Fall 09 TV Preview

It is time for the Fall 09 TV preview. Here is a look at some of the interesting new television shows coming this fall.

The information I used was from zap2it.

Fall 09 Anime Preview

With summer ending means fall/autumn is approaching.  With anime, the summer season has been a surprise with the decent amount of shows airing.  However, I cannot say so much about the fall season.  From the looks of the shows that is about to premiere this fall, it looks like many of the shows will be very disappointing.  Here is my preview on the anime coming this fall.

Most of these information is pulled from ANN, anidb, MAL, Wikipedia, and Chartfag’s chart.

Madden Curse Continues

With the start of the new NFL season, the continuation of the Madden Curse occurs.  With only one NFL game, Troy Polamalu has been bitten by the Madden Curse.  This leads to the question in when will Larry Fitzgerald see the Madden Curse.

Edit:  According to Mike Tomlin in his post game press conference, he says that Troy Polamalu has a sprained MCL, and he thinks that he would be out for 3-6 weeks.

Hitler’s Reaction to Michael Crabtree’s holdout

I hate Hitler, but this is a funny video.  Sign Michael Crabtree.

Gundam Unicorn Coming Spring 2010

ANN and Gundam Unicorn’s official website reveals that Gundam Unicon will be released in Spring of 2010, and the release format will be six 50 minutes OVA in DVD/Bluray.

I cannot wait til this comes out due to me being a Gundam fan.

Bolt With Another World Record

Berlino with Bolt

Usain Bolt with another world record.  This time, it is in the 200m race with the time of 19.19s.   This guy is FAST.  He is making his opponents just look slow.   I do not think anyone can beat him in the next couple of years if he stays healthy.  He is a runner ahead of his times in physical strength and speed.  We got to enjoy his runs as we can because it could be awhile before we see another athlete as dominant as him in their respective sport.

PS3 Slim: Ugly or Not?

Is this ugly or not?

Is it just me or does the new PS3 slim looks ugly?  Give me back my George Foreman grill/paperweight, please.

Aside from that, the PS3 is finally lowering their prices, and maybe this high potential product could start catching up to the XB0X 360 and the Wii.

FOX Champions League Coverage Review

Yesterday began the era of FOX’s coverage of the UEFA Champions League.  While most people may not have Fox Soccer Channel nor Setanta Sports to watch it, FOX decided to put one of the games on their regional sports network FSN.

Well, it took 0 minutes for FOX to screw up their coverage.  They had some techincal difficulty on the international feed commentator and were forced to have one of their own do emergency broadcasting for about 20 minutes until they were fixed.  Despite this problem, overall, the coverage was pretty good.  There was no ticker and the international commentators were pretty good.  Also, the broadcast was aired in HD, for those who picked it up, which ESPN did not do until the final.

While it was a solid day for FOX, they did have some hiccups.  First, was their techincal difficulty that they had with the audio.  Secondly, some of the regional sports network, mainly Comcast Sportsnet, screwed up in their HD feed.  However, this was mainly Comcast’s fault on that one.  Third and this is a minor complaint, the Heineken inserts are more annoying compared to ESPN’s Heineken inserts.  The inserts happened for about every segment.

These problems can be worked out, and probably FOX’s coverage will get better in the future.  The only things I miss that ESPN did well is that 2 matches per week that is available in many people’s home, free online replays like how ESPN360 did, and the commentary of Derek Rae.

Summer Anime 09 Review

I know this is pretty late.  It is about half way through the summer season, and here is my thoughts on some of the anime I have watched this season.

Awesome:
Bakemonogatari – All I have to say is wow.  The animation quality on this anime is great.  It really helps with the HD.  The storyline is very interesting with the couple arcs they have went through right now.  It may not be for everyone since this anime is dialogue heavy.  I mean REALLY dialogue heavy, but if you like dark humor and like Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, this might be for you.  Be warned, there are a lot of flashing scenes with words.  Best anime this summer.

Great:
Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei – In typical Zetsubou Sensei fashion, the puns, the parody, and the jokes continue.  If you liked the show, you have no problem liking the third season of it.  If you did not like the previous seasons, you probably will not.

Good:
CANAAN – I had very high hopes for this anime, but it ended up being disappointing compared to my expectations.  While it was disappointing, the show is still good.  The action sequence is well animated, and the storyline is getting really interesting after episode 7.  The plot can be a little weak at times.  This show is like your typical summer blockbuster movie with action with flaws.

Umineko no Naku Koro Ni – This anime is based on the visual novel.  Compared to the visual novel, the anime lacks pacing and character development.  While the anime may have this flaw, the storyline is basically the same as the visual novel.  The storyline is very strong.  If you are a mystery and horror type of person you may like this one.

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 –  Good story and good character development.  It might be boring to people and some people may not like the very emo main character.

Average:
Sora no Manimani – A very generic anime with about a girl and a nerdy boy.  The girl is very hyper and into astronomy, and the boy is a quiet person who likes to read books.  They both get into the astronomy club and generic comedy ensues with some astronomy lessons in it.  Some may like and some may not.

Boring:
Aoi Hana – This anime was boring.  Could not stand it after 3 episodes.  The main girl was not a great leading character, and the plot seem to go VERY slow.

Those were the main anime that I watched that premiere in the summer season.  Overall, a decent season.

Noooooo! He's Back

I know this might be a little late, but Brett Favre is back.  All I have to say is why can’t he just retire.  I am tired of his soap opera of whether to retire or not.  This flip flopping of retirement from him is making him into an old diva who is past his time.  He should just go back and do Wrangler jeans commerical and throw football to high schoolers.

I know that this might sound petty and childish, I hope the Minnesota Vikings have a terrible season because of him.  In addition, I hope that Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers just destory him.

End of rant.

Edit: I cannot believe I did this as my first post.  Should of delayed this. O well.