REVIEW: Queen's Blade: Exiled Virgin

“Holy Cheesecake Batman!”

[Note: This review was done off the Netflix streaming release of the series, so there were no extras to evaluate]
There are guilty pleasures of all types, for some its a fattening meal, others a special book, for me and my wife, it was a bit of silly cheesecake, read on for our review of Queen's Blade: Exiled Virgin

Story 2/10

Ok so basically the story can be summed up simply, it’s the story of an all female fighting tournament where the best fighter AND most beautiful woman will become Queen, and it happens once every four years. Into this tournament comes our reluctant heroine Leina, who is trying to escape her destiny in nobility, and

That is really all the story there is to this show, there are some light subplots dealing with issues of family and loss, but for the most part the series is an excuse for a lot of fanservice and cheesecake.

My biggest complaint with the story is that there is no real growth with most of the characters, leading to a plodding pace for the story

Art 9/10

Unlike the story which is stuck in mediocrity the art is anything but, fast flowing combat, beautifully drawn, its a shame that the story cannot match the same quality. Special note has to be given to a series that spent apparently a great deal of time dealing with the bounce physics of the girls "Assets" its that kind of show, like it or hate it.

Voice Acting 6/10

Mixed bag when it comes to the voice actors, some like our hereo Leina are actually pretty well done, but by the time you have listed to the Bunny Demon [no I am not kidding] and the annoying Angel, you just might want to poke out your ears, it serviceable stuff, but not too much more.

Parental Advisory: MATURE

This show is definitely not for kids, there are constant sexual overtones, and naked breasts abound in every episode, while the violence is surprisingly non graphic, and the language is certainly nothing above PG the constant sexual overtones will be too much even for some adults, let alone kids.

Overall [Not an average] 7/10

Ok so that rating might not make a lot of sense to people, but hear me out, despite all its shorcomings storywise, and somewhat questionable material, at the end of the day it was a simply fun show to watch, kinda like a train wreck, its not going to be for everyone, but its a bit of silly fun, and if you can think of it in that capacity, you are going to love it.

Hometown Dolpa Kyoto 9

Hey folks, just wanted to get the information about the lastest Dolpa up, sorry if this is cutting pretty close to the deadline for the lottery, I had some computer issues that prevented me from getting this up before now.

For DD fans the biggest news is the release of the limited Haruki Kiimi from "Photokano" [$594]

What  makes this release so important is that its the first release of the new Dollfie Dream Dynamite Base Body III, say that three times fast! This means that she has the same lovely proportions and sculpting as the regular DD Dynamite, but with the articulation of the DD Sister, as you can see in the picture below.

Currently the new body isn't available for individual order, so the only way to get the new body type is going to be through this limited purchase.

The other limited DD doll release is of Lucy Maria Misora from "To Heart 2" [$605]

Good luck to all who enter! If you get one of these limited releases, drop me a comment with a link to photos of her in your collection and I will gladly post them here!

This Article Has Not Yet Been Rated

Going forward I wanted to let you know of a change to reviews on the site, there is now an extra section on each one called Parental Advisory, being a parent now, I understand the concerns about what our kids see and hear, and even if its the parents/adults buying for themselves they need to be aware of the content that comes into their home. In addition there are a lot of folks who find certain content objectionable and I am concious of that fact so I decided to make this slight change.

Have a good one folks!

New Limited Items From Volks 2/18/2012

For all of the Dollfie Dream fans out there, here are the latest limited edition items being made available by Volks later this month

http://www.volksusa.com/november-2011-collection.html

Of special interest to the Dollfie Dream fans would be the following dresses:

Dollfie Dream Care

Dollfie Dream care is a pretty big issue, when you are spening $500+ on a "Doll" you definately want to take care of it, I was recently asked by a friend if there were any good resources for DD care, so I took a look around the net and found this really good article. 

http://aquilla429.co.uk/all-about-bjd/all-about-dollfie-dreams/dollfie-dream-maintenancecare/

One For All

I don't think that I will personally ever forget waking up and finding out a good portion of Japan had been wiped out by a Tsunami, let alone the images of the devastation, seeing all those people covered in dirt and ash, in a place that I have personally visited, brought tears to my eyes.

As we near the one year anniversary of the disaster, Japan is still rebuilding, and the process will still continue for many years to come yet, this is why I am encouraging all of my readers [especially the Dollfie Fans!] to go to Volks and get one of their buttons, all the proceeds got to the Japanese Red Cross.

You can find all the details on the Sumika Times blog.

Happy New Year: 2011 in Review

First off I want to wish each and every one of you a happy and healthy New Year, hopefully whatever your entertainment last night you made it home safe and sound. 

Now onto the year that was for the blog...

2011 was an interesting year here for me at the blog, I tried to be a bit better about keeping to a schedule and content creation, and that well, failed abysmally, it wasn't through lack of desire or trying, but after doing a lot of research and soul searching on my part I found that I got more stressed and frustrated trying to stick to a schedule and it made it much harder for me to develop content for the site, so consider that a lesson learned.

This past year also marked a milestone for the blog, monthly traffic is now averaging over 200 hits per month, I want to thank my readers out there who are making that possible, I know that this thing has tended to stay barren for long stretches of time and I want to be better about that, Dollfie posts still lead the way on traffic and I am still working out a way to provide more of that content for my readers so we will see what happens there. 

2012 is going to be a blast, I am going to try to get to the point of smaller posts with fun content more often, little snippets here and there rather than great walls of text, hopefully that will keep my juices flowing and at the same time not burn me out trying to write a 3500 word article each week. 

In short, thanks for sticking with me, I am looking forward to a lot of fun yet to come and getting to know you all better, thanks for the traffic and the time out of your lives!

Merry Christmas!

Just wanting to wish my readers a safe and happy Christmas weekend!

Wherever you are, remember to hug the people you care about and tell them you love them, you never know when it could be your last time.

Peace on earth and goodwill towards men.

I am away for the holidays should be back just before New Years.

Looking backwards and forwards...

I always find it amusing to take a look back at blogs and see where they came from, what origianlly was intended versus what they became, you can see where an author started out with an idea and as traffic and interestes changed moved into a totally different direction, sometimes quite suddenly. Blogs are organic things and its amazing to see how they grow, sometimes completely out of control in ways that aren't expected.

This past week I did the same with my own humble piece of Cyberspace [do people even use that term anymore?] and found a fairly similar situation, what started out as an art blog with an anime influence, morphed into a full blown review and commentary site, and now is struggling to find its identity again with the advent of all the Dollfie traffic its been getting in recent months.

As I looked back I also realized all the FLUFF that I had posted, appologies for lack of updates, breaking schedules etc. and like a comment on a recent post pointed out, all that does is make the blog look bloated and me like a goof, so thats why in this last month there weren't any new updates, I was busy with a wedding, honeymoon and the holidays [although I am sorry for missing my Happy Thanksgiving post] so I didn't get any new content developed. But instead of posting about missing it, I just waited until I had something to post and insert a small appology.

The site content has been fascinating to revisit, from my early Manga and DVD reviews, to my most current VIZ Manga App review I saw the shft in the clarity of the writing into something more than just words, but it also brought forth the reality of writing reviews when you aren't on companies comp lists, it can be tough, you deal with your own budget and what you can gert your hands on at the time so it can be a bit sporadic. The shock is still the amount of traffic I get from the Dollfie articles, I am always scouring the net for new and exciting posts about this very niche hobby, sadly though there isn't always a lot out there that folks haven't yet seen.

So I am going to keep fighting the good fight, three years on the blog has changed formats and content but the passion is still there, I look forward to three more great [and productive] years!

Of Comments and Communication: Shout it Out!

For every blogger out there that lauches a professional career from their hobby, there are probably 10,000 that write for the sheet pleasure of it, their only gratification being the hits they get on their sites and the feedback of the community, so where does that leave the reader, and is there a responsibility to post comments? Step past the cut for a discussoon on blogs, comments, communities, and keeping a blogger posting.