimi.  It's one of those gender-bender types.  A girl disguises herself as a boy at an all-boys' school to help one student she met in America who she feels responsible for and who is her idol.  Ikeman (handsome males/hotties) drama starring Maki Horikata (who I adore as an actress), Shun Ogura and Ikke Toma.  One of the characters (Nakatsu) falls for the heroine (Mizuki) without realizing she's a girl, producing many of my favorite scenes, especially this one.  Has many of my favorite actors in it, including Yamamoto Yusuke (Tamki from Ouran Highschool Host Club).  Based off a manga of the same name.
• Atashinchi no Danshi.  It's a comedy about a homeless girl who has a debt of 1 million yen given to her by her deadbeat father.  She enters into an arrangement where she marries a rich toymaker for one month to pay off the debt.  He passes away, leaving instructions in his will for her to care for his six sons or the debt rebounds.  Very sweet, funny drama, once again starring Horikata Maki.
• ProDai.  The name to this series is actually longer (Proposal Daisuke), but I don't remember it off the top of my head.  It's about a man who's been in love with his friend from elementary school his whole life...and she just got married to someone else!  With the help of a fairy that lives in the church where the wedding is taking place he is able to time travel to photos from a slideshow his other friends prepared for the wedding to change his many regrets.  It's a wonderful comedy that's mostly slice of life with romance.  Really sweet.
• Tokyo Dogs.  About a pair of Japanese detectives busting up an international gun ring and other things.  I had to stop watching due to my inability to take the gun violence seriously, but I did like what I saw story wise and will still recommend it.  Two of my favorite actors are the main characters.
• Zettai Kareshi.  I already talked about this one, but I loved it a lot.  Though I was rooting for the human the whole time, not the robot.  Still, very moving and I did like Night very much.  ^.^  The physical comedy in this was really well done, too.  Based off a manga of the same name, though in the manga it is a high school comedy while here it is a grown-up comedy.
• Kurosagi.  This is about a swindler who swindles other swindlers out of their money and gives it back to the victims.  He is acting out of vengeance for his own family that had been swindled with deadly results.  The female protagonist is a law student who wants justice for the wronged and at first is against what Kurosagi does, but then falls for him.  It's a drama, no comedy.  Based off a manga of the same name.

That's it for now.  Still watching that last one (yes, it stars Horikata Maki), and so far I really like it.  I also saw part of a movie that was Japanese yet has Anton Yelchin in it.  WTF?  Really cute so far, but the site I was watching it on would interrupt it every few minutes with ads, so looking for a new site.  Called Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac.

Slightly more E3 Day 1

Just saw the debut trailer and publisher interview for Bayonetta 2.  Which will be an exclusive release...for the Wii U.  *facepalm* 

The Wii U is a terrible idea.  Other, better people than I have listed reasons as to why.  For me it is because the idea of playing on a console is to be playing on a television set.  If I wanted a handheld device I would already be playing on one.  I have enough trouble watching one screen.  Also switching back and forth between the two seems incredibly pointless.  It's like an eight-year-old with massive ADHD running back and forth across a room with brightly colored objects in his hands and screaming the same three sentences over and over again until throws them at my face.  It's a nightmare, is what I'm saying.

A game style like Bayonetta or Devil May Cry should not be on a device where a stylus is required.  The publisher says it's been testing well amongst gamers and I'm inclined to believe these testers are children who have no concept of older games.  But that's my personal opinion.  Agree?  Disagree?  Leave me a comment!

E3 2013

So some exciting news already out at E3.  Dragon Age III had a debut trailer with Morrigan taking over Flemeth's usual voice over.  Also new outfit for Morrigan.  She looks kinda like Lulu from Final Fantasy X.

Speaking of the FF series:
Final Fantasy XV Gameplay Trailer

So I'm not exactly the biggest FF fan, but the main character here (Noctio?) seems pretty cool.  I'm also a fan of his predilection for hanging off of high places with one hand.  There is a return of a buster sword because nostalgia.  I am a fan so far of the Japanese track so I'm going to try like hell to get Tony to play with that one instead if possible.  XD

Also really exciting/overdue news (for those of you living under a rock):
Kingdom Hearts 3 (Official)

PS4, here we come!

Obligatory Game of Thrones Post

Okay, this one's for my fiancé Tony.  Thanks to him telling me every plot detail as he read them I don't have to read or watch any of The Song of Ice and Fire stuff, freeing me up to do other things.  ;)

This just killed me:

Hope you enjoy.  :)

Now for something completely different:

I just finished all of live action Zettai Kareshi (Absolute Boyfriend) and it was so full of feels that I just can't....wow.  I loved all the actors in it.  I really did.  They were great.  Shoujo manga translates really well into live action.  Sad but true.  Also, watch Otomen if you can, that was pure magic!