BECK - Mongolian Chop Squad

Yeye...I finally finished watching this anime…there are 26 episodes…I’d say it is quite entertaining watching this anime…it has nothing to do with the famous band BECK in the State..hehe..

Yukio Tanaka or mostly known to his friends as Koyuki, is just an ordinary junior high school boy until he saves an odd-looking dog named BECK from some kids. Beck’s owner turns out to be an emerging rock musician, a genius guitarist Ryusuke Minami (character is based on Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and sometimes as Tom Morello) who soon influences Koyuki to start playing the guitar and recruited into BECK, playing second guitar and singing slower song… his entire life change onwards…

The story focuses on the trial and journey of their punk and rap-core band named BECK and the relationship between Koyuki and Ryusuke’s sister, Maho…

This anime contains many references (tribute) to classic rock and pop culture. There’s a particular scene of dream sequence that features various deceased rock idols such as Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and Freddie Mercury picking up garbage…there also one major band, Dying Breed (US Band) where Eddie (guitarist for DyBreed) is a friend to Ryusuke…having said that, the anime uses both language Japan and English…Ryusuke and Maho were in the State for quite a while and most of their conversation is in English…after so many obstacles of trying to be a known band in Japan, they managed to get a tour in the US…Koyuki become the back bone to BECK when he writes and sings his own English song (Slip Out) which is acclaimed by Ryusuke as a master piece for the future of BECK..

* BECK is their commercial name used in Japan and Mongolian Chop Squad in US

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BECK ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK "BECK"

1. Brainstorm(BIG MUFF)
2. Spice Of Life
3. Mad House
4. Sly
5. Face
6. Lost Melody
7. Follow Me - Rocket Boys
8. Genki Wo Dashite
9. Moon On The Water - Dying Breed feat. Tanaka Koyuki
10. Like a Foojin
11. Youkai Ningen Bem
12. Gymnasium
13. Reloaded
14. Journey
15. Follow Me - Saitou San Band feat. Tanaka Koyuki & Minami Maho
16. My World Down
17. Love Dischord
18. By Her (Endless Travelling Map)
19. I've Got A Feeling
20. Slip Out (Little More Than Before)
21. Moon On The Water - Tanaka Koyuki & Minami Maho

BECK - Slip Out

Hikaru No Go

This week alone I'm kind of free and lazy (I hadn't felt this for quite some time...)..my days in the office were slow as there was not much work to do (read last week and this week's newspapers, reviewing development works and sleep...hehe)...at home, most of the time, I was in front of my PC or lying down on my bed watching anime (one that I like)..I haven't completed downloading the entire episodes though...I began watching this anime on last Sunday when there was nothing to do...well to be exacts...it was more like a re-watch...I first watched it a year ago (I borrowed from one of my friend who has over hundreds of anime DVD collection – downloaded+burned la bukan original..hehe) Currently,I have watched up to the episode 64 (out of 75 episodes) I will certainly finish watching this by today...then, I look forward to watch another anime entitled “Midori No Hibi"...also a re-watch but first I will need to download episodes by episodes….the same I did for Hikaru No Go as it will take ages to download the whole collection at once...

A short summary of the "Hikaru No Go" anime

Hikaru Shindo is just a normal twelve year old Japanese boy. But, one day, as he's going through his grandfather's old things to see what he can sell, he comes across an old Go board. A ghost type figure comes out of the board and tells Hikaru his sad story. His name is Fujiwara no Sai (or Sai of the Fujiwara), a man who was the Go Instructor, a thousand years ago, to the Emperor of Japan. However, Sai was falsely accused of cheating, and was exiled from the city. With no reason to live, Sai committed suicide by drowning himself. Now, he haunts a Go board and wants to achieve the perfect Go game, a move called the "Hand of God." He hopes to do this through Hikaru. Thus this story of growth, learning, and excitement begins...

If you look at it..I think this board game Go is also known as Othello board game (western)….also as ”perang-perang”among budak-budak sekolah in the late 80’s and early 90’s….I used to play this game using my math’s exercise book (yang petak-petak kecil)….where players will use the marks of ‘x’ and ‘o’ to mark and differentiate their territory..masih ingat kah ni…only mereka yang membesar di zaman tertentu saja tahu ni…I think in the late 90’s the game has lost its popularity and I would not be surprised if most kids today does not have any idea of this game at all…pity you all…..

Have a great weekend peeps!