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FEBRUARY 2015 JB Hi-Fi
Space Dandy Part 1
I t’s a massive shonen month with all the
laughs, action and adventure you could
wish for, as well as the long awaited
arrival of Space Dandy Part 1. Why should you
be excited for Space Dandy? Well... he’s a dandy
guy... in space! It also doesn’t hurt that these
pompadour laden, hilariously kooky adventures
are animated by BONES (Fullmetal Alchemist:
Brotherhood) and directed by Shinichiro Watanabe
(Cowboy Bebop).
The regular Naruto and Naruto Shippuden
series’ are great, no doubt, but there’s just
something about Naruto movies that raise the bar
even higher. Naruto the Movie: Road to Ninja
smashes its way onto DVD and Blu-ray with an
action-packed yet harrowing adventure in which
Naruto faces the mysterious shinobi, who is
responsible for the death of his parents.
Fairy Tail is still going strong with Collection
14 hitting shelves this month. And with it comes a
fierce battle between the wizarding world’s most
powerful and deadly guilds. The Grand Magic
Games may have made Fairy Tail look like chumps
for the last seven years, but all that is about to
change now that its A-team is back in action.
Things didn’t go quite to plan when the Straw
Hats arrived at Thriller Bark, and now in One
Piece (Uncut) Collection 29, Luffy has lost his
shadow! Luckily for Monkey D. and the similarly
shadowless Zoro and Sanji, Brook is willing to
assist, but only if they can help him defeat a
zombie samurai. It’s off-the-wall shenanigans like
this that makes One Piece so entertaining. “An
afro-wearing skeleton needs to defeat a zomb-urai
in order to help his rubber-man friend who lost his
shadow? You must be talking about One Piece!”
It seems like an impossible mission! Goku
finally faces off against his most powerful and
dangerous foe yet: Majin Buu. Desperately
overpowered, Goku and the Z-Fighters need to
take drastic action to save the world. But is Goku
willing to merge with longtime rival Vegeta
using the Fusion Technique? Well, you’ll just
have to check out Dragon Ball Z Season 9
on butt-kicking Blu-ray and see for yourself.
Once a feared warrior and elite combat
trainer, Raul Chaser finds himself working
in customer service. An early nominee
for the “Longest Anime Title Name
of the Year” award, Yu-Sibu: I
Couldn’t Become a Hero, So I
Reluctantly Decided to Get
a Job is filled with comedy,
slapstick action, and as
advised on the cover, frequent
animated nudity. Yowza!
ANIME ROUND-UP Anime
Hairstyles
With such a bombastic pompadour
on the menu this month, it seems
only natural that we reflect upon
the best and most recognisable
hairstyles in anime. Because you’re
worth it! Apologies to those follically
challenged characters who didn’t
make the cut. This means you, Krillin!
5 Asuka Langley Soryu –
The style of Asuka’s hair may
not be particularly distinctive, but her
auburn hair coupled with her red Eva
headgear complete the look.
4 Motoko Kusanagi – Fusing
80’s punk rock with office worker
delivers an aesthetic which is unlike
any other. If it’s short at the front, long
at the sides and purple all over, you
know it’s Major Kusanagi.
3 Sailor Moon – Everyone’s
favourite mahou shoujo (magical
girl) is unmistakable with her golden
locks and mini jam donut-looking...
head... things. Does it add to her
magical abilities? No, but it certainly
is iconic.
2 Astro Boy – This little robot-that-
could has such a distinctive profile
that it was used in silhouette as the
episode introduction screen. Impossible
to convert to the physical world, his 2D
double peaked style is quintessentially
anime.
1 Super Saiyan Goku –
Seeing Goku go full Super
Saiyan for the first time when
fighting Frieza was almost
as glorious as seeing Goku’s
blonde mane. When you’re
talking about iconic anime
hair, this ‘do takes the
cake.
Naruto the Movie: Road to Ninja
Image: Yassir Narkemonball