Anime!

I had lunch with Rona, Meg, and some other girl (but I always forget her name), at Ortega. With the exception of Rona, we all talked about anime&manga and the anime expo. Haha… it was sort of funny and very reminiscent of my younger years. I still haven’t watched any anime is over a year. Maybe two years. And when I pass the large section of manga at Borders there is simply no desire in me to go over there and buy any.

I downloaded a few of the Anime DVDS, they were first episodes of series including ” Black Lagoon ” which when I went to play turned out to be in Japanese with American subtitles, now I’m not sure about how everyone feels about this particular aspect of viewing anime, but for me I would rather watch the Anime in English, without the subtitles but that’s just me.

And before I go, Stage6 was shut down last February 28 for some reasons. Why??? I love Stage6 because I got to watch films there with good quality and some anime as well. Maybe because it’s expensive to run the site or because of too many competitors .. like youtube, veoh etc.

One of the benefits of a really long commute is that it provides plenty of time for catching up on TV shows (and since I can watch about 5 episodes per day like this, I’ve been watching more than just anime.) I think I downloaded GaoGaiGar about a year ago. I watched the first 5 or 6 episodes, then forgot about it, then watched another 5 or 6 a little bit later before getting a little bit bored of it.

My first though was “Wow - this must be old!”. I’ve gotten used to watching anime that fits within a somewhat homogeneous style, so when I see something like this it is rather a shock. It actually isn’t that old - it was released in 1999. That’s newer than Lain (1998) or Utena (1997). Unfortunately my mind links that style with stuff like Speed Racer, or Lupin, and I often have a hard time enjoying something like this. Luckily that wasn’t a problem with this one since the story soon took over and I stopped noticing it.

Exia, Dynames, Kyrios, and Virtue are the four names of the gundams in Gundam 00. Bandai has revealed the suits and their pilots, increasing my anticipation ten fold.

3. Icon 3 says it all. Kakashi sensei, just awesome!

The Gundam FIX Platinum figure that Bandai commissioned jewelry company Ginza Tanaka to build will return to Japan after being exhibited at Switzerland’s Baselworld jewelry show. On August 18 and 19, Bandai will unveil it to the Japanese public at the C3�—Hobby event, which will be held at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba Prefecture.

Back in the day the SciFi channel used to show anime at night and on Saturday mornings. I vividly remember waking up to watch the series, as this was my first introduction into anime. They stopped showing the series, for reasons unknown to me, but they are starting back where they left off.

I don’t own FMA. FMA owns me. The Village People own “Macho Man”.

This is my 4th amv/slideshow. Its to the song for you i will by monica. Its about how they would do anything for eachother. The first verse and chorus is Inuyasha. The second verse and chorus is about Kagome. The third verse is about both of them. This is a Kagome and Inuyasha Tribute. Maybe one day I will make a Kikyou and Inuyasha Tribute. I mean if anyone wants me to.

If you’re in East or Southeast Asia, and you want your crazy anime script idea realized by the animators of Fullmetal Alchemist, read on.

If you ever downloaded Naruto or Bleach Anime via any existing torrent sites, you would probably aware what the word ‘Dattebayo’ means. If you are one of naruto’s die hard fan, you must know this word. If you don’t, shame on you.

Lets get right into the Anime goodness with the most recent anime title I viewed. The title of this Anime is Midori no Hibi, a small 13 episode anime dealing with the story of Sawamura Seiji. Sawamura grows up never having a girlfriend thanks to his deliquent behaviors, but has tried countless times to "confess" to a girl. Everytime he tries it's always too aggressive which scares off the girl and leaves him depressed and angry.

Truthfully, I never really appreciated/liked mecha, it’s always been my downfall as an anime fan. However, among the slew of relatively crap mecha shows, once in a while a diamond in the rough will appear, last time it was the FMP series and this time it’s Code Geass. The reason why these two rise above all other mecha shows I’ve watched is because of the battle tactics.

I watch subbed anime, so that’s bascially what you’re going to see here. (I’d love to get my hands on some raw, though, especially if I make some AMVs. *___* I’m tired of cropping! x_x;) I’ll also be veering into video games, especially Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix and Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories. As well, I’ll discuss some PVs if I get my hands on any. I may talk about manga, primary Tsubasa from the looks of my collection, and some anime related news (like how YTV’s planning on getting themselves an anime channel O=). I hope that works out xD

Look, I'm not such a G1 purist that I demand cartoon accurate designs -- but this is just too much! It's too far removed from the essence of Transformers, which has remained more or less intact throughout all incarnations of the series over the past 20 years. And from what has been leaked, the script is about as far off as the character designs are.

Of course, every Inuyasha fan knows about the Inuyasha-Kagome-Kikyou love triangle. There has been much debate about who Inuyasha would choose, and who’s deserving to be with him. Most of the anger and hatred have been aimed at Kikyou, though there are some who dislike Kagome. Here I shall share some of my views on the subject…

Yay! I created a “Doodles” section under “My Mangas” where I am going to be scanning a lot of random doodles of my characters and of doodles that I have drawn of actual manga/ anime characters! ^_^ I have already scanned the picture that I am currently pixeling for my new Diablo 101 layout! Go lookie! =D It’s gonna be great! By the way, I’m gonna be changing a few thigns around like I’m gonna move the colored illustrations that I have on the manga page to the doodles page. (The illustrations that are right under where the mangas are) You’ll see, lol It’s hard to explain on here ^_^;;

En América la historia es diferente. Los americanos prefieren los reality-shows, programas que denigran la moral humana y simplemente les hacen sentirse mejores al compararse con los participantes. Cuando yo vivía en América, el programa de moda era el “Show de Larry Springer”, y nunca llegué a entender por qué. Si bien los japoneses prefieren evocar mundos imaginarios y fascinantes en sus mangas y animes, los americanos recurren al humor fácil y las debilidades del ser humano:

The various incarnations of the Jubei franchise are all based upon permutations of the same story: a seventeenth-century warrior hero dies on the field of battle, but not before impregnating his heart-shaped eye patch with his spirit and entrusting it to his loyal retainer, Koinosuke. Koinosuke's solemn duty is to wait for and find Jubei's spiritual heir and give him or her the eye patch, which can then call forth Jubei's fighting spirit. He finds her in Jiyu Noanohana, a schoolgirl who wants nothing to do with this warrior spirit. The series is intended to be a spoof of samurai and ninja anime with a healthy dose of bouncing breasts and lots of comedy.

Saiunkoku Monogatari is labeled as a “Comedy, Historical, Romance, Shoujo” anime on Anidb. Normally, I’m not too big a fan of the historical and shoujo genres, but since Ayu fansubs was doing it, and I like most of the series they sub, I thought I’d give this anime a shot.

Fansubs are subtitled videos created by fans, and are generally released and distributed over the Internet. The movement for fansubbing was driven forward by English-language fans of Japanese origin television such as anime and dramas. Fansubs exist in many languages other than English, but English language subs are the most common. It is because of volunteer fansub communities around the world that anime and J-drama has achieved a wide following around the world. Most fansub groups see themselves as evangelists for Japanese media industries overseas, and will only subtitle series that have yet to be licensed in the target language. Once a series has been slated for commercial release overseas, most fansub groups will remove their works from the net.

Look what I found yesterday at the Kinokuniya bookstore. A little Hayao Miyazaki stationery corner! A collection of notepads, pens, pencils, folders and postcards from some of his popular anime. Specifically Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s Delivery Service and my favourite - My Neighbour Totoro.

Masume Shirow’s Appleseed recently got a second anime treatment. The last was in 1988 – this time, in 2004, the anime is done up in eye-popping 3D graphics. With a budget of only 10 million as compared to over 90 million for a movie like The Incredibles, we shouldn’t be expecting too much. Surprisingly, we get far more than expected, especially with regards to the wonderfuly rendered backgrounds. While the animation is interesting enough, the story is more problematic. So too are the change in the feel of the characters. This is really where the original version succeeds far better than Aramaki’s version.

I can’t really say that I was looking forward to this anime, because I didn’t even know it was coming out until someone pointed it out to me in a comment. To me, the .hack anime are kind of a stupid idea. Who wants to just watch people play MMORPGs? I’d want to play it myself, personally (although I’ve never tried any of the .hack games).

Why oh why can't "cute" series also have some substance? At least Cardcaptor Sakura had lovable characters and a nifty magical system. This one will probably send today's sophisticated eight-year-olds into a frenzy of sugar-induced vomiting. However, it does come from anime creator Ken Akamatsu, so the visuals are at least interesting and attractive enough. The show, not unlike the Pokemon franchise, was specifically created to appeal to little girls, so the kawaii factor is off the charts and may appeal even to adults on a level they can't explain, justify, or admit. If you've ever wanted to squee when you saw a baby kitten or a cute wittle wabbit, then give this one a shot—you just might like it, and, hey, we won't tell.

I finally watched episode 2 of Hana Yori Dango. It took freaking forever to DL (like two days! DX) because there were more people downloading it than the # of seeds available. Episode 3 won’t take that long though, maybe like 4 hours. If I was DLing an http file it would take like one hour, man…darn bt. Although bittorrent can be useful sometimes. The scenes for ep 3 looked good though. :D

That old hayseed “Dub-ya” was ranting about the evils of modern science he started listing off atrocities he’d like to make illegal. the first two were your normal fare: the cloning of human beings and the use of embryos and experiments. The third one, however, perked my ears right on up. It seems that the president is very concerned about human-animal hybrids. He just slipped it in like it was nothing, and, strangely enough, possible. What kind of strange “Full Metal Alchemist” world is George Bush living in if he thinks human-animal hybrids are a major issue worth mentioning in a State of the Union speech? Who is his science adviser, Cris Carter? At what point did centaurs become a national crisis?

The very much anticipated Hellsing OVA. Before I start, I’ve heard a few odd things about this release, in that it’s A) a 30 minutes trailer that Aired on TV, B) The OVA isn’t out till Feb 10th. C) The real first ep will be 50 minutes and D) This is a leak of the OVA’s first episode. For once, I have absolutely no idea what’s true and what’s not. But regardless of ALL of that, this episode was nothing short of kick ass. The characters have been re-designed this time to look much more like they appear in the manga, and those pesky human excess characters (Ferguson I’m looking at you) have been kept out, this is a near 100% accurate manga to anime transition. Everything looks great, top billing on the animation and artwork. The soundtracks quite the contrast from the eerie and low key blues that went exceptionally well with the TV series, this time around we’ve got more fast paced beats for the battles. Not sure, but judging by the first episode alone, I think I preferred the TV’s soundtrack.

Does Full Metal Alchemist have to do with Nazis? Because they have the fuhrer. And they kill people for like “the good of mankind”. Also, the Nazis were part robot. And had talking robot brothers. And also they were magic. And that’s a fact, Jack.

I'm the average anime fan out there. It's not that I don't like live-action movies, on the contrary, I enjoy a good movie - especially if it's slightly disturbing, deep or in some other way makes me think or react.

My third Anime drawing ever done (though this is still in progress), I think it is pretty nice!

Rumors from sites in Japan are starting to leak into the states. It appears that in the spring of this year there may be a new edition of Full Metal Alchemist released in Japan.

A.scarywater.net is an unlicensed anime fansub BitTorrent tracker. What more can I say?

Tough on the outside, all heart on the inside, Onizuka turned to the life of a high school teacher for less excitement and action . . .or so he thought. GTO, A.K.A.: Great Teacher Onizuka, is the racy story of Onizuka, a former motorcycle gang member who becomes a teacher to make a difference and… to meet girls?

As a way of sampling a show, this is a great idea (although it’s often hard to get a feel for a show from just one episode). What I wouldn’t give to see the Western anime companies give out samplers like this…

The fansub scene is two sided right now. There are people who are active in the online community, but can genuinely consider fansubs as an alternative to DVDs. Then there are those who are active in the online community, who consider fansubs as a step toward purchase of a show legitimately. It is the former of these two personas that is the enemy of the anime industry, but I think, at least for now, the benifits of maintaining the following of the latter persona makes up for this. Every person I’ve met online who follows fansubs, ALSO purchases a considerable amount of anime DVDs, certainly far more than they would if fansubs did not exist. I know people who only got into anime due to fansubs, and who now spend considerable amounts on DVDs.

Gamers are scary. Although I love the whole culture and I think geeks are hot, there is no way that a 6 foot tall, thirty year old man wearing a Full Metal Alchemist shirt, playing WOW and yelling 'Die, you bitches, die' at a computer monitor is the picture of normality...

On Saturday evening, I got the chance to sit down and watch some anime on the cartoon network. I saw. . . hmm. . . lessee, Boboboboboadnaseum, Zach Bell, Naruto, Inuyasha, and Full Metal Alchemist. That is a lot of wide eyed, wide mouthed, freaky blonde haired. anorexic teens, lemme tell you.

Okay, one of my favorite anime’s right now is Bleach. Unfortunatly choosing this as one of my favorites kind of puts me in the middle of the current war that has been silently going on since the Bleach anime appeared. And that war is whether you like the manga over the anime. Now this is NOTHING new for the web community, I mean I’ve seen this same war played out back when Sailormoon was in it’s peak popularity. However, after listening to many inane arguments I’ve finally become sick of the whole thing.

Tonight, I finished pounding my way through the entirety of Full Metal Alchemist (the anime version). As I was starting the series, I was warned that it was extremely dark, very fucked up, not very good, teh suck, and several other things besides. For the most part, many of these warnings, statements, etc. were wrong. In some cases, these admonitions were really wrong, in some cases kinda right.

The opening song for Animal Yokocho was great. It’s sung in a cutesy, child-like voice and could be catchy if you spoke Japanese. It’s not a bad show, just don’t watch the series expecting any seriousness or plot. It’s pretty childish, although some of it was funny. If you’re into kiddie animes that are kind’ve random, you’ll probably enjoy this. If not, you won’t.

I use BitTorrent. I am a fan of anime and anyone who watches anime knows it is hard to find episodes in english or episodes released in america. I don’t mind fansub’s either. Anyway, to the point, i am using BitComet and i was downloading the second episode of this new series i am going to check out titled ‘Tsubasa Chronicle’.

I’m updating my anime list right now, and I noticed that I added 9 anime to my list. O_O crazy…..anyways, this is a list of what I’ll be watching.

I always like to share in funny web comics about anime with the rest of you guys in the blogging world. Today’s VGCats not only pokes fun of Full Metal Alchemist, but also rips on another small obsession of mine, Harry Potter.

Another noteworthy anime of this new season is Shakugan no Shana. I watched the first episode unsubbed a few minutes ago. We are presented with a mixture of a cute fiery badass girl with sword, large cast of amazing characters, well designed enemies, mysterious and profound plot, top notch animation, grand music, and a solid powerful presentation. What more can you ask for?

This will be recieving a far more detailed response than any other anime up to this point because, well, it’s indubitably the best show of the season. Except maybe for Noein, which airs this… Thursday, I think. Noein may still beat out Blood+, but for now, Blood+ is simply the best.

wow, Yesterday I pulled a Full Metal Alchemist marathon and ended up watching 31 episodes, getting me up to episode 44. That’s the most anime I’ve ever watched in one day, my previous record was 26 episodes. It’s good to be back ^_^

just wanted to say that i found out that naruto the movie is about an ice princess who runs away from home. kakashi call naruto and friends to protect her. also, naruto is on cartoon network on sat. horibble voice actors.

Full Metal Panic fumoffu - a hilariously funny installment. Read somewhere that it follow the manga very closely. Had wanted to try out this series after FMA (Full Metal Alchemist) but got distracted. Anyway, mighty glad I downloaded it. Now can hardly wait for the rest of the eps to be fansubbed. Thus far at eps 4. Surprisingly, this series is way back in 2003… now only appearing in fansubs.

Full Metal Alchemist is an anime that comes on cartoon network during it’s “Adult Swim” timeslots. Everytime I see it’s coming on the on-screen guide, I stay up… despite having work very shortly… to watch it. I like it a lot. It’s probably one of the first shows in a long time I’d consider myself a fan of in a long time. Watch it if you get the chance and we can talk about it…. if you’re dorky enough…

I’ve been watching Full Metal Alchemist, whis is pretty awesome. You should watch it.

I’m up through episode 9 of Naruto. It’s great. It’s funny and entertaining, and the ninja theme is awesome. They yell out the moves like in Street Fighter, Pokemon, or Dragonball. “Kage Bushin No Jutsu!!” And cool stuff like that. =P Jenn was totally right. Naruto makes me want to eat ramen.

If you know the story of the full metal alchemist then you know most of his history up until now. I will continue from that point.

for those of you out there who haven’t watched the original naruto yet, i beg of you to watch it before watching the cartoon network version. please do not judge this great story by the diluted version cartoon network will release. i’m actually for children watching the watered down version, but i think adults who are interested in it (which is oddly cartoon network’s target audience) should read the manga and watch the original anime. i know i’ll watch the “americanized” version as well and get some enjoyment out of it, but i’ll always love the original.

These last few days have bestowed upon me more good than I deserve. Basically, I’ve been doing nothing but working and seeing friends. It’s a dramatic change from before when all my free time (When I wasn’t making a feeble attempt to study for classes or working) was taken up by painting the basement. It’s very welcome. The peace between various engagements (I no longer have cause to hear the nagging voice that procrastinators are well acquainted with) has given me time to watch Full Metal Alchemist and finish Harry Potter (I mourn Dumbledore with a heavy heart… rest in peace, old friend). But the engagements itself were worth all the while.

Game wise, there’s the addition of 3 new scenarios for Mayumi Thyme, Kareha and the new character Tsupomi. Oh, and let’s not forget the new voices and event CG. Definitely looking forward to this, and a pre-order seems like a sensible idea for me to follow through. Likewise with all other fans of SHUFFLE!.

I finally watched Iriya no Sora – UFO no Natsu. It’s an OAV series and 5 out of 6 videos have been released. Overall rating so far? Great (3.5/5.0) The theme and tone is similar to Saikano, though not as dark. The pace holds it back from having an indubitable impact on the market. Iriya relies strongly on the speckled instances of tone that it delivers.

The biggest event was proabably becoming the Convention Video Producer for Anime North 2005. This was primarily the reason why you didn’t see any coverage from that show this year because I was part of the staff of the show. lol.

After a weekend full of fun, international friends and not much sleep, I returned yesterday to Breda to find Arno and IJdo at home. They’d already done some grocery shopping, and we watched Full Metal Alchemist (anime) and some Gundam anime until we were so tired we crashed into bed.