Wings

It’s been awhile for sure, but I had the best weekend of my life. It was 3 days that honestly did not have 1 problem. On a side note, I gave up on Gatchaman. The series is “meh” at the most. I guess it’s because I’m used to an anime series that’s a little more modern and has a plot that requires you to follow it. Gatchaman is new almost every episode besides Galactor trying to control the world.

Anime Fall 09 Preview - Nyankoi!

For the next few days, I will give some previews on upcoming Fall 2009 anime series that I am interested in. The first one will be an anime series called Nyankoi.

Starting date: October 1, 2009 (this Thursday)

Genre: comedy, romance

Preview videos: PV #1 PV #2

Short description: This anime is about a guy named Kousaka Junpei, who has an allergy for cats and hates cats, likes his classmate named Mizuno Kaede, who loves cats. He has yet to confess to Kaede. One day, because of some particular incident, Junpei comes to understand the language of cats. Actually, Junpei has to make cats’ wishes to come true. Otherwise, he becomes a cat. It sounds like Junpei’s new ability will give him more troubles than benefits.

Main characters: Kousaka Junpei, Mizuno Kaede, Sumiyoshi Kanako, Ichinose Nagi

Theme Songs: (Opening) Nyandaful by Sakakibara Yui, (Ending) Amaku Setsunai Namida by Imai Asami

Video promocional de Fairy Tail

Vía Misión Tokyo, la serie de Fairy Tail, basada en un manga de Hiro Mashima, ya tiene un video promocional. Esta serie es muy famosa en el papel, así que hay mucha expectativa respecto a esta serie en Internet.

La producción corre a cargo de A-1 Pictures (Ookiku Furikabutte o Kuroshitsuji ) y de Satelight (Guin Saga, Macross Frontier o Sousei no Aquarion), y por lo que se ve en el trailer, la serie promete y mucho.

Para ver el video promocional, haga clic aquí.

Completed Anime

We all watch a lot of Anime, well at least i think i do, so i would like to share with others what series i have completed over the years. its a pretty long list so enjoy!

Completed Anime shows!
-#!.,-
5 Centimeters per Second
801 T.T.S. Airbats
.hack//G.U. Returner
.hack//G.U. Trilogy
.hack//Legend Of The Twilight
.hack//Roots
.hack//SIGN**
.hack//SIGN – Intermezzo/Unison*

-A-
Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai*
Air Gear
Aizu Pure
Akane Maniax
Akira Movie
Alien Nine
Amazing Nuts!
Android Kikaider
Angelic Layer
Animatrix OVA
Armitage III
Ar Tonelico Sekai no Owari de Utai Tsuzukeru Shoujo
Asatte no Houkou
Asu no Yoichi
Azumanga Daioh
Azumanga Daioh – The Very Short Movie
Azumanga Web

-B-
BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution
Bamboo Blade
Batman: Gotham Knight
Battle Angel Alita
Beck
Big O, The
Birdy the Mighty Decode
Black Lagoon
Bleach
Bleach: Memories of Nobody Movie
Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion – Mouhitotsu no Hyourinmaru Movie
Blood+
Blood The Last Vampire Movie
Blue Gender
Blue Submarine No. 6
Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
Burst Angel

-C-
Candidate for Goddess
Candidate for Goddess OVA
Canaan
Card Captor Sakura TV
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie 2: The Sealed Card
Chaos;Head
Chobits**
Chrome Shelled Regios
Chrono Crusade
CLAMPinWONDERLAND1
CLAMPinWONDERLAND2
Clannad
Clannad After Story
Clannad Movie Movie
Claymore
Clover – Music Video
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Comedy OVA
Cosmos Pink Shock
Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop The Movie
Coyote Ragtime Show

-D-
D.Gray-man
Da Capo I/II/S1/S2
Darker Than Black – Kuro no Keiyakusha
Death Note
Demon Fighter Kocho OVA
Devil May Cry
Digimon Movie 4: Diaboromon Strikes Back
Digimon Movie 6: Runaway Locomon
Digimon Season 1: Digital Monsters
Digimon Season 2: Digital Monsters
Digimon Season 3: Tamers
Dragon Ball
Dragon Ball GT
Dragon Ball GT: A Hero’s Legacy Special
Dragon Ball Movie 1-4
Dragon Ball Z     TV
Dragon Ball Z Movie 1 -13

-E-
Eden’s Bowy
ef – a tale of memories
Egao     Music Video
Elfen Lied
Elfen Lied OVA
Escaflowne
Escaflowne: The Movie
Eureka Seven
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
eX-Driver

-F-
Fate/stay night
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Final Fantasy VII: Last Order OVA
First Squad
Fist of the North Star
Flame of Recca
FLCL
Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist The Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
Full Metal Panic!
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid OVA

-G-
G Gundam
GANTZ
Ga-Rei -Zero-
Genesis of Aquarion***
Gatchaman
Gatekeepers
Gatekeepers 21 OVA
Ghost in the Shell Movie——
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Individual Eleven
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Solid State Society
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – The Laughing Man
Ghost Storie
Green Green
Green Ledgen Ran Movie
Gunbuster OVA
Gunbuster 2 OVA
Gundam Seed CE73 Stargazer Web
Gundam Wing
Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Movie
Gundam 0081
Gundam 0083
Gundam 00 Season 1
Gundam 00 Season 2
Gundam Seed/Destany
Gurren Lagann
Guyver

-H-
Hayate The Combat Butler 1
Hayate The Combat Butler 2
H2O ~Footprints in the Sand~
Hellsing
Higashi No Eden
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Special
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei
Howl’s Moving Castle

-I-
Ichigo Mashimaro
Ichigo Mashimaro OVA
Ichigo Mashimaro Encore OVA
iDOLM@STER Xenoglossia
IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix
Ikkitousen
Infinite Ryvius
Interstellar 5555 – The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
InuYasha
InuYasha The Movie 1: Affections Touching Across Time
InuYasha The Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
InuYasha The Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
InuYasha The Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island
Iria: Zeiram The Animation OVA
Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu
I’’s OVA
I’’s Pure

-J-
Jinki:Extend

-K-
Kaleido Star
Kaleido Star: It’s Good! Goood OVA
Kaleido Star: Legend of Phoenix ~Layla Hamilton Story~     OVA
Kamisama Kazoku
Kannagi Crazy Shrine Maidens
Kanon
Kanon (2006)
Karas: The Prophecy Movie
Karin
Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho
Kiddy Grade
Kite     Movie
Kite Liberator
Koi Kaze
Kyou no Go no Ni
Kyou no Go no Ni TV

-L-
Last Exile
Love Love?
Lucky Star

-M-
Macross 7
Macross 7 Encore
Macross 7: The Galaxy is Calling Me Movie
Macross: Do You Remember Love Movie
Macross Dynamite 7 OVA
Macross Plus OVA
Macross Plus Movie Edition Movie
Macross Zero OVA
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s
Mars of Destruction
MahoRomatic
Madlax
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Mai-Otome
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, The
melcholy of Susz 2
Mezzo
Minami-ke
Minami-Ke Betsubara ova
Minami-ke Okawari
Minami-Ke Okaeri
Mission E
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Mobile Suit Gundam 08th MS Team OVA
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
Monster Rancher
Munto OVA
Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of Time
Munto TV
My-Hime

-N-
Narutimate Hero 3 OVA
Naruto
Naruto Movie 1     Movie
Naruto Movie 2    Movie
Naruto Shippuden Movie 1
Naruto Shippuuden Movie 2
Naruto Special 1: Find the Crimson Four-leaf Clover!
Naruto Special 2: Battle at Hidden Falls. I am the Hero!
Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion – Death and Rebirth
Neon Genesis Evangelion – The End of Evangelion
Nodame Cantabile
Noein
Nurse Witch Komugi
NieA_7

-O-
Oh! Edo Rocket
On Your Mark – Music Video
Origin: Spirits of the Past
Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru
Ouran High School Host Club
Outlaw Star
Overman King Gainer

-P-
Pale Cocoon OVA
Paniponi Dash!
Paprika Movie
Paranoia Agent
Place Promised In Our Early Days, The     Movie
Porco Rosso (movie)
Pokemon
Princess Mononoke Movie
Princess Nine

-Q-
Queen’s Blade

-R-
RahXephon
RahXephon: The Motion Picture Movie
Ranma 1/2: The Movie 2 – Nihao My Concubine
Read or Die OVA
Read Or Die TV
Resident Evil: Degeneration Movie
Ride Back
Robotech: The Macross Saga
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles
Rocket Girls
Ronin Warriors
Ronin Warriors Gaiden
Ronin Warriors: Message
Rurouni Kenshin
Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen OVA
Ryofuko-chan

-S-
Saikano
Sailor Moon
Sailor Moon R
Sailor Moon R: The Movie
Sailor Moon S
Samurai 7
Samurai Champloo
School Days
School Days: Magical Heart Kokoro-chan OVA
School Days: Valentine Days
s-CRY-ed
Seto no Hanayome
Seto no Hanayome OVA
Sengoku Basara
Serial Experiments Lain
Shakugan no Shana
Shakugan no Shana II
Shakugan no Shana Movie
Shakugan no Shana OVA
Shigofumi
Shikabane Hime: Aka
Shikabane Hime Kuro
Shuffle!
Shuffle! Memories
Sky Girls
Sky Girls TV
Slayers
Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie
Sora o Kakeru Shoujo
Soul Eater
SoulTaker
Sousei no Aquarion
Sousei no Aquarion OVA
Speed Grapher
Spirited Away Movie
Stellvia of the Universe
Strait Jacket
Stranger -Mukou Hadan- Movie
Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie
Submarine 707R
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross
Super Mobile Legend Dinagiga
Suzuka

-T-
Tactical Roar
Tales of the Abyss
Tekkaman Blade
Tenbatsu Angel Rabbie
Tenchi Muyo!
Tenchi Universe
Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann
Tetsuwam birdy decode
tetsuwan birdy decode:02
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
Toradora!
To Aru Majutsu no Index
To Heart
To Love-Ru
To Love Ru Trouble OVA
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo Movie
Tokyo Magnitude-8
Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk
Trigun
Trinity Blood
True Tears
Tsubasa Chronicle
Tsubasa Chronicle 2nd Series
Tsubasa Chronicle: Tokyo Revelations

-U-
Umisho
Uninhabited Planet Survive
Utawarerumono

-V-
Vampire Knight
Vampire Knight Guilty
Vandread
Vandread: The Second Stage
Vexille Movie
Voices of a Distant Star

-W-
Welcome to the NHK!
Wolf’s Rain

-X-
Xam’d Lost Memories

-Y-
Yozakura Quartet

-Z-
Zegapain
Zero no Tsukaima
Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi
Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rond

All these Shows I’ve Watch till the end, some i jsut wanted to get though, others i really enjoyed and would watch again. I figured id share this list because its alot of anime to go over and make a post of each and every single one of them, ill make later posts on each of the anime shows i really enjoyed and review them.

Korean Best Moe Quarterfinals- Taiga vs. Hinagiku

Result:

Taiga (Toradora) 1379, Hinagiku (HnG) 1349

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Taiga for champion! She has a good shot at becoming champion as she eliminates former runner-up Hinagiku in a close match by 30 points. Go Taiga!

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Next matchup: Azusa (K-ON!) vs. Ui (K-ON!)

Pick: Azusa    Prediction: Azusa

It’s 100% guaranteed that a K-ON! character will represent the top 4, but which one? Of course I’m going for Azu-nyan always. Besides, she is one of the main five while Ui is more of a side character, no offense. This matchup would’ve been more epic if Mio was here against Azu-nyan.

Not likely, but I’m hoping for a Taiga vs. Azu-nyan final, but my prediction says Yuki vs. Horo. Too early to tell.

Source: Korean Best Moe

Episode 25 is go!

Here it is, episode 25! Saki, Mai, and the gang head to the beach for a day of grueling forced labor and groaner puns at the hands of the Hoshino family. Oh yeah, and they get to fight against an Uzainaa formed from Toshirou Hitsugaya’s Bankai. Sadly, no swimsuit fanservice — it’s just not that kind of a show, guys.

Torrent.

Progress on other episodes:

2-9: OCRing complete, need to edit and fix timing

10-17: Still need to OCR

18-24: need to fix timing for DVD raws

26: Translating

27 and beyond: who knows???

Once again, refer to the recruiting post — if you can help, especially with timing, you can make these releases faster for everyone.

As multimédias

É pena chegar ao episódio doze e mudar completamente de história. Até lá é sobre a relação da Yukino com o Arima, duas pessoas que viveram sempre por trás de máscaras e só quando se conheceram é que arranjaram coragem para serem eles próprios. É bonito. E tem momentos muito engraçados e fofinhos. Mas chega ao episódio doze e ‘cadê a relação principal?’. Portanto, dropped. Mas até lá gostei e valeu a pena. Embora, neste género, nada bata o meu Lovely Complex.

Uma OVA de pouco menos de meia hora, do mesmo realizador que nos trouxe 5 Centimeters per Second, aquela obra-prima de animação japonesa contemporânea. Mais, esta pequena pérola foi feita só e só por ele, num computador, sozinho em casa (segundo reza a lenda). Trata de dois highschool sweethearts que se vêem separados quando ela decide ser piloto de um meccha numa luta espacial contra um grupo de extra-terrestres. Não é o tipo de história que me prenda, mas este caso particular centra-se mais no drama da relação entre eles do que nos efeitos especiais das lutas, que são pouquinhas, felizmente. À medida que ela se vai afastando da Terra, o tempo que as mensagens demoram a chegar ao nosso planeta é cada vez maior. Ela continua sempre com quinze anos mas ele vai avançando. Sempre à espera dela, contudo. É tocante e a animação é excelente. E é curtinho, o que é um bónus.

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Mais um filminho do Miyzaki muito bonito e perfeitinho com uma história fofinha. Está para vir o que substitua o Howl’s Moving Castle nas minhas preferências.

Vi vinte minutos e parei. Que coisa degradante.

Irritou-me. Ele não é bom não senhor. É um pança-mole, nabo. Não sei se gostei do filme. De certeza que não gostei do personagem.

Nendoroid Nankyoku Sakura Review (Penguin Musume Heart)

Haven’t done a proper full Figure Review for a while, so here goes one for Nendoroid Nankyoku Sakura from GoodSmile Company ^_^

Sakura is from the Anime Series Penguin Musume Heart. I really didn’t think much of this series at first, it was more a download because I was bored and had nothing else to do at the time. I’m glad I did though, it was a gem ^_^. I love comedies that are just so stupid, it’s funny ^_^;;. I’ll go over the first few minutes of the opener to give you an idea of what kind of anime this is…

The series starts with an otaku in a dark room watching anime. An imouto character promptly scolds the otaku and advises her that she will be late too school. Not only that but delivers this evil line, “Sebastion, please dispose of anything that is related to anime.”

Nooooooooo! Sebastion don’t do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cut to school. Pink-haired Tsundere Etorofu-san is nominated to be Class President by her (Yandere?) friend Nene-san. Etorofu-san is less than enthused by the idea.

Suddenly!

(They seem to love Camel-toes in this Anime o_O;;)

A girl wearing strange “attire” shows up to class!

That would be my reaction too ^_^

The girl promptly realises she is still in her pyjamas. (Nekomimi and Sukumizu count as pyjamas? LOL)

The girl is introduced as a new student, Nankyoku Sakura (too bad she gets changed into something more normal ^_^;;)

Maybe Etorofu-san is disappointed as well…

Sakura reveals herself as an otaku who loves to cosplay characters in anime ^_^

Etorofu-san is bemoaning that she just doesn’t understand otaku… when Sakura spies her and immediately declares her as “Takanoko-chan!”

Sakura explains who Takenoko-chan is. Basically a loli heroine with one of the most ridiculous costumes I have ever seen…

Etorofu-san looks exactly like her!!! Well, maybe only the eyebrows! ^_^;;

Apparently in the Takenoko-chan anime’s end, she is eaten by an old man. Innuendo much? LOL

But it’s OK because Takenoko-chan returns in Takenoko-shan R!

Sakura finds out about the vote to become Class President. She promptly decides that she wants to be Class President so that she can force Etorofu-san into cosplaying as Takenoko-chan LOL

Sakura decides her intentions by quickly transforming …

Woops! Wrong Costume! LOL Yes, despite this being a comedy, they repeatedly show Sakura in her birthday suit…

She sure did pull the wrong thing…

Anyways! If you haven’t seen this anime yet, I do recommend it. Especially if you like my brand of humour (Otherwise you wouldn’t be here on my site, yes? ^_^). I hope that teaser was enough to convince you to download and watch it. It gets a lot more crazy and funnier than this, I might add…

But back to the review! Although I’m not a so much a fan of Nendoroids, than Figmas, I usually get them when the urge to buy strikes, and especially if it’s a character I like

Sakura is definitely one of my favourite characters. I do like air-headed, bubbly funny bishoujos ^_^

I’m probably bi-polar in the fact I like comedy so much, but also like dark depressing stuff… lately I’ve been writing comedy bubbly stuff, it’s about time I returned to my darker roots…

Sakura goes all out on the fetish stuff. She would be the ideal otaku girlfriend imo ^_^;;

Her design is pretty awesome. Schoolgirl, crazy, ahoge, nekomimi hair, massive chest, frequently goes nude for no reason at all, indestrucible (she’s frequently the target of violence from Etorofu-sans awesome punches, but is none the worse for wear)

Definitely a winner of a character.

I forgot to take rear shots, but Sakura’s tail of her hair is articulated ^_^

Sakura’s other face. Might be my favourite face…

Definitely a contender for Nendoroid funniest face

For some reason, they also included her miner hat and pick from the opener mining sequence. The hat is AWESOME and fits many other Nendoroids

The mining sequence is prettty damn random. But that’s what I like about this anime. They’re not afraid to be stupid

Removable Ahoge is a plus. At least it won’t be easy to break this way when transporting her around. Although the main reason you can remove it so you can put her helmet on

Angry face. You know I can’t remember when Sakura actually became angry in the anime ^_^;;

She actually looks scary! Kowai!

Now for more kawaii shots with the damn awesome hat

Hat is win

But hat with V-sign is even more WIN

And now time for what you’ve all been waiting for. Time for the “Ace” Part of this review!

I wonder… am I the only one sick enough to do Nendoroid Yuri? If not, I demand pix LOL!

ANYWAYS… in conclusion Sakura-chan is so kyutto that even the lovely Yoko cannot resist her. Sakura gets a solid 9 out of 10 from me…

This might be my last full Figure Review in a while … like I said in an earlier post, I’ll have a forced leave of absence next week because I’m off to the Philippine! However there still might be a few posts before I leave, depending if I pack in time… for now Ja Matta! ~Ace

Aegis

Having not looked at a figure in a good while now i dont really know how to review or what to say about them, to be honest i just prefer the actual photography of the figures themselves so id rather let my pictures do the talking, unless i can think of something to blab about c:
In case you dont know Ageis is from the game PERSONA3 and this figure’s made by Kotobukiya.
I bought her with wifey at a local Manga/Comic book Store, one thing i noticed is that its so easy to take a good photo of her XD

I never took a picture of it, but the base for Aegis is hollow and you can store all the spare pieces you get with her. You dont get many but hey some is better than none right? I love the details on her mechanical parts!

Those who are familar with PERSONA3 will know all about Aegis’ gun hands, and they come with the figure too, theyre actually really well done as well. I just wish you could move her around more though D:
Maybe will have to wait for the figma version?

Aaaah im terrible with taking pictures of the whole figure itself, i really need to work on it more LOL
If you have any questions about Aegis though, just ask away!

Yumeria

Synopsis:

“Life is so dull. I just wish one day something amazing would happen that would change my life forever.” is probably what 75% of the worlds population is thinking right about now. Well, so is 16 year old Tomokazu Mikuri, moaning and complaining about his upcoming birthday and to top it all off he doesn’t even have a girlfriend. After his usual boring day Tomokazu drifts off to sleep but ends up having a very bizarre dream where he wakes up in some bizarre world in which he sees a young girl fighting some unknown enemy. However, the mystery girl takes a hit and falls from the sky landing in Tomokazu’s arms which seems to give the young lady a second wind and with an enthusiastic “MONE!” (pronounced by her as, MOE-NEH) and a smile, she attacks her enemy again and utterly defeats it. When Tomokazu wakes from his strange dream he tries to decipher his vision he soon realizes that he’s not alone as the dream girl is lying next to him in bed and greets him with a “Mone!” Oh yeah, Tomokazu got his birthday wish alright as life will never be dull again.

Reviewer: Endosanity
Number of episodes watched: 12

Review:

Ah, harem comedy animes… I never get tired of them. A bunch of cute girls, some doof, and a brainless comedy routine that will make you laugh or at the very least smile in some way or another and Yumeria is no different. But Yumeria does try to stand out a little by using a somewhat uncommon group of girls, 2 lolis, 2 buxom curvaceous teens, and a milf, now… before you say “Lolis? Oh yeah, bring this on!” I gotta tell you straight up that the story that brings everyone together falls a little on the idiotic side of things. So much to the fact that this series feels like it almost didn’t want to use the plot about dream warriors at all but would have rather focused on one guy dealing with this wide age range of ladies all sharing the same interest in one guy. Because, after it uses this plot device to bring everyone together the show disregards it goes on to focus on home life, school life, and everyone getting along as one happy family. The few episodes that do delv into the dream world are very rushed and really serve no other purpose than to show girls in scantily clad outfits that always get a second wind and wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop. Is this a bad thing? Well… no, but you can’t help but get the feeling that it’s tacked on somehow and almost comes across as pointless.

Yumeria is the type of anime where you really have to go into it not expecting much at all because that’s what you’ll get in return and with that mindset you may enjoy it more than you probably thought you would. It’s main plot about dream warriors and their challenge to save the Earth seems pushed aside and far from being the main focus as it’s group of girls seems like what the show wanted to spend more time on and it did to some degree. Unfortunately, this anime can’t seem to get it’s focus straight as to how it wants to present itself to the audience and falls back on trying to use cute girls to divert your attention away from it’s poorly told story and very loose ended characterization. And you know, it almost worked. In the end Yumeria is what it is and that’s fun… just good, stupid, fun… and nothing more. Now, if you’ll excuse me… I’m gonna go take a nap and see if I can pull a girl out of my dreams. Hey, why should only Tomokazu get to be so lucky?!?

Yumeria (opening)

Recommendation: |Average|

Yo, Afro Samurai

Afro Samurai tries to blend American westerns with Japanese samurai mythos and a tale of revenge. The series looks good, it does after all have quite a budget (as having Samuel L. Jackson voicing the protagonist proves), but I felt it lacked depth. The series is comparatively short with only six episodes but I felt there was not enough content, even for such a small amount.

Robert L. Jackson plays the part of Afro Samurai, a man looking to avenge his father. In the center of the story is a contest for the strongest warrior of them all, called Number 1. The one who owns the title can only be challenged by Number 2, who anyone can try to kill. Both Number 1 and 2 are required to wear headbands signifying their status. In the beginning Afro Samurai’s father, who holds the title of Number 1, is challenged and killed by a mysterious Number 2. The tale of Afro Samurai is the age old one of revenge. When it comes to plot you can expect no surprises.

The style of Afro Samurai is very dark, almost completely black and white with occasional colors, especially in flashbacks from Afro’s youth. I found the bleakness of the animation and the purposefully ugly characters tiring. This may have something to do with Afro’s character as well. He hardly speaks at all, letting his companion do all the talking for him.

Samuel L. Jackson does a good job voicing Afro’s friend. The way he does it purposefully way over the top, which is sadly the case for the rest of the characters as well. For some reason almost everyone overacts in Afro Samurai. Especially some of the old men had me annoyed, mostly because they didn’t sound convincing. This might be something to do with how the characters have been written. Most of them are very flat and one-sided. None of them had my sympathy at any point, I just could not come to care about what happens to Afro or his friend.

As a good side, the action scenes are occasionally fun to watch. But the weakness of the characters and the clicheyed plot dropped the impact of the action as well. In the end I was happy the series only lasted for six episodes, and even they contained a lot of filler that didn’t really have anything to do with the plot. For me Afro Samurai felt like a trail of drudgery.

00P Second Season "File No.24 Base Sequence 0026"

00P Second Season “File No.24 Base Sequence 0026″
Just as a note, I only really keep up with 00P sporadically when something interesting and pertinent to them main series seems to come up so brace for egregious errors from not really knowing the context of what’s going on. Also I think this might be 1 Gundam:

Leonard and Delphine seek out CB (Grave) for their own personal objective, which they’ve changed making [Grave?] and ally. {oh my god why so illegal grammar, and in the very first sentence no less, you’re not supposed to be able to put two をs in a sentence! double を exclusion principle! ;A; is probably totally off}
When Leonard and co. head off to pursue their new objective, how many changes has CB undergone?
On that day, Tieria suddenly announced a mission: a supplemental test of Virtue Physical.
At the same time, Ian and co. were prohibited from entering the hangar where Exia, Dynames and Kyrios were stored.

Meister 874, upon going into space with Gundam Artemie,
“They’re here…”
2 suits appeared from the direction of the hangar.
There was no data on them in Veda.
Machines developed in absolute secrecy.

A particle beam attacks Artemie.
“Trial Field”
Meister 874’s eyes read it into the machine,
and it reached Veda via quantum correspondence*. {doesn’t say QBW, but iirc it’s basically the same thing} Then the enemy machines froze.
That’s why 874 sortied in Gundam Artemie.

However, before long the Trial Field was canceled.
The reason being that Tieria used the Trial Field.
The Trial System, which was used to prevent treachery, could only be used by certain Meisters, furthermore, it was created to be impossible to use it simultaneously.
As an armed-intervention Meister, Tieria possessed a higher rank than 874. And because Tieria used the Trial Field, Gundam Artemie’s field was canceled.

“Who are you?”
“Beside Pain” {lol, what a name}
In the image sent via optical communication* a young, green-haired man with the same DNA Base Pattern as Ribbons appeared. {*I forget exactly what this is in 00, but isn’t 光通信 usually light signals? like waving your hand in front of a flashlight to send a message in morse code, that kind of light signals? maybe lazars? :\}
(*he looks like Leif)
“By the way, my Veda registration number is 08368-SA846″
Beside’s correspondence continued.
“You {did something; no verb} to Grave!”
Exasperated, Meister 874 charges at the enemy while sending out 4 Bits.
Before that, another MS decloaked.
“The machine to succeed 0 Gundam, the Gundam developed by Veda for Innovators’ personal use: 1 Gundam”
*It’s written 1 but read “I/ai” {hrm, what an odd coincidence, the ED song of the first SE is “i (ai)”}

1 Gundam’s rifle goes through Gundam Artemie. {did whoever’s piloting it stab her with the rifle? or is that just an odd way to describe being shot through?}
Having been cornered, 874 sets up her/a gun.
To be continued next issue.
Next issue is the last installment. “File Final Friend”

Estreno Anime: "Llegando A Tí

Título: Llegando A Tí
Género: Shôjo, Romántica, Comedia
Episodios: ¿?
Web Oficial: Llegando a Tí

Sinopsis:

Sawako siempre ha sido temida y malinterpretada debido a sus sombríos ojos. Admira a Kazehaya, quien la trata sin discriminación. Ella parece estar cambiando por las palabras de ánimo de Kazehaya… Pero entonces, depués de que empiece las vacaciones de verano, ¿¡Por qué Sawako está actuando de fantasma en la prueba de valor?!

Trailer:
¿La Veré?

Cae seguro. El manga caerá dentro de poco, así que el anime también.

Será el shôjo de la temporada, seguro.

[Voices from a Distant Star]

Thousand years and far away Far beyond the silky way You’re the shine that never blinks The shine that never dies.

Pocas son las animaciones que llegan a gustar casi en su totalidad de contenido, donde podemos vislumbrar un compás armonioso entre narración, música, ambientación, que llegan a convertirse en perfección inolvidable y en un recuerdo porque no, memorable.

Hoshi no Koe es de aquellas pocas obras que generan un sin sabor de emociones, de aquellas que por mas ficticias que sean terminan convirtiéndose en crudas realidades, no ajenas a nuestro tiempo, que nos hacen soñar en el mañana, pero pensar en el momento. Hoshi no Koe es y sera por siempre una obra culto de lo que puede ser y que sera.

Argumento

La historia nos presenta a Mikako y Noboru, dos amigos de colegio quienes sienten atracción el uno por el otro, la tierra en la que viven es futurista, pues contamos con una flota espacial que esta mandando milicia al espacio en protección de la humanidad. La historia de estos dos personajes dará un giro total el día que Mikako le dice a Noboru que ha sido seleccionada para conformar parte de este ejercito y que pronto partirá al espacio, no sabiendo con certeza cuando volverán a verse.

Aunque a Noboru no le gusta nada la idea de separarse de su compañera, sabe muy bien que es su sueño y una de sus metas, entonces con el dolor de verla partir la anima a luchar por sus ideales, como alternativa a tan crudo alejamiento deciden mandarse mensajes de texto a los celulares, mensajes que con el tiempo y los viajes a travez de la velocidad de la luz se vuelven mas eternos y cada vez mas dolorosos para los dos.

Música

A pesar de ser una produccion inedpendiente la realizacion de la musica corrio por parte de TENMON quien trabajo junto a Makoto Shinkai en la empresa creadora de novelas visuales MINORI, y que logra con piezas pequeñas y simples adornar las secuencias tanto tristes y suaves como las que están llenas de acción y batallas, como mencionaba, pocas veces se ven producciones que llegan a complementarse en un 100%, y la música en esta producción digamos que equivale a un 50% de toda la producción.

Animación

Hoshi no Koe es una animacion independiente del ahora maestro Makoto Shinkai, quien comenzaria su carrera dentro del campo de las novelas visuales en la famosa empresa MINORI (BitterSweet Fools, Wind ~A Breath of Heart~) y que con la experiencia ganada decidiria recluirse en su departamento por 8 meses para la realizacion de esta obra de arte.

La realización solo fue concebida por una iMAC, experiencia y un largo periodo de esfuerzo, que sin duda alguna convirtieron a Shinkai por ese entonces en toda una promesa de la animación, porque logro con una maquina lo que otros lo hacen con grandes estudios y mucho dinero.

Se puede apreciar que el tratamiento de los personajes no es nada detallado, cosa curiosa que tambien pasa con el Studio 4ºC, pero que en cuanto a los diseños de fondo son realmente alucinantes, como si fueran cuadros pintados con una delicadeza y perfección magistral, cabe mencionar que toda la animacion fue realizada con programas muy conocidos como son el Lightwave 3D o AfterEffects, los cuales son fáciles de conseguir.

Porque Verla?

Creo que solo podríamos mencionar a dos series que tienen esta tónica en el argumento, Gunbuster de Gainax y Hoshi no Koe de Shinkai, obras que exploran un tema poco tratado por la mayoría de estudios, pero que aun tienen mucho que ofrecer, ver Hoshi no Koe es abrir la mente a muchas posibilidades, a pensar que puede pasar en el mañana, con argumento ficticio pero que no escapa a la tecnología de hoy, sazonada con un tema romántico, la separación de dos jóvenes que a pesar de la distancia y el tiempo no dudan en amarse.

Es difícil manifestar de una manera clara el porque deberían verlo, creo que estas producciones generan reacciones distintas en cada espectador y tratar de englobar mi opinión seria algo efímero, seria mejor que saquen sus propias conclusiones, aunque claro esta no se arrepentirán de verla.

Algo mas…

Hoshi no Koe [Voices from a Distant Star] cuyo titulo es un homenaje a la novela The Songs of Distant Earth de Arthur C. Clark fue presentada a finales del año 2001 a la productora Manga ZOO quienes posteriormente distribuirían el DVD y en la animacion en muchos festivales haciéndose merecedor a distintos premios.leer mas

En 1905 Albert Einstein publico un  trabajo donde proponía cambios radicales en la concepción que tenia el hombre acerca del espacio-tiempo, en su obra conocida como la Teoria de la Relatividad, Einstein expuso un ejemplo denominado la Paradoja de los Gemelos, con el cual buscaba demostrar la forma en que la curvatura del universo afecta a los cuerpos que se ven sometidos a su fuerza.leer mas

FMA -brotherhood- 24: Inside the Belly

<       > Wow… Episode 24 and it still making my adrenaline work overtime. The battle continuous on (it’s been 3 episodes already when they have started) and it keeps getting better and better. Lots of fight, lots of revelation, and lots of plot twist. Recommended for ages 00 and above. Quick, if you guys haven’t started this show, start it now (except those who read the manga I guess…) ___________________________________________________________ <01> The episode started with Envy, bringing food to Dr. Marco in a room with some chimeras guarding it. Dr. Marco and Envy discussed what they will do to those ‘human sacrifices’. Dr. Marco guessed if they are going to use them to create the philosopher stone. Envy replied that his guessed is closed to what they are going to do. <02> Envy also revealed that (s)he heard from Lust that Dr. Marco decided to help the homunculus to save his beloved village. Envy continued ranting about how humans are so invulnerable <04> Wrath’s Turn. The Fuhrer was walking alone outside the house where Wrath and his family walked before (gah… I forgot the episode). A voice talked to him, which he revealed to be Pride. Wrath replied that he is having fun to the way things are going: Which is all according the father’s plan. <05-06> The protagonists turn. Gluttony berserks, releasing a powerful blast of wind that destroys everything that is on its path. Roy tried to kill Gluttony with his fire alchemy but Gluttony just absorbed it. Gluttony starts attacking again. Roy and the Elric brothers run for their lives. <07-08> The three went to separate ways. Gluttony chases Roy. Gluttony almost ate Roy but Riza came to the rescue and shoots Gluttony three times in the skull. Roy escaped for the moment. Roy began to feel the damage he took from Envy from the previous episodes. <09> Ling arrived with Ran Fan to the car, with the doctor in it. Ling felt a presence from somewhere but ignores it for the meantime. Ling persuades the doctor to wait for the others. <10> Gluttony found Roy and attacks him. Unfortunately for him it is just a doll made of alchemy <11-13> Everyone arrived at the car. Ling and the Elric Brothers (and the panda…) said that they will stay for the purpose of increasing their knowledge about the Homunculi. Roy wanted to join but it is objected by everyone. Ling asked to make Ran Fan safe. For safety, Riza gave her gun to Edward, which Edward accepted. The three looks at Gluttony as he berserks. A black hound appeared to them, which revealed to be Envy. Envy ordered Gluttony to stop. <15-17> After hearing ‘chibi’ from Envy, Edward attacks Envy. Envy, however, is just fooling around. The three confronted the Homunculi. Envy scolded Gluttony that he can’t eat the Elric brothers, though it is okay to eat Ling instead. The Elric Brothers devised a plan; they separated Ling and Gluttony and confronted Gluttony. Envy confronted Ling <18 > Wrath’s turn. The Fuhrer is happily eating dinner together with his family. The Fuhrer’s wife boasted about Selim having the highest score on an essay about Selim’s father. <19-20> Upon Ling’s successful hit on Envy. Envy quickly changes his right arm into a snake and binds Ling. Having a huge advantage, Envy asked if Ling wanted to be cut, be strangle or bitten to death. Ling, however, kicks dirt unto Envy’s eyes and pulled out Envy’s snake arm. Envy was damaged severely. < 21-22> The Elric brothers tried to restrict Gluttony but they miserably failed. The walls blocking the two has been destroyed, letting the other team enter the other side. Ling is on the upper hand, but got stopped when Envy transformed into Ran Fan. Gluttony attacks from behind, but Edward interfered. Since Edward is an important sacrifice, Envy tried to save Edward. Unfortunately, all three of them (if you don’t count the half of Envy, that’s 2 1/2) disappeared. < 23> Alphonse confronted Gluttony, ordering him to spit out his brother. However, Gluttony replied that he cannot do that. < 24> The other group rests at the doctor’s house. Ran Fan said that she wanted to help in Ling’s battle but was denied by the Doctor. Roy and Riza however, cannot stay for awhile, they decided to go to and search who is their opponent and allies. <25> They visited another higher official named Raven. Roy apologizes for not coming for introductory due to duties. Raven replied that he doesn’t mind. He asked if Grumman is doing. Roy replied that he’s doing fine. <26-28> Roy and Raven continued their conversation as they walk to the meeting hall. Roy asked Raven if he knew about the rumors that the Fuhrer is a homunculus. Raven just laughed at him. Upon reaching the room, he saw many high ranking officials. He discovers that all of them knew about the Fuhrer’s secret. <29> Edward woke up in a deserted area with red water below. He recognizes that the water is actually blood. He shouted, asking where the hell is he!? _______________________________________ Nice episode. The plot is accelerating fast without any hints of slowing down. Not to mention the plot is very well constructed. Maes Hughes is shown on the flashback numerous times; it is really good to hear that he actually decoded everything before he got cut off in the show. Now that someone mentioned that Ran Fan is voiced by Nana MIzuki, her moe factor rose up from 82% to 87%! I hope she’ll get well soon. That’s all for today’s episode. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. And thank you for reading. Lelouch~~

Wow… Episode 24 and it still making my adrenaline work overtime.

The battle continuous on (it’s been 3 episodes already when they have started) and it keeps getting better and better. Lots of fight, lots of revelation, and lots of plot twist. Recommended for ages 00 and above. Quick, if you guys haven’t started this show, start it now (except those who read the manga I guess…)

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Meido Envy; I'm not a fav though

The episode started with Envy, bringing food to Dr. Marco in a room with some chimeras guarding it. Dr. Marco and Envy discussed what they will do to those ‘human sacrifices’. Dr. Marco guessed if they are going to use them to create the philosopher stone. Envy replied that his guessed is closed to what they are going to do.

Envy also revealed that (s)he heard from Lust that Dr. Marco decided to help the homunculus to save his beloved village. Envy continued ranting about how humans are so invulnerable

Episode Title

Symbolism. I bet this thing over here is a spoiler

Wrath’s Turn. The Fuhrer was walking alone outside the house where Wrath and his family walked before (gah… I forgot the episode). A voice talked to him, which he revealed to be Pride. Wrath replied that he is having fun to the way things are going: Which is all according the father’s plan.

Find Ed

"Fire bolt!"

The protagonists turn. Gluttony berserks, releasing a powerful blast of wind that destroys everything that is on its path. Roy tried to kill Gluttony with his fire alchemy but Gluttony just absorbed it. Gluttony starts attacking again. Roy and the Elric brothers run for their lives.

Nice quote Rie.

Diarrhea

The three went to separate ways. Gluttony chases Roy. Gluttony almost ate Roy but Riza came to the rescue and shoots Gluttony three times in the skull. Roy escaped for the moment. Roy began to feel the damage he took from Envy from the previous episodes.

Be serious in front of the camera

Ling arrived with Ran Fan to the car, with the doctor in it. Ling felt a presence from somewhere but ignores it for the meantime. Ling persuades the doctor to wait for the others.

Gluttony found Roy and attacks him. Unfortunately for him it is just a doll made of alchemy

Atleast he can blast fire while being wet at the first fma tv

The Main heroes of the day

+1 dead chibi

Everyone arrived at the car. Ling and the Elric Brothers (and the panda…) said that they will stay for the purpose of increasing their knowledge about the Homunculi. Roy wanted to join but it is objected by everyone. Ling asked to make Ran Fan safe. For safety, Riza gave her gun to Edward, which Edward accepted.

The three looks at Gluttony as he berserks. A black hound appeared to them, which revealed to be Envy. Envy ordered Gluttony to stop.

Ran Fan!!!!

Fight between the Elric brother were banned. Ed might lose his other arm

Just as he says

Time for him to run. He didn't run with Roy earlier

After hearing ‘chibi’ from Envy, Edward attacks Envy. Envy, however, is just fooling around. The three confronted the Homunculi. Envy scolded Gluttony that he can’t eat the Elric brothers, though it is okay to eat Ling instead. The Elric Brothers devised a plan; they separated Ling and Gluttony and confronted Gluttony. Envy confronted Ling

Just showing Wrath has a heart

Wrath’s turn. The Fuhrer is happily eating dinner together with his family. The Fuhrer’s wife boasted about Selim having the highest score on an essay about Selim’s father.

Upon Ling’s successful hit on Envy. Envy quickly changes his right arm into a snake and binds Ling. Having a huge advantage, Envy asked if Ling wanted to be cut, be strangle or bitten to death. Ling, however, kicks dirt unto Envy’s eyes and pulled out Envy’s snake arm. Envy was damaged severely.

OH NO! it's the master lock!!

come to think of it. Envy even copied the bondages

The Elric brothers tried to restrict Gluttony but they miserably failed. The walls blocking the two has been destroyed, letting the other team enter the other side. Ling is on the upper hand, but got stopped when Envy transformed into Ran Fan. Gluttony attacks from behind, but Edward interfered. Since Edward is an important sacrifice, Envy tried to save Edward. Unfortunately, all three of them (if you don’t count the half of Envy, that’s 2 1/2) disappeared.

Gluttony: huh.. yeah right

Alphonse confronted Gluttony, ordering him to spit out his brother. However, Gluttony replied that he cannot do that.

Dame da! your hair is in a mess, you are in no condition to go!

The other group rests at the doctor’s house. Ran Fan said that she wanted to help in Ling’s battle but was denied by the Doctor. Roy and Riza however, cannot stay for awhile, they decided to go to and search who is their opponent and allies.

They visited another higher official named Raven. Roy apologizes for not coming for introductory due to duties. Raven replied that he doesn’t mind. He asked if Grumman is doing. Roy replied that he’s doing fine.

That's Roy's 3rd failure of the day

Fourth one

Roy and Raven continued their conversation as they walk to the meeting hall. Roy asked Raven if he knew about the rumors that the Fuhrer is a homunculus. Raven just laughed at him. Upon reaching the room, he saw many high ranking officials. He discovers that all of them knew about the Fuhrer’s secret.

Find B-Rabbit quick! or is it D?

Edward woke up in a deserted area with red water below. He recognizes that the water is actually blood. He shouted, asking where the hell is he!?

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Nice episode. The plot is accelerating fast without any hints of slowing down. Not to mention the plot is very well constructed. Maes Hughes is shown on the flashback numerous times; it is really good to hear that he actually decoded everything before he got cut off in the show.

Now that someone mentioned that Ran Fan is voiced by Nana MIzuki, her moe factor rose up from 82% to 87%! I hope she’ll get well soon.

Next Episode:

Pretty Self Explanatory. Now I gotta wonder what will happen on the next episode…

That’s all for today’s episode. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. And thank you for reading.

Lelouch~~

Autumn Anime 2009! (Part B)

Rest of the entries………feeling really lazy so this is about as much as I can be bothered writing

Kobato.

Website: http://www.kobato.tv/top.html
Japanese Air Date: 6th October 2009
Animation Company: Madhouse Studios (Black Lagoon, Saiunkoku Monogatari)
Seiyuu: Kana Hanazawa, Tetsu Inada
Number of Episodes: 24
PV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fD6NEi_Czo

Summary
Adaptation of the manga by CLAMP.
Kobato is a young girl that for unknown reasons, needs to fill a mysterious bottle with the feelings of people with a heart in pain. For that she needs to “cure” other people’s hearts and make them happy, but this could become even more difficult than she thought. Her companion for this task is a grumpy plush dog she calls Ioryogi-san.

Yay CLAMP – so pretty!   I haven’t been following the Kobato. manga, I generally prefer CLAMP’s seinen and shounen stuff to their shoujo stuff. I know that Kobato. will contain characters from Wish as both manga take place in the same universe, and I quite like Wish (it has flying bunnies and Trappy angels! ). I’ll be following this as if nothing else it will be pretty (plus I’ve heard Ioryogi-san is pretty awesome) – glad Madhouse have gotten this show, they seem to work best with CLAMPs character designs (yes I am still bitter about the Tsubasa Chronicle/Bee Train awfulness ).

Kimi ni Todoke

Website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/kiminitodoke/
Japanese Air Date: 6th October 2009
Animation Company: Production I.G. (Eden of the East, Ghost in the Shell)
Seiyuu: Daisuke Namikawa, Mamiko Noto, Aya Hirano
Number of Episodes: 12
PV:

Summary
Adaptation of Karuho Shiina’s shoujo manga Kimi ni Todoke (Reaching You).
Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine… for a horror movie. With her jet-black hair, sinister smile, and silent demeanor, she’s often mistaken for Sadako, the haunting character from Ringu. Unbeknownst to but a few, behind her scary facade is a very misunderstood teenager. Shy and pure of heart, she just wants to make friends. But when Kazehaya, the most popular boy in class, befriends her, she’s sure to make more than just that – she’s about to make some enemies, too!

Hmmm…..Sounds a touch like Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge but with less blood, bishies and side-splitting comedy. The fact that Production IG is handling this, plus the excellent cast makes me want to check this out though – hope it isn’t as generic shoujo as it sounds and that Sawako has some of Sunako’s awesomeness (and maybe a knife! )

Fairy Tail

Website: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/fairytail/
Japanese Air Date: 12th October 2009
Animation Company: A-1 Pictures (Kannagi, Valkyria Chronicles), Satelight (Macross Frontier, Guin Saga)
Seiyuu: Aya Hirano, Tetsuya Kakihara, Rie Kugimiya, Sayaka Ohara,Yuuichi Nakamura
Number of Episodes:
PV:

Summary
Adaptation of Hiro Mashima’s (Rave Master) manga.
Lucy is a seventeen-year-old mage who really wants to do is join a guild – and not just any guild. She has her eyes set on Fairy Tail, a notoriously reckless and outrageous group of magic users who are likely to be drunk or destroying buildings and towns in the process of completing a job! While in town one day Lucy meets a motion-sick boy named Natsu who, through a series of events, reveals to her that he’s none other than the fire-eating mage Salamander of Fairy Tail! Lucy is finally able to join Fairy Tail and quickly begins to take on odd jobs with Natsu and his gang for fame and profit. Along with her fiery friend, Happy the flying cat, Natsu’s archrival Gray and their overseer the invincible and beautiful Ezra, Lucy sets forth for epic adventures that leave an epic amount of destruction in their wake. After all, destroying a city or five doesn’t matter as long as they get the job done… right?!

Now this is the 1st show on the list that I’m actually excited about! I’ve been following the Fairy Tail manga from about the release of chapter 30 (at time of writing its at chapter 152) and I’ve always said it would make a great anime. Its not the most original series and doesn’t have a lot of depth, but it is extremely entertaining and the characters are lots of fun. A-1 & Satelight are unusual choices to take on a traditional shounen series, but judging from the promo art on offer, they’ve done a good job with the character designs. There are some interesting choices in the cast list too, but some great names as well. Definitely watching this – hope it turns out well.

Winter Sonata

Website: http://anime-wintersonata.com/index.html
Japanese Air Date: 17th October 2009
Animation Company: Key East
Seiyuu: Bae Yong Jun, Choi Ji Woo
Number of Episodes: 26
PV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swDT1…eature=related

Summary
Adaptation of Winter Sonata (also known as Winter Love Song), the blockbuster 2002 Korean drama television series that helped launch the “Korean wave” of pop culture in Japan.
The drama follows two childhood friends — a boy and a girl — and the tragedy and angst that befalls them and those around them in the years between high school and young adulthood.

Well after much speculation, Winter Sonata is finally set an air date – I swear this series has been on my list every season for the past year only to have its air date repeatedly pushed back a season!
I’ve heard that this will have the original Korean actors reprising their roles for the anime, so I can only assume its airing as Korean audio with Japanese subs (no one seems to know for sure anywhere I’ve checked). Winter Sonata has been widely anticipated as the original K-Drama was a massive success…..I haven’t seen it myself. I’m expecting massive amounts of DORAMA and weepiness, and I’m actually quite looking forward to it – just hope its not too heavy or that could be difficult to watch.

Kuuchuu Buranko (Trapeze)

Website: http://www.kuchu-buranko.com/
Japanese Air Date: 15th October 2009
Animation Company: Toei (Mononoke, One Piece)
Seiyuu:
Number of Episodes: 11
PV:

Summary
Adaptation of Hideo Okuda’s Kuuchuu Buranko (Trapeze) short story collection.
The collection is Okuda’s second book featuring the psychiatrist protagonist Ichirō Irabu and his various patients — the title refers to the first story about a circus artist who can no longer perform. In modern Japan, people visit “doctors of neurology,” rather than therapists. Dr. Irabu is an eccentric neurologist with an injection fetish, an Oedipus complex and a green Porsche, known for making patients much worse before they get better.

I can’t find a seiyuu list for this, but I know for sure I’ll be watching it! Look at the promo art and the summary – how could I not watch this!? Trapeze is the only series this season that truly looks and sounds original. I like psychological shows, and I enjoy unusual animation – Trapeze looks to have both so its going in the definitely watching pile – its promising that its from the same team who did Mononoke.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Website:
Japanese Air Date: October
Animation Company: Future Planet Co., Beijing Glorious Animation Co.
Seiyuu:
Number of Episodes: 52
PV:

Summary
A joint Chinese-Japanese adaptation of the classic novel depicting the tumultuous warring period of second-century China and the political intrigue between the different factions..

Um yeah. I can’t find much information on this at all. All I know is that it’s a joint effort with ‘Beijing Glorious Animation Co’ so I’m expecting it’s a bit of a propaganda wagon   Still I’m interested in it – I’ve yet to watch or read The Romance of the Three Kingdoms although I am familiar with many of the characters as they tend to pop up in lots of shows.

Kaidan Restaurant

Website: http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/kaidan_restaurant/
Japanese Air Date: 13th October 2009
Animation Company: Toei (Dragon Ball Kai, Mononoke)
Seiyuu:
Number of Episodes:
PV:

Summary:
TV series based on the best selling Kaidan Restaurant line of ghost story anthologies by Miyoko Matsutani & illustrators Yoshikazu Takai and Kumiko Kato.
Each episode will contain three short stories, an “appetizer,” “entree,” and “desert.” The first two “dishes” of each episode will depict the ghostly events that revolve around sixth-grade schoolgirl Ako Ozora. The closing chapter of each episode will be a ghost story told by Ako and her classmates.
Publisher Doshinsha has released over 50 volumes of the Kaiden Restaurant book series since 1996, selling over 7 million copies so far.

This looking interesting. I really like ghost stories and horror in general and Kaidan Restaurant seems to have an interesting style about it. I’d like to get a bit more information about it (like a PV and a cast list) before I decide anything – but think I may like this.

Hablando de Re-Ediciones.... Full Metal Alchemist

Now playing:  Monkey Island Especial Edition
Now Listening : Teardrop- Massive Attack (House MD. OST)
Now watching: D.M.C.

Fullmetal Alchemist, también conocida como Full Metal Alchemist,  FMA, o Hagaren (abreviatura del japonés), es un manga creado por Hiromu Arakawa. En el japonés original, el título es Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (鋼の錬金術師?), que significa “El alquimista de acero“, y se suele abreviar coloquialmente como Hagaren (ハガレン?).

El manga es publicado por Square Enix en la revista antológica mensual Shōnen Gangan, y distribuido en varios idiomas en diferentes países del mundo.
En el año 2003, se hizo una adaptación al anime que fue emitido en Japón, siendo un gran éxito, por lo que menos de un año después de finalizada la serie, fue emitida la película Conquistador de Shamballa, secuela de la serie que concluye la historia del anime. Según los resultados de una encuesta online hecha y publicada en 2006 por TV Asahi, la serie sería el anime favorito de los japoneses en ese momento. Tanto el anime como el manga han alcanzado un gran éxito dentro y fuera de Japón. En el año 2004, el manga de Fullmetal Alchemist obtuvo el premio Shogakukan Manga Award en la categoría shōnen (joven).

En agosto de 2008, el estudio BONES informó la realización de una nueva serie de Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Brotherhood publicándose en la portada del volumen 20 del manga. La noticia se confirmó luego de que se filtraran reportes del estudio a través de diferentes páginas web. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, título original en inglés de esta última serie, se estrenó el 5 de abril de 2009. Esta serie es una nueva adaptación de la historia, más fiel al manga.

Aqui les dejo el Oppening 1

Aqui les dejo el Oppening 2

Anime Saimoe Round 3- Groups A1 and B2

Results:

Group A1: Chiaki (Minami-ke) 477, Minna (SW) 394

Group B2: Isumi (HnG) 475, Nagi (Kannagi) 415

Chiaki and Isumi advances. Nagi is out as well as the series Kannagi. At least she got this far.

Next matches:

Pick: Utau    Prediction: Yuuki

Pick: Kana    Prediction: Fuuko

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The first match is a tough one for me to side with, but Yuuki (Tacos) definitely will win here.

Second is easier for me to choose, but it will be tough to predict the winner. Fuuko was a quarterfinalist last year, but Kana has beaten Horo and last year’s runner-up Tsukasa (by the way, that runner up was the one who eliminated Fuuko). I hope Kana could continue her streak.

Source: Moetron

Guren Nishiki Royal Coating Version!!

“I won’t lose as long as I have the Gurren MK. II ( Makenai… Atashi no.. Gurren Nishiki nara!! ) ” Kallen Kouzuki – Code Geass Episode 10

Alright!! After 3 long weeks of waiting, Guren Nishiki Royal Coating Version is finally arrived.
Thanks to moncikoma-San from KG for getting me this from Japan (thank you very very much Bro!!)

For you who doesnt know yet, Guren Nishiki is a Knightframe ( in Gundam, it’s called mobile suit ) from Code Geass, the best anime series EVER!! ( Love it so much more than any Gundam Series ).

I personally think it’s the BEST design ever created for mecha, and this Guren Royal Coating Version from BANDAI is the BEST I’ve ever seen. There are other Guren Nishiki and they don’t look good as this neither do they offer many movement with the model kit, so I’d say this is DEFINITELY a must have for Code Geass lovers or Guren Nishiki lovers to be exact.

Word is limited, so the pictures will talk instead :

There’s a place for the cockpit and you get a small Kallen figure unpainted that you can put inside the cockpit. Absolutely COOL!!

It’s worth every penny for this model kit. If I’m not mistaken, there are two other Gurren MK. II, the price difference is not that much but the details and features are DEFINITELY a dissappointment compared to this.

It took a really long time to built it but it’s worth it…
I couldn’t image it’d look cooler than what I had in mind, with that said… now it’s time to wait for Guren MK. II SEITEN version

Hallado muerto Yoshito Usui, creador de 'Shin-Chan'

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Las prefecturas de Gunma y Nagano han confirmado que el cuerpo sin vida hallado hoy es el de Yoshito Usui, creador de ‘Shin-Chan’, desaparecido desde el pasado 11 de septiembre. Aparentemente, Usui ha muerto tras caer accidentalmente mientras paseaba por una montaña.

El cuerpo fue descubierto ayer en una zona rocosa del Monte Arafune por un senderista. El accidente pudo tener lugar a 100 metros escasos de la cima, según las primeras investigaciones. El equipo de rescate estuvo trabajando durante el día de ayer para intentar recuperar el cuerpo pero no fue posible. Ha sido hoy cuando 17 policías se han desplazado hasta el lugar del siniestro y, con la ayuda de un helicóptero han logrado rescatar el cadáver.

Pese a que la ropa del cuerpo coincidía con la de Usui, no ha sido hasta la tarde del domingo cuando las autoridades niponas han confirmado la muerte del creador de la popular serie ‘Shin-Chan’.

Las causas concretas de cómo se produjo la muerte están aún siendo investigadas, aunque la familia de Usui no cree que haya sido un suicidio. Aficionado a la montaña, Usui salió a dar un paseo el viernes 11. Un día más tarde, al ver que no volvía a casa, su mujer denunció su desaparición. El día 13, encontrarón una señal de su teléfono procediente del Monte Arafune, aunque no pudieron determinar el lugar exacto de su procedencia. La señal desapareció el día 15.

Usui residía en la ciudad nipona de Kasukabe, la misma en la que vivía el pequeño Shinnosuke Nohara y su familia. Las aventuras de ‘Shin-Chan’ han cosechado gran éxito en el mundo, con una serie de televisión (que emite Antena 3 en la actualidad) así como varias películas, cómics y diverso material relacionado. El primer comic de ‘Shin-Chan’ data de 1990.

Updates

Hey everyone! I’m going to be using this blog as a main hub sorta like dealy for my stuff now, so please be sure to check it frequently! That is, if you care enough … D’:

Also, SUPER SPECIAL AWESOME AMASING NEWS: Professor Otaku, known for his hilarious anime reviews, invited me to do a podcast with a bunch of other anime reviewers! I’m so excited!

Also, I totally finished my script for my review of Repo! The Genetic Opera, so expect it to be uploaded this week sometime! I just hae to arrange the clips and record the silly bits. Once again, stay tuned and thanks for being a fan!

Kuroshitsuji

Ciel Phantomhive é um jovem de apenas 12 anos de idade, pertencente a uma das mais nobres famílias da Inglaterra.

Kuroshitsuji conta a história de Ciel e Sebastian, um impecável mordomo que pode realizar praticamente qualquer tarefa que seu mestre ordene, além de um impecável mordomo, ele é também um demônio. Sebastian é obrigado a servir Ciel por conta de um contrato malígno que fez com ele.

Temporada Única: Kuroshitsuji

(Completo: 24/24)

Créditos: Hinata-Sou

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Floppy Radio Vol.86! – De blogs, bloggeros y otras curiosidades

Día a día miles de cibernautas deciden que su vida y sus pensamientos merecen ser publicados y distribuidos a través de la Internet. Floppy no podía quedarse atrás y ha hecho una investigación exhaustiva sobre los Blogs que dan de qué hablar (o mejor dicho de qué leer) a millones de usuarios en la Red. ¿Algo más qué decir? ¡Entérate en nuestro blog!

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Pixar y Ant-Man en el horizonte?

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The Cat Piano from PRA on Vimeo.

10 Animes que Disney jamás podría hacer…

Superman & Batman: Public Enemies

VIDEOJUEGOS

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Cyporn, una obra de Pierrick Thébault

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Suzumiya Haruhi S2 - 13 & 14 [FINAL] (is that it?)

Suzumiya Haruhi S2 – 13

Suzumiya Haruhi S2 – 14

Impression: Episode – 13

Well, it was really entertaining to watch Mikuru endure the the abusing attitude of Haruhi but enough is enough. I’m really irritated with her attitude and I would really love if Kyon would have really hit her. It’s interesting to see how will this affect their world, if Kyon would hit Haruhi, would the world end or would she ‘delete’ the SOS brigade?

Enough with irritating stuff, Yuki was so interesting in this episode. She tackled Mikuru and then my Yuri alarm went crazy because of the scene where Yuki was over Asahina, damn it Kyon you should have recorded that. Like what Taniguchi said, Kyon and Haruhi had a lover’s quarrel and when they were about to kiss and make up, we saw a scene that Haruhi was holding her hair up and gave Kyon a cold shoulder. Then Kyon said, “Hey Haruhi, let’s make this movie a success!) then she regained her spirits. I have to again agree with Kyon, Haruhi is really simple minded but it was really cute.

Wow, this is the best episode of season two.

Episode 14

It was interesting to see how they’ve got Shamisen and the scene when Shamisen was talking and trying to stay on Yuki’s shoulder is really cute. LOL, you really can’t get tired of watching Yuki, she dodge those pressurized water and bit Mikuru, again. It was also interesting that this episode pointed out that Kyon should not trust any of the factions. Honestly when I’ve read that in the novel, I’ve began to distrust Mikuru and Koizumi even though Koizumi really looks suspicious even in the first season. I really think that it was clever for Kyon to suggest the disclaimer at the end of the movie.

Btw, this is my 2nd favorite episode since episode 13 is much better.

Oh well, so that’s it for the 2nd season and it really seems that that the announced Disappearance arc had really disappeared. I’ve learned my lesson, I won’t trust any announcement from Kadokawa and I don’t know if I would be excited if ever there would be a 3rd season. I’m contented with reading the novel.

I hope KyoAni’s next project would be the 4th season of Full Metal Panic.

Final Impression: The last two episodes of this season two was the one that was able to salvage this series. Though I’m not a fan of The Sighs arc when I’ve read the novel, I was able to enjoy it mainly because of Yuki (well, you can’t get tired of watching Yuki tackle Mikuru) and the way that the writers cleverly written the last two episodes.

I don’t really think that I could consider this as a season 2 because it’s more like a side story. Actually the sighs arc and the bamboo leaf rhapsody episode is tolerable but what pisses me is the Endless Eight arc. What the heck? They’ve wasted 8 episode for a side story that is only around 40 pages.

In this season, it is guaranteed that you’ll hate Haruhi. She really has a bitchy attitude here and she doesn’t care about what other people feel. Honestly, I like Haruhi during the first season because she is one extraordinary girl who doesn’t like mediocrity. I really agree that the Sighs arc is not enjoyable than the other volumes in the novel but I think it’ll pays off eventually since all of the novels are connected.

There’s really a curse on sequels isn’t it. I’ve just read Catching Fire(which is a sequel of Hunger Games) and all I could say is the first book was way better just like the second Lord of the Rings novel. All I’m trying to say is there is a necessary development so that the next installment would be much better than the first and the second. If you’ve read the novel you’ll understand what I’m saying. Yuki won’t act that way on the Disappearance if the Sighs and even endless eight didn’t occur. I don’t know, I think I’m quite impressed with KyoAni’s actions becasue they had a guts to animate the Sighs arc even though the rage caused by Endless End would intensify more. I thought (and hoped) that they would immediately proceed to the Disappearance arc but…oh well maybe they are stupid.

Overall this is a very decent slice-of-life show with a twist of sci-fi. I doubt that this will be the last of this series but I expect more trolling from Kadokawa and Kyo-Ani. Good thing that the last two episodes was quite impressive or else I’ll rate this 6/10.

So my rating would be…. 7/10 (Good)

until then…

~ja

Anime

XXX Holic

I have been watching a lot of this since Manifest (as I brought the box set) I have only got one DVD left out of 6 and will be so sad when it comes an end.

No this is not porn this is an anime series, it’s about a guy, called Watanuki, who can see dark spirits, he feels that it is a curse and wishes they were gone. He one day come to find a shop run by a witch, the mysterious Yuko, who will grant your wish in exchange for a fee.

Watanuki arranges with her to be free of the spirits but in exchange he must work in her shop till she sees fit. I have been told that this anime is for girls but I can’t help it Yuko is sexy, mysterious and loves sake, mmm sake. I really like the storyline and every episode something new happens that gets Watanuki in a bind.

This anime is really imaginative and is one of my favourites, I give it 9 out of 10 Wasabi Gumballs.

Yu-Gi-Oh! en el 2010

La nueva edición de la revista V Jump, que sale a la venta este sábado en Japón, confirmará que el animé por el 10mo aniversario de Yu-Gi-Oh! será un película con gráficos 3D, la cual estrenará en cines a principios de 2010.

El film llevará por nombre Gekijô-ban Yu-Gi-Oh! ~Chô-Yûgô! Jikû o Koeta Kizuna~ y reunirá a los personajes principales de las 3 series de TV Tokyo. Yûgi Mutô, de Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters; Judai Yuki, de Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX y Yûsei Fudô, de la actual serie Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D. Los tres chicos se unirán para luchar en contra de un nuevo enemigo llamado Paradox.

Fuente: AnimeNewsNetwork, La Ventana de Saouri

WET...seems kinda dope

pretty much a bad ass chick voiced by eliza dusku, she drinks, shoots people in the face, and has a sword. pretty much when i played the demo it was pretty decent the in game graphics were of the 3d modeling seemed kinda eh on the bad guys but overall it seems dope. the modeling kinda reminded me of that true la crimes game. might wait too see it when it goes down to a cheaper price doesn’t look like it has a replay value like other games do (ie: online play and things like that). one problem is i hate the shit where you gotta press a button to do something and if you press the wrong one you die. other then that it was pretty good. i do hope this gets turned into a movie. its like quentin tarantino movie minus the douche factor that comes with his fans who think hes god.

Rising Anime Cartoons Popularity in The West

Right now, there is a constant rise in need for Japanese Anime cartoon downloads. Anime enthusiasts are on the top of searching the high quality vids from various web sites. Download websites therefore also growth. Due to this, the explore for the best download site becomes a little bit tricky.

Japan is the place where the Anime fad started. Actually, it is produced from Manga, a Japanese fashion of drawing. Anime is a Japanese call for the animation of Manga. Now, Anime are manipulated with the aid of computers. However, it was traditionally done manually by the hands.

The World Wide Web serves as the home for a lot of Japanese Anime videos downloads that claim of making the best deal. Even so, you should not instantly trust their suggestions. In Point Of Fact, there are just a small amount of sites that can give you the best downloads of outstanding video quality.

There are several guidelines that you need to reflect upon before you position your cursor over a link. The first decision to make is your choice between a pay web site and a free site. Always remember that a site without fee can only hold a very limited number of titles. You may also experience a higher risk of getting your machine infected by spyware and adware when you choose to settle for a free site.

Real Japanese Anime lovers will definitely settle for pay websites. Only pay sites can offer you the high quality of downloads that you are always searching for. Do not be afraid that it can not suite your budget because several sites holding Japanese Anime DVD downloads come in small costs. Another thing, files are usually safe and clean from pay sites because they always filter their contents.

When you eventually made up your mind and decided that a pay site is the right choice for Japanese Anime cartoon downloads, you should then decide if you will choose a pay once over a paid japanese cartoon download site. If you are planning to start a collection and to fulfill the avid fan in you, pay one time site is the right option. Paid movie sites are only good for one time viewers.

Pay once video download sites are perfect for the real big Anime lovers. It is the most efficient option if you are really planning to start a favorite collection. Pay sites can allow you to download Anime videos until you drop.

Although it can actually be tricky, do not leave yourself to fall into the hook of free videos download sites. Weight first the advantages and disadvantages of free sites against pay sites then you will realize that pay web sites are the best deals after all. Basing from my and my colleagues’ experiences, the best deal of Japanese Anime DVD downloads are mostly in pay once sites.

Nan Desu Kan 2009

Photograph by Lionboogy

Nan Desu Kan 2009 was a lot of fun this year! People seemed to follow the rules more this year than they did last year, although it still was a drag at times for the 25+ crowd. After having such a fun weekend, full of color and late night games and anime, it was hard coming back to the “real world” on Monday. At one point, I stood in the hotel Starbucks late one of the nights, waiting for D. and J. to buy some snacks and sit down. As I walked away from the two of them, I looked down at a New York Times newspaper and then out a glass window to my left, and there I could see all the crazy cosplayers and anime fans, and suddenly the world around me seemed totally surreal.

Well, anyway, Tommy Yune had a great panel on Comic and Manga Production. He showed us some industry tips for using Adobe Photoshop as well as some drawing and script writing advice and some great websites for getting manga fonts and printing your own comic books. He seemed like a very cool person to hang out with and was very inspiring. I think he has helped me to rekindle my wish to start drawing manga more regularly. I also went to one of the voice actors panel, and now whenever I hear Aaron Dismuke’s voice in an anime, I cannot help but think of a young, blond kid!

Photograph by Nekosoft

Of course, I also watched a lot of anime! My favorites this year were Spice and Wolf and Claymore. Karin was also good, but very strange, and I would not recommend it to new anime watchers. I am still enjoying the first season of Code Geass very much, and D. and I bought a Code Geass art book that mainly focuses on Clamp’s designs for all of the Code Geass characters. We also purchased a traditional Japanese wall scroll of a red koi. J. bought me a pocket-sized Domo kun plastic figure, and we bought him a Haruhi Suzumiya art book. Normally, we do not buy anything at the few conventions we have gone to, but this year, we decided that if we saw something that we liked and that we really found to be useful, we were allowed to spend a little money.

I myself am not a cosplayer and probably never will be, unless for some reason J. convinces me and I can come up with a really good costume. I do not think it is worth spending the time and money to make a bad cosplay costume. And let me tell you, I have seen some really bad costumes! People wearing hardly any clothing, people wearing tight clothing when they should not, costumes that do not look realistic at all, smelly costumes that have been worn for more than three days, and the list could go on! Even so, I did see some good costumes at Nan Desu Kan this year, which always make me smile!

*speechless*

I’ve got to start updating more often >.<

Sunday had an early start, grabbing the Tsukuba Express on its 45 minute journey straight into what I shall now dub “heaven” – a.k.a. Akihabara.

Where do I start?

We went straight from the station to (okay, a Starbucks, but after that) Kotobukiya, a famous shop in Akiba. It has 5 floors of pure awesome. We started from the bottom and worked our way upwards. I can’t think of any other way to describe it but in convention terms. The biggest con I’ve ever gone to is Ohayocon. If I took the dealer’s room from there and then multiplied it by 5, it might equal the sheer amount of otaku goods for sale, but would still probably come short. There were figures, keychains, toys, plushies, wallets, jewelry, bags, manga, photobooks, and even life sized figures. I’m sure I looked like a nut because my mouth kept gaping wide open (also because I was looking at the Kamen Rider stuff, but whatever.) There were so many figures, and the manga section was at least as big as the first floor of my house, if not bigger. I kept getting distracted by shiny things and didn’t even notice the time going by. I bought probably too much, but the vast bulk of my purchase was a new camera, which I shall upload pictures from tomorrow. Unfortunately, it only has Japanese installed on it, so I’m going to just have to learn as I go. It was a fairly good deal though, and with 12 megapixels, the quality is quite excellent.

We probably spent 2 or 3 hours just in that store alone. Laura wanted to leave to go somewhere else, (otaku overload, I think), though I would be happy to just explore Akiba for the rest of my life. Before we went though, I noticed that I recognized the area we were in. And then I found it. There’s a certain area in Akiba that has a small bridge over a river, which is right in front of the main drag. It is a major setting of the dramas Akihabara@DEEP and Densha Otoko, two of my favorite shows. I’d seen that place so many times, it was kinda weird seeing it in real life, because it felt like I’d been there before. I’ll post the pictures later, I’m sure other people will remember the place I’m talking about.

After a brief realization that we did not know what particular stop Tokyo Tower was at, and subsequent asking of the information desk, we got off the train at Hamasomethingorother. There was, and we had no idea of this until we got there, the Tokyo Pokemon Center there. Not like in the game where they heal your Pokemon, but a decently-sized retail shop of Pokemon goodies for every occasion. Laura bought the new game that had come out the previous day and I bought a Vulpix cell phone charm and a Mudkip figure (because I liek Mudkips).

It was about a 20 minute walk from there to Tokyo Tower. It’s a good thing it’s so recognizable because otherwise we might’ve gotten lost. Yes, I did the Kabuto hand gesture and there are pictures. We paid about 8 bucks to go up to the observation deck at sunset, which was incredibly pretty. There’s such an amazing view from up there. Next time for sure, we’re going to the upper deck which is about 100 or so more feet up. We took our first purika up there (ouch, 500 yen) which turned out pretty good, only we had no idea how it worked at first and there was a timer. >.> There are actually quite a few shops and such in the base of the tower, but Laura wanted to go to the Square Enix shop, so we decided to save them for another time.

To get to the Square Enix shop, we needed to go to Shinjuku and walk about 15 minutes, but the instructions said we could take the Keio line and get there with only a 5 minute walk. We decided for that, as neither of us really wanted to walk much more, but when we got off at Shibuya station, there wasn’t any apparent line change, so we decided to just stay in Shibuya for a while.

Wow. That is all I have to say. We saw the famous statue of Hachiko, and I had a minor geek out over the Shibuya 109 building, which we went in for a minute, but I felt too tragically un-hip (and un-rich) to continue looking over the clothes. The coolest part was probably the crosswalk, which runs through the entire intersection. Once the crosswalk sign is lit up, you may go across the street in any direction you want. Straight, sideways, backwards, diagonal, figure eight, it doesn’t matter, the whole intersection is your domain. The whole of it was just so big and bright and we couldn’t decide where to go. We ended up looking through the Adidas store quickly and then rummaging though 7 floors of Loft, which is the most awesome stationary store in the world. It makes Office Max look like a 7-11 in comparison. There are pens, paper, stickers, watches, jewelry, furniture, decorations, and all sorts of stuff that now I’m kinda wondering what they were doing in a stationary store.

After Shibuya we went back by train (about 30 minutes) to Akihabara. I sat next to this guy who struck up a conversation with me when he realized we were American. Apparently he’s a Navy guy from Texas stationed somewhere I don’t remember. He was interested to hear that we were from “the North.” I get the feeling he doesn’t see many Northern people in the Military.

Rushing back to the Tsukuba Express line (TX for short), Laura and I managed to figure out (okay, the instructions were in English, but it still counts as figuring out) how to get a PASMO card, which you load up with cash and then just swipe it Den-O style across the turnstile to ride the train. Again, minor geek out. Next time I’m totally saying “Henshin.”

Monday there was class. Fairly routine. Went out for curry that night, drank about 8 glasses of water because I ordered it a bit too spicy, and bought two donuts from Mister Donut. I was disappointed in the taste – I’m not buying a donut in Japan again… it tasted pretty bland and not like sugary fried dough at all. The local cats that hang out by the garbage house seem to now know it’s me that’s feeding them, so when I came back, they practically mobbed me for food. I left my donuts in the bike basket, so it’s a good thing when I came down to get them, I had the cat treats because one came within 6 inches of me because he knew I had food. They kinda settled a bit and chowed down after that. I’m calling them: Mommy (calico), Daddy (tabby), Orenji (orange kitten 1), Yuzu (orange kitten 2), Kahuda (tabby), and Mikkusu (weird calico/tabby sort of mix).

Today as well, it was pretty much routine class. I managed to make garlic and cucumber yogurt to put on the naan I bought, though through a misjudgement of how strong the garlic powder and fresh garlic clove I put in, it tastes so strongly of garlic I can feel my taste buds crying out in pain. Fortuntately, I love garlic, although I think it’s a judgment of how used I am to the flavor when I can still taste it in my mouth 4 hours after I’ve eaten it… I clearly need to eat this stuff before I go to the dentist.

Pictures tomorrow, after class.

CAPITULO II: EL DESTINO DE POLARIS

Despues de muchisimo tiempo en las heladas tierras del blog , se presenta como caido del cielo el Capitulo II de MAS ALLA DE MIS SUEÑOS. Si aún no lo leiste,  puedes hacerlo siguiendo los links

Capitulo 1 : “ Dos Amantes Corazones“

Capitulo III: El destino de Polaris

CAPITULO II: EL DESTINO DE POLARIS

Temblores, frío, muerte, llanto y destrucción se apoderaron de la pacifica Asgard. Un momento de desesperación invadió los corazones de todo el reino, en tanto los pasillos del castillo se llenaban de guardias y caballeros que a prisa corrían buscando a su rey.

- ¡Alteza!, ¡alteza! ¿donde estais? – gritaban los guardias impotentes ante los tiempos vividos.

Alberich de Megrez fue el primero en darse cuenta, y es que era evidente que si Asgard se sumía en caos, era solo su majestad el Rey Roderik, quien sabía el porque de la ira de Odín. Desde muy pequeño sentía gran admiración por su rey, él era el protagonista de incontables victorias, aquel héroe reconocido por su nobleza, valentía e inteligencia, la máxima aspiración del joven Megrez era ser como su rey y superarlo.

- Majestad… – dejaba escapar de sus labios, mientras contaba las posibilidades infinitas de esta catastrofe. El Rey bueno, gentil, noble y justo sabría dar solución a cualquier adversidad, se convencía a si mismo, tratando de evitar ser invadido por el más cruel sentimiento que iniciaba la conquista en su interior. De pronto, un golpe seco se escuchó y al levantar la mirada sus ojos vieron caer la mano que alguna vez fué fuerte y la más valerosa del reino extendiéndose en los suelos frígidos del palacio de manera violenta y sin vida; en milésimas de segundos aquel oscuro sentimiento lo trasladó al pasado, poseyéndolo.

———-Flash back———-

¡Plap!, ¡plap!

- ¡Insensato!, !¿por qué lo hiciste?!, ¿acaso no te preocupa el bienestar de la familia?. ¡Mira los arapos en los que andais!; nuestra familia se enorgullece de ser la preferida del Reino y voz … y tú… ¡tú llevarás a la ruina todo nuestro trabajo!, vuestra madre se desvanece en sus sábanas, mientras el cerebro diáfano de Asgard juega a las batallas perdiendo el tiempo. – reprendía el noble más orgulloso y distinguido del reino de Asgard, mientras yacía en el piso un adolorido y avergonzado niño de 8 años con una espadita de madera hecha pedazos al mismo tiempo que frotaba sus mejillas .

- Siegfried la talló para mí… – respondió Alberich con tristeza y pensó “es la primera vez que alguien hace algo sinceramente por mi”- un sentimiento de ternura y de especial cariño nacio desde el fondo de su corazón por el detalle desinteresado que tuvo su aquel entonces amigo.

-¡Silencio!, Un noble como tú no debe hacer amistad con pueblerinos huerfanos y advenedizos – increpó su padré señalando la espada hecha pedazos.

- Syd y Hagen también… – comenzaba a hablar cuando fué interrumpido por segunda vez.

- ¡No compares a los Mizard con nuestra familia! – respondió su padre para luego emitir un suspiro profundo, suavizando sus facciones, tomándo al pequeño por los hombros y hablando con suave voz – Escuchad Alberich, hijo mío, admiro tu valor, tu sed de conocimiento y tu inteligencia, algún día sereis el rey más grande de Asgard y os recordarán por generaciones, dejando a un lado a los reyes del pasado, será entonces cuando la dinastía Megrez se abrirá paso a la inmortalidad y la gloria, pero para ello debes mantener la compostura.

- El pueblo ama a nuestro Rey porque es justo y trata a todos por igual – respondió el pequeño al mismo tiempo retirando el mechón rojo que caía cubriendo medio rostro, dejando ver sus hermosos ojos verdes.

- ¡El rey es débil!, cuando vais a comprender – hablaba mientras sacudía a su hijo – Terminad vuestros deberes. Los tutores no tardaran. – dió unos pasos fuera de la amplia y elegante biblioteca y concluyó – Recuerda que para ganar una batalla solo debes dedicarte a ella y concentrarte – y continuó su camino sin dar la espalda, mientras se escuchaba la voz del pequeño decir:

- Mil perdones. Padre os suplico que no le digais nada a mamá, su estado es muy delicado y no quisiera causarle un disgusto, pasaré hoy a verla. No temais, os haré caso…padre – respondía el pequeño con lagrímas duramente contenidas en los ojos.

Una criada hizo su aparición abrupta ante el Cabeza de los Megrez horrorizada le dijo algo en voz baja, haciendo que el noble corriera por los pasillos, siendo poco usual en un Megrez . La madre de Alberich habia fallecido y el pequeño nunca pudo decirle lo mucho que la amaba . Todo por haber pasado el dia entero con sus amigos. Esto hacia que el pequeño Alberich se sintiera muy mal consigo mismo. Jamas volveria a ver esa dulce sonrisa dedicada solo a él.

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- ¡Padre!

Pronunciaron al unisono Hilda y Siegfried, mientras ingresaban a los aposentos, lugar que en más de una ocasión fue confesorio, o parte de un retiro espiritual ante los ojos del Rey.

- ¡padreee! – gritó desgarradoramente Hilda al ver el cuerpo de su amado padre inerte, acercándose a él prontamente y acariciando su suave cabello – ¡Padre! ¡padre mio! ¡nooo! ¡dime por qué! – sacudiole- ¡Que será de mí, si necesito de vuestra luz para vivir! – hablaba con su padre ya fallecido, mientras que las lágrimas caían como torrentes por su niveo y delicado rostro, sintiendo como si de pronto alguien habría estrujado su corazón hasta dejarlo vacío – ¡Abra los ojos mi señor usted no puede irse asi!!. ¡Noooo!. El llanto de la princesa conmoio el corazón mas duro de todo el reino.

- ¡Alteza! – dijo Siegfried desconcertado, impotente y muy dolido ante semejante escena, mientras se preguntaba a si mismo quien podría ser el causante de aquella tragedia que enlutaba una vez más al reino. Considerado el hombre más valiente y fuerte de entre todos el rey Roderik no debió ser vencido con tanta facilidad, pensaba para si mismo, conteniendo enojo, tristeza y sed de venganza por la muerte de su amado rey y al ver a su adorada princesa sumida en un dolor indescriptible.

No obstante, el guerrero con la mente más brillante se percató de la presencia de un objeto singular que yacía al otro extremo del salón; una lanza, el símbolo del dios de dioses, un objeto tan divino y preciado estaba ahora entre humanos comunes ¿que podía significar?, solo el dios Odín podía portar semejante arma de guerra y unicamente su representante en la tierra podría tocar tan valioso objeto; de pronto la mirada estudiada de Alberich recorrió el salón hasta fijarse en la joven princesa, comprendiendo el significado de la lanza y la muerte del rey, era evidente que el regente, ahora muerto, quiso evitar la profecia e imponer sobre el destino que los dioses habían escrito para la mayor de sus hijas, fué entonces cuando pudo ver las cosas con los ojos de su padre y pensó: – “Insensato y débil. Jamás, jamás seré como vos, olvidasteis que el deber de un Rey es para con su pueblo; muchas vidas a cambio de una sola ¡Que clase de rey sois! ¡con sentimentalismos no llegareis a nada!. Pero yo, yo seré la salvación de este pueblo, ¿habeis entendido…Alberich?” – con una nueva perspectiva en mente el juego de los Megrez comenzó con el primer movimiento.

- Divina Hilda – dijo Alberich llamando enseguida la atención de los presentes – esta lanza ahora os pertenece, vuestro padre se sentiría muy orgulloso siendo esa su última voluntad, estoy seguro de ello – terminó de decir extendiendo su mano en dirección al divino objeto.

- ¡Odín! – susurró Siegfried, cayendo en cuenta que la muerte del Rey no fué a manos de un simple mortal y pensó: ” Odín estuvo aquí. Pero acaso él… ¿Será posible?”

Fue así que la hermosa princesa tomó en sus manos aquel objeto divino predestinado desde la época del mito para que de comienzo la profesía, la cual sería causante de los temores arraigados en lo más oculto del corazón de los dioses.La segunda jugada de los Megrez fue hecha.

15 días pasaron y los funerales seguían amargando los espiritus de toda Asgard, la nieve perdió su brillo y se podría decir que los colores desaparecieron, ni un ave trinó de nuevo, hasta la flora escasa se había dejado marchitar. La única luz era dada por las miradas perdidas de las más dulces princesas conocidas en la tierra del frío implacable.

Un hermoso barco vikingo, suntuoso lleno de manjares y pertenencias guardadas a lo largo del hilo de la vida . Y un rey que duerme el sueño de los justos, con las manos entrelazadas y entre ellas su fiel espada, iba al encuentro de aquellos que partieron antes, su amada esposa y sus queridos amigos con quienes compartió un sin fin de emociones, la vida fue completa para aquel gobernante, justo, bueno y valiente, tan amado por su pueblo que ahora lloraba su partida.

- Adios padre querido… – dejó escapar entre sus suaves labios la representante de Odín en la tierra, encendiendo la flecha para darle paso al Valhalla, un lugar de promesas y encuentros

Las lagrimas no tardaron en caer por toda la multitud y un canto solemne inicio en susurro para crecer en orgullo , el cual pudo ser escuchado por las naciones cercanas.

- “El rey Roderik ha muerto, mi amigo partió antes que yo , que tarea tan grande y noble me dejais amigo. Vuestras hijas no están solas, viviré por ellas como también lo hubiese hecho con el hijo de Sigmund y Siglind”. – Se prometió Wolfangüer antes de lanzar también la flecha de despedida. – Adios amigo mio.

Caía la noche y el barco seguía ardiendo en llamas, dejándose ver por última vez…. así también los coros y las personas del reino fueron menguando hasta no dejar a nadie mas que Siegfried… quien pasó la noche entre la oscuridad de las olas, dejando caer la amargura contenida por todos esos días, buscando al mismo tiempo la respuesta a aquella interrogante que no lo dejaría descanzar en paz. El único padre que había conocido se alejaba de su lado para vivir tan solo en sus recuerdos.

- Siegfried, – escuchó la dulce voz de la princesa Hilda nombrarlo logrando voltear para ver la silueta de la hermosa dama – eh decidido cumplir mi destino como la representante de nuestro dios Odin; comprendeis lo que significa ¿no es así? – decía esto entre lágrimas haciendo caer en cuenta a Siegfried, todo lo que ello implicaba .

- Una princesa que ama a su pueblo, lo haría… para evitar algo tan espantoso como lo que hemos vivido. – hablaba Siegfried mientras se inclinaba ante la ahora soberana de Asgard, con lágrimas en los ojos continuó – Una princesa lo haría aún a costa de ser algo que le molesta. – decía mirando al mismo tiempo los hermosos ojos lilas que también lloraban junto con él, fué entonces cuando tomó la mano de la princesa con asboluta delicadeza estampando un dulce besó en el revés – permitid que dedique mi vida a mi amada princesa, yo estaré a su lado siempre, nunca la dejaré sola. Escuchando estas palabras la princesa Hilda no pudo resistir más el contacto de los labios de Siegfried en sus manos mientras sentía caer la tibieza de las lágrimas del caballero, se alejó enseguida, unos segundos más y el destino de Asgard volvería a ser una tragedia.

La silueta de princesa se alejó lo suficiente para que el caballero dejara caer sus rodillas en la arena manteniendo la mirada baja. – “Aceptaré contigo el mismo destino brilla princesa mía , lo que siento por ti no lo llegues a saber , estaré aquí tranquilo y silente . a tu lado por el resto de mis días. Usted ahora esta Más allá de mis sueños”.- terminó sus palabras levantando la mirada observando la estrella Polaris en toda su magnitud – brilla princesa, brilla como tu estrella guardiana.

Pasaron los años, Asgard volvió a ser una nación hermosa y pacifica, los caballeros crecieron en talentos, destreza y belleza..Los Dioses guerreros de Asgard fueron despertados , el tercer movimiento en el juego de los Megrez fué desempeñado, Alberich que se había convertido en un joven amargado y ambicioso juraba vengar la muerte de su padre aquel trágico día de la también muerte del Rey, vengaría la muerte de todo inocente sin darse cuenta que por su mano perdieron la vida , tambien , justos e inocentes.

La princesa Hilda que oraba fielmente a su amado Dios Odín que la complacía en todo llegó a ser la favorita del Dios entre los mortales y divinos; sin embargo fué poseída por el dios griego de los mares, para así controlar la fuerza más poderosa, reinando tierra y mar.

- Jaque Mate – sonrio el joven Megrez dejando que el destino continue su camino.

Más no contó que Atenea Diosa de la sabiduria reencarnada también en estos tiempos, no se dejó vencer facilmente.

Cumplieron los dioses guerreros, grandes hazañas en el país de Asgard durante la guerra Santa contra el reino de Atenea.

Residían , poderosos, en el palacio Valhalla. Rindieron vasallaje en sus tierras con orgullosa caballería, honor y lustre hasta sus últimos días.

Perecieron, finalmente, de muerte lastimosa por la ribalidad de dos nobles damas, mas ellas no tuvieron culpa alguna y sus lágrimas y lamentos por años derramados fueron escuchados por los cuervos de Odin que le daban sabiduría y memoria, conmovieron entonces el corazón del mas poderoso de los dioses que reinaba sobre las estrellas en el Valhalla.

El gran dios Odín devolvioles la vida para cumplir su destino final, el cual se jugaria esta vez con participación de los eternos míticos dioses nórdicos.

Esa noche los cuervos de Odin se posaron en el Palacio Valhalla, sin duda los dioses regalaron una noche especial, la luna brillaba como nunca antes vista. Odin queria ofrecer un regalo tan divino que alegraria el corazón de mas de una persona , desde la guerra santa librada por influencia de poseidon y la muerte de los dioses guerreros, las peincesas y el pueblo lamentaron grandemente su pérdida; Hilda todas las noches rogaba a Odin por sus caballeros muertos en batalla al punto de desfallecer siendo encontrada en varias oportunidades en altas horas de la noche desvanecida en el lugar de oración, siempre con lagrimas en los ojos. Se culpaba grandemente el haber sido causante de muerte a aquellos caballeros que juraron lealtad siendo tan jovenes, ella no podria disfrutar de las maravillas de la vida, sin pensar que eran momentos robados a las ocho almas divinas de su pueblo. Recordaba el juramento que hizo ante Athenea, “Con la ayuda de Odin protegere a Asgar de toda clase ser malefico como Poseidon , Siegfried todo va a cambiar”.

Era cierto todo cambio para Asgar, el blanco de la nieve, era lo mismo que la oscuridad, para Hilda de Polaris ya no habia diferencia. Su hermana Flaer intentaba disimular su tristeza frente a la soberana, que envejecia cada dia manteniendo suvoluntad firme con sus oraciones.

Cuando la Osa mayor, guardiana de los dioses guerreros se poso sobre la estatua de Odin, estas empezaron a brillar a la par de sus estrellas decendiendo de ellas 8 hilos de plata que coincidian curiosamente con el lugar en el que cada dios guerrero recibio su armadura. De pronto sintieron volver ocho cosmos muy familiares, el corazón de la moza se alegro al punto de casi estallar de amor e ilusión esperando que no sea vana; sintio entonces que alguien llamaba a su puerta. Era hermana menor Flaer, quien tambien percibio los cosmos y sin siquiera cruzar palabras ambas salieron corriendo hacia donde las luces provenian.

Los cascos de los caballos se escucharon a todo galope ante la sorpresa de los guardias reales que no tardaron en seguirlas. Flaer a todo galope desvio su camino apartandose de Hilda, comprendio entonces Hilda que su pequeña hermana se dirigia hacia la luz que venia de la estrella de Beta , dejandola sola ante el bosque iluminado lleno de sombras que lejos de presajiar deschichaz solo pintaban nuevas esperanzas.

Hilda sentia un llamado muy fuerte, una presencia familiar que armonizaba con su alma llenandola de gratos recuerdos.

Decendio del caballo, ante el impedimento que las ramas y arbustos ponian el el camino ; corrio y corrio sin importarle que sus vestidos fueran desgarrados por las ramas que azotaban sus brazos y sus piernas a su paso. Si bien es cierto Flaer corria para Beta Hilda corria con destino a Alpha, la respiración entrecortada y el cansancio de recorrer el trayecto muy amplio no se hizo esperar como por arte de magia aquella luz que llamo su atención desde un principio se encontraba frente a ella; en su interior se dibujaba el perfil de la armadura ya conocida por Hilda. Tanta era la emoción que escuchaba latir su corazón, ¿seria acaso posible que Odin haya escuchado sus rezos despues de tanto tiempo?. Fijo sus ojos en aquella armadura que alguna vez vistio a ese ser tan amado, observando cada detalle estaba cuando… sus hermosos ojos lilas se percataron de la presencia de un cuerpo que yacia desvanecido a los pies de la divina armadura. Cabellos castaños semi ondulados, piel blanca fue lo primero que llego a ver haciendo que sus ojos se abrieran más de tanto asombro , llevandose la mano a la boca.

- ¡Por Odin!- exclamo y fue corriendo donde yacia el durmiente; quitandose su capa y cubriendolo.