Gundam 00 OP2

If the first quarter of Gundam 00 was more about introduction, the second quarter will be more about action. That’s reflected by the second opening sequence of Gundam 00, featuring The Brilliant Green’s Ash Like Snow. Sure, Setsuna ejecting into an orbital skydive for no apparent reason makes for an emo start, but the HD battle scenes make absolutely scrumptious eye candy. Hit series often get bigger budgets — and judging from the animation in its second opening, Gundam 00 is clearly a hit.

The rivalries for three of our four heroes are clearly defined in this opening: Allelujah versus Soma, Lockon versus Graham, and Setsuna versus Ali. That leaves out Tieria. Now who’s supposed to fight that cyberpathic transvestite protocol bitch?

Akio Ohtori Tagalog Dub: Sexy

Anyone who’s seen the anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena knows how drop-dead sexy Akio Ohtori is. He’s the only guy in the series who successfully seduces the heroine. Lately, I’ve been watching episodes of Hero’s Tagalog dub — which, unfortunately, is translated from the inaccurate Enoki Films English dub Ursula’s Kiss. The only thing I like about the Enoki translation is that Akio is renamed “Mike”.

Since Hero followed the Enoki translation, I had low expectations for their Tagalog dub. Turns out I actually enjoy the Tagalog voices despite the inaccuracies. To my pleasant surprise, dubber Brian Ligsay does a drop-dead sexy Akio/Mike. He delivers his lines like they’re Tagalog porn titles. The relatively nonchalant “Pleasant vibrations, aren’t they?” becomes the utterly salacious “Ang Sarap ng Ugong ng Makina”.

I’ve long been fascinated by Akio’s character — from his worldly ways to his godly nature — so it means a lot to me that he’s properly introduced to Filipino audiences. Thank you, Brian, for doing justice to one of my all-time favorite villains.