Christopher J. Stone

And Thirteen Years Later..., July 16 2004

I thank Square for letting me know about this musical artist. They released Final Fantasy, which made a series that has beyond Final Fantasy X. The sequel, Final Fantasy X-2, was the main idea of a very important issue of Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. I buy a subscription to that and one month, I get a demo disc about Space Channel 5: Special Edition. I end up buying that and, for fun, I looked at the voice actor of Ulala. I see the name Apollo Smile. I thought I'd see what other games she might have done, but I didn't know she was a musician! That's right, thirteen years after her self-title debut was released, I buy it. I was actually quite surprised and it was very good. I… Read more

When French Meets Japanese, May 30 2004

"Musicians are magicians. That's what I always say," says legendary anime creator Leiji Matsumoto at the beginning of the film. It's a musical. It's anime. I had a hard time finding it in the store, but when I got it, I watched it continuously at home. The French duo Daft Punk (my favorite electronica group), meets the Japanese artist Leiji Matsumoto (I love his work). I already owned many electronica albums and many anime DVDs, so I thought I'd give this a try because I was a big fan of the music videos from Discovery. Now, this is currently my favorite DVD yet! It's about a band from another planet in a faraway galaxy. An evil man from Earth, sends his army to bring the… Read more

THE thing to buy for those anime fans who love The Matrix., May 27 2004

I'm an anime geek, nerd, dork, otaku, whatever. I'm a member of my school's anime club. When I first heard that the Wachowski Brothers were anime fans as well and were planning to release a DVD of Matrix-inspired anime, I jumped up and down with happiness! I bought it the day it came out. I was not disappointed. Many people do not like The Animatrix for one reason or another, but if you're like me and love both anime and The Matrix very very much, this is a must buy! The DVD features nine Japanese- and/or CG-animated short films. Final Flight of the Osiris is an American CG-animated film from the creators of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. This is the favorite among most. My… Read more