100 Greatest Cartoons

I know some of you will have watched this but this is what I found particularly interesting.

#100 - Wacky Races
Why is this all the way down here? And why did Penelope Pitstop have a vibrator on her car?

#94 - Queer Duck
wtf?

#79 - Peter Pan
It wasn't good for the classic Disneys

#77 - Tintin
WHY SO LOW?!

#76 - Belleville Rendevous
How the hell did this get in? Not that it's a bad film or anything.

#72 - Legend of the Overfiend
The hentai classic. It worries me that it nearly made the top 70.

#67 - The Snowman
100% pure depression.

#62 - Battle of the Planets
The anime classics started strongly.

#52 - 2DTV
The ultimate pisstake show.

#45 - Pokemon
Oh yes!

#42 - Samurai Jack
Life affirming animation and a big surprise.

#37 - Transformers
#54 - Thundercats
Why were these not higher than....

#34 - He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
....this pile of shit.

#26 - TMNT
COME ON!!

#21 - Princess Mononoke
The anime classic gains recognition but not as much as.....

#16 - Akira
....which doesn't get as high as....

#8 - Sprited Away
For the oscar winning anime masterpiece to get into the top 10 shows that UK audiences DO love anime.

#3 - South Park
Above Toy Story, Monsters Inc, The Incredibles and Finding Nemo.

#1 - The Simpsons
And deservedly so.

With 3 anime masterpieces placing in the top 25 it's starting to look like anime has a real future in the UK. Look out for a new feature later entitled Future of Anime.

I'm now off to recover from a hentai film making the list at all, let alone the high 70s. The full list is available at www.channel4.com/greatest

The Guru Quits

This is an announcement that has truly shocked both me and the hentai community as a whole. Numbus, the co-founder of Hentai Palm, the biggest hentai site in the world has left both Hentai Palm and the Hentai Group as a whole after 3 years. Numbus, Barros and Hentai Palm changed my life nearly 2 years ago. He is a truly dedicated person, both to the site and the people that visit it. Whenever I've emailed him with a question I have got a reply within hours. He has to repair bugs in the site every day and has updated it like clockwork every few days. He says that the time off may or may not be permenant but whatever he does he takes the love and respect of the hentai community with him wherever.

Numbus' blog which he has promised to keep updated can be reached from the sidebar.

Following this announcement I am considering giving up hentai completely.

Wanted

This is the list of stuff I want right now. It's pretty big.

Games Stuff
Nintendo DS
Naruto 3 (GC)
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (GC)

Albums
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Collision Course

Anime Stuff
Naruto in the UK (the US has it so why not here?)
Angelic Layer Volume 1 (I don't know why I didn't get it when I had the chance)
Patlabor 1+2 (see above)
Chobits Manga (if anyone knows a reliable download site let me know)

Other Stuff
The front of the Dakota single by Stereophonics
Tickets to the Reading festival
A legal permit to kill the following bands; Feeder, Muse and The Others
A night out with Pete Doherty
A broadband internet connection
March 2nd to come quickly (AMAZING RACE 7!!)

FUCKING COME ON!!

Officially half way there. In 25 hours and 43 minutes I reached disc 2. Now it all gets serious. In my gaming life I've completed the following RPGs.

Golden Sun

1. I have persued 1 RPG to the end. That took about 20 hours. If I finish ToS it would be the 2nd biggest single achievement of my gaming life (1st being 120 stars on Mario 64). I'm halfway there.

Rebirth

I've heard a rumour that the 4th Tales game entitled Tales of Rebirth is out this year. I'm so fucking there.

24

Well it's closer to 26 now. I think I'll list my 5 favourite things in ToS over the last 24 hours of gameplay.

NOTE: I'm doing my best to avoid spoilers but some may creep in. If you don't want to risk it then don't read this post.

1: The Colette's Sacrifice Scene
You probably all know by now that the awesome scene in the Tower of Salvation put me through the emotional ringer. I cried (seriously) and went into a state of immense anger. That section is a perfect fusion of excellent voice-acting, a brilliant script and superb animation.

2: The Opening
ToS' opening sequence (the bit before the start screen) is a masterpiece. Whenever I forget about what makes the game so special I just watch this through and it all comes back.

3: Colette
My favourite character. Colette really brings a lot to the game and is easily the best realised character.

4: The Desians
The scum of the earth. These guys get me boiling up inside whenever I come across them but that is great as every fight against them is slightly personal.

5: Quiet Moments
These scenes with no enemies, no imminent fights and no rush. They let the story develop peacefully and are the most memorable scenes in the game.

I'm still not past disc 1 yet so there's another 24 hours of excellence to come. I only hope that the story hasn't worn itself out yet.

Current Gameclock
26h 33m



Some of you may have noticed the SupportAsia.com button has disappeared from the sidebar. This is because of two things.

1) I needed some space for the Committee to Protect Bloggers button.
2) After recieving over £300,000,000 the DEC has officially closed the appeal. Thanks to everyone who donated from w00tworld.

Played More RPGs Than I Have

I read a review of Tales of Symphonia in Edge a while ago (8/10) and they said it had played more RPGs than I have. Well wandering around Meltokyo today I found the slums area (it's below the rest of it) and a traveller came out with a real fucking gem of a line. Cut scenes may have moved me to tears but this line moved me to histerical laughter.

"I heard there was a pretty flower girl in the slums but I must have the wrong town"

HAAAAHAHAHAHA!!

Bad Shit

Headline from ZDNet UK 24th February 2005

"Iranian Blogger Jailed for 14 Years"

Seems like some people don't get this free speech online stuff yet. 3 Iranian people have now been imprisoned for that most henious of crimes, keeping a blog. The blogging community is banding together to help free these people and spread the word that the net should always be free. Use the button in the sidebar to visit The Committee to Protect Bloggers and see what you can do to help.

Tales of Symponia Review

I've reviewed a lot of stuff sure but I've never reviewed an RPG before. After playing ToS for a bit longer I've got so much more to say about it so I've taken down the review for the time being. It'll be back up when I've rewritten it.

Also a formal welcome to new reader Brittany aka Chemically-Insane. I'm still split over adding her dA page to the links panel as she's a great buddy but I'm not sure whether her name will fit in the sidebar.

Tick Tock Tick Tock

I know a game is special when it joins the 20 club. That is games that have endured my attention for over 20 hours. It takes a lot as 20 hours is a lot longer than you think. F-Zero GX, Deus Ex, Sonic Heroes etc are all some of my favourite games that have barely lasted 15 hours. It's when 24:00 rolls onto the clock that I'll know that Tales of Symphonia is long lasting.

I'm not even on the 2nd disc yet.

Current Gameclock - 21h 31m