Things I should probably do before 2010 ends
Four months left to go in the year, and I still have lots of free time on my hands. It’s high time I knocked some of these things off my “to-do” list…
Are you not aware of exactly who she is?
So I watched episodes 9 and 10 of Gurren Lagann the other day, where sparkle-spiral princess Nia showed up for the first time. When she first started talking, something immediately came to me:
NIA IS STARFIRE!
Think about it: both characters are weirdly-colored otherworldly princesses with odd speech patterns.
Well excuse me, princess!
It’s weird. In the early ’90s, when video games were just starting to get popular again thanks to the NES and Sega Genesis, you used to see game-themed cartoons all over the place. Sure, our parents knew they were merchandise-driven, but we sat down after school and watched a couple of them anyway. You know those shows: The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Captain N: The Game Master, Sonic the Hedgehog, Double Dragon…
