Saturday, June 26, 2010

Eiga Sai 2010

The Japan Foundation Manila has posted the screening schedule for this year's Eiga Sai (Japanese Film Festival)  in celebration of the Philippines–Japan Friendship Month (July 2010) . More info from their website:
Now on its 12th year, “Eigasai,” which literally means ‘film festival’, aims to bolster further the diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Japan by continuously providing an opportunity for Filipinos to enhance the understanding and appreciation of Japanese arts and culture explored in this medium. This year’s offering brings together eight contemporary films and 2 anime films in 35mm and DVD format. An invitational screening of Always Sunset on Third Street 2 (Always zoku San-chome no yuhi, 2007) by director Yamazaki Takashi will be held on July 1 (Thursday) at 7:00 p.m. at the Shangri-La Plaza Cinema 4, Edsa, Mandaluyong City.

Source: The Japan Foundation, Manila Official Website

Though I've always been interested, I have never attended this event, I hope I can go this year with my friends. :)

For the complete screening shedule, please visit: EIGA SAI 2010 Screening Shedule.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Fairy Tail Updates: Episodes, Manga and Game

Yes, I should be sleeping, but I was hoping to catch Fairy Tail 187 before I turn in. All I got was a synopsis from its main page in Wikia proving my earlier guess that it was Erza Scarlet who won the Erza vs Erza battle... which I guess is good enough. Oh well.

Moving on, I just finished watching Fairy Tail episode 33. This episode marks the start of Tower of Heaven arc, which focuses mainly on Era's past. The first half of the episode won' t tell us anything much yet, but the second half introduces us new characters and a short flashback about Erza's childhood. I'm happy with how faithful the anime is from the manga so far. (Episode 33 is based off Manga chapters 75-77) It keeps improving and improving, and I just love it.

I was hoping to see more of Gerard, who, while I was weary of when he was introduced in the Manga, later became one of my most loved characters. We can see him from the last minutes of this episode offering a hand to a much younger Erza Scarlet. I'll be looking forward to the next episode seeing more of him :) Here's a few screenshots I took.



Just today, I learned that there is a Fairy Tail game. It's called Fairy Tail: Portable Guild and was developed by Konami for Play Station Portable. It was demonstrated last September on the Tokyo Game Show by Hiro Masima himself and was released just this month, (edit: June 3, 2010) but it's still only available in Japanese. Let's hope for an English patch soon :)



The first screenshot of the game I've seen so far. Yes, there's a multi-player option! Four players, as it seems. This makes me very happy. I can't wait to see if it's as good as it seems.

...oh, wait. I don't have a PSP! *le gasp* Despite wanting to play Birth by Sleep  and Crisis Core, well... let's just say frugality won. But considering this is Fairy Tail we're talking about... I'm very tempted! I guess I'll watch out for an english patch before I decide. :)