Good news:

Just beat Persona 4...this time with the True Ending.

Bad news:

The San Francisco Giants lost a CRITICAL baseball game.

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Fuck you, Colorado. You jackasses ruined a perfectly good night. >:|||||||||||||

So, I'm looking up some Persona 4 vids on YouTube when I see the English voice-acted King's Game vid. I look at a comment on there from some dude going "Ugh, this sounds so much better in Japanese."

Cue Bullshit Alarm.

Me typing in response: "Then go play it in Japanese, you fuckin' weeaboo." Exact words, real talk, no mincing.

OK, time to get a little something off my chest...people need to cut the English voice actors a little slack. Sure, they tend to mess up on some games and anime and whatnot...a lot...but compared to the past ten years, I'd say they've improved a bit. I honestly did not mind a drunken Rise and a drunken Yukiko as portrayed by Laura Bailey and Amanda Winn Lee, respectively; hell, I actually think they pulled it off better than their seiyuu counterparts.

I also believe that there are some guys on both sides of the pond that could use a little work (I'm talking to both of you, Yuri Lowenthal and Tomokazu Seki; you both tend to overdo your shit a little too much). Sometimes I hear hams, sometimes I hear some good ones (see: Johnny Yong Bosch).

All in all, what I'm trying to say is: if you think you can do better, try contacting a talent agency and see if you can do a part in a game or anime. If you feel you can't, shut the hell up and leave it to the professionals.

Was there something wrong with Persona 4?

The characters seem alright; a pretty-boy hero (expected), his best friend (and possible closet fag), a green-jacketed tomboy, her semi-traditionalist hottie best friend, a sexually-confused delinquent, a former pop idol along the same vein as Athena Asamiya (except she doesn't fight), a moe detective, and...Teddie.

The story was interesting enough; people get pushed into TVs and killed by suppressed human thoughts given form. One of the characters takes it personally and decides to investigate. The rest is a bunch of high schoolers trying to solve a murder mystery. It's like Scooby-Doo meets SRS BSNS.

All the social links seem likable enough, too (Hello, Nurse forealz).

So...I don't get it. What's the problem?

Here you go!

For those that don't know, that's the Kamen Rider IXA belt from Kamen Rider Kiva. When I found out, I was all like, "Damn, did Keisuke Nago really not hit a chord with people?"

In any case, I went and snagged one. I honestly thought the IXA belt itself was pretty cool.

And this was just after I had missed out on getting one with her at Fanime.

...But I just thought of a good TV title with a "yaoi" moniker...

Kamen Rider: Yaoi Knight. XD

WRONG!!!



When I heard this for the first time, I practically just dropped my jaw on the floor. I honestly did not think that this could be done on two acoustic guitars.

And for comparison purposes, the original studio version by Metallica:

And I couldn't help but notice during the Chris/Sheva vs. Wesker/Jill fight that Jill sounded a little familiar...

First off, a little reference...



Gee, I wonder who that voice possibly belongs to...oh, wait...



So, this would make this the third PR alumnus (following both Johnny Yong Bosch and Dan Southworth) to be involved in a Capcom project, and the fourth American tokusatsu alumnus (don't forget Reuben Langdon!). Seems quite a few people at Capcom seem to remember the Saban-era Power Rangers a lot more than most folks. =P

...Or is the complete layout change at HJ--er, I mean Otaku Hero nothing more than some giant April Fool's joke orchestrated by Keith?

EDIT:

Turns out it wasn't a joke at all, and especially not done by Keith (he was actually pissed that it happened). Internet drama ensued.

...It seems that PR lives on for at least one more season.

http://forums.henshinjustice.com/showthread.php?p=605040&posted=1#post605040

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