Jang Keun Suk Sings for Fairy Tail - The Phoenix Priestess

Hallyu star Jang Keun Suk’s voice will soon be heard in the theme song for an upcoming Japanese animation movie.

   Jang Keun Suk’s official Japanese homepage has stated that his song, 200 miles, has been selected as the opening theme song for the Japanese animation, Fairy Tail the Movie: The Phoenix Priestess (劇場版 FAIRY TAIL 鳳凰の巫女. 200 miles is the first track off of Jang Keun Suk’s upcoming first Japanese album, ‘Just Crazy’ set to be released on May 30.

  Fairy Tail the Movie: The Phoenix Priestess is a fantasy anime about magic and has been a manga publication since 2006 in Weekly Shōnen Magazine, and has sold over 20 million copies so far.

  Regarding his song selection, Jang Keun Suk said, “This is the first time my song has been selected to serve as the theme song for an animation. I hope many will enjoy the movie and the music.”

  The animation movie will premiere on August 18.

The Legendary Anime Returns!

  Saint Seiya Omega (聖闘士星矢・オメガ) For all of you hardcore Saint Seiya fans out there, Toei up and made everyone's day today with the confirmation of a new TV series airing this April in Saint Seiya Omega. The series will be the first all new TV anime for Saint Seiya in 25 years and is not based off of Masaki Kurumada's epic manga, instead featuring a brand-new cast of characters headed up by new leader Kouga. It is being directed by Morio Hatano (his debut as series director), with animation character designs by illustrator and animator Yoshihiko Umakoshi, known for performing the same duties on Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation and Casshern Sins. This has also marked Toei's return with its Saint Seiya property since the adaptation to anime of the Hades arc from Kurumada's manga which was completed in 2008. How fun is this?! 

   The story of Omega takes place in the future, 25 years after the Holy Wars of the 20th century narrated in the original Manga and Anime. Goddess Athena is still on Earth, after reincarnating, to cleanse it of the evil as she has done during millennia. Accompanied by her Saints, to fulfill her duty of protecting peace on Earth, after her victories over antagonistic deities, Athena and a new generation of Saints prepare to face a new menace that lurks in this new era, in which Pegasus Seiya, the protagonist of Kurumada's manga, is revered as a Saint of legend.

Athena & Her Saints

Warning! Some of these characters have not appeared in the Anime! Proceed at your own will!

  Pegasus Kouga:  A 13 year-old boy, who is destined to become the Pegasus Bronze Saint in the future era. He is the main character in this series, trained since his early childhood to become a Saint, Kōga is rebellious but also compassionate. He is still unaware of the purpose of having become a Saint in an era of peace, and has yet to discover his destiny. His name means Light Fang in Japanese.

    Athena: The greek goddess of justice, wisdom and heroic endeavor, who always returns when evil consumes Earth. As in Kurumada's manga, she appears as Saori Kido (城戸沙織) during her incarnation in the 20th century. She took care of the orphaned Kōga as his foster mother.

    Orion Eden: An enigmatic young man, the Orion Saint in the future era. Eden is 15 years old. Mysterious and distant, Eden believes in the dominance of the strong and disregards the weak, putting his faith in his own strength. Unlike in Kurumada's mythos, in which the Orion Saint belongs to the Silver Saint ranks, in Omega, the Orion Saint is ranked as a Bronze Saint. (Here's' your hot headed character, or so it seems. Don't know yet ha ha!)

     Wolf Haruto: The young Bronze Saint of the Wolf constellation. Descendant of shinobi, a smart and knowledgeable 13 year-old boy. Stoic, Haruto aims to become a strong Saint. With a calm personality, he blends the shinobi arts with the ancient fighting style of the Saints. His name means Glorious Battler in Japanese. (Doesn't sound so interesting but we'll see how it goes with him.)

     Aquila Yuna: The female Saint of the Eagle constellation, a 13 year-old girl. Departing from Kurumada's manga, the Aquila Saint is ranked as a Bronze Saint in Omega. Yuna aims to become a true and strong Saint, but strongly opposes the implied rule that female Saints should remain in a life of secrecy. (Interesting! Finally a female Saint into battle!)

     Dragon Ryuho: A 13 year-old boy, friend to Kōga, who considers him almost his brother, the Dragon Bronze Saint in the future era. Very caring of others by nature, Ryūhō suffers from a frail health. Calm and polite, he has a natural talent for becoming a formidable Saint, but he is affected by his condition. He received the Dragon Cloth from his father. His name means Dragon Peak in Japanese.

      Lionet Soma: A 14 year-old boy, Kōga's best friend and trusted partner, the Lionet Bronze Saint of the future generation. With a bright and cheerful personality, Sōma is also emotional and prone to lose his temper. His name means Blue Mark in Japanese.

  So far we seem to have your usual main characters. This is Saint Seiya though. Although Seiya and his friends don't come out, let us all hope that this series is as good as the originals. I won't really reveal the whole list of characters as it might be a spoiler to some. To those who are going to watch it and are new to the Saint Seiya fandom, prepare to be hooked! Ha ha! I've seen all the Arcs/Chapters and even specials, not in one sitting of course. Over the course of their releases ha ha ha! ALSO! There will be a 3DCG movie coming out. No release date yet or story but it's a movie! So look out for it. Once again, thanks for reading.

Anime: Accel World (アクセル・ワールド)

 Plot Summary: One autumn day in 2046, Haruyuki has an encounter with Kuroyukihime, the prettiest girl in his school. For the middle school boy who is often bullied, the meeting changes his life. Through a mysterious piece of software from her, Haruyuki learns of the existence of the virtual Accel World. In that moment, the lowest of the "school caste" becomes "Burst Linker", a knight defending a princess. 

 The main character, Haruyuki, is short and chubby and not your typical tall, fit and cool looking Anime guy. That is something I didn't expect, but really found interesting and took a liking to it. Writer Reki Kawahara and illustrators HiMA,Hiroyuki Aigamo, and Ryuryū Akari really caught and got my full attention. The feel of this Manga/Anime is really exciting, but I'll get to that in just a bit. First off is this virtual world called Accel World. 

 It is the year 2040 and Neuro-synchronization, a technology system that allows humans to access the internet through their five senses and enter a virtual world, has become widespread and used for everything. Everyone has this object on the back of their necks which acts as if it were a computer. Everything seen through the eyes of people pretty much looks like as if they are staring at a computer screen with all the icons. Sounds like something anyone would love to have ha ha.

SPOILER ALERT!!!

The following contains spoilers of the first Chapter/Episode of Accel World!

 Towards to Manga and Anime! Well as I've said before, the story centers around our Protagonist, Haruyuki. Being bullied for being short and chubby and just weak, he escapes reality and goes online to play games. Seeing as how that's his only way to let out his stress and anger. One day he gets demanded to buy lunch to his bully and later goes to the boys restroom and decides to 'Direct Link' into the virtual world and play some games. After a long session he loses a match and his friend, Chiyuri logs on and sees his ridiculously high score of 2,630,000 points. She tells him to 'Link Out' and have lunch with her but he doesn't follow her. Thus! She forces him to Link Out by heading him on the head. Upon being forced to log out he notices that Chiyuri is right in front of him in one of the boys bathroom stalls. After a short talk and walk, Chiyuri offers him lunch but he denies and runs away. Looking back for only a second he runs off to the library. Direct Linking into the virtual world once again, he slightly remembers seeing his friend crying as he ran from her. He logs onto his game and sees that someone has beat his high score of two million. Seeing that he falls onto his knees and cries saying that games are his only strong point. Look above little Haruyuki! The person who beat your score is there! A voice calls out to him, "So you're the guy with that extremely high score?" the person says. He looks up and sees a young girl in a black outfit with big butterfly wings coming out of her back. She tells him to meet her at the school's lounge. The following day he does so and sees that its miss popular, Kuroyukihime. Now you may wonder, 'Why is miss popular wanting to talk to a chubby kid?' Well he is the main character, so.. Anyways, they talk for a bit and she offers him a program, or app. She tell him to install it. IF he can, and that he may fail. Haruyuki goes forth and installs it. SUCCESS! It installed safely! The program is called Brain Burst. Sounds painfully fun huh? 

 Not forgetting, his bully comes to the lounge and starts rampaging about his lunch and how little Haru hasn't gotten it for him. Kuroyukihime then speaks out on behalf on Haru and says that he bad mouthed him to her. The red head blow ups and starts a fight with Haru! Oh no! He makes our little hero stand up and throws a punch. Kuroyuki tells him to say 'Burst Link' and when he does so, time stops around them and they enter the Accel World. Haruyuki's online avatar pops out of his body and so does Kuriyukihime's. She gives him a small and quick explanation of the program and how one minute in reality is 16 minutes and 30 some seconds in Accel World. Kuroyukihime tells him to never connect to the global network with the program, but the next morning he turns on his N-S so his come can send him his lunch money. He forgets to turns it off and steps outside of his house and the program sends him into a different virtual world. New Challenger!? That's right! Brain Burst is a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online fighting game... That's a mouthful, VRMMO for short. Short fight shorter, Haru loses the match and heads off to school. Kuroyukihime tells him that losing a match makes his Acceleration points decrease, which allows him to enter Accel World, she also teaches him how to fight in the game. She then tells him to go back out and defeat the challenger. After school he goes off with her and enters the world once again. He faces off with the same guy once again and comes out victorious after a long match and whimpering thoughts.

 That's pretty much the first chapter and first episode. If you like fighting, difference, foul language and more, then I recommend this Manga and Anime. The main character is also quite a twist since it's not your typical guy. Although his whimpering and cowardice like behavior can get annoying to some readers and or fans. So far, I think I shall continue to watch and read this. Thanks you for reading and hope you check this Manga/Anime out.