Back when I first started this blog, many moons ago, I used to constantly write about my love for the graphic novel, Scott Pilgrim.
I was so excited when the film was announced and my blog basically became a countdown, posting all the news, trailers and set photos just waiting for it to be released.
Fast forward over a decade, and Netflix have just released an 8 part anime of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s creation.
Not only is it written by the original creator, but it’s voiced by the entire cast of the Edgar Wright film adaptation!
I really don’t want to spoil anything for SP fans who haven’t seen it yet. So, the only thing I will say...is that it far exceeded any and all my expectations.
Wasn't actually planning on posting this, but the new Porter Robinson song today reminded me of these. Back at the beginning of March I tried designing characters based on some albums I like, taking the colors from the album covers and basing everything else on the general vibes of the music and visuals from music videos and live shows.
In the order they're posted solo, the albums are Worlds (Porter Robinson), Nurture (Porter Robinson), Adventure (Madeon), Good Faith (Madeon), [USA] (Anamanaguchi), and Exuvium (Crywolf).
This game is kind of weird because it’s a mixture of the movie’s plot as well as the comic’s slightly different plot, which makes it a direct adaptation of neither. That is not a bad thing at all though, since the story is great, the gameplay is great (although quite difficult, and I’m bad at Beat ‘Em Ups), and the music & visuals are some of the best in any game. Honestly, taking pictures of this game on my tiny CRT might only be hurting the audiovisual experience.
I recommend that you play this game for yourself. Preferably, you will play with 3 additional friends as each character alongside you. You might find this a little difficult since the game and it’s DLC were removed from the 360 and PS3 stores in 2014, but worry not, the game is on the Switch, XboxOne, and PS4 with all of the DLC included. I don’t know if I would purchase the game a second time, but I think all of the people who do will love it.
Season 4 Episode 2
Featured on: SiIvaGunner's Highest Quality Rips: Volume D
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Requested by @cathode-glacier!
There's something very funny about receiving a request to cover a rip I've never heard of, literally ONE DAY before it gets played live at SiIvaGunner team's MAGFest Chipspace show. But, to both the submitter, and to vvsvlogs herself for playing the rip at her set - thank you SO much to introducing me to Mother, Father, TechnoMan. I am always, ALWAYS down to cover more Anamanaguchi music on here.
I haven't made my love for the aforementioned band much of a secret on here: while I am still pretty poorly versed in the music world as a whole, I have listened to the entire discography of Anamanaguchi, most known nowadauentire discography. after initially discovering them through Scott Pilgrim, and immediately fell in love with their sound. With Give Me the Fantasy, I was a bit more self-indulgent than usual and covered a mashup between their hit song Endless Fantasy and Pitbull, and more recently with 88811 I covered a rip I now call one of my all-time, most-underrated favorites. Now with a mashup, and a melody swap, it's time to shift into overdrive - Mother, Father, TechnoMan is a full-on mashup medley, with so many pieces that elevate an already incredible track into all-new levels of sheer hype. Hype that vvsvlog's set at Chipspace, MAGFest, only heightens.
Because even though I was merely watching the set streamed through Twitch, it was incredible clear to me just how much sheer energy and fun exuded from the entirety of vvsvlog's show at MAGFest. And really, it's Mother, Father, TechnoMan's part of it that best illustrates it, as seen at around 01:28:40 in the Twitch VOD. Right after she'd poured her heart out performing The Paragoomba and the Wiggler with live sing-along, the music fades, the visuals turn black, and she takes a few steps away from the mic, as if to end the set, met with claps from everyone in the crowd... And then, it plays: "MOTHER - FATHER - GENTLEMEN !!" - and immediately, vvsvlogs springs back to the microphone with absolutely infectious silly-mode energy. From absolutely HITTING a Fortnite dance in time with the opening Space Jam mashup that revs up the rip, to miming along with the lyrics to Last Resort, to the neverending bounce and energy present in general, it becomes just, abundantly clear to me how much vvsvlogs LOVES doing what she does.
It's not that I'm trying to review the Chipspace performance itself here - rather, I simply think it illustrates the magic of rips like Mother, Father, TechnoMan so perfectly. There's just a feeling of joy, a feeling of pure fun to be found in these rips, the ones that are just covered in so many layers of noise, the meme mashups like Memey Hell or Everybody's Special Course, or so many others. And Mother, Father, TechnoMan just channels that energy so expertly though its pingponging of lyrically-driven sources, all tweaked to fit the high-pitched emotion that defines Anamanaguchi's sound. Space Jam, Last Resort, a chorus introduced by Initial D Eurobeat before being overtaken by Linkin Park, which fucking HITS those high notes to a level I never thought would be possible...through it all, it feels as if these sources are all tied together through the power of raw excitement. Excitement that I feel every time I listen to it, and excitement that vvsvlogs is evidently well equipped to handle.
In closing, I love Mother, Father, TechnoMan, I love Anamanaguchi, I loved MAGFest 2024, and I do love SiIvaGunner...But, as a sleep-deprived yet adrenaline-fueled me wrote at 01:17:23 in the aforementioned Twitch stream's chat:
"@ siivacord i demand rips of [USA] expeditiously"