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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a 2001 Japanese computer animated film considered part of the Final Fantasy video game franchise. Director Hironobu Sakaguchi named the character Aki Ross after his late mother, and tried to make her as realistic as possible by rendering and animating 60,000 separate hairs on her head. Square Pictures (production company) had planned for Aki to be the world's first "artificial actress" , with modifications made to her age and appearance for different positions within multiple films. Aki appeared on the cover of Maxim dressed in a bikini, and was ranked by the magazine as one of the sexiest women of 2001, placing at number 87 out of 100 and becoming the first fictional woman to make the list. Livia Monnet (professor of comparative literature) however, argued that Aki represented little more than "an ideal, cinematic female character" and an example of the constantly kidnapped woman in Japanese cinema. At the time ...

Castlevania: Nocturne is an American animated television series based on the video game series of the same name. It acts as a stand-alone follow up to the Netflix Castlevania animated series, and loosely adapts the 1993 entry Rondo of Blood and its remake Dracula X, with elements taken from Symphony of the Night and Harmony of Dissonance. Select characters from the game Bloodlines also make an appearance. Spoiler Warning: I am going to give a synopsis of each episode and my opinions at the very end.  

Tales of Zestiria the X is a 2016 Japanese animated series based on the video game of the same name. It features an alternative take of Zestiria's premise, with elements taken from the prequel game Tales of Berseria. The "Cross" in the title is a reference to the cross between timelines. The series was released in two halves, with the first half or season releasing in 2016 and the second in 2017. Opening Song (Season 1): Kaze no Uta by FLOW Credits Song (Season 1): Calling by Fhána Episode 5 only: White Light JP / White Light EN (Zestiria main theme) by Superfly Episode 6 only: BURN (Berseria main theme) by FLOW The instrumental version of White Light is used in the English version due to licensing issues. Opening Song (Season 2): Illuminate by Minami Credits Song (Season 2): Innosense by FLOW Spoiler Warning: I am going to give a synopsis of each episode and my opinions at the very end.

  Review based on patch 1.05 Story Invaders to the post-apocalyptic planet of Magalan bring a dark power with them known as "Dark Elex" that converts the native life into one of their own. Former hero Jax leaves on a mission to unite the Factions of Magalan against the "Skyand" invaders. While the story claims to be about uniting the disparate factions of Magalan to form a 'sixth power' able to fight back the invaders, this isn't the case. The five factions don't factor into the invader arc at all and will always remain independent regardless of the player's actions. At most they will acknowledge the invaders existence; little more. Meanwhile, Jax will be investigating the invaders, finding new recruits, and fighting hordes of enemies entirely on his own. Even the final confrontation is done completely alone, without the help of companions, let alone the absentee factions. The player's base of operations - the Bastion, likewise s...

Story A deep-space vessel called the Aurora crash lands on the alien planet 4546B during its maiden voyage. The lone survivor of the crash, Ryley Robinson, must collect resources and face the hostile alien wildlife to survive. Over the course of his exploration of the mysterious water-world, Ryley uncovers another crash from ten years prior and discovers a mysterious illness afflicting the animals. Neither crash turns out to be an accident and if Ryley has any hope of being rescued he'll first need to find a way to treat the illness that threatens all life on 4546B - including his own. Gameplay Subnautica is a survival game with four modes that will effect the difficulty: Survival: Health, hunger, thirst and oxygen have to be managed. Certain items are removed from the players inventory upon death. Freedom: Identical to Survival, but without hunger and thirst. Hardcore: Includes permadeath - save file is deleted. Creative: All depleting characteristics are remov...

Halo: Nightfall is a 2014 live action web series comprised of five episodes meant to bridge the video game storylines of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians . They were released weekly and later collectively as a feature length movie through the defunct Halo Channel app. The series was included with copies of Halo: The Master Chief Collection to introduce the new character, Agent Jameson Locke, as Nightfall is considered to be his origin story. Spoiler Warning: I am going to give a synopsis of the plot and my opinions at the very end.

For N7 Day 2023 the director of BioWare, Michael Gamble posted a message to the fans that contained a series of spelling errors - a binary code. The secret message embedded in the text translates to "Epsilon" when decoded. The Epsilon Effect was one of many concept names originally considered for the Mass Effect series. Epsilon is also the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, which makes sense for the fifth entry in the series. Michael Gamble then posted a link to the game's official website with: ////ACCESS CODE: EPSILON /////ACCESS CODE ACCEPTED /////SECONDARY ENCRYPTION DETECTED /////VJBSVU-XXXX-XXXXXXXX /////ANDROMEDA DISTRESS SIGNAL DETECTED /////YEAR SENT: [REDACTED] /////AUDIO TRANSCRIPT: ALTHOUGH THEY SHOULD KNOW BY NOW NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE HUMAN [REDACTED] • The AUDIO TRANSCRIPT part is from a line of dialogue in last year's teaser where Liara can be heard conversing with Geth. The word "defiance" has been redacted from the transcript for s...