Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

I did enjoy the Dinosaurs sitcom as a child -- but one episode was funny and depressing at the same time. It's the final episode (not counting the lost episodes) and its' the 407th episode where ratings were dropping really fast. How to write a finale? It goes out with a bang and I really laugh (and facedesk) at the same time watching this episode. The episode starts with everyone waiting for the Bunch Beetles to return to eat the Cider Poppy overgrowth. I couldn't help but comment how stupid Earl Sinclair REALLY is -- he puts too much faith in technology and this is what happens. Instead of going for environmentally friendly innovation -- they fail to see how innovative thinking is like a two edged sword. It's a brilliant thing at the right hands but dangerous at the hands of people like We Say So Corporation. This is epic facedesk. It's really something when destruction happens in the name of progress. Yes, it's progress alright -- progressive destr...

Here's some throwback for Thursday with my childhood. Yup, it's this episode where Tom and Jerry are abandoned by their romantic interests AND they attempt to kill themselves. This has to be that episode where it's just too much. While the " Rebel Rabbit" episode of Bugs Bunny  was funny (though I heard it was viewed as an anomaly) but this one was just super depressing. I thought this was pretty screwed up actually. Tom and Jerry was supposed to be destructive fun but why in the world did this happen? I even heard this was supposedly the final episode of Tom and Jerry. But there's one thing we forget about the two characters -- they are ACTORS that play different roles and every episode is just a skit. It's like how Super Mario and the Looney Tunes cast are treated -- as actors of a script. One good episode to think about is The Two Mouseketeers where Tom got beheaded (shadows only) but we see him alive after that. You can think of the number of ...

It's been a year since the Beauty and the Beast film and aside from my most petty complain that Emma Watson ain't hot enough to be Belle -- I thought I could talk about casting Luke Evans as Gaston felt funny. First, Gaston is supposedly good-looking but instead, we get a Gaston who seriously looks like the lovechild of Gaston and Jafar's sister Nasira (from the video game, Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge) instead of Gaston. If you remembered The Secret of the Hunchback -- there's Frollo here who is the high sheriff of Paris. This version of really Gaston body-wise but ends up having Jafar's facial features. Like Gaston, he's got a small sidekick similar to Lefou and he lusts after the beauty of the story. Oh, should I mention... Esmeralda in the said cartoon short -- looks like a cheaper version of Belle from Beauty and the Beast? She even dresses up like Belle. I have to admit, Evans appearance made me think, "Jafar is that you?" when ...

It's no secret that I don't like Marvel anymore ever since Disney bought it, more stupid writers are into it and I thought about X-Men: Apocalypse as probably one of the biggest mistakes ever. Now it's time to talk about Cable and what I thought should've happened. X-Men: Apocalypse IMO doesn't do the villainous Apocalypse any justice. Oscar Isaac was the worst villain actor. I thought Jason Vosloo of "The Mummy" would have made Apocalypse more terrifying. Plus, it's even hard to determine now what's going on in the Marvel Cinematic timeline with all the convoluted mess we're in. Heck -- when did X-Men: Apocalypse even take place? Was there a reboot? Plus, Apocalypse was completely wasted in that film. I thought about it that Cable of all people could have been introduced into the film. He could be introduced as Cyclops' son from the alternate future instead of a son lost in time -- and now he's old enough to be his father's ...

I decided to rewatch both the Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Beauty and the Beast (2017)  and I still like the older one better in terms of charm. The 2017 had some background story but I felt it lacked the charm. So I decided to finally write down my crazy thoughts in the form of a literary critique with my own wishful thinking -- and that I even wished the remake happened and I wish it happened in 2011 and not 2017 to get a young cast that I wanted. First, I really thought about it maybe far too many times about why I thought Emma Watson was their pick for Belle. Sure, she can do something else but I felt like Belle wasn't for that character. Instead, I thought about Emma Roberts as Belle at 20 years old. Okay, Belle may be actually 17 or something but I think Roberts would fit the role with her appearance. Plus, I think a Belle that's only 5'2 would be a "little more fitting" for the role of Belle. So what's my idea for Belle for my imagined remak...

Although I'm not such a huge fan of the Fushigi Yuugi OVA (which tried to focus on a reincarnated Tamahome as Taka) -- but it showed how Taka is still the real Tamahome. He wants to reach out to Miaka and even if he's lost his identity but his soul is still Tamahome. In the real world -- he reaches out to her shouting out her name and it's one of my favorite moments in an OVA I didn't really like too much.  Though invisible, the stars in my heart are very concrete guideposts I scream countless times at the top of my lungs the name of the dear one who gave me courage. She's a treasure I risked my life to acquire. An unknown force tries to hypnotize me. But I will never forget my days with you. If this is a dream, I'm begging you, wake me up! Leave no traces of this in my mind. Hurry, before the other me becomes a knife. I can hear the voice of my spirit from far away. Take me to it. I have a love that I must defend. Probably, what hurts the most is hurtin...

Today is the 25th anniversary of Janperson and I wanted to do a bit of tribute in writing this post. Janperson happens to be my favorite Metal Hero show. The Rescue Police Trilogy ended yet it didn't feel like it ended with Janperson. Sure, Janperson just starts out with one hero (and a midseason change with Gun Gibson kicked in in contrast to Winspector, Solbrain and Exceedraft are all teams) and he had a mysterious origin. Just who was he? It wasn't until episode 18 when we realized who he was. In some undetermined past, a new robot known as MX-A1 was created. Sometimes, I feel like that people never learn from their mistakes. I guess the scientists behind Janperson didn't watch the Robocop films too closely in their attempt to create a Robocop without a human past. Unlike Robocop, Janperson is completely mechanical yet he was programmed to do three things. Serve the public trust. Protect the innocent. Uphold the law. Unfortunately, that's not how it was turning o...