Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

If there was one unnamed race that sparked my interest, it was Freeza's race in Dragon Ball Z . Here are the known ones in the Anime: Frieza   The self-proclaimed emperor of the universe, Frieza. He appeared after the Saiyan saga, revealing that he was running an organization that enslaved planets and sold them to the highest bidder. Despite his puny size, he was small but terrible. He frequently gave an appearance of weakness to deceive his opponents but showed how terrible he really was.   Freeza revealed his first transformed state which was a giant version of himself. He was beaten by Piccolo but...   He revealed a second transformation in which he had an unusually shaped skull. This was pretty frightening.     Frieza revealed his third transformed state, which is said to be his true form. He was sleeker and back to his normal size. However, this form is no joke. This is where he gets really mean. Goku only met Frieza in this form. He was hit ...

Everyone may have remembered the 1980s!Cobra Commander to be a memorable villain . Children growing up during the 1980s or the 1990s would've remembered how 1980s!Cobra Commander was a whiny idiot who was frequently hysterical, had the traits of your typical cartoon villain, and Bond Villain Stupidity to top it all. Though G.I.Joe Sigma Six (which sadly only lasted 26 episodes) shows a more dangerous iteration of Cobra Commander. He will be referred to as Sigma Six!Cobra Commander to differentiate him from the 1980s!Cobra Commander. Some scenes were obviously taken from earlier G.I.Joe episodes such as his imprisonment and escape. Sigma Six Cobra Commander exists here to be a warrior king of sorts. What set him apart from the 1980s!Cobra Commander was this - he actually REALLY FOUGHT in person. 1980s Cobra Commander simply barked orders, relied on his minions (especially the Cartoon Crimson Twins who later betrayed him for Cartoon Serpentor), and was essentially just a sissy boss w...

Shinnok was first introduced in Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero where he was the main villain. The story has him as a fallen Elder God. In Chinese mythology, he would be Tongtian Jiaozhu or the Heavenly Grandmaster . In Norse Mythology, he would be Loki. Shinnok and Quan Chi both overthrew Lucifer (who's probably not a bad guy but just another name for King Yama) allowing them to gather the forces they needed. Eventually, he made his debut as a fighting-game character in Mortal Kombat 4 and its update Gold which he was RATHER LAME. In short, a lazy Shang Tsung! I could remember how he had a booming voice. However, his gameplay was lacking originality. The graphical limitations prohibited the character from shape-shifting. Instead, he copied the moves of characters (except hidden characters). At first, I took it as a challenge to play as him. However, fifth-generation hardware limitations prevented him from using those moves on the CPU. I felt the same happened to Shang Tsung in...

After some time of not watching Anime (and I'm not even updated on Dragon Ball Super ) - I decided to watch through Toei Ltd.'s Dragon Quest: Adventures of Dai remake. Speaking of which, only if Toei will stop being so selfish with their properties and let the world view them with subs. It's a sad fact that there's no sign of an Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DVD or that most of the shows on Toei's Youtube channel have NO ENGLISH SUBS. Just learn Japanese? Ugh, that advice sounds burdensome since I don't feel the need to learn the language except for employment or academic reasons. Now, I'm going to talk about how Dragon Quest: The Adventures of Dai is for me.  I remembered watching the 1991 version on IBC-13 but on an irregular basis. 1991 would be the same year when Chojin Sentai Jetman saved the Super Sentai franchise from cancellation. I didn't see much of it since I only watched the really badly scheduled Toku in IBC-13 . I confess I never played Dragon W...

As I was thinking of a good nostalgic post - I felt Dragon Ball Z would be a good one. I confess I haven't been updating on Dragon Ball Super while realizing Dragon Ball GT is no longer considered canon. Now, I'd like to write about the Dragon Ball Z saga which I felt was more of a massive toy commercial. It would be the Buu Saga. One may argue that the Cell Saga had some unmet potential (like how King Cold was too easily destroyed when he's Frieza's father), the Dragon Ball Z movies tend to have missed potential due to how non-canon they are. Now, it's time to talk about the final arc of Dragon Ball Z which felt more than a toy commercial and unfulfilled potential. I'm not saying there aren't great moments. I still felt that the Buu Saga had a great start. For instance, Gohan himself has had years of lack of training and must regain his powers. There's also the survival of the Universe at stake since the legendary Buu monster is about to be unleashed. T...

The Lost Media Wiki Here's a memory from the 1990s when I would be 11-12 years old. Granted, I really hated how RPN-9 gave a really bad broadcast of Dragon Ball Z in contrast to what GMA-7 did with the bad Tagalog dubs. Okay, I've been skipping the Tagalog dubs and I think the English dub is rather decent. RPN-9 had really bad scheduling of Dragon Ball Z so I never saw the Frieza Saga UNTIL GMA-7 aired much of it. However, school days prevented me from seeing more of the saga. It's a good thing Cartoon Network Philippines managed to show more of it.  There wasn't much of a choice back then. Internet was still DIAL-UP (and I really HATED that memory). All there was available was the cheesy licensed dubs by one Filipino company after the other. Who can remember watching the cheesy English dubs by Telesuccess Productions? There was also Creative Products Corporation that managed to get Toei Ltd.'s permission to create two "movies" based on four NON-CANON Dra...