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D’s Horizon – Episode 6: Marvel Madness

August 7, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in Anime

Sorry for the break, holiday and then waiting to see GOTG and see if there was any big aftermath from SDCC… So this weeks post is looking pretty long and will focus entirely on Marvel, will resume my normal schedule next week 🙂

So lets get down to business. SDCC as always was packed with a lot of goodness and with Marvels dominance of late, its not surprise to see them come out with some awesome footage. Unfortunately there wasn’t any big reveals save that Josh Brolin did turn up with the Infinity Gauntlet, maybe an obvious hint as to what Phase 3 will build up to for Avengers 3? At this stage its to early to tell (till at least Age of Ultron hits), however below is what is looking like the current movie line up so far (the confirmed ones at least)

Avengers – Age of Ultron May 2015

Still trying to get a look at the release footage, but it sounded epic! Also how about that poster they have with all the avengers fighting Ultron and his Hordes?! I’m excited that Vision will be in it and I am very interested to see how they tie in Scarlet Witches powers and how the portray Pedro after the impressive display in X-men DOFP. Needless to say I am super hyped for this movie! Oh, and we see the hulk buster armor, oh hell yeah! Also it is rumored but most likely, Loki’s staff has an infinity gem in it, I guess we will hear more about it in the movie, making it the fourth one to surface

Ant Man July 2015

Same again, still trying to get a look at the footage that was released, but by the descriptions again it sounds interesting. We know Ant-man has had some production issues, but we wont go into those, needless to say I am just hoping the final product is going to be a solid one. The interesting thing to note is that Ant Man wont actually be Hank Pim, but it will be Scott Lang being the ‘superhero’, also noting that this will come after Ultron, so again Pim doesn’t create Ultron in the MCU. This will most likely be an origin story

Cap 3 May 2016

So, can they do better than Cap 2? I hope so, but its a hard act to follow as Cap 2 is regarded as the best movie so far and boy did they nail it. The talking point will be does Cap 3 start setting up Phase 3? Or does it deal with any Shield after math’s or what happens at the end of Ultron, or maybe more Hydra? All that has been revealed so far is that it will deal more with the winter soldier and the political spectrum of that, but no idea as yet if it will cross over to other things or not

Doctor Strange July 2016

After the bomb was dropped during Cap 2, this movie is most def going to be a risk similar to Guardians esp now stepping more into the realms of supernatural, thou we have been slowly feed some of it with The Thor Movies (thou magic is more shown as better tech, thou Loki has some cool abilities) and also in Agents of Shield (blackout), and the twins will obviously touch more on it in Ultron. So it really does leave the space wide open for Marvel to tackle this movie with no restrictions. I’m expecting the 5th infinity gem to show up here even thou it should be an origin story

Guardians 2 July 2017

Honestly without seeing the first one, I got nothing

Interesting that Guardians 2 gets a date before 1 has even hit the theatres.

Update: I have seen Guardians… yeah that was frikken awesome! Except Thanos… I was a little disappointed with him, but can cover that a bit more another time. There is a lot here to tie into the greater MCU, the major one being another infinity gem/stone being revealed as well as more about the history of them. The next one is obviously Thanos. Another one is the Kree, which has another tie in with Agents of Shield, then there is the question of who is Starlords father. So GOTG 2 could focus on many different things, but I am picking that there will be another infinity gem here at least (the final one) and maybe an introduction to the Skrulls, more on Thanos with maybe some avengers tie in (Im thinking either Thor or Iron Man)

So there are still other dates yet to be filled, the likely ones are Thor 3 and Iron Man 4, however rumors abound make popular mention of Ms Marvel, Black Widow, Loki, Hulk or my personal hope, Black Panther. Contract issues will start to come into play esp with Iron Man (and with a lot of the others given that superheroes dominated the top 10 highest paid actors the previous year) But here are my predictions

May 2017 Iron Man 4

I’m not sure what story line they will follow but if the previous films are to go buy, it will be an Iron Man one, however I would like to see it branch more into the MCU, maybe more to do with Shield or even space (maybe a Skrull set up plot) would be interesting, or a vibranium story arc (possibly paving the way for Black Panther)

Nov 2017 Thor 3

Im picking it will be to do with Loki (since he has done something with Odin, and also the infinity gauntlet to come into play here as well, maybe a cross over with GOTG)

May 2018 Hulk (either a verses/team up or Solo ‘ish’ Movie)

Its really about time again for them to take another gamble on Hulk, however with Ruffalo, I think a hulk movie would be great, however a team up would make it interesting esp since Marvel hasn’t done this yet, but as long as its based on Hulk Smash rather than Hulk don’t want to smash, then it will be a winner

July 2018 Black Panther

It has to come, for too many reasons, this movie has to be made, the question really is when

Nov 2018 Ms Marvel – Or maybe Captain Marvel (Or Avengers 3 part 1, but my pick either way, we will see Ms Marvel)

We have already been introduced to the Kree, also there is the Agents of Shield story line with the blue body (most likely Kree) and Sky being an 084, this could be brought together in a movie with the Kree visiting earth to find out what happened etc, this will also be a lead in to Avengers 3. This is a difficult one to predict because the next movie will be the biggest to date

May 2019 Avengers 3

While not confirmed, this is the likely date, and with the other movies having set things up, expect Thanos to be rocking the Infinity Gauntlet and the Avengers and GOTG to team up in something ridiculously huge and awesome and an obvious headache for whoever has to write it!

So in summary

2015 May – Avengers Age of Ultron

2015 July – Ant Man

2016 May – Cap 3

2016 July – Doctor Strange

2017 May – Iron Man 4

2017 July – Black Panther

2017 Nov – Thor 3

2018 May – Hulk

2018 July – GOTG 2

2018 Nov – Ms Marvel

2019 May – Avengers 3

With Marvel moving to 3 movies a year, Phase 4 and onwards is going to start getting very complicated and will be interesting to see how they tackle it going forward after Phase 3 and Thanos

As for the Infinity stones

Tesseract – Space Stone (Cap 1 and Avengers)

Ether – Reality Stone? (Thor 2)

Orb – Power Stone (GOTG)

Loki’s Staff (Speculation) – Mind Stone (Avengers 1 and 2, end of Cap 2)

Infinity Gauntlet (Thor 1)

Soul Stone (I think Doctor Strange)

Time Stone (GOTG 2)

Infinity Gauntlet (Thor 3, will play some part in this movie)

So thats the movies, now for the TV shows

Agents of Shield Sept 2013, loved the first season, im kind hoping the second season focus on the rebuilding of shield, thou with Ultron on the way, I’m sure there will be some show altering tie in coming up again. (also the 8 week break in the mid season for Agent Carter will be interesting) There is a lot to go on with the destruction of shield and the reveal of hydra and even more with Coulson and what we are pretty sure now was a Kree body in the lab and his lovely drawings at the end. Also with the Hydra reveal, there are a lot of once locked up prisoners most likely on the loose, including a mention of abomination early in the series, Blizzard, and most importantly, Graviton. So who knows just how the show will go, but to beat someone as powerful as graviton, they are going to need an avenger or 2 to help and at least Hulk to take out Abomination.

Defenders (Netflix Series)

Daredevil

Jessica Jones

Iron Fist

Luke Cage

Its hard to know how these are going to go, with a netflix release it seems like a good move, but the question is, how will they tone these different shows. The idea of having four shows running like this separately at first to then tie together in what they are saying will be a mini series as the defenders, its risky as hell but I love the idea

One Shots

I like this idea, short little shows covering some back stories, I would like to see this expanded more into maybe like a special 2 part mini series or something to tackle some of the bigger characters or come up with some interesting team ups. Hawkeye needs one of these! Hawkeye and Widow would be awesome, they need either their own movie or a team up one shot

In Conclusion

So, the MCU is basically this huge ass entity that marvel has created, and is continuing to expand, much like the comic books its great to see the same kind of work adapted to the big screen, thou the work behind it must be enormous but the pay out for Marvel and fans alike is well worth it. It really is just an exciting time for comic book fans and this isn’t even touching on the cartoon series and the comics themselves!

The thing I love about the MCU is how everything ties in together just like the comics, I like how that the effect of one show has a bearing on the other. The original writers for marvel comics had created such a huge and diverse world, but often you only get to see that world from a single viewpoint or a certain angle, what MCU has done is provided many stories and multiple view points into this world. This is where I feel a lot of good stories have fallen apart, to detailed for their own good and you cant fully explore it, but Marvel is fully exploring every possibility here. It is a shame that Spider Man and the X-men cant be part of this, and given the way both franchises have been treated, it is really annoying to see such good characters portrayed terribly, but one day, hopefully they will just give up and we will finally see Hulk and Wolverine battle it out!

Keeping with the Marvel Theme, here is my recommended anime

Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes (AEMH)

Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes followed up the momentum marvel had already created with the MCU and this release of 2 seasons worth of cartoons was very well timed. (There is also a new season/series even more recently released which is just as good) If you old or new to the Marvel universe this show is still worth watching, it kind of acts like a recap of a lot of the major villains in the universe as well as giving some deeper insights into various characters so if your new to Marvel I would def recommend watching it to at least have some idea what a lot of fan boys are talking about when it comes to the MCU. The first half of season one focuses on each avenger individually and how they came to be apart of the team, the second half progresses the story towards a major story arc that I wont give away, needless to say it is enjoyable to watch. Season 2 does the same and progresses ahead while introducing more characters into the universe. Each episode is not necessarily stand alone as they all contribute to progress the story line in someway but each episode does tend to have its own conclusion. Overall the show makes pretty good use of multiple characters in what is already a big universe that can be extremely confusing, but they have managed to keep the story lines focused enough throughout the series to make it an enjoyable watch. It is nice to watch the dynamic of the team thou, you get to see it a bit in the MCU but obviously not to the degree you get to see it on the small screen and this show really does give you more of the personal insight into each character. Also it really shows how Hawkeye is as a character too who annoyingly seems to have been neglected a lot within the MCU, grr!

Avengers_(2)

Animation 8/10 It really does bring the comics to life

Characters 7/10 Superhero’s are hard to depict at the best of times in short shows, it does attempt to give them more depth in a short time, but skips a lot

Plot 6/10 The plots aren’t wildly complicated, but enjoyable

Overall 7/10 It works, but it really acts as more of a beginners guide to marvel, but given the success of the MCU, people need an enjoyable catch up and this provides that

BeFM Expat DJ Comp 2014

August 4, 2014August 4, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in Events

Well that hapened! And now that I am over it, I can start to get to work on my next projects but I guess I should do a recap of the event first, this is trying to run it off while its still kinda in my head, but I am sleep deprived… so bear with me… hope I didn’t forget too much…

Well I arrived in Busan on Sat afternoon, and the weather, straight tropical storm blowing thru, rubbish!! Had a lot of the DJs worried abut the next day since obviously DJ equipment and rain don’t play well together. Anyways Sunday the weather somehow magically decided to hold off and play ball so we were treated to a night rain free! Also note, the photos I borrowed from someone, Im sure better ones will appear soon

Sound check was a crack up, all the other DJs are fun loving easy going guys so we enjoyed joking around and trying to keep our energy levels up as most of us had travelled and were runnning of little to no sleep which is pretty standard for the hard working DJ. After sound check we all parted ways for awhile before coming back together before the start of the evenings prcedings which saw Hanmin kick off the night with Krispy Crunch banging out a fusion of EDM and Hip Hop and finishing off with Hanmins smash hit Bsa Sae. Now with that out of the way, it was time for the 7 DJs to hit the stage and see who will come out on top.

First up was Paul Antoni, I have met him a couple of times and he is a nice dude, has some good tracks that he has produced, I have never heard him play before thou but I know he is a trance based DJ so was interested to see how he would handle a competition like this. He started off with a nice intro then proceded into his set which was nice, but as expected he struggled to really engage the crowd with his style. I did love his end throwback track thou

Next on the decks was last years winner DJ Ferry, a very good producer who has done a lot of dope K pop edm remixes but not what I would call a DJ (he reminds a lot of the top tier DJs, he is like a producer who plays his own music) anyways he started off with a mash up and then proceded into his set playing a lot of his own remixes but his set felt pre recorded, he did however dominate the crowd

Third on the decks having to follow up a good act was DJ Sir, I saw his entry video which was… ok… but he did do a nice little tone play at the end which I liked. Unfortunately he didnt drop any during his set, he tried to get the crowd on his side but came up a little short, painfully obvious when he transitioned into ‘this is how we do it’ he had obviosuly planned a bit of call and response but Koreans just dont know that song… which is a shame cause I love it. He hit the mark a couple of times with a few tracks but just couldnt keep it the whole way thru

4th up was Ecky Thump!, coming from a land down under, otherwise known as the west Island of New Zealand haha! He went into his routine without too much fanfare and proceded to do a nice solid mix of newer tracks, spending most of his set keeping his mixing tight with the occsiaonal crowd shout out, but he was keeping busy most of the time, since I was up next I didnt pay huge attention to details of his set but it sounded solid, not hugely crowd pleasing thou, propbably going over their heads with the music selection a litte but I enjoyed it

5th up was me… So kinda hard to talk about my set from an outside perspective but here is my take. Managed to start off ok then quickly progressed into some crowd bangers to get them going, then dropped it down and actually rapped on stage with the mic to Jay Z PSA, then it was just a mix of crowd calling with popular tracks, a couple of scratch breaks while jumping inbetween mixing and the mic was keeping me really busy, scratching wasnt as tight as I would have liked it and almost screwed up a mix but kept it inline, the 2pm and DJ Doc tracks were crowd killers, all I could see was people waving their hands, and then crooked at the end I had everyone screaming. I had a lot of fun on stage and managed to shake my normal competition seriousness away towards the end and just had fun with it like a normal set, so yeah, shit was mean as! Thou thanks Chad for the awkward question hahaha but all good, that just cracked me up!

6th on the deck having to follow up me was one of the DJs who I was keeping an eye out for because he has skills similar to me and also a mate of mine, Kiredmik, unfortunately he got off to a bad start not realising one of his channels was on thru mode, but he recovered well and got stuck into his set. He went down the play as many bangers as I can in 9mins route, which in theory wasnt a bad option, but track selection and lack of time to work the crowd or to let some tracks develop hurt his set and didnt really get a chance to show off any of his skills

Finally was DJ Rell, last is often the best time to jump on, if your set is right for it, Rell like a few others were at the disadvantage of not really knowing what to expect, and while being a good DJ in his own right, competition DJn and festival DJn is a lot different to normal club DJn, while he got up there and did his thing, he def fell into his comfort zone I think by playing a club style set, he was def enjoying himself up there and played some cool jams but not the kind to get the crowd really going

And that was that, San E graced the stage with DJ Pandol to a very enthusiastic crowd, and they were a great crowd, they were there wanting to be entertained and they showed the DJs a lot of love, but they did have to be directed and lead most of the time which made it hard on a few of the DJs. As I said before, competition DJn is very different from club DJn, the calibre of expat DJs in Korea is very broad, there are a lot who claim to be DJs but are really just music players and then there are some who are the genuine article, then there is the level where everyone else is floating around, not ready for the big leagues but good enough to be out there in the scene. The other problem is Korean DJs are pretty good, not quite world class good, but the top DJs here are a big jump apart from most expats. Thre3style is an example, out of the DJs who entered in BeFM the last 2 years, I am the only one to have entered and done well, 1 other could have made it and 1 other might have made it depending how many of the good korean DJs decided to enter (there is only a handful of expat DJs in Korea who I think could legitimately enter and compete but if every good DJ in Korea entered, I would say only 1 or 2 might have a chance). So, basically what I am saying is while its great that there is a forum for expat DJs to shine, the calibre of the DJs is lacking (for this type of DJn) which is not surprising when you really think about it however I digress… (and this isnt a dig at expat DJs, just trying to point out some of the reality, most of us are over here teaching so its not like we are all DJn full time etc there are obvious issues we face, not to say Koreans dont have their own issues, it just is what it is)

So in the end, the results looked like this

3rd Place – Ecy Thump

2nd Place – DJ Blaze

1st Place – DJ Ferry

The competition overall was really well run, the hosts were great (except Chad, he sucks lol love you bro) and the crowd and venue were simply awesome… however, the result… while I should be happy with second, Im really not, nothing against Ferry who came first, he did his thing, so props to him and to all the others as well. My anger and frustration goes towards the result which means the poor judges, both friends of mine too, Im confused how a set like his won compared to my set which while showman ship was pretty much similar, I showed more variation in skill and technique. Thou my guess is he has the producer card, the fact that a lot of his tracks were his… but then that begs the question, is this a DJ competition? Do you need to actually show some DJ skills for a DJ competition or not (I had this same problem with last years result as well) Now without talking to the judges and getting reasons behind their decisions all I can do is speculate, which in reality doesnt help anyone and just makes me out to be a sore loser, Im an annoyed loser, ill admit that, Im competitive so of course I want to win, but I dont hold anything against the winner or the judges but this is an issue that I think needs highlighted, at what point does producer credits and showman ship outshine skill and technique. This question however as we all know can be directed at the world of DJn in general… which is sad to say but true. The other problem with a DJ competition is the winner is determined by opinion, its not like a race where there is a clear winner, each person has their own opinion and it may differ to others, its human nature and cant be avoided, but it makes the judges job a lot harder, as I said they are both friends and I have a lot of respect for them, so Im not having a go at them, but would love to sit down with them at some stage and understand how they saw things. But at the end of the day the result is in and there is nothing that can be done about it, just hope at some stage I can get to understand it. (and its not easy being a judge!)

Here is my set, its not what I did on the night but close to it, this was one of my practices that I decided to record

But hey, I did have a lot of fun, met some awesome people and got to rock the shit out of a beach full of party people and walked away 800$ in hand, not a bad days work really 🙂

DJ Blaze Set List Friday June 27th – Return to the Classic @ Venue

August 2, 2014August 2, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in Set Lists

Ok, so its Saturday night, the night before BeFM comp, its pissing down with rain, like crazy stormy outside so Im sitting in my hotel room and thought I would post this up since I have been sitting on it for awhile. This is my set list from a party I did at Venue with Pinn and Dante. It was a mean ass night, I had a lot of fun, it was a really good crowd who were really getting into it, was a shame I had to run off after my set and go DJ at Bar Fly. But here is my set list, as you can see, this is vastly different from what I play week in and week out, and it is the kind of music I love. It was a 2 hour set, also I played quite a few MJ tracks as a bit of a tribute to the great one. I will be posting up D’s Horizon next week since I am still catching up on SDCC and I have been away on holiday. Anyways here it is

Koffee Brown Ft. B-12 – Weekend Thing
Mark Morrison – Return of the Mack
Mary J Blige – Real Love
MJ – You Rock My World
T.I. – Why You Wanna
The Notorious BIG Ft 112 – Only You Remix
Shade Ft Nate Dogg & Kurupt – Where I Wanna Be
Brian McKnight Ft Nelly – All Night Long
Toni Braxton – Making Me High
Baby Bash – Short Doowoop
Blackstreet – Good Life
Color Me Bad – I wanna Sex You Up
Musiq Soulchild – Fortnight
Gerald LEvert – DJ Don’t
Ideal Ft. Lil Mo – Whatever
Craig David – Time To Play
Musiq Soulchild Ft. Swizz Beatz – Anything
Highland Place Mobsters – Let’s Get Naked
Joe Public – Live and Learn
Tony, Toni, Tone! – If I had no Loot
MJ – Remember the Time
Jagged Edge Ft. Run – Let’s Get Married Remix
Temptations – Treat Her Like a Lady
Cherl Lynn – To Be Real
De Barge – Rhythm of the Night
Nesian Mystik – It’s On
MJ – Black or White
MJ – Rock With You
MJ – Billie Jean
MJ – Thriller
MJ – Starting Something
Whitney Houston – How Will I Know
Earth Wind and Fire – September
MJ – PYT
Earth Wind and Fire – Let’s Groove
KC & the Sunshine Band – Baby Give it Up
Salt-N-Pepa – Push It
Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back
Run DMC – It’s Tricky
Tag Team – Whoomp! There it is
Freak Nasty – Da Dip
69 Boyz – Tootsee Roll
2 Live Crew – Hoochie Mama
Ghost Town DJ’s – My Boo
Quad City DJ’s – C’Mon & Ride It (The Train)
LA Snow & Pla Ya Poncho – Whatz Up, Whatz Up
Montell Jordan – This is How We Do It
Wrexx N Effect – Rumpshaker
ODB – Got Your Money
2 Pac Ft. Nate Dogg – All About You
To Be Continued – One On One
PM Dawn – Moving On Up
Naughty by Nature – Holiday
Heavy D & The Boyz – This is Your Night
Flava Flav – Shake Your Booty
Salt-N-Pepa – Lets Talk About Sex
LL Cool J – Phenomenon
K7 – Come Baby Come
Kid N Play – Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody
Bobby Brown – My Perogative
Kelly – She’s Got That Vibe
Bel Biv Devoe – Poison
Keith Sweat – I Want Her
Kurtis Blow – The Breaks
De La Soul – A Roller Skating Jam
C&C Music Factory – Do You Wana Get Funky
MJ – The Way You Make Me Feel

I really should start recording these one day, but in the mean time here is an old skool mix I did that you might enjoy

D’s Horizon – Episode 5: In short…

July 25, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in Anime

Since this week we are basically on the eve of Comic Con and the Guardians of the Galaxy hitting theatres I am going to keep it short since there is going to be a lot of news coming out in the next few days esp regarding DC and Marvel, so yup, next episode I’ll be dedicated to them! Also I have the BeFM DJ comp coming up soon as well as a trip to Taipei so yeah, its a busy time!

Short News

But for now, Naruto is back this week and the new movie has a release date scheduled this dec titled Naruto – the last Naruto, name is a little confusing, is it the last Naruto movie (prob not) or just a play on it

Bahumut, the popular card game has been rumored for an anime series for a while and seems to have been in the works, looks like it might come this Autumn season

Macross new series is ‘being planned/in the works’ basically meaning, dont hold your breath

Episde Briefs

Summer season is starting to get more intense now, coming up to episode 4 this week, I still think Akame Ga Kill and I would say Aldnoah Zero are my picks of the bunch. I know some people are a bit on the fence about Akame Ga Kill, mainly because the mood/tone jumps around so quickly, from being dark and gruesome one second, to being light hearted and comedic the next, however personally I like that, it kinda brings in the gore that you wish other animes had yet still has that fun side about it. I just wonder if it’s going to be as brutal as Shingeki when it comes to killing off people

One piece… Sanji is about to take on Dol Flamingo? Didn’t see that one coming, I wonder if he is still injured after that fight with Vergo and will Law intervene as well or will it be one on one, and will Sanji get his ass kicked… Kinda hope not but I’m guessing it will go that way

Mahouka, finally get to see Tatsyua let loose a little more and get to figure out more of his abilities, he is portrayed as such a bad ass

SAO seems to be taking a diff route to the first season, they have actually taken time out for some decent character development… maybe, if they have then I am def happy but I wonder if they will keep that up

Back into Fairy Tale, up to the next Saga, seeing Natsu take on an S rank quest, and now are about to run into all kinds of problems, this is also serving as Grays back story, and now Erza is on the way to bring them back… I sense more destruction is imminent

So that’s the news and anime recaps in a very small nutshell… as I said, it’s still a work in progress… But for now, here is my recommended anime and throwback character

Recommended Anime

Moretsu Pirates (Bodacious Pirates)

Moretsu Pirates is an interesting but fun take on what a future pirate might be like. The show is set far in the future as humans have colonized space and after the process of colonisation, independence and war has ended with a long term peace, pirates who were basically used as privateers during the wars are now little more than show pieces trying to make a living by ‘performing’ pirate raids and doing whatever other work they can manage. Enter Kato Marika, a first year high schooler living in an ‘outer’ colony who suddenly finds out her father who has recently died was in fact a pirate captain aboard the ship Bentanmaru and that she is set to inherit his position, not to mention she also finds out her mother was a very famous pirate as well. The story follows her as she comes to grips with this situation as well as deciding whether to take on the role as captain. Like most manga’s the story focuses on a young person taking on the lead role and in this case it does feel a little strange when you really look at it to think that a 1st year high school kid can become captain of a pirate ship, but other than that the series does handle this relatively well and it is nice to see the girls taking the lead in a more positive way than other animes which just tend to focus on sex appeal first rather than skill, Moretsu pirates tends to look at skill first, thou that’s not to say there isn’t a fair level of sex appeal thrown in there (just wait till she puts on a space suit… where did those come from?! and also there is the random high school girl scene where the other girls are trying to look at another girls breasts as well, kinda expected these days… disturbing) Kato Marika thou is often portrayed at times as an airhead who is actually really smart, not an uncommon theme among anime. The show does try to act serious on some levels with well thought out narratives explaining how the pirate works in their time as well as some light explanations of the current political climate and how they fit into that, but given its only 26 episodes long, there is only so much you can cram into such a short period. While there are obviously questions left unanswered, it doesn’t do a bad job of being cohesive enough to make it interesting and worth watching. The animation itself is pretty nice and mostly well thought out including ship designs, except for the stellar military ships, having the ship the shape of a knife?? I know its space but it just doesn’t seem that practical.

Overall the series is solid and finishes at a nice point for a first season leaving the viewer wondering about what could be next as it leaves the world at a very open stage, and a few big bombshells added in as well however there is no news on a second season and seems doubtful there will be one anytime soon. So if you can handle that annoyance then it is worth a watch

Animation 7/10 It is nicely drawn but has some weird design quirks

Characters 7/10 Some really likable characters but some others suffer at the expense of the main characters due to the short series length and are introduced to us out of nowhere at times

Plot 7/10 It has enough thought to it and just enough added mystery at times. The relationships between insurance company and pirates as well as the political climate makes for some interesting themes if they were able to be expanded on

Overall 7/10 It is solid and interesting, I like the details and the atmosphere it creates but it’s a shame there isn’t more episodes, feels like its nicely set up to be great in the long run only to have it short at one season

Throwback Character

Panthro

General to the Thundercats

Superior strength and figthting skills as well as technologically capable

Weapons: Nunchuku, Armour Spikes and the Thundertank (Extendable arms in the rebbot)

Panthro is one of the more badass Thundercats, weather you are looking at the original or the reboot of the series they have still kept his demeanour the same which is good and why I like him as a character. He is a noble and a general in the Thundercats and regarded as one of the best warriors around. While there are some small differences between the original and reboot, fundamentally he is the same character. He is strong and loyal, gets angry easy and is brilliant when it comes to technology. He is what you would describe as a heavy fighter, using his strength and skill to great effect during combat. His weapon of choice is a pair of fighting sticks that mimic nunchaku that have cat paws on the end. In the reboot he loses his arms and ends up having them replaced with extendable mechanical ones which give him more power. If all else fails you can also find him driving around causing chaos in the Thundertank which he is also very protective of

Thundercats is one of those childhood shows that many people will remember; the famous sword of omens was many a child’s favourite. The cartoon itself was pretty good, it had a solid toy line to accompany it and was animated pretty well for its time. The story would often progress as the Thundercats adapted to their new home and made friends while also trying to overcome Mum-ra and his evil forces. There was a reboot of the series in 2013 that I also really enjoyed but unfortunately didn’t do very well. They took a slightly new spin on the history and the characters bringing them into a more modern era I guess however it didn’t gain the popularity the original show did, my guess is due to lack of awareness and now people will prob be annoyed with it because it’s a tale left unfinished, but then again the original was also left pretty open ended which is common for most of the earlier cartoons with very few only ever reaching a somewhat definitive ending. The original Thundercats is like 100 something episodes long and is hard to find in good quality but if you’re feeling nostalgic I’m sure you can find it, however I would recommend trying out the reboot, it is shorter but it does add an interesting take

D’s Horizon – Episode 4: Summer fun

July 17, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in Anime

With summer season in its second week can finally start to gauge a little how the new shows will/might turn out. But first, some news

New Initial D movie to be released in Japan Aug 23, looks like its going to be part 1 of a new trilogy

Real G Next Project – Yup they are going to try and make that 18m tall Gundam statue they have in Tokyo actually move and do shit, prob wont be able to do much but still, sounds interesting, real life Gundams maybe not so far away as we might have thought..

Assignation Classroom anime to hit 2015 Winter season, live action film date still to be announced, not sure why but I like the sound and look of this

New DBZ movie is coming our way next Spring 2015

Street Fighter might be finally getting a V in front of it, I still wish they would do a decent movie or at least an anime reboot

Summer season recommendations

This week I am going to skip the episode briefs, I am still figuring out just what angle to take on those briefs, so instead I’ll go with the summer season here, this is a list of the summer shows I am wathcing and quick briefs on them

Akame Ga Kill

This is probably the most hyped new anime this season and after watching the first 2 episodes I can see why, what at first seems like your usual adventure anime quickly becomes something much more darker yet it still manages to maintain that childish anime comedy about it, will be interesting to see if it can keep that up. It revolves around a group of assasins who are trying to take down a corrupt country and at the moment it looks really good

Argevollen

Well this feels like another typical mecha anime, two sides fighting, one normal kid who stumbles across a more advanced mecha and does some damage with it… Hope there is some kind of twist to it, at the moment it feels like its been done before

Aldnoah Zero

So earth has been split into 2 almost different species, one group still on earth and the other living in space who have discovered technology far beyond their own giving them a huge evoulutionary step up. Thus enter the diplomatic talks that never start as the princess on a good will journey to earth gets blasted and the space fearing ‘knights’ basically use it as their excuse to decend to earth and start a war with their ridiculosly over powered army that they had been plotting to do since for ever anyways

Rail Wars

Well this looks a little different from the norm, but yet so similar too… Anyways the story revolves around a group of kids who are recieving training to work for the rail company. A job that is taken very seriously and also is a great career move. They end up working security and have to deal with the happenings of Tokyo station. It looks like a bit of fun

Tokyo Ghoul

This starts of a little dark as a couple of ghouls cross paths, but then traves back into familiar anime territory. However this story does turn out interesting. Basically the main character becomes half ghoul after he is attacked by a troublesome ghoul and they both are severly injured, and the ghouls organs get implanted into the boy. It seems like the story is going to follow his life as he comes to terms with what he has become and the new world he has suddenly entered

Tokyo ESP

Well this isnt the first esper based anime, the Zettai Karen CHildren series along with the OVA I really enjoyed (mostly) so to see a new esper based anime caught my attention to see if they could offer something different. At the moment only the first episode has come out but it seems different so far which is good but still looks like its going to deal with the whole human acceptance thing, along with good espers and bad espers, world domination etc etc But at least the powers look pretty cool

I would also include SAO Season 2, but I decided to make it my recommended anime this week so read below

Recommended Anime

Sword Art Online (SAO)

SAO was propbably the first MMO based anime to really get the attention of mainstream anime fans. Its interesting take on the characters being stuck inside an MMO game with the same rules in place made for an interesting story. Like most anime it tackles bigger issues of the human psychi as the players who are trapped within the world battle to survive. The story is based around the nerve gear system which allows people to enter into MMO games via virtual reality, basically full emergnce within the game, so you think it and your avatar does it. In SAO a new game just being released, on its opening day thousnads of players log on only to discover that they can’t log back out. Eventually they are all told that the only way to exit the game is to either complete all 100 levels or die, however if you die inside the game, you die in the real world. The main protaganist is Kirito, an accomplished MMO player who quickly progresses thru the game alone while other people stick to the safety of forming guilds and parties. However after awhile Kirito finds himself teaming up with others ans things begin to get worse in the world.

SAO is a great adventure story, it flows really nicely and the character development is smooth, but it does suffer a bit from having an overpowered hero at times thou as the show progresses it does show that even an overpowered character has his limits. While it builds well as an individual story, this also limits it I feel as there is a lot of interesting things that get left out, esp with regards to other characters, the guilds and as the story progresses, the different races. Sao has set up a really indepth and imaginative world, however I really feel we miss out on a lot of it because of the focus being soley on Kiritos struggles. Some of the boss battles or epic struggles on the front lines could have been awesome to see (thou we do see Kirito going HAM on one boss which was pretty cool)

Overall it is a great anime and well loved by many people, I just wished they would explore the world more

Animation 9/10 It is really well drawn and just looks beautiful

Characters 8/10 They are a little annoying at times but they have depth

Plot 6/10 It is really solid and well written but it kind of works against it because it jumps forward too often and we miss out on too much

Overall 7.5/10 It is a great anime and very popular but I just feel like it moves forward to fast and misses/skips over too much, while some people like this, I don’t, I would rather get the whole picture

Throwback Character

Bots Master

Ninjzz

Male

Robot/Boyzz

Fighting style based on martial artists, added strength, speed and agility due to being a robot as well as enhanced ninja weapons and skills

Silent bad ass type, unspoken second in command

Ninjzz was the first robot boyzz to be made during the program to help deal with the crissis of fighting LM corp. ZZ was in need of a bot with specific fighting abilities as the other boyzz were not made specifically for combat all thought they are profecient fighters. He ended up basing Ninjzz on earths greatest martial artists thou he does seem to have a predominantly bruce lee feel about him. He is the silent type who only speaks when he has to speak. He is also a capapble leader, acting like a general and has taken over leadership before when ZZ and Blitzy were incapacitated (Twig would prob be Ninjzz second in command)

Bots Master was one of my favourtie childhood programs, who doesnt like theidea of having their own robots. The show was really well worked with a decent story line, weekly plots that added to the overall plot, interesting and crazy yet likeable characters and of course lots of action and robots fighting. Bots Master did come after transformers era but they gave it a different feel that I felt really made the cartoon work, its just a shame it stopped after the first season. It didnt help that the toy line was only limited because these toys would have helped propel it forward more but looking at the toys, it seemed they just werent a match for what was in the cartoon whch is prob why they didnt sell as good. An interesting thing to note was the shows use of 3d scenes, using the old red and blue styled 3d glasses you could wathc the actions scenes unfold in a much clearer way which was very forward thinking for its time

D’s Horizon – Episode 3: Got Guns? SAO returns

July 9, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in Anime

What’s up and welcome back, ep 3 is here so lets dive straight in with the news

News

Summer Anime Season has started with a few interesting titles coming out, I will check out a few of them and post up recommendations next week after watching a couple of episodes from each

Ninja Slayer anime announced at Anime Expo and looks pretty badass, then again with the tittle of Ninja Slayer, you cant go wrong… maybe

Kuroko’ Basketball to get new season in 2015

Kick starter campaign launched to revive Robo-tech with new season, yep that old epic anime might just get a revival.

One Piece Special to Air on Aug 30^th

Well lets get started with my show recaps

One Piece Ep 652 – This week we are back to the fighting after a quick backstory, D Block has begun, Law is saved by Fujitora, kinda, he is really up shit creek at the moment. Robin and Usop have met up with the resistance and Franky, Zoro has met up with Sanji and Top Knot Land (Not sure how those names just suddenly appeared…) and for some reason the sunny is headed to green bit, might have missed something else there…

Naruto Ep 367 – So we are back to back stories again… At least this one should also prove interesting, Madara meets Hashirama, hopefully it doesn’t drag out, this war has taken for ever and we have hardly seen any of it

Mahouka Ep 1 – This looks really interesting, a magic based world and what looks like a capable brother and sister who are a little too friendly at times… but we quickly see that as they enrol in school there is a big divide between those who are capable and those who lack behind, while the lead Tatsuya has been placed in the lower grade, it is obvious he is far from behind the others (not to mention having some bad ass Taijutsu Skills as well) While the opening scene does a bit to inform us of where things are at, there is a lot of questions surrounding the two siblings. Im interested to see how this develops as we are left at the end of the episode with a stand off between the Blooms and Weeds.

Captain Earth Ep 1 – As is the way with first episodes they often jump around trying to give us relevant information to what might be ahead, but these first episodes are often important to draw us in. Captain earth really jumps around a lot to begin with yet there is enough hints of something more epic unraveling, but it is still puzzling as hell and there isn’t a clear guide to just what is going on, but at least at the end we are rewarded with a look at the Mech which seems to be at the forefront of the series

Black Bullet Ep 1 – While it starts off looking desperate, it quickly gets to the point (thou details about things are still sketchy, it is only ep 1), humans fighting against some kind of viral infection, not the first time we seen ideas like this, but the difference between the opening scene and the time skip makes things interesting not to mention a virus that transforms people so drastically and trying to figure out just how far up shit creek humanity really is, it seems like there is a bit of illusion surrounding the current world. Will be interesting to see where this goes.

SAO Season 2 Ep 1 – Its finally here, a lot of people think that the GGO arc is the better one so unfortunately there is high hopes. Ep 1 served to act as a filler between the arcs and has done an ok job of setting up the new season, there isn’t any major changes yet which is good

Fairy Tail – Ep 1-7

The first episodes start off by introducing us to the main characters and other key important characters within the series. It revolves around Natsu and Lucy as they join up and he takes her to his Guild, Fairy Tail, are rather famous and ill renowned at times guild (the guild itself seems to be stir crazy filled with all sorts of characters who seem to have a knack for total destruction) We are force fed quickly relevant news and details revolving around this magic world in an attempt to bring us quickly up to speed which woks to a certain degree. Also quick character introductions leave a lot of back-stories to evolve possibly at a later date. But for now we get a pretty good overview of how things work, we are already given a taste of the guilds powers with some early protagonists causing trouble and Natsu teaming up with Erza and Gray who after fighting, basically destroy an entire countryside. At the moment it looks like it could be an enjoyable anime series but as always it is dependent on how many episodes they have to develop the characters and the world more or not. Either way I’m almost hooked

Recommended Anime

Hajime No Ippo

Ippo is a boxing based anime following the life of Ippo Makanuchi, a shy boy who was bullied in high school but found boxing as a way to grow up. The story follows him as he joins the Kamogawa boxing gym where you meet the other main characters in the show. The show itself while mostly centred around Ippo still goes and focuses at times on other characters, building them up and exploring their pasts as well as their training and struggles to be the best that they can. The show tends to build up to each major fight, usually with light hearted and hilarious episodes aimed at their training, and then usually more serious during the fights, rinsed and repeated but this formula does work and it carries the show along nicely. The first season of episodes follows Ippo as he works his way to being the Japanese Champion, the second season New Challenger focuses more on Takamura and his quest at a world tittle, while the latest third seaon focuses on them both however Takamura who is a fan favourite and the strongest boxer in the series def has the lead at the moment, however Ippo is not far behind. The show makes excellent use of boxing styles with some characters imitating real life boxers as well as training programs and techniques that would mimic what boxers do in real life as well, of course adjusted a bit for a cartoon to keep it interesting but the fundamentals are there. It really shines thou with its character interaction, Takamura is friggen hillarious and is usually the centre of most the attention with the others backing him up, watching the goofy stuff they get up to in the gym is just as fun as watching the serious matches in the ring. Ippo is a well-rounded boxing anime that is definitely worth watching set in a fictional world but still based fundamentally on real life.

Animation 7/10 It is an older cartoon and the animation reflects that, however it is still pretty good

Characters 9/10 The characters are likable, relatable and very well thought out

Plot 6/10 It is hard to rate the plot because there isn’t much to it, train then fight and repeat, however they have done an extremely good job of making it flow well and be very interesting

Overall 7/10 A very well rounded sporting anime

Throw Back Character

The Pirates of Dark Water

Ioz

Male

Pirate/Rogue

No special skills except a sound ability to fight

Han Solo Type

Ioz joined up with Ren on his quest hoping to get rich from the adventure but like any good pirate he ends up changing his mind set and starts to believe in the quest and becomes more like a brother to Ren as he repeatedly risks his life for him and his companions time and time again. Even though he changes as the show progresses he is still a pirate at heart and will jump at the possibility of a get rich quick scheme. Overall Ioz is a pretty cool character, the ‘I don’t want to be a respectable hero’ who always ends up dong the right thing

Pirates of Dark Water was one of my favorite Saturday morning cartoons, it was drawn really well and the plot was well thought out mostly, a world in trouble of being taken over by evil forces using the dark water to infect and destroy it. Then enter the young prince who must collect the 13 treasures of rule to destroy the threat. Sure its not your ridiculously complicated story line but it worked and made for a great adventure cartoon. There was also some very noteworthy voices added to it as well, its just a shame (actually really did piss me off) that they finished the series about half way through. Still, it is worth revisiting at some point in your life or if your new to the series to at least see what would have been an epic tale

BeFM 2014 DJ Comp Entry – DJ Blaze

July 4, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in New DJ Content

Well here it is

Its a little rough, threw it together last week and didn’t really get a chance to properly decide how I wanted the finish product to sound, kept on changing things, this probably wasn’t my favorite edit but meh, here it is anyways

D’s Horizon – Episode 2: The Journey Begins

July 1, 2014July 1, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in Anime

Welcome to this week in Anime with DJ Blaze, so first off lets get into the news (this will cover a few things since I need to catch up a little bit with what has been going on lately. But just note that some of them are a little old since I have been working on this for awhile now)

Also check out here for this summers anime releases coming out this week and weekend! I will put up my recommendations next week

http://anichart.net/summer

Headlines

SAO2 Is almost here! Look on youtube for various shorts and ‘trailers’. Release for July 5th, can’t wait11

Hayao Miyazaki invited to join US film academy, the dude is a legend, directed some amazing movies and fully deserves it

Eng Dubs in the works for Devil Survivor and Majestic Prince with voice casts being named, both are good shows

New Yu-gi-oh movie in the works… I use to watch the first anime with Yugi and Kaiba etc but stopped after those… Wasn’t really that into it

New Sailor Moon Series to start in July, this will please a lot of old skool fan girls

Possible Powerpuff girls new season planned… I could never take that show seriously

Attack on Titan outsells One Piece for first time, season 2 release for anime still not confirmed yet, sounds like they are going to release a season 1 ‘recap’ first then bring out season 2…

Legend of Korra Book 3 debued June 27th, I know a lot of my friends having been digging on the Legend of Korra hard

DBZ Battle of the Gods to be released in the US August 5th, DBZ is one of the few Anime’s where I prefer the Eng voice cast over the Jap cast… Not very often that happens!

Gakkou Gurashi (another zombie apocalypse manga) is to get anime adaptation… Like we need more zombie shows…

Knights of Sidonia to get 2nd season scheduled for Nov 23rd, going to start watching the first season

Pacific Rim sequel confirmed with mention of a companion animated series also in the works… Wonder how this will go, didn’t they win? Guess not

Assasination Classroom to get Anime adaption and a live action film, the art work looks cool, but I wonder how a live action film will go

Ok, thats it for now, usually I’ll keep it to 2 or 3 headlines each week and talk a bit about them. Also next week and following weeks I will start giving updates and recommendations for the Fall Season Anime releases which is already looking dam exciting with the initial line-ups floating around with around 10 shows sparking my interest

Ok before I start doing a weekly recap of the shows I am watching, you need to be brought up to speed with where they are at (if your not already there) So here we go with the major two

One Piece (Dressrosa Arc)

Things are really heating up again in One Piece. The Straw Hats have entered the new world and are now in an alliance with Trafalgar Law and the Heart Pirates to eventually go after the Yonko. After leaving Punk Hazard, they have arrived in Dressarosa to take on Dol Flamingo and deal a blow to Kaido by destroying his smiles operation. At the moment Luffy is fighting in a tournament where the prize is the mera mera fruit (his brothers fruit) We have just seen a pretty epic fight with Luffy defeating Don Chinjao, our first real taste at how powerful he really has become as well as seeing two Conqueror Haki uses fight it out. Zoro and Franky have met up with the resistance as well as Robin and Usop and are set to rendezvous with each other. Sanji and Kin-emon are on their way there as well while Nami, Brook, Momonosuke and Chopper are in trouble aboard the Sunny. Dol flamingo has the advantage at the moment with the Straw Hats clearly on the defensive and Trafalgar Law is in trouble up against Dol Flamingo and the new Navy Admiral Issho (Fujitora) But it looks like the Straw Hats are about to start their counter attack

Naruto Shippuden – Ninja War

We are finally back to the war after an extended back story which for once was actually good to watch (Naruto’s main problem is the excessive amount of fillers and repeated back stories) We finally got to see more about Kakashi’s days as ANBU, as well as Yamato’s back story and Obito’s too which really give you a better understanding of the characters. Back to the war and the ten tails has been let loose and the ninja forces have finally rallied to what looks like could be the final chapter to the war, we also have our first few big deaths, Neiji! That was a shock! Also Shikaku and Ino’s dad, all in one episode! Madara and obito seem to be in a solid position, so will be interesting to see how things develop further, but unfortunately it looks like we are back to more fillers with Sasuke and Orochimaru resurrecting the 4 previous Hokage so Sasuke can get some answers from them. Looks like we are about to find out more about Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju which could be interesting.

These are the 2 I am up to date on, I will however start watching 4 more from scratch, the first is Fairy Tale, I have heard mixed reviews but it seems interesting and has been a round for awhile now. The second is Captain Earth, again I have heard good things and the show itself looks interesting. The next I have been watching and am up to date with but it is really good so I will start it again and review it weekly as well, its called Mahouka. The last is one I randomly missed is called Black Bullet but have read a couple of good reivews so will also check it out and start each review from episode 1 next week (Fairy tale thou I will review in groups of episodes since its been going for awhile)

Also with SAO2 coming out this week I will add that to the list as well and maybe a few more depending on how things go, but don’t worry, the recaps will be short and mostly my initial opinionated views on whats going on

Recommended Anime

Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan)

If you haven’t seen it yet, I highly recommend checking out this anime. The manga began in 2009 and has since garnered a lot of attention and with an anime series finally coming from it, it is fast becoming one of the most popular titles (even out selling one piece for the first time in 5 years) Not to spoil it for those who haven’t seen it but the story is dark, brutal and nothing short of a complete mind-f@$k at times, it is easy to see why it has become so popular. The plot follows a boy named Eren Yeager who lives in a world were humans are living behind huge walls protecting them from giant monsters known as Titans that suddenly appeared 100 years ago and pushed human kind to the brink of extinction. Titans are big, dumb, and hard to kill, feeding off humans and can regenerate if not killed properly. The past is a complete mystery, no one knows how the walls were made or where the Titans come from. Things are thrown into complete chaos from the get go as a new type of Titan suddenly emerges and breaches the wall. As the story progresses, you find yourself with more questions than answers, (The season 1 cliffhanger… my god!) lucky however that while season one was only 25 episodes long, there will be a season 2 (nothing worse than watching a good show and then having the ending left unfinished!) however the release date for season 2 is unclear and most likely will be in 2015. The characters are well thought out even if they do die as often as those in GOT, so you seriously don’t know who is safe and who isn’t. Also it really does touch on a lot of interesting political and ‘what would you do’ issues that really make you think as well as exploring the human psyche especially during times of complete desperation. Basically there is a reason why it has become so popular, so go watch it, now, seriously, your life will be better for it in a twisted way!

Animation – 9/10 Smooth and fluid and the style suits the show

Characters – 8/10 A few ‘weird’ characters but the main cast are well developed

Plot – 10/10 Can’t get much better than that

Overall 9.5/10 One of the best around

Throwback Character

Galaxy Rangers

Shane Gooseman

Age: ?? Male

Gentically Enginered Human

Healing and environmental body adaption/shapeshifting

Badass Hero type

Gooseman is one of the series 5 rangers and is part of a team lead by Zachary Foxx. He was genetically engineered as a super-trooper however he isn’t as mentally unstable like the others from the experiment. He can heal and his body can adapt to various environments and this ability is enhanced to a degree by his series 5 implant. His personality is heavily based on Clint Eastwood and it carries well throughout the show, which is why I liked him (got to love a badass cowboy)

The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers is an American animated Space Western television series combining sci-fi stories with traditional Wild West themes. Produced mainly in the US and most likely geared towards a western audience the animation itself was done by a Japanese studio. The story follows a team of rangers as they patrol the universe protecting outpost colonies against various threats, the main being the Crown Empire who also have captive Zachary Foxx’s wife, so the overriding story tends to follow his quest to track her down while still following your usual weekly story line.

The overall story was well written compared to the other shows of its time, which in a way worked against it since there was no toy tie in and the animation for itself was ahead of its time (in the western market at least) The show itself was probably a precursor to various modern shows thou there is a lot of speculation for and against this. Either way, Galaxy Rangers was an 80’s favourite and a worthwhile watch if your feeling nostalgic.

D’s Horizon: My new anime blog

June 25, 2014June 29, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in Anime

I am reposting this on my page but the original post can be found here 🙂

http://theplanethustle.blogspot.kr/2014/06/ds-horizon-dj-blaze-on-anime.html

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Episode 1: It starts with an idea

What’s up everyone and welcome to the first of my weekly blog series focusing on one of my favourite subjects… Anime!! Yup, I have just more than a little inner geek/nerd inside of me and not ashamed to admit it, but you will be surprised thou at just how many DJ’s have that side of them, and honestly it is a good thing, we have to keep up to date with the latest technology but at the same time we need something to do in our spare time, and of course watching Anime and even building and collecting anime figures is something I like to do in my spare time as well.

So, the weekly format will go a little something like this

– news/upcoming releases

– show runner episode briefs

– throwback character

– Recomendation/Brief

– anything else worthy of note

While i’ll try and keep it soley anime based, dont be surprised if some gaming information slips in every now and then, its kinda hard these days since the two are often interconnected.

Now since this is my first post, it would be prudent to give you some back ground on my likes so first off here is my top 5 anime shows as well as my top 10 anime movies (a little harder to choose)

Anime Shows

1. One Piece

2. Log Horizon

3. Gundam Wing

4. Samurai Pizza Cats

5. Naruto

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Anime Movies

1. Ninja Scroll

2. Final Fantasy Advent Children

3. Howls Moving Castle

4. Titan AE

5. Transformers (G1 Movie)

6. Heavy Metal (2000)

7. Akira

8. Lion King

9. Hoodwinked

10. Can’t think of a 10th one, too many movies to choose from!

Not included in those lists but worthy of a mention are

– Transformers G1/Voltron/Thundercats/He Man purely because of the toys vs cartoon area and I had many of the toys as a kid

– Spirited away, not my favourtie but still one of the most recognizable Japanese anime movies that introduced their style of animation to the world

– Lady and the Tramp and the Aristocats, the first cartoon movies I saw as a kid in the movie theatre!

– Pixar, because lets face it, their movies have been pretty dam good

Yes there is so many more and hopefully over time I will be able to mention a good majority of them as I continue with the blog

Now I have been watching anime a long time, obviously watching cartoons as a kid, however coming from New Zealand we were very limited in what shows we received and as far as Japanese anime goes, yeah we didn’t see none of that until DBZ in the late 90’s, early 00’s but after that I started watching a lot whenever I had free time. But the shows I was bought up on were the 80’s and 90’s classics, so while I will be reviewing and recommending mostly new stuff, I still need to give props to the stuff I was bought up on so thats where Ill be focusing my throw back character from some of the more classic cartoons. Also when I refer to Anime, I’m meaning both East and West, all Anime not just Japanese since there is a lot of good stuff out there these days that is worth mentioning.

So from now on, if there is a particular anime your interested in and want me to review or brief about or there is a particular throwback character you want me to mention then leave a message, this is also for you as much as it is for me as well

DJ Blaze Set List Saturday June 14th 2014

June 23, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in Set Lists

Set List June 14^th 2014 (yes the photo is from a different night, but meh, does care lol)

New/Re-Up tracks

David Guetta & Kaz James – Blast off (original mix)
Psy Ft. Snoop Dogg – Hangover
Bingo Players – Knock You Out (Hardwell Remix)
Linkin Park Vs Twoloud Vs Shermanlogy – What I’ve Done (Arthur White)
2NE1/CL – CL Solo

Set List 11pm-1.30am

David Guetta & Kaz James – Blast Off (original mix)
Bombs Away – Better Luck Next Time
Static Revenger Ft. Kay – Back Off Bitch! (Taco Cat Remix)
Albert Kick – Evil Girl
DJ Kronic Ft. Bombs Away – Looking for some girls
J Lo Ft. Pitbull – Live it Up (Jumpsmokers)
Usher – DJ Got us Falling in Love (Hypercrush)
Redfoo – I’ll Award You with my Body
FEM – Bang it to the Curb (Sidney Roller Transition)
DJ Snake & Lil Jon – Turn Down for What
2NE1 – CL Solo
Nicki Minaj – Boss ass Bitch
Clayton Williams – Shut Down Vegas
DJ Scene – Damn
Major Lazer – Bubble Butt
Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty
DMX – Party Up
2Pac – California Love
Dr Dre – Next Episode
VIC – Wobble
Psy Feat Snoop Dogg – Hangover
Just Blaze – Higher
Wiz Khalifa Vs DJ Khaled – Black and Yellow Wins (transition)
Tae Yang – Ringa Linga
Jay-Z & Kanye West – Niggas in Paris
Asap Rocky – Wild for the Night
2 Chains Vs Afrojack – Birthday Song (trap mix)
Kanye West – Mercy (Trap mix)
Lil Wayne – Lollipop (Convince Trap Mix)
Swedish House Mafia – Don’t you Worry Child (Valid Trap Mix)
Steve Aoki – Rage the Night Away (Dopeztb Trap Edit)
Boom Man Ft. 2 Chainz Vs Calvin Harris – Drinking from the Bottle (Transition)
Makj & Lil Jon – Let’s Get Fucked Up
Bingo Players – Knock You Out (Hardwell Remix)
Joel Fletcher & Savage – Swing (Combo Remix)
R3hab & Nervo – Revolution
Swanky Tunes – Blood Rush
TJR – Feel It
Carl Tricks – Mad Dash (Bingo Players Edit)
D-Jastic – Up to no Good
MFBTY – Sweet Dream
Robin Thick – Blurred Lines (Justin Sane Remix)
Deeper (Morris Corti Remix)
Kid Massive – Yawn (Vandalism Remix)
Reece Low – Monk Funk
Scndl – Gypsy
TJR – Eat God See Acid
Syn Cole – Miami 82 (Avicii Edit)
Starjack & Collini – Smack Em, Catch Em
Don Omar – Danzo Kuduro
Daddy Yankee – Limbo
Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger
Psy – Gentleman
X10 – 엑스텐‬
Hanmin – Show me your Bba Sae
TJR – Ode to TNT
Showtek – Booyah
Hardwell Vs Krewella – Apollo Alive
TJR – Come Back Down
Zedd – Spectrum (Getter Remix)
Jason Derulo – Whatcha Say (Afrojack Remix)
2NE1 – I am the Best
Floorfilla – Anthem 4 Remix
Public Service Announcement 2k13
Jason Derulo – Wiggle
Exo-K – Overdose

This month was a small change up, mainly because of UMF I switched my sets to be heavier EDM based for a bit of practice as well as trying out new combinations as I start working for towards developing my entry set for BeFM. Interestingly enough while I was looking for tracks I did come across a couple of better remixes of some Linkin Park tracks, definitely loving the rock/edm mashups (then again I have always loved a bit of good rock) and love smashing them out in my sets