The Doll Master

Take a bunch of models-to-be (of the brain-dead variety) and throw them into a scary house. The end result is a laughable attempt of horror, with as many plot holes as a block of Swiss cheese.
Can I class this as the worst Asian horror film I have ever seen? Why yes, yes I can!


The Doll Master

Age Rating: 18+
Company: Optimum Asia
Genre: Korean horror
Running Time: Too long aka 88 mins
Region: 2



The film starts off good, but after the first five minutes goes downhill into the depths of doom, for what we call 'crap'. Thus the tale begins! A doll-maker fell in love with a woman and created a doll in her likeness, but one day the woman is found dead. The doll-maker is then publicly beaten to death by four 'ye olde villagers' for they assume that he killed her. The doll looks on with 'sad' eyes and they say that a doll can come to life - if the owner loved them enough.. Fast forward to present day!



Hae-Mi, a sculptor by nature is invited to be a model in a posh mansion. So we see her drive up in her jeep - calling her mother about random crap - when her mobile goes dead. Liek zomg! We never saw that one coming and neither did we see a bonehead model trying to hitchhike a ride with her. Funnily enough to the exact same place! The male model named Tae-Sung tries to worm his way into Hae-Mi's good looks..er books but they arrive at the mansion. Oh well ;)
When they arrive, they are introduced to the other three idiots.
Sun-Young the schoolgirl, is about as brainless as the two main leads but at least shows it.
Ha-Young is obsessed with her doll named Damien who seems to be the most sane one there.
Lastly, we have the pervy photographer Jung-Ki (Junkie as I like to say) who likes to take some loli pictures of Sun-Young. The Brady Bunch that have now introduced themselves, look for the owner of the mansion. She wheels in (literally) with her creepy voice proclaiming she is a sculptor of dolls. Mrs Im reveals the mismash of characters need to pose for her doll-making so that she can recreate their likeness, they are welcome to stay for a few days.



Hae-Mi takes a wander around in awe of the dolls that are in literally, every nook and cranny of the place. More in-depth conversations take place which involved: Sun-Young permanetly chomping on her Pringles, Tae-Sung ogling at Hae-Mi, Hae-Mi looking blank and Junkie enlightening us viewers with how to kill a doll. Of course, Ha-Young looks protectively at her doll. I mean, why would they tell us how to kill a doll? Because it's going to get used on Damien! 10mins later and Damien's eyes are slashed out and his head severed off FTW.
Meanwhile, Hae-Mi still looking blankly - notices a young girl wearing doll's clothes. She waves to her and she responds back..by calling out her first name. Yep, it's so obvious! Infact the girl Mina, was probably the best character out of this mediocity. But back to the killings!
Ha-Young goes crazy. Damien her 'friend' is dead and she blames blankly staring Hae-Mi for it. All the clues point to her and I mean why not? Nobody likes her anyway! But policeman-in-disguise-but-still-really-dumb-model Tae-Sung, handcuffs her to a pipe and runs off threatning Ms Im and Co. The other three misfits get killed off one by one which probably the most entertaining thing about this film. Tae-Sung gets his just desserts as well! Then Mrs Im madly wheels about after Hae-Mi. It seems Mrs Im, is actually - OTT moment required - the spirit of the doll who's master got killed by peasant villagers! Not only that, but she must kill the decendants of the villagers that killed him which is everyone she invited bar Tae-Sung.



After what seems like an eternity, Hae-Mi frees herself from the handcuffs..blood and all and runs to the nearest telephone. Not to phone the police, but to phone her mother about a family album. Is this girl just stupid??
She finds out that Mina is the doll she dropped from her window when she was like..5.
OMG what a CRAP story.
Needless to say I'm sure everyone would see that coming and just want the torture of this film to end. Hae-Mi runs, screams alot and finds Mrs Im's husband locked up in the basement. For absolutely NO REASON. He breaks free, and gives Mrs Im a good ol smack with an axe. Then the film ends.



So much disappointment and so many things left unexplained such as:
-Why was Mrs Im's husband locked in the basement?
-Mina seemed to be around longer than the house guests themselves.
-The complete waste of characters or lack of any good ones!
-The story itself!

Scare factor was zero, the special effects was quite good and the overacting reasonable as well. But the characters had no depth and no likability whatsoever. Infact I was glad when they got killed off - it seemed the character I was rooting for most, was the evil rejected doll Mina! Now that's saying something!

Overall: 4/10

About as entertaining as Hae-Mi.

Kasimasi ~Girl Meets Girl~ - 02

No more phallic-ramming, sex-changing spaceships you say? How will Hazumu cope without one? ;)



After last episode's highly charged drama (in more ways than one!) Hazumu now realises that he is now SHE. The press has now got a hold of the story, to catch a glimpse of Hazumu's newly found boobs..er femininty! Of course she has bigger things on her mind - like what to wear for school! Hazumu's parents are very accepting and proclaim that they always wanted a daughter while throwing her a uniform. Now I wonder why they kept that? ;)
Tomari on the other hand, isn't so keen on the idea. Her crush has now turned from a boy to the girl she now is - how can she love a girl? Thankfully, the rest of her friends accept her for who she is and rather unsurprisingly, Asuta especially can't wait to grab Hazumu's chest. :o So on the way out from Hazumu's house, the group of friends evade the evilz of the paparazi, as Tomari conflicting thoughts bring her EMO demons out! Yay for angst!
Hazumu, for acting all girl sure is stupid! She doesn't know how to act like one properly and seems to be even more dumber than what she was in the manga! Tomari to the rescue! Who can't understand why she doesn't act more girly and gives Hazumu a crash course on how to act all feminine, which is ironic because Tomari certainly isn't very girly ;). Evil lesbian (Yasuna) makes a brief apparence and seems to angst a little before making her excuses! Curses! She'll be hogging the next episode's screentime me thinks!
It's time for Hazumu to try on some bras (she has no idea how to put one on) and Tomari back to the rescue! Shows her how it's done while ogling her chest. A few more angst and boob scenes later, Tomari comes to a conclusion. Hazumu is still the same Hazumu she knew and liked. It just took her a whole episode (and boobs) to get her to adapt! We'll probably see the same thing with Yasuna next.



I really liked this episode for I'm a bit partial to a bit of drama and angst. The comedy was well done for the most part and we are bound to see more as Hazumu's alien friends take her captive in her room! ;)

Overall: 8/10

Best anime this season so far!

Mamiko Noto - Karinui Music Video

Everyone should know who Mamiko Noto is, but if not - do not fear! She is a seiyuu (Voice Actress) with a considerable otaku/moe fanbase. Her most recent role is Enma Ai from Jigoku Shoujo (which I should blog more) and having enjoyed the ending song 'Karinui' I hastily downloaded, I mean aquired this video!



The video is scarily dark and eerie - but nothing that much happens! Mamiko sits around looking pretty and dresses up like Enma Ai, before then proceeding to hug the doll. By this point the Otaku rating hits the roof. We all need more videos like this! :D
A 10/10 for Mamiko Noto, a 3/10 for originality!

Lemon Angel Project - 01

Can this anime season get any worse? First there was Key-rape Kagihime that ended up below average, overhyped Fate/Stay Night and Ayakashi that's just as exciting as watching paint dry. Will this be the saviour that will redeem all anime-kind?



Lemon Angel Project sounds like some sort of hentai title and knowing the background behind this, it isn't too far from the truth! But this anime, is surprisingly an advertisement for the 14 year old seiyuu who voices the main character, called Tomo. It would help is she was any good at voice acting! Her voice immediately struck me as being out of place and annoyingly normal but let's check out what Lemon Angel Project is all about first!
Tomo is just a normal girl, and like most normal girls in anime - she is clumsy, a bit stupid and honest at heart. Her 'very' good friend Yui, is presumed missing and Tomo reminicies about the past. Yui wrote some songs and one called 'Evolution' was used for a pop idol group named Lemon Angel. But suddenly one day, the band all but disappeared under mysterious circumstances! Liek zomg! But one member remains called Miki, who with the help of her manager is going to start up Lemon Angel (mark 2.)
Tomo gets up and gets herself ready for school as the camera pans for some fanservice of the shower variety! She showers and brushes her teeth at the same time! Will this be a new trend of nastiness in 2017? She bumps into her friend and in her sub-par voicing acting declares how wonderful Miki is. Of course, Tomo walks into a room where Miki is playing the piano - but not after embarassing herself completely! This had to be the most cringe worthy, I-want-it-to-end scene as Tomo MONOLOGUES for about 4 minutes about great Miki is. It's safe to say that Miki feels the same way about Tomo like the rest of us, by saying: 'I HATE GIRLS LIKE YOU'. Harsh. ;)
Oh noes poor Tomo - she finally got the message! So she hangs around the streets after school with her poorly voice acted best friend and then amazingly manages to get stalked! He's obviously deaf! They split up while running and the stalker runs after Tomo - but he turns out to be some super-duper music mongol that her old 'missing/dead/' friend Yui knew! And most bizarrely of all, invites her to the auditions of the new Lemon Angel. After all that, Tomo runs off - she can't be an idol - especially with a crappy vocie like that! But in a nearby studio, Men In Black discuss about Yui and Tomo hides in a cupboard -they seem shifty. But of course, they discover her! (Who couldn't?)
THE END!



I don't normally care for voice acting, but the voice of Tomo was on the verge of me genociding the whole anime. Couldn't they have picked someone better and just let her sing the songs? It was too much to ask! However most of the other VA's are done well, but if don't like the main character - will there be any hope? :o The story is a mishmash of flashbacks and future events - so it can be a bit confusing to follow as well, and that's if it was any good! Maybe it was just a bad first episode of "Tomonologues", with a bit more interaction with other characters and drama..it may do well! I'll see how it goes before considering dumping it in the dreaded SLUSH PILE. :D

Overall: 5/10

More songs! Less Tomonologues!

Kill Bill Vol 2

I will do what no other blog has done before! Review the second part of Kill Bill without reviewing the the first part!

Kill Bill Vol 2

Age Rating: 18+
Company: Miramax
Genre: Action
Running Time: Approx 131 mins
Region: 2



I'll start off by saying that this is the most geekiest film I have ever watched. Tarantino's style of 'KL' seems like as if it's been written by a 16-year old boy, cramming in as much gory details, swearing and general pop-culture in the dialogue as he can!
Continuing directly from the previous film, "The Bride" is on the trail to kill off the one who ruined her life - Bill. Driving onwards from the corpses of those who proved no match for her, The Bride has now only a few more to slaughter before her glorious tale comes to an end. She starts off by droning a monologue (plenty of this in this film!) that's bound to be an oft-quoted passage ala Pulp Fiction. Yep, this is Taratino style through and through! His trademarks are all there - and within the first 20 or so minutes we see a couple snorting up coke off a table. Classy!



The Bride quickly gets into action by attempting to kill off Bill's brother, aptly named Budd. Of course Budd is typical trailer trash material and an alcoholic to boot. He is ordered to kill The Bride, naturally he sits in his trailer waiting for the perfect moment to strike. This being so OTT, The bride rushes in and gets shot at close range by Budd's shotgun. Is she dead? Not exactly! Budd comes up with ingenius plan to bury her alive and makes a special coffin to throw her in. Being buried alive isn't the most fun way to die as The Bride finds out!
Meanwhile Budd phones up Elle Driver (cheap Pun-intended name) and demands some cold cash for The Bride's Uber 1337 Hattori Hanzo sword. Apparently, it's so rare..it's priceless! She relunctantly agrees and meets up with him at his home. The Bride aka Beatrix Kiddo via numerous flashbacks (while she is tied up in a nailed coffin, 6ft under) shows how 'that incident' happened in the church where Bill killed everyone. She was trying to marry a normal Dude and pregnant too fleeing from her assassin's job. Bill catches up and doesn't take too kindly to his 'Kiddo' knocked up for life! ;)



And then, yet another flashback! This time shows The Bride and Bill talking over a burning fire in the middle of nowhere, about a great master - Pai Mei. He has this secret technique and Bill sends The Bride out to learn from him. After some hilariously geeky dialogue and showing that The Bride can understand Cantonese and yet cannot speak it (?). Pai Mei takes her on as his pupil. The fight scenes was well done and OTT as usual - but The Bride only knows 'Japanese Samurai' style sword fighting..so then why does she suddenly fight in Chinese style? WTF! Inconsistency is the key word here Tarantino! Since this is Kill Bill, eveything is used for a later reason - laced with complete irony.
The Bride still trapped in the coffin eventually breaks out of it, via one of Pai Mei's wood breaking techniques and goes straight to Budd's place - but he's already dead! Elle Driver got the better of him with the help of Black Mamba snakes and information from the internet! ;)
Elle Driver takes The Bride's priceless sword and declares battle against her enemy. Not to be outdone, she takes Budd's samurai 1337 sword and fights against Elle. We find out that Pai Mei took out one of Elle's eyes - so obviously The Bride defeats Elle after OTT fight scenes by taking out her other eye! If that wasn't gory enough..she squashes the eye with her bare feet! w00t!



Eventually The Bride catches up with Bill and finds out..that he has her long lost daughter, that she thought was dead! Then the unconvential 'Happy Families' scene plays out, the daughter BB is allowed to watch Shogun Assassin out of all things! Lucky four year old kids these days! She has also inherited the killer instinct from her mother and father by killing off her goldfish and describing every detail FTW. The scenes at home tend to drag on a bit - so let's just say The Bride kills off Bill, in the lamest manner possible - using Pai Mei's ultra special Killer move 'Five Finger Palm Explosion'..Oh the irony!
I like how Bill just dies so crappy, after all The Bride's been through - it seems like a cop out! The ending was more sentimental than vengeful! I'm guessing that I'm not the only one disappointed by this, it's universally known that part 1 is better. Not to say I didn't like part 2 - it had it's moments, but the fight scenes were over in a flash and it seemed to lose all it's epicness through some g33ksp33k.

Overall: 6.5/10

Kill Bill Vol 1 would get a 9, this gets something more average! Let's end with a picture of the best villian since this side of Gogo from volume 1. Yay for Elle Driver! :D

The Snow Queen - 06

The answer is D) Better than all the other anime below!



Catching up with an episode of The Snow Queen (Jo-Oh no Yuki) is like catching up with an old friend - they'll never let you down and at the end of the day you can switch them off!
Gerda continues her harsh journey to find Kay. She bumps into a farmer and a prostitute hitching a ride on the back! I mean hard-done-by woman who offers Gerda shelter in her house in exchange for her 'services'. We all know what that means by now! Gerda rolls her sleeves back up to wash dishes and listens to another sob story. This woman called Anya lost her daughter Anna to some disease (which we'll never know) and her other daughter named Lynette has the same condition. She only has a few months to live and to pay for her medicine, Anya must toil day and night to make ends meet. Even this tragic tale would put a tear into the Snow Queen's eye - who was sadly lacking this episode!
Gerda packs up her things the next day to set out for the next town, but in her heart she knows she must help this family. Lynette adores her pea garden and hopes it will 'pop' in the Spring so that can she can to heaven. Then her mother won't need to work no more (aww..) But alas, Lynette takes fever, as her mother tells her that peas will never grow from her little pot. Gerda rushes out to the farmer to get some pea seeds and manages to get a few - as if they were like gold coins!



But yes it all ends happily, and yes I'm disappointed that Lynette did not die off. I forget that this isn't Vampire Princess Miyu ;) Another excellent episode, with enough drama and a hint of angst to tide me over until the next episode of Glass Mask appears!

Overall: 8/10

Will Gerda be offering her 'services' next episode? We'll just have to wait and see!

~ Ayakashi ~ Japanese Classic Horror - 01

With the horror genre you are expected to be thrilled, scared and horrified - sadly the latter is expected with how dull and utterly not scary this anime is. It's more like a feudal Japanese Soap Opera! I have come to the conclusion that this Japanese 'classic' horror is definately not what it says on the tin!



After witnessing a rap group murdering the title sequence, we are introduced to an old man who wants to tell a really scary story. Infact this story is so scary, that he can only write it while possessed! Meanwhile I was possessed by the sheer boredom. ;)
This epic tale is set in Feudal Japan between 14th-17th century I'd say! Women then were only good in brothels and men just acted like Yakuza thugs! Here we meet a young woman who falls in love with her 'bit of rough' Ronin named Iemon. But alas, their tragic love is marred by the woman's father who obviously has sense and see Iemon like the bad egg he is.
So Iemon and other thug callously murder poor father-in-law and then each get the woman they want! FOR GREAT JUSTICE! :D Fast forward a year later and Iemon is getting bored of his woman - she just had his baby and he's sick of it already! He then goes on the prowl and meets a loli on the street, who sends her maid to give him a 'gift'. This gift is poison for his poor, hard working and ever suffering wife. The cliffhanger at the end of the episode is wife about to drink some poison..or will she? I think the baby will get it instead! :o



I don't know why this is called Japanese Classic Horror, maybe the horror of it all is to be bored to death! I have a complaint to the fansubbers as well - translate the Honorifics! I know fully well what 'Otou-sama' (Father) means but I'm sure alot of people don't and it loses impact when the poor woman was shouting FATHEEEEERRRRR..but it said Otou-Sama instead!
This is the Feudal Japan's version of Eastenders and Corrie! It was 'Seppuku' itself! Of course they didn't bother to translate that either.. Japanese ritual suicide FTW.

Overall: 4/10

I feel like playing Samurai Warriors now! :o

Fate/Stay Night - 02

*Takes out YU-GI-OH! card* "I summon you Servant Saber!"



The main character Shirou Emiya has to get the title for Biggest Mug of anime! After he gets rid of his slave..I mean good friend Sakura, he hooks up with the captain of the Archery squad only to have her discuss Shinji (Sakura's brother) about how he treats n00bs. Shirou immediately goes to see him and ends up cleaning the Archery dojo. His so called kindness trait just irritates me greatly! It's nothing original!
Meanwhile, Rin and Archer track down a mystery Yu-Gi-Oh card on top of the school roof. This Lancer card has ATK:2000 DEF:2000 but when Rin goes to check on her Archer card ATK:???? DEF:???? she decided to put him in attack mode FTW! Archer takes out two crappy looking swords and battles Lancer DBZ style. Shirou hears noises from the Dojo and like the idiot he is - goes to investigate. One of the rules of this game apparently, is that nobody else can view the battle so Lancer changes his target from Archer to Shirou. Poor Shirou runs as if he caught bird flu, but alas Lancer kills him. Unfortunately, main characters never stay dead as Rin's secret crush is found out and she brings him back to life. However, after some tea and biscuits later, Archer tells Rin that Lancer will still go back to kill Shirou. What a waste after all! ;)
After another craptastic 'battle' this time between Shirou's 'super-powered' metal stick and Lancer, a mysterious symbol emerges on Shirou's hand. Saber appears and repels back the enemy. THE END. How boring!



This so called AAA title managed to get pre-licensed - and it's not even that great. One word comes to mind after the good animation and music - MEDIOCRE. That's right not even the servant and master thing mixed with YU-GI-OH and a hint of Oh! My Goddess can save this anime! But if you like lackluster anime such as the above and Bleach, you'll probably like this too!

Overall: 5.5/10

Fate/Stay Night joins the ranks of Kagihime this season as dropped anime! Only Kasimasi is left now! :o

Kagihime Monogatari Eikyuu Alice Rondo - 02

Scary obsessions, key-fighting and more key-rape! It can only be the next episode of Kagihime!



An invitation pops through the door. It's from Arisu! Aruto like the loser he is, thinks it's a love confession letter. Thankfully it isn't (was starting to get worried there!) but his sister Kiraha angts over it. I mean, she wants Aruto all to herself - blood is indeed thicker than water in this family! Meanwhile, Kiraha's best friend Kisa is baking some cookies. But these are not just any ordinary cookies, these cookies are sex on top with latherings of Kiraha obsession! To finish it off Kisa plants a kiss on all the cookies declaring her love for Kiraha, before almost orgasming at the thought of 'second hand kisses'.
Kisa runs over to Kiraha's place but unfortunately during mid-conversation, Aruto announces that Arisu is fighting another Key user and must pop out for a while. Kiraha's brother complex takes over and she decides to follow, leaving lesbian Kisa to rake around her things! Maybe that wasn't such a good idea!
Aruto and Kiraha arrive at the library to find that Arisu has trouble key-raping this Alice User. No problem Kiraha thinks! "I can key-rape better than anyone else and maybe then I will get my hunky brother!" Or not ;) After another brief DBZ-esque styled battle, Kiraha roughly key-rapes and grabs the book! Oh noes! Aruto does not want precious memories from the book to be taken away so roughly and comes up with a genius plan to copy the contents. *yawn* So the day is saved once again!



Alas, this is not the end of the episode just yet - Kiraha's brother-complex enrages as she sees Arisu and Aruto laughing away together. Kisa sees the pain in Kiraha and wants to stop Arisu once and for all! So she takes the invitation and runs to the library and declares:I WANT ALICE POWERZZ! Arisu arrives almost immediately and they duke it out - Arisu comes close to key raping poor lesbian Kisa but Kiraha jumps into the rescue! They all then decide to happily agree to get more pieces of the Alice Story as a threesome - as Aruto watches like the useless boy he is! And finally! We get an insight on Kisa's disturbing crush on Kiraha as she keeps her bloodstained cloth, in a cardboard box and in a locked cupboard FTW!

Overall: 5.5/10

Better than the last episode due to Kisa and Kiraha angst! But I don't think it's enough to keep me watching!

Kasimasi ~Girl Meets Girl~ - 01

Finally! Something better Kagihime's Key-rape! :o



Kasimasi ~Girl Meets Girl~ looks like any normal boy-meets-girl style anime. Well of course it isn't! I wouldn't be watching it otherwise. ;) So what's the story?
Hazumu is a geeky, yet effemite boy and has a crush on a girl named Yasuna. They both love gardening and cultivating flowers. Perfect type Hazumu thinks! He attempts to confess his feelings for her. Unfortunately for him, as we later find out - Yasuna rejects him! So in a depression, he starts climbing up the mountain path unaware of what is about to happen.
Meanwhile, his friends at school are searching for him - having told Hazumu to go for the girl he loves and finding out he was rejected later, must have brought out their guilty conscience! Tomari in particular seems concerned as she secretly wanted Hazumu to herself and would not want him to kill himself!
After what seemed like an eternity, Hazumi finally reaches the top and spots a shooting star! He wishes for love, happiness..and flowers. But what he gets instead is a HUGE phallic spaceship rammed into him! :o NASA go on high alert and run through some Engrish phrases that was almost correct English! Hazumu's parents fear for the worst and somehow his teacher (who hasn't had a boyfriend for 35 years) barges in on them declaring she will find Hazumu - just like the rest of the cast then! But not to worry, Hazumu just died and is now reborn as a female. The aliens broadcast this message to the entire city and apologise! I don't think I'd like that! ;) Yasuna and Tomari race to the top of the mountain to catch a feel..I mean a glimpse of the newly female Hazumu and hope their lesbian charms work on her!



Overall, I enjoyed the dramatic opening of the episode and then it was a bit disappointing after! It seemed to be rather slow in pace in comparison to the manga version, and there are slight differences here and there. Nothing to worry about so far! One of my few complaints is Kana Ueda voicing Hazumu (male) and managed to still sound like a girl! Hopefully they don't go with the obvious ending: Hazumu turning back to male form with Yasuna and Tomari chasing after him. Let's hope the next few episodes will continue to improve!
Definately one to watch!

Overall: 7/10

A good start, but will it finish well? ;)

Kagihime Monogatari Eikyuu Alice Rondo - 01

I'm at a loss at what to call this anime so I put in the full title, while the subbers choose Kagihime (Key Princess) I'd rather call it Eikyuu Alice (Eternal Alice) as it has more revelance and sounds cooler! Now let's take a trip to Wonderland!



Once upon a time in alternate Victorian England there is a loser fanboy called Aruto. He is a bookworm and devotes most of his time scribbling away at his own 'Alice' story. It's probably a hentai manga for all we know! One day - like much harem anime, loser bumps into a Playboy bunnies cat fighting in a library. Playboy Bunny no1 wins and thrusts her big throbbing key into the bouncy cleavage of the other girl. After much voyeurism, blushing and torn clothes - Playboy bunny gets 'the secrets' of this girl onto a bit of paper! Aruto must be thinking it's his wet dreams come true!
The next day, after recovering from the previous night's excitement, Aruto goes back to school. He meets Playboy Bunny who introduces herself as Arisu Arisugawa (how original) and then we all wonder how he never noticed her before. Aruto and Arisu talk, blush and talk some more before bumping into some megane-ko's along the way. There's more glasses in this anime than in an opticians - remember to be clever, you need MEGANE! :o
It seems Aruto has a little sister names Kuraha who has a big brother complex, even rejecting her best friends advances on her! And here I was hoping that I would see some shoujo-ai. Maybe next episode!
Arisu, Aruto and Kuraha have some tea and biscuits before Kuraha takes a sissy fit and transforms into a 'Alice user' aka Playboy Bunny. Arisu, not to be outdone gets a transformation sequence that we'd all like to think was orgasmic, but infact it was craptastic! After some mindless DBZ scenes later with more key thrusting, crying and blushing..the fight is interrupted by Aruto! Arisu then decides that Playboy Bunnies needs to stick together - or they might get key-raped too!



So what is the plot? From what I gathered: Alice Users need to fight each other to gain the secrets of their heart (a page from their 'book') which then would be collected into a book called Eikyuu Alice. Aruto is interested in reading this uber secret Eikyuu Alice and therefore he has two Playboy Bunnies at his side FOR GREAT JUSTICE!
I don't know why, but for being a first episode it was severely lacking everything but music which I thought was well done. It is below average in every respect and I wouldn't recommened it for download unless you like fanservice with nothing much else.

Overall: 4/10

A key is the new sword!

Glass Mask - 08

Maya has more fans than she can shake a fist at! More lack of Ayumi as well! What are they thinking? ;)



Maya is back to school and drooling over her self-made bookmark! She wonders who her first fan could be, though when her brain gets back to reality - things are not looking good for the Tsukikage Theatre. First of all, ye olde Tsukikage takes a strain of bird flu..I mean takes a heart attack and rests up in the hospital, but not while some tabloid newspapers are spreading false rumours! Some of her students even go as far to quitting the drama school, as the rumours are too much for them. Not our Maya of course, she sticks around while Men In Black barge into the school demanding some $$$. Overhearing the threats, it seems the Tsukikage school is in debt and need to at least come third place in the next upcoming drama competition. Tsukikage of course never backs down from a good fight, and after exchanging some blows with slimy Masumi - Maya's fine image of Masumi is smashed into fine pieces. Yet she does not know that he is her first fan. Oh noes! The drama!
Meanwhile, Sakurakouji (the 'boyfriendo!') seems to be hopelessly devoted to Maya and chickens out how he really feels about her during their cheesy boat ride. At least Maya has taste! We all know by now, the good guys always lose. ;)



The next play Maya needs to perform is called 'Growing Up' and it is crucial that she plays her lead character to the best of her ability. Naturally, I think the play has some reference between her relationship with Sakurakouji - but fear not - the drama will triumph! In the rival company Ayumi (FTW!) and Boyfriendo take the leads for the exact same play! The tension! The build up! I feel like taking a heart attack too like Tsukikage (and not laugh)!

Overall: 7.5/10

Glass Mask continues to build up the emotions and maintain it's excellence. I want the OST n0w! :o