This is what I was working on for the past 2 nights. I ended up wussying out and cropping out the bits I didn’t like. I know there are some inaccuracies, but I like the colouring job on this and I appreciate the practice 
I want to draw him again, maybe properly next time.
Kagamine Len - pencil sketch, photoshop cs3 - 6 hours?
New illustration. Not a huge anime fan or anything – i dig the classics of course – I remember ordering Akira from some Asian mail-order magazine when i was in high school (pre internet). Anyhoo, I recently saw a photo of a very contemporary home – minimalist, lots of white, the usual – but they had this huge, bright, anime style painting above their couch amongst all this sensory depravation aesthetic. Point is – i dug it and thought that i might try my hand at something like that. It was my first attempt at that style and i found it to be a lot harder than i anticipated. I’m going a bit out of order, showing the final image first:
final
The photoshop work was a bit time consuming, particularly the hair. My plan is to have in printed fairly big (32 X 48 inches) on canvas, then spraypaint the sword using a stencil and chrome spray paint; and the final step will be putting some circular varnishes on it to complement the circular shapes of the image.
Here’s everything i did before bringing it into photoshop – not much as you can see.
And if you’re wondering, the SB is the Shaw Brothers logo, they make beautiful kung fu movies and the words say “kiss my converse” which is from The Last Dragon (a personal favorite – RIP Sho Nuff).
Here she is, sans background.
And here it is with the background. I was happy with the image at this point but i didn’t want it to look like it could be an animation cell so i added the flourishments seen in the first pic. Once i have it printed and add the spraypaint and varnish, i’ll post it again. Thanks for looking.
Anyone interested in ordering a signed, giclee print of this image on canvas, contact me – prices available upon request.
Here’s the third rendition of Spoilers, this time featuring the anime Popotan.
…
Not really proud of the fact I stuck it out with this anime. It may have been free on Anime on Demand but still…
Maybe it would have been better had I been born with a Y chromosome instead of two X’s…and had male parts…then I can maybe imagine myself able to enjoy this anime…after 3-4 shots of Jack…
Well…
Here it is…
So the girls have been traveling all over space and time to find some chick who will answer all their questions. They meet again some side characters from their earlier travels. We see Mai’s friend’s – Konoha’s – daughter. We see Daichi, that little boy from the very first episode, as an adult and married.
Anyway, the girls finally meet that chick. Keith (the white hair guy who did Ai in episode 6 or 7 – yeah, be shocked) lead them to the chick; he’s a navigator (he is the one who leads the girls to where they need to go – or that’s how I interpreted it) .
FYI the maid – who turned out to be the girl’s ‘guard’ – didn’t want to let the girls go meet the chick yet. Apparently the maid ‘guarded’ some people before but things didn’t turn out ok. They didn’t get their answers from the chick when Keith(?) took them to her. And I think they burned their house down (o_o; it wasn’t elaborated; you just see the maid outside the house and it’s on fire, the people she was guarding no where to be seen). The maid tried to fight Keith but he freezes the maid in time(?) and leaves her behind as the he takes the girls to the chick.
Okay, sorry for that side bit. Now to the meeting.
The chick says the place they are all at is a rest stop of sorts. It’s here where the girls can choose to end their quest or continue it. If they choose to quit their quest, the girls will be sent to the place and time they most desire.
The sisters have a pow wow in their bathroom (naturally >__>) Mai wants to leave. Ai is hesitant. The Mii wants to stay – because if they quit, then each will be separated (because each sister has a different place that they most desire – Mai wants to be with her friend, Ai wants to be with Daichi (pedo), and Mii kind of wants to be with her priestess friend (but she wants to stay with her sisters more). Each decides they need to think things over before coming to a decision.
However, it turns out Mai leaves without telling her sisters. In a letter left behind, she explains she’s tired of journeying and hurting people because they are always leaving. This depresses the remaining two sisters. So the two have a bath (naturally >____>). Mii says she doesn’t want to be separated. She asks if Ai wants to go to the place she desires too. Ai lies and says she wants to be with Mii. Mii says she’s lying – Ai wants to leave. She doesn’t want to be the reason Ai is keeping herself from being happy. Mii runs out…naked =_=; Anyway this is supposed to be dramatic but…no.
Ai goes to Mii’s room to talk to her, but when she opens the room she finds the younger sister has left as well. There’s a tape that tells Ai she left so Ai can be happy.
In the end, Ai packs up her things and leaves as well.
Time goes by and we see each sister leaving in their desired places. Ai is a teacher at Daichi’s school. Mai is going to school with Konoha. Mii is living with Nono and her grandfather. However, all the sisters are still missing one another, despite being in their desired places.
The people who each sister wanted to be with tell them they need to go back to their other sisters. They are happy to have met the sisters. For those sisters will always be in their hearts. The sisters are happy because they found a place where they belong – in the hearts of the people they meet.
Somehow the house comes (along with the maid) and teleports to each sister’s time and place. Each sister says good bye to her friend. Well, actually Mai does. Ai actually kisses Daichi on the lips (o_O cougar). Mii just leaves XD
Keith tries to stop Ai, telling her she’ll never find a place people like them belong. She tells him they belong in the hearts of all they meet. And leaves (the maid kicks his butt…revenge >:D).
The anime ends with Konoha’s daughter (now much older) and Daichi’s son talking (don’t ask how a black haired father and a black haired mother produced a white hair kid with gold eyes. I thought at first he was Keith’s kid!). Daichi’s dad has been working on a theory about why the sister traveled around space and time (we’re never told what that theory is though =_=). The son wanted Konoha’s daughter, who had met the sisters, to take a look at the theory and put her two cents in. The son mentions how nice it would be to meet the girls when their house teleports there. The girls open the door and…
The end
Yup…that’s the end of Popotan…
Don’t really recommend actually watching the anime because…it’s not that fun…unless you’re into girls (of all ages) exposing themselves…
Popotan could have had some potential – it had some good emotional scenes – but went too over the top with breast shots and panty shots (of all the sisters – even the little girl…>_>;) to be taken seriously. That and not explaining a lot. But that’s just my feelings on the anime. Everyone is different.
1st. Watching anime TT__TT
What kind of cruel world am I living? I bought God save our king season 3 last week..wait no..last month..but it’s still in its plastic and i never touch it! I was too buzy with my march test and homework that i forgot all about it…
not only GSOK but Jigoku shoujo also!it seems like my interest in anime is fading awayy Y__Y my worst nightmare is happening! wait..losing interest in anime isn’t my worst nightmare but still i dont want to! I used to love anime but why?? why?? why am i losing interest in anime?? Doushite?????? I’m gonna blame it on my mom ;P
2nd. Arashi
I used to know all latest thing about Arashi but in this past month or starting from 2010 to be specific I kinda forgot about them. gosh what happen to my interest in Jpop??? Blame it all on kpop and my mom. why I’m balming my mom again? because she’s the one who unsubscribe Animax. Why? so i can’t watch K-ON!, Welcome to NHK (which i’m dying to watch) and most importantly so i can’t watch Music Station. What had i done wrong? TT_________TT good thing you can’t unsubscribe KBS
3rd. Buying TVXQ album
I’m broke. I look at my purse and i only got RM50. sigh. i should stop buying manga and anime but i love anime…..what kind of world am i living??? I have to chose between buying anime DVD or TVXQ album. Maybe you expect me to chose TVXQ as i am a TVXQ fan but it’s like choosing YooMin or Jaemin or maybe YunJae or YooSu or maybe Hikaru or Kaoru Taichin(the twins from OHSHC). It’s hard. REALLY Hard and I WANT TOHOSHINKI 2010 BEST SELECTION BADLY! TT____TT plus I want Toki wo tomete jacket B too
Life is hard and I live in a cruel word that need sacrifices XD
AKTF,Hope till the end
TVXQ fighting
>_< So, Hiyo-shroom was my fourth target-victim for Motto GakuPuri. =3 What I can say is that…he is such a tsundere! >_< And he’s somewhat sadistic too…O_o
So, anyways, let me share with you how I played his route. Mind you, my translations are terrible. =P
NOTE: He gets jealous if you speak with another guy in the same area. =/ Possessive, are we, Hiyoshi-kun?
8/22
AM
Preliminary Meeting and Self-Introduction
TALK outdoor
(-_- He acts so cold, saying he has tennis practice. You get one heart though.)
NN
Setting up area scene…
TALK tennis court
(He says he’s busy no matter what you choose. =/)
PM
Setting up area scene again…
TALK meeting room
(He says you’re noisy and that you shouldn’t bother him. Choose the 2nd option — That’s not it, I want to help!. You will get 1 1/2 hearts.
Atobe then comes in, saying he could hear Hiyoshi’s voice from the outside. =/ Then he tells you to forgive Hiyoshi because his time is really important and because of the gakuensai, he doesn’t have that much time to practice. =_=” …Atobe, you bastard, why are you siding with him?)
8/23
AM
TALK stage
(You: Hiyoshi-kun.
Hiyoshi: Ah, it’s you.
You: A-Ano…
Hiyoshi: I apologize for yesterday for yelling at you.
CHOOSE SECOND OPTION + 5 hearts
Hiyoshi: I see.
You: It’s alright. Don’t worry about it.
Hiyoshi: Tsk, I don’t like it. Atobe-san found out.
You: Eh?
Hiyoshi: I…I’ve gone this far because of Atobe-san. But…it’s still long before I can gekokujou him.
You: Gekokujou?
Hiyoshi: Yes, it’s my favorite word (motto?).
You: It’s not fine, ka na.
Hiyoshi: Eh?
You: If it’s Hiyoshi-kun, you can certainly do it.
Hiyoshi: Hmph, that’s big talk.
You: You’re wrong. Because if you believe in yourself…you can do it. You can do it, Hiyoshi-kun, no matter what it takes.
Hiyoshi: Hmph.)
NN
Attraction meeting…
LOOK outdoor
(Hiyoshi is speaking with Sanada.)
TALK outdoor
PM
TALK tennis court
(I got a random going home event with another regular. =3)
8/24
AM
LOOK stage
(You: Ah…it’s Hiyoshi-kun. Are they having the attraction meeting?
Sanada: Have we decided what we’re going to present?
Mizuki: With these members, we can present Pittari no Geki.
Akazawa: ‘Pittari no Geki’? What is that?
Mizuki: Nfu, it’s a play on the Sengoku era.
Hiyoshi: A Sengoku thing, is it?
Kirihara: Well, isn’t that alright? It must be easy to make.
Mizuki: Nfu, it is fine, don’t you think?
Sanada: So I’ll be Nobunaga, huh? Interesting.
Mizuki: And Akechi Mitsu– is Hiyoshi-kun. I’ll leave it to you.
Hiyoshi: Akechi Mitsu– …his part seems —, don’t you think?
Mizuki: Kirihara could play Hideyoshi.
Kirihara: I see. With this, Rikkai —.
Dan: What will I be?
Mizuki: Dan-kun will play Mori–maru.
Dan: Mori–maru? I don’t know him that well.
Mizuki: I will be —.
Dan: Ah, let’s enjoy.
Akazawa: Mizuki, what will we do?
Mizuki: I’ll —. Captain, you —.
Sanada: This story –?
Mizuki: You are right. — the middle of the story –.)
TALK stage
NN
Meeting with Hyoutei
LOOK tennis court
(Be awed at ‘^^’ Hiyoshi when you get a perfect score. O_O)
PM
TALK tennis court
(You: Hiyoshi-kun, tennis practice?
Hiyoshi: Yes.
You: Sorry for disturbing. So…
Hiyoshi: No, I don’t mind.
You: Eh?
Hiyoshi: I said you’re not being a bother. You can watch, but watch out ofr the ball.
You: Understood.
CG of Hiyoshi in Enbu Tennis stance
You: Hiyoshi-kun.
Hiyoshi: What?
You: That doesn’t look like a tennis stance…
Hiyoshi: Ah, this is the way of kobujitsu.
You: ‘Kobujitsu’?
Hiyoshi: An art of the dojo. I trained since I was young.
You: It can’t be of — ?
Hiyoshi: Of course.
You: That’s so cool…You’re not only able in tennis but also in kobujitsu.
Hiyoshi: Hm, something like that.
You: But why do you used kobujitsu in tennis?
You: I see. Speaking of which, you should have joined the kobujitsu club.
Hiyoshi: Ah, —, but I can’t do two things at the same time.
You: — ?
Hiyoshi: Of course. The way of kobujitsu —.
You: I see.
Hiyoshi: For that reason, it’s the same as tennis.
You: That’s so cool, Hiyoshi-kun.
Hiyoshi: Hmph…
+ 3 1/2 hearts
8/25
AM
(Random morning greeting event earned me one heart.)
TALK tennis court
(You: Ah, Hiyoshi-kun.
Hiyoshi: N? Ah, it’s you.
You: Do you have time now?
Hiyoshi: Yeah.
You: That’sgood. There’s something I need to say…
SPECIAL TOPIC (2nd option) on PLAY (first, I guess)
+ 3 hearts
(He asked for my number after that. =3)
NN
Meeting about Takoyaki Stand
LOOK stage
(Attraction Meeting)
TALK stage
PM
TALK meeting room
(You: Are? Hiyoshi-kun, what are you doing?
Hiyoshi: Ah, it’s you. Just a bit of reading/researching.
You: ‘Researching’?
FIRST OPTION – B-Betsu ni… + 2 hearts
8/27
AM
TALK Takoyaki Stand
NN
View Atobe’s Cafe interior
TALK tennis court
PM
TALK Takoyaki Stand
(You: Are? Hiyoshi-kun, you’re practicing [cooking] alone?
Hiyoshi: Ah, it’s you. You’re right.
You: Is there anything I can help you with?
Hiyoshi: You can taste-test the takoyaki.
You: Ahaha, I guess so. But it seems like I can’t eat that.
Hiyoshi: If you can do it, it’s fine.
You: You made this?
Hiyoshi: That’s right.
You: It looks good. It doesn’t look like a failure.
Hiyoshi: Tell me that after you taste it.
You: Un, then, itadakimasu.
You: Nn~ T-This is…
FIRST OPTION – It’s delicious!
Hiyoshi: R-Really? I thought it still lacked something.
You: Soryaa~ I don’t know how Oshitari-senpai’s tastes like, but this is delicious.
Hiyoshi: I see.
You: Yup. This, tennis captain’s —.
Hiyoshi: This failure?
You: It’s not a failure. I’m sure everyone will receive it gladly.
Hiyoshi: I-I see. Then I’m counting on you.
+ 3 hearts
You: Alright.
(Then you walk home with Hiyoshi, and he tries to scare you by telling you about the 7 School Mysteries. =/ He’s kinda mean.)
FIRST OPTION
(It’s the first name event. >_< Now you’re on first name basis. =3)
+ 1 heart
(At home, you get called for your first date. =3 Choose the FIRST OPTION. Turns out you’ll be watching a movie with him tomorrow at 10. =3)
8/28
DATE!
(As it turns out, he has trapped you into watching a horror movie with him because it amuses him to see you so scared. >_< Sadist. After the movie, you two then head window shopping at your suggestion.
+ 4 hearts
8/29
AM
TALK tennis court
NN
Takoyaki Making Activity
TALK tennis court
PM
TALK meeting room
(You wind up accompanying him in exploring the school to solve a mystery, I guess…or probably just to scare you out of your wits. xD So, you get freaked out by an odd silhouette at the window, but then Hiyoshi explains that it was an illusion created by the car’s headlight. Then suddenly…THE LIGHTS TURN ON! It turns out that you’re
BUSTED by ATOBE! xD
He was even kind enough to remark, “This kind of situation is too early for you. Too bad, don’t you think, Hiyoshi?”
Atobe then tells Hiyoshi to walk you home because it’s freakin’ dark outside. This shebang earns you 5 hearts.)
8/30
AM
LOOK outdoor
NN
TALK Takoyaki Stand
PM
TALK Takoyaki Stand
(Then you get to walk home with Hiyoshi if you agree, earning you a half heart. Upon arriving at the station, you earn one more heart. I filled up his love meter at this time.
At home, you receive a call from him inviting you on your second date.)
8/31
DATE!
(So, yeah, he brings you to the amusement park, but his intention isn’t the roller coaster [unlike most routes]. Yes, this sadistic fellow brought you there so you could both visit the Horror House. =/ So, you get scared and grip his shirt. Once you’re out, he asks you how long you’re going to continue holding his shirt. He tells you that you could hold his hand, but then he takes it back and tells you to ignore what he said. -_-” Awkward…
After that, you two go to a cafe. You say something embarrassing, and he tells you not to say embarrassing things like that. =_= He manages to get back at you, though, by stating that you look so cute when you’re scared. xD Now it’s your turn to retort that he shouldn’t say such things. >_< Sweet, sweet love. =P)
9/1
AM
It’s back to school, and it turns out that there’s some problem with the stand.
PM
Everyone helps solve the problem, and you are told to extend the closing gate time to 19:00 (7 pm).
9/2
AM
TALK food court
NN
Pool Party
(Hiyoshi wins because of your cheering, apparently. =3)
9/3
AM
Opening Ceremony by Atobe
Choose two people to visit alone. I recommend Kirihara so you can get paparazzi pictures of Atobe and Oshitari. 8D
NN
Attraction Contest
(Be awed by Samurai!Hiyoshi. xD Well, you can drool over Kirihara, Sanada, Dan, Mizuki, and all the other bishies in their group as well.)
PM
Announcement of the Winner of the Attraction Contest
MIZUKI’S DRAMA WINS!
(After that, you’re given free time to roam with Hiyoshi if you accept — FIRST OPTION. And of all places, he brings you to the obake yashiki aka Ghost Tunnel.
So, you get freaked out by Ibu and that random guy — my guess, Ishida — that you end up running out with Hiyoshi chasing after you. Since you wouldn’t calm down, he does something to calm you down. =_= Is that all you can give, Hiyoshi you bastard?! It’s your fault you brought the poor girl to such a place. D=<
After that, he brings up a huge list of excuses why he did that. xP Quit making excuses, Piyo-shroom, and tell her the real reason already!)
9/4
LAST DAY!
So, it’s the last day, and your much-awaited confession is fast approaching. =3
AM
Choose two places to visit alone.
NN
It seems there’s a problem with costumers and sales because of the huge line in front of Atobe’s cafe. You suggest that they offer to sell half-servings to those waiting in line for half the price, and they agree.
PM
Atobe announces the winner of the Stand Contest. It turns out it’s the Takoyaki House! 83 The Takoyaki team rejoice, and Hiyoshi compliments you.
SOCIAL DANCE
Kentarou says it’s the end of the gakuensai and the concluding portion is the social dance.
(Hiyoshi: What’s wrong, Miyoko?
You: Ah, Wakashi-kun. You won’t dance?
Hiyoshi: It’s not my specialty. And you?
You: Uun. I don’t have skill in dancing.
Hiyoshi: I see. Then come with me. I need to talk to you.
You: Eh? F-Fine…
CONFESSION
You’ll have to play the game yourself. I don’t wanna spoil this ending. It’s sweet, kinda. She’s going on about how Hiyoshi can’t be Atobe, etc, etc. =]
STAFF ROLL
OMAKE
So, you receive a CG of Hiyoshi practicing at the dojo.
There’s slight fluffy conversation between the two, and you playfully say you want to leave, etc. -_- Hiyoshi proves to be the rather possessive kind. =/ Oh well.
OWARI
Credit me if you will get any of my translations, no matter how inaccurate/wrong they may be. =/ Thank you for taking the time to read this though. ^^ I hope you can offer corrections and whatnot. But most of all, enjoy your game. =D
Look in the mirror. And be honest now!
I think we have all asked ourselves this question at least once – am I gay? This is usually followed by imagining various naked specimens of our species and calculating how aroused, ie. hard/wet, we are. For more promiscuous individuals, experimentation takes place either after a drunken night or for an awesome T-shit and a necklace beads. For most of us this is just a passing concern and we move on with our lives, never telling another living soul the ordeal we just went through.
What does this have to do with being an Otaku? Not much, except as a loose and shoddily concocted analogy. That still doesn’t make a lick of sense.
Let’s look at the definition of otaku before moving on, shall we? Merriam-Webster has it as “a person who is obsessed with anime, manga, and Japanese culture in general.” The 56th definition of the word on the definitive online resource Urban Dictionary has it as “teh deliciously kickass wife of nero.” The former indicates an unhealthy fixation on drawn images of junior high school girls in various levels of undress. The latter, with perfect grammar, indicating you’re the wife of an Emperor that burnt a fuck ton of Christian babies alive. You’re deliciously kickass, though, for what that’s worth.
Either way, it’s slightly unflattering.
So, how can you tell whether or not you’re an Otaku? By taking this painstakingly crafted, scientifically proven quiz of course! Or just go outside and play a sport or hit a pub and get pissed.
Remember, read through the quiz before answering!
Question the first!
If you had to describe your character, would you:
This is, like, sooo totally me!
Question the one after the first!
What would be the trait most desirable in your sexual partner:
Wash your fucking hair once in a while!
Question the thrice!
Where would you like to go on your honeymoon if you could go anywhere?
I didn't really want to go here. But it's an experience, y'know? Heh...heh.
Question the 4th!
What is your usual go to wardrobe?
Question the something or other!
How would you battle evil cyborg ninjas that just kidnapped your 2 month old puppy?
Nobody fucks with my Ayanami-wawi-foo
Question the ninth!
If you only had three days to live, what’s #1 on your bucket list?
I...don't recommend going inside there. ESPECIALLY the left arm.
Question the eixinth!
Of these phrases, which would best describe YOU?
Swank and warm, all at once!
Question the I never learned to count!
Who would you rather “do” – Suzumiya Haruhi, Ayanami Rei, or Ponyo.
Consider that shit TAPPED!
Well, how did you do?
Well, hey, you may be saying to yourself, “bullshit, there’s no way to win this!” Wrong again. The correct choice from the beginning is to have read through the entirety of the quiz before answering, like I told you to, reach this point and realize you dodged a bullet. The only correct way to finish an Otaku quiz is to not take one at all and live your life, you god damned conformist.
Cheers!
While most anime is in a serial format, consisting of dozens of twenty-five-minute-long episodes, there are movie-length anime productions that are shown in theaters in Japan (and occassionally here in the United States, too). So I figured I’d add a few I’ve seen to my slowly growing list: Princess Mononoke, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Perfect Blue, Appleseed, and Summer Wars (in a slightly new format). As always, comments, questions, and feedback welcome.
Princess Mononoke (a.k.a. Mononoke-hime)Synopsis: Ashitaka, cursed by a dying boar demon that has tentacles of evilbadnotgood sprouting out all over it, leaves his hometown to find out what had happened to the boar demon to cause it to turn into an eldritch abomination, and comes to Irontown, a human city of technology fighting a war for survival against the spirits of nature. Review: Ah, nothing like a good heavy-handed environmentalist message movie, which fairly screams “respect nature, or it will turn into a nightmarish monstrosity that will kill everything it can get its foul tentacles on”. Snark aside, this is a fairly good movie, well-drawn in Hayao Miyazaki’s signature style. Final Grade: B (★★★——).
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (a.k.a. Toki o Kakeru Shōjo)Synopsis: After getting hit by a train, Tomboyish Makoto realizes she has the power to travel through time, and proceeds to use that power to make a mess out of her life and the lives of everyone around her, especially her two best friends (one of whom is from the future, and the other one might have a terminal encounter with the aforementioned train in Makoto’s place…). Review: Time travel is one of those sci-fi topics that just bugs me, because it can be done poorly so easily. Fortunately, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time does it right. There’s some great time-travel comedy as Makoto uses her newfound power whimsically (traveling through time to eat the pudding that her sister had/would have stolen), but of course things get serious as the unintended consequences of her actions begin to pile up. Final Grade: A (★★★★—).
Perfect BlueSynopsis: Mima is a member of a popular jpop group who decides to leave the group to pursue an acting career, and then gets stressed out over a stalker and goes insane. Or maybe that’s just the delusion she believes as a coping mechanism to deal with going insane. Or maybe everyone is crazy except for Mima, who is merely going insane. Or maybe… Review: A mind screw that ranks up there with the most incomprehensible parts of Evangelion, Perfect Blue almost makes sense until you realize that the “real” sequences of the story and the “delusional” ones aren’t clearly demarcated. A well-crafted production, but too grim and psychological for me to really enjoy. Final (?) Grade: C (★★———), or maybe it’s actually Grade F, and its status as a Grade C is a delusion fueled by its stress-induced insanity…
AppleseedSynopsis: In the utopia of Olympus, humanity and artificial humans called bioroids end up butting heads, and so supersoldier Duenan Knute and her cyborg buddy/lover Briareos have to get things sorted out for them. Review: Another of Shirow Masamune’s works, Appleseed features a lot of the same themes, like humanity and technology, the concept of self, and all that, and it also features a healthy dose of ass-kicking and stunning visuals to keep your brain from getting a Red Ring of Death from trying to keep up with the deep philosophical stuff. The art style is all cell-shaded computer graphics, which a little more like the cutscenes from a video game than a movie, but still looks great. Notes: There’s a sequel, Appleseed: Ex Machina, which I really can’t remember right now. I’ll have to watch it again before adding it to these reviews. Final Grade: B (★★★——).
Summer Wars“KOI KOI!”
Synopsis: Kenji’s a mathematical prodigy who accepts a part-time job from one of his seniors at high school, Natsuki, ostensibly to help her family with preparations for her grandmother’s ninetieth birthday celebration but actually to pretend to be the fiancée she promised her grandmother she’d bring, but then an artificial intelligence programmed by the black sheep of Natsuki’s family takes over the world via the anime version of Second Life, resulting in massive chaos which can only be quelled by a combination of the talents and resources of Natsuki’s extensive extended family, Kenji’s beyond-the-impossible mathematical talents, and Natsuki’s skill at playing an obscure traditional Japanese card game. Review: I knew nothing about this movie until I watched it; I did not even know it existed until moments before I started downloading it on a whim. I’m glad I did: this is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long while. It’s wonderfully over-the-top (need a better computer than that old laptop to take on the AI? Natsuki’s relatives can hook you up, at a moment’s notice, with a freaking supercomputer, powered by a fishing boat they park in the fish pond in the front yard, and a military one hundred gigabit-per-second Internet connection) and at the same time grounded in the concept of family (before the final showdown, they take time out for a big family meal). Notes: In doing a little research for this, I came across an interesting bit of unrelated trivia: Nintendo was founded to produce hand-crafted hanafuda cards almost a century before they decided to make the Famicom. Weird. Final Grade: A (★★★★—), and it might move up to Grade S with later retrospection.
Thoughts on # 8. Some ruminating on Celty.
It’s kinda amusing how Shinra can tell how Celty’s feeling without her head. That’s how much he loves her, huh? *amused smile*
Lolz! That cafe Walker dashed into– that’s a maid cafe, right? XD
Pfft! Leeks! Sigh, reminds me of MikuMiku…
Anri’s right… I’ve never seen Kida like this before. And just when I was thinking, ‘aww, what a nice episode, especially with Kida and Mikado and Celty and Shinra’ everything gets turned on its head. Oh well.
A vacent lot… Just like Yuuko’s shop! When some one dosn’t need it, it appears to be an empty lot! But, I’m sure it wasn’t in Ikebukuro…
So this kid with the fireworks, he was Mika’s original boyfriend? Hmm.
Lolz at that weird sushi. ”Cream cheese”? So that’s what happens when you don’t have any fish…
Oh gods, Shinra’s fortune was just too much. While Celty’s was “you shall find what you’re looking for”, his was “your love shalt not come true”. Now that’s just way too sad. People find ways, you know…
…… I was right! I was right, I can’t believe it! Celty’s head really IS on Mika’s body! I… Now that’s just creepy. Seiji is in love with Celty’s head? O_O
The language at the end was what? Welsh? Dutch? Irish? I fail completely. Though I’m very surprised that I was right in my prediction from episode 6. And that’s why during the OP the camera stops on Mika after Celty with no name because they’re the same person!
So next Ep is Namie, huh? Well, this should be interesting. I wonder how Seiji would act if Celty’s head was on her body instead of Mika’s… Also, it’s kinda odd how Celty’s body has a mind of it’s own and her head only contains mostly memories. Well, since she’s a Dullahan… Izaya seems to be aware of what she’s looking for, as mentioned in episode 6. Hmm. Also, yes, I’m finally catching up! Only two more episodes left until I’m up to speed.
The Anime Club on JCC Olean campus is getting ready to attend a convention called Anime Punch. The convention runs April 1-4, and at the convention the attendees will enjoy watching a plethora of anime shows, a concert, and many different people dressed up as some of their favorite characters.
To fund the event, Anime Club members are raising funds selling candles, herb dip mixes, soaps, and a few other items. If you are interested in helping this club, please see one of the Anime Club members. Also as a note, there is no tax or shipping on any of the items.
I have been watching this anime recently, I won’t get into the studio or years or all that jazz, if you want that you can just check out ANN. I basically will just say what i thought of this anime. In no way am i worthy of giving technical reviews, however on that I feel that alot of people aren’t and some people just want to know what is good.
This anime is actually one of my favorites by far. I’ve watched it all the way through once before and the story is incredible, and on top of that there is a large amount of different personalities within the main characters throughout the story so they blend well(or unwell in their case) The story is basically about a high school girl named Yoko who finds herself in front of a blond man named Keiki who promises to protect her, and tells her she is from another world, and she gets taken away by him. upon arrival Keiki(the blond man) is gone and she is all alone.
From there the story starts and she has a long struggle in this new world. she meets some new friends, makes several enemies and slowly finds out that she was brought to this world because she is a queen. However she has to decide whether or not to stay and help the people of this kingdom, or go back home to her friends and family because she feels she is unworthy of running a kingdom and at the same time she just misses her family.
This anime has 45 episodes and a very deep story, I would strongly suggest that anyone who reads this, and is into anime should check it out.
Again, this is my first kind of “Review”, and i use that word very loosely because i’m really just trying to let people know about the story, so please go easy on me!
Censorship has once again become a hot topic in the anime world as of late when FUNimation announced that they had acquired the license to Dance in the Vampire Bund. People rejoiced, until FUNi subsequently released a statement saying that they were cutting out scenes which are not relevant to the plot that ‘may possibly’ offend ’some’ people. Worse than that, they are making these cuts on the TV aired versions AND on the official DVD and Blu-Ray releases. This came as a shock, especially when they also announced they were still releasing Strike Witches uncensored.
Clearly, this did not sit well with the fans. Many people declared they were boycotting FUNi, some promised to simply boycott Bund and all other future FUNi releases that will be censored, and some even openly admitted they agreed with FUNi’s decision to censor this show, which I find to be just insane.
I will point you to my blog on the anime industry where I discussed this issue previously. I explained there how censorship really turns fans off and makes them reluctant to buy official releases. FUNimation handled censorship the right way previously with Yu Yu Hakusho. They censored it on television, and then released both censored and uncensored DVDs of the show so that the viewers could choose which to buy. While companies don’t have the money to release anime this way nowadays, that choice still makes it very clear that FUNimation is aware of how censoring negatively impacts their sales. While I am not surprised that yet another anime is going to be censored, the fact that they are doing this on the DVD and Blu-Ray releases as well is something I find downright shocking. Why in the world would they do such a thing?
Well, many people have blamed it on the Handley case. For those that don’t know, Handley is a man that was recently convicted in court for crossing state lines with pornographic material in the form of loli manga. Many people have theorizied that because of this high-profile case, FUNi is being extra careful to not release anything that may be deemed illegal or inappropriate by authorities or parents. This pisses me off.
Why? Because once again this falls into one of the most insanely frustrating things in this world: Parents and officials blaming outside content for the actions of a person. If a kid watches a violent movie and then goes out and shoots up his school, it has nothing to do with the movie, it’s the kid that’s the problem. Rather than try and mask anything that could be twisted into something negative, we should be working on getting help for those people who would take those ideas and use them in wrong and hurtful ways.
Parents would rather blame these kinds of things for their children’s actions than admit that something is wrong with their child, or that they perhaps didn’t parent correctly. Officials would rather point at a manga and say that it is the reason that a person may sexually assault a young girl than try to get said person some help and try to figure out why he would ever have such tendencies in the first place (I am NOT saying that this was Handley’s intention, I am using it as an example). It’s all about putting the blame on someone else, and it instills fear into our country and causes us to be overly-sensitive about what we expose ourselves to entertainment-wise.
So what am I doing about it? Well first off I am not boycotting FUNimation. I think that is just silly and will only serve to drive yet another anime company out of business. However, I will most certainly not be buying Dance in the Vampire Bund from FUNi. I am not really a fan of the show, but even if I was, I would not be purchasing it because I am adamant about my opinion that censorship is wrong. It infringes upon our right to say what we think, it stifles creativity, and it keeps those who wish to view the censored content from getting the full range of what said content has to offer.
An Addition
I was just about to post this when a friend of mine tweeted to me about a 3 year old girl who died when she accidentally shot herself with a handgun. Her father said that they owned a Wii remote shaped like a gun and she mixed the two up. Rather than question why the hell her father had a handgun within a 3 year old’s reach, the media is now pointing at the video game industry. It is this exact kind of thing that I am talking about here. It seems as if the media will do anything to not have to look at the grim reality of faulty parents in this world.
Feel free to comment if you wish with your own opinions!
And finally, af one year of waiting the nxt Seiyuu awards is here. Or should i say over 3 days ago XD. I didnt even know T_T. Due to the period i was rushing projects XD. Well nevertheless i shall report a bit abt it.
As always, there are around 10-11 awards to be given, but this year there are new awards such as Fukuyama Award [for bringing media attention to the profession], Synergy Award, Merit Awards, Special Accomplishment, Kids/family Award.
Well anyway i will jus put the picture that i know who they voice as…
Ok lets start. 1st up:
Starring Female Seiyuu: Sawashiro Miyuki / 沢城みゆき
Yes its Miyuki who claims the Main Female Lead this year with Canaan! I feel proud of my Canaan deck rite now lol, that prove the fact it haven lost for the past few days XD. Well shes more popular in other series but i only know her through Utaware and CANAAN. Hmm i must say jus by this two examples are enough to show her talent in voice acting. Aruru being a cute girl and Canaan being a hot-blooded female character, she does her voice acting very well by switching between 2 different voice easily. Hmm thats wad i respect out of a voice actor: A ability to switch wad type of voice they speak to fit the character they voice. Congratz Miyuki-chan!
Starring Male Seiyuu: Daisuke Ono
OBJECTION!
So af Fukuyama Jun, is he going to be the nxt living legend?! Well anyway, i don watch Kuroshisuji so i don care abt some BL anime. Well as all character he voice, he is quite the Ikemen himself. Well i only know he voiced Itsuki for wad hes popular for lol, Ushiromiya Battler and Kai from Seto no Hanayome. Hmm his voice brings kind of a charisma type of personality into his character. Jus like Itsuki i found his voice fits those Ikemen character perfectly 
. Ok stop i m not a gay lol. But yes indeed his potential is great. Congratz.
Co-starring Female Seiyuu: Kikuko Inoue, Horie Yui
Abt Inoue Kikuko i know nothing abt her, don blame me or anything did some searching and totally duno her.
BUT up nxt is…
YES! My lovely Hocchan got the female supporting award! おめでとうございます、ほっちゃん!
Aww speaking of Horie Yui, i think shes my 1st ever crush on a Seiyuu since i 1st touch anime and anison. Hmm since then i got no money and haven work, i let her down by not buying her stuff 
T_T. But now its different. Anyway Hocchan’s voice is meant for those cute and lovely character like Maria. And of course she voiced a lot a lot of character too many to say. Ranging of cute girls to high school girls to even drunk lol. And i will always love her voice acting and her singing also. Hocchan BANZAI!
Co-starring Male Seiyuu: Namikawa Daisuke , Miki Shin-ichiro
Ok…once again i duno whoes Namikawa Daisuke so…
But for Miki Shinichiro, i kind of know him from Ryuusei Date, Lockon Stratos and Kruz Weber.
From wad i can tell, his voice is QUALITY. Yes from Ryuusei alone i can feel his hot-bloodedness lol. Well anyway he has a record of the 3rd highest number of roles to voice af Gai and Hayashibara Megumi. Hmm he voices almost all mecha shows so those who like Mecha will know him. Anyway, congratz again.
Female New Face: Itou Kanae , Toyosaki Aki
Yes!!! Aki-chan got the Best Newcomer Award. Well i knew she would get it. Hmm…Perhaps many people only know her from K-on(Those K-on fags noob), i know her by her singing(Sphere) and many other roles she voice in like Lisa and Kana. Hmm i must say her voice can pretty much switch into multi personality like the blurish Yui, to a sweet gal like Risa and a loli like Kana lol. I jus enjoy listening to her voice very much. Hope she could go higher and higher. Nxt Tomatsu Haruka in the making . Congratz.
For Itou Kanae, i first knew her from Shugo Chara(O the bad memories T_T). I think everyone knows her through that lol. At that time shes jus a newbie at voicing and i must say af hearing her voicing for EP 1 i thought: Wth?! This gals voice sux. THEN the nxt time i hear her as Saten i thought: Whos this gal’s voice. I went to look up and…WTF?! ITOU KANAE?! IT TOTALLY DIFFERENT. It seems she progress from a noob to a pro in around 1year or so? I mena there voicing seems to be totally different person but its not. She progress too much for me to regonise. I think she deserve this prize. Congratz.
Male New Face: Atsushi Abe, Tomoaki Maeno
Duno whos Maeno Tomoaki again, but hes the shop assistance in K-on LMAO. And of cuz from Kobato, Kiyokazu Fujimoto and from White Album, Fuuji Touya. Other than that i duno -_-.
And its IMAGINE BRRRRRRRRREAKERRRR!!! Touma. So last year Accelerator got it and now Touma haha! Well i wont find his voice to be good. But his voice is interesting. Its doesnt really reflect his age -_-, but its jus he has this voice of a shounen more than any shounen lol. And also he voiced Kukai in Shugo(WHY AGAIN?!). Other than that, I thought his voice was normal -_-. Well Congratz anyway.
Personality Award: Masaya Onosaka
He voiced Vash the Stampede from Trigun. I nv watched Trigun as when i entered, Trigun was jus old XD. So…
Singing Award: Houkago Tea Time
Wtf is this man. Shouldnt like Nana-chan get the award _|_.
Merit Awards: Genda Tessho / 玄田哲章 (Optimus Prime), Kazuko Sugiyama / 杉山佳寿子 (Heidi), Nobuo Tanaka / 田中信夫 (Sosai X – Gatchaman)
Duno any of them. Dun wanna know as i m a new fanboy.
Special Accomplishment: Kazue Takahashi / 高橋和枝 [RIP - 1999]
R.I.P. Although i duno what she did, i guess she did accomplish something in life. Thats really wad i wanna do also.
Fukuyama Award [for bringing media attention to the profession]: Nana Mizuki /水樹奈々
I got nearly nothing left to say. This is the highest award a seiyuu can get already. BANZAI BANZAI BANZAI!!! Nana-chan SAIKOU!!!!
Kids/family Award: Wasabi Mizuta / 水田わさび (Doraemon – Doraemon)
Wow Doreamon lives on. It lives inside me too, i mean hes(it) is jus the most interesting character u will see in the 80s haha. Cant get enough of Doreamon really.
Synergy Award: Gundam
Duno wads this award but gundam has been running for 20 years already, of course it deserve something.
Overseas Fans’ Award: Mitsuki Saiga / 斎賀みつき (Kosaka – Genshiken)
I duno y but…They jus voted for her -_-.
Young fish-girl Ponyo lives in the sea with her parents and siblings. After going on a trip and wanting to see more of the world around her, Ponyo escapes and ends up being ashore in a small fishing town where she’s picked up by a young boy called Sosuke. The two become firm friends but Ponyo’s father wants her back – convinced that humans have kidnapped his daughter and wants to punish them for poisoning the oceans. Ponyo however wants to become human as she’s fallen in love with Sosuke.
Miyazaki’s latest masterpiece (his first in 5 years) could well be his most charming work to date. It’s a modern day fairytale which also carries an important environmental message with it. It leaves you with a big smile on your face after it’s ended. Pure Miyazaki magic. I just love the wonderful theme tune sung by 9 year old Nozomi Ohashi. I heartily recommend Ponyo.
Sadako’s Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Uiharu promises Haruue that she will find Edosaki again, while Mikoto and Kuroko confide in Telestina about the Level Upper incident and the initial experiment to analyze forced ability overload by Kihara Gensei. Telestina then infers that these overloaded esper students might be the cause of the Poltergeist even when unconscious. Uiharu lends a hand in searching for the unconscious kids but not before making known to Kuroko her infuriation at how she accuses not only Haruue but her friends of the incidents as well. The next day, Telestina alerts Mikoto and Saten to the fact that Kiyama has been released on bail. At the same time, Kuroko deduces from a report by Kihara that the Poltergeist events might be the result of an AIM diffusion field resonance effect by the unconscious kids, which could cause the total destruction of the city when taking into consideration all the espers in the Academy City.
On the same night, Mikoto sneaks into the abandoned lab used by Kihara in search of clues but finds Kiyama instead. She then learns the truth from the Getoka doctor, who has been taking care of the kids. Turns out that Kihara had exposed the kids to crystallized esper essence in order to create a Level 6, and Getoka doctor had bailed Kiyama out to aid him in his research to revive the kids. Unfortunately, each time they show signs of awakening, their AIM diffusion fields become irregular, resulting in the Poltergeist cases. Unknown to everyone, Telestina has been shadowing Mikoto with her MAR team, and she declares that she would take custody of the kids. Kiyama tries to resist, but is stopped by Mikoto who informs her that her attempts so far have not been working, and that the children are crying for help.
Hero Getoka to the rescue!!
Or so I would like to say, till Hero Getoka’s last line broke my heart. I could literally hear it shattering as Kiyama accepts the brutal reality that she can do nothing for the kids, despite how much she cares for them. Mikoto bears no ill will in her actions, but I sure hope handing the kids over to Telestina won’t be the worse option. Who knows, she might be secretly working for Kihara (yes, I still trust her not).
Uiharu’s powers is so WTF that I have no words. I must admit I see no use for it so far, and I would have thought that she has the ability to bend the computers to her will or something. Maybe when her level increases it would be shown that she can manipulate temperature, but now? Hmm… And as mentioned last episode, she’s not wrong to be overly-trusting, but treating someone she knows for < 1 week so many times better than friends she has been with for so long?
2 more episodes to go.
