Shego and Lee

Here is Shego in her new Mission outfit in The Shego series. Also,

Here is her Cousin Lee in his Go outfit. Sorry if it looks sloppy (had to do the edits myself, gaia doesn't have duo color outfits), but you get the idea of what its supposed to look like.

Shego Season 3 coming soon

Shego Season 2.5

Because Saeson 2 wasn't Shego centric enough. We are proud to bring you Shego Season 2,5.

21(41) -  The Assasain: While Barkin is out with the Japanese Flu,Shego is chosen by the Super Intendent to be the substitute Vice Principal. Lee thinks that he's got it made (since his cousin is the vice principal now),but is He in for a rude awakening. Meanwhile,One of Shego's old Victims (when she was still a heel) hires a Ninja Assasain to kill Shego.  Shego eventually meets with the ninja and fights him. She then beats him.

22 (42) -  Go Family Go: Shego is annoyed when her Parents drop by for a visit. Shego's Mom (sherrie)is Caucasian and her Dad (yuusuke)is Japanese with Chinese heritage. And if that wasn't enough,her Brothers also stop by. In Go City,while the Go Bros are away,the Villians will play. 4 of Team Go's Greatest Villians (Aviarious,The Mather,Electronique,and Kleo Petra) have broken out of jail and have joined forces to terrorize Go City. Shego and her Brothers Return to Go City to stop them (after finding out via news cast)..while Lee keeps his Aunt and Uncle entertained.  In this episode the Go Brothers names are revealed. Henry (hego),Melvin or Mel (mego),Wesley or Wes (for Wego Twin 1),and Wendal (wego twin 2). Shego's full name is also reveald as Sheila Sheena Go (she hates her middle name). Lee's father's name is revealed to be Keiji Go. 

23 (43) -  Mystery of the Guardians: Curious about what the Elder Guardian's perpose is,Lee goes to Rayjin for answers. Rayjin reveals that the Elders true job is to make sure no one rips open the time/space faberic and enter this univverse..this includes beings from the chaosverse. He also tells lee that they openly admited that they alowed kai-knokk to escape so that he can be destroyed by a powerful mortal that didn't yet exist in days past. He also tells him the History of both the Elder Guardians and the Planetary Guardianship in general. Meanwhile,the Elder Guardians are working on plans for their next big tournament. They all agree that Guardianship will be off the table for winner requests. They even concider Inviting Shego back. Elder Leader Eisneroth visits Shego at her home to personally invite her to the Elder's next Tournament.  Shego refuses at first,but is convinced by the Elder to participate.

24 (44) - Disney World War Part 1: Shego,Lee and Drakken go to Disney World for their annual vacation. The Trio enjoy themselves and go almost everywhere. Shego even stops some muggers. Meanwhile,unknown to the heroes,an evil group is making plans to capture Disney World and make it their base of Operations. They are The Malice Kingdom. Comprised of: Lord Eigor (the leader of the villains and overlord of the malice kingdom. He wants Earth and will do everything in his power to get it),Lady Virus (evil knight of eigor.has terrible,yet paralizing singing voice),Zerk and Erody (twin jestures of the royal court. they are just as evil as lady virus. they love playing deadly pranks on people. they also enjoy annoying the hell out of everyone.),Mystica Alyxia (the wizard of the court. uses dark magic.),and Putrid Fish (a sea polluter with a canadian accent.he looks like a really ugly fish). Not to mention the countless Grunts and Footsoldiers. When the Villians Strike,Shego and Lee spring into action. The Go's get beated,and Drakken taken hostage. They are saved by Members of the Destiny League. Those Members are "M" ,Aladdin, Mulan ,Hercules , Ariel, Miss Bell aka Tinkerbell ,Stitch ,and Goliath. The Heroes beat back the badguys.

25 (45) - Disney World War Part 2: Beaten,Igor and co. head to Disney Land to take that over,but this time sending Grunts all overr the World to keep the Heroes pre-occupied. Rayjin sends each hero to a part of the globe to defeat the Grunts. He sends Shego to Disney Land to stop Igor. Long story Short,The Destiny League,Drakken,and Lee manage to Beat the bad guys and send them back to where they belong. Shego defeats Igor and his Royal Court..but just barely. Igor escapes,but warns that this is far from the last time the Earth will experience the Malace Kingdom. The 2 teams thank eachother and part ways. Shego and Co. go back to Disney World to enjoy the rest of their vacation.

Note: The Disney World War 2 Parter is Non-Canon!

26 (46) - Memories of Shego. Shego reminises about Past Events. A Clip Show Recapping what's happened so far.

Well that's it for Season 2.5.

Buddy Boy Buddy Boy

I have decided to take a break from my War with Iger to bring you an interesting peice of American Animation history.

Before there was Captain N and The N-Team,there was the Adventures of Buddy Boy.

Buddy Boy was a Captain N concept created by former DiC employee,Fil Barlow. Nintendo approached DiC back in 1989 to do an animated show based on any of their games. Executive Producer Richard Raynis picked "Paper Boy" and Barlow helped him develop ideas and characters from there.

Fil Barlow worked closely with Executive Producer Richard Raynis in the early development of the show. However,due to legal issues,Nintendo didn't want to use the "Paper Boy" game title,so Richard Raynis changed the name to Buddy Boy.

Richard and Fil were working with the idea that Buddy was still a paperboy and would crossover with Game World characters.

Fil Barlow did some pitch art that Richard Raynis took into the meeting to try and sell Buddy to Nintendo. According to Barlow himself,had he been the lead character designer on Captain Nintendo the whole show would have been in this rounder style. Unfortunately,for him,he was back in Australia when the show was green lit,and other artists took the helm.

Barlow was laid off from DiC by management as part of the yearly seasonal layoffs (he was the last artist left and had only been retained to work on the pitch art). Though not directly involved,some of Barlow's character designs for Buddy Boy were reused by other artists.

Besides Buddy the Paper Boy,there were a bunch of other Video Game characters that woud've made appearences. Characters like King Hippo,Eggplant Wizard,Donkey Kong,Donkey Kong Jr.Dr.Wily,Mega Man,Pit "Kid" Icarus,and The Grim Reaper.

I'll talk more about the characters later. Right now,let's talk a bit about the story.

Buddy was a Paper Boy living in an American City,who loves playing Video Games. Buddy lives with his Parents and has Dog. One night,Buddy is recruited by Pit to help him and his allies in the Game World. Buddy is reluctant at first but agrees to help. The Warp to the Game World is soon established within Buddy's Closet.

One enemy,Buddy and his Game friends face is The Grim Reaper,who would try to "Game Over" Buddy by kicking him out of the Game World,back into the Real World. Barlow stated that he's always liked The Grim Reaper.

Storywise,that's all we know of this concept series. Moving along to the Characters.

Buddy was based on the protagonist of Paper Boy (makes sence,concidering that this show was initially gonna be a paperboy cartoon). He appeared in the Captain N episode "Invasion of the Paper Peddlers" as a Hispanic boy named Julio.

The Grim Reaper was a protagonist. He looks like he did in the games. Her never appeared in Captain N.

Pit Icarus was the 1st VG Hero that Buddy Meets. He looks like he did in Captain N. 

Mega Man is one of Buddy's Game allies. He looks like he did in Captain N. However,his head is more round. Another thing worth noting is that in this Concept show,Mega Man has a family. He has a Megamom, Megadad, Megabird (would've been a bastardisation of beat,had this been 1992) and even Megacat (would've been a bitchification of Tango had this been 1994). Megaman acted like an average boy,then a fighter. Imagine the Mega Man fanrage if THIS version of Mega Man/with his family was Greenlit. Not a pretty sight.

Dr.Wily was an Antagonist who created evil robots. He was to look like his Captain N counterpart.

Donkey Kong was an antagonist. He looks like he did in Captain N. However,he was gonna be 7 Feet tall. In Captain N,he was way bigger.

Donkey Kong Jr. did not appear in Captain N,though he was gonna appear in Buddy Boy. He looks like he did in the games. His role in Buddy Boy is unknown.

Eggplant Wizard and King Hippo were antagonists. Both look like their Captain N counterparts. Though King Hippo was light yellow instead of light blue.

That's all for the characters. I'm sure more were planned,but this is all I know. It's also worth noting that,In Buddy Boy,the many game enemies were to look like their game counterparts.

Interesting huh? It's always cool to find and talk about Cartoon Concepts. Anyway,before I sign off, Here an interesting fact fot ya.

Before he was layed off,Fil Barlow created Bayou Billy.He originally designed Billy to look similar to his game counterpart. But after Barlow got canned,Bayou Billy was turned into a Crocodile Dundee-esque character by one of the character artists. Barlow Hated the design. and still hates it to this day. 

The Cartoon Chronicles: Cartoon Network:

Before it's total ruination in the 2006,Cartoon Network was a network that I cherished watching. My Story with the Pre-snyder CN began in 1996,It was summer and I remember there was nothing to watch,so I tuned into Cartoon Network. and I liked what I saw. It wouldn't take long for this gem (now shit) of a network to become my absolute favorite. 

Now before that time i was an advid Nickelodeon and Disney Channel watcher (mostly nick),but Nick moved into the number 2 slot and I almost completely forgotten about the Disney Channel. Cartoon Network was great back in the day. It was all cartoons all of the time,sure it had some lame stuff,but every network airs lame stuff. And thankfully the lame was overpowered by the cool.

Anyway back to my story,some of the shows that I remember watching during the Summer of '96 were: The Challenge of the Superfriends,Yogi Bear,Alvin and the Chipmunks,and the What-A-Cartoon! Show. I also watched Captain Planet and the Planeteers (go planet!),The Centurions (power extreme!),and Thundarr. I also enjoyed watching Looney Tunes. Sometime later (in 1997),I began watching Cartoon Networks 3 original series,Dexters Lab,Johnny Bravo,and Cow and Chicken. I also began watching Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Cartoon Planet.

I had such a great time watching Cartoon Network. However,the best was yet to come. In the summer of 97,I got into Toonami,the greatest block on Cartoon Network. As well as Cartoon Cartoon fridays. I was hooked on those blocks until their crapification in the 2k years. It was because of Toonami,that I became a fan of Anime and the art style. I watched that block religiously ever since i started watching it. I still remember the initial line-up.  Thundrcats,Voltron,and the Real Adventures of Johnny Quest. Thundercats and Voltron I tapped (along with sailor moon,when it was on the USA network. but that's a story for another time).

I wasn't a 'Real Adventures of Johnny Quest' fan until 1998. That's why I didn't tape it. Moltar was the host of Toonami during that time and I soon became a fan of his. Another thing I recall from the 'Moltar' Years of Toonami were the DC superhero shorts from the 50's,60's,and early 70's. And when Sailor Moon began airing on Toonami,I was thrilled. I even taped a few eps.

Cartoon Cartoon Fridays also gave me plesent memories. I explained that in my last edition of Cartoon Chronicles,so I'm not going to talk about it here.

Another great thing about CN,were The bumpers and station ID's,they were were very fun to watch. as were the promos. I also watched Adult Swim the first 3 years it was on (before it became a toxic pool). I mostly watched it for the Anime. I even taped some.

In 2005,Cartoon Network fell out of favor with me,though I still watched it from time to time. I mostly watched Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. CN went from being my #1 Network to being my #3. I began disliking it in '06 and ignored it all together in '07. Today I hate CN and what it's become.

I will always have fond memories of what Cartoon Network once was. It was dear to me,but perverted executive meddeling turned me against it.

This has been another edition of The Cartoon Chronicles. 

Factoid

There is no equivalent of the "F" word in Japanese, therefore any use of that word in an Anime or Game translation is mere "spicing up" by the translators.

Another explanation for the use of that word is that the Japanese writers written the word in English or Engrish.

While there Are a couple of Japanese words for 'Sex' and 'To Have Sex',those words are Never ever used as slang. Therefor the F-bomb is never said in Japanese media,unless it's said in English (or engrish).

Another factoid,wich is somehat related,Is that,these days,a lot of Japanese games and anime have a lot of english usage.

Yet Another Factoid: Japanese Subtitles Also have English in them. Also, Japanese Subbers (both amateur and pro) tend to crap up translations..,like their english counterparts,

Neo-Capitalism!

For Weeks you've heard me talk about Neo-Capitalism and kept asking me what that is.

What Neo-Capitalism is is the art of Lying,Cheating,Brainwashing,and Strong Greed in Business (all kinds). Irresponsibility and Selfishness are also part of Neo-Capitalism. Neo-Capitalists are Both Power and Money Starved and They'll do Anything to satisfy their craving...and I do mean Anything. They don't give a shit Who they hurt,kill,or corrupt as long as they get what they want. They also have a huge Egos.

They're Thugs...Egotistical Greedy Thugs with no sense of decency. They have Very Vile Values and should be rightfully treated as Scum of the Earth. Why we allow such Things to run our businesses (especially our media orgs) is beyond me. Then again,our culture has become so corrupt that we actually Like having these Putrid Monsters running things.

Of course,America isn't the Only place with a Neo-Capitalist Infestation,although we caused the infestation and have the most severe case. Almost Every damn country in the world has this problem...Including Japan.

Neo-Capitalism just Pisses me off. Now,I consider myself a Retro Capitalist,someone who puts integrity and honesty in front of Money making. And Unlike Them,We Retro Capitalists don't crave power and don't want much of it. We also don't act like thugs. We look out for the best interest of the people and are not selfish nor egotistical.

Sadly,We Retro Capitalists are a dying breed and almost all Mainstream Businesses (especially the entertainment industry) are run by Neo-Capitalists.

For those not in the know,Neo means New,and at times,Modern. And Capitalism is a word that describes buisness,mainly the corperate system. So in conclusion,Modern Day Capitalists are the Evil ones,while the Old School Capitalists are the Good Guys.

Stay Gold!

Game Rant

Why Retro Gaming is Superior To Modern Gaming

1 - Extreme Cursing Was Kept To A Minimum..Infact,All Cursing Was Kept To A Minimum (most of the time..anyway).

2 - They Were More Diverse,Meaning(for the most part)They Appealed To Everyone,Unlike a Majority of Todays Games.

3 - The Heroes and Icons Were Cool and Not Retards or Twisted SOB's. Infact,Most VG Characters Of Yesteryear had class and were admirable.

4 - Strong Sexual Content Was(for the most part)Absent.

5 - Little to No Voice Acting Outside of Cutscenes. It's Way Fun To Do The Voices Yourself.

6 - No Hollywood Influence. Most games today are Influenced by Hollywood's Garbage...as proven in the Dialogue and Overall Writing. Video Games should be Games and Not Hollywood Movies.

7 - No Cutscene Domination. Most Games Today are dominated by long cutscenes. I know it's to advance the story,but still.
Note: Also Most(not all though)M-Rated Games back in the 90's didn't use extreme cursing at all. And they were only Rated Mature because of the Violence,Blood,Gore,andGraphic Scenes.
And the ones that did,used those words sparingly..unlike today.

Note: Another thing wrong with Games today is that there are too many Cutscenes. I know a game's gotta have a story,but Game Companies over do it with Cutscenes. They are oftentimes long too. Gamers don't play Games for the CutScenes. If they wanna watch Movies,they'll watch DVDs.

Note: Though I'm a hardline Retro Gamer,I acknowlage that not all Retro Games were good (but the majority of them are/were.). And Just because a Modern game has a 2D-esque look to it,doesn't mean it has the heart and soul of a Retro Game.

The big exception is the GBA,since the system has the heart and soul(and feel) of a true retro system.

Even though You may not agree with these,Fact of the matter is that Most,if not All,of these reasons are Totally Valid.