 | One Perfect Day – Review May 15th 2013, 00:04 
Kim Jee-woon's, the indisputable master of violent, disturbingly intense thriller-shockers (A Bittersweet Life, I Saw the Devil), latest project is a consciously minimalistic, yet deeply enjoyable and visually stunning rom-com entitled One Perfect Day. Though it's only a 35-minutes long short film made as a part of the 40th anniversary campaign arranged by the famous Korean clothing brand Kolon, the film's still perfectly able to please the audiences with its light-heartedness, and invite them to contemplate on the topic of love and its way of shaping the nature of one's life. The film opens with a few brief, subjective shots of a glass filled with water and a woman carefully adjusting her dress. At the table in some fancy restaurant sits a man and a woman, participating in a blind date of sorts. The man (Kye-song Joon), obviously nervous and insecure, tries to impress the lady, with utterly terrible results. Though she leaves the place, he doesn’t feel discouraged and immediately takes another step in order to fulfill his probably long-lasting desire to find a perfect woman – he meets up with other girls in similarly dim-lit, quiet and chic (Shih Tzu being the word in Kye-song's opinion) spots in the heart of Seoul. While his attention-grabbing skills are rather poor and almost always simply humiliating one of the ladies decides to go with him for a walk to the Zoo. Kye-song, being a person completely detached from the real world, finds out that the places he used to know as a child are long gone. Yet, the memories of his childhood reminded him of a rock-paper-scissors game that couples play on the famous Nansan steps. The rules are simple – the person who wins a round gets to climb a given number of stairs. The one to lose in the end has to grant a wish made by the winner. However, the lady, tired of Kye-song's unfunny attempts at impressing her, prepares a humorously devilish plan and flees the scene. The protagonist, left alone once more, starts to reminisce about the time his father took him to the stairs, and about the party, during which one lady broke his fragile little heart. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQZEliPEnLs His breakthrough moment comes in the shape of a cute puppy that suddenly pops up on the stairs out of nowhere. Kye-song finds out that the dog has been missing for a while and soon delivers him to the owner, a strikingly pretty young woman. Having nothing to lose, the lonely, incorrigible romantic decides to use the rock-paper-scissors game one more time just to see if this could be his lucky day. One Perfect Day is mostly a rom-com like many others, but with its on-the-spot comical rock-paper-scissors sub-theme and appealing imagery (beautiful shots of Soul at night, along with petals falling carelessly on the ground) it builds up almost a farcical ambiance around its protagonist on a quest to find love. Though there's no time for character development, the movie presents its story in a coherent manner, bringing to mind only joy and warmth. Kim Jee-woon's return to homeland marks another milestone, proving that a talented director is able to jump through genres without any troubles.
 | | Fate/stay Night – Review May 15th 2013, 00:02 
The topic of the series concentrates on the War of Holy Grail that has been taking place in the Fukuky City for the last 50 years. The pilot actually starts with the conclusion of the previous war and develops from there on. Shiro is the only survivor of the fire that started during the last battle and enveloped a large portion of the city.He unwillingly witnesses a fight between two Servants that triggers his Reiju (Holy mark) to summon one of the most powerful Servants of the battlefield, Saber. You mustn’t compare this series with any other to fully understand it’s plot. FSN offers much more than some cool sword fights, good animation, spectacular lights, great soundtrack, it offers excellent character and relationship development. It presents the changes that take place within the characters personalities as the events precipitate. The action reveals believable dynamic emotional and behavioral patterns of the individuals (not similar to the linear type other series use) that are constantly shaping their personalities to reveal, from under the mask of perfection, flawed characters. The Saber character is tied to a medieval legend that has been altered to fit this series and should be accepted as such. You shouldn’t watch FSN thinking that it doesn’t present the viewer with the historic fact, just remember that this is adventure/fantasy series and not a documentary and enjoy this as long as you can. The ending is sudden and unexpected and if there were twice as many episodes I would have watched them in the same breath. 
Additionally, I felt that the way the characters developed was very true to form with the way real people develop, in the real world. There wasn’t any stupid completely obvious things going on; the development of Ilya and Rin was interesting to watch, but I think the way Shirou and Saber grew in their certain personalities was just interesting to watch all on its on. A few of the “surprise” people that show up (Gilgamesh?) seemed to also be unique from the rest of the cast in one way or another, meaning we didn’t have “Generic Bad-ass A” being replaced by “Generic Bad-ass B” as soon as A died. 
I guess this is becoming a habit with these Blu-Ray re-issues of Anime Classics. No production Gallery Stills, no Non-Credit Openings. The new fans of this series will never know what they’ve missed unless they happen to come across the old Geneon DVDs. My opinion is this: If you’re going to do a re-issue, do it right. Include ALL of the original material (old anime trailers not withstanding of course, unless Blu-Rays are planned), but at least include all the other interesting extras that hard core fans would want. Here you just get the bare bones episodes at a very premium price upgrade. Sentai Filmworks should still be praised for bringing this collection to our living rooms however. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF6HdDnMnCI So all in all, a battle fought every so often to obtain the Holy Grail? The winner gets to make a wish? He becomes the master of a legendary warrior spirit? This anime is simply amazing. It has action and drama mixed together with mythology and magic. The modern day setting with legendary mythical heroes is really cool. I normally prefer anime dramas (Kanon, Clannad, Air, etc.) over action series, but this anime combines the 2 genres very well. The voice cast, animation, story, and soundtrack are all top notch. It’s a very addicting series. There are many great, and memorable characters that keep you interested in the story and wanting to know more about them. There is also a dash of comedy thrown in there to lighten the mood. It’s a very well rounded series with a lot to offer. I honestly think that no matter what genre of anime you’re into, Fate Stay/Night will make you a happy camper. I highly recommend it.
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