My Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance Sora Play Arts Kai Figure (Review)

So guys, recently, I was finally able to get the Play Arts Kai figure version of Dream Drop Distance Sora. I was so incredibly happy to have found this. I got it on eBay in an auction and the one condition it had is that it was broken and when I got it, I discovered it was his left arm that was broken, but I asked my dad to fix it for me and so he was able to glue it on and I'm just really glad I was able to find it because this means I now have figures for all four of Sora's main outfits in Kingdom Hearts. And, this one especially I was worried about finding because it came out back in 2012 when Dream Drop Distance came out and so it's really rare, but thankfully I did. And so, here's my review of it and I hope you all like this.

Inuyasha (Anime Review)

So guys, once again, returning to my anime reviews is my review of one of the most popular anime on the planet, Inuyasha. I mentioned a while back that I was watching it when I did my review of that Moroha collectible I did last month. I mentioned how I was in the middle of watching Inuyasha. I became interested because the series itself is insanely popular and some YouTubers I follow say they liked it too. So, I did what I usually do when an anime isn't sold here, I got the entire series on Blu-Ray from America and was able to watch the whole series and I finished it on Monday. So, in the end, even though I may have had a few problems with it, I honestly, really loved the experience of watching this. I really, really, really loved watching Inuyasha. The series itself is an adaptation of the manga created by Rumiko Takahashi that started back in 1996 and the anime started back in 2000. Also, like I always say, this will have all the spoilers for the series, so if you wanna watch the series, go watch it before reading this. Okay, so, the basic plot is that it follows a fifteen year old girl named Kagome Higurashi who, after falling inside a well in her family's home, is transported to the past during the Feudal Era where she meets a half-human, half-demon named Inuyasha who's a swordsman. After she helps him escape from a tree that he's been pinned to for a long time and he still looks like he's around Kagome's age, she discovers she has something called the Shikon Jewel inside her body, but after she accidently shatters it in hundreds of pieces across Japan, she and Inuyasha team up to recover all the pieces to put it back together again. Along the way, other people join the group like a monk named Miroku, a demon slayer named Sango and a small fox demon named Shippo. So, at first, I guess the main thing I enjoyed the most in this series was the whole adventure aspect to the series because Inuyasha and Kagome are travelling all over the Feudal Era of Japan looking for the pieces of the jewel but they keep running into people or other demons who're trying to use its power for their own. And the early encounters they have are really entertaining and it's really fun to watch because you're not only watching a fun adventure, but also the characters' personalities are really entertaining to watch like Inuyasha's arrogance and stubbornness and Kagome's kindness and sweetness and the two of them get into trouble with others and each other just because of their personalities and it's really fun. But a lot of that changes when we hear about Kikyo, this priestess who was alive before Inuyasha was bound to the tree who was his first love interest and we learn that she was the one who pinned him to the tree with an arrow she used. And we're just kinda left wondering for a while of what really happened to them. But she's already dead but one demon they fight is able to use Kagome to bring her back to life in a way because Kagome is actually Kikyo reincarnated so Inuyasha is having a lot to deal with on that level. But a lot of other character work is still going on because we're also introduced to Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's half-brother who starts off as like an antagonist with wanting to fight Inuyasha as much as possible because he acts like he wants to kill him. And their first fight leads them to the grave of their dad where Inuyasha gets a sword there called Tetssaiga that his dad left for him, but Sesshomaru is angry about that because he wanted that sword so he resents Inuyasha for being the one to inherit it. So he goes off and wanders aimlessly with his sidekick named Jaken while we continue on with Inuyasha and Kagome. And this is when they meet up with the new characters Miroku, Sango and Shippo. And I love the dynamic the five of them share. Again, it's like I already said, I love the personalities they all have and how they all play off each other is a lot of fun with Miroku being kind and friendly but also this pervert and comedic in that sense, Sango being serious and loyal but also having a few quirks of her own and Shippo being sweet and innocent but not always getting along with Inuyasha a lot and that leads to some of the funniest moments of the show. Speaking of which, the show is insanely funny. There's so many laugh out loud moments and I loved it. And, again, a lot of that comes from the characters' personalities clashing with each other a lot. And, yeah, a good portion of the beginning of the series is centred around Inuyasha and the others travelling trying to find the shards of the jewel, but a lot of things change later on when we're introduced to the main villain of the series, Naraku. This half-demon who has strong powers and we learn a lot about him too like how he was created from a human named Onigumo who was possessed by tons of demons and Naraku was born from him and them. And Naraku is a really cool villain, not just with his powers and all that, but also with the way he's voiced. In the dub, he's voiced by Paul Dobson who does a really great job with the way his voice sounds. He sounds really cool and he just does a fantastic job with him whenever he speaks. He also wants to get the Shikon Jewel and is the kinda guy who manipulates so many people to get what he wants. For example, he was the one who tricked both Inuyasha and Kikyo into thinking they betrayed each other and that's how Kikyo died the first time. And I love the constant confrontations between him and Inuyasha with the group because it leads to a lot of great moments. And, again, we just keep the same formula going for the longest time with the group travelling and trying to get more pieces of the jewel while fighting demons and trying to kill Naraku and forming bonds with each other that help them grow as characters and you totally buy them as friends. And, yeah, there is also character drama as well with Inuyasha and Kagome because they begin to develop feelings for each other but Inuyasha is torn the whole time about Kikyo so he's not always sure what exactly he wants to do. That whole thing with them, while it does build on their characters and is funny from time to time, is something that can maybe get kinda clichéd after a bit as generic teenager drama. I get that they are teenagers and so it makes sense they'd do it, but still. And that gets even more complicated when we meet Koga, this wolf-demon who begins to fall in love with Kagome and so there's a running joke going through the series with the two of them trying to compete over her while Inuyasha doesn't really want to admit how he feels because he's so stubborn and that gets a lot of great laughs. And I've already named a whole bunch of characters there and that's because there are a whole bunch of characters in this and so the show is always using a plot with one group of these characters. Not to mention other important characters like Kohaku, as in Sango's younger brother who Naraku possessed to kill their whole family and was left to die himself until Naraku had a jewel piece placed inside him to keep him possessed and so there's a lot of time dedicated to that as well as Sesshomaru too as he still just wanders around with Jaken and a small girl he finds named Rin who he begins to really care for. And so it was fun to follow all these characters in these different plot points and, while a lot of the episodes follow the same kinda plot, they're always done in a really entertaining way. I'd say my favourite kind of episode is any involving the group fighting against Naraku or any of his incarnations because he's able to separate himself into tons of different versions that become different people all together and those episodes are a lot of fun. And, like I said, the show is really funny so that just made it all the more fun to watch this, especially anything involving Myoga, this tiny flea demon who appears every once in a while to give information about some situations but is also a coward and just runs off whenever he gets the chance. And, again, even with a bunch of these stories feeling the same, it was always fun. And, like I was saying, a lot of the characters build different relationships with each other like how Inuyasha and Kagome begin to develop a relationship and also Miroku and Sango begin slowly do the same. And seeing as the series is a fantasy romance, it focuses on these relationships a lot of the time, and seeing as I really enjoyed watching them a lot of the time, it was nice to see them develop. I guess if there were some problems, I guess it's my usual one with anime and that's some filler episodes that I was thankfully able to skip, but there are some that people do consider some of the worst filler in all of anime, so I guess I should warn you about that if you were ever curious to see it. Also, like I said, some of the character drama can be pretty clichéd after a while. It does make sense for the characters, but a lot of the time, it does seem like the same thing going on a lot of the time and sometimes it felt overdone and so some of it got annoying to watch after a while. Another kinda weird thing to me is when we're introduced to this group called the Band Of Seven. They're this group that Naraku ressurects and, I dunno, it does have some funny moments and they do have a significance in the part of the story they're in, but it doesn't really go anywhere and once they're gone, they're never really brought up again, so it felt like a bit of a detour. Though their deaths do lead to an amazing moment when Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Shippo find Naraku in a mountain and that was a great encounter between all of them. However, with all that being said, I absolutely loved the ending of the series. I'm probably jumping ahead too far, but I really should talk about the ending. Because we got the point where a lot of arcs were coming together and it had a lot of great moments like when Kohaku is freed from the piece of the jewel in his neck and is able to survive without it, or Kikyo being killed again and this really have impact on Inuyasha and Naraku eventually manages to get all the pieces of the Shikon Jewel and uses it to gain more power. Not only that, but Sesshomaru also has turned into an anti-hero in this time and so he helps out to fight Naraku with them begrudgingly. And I love how the characters have their own thing to do like Miroku trying to get away from the others so they won't be killed from his wind tunnel in his hand that he's had for the whole series and it's close to killing him too, along with other things like Sesshomaru looking for Rin, who Naraku kidnapped, and the others still just trying to find and kill Naraku who keeps sending illusions to distract them all while he tries to destroy the local village where they usually stay. And I love all sorts of things like that that keep going through the end climax. And it all culminates in the real final fight with Naraku and, and I'm not entirely sure about this, but I think he sorta turns good at the end. I'm not entirely sure, but Kagome eventually manages to talk to him and reveal what he was really looking for in life and that leads to her using one of her arrows to hit the jewel and kill him. But then that leads to her being taken into the underworld, kinda, where Inuyasha tries find her and the Shikon Jewel itself tries to trick her into making a wish that would have ended horribly until Inuyasha does find her and is able to save her and then she actually manages to make the jewel disappear forever. I sorta felt that was how that part was gonna end, but it was still done really well. Though I do find it a little weird that it has Kagome go home without being able to go back to the Feudal Era, which is something she's been able to do throughout the series. She often goes back home by going into the well she got there from and so she's brought home at the end with the well not being able to take her back anymore and Inuyasha is brought back to his time but then it skips ahead three years and it does end up working again and so Inuyasha and Kagome end the series together and we also see Miroku and Sango have gotten married with some kids of their own, and I really love that. We also see how everyone has had a happy ending too like Koga getting together with another wolf demon, Sesshomaru is still with Rin and she seems really happy and Kohaku has been able to become a real Demon Slayer to help everyone. And, again, I just had so much fun watching this series. I'm so happy I finally got into this really popular series and I was really pleased with how everything was done. I really loved watching these characters and just taking this journey with them and it was a lot of fun to learn more about this world and how everyone survives in it, and I like how it has that early 2000's anime charm to it. A lot of other ones have it and I like how it was done here. I also found it cool that this is an anime where the protagonist doesn't keep getting more and more transformations. Sure, Inuyasha does transform a couple of times into his true demon form or true human form, but that's only occasionally, it's mostly his sword Tetsaiga that keeps getting more transformations and level-ups, because it keeps getting more powers that makes it stronger and gives it more abilities, and I really enjoyed seeing that. Really guys, I was just so glad to actually see this and see it all the way to the end. I would honestly put this in my top 20 anime list because I just really enjoyed this so much. The dub as well as always is really fantastic too like Richard Ian Cox, Moneca Stori, Kirby Morrow, Kelly Sheridan and Jillian Michaels as Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Shippo. And, now that I'm finished with this series, I'm even more excited to get started on Yashahime, the sequel series to this and once I do eventually finish watching that, I'd love to make a review for it too. So, yeah, everyone, like I always say with these reviews. I do definitely recommend checking this out. I personally had a really great time with this and I'd really like to watch it all again some time. And so, everyone, that's my review of Inuyasha. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Thor: Love And Thunder teaser

So guys, a while ago, we finally got the first teaser for Thor: Love And Thunder. I was honestly pretty surprised we did, but I was super happy when I saw it. Like I said, this is definetly my most anticipated M.C.U movie this year and, while there are a few things in this I'm a little concerned about, there are still some amazing things. For one, we're getting to see more of Thor with the Guardians which is obviously something I'm really excited for, and we see that this is gonna be another really weird M.C.U movie, which was one of the best aspects about Thor: Ragnarok, and the actual look of this film is really insane and weirdly colourful, and I like how it's embracing really weird comic book ideas, which, again, it could be following the same vain as Ragnarok and I'm excited to see what Taika Waititi does with that. But, the biggest new part of this is that we see Natalie Portman in this as Jane again as Lady-Thor, and, this is actually the one thing I'm a little concerned about because we see her in the suit and, I don't know if it's the look of the suit or the way she looks or the way it's shot, but something about the way we see her in costume is a little weird. I dunno why, just something about is a little off to me. But, either way, I am still excited to see her back in this properly and I'm just really excited to see what kinda direction this takes. And so, here it is and I hope you all like it.

Kingdom Hearts 20th anniversary announcement trailer and my thoughts

GUYS, THIS IS SO UNREAL. TODAY WAS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT OF KINGDOM HEARTS AND WE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEWS FROM IT. WE GOT MORE UPDATES FOR KINGDOM HEARTS: DARK ROAD, A BRAND NEW IPHONE GAME CALLED KINGDOM HEARTS: MISSING LINK, AND, THE BIGGEST NEWS IN A LONG TIME, WE HAVE CONFIRMATION OF A KINGDOM HEARTS 4. I SWEAR, I CANNOT CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT AND DISBELIEF. WE ALSO GOT NEW ARTWORK FROM TETSUYA NOMURA HIMSELF AND WE HAVE AN ENTIRELY NEW LOOK FOR SORA. AND HE LOOKS INSANELY DIFFERENT. WE'VE NEVER SEEN SORA LOOK THIS DIFFERENT BEFORE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT MORE WE SEE FROM IT IN THE FUTURE. IT'S MORE THAN LIKELY NOT COMING OUT FOR A LONG WHILE LIKE KINGDOM HEARTS 3, BUT STILL, THE FACT THAT WE EVEN HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF NEW INFO IS INCREDIBLE. AND SO, HERE'S THE TRAILER AND I ALSO INCUDED MY MORE IN DEPTH THOUGHTS VIDEO I DID EARLIR. AGAIN, ME AND SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT WE SAW TODAY. AND SO, HERE IT IS AND I HOPE YOU ALL LIKE THIS.

My Meliodas and Moroha collectibles (Review)

So, guys, again, haven't gotten any anime collectibles in a while due to trying to save some money, but, recently, I was able to find some really good collectibles for both Meliodas and Moroha. As you all already know, I really like The Seven Deadly Sins, but for Moroha, that's something I've never spoken about before and that's because she's from the sequel series to Inuyasha, Yashahime. I'm actually in the middle of watching Inuyasha and I'm almost finished and I'm hoping to do a review of it once I'm done. But as for Moroha and Yashahime as a whole, I've currently only watched a couple of dubbed clips on YouTube and I honestly really love her and her English dub voice especially and so, after seeing a cool collectible of her in my local Forbidden Planet, I just wanted to get her. And, I was also just happy to find any collectible of Meliodas because it felt it would be kinda difficult to get one of him or, really, just anyone from the series, but thankfully I did and I'm really happy with it. And so, here it is and I hope you all like this.

Turning Red

So, guys, we've reached the newest of the Pixar movies, Turning Red. This was honestly a movie I initially wasn't very excited for. The premise didn't interest me all that much and the trailers didn't impress me much either. But, the reception I was hearing was making me more hopeful. And, in the end, while I don't think I can say I loved it, I definitely enjoyed it more than I thought I would. That's not to say it doesn't have any problems and I don't think it's one of Pixar's best, but my thoughts are definitely more positive than I was expecting. Also, like always this will have no spoilers for the first part then I'll get into all the spoilers after a warning. So, what's the story? It follows a girl named Meilin who's now becoming a teenager and is trying to become her own person but is constantly doing everything her mother wants her to do and she struggles to get her real thoughts out to her. But, one day, when her favourite band is coming to town, she suddenly realises she has an ability to turn into a red panda whenever her emotions get riled up. And, after she gets embarrassed in front of her school bully, she finds it difficult to suppress the power. So, now, she tries to find a way to get rid of this power while also trying to be able to go to the concert. So, yeah, as a plot, it seems fairly simple and there are times when the story does follow a similar formula, but I personally think a big part of what makes this movie so enjoyable is, one, the pacing for the most part is really good and I think they do a good job making sure every character has a good motivation in this. And the second thing that I think helps make this movie stand out is the animation style. I know I always praise Pixar for its animation, and rightfully so, but the animation style in this one is very unique, even by Pixar standards. Sure, the way they do character animation is amazing, but they do very different and unique things in this one that I don't has ever been done before in a Pixar movie and I really enjoyed it. I like seeing Disney and Pixar trying different things in their movies and this one I think does that really well. I also did enjoy the characters in this. I thought some of them, for instance, Meilin herself, were gonna be kinda annoying or cringe-worthy, but they were all really good and likeable. I especially thought the relationship between Meilin and her friends was gonna be kinda weird and cringey, but I thought it was really charming and the friends themselves were pretty funny too. Speaking of, the movie is pretty funny and I was surprised by how many adult jokes are in this. It gets pretty adult and there are some things in this that I can't believe were actually allowed in this. But that's something I love about Pixar movies, when they can sneak in these adult references and still get away with it and make it funny. I also appreciated that the story for this was fairly small scaled compared to a lot of Disney and Pixar movies. Sure, there are some things that are bigger than you might expect, but unlike something like Raya And The Last Dragon, which was all about stopping an evil from wiping out everyone on Earth, this one is just about a girl wanting to go to a concert while trying get rid of this power. Sure, the whole panda aspect makes it more than that, but still. As far as the characters themselves, I don't think any of them are some of Pixar's best, but I did still like them. I thought Meilin's arc was also pretty well realised with this being a coming of age story and I think it was well done. And, like I said, I feel like they did a good job making sure everyone had a motivation in this. It even kinda quickly helps smaller characters because there are some in here that I was kinda worried about for not having a lot of screen time originally, but then they fix that by giving them a good amount of screen time later. I also liked how this didn't have a villain in it. I can appreciate that it didn't need that. Sure, there's the bully at Meilin's school, but he's not in this for very long, and I feel like that part made more sense than in something like Luca because he's just a kid, so it makes more sense. Really I just feel like this movie did a great job at diverting my original expectations. I just like how it was able to do that. But, with all that said, is it perfect? No, there are a couple of things I didn't necessarily like. The biggest one I can think of is that the plotting, while it did surprise me with how different it does a few things, it does still follow a familiar formula. For the most part, you can pretty much tell what's gonna happen, but I do still like how there are some changes in there. I think a good example of a Pixar movie following a familiar formula but still feeling very fresh is Coco. But the way this movie does it, again, is mostly really good. And there are some things in this that don't really make sense. That part isn't anything huge or anything, but there some things, mainly the way some characters act, that is kinda unnatural. But, with all that said, I'm really happy with this movie. Again, I don't see it as anything amazing by Pixar standards, but I was still completely satisfied with this experience and I would highly recommend checking it out if you have Disney+. And so, everyone, those are my thoughts on Turning Red. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think. Okay, now we're gonna head into the spoilers. If you don't want anything spoiled, go watch it then read the rest of this.

Spoilers:

Okay, so there isn't that much to talk about in the spoiler section, just a few points. I guess the first would be the whole aspect about Meilin and her friends using her transformation powers to raise money for that concert while also trying to keep everything regarding that a secret from her mother. Again, while stuff like that is stuff I've seen before, I think this version of it is done well enough to keep it entertaining and fun to watch. Though, the whole thing of the other students accepting the fact that Meilin could do all this is what I was talking about before with some character's actions being a bit unnatural, but I guess this isn't the kinda movie that wants to delve into that aspect that much. I also liked the idea that Meilin couldn't exactly control herself while she was a panda the whole time and that led to some pretty surprising moments like when she attacks Tyler. And towards the end during the whole ritual, I wasn't entirely sure what was gonna happen there because at that point, I kinda assumed anything could happen. But I like how even at the end, Meilin still didn't go through with it and it does do a good job as it makes sense for her character arc. And, at the end, I was pretty surprised her mother became that gigantic red panda. And it was a fun climax in that concert when they tried to stop her. And it was a fun way to end it and I liked how the grandmother and aunts had to become red pandas to help too. A lot of that part reminded me a lot of anime transformations, but it was really cool. And, that's really about it. Again, there wasn't really much to talk about with the spoilers, but I still really enjoyed this. And so, everyone, that's my review of Turnng Red. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

The Batman

So, everyone, we've finally reached the newest iteration of a live action Batman movie, The Batman. I was really excited for this film. Sure, I was a little cautious, but I was more excited than nervous and I was loving the trailers that were making this look really cool. And, I was after hearing some great things about the film before the release date and that was making it even better. So, I was able to see it on Friday and a friend of mine and I were talking for ages beforehand about how excited we were for it. And, so, in the end, what'd I think of it? Not gonna lie, this is honestly my all time all favourite Batman movie. I've personally never been the biggest fan of any live action Batman movies, but this one is the one exception, I loved The Batman and it is definitely my favourite Batman movie. I just adored this so much and I love how this is easily the most different comic book movie I've seen in a long time. There was just so much I loved in this and it had so many amazing aspects about it. And, like always, I'm going no spoilers for the first part and then we'll go into all of them after a warning. So, what's the story? In Gotham, Batman, played by Robert Pattinson, has been around for two years and is wondering what he can do for the crime rate in the city. And now, he's having to deal with a new killer called the Riddler, played by Paul Dano. So now, him and Gordon, played by Geoffry Wright, are on the hunt to find him and stop whatever he's doing. While that's going on, Bruce is also trying to investigate a woman named Selena Kyle, played by Zoe Kravitz, who's working for the Penguin, played by Colin Farrel. So, I'm gonna stop there. So, immediately, this might feel like getting into it really fast, but the first big thing I need to commend about this movie is the direction. This was directed by Matt Reeves, who did an absolutely phenomenal job directing this movie. There're so many amazing bits of direction throughout the entire movie. Just from the way the movie is shot and all the colours in those shots make this movie the best looking Batman movie I've ever seen. Again, like I said, I've never been a huge fan the previous Batman movies, but this one was made so well that I have to commend it for that. Something else that's very unique about this film is the fact that it leans heavily into the detective aspect of Batman, something we've never seen before in a Batman film and this one delves into that aspect so much and does it in some really fascinating and genius ways. The story's also filled with so many amazing twists that I didn't expect. There's like three really big twists in this that I didn't see coming and all of it is weaved into the plot fantastically. Just the different ways it tells its story makes it insanely intriguing. Now, we gotta talk about the cast. I know a lot of people were kinda sceptical about Robert Pattinson as Batman originally, but I'm saying this right now. After seeing the film and his performance, he's honestly my favourite live action Batman. I know a lot of people like Ben Affleck and Christian Bale, but, in terms of the live action versions of this character, Pattinson I would say is now my favourite. I thought he did a fantastic job as Batman and Bruce Wayne. Just in terms of getting all of Batman's core aspects correctly and the way he handled himself, I thought he did just an absolutely phenomenal job. The rest of the cast is just as fantastic, Andy Serkis as Alfred is terrific, Geoffry Wright is amazing as Gordon, Zoe Kravitz, Colin Farrel, Paul Dano, John Tuturro, they all do fantastically. Something else that was really cool to see were the different gadgets Batman uses. Just the new kind they introduce in this movie that was never really seen before was amazing to see in live action. I also feel like this film handled things we've seen Batman do before in other movies in different and unique ways and I felt, again, that it helped differentiate it from other comic book movies. I also loved the different ways Batman was having to solves different riddles from the Riddler. I always find those kinda solving mystery things interesting in movies like this and this one does it so well. I also feel like this might be my favourite Batsuit. Over the past few years, aside from the Ben Affleck Batsuit, I've kinda noticed that a lot of the live action ones have been kinda weird, but this one does look really cool and, and I think I said this before, but this Batsuit looks a lot more manoeuvrable. Also, and I don't think this really counts as a spoiler, but something I was surprised by is the fact that we barely see Bruce Wayne in this. He's mostly just Batman the whole time. I didn't expect that at all. I don't think that's a really a spoiler, but, yeah, that was a little weird. That's nothing against this movie, just something I wanted to point out. And, in terms of the action, yeah, it's also fantastic here. We saw a good amount of it in the trailers, and it was done beautifully. Just from the way it was shot the different ways the characters do different things just made it so much fun to watch. My favourite was probably the Batman and Penguin car chase scene we saw in the trailers. Again, amazingly put together and really well thought out. The film, as you'd expect is also pretty dark and, while I personally was never really scared of anything in this, there are some parts I can imagine being pretty terrifying for other people, especially the first few minutes of this. So, honestly guys, this was a super, super satisfying experience for me. As a fan of Batman, I was really happy with this a lot. I also feel like this did great to alter my perception of comic book movies, because, honestly, this movie took the idea of a comic book movie and comic book movie climaxes and just flipped the idea of both on its head for me, and I loved it for that and I absolutely can't wait to see it again. And, yeah, is this totally a movie you should definitely check out. And so, everyone, that's my review for The Batman. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Spoilers:

Okay, so, there's a good amount to talk about in the spoiler section. The first thing I wanna discuss is the first shot when we see someone spying inside a house and we learn that it's Riddler spying on a mayor who Riddler then kills. Again, just amazingly directed with how we spend on that shot from his point of view and then when he actually kills him, it's pretty intense. And that's when we see Batman for the first time fighting that gang like we saw in the trailer but then we get that scene where they're investigating the crime scene like we saw in the trailers too and we get to see that the police don't trust Batman yet and it's really just Gordon who does and that was great. And, like I was saying, some of the gadgets we see Batman use were great. The main one I was talking about were those camera lens things he could put into his eyes that could record what he was seeing. And, again, the different riddles that they were having to solve were fun to watch, especially the one with that USB stick. It was creepy with that scene, but cool to see them figure it out. And that whole scene in the police station was cool too with Batman being surrounded by those police and then he and Gordon make a plan to get out of there and another great new thing we see here is when he jumps off the building, he uses some glider suit to glide through the air instead of using his cape and it was really unique. And then the following car chase with Batman and Penguin was really fun and riveting. And then, I like how we discover Riddler's plan and motivation. I know something like this was discussed in the Dark Knight movies with the corruption of the police and things like that that's used here too, but I honestly found it more interesting here and it's interesting that that's part of Riddler's motivation. And then, and this is what I meant when I was talking about some great twists in the movie, we eventually learn that Thomas and Martha Wayne we actually did some bad things as well that they tried to hide from the public like Thomas hiring Falcone to kill someone and other things like that like Martha being in Arkham Asylum. And we get an amazing scene with Bruce and Alfred in the hospital where he tries to explain everything to him. That part right there is where I felt Robert Pattinson and Andy Serkis were both incredible in this. Speaking, I like how a lot of Pattinson's performance in this had a lot to do with him just looking at people. That's a big aspect to Batman's character and he did it great. And then, another big twist is when we find out that Falcone is actually Selina's dad. I didn't see that coming at all either and I felt it added a lot to the end of the movie when Selina is about to kill him and Bruce stops her. And really, just how a lot of these plotlines are brought together at the end is really smart. And, in terms of something like the prison scene after the Riddler's captured, that scene in particular, I thought Paul Dano did a great job with showing how psychotic and unhinged he really is and then we get the biggest part of the movie where Riddler's plan is revealed to destroy the dam around Gotham and flood it. And we even get some fights there where Batman is against some of Riddler's followers and that even had some great small moments there as well like when one of the guys says "I'm vengence" and Batman gets really surprised to hear him say that and he just looks at him. But then, as soon as Batman helps some people, the climax is over. That's what I meant when I said the climax of this movie takes the idea of a traditional comic book movie climax and just flips it on its head because that's usually not how these kinda things work, but this movie makes it work because this is a different kind of comic book movie and I like how it stuck to its tone of being a super dark and ground detective mystery that took itself seriously. And, another amazing moment that I really loved was towards the end when he's helping a woman to a helicopter strecher and she keeps holding onto him and doesn't want to let go. I thought that was really powerful and did a lot for this movie. Given eveything this movie was setting up, that little moment I thought did great to convey it even more. In terms of the scene where Riddler is in prison and he talks to someone there, that was pretty cool, although, a little confusing because we don't see who it is. It's more than likely Joker, but we never see him and I was really hoping we wouldn't see Joker in this. I know we don't technically see him, but I was really hoping we wouldn't see the Joker in a movie again because I feel like that's been overused too much. But, we'll just have to see what happens with that next and I really hope we get more sequels for this movie because I loved this movie so much. Again, I'm really, really happy with how this movie turned out and it's amazing to think that a movie like this and Spider-Man: No Way Home both happened during Coronavirus and they still managed to make movies this amazing. I'm just really excited to see this movie again and I still believe everyone involved did an incredible job. And so, everyone, that's my review of The Batman. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Trigun (Anime Review)

All right guys, so going back to my anime reviews again is actually one that I finishd back in 2020 and have mentioned a couple of times on here, Trigun. My brother actually had this series on DVD and that's how I watched it originally. The reason it's taken me this long to do a review of it is because I wanted to rewatch it just to familiarise myself with it better.  But, yeah this a series I really, really, really enjoyed the first time and I still really enjoy it. I first heard about this show from some people on YouTube and my brother already had it so I wanted to try it out myself. So I watched the whole thing in October 2020 and really liked it. Also, like always, this will have all the spoilers for the series so if you wanna see the series yourself, go watch it and then come back here. All right, so, the basic plot is that it's set in a desert wasteland where there's bounty hunters and loads of crimes all over the place. And, one of the most wanted people is a guy named Vash The Stampede who's said to be really dangerous, but as we later come to understand, there's a lot more to him and there's a ton of people after him. So the series centres around Vash going to one location to another doing whatever while two agents of an insurance society named Meryl and Milly keep running into him. And that's a very barebones version of the plot, but there's a lot more to it than that. So, immediately, the first thing I really enjoyed here was that it was extremely funny. The beginning of this series in particular is really comedic and I loved it. Vash himself made me laugh a lot. I thought he was hilarious. And the rest of the characters also had a lot of really funny moments too. And it was fun following these characters around, seeing the different situations they always landed themselves in. And it was a lot of fun seeing the different character dynamics and interactions between them. And so, the comedy and all that definitely carried a lot of the beginning of the series, but then, as we get more and more into it, it becomes so much more. We learn more about the characters, especially Vash himself and we learn to really feel for him. It's nice following him from the beginning of the series in a funny way, but then we begin to feel more and more sorry for him when we eventually begin to learn more about his past and learn things like how he's not a human and he's some plant creation thing who's over a hundred years old who values human life above everything and wants to preserve as much life as possible. And when we learn more and more about his backstory, it's really tragic. I remember thinking to myself the first time I watched it that the show became a lot more depressing than I thought it was gonna be. But that's good because it helps us care for these characters a lot more. And it makes it even better when we see things like Vash being serious and mature. I love it when he's funny too, but it's nice to see him have a very serious side to him too and most of that is due to his past that has to do with being created in space and having some friends there like a woman named Rem who taught him and his brother Knives about Earth and all that. And it's tragic seeing Knives see things like some people on the ship their on being bad and him only seeing people as horrible as well so he begins to make a plan to kill everyone there. And it makes you feel more and more sorry for Vash who's trying to preserve as much life as possible like I said and then to suddenly have this happen to him is really sad and it actually does pave the way to showing how cruel and awesome Knives is as a villain. And I like when we start getting more involved with Vash's story with that as well. When Knives keeps sending something bad to maybe kill Vash and he begins to suspect that everything bad that always happens is because of him and you do feel sorry for him. I think a good example of that is when Vash goes to some spaceship in the sky to meet some people but then some people there begin to die, especially one guy who was beginning to trust him and that just keeps going and going for the rest of the episodes. And we even get introduced to another important character near the start of the series named Wolfwood and I love a lot of the things with him too like his dynamic with Vash. They're really hilarious together and I love their relationship of acting like they don't like each other but still being good friends and relying on each other every once in a while. And I personally really like when Vash, Meryl, Wolfwood and Milly almost kinda make a team and I really like the relationship they all share. But even that begins to take some bad turns when eventually Wolfwood is killed and this begins to make the three of them even worse. And, yeah, this is what I meant when I said the show is a lot more sad and depressing than I thought it was gonna be. A lot of the show is a great time to watch with a lot of comedic moments, but, there's also a lot of moments like this sprinkled in throughout that also makes it pretty sad to watch. I remember being fairly depressed when I saw this for the first time and that just goes to show how much this series makes you feel for these characters. And I especially love the ending when Vash decides to kill Knives just to make all this stop and the actual final battle with the two of them is a really incredible one. I've mentioned it before about how I personally feel like the final episode of this show is one of the best ones in any anime I've seen and I still believe that, I think they did a great job with the fight between the two of them. Really, the series is just constantly entertaining the whole way through and I really enjoyed watching it. Even in some parts that aren't necessarily important like when Vash meets up with someone he once knew who's now trying to kill him or the tiny arc when they're all on a train that gets highjacked, even if they're not that substantial to the overall plot, they're still so entertaining and well made that I could watch this series over and over and not get tired of them. But even then, they do still help show the character's personalities like Vash's compasion to other people or his worry of never wanting to kill anyone. And, honestly, I think this is just a really underrated anime. I know a lot of people like it, but I don't think it's appreciated enough. It has a lot of great moments, characters you really like and even though it was made in the ninties, it's really aged great and, like I've been saying a lot recently, I feel like this is another great series to binge-watch and, as per usual, the dubbing in this is fantastic, especially with the main four. This was actually Johnny Yong Bosch's first voice acting job for an anime and he did a phenominal job as Vash here. Like always, whenever Bosch is in an anime, you know he's gonna be incredible and he absolutely is here. And others like Jeff Nimoy as Wolfwood, Dorothhy Elias as Meryl and Lia Sargent as Milly all do great jobs too. I just had a really great time with this series and I would go so far as to say it's in my top 15 anime's of all time. So, yeah, I would totally recommend this series. I had a great time with it the first time and rewatching it was still a lot of fun. And so, guys, those are my thoughts on Trigun. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness trailer

So guys, for the recent Super Bowl yesterday, we got a few new trailers that came from it and the biggest one for me was the one for Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness. I mentioned before how this was one of my most anticipated movies of this year and this trailer proved why that is. I mentioned how it looks like we could be getting a lot more new characters brought into the M.C.U thanks to this and it looks like we actually are getting them like I think we actually got Professor Xavier in this. And it looks like it's Patrick Stewart again, which is incredibly exciting and it looks like Wanda may turn evil in this briefly. And the visuals looks like they're taking what the first film started and making them even more insane. And the different indicators to what this film is going to be is really cool and I can't wait to see who else they bring in here. And so, here it is and I hope you all like this.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime Review)

So, guys, I'm back with anime review. I know I'm becoming really inconsistent with these anime reviews and I'm not really doing them as a series and more just kinda doing them at random, but I do want to get back to doing a series of these again. Anyway, this time, I'm covering the series I finished just today, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. This is another super popular series that began in 2019 and it's an adaptation of the Shonen Jump manga by Koyoharu Gotouge and I finally finished the first season just today. This is a series I've wanted to watch for a long while because I'd heard nothing but great things about it. But, for the longest time, whenever I tried to get it on either DVD or Blu-Ray, it either wasn't here or was too expensive with only being collector's editions. But, more often than not, it just wouldn't be here. But, eventually, I was able to find it on Netflix and the entire first season was there. So, on Tuesday, I got started on it and I just finished it this morning. And, in the end, yeah, I really, really enjoyed it. I will admit, when it started, I wasn't that big of a fan. I liked it fine but the first couple of episodes weren't exactly doing it for me, even though I thought they were fine. But after those first few episodes, it picked up considerably and once it did, I was immediately hooked. I've really enjoyed what I've seen so far and I see why people love it so much. I don't think I loved it the same way everyone else did, but still, I really enjoyed this first season. So, let's just get into this. Also, as per usual, this will have all the spoilers so don't read this if you're interested to see this and don't wanna know anything. So the basic plot is that the main protagonist is a kid named Tanjiro who, after his family gets killed by a demon aside from his sister who's turning into a demon, now wants to do everything he can to turn her back to normal. The only way he can think to do that is to become a Demon Slayer, a group of people who specialise in hunting demons using special swords and sword techniques. So Tanjiro travels to a man who teaches him a water style of sword fighting and now he's filling out a whole bunch of missions for the Demon Slayer Corp while still trying to find a way to turn his sister, named Nezuko, back to normal. So, that's the basic plot, but believe me when I say a lot happens in this show. So, like I what I was saying a second ago, the first few episode, mainly the parts where Tanjiro was travelling to the man's house and the training there, while not bad, didn't interest me all that much. But as soon as Tanjiro went to the selection exam and got his own sword and began fulfilling missions for the Demon Slayer Corp, that's when I really to get intrigued. I really liked the characters more afterwards and I thought they were becoming more interesting. Tanjiro himself was also sticking out to me more and I grew to really like him. He actually started to remind me Deku from My Hero Academia. Just with the way he acted and the mannerisms and all sorts of things like that, yeah, he just started remind me of him after a while. But he does still feel like his own character and I really enjoyed him. The series is also really, really hilarious. This is probably one of the funniest anime's I've seen in a long time. And I didn't expect it to have as much comedy in it as much as it does. I'd say easily the funniest character is a guy named Zenitsu. This guy who's a member of the Corp like Tanjiro and is the same age but is also a huge coward and is obsessed with girls so he's always screaming and chasing after them. Just watch this.

And yeah, that whole stuff with him is so hilarious. I also like Inosuke, this crazy moron who's always wearing a boar head and has two swords. The three of them then kinda form into a team and I really liked the three of them together. But, even before the three of them meet up, the missions Tanjiro goes on are fun, although, yeah, being an anime, there's some incredibly brutal stuff. Honestly, some of the most brutal stuff I think I may have ever seen in a Shonen Jump series. A lot of the time, Tanjiro and the others are having to fight demons and a lot of the fights can be insanely bloody and insanely violent. No, it's nothing that extreme when compared to R rated anime like Berserk or Attack On Titan, but it's actually pretty close, I'm not gonna lie. And the action scenes are just amazing. I haven't mentioned this yet, but this is easily one of the best looking anime's I've ever seen. This was made by Studio Ufotable and they really knocked this out of the park because the style for this show is incredible. Whenever Tanjiro or any of the other characters use their sword techniques, it looks unbelievable. I don't know what technique they used to for those scenes but it looks phenomenal. Tanjiro uses a a technique called Water Breathing and so water sorta appears from his sword when he's attacking and the look of it is like nothing I've ever seen before. It's a style I've never heard of before either and I really loved it. And a lot of the fights are insanely creative as well. Tanjiro is really clever in a fight and a lot of the time, he has to adapt in a fight to know how to beat his opponents. And the demons themselves as well are really cool and creative, but they're also really interesting and complex too. They do all these horrible things like murdering innocents but some are also really tragic and you do feel sorry for some of them. Or at least you kinda before they sorta slip into a murderous state again and so it kinda creates this thought that you don't really know how to feel about them. And, really, like I was saying I really like the missions that Tanjiro goes on, especially one in particular where he goes to a town in Tokyo and discovers a woman there who's also a demon but can also control herself and is good. I really like Tanjiro talking to her and it's also there where we meet Muzan Kibutsuji, the main villain of the whole series but then Tanjiro finds out he has a family and can't find it in him to kill him then and there but then he's able to turn another person into a demon as a distraction. So, yeah, I'm curious to know what's happening there. Whether or not he's legitimately trying to have a normal family or if it's just some cover up is questionable but then he gathers members of his demon group together and he brutally murders a whole bunch of them. So, yeah, it's more than likely that he is just horrible guy, but we don't entirely know yet. And I really loved the part where Tanjiro first meets Zenitsu and Inosuke in that house and they have to save a family while fighting a demon who can make the house move in crazy ways. I really enjoyed that part. And then towards the end of season 1, we get to see Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke get trained by a woman from the Corp and so they're able to get stronger. Speaking of, we even get to meet the Corp itself with its Hashira members, as in the strongest members. And, yeah, some are likeable and some are hateable so there's a variety of different characters there too. And I really liked the training part of Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke getting stronger and their personalities really shine through here like Tanjiro's kindness and determination, Zenitsu's cowardliness but also his resolve to become stronger and Inosuke's craziness and stupidity, it was just a lot of fun to watch. But then the very end of it has the three of them, along with Nezuko getting on a train to face off another demon which leads to the recent Demon Slayer movie, Mugen Train. And it's interesting that the continuation of the series after this point is a movie. I haven't read the manga yet but I'm interested to know if the whole movie is from the manga. I'm pretty sure they've also made Season 2 and are making Season 3 at the moment. So, I'm interested to watch all of that and keep going with the series. And I'm especially interested to see how many seasons there actually will be because the manga is actually finished already. And I find it interesting that the manga has already been completed because it's not long at all. It's only 23 volumes long and finished around September a few months ago. So, yeah, if it keeps this level of quality for the rest of the series, I'm really excited to see more. And the dub for this series is great too like Zach Aguilar, Aleks Le and Bryce Papenbrook as Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke. They're all really likeable, charming and hilarious in their own right. So, yeah, I'm really excited to see more when more dubbed episodes come out and when the anime does end and I finish watching all the dubbed episodes, I might make a part 2 to this. So, yeah, I definitely recommend checking this series out. I feel like it's another great anime to binge watch. And so, everyone, those are my thoughts on Demon Slayer. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.