Less Action, More Drama: A look on the first 40 episodes of Voltes V Legacy

07/03/2023 04:55:47 PM

Screenshot from Voltes V Legacy Episode 40 (GMA Network, obtained via YouTube)

2023 became a year for all nostalgia lovers. It was Christmas in Summer as Voltes V Legacy finally made it to the screens after almost a decade of being “in the works.” The celebrated cinematic action-drama television series debuted on 8 May 2023, sparking nationwide debate and massive raves among fans of the hit 1977 Japanese Anime series. This adaptation is reported to air 80 episodes in 16 weeks (four months).

 

The past Friday saw the broadcast of the 40th episode technically means we are now halfway through the entire program. That prompted me to ask: How's Voltes V Legacy been doing so far?

Newsletter: Give glory to Magic’s oldest villains in Phyrexia: All Will Be One

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Wizards of the Coast will be launching  Phyrexia: All Will Be One, the latest set for the world’s best trading card game, Magic: The Gathering. The third instalment to the four-part Phyrexian storyline, Phyrexia: All Will Be One will see players experience the beauty and horror of the Phyrexians as Magic’s oldest, most memorable villains, pursue their plans to take over the multiverse. The set contains 271 cards and is available to play on tabletop from 10 February onwards. 

Newsletter: Like a Dragon: Ishin! will release on 2/22/2023 (Wed), Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, and Like a Dragon 8 is Officially Confirmed!

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SEGA has published the latest information on the titles announcements made by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio at the RGG Summit 2022 / Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio New Release Presentation, which was held  9/14/2022 (Wed).

Newsletter: SEGA intros Sonic Frontiers

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Zoom through a vast archipelago with Sonic's supersonic speed in Sonic Frontiers, a boundless action-adventure game! An all-new adventure begins on Starfall Islands, an unknown area where an ancient civilization sleeps.

This title will be released for PlayStation®5/ PlayStation®4/ Nintendo Switch™/ Xbox Series X|S/ Xbox One/ PC (Steam) on November 8, 2022 (Tue).

Story

Starfall Islands, a land forgotten by all.

While following traces of the Chaos Emeralds, Sonic, Amy, and Tails head towards the Starfall Islands. However, trouble erupts as they approach the island in the trusty Tornado. A wormhole appears in the sky and sucks Sonic in, separating him from his friends!

When Sonic wakes up, he finds himself stuck in “Cyber Space”. His surroundings resemble a place he's familiar with, but everything is digital...

Sonic manages to escape Cyber Space and wakes up on Kronos Island, one of the Starfall Islands. The island is home to ruins filled with ancient mysteries and eerie enemies.

Guided by a mysterious voice, Sonic begins to search for his friends.

Characters

Sonic the Hedgehog

A supersonic hedgehog who is second to none in speed.

Sonic and his friends arrive at the Starfall Islands while following traces of the Chaos Emeralds, but they get separated from each other.

Guided by a mysterious voice, he starts running around the island to search for them.

Sage

A mysterious girl on Starfall Islands. She appears before Sonic, warning him to leave the islands on several occasions.

Amy Rose

A kind girl who whole-heartedly chases after Sonic.

Amy gets trapped in Cyber Space, transforming her body into an intangible, “digitized” state.

In this form, she is able to converse with the Koco, and she helps the ones who are lost.

Koco

Mysterious creatures that live on the Starfall Islands.

They tag along with the spinning Sonic.

It seems that a lot of the Kocos are lost.

Experience the next generation of stage-clearing action!

This title features the next generation of stage-clearing action by incorporating everything in the game into a seamless “playable world map”.

There are many Challenges scattered across the islands, so you can enjoy high-velocity gameplay without being bound to the confines of a “course”. The map is packed with tons of other things to do, such as Battles, Puzzles, Side Quests, and Cyber Space levels, and how you proceed is entirely up to you!

A "Sonic-like" Battle System 

String-up combos in high-velocity battles unique to Sonic!

Combine Dodges, Parries, Counters, Special Moves, and other actions to exhibit your technical mastery in highly strategic battles!

Enjoy Conventional Speed-Running in Cyber Space

Hidden in the ruins scattered across the Starfall Islands are entrances to Cyber Space, an area created by an ancient civilization. In these levels generated from Sonic's memories, you can enjoy the traditional, high-velocity speed-running of the series.

Title	Sonic Frontiers
Release Date	November 8, 2022 (Tue)
Platform	PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Nintendo Switch™, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC（Steam） *Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC versions will be digital only.
Languages	■PlayStation®5 / PlayStation®4 Audio: Japanese, English Text: Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese (Traditional, Simplified) ■Nintendo Switch™ Audio: Japanese, English Text: Japanese, English ■Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / Steam Audio: Japanese, English Text: Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese (Traditional, Simplified),
Website	https://asia.sega.com/SonicFrontiers/en/
SEGA Asia Facebook	https://www.facebook.com/sega.asia.EN
Sonic The Hedgehog Facebook	https://www.facebook.com/SonicOfficial.asia
SEGA ASIA BLOG	https://asiablog.sega.com/?lang=en
Copyright	ⒸSEGA

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Flick ReView: Red Notice

11/28/2021 11:23:27 AM

Red Notice poster (IMDB)

For a movie that has three of today's biggest stars in Hollywood, Red Notice appears to be larger than life and the paper. And after a series of overwhelmingly plot twists, they tried. It was highly entertaining, proven that you quit sitting in your brain for nearly two hours. 

Vans Musicians Wanted hits global expansion this 2020!

09/14/2020 05:19:00 PM

Vans is staging a worldwide music competition for all genres beginning this month.

Flick ReView: MARIA

05/26/2019 09:51:13 PM

Maria official movie poster (IMDB)

It seems to me that VIVA Films has been producing some of the high-quality local movies recently. Buy Bust somehow raved for its grotesque and proved Anne Curtis can be a tough ass-kicking agent, plus Arjo Atayde being such a devilish guy as a character actor.

Flick ReView: BuyBust

08/03/2018 02:42:18 AM

One of BuyBust's official movie posters. (Obtained thru IMDb)

We have seen a sudden influx of resurgence of action movies in the current landscape of Philippine movies since earlier this decade. For one moment we thought of kingpins and hoodlums being showcased (with a glimpses of glorifying) the reasons beneath the crimes; and the next time around we just witnessed a perspective-twisting kind of crime thrillers (hey, who said we need spirits and ghosts to create horror-like films?).

Flick Review: ON THE JOB

9/29/2013 11:28:50 AM

"A likably rough-edged hitmen-vs-cops thriller." 

- Hollywood Reporter.

"Gritty, convoluted but steadily engrossing crime thriller from Filipino genre maven Erik Matti." 

--Variety

“On The Job, is no doubt, the best action movie at the present era of our (Philippine) cinema.” 

These are the usual words that I used to see from a lot of movie reviews, be it a legitimate critic or just an amateur from the bloggers’ circle. And come to think that noir poetry (or better known as “poverty porn”) is on the roll again, be it a Jessica Hagedorn book or a “Gates Of Hell” remark from Dan Brown.

Positive feedback aside, I used to wonder if Star Cinema marketed the movie enough since they tied-up with Erik Matti and Dondon Monteverede’s Reality Entertainment, the real group behind OTJ’s conceptualization-to-execution plan (and aside from the former’s celebration of their 20th anniversary). That is something I cannot tell since I don’t really watch the shows from channel 2; and since the time I realized the epidemic dumbness of the present mainstream.

But either way, that made my drive for curiosity to watch that film. Good thing that despite the time I only had in my hands (since only local “rom-com” movies and foreign action counterparts do last for more than a month in cinemas) – I still managed to watch “On The Job” at one of those movie houses in Eastwood City (at that moment, OTJ was only shown in 3 theatres – SM Fairview, Robinsons Galleria and Eastwood Cinemas).

Okay, after 121 minutes of thrilling action, I can only come up with a lot of words to tell about this movie.

Flick\Review: Iron Man 3

5/7/2013 12:12:03 AM

For the past few weeks, I managed to check out few of the most notable movies so far. First, G.I. Joe Retaliation, second is Oblivion, and for my third checklist – the third installment of the Iron Man series.

Iron Man 3, the third motion picture for the American superhero from Marvel comics, starred Robert Downey Jr. as the main title character, with Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, and Ben Kingsley. Produced by Marvel Studio’s Kevin Feige, directed by Shane Black, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.