leriko_rasen and runesque:

Take care, you guys.

Got this from keio on Plurk. Awesome display of online cooperation.



And because Yama-chan is making it rain cats and dogs right now, here's the really adorable original video for "It's Gonna Rain", one of the more memorable songs from RK:



The color page for KHR 250 just came out, and by golly is it awesome to stare at. ^^v

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The interwebs are narrowing down that OMGitscoming viral campaign down to Bandai, and there are speculations of Kannagi (oh my god) and Haruhi (dancing person or hand-to-forehead person? plus some HTML code clues) and Captain Harlock. I also suspect Initial D or Wangan Midnight (car), but that's just me guessing. I don't know what anime associates itself with a barcode, though. There's a palace thing in the website, but Hayate is already theirs (unless they mean season 2) and Chevalier and Ouran is already with FUNi, so I don't know what that's supposed to mean.

And yes, I don't have much else to think about, obviously.

Hayate no Gotoku is much pointless hilarious win. Hayate is really nice and sweet, despite the fact that the two-way crush thing is a little creepy at their ages.

Haruhi on TV5, the Tagalog is too literal and too deep (partly not by any fault of their own, because Haruhi as an series does use big words). Kyon sounding like Lelouch takes getting used to. I'm not sure but I think they're going by Kyon's chronological order.

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http://community.livejournal.com/hitman_reborn/3254640.html

Wherein initial spoilery information about the Arcobaleno story and coming training battles are had. v^^v

I SWEAR Reborn is based off Michael Jackson, LOL!

It's coming. This is really happening by next week. ^^v

As for the ep today, I'll be watching tonight. I'll be going places.

See ya.

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http://www.johnjosephadams.com/?p=1760

This is known as some incentive to finish a story on these unwieldy kids, at least one 5000 words long. ^^;

Now I'm off to read some raw awesome stuff. ^^v

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Bamboo is really cool. Mix wonderful Bamboo on acoustic mode with awesome writer/illustrator/comic writer/nice guy andrewdrilon, and you get one really sweet video.



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Enjoy.

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Not really, but these SPOILERY life lessons are win.

from j1n3 shared at gurren_lagann, from someone else back then.



Erm, yeah, that's all I have to say right now.

Finally got some decent sleep. But realized that I have to do my story all over again if I want to be happy with it.

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ARE YOU READY GAIZ?! HERE WE GO!

The anime is unabashedly the TV show tie-up of a popular arcade game that mixes the Warring States (Sengoku) period with a 3D fighter system. The basic run of the historical timeline has been retained. However, each major general, commander, spy, and clan head has been re-imagined and stylized as a fighter with semi-insane battle moves and flaming specials.

Yes, it sounds crazy, but in the way it works for Gurren Lagann, it works here, too. Combine it with Production IG's incredible animation, great orchestral battle music, so much MANLY exuberance, awesome battle scenes, and some of the seiyuu greats, and you have one great if inaccurate thrill ride through Japanese history.

This much I will say: that arcade game will just get even more popular now. LOL!

Plenty to like:

- All the EXTREME in this show is contagious!
- DATE MASAMUNE! WITH his Engrish! No other words need to be said. The fangirls can marry Hibari Kyouya, I like this guy, ROTFL!
- This anime's Sasuke is much win! Takehito Koyasu did an incredible job.
- Sanada Yukimura is also quite a likeable character in his own right.
- All characters that mattered had proper screen time. Kinda flat, but most were likeable.
- Animation quality almost never falls. With so much happening in so many places, that's saying a lot.
- Despite all the insanity and all the changes, there is great respect for the history, and that is seen in the whole show.

Some things I didn't like:

- In an effort to discuss the battle strategies and the politics, the show makes the mistake of talking way too much for its own good. This mistake will cost it its life in the American official release FUNimation will do.
- They attempt to cram too much into 12 episodes. Too many characters, we did not get enough time to like them. The events I saw would have been better served as 24 episodes.
- Uesugi Kenshin's getup is just, plain, atrocious. ATROCIOUS! Sorry, hate, hate, hate! I know he's supposed to be flashy with the clothes, but SenBasara's take on him is just atrocious in the clothes. Fashion emergency to the extreme!
- I like Romi Paku and her work, but her voicing as Uesugi was a bad call.

Will I be back for season 2? Most likely. (For Masamune and his Engrish!) Despite all my misgivings and all the info-dumping, there was enough to like.

Will I fangirl over this series? Not so much.

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Haru cosplaying as Kaoru in the HaruHaru interview with Spanner, from longchamp:



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I dare you not to think of the hitman while watching the guy in a black suit with an orange shirt. ^^;;



Hehe.

In other things: I know it was coming, but still. NOOOO! Mashiro-kun! (And someone stop my brain from calling out orders: insert IV line, have random glucose check, have hemoglobin/hematocrit count NOW, have CT scan done, regular check for BP, call the neuro people!)

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The subject has no relevance to the content. But normal Reborn does bring up that image.

And Gokudera dresses like MJ from the Bad era, just updated and Japan-ized. ^^;;

Sudden realization: Gurren Lagann is optimistic science fiction. You know, like the kind SHINE Anthology wanted out of people. Doesn't mean it's no-conflict. It just means it's not depressing in the end, and believes that it will be good for people in the end.

Great to realize it AFTER the deadline. (facefault) I still don't know how to write that kind of stuff, except unintentionally. Because I've been told Haya's world is optimistic. I think it just means I didn't explain myself properly.

EDIT: Remembered SHINE Anthology EXTENDED their deadline. ^^;; Let's hope I manage to think up something by the new deadline.

And there are still no spoilers for the new KHR chapter even if it's Thursday. Hopefully tonight?

See ya.

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Just finished a frenzy of submitting written stuff to here and there. No idea why, and definitely no idea of the chances of success, but at least they're out there. Now I really have to make more, and I need incentive. ^^;; Coffee high, yup, coffee high.

johanaire reports that Hibari's seiyuu is also voicing for Fong. Omoshiroi...the implications!

Arcobaleno now have short profiles in Racconti di Arcobaleno. Just what we know so far about them. Including that Fon/Fong/Feng bit. ^^;; I'm sticking to Fong, thank you, no matter what spelling Viz chooses to use.

See ya.

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KHR got cut before the actual Melone Base seige. Sucks, and I don't get to hear Tagalog Spanner, but quite understandable.

It's okay, really. I need to have work now anyway. ^^;

BTW I think I'm starting to see the pattern Amano has going for the baddies. ^^;; No fair though that she's making her heroes fight the undead and resurrect-able. ("Thriller" music in my head...) No fair, Byakuran, no fair. If this trend continues, I'll keep reading, but my attention will definitely be more on the Arcobaleno arc.

Wondering which network negotiated for Soul Eater, though. Hello? SOUL EATER? Impossible that it's not on their radar. But both major networks are so risk-averse right now that it's likely TV5 that has it, and that's not exactly good.

Veterans of the manga are saying that even this new Hagaren doesn't give the manga justice. I really gotta READ this series already. ^^;; Inhale, exhale, that means reading almost 100 chapters, all 30-40 pages EACH.

And this, having seen it from several people:

List 10 of your favorite characters from different fandoms, and ask people to spot patterns in your choices, and if they're so inclined, to draw conclusions about you based on the patterns they've spotted.

1. Rurouni Kenshin: Himura Kenshin
2. Samurai 7: Hayashida Heihachi
3. Katekyo Hitman Reborn: Yamamoto Takeshi
4. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: Fai (Yuui) Flourite
5. Gensomaden Saiyuki: Cho Hakkai
6. Heroes: Nakamura Hiro
7. Slam Dunk: Kiminobu Kogure
8. Haruhi Suzumiya: Kyon
9. Gurren Lagann: Rossiu Adai
10. Fushigi Yuugi: Chichiri

That's it for now. See ya.

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Obviously I'm enjoying Wordpress. I have six little sites already. ^^;; (Jumper Cable, Enishi, S7, Texh, Vongola101, and the one below.) WP removes the two things that give me trouble: html coding and uploading hassles. For someone like me who just wants to type stuff up, not encode stuff up, it's a heaven-sent mini site-builder. And, it's FREE!

That said, I still won't use WP for regular blogging. I still find it lonely there.

I have this new one up: Racconti di Arcobaleno (tales of the rainbow).

It's still rather empty, though. I plan for that place to have episode summaries of the Arcobaleno arc once it starts mid-July. Since it's spoilery stuff, I can't put it on Vongola101, so I just made a new place for them. ^^v Yes, I'm back and typing ep summaries, wee! Tell me what you want to see in it besides the ep summaries and chara profiles. ^^v BTW I won't be plugging on the LJ comm until I have at least one episode summary up for people to check.

See ya.

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for nonoji, I'm not sure I did it right though. ^^;;

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Thanks for reading anyway. ^^;

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More Yamamoto awesomeness!! ^^v English, please, English!

Sorry, bakabokken, I forgot I asked for words from you. Here are my answers, finally.

(Again, the rules. Say Words! in a reply, and you get 5 words from me, elaborate on another post, and pass the meme afterward.)
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Erm, yeah, that's it. Going out for coffee again!

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For mlady_anonymous. Just a short thing, okay? Sorry.

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One more prompt to deal with. Give a few more days. Gyah I should've watched Hayate, forgot again...

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- Sucks about Farah Fawcett, but I'm glad she's no longer in pain.

- Sucks about Michael Jackson. But in a way, the pain of the last few years is over. Partly no people like Gackt and Justin Timberlake right now if not for him, so yes, he will be missed.

More blogging about the Tagalog version of that show with the jiminy cricket. lol.

- Opening with the Sistema CAI, hehe!
- ROCK ON, CLOUD MAN!! ROCK ON!!
- Sorry, I can't help but hear Neeko in my head when I see the commercial-break thing. Ka-te-ki-yo-hee-to-man-ree-booon!
- SUBERIDAI!! Man they're close to the Japan episodes.
- The video quality lowered something terrible, and the aspect ratio changed. In other words: ABSCBN is doing to KHR what they're doing to Naruto Shippuden: airing eps using DVD releases or (and more likely) fansub raws. Also they allowed the new opening to run. Don't ask me how legal this is to do, I don't know.

And for the record, Ain-san, I'm a fan of that jiminy cricket!

Most people are worried about the coming 59 fight. We all think this is probably all too good to be true and there's a catch somewhere, and since 80 is rocking our world it's probably 59 who will make bad mistakes (since the opposite happened the last time). 59 has indeed lost before, but he doesn't go down without a good show first, and we're all afraid this time he'll lose miserably. I have a baaaad feeling Daisy will make him freeze up. I hope not, of course.

Some Naruto-ness:

- I HAZ SPIRAL POWER much, Naruto? LOL!
- Younger Naruto is really cute.
- It's in times like this I don't grudge Naruto's popularity. At its best points the characterizations are just incredible.
- Really sorry, this is the first time I've seen his nine-tails form. ^^;;

The Sasuke/Naruto fight isn't really over yet, so I still can't predict what channel 2 will do next week.

Okay, why am I still watching Iori and Chou on Samurai X? (gojaru!) ^^;; BTW it says something about the Bang Zoom team that I heard that Misao voice in Samurai X, and also heard it on Adiane in the US version of Gurren Lagann. She's been around at least 10 years, wow.

Yeah, that's it. I'm done rambling now.

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