J's Chimes: Ookamisan To Shichinin No Nakamatachi

Oh boy, even the title is a mouthful... translated as Ookami (Wolf) And Her Seven Companions, this is one of the new animes debuted this season. And easily, you could see and hear familiar faces and voice actresses on this anime. The story goes about with a club named Otogi Bank that assists students with their problems and in return for their assistance when needed, thus it's like a loan institute for problems where you can get help and will have to repay back when their assistance is required. Ookami Ryouko is one of the club's member that specializes in solving and dealing with problems with brute force wherever fighting is necessary.


Two things that will attract a series of fans can be easily seen or heard when you actually watch this anime and came to me as a surprise too. Anime fans will straight away know the resemblance of Ookami with Taiga from the anime Toradora... with her seemingly similar attitude and characteristics... Not to mention the blonde hair but however was distinguished by her blossom and height which differentiated the two of them. There's even a bit of a similarities between the red hair girl and the anime Arakawa Under The Bridge... Well, there are many similarities for mostly all the characters.. The next surprise was that the voice actor is seemingly same as Misaka Mikoto from To Aru Kagaku No Railgun. Same to the narrator of this anime who voiced Kuroko... Such delights fans and may get them to love this anime somehow...


This anime is somewhat a comedic action anime but episode 1 doesn't impress me as much compared to other better animes this season like Highschool of The Dead to Amagami SS. But seriously one can't really judge it by only the introduction of this anime but rather how the storyline is and will continue next week... Hopefully it gets better.

J's Chimes: Security Is Important...

Time for a little video that will tickle your funny bones... One of the reason that I find this video interesting was that back then in the Army, am also doing security duties just like him with the metal detector and stuff. However we are told that if we were to find something suspicious hidden in a women's clothing or bags, thou shall not touch or search a female regardless. This funny video sure gets one laughing for the misdeeds the security guard has done to check for suspicious stuff only on a beautiful girl...

J's Chimes: The Dead Is Rising...

The brand new season brings about a much awaiting zombie apocalypse anime known as The Highschool Of The Dead. Dubbed as one of the Greatest Masterpiece for this season and perhaps this year, such has a weird combination of gore, carnage and 'up-skirts' of girl pantsu. Have been waiting this anime for a long time and it has finally arrived... Having played many games in relations to zombies and stuff, this is the must watch of all animes upcoming this season.


Having said, much of this zombie apocalypse stuff come from books to movies, games and such... One example of a console game would be Deadrising where survivors held up in a shopping mall. Coincidentally, the plot from the movie 'Dawn of the dead' is somehow being used. As for computer games, it would easily be Left 4 Dead in which many people loved. Highschool of the dead is taken from a manga and I would believe that the anime will follow the plot respectfully without fail.


Finally, to get you all fired up to watch this amazing anime this season, here's the opening intro for the anime 'Highschool Of The Dead'. By the looks of it, it seems fans will not be disappointed with its quality whatsoever as it looks really great. With that, you might also want to read the manga as it really is good... Time to barricade your doors and load your weapons cause here comes the anime you wouldn't want to miss...

J's Chimes: Cosfest Event Photographs

Cosfest has finally come to a closure yesterday and had finally uploaded the photographs for all to see. Somehow there seems to be a lot more cosplayers around this year pretty much thanks to the cosplay culture that is slowly but surely spreading to Singapore. In any case, this has been an eventful day for me as taking photographs from morning till the evening without rest is truly an experience I would not want to talk much about... However, there are plenty of good cosplayers around this year so it's a good sign though. Anyway, stay i tune with J's Chimes for more posts on the Cosfest 2010. To view the photos for the event, you can click on the link on the right taskbar or simply click to view them here.

J's Chimes: Youth Parade Cosmo 2010

The Youth Parade Cosmo 2010 in the Shine Youth Festival had finally concluded today with a couple of cosplayers here and there. I would probably believe that most cosplayers have gone to the Cosfest at downtown East instead as it's a bigger scale event than this. But in any case, there are a number of interesting things happening around Orchard Road with this event that brought about many onlookers trying to figure out why there is a sudden wave of cosplayers parading around Orchard Road... A small bazaar selling anime goodies and stuff are also setup below the new SCAPE Mall in Orchard Road.


What comes as a surprise for this event is the appearance of popular cosplayers Alodia & Ashley from the Philippines. This is probably the 3rd time I see them in Singapore after AFA 2009 and the cosplay competition. Indeed they are so popular that a bunch of photographers kept chasing them to take pictures.


The second surprise visit would be Gundam Exia by 00 Emotions. Once again, they are the most sought after for photos and stuff... The cosplayers later parade the streets of Orchard Road with plenty of curious onlookers. With such, that concludes my day at the festival because a downpour is coming the way. In addition, tomorrow will be any busy day at the Cosfest 2010 in Downtown East. For more photos of the Shine Youth Festival Cosplays and Events, please click on the link at the right taskbar or simply click here.

J's Chimes: Amagami SS

One of the most awaited anime for this new season is Amagami SS. Amagami was previously a PS2 game and also came out as a manga in the early days and then came the anime industry to make this into what you'd see today. Firstly check out this wonderful opening theme which somehow makes it to have quite a romance nostalgic feel to it. This anime certainly reminds me of the previous animes like Boys Be to Tokimeki Memorial Only Love.


My first impression on this anime was 'wow, it's gonna be good', considering it being a romance genre in which I loved so much. But as I watch more, I'd kinda fell in love with Amagami. The fact is that the situation in which the male protagonist experience is the same as me in many a ways:

- To have someone you love turning down on you
- To have not found an answer upon reflection of what you or she did wrong
- To be scared to fall in love again because of the past experience
- To experience new love once again as my heart got that feeling once again
- To only experience failure once again in the end when you'd try very hard to get close to someone you love.
- To experience the cold and loneliness of the harsh realities of life


Amagami SS has somehow kept me pondering about stuff in relations to one's love life... It is really not easy for us to express our love to someone else. If you'd compare us with people who are much more charismatic and likable or handsome kinda guy, we gonna lose out big time because of our difference in personalities. In the case of the male protagonist, it is hard for a normal person to confess to a girl whose popular in school. It saddens me to see the rejection part of the story as we'd truly understand how he feels. Seriously, spare a thought for people who fail in their relationships. We are humans after all.


Anyway, am eagerly waiting for the next episode to know how the story goes for the male protagonist... Also went in search of the manga and read a bit of it and is surprised of what's to come. However, the story in the anime has been dramatically changed and tweaked here and there so some things may differ entirely from the manga and of course the game. Let's all hope for a happy ending for this new romantic anime for this new season...

J's Chimes: Cosfest 2010

Yup... Once again Cosfest is back this coming weekend that will be taking place in D'Marquee at Downtown East. Programmes include Anime Karaoke Competition, World Cosplay Summit Singapore Finals, Graffiti Wall and Booths. There will also be a Cosplay Compettion and Cosplay Meet. Due to the fact it collides with the Shine Youth Festival this coming Saturday, it gets pretty annoying... In any case, this will be another big event of the year so powerup your cameras and ready your cards as phototaking will surely be a must in such events...

J's Chimes: Shine Youth Festival 2010

The Singapore Shine Youth Festival 2010 is coming up once again this coming Saturday at the New SCAPE Shopping Center located at Orchard Road. The main events takes place on the 3rd of July next month with plenty of performances, songs and of course.... Cosplays! However, it collides with the Cosfest 2010 which is happening this coming Saturday and Sunday too so you might wanna consider... Anyway, will be going to Shine first on Saturday and then Cosfest on Sunday (Since most of the best events would happen on Sunday...). More details on Cosfest on next post. Anyway, the Shine Youth Festival is of some priority first... Gonna do some photo taking then... For more details please click here.