One Piece Stampede - the One Piece Macguffin Race

One Piece Stampede is a 2019 Japanese animated fantasy action adventure movie directed by Takashi Otsuka and produced by Toei Animation. based on the manga written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda It is the fourteenth film based on the One Piece film series, The movie also commemorates the anime's 20th anniversary. 

I'm not a big fan of One Piece and my knowledge of the series is only limited to a few manga and anime episodes including some youtube video I've seen. Regardless I will try my best to judge the film fairly. Also there might be minor spoilers ahead.

Trapt - A Horror Anime Game of Home Alone

Trapt is an action game with strategy elements released by Tecmo for the playstation 2. it is known in Japan as kagero II; Dark Illusion and borrows a lot of elements from the first Kagero and Deception games from the PS1.

I played both Kagero and Dark Delusion for the ps1 but it wasn't until recently did I get my hands to play Trapt. That being the case I will make comparison to the previous Deception games to make a more in depth review. Also spoilers for this one.

Urban Reign - the Dark Souls of Beat'em up games

Urban Reign is a multiplayer beat'em up game developed and published by Namco in 2005 exclusively for the PlayStation 2. It's one of the few RPG Beat'em up that came out back in 2005.

The game hopes to revitalize the Beat'em up genre and bring it to the modern era by adding some multiplayer elements and an in depth fighting controls or a fighting game.

Lunar Legend Tsukihime - the anime that never existed

Tsukihime or Shingetsutan Tsukihime is an anime series that was released in 2003 based on Japanese adult doujin visual novel created by Type-Moon that was first released in Winter Comiket in December 2000. It was produced made by J.C.Staff and Geneon. Those in the Philippines might remember this as one of the shows that aired in Animax way back. I often watched this regularly back when we still have cable.

Only a few TypeMoon fans remember the series or even knows Tsukihime since when most folks talk about TypeMoon the Fate series are the first to come into mind. To them this show never existed and I sort of see why they would think that but lets review it anyways. Also the spoilers flag is up.

Dr. Stone - Kid Mcgyver in the Stone Age

Dr. Stone is a Japanese manga series written by Riichiro Inagaki  most notably known for hi work on Eyeshield 21 and illustrated by Boichi who is a south korean manhwa artist living in Japan, It was serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump around March 2017.

The anime series of Dr. Stone was handled by TMS Entertainment which is an animation company known for works like Bt'X, Fruit basket and Lupin among others. Just in case I'll be raising the minor spoiler flag for this review.

Madan Senki Ryukendo - takusatsu action comedy done right

Madan Senki Ryūkendō, is Takara and We've Inc first ever attempt at a tokusatsu series. The series was sponsored by Capcom and was first aired back in 2006 with a local tagalog dub hitting the Philippines soon after. Folks in the Philippines would probably remember this being aired in Hero TV and at Cartoon Network Philippines.

The title translates as Magic Bullet Chronicles Ryukendo. The term tokusatsu was still alien to me and I often call this series as simply Ryukendo. It's one of the series that started me on my search on takusatsu like shows that doesn't have a Power Ranger attached to the title.

Beat Down Fists of Vengeance - a Final Fight Pokemon RPG Game

Beat Down Fists of Vengeance is a 3rd person action RPG/beat em up for the playstation 2 and Xbox. It was produced by Cavia Inc (Computer Amusement Visualizer)known for their works on Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles, Fate/Unlimited Codes, Drakengard and the Neir series. The game was published by Capcom and was released back in 2005.

The game went under the radar for a lot of reason and one being it was released the same year Resident Evil 4, Shadow of the Colossus, Soul Caliber III and God of War was released for the playstation2 console. I for one haven't even known the game existed myself until recently.

Mr. Korea Unlimited Barbecue - Overwhelming Variety

Mr Korea Unlimited Barbecue second branch opened last September 4, 2019. it was located at Glorietta 3 Makati. Basically just across from Landmark department store.  We knew a second branch was in the was being constructed we didn't managed to go on opening day due to schedule conflicts on our part.

As luck would have it we went to Makati a few days later after the opening day and since it is on our "Korean resto to eat" list we decided to spend our dinner there to see how it stacks up to other unlimited korean barbecue resto in the metro.

Fire Force - Fighting Fire with Fire

Fire Force is an anime series based on the manga written and illustrated by Atsushi Okubo that was published by Kodansha since September 23, 2015. For those unfamiliar with Atsushi he is the mangaka responsible for making the hit manga and anime Soul Eater. 

Unlike Soul Eater however the anime Fire Force will be produced by David Production, an animation studio known for anime such as BEN-TO, The Book of Bantorra and the Jojo animated series among others. Oh and minor also spoilers on this one as well.

Wild Arms 3 - Guns, Goons and Guardians

Wild Arms 3 is a role playing video game developed by Media Vision and released for the playstation 2 by Sony Computer Entertainment. Media vision would later move on to take over the reins of making the Valkyria Chronicles games and other projects. It was a released back in 2003 with Ubisoft handling the Europe releases.

I've played both the previous Wild Arms games in the PS1 to some extent so when I learned they released Wild Arms 3 for the PS2 I knew I had to get it and it's one of the first PS2 games I bought for the PS2. Also spoiler flag is up just in case.

Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? - The Isekai Mommy and Child Therapy

Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? is a Japan light novel series written by Dachima Inaka and illustrated by Pochi Iida. It's licensed by Yen Press. Meicha launched a manga adaptation in 2017, and an anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff premiered on July 13, 2019. It's probably one of the longest isekai title I have ever seen thus far.

It's a safe bet every otaku knows this series by now in some form or another. The idea of a mom in an Isekai anime is rather new and has been quite the talk in anime fans lately. So I've decided to watch it and see what all the hype is all about. Also minor spoilers sign is in effect.