Category: Editorials

No Case Too Small: The Cases of Cure Detective

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The cases in question are
episode 2 of HappinessCharge PreCure!
and episode 9 of Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!

hisui_icon_4040 Ever since we watched HeartCatch PreCure! Kate and I have been a big fans of the PreCure franchise. There have been some distinct ups and downs with a good deal in between from what we have seen. Much like Gundam it a series we will always check it out but not necessarily like it. So far nothing has surpassed the high heights of HeartCatch. But if any show has had the potential to be only an equal level with the best Precure series it just might be HappinessCharge. It has much of the same staff as HeartCatch with a good deal of the same heart. Also it has one other secret weapon: Detective PreCure!

narutaki_icon_4040 Ohoho HappinessCharge you know how to win my heart! Though I’m predisposed to love PreCure. Still, taking a stab at detective tropes is just another way to add to the fun. Then upon doing our own investigation (HA!) we found that this was not the first time in the franchise detectives have taken center stage.

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The February 2014 Line-Up

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narutaki_icon_4040 So this month’s news includes Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Fist of the North Star, The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Detective Conan, and Initial D. This was a good month for me!

hisui_icon_4040 We are still warming up from the holiday freeze but there are some exciting titles announcements to keep you toasty in February and beyond. Also there are some interesting and unexpected one-shots that I am looking forward to. Wonder if any of them will get spun-off into longer stories.

The Line-Up is a monthly rundown of new anime, manga, light novel, artbook licenses, streaming/broadcasting announcements, crowdfunding projects, anime/manga projects, and live-action anime/manga adaptions.

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REPOST – The Speakeasy #010: The Red Comet, Romance in the Various Gundam Universes

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Drink #010: The Red Comet,
Romance in the Various Gundam Universes

When you think of Gundam you usually think of a mixture of real robot battles and politics as the foundation of the various series that make up the franchise. But the relationships between the characters is an equally important part that is easily overlooked because of all the cool robot fights. High on the list of debate are the romantic relationships; some are praised as highly realistic and touching, others are viewed as melodramatic but engaging, while still others are seen as travesties. The problem is that few fans agree which relationships from which show go in which category. In this episode we will examine the relationships that stand out the most in our minds from all the Gundam series we have seen. We start with the works of Tomino and go up to the present with Gundam Unicorn and Gundam 00.

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And now your helpful bartenders at The Speakeasy present you a drink invented by Hisui:

The Red Comet (It gets you feeling toasty three times as fast)

Drop a shotglass of vodka into a Highball glass of Red Bull. Bonus points are given for being dressed as Casval Rem Deikun with a mask or at least wearing all red. Anyone dressed as Quattro Bajeena has to drink a Hyaku Shiki.