KARAI- Mirage & 2003 VersionsKarai- Nerd Bait For Years:-And now we’re at KARAI. One of the late-comers to the lore, she didn’t debut until 1992 in Mirage Comics, but HOLY SHIT did the fans ever take to her. The notion of a “Dark Action Girl” and a dangerous Japanese martial arts chick running around were just CANDY to the legions of Japanophiles reading the books, … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (Karai)
That’s right- it’s time for the “filler” 1980s toon characters, plus LORD DREGG- the final villain in the season nobody watched! TEMPESTRA -A peculiar character, Tempestra is actually an in-universe Video Game Boss brought to life. In her debut, LEONARDO of all people gets caught up in desperately trying to beat a video game at the local arcade (any other adaptation would use any one … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (Tempestra, Shogun Shoate & Lord Dregg)
My Sailor Moon Story:-Bold statement: Nobody has ever loved anything as teenaged Jab loved Sailor Moon. I LOVED this show when I was in High School. In a time when it was massively uncool for a boy to watch a “show for girls”, I was like openly talking about this to several of my male friends at the time. I remember seeing snippets of it at … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: Sailor Moon (The Entire Anime Series) Part 2
ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE (2001):Written by: Tab Murphy, Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, Joss Whedon, Bryce Zabel & Jackie Zabel -This is an interesting one. It comes on the tail end of the Renaissance (ie. well after it ended, but only by a couple years), so the hype was less extreme, the expectations were lowered, and the money was gonna be less. Even so, they did some … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: Atlantis- The Lost Empire
THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE (2000):Written by: David Reynolds, Chris Reynolds & Mark Dindal This one had a fabulously-awful production process, with a Prince and the Pauper-themed story being written by one guy, and a comedy film being written by another. When the first, also the director of The Lion King, quit over being forced to shorten his timeline, things looked to be a disaster. Instead, they completely re-did … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: The Emperor’s New Groove
Hundreds of years before sewers were even invented, Usagi Yojimbo (Rabbit Bodyguard), a skilled but masterless Samurai, wandered ancient legendary Japan. In a freakish burst of reception through Donatello’s trans-dimensional portal, this medieval hare wound up thrashing his way through the Turtles’ lair, kicking shell and more or less proving a few points with his Katana. Splinter recognized the ronin’s skills at once as Usagi … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (Usagi Yojimbo)
Art from official SM art & Tsutaya. SAILOR MOON: Sailor Moon- Series Overview:-And now we finally reach the end of my Sailor Moon sets, as I’ve finally reached the end of my 200-episode-long watch-through. I can actually give a more thorough review of the series at this point, detailing the qualities and flaws of the show. Was it good? Well let’s just say that Sailor Moon kicks the ever-loving … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: Sailor Moon (The Entire Anime Series) Part 1
It’s time for more Disney reviews! Unfortunately, these are all shows I haven’t seen so this is just “Jab Reads Wikipedia”, lol. You might saw “a proper reviewer would just watch these, since they have Disney+ and could just click on them” but I DON’T WANNNAAAAAAAAAAAAA.. FANTASIA 2000 (2000):Written by: N/A -A largely forgotten part of the canon, it was released the same year as Dinosaur, and … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: Fantasia 2000 & Dinosaur
SAILOR MOON SAILOR STARS:-And now we finally come to the FINAL SEASON of Sailor Moon– the somewhat notorious “Gender Swap” season Sailor Stars! Having finally watched all the episodes of the show, I can at last sum this up. So the series is winding down. The demand to make a “Chibi-Usa-centric season” ended with Sailor Moon SuperS and ratings fell, so they’re calling an end to it- the show … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: Sailor Stars Summation
Alright, finished my bio of Slash! Now I just need a good image for him!… I’ll type “ninja turtles slash” into Google Image Search to see what pops uOOOOOHHHHHHHH MMMYYYYYYY GOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDD!!!! SLASH:-Well short of Metalhead, you weren’t getting a more obvious character than this- Slash: The EVIL Mutant Turtle! And of course, following the rule of “Evil Counterparts”, he needed to have the same outfit … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (Slash)
KRANG:-Krang is a modification of the Utrom race, and appears in a few later renditions of the canon- mostly those inspired by the Turtles at their most popular. Krang is one of the two Big Bads of the 1987 animated series, and he appears in the concurrent Archie Comics in a similar role. He is quickly exiled to Morbus, the prison world, forming a bad … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (Krang)
“Nothing excites me more than watching fellow Guardians, sworn to protect their planet, kill each other. Countless planets have succumbed to my power, and each time, their Guardians have brought about their own doom by betraying one another. Friendship is but an illusion.” Well hell. Here we are- several years ago, on another website, I started posting these (most of which I’d done beforehand), but … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: Sailor Stars (Episodes #199-200- THE LAST REVIEW!)
oh, INTERNET… — A loner. A lizard. A skatemaster. Mutated from a head-banging, thrash-metal, teenage guitarist, Mondo Gecko is the coolest lizard to surf the concrete jungle. Known to his cold-blooded boardin’ brethren as “The Mon,” Mondo Gecko likes to skate the sewers and grease the grind. This maximum maniac grooves on shining the curbside and puts fun and freedom ahead of everything else. He’s … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (Mondo Gecko & Wingnut)
It’s time for my second-last recap of Sailor Moon! Last episode was a big one: EVERYONE DIED! Well okay, the entire Inner Senshi- Sailor Mars, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Jupiter & Sailor Venus- all perished saving the Sailor Starlights from Galaxia’s destructive attack- their Star Seeds were taken out (fatal to any Sailor), and they faded away, Mars doing so in a crying Usagi’s arms, teasing … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: Sailor Star (Episodes #197-198)
Welcome back to more Sailor Stars reviews! As the show nears its end point, every enemy general is dead but one, we’re out of “Focus Episodes” for the Sailors, and we’ve finally met Princess Kakyuu, who reveals the history of the Sailor Wars and how Sailor Galaxia is trying to return Chaos to the world. Oh, and this episode features one of the most famous … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: Sailor Stars (Episodes #195-196)
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