Wow, it's been longer then a month since I posted anything! But no worries, it's not like I stopped doing cool things in the time that I've been away. In fact I've done plenty of blog worthy things! I've just been lazy. Over the next couple of days I'll post more entries in my blog about the things I've been up to lately.
So now with that outta the way let me tell you about Little Battles eXperience. It's a neat little PSP game made by Level-5 that reminds me a lot of Megaman Battle Network and Custom Robo. With a sequel coming out for PSP and the PSV as well as an enhanced port of the original game for the 3DS, it's safe to say that it has become a series. Just like Level-5's Inazuma Eleven series the game has gotten an anime treatment courtesy of Oriental Light and Magic.
The anime has been a bumpy ride for me. The beginning of it had me feeling rather mixed. The show felt too serious for such a simple and silly premise. I came in with a similar mindset that I approached Inazuma Eleven Go and well that was wrong of me. These series are pretty different in contrast. The things that happen are not wild and over the top like in Inazuma but are actually
pretty grounded in Earth. Well for the most part, there is some random
zany stuff that just feels kinda wrong with the tone. Such as a transfer
student arriving to school via Military Jet. Yeeeeeeeeeeah, that was
just weird and would be more at home for Inazuma and not for Little Battlers. For me it took about six or seven episodes for this show to actually get good. Over this time through some world building the narrative does start to feel more mature and the tone it takes begins to work in favor. As cutesy as the show is, it actually does have a nice and serious plot.
I'm now twelve episodes in and have found the past couple of episodes to be real enjoyable. I'll write a little bit more about the show when I finish it. For now just know that's what I've been up to the past week, watching Little Battlers! Oh and for those of you interested Dentsu's American branch will be releasing and dubbing the show in English sometime in 2013 for American audiences. There is also a plan to bring out the toy models from Japan too. No word on the games themselves but I actually have high hopes that we'll see them over here in the states soon enough.
