Fantasia Film Festival 2014: HUNTER X HUNTER: THE LAST MISSION Review by Ous Zaim

There is nothing like Hunter X Hunter. The manga has inspired many Otakus and the anime is the most thrilling thing out there currently. The same thing unfortunately can not be said about the movies. You see, the anime is on this course that can't be disturbed. The storytelling must play out, even if it does sacrifice the appearance of fan-favorites for the duration of story-arc upon story-arc. This is where the movies come in to try and rectify things. A confusion of continuity, The HXH films are never set in a timeline that makes sense or matches what's currently going on. The question always arises of when these events could have possibly taken place. Still, fans of certain characters are treated (in some cases) to the final appearances of big personalities from the Hunter world. In this case, LAST MISSION is just that for Netero. A personal favorite, it was nice to say a proper goodbye to such a strong and wonderful character. In the end, even though we get treated to some Hisoka screen time and a throwback to the original four, this movie is just filler. Don't expect it to change things or progress the actual story.

Fantasia Film Festival 2014: Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission Review by Panagiotis Drakopoulos

If the Phantom Rouge film was a huge disappointment to the Hunter x Hunter franchise, then The Last Mission is a big step forward. The second film has great action and fighting scenes, great back story involving Netero and history of the hunters, interesting antagonists, great production, a good story and it doesn't feel like a filler episode from the television series.  But there was still a few problems I had with film like Gon and the rest of the team using their old weapons and referencing how great the old times were, Hisoka doing almost nothing and an ending that felt a bit predictable. Overall, I had an enjoyable time viewing this film and strongly recommend this film for HxH fans to check out.

Fantasia Film Festival 2014: Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge Review by Panagiotis Drakopoulos

If you're a huge fan of the popular manga anime series Hunter x Hunter, then the first feature-length animated film in this successful franchise will disappoint you. Don't get me wrong, the production value of this animated film is incredible, but the story itself really drags this film down. The story takes place shortly before the Greed Island arc, and Kurapika notices a familiar child, who happens to be his close childhood friend from the Kurta Clan, Pyro. Kurapika's moment of happiness soon turns into horror when Pyro steals his eyes  It's up to Gon and the rest of the group to get back Kurapika's eyes and figure out what's going on. The film feels like a three filler episode arc from the television series that got a movie budget. It's an awful story that offers nothing special to the Hunter x Hunter and follows the similar formula we see in other popular shonen series getting animated films, where the movies aren't really officially part of the cannon. Fans of this series should definitely skip it.

Screen Drone #9 14/03/2014

Oz is back with an all new Screen Drone. Interesting television smashed over the head with an Oz-Brick.

Surprise!!! It's back! Took a long break because the holidays were busy and also there was nothing on. Welcome to the return of Screen Drone.

Adventure Time 550.551 - Lemonhope parts 1 and 2. It's....really hard to describe this one. I think the animators and writers dropped some acid and were like fuck it. Yes, more then usual. Either way, it's a coming of age story and a conclusion to the insanity known as the Lemongrab Kingdom.

Hunter X Hunter 120 - Pitou unveils his master scheme in yet another exposition filled episode. This is my favourite anime, but recent episodes (and most of this arc) are taking me back to the drawn out style of DBZ, which I fucking hated.

Chozen 107 - A new animated from FX that follows a homosexual rapping Caucasian ex convict recently released from prison. Yup.

Archer 507 - Listen all of you all, it is a sabotage.

Community 508 - MeowBeans. Satireing social media apps with the most exaggerated societal outcome, within the confined walls of Greendale.

HIMYM 920 - It was the day of Barney and Robin's wedding and a surprise guest had just arrived.

Community 509 - A goof up on my part garners y'all an extra review. Rejoice! The community gets fractured into pieces. Pile of bullets, hardcore-gangsta rapping peanut bars, and stolen text books threaten the save greendale committee's unity and things are never the same after....or are they. The answer is yes, they are.

Almost Human 113 - Detective Kennex opens a cold case previously followed by his father. One that cost him his life. **last week, no new episode this week**

Workaholics 408 - Starring Robin Williams, Paulie Shorre, Michael Cera and Bradley Cooper. "Trust me, I'm big on pleasure. Probably too big for your little *bleep*s."

TMNT 213 - Tremors and earthquakes in the city cause April, Casey and the turtles to investigate underground, and of course it involves the ones known as the Krang. Meanwhile, enter Tiger Claw with the return of the Shredder from his Japanese "business" trip.

Kill La Kill 021 - From the creators of TENGEN TOPPA GURREN-LAGANN. With lagann, empowerment of brotherhood was depicted. This time around, it is about the empowerment of women. You couldn't tell by just looking, but the message is there, somewhere amongst all that flesh.

The Big Bang Theory 718 - Some of the domestic nerds travel to Texas while some of them voyage to their imagination. You don't need to be a Byomkesh Bakshi to figure out that fun ensues.

Modern Family 517 - All the women on this show are fantastically attractive. The family oriented sitcom still does an exceptional job with the play on words after five years and this season has Adam Devine.

Bob's Burgers 413 - It's parent's day at the Waggstaff School. Bob and Linda (and the viewers) get treated to three short, wildly imaginative tales written and narrated by the Belcher kids.

Parks and Recreation 616 - The 616 episode! In which Star Lord confesses his deepest secrets, Duke Silver returns and Tom moves forward with his business venture.