Saturday, November 7, 2009

Dissidia Sephiroth

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So after playing Final Fantasy Dissidia during the past week, I finally levelled up Sephiroth to the maximum level 100 and got his Masamune ...
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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Final Fantasy Dissidia

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So this weekend I picked up a Sony Playstation Portable (PSP) to get Final Fantasy Dissidia (an RPG-Fighting Game Hybrid). As a big Sephir...
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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Seven Samurai - Greatest Movie Ever?

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Seven Samurai Review Seven Samurai is directed by Akira Kurosawa and is widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever. It is usually r...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Ukyo & Haohmaru (Samurai Shodown)

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Ukyo Tachibana is one of my favorite characters in the Samurai Shodown series (2D fighting games featuring samurai warriors). His character...
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Sephiroth (The Dark Samurai)

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I like to dedicate this post to my favorite samurai-villain Sephiroth (from the Final Fantasy VII RPG). Armed with his long masamune and we...
Monday, October 19, 2009

Samurai Zen (Doctrine of No-Mind)

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In this post I'll talk about the spiritual aspect of samurai culture that is often neglected in movies and series. Being a samurai wasn...
Sunday, October 18, 2009

The Swordsman (ATV TV Series)

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The invincible Japanese Samurai travelling to China to seek out worthy challengers is a common theme found in Chinese Wuxia series and movie...
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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Gateless Gate (Koans)

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I like to dedicate this post to the paradoxical koans found in Zen. Since Zen emphasizes experience (and discourages rationalization) there...

Philosophy of the Sword (Bushido & Zen)

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The following post is dedicated to the Way of the Sword (or Bushido). It discusses the sword philosophies of Miyamoto Musashi and Yagyu Mun...
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Rurouni Kenshin Anime & Manga Review

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Rurouni Kenshin I've always been a huge fan of samurai's and samurai fiction. The novel "Musashi" (written by Yoshikawa) r...

Musashi TV series Review (NHK 2003)

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Musashi Genre: Swordplay Drama, Samurai Drama 2003 NHK Taiga Drama - 49 episodes 1. INTRODUCTION Musashi is often regarded as the greatest s...