(It’s so cute!)

Hello everyone, I’m The Xenomorph, your new contributer, I’m your typical everyday xenomorph otaku that likes his anime with a great premise, and not some series made for the sake of fan service, a.k.a no moe blobs for the sake of moe blobs (I eat them). I’m also a strong advocate for the preservation of the male character in the modern anime (tired of these all female driven casts, sometimes you need a man’s touch). My video games are all about the story, if it isnt at least twenty hours, it better be as fun as hell (Monster Hunter) or a masterpiece. But in all honesty if you give me something different I’ll watch it and I’ll give a cool collected response. I may be called The Xenomorph but that doesn’t mean I’ll bite your head off (unless your Mami).

Now you may be wondering why I, your everyday xenomorph drone, would want to write about anime and video games?  Well I say good question! To be honest its my biggest hobby, outside of trading cards, and I think that after all the anime I have watched I can make some valid points about the story, motifs, characters, etc. I think my greatest attribute is that I started my anime life in the 90′s and have experienced the transition to what anime is today and I think I can give great insight on the pros and cons in what this new generation has become and where it is heading. In all reality that’s really what I want to do with my articles: to compare the old generation to the new; I want to get my beliefs out there and see who agrees with me. Same goes for video games, the days of the rpg of my childhood and this new generation that is so fps and competitive gameplay focused. Bottom line I got some opinions and I’d love to share them.

Hmmm….what you want to know why I call myself Xenomorph? Well I’ll tell you, back in the day of my childhood I was tramatized and at the same time facisnated by these adorable majestic creatures; as a result I have been a fan of the dark, the mysterious, the creepy and above all the badass. I want to share these concepts with my reader. Xenomorphs fascinate and scare me, I want my readers to know my fear…to know my intrigue.

My first post is coming soon……..

-The Xenomorph

Would you like your mug to contain coffee coffee?!

There should be some kind of metric for humor. Or at least some way of better convincing someone they should be laughing at something. But this isn’t a post about that. Nichijou is finally legal at the ripe episode of 18, and what do we get? The Embarrassment of Yuuko Aioi. Jesus Butt-fondling Christ I had a haddock. Because fish is all your references must point to when talking about anime, since it’s from the land of Japan. I laughed very hard during Yuuko’s train ride of mistakes. It wasn’t a derail unfortunately, but the destination was ultimately kind of boring. One of the few times where I really didn’t feel the vibe it was going for. Mai in the knight get-up trying to troll Yuuko into going trick or treating made me sad.

More importantly, the image I’m using made me reminisce for the days I actively drew stuff for fun. I had a character with snake pupil eyes, and whenever she entered her higher form of strength and concentration, her pupils would rotate to a horizontal position. Very obvious symbolism of the “unlocking of powers” type of character development. Man, I sucked at character design.

There was also one time where I had a dream that a cop pulled me over to ask me, “You know I pulled you over, right?” To which I would reply affirmatively. The policeman nods in agreement and returns to his patrol car and zooms off to find someone else to pull over. I woke up at that point and wondered what it meant. It meant that I would eat bread in 5 minutes. Yuuko’s dream in the last segment was easily better than mine. (Not that I was ever implying my dreams are awesome, because they’re not. They are disappointingly bland.)

See the ratings for the episode.

-maserbeam

I guess I should post something before the day is over. Have a picture of Ookami-san and her buddies eating a pizza.

-maserbeam

If you are a returning user, or have read several pages of this site, you’ll have noticed a new rating system (along with a silly new graphic) instead of the moentgen system. I tried to come off as scientific as possible with the radiation stuff, but I realized that was just me being an idiot after playing way too much of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. So instead of measuring a fake amount of radiation, I went with Planes and Pants.

Rating systems are for the birds.

-maserbeam

My Kyubey can’t be this cute.

There’s also an extremely huge emphasis on the characters mouths. They’ve been nice and shapely — I can’t stop staring at them. I also highly enjoy the opening song, since whenever I hear it, I imagine a drummer flailing his arms around. Reminds me of some drummers that pull off the lazy, wacky and power drumming style. It’s always interesting to find them because they often have so much stage presence, you barely look at the rest of the band and the supposed front man. Which brings me to my next subject: Emiri Katou voiced the Kyubey we all love in Madoka, and she’s back as the mildly awkward and cute Ryuuko (pictured above). I’d want to say that Kyubey was a support character that garnered more attention than the characters around her, but that could have been on purpose too.  Even more noticeable than that (to me) is Ai Nonaka as Meme Touwa. That kind of character is unfair SHAFT! Seriously pierces my heart like a high caliber rifle round.

I honestly can’t believe how SHAFT manages to pull crazy interesting  performances from the voice actors.

Many points to Makoto for referencing The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and not being “an incredibly standard” male character. Watching him smother his face in the pillow Meme previously laid on was hilarious, with the following scene also being great.

I kinda laughed at the glittering hair scene. “Her hair is emitting chaff!” Ruined the mood, but that was my fault.

EDIT: Can’t believe I forgot my Planes and Pants rating system. Which will be explained in due time, after I iron out criteria.

+0/+2

-maserbeam