Ramblings of an Englishman

This is a direct continuation to the rework of the Ares season of the anime. If you haven't read that please do so before reading this https://ramblingsofenglishman.blogspot.com/2020/05/anime-rework-inazuma-eleven-ares.html .  Following on from Inazuma Eleven Ares no Tenbin the next series Orion no Kokuin followed the protagonists of the first season as they took on the world in the Inazuma Eleven equivalent of the World Cup the Football Frontier International (FFI for short). A series brimming with potential that unfortunately was rushed and had the legs cut out from under it in what seems like a season of content. In relation to this my rework into the series doesn't take into account the series being cut, I'm looking at this at the scale Inazuma Japan To begin with we need to look at the team that will be involved. I've gone with a 21 team squad as while the 24 man squad was good it limited character potential and by cutting 3 I have a bit of room with work with...

In terms of building a region new Pokémon are always one of the more interesting introductions. When it comes to generation eight one of the Pokémon I was most looking forward to was Sirfetch'd not just for finally giving Farfetch'd an evolution but helped my interest and like in Escavalier as it was explained how they were seen as rival Pokémon and how they were seen in the Galar region. I really liked this as it helped flesh out the species of two Pokémon and why they are seen as rivals and what that adds. I find this a good concept and one we should see more, we have a lot of examples such as Zangoose & Seviper, Heatmor & Durant, Reshiram & Zekrom and even more recently in Toxapex and Corsola (and how that evolves to include Cursola) and I think more Pokémon could do with rivals, here are some of the Pokémon I think could benefit from having a rival Pokémon. Where applicable I'll cover the typings and anything design related.  Cinderace Kicki...

September 5th bought us the next showing of AEW on PPV with All Out a stacked card featuring several title matches and matches with ramifications going forward. I didn't get the chance to watch All Out last year live as I was at Royal Quest for New Japan that day so was nice to watch this years edition live. First of all dammit wrestling shows need to start caring for an international audience this show finished at 5AM for me and that's just not good. We don't need 4 hours shows and if we are how about starting them an hour earlier just every company needs to be aware of their international audience please.  To begin with we had two matches on the traditional Buy In show that accompanied the show  Serpentico vs. Joey Janela   I guess we can that this as confirmation that Serpentico is on the roster now, part of the tag team 'Chaos Project' with Japanese Death Match Wrestling Legend Luther it's a decent team if we are keeping Luther on the show. Serpentico a dece...

Spoilers for Final Fantasy 7, Dragon Quest 11 and Final Fantasy 15 ahead The remake of Final Fantasy 7 has lit a fuse underneath me in terms of this game series. I have to be honest, looking at the back catalogue of games I have played over the last year Square Enix. From the aforementioned remake of Final Fantasy 7, Kingdom Hearts 3 and Dragon Quest 11 I can't think of another video game company that I have invested as much time into the worlds and characters they build (except maybe Football Manager but that's a different story), seeing these characters their growth with each other and evolution made me realise something and that being Final Fantasy 15's main cast of four really fall flat when it comes to being compelling or interesting characters. Now don't get me wrong I think the quartet of lads had some good moments and they had potential but something felt off to them. I hope over this article to look into the failings of the crew and where they fall short when i...