THOU HAST BEEN WARNED.

throughout the 80s, more and more tapes of the same content came to America. In an time when Mario was king, anything from Japan was cool. America was addicted to anime. Manga came here around the same time. We just wanted more and more. Demand soon caught up with supply, and we were discussing the events over the water coolers and lunchrooms of the nation. Fast forward to the 90s. Manga, like the gaming industry, is about to be called a fad. That was until ’96, when DBZ comes out on Toonami. Pretty soon manga was cool again. It also lead to the formation of the manga genres, including harem (Tenchi, Love Hina); mecha (Evangelion, the Gundam series); and the very popular sports manga (Slam Dunk, The Prince of Tennis). A new generation of otaku enjoyed these jewels. A year later, Kishimoto-sensei first drew a young ninja with a pale body and a big heart. It would be another seven years until that ninja gains a chance in the spotlight. Bleach and One Piece were products of the last decade. All three showed up on Weekly Shonen Jump, and the rest was history. This is the golden age of the manga and anime industries. If you were with me so far, than I thank you by getting to the point. With all of the attention the Big Three are getting,  there is no room for anyone else (like Kimi no Iru Machi). Unless VIZ Media can learn to share the spotlight, then the recent action by the very people who owe the success of the Big Three to online popularity would find themselves in a empty sea.

(NOTE) I am sorry about the tardyness. I had to do something, and I was pretty much occupied…

Yuzuki, who is not a goddess, played Haruto like a fiddle and made him come to Tokyo just for the sole purpose of chasing after her. Haruto went to Tokyo just to be backstabbed and play chef to a dying man for a while. I could go on, but I truly think that Haruto is the most evil. Why? For getting in on Yuzuki’s games and actually making lowball comments to Kazama (the dying man), wishing ill upon him. The way things are going, Haruto is doing down a low, cold, and dark path to Death Valley, never to return. A worser fate is already secured for a human succubus named Yuzuki Eba – she will soon have no one that will side with her anymore.

Last week, Capcom announced that Street Fighter X Tekken is currently under development (or as Itagaki-san would like to call it, a ‘baby’) and will be unleashed ‘real soon.’ If you have asked me about a week ago what would be the game of 2011, my answer would be Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. But now, my judgment has changed. Joe showed me the first trailer, which I would now show you.

This is certainly going set up to be the game of 2011. It’s real hard for me to change my judgement on certain games, but it happens. I understand that Capcom will make the game using the Street Fighter IV engine, and Namco Bandai will make it using the Tekken 6 engine (ah, double the pleasure!) So now what? I would continue to monitor the news about this game. Oh, and for those who don’t know, Street Fighter X Tekken would be released way after Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. The producer of Street Fighter X Tekken said that she would wait and see how Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 fares with the fans.