It looks like I'll be having a happy Thanksgiving after all (although it's not really celebrated in Japan)
My blueray copy of Up just came in the mail today!
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Added by Nakato on November 26, 2009 at 7:12am —
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I passed by a movie theater today and checked out the posters. It looks like they've got a really interesting new movie showing that managed to slip under my radar. It's a western featuring the awesome talents of such veteran actors like Russel Crowe and Christian Bale and it's called... Ummmm... something to do with the time and some destination.... What was it again?
Oh yeah: Three Ten to Yuma
No wonder I haven't seen this movie released on DVD yet. I thought I had missed it and was waiting…
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Added by Nakato on August 28, 2009 at 11:00am —
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District 9 looks so cool...
I say "looks so cool" because I haven't seen it yet. And I doubt I will get to see it for at least 3 months. Possibly an entire year.
In other news, Taken will hit the screens in Japan this weekend... I FINALLY get to see Liam Neeson kick some ass.
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Added by Nakato on August 17, 2009 at 7:33am —
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So, Bolt finally hit the theaters in Japan (nearly an entire year after the US release) and I went to go see it the other day. While I was at the theater waiting for them to open the doors, I made a visit to the men's room to expunge an uncomfortable sandwich I had consumed for lunch. 5 minutes after leaving the bathroom, I came to the realization that the familiar weight of my wallet on my right butt cheek was no longer there. Sensing a moment of panic, I rushed back to the facilities to the st…
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Added by Nakato on August 14, 2009 at 7:30am —
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From the website: Hollywood Dame
"It seems that over the past 24 hours, the internet has become a frenzy of rumors that “Harry Potter” star Emma Watson died in a car accident. This rumor is, as usual, simply unture. Emma is alive and, from what we hear, well.
Here is the report made…
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Added by Nakato on July 27, 2009 at 4:30am —
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A while ago I expressed my annoyance/rage at the fact that the Japanese versions of series DVDs tend to have half as many episodes per DVD, thus forcing Japanese viewers to pay twice as much as our American counterparts for the same amount of viewing pleasure. Well, I recently discovered that with Blueray, Japan and the US share the same global region, unlike DVD. (With DVD, the US is region 1, Japan is region 2. For Blueray, Both the US and Japan are region 1)
Now not only could I import and w…
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Added by Nakato on July 5, 2009 at 3:40pm —
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My Tansformers Revenge of the Fallen review
My Spill Rating: Matinee
Warning! This review contains spoilers!
I get the feeling that a long time ago, someone walked up to a young budding director named Michael Bay and said to him, “You kno…
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Added by Nakato on June 21, 2009 at 7:00am —
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Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
My Spill rating: Matinee
Let me start this review by saying I love Hayao Miyazaki films. Lupin the Third: Castle of Cagliostoro is the most complete perfect animation movie I have ever seen. (Yes, you die-hard anime otaku, it’s bet…
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Added by Nakato on May 31, 2009 at 1:28pm —
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I went and saw the movie GOEMON yesterday. This was a movie that had captured my interest because the director was the guy who did Casshern which is one of my all-time favorite movies and also I liked some of the cast.
Plot summary: The year is 1582. For the first time since the da…
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Added by Nakato on May 8, 2009 at 10:53pm —
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Today, a friend gave me a Wii.
Needless to say, I was totally floored. I had mentioned in passing a while ago that I was hoping to get a Wii, eventually. Well, today, my friend handed me a large bag and said "Happy Birthday." This was an entirely new experience for me. Usually I am the one giving gifts. I have had the good fortune at times to be in a position to be able to give somewhat extravagant gifts to people. I always say that there is no better feeling than knowing a gift is truly apprec…
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Added by Nakato on April 30, 2009 at 5:45pm —
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It's kind of hard to get back on track after doing a series of blog posts geeking out about Final Fantasy. To be honest, I haven't really had much to geek out about recently. I got to see Slumdog Millionare the other day, but at this point, I'm probably the last person to get to see it. So, life has been fairly stagnant lately with business as usual. With all the talk on the political sphere about the economic crisis and everyone going through hard times, watching the news from overseas has been…
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Added by Nakato on April 21, 2009 at 9:20pm —
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I went out yesterday picked up my copy of Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children Complete blueray edition.
First off, the movie was a lot of fun. The creators were able to go back and fix a lot of what didn't work with the original while upgrading some of the old effects as well. Definitely wort…
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Added by Nakato on April 17, 2009 at 11:17am —
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This blog post is way too long...
Part 5: The Final Fantasy Series
This blog entry is just a brief synopsis on all 13 FFs released to date. I won’t be covering Tactics or Crystal Chronicles because I’ve never played them and know literally nothing about their content.
Oh yeah, and there will be spoilers.
Final Fantasy
The first Final Fantasy game. The system ripped off was roughly based on Dragon Quest. Both Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy were new types of RPGs, the genre being dominated up…
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Added by Nakato on April 15, 2009 at 2:48pm —
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This'll be a short one. Only one more and I'll get to the actual review.
Part 4: Square Enix and the Future
After consecutive fiscal losses despite the release of hits like Final Fantasy 10 and Kingdom Hearts, in 2003 Square merged with long-time rival Enix, creator of the highly popular Dragon Quest series (the original on the NES being the inspiration for the original Final Fantasy) to form Square Enix. The merger was met with mixed responses. Some thought this would be a huge step for RPGs…
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Added by Nakato on April 14, 2009 at 4:25am —
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Part 3: The Fall
Now, enough with the ass-kissery of Square, let’s get down to the meat and bones part which everyone loves in a good success story: The Fall from Grace. It could be said that Square got over ambitious, they got too big for their britches, or they just plain fucked up. I like to think of them as a hen that lays golden eggs almost killing itself trying to pass a bowling ball made of lead. The bowling ball? The Final Fantasy Movie.
After the success of Final Fantasy 7, Square bec…
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Added by Nakato on April 12, 2009 at 11:13am —
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And now, for the further adventures of Square.
Part 2: The Golden Age
With the introduction of the Super NES, video games now had a bigger playground in which to set up their toys. Graphics took a leap forward and gameplay became more complex. With this leap in technology, Square introduced games that were more than the just the simple “You are warrior. Enter the dungeon. Kill the boss” straight forward sort of RPG. Even since the original NES, Square had begun creating more plot driven games,…
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Added by Nakato on April 9, 2009 at 8:21am —
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Final Fantasy... Pretty much anyone who has enjoyed the escapism that video games provide has heard of it. From casual passing in conversations to hardcore players of the series, the collection of games from the company that used to be called Square have left their mark in…
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Added by Nakato on April 5, 2009 at 10:39am —
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This one's for the JRPG fans.
In 2 weeks, the following Blueray disc will go on sale:
Included in the limited edition will be a demo for Final Fantasy XIII. The highly(?) anticipated game from Square Enix.
So, in 2 weeks time, I wil…
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Added by Nakato on April 3, 2009 at 1:22pm —
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So after hearing much of the Spill Crew rave about Frost Nixon and the amazing acting that Frank Langella pulls off in the podcasts from
LAST DECEMBER, the movie has finally hit the screens here in Japan. I can understand how the topic of American history makes the movie a less-than-mass-public-appealing film, lowering its priority of screenings and demand from theaters.
As such, none of my local theaters was featuring it, leaving me to have to do a google search for any theaters in my su…
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Added by Nakato on March 28, 2009 at 12:42pm —
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A long time ago, back in 1984, a Japanese manga writer began writing a series that would one day engulf the world.
There are many rumors and speculations about how the series was started. It is said that after writing one series, the author ran out of ideas and wanted to start anew. It is said that after the success and newfound wealth that came with it from his first series, the author managed to get himself so deeply in debt that he put all his hopes in a new series hoping that it would be suc…
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Added by Nakato on March 14, 2009 at 2:30pm —
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