I’m going to be quick and lazy regarding this volume, largely because I was supposed to do this post weeks ago, and volume 4 has shipped already. I’ve not actually had time to watch the episodes on this volume yet, either (six through eight).
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The latest issue of Famitsu has an announcement for a new 360 iMAS game, Live for You. From what has been said, it’s sounding like an uber-stripped down version of iMAS – that is, it has the actual game part removed, leaving just the dress up and performance parts of the game. I’m guessing that DLC sales for the first iMAS game have slowed down to the point where they feel that it’s more profitable to make a whole new release out of a bunch of them.

Then sell some more download content for that one.
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I’m sure that if it was more like Gurren Lagann, more people would share my love. As it stands, it’s hard to think of two mecha shows which have less in common – well, OK, it isn’t really THAT hard, but the point is really that they are just very different. Whilst one is all about crazy, psychotically paced, GAR-laced action, the other has an approach about as, errr, “deliberately paced” as possible. Then there is the fact that one of the shows levels up its mecha with GUTS and PASSION, whilst the other attempts it with, errr, stripping…

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