Zorgak's Reviews

  Princess Mononoke [SUB] (1997) 9/10 Hello and welcome to another movie review. As I’ve been revisiting old reviews and altering them, some of them I have felt the need to revisit altogether for one reason or another. One of those movies is Princess Mononoke. This movie was released on July 12, 1997, with the director being none other than Hayao Miyazaki, with his animation studio Studio Ghibli producing the film. Princess Mononoke is regarded as one of Miyazaki’s best movies and I firmly agree with that. Princess Mononoke is a movie that I have seen only once before. Although I enjoyed my initial viewing, I don’t think I fully absorbed what the movie was trying to tell me, so my original review always felt off. Now that I’m a bit more mature, rewatching Princess Mononoke was a wild trip. I loved its story, characters, central themes, and animation a lot more this time around. I can even see how some people would say it’s a masterpiece. Personally I’m not going to classify it ...

  Wall-E (PS2) 5/10 Hello everyone and welcome to another video game review. Today, I’ll be going over the movie licensed game Wall-E. Wall-E, originally a Pixar film, was then adapted into a game, which was released on June 24, 2008 for the PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and PC. The game was developed by Heavy Iron Studios and published by THQ and Disney. I have played this game religiously back when I was a kid, considering Wall-E was one of my favorite movies growing up. Revisiting this now, it does not hold up. Let’s begin. If you know the story of Wall-E, then you know this game’s plot. Humanity destroyed planet Earth with its industrialization and poor regulation to keep the environment clean. All of humanity leaves Earth on several ships created by Buy n’ Large (BnL), with the plot focusing on The Axiom. With Wall-E, the last functioning robot on Earth, he gets very lonely. One fateful day, a pod shows up searching for any sign of plant life. This pod is named EVE. The two eve...

  Toradora! [DUB] (2008-2009) 9/10 “Since ancient times, the dragon has been the only beast to equal the tiger. Even if you’re not by my side right now, I will leap through space and time and always be by your side. These feelings will never change.” – Ryuji Takasu Hello everyone and welcome back for another anime review. Today, I’ll be going over the romantic comedy anime Toradora! Toradora is a 25 episode anime that ran from October 1, 2008 - March 25, 2009, with J.C Staff producing the series. Initially, this show wasn’t originally on my backlog, but I’ve heard nothing but great things about it, so I added it on there. Soon enough, I got around to watching it and holy shit did this show hit me in ways that I wasn’t expecting. This might actually be one of the best romcoms I have ever seen, if not one of the best anime. Let’s begin. Our story follows Ryuji Takasu as he struggles through high school love life, trying to confess his feelings to his crush Minori Kushieda. Our story ...

  NIER (PS3) 6.5/10 Hello everyone and welcome to another game review. Today, I’ll be going over a little game by famous game director Yoko Taro. Nier is a dual release game in Japan (Nier Gestalt for the Xbox 360 and Nier Replicant for the PS3). When the game was brought over to the West, they only brought over Nier Gestalt and changed the name to just “NIER”. NIER was released on April 27, 2010 for both Xbox 360 and PS3. The game was developed by Cavia Inc and published by Square Enix. Upon release, the game received mixed reviews, but that didn’t stop it from being a commercial success. As a huge fan of NieR:Automata, I was super stoked to play this. I was expecting the game to play similarly to Automata, and that’s where my disappointment began. NIER isn’t necessarily a bad game, but it just felt clunky in a lot of ways. I was engrossed with the story, but that can only take you so far if the gameplay is both monotonous and requires a lot from the player. Let’s begin. NIE...

  Durarara!!X2 (2015-2016) 7/10 Hello everyone and welcome back for another anime review. Durarara!!X2 is the second season of the series, with it being split up into three arcs. The season aired from March 10, 2015 - March 26, 2016, clocking in at a total of 36 episodes. I gotta say, this season was very entertaining, but disappointing. Let’s begin this clusterfuck of a season. Our story takes place 6 months after the events of the first season. Mikado and Anri are still attending Raira Academy, Masaomi and his girlfriend Saki run away together, Kadota and his little group are still doing their own thing, Izaya is still causing trouble as an info broker, Shizuo is still working for Tom, and Shinra is still living with The Headless Rider: Celty. All is well until a string of murders rock the city of Ikebukuro once again. The serial killer is nicknamed Hollywood and these murders will kickstart a new scheme by Izaya that will test and transform everyone in the city. By the end of it...

WALL-E (2008) 9/10 Hello everyone and welcome back to another movie review. Today, I’m going to go over not only my first Pixar movie, but one of my favorite movies of all time. WALL-E premiered at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles on June 23, 2008 with the director being Andrew Stanton, who did Finding Nemo. John Lasseter of Toy Story fame executive produced the movie. The movie was a massive hit and is regarded as a classic of the late-2000’s, with the movie even entering the National Film Registry. As I said earlier, WALL-E is one of my favorite movies of all time, and rewatching it now only solidified my feelings on this. As much as I would love to give this a perfect score, I can’t. I just don’t think the movie is strong enough for a rating like that. But don’t let that detract you from the fact that this movie is an awesome time, and an excellent warning about over-corporatization, taking care of the planet, and simple love between robots. The year is 2805. Far into the futu...