The Ninja Legion is a group of fans dedicated to sharing the voice of Nerdom. We cover various conventions as well as concerts, cultural festivals and any other events tied to world of Nerdom. Whether it’s Anime, Video Games, Comic Books, Science Fiction or beyond; all over the world. That we may bring others the latest and greatest in pertaining to the on-goings in the Nerdom world. We freely speak our minds and give honest opinions of everything we take in. Our motto is “For the fans by the fans” and we want the true voice to be heard, so no corporate agendas or paid endorsements. In this week’s podcast we go over the following:
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[pro-player type=”MP3″]http://www.theninjalegion.com/players/podcast/TNL_EAC-EP-20131229.mp3[/pro-player]• Conventions
• MAGFEST (January 3rd- January 6th) National Harbor
• Our friends will be there! The Megas, This Place is Haunted, X-Hunters, MegaRan, Bit Brigade, Inverse Phase, and Tommy Tallarico. ALORA’s guest she will hunt after is the very sexy Matt Mercer. The voice actor for Leon S Kennedy in RE6 and Resident Evil Damnation.
• Katsucon (February 14th- February 17th ) also at the National Harbor
• New Anime Releases
• Sword Art Online (actually released in 2009 but got EXTREMELY big this year)
• Future Diary (released in 2012 but also got extremely big)
• Attack on Titan
• Sunday Without God
• High School DxD
• Infinite Stratos
• Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
• Kill la Kill
• One’s we haven’t seen but look super interesting
o Vividred Operation (Girls in mechanical armor trying to save the world) Preview
o Maoyu (A boy tries to get rid of magical in the world. Real Renaissance feel) Preview
o Valvrave the Liberator (Mech anime…but kinda looks awesome o.o) Preview
• New Movie Releases
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
• Frozen
• Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
• Thor: The Dark World
• Man of Steel
• Kick Ass 2
• Despicable Me 2
• Now You See Me
• Pacific Rim
• The Great Gatsby
• Iron Man 3
• Monsters University
• The Croods
• HCOTW: Watch the video
• New Comic Book Releases
• Hawkeye Writer Matt Fraction and artist David Aja produced what is probably the best single issue of the year: Hawkeye #11, the Pizza Dog issue, which is told entirely through the point of view of Hawkeye’s dog. That comic is amazing and everyone needs to read it!!! The series talks about his life outside of the avengers!!! “
• Daredevil: End of Days set in a possible future, features the death of Matt Murdoch, aka Daredevil, Marvel’s blind superhero in the devil suit. But this is no funeral: it’s a celebration of one of Marvel’s strongest characters and some of his greatest writers and artists. Bill Sienkiewicz, Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack, and Klaus Janson tell one of Daredevils greatest stories is this mystery. An eight issue limited time series
• The walking dead Following the events of “Something to Fear,” Rick and the other survivors accept a new way…but not everyone agrees. Collects The Walking Dead #103-108.
• Fables The most harrowing epic since the inception of the series starts when Snow and Bigby’s cub Therese receives a Christmas gift from an unknown admirer. This red plastic boat may hold the key to a deep, disturbing secret that will incite a series of soul-crushing events for the denizens of Fabletown. Plus, a backup feature that shows how Bigby received his fate, drawn by artist Gene Ha. Collects Fables issues #114-#123.
• Saga vol 2 The smash-hit ongoing epic continues! Thanks to her star-crossed parents Marko and Alana, newborn baby Hazel has already survived lethal assassins, rampaging armies, and alien monstrosities, but in the cold vastness of outer space, the little girl encounters something truly frightening: her grandparents! Collects Saga issues #7-12
• Batman, Vol. 2: The City of Owls Batman must stop the Talons that have breached the Batcave in order to save an innocent life … and Gotham City! In the backup story, learn more about the Pennyworth family and the secrets they’ve kept from the Wayne family!
• “The Black Beetle” This 40s Pulpy tale of a vigilante, who manages to make his Shadow-like hero’s adventures feel both classic and newfangled. Written and illustrated by Francesco Francavilla If you are a fan of Noir you are going to eat this up!! As well as the artwork.
• New Vidjo Game Releases
• It’s the end of the Year for us SO LET’s RECAP the GAMES we care about!
o Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch: PS3
o Tomb Raider: PS3 and XB360
o Resident Evil 6: PS3 and XB360
o Bioshock Infinite: Xb360 and PS3
o The Last of Us: PS3
o Pokemon X or Y: 3DS
o Batman Arkham Origins: PS3 and Xb360
o Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag: PS3, PS4, XB360, XBone
o Battlefield 4 : PS3, PS4, XB360, XBone
o State of Decay: XB360 DLC
o Killer Instinct: XBONE
o Dead Rising 3: XBONE
o The Legend of Zelda: Link Between Worlds: 3DS