Anime, Games and TV Stuff
Since my holiday, time has just disappeared. So much to do, what appears to be no time. Last weekend I attended Japan Matsuri in London, Japan away from Japan, somehow that is already a week ago.
So… anyway, lots in the world of Anime, Games & TV.
Tokyo Game Show 2010. I’ve not really had any time to watch all of the footage, but, things of note;
- Devil May Cry
- Kinect Sports
- Last Guardian
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
visually more impressive than the first and I’m assuming the story continues where the first left off - Deus Ex: Human Revolution
I really hope that Trailer is the game engine rendering live, but I highly doubt it
Several upcoming blu-ray releases, a notable non-anime is a double box Death Note: Live action. Blu-ray Anime include;
- Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Volume 2
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- Eden of the East
- Eureka Seven movie
- Rin (US only)
- D Gray-Man (US only)
thankfully my import PS3 has arrived for a couple of those.
- K-On ended
- Highschool of the dead ended (although seems open for a 2nd)
- Mitsudomoe ending (2nd season suggested to start January 2011) currently on Crunchyroll
American TV picks up again for me for the next couple of months as well, so I feel its going to be busy.
There is also MUCH more that I am interested in from each of the above, but there are not enough hours in the day.
Bleach now on Crunchyroll
For a few days the more recent episodes of Bleach have been available on the Crunchyroll website. This is another anime series Crunchyroll has got which I already watch and may push me to get a subscription. For anyone who doesn’t know what Bleach is either go here, read the manga, watch the series on crunchyroll, buy the series, watch one of the movies…….
Going through myanimelist and the Crunchyroll anime list, I’m sure most of what I am watching is available as well as several of what I have watched & intend to watch are also there.
So…why havn’t I already got a subscription?
This is actually quite a simple answer. I don’t want to sit in front of my computer to watch anime. Although I own a 24″ imac (soonish to be replaced by 27″ imac), I also own a 42″ TV which I most defiantly prefer to use.
The device I use at the moment for most of my media & online streaming is the Popcorn Hour A-110. Unfortunately Crunchyroll is not in the online services section of that box. A PS3 is attached for Blu-ray & DVD’s which have been released in the UK, or work on my UK based console.
OK.. So there is Boxee, a great bit of software, supports crunchyroll, but the only “set-top” box it runs on is the Apple TV, which from what I can tell, doesn’t work at all with the 720p stream and not well with the standard ones. At this stage I am not going to plug my imac into my TV for this stuff when I have dedicated hardware for the job. Downloads would have been a great addition, but I don’t expect that to happen any time soon.
So, whats next?
- Popbox, when originally announced, looked to have Crunchyroll support. This seems to have since dissappeared and at this stage, there is no UK release.
- A mac mini under the TV, really costly for, really, only crunchyroll (maybe I can replace the old mac-mini and use that instead).
- The boxee box, no mention of price, UK release, or even if a lot of online services will work
- Plugging in my imac to my TV. Although this is a possibility I’d rather not.
- Using the PS3 to watch. This could be the one I choose, as long as it works. Both positive & negative responses so far. I have packed away my PS3 ready for a house move so its not happening quite yet.
