Maniaの August 2019 の目次

A SPONGETASTIC START Did you know that the show was based off an educational comic book called ‘The Intertidal Zone” by creator, Stephen Hillenburg, which had a talking sponge? A co-worker saw the comic and said: “This should be your own show.” MEMORABLE SPONGEBOB SAYINGS SPONGEBOB: “REMEMBER, LICKING DOORKNOBS IS ILLEGAL ON OTHER PLANETS!” SPONGEBOB: “CAN I BE EXCUSED FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE?” PATRICK: “I CAN’T HEAR YOU, IT’S TOO DARK IN HERE.” SPONGEBOB: “CHEER UP, SQUIDWARD! IT COULD BE WORSE.” PATRICK: “YEAH, YOU COULD BE BALD AND HAVE A BIG NOSE.” HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW SPONGEBOB? HOW MANY FRECKLES DOES SPONGEBOB HAVE ON EACH CHEEK? WHAT DOES SPONGEBOB’S DRIVER’S LICENSE STATE THAT HIS DATE OF BIRTH IS? WHAT STREET DOES SPONGEBOB LIVE ON? SPONGEBOB IS AFRAID…

DOLLY THE SHEEP Dolly was the first mammal ever to be successfully cloned from an existing sheep! She was born on 5 July 1996 in Scotland and later had six of her own little lambs! Her code name was “6LL3”! ALEX THE PARROT Alex was an African Grey parrot who was super smart! He had many talents like speaking and recognising shapes, numbers and even colours! How impressive! TAMA THE CAT Tama was a stationmaster for the Kishi train station in Japan! She was very popular with tourists, and her job was to greet passengers! Her name means “ball” in Japanese! JUNIPER THE FOX Juniper is a sassy but sweet domesticated fox from the U.S! She lives with a bunch of other friends, like Moose the dog and Peach the…

KART STORY Crash, Coco and Doctor Neo Cortex are contacted by an alien speedster known as Nitros Oxide. This extraterrestrial dude thinks he’s the fastest and is keen to prove it. Crash is gonna have to out race him if he wants to stop Oxide from taking over the planet! A RACER FOR EVERY GAMER Are you an amateur karter? Or maybe a LEET drift king? You’ve got 15 friends and foes of Crash to choose from so check out our CTR character breakdown! CRASH BANDICOOT The bandicoot, the myth, the legend! Crash Bandicoot is an all-rounder meaning anyone can play as their favourite bandicoot. He’s a great character to pick whether you’re a seasoned racer or just a noobie! DOCTOR NEO CORTEX Crash’s oldest and most fiendish foe is…

THE AMAAZING’S Name: Maaz K Age: 22 Bday: Feb 10 From: Melbourne No. of videos: 27 Subscribers: 512k Total views: 25 million Best cartoon: Avatar the Last Airbender Fave movies: Tangled, Your Name, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse MANIA: HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR VIDEOS? Maaz: “Animated cartoons of my life. I choose the more interesting/chaotic aspects from various experiences that I’ve lived through and bring them to life for people to see!” MANIA: WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE YOUTUBE? Maaz: “I was, and still am, a university student! I’m quite stubborn and I wanted to do what I enjoyed, so instead of dropping out of one to pursue the other, I chose to do… both.” MANIA: WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH ANIMATING? Maaz: “Way back when in primary school,…

VIDEO WIZZES The Awesome Ones like to make sweet videos starring themselves and their Bakugans that they chuck online! Hopefully they can get famous with their ballin’ Bakugan brawlin’ vids! DAN KOUZO Main Bakugan: Dragonoid Dan is the Awesome Ones’ rad frontman! He’s really tight with his friends and will do anything for them despite the odds. His Bakugan pal Dragonoid is as fiery as he is and a noble Bakugan warrior and the two get along famously! WYNTON STYLES Main Bakugan: Trox Wynton is Dan’s oldest friend and the brains of the Awesome Ones crew! He keeps to himself a little bit but loves joking around with his close friends. His Bakugan compadre Trox is as clever and calculated as he is despite his brutish appearance! BAKUGAN BROS A…

Platform: PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC Style: Racing Publisher: Sega Price: $59.95 Team Sonic Racing Gameplay: Team Sonic Racing puts Sonic back behind the wheel for his first racing game in over six years! This is a really unique twist on the kart racing genre, offering up something a bit different from a lot of Mario Kart style games. You race in teams, and to win your entire team needs to do well, even in single player. You can give your team mates weapons to use and follow in their wake to get a major speed boost! This makes the game a bit more strategic, because it’s not enough to just race well! The story mode is pretty cool, but overall it’s not quite as exciting as something like Mario…

Platform: PS4, Xbox One, Switch Style: Farming Publisher: Team 17 Price: $49.95 My Time at Portia My Time At Portia is a game about harvesting and growing – it’s a lot like Dragon Quest Builders, with Minecraft-style crafting mixed with RPG elements! You’re a master crafter, and once you establish yourself in the town of Portia it’s up to you to keep crafting and selling goods. There’s also heaps of exploration to do, and even some monsters to fight! The graphics are a bit simple and it’s not as much fun as Minecraft or other similar games, but it’s still enjoyable! HOT! A big game with heaps to do! NOT! A bit rough in places! MANIA SCORE  7/10 Platform: Switch, PC Style: RPG Publisher: Thunderful Price: $59.95 SteamWorld Quest The…

‘AARRRGGGHHHH!’ I screamed. My throat hurt and my head pounded but I didn’t care. I just wanted my family. I was angry. Angry and lonely and confused. Why had I kept running the day before? Why hadn’t I turned back to be with my family? Stupid instincts! I shouldn’t have listened to them at all – they had caused me to become separated and all alone. I was so angry at myself. ‘AARRRGGGHHHH!’ I screamed even louder this time. A few birds flew out of the trees and suddenly I saw something strange. A flash of golden-yellow in the undergrowth. A furry something. An animal? I stopped short. At first I thought I was imagining it. Then I saw it again. What was it? A rabbit? No, it seemed bigger…

SETH’S STATS Real Name: Colby Lopez Age: 32 WWE Debut: 2010 From: Iowa, U.S. Height: 1.85m Weight: 98kg Fave drink: Coffee Big move: Ripcord Knee Accolades: 2x World Heavyweight Champ, 1x Universal Champ, many more! CAFE CHAMPION Earlier this year Seth Rollins opened his very own coffee shop in his hometown! He’s a big coffee drinker and a big traveller and after struggling to find a place back home that served brews as good as some he’d drunk in his travels he just decided to open one himself! ATHLETES OF SHIELD Seth was one-third of the massively popular stable The Shield, alongside Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose. This formidable fighting trio debuted in 2012 and constantly brought the beatdown until they officially broke up earlier this year! MANIA: WHAT GOALS…

K-POP TAKING THE WORLD BY STORM From BTS being labeled as the “World’s Biggest Boyband” to BLACKPINK performing at Coachella 2019, the world has surely embraced the Korean genre of music. With catchy choruses, upbeat melodies, and energetic performances from K-Pop idols, it’s difficult to resist bopping along to these tunes! “BANG” CULTURE “Bang” (pronounced as “bahng”) means “room” and in South Korea there are many different types of them for leisure activities. There are jjimjilbang (saunas), noraebang (karaoke), PC bang (internet cafes) and DVD bang (movie rooms). Can’t decide what to do? Go to a multibang! You can choose from playing computer/ video games, watching movies, singing on karaoke, and many other activities while feasting on snacks with friends! “BANCHAN” SIDE DISHES No Korean meal is complete without sides…

YOU MIGHT WANNA STAY OFF THIS RAILROAD! In Africa back in 1898 a railway line was being built between Kenya and Uganda. Building railways was hard enough back then but they had bigger problems... Two hangry lions were loose in the area and wouldn’t stop attacking railway workers! Over the course of 10 months, the lions ate 135 people in the area! Jeez! THE LARGEST LION IN LUCERNE A massive lion monument is carved into a rockface in Lucerne, Switzerland and fittingly known as Lion Monument. The piece was cutout back in 1821 to commemorate Swiss soldiers who lost their lives battling in the French Revolution, and is a world famous tourist spot! PUNISHMENT B Y BIG CAT ATTACK Back in early Rome, the Roman government would let loose lions…

Sonic Movie Delayed! The Sonic the Hedgehog movie is going to come out in 2020 instead of 2019 now! The trailer was funny, but the filmmakers want to make Sonic look more like he does in the games – he’s going to get an epic makeover! The movie will now release on February 14! PS5 Will Have Amazing Load Times! Sony has started to talk up some of the cool things that the PlayStation 5 will do, and while we haven’t seen any games yet, we know that it’ll be able to load super quickly! In a demo Sony has shown off, the entire world of the PS4 Spider-Man game can load in seconds – no interruptions! The PlayDate Is An AWSM New Handheld! Wow – there’s a new handheld…

Platform: Switch Style: Minigame Publisher: Nintendo Price: $119.95 Labo VR Kit: Complete Kit Gameplay: Wow – VR has come to the Switch! Labo VR is a cool entry point into the world of VR, and while all the games included here are pretty small, some of them are pretty impressive! If you buy the complete kit, you’re getting six different toy-cons to build, all of which can be used for different games. The basic head-set has some great motion tracking, while the more advanced kits open up some really cool, weird games to play! It’s unlikely that you’ll play many of them more than a few times, but we had a great time testing out everything available to us here, and the way the Switch itself slots into the headset…

The Gardens Between iOS/Android, $7.99 A really great console game has made its way to mobile phones! This new version controls very well, and it’s a great fit for mobile devices. This is a cute, simple puzzle game that’s all about time manipulation, and we like it heaps. The puzzles are clever, especially towards the end! SCORE 9/10 Golf Blitz iOS/Android, free-to-play Another month, another cool golf game on mobile! This is a multiplayer game where you and three other players are all competing to get your ball in the hole first – but you can smack your opponent’s golf balls out of the way too! It’s frantic and fun, and we were LOLing pretty hard when things went wrong! SCORE 9/10 Jumpgrid iOS, $4.49 Jumpgrid is a lot of…

GET TO KNOW GEORGE Favourite food: My Mum’s pork roast and veggies… childhood memories Favourite sport: Soccer Favourite movie: Karate Kid the original Dream car: Tesla to avoid the 2 Mentos for $2 deal at service stations Secret talent: Poet Dream Ice cream flavour: Mango sorbet MANIA: WHEN DID YOU FIRST GET A PASSION FOR COOKING? George: “The passion started when I was about 10, I’d watch my mum cook and then I’d try and replicate her recipes in the kitchen. Her cooking would make her happy and her joy came from our family sitting together eating and enjoying her food. It brought us together, so we all enjoyed it.” MANIA: HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH ALL YOUR CREATIVE RECIPES?› George: “I usually get inspired by adult food, meaning…

NIve co-wrote a song for K-pop star Chen, which got more than 9 million views on YouTube! Even NIve himself was surprised with how much the song blew up! NIVE LIVED ON THE GOLD COAST IN QUEENSLAND WHEN HE WAS 13! NIVE INTO THE RIVER NIVE NIve shares his name with a river that runs through South-West Queensland! The Nive River is a part of the Murray-Darling basin and was named after the Nive River in France! NIVE’S STATS Real name: Ji Soo Park / Brian Park Age: 25 Star sign: Gemini Genre: Pop/soul Born: Seoul, South Korea Living: Studio City, California Years in the biz: 5 Fave k-pop song: Merry and the Witch’s Flower - Yerin Baek Fave western pop song: Real Friend - Camila Cabello Instruments: Piano, guitar,…

THE LIONS Simba, Mufasa, and Scar are the big cats - the royal family of the Pride Lands! Mufasa is the current ruler and Simba is his son and next in line for the throne. Scar is Mufasa’s brother and is a bit jealous to say the least! Also keep your eye out for Nala who’s voiced by Beyoncé! THE MEERKAT AND WARTHOG Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog are two best buds who are inseparable despite their noticeable differences. They’re wisecracking rascals who teach a worried Simba how to enjoy the finer things in life! THE MANDRILL Rafiki the mandrill is a wise, whimsical and magical monkey! He’s an old friend of Mufasa and is in charge of all things mystical in the kingdom. Despite being a little…

TOTALLY TROLLS An all-new chapter in the hair-raising adventures of the Trolls! Along with Poppy, Branch and the rest of the Troll village get ready to party! 7 Trolls will get a Trolls: The Beat Goes On! DVD, a Trolls Bouquet, an Airwalkers Balloon, and a Friendship Bracelet! CRASH BASH Crash Bandicoot returns with a need for speed! With tracks, cars and more from three classic games comes Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. 5 Crash-karters will get a copy of the new game on the console of their choice! ITTY BITTY BEARS When Vick and the Bears are accidentally hit with a shrink ray they go on an adventure to get themselves back to normal! 15 bear buffs will get Boonie Bears Big Shrink, Homeward Journey and Robo Rumble on DVD!…

Platform: Switch Style: Sports Publisher: Sega Out: Spring 2019 Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Mario and Sonic are returning to the Olympics! Just like the previous games on the Wii and Wii U, the Switch version will use the Joy Con to recreate all sorts of events, like sprints, badminton, swimming, and heaps more. It’ll have updated graphics and you’ll be able to take it with you on the go! There’s also an Olympics game coming from Sega that won’t feature Mario and Sonic, if you’re after a more traditional experience! Platform: PS4 Style: Action Publisher: Sony Out: October 25 MediEvil Skeleton hero Sir Daniel Fortesque is returning from beyond the grave! This is a remake of the original PS1 game from 1998, an action game…

Platform: Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC Style: Building Publisher: Snail Price: $79.95 PixArk Gameplay: PixArk is a pretty big, complicated game that might appeal to you if you love Minecraft but want something a bit different! You can craft, build, and level up your character by completing quests around the randomly generated world, but your main goal will be to survive everything the game throws at you! The world is full of monsters, which you can fight or try to tame using your tools and magic! It’s a pretty hard game to get into at first, though, so you’ll need to put a lot of time into learning how everything in PixArk works to really get the most out of it. You have to be careful at night, too, when…

MY TIME AT PORTIA Platform: PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch HINTS AND TIPS My Time At Portia can be pretty tricky at first – here’s some advice to start your adventure off right! • As soon as you can, early in the game, gather a bunch of wood and fix your house up - you’ll sleep better! • You’ll fall asleep every morning at 3am, so make sure you keep an eye on the time! You can actually slow the game’s days down in the settings if you need more time! • Make sure you check your mail every day, if you can - there’s heaps of info and job offers that come through the mail. • You can spend money to unlock more slots in your inventory - do…

3 MUSKETURTLES The trio of turtles in the show are named after the three iconic French heroes: the Three Musketeers! These pet reptiles, named Athos, Portos and Aramis are sure to cause Mike as much grief as possible! A DOGGY DISPLAY Mike the pug loves chilling out and enjoying himself. But a cute cavalcade of animal associates ensure that his days are increasingly chaotic! Mike is joined by Iris the dog next door, Fluffy the cheeky kitten, three troublesome turtles and two raucous raccoons. Good luck Mike! RACCOON ROYALTY Freddy and Mercury the bad raccoons are named after the lead singer of the hugely popular rock band Queen! The Mighty Mike team are big fans of the original Freddie!…