When it comes to shonen manga, anime and games, there are few with as much knowledge and love as the Shonen Otaku. Join me as we look at all different varieties of action-packed media. Mostly games.
Sunday, April 6, 2025
TV Edits of the Viewtiful Joe anime: Episode 2
The second episode of Viewtiful Joe sees Hulk Davidson making a stop at Charles' home on his way to deliver Silvia to Jadow, but Joe catches up and fights Hulk
Saturday, April 5, 2025
TV Edits of the Viewtiful Joe anime: Episode 1
Starting off on episode 1 is the introduction. Silvia is kidnapped after Captain Blue is defeated by the evil leader of Jadow, Joe gets his V-watch and gets in some superhero action.
Friday, April 4, 2025
TV Edits of the Viewtiful Joe Anime: Introduction and blanket changes
The Viewtiful Joe anime is without a doubt the single greatest anime ever made, based on what was already the greatest game franchise ever made. It keeps the spirit of the games while changing the plot into a more streamlined narrative and follows up on some of the themes the games explore with how media and super hero stories can project passion and inspire others. It's a perfect anime, or at least the English version is.
The English version of the anime from Geneon has the talent of some of the best voice actors around and punches up the dialogue to make an already fairly self-aware and funny anime even funnier. This can probably be attributed to the dub being directed by Bob Bucholz, one of the most prominent English writers of the first two seasons of Digimon, as well as Duel Masters and Bobobo-Bo-Bo-Bobo, all shows that wouldn't be nearly as good without the English script.
While the English dub of the first half of the Viewtiful Joe anime doesn't change a lot, there were changes that had to be made because, like Digimon, it was on a Saturday morning broadcast, subjecting it to Broadcast, Standards and Practices, meaning things had to be adjusted to be allowed to air.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Sea of Thieves and the art of Psychological Warfare
As per the title, Sea
of Thives is a game of
thievery. It is a game of fighting and
stealing. You make friends and you make
enemies. The players fighting each other
is almost secondary a lot of the time, but when conflict arises you must come
out on top. Most players win the
traditional way: with cannons, guns and bombs, but an even better, more
effective, way of fighting others players is the less-direct art of
psychological warfare.
In the United
Kingdom there was an elite group of
psychological experts whose tactics were used to help cats get out of a
catatonic state. This tactic works just
as well with humans, but with the opposite effect: send normal-acting people
into a state in which they cannot function or are lacking in function.
This tactic can come in several different variations, but
before going out to fight, there are some things you must have prepared.
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Shonen Otaku Starts Streaming!
We all know I love sharing my games with others and I've always done that through my writing, but now I have another, additional way to show people all the different things games have to show us.
After figuring out the witchcraft that is streaming software, and after buying a capture card from someone in my local FGC community for cheap, I have started a Youtube channel to stream games on! Be sure to take a look if you want to see how I play fighting games, how I survive horror games and how I rule the Sea of Thieves as a mighty meme lord. It should be fun.
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