Anime!

The week before AN I wasn’t feeling too well. I had a runny nose, cough, and possibly a fever (oh my o_o). Then on Friday (27th) I stayed up until 1:30 am working on my haku cosplay. I had to get the head thing done (I have no idea what you call it, btw) and then on Saturday (the only day I stayed at the con) my headband was falling every now and then (omfg), plus I didn’t buy too much (ugg =__= I hear my mom telling me in my head that spending is bad, I hope she will repay me by letting me go shopping crazy at HK) but I managed to stay...

Anyway, about the Bleach. At first, I was like “yay IchigoxRukia!". Then I went IchigoxIshida. When Renji was introduced, I liked IchigoxRenji. Somewhere along the way, I stared enjoying IshidaxOrihime (don’t ask why, it just suddenly happened ._."). Again, I swtched pairings, and went IchigoxOrihime. When I watched the anime just recently, I started liking likeing RenjixRukia. I saw bits and pieces of their past inthe manga, but I haven’t downloaded every single one of them in order. actually, I’m missing a huge chunk of...

Sunday... oh sweet sunday... nothing sucks more than you. So today granny and gramps went home. Embarrasingly enough they got me rather drunk yesterday so i've been feeling a bit bad today. Went to Malmö this afternoon with my family and Elisabeth to go look at museum with the theme "the brain". It was a bit too scientific and unintersting for me so i mainly went to the older Samurai expo that was next to it. Got home late afternoon and watched Princess Mononoke with Elisaneth and my brother and sister. It was a really good anime flick and i will surely watch it again sometime, next up is my neighbour totoro however.

Meanwhile this is based on the Plain Vanilla theme by Chyetanya Kunte. The banner image (which I have sooo imaginatively editted) is from the Bleach manga by Tito Kubo 久保帯人. Ha Ururu is one tough chick, though she doesn’t look like one.

The sad part about this is, when I am done posting this, I’m going to go play KotOR, while I fall farther, and farther into the obis that is “CosPlay.” Help me, steady employment and personal hygiene, you’re my only hope.

Please tell me this is a normal phase that 4 and a half year old boys go through! It is beginning to be a bit creepy. It's not like he is watching a bunch of shows where people die, he is watching Pokemon, Mucha Lucha, and a bunch of goofy, non-death type movies. When I tell him I don't like to hear him talking about dying he says, very practically, "But we all die Mom". True, but Geez.

I don’t have much else to say. It has an optional collecting subgame, just like so many games in the post-Pokemon era, but it’s not too tedious: I actually ended up collecting all the figurines. Lots of optional things to do if you’re in the mood to scour the countryside again after your first trek through; I enjoyed the game enough to do most of it. The shrinking gimmick in the game was pleasant enough. All in all, a well done incremental improvement over previous 2D Zelda games; there are a lot worse things for a game to be.

Ahhh Anime cartoons!! I hope you read my reviewer bio before you submitted to me? You will have noticed I’m not a fan of Anime or Manga cartoons. They are everywhere!! So it wasn’t a good idea to pick me to do your review. But of course I’m not going to deduct lots of points because of what I like… that would be unfair!! So instead.. I have deducted two for the Anime and the rest is for the lack of interest on your layout, you’ve basically stuck in a image and faded it at the bottom. Also, you’ve lost marks because...

Well they are all Anime and Manga (I think, don’t know the difference), which doesn’t sit well with me. A plus though is the little persons head on the top of the menu’s they look pretty cool.

As previously mentioned I’m not a fan of Anime/Manga, but I suppose I can’t deduct too many points for that. It’s just that you seem to see it on so many layouts!! Drive’s me nuts. I do like how you have blended the image into the tables though, so you’ve definatly got points for that! And the tables are tidy. So you haven’t lost many marks for this. But, the font for “Wy Designz” ahh!! it’s gross… please change it.

I’ve read 2/3 of my Yami no Matsuei manga collection already and, oh-my-gosh!, I love you Tsuzuki! I’ll share my favorite line with you guys again (I even included these lines in a layout I made before):

I find this series as interesting as InuYasha with a slightly more complex plot and very interesting twists and turns. The only snag is the draggy repeats and constant flashbacks.

Naisho no Tsubomi (Tsubomi’s Secrets) is the critically acclaimed manga getting the littlest schoolgirls swooning, but is also innocent enough to make their parents and teachers happy, too.

UGG Pro was great. I never went to a gaming convention nor a cosplay event before because I never thought I’d be interested, but this one was just great. The games were really cool, and the cosplayers looked really cute. Two really wonderful bands played at the closing ceremony too - one played progressive rock, while the other one was into J-Pop. All was great.

I've always wanted a cloak. Can't wait for a cosplay industry to blossom in Malaysia...

Anime Central 2005 was a lot of fun. It's probably the best con I've gone to so far, although that may be more because I'm a whiny bitch than actual content, but I had a great time in any event. I could write a lot about what happened but for now here are my photos. (Dial-up and slow connection warning).

I am so excited to announce that the first episode of Anime Inside will be here soon! On Anime Inside I plan to have news, reviews, and much more! If would have any questions or would like to donate you can email me at animeinside@gmail.com! So um, yeah, see you soon!

Well, I just left the Switch Island Odeon cinema about 50 minutes ago and let me be one of the first in the country to say the newest Star Wars film was awesome. It definatly without a doubt makes up to the last two films poorerperformances but that’s not to say they were terrible, they were alright in my opinion but of course nothing beats the first trilogy. The cinema was packed when we got there and so I expect the film at other cinemas will also be packed, especially during peak times, ie the weekend at 6pm. Whilst we were there we even...

Well, what I’ve seen of the Revolution, the next Nintendo console, doesn’t really impress me much. All they showed off was a protoype, not a final design, and the games they announced were all stuff like “We’re going to be bold and break new ground, do things that have never been done before! So, the games that are coming out are Metroid, Mario, Mario Party, Pokemon, and Zelda!”

That was shameless plugging number one. Anyhow, my sister and I are cramming the costumes for the cosplay. Ack! I still need to get myself a belt and a brown bonnet. And purple hair color gunk that is temporary.

On a lighter note, have used that one day of work absence to finally finish watching and burning all 51 episodes of Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (Full Metal Alchemist for the Japanese-impaired), but - AAARGGH. Not only did my second most favorite person die (third actually, since my fave is a toss-up between Roy and Armstrong), but there was no closure whatsoever at the series’ ending!! I am an blissfully apathetic little retard when it comes to the social workings of society and have no real desire to find out how it ends, but I demand non-ambiguous endings for my anime, because I can’t stand NOT to know the undecided resolutions that leaves viewers painfully guessing what happens long after the series is through!

“Yu-Gi-Oh is an anime created for no reason other than to promote toys (playing cards, to be specific). Realizing this, along with the fact that the target audience for this anime is kids, might have made it easy to go easy on Yu-Gi-Oh. Unfortunately for Yu-Gi-Oh, however, it was proven that it is very much possible to make a descent anime out of a toy/game (i.e Medabots, which is no masterpiece, but is most definitely enjoyable). And Yu-Gi-Oh fails utterly being enjoyable. Very much the same way, it fails on every other aspect too?.

OMG…Bleach totally rocks too! Geez…~ I’m So happy! 2 Outstanding anime episodes. I think i can sleep well today liaoz! YEAH!

This is a new age anime. It seems that all of it was done with computers and CG. While there is still Cel-Shading, it appears that it was still done with the help of computers. Not that I am complaining about this at all, by any means. It actually looks prettier this way. The meld between CG and Cel-Shading has been done before, but this takes it to a new level. The story takes place in a Utopia called Olympus. Human race has dwindled and now half of the population is now made up of Bioroids, which are essentially cyborgs. This movie was...

Hace muy poquitos días os hablamos de Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi, la próxima entrega de la serie Budokai. Parece contar con un apartado gráfico bastante más espectacular que la anterior, aunque como podréis ver en las capturas sigue esa línea. Se amplía el número de personajes hasta un total de 60, que no es moco de pavo; los escenarios han sido mejorados, con más elementos interactivos para destrozar; la historia es algo más extensa… ¿qué más queréis?

This is my all time fav anime character! Lisa Hayes from Robotech!!

Two nights ago, as I was kissing my eight year old good night, she blurted: “Tomorrow I’d like to register pokemon-yu-gi-oh.com.” For those without children Pokemon and Yu-gi-oh are Japanese anime characters and their trading cards are big business in the pre-teen consumer sector.

cosplay dilemma: sam and i need either unitards or leotards/tights for our saint seiya costumes, turquoise and lilac ( >P ) respectively. i did find one place that has lots of unitards in many different colors for fairly decent prices but almost all of their items say “allow 3 to 5 weeks for shipping.” plus the colors aren’t exactly right. like the lilac/lavender is a bit too dark, or the turquoise isn’t quite the right shade. but since our armor is going to be so awesome, and the characters are so obscure, getting the exact shade of the unitard right isn’t vital. and so i emailed the place, asking about rushing an order, and here’s what they said:

and my shinigami cosplay outfit is finally done ^^, i’ll try to post up some pics soon when i dye my hair, so then i’ll look more like hanatarou hehe. but i also need the belt too, then i’ll have everything i needed to be hanatarou.

You may be asking yourself: “What the heck does Azumanga Daioh mean anyway?”. Well, the creator of the original manga is named Kiyohiko Azuma (Azuma + Manga = Azumanga) and the manga was first published in a magazine called Dengeki Daioh. Kiyohiko Azuma’s Manga published in the Dengeki Daioh magazine ends up being Azumanga Daioh. I have also heard it described as the Kanji used for Daioh meaning “great king” so it would be interpreted as “Great king Azuma’s manga”. You can decide which one you prefer.

Gebe mir �brigens aus voller Verzweiflung schon Yu-Gi-Oh! vom Band... *schlubbschlubb*

The adapted story of real life Japanese actress Aya Ueto which tracks the secret life behind her career path from debut to stardom will be published in manga form by Shogakukan. "Aya Ueto Monogatari" serializes in Shoujo Comic Magazine (sold biweekly) with the first volume in No. 8 on the 19th. The title appears on the cover. Part 2 will see a street release with No. 9 sold on April 5. The filming of the movie Azumi which opened in May '03 will be the focus first story installment. According to Shogakukan, Shoujo Comic's largest demographic of readers...

Voici les sites qui parlent de Face Transformer : mon moi manga:

Atari has announced yet another game in its line of Dragon Ball Z titles, with Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi for the PlayStation 2. Currently being developed by Spike under the name Dragon Ball Z: Sparking, Budokai Tenkaichi will expand on the Budokai series with open, destructible 3D environments.

I have never seen a war re-enactment in person, but I imagine it must impose a striking sense of surreality watching men willingly re-enact such mind-bogglingly horrific events. Maybe in some twisted way it highlights that senselessness, and that's the point -- to make you realize the folly of it all.

On the other hand, maybe it's all just a bunch of hyper-violent macho cosplay.

Aha! I'm back and as cool as I can possibly be... especially after you see THESE pictures of my weekend at AniZona! Our First Anime Convention here in Arizona! I did a little Cosplay and I ran the artists alley which was pretty successful.... anyways... too much work to catch up on and it's kind of hard to post pictures without anyone seeing them... ha! What would my office space coworkers think?

It’s official, Chris Darling is the reigning Pokemon champion of North America, besting 36000 other competing players and defeating the 12 other finalists in the final battle at the Pokemon Emerald Battle Tower (Seattle’s Space Needle). The 20 year old from Orlando Florida even had time to take his finals in History while competing in the tournament, a true sign of Pokemon greatness.

Hmmm. Well, for less "colorful" 3D photos, check out my main 3D gallery as well as my Cosplay 3D gallery. Of course, my posts on the topic here can be found in the 3D category. If you're interesed, join the 3D Stereoview Exchange, a group of 3D photographers from all over the planet who share their work with one another.

The main characters in Naruto are supposed to be NINJAS. These two sad specimens look NOTHING like ninjas. When is the last time you saw a ninja who looked like he’d been eating lunch at all-you-can-eat buffets for the past 8 years?

New anime movies is coming: ‘Appleseed‘ and ‘Steamboy‘. In last long age the great anime movie ‘Akira‘ I saw and good anime movies is back.

I have been letting MOOKA handle most of the politics to let him have free reign in that area so I can focus on other things like my upcoming test for Win2k3 Server and paying more attention to Little Sarge. I believe I have learned more about Dragon Ball Z and Teen Titans in the past few months than I have about ANY Microsoft product. Yes, Little Sarge has become addicted to super heroes and Japanese Animation. I have to be really careful about Dragon Ball Z though, most of it is harmless, but I found out differently with one Dragon Ball Z movie I bought for him. I’ll never make that mistake again….it wasn’t bad, just had a little more violence in it than I had thought it would. I guess I’ll look online more before I do that again.

NCSoft has been providing regular content updates for their MMO hero-sim with its City of Heroes Issues, the upcoming 4th issue looks to add a deeper character creation tools to give the players more customization on what their superhero would look like. They will be bringing in the new body-scaling feature as well as new costumes, some anime-inspired, to the choices of character templates.

Now the latest craze is deep black lenses that make their peepers look like the wide-eyes of manga characters.

Thanks to a steady diet of manga and anime, Tokyo teens have come to admire the outsize peepers on hand-drawn heroines. “The bigger the character’s eyes, the cuter they look,” says 15-year-old Yumi Koba. And now, thanks to Share Generate’s Nadesicco Black, emulating Sailor Moon is no longer a dream.

Given the fact (well up to now), that the Naruto anime has been dire (Well, according to fans of the manga and even fans of just the anime) - and DON’T say it hasn’t >_> - I really, really, enjoyed the movie o_o;

Got Love? XD Kubo Taito’s art just gets better and better. I honestly can stare and scrutinize a single drawing of his for at least 5 minutes. That’s a lot, considering I have the shortest attention span known to mankind.. which explains the lousy flow of thought in my journal entries :P But anyway! Next weeks’ BLEACH chapter has a scene that i’m dying to see because from they way they described it all my prejudgements about Byakuya nii-sama went whoosh out the window!!! WHOOOOSH I tell you!

So… The massive cosplay went underway Friday. As I was not there, I don’t know how pathetic it was - nor how good the movie was. I’ll likely hear both rants and raves on school on Tuesday, but that’s to be expected. Some people will bitch that it wasn’t an exact carbon-copy of the book, others that it was too much like the books, and so on. So… people who went, post reviews about ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’ here.