PA Meets Another Online Pal!

Yesterday I met yet another person I know online.  That would be my Twitter pal Canageek! He is cute as a button and quite a gentleman as well! *grins* We had a lot of fun.

Initially, some pub grub for lunch.  Though, before nearly ordering drinks, we had to settle the outstanding issue of how he thought I wasn’t so wee, when indeed I really am.  I told him to feel me.  No, not like that! He was a bit shocked, and agreed with what I had said all along.  Then the entire issue of me needing to gain weight came up.  Minister Canageek: “Go tell it on the Mountain, you are preaching to the Leader of the Choir!”

We took lots of pictures with my camera, and the vast majority are extremely silly.  This is always how it works, anyway.  One person looks fine; the other person looks like a total twonk! We did get a few that turned out alright, though.

After bitching forever about how cold it was, I can not believe that we managed to walk around for the rest of the afternoon! Hither and yon…aimlessly wandering…however.  It wasn’t so aimless? We did actually do things: browsing in lots of shops, poking about, looking at whatever seemed to catch our attention (attention spans long enough, considering we both have AD(H)D.)

Most of the shops were bookstores (new and used), and that was just fine by me! But oh, dear.  Such temptation! I need to be restrained in bookstores! Canageek did a pretty good job of it (thanks hon, I owe you big time!) However, I was looking for a couple of things specifically.  I was so lucky in that I got close enough? Even better that it was used!

It’s a copy of the novel “Emmanuelle” by Emmanuelle Arsan. The entire reason for this, was because I have the first of the three Series’ of the Graphic Novels drawn by Guido Crepax.

Now, if you don’t care to click on those links, I shall try to explain and keep it brief.  I can’t make any promises on that.  Regular readers know I am verbose as hell (translation: rambly as fuck.)  Fuck.  Yes.  A weak segue, but nonetheless.

The written novel was published in 1959 according to Wiki, although my copy says 1967.  Hmmm.  Either way, holy FUCK! It’s basically about a woman’s sexual odyssey and whoo, does she ever take one! Alright, admittedly I haven’t “gone all the way,” as I only have the first copy of Crepax’s drawn versions.  Now, I have the novel, so I can at least pick up where I left off.

Still!

So, let’s move on to Crepax.  I had never heard of him, so I will confess that I am not an Art History Major or Museum Curator.  Far from it.  But I like him, so good enough.  After seeing some of his work, I think it’s amazing! My copy (simply named “Emmanuelle I/1″), also includes a few examples of his other drawings.

ASIDE: Let me also add (no shit?) the Emmanuelle Series’ and a lot of his work are not really for minors??? *rolls eyes*

Now, apart from the Emmanuelle-related that I have seen in my book, wow.  His work with his panels? You need to just stop and absorb the overall.  Then you can study a bit more of the content, and then move onto the detail of the content.  So cool.  Also, his drawing is almost paradoxical in nature.  It’s deceptively simple, but upon really looking at it, quite detailed and/or complex.  A feast for the eyes?

There is one drawing that has nothing to do with Emmanuelle in the book and I just love it! Purely for the above reasons, and also for its angular lines.  If books weren’t such sacred objects to me, I’d tear the page out and frame it! I could always make a copy of it?

Also, speaking of “Sacred Books and Texts,” I made some references to being a “zombified,” Jane Austen character on Twitter earlier.  If you read that and it made no sense to you, some people are “bastardizing” her work and other historical novels.  Yes, a sort of “Horror/Literary Mashup.”  I won’t link to any of that stuff, but we thought it was hysterical.

Ah! One thing that I can guarantee none of you know, is that I own Canada.  Yes, it’s true.  I bought a platinum pendant in the shape of an alien from outer space.  As it turned out, its value was off the charts! As a result, I then purchased the Royal Canadian Mint.  It was quite a bargain beyond what immense, personal wealth I held back for myself.  Since I took over the Royal Canadian Mint, I re-worked our entire, economic system.  From there, really quite simple after that!

Imagine.  All in one day.  I forgot to mention the purchase of the pendant and the country’s economy outside of the bookstore browsing.  Oops.  Glad I remembered that!  I am now working on all of our Foreign and Global Interests.  Hey, we were kind of busy yesterday.  I thought anything beyond our Domestic could wait until today.

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My guilty pleasure? Kanokon.

That's my "reaction to moe" face

( God I wish there was a figure of that kid.)

Aside from Kouta’s cuteness though,   I just love how unabashed the show is.  It knows you’re watching it for fanservice, so it’ll give it to you, in abundance. No coy artsy fartsy attitudes or pretentious self awareness, just pure, shameless fanservice.  It’s an obvious, “I wish this were me” fantasy, the writer of the light novels even admitted in an interview that he just wants those bitches all over his balls, but you know what?    It’s honest, stupid fun, and I can appreciate that.

Well, that and shota rape.

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Two Favored Space Opera Series

One of the more annoying Leftist comebacks is “you don’t have any better to offer”. They pretend they are adults, thus focused on a solution, so make us the challenge that we do nothing but harp on their ‘good works’.

In the case of Avatar, here’s what is better, if better can be measured in the 1000th percentage range.

Starship Operators

Legend of Galactic Heroes

And there’s nothing like a tragic love story in a hybrid sci-fi Westerner. You may have heard another story set in the same mold: Firefly.

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Third times a charm...

It’s Christmas everywhere (w00t!) in the world, so what does Kadokawa give it’s loyal money givers fans?

The HQ version of the Haruhi Suzumiya trailer.

Yes, this is the third time I’ve made a post for it, and I don’t care.

Oh, and if you get a chance to read the comments, there is some noob war over The Disappearance of Yuki-chan manga and how that relates to The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya light novel.

Before you ask, it’s a retelling WITHOUT Haruhi, nor Kyon’s memories.

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[TIL] Whispers of the Heart - The Dreary versus Fantasy (Worlds).

 

The kids, and the cat.

 

So I’ve watched Whispers of the Heart in a Hayao Miyazaki focused film festival of sorts last Friday (along with Porco Rosso, I’ve watched all the other films they had there previously), and something bothered me by Whispers of the Heart, well, a couple of things.

There will be a certain amount of spoilers, be advised.

The first is that it had a “point”, a moral, a lesson it had tried to pass, when I think it’d have worked better as a “Slice of Life” story that just showcases something. Porco Rosso on the other hand was cute, but it was rambling and a bit directionless.

Whispers of the Heart follows Shizuku Tsukihima, a girl who loves reading books, at her senior year of junior high school. In a way, she lives in the world of imagination, reading books voraciously, and fantasizing about the boy whose name appears before hers in many of the books she loves.

By the by, she is a junior high school student, and while some aspects of her and her classmates seem a bit off in age, as in, some fit high schoolers better, and some actually fit elementary schoolers (and even 4th-5th graders at that), on the whole, it seemed fitting, the behaviour, which meant quite a bit. I hate it when films totally butcher how younger people behave for the sake of cliches.

Anyway, Tsukihima lives in the world of fantasies and would-bes, day-dreaming her way through life. As such, when she has some run-ins with the dreary life of preparing for the high school entry exams, before her confrontation with her parents, I thought the point of all the times she was asked for chores and she failed to meet them was not in order to have a build-up to a confrontation (that fizzled out, as a confrontation), but to showcase the lively world of imagination versus the dreary everyday life.

Anyway, there was something that really annoyed me at one of the moments of the film, and which was originally the title of this post, the “It only happens in stories!” fallacy. Not that some things don’t happen just in stories (because they do), and not discounting the fact many of us export to the real life what we learn from films. No, my point is different, and I’d use a short story to help get it across.

I sometimes dream that I am flying, and all that I need in order to fly is just “to let go”, of gravity’s hold on me, of my fear of flying, and up I go. A couple of months ago I had a dream, and I said to myself “You can only do it in dreams, but this is not a dream, so let’s see if it works,” and then it worked, and I was flying, and I was congratulating myself on how I was flying outside the dream, when before it only happened in dreams.

Likewise, Tsukihima tells herself, or someone tells her, that a certain something she wishes for, or that she desires, only happens in stories. And then it obviously happens to her, which is a problem, because this is a story, she is in a story, one that we experience. I find this a bit problematic, not just because it’s simplistic and, well, an ironic lie, of sorts.
I also find it problematic because the target audience for this film, and who often hear this from dramas and other stories (“It only happens in films”), where the actors are flesh and blood, are younger kids, or people who may be caught off-guard and who will then tell themselves this is a “truth-telling film” for knowing and saying some things only happen in films, and then it proceeds to give them a message, something that only happens in films, and then they’ll take it, or are more likely to.

The moral of the story? Work hard for what you believe in, you might not get it, but you need to find out by putting in effort if that’s what you really want (Seiji, the boy she likes), and whether you actually have a talent for it (Tsukihima herself). Of course, you might get a negative result on either, but neither of our protagonists do, at least at this time. Not to mention they’re getting engaged, or promise themselves to one another before they’re out of junior high. How romantic, how sappy, how…. storylike.

If we put aside the silly moral, and my slight beef with the above, it’s a good and enjoyable movie. Miyazaki was more in charge of the in-story sequences, and there are sequences, both in the story Tsukihima pens, and her own discovery of the rare goods shop that quite resemble Alice in Wonderland. The in-story is a bit silly, a bit empty, and not fully fleshed out, but then again, we don’t get much of it. Of course, it’s easier to come up with a dream-scape of sorts when you only need to come up with 2-3 minutes’ worth.

Score: 7.2 Kids in love, who love reading books. An enjoyable film.

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Death Note tonight

This is what I feel like...

As said in previous posts, I was/am planning to do a voice/video chat when Death Note is airing in Adelaide, Australia to others watching it. I started it last week and was going to continue it to this week and so on, but I’m regretful to say that I have a really bad head cold and can’t really talk, so this week I’m giving it a miss.

Although, if you live in Australia, please don’t forget that Death Note IS airing tonight at 11:30pm, watch it to support the industry in Australia!

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Kekkaishi (Volume 8), by Yellow Tanabe

Yoshimori and Tokine are caught in a trap, and without Gen as backup. Their Kekkaishi powers have been nullified and all that remains are the abilities of two School-Aged teens.

Story overview:

Tokine executes a plan of action that uses herself as bait. Not on board with this is Yoshimori, whose main goal is to keep Tokine safe. Instead he comes up with a better plan (amazing for him), which destroys the barrier restricting their Kekkaishi powers.

Meanwhile Gen—after mostly recovering from his injuries—nearly transforms into his full ayakashi form. Thankfully for him a man named Hiba (as we discover was put in charge of watching Gen) puts a stop to this. Later we are shown Gen’s childhood and how he goes berserk and almost kills his beloved sister. (With his brothers and parents the way they were, there’s no wonder Gen acts the way he does.) Thankfully his sister didn’t die, but Gen finds himself taken away by Masamori to learn to control his power.

Back in the present time we rejoin our Kekkaishi duo. The battle goes on until all but the head ayakashi, Kaguro, is left. He himself actually kills the last ayakashi since he didn’t like the creature’s tactics. Walking away, he decides to come back and try again another day. Once the two Kekkaishi meet up with Gen, they are thankful to find the boy hasn’t been kicked out of the Shadow Organization.

My thoughts:

It was interesting to learn how there are two types of half-ayakashi: (1) Parasitic type, which can only alter a specific body part, and (2) Integrated type, which can totally transform, but in doing so they turn into a complete ayakashi and lose control. Gen is the latter form. Interesting story for sure. There’s always a new mystery unfolding and great character interactions: still a page turner even in its eight volume.

Things to consider:

Same rating as the others: thirteen plus and targeted mainly towards boys. No sexual situations or major cursing. Just typical manga violence that appeals mostly to boys (and yes, to me as well).

Opportunities for discussion:

Gen’s story shows how he was an unloved child. The only one that cared for him was his sister, and a misunderstanding made him think she betrayed him, which causes him to lose all hope. Ask your teen what their hopes are in life, and if they ever feel like they are totally lost. Then remind them—even though they may no longer like to hear it—that you will always love them no matter what. This means more than they may let on.

Past reviews in this series:

1) Kekkaishi (Volume 1)
2) Kekkaishi (Volume 2)
3) Kekkaishi (Volume 3)
4) Kekkaishi (Volume 4)
5) Kekkaishi (Volume 5)
6) Kekkaishi (Volume 6)
7) Kekkaishi (Volume 7)

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Shin Tokyo - Manga and Merchandise - December 09

Well, I must say, the haul this month is quite good, Lucky Star, Soul Eater AND Akira (reprint), I am liking this. Although $16 for Lucky Star is a bit overpriced, as is the lack of the Hardcover edition of The Sighs of Haruhi Suzumiya novel, yet at least you can pick it up offline. This caught my eye though:

Yes you can see correctly, those are SENZU BEANS! You can pick them up for 5 bucks. Must get some on my next trip, that and the Soul Eater stuff from last month.

You can look at everything here.

- Main website

- Mailing List

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Planned or Unplanned

So I was talking the other day with a friend about tv series, and how sometimes it annoys me when there are dead end plots that go nowhere. Specifically I was thinking about Melrose and when Laura Leighton was on 90210 for like, six episodes or something, and then her character just disappeared. Or that one weird episode of 7th Heaven in which a crooked contractor feigns injury while renovating the garage apartment to rip off the Camdens and Annie is all “I will fight you on this!” and then nothing was ever mentioned again. Clearly plots they threw at the wall that didn’t stick.

These always annoy me, despite the fact that in real life events happen that don’t necessarily lead anywhere all the time. Then again, if I wanted real life I wouldn’t need a tv at all.

Initially I floated Lost as a show with a plan before I realized it too is littered with lost (heh) plots, like Libby and Ana Lucia or, more gallingly (since AL & L were apparently let go because of bad behavior filing in Hawaii) Shannon and Boone. Why were they even there? It really puts a damper in my faith that Lost has an overarching plan, in spite of its assurances.

I have similar issues with BSG. Don’t tell me “They have a plan” unless they have a plan.

At the end of the day, the only shows I can think of that seem airtight to me are Veronica Mars and some anime series (which are, presumably, planned out in the manga?), though I’m always ready to hear more.

I haven’t finished the Sopranos yet, but it seems to be a pretty tight show thus far (midway through S5) and possibly Big Love, although it’s hard to tell with series that are ongoing.

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Manga training + Rants + tips

So remember i showed you this pic?:

http://fatesofashe.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/manga-training-excuses/

I finally finished it so lemme show you the process… to the final product

Ironically the editor and i got confused which was the starting point was it the top left or top right to be first panel? Are we reading traditional or American system. The difference is huge depending on your reading style. So minutes later we decided that the top right will be the initial frame and we went off from there, a few modifications on the top left panel and a change of posture in the bottom left resulted in this:

So he liked that and the penciling came out fine. A couple of small mistakes but i overridden them:

Ok other than the obvious right hand glove on bottom left which i just realised when i uploaded, the major mistake here was with the explosion, so after serveral talks we fixed that and a small fix with the glove in panel 3. The final “All green” is this one:

The explosion is much better in this one.

So enough with explanations tips!

1) with drawing energy try a couple of flicks here and there in the initial draft, and when you finally pencil it, see if it looks good, i tend to take a couple of days drawing energy cause i am not used to it yet.

2) Speedlines help with pretty much anything in action. For a particular motion or movement i recommend French Curves, if you dont have one i suggest you go get some. It cost me 13 bucks in Australia it may be cheaper or more expensive where you live, they help with speed lines and also general shape of movement very very useful than free hand and much more cleaner.

3) Set Squares help with blades construction and stuff. most importantly speed lines.

4) Characters: Spam whatever you liek generally if your a reader you will be flicking through 16 pages really really quickly and reading the speech bubbles the art has to flow rather than be noticable, if you can do both then your very good, i cant do that yet so most of my stuff is very simple, but i guess the important parts must be detailed, so pay attention to em.

5) What i have found when drawing explosions in the last panel is that you can start out with clouds then add small bits to the outside, if your not sure use a reference. Small clouds (Sausages as my editor told me) should be added to create a much more realistic explosion and use speed lines as required, but don’t over do it.
Lastly i should probably mention here that I need an inker i can work with, if you think you can ink send me an email with your linearts . Me and the editor are working on small projects atm and would appreciate an inker and a colorist (well just an inker would be nice atm) I dont really want to do the whole thing manually cause that is a fair bit of pressure. So if anyone is interested, fire me an email at:

gunblade7777777@gmail.com

or

fatesofashe@gmail.com

i check the first one more often

John Signing Out lol

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An Unintentional Yuri Kick

Disclaimer: None of the following are rated H though apparently the first was based on the story line of an H game.

Nearly all of the animes I have viewed recently have unintentionally been very very, oh so very, yuri.  Not that its a bad thing, most yuri based shows are hilarious because of the girl/girl match that always goes array.  Its more the realization that every show I put on ends that way.  The last non-yuri show I have seen was Tayutama~kiss on my deity which included your typical girl/guy/female-embodiment-of-a-god love triangle.

Yami to Boshi to Hon no Tabibito (The Traveller Yami, the book and the hat).

Nutshell: Girl falls for girl (Eve) who is really on the of the great gods that created all the worlds.  Girl goes looking for Eve who mysteriously disappeared the night of her 16th birthday.  Meets Eves sister who falls for girl and together they quest to find Eve.  Eve returns love to girl but then erases all her own existence in the world.

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun

Nutshell: City full of students wielding various special powers.  Only level 5 student has strange fetish roommate who likes to share her panty collection and orders chinese import aphrodisiacs.  Incredibly funny show so far but it has yet to acquire a plot line.

Kampfer

Nutshell: Guy gets special powers that can only be used if he is in the form of a girl so due to nearby allies and enemies he randomly turns into said girl.  He/She ends up getting switched to all girl section of school where, strangely enough, all the girls fall for she/he including she/he’s love interest, though he would rather she like him as a guy.

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japanese cartoon characters

I just realized that within a span of 2-3 mnths i know the names of most of the japanese cartoon characters which come on Hungama channel and Pogo channel thnx to my little one ..

the most famous of thm all is i guess ‘Doraemon ” – the cat . then there is Nobita, Shizuka,Dorami,Korusuke , Miyuka , Sunio, Gutan Borilla ,Jyian,  Togari,Hagemaru , Okarumaru , Asarichan , Shin-chan ,  and all the rest

Shin chan is one of most popular Japanese cartoon series across the world. Its Hindi version  is aired on a popular kiddie channel, Hungama TV. Though Shin Chan may appear to be just another regular kindergarten going child but dont they often say that looks can be very deceptive.

Shin Chan often uses fairly impolite language, argues with his mother practically on all occasions, misbehaves at school with his teachers and friends . all of this obviously shown with the excuse of simple ignorance of correct behavior due to his very young age.

Just juxtaposing all this with the comics and cartoons that we grew up with

first there was the legion of superheroes from DC comics — the foremost among them undoubtedly – Superman ,,, ( with also supergirl, superboy, lois lane, lana lang)then Batman ( robin , batwoman, batgirl , catgirl ) , Green Lantern , Captain America , Wonderwoman,the Flash,Green Arrow, Captain Marvel, the JUstice League

then there is marvel comics with  Spiderman, Fantastic Four, Iron Man , The Hulk,X-men, Wolverine

other than that we had Zorro – the masked legend , the Phantom – the ghost who walks, Richie rich , casper – the friendly ghost ,

the Archie andrews gang — archie , betty , veronica , jughead , ethel, reggie, dilton , moose , midge - josie and the  pussycats , sabrina  – the teen witch

then the indian comics — indrajal comics with   phantom ,   mandrake and lothar , flash gordon , bahadur

diamond comics — with chacha chaudhary , sabu , pinky etc

and finally tinkle — chamataka, doob doob , shikari shambhu, supandi, kalia the crow ,, and who can forget amar chitra katha  with those ammmaazzzing stories from our mythology  !!!!!!!

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Seitokai no Ichizon: Episode 9

Chizuru… Oh god… I came close to shedding a tear. Chizuru’s past is sad and yet so realistic. That’s the main focus. Today’s whiteboard: “Read Books” and so, let’s begin.

Quick Game: Which one does not belong? Anyways…

Meet Miyashiro Kanade. Cute, right? Chizuru’s dear friend from middle school. Why’s she look so sad? Well, she has something to say.

She was a friend to Chizuru. She cared for her but… Chizuru was surprisingly popular. She didn’t want to lose her friend and so she drove others away with lies and rumors. She’s so cute~ Thinking that’s the best way to keep her friend.

Of course the isolation in Chizuru’s heart is healed by the amazing power of… The Student Council? Eh…. yeah, that’s about it. Screen Cap gallery follows as always.

—–
I can’t do anymore today. Headache is killing me. I’ll get up early tomorrow though.

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Ao no Ether - Nakajima Megumi - Macross Frontier

Ao no Ether
Nakajima Megumi
Macross Frontier
Ending Song

I’ll give you
one of my names that is important to me
Just give me one of your words
all except the word “goodbye”

a bead of light and then a wave
You’re a bird and then the universe

I was always by your side
when we smiled,we were connected
The day that everything was in harmony

I wanted to be with you every time
no matter what voice I use
I can’t reach you
On my Blue blue blue journey
Not to attack nor to defend,
My feelings are in the middle.
Between glitters and despair,
My feelings are in the middle.

The future are wings, then lead
I’m the water, then the flames

I always want to be with you
more than love, I was closer to you
The day when everything into one stays warm

I wanted to be with you every time
I can’t hear the music
Falling far away from you
On my blue blue blue journey

Blue blue blue journey

ROMAJI

watashi no namae o hitotsu ageru
taisetsu ni shiteita no
anata no kotoba o hitotsu kudasai
sayonara janakute

hikari wa tsubu soshite nami
anata wa tori soshite uchuu

zutto soba ni ita
hohoemeba tsunagatta
subete ga hitotsu ni chouwashiteta ano hi

zutto soba ni itakatta
donna ni koe ni takushitemo
anata made todokanai
aoi aoi aoi tabiji

kougeki demo nai bougyo demo nai
mannaka no kimochi
kirameki to zetsubou no aida no
mannaka no kimochi

mirai wa hane soshite namari
watashi wa mizu soshite honoo

zutto soba ni ita
ai yori mo chikakatta
subete ga hitotsu ni atataka datta hi

zutto soba ni itakatta
ongaku mo kikoenai
anata kara toozakaru
aoi aoi aoi tabiji

aoi aoi aoi tabiji

DOWNLOAD THIS SONG:
Ao no Ether

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Otaku

For those of you who hear the word “onna otaku” in English it means she geek or nerd.  Here’s a little history of the “otaku” word.  Otaku (おたく/オタク) means nerd, geek or fan.  The word originates from a polite second-person pronoun meaning “your home” in Japanese, allowing the speaker to refer to the listener indirectly.

Since the 1980s it’s been used, much like the term “geek” in the US, to refer to people who are really into technology, video games, ANIME, MANGA and extensions of these such as COSPLAY, FIGURES and IDORU.

The etymology of the word is complex, but there are several possibilities.  The explanation preferred by cultural commentators is that because young nerds stayed home a lot, they were unable to manage social interactions and referred to one another indirectly as “otaku”.

Example, some of the founders of the anime studio GAINAX were among the first hardcore anime aficionados where “otaku” is commonly used as “you”.  It’s possible fans who encountered the Gainax crew may have adopted the dialect as slang.  The word “otaku” was used by the characters in Studio Nue’s seminal anime MACROSS in 1982.

In the US “otaku” entered the English vocabulary and gradually gained traction at anime conventions in the early 1990s and spread like wildfire with AnimEigo’s translation of Otaku no Video in 1993.  That same year the word was established enough and appeared on the cover of the premiere issue of Wired magazine.  In 1994, the annual convention Otakon was formed, referencing otaku in its very name.  This spread to sci-fi with mention in William Gibson’s 1996 novel Idoru, then a slew of news articles on anime fandom in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

What does an Onna Otaku look like?

According to Wired Magazine here are 10 Ways to Identify an Onna Otaku

Hair: No chestnut dyes, no colored highlights, minimal brushing.

Wardrobe: Generic jeans, shirts, and sneakers (with price tag left on, Minnie Pearl-style). Jacket from store at train station. For more formal occasions: school uniform, kimono, or Dhoulmagus costume. (He’s the mysterious jester from Dragon Quest VIII. Duh!)

Pets: Six virtual pups on her Nintendo DS. (She feeds and walks them hourly.)

Phone: Worn clipped on pocket to look “technical.” It’s got a 3-megapixel camera, built-in smartcard purchasing, TV tuner, MP3 player, and browser.

Storage: Cute bags are OK for jaunts, but she prefers wheeled luggage for comic cons and epic shopping trips.

Magazines: Four different anime monthlies, Cosmode (for cosplayers), and Dolly Dolly (for figurine fans).

Diet: Why cook when 7-Eleven has beef bowls and habanero snack chips?

Recent Purchases: Action figures and manga galore. Spool of DVD-Rs for, uh, “backup” copies of her fave shows.

On her laptop: Script for Sailor Moon/Anakin Skywalker doujinshi (fan comic), links to manga release schedules and 2ch.net (think Slashdot).

Under her mattress: Boy’s Love comics, which depict romantic, tragic, and hot pretty boy-on-pretty boy action.

Now that you know what an Onna Otaku looks like have you meet one?

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when opening goes funky: session03

this is the final session…

Previously hinted: Porno?

BLEACH – Anima Rossa (OP11)

Porno Graffitti – Anima Rossa

It’s Porno Graffitti.

Porno Graffitti isn’t new to anime. They did Melissa for the first Fullmetal Alchemist, Hitori no Yoru for GTO, Winding Road for Ayakashi Ayashi, and Koyoi, Tsuki ga Miezu tomo for the third BLEACH movie, Fade to Black. This song, obviously, is their second one associated with the BLEACH franchise.

Why funky? ‘Cause I think it is (lame reason, I know). It’s just the feeling, especially when listening to the music closely. And, let me be frank here, I prefer this than the previous OP (Shoujo S by Scandal); Shoujo S is too cheesy for my taste.

finally got ‘Porno Graffitti’ spelled right…

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Kimi ni Todoke 08

okay, it’s started to look obvious that Sawako likes Kazehaya~~

Should we change the title for this animu to ‘Kazehaya ni Todoke’ just like Sawako’s catch phrase on this episode??~~ LOL

i think after the-suspicious-looking-girl saw this scene, she’s gonna start to make another evil plan~~ o.0

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Un hombre se casa con un videojuego

En la isla de Guam en el Océano Pacífico ha tenido lugar un suceso tan extraño como delirante relacionado con el simulador de novias virtuales de DS Love Plus de Konami.

Un varón de origen japonés que no ha querido identificarse por razones obvias, ha decidido viajar hasta la isla de propiedad estadounidense con el fin de contraer matrimonio con una de las novias virtuales de Love Plus, Nene Anegasaki.

La iglesia no solamente no mandó a freír espárragos al novio y llamó a las autoridades, sino que lo casó e incluso la pareja de enamorados hará una recepción en Japón el pasado domingo 22 invitando a los medios de comunicación a conmemorar el bonito evento, el cual fue transmitido por directo por el canal online de video local NicoNico Douga.

Miles de preguntas asaltan nuestra mente.¿A partir de ahora cualquier jugador que posea Love Plus y “salga” con Nene estará cometiendo adulterio?¿De estropearse la copia de Love Plus significará que se ha quedado viudo?¿Podrá el marido jugar a otros videojuegos en los que aparezcan mujeres o se considerará un acto de infidelidad?

Esta es la historia de una campaña de publicidad que no puede pagarse con dinero. Aunque no todo es negativo. Al menos el afortunado marido podrá “apagar” a su esposa cuando se ponga muy pesada. Deseamos con todas nuestras fuerzas que se trate de una elaborada campaña viral de Konami, pero no sabemos porqué tenemos la extraña sensación de que esta vez es cierto.

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Nueva Temporada De Ikkitousen

Si con 3 temporadas no tuvieron suficiente Ecchi, la Comic Gum ha confirmado una 4 temporada de Ikkitousen que llevara por nombre “Ikkitousen Xtreme Xecutor“, esta nueva temporada seguira la linea de su antecesora y no me refiero a la misma linea argumental sino a que esta serie sera una creacion original y no estara basada en el Manga de Ikkitousen.

Media Factory anuncio que sacara un DVD con el promocional del episodio 0 durante el ComicMarket ha celebrarse el proximo mes en Japon. La serie se estrenara a inicios de 2010, pues una buena noticia para los fanaticos del Ecchi.

Fuente:Animenewsnetwork

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Hitsugaya Toushirou -Bleach Character-

Birthdate: 20 December
Height: 4′ 4″ (133cm)
Weight: 28 kg
Hair: Silver
Eyes: Greenish Blue/Teal
Rank: Captain of 10th Division
Zanpakuto: Hyorinmaru
Shikai command: Soten ni zase, Hyorinmaru! (Reign over the frozen heavens, Hyorinmaru!)
Bankai command: Daiguren Hyorinmaru!

Hitsugaya comes from Junrinan, District 1 of Rukongai. There, he lived with an old woman (said to be his grandmother), Momo Hinamori, and possibly other people. Little else is known about his past, but it is known that he became a shinigami shortly after Hinamori. He is also a friend of Jidanbou, the West Gate Keeper, and was the one who taught him the “city rules.”

As a child, Hitsugaya was a bit of a brat who liked to eat watermelons and poke fun at Hinamori. She would call him “Shiro-chan” and he would counter by calling her “Bed-wetter Momo.” The two were close friends and Hitsugaya, despite being younger and much shorter than his friend, always felt that he needed to protect her. His favorite food are watermelon and sweet natto, he also hates hot weather

With Hitsugaya’s natural talent, he quickly entered the shinigami institute shortly after Hinamori, despite his age. She continued to call him “Shiro-chan” out of habit and felt she needed to protect him. Because of a promise she had made, she only began to call him “Hitsugaya-kun” after he had achieved his zanpakutō’s initial release and was recognized as a shinigami. Highly capable and knowledgeable, he quickly became the youngest of the captains within the Gotei 13.

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UPDATES...11/23/09

Time for more updates!!!! Sadly this past week was very slow in terms of updates so don’t expect much… and mainly due to preparing for Thanksgiving I didn’t have much time to work on alot like I normaly would on the weekends…

FANART

AneDoki(Kou & Natsuki)

Sora no Otashimono (Ikaros/Nymph(Coloring, Nymph))

Kämpfer (Natsuru(female version))Coloring

Bakemonogatari (Nadeko-Snake)

SOUL EATER (Tsubaki & Black Star)

Keroro Gunsou(Natsumi/Alisa)

That’s the list, almost the same as before, but with one more project added. But don’t worry I’m still working on the Airi fanart, it’s just sort of on pause, so I haven’t abonded it . But check out my Deviant Art. I’ve got a test picture for a new style of shaind and coloring I’m attempting.

MANGA

Almost no progress made for this week on TOKYO TEENS… however I have been brainstorming a coming up with some concepts for the upcoming chapters, which is good of course!

But OTAKUn’s progress has been moving by very slowly, so I’m not sure when it’ll come out…

But I’m currently planning a one-shot manga, and if there’s a good enough response to it, it will be turned into a full manga series in the future~!

So that’s all for this week folks~!

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But now it's just Electronic...

"It's Gangsta because I'm on it!"

Music. It’s always been a part of me. Ever since I can remember I’ve loved it. Yeah I had my favorite artists growing up, but the best part was making my own. Thaz what made me love it. I’d carry notebooks with me wherever I went. Notebooks full of lyrics… I’d get in trouble cuz I’d be writing in school when I was supposed to be studying and in church when I was supposed to be listening… I remember arguing with my mom and sister who at the time gave that shit absolutely ZERO credit, “These notebooks are gonna make me famous and y’all rich one day!” They’d laugh at me and I’d storm off to my room and close the door. I’m about to write some more. They’ll see soon enough.

My room was all about music. My wall was filled with pix and posters of artists. It looked like the Hard Rock Cafe or something. A bunch of memorabilia from concerts and autograph signings that I had gone to over the years covered the walls. The center of everything was my dad’s 1976 Sansui Stereo system. It was old and outdated with the big ass silver knobs, but man that joint sounded GREAT! It had 4 floor speakers and if I turned it up, they could hear that shit all the way in Carver Park! At the bottom it had a slot for records… I mean real records. Vinyl. My dad and mom had some real good music and I had been trying to get this thing in my room for years. I had 45’s of all the old Motown stuff. Temps, Marvin, Supremes, you name it. Moms was big on Motown and had all the singles. Pops was serious about raggae and jazz. I had every Bob Marley and the Wailers album and a bunch of jazz greats like Coltrane, Bird Parker and Miles Davis… Miles Davis. Now this guy had an effect on me… It was this one particular album that I played particularly more than the others. Something about it I loved but I couldn’t really put my finger on it u know?  I’m a lyricists and there were no lyrics. I listened to his horn and understood it tho… So much so that I could hum the parts note for note. This album was a classic called “Kind of Blue”

Since those days as we all know I’ve been blessed to do this music thing for a living and everything has come full circle. When I went solo I set on a mission to make a different brand of R&B. I knew it’d prolly keep me outta mainstream radio and TV, but if I can’t watch/hear myself and feel good about what I’m doing then whats the use anyway? I went into my first album with just that mindset. I got a lotta fans today because of that decision. Against advice and all odds I did me and continued to do me until this day.

But now it’s just Electronic…

Out with the old and in with the new right? Fuck talent man! It’s 2009! Go buy a laptop and Frooty Loops and u are a certified producer! Buy the right sound program and u are now a singer! Even if u cant carry a note in a backpack YOU CAN STILL BE A STAR!!! LOL! I remember producing a joint on a certain artist that asked me “Are u sure that’s me?” after hearing all the pitch correction and editing that I had done. This thing has changed… What is my “Old School” ass gonna do about it? I learned this game from OG’s. Cameo, The Commodores, Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Kashif… Google these cats and you’ll see what I mean. These were the first people I worked with in this game. I remember Kashif showing me the first Pro Tools prototype when I was a kid. He said “TQ, this is gonna change music. Get it all while u can kid…” Boy was he right…

Cuz now it’s just Electronic…

Yes it is. Dance music, Techno, and Trance have invaded black music. There is a serious mesh going on around the world that I don’t think anyone saw coming. The club in LA sounds more and more like the club in London or Paris these days. It’s fresh and new and people are back to actually having fun in the club. Either everybody is coked completely out of their minds or DJ’s got their fingers on it… Either way I’m having a fuckin ball at the club right now. Check my Facebook page if u don’t believe me… LOL!

I’ve never been the man for club music… prolly cuz I never really tripped off being in there. Been hittin’ the club since I was 16 in LA so I’d pretty much seen and done it all. I’d rather focus on life in Music. U gotta have listeners for Life Music tho… Not just fans, but listeners. People ain’t really into listening these days for the most part. Maybe they don’t have the time. Maybe they have so much other shit going on that music is now used for straight up entertainment. No more therapy. People don’t wanna think. They just wanna move! Ok… I get it…

But…

Even if it’s Electronic… It’s gangsta because I’m on it.

Thaz right. I don’t change. I shoot from the hip. I only deal with the real… I will forever be a street poet. I will always tell u the truth about life as I see it. I’m not doing G funk but I’m not wearing skinny jeans and pink shirts either. I make music for the World and not for everybody. Put me in the rap section all u want… I’m a singer. Period. I represent Compton, California cuz thaz where I was raised. Sound familiar? I does cuz it is… It’s still me. Forever the oxymoron.

LOL!

There will be some things on my new album that u have never heard from me. From the production to the lyrical content, I’m definitely stretching further than I ever have on this one. From real life events to hustler anthems. Love songs and Hate songs too… Club joints and straight up nasty sex music. This album “Kind of Blue” has it all… And I’m putting as many as I can fit on a CD. You will get more songs on this album than u ever have and that’s a promise.

But for now it’s just Electronic… Literally. LOL!

My new single “Electronic” is about to smash the net TODAY.  All my DJ friends will have this record real soon so REQUEST IT AT THE CLUB! We got a hot remix by P-Rida featuring my man Tha Vill who rocked it, and another from Glasgow’s own Tigerstyle. A Funky House mix from DJ Mappa and a Sonny Ji version as only he can do it. Are u ready? Yeah? Well let’s make it official…

Check out the World Premiere of the video for the 1st Single from my forthcoming Album “Kind of Blue”…

This is Electronic. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keecMz3V6Jg

WESTSIDE4LIFE!

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Kobato. 5 : Glowing Fireflies

Cause that's today's plot device!

With the motto better a bit late than not at all, I present to you the Kobato episode 5 review. The 6th episode has been aired a while ago, but this episode deserves its own review. Don’t worry that much, episode 6 will soon follow. That being said, let’s have a good old feel good episode with a bitter sweet touch to it.

The episode starts at the nursery, one of the kids hands Kobato a picture book. While Kobato looks at the cover, Toshihiko teases her saying she probably can’t read it. Quite a strange remark if you ask me since she just read the title out loud…

Probably the ghost story Sawako learned about.

And after the opening, Kobato is reading the book for the kids. She fails miserably because she keeps on skipping pages. Mr. Cool gets inside and remarks that she’s being dull as usual.

Puppy-san is watching the scene from a distance, same as Sayaka who suddenly receives a call. She answers the phone and tells the one who’s calling they’re busy with classes now, then put the phone down while sighing.

Later that day when the kids are heading home and giving Kobato advice about reading a picture book, Sayaka is watching over the finances of the nursery.

Why not call the Sanzenin estate for help?

Sayaka closes the notebook as soon as Kobato enters the room. Dobato asks Sayaka if she can borrow the book to practice her reading skills. Sayaka, who’s feeling slightly uncomfortable, allows it.

In the local Loser’s park, Kobato reads the book again. Suddenly a man walks over to her and tells her to stop reading the book.

"yes, a head"

"It contains +18 content!"

Kobato wants to know why, but the man seems to have super powers and is already walking upstairs after the camera switch. While walking back home, Puppy-san notices the same Mr. Cranky sitting on a bench. This time he looks sad instead of angry.  Kobato wonders what’s wrong with him and decides to run over.

She thinks the man doesn’t have a home like her when she arrived in this world, then comforts him saying how Sayaka and Chitose took care of her and gave her a place to sleep. The world takes a weird spin when Kobato asks the old man to stay over at her place (…Yeah that’s right), but ofcourse, the man refuses.  He gets up and walks away after noticing the book again.

At night, Kobato is still practicing and… failing. But! the girl shows her genki spirit saying she’ll try better the following day. However…

Watching picture books all night~ picture~ books~

She arrives at the nursery, but instead of the usual chibi crowd greeting her, she’s greeted by some middle aged punks. The naive girl greets them friendly and asks if they need something. One of the tugs answers that they’re here to collect a dept. The tugs are picking on the kids, when Kobato wants to help them she gets pulled back by the hair. Kobato is being strangled, but then gets released when the tug himself gets owned by…

Call Mr Cool, that's his name, that name again is Mr Cool!

Accompanied by a nice Spanish (almost Bleach Espada sounding) theme music, Mr Cool owns the tugs together with a small bite help from Puppy-san. Then Sayaka appears on the scene telling them to stop fighting. She also tells the tugs that they agreed on not coming by day, but the tugs aren’t impressed. One of them even gets close to her saying they want the cash now. Mr Cool tries to stop him, but Kobato is the one getting in between Sayaka and the guy.

"or I'll sing a song!"

The girl is shaking all over while shouting that, but it seems to have effect on the tugs. Toshihiko helps them a hand by crying and calling out for a police officer.  The tugs run off without money.

Kobato, still shaking, asks if they’re alright. Toshihiko tells Kobato he wasn’t crying, but figured that if he’d call for the police they’d get scared. While Kobato’s comforting the girl and complementing Toshihiko, Mr Cool is looking at the worried face of Sayaka. Oh yes… and Puppy-san, well…

I bet Kurimu would like you

After work, Puppy reasons that the tugs were the ones calling Sayaka the day before. Kobato worries about her and wonders if she can help them somehow. She suddenly takes out some cashing booklet, but that idea gets blasted away by Puppy-san.

While crying over that, they walk past the same spot as where they mad Mr Cranky yesterday. And again, he’s sitting there staring into space. Kobato runs over again and asks him if he’s hurt somewhere. The man replies that he’s feeling fine, but Kobato continues asking if there’s something she can do for him. He suddenly mentions the book again and tells that Kobato shouldn’t read it anymore. He seems to surprised by the impact of his own words and apologizes while walking away.

Back at her home, Kobato sees Mr Cool entering his room. She didn’t know he also lived at the same apartment, but he tells her it’s obvious (for some reason…). Kobato tells him about how a man in the park told her not to read the picture book. He says that the man is probably the writer of the book, Mori.

Ba**monogatari : Firefly author sono ichi

Kobato then finally reads the book for us. Shortly summarized, a firefly who’s so old that he has forgotten about being a firefly, meets a girl firefly. She reminds him of how fireflies make light and then they both fly around in the night~

"Here's some uranium ma boy~"

Puppy-san wonders if the man has forgotten how to glow. Kobato wants to find a way to cheer him up and the following day, they head to the library. There, Kobato searches all the books about fireflies and starts reading.

In the evening, Kobato talks to Mori again. She invites him to go watch the fireflies on Mount Hachiman.

At the mountain some hours later, Kobato is reading her picture book again. Puppy-san tells her she’s gotten good at reading it, but mentions that the man still hasn’t arrived. Like always… the man appears soon after the statement. Mori walks over and sits down beside Kobato asking her why she invited him with those words. Kobato doesn’t understand what he means until he explains that those were the exact same words his girlfriend used to invite him over. He continues saying she was the one who drew the pictures for the book.

A flashback starts… Mori is busy working, while a girl is standing behind him inviting him over to watch the fireflies. He answers that he doesn’t have time, but the girl responds by saying she’ll wait for him at the mountain and leaves. In the end, he didn’t go… Mori explains that she drew the pictures with a sad tone to them, but they were beautiful. So he decided to make a story the same way as the pictures were drawn. When the book was ready, he had time to watch the fireflies and invited her, but then destiny struck hard…

This is ef all over again ;o;

Naoko ( the girl) survived but lost her eyesight…

Back to reality, Mori was mourning over the accident, he gets up and walks away. Kobato tries to stop him, but trips and falls down. Luckily, Mori was able to catch her just in time. He cleans the cover and suddenly notices they arrived at the spot where Naoko drew the cover of the book.

He drops his flashlight and suddenly the fireflies appear…

A small flashback reveals Naoko’s face and that Mori has never seen fireflies before.

Naoko~

As the flashback ends, the forest is filled with tiny lights of hope.

Now it's Clannad all over again ;o;

The following day, the man isn’t sitting at the bench like usual, Mori’s busy working on a new book and remembered how to glow again…

Kobato received a third konpeito for her efforts to heal the scarred heart of a man who lost his passion. Puppy-san praises Kobato for her efforts, but since she gave him a hard time she gets a…

_

Thoughts :

Such a cute episode~

I liked the music a lot in this episode too, the ost is something to look forward to! Still it seems that all the stories are handled separately. Well, better keep the rest of my comments for tomorrow! Kobato 6 is on the schedule book.

Kyon, at your service~

Tezuka at the Smithsonian, 13-15 November

Photo © Brian Mah

A wonderful weekend was had by everyone at the opening of the Tezuka festival at the Freer and Sackler Galleries. With the support of Tezuka Productions and the Gallery’s sponsors, film programmer Tom Vick has put together a fabulous programme that runs until December. There’s even a pop-up shop where you can buy Tezuka-related books, including my latest The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga, and support the Smithsonian through your purchase. If you’re in the DC area, you shouldn’t miss this festival – and if not, use any excuse to get there!

The opening weekend was fun. Fred’s Friday evening talk was packed with information and some wonderful pictures, including a Japanese press photo of a very elegant lady and a little boy playing with a Tetsuwan Atom puppet – the current Empress of Japan, then Crown Princess, and her elder son, the current Crown Prince. It really summed up the breadth of Astro Boy’s appeal! I’ve always been a Schodt fangirl – I still think Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics is the best introduction to the subject , and  The Astro Boy Essays is required reading for anyone interested in Tezuka, but also in the way anime and manga are woven into Japanese society. Being at this event with him was an honour as well as a pleasure.

On Saturday Fred and I had a panel discussion and audience Q&A with Doctors Natsu Onoda Power and Ada Palmer. Natsu is a teacher, director, playwright and author of God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga. Ada, who founded and maintains the superb TezukaInEnglish website,  teaches at Texas A&M, and is an active cosplayer and convention staffer. Both have written widely on aspects of Tezuka’s work that are often neglected, and it was inspiring to have the chance to share a stage with them. Then on Sunday we watched Marine Express and Fred and I discussed it and answered more questions from the audience.

There’s still lots to come. The Smithsonian’s website has a dedicated page for the Tezuka season, with full programme, booking details and essays from the guests at the opening weekend. Apart from some exciting screenings, two very distinguished guests will be in Washington in December.

Kamishibai master Yassan (Yuushi Yasuno) who works extensively with the Kyoto International Manga Museum, is visiting the Smithsonian on 4-6 December to give a series of performances and workshops. It’s a rare chance to learn about this street entertainment and performance art form, from a licensed Japanese practicioner with almost four decades of  experience in kamishibai.

Yoshihiro Shimizu, General Manager of Tezuka Productions, who worked with Tezuka from the 1960s to his death in 1989, will be at the screening of 1001 Nights on 11 December, and will give a talk about Tezuka and the history of anime on 13 December.

All of this is completely free to attend, although of course donations are welcome to help the Smithsonian continue its work. It makes me feel very proud that the founder of this great museum complex was a British scientist, James Smithson.

Steve and I had a great weekend in Washington. Not only did we see as many of the Smithsonian’s treasures as we could possibly cram into three days, but we met old and new friends and had the chance to celebrate the genius of Osamu Tezuka with them. Brian Mah’s picture of us with Tom and Frederik L. Schodt is a wonderful memento.

Kimi ni Todoke Cap 07 (Sub Español)

Noche de Sabado...

Sadako y sus amigas pasarán una entretenida Noche de Sabado…

Todo es nuevo para la sufrida pero optimista chica. Visitarse con amigas, salir a comer, divertirse…

La casa de Ryuu será asaltada por las bulliciosas chicas…

Inesperadamente Sadako se entera de pequeñas cosas del pasado de Kazehaya, y poco a poco comienza a verlo de manera mas normal y menos inalcanzable…

Pero aún no comprende muy bien sus sentimientos, aunque el resto ya se está dando cuenta…

La venganza del ramen...xD

El Episodio 07 de Kimi ni Todoke, esta semana mas temprano que lo normal, solo aquí, por Tekeremata!

Disfrutalo

Gracias por seguir esta bonita serie por Tekeremata! y por difundir nuestro trabajo…

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Comparte, Disfruta, Comenta!

Por Fans y Para Fans…

Episodios especiales de Darker than Black:Ryûsei no Gemini

Pues señoras y señores, según Misión Tokyo, el 27 de enero se estrenará dos episodios especiales de la segunda temporada de Darker Than Black. Parece ser que narrará los dos años, después de la explosión en la Puerta del Cielo, en el que Yin y Hei son perseguidos por contratistas y organizaciones del gobierno.

Eso sería bastante interesante, ya que en la nueva temporada aún no se ha explicado que pasó entre Yin y Hei….. Y como éste último se ha convertido en una persona alcolizada…

Aquí les dejo el vídeo promocional : Youtube

Pokemon Movie 11 - Giratina to Sora no Hanataba Shaymin

Pokemon Movie 11 – Giratina to Sora no Hanataba Shaymin Cerita dimulai ketika shaymin* sedang berjalan-jalan untuk mencari air untuk diminum, ketika shaymin lagi minum dari tepi sungai, datang Dialga* untuk minum di sungai yang sama, kehadiran dialga dirasakan oleh Girantina yang berada di reverse / Distortion world, Girantina* pun membuka gerbang ke dunia nyata untuk menarik Dialga ke dalam reverse world dan tanpa sengaja Shaymin ikut terbawa masuk yang berpegangan pada Dialga. Terjadilah pertempuran antara Dialga dan Girantina di dunia reverse world.  Selama pertemuran Shaymin tanpa sengaja menghisap asap beracun yg ada pada reverse world, karena rasa takut shaymin mengeluarkan teknik/jurus “Seed Flare” yang membuka lobang untuk kembali ke dunia nyata. Shaymin terhisap keluar dari reverse world ke dunia nyata dan jatuh ke dalam sungai. Untuk cerita lebih lengkap teman-teman dapat mengdownloadnya di Indowebster.com NB: * Pokemon name / nama pokemon

Anime Review- School Rumble First Term(season)

Guess what guys, it’s time for another Anime Review! This time around it’s School Rumble: First Term (which actually means first season). Anyway, PICTURE TIME!

I finished this Anime roughly two days ago I can honestly say that I’ve never facepalm’d so much in my life. However, it wasn’t a bad facepalm though. It was the type where you’re laughing so hard that you may actually miss your face and hit the person behind you. Let’s check out the ratings!

Plot:
Since this is only the First season I’m reviewing, I’m not putting the entire plot down. I haven’t even read the whole thing since I have strong dislike towards spoilers.
School Rumble is a romantic comedy that depicts the daily lives of the students attending Class 2-C of the fictional Yagami High School, as well as their friends and families. The main female protagonist is Tenma Tsukamoto, an unremarkable second-year high school student who secretly admires her eccentric, enigmatic, nice-guy classmate, Oji Karasuma. She struggles to confess her feelings, about which Karasuma appears to be oblivious, preferring instead to seek fulfilment by indulging his passion for curry. Complicating the narrative is the main male protagonist, the delinquent Kenji Harima, whose desire for Tenma has developed to the point where he attends school solely to be near her. Like Tenma, Harima has difficulty declaring his love, and whenever he summons the courage to do so, circumstances conspire against him. The misfiring attempts of the two to make the objects of their affection aware of their feelings are a persistent comedic theme throughout the series.
The love triangle evolves through mistakes made by Harima and misunderstandings by Tenma and their classmates. Harima becomes involved with Tenma’s close friend, Eri Sawachika, when the pair are thrown together in mutually-embarrassing situations. Later in the series he develops a friendship with Tenma’s younger sister, Yakumo Tsukamoto, who becomes Harima’s assistant on the manga he writes. The plots of Harima’s stories portray a Harima-like hero fighting to save a Tenma-like damsel in various historical or fantastical situations, usually in battle against an obvious facsimile of Kurasama. After the hero saves the heroine, she naturally falls in love with him. Yakumo’s relationship with Harima causes problems with Class 2-C’s student representative, Haruki Hanai, who has a crush on Yakumo. The sisters’ shared surname causes Harima and Hanai to misinterpret each others’ infatuations. Although Harima manages to engineer romantic situations with Tenma, her relationship with Karasuma progresses while Harima’s bonds with Eri and Yakumo grow stronger.
Thoroughly confused yet? Good. You need to be so you can enjoy this anime. If you’re not, watch the anime then. If you are, watch the anime then.
I give the plot a 8/10 since it is kind of confusing, but the good of it overwhelms that fact by 4:1 easy.

Animation Style:
There’s not really a whole lot in the animation that would distinguish this from almost any other anime out there. I’ll say this though, they did an amazing job on the eyes. If the body language doesn’t show the emotions (which it will, trust me) the eyes will. Since there’s not a whole lot to break this out from other ones- I’ll give it a 7/10.

SPECIAL RATING TIME!
Yup, the special rating for School Rumble FT is….
FacePalm ACTION!
This anime is jam packed with awkward situations and misunderstandings that will leave you in stiches long after you’ve finished the anime.
I give it 10 /10

Overall:
This anime is hilarious. While there may not too much to set it apart from the others, it really stands out where it counts. The writing.
9/10

Next time we’ll review….. something else! Remember, I hate spoilerz!

Dance in the Vapire Bound

Dance in the Vampire bound es un proximo estreno producido por Factory media, y adaptacion del manga de Nozomu Tamaki.

Después de milenios en la clandestinidad, la princesa vampiro Mina Tepes usa su riqueza para pagar la deuda nacional de Japon, a cambio de un refugio fuera de la “costa del distrito especial” para su especie. en la víspera en una conferencia de prensa sin precedentes, las facciones terroristas conspiran para asesinar a Tepes antes de que pueda declarar la existencia de vampiros. Pues la verdad suena bastante interesante,gore,la protagonista loli,vampiros, romance, solo queda esperar.
Les dejo el trailer de esta proxima serie.

Toradora! (nov.11.)

Toradora! (Tiger x Dragon)
“Ősidők óta a sárkány volt az egyetlen, aki egyenlő félként tudott küzdeni a tigrissel.”
Nekem nagyon tetszett. Hangulatos, szórakoztató, szerelmi szál, és tigris-sárkány…

Story: Közép iskolai beiratkozással kezdődik és elvégzésével végzödik. De addig mik nem vannak néha…:P
Sok szerelmi történet, hogyan kéne közel kerülni szerelmünkhöz, és milyen jó napokat okoz az iskola. Változatos stratégiákkal és melléfogásokkal, de végülis csak összejön a változás szereplőinknél és így felnőnek a szerelemhez. Több vallomás is van benne, de sok a rejtett kapcsolat is. Főleg Ami az, akit nem vesz észre szerelme.

Legelső nap a suliban a Zsebtigris és a sárkány találkozásakor nagy meglepetést okoz, mert később egy üres szerelmeslevelet dob be más táskájába, s emiatt  képes ölni hírhedt fakardjával.

A hangulat egész végig el nem múlik az animében.

Kapunk új szereplőket is, az egyik fotómodel lesz, ki nagy változáson megy át Ryuuji-nak hála
,s elbúcsúznak pár iskolástagoktól is ,mert máshol tanulnak tovább.

Magában az eleje is nagyon tettszett, hogy Taiga betört Takasu Ryuuji lakására és egy jó kis fakarddal uralta a kis tökmag a terepet. Viccesen indult és egy jó kis szerelmi szál lett belőle, sok esettel és sok botlással.

pontozás: 10/10

Szereplők:

• Aisaka Taiga - A zsebtigris.
• Takasu Ryuuji - A sárkány, kinek brutális arca van
• Kushieda Minori – Ryuuji nagy szerelme. Bézbólozik.
• Kitamura Yuusaku - Ryuuji legjobb haverja.
• Kawashima Ami - Fotómodel, ki nagy változáson megy keresztül és a kis osztályunkba jön.
• Koigakubo Yuri - Osztályfőnök, aki nagyon irígy a tinikre.
• Haruta Kouji - Osztály legnagyobb arca.
• Kanou Sumire – Az iskolában a diáktanács elnöke.
• Takasu Yasuko – Ryuuji anyja, alig öregebb nála, hisz hamar lekötelezte magát gyermeke, Ryuuji mellett.
• Inko-chan – Yasuko-val és Ryuuji-val él, egy papagáj kinek hiányzik töb kereke is és egész végig a saját nevét akarja kimondani.

Episode 06 - Smoke on the water, Uzainaa in the sky

In this episode, violent arguments erupt between Saki and Mai over whose father is more awesome. Will it be Mai’s father with the power of the stars, or Saki’s father with the power of pastry? Whose parenting will reign supreme?!? Oh, and that Karehaan guy is back for more abuse. I might’ve been able to release my test muxing as a final version, if I hadn’t mistyped “ypi” instead of “you” in one line.

Episode 30 should follow soon; I can’t remember what I had and hadn’t done before the hiatus, but I know the main translation and timing are complete.

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Takigawa Akane...

Takigawa Akane. La bella nueva vecina de Ko es amable, popular entre los chicos, y posee sensibilidad artística. Se parece mas que solo físicamente a Wakaba, y eso puede ser un gran problema…

¿Un pervertido acosando la escuela de Akane? ¿Kitamura Ko al rescate?

¿Por qué Aoba está tan interesada en averiguar datos sobre la nueva chica?

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Omamori Hirmari

Otro estreno de Zexcs sera, Omamori Himari, una adaptacion de un manga de Matra Milan que suguro muchos ya conocen y otros tal vez no jeje, como sea. va de esto: Yuto Amakawa es un chico comun y corriente de 16 que asiste ala escuela, el es protegido de una hermosa espiriru gato espadachin llamada Himari,el es decendiente de una familia conocida por subyugar al demonio. con su encanto de protección ahora impotente, Himari aparece ante él como su nuevo guardian. Asi que podremos ver esta historia de harem con onda ecchi y comedia bastante divertido.

Instalar Emerald en Ubuntu

Emerald es un gestor de ventanas muy avanzado y muy sencillo de personalizar, mucho mas que metacity (el tema por defecto en ubuntu/gnome), entre muchas cosas se puede conseguir mas efectos, transparencia y brillos.    Para poder tener un entrode gráfico un poco mas vistoso, es bueno tener Emerald. Es uno de los mas faciales de personlizar y modificar.

para poder usar Emerald deven tener activo el compiz. y para poder activarlo es mas facil con fusion-icon

Para instalarlo desde una consola

sudo aptitude install fusion-icon emerald

para usarlo usaremos icono del compiz en

Apicaciones/Heramiesta del sistema/Compiz Fusion Icon

este aparesera en la parte derecha superior de la pantalla (en gnome / en kde en la parte de abajo) le das un clip secundario o drecho, y abren el que die que dice Emerald Themer

para anadir mas temas solo de damos en imporar.

para activarlo usa el fucion-icon y seleciona en Select Windos Decoratro / emerald

y ya esta activado nuestro tema favorito pata bajar mas temas puedes bajar en Gnome-look o baja algunos de mis temas que ire poniendo en mi blog

Sora no Manimani ep11 - A halál árnyékában

Többek között azért szeretem ezt a sorozatot, mert mindig beletesznek valamilyen nem várt ötletet amivel sikerül kellőképpen feldobni. Ez most sincs másként; ebben az epizódban a komolyabb vonal dominál.

Főhőseinket a 9. részben megismert Takami Középiskola Csillagász Klubja meghívja egy közös hosszú hétvégére a hófedte hegyekbe. A program természetesen a szokásos: csillagok, csillagok, csillagok.

Valljuk be őszintén; Sakuék nem igazán vették figyelembe barátaik hőmérsékletre és megfelelő ruházkodásra való ötletes, bár elsőre komolytalannak tűnő felhívását, ezért a vonatról leszállva egyből megcsapja őket a kegyetlen valóság jeges szele.

Kivételek: a tapasztalt felnőttek és az infantilis középiskolások…

Sakuék persze biztosítanak mindenkit, hogy hoztak ám meleg ruhát, csak azért nem vették fel, mert nem számítottak rá, hogy ilyen hamar szükségük lesz rá. Pedig de.

A klubelnök mellesleg Oumi-sannal a felvételi vizsgára való készülés miatt ezúttal igazoltan távol van, úgyhogy társainak magukban – természetesen tanári felügyelet mellett – kell boldogulniuk az elkövetkező 4 napban. A vendéglátók ismeretében lelkesedésből mindenesetre nem lesz hiány.

Minami-san és Kawamura-san bemutatják Mihoshiéknak Annt, az új klubelnöküket. Nem mintha bármit is számítana így az utolsó előtti részben egy-két új szereplő, de legyen.

Edogawa korábbi, lányokat fényképezni vágyó rémképe mindenesetre jó mély nyomokat hagyott az ártatlan lelkekben.

A vendégházba megérkezve a fiatalok nyugtázzák, hogy a hely igazán minden igényüket kielégíti; van saját teleszkóp a tetőn, melegforrás, toronyóra aranylánccal stb, bár apró szépséghibaként a fűtés éppen nem üzemel. Ez mondjuk a tél kellős közepén probléma lehet.

A társaságból mindenki hamar kienged, egyedül Hime nem találja meg önmagát, részint mert ő tényleg nem hozott sok meleg göncöt (a medveforma ruházat nyilván kevésbé vonzza a férfitekinteteket), másrészt eszi belülről a féltékenység, mert Mihoshi a maga természetes közvetlenségével mindig sokkal közelebb tud kerülni Sakuhoz, mint ő. Ezen gondolatoktól aztán a lány már az elejétől fogva eléggé frusztrált lelkiállapotban van.

A házban uralkodó csípős hideg mellett talán zaklatottsága is közrejátszik abban, hogy nem figyeli az időjárás-előrejelzést amely nagy hóvihart jósol a környékre és ezért is indul el egymagában (a többieknek sem szólva) a sötétedő világba, hogy az egyik helyi üzletben beszerezze a hiányzó télálló ruhadarabokat.

Heh, tipikus városi…

Társainak hamarosan feltűnik távolléte, a felismerésből támadó ijedelmüket azonban tovább fokozza, hogy Mihoshi is hiányzik: ő már korábban Hime után indult, amikor meglátta kimenni a házból.

A vihar persze tombol mint az állat, vaksötét van, úgyhogy senki nem tehet semmit és mindenki a legrosszabbra tud csak gondolni. Hmm, szép kis kirándulás…

Hime egyre elkeseredettebben küzdi magát előre a hóban, azt pedig talán már mondanom sem kell, hogy közben jól el is tévedt…

Látomásai a közelgő véget vetítik előre, ő azonban nem akarja feladni…

És ekkor…

Úgy tűnik, hogy egy időre megmenekültek, főleg amikor némi kalandozás után mindketten egy védettnek számító hóbarlangban kötnek ki.

Itt aztán van idő beszélgetni, Hime sír egy sort és közli Mii-channal, hogy számítson rá, hogy méltó riválisa lesz a jövőben. Ő természetesen Sakura gondol, Mihoshi viszont – mint később kiderül – egészen másra.

A végére szerencsére eláll a szél és abbamarad a hóesés, a házban maradtak megtalálják a módját, hogy egy “fényágyúval” jelezzék az útirányt, úgyhogy minden jó, ha a vége jó; az elveszett bárányok mindenki megkönnyebbülésére épségben térnek vissza.

Most már semmi sem áll a csillagnézés útjába.

11Eyes OP Single - Arrival of Tears

 

Setelah ditunggu-tunggu, akhirnya muncul juga single nya 11Eyes ini… Yah, sebenarnya ini udah lama keluarnya sih, cuma gw baru sempat reviewnya sekarang.  Arrival of Tears ini adalah opening song dari anime 11Eyes. Sama seperti semua versi game nya, opening song ini dinyanyikan Ayane.

Title: 11eyes OP Single – Arrival of Tears
Artist: Ayane
Street Release Date: October 21, 2009

Track List:

1. Arrival of Tears
2. Requiem to Truth (Shinjitsu e no chinkonka)
3. Arrival of Tears (off vocal)
4. Requiem to Truth (off vocal)

Download the MP3 here

And get the lyrics here

Tinggal menunggu single buat Sequentia… duh, jadi ga sabar rasanya

Top 10 anime characters: According to Megami Magazine

Megami magazine has just held a contest to see who the most popular anime characters are as of recently results. The results and my thoughts are below.

1. Mio Akiyama (K-ON!)

2. Fate Testarossa (Nanoha)

3. Yui Hirasawa (K-ON!)

4. Katsura Hinagiku (Hayate no Gotoku)

5. Nodoka Haramura (Saki)

6. Nanoha Takamichi (Nanoha)

7. Horo (Spice and Wolf)

8. Kurimu Sakurano (Seitokai no Ichizon)

9. BiriBiri (To Aru Kagaku no Railgun)

10. Hitagi Senjougahara (Bakemonogatari)

 WOW! Who would have thought that Mio from K-ON! would be at number one?everyone…I’m a bit shocked that Fate from Nanoha made second, I have watched Nanoha so I don’t really understand her appeal… but I know that the actuall anime is pretty popular. And here goes third, Yui(one of my actual favorite K-ON! girls)I would have expected her to come in 2nd actually … HINAGIKU!HINAGIKU! YAY~! Hina-chan made it to fourth place! one character on this list who I actually really like! I knew she would have to be on this list! I just had now clue how high she would on the list. I haven’t watched all of Saki, but I know I don’t really like Nodoka all too much, I think people just like the big “eyes” thing. And suprisingly on the list to accompony Fate is Nanoha! isn’t that sort of okward? that two characters from the same series made it onto the list? I know K-ON! made it but that was sort of expected…yeah… pretty much expecting to see Horo here, it was pretty much a given. I’ve seen a bit of Spice and Wolf, it was pretty good, and I can sort of see why people love her so much, though I’m not a real fan of her in particular.Kurimu is a really new character as far as anime goes, remeber, she’s from the anime I was probably never going to watch? I’m suprised this character is actually on the list, but I know nothing about her whatsoever. Mikoto, I was expecting to see her as well especially since she’s her own series and people just seem to love her so much. and lastly Hitagi, I actually wasn’t expecting to see her here, but evidently she made it, I can see why she would have made it too, she’s a pretty cool character. They say she’s a Tsundere but I don’t see it…

Of all the characters here on this list I’m really suprised I haven’t seen Haruhi/Yuki, from Haruhui Suzumiya, but that’s probably cuz of endless eight …

Review: Aoi Hana

In der japanischen Gesellschaft gibt es ein erstaunliches Phänomen mit dem Namen enjokôsai; damit sind Ober- und teilweise sogar Mittelschülerinnen gemeint, die mit älteren Männern Zeit verbringen und sich dafür mit Geschenken wie Luxusartikeln oder Geld belohnen lassen. Das “Zeit verbringen” ist meistens der gemeinsame Besuch von Karaoke, kann bisweilen aber auch Sex bedeuten. Deswegen wird enjokôsai gerne mit Kinderprostitution gleichgestellt oder in dessen Nähe gerückt. Natürlich ist das alles nicht so einfach wie auf den ersten Blick; in der hysterischen Medienberichterstattung wird gerne sensationalisiert, und aus der Ferne ergibt sich vieles deutlich krasser, als es letztlich ist.

enjokôsai allerdings kann trotzdem als ein Hinweis unter vielen aufgefasst werden, dass die Hypersexualisierung der Jugend in Fernost zumindest nicht weniger verbreitet ist als etwa in Europa. Und damit wären wir auch schon bei Anime und Manga, einem anderen gerne aufgeführten Kardinalbeweise. Denn kaum ein Titel kommt schon seit Jahrzehnten ohne Fanservice aus. Nur, dass ein üppiges Dekolleté oder ein pantsu shot mittlerweile bei weitem nicht mehr reichen. Shows, die im morgendlichen Kinderprogramm laufen, verbraten ihr halbes Budget auf ausgefeilte, physikalisch wie anatomisch abstruse Tittenanimation (cf. Queen’s Blade). Wo immer es passt oder nicht passt, werden Röcke entweder kürzer oder gleich zu Gürteln (cf. Umineko). Und ganz gleich, ob der Anime es hergibt – Promo-Illustrationen müssen so viel Haut wie nur irgend möglich zeigen (cf. The Sacred Blacksmith, Umineko, Phantom; man beachte, wie gekonnt die verschiedenen Fetische Geschmäcker in Sachen Oberweite bedient werden…). Manche Anime schützen gleich kaum mehr Story vor und schauen einfach mal, ob sie das Ganze noch über die Spitze hinaus treiben können. So etwa Sora no Otoshimono – nur, was bitte soll jenseits von jetgetriebenen pantsu-Schwärmen noch kommen können?

Tja, und dann wäre da noch Aoi Hana.

In diesem Sommer lief in Aoi Hana ein Anime, der an keiner, aber auch wirklich keiner der oben genannten Malaisen krankte. Und das bei einer Geschichte, die die Irrungen und Wirrungen junger Mädchen in der Liebe portraitiert, die es zum gleichen Geschlecht zieht. Eigentlich ein gefundenes Fressen für das übliche Regime, dem man einen solchen Anime in der Regel unterwerfen würde. Aber, nichts davon. Gar nichts. Stattdessen lange Röcke und keine Ausschnitte. Kleidung, die man fast schon züchtig nennen will im Vergleich zu dem, was ansonsten in heutigen Anime getragen wird – dabei ist sie ganz einfach nur normal. Nur, wie um alles in der Welt kann das heutzutage, in dieser Branche, noch angehen?

Aber von vorne: Fumis Familie zieht zurück in die Gegend, in der sie aufgewachsen ist. Fumi, der introvertierte, unsichere Bücherwurm, ist niedergeschlagen, weil ihre Cousine heiratet. Und in diese war sie nicht nur verliebt, ihre Gefühle wurden sogar erwidert. Nun hat das ein Ende, und zu allem Überdruss muss sie sich noch in eine neue Umgebung einleben. Das aber läuft zu ihrem Erstaunen besser als erwartet; bald schon trifft sie eine alte Freundin aus Kindheitstagen wieder, Akira, ein quirliges Mädchen, auch in ihrer neuen Klasse findet sie sofort Anschluss. Und dann wäre da noch Yasuko, ein Mädchen aus der Abschlussklasse, in das sie sich bald verliebt…

Wie gesagt: Aoi Hana hätte auch ganz anders aussehen können. Eine Plethora an aktuellen Anime bedient sich bei der weiblichen Homosexualität für mehr oder weniger subtile und geschmackvolle Andeutungen – Strike Witches etwa verkaufte sich unter anderem deswegen blendend. Und doch, einen zurückhaltenderen, unaufdringlicheren Anime habe ich wahrscheinlich noch nie gesehen, und das rechne ich den Machern hoch an. Denn jenseits der prinzipiell anderen Ausrichtung, die mich eigentlich schon gewonnen hat, ist Aoi Hana auch für sich genommen ein beeindruckend gut gemachter Anime.

Da wäre etwa das entspannte Erzähltempo. Trotzdem Aoi Hana nur als ein cours und auch als solcher mit nur elf Episoden gar noch knapper angelegt worden ist, und trotzdem die Manga-Vorlage schon vier Bände umfasst, beeilt sich der Anime nicht. Er nimmt sich Zeit, um in Bildern zu zeigen, wozu Worte nicht genügten – oder die richtigen Worte und Wortwechsel zu wählen. Aoi Hana geht es nicht um Sensationen und Höhepunkte; in gewisser Art und Weise ist dieser Anime bescheiden in seinem Anspruch, seine Geschichte zu erzählen. Und das ist angesichts genau dieser Geschichte auch die richtige und effektivere Methode.

Es ist wirklich erstaunlich zu sehen, mit wieviel Sorgfalt, Aufmerksamkeit und Feingefühl man sich ausgerechnet in diesem Medium dem Coming-of-age junger Lesben widmen kann. Anders als in den erwähnten, populären Beispielen ist die Homosexualität hier kein aufreizendes Vehikel – bis auf einen Kuss, bis auf die paar Szenen, in denen man verstohlen Händchen hält, sieht man kaum bis gar nichts. Stattdessen finden sich viele Gedanken, Zweifel, Sorgen, aber auch Hoffnungen, das Schwelgen im Glück oder die Aussicht darauf. Aoi Hana hievt die Beziehungsgeschichten höher, weg von der rein sexuellen Ebene. Es geht weniger um das Fassbare als um das Unfassbare, das für jedes der vier Mädchen, die im Mittelpunkt stehen, anders ist.

Fumi etwa ist ihrem Wesen nach zutiefst verunsichert. Was sie braucht sind Halt und Geborgenheit. Im Kindergarten nahm Akira sie an die Hand, wenn sie wieder einmal weinte; später waren es ihre Cousine und Yasuko, an denen sie Halt suchte und fand, aber auch verlor. Akira wiederum ist gerade dabei, ihre kindliche Naivität abzulegen. Mit Staunen verfolgt sie Fumi und Yasuko und Kyouko und versucht nachzuempfinden, wie und wieso diese so und nicht anders handeln. Yasuko ist eine Enttäuschte – ihre Schwester heiratet den Mann, den sie geliebt hat und immer noch liebt, einen ihrer ehemaligen Lehrer. Sie wendet sich zum Trost Fumi zu, die ihr Aufmerksamkeit und Zuneigung schenkt. Aufmerksamkeit und Zuneigung Kyoukos, einer Mitschülerin Akiras, aber hat sie harsch zurückgewiesen. Und doch will Kyouko nicht aufgeben, auch wenn ihre Gefühle verletzt worden sind – und auch wenn sie dabei selber die Gefühle ihres Verlobten verletzt.

Mit diesem Bekenntnis zum Facettenreichtum arbeitet Aoi Hana, ohne sich daran abzuarbeiten. Fäden werden zusammengeführt, verwoben, wieder getrennt, ohne Aufregung aber und vor allem ohne den Pathos, der Geschichten, denen es um die Liebe an sich geht, allzu gerne anhaftet. Verantwortlich dafür dürfte wohl das Team von Regisseur Kasai Kenichi bei J.C. Staff sein, denn nicht nur in dieser Beziehung fühlt man sich an seine anderen Anime wie Honey and Clover und Nodame Cantabile erinnert. Auch der Zeichenstil ist den beiden Werken sehr ähnlich mit seiner leicht impressionistischen Wasserfarbenoptik, mit seiner warmen und sanften Farbwahl, untermalt – und das verdient Sonderlob – von einem unaufgeregten, eleganten Soundtrack von Haketa Takefumi (auf den ich heute noch warte! Grummel.)

Und zwar hat Aoi Hana anders als die beiden keine ausgemacht humorvollen Sequenzen, aber eine gewisse Lockerheit und Gelöstheit hat sich der Regisseur – und das tut dem Anime gut – dennoch behalten. Letztlich inszeniert er die Geschichte bewusst im kleinen Rahmen. Ohne große Aufregung, ohne große Gesten kommt Aoi Hana aus, und das sogar beim narrativen Höhepunkt, dem Theaterstück. Gegen Mitte der Show kommt es zu einer Aufführung, in der Yasuko die Rolle des Heathcliff in Jean Brontës Wuthering Heights spielt. So eine Parallelmontage, in der sich die Plots von Aoi Hana und Brontës Buch reflektieren und brechen, ist natürlich plakativ. Und doch, in Fernseh-Anime ist ein solches Mittel immer noch die hehre Ausnahme – zumal auch darum in der Erzählung kein großes Aufhebens gemacht wird.

Dieser Anime verdient sich Sympathiepunkte, wo es nur kann. Für die Tatsache, so ganz anders zu sein; für die Tatsache, daraus keine Sensation zu machen; für die vielen Charakteren, deren Innenleben man nicht nur nachvollziehen, sondern auch nachfühlen kann; für das Erzähltempo, das gemächlich voranschreitet und eine willkommene, entspannende Abwechslung zum Üblichen ist. Vor allem aber für die Bescheidenheit, Unaufgeregtheit und Eleganz, mit der Aoi Hana seine Geschichte erzählt. Anscheinend muss eben nicht alles sexuell durchdekliniert sein, wie eben in vielen Medien an die Wand gemalt. Und für diese Idee und diese Möglichkeit, dass auch heute eine Geschichte wie diese noch Anklang finden kann, bin ich dankbar. Alles halb so wild. 9/10

Two Top 5 Anime Lists

[Sauce]

I have two Top 5 lists in my head, both of which have entirely different criteria. Can you spot them on your own?

The first:

1. Turn A Gundam
2. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
3. Giant Robo
4. RahXephon
5. Tekkaman Blade

The second:

1. Eureka Seven
2. Planetes
3. Gundam X
4. Honey & Clover
5. Seirei no Moribito

The first list shows the kind of stories I love and aspire to write someday(!): intense character dynamics, sprawling worlds of wonder, epic battles on foot and machines, and heartrending rivalries. The second is a list of the most human anime for me. These are the shows that get me through the day and keep me from turning into a misanthropic shithead just by thinking about them. I know it’s a weird criteria, but this list is the main driver for me to watch more anime.

My MAL favorites would be a hybrid of these two lists, based on raw liking alone (#1 is #1 purely because I like it more than #2, and so on).

What do you think?

Related reading:

• Stripey starts the ball rolling [->]
• Author pimps and puts out his own [->]
• omo has some real fun [->]
• D-boy and his ORE NO RUURU [->]
• ghostlightning writes about guilt, with a lot of meaty comments [->]

Negima OAD Episode 2 Trailer Released!!!

(click the link for the trailer)

I went to go check out the Negima OAD website and I found that the site had finally been updated after 21 days… and I found they had just recently posted up thr offical trailer for the second episode of the 2nd OAD series, which is just great news! it certainly made my day!

And it seems as though the art and animation will be alot better compared to the previous episode. More than likely because it seems as though SHAFT has got SOME of thier issues fixed, or at least a little bit … Though I’ll admit that I’m a bit disapointed that the episode won’t cover but what seems like 3-4 chapters of the manga… I really wonder how thier going to make it up to the begining of the Negi VS. Rankan battle if they continue to move the story in the OAD along at this pace. The episode starts right off where the previous OAD left off if you’ve read the manga/compared to the manga.

And I’ve orderd this OAD and it should ship out about 4 days-a week to ship out once it’s released.

And has anyone else heard about the new Negima Guide book coming out?

 

Castle In The Air

“Castle In The Air”

Disclaimer: I don’t own anything except this story of mine. Vampire Knight, as we all know, rightfully belongs to Hino Matsuri-sensei.

Rima is wandering around the palace’s garden. She is troubled, nonetheless, her mind is occupied with earlier’s conversation with her parents. She doesn’t understand why she’s going through such things in her life; but what can she do about it? She’s the first princess–the one and only to be exact–and the daughter of Kuran Kuran “>Yuuki together with Kuran Kaname. They’re both purebloods, the highest rank in the vampire society; although she wonders, is she one as well? Surely she is, but that question always pops out in her mind whenever she feels insecure. Unsure of what to do, she perished the thought. Her mind travelled back in earlier’s time.

 

- ‘ C h e m i c a l B i n d i n g s ‘ -

“What did you say?” Rima was shocked, she couldn’t ask any other questions than that. She clearly wasn’t expecting to hear such things coming from her mother’s mouth. “Impossible,” she mutters in a sad tone.

“It’s not like we wanted it, Rima.” Kaname tries to persuade her. True, they’re not the ones behind all of the recent happenings. They didn’t want it also, he thought. Looking at their position, their kingdom, their land, everything as a matter of fact, someone’s hindering the ways of their ruling – not to mention, they’re in the state of bankruptcy. The likes of goods and such are slowly disappearing. “I’m sorry.”

“I know,” she says, finally, surprising her parents. “You’re not the ones at fault; this is bound to happen sooner or later. But, I didn’t expect it to be this soon.” She looks directly in their eyes, her blue pearls showing no hint of emotion, only coldness. “Let’s end this discussion now; I’m tired.” Rima turns around, her back facing them, and begins to walk away. Her face covered with her bangs making her expression unknown. But, tears were spotted to be running down from her once soft eyes.

“I’m so sorry,” she heard Yuuki apologise before she even disappears from their sight. This only made it worse for her. When Rima had reached the door, she broke a run for it, not wanting to stay any longer with their presence, and mostly, not wanting to be seen crying.

- ‘ C h e m i c a l B i n d i n g s ‘ -

‘They may have their reasons, I just know it. But…’ she stops from her thinking for a while before resuming once more, ‘I still can’t accept the fact I have to get married.’ She sighs, looking at the starry night sky. So peaceful, always twinkling and bright, just like the Rima in the past. When she thought of this, she shakes her head, trying to erase the memory she wants to forget.

“Useless,” she says in a low voice. “I want to forget, but memories just keeps coming back to haunt me.” She looks at her surroundings; the trees, plants, and flowers around her. Beautiful, she thinks. But somehow, she gets tired of it, and doesn’t quite like it. She then decides to go back to her room while deep in thought. She wants to clear her mind–to have some peace and quiet, for instance. Maybe the wandering decreased her worries, after all.

Ami még kimaradt...

Már csak néhány darab van hátra a szemezgetésből. Essünk túl rajta.

Aoi Bungaku

Ez egy klasszikus japán irodalmi alkotások animés adaptációból készült drámai hangvételű sorozat. Bár az is lehet, hogy inkább thriller. Főszereplője egy hányatott gyermekkorú fiatalember aki számára felnőtt élet is sok nehézséget tartogat.

Vélemény: Érdekes, kicsit a Kurozukára jellemző nyomasztó, sötét hangulatot áraszt, emellett átlagon felül elvont. Érdekesnek tűnik.

Kanokon Manatsu no Daishanikusai

Kanokon OVA :S. Én már az eredeti sorozaton is majdnem bealudtam, de az OVA még ezen is túltesz. Az első rész 25 perc tömény dögunalom, mérsékelt mennyiségű ecchivel. Értéktelen darab, úgyhogy a második részt már le sem töltöttem.

Vélemény: Csak büntetésre javallott.

Kiddy Girl-and

Eljött a Kiddy Grade várva várt folytatása. Eclair és Lumiere rögtön az első rész elején feláldozzák magukat a galaxis védelmében de ezzel utat nyitnak újabb szereplők érvényesüléséhez. Itt is vannak mindjárt jelenlegi főhőseink, a kétbalkezes Ascoeur (ejtsd: Aszkőr), és társa, Q-feuille (ejtsd: Küfij [Kifli XD]), akik 25 évvel a kezdeti események után gyakornokként próbálnak érvényesülni a Galaktikus Kereskedelmi Felügyelet központjában. “Szerencséjükre” az intézményt terroristák támadják meg (hmm, ilyet mintha már láttunk volna korábban…), így az ügynökjelöltek hamarosan megcsillogtathatják tehetségüket – több-kevesebb sikerrel. A későbbiekben a kezdeti vicces kollégiumi életük feltehetően az akciódúsabb irányba mozdul majd el.

Vélemény: Szerintem a sztori szempontjából annyira nem volt átütő a kezdés, de a történet beindultával remélhetőleg sokat fog még javulni. A lehetőség mindenesetre benne van. A látvány igazán szép, de a transzvesztita bártulaj iszonyatosan irritál, csakúgy, mint Ascoeur hangja. Kiflivel nincs bajom, ő egész normális.

Winter Sonata

Kang Joon Sang egy 30-as évei környékén járó fiatalember, akivel egy nap orvosa közli, hogy hacsak meg nem műtteti magát, hamarosan végleg elveszti látását. Mivel a a dokik nem biztosak a gyógyulásban, a fiú időt kér, hogy minél tovább élvezhesse és magába szívhassa az őt körülvevő világ látványát. Ezzel egy időben egykori barátnője a közösen átélt boldog napokra emlékezik és ezekből a képekből összeáll egy régen kezdődött történet; kettejük története. Az anime egy koreai tv sorozat alapján készült és ha a sztorija is követi az elődét akkor még sok fordulatban és meglepetésben lesz részünk a 26 epizód során.

Vélemény: Most mondja valaki, hogy koreai történetből (koreaiak?) nem tudnak animét csinálni. :O Mert ez a sorozat valami fantasztikusan szép. Elég, ha csak a legapróbb részletekig kidolgozott látványt vagy a gyönyörű, fülbemászó zenét említjük, amik az embert már önmagukban is elvarázsolják. A koreai szinkron ugyan kissé illúzióromboló a japánhoz szokott fülek számára, de szerencsére az összképre csak mérsékelten nyomja rá a bélyegét. Az anime egyébként eddig elég lassú és megfontolt vonalon halad, ezt mindenképpen érdemes figyelembe venni mielőtt belekezd az ember.

Yumeiro Patissiere

Ichigo egy meglehetősen átlagos és ügyetlenke 14 éves lány, akinek legfőbb szenvedélyét – nemrég elhunyt cukrász nagymamája jóvoltából – a finomabbnál finomabb sütik jelentik. Egy nyilvános kóstoló alkalmával egy fiatal cukrász műveiben felismeri a régi ízeket, amiket a nagyi még a híres-nevezetes St. Marie Akadémián tanult fiatal korában. A szimpatikus srác azt ajánlja Ichigónak, hogy menjen ő is a cukrászképzőbe, aminek útjába szerencsére (némi rábeszélés után) a családja sem gördít akadályt. Az édesszájú leányzó pedig elindul az úton, aminek a végén remélhetőleg ő is híres cukrászként kerül be a történelembe.

Vélemény: Tipikus shoujo cucc, én inkább távol tartom magam tőle. Egyébként egész vicces, úgyhogy a fiatalabb korosztálynak valószínúleg tetszeni fog.

Ennyi. Természetesen más animék is indultak az őszi szezonban, de egyelőre ezeket tartottam említésre méltónak. Lehet válogatni.