Sasameki Koto 07 is OUT!!!

Gundam with Yuri? Japan should really make one!

Right… We’re back with Sasameki Koto and we’ll try, REALLY try to get the rest of the episodes out before April because yeah, we picked another show to sub. Don’t worry though, we’re still not giving up on Aoi Hana and Candy Boy. =) Anyway, here you go!

Torrents:

Sasameki Koto 07 (h.264+softsubs)
Sasameki Koto 07 (XviD+hardsubs)

DDL: (Megaupload)

Sasameki Koto 07 (h.264+softsubs)
Sasameki Koto 07 (XviD+hardsubs)

IMPORTANT NOTES:

03:56 – Manaka in a cardboard box (top screenshot) is a parody of one cosplayer who became popular on the Internet by wearing a cardboard box written with the word “Gundam” on the front in an anime convention. Here is the cosplayer in question. Okay, I lied! Here’s the cosplayer in question, for real this time! Hey, it’s certainly far better than the Justice Gundam cosplay!

07:13 – Though Mana said it differently, her facial expression, vocal tone and the phrase “Exactly as planned!” are references to Light Yagami’s famous line “Exactly as planned!” or “Just as planned!” (to those who watched the fansubs) in Death Note. To those who haven’t seen Death Note, it means, “Prepare to meet your maker!” Nah, just kidding!

19:11 – The Slobbering Triumvirate executed the “Jet Stream Moé” to overwhelm Sumi. The attack move is a direct reference to the Jet Stream Attack by the Black Tri-Stars using their MS-09 Dom in Mobile Suit Gundam. The attack is executed by moving in at high speed, the trio lines up one behind the other, forming a lethal simultaneous triple assault in which two of the members attack with ranged weapons and the last one attacks with a melee weapon.

Thank you again for downloading and please seed as much as possible!

The jolly crew of SHiN-gx Fansubs

P.S.

Due to unavoidable circumstances, our raw provider was unable to acquire Juuden-chan DVD 3 ISO and if you happen to have the ISO or know where to get one, please leave a message here OR make it available via bittorrent. Thanks!

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Galaxy Express 999 The Movie (1979)

Old skool anime at it’s best. Galaxy Express 999 is a fondly remembered anime series in Japan which ran during the 70’s and is still very popular today. It was never broadcast in the UK at all. This movie tries to compress the epic 113 episode saga into 2 hours and instead of visiting 100 or so planets it only visits 4. There’s also some slight modification to the anime series storyline.

A 10 year old boy called Tetsuro wants a mechanised body so that he can live forever. His dream is to go to the Andromeda galaxy where mechanised bodies are given for free. However during his trip to the city of Megalopolis, his mother is brutally murdered by Count Mecha’s men. With revenge on his mind, Tetsuro is given a chance to travel to the Andromeda galaxy by receiving a ticket to ride the space train Galaxy Express 999 by a mysterious women called Maetel who looks exactly the same as his mother. Her only condition is that she can be his travelling companion.

During his travels, Tetsuro has plenty of adventures on the planets that they stop at and makes some new friends. But will Tetsuro find Count Mecha and avenge his mother?

Leiji Matsumoto’s awesome Galaxy Express 999 is one of the best animes ever. Brilliant storyline, engaging characters, wonderful music – everything really you could ask for in an epic anime and more – it’s all here. If this movie made you wanting more then you could check out the anime series or the other OVA specials that have come out over the years. Galaxy Express 999 appeals to everybody of all ages and it’s as popular now as it was back during the 70’s. This is one anime movie you should not miss. Highly recommended.

Sadako’s Rating: 5 out of 5

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The Anime Laws of Physics - Part 2

I brought to you the first ten laws of anime physics in an earlier post. Now, here we have 11 – 20.

Eleventh Anime Law of Physics: The Law of Inherent Combustibility

Everything explodes.  Everything.  Often times, if something explodes, it first bulges in some fashion.  In fact, explosions can happen in anything from humans to space stations to trees.  Truthfully, manmade cities are the most combustible substance known to man, exploding more frequently than any other substance, natural or synthetic.

Twelfth Anime Law of Physics: The Law of Phlogistatic Emission

When fatally wounded, nearly all things will emit a spontaneous, extremely bright light.  Even inanimate objects have this property.

Thirteenth Anime Law of Physics: The Law of Energetic Emission

Whenever a mecha or a space station or even a futuristic weapon fires, there is a “bulge” of energy that forms before the weapon actually fires.  This energy buildup is sometimes thought to relate to the Law of Inherent Combustibility.  You can see this in some creatures as well, such as in Pokemon or other similar anime.

Fourteenth Anime Law of Physics: Law of Inverse Lethal Magnitutde

The destructive potential of any one item is inversely proportionate to it’s mass.  This is why small, thin-framed schoolgirls can routinely punch something so hard it goes flying into next week.  It must also be mentioned that small-and-cute will always defeat big-and-ugly.  The property “kawaii” in anime is directly proportionate to the kawaii object’s lethality.

Fiftheenth Anime Law of Physics: Law of Inexhaustibility

Ammunition is infinite.  That is, unless the person in need of ammo is cornered, outnumbered, unconscious, or out-classed.  This would also lead to the idea that natural resources are also infinite in anime worlds.  There is always enough metal to produce the infinite ammunition.

Sixteenth Anime Law of Physics: Law of Inverse Accuracy

The accuracy of a ‘Good Guy’ when operating any form of fire-arm increases as the difficulty of the shot increases. The accuracy of the ‘Bad Guys’ when operating fire-arms decreases when the difficulty of the shot decreases. (Also known as the Storm trooper Effect) Example: A ‘Good Guy’ in a drunken stupor being held upside down from a moving vehicle will always hit, and several battalions of ‘Bad Guys’ firing on a ‘Good Guy’ standing alone in the middle of an open field will always miss.  The more ‘Bad Guys’ there are, the less likely any of them are to hit a ‘Good Guy’.  Whenever a ‘Good Guy’ is faced with insurmountable odds, the ‘Bad Guys’ line up in neat rows, allowing the hero to take them all out with a single burst of automatic fire and then escape.

Seventeenth Anime Law of Physics: Law of Transient Romantic Unreliability

The main romantic leads of any anime will always be unreliable in some fashion.

Eighteenth Anime Law of Physics: Law of Hemoglobin Capacity

The human body contains no less than 12 gallons of blood, sometimes more.  This blood is always under intense pressure.  Release of this liquid is often extremely volatile.

Nineteenth Anime Law of Physics: Law of Demonic Consistency

Demons always have one of the following at least: many teeth, abnormally sharp teeth, three or more eyes, yellow/red eyes, yellow/red/black skin.  Demons can also only be hurt by bladed weapons.

Twentieth Anime Law of Physics: Law of Militaric Unreliability

Huge galaxy-wide armadas, entire armies, and large war machines full of cruel, heartless, bloodthirsty warriors can be stopped and defeated with a single insignificant example of a caring/loving emotion or a song.  Whenever a single ship/tank/soldier goes up against an entire army, the army always loses.

Stay tuned for the next installment!

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Hanamaru Kindergarten – 08

Either I’m too tipsy to be paying attention, or there is really few Hii-chan cosplay shots this week.

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Prof Edward Hii-chan providing a breakdown of the components in a human fish body

Aww, so cute, but I don’t think I want a fish that’s smaller than fishmonger Hii-chan

Lollipop-licking panda Hii-chan

Focus this week is on…

New character in Hanamaru Kindergarten is named Hinagiku, which brings us to this…

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Forza 3 Itasha

It’s rare that I can combine both cars AND anime in one post, so I had to do this one. I recently picked up Froza 3, and I have to say I am officially hooked on the paint/vinyl mode. I love making itasha versions of awesome cars. I finished two already, a Haruhi themed Focus RS and Misaka themed Subaru STI. Check em out, and check back for more!!

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From here on...

Bad news first: 5.00 on Fnet=ma. I answered 15 questions. The cutoff was 13.75. Maybe I should use a #2 pencil to bubble next time? (Or maybe I should get better at physics…) I also got 51/100 on NACLO. The cutoff for the invitational round was 70. aarghhh

Now for “meh” news in this order:

1. Plans for the rest of this school year.
2. Plans for the summer.
3. Plans for the next school year.

(Exciting, huh?)

For the rest of this school year, I’m pretty much doing one main program consisting of the following:

• Going through Plane Euclidean Geometry as an “intermediate” geometry course suggested by rrusczyk.
• Going through the AoPS Intro + Intermediate Counting and Probability textbooks.
• Going through the AoPS Precalculus textbook and taking the Precalculus class.
• Continuing to study AP Physics B.
• Preparing for the SAT and SAT Subject Tests in Chemistry, Physics, and Math 2.
• Whatever we do in school.

It is a lot of stuff, but I definitely won’t get bored. As for the AMC/AIME, let’s just say I’ll have a very depressing birthday. I’ll take both the AIME I and II unofficially, since I think I could do OK on them, but I won’t do a bunch of AIME-specific prep right now.

As for the summer, I plan to drop my Ross application; there’s just too much work I have to finish up during the first week of Ross that I wouldn’t be able to do there. (I could say the same about the Texas Mathworks camp, but I’ve already submitted my application…) As such, all I need to do is finish the PROMYS problems (I have two or three left and one or two I’ll leave unfinished) and submit the entirety of the HCSSiM application. Assuming I am accepted, I’ll attend one of those programs, but I haven’t decided which one. As for the rest of the summer break after the program, I’ll start on the AoPS Calculus textbook and calculus-based physics.

On that note, here is my preliminary school schedule for next year (I’m 99% sure that I’ll be able to take Japanese 3, but since there may not be enough space, I’ll put AP Psychology as a backup course):

• English 11H
• AP Statistics
• AP Physics B
• AP US History
• Japanese 3
• AP Music Theory

Wait. Why am I taking AP Physics B at school when I’m taking the AP exam this year? I feel that I have a weak foundation in physics (i.e. I really suck at physics, almost as bad as I am at writing), and that regular homework along with actual instruction and a bunch of other people taking it with me will help me learn physics better. Besides, my other choices are AP Chemistry (which I’m not very interested in, and which has too much freaking work) and AP Biology (I hate memorization and ridiculous amounts of reading). So taking AP Physics will alleviate possible boredom in class and will allow me more free time than AP Chem or AP Bio. That’s pretty good. (Plus, taking AP Physics B will allow me to take AP Physics C at school in senior year, assuming they’ll offer it.)

My rationale for taking AP US History is that

• There will be more smart people taking it, and thus it will be much less *facepalm*-inducing than, say, my current regular World History class
• It will go more in-depth than regular US History, obviously, and in-depth is what I like
• I’ll get a lot more practice at college-level readings and writing (which I desperately need)

The rest of the classes are fairly trivial (i.e. require much less work than AP Physics or APUSH), which is good for my free time.

As for my free time:

• WOOT, plus AIME practice (maybe AIME Problem Series) and probably minimal AMC practice. My goal: make USAMO and get a somewhat decent score (i.e. above 1). Sounds challenging after not even making AIME this year, but I believe in myself!
• AoPS Calculus textbook and class, plus the AP Calculus BC exam.
• Self-studying the first half of calculus-based physics from a text I haven’t decided on yet: mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, and waves. Thus, I will take the AP Physics C: Mechanics exam.
• Preparing for the SAT Subject Test in U.S. History. (Plus the SAT itself, if the upcoming May test doesn’t go well…)
• Maybe trying out for the Bay Area ARML team. I’ll probably get owned, but I think it would be fun!
• Maybe actually preparing for NACLO. (By doing lots of problems? I have no clue, actually.)
• Maybe actually preparing for the USPhO. Though I wouldn’t be ready for semifinals/IPhO until senior year.

(In case you’re wondering about the other half of calculus-based physics, I’m doing it senior year.)

This scaling-down of activities reflects the higher workload of taking 4 AP classes, 1 Honors class, and 1 regular class instead of 3 Honors classes and 3 regular classes.

So yeah. I guess I can sort of pick myself up after devastating failure (i.e. failing SAT, Fnet=ma, NACLO, and AMC).

The good news (finally!):

• I watched from episode 8 to episode 35 of Hayate no Gotoku yesterday, and 36-37 this morning.
• I watched Bakemonogatari 14 today. Tsundere Service!
• I attempted to watch Shana S 2 today, but the subs were so terrible (Google Translate quality) that I’m going to watch it later, when better subs come out.

Anime is fun.

(This post is really long. Ugh.)

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Stress...

So, for all of you who visited this wonderful blog today. I’ve got something for all animelovers out there, or more like, I’ve got something for everyone who has yet to realise the grand potential the anime business possesses. Code Geass is an animeseries that has been critically acclaimed by most famous anime reviewers as an excellent series which constantly keeps you on your toes.

Though the first season may be dull at a few moments (not saying it’s a bad season, just that the second is better), the second season makes up for it by offering a wide array of content and taking us to see new characters as well as killing off old ones, in a more or less literar way. Get to see this series, now!

Lelouch, the most charismatic character in anime?

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