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*squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!* I'm soooo happy that AonE somehow was able to sub or get a hold of Gungrave Overdose movie clips that came from the game that is now up on BT for download. The game itself is slated for release next month for PS2. *bouncebounce* So I got the chance to watch it and even while writing this, I'm so excited, its just so weird to FINALLY see GGOD like this without having to even go through the game. (though I will be buying it, oh yes, it shall be mine preciousssssssssssss). The graphics are just....WOW! Just amazing, even better than the first Gungrave. I really like the new characters RB (Rocket Billy Redcadillac) who kinda has a tiny look of Vash, also was a musician in his past life (hence why his weapon is a really bad ass guitar that does alot of things) and Jyuji Kabane the blind swordsman. They weren't kidding when they said about RB being a ghost, so I wonder cause of him being like that, can he take any damage to his form when he fights in the game? I mean, when he went to grab Mika's arm, his hand went through her and when Grave shot at him, his bullet went through as well.
There are spoilers inside the cut but they are marked if you don't want to read them.
The story that goes on is pretty good, between what happens to Grave (which I had no clue that he could actually bleed for a dead guy), as well as Mika and Spike's situations. The music I found to be funny, only cause they have a mix of all three cds: from Gungrave game OST, (anime osts) uno Righthead and Lefthead but they also added some new songs too.
Again, I can't help but feel pity towards poor Bunji, he still harbored alot of deep feelings of wanting to kill Grave to thinking about their past when they worked together. But the question on my mind is, HOW did he survive the last game?? Did someone revive him or was he just a bit strong to really kill off for good in the 1st one?? I'm also glad that they kept to the likeness of Maria's anime form instead of the 1st game. The confrontation between Grave and Sherry was pretty cool before it cuts off when they fight. If she only KNEW the real truth about why Grave did what he did to her father and her loved one aka Harry, she would've understood. But if she did understand why he did it, then you wouldn't have a storyline or a new villain. Which is still kinda weird to think that Sherry would be like this. (since after all, she was never in the 1st GG game)
Seems like out of the characters you have to fight, I think that Fangorum is going to be a BITCH to take down. Sure it shows it when Grave does his super cool move to take "it" down, but I want to see just how hard he is going to be. F's weapon is pretty damn powerful if it knocked Grave on his ass in the early beginning. Its funny though when Fangorum is defeated, he does that slumped over pose like Wolfwood did in Trigun during his demise. Fangorum has a cross punisher like weapon that you can see here. He's actually ALOT bigger than what that fanart shows and he's ubber creepy. Art is by the Japanese artist Trash R.
SPOILERS of sorts!!!!!!
I think I saw some japanese GG art or something that made me think that Mika was the one to supply Grave with her own blood. And what do ya know! Its true!
Well at least my two assumptions of where Spike came from were wrong. Don't worry, I'm not going to tell you who he is or where he came from unless you really want to know. And I'm SUPER UBBER IRKED (well okay, not that mad but still in a bit of shock) at the near ending!!! How could you Yasuhiro Nightow??!! *shakes fist*
Also regarding Mika, it was kinda freaky as to what was happening to her but I will tell you my theory on what happened on how her body started to transform into an Orc. When Fangorum attacked them in the truck and Mika was hurt, Fangorum didn't bother with Spike at all (for various reasons of course). I can't remember who it was that saw what was happening, either Rb or Jyuji. Spike must've laid Mika's injured body on the table. Then you see him walking back to where she was with a needle like object in his hand and you see him inject her with something. The scene fades and then jumps to where they must've found out about who Spike was and by that time, Mika was already starting to transform (half of her face). But since we didn't know Spike's origins till the near end, it would now make sense on what Spike might have done to Mika, only cause he was not the one controlling himself. That's just a guess since after all, alot of stuff is not covered in the game with all that is going on and such. Though I find it very heartwarming when Grave was holding her in his arms, saying "Please live, Mika."
Nightow creates great characters BUT he really needs to do a manga with Gungrave and Gungrave OD. I would like to know the background to RB and Jyuji, who they were, how they were killed, etc. It also would seem that Garino knows Jyuji from the past but how???!!!*doh!*END of SPOILERS!!
The near ending, of course when you defeat the boss like you did with Harry in the 1st game, was so hella cool to have Jyuji, RB, and Grave lined up and taking aim. Its amazing at how HUGE their weapons turned into. You'll see that in the screencaps near the end. RB was shirtless too, just too bad it wasn't a clearer shot of him though. *swoons!*
Well, what characters were left from the 1st game anyways, they kept the same voices for the 2nd. Big shocker here! Grave actually talks, but only once and that was when he was speaking to Mika. I was surprised that they got Seki Tomokazu to actually do that small voice role. I also found it cute, that Yasuhiro Nightow made a character of himself in the game called Nightow Angel. (it says so in the credits). From that little weird odd creature you see in the GG books or on the GG site, I believe that is his little "mascot" of himself. For the game, I do believe that creature looking thing in that big light bulb Spike is holding is the Nightow Angel (has the same wing and odd shape, pic #8)
The more I watch it, the more I've gotten a better grasp on RB and Jyuji than just going by the pics I've seen on Japanese sites. There are some that just has oodles of Jyuji pics but after seeing his character, I can see why. I really like these two new characters and their personalities.
Jyuji is the "loner, grumpy" type who tries to deny things and doesn't seem to do well with ppl's feelings. Since apparently he said some hurtful/harsh words to Mika and didn't really realize he did it till RB said something. You can tell he harbors some hidden feelings for her or he wouldn't have said nor done the things to her/for her. He just needs to not have that cocky attitude when approaching her but I guess someone has to be "rough" with her since Grave barely talks and she has no one else to really make her snap out of doing stupid stuff.
Part of their conversation was:
RB: You really need to be kind to a grieving lady. All men have to do something about it. There is no exception.
J: Don't argue too hard with me. You're so damn annoying
RB: You should be a little more honest. Even if its only 1% more.
J: feh, Like I'd care about that female brat.
I must say though, for Mika, Grave, and Spike only meeting J and RB for the first time, they became very good allies and not only that, both J and RB are protective of Mika. This guy has got some skills/senses for a blind dude too! Though this is odd, if he is blind, how did he know about that bruise on Mika's arm? (pic #24)There seemed to have been something said before that perhaps wasn't shown with this, hopefully it will show that in the game. Truthfully, I'm surprised there isn't much JxMika art. I already feel plotbunnies nibbling lightly at my ankles for these two, though not really a relationship thing, just some introspective type works.
RB is the ladies man. Knows how women are regarding feelings and seems to just fall for the opposite sex regardless if they are young brats or not, as Jyuji has told him so. The scene in pics #27-28. I couldn't figure it out who was talking but after watching it again, it was Jyuji referring to how RB is. RB seems to be friendly to those that he can be comfortable around. I have to laugh at how he and Jyuji interact with one another, but then again, they also travel together too so it gives RB all the time in the world to get on J's nerves, especially for a ghost. *lol* Also, does ANYONE know who voices Jiraiya on Naruto? Reason being, RB's voice sounds very similar to his. They do have the VA's names in the ending credits but I'd like to know first (which I'm probably wrong since Spike also sounded like Naruto but it wasn't the same person's voice).
Thats enough fangirling for the time being, till next month *lol*
And of course, you didn't think I wouldn't have screencaps handy now did ya!? *snerks* I was pretty pleased with the action clip I snapped at the right moment between the fight with Grave and Bunji. And the close shot of Bunji's face made me go "whoa!"
Screencaps Also keep in mind, some of these will have spoilers in them too.
I can only hope that I can burn this vid to disc since it was a pretty big file.
For those that would like to see samples of the game in action, go here and click on the tab for Videos. There are at least 5 pages you can view and download the action.
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There are spoilers inside the cut but they are marked if you don't want to read them.
The story that goes on is pretty good, between what happens to Grave (which I had no clue that he could actually bleed for a dead guy), as well as Mika and Spike's situations. The music I found to be funny, only cause they have a mix of all three cds: from Gungrave game OST, (anime osts) uno Righthead and Lefthead but they also added some new songs too.
Again, I can't help but feel pity towards poor Bunji, he still harbored alot of deep feelings of wanting to kill Grave to thinking about their past when they worked together. But the question on my mind is, HOW did he survive the last game?? Did someone revive him or was he just a bit strong to really kill off for good in the 1st one?? I'm also glad that they kept to the likeness of Maria's anime form instead of the 1st game. The confrontation between Grave and Sherry was pretty cool before it cuts off when they fight. If she only KNEW the real truth about why Grave did what he did to her father and her loved one aka Harry, she would've understood. But if she did understand why he did it, then you wouldn't have a storyline or a new villain. Which is still kinda weird to think that Sherry would be like this. (since after all, she was never in the 1st GG game)
Seems like out of the characters you have to fight, I think that Fangorum is going to be a BITCH to take down. Sure it shows it when Grave does his super cool move to take "it" down, but I want to see just how hard he is going to be. F's weapon is pretty damn powerful if it knocked Grave on his ass in the early beginning. Its funny though when Fangorum is defeated, he does that slumped over pose like Wolfwood did in Trigun during his demise. Fangorum has a cross punisher like weapon that you can see here. He's actually ALOT bigger than what that fanart shows and he's ubber creepy. Art is by the Japanese artist Trash R.
SPOILERS of sorts!!!!!!
I think I saw some japanese GG art or something that made me think that Mika was the one to supply Grave with her own blood. And what do ya know! Its true!
Well at least my two assumptions of where Spike came from were wrong. Don't worry, I'm not going to tell you who he is or where he came from unless you really want to know. And I'm SUPER UBBER IRKED (well okay, not that mad but still in a bit of shock) at the near ending!!! How could you Yasuhiro Nightow??!! *shakes fist*
Also regarding Mika, it was kinda freaky as to what was happening to her but I will tell you my theory on what happened on how her body started to transform into an Orc. When Fangorum attacked them in the truck and Mika was hurt, Fangorum didn't bother with Spike at all (for various reasons of course). I can't remember who it was that saw what was happening, either Rb or Jyuji. Spike must've laid Mika's injured body on the table. Then you see him walking back to where she was with a needle like object in his hand and you see him inject her with something. The scene fades and then jumps to where they must've found out about who Spike was and by that time, Mika was already starting to transform (half of her face). But since we didn't know Spike's origins till the near end, it would now make sense on what Spike might have done to Mika, only cause he was not the one controlling himself. That's just a guess since after all, alot of stuff is not covered in the game with all that is going on and such. Though I find it very heartwarming when Grave was holding her in his arms, saying "Please live, Mika."
Nightow creates great characters BUT he really needs to do a manga with Gungrave and Gungrave OD. I would like to know the background to RB and Jyuji, who they were, how they were killed, etc. It also would seem that Garino knows Jyuji from the past but how???!!!*doh!*END of SPOILERS!!
The near ending, of course when you defeat the boss like you did with Harry in the 1st game, was so hella cool to have Jyuji, RB, and Grave lined up and taking aim. Its amazing at how HUGE their weapons turned into. You'll see that in the screencaps near the end. RB was shirtless too, just too bad it wasn't a clearer shot of him though. *swoons!*
Well, what characters were left from the 1st game anyways, they kept the same voices for the 2nd. Big shocker here! Grave actually talks, but only once and that was when he was speaking to Mika. I was surprised that they got Seki Tomokazu to actually do that small voice role. I also found it cute, that Yasuhiro Nightow made a character of himself in the game called Nightow Angel. (it says so in the credits). From that little weird odd creature you see in the GG books or on the GG site, I believe that is his little "mascot" of himself. For the game, I do believe that creature looking thing in that big light bulb Spike is holding is the Nightow Angel (has the same wing and odd shape, pic #8)
The more I watch it, the more I've gotten a better grasp on RB and Jyuji than just going by the pics I've seen on Japanese sites. There are some that just has oodles of Jyuji pics but after seeing his character, I can see why. I really like these two new characters and their personalities.
Jyuji is the "loner, grumpy" type who tries to deny things and doesn't seem to do well with ppl's feelings. Since apparently he said some hurtful/harsh words to Mika and didn't really realize he did it till RB said something. You can tell he harbors some hidden feelings for her or he wouldn't have said nor done the things to her/for her. He just needs to not have that cocky attitude when approaching her but I guess someone has to be "rough" with her since Grave barely talks and she has no one else to really make her snap out of doing stupid stuff.
Part of their conversation was:
RB: You really need to be kind to a grieving lady. All men have to do something about it. There is no exception.
J: Don't argue too hard with me. You're so damn annoying
RB: You should be a little more honest. Even if its only 1% more.
J: feh, Like I'd care about that female brat.
I must say though, for Mika, Grave, and Spike only meeting J and RB for the first time, they became very good allies and not only that, both J and RB are protective of Mika. This guy has got some skills/senses for a blind dude too! Though this is odd, if he is blind, how did he know about that bruise on Mika's arm? (pic #24)There seemed to have been something said before that perhaps wasn't shown with this, hopefully it will show that in the game. Truthfully, I'm surprised there isn't much JxMika art. I already feel plotbunnies nibbling lightly at my ankles for these two, though not really a relationship thing, just some introspective type works.
RB is the ladies man. Knows how women are regarding feelings and seems to just fall for the opposite sex regardless if they are young brats or not, as Jyuji has told him so. The scene in pics #27-28. I couldn't figure it out who was talking but after watching it again, it was Jyuji referring to how RB is. RB seems to be friendly to those that he can be comfortable around. I have to laugh at how he and Jyuji interact with one another, but then again, they also travel together too so it gives RB all the time in the world to get on J's nerves, especially for a ghost. *lol* Also, does ANYONE know who voices Jiraiya on Naruto? Reason being, RB's voice sounds very similar to his. They do have the VA's names in the ending credits but I'd like to know first (which I'm probably wrong since Spike also sounded like Naruto but it wasn't the same person's voice).
Thats enough fangirling for the time being, till next month *lol*
And of course, you didn't think I wouldn't have screencaps handy now did ya!? *snerks* I was pretty pleased with the action clip I snapped at the right moment between the fight with Grave and Bunji. And the close shot of Bunji's face made me go "whoa!"
Screencaps Also keep in mind, some of these will have spoilers in them too.
I can only hope that I can burn this vid to disc since it was a pretty big file.
For those that would like to see samples of the game in action, go here and click on the tab for Videos. There are at least 5 pages you can view and download the action.
also to be x-posted at
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