This thing's been around for years, but it has typically been under the radar with so many more well known competitions. I had always wondered about its taste, but most people that tried it back in my high school days claimed it's for the eccentrics.
Apparently it tastes like Taiwanese (Asian?) cold syrups, so a lot of people from Taiwan dislike the drink.
But the drink has made its name in recent anime series, namely Steins;Gate and Kamisama no Memochou (and maybe the upcoming Persona 4), and anime fans around the world are drawn to pick up the drink.
I thought I'd give it a try as well when I spotted it today.
The first sip did kinda remind me of the cold syrups I used to smell but refused to take when I was little. But I got used to the smell and taste quickly after a few more sips.
It kinda lost its lustre after a few hours when it became lukewarm, and just went down like cherry-flavoured coke. Not as good as when it's still fresh, but it's somewhat unavoidable 'cause that's usually how long it takes for me to finish one can of pop...
All in all, I don't find it disgusting like my classmates used to describe it. I can see how some people would get addicted to its taste. While not quite your usual coke, the cherry flavour is still easy on the taste buds and even soothing at times.
On a side note, I scanned the can and noticed that the caffeine content was 41mg/355ml. According to Coca Cola's website and a quick calculation, the Classic is about 34mg/355ml. I don't drink coffee so I don't know how much those amount to, but I couldn't help but think that maybe the slightly higher caffeine content in Dr Pepper gives people more of a kick, and as a result leaves the impression that brain-using people run off it more?
Although I'm leaning toward the feelings I got back in my high school days, that people think it's for the eccentrics. Mad Scientist Hououin Kyouma and NEET Detective Alice should be proof enough. XD
Monday, September 26, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
まおゆう魔王勇者
Neko-tan pointed me to a BBS thread before which showed the first chapter of two versions of the manga. While the content was intriguing, I didn't quite care for the character design. So I kinda forgot about the series after that.
Neko-tan pointed me to another BBS thread today which showed a few pages from different volumes and served as a quick introduction to one of the manga versions. While I still don't care for the character design very much (except for the Emma head maid XD), my interest was piqued.
So I set out to search for more information on the manga.
And I found that the original was actually an impromptu work posted on the 2ch VIP board between September to November in 2009. It's written in a play style, with a label indicating the location of the scene, followed by the character's lines. There's no names, just their caste. i.e. Hero, Maou, Head Maid, Female Knight, Young Businessman, etc.
The popularity and the original medium format prompted the publication project, with four different manga versions by four different manga artists beside the original text version. The one Neko-tan introduced me to follows the canon and is apparently the most popular amongst the four.
The manga makes it easier to get into the story and digest the economics, sociology and agriculture elements that make up a major portion of the revolution started by the Maou and the Hero. I haven't found the manga yet, but I'll keep trying when I have time.
In the meantime, the first chapter is available as a free download on the project website. The rest (just the first volume, maybe?) can be read online in their original format here.
Neko-tan pointed me to another BBS thread today which showed a few pages from different volumes and served as a quick introduction to one of the manga versions. While I still don't care for the character design very much (except for the Emma head maid XD), my interest was piqued.
So I set out to search for more information on the manga.
And I found that the original was actually an impromptu work posted on the 2ch VIP board between September to November in 2009. It's written in a play style, with a label indicating the location of the scene, followed by the character's lines. There's no names, just their caste. i.e. Hero, Maou, Head Maid, Female Knight, Young Businessman, etc.
The popularity and the original medium format prompted the publication project, with four different manga versions by four different manga artists beside the original text version. The one Neko-tan introduced me to follows the canon and is apparently the most popular amongst the four.
The manga makes it easier to get into the story and digest the economics, sociology and agriculture elements that make up a major portion of the revolution started by the Maou and the Hero. I haven't found the manga yet, but I'll keep trying when I have time.
In the meantime, the first chapter is available as a free download on the project website. The rest (just the first volume, maybe?) can be read online in their original format here.
Friday, September 23, 2011
鳳凰院凶真風自己紹介・おまけ
岡部倫太郎ではない。俺の名前は神代帝だ！
紅蓮の炎で焼き尽くす地獄の道化師とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
You'd have thought that they'd at least set the default for 岡部倫太郎 as 鳳凰院凶真. XD
狂気の科学者ではない。俺の名前は天衣法泉だ！
異次元より並行世界を眺める能力者とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
Mad Scientist is over the character limit, so I settled for a translation. It's rather fitting. XD
Miyano Mamoru's Okarin is most excellent. Who's better to introduce his own characters than his character?
So here's some of Miyano's roles that I've seen, minus the Okarin above, Hououin Kyouma-style!
*Beware of character spoilers*
楽園を目指す狼ではない。俺の名前は黒炎龍鉄心斎だ！
邪気眼の恩恵をこの身に受ける現代のネクロマンサーとは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(WOLF'S RAIN)
Ｌ計画で無駄死にしたではない。俺の名前は闇舞傀儡だ！
近代のオーパーツを求めて旅する永遠の探求者とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(蒼穹のファフナー RIGHT OF LEFT)
自称ホスト部のキングではない。俺の名前は冴島刃だ！
朽ちる体を甦らせるための超古代科学を求める考古学者とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(桜蘭高校ホスト部)
新世界の神ではない。俺の名前は犬神剣心だ！
右腕に封印された呪われし力を解放すべく闇の契約を結ぶ者とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(DEATH NOTE)
狂った魔女ストーカーではない。俺の名前は暗黒清姫だ！
人類の頂点に立つべき男とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(エル・カザド)
吸血鬼であるハンターではない。俺の名前は乱道蛍だ！
万物を創生する禁忌の力を振るう錬金術師とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(ヴァンパイア騎士)
首だけの吸血鬼ではない。俺の名前は神蔵玄武だ！
禁忌の扉を開き、闇の底より這い出た終焉の理（ことわり）とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(黒塚 KUROZUKA)
本名は松太郎ではない。俺の名前はT・H・ジャスティンだ！
これまでに費やした財は底知れず積みゲーマスターとは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(Skip Beat!)
ガンダムではない。俺の名前は魔界王ダークだ！
豪腕から繰り出される一撃で無人の島を破壊しつくす男とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(機動戦士ガンダム00)
左右対称こそすべてではない。俺の名前は天地神火だ！
立ちふさがる全ての敵を刀剣1本でなぎ倒す最強のブレードマスターとは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(Soul Eater)
世界を滅ぼすではない。俺の名前は太陽王ホライズンだ！
月夜にのみ真の姿を見せる儚き生命を紡ぐ者とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(World Destruction 世界撲滅の六人)
１話だけの豪華通行人ではない。俺の名前は闇舞傀儡だ！
孤島にて迷い人を招きし魅惑のセイレーンとは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(学園黙示録 HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD)
銀河美少年ではない。俺の名前は三日月朧だ！
絶対不可侵と語り継がれた深淵に足を踏み入れた原初の帰還者とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(STAR DRIVER 輝きのタクト)
わざと人の恋を邪魔ではない。俺の名前は夢現摂理だ！
時空の狭間で存在する伝説の神とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(君に届け 2ND SEASON)
歌王子ではない。俺の名前は闇色紅麗亜だ！
人々に希望を与え、世界を救う機人とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪ マジLOVE1000%)
犬耳に召喚された勇者ではない。俺の名前は闇坂時雨だ！
新時代の英知をマスターした「ニュータイプ」とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(DOG DAYS)
BTW, I finally managed to get all four future gadgets and was awarded with the frame for the @games Selphy avatar! Waiting for the next S.G. project to be announced~
紅蓮の炎で焼き尽くす地獄の道化師とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
You'd have thought that they'd at least set the default for 岡部倫太郎 as 鳳凰院凶真. XD
狂気の科学者ではない。俺の名前は天衣法泉だ！
異次元より並行世界を眺める能力者とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
Mad Scientist is over the character limit, so I settled for a translation. It's rather fitting. XD
Miyano Mamoru's Okarin is most excellent. Who's better to introduce his own characters than his character?
So here's some of Miyano's roles that I've seen, minus the Okarin above, Hououin Kyouma-style!
*Beware of character spoilers*
楽園を目指す狼ではない。俺の名前は黒炎龍鉄心斎だ！
邪気眼の恩恵をこの身に受ける現代のネクロマンサーとは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(WOLF'S RAIN)
Ｌ計画で無駄死にしたではない。俺の名前は闇舞傀儡だ！
近代のオーパーツを求めて旅する永遠の探求者とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(蒼穹のファフナー RIGHT OF LEFT)
自称ホスト部のキングではない。俺の名前は冴島刃だ！
朽ちる体を甦らせるための超古代科学を求める考古学者とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(桜蘭高校ホスト部)
新世界の神ではない。俺の名前は犬神剣心だ！
右腕に封印された呪われし力を解放すべく闇の契約を結ぶ者とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(DEATH NOTE)
狂った魔女ストーカーではない。俺の名前は暗黒清姫だ！
人類の頂点に立つべき男とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(エル・カザド)
吸血鬼であるハンターではない。俺の名前は乱道蛍だ！
万物を創生する禁忌の力を振るう錬金術師とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(ヴァンパイア騎士)
首だけの吸血鬼ではない。俺の名前は神蔵玄武だ！
禁忌の扉を開き、闇の底より這い出た終焉の理（ことわり）とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(黒塚 KUROZUKA)
本名は松太郎ではない。俺の名前はT・H・ジャスティンだ！
これまでに費やした財は底知れず積みゲーマスターとは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(Skip Beat!)
ガンダムではない。俺の名前は魔界王ダークだ！
豪腕から繰り出される一撃で無人の島を破壊しつくす男とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(機動戦士ガンダム00)
左右対称こそすべてではない。俺の名前は天地神火だ！
立ちふさがる全ての敵を刀剣1本でなぎ倒す最強のブレードマスターとは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(Soul Eater)
世界を滅ぼすではない。俺の名前は太陽王ホライズンだ！
月夜にのみ真の姿を見せる儚き生命を紡ぐ者とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(World Destruction 世界撲滅の六人)
１話だけの豪華通行人ではない。俺の名前は闇舞傀儡だ！
孤島にて迷い人を招きし魅惑のセイレーンとは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(学園黙示録 HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD)
銀河美少年ではない。俺の名前は三日月朧だ！
絶対不可侵と語り継がれた深淵に足を踏み入れた原初の帰還者とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(STAR DRIVER 輝きのタクト)
わざと人の恋を邪魔ではない。俺の名前は夢現摂理だ！
時空の狭間で存在する伝説の神とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(君に届け 2ND SEASON)
歌王子ではない。俺の名前は闇色紅麗亜だ！
人々に希望を与え、世界を救う機人とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪ マジLOVE1000%)
犬耳に召喚された勇者ではない。俺の名前は闇坂時雨だ！
新時代の英知をマスターした「ニュータイプ」とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
(DOG DAYS)
BTW, I finally managed to get all four future gadgets and was awarded with the frame for the @games Selphy avatar! Waiting for the next S.G. project to be announced~
Thursday, September 22, 2011
ファイナルファンタジーXIII-2
Just watched the trailers. ちょっと微妙。
Since it'll probably be a long time before I can get a copy of the Japanese version (almost got it for XIII, but it didn't work out), I'm not going to delve into the game play mechanics and stuff shown in the trailers. Just the characters.
Lightning's new design is pretty nice, but her beautiful features are cloaked with a thin veil of melancholy as she had failed to protect the future. Even though she's still a key character in XIII-2, I'm somewhat sad that she's not the protagonist.
The protagonist, Noel Kreiss, looks like he time-slipped from FF X with the costume and accessories, but better designed than the blitz ball uniforms. XD I patted myself on the back when I recognized him as being voice by Kishio Daisuke.
I can't determine who カイアス and ユール are, but I think I've heard their voices before, especially ユール's...
The heroine for XIII-2 seems to be Serah, whom I don't care much for. Serah appears to get help from a Moogle. Ah, how I miss them Moogles! :D
When Hope appeared, I had to wonder how many years it's been since XIII. Serah didn't seem to have grown at all. With the recent boom of Kaji playing lead roles in various series, I'm tired of hearing him again, to tell the truth. But to Kaji's credit, I think he did a good job transiting from the youth in XIII to young adult in XIII-2.
Snow... went from the hero leader of a group of rebel ヤンキー, to a wild ヤンキー himself with a really really bad hairdo. Put your hat back on, man! orz
Omake:
Since XIII-2 is a sequel, there's a special site that tells the story of XIII (with spoiler warnings everywhere for those who haven't finished the game). I was quite delighted when I saw the sprites in the character page, and squealed when I saw the XIII time line. The sprites move! Reminds me so much of Final Fantasy VI. Ah, the good old days. （つд｀）
Since it'll probably be a long time before I can get a copy of the Japanese version (almost got it for XIII, but it didn't work out), I'm not going to delve into the game play mechanics and stuff shown in the trailers. Just the characters.
Lightning's new design is pretty nice, but her beautiful features are cloaked with a thin veil of melancholy as she had failed to protect the future. Even though she's still a key character in XIII-2, I'm somewhat sad that she's not the protagonist.
The protagonist, Noel Kreiss, looks like he time-slipped from FF X with the costume and accessories, but better designed than the blitz ball uniforms. XD I patted myself on the back when I recognized him as being voice by Kishio Daisuke.
I can't determine who カイアス and ユール are, but I think I've heard their voices before, especially ユール's...
The heroine for XIII-2 seems to be Serah, whom I don't care much for. Serah appears to get help from a Moogle. Ah, how I miss them Moogles! :D
When Hope appeared, I had to wonder how many years it's been since XIII. Serah didn't seem to have grown at all. With the recent boom of Kaji playing lead roles in various series, I'm tired of hearing him again, to tell the truth. But to Kaji's credit, I think he did a good job transiting from the youth in XIII to young adult in XIII-2.
Snow... went from the hero leader of a group of rebel ヤンキー, to a wild ヤンキー himself with a really really bad hairdo. Put your hat back on, man! orz
Omake:
Since XIII-2 is a sequel, there's a special site that tells the story of XIII (with spoiler warnings everywhere for those who haven't finished the game). I was quite delighted when I saw the sprites in the character page, and squealed when I saw the XIII time line. The sprites move! Reminds me so much of Final Fantasy VI. Ah, the good old days. （つд｀）
Monday, September 19, 2011
鳳凰院凶真風自己紹介
@games often have collaboration with various anime series, and one of the current projects is Steins;Gate.
While the character costume gacha for the @games Selphy avatars require actual purchase of the @games currency, there are other free events as well.
I've been so far unsuccessful in developing the fourth future gadget in order to obtain the background frame for the Selphy, but I've accumulated 8 cases of burnt Juicy Fried No.1 and multiples of the other three future gadgets. orz
As the title indicates, there's a tool on the Steins;Gate page that lets you input up to 10 full-size characters.
Here's some results:
サルキではない。俺の名前は厳島天道だ！
消えた魂を求めて救いのために旅を続ける者とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
◯◯◯ではない。俺の名前は煌大地だ！
雷鳴を呼び、嵐を巻き起こす平成の快男児とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
I hid the name I put in here 'cause it's only used with my long-time friends online. But the description is pretty cool, so I included it here. XD
スライムではない。俺の名前は聖帝神威だ！
疾風の如く現れて、獲物を仕留めるハンターとは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
And to think that slime is the weakest monster in the Dragon Quest series! XD
ただの人間ではない。俺の名前は九十九蠍だ！
20XX年に開発された異空間探索人型（プロトタイプ）試作機445号とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
This is a really awesome ochi XD
幻や幻影ではない。俺の名前は越前守羅刹だ！
無限の夢を語りし星詠み人とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
負け犬ではない。俺の名前は闇坂時雨だ！
先の革命を成したレジスタンスの長にして、新国家の三英雄の1人とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
片翼の天使ではない。俺の名前は神代大河だ！
見るもの全てを暗黒に落とす無限カタストロフィとは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
お前はセフィロスだろうｗｗｗ
勇者ではない。俺の名前は獣道狼牙だ！
怨霊、悪霊、地縛霊でも何でも来い。死せる者を知り尽くした伝説の陰陽師とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
Hero had a class change. XD
大魔王ではない。俺の名前は夢ヶ原小鳩だ！
銀河を突き抜ける流星群を率いた宇宙戦士とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
The demon king also had a class change. XD
The possibilities seem endless! This is too fun! I can just sit here and think up all sorts of things to try all day!
Expect more to come in the coming days! ( ﾟ ∀ ﾟ )
While the character costume gacha for the @games Selphy avatars require actual purchase of the @games currency, there are other free events as well.
I've been so far unsuccessful in developing the fourth future gadget in order to obtain the background frame for the Selphy, but I've accumulated 8 cases of burnt Juicy Fried No.1 and multiples of the other three future gadgets. orz
As the title indicates, there's a tool on the Steins;Gate page that lets you input up to 10 full-size characters.
Here's some results:
サルキではない。俺の名前は厳島天道だ！
消えた魂を求めて救いのために旅を続ける者とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
◯◯◯ではない。俺の名前は煌大地だ！
雷鳴を呼び、嵐を巻き起こす平成の快男児とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
I hid the name I put in here 'cause it's only used with my long-time friends online. But the description is pretty cool, so I included it here. XD
スライムではない。俺の名前は聖帝神威だ！
疾風の如く現れて、獲物を仕留めるハンターとは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
And to think that slime is the weakest monster in the Dragon Quest series! XD
ただの人間ではない。俺の名前は九十九蠍だ！
20XX年に開発された異空間探索人型（プロトタイプ）試作機445号とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
This is a really awesome ochi XD
幻や幻影ではない。俺の名前は越前守羅刹だ！
無限の夢を語りし星詠み人とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
負け犬ではない。俺の名前は闇坂時雨だ！
先の革命を成したレジスタンスの長にして、新国家の三英雄の1人とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
片翼の天使ではない。俺の名前は神代大河だ！
見るもの全てを暗黒に落とす無限カタストロフィとは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
お前はセフィロスだろうｗｗｗ
勇者ではない。俺の名前は獣道狼牙だ！
怨霊、悪霊、地縛霊でも何でも来い。死せる者を知り尽くした伝説の陰陽師とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
Hero had a class change. XD
大魔王ではない。俺の名前は夢ヶ原小鳩だ！
銀河を突き抜ける流星群を率いた宇宙戦士とは俺のことだ！ククク、フゥハハハ！
The demon king also had a class change. XD
The possibilities seem endless! This is too fun! I can just sit here and think up all sorts of things to try all day!
Expect more to come in the coming days! ( ﾟ ∀ ﾟ )
Sunday, September 18, 2011
2011年 秋アニメ
Yes, it hasn't been that long since I posted the three-episode thoughts on the summer season. But the fall season is already around the corner. orz
As usual, the pre-air impressions are based on the introduction video on Niconico. Beware of the very long post.
ギルティクラウン
- Production I.G
- OP and character design by supercell, music by Sawano!
- story doesn't seem special, but the animation looks great
- pretty good seiyuu cast (although I'm tired of Kaji being the lead again)
= Watching
UN-GO
(Mizushima showed a short (15sec?) video clip at his panel at AX this year and refused to even tell us the name of the series as it was before the official website went live. He also specifically asked for no filming nor photos as it was the first time a clip about the series was ever shown. There's no spoken lines and only showed four characters (main character, mysterious child, young girl, serious looking lady) in what looked like a party scene. My impression, as I related to Neko-tan, was that it gave a 黒執事(dark; master & akuma partner) x 逆転裁判(detective/lawyer-like debates) feel, and it felt like BONES.)
- and it is BONES
- and it does appear to be about a detective and his partner who had fallen from grace
- the seiyuu playing the 4 main characters are unfamiliar to me, but they don't sound too bad
= Watching
ペルソナ4
- never played the series nor even finished Trinity Soul, but I assume the Persona theme is similar
- the story for P4 is supposedly pretty good
- battle visuals look nice, and the seiyuu cast is on the heavy side
= Watching
ラストエグザイル -銀翼のファム-
(The 1st episode was shown at AX this year. I even watched the whole Last Exile series at Neko-tan's so I could go to the showing. But I was trapped in the line for Morikawa's autograph that day and couldn't get out in time. The rest of the gang all went and thought it was good... T__T)
- GONZO's attempt to rise again from the ash...ｗｗｗ
- OP by Sakamoto Maaya!
- seiyuu on the heavy side
= Watching
境界線上のホライゾン
- Kawakami's works seem to have detailed settings and good reviews, so the story should be fine
- ED1 by Ceui!
- average visuals; not too pleased that Chihara is the heroine, but otherwise heavy seiyuu cast
= Watching
Fate/Zero
- 本命 of the fall season!
- original novel by Urobuchi of Nitro+, music by Kajiura, animation by ufotable
- very heavy seiyuu cast
= Watching
僕は友達が少ない
- story looks average, another harem light novel adaptation
- visuals and animation are average
- seiyuu cast not bad
= Probably watching
ベン・トー
- I can't really tell what the story is about...
- visuals look all right
- kinda meh on the female seiyuu cast but like the two male seiyuu
= Probably watching
未来日記
- can't tell what the story is about, but it looks dark
- the visuals are from the OAD so I can't tell how it'll look for the anime series
- meh female seiyuu cast but nice male seiyuu cast
= Probably watching
C3 -シーキューブ-
- story looks like plain moe loli type, though there's comment saying it's battle type
- visuals are average
- don't care too much for the seiyuu cast
= Might trial watch
真剣で私に恋しなさい！！
- adaptation of the original エロゲー from the company that did きみある
- same world setting as きみある, female characters are all strong fighters
- meh female seiyuu cast but pretty heavy male seiyuu cast
= Watching
マケン姫っ！
- I think story is out of the picture when they started showing panty shots in the PV...
- bad visuals and mundane character design
- don't care too much for the seiyuu cast
= Not watching
ましろ色シンフォニー
- another エロゲー anime, this time in a regular school setting
- visuals are not bad, and there seems to be a somewhat cute feline mascot
- don't care too much for the seiyuu cast
= Not watching
侵略！？イカ娘
- 2nd season of a great comedy squid show
- the PV tries to fool ppl into thinking it's about alien invasion with the BGM... でゲソ! XD
= Watching
WORKING'!!
- 2nd season of a great comedy work (pun intended)
- judging from the cast list, there seems to be new characters
= Watching
灼眼のシャナ III Final
- 3rd and final season of a good fantasy battle series
- I need to finish the 2nd season first... orz
= Watching
たまゆら 〜hitotose〜
- story appears to be about daily lives of girls
- all right visuals, don't care too much for the seiyuu cast
- will be watching out for the OP by Sakamoto Maaya
= Not watching
世界一初恋2
= BL却下
機動戦士ガンダムAGE
- there's no new info in the PV except the ED by Kuribayashi
- are they keeping mum because of the raving negative reviews they received after the press release?
- ...I don't want to elaborate on the silliness of the designs
= Can't believe I am only going to trial watch a Gundam series...
ファイ・ブレイン 神のパズル
- story looks a bit formulaic but still somewhat interesting
- ugly character design but the animation itself is not bad
- pretty heavy seiyuu cast, should be hot-blooded
= Watching
バトルスピリッツ 覇王
- treat it as any card game anime
= Not watching
島んちゅMiRiKa
- 企画：沖縄県観光商工部産業政策課(?!)
- 2nd season(!) of the 5-min shorts aired only in Okinawa
- revolves around a group of young kids in Okinawa
= Watching, if it's even available outside Okinawa
＜--no PV available for the rest, just one image & staff/cast info--＞
君と僕
- comedy about a group of 5 high school guys
- not BL
- seiyuu cast not bad
= Watching
ちはやふる
- based on the shoujo manga about traditional Japanese playing cards karuta
- don't know who the main girl is, but the two guys are pretty good
- might just treat it somewhat like Skip Beat
= Probably watching
戦国☆パラダイス ー極ー
- judging from the comments, nobody knows what this is
- Google only told me it's a mobile game, that's it
- only know a few of the seiyuu in the cast list
= Might trial watch
バクマン。2
- 2nd season of a great manga marketing work
= Watching
HUNTER×HUNTER
- complete remake of the anime with a new cast (I'll so miss Takeuchi's Gon)
- likely a full-year series
= Watching
デジモンクロスウォーズ 時を駆ける少年ハンターたち
- I didn't know they're still making Digimon...
= Not watching
クロスファイト ビーダマン
- looks similar to Digimon
= Not watching
Summary (total 29)
- Watching: 19
- Undecided: 3
- Not watching: 7
Hmm, that's actually a lot fewer shows than I expected. Maybe the person wasn't able to acquire information for all of them? 18 full-episode series + one 5-min shorts is manageable for one season, I guess. But it'll be a tough choice deciding the top shows.
Now, let me go finish more summer season series...
Omake:
Gundam UC 4 blu-ray comes out on Dec 2. I hope Gundam The Origin project comes out before AGE explodes...
As usual, the pre-air impressions are based on the introduction video on Niconico. Beware of the very long post.
ギルティクラウン
- Production I.G
- OP and character design by supercell, music by Sawano!
- story doesn't seem special, but the animation looks great
- pretty good seiyuu cast (although I'm tired of Kaji being the lead again)
= Watching
UN-GO
(Mizushima showed a short (15sec?) video clip at his panel at AX this year and refused to even tell us the name of the series as it was before the official website went live. He also specifically asked for no filming nor photos as it was the first time a clip about the series was ever shown. There's no spoken lines and only showed four characters (main character, mysterious child, young girl, serious looking lady) in what looked like a party scene. My impression, as I related to Neko-tan, was that it gave a 黒執事(dark; master & akuma partner) x 逆転裁判(detective/lawyer-like debates) feel, and it felt like BONES.)
- and it is BONES
- and it does appear to be about a detective and his partner who had fallen from grace
- the seiyuu playing the 4 main characters are unfamiliar to me, but they don't sound too bad
= Watching
ペルソナ4
- never played the series nor even finished Trinity Soul, but I assume the Persona theme is similar
- the story for P4 is supposedly pretty good
- battle visuals look nice, and the seiyuu cast is on the heavy side
= Watching
ラストエグザイル -銀翼のファム-
(The 1st episode was shown at AX this year. I even watched the whole Last Exile series at Neko-tan's so I could go to the showing. But I was trapped in the line for Morikawa's autograph that day and couldn't get out in time. The rest of the gang all went and thought it was good... T__T)
- GONZO's attempt to rise again from the ash...ｗｗｗ
- OP by Sakamoto Maaya!
- seiyuu on the heavy side
= Watching
境界線上のホライゾン
- Kawakami's works seem to have detailed settings and good reviews, so the story should be fine
- ED1 by Ceui!
- average visuals; not too pleased that Chihara is the heroine, but otherwise heavy seiyuu cast
= Watching
Fate/Zero
- 本命 of the fall season!
- original novel by Urobuchi of Nitro+, music by Kajiura, animation by ufotable
- very heavy seiyuu cast
= Watching
僕は友達が少ない
- story looks average, another harem light novel adaptation
- visuals and animation are average
- seiyuu cast not bad
= Probably watching
ベン・トー
- I can't really tell what the story is about...
- visuals look all right
- kinda meh on the female seiyuu cast but like the two male seiyuu
= Probably watching
未来日記
- can't tell what the story is about, but it looks dark
- the visuals are from the OAD so I can't tell how it'll look for the anime series
- meh female seiyuu cast but nice male seiyuu cast
= Probably watching
C3 -シーキューブ-
- story looks like plain moe loli type, though there's comment saying it's battle type
- visuals are average
- don't care too much for the seiyuu cast
= Might trial watch
真剣で私に恋しなさい！！
- adaptation of the original エロゲー from the company that did きみある
- same world setting as きみある, female characters are all strong fighters
- meh female seiyuu cast but pretty heavy male seiyuu cast
= Watching
マケン姫っ！
- I think story is out of the picture when they started showing panty shots in the PV...
- bad visuals and mundane character design
- don't care too much for the seiyuu cast
= Not watching
ましろ色シンフォニー
- another エロゲー anime, this time in a regular school setting
- visuals are not bad, and there seems to be a somewhat cute feline mascot
- don't care too much for the seiyuu cast
= Not watching
侵略！？イカ娘
- 2nd season of a great comedy squid show
- the PV tries to fool ppl into thinking it's about alien invasion with the BGM... でゲソ! XD
= Watching
WORKING'!!
- 2nd season of a great comedy work (pun intended)
- judging from the cast list, there seems to be new characters
= Watching
灼眼のシャナ III Final
- 3rd and final season of a good fantasy battle series
- I need to finish the 2nd season first... orz
= Watching
たまゆら 〜hitotose〜
- story appears to be about daily lives of girls
- all right visuals, don't care too much for the seiyuu cast
- will be watching out for the OP by Sakamoto Maaya
= Not watching
世界一初恋2
= BL却下
機動戦士ガンダムAGE
- there's no new info in the PV except the ED by Kuribayashi
- are they keeping mum because of the raving negative reviews they received after the press release?
- ...I don't want to elaborate on the silliness of the designs
= Can't believe I am only going to trial watch a Gundam series...
ファイ・ブレイン 神のパズル
- story looks a bit formulaic but still somewhat interesting
- ugly character design but the animation itself is not bad
- pretty heavy seiyuu cast, should be hot-blooded
= Watching
バトルスピリッツ 覇王
- treat it as any card game anime
= Not watching
島んちゅMiRiKa
- 企画：沖縄県観光商工部産業政策課(?!)
- 2nd season(!) of the 5-min shorts aired only in Okinawa
- revolves around a group of young kids in Okinawa
= Watching, if it's even available outside Okinawa
＜--no PV available for the rest, just one image & staff/cast info--＞
君と僕
- comedy about a group of 5 high school guys
- not BL
- seiyuu cast not bad
= Watching
ちはやふる
- based on the shoujo manga about traditional Japanese playing cards karuta
- don't know who the main girl is, but the two guys are pretty good
- might just treat it somewhat like Skip Beat
= Probably watching
戦国☆パラダイス ー極ー
- judging from the comments, nobody knows what this is
- Google only told me it's a mobile game, that's it
- only know a few of the seiyuu in the cast list
= Might trial watch
バクマン。2
- 2nd season of a great manga marketing work
= Watching
HUNTER×HUNTER
- complete remake of the anime with a new cast (I'll so miss Takeuchi's Gon)
- likely a full-year series
= Watching
デジモンクロスウォーズ 時を駆ける少年ハンターたち
- I didn't know they're still making Digimon...
= Not watching
クロスファイト ビーダマン
- looks similar to Digimon
= Not watching
Summary (total 29)
- Watching: 19
- Undecided: 3
- Not watching: 7
Hmm, that's actually a lot fewer shows than I expected. Maybe the person wasn't able to acquire information for all of them? 18 full-episode series + one 5-min shorts is manageable for one season, I guess. But it'll be a tough choice deciding the top shows.
Now, let me go finish more summer season series...
Omake:
Gundam UC 4 blu-ray comes out on Dec 2. I hope Gundam The Origin project comes out before AGE explodes...
ラムネ
I got a bottle of ramune last month but was only able to taste it today. Apparently the brand I got was a famous Taiwanese brand, so I was looking forward to trying it.
It took me a bit of time to figure out how to take off the pink opener, but I found the design quite clever.
Time to push the marble!
*bubble bubble bubble bubble*
AHHHH~~~~~ (gotta clean them off lest the ants appear)
うむ、うまい～( ﾟ ∀ ﾟ )
According to the label, the cap can be opened to take out the marble, but I was unsuccessful...
Then I saw the Wikipedia article mentioning the cap is reversed (clock-wise) to prevent people accidentally opening it.
Ramune bottle is defeated.
Ramune bottle dropped a ramune marble.
You picked up the ramune marble.
MUHAHAHA.
It took me a bit of time to figure out how to take off the pink opener, but I found the design quite clever.
Time to push the marble!
*bubble bubble bubble bubble*
AHHHH~~~~~ (gotta clean them off lest the ants appear)
うむ、うまい～( ﾟ ∀ ﾟ )
According to the label, the cap can be opened to take out the marble, but I was unsuccessful...
Then I saw the Wikipedia article mentioning the cap is reversed (clock-wise) to prevent people accidentally opening it.
Ramune bottle is defeated.
Ramune bottle dropped a ramune marble.
You picked up the ramune marble.
MUHAHAHA.
Friday, September 16, 2011
いいキュゥべえ、抱かなイカ？
I was going to scout the fall season anime series on Niconico when I stumbled upon this very warming piece of news. Such an excellent Christmas present! XD
There are also more pictures on Amazon.co.jp to further demonstrate the cuteness of QB-sama!
There seems to be a conspiracy going on to turn it into a sandbag... 酷いな、みんな。何でだい？わけがわからないよ。 ◕‿‿◕
Too bad the price tag is not as friendly looking as QB itself. I want one of those. （つд｀）
There are also more pictures on Amazon.co.jp to further demonstrate the cuteness of QB-sama!
There seems to be a conspiracy going on to turn it into a sandbag... 酷いな、みんな。何でだい？わけがわからないよ。 ◕‿‿◕
Too bad the price tag is not as friendly looking as QB itself. I want one of those. （つд｀）
Thursday, September 15, 2011
いいfigma、買わなイカ？
Someone asked me if I knew who Black Rock Shooter was, to which I answered yes and that I have the BRS figma. He didn't realize how little clothes BRS wears and seemed slightly disturbed that someone he knows has cosplayed as BRS.
Since I don't have a display shelf yet for my gunpla, my BRS figma is also still sitting in the box waiting for the day of glory to come. I figured I'd review its magnificence on Good Smile instead for the time being.
Even though I wasn't planning to get another figma anytime soon, I thought I'd check out the line up...
Black Rock Shooter 2035
卑怯な！ They're going to make one for the game version of BRS!? This one looks a lot more elaborate than the original, and the rusty feel of the weapons has got even better. Luckily, I already have the original and don't feel the urge to get this one. I do want the game itself, though. Very much.
Black Gold Saw
This one I actually would want. She was only on screen for a very brief time, but not only is the design attractive, but the figma itself looks really well done. In comparison, Dead Master's appeal is a lot weaker, despite her being the "boss" in the OVA. I really like her Dead scythe with its metallic sheen, though.
Last but certainly not least, let's not forget the eternal ドロッセルお嬢様. I will snatch this one up if I do see it, if only it's available... orz
But, despite all the purchase musings, I very rarely go down to where the (only?) local anime & figures shop is located. My best chance might be when I go to AX, but there's no telling when that would be (depends on the guests) and what would be available and their prices.
Musing is just that, musing. In my case, 妄想かな？
Since I don't have a display shelf yet for my gunpla, my BRS figma is also still sitting in the box waiting for the day of glory to come. I figured I'd review its magnificence on Good Smile instead for the time being.
Even though I wasn't planning to get another figma anytime soon, I thought I'd check out the line up...
Black Rock Shooter 2035
卑怯な！ They're going to make one for the game version of BRS!? This one looks a lot more elaborate than the original, and the rusty feel of the weapons has got even better. Luckily, I already have the original and don't feel the urge to get this one. I do want the game itself, though. Very much.
Black Gold Saw
This one I actually would want. She was only on screen for a very brief time, but not only is the design attractive, but the figma itself looks really well done. In comparison, Dead Master's appeal is a lot weaker, despite her being the "boss" in the OVA. I really like her Dead scythe with its metallic sheen, though.
Last but certainly not least, let's not forget the eternal ドロッセルお嬢様. I will snatch this one up if I do see it, if only it's available... orz
But, despite all the purchase musings, I very rarely go down to where the (only?) local anime & figures shop is located. My best chance might be when I go to AX, but there's no telling when that would be (depends on the guests) and what would be available and their prices.
Musing is just that, musing. In my case, 妄想かな？
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Cat's Eye
By Cat's Eye, I don't mean the café run by the art thieves trio or the planetary nebula.
I mean the mystic orb possessed by the feline kinds, specifically the big round pupils that magnify the cuteness of my cat ten-fold~ XD
So the first thing I did after I got home was to check my eyes in the mirror and then go peer into the eyes of my very cute cat: 見ろ、お揃いの目だ～
Not only did everything appear to be blurry, even the colours were slightly off.
Most of all, everything looked so blindingly bright!! なんて眩しい！！ orz
正しくドロッセルお嬢様が曰く「でも、これでは眩しくて、私には何も見えないわ」ってやつだ。
眼科、なんて恐ろしい子！
I guess it's still good to know that my eyes are fine and are only deteriorating at a normal rate for my age and level of myopia... (￣д￣)
I mean the mystic orb possessed by the feline kinds, specifically the big round pupils that magnify the cuteness of my cat ten-fold~ XD
So the first thing I did after I got home was to check my eyes in the mirror and then go peer into the eyes of my very cute cat: 見ろ、お揃いの目だ～
Not only did everything appear to be blurry, even the colours were slightly off.
Most of all, everything looked so blindingly bright!! なんて眩しい！！ orz
正しくドロッセルお嬢様が曰く「でも、これでは眩しくて、私には何も見えないわ」ってやつだ。
眼科、なんて恐ろしい子！
I guess it's still good to know that my eyes are fine and are only deteriorating at a normal rate for my age and level of myopia... (￣д￣)
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
夏番アニメ スタート！
夏番開始前後沒時間做夏番預測，所以直接上初期感想～
按照慣例照食用順序排列。捏他有，慎入。
Blade ep.1-4
- Wolverineと同じ、主役二人の声優に釣られただけ
- 原作を全然知らないから、ただの吸血鬼ハンターの話に見える、ちょっとつまんない
- 相変わらず演出はなかなか、でも絵は酷い、もう見たくなくなるぐらい
うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪ マジLOVE1000% ep.1-6
- こういうタイトルなんだから、ストーリーには期待してないが、まさか第一話冒頭のコンサートに爆笑したｗｗｗ
- 谷山さんも本物のうたプリに違いないが、やっぱりこのメンバーズの中には、宮野さんの歌声が一番好き
- 軽音を吐くの単純すぎる少女みゆきちゃん、ピンクな乙女心持つの中村さん、両方も初めて聞いた！ XD
バカとテストと召喚獣にっ! ep.1-3
- 面白さは一期より上がった、演出も良い
- 十七歳以外の女性陣相変わらず惹きつけない
- 結局、またバカな男性陣と秀吉に注目するしかないか
まよチキ! ep.1-3
- 明らかに女性陣全員が主人公に好きになるのハーレム作だが、日野聡に釣られた
- キャラクター達はいい感じ、作画と演出は思ったより安定
- ハーレム作にしてはなかなか面白い、今のところで
いつか天魔の黒ウサギ ep.1-3
- キャラは画面のように深さがない、動き方もすっげ安っぽい、とにかく酷い
- 世界観は何かカオスすぎで追いつけない、見物はドSのアスラン中村さんの生徒会長だけ
- 同じ作者なのに、伝勇伝を見た時に感じたテンションが全くないのはなぜ？
うさぎドロップ ep.1-3
- テーマと絵は期待通りの癒し系、いい成績を取りそう
- 子供が苦手だが、りんみたいなしっかり子は嫌いじゃない
- ちょっと実写映画の方も見たくなる～
Blood-C ep.1-3
- CLAMPのストーリー・キャラクター原案はもう、うんざり～～orz
- これ、本当はCLAMPの同人商業作じゃないの？
- こんな劣化のBloodと比べてみれば、Blood+を見る気分になる。そしよか。
神様ドォルズ ep.1-3
- 山間にある封鎖的な小さい村と、掟ようなお社（或いはっぽい物）。こんな設定はもう決まり文句になったな…
- 幸い、キャラが増えて、どんどん交差することが出来ているし、面白くなった。次のお楽しみに～
- でもやっぱり神様ドォルズ講座は要らんわい、その「ククリも喜んでる」もうんざり過ぎや！
神様のメモ帳 ep.1-3
- J.C.STAFFにしては結構良いな画と作画
- 主役二人の声優は知らないが、悪くない。アリスの喋り方はちょっとQBさまに似てるｗｗｗ
- 魅力的なキャラクターがいっぱい、ストーリーも悪くない、期待する番組だ
にゃんぱいあ The Animation ep.1-3
- 原作は同人誌らしい、凄くない？
- 3分間の短編アニメだから、気軽に見れる良い小品です
-ルルーシュにゃてんし(♂)→カレンにゃんぱいあ(♂)←リヴァル独眼竜まさむにゃ(♂)の三角関係は面白い XD
ダンタリアンの書架 ep.1-3
- 小物ような道具を細かく描いた、時代考証も少々してたみたい、ちゃんと２０世紀初の雰囲気を感じます
- キャラクターは美形、声優陣は豪華、作画も良い、何しろ物語は興味深い。結構好みかも。
- エンディングのアレはちょっと不気味けど
NO.6 ep.1-3
- 画が綺麗で作画も良い、流石BONES（何か、BONESに関して、これは成句になりそう）
- 何より、動物を丁寧に描くのは感心します。こんないい動きをする可愛い鼠、滅多に無いぞ XD
- ストーリーと設定はなかなか、結構いけると思う
ぬらりひょんの孫 ～千年魔京～ ep.1-3
- いつもと変わらず、声優陣の豪華さは尋常じゃないな
- やっぱり浅いな人間側より、妖怪側と陰陽師側の話に興味ある
- 第三話の予告に、桑島法子さまの声が聞こえた～～～ 待ってました！XDD
猫神やおよろず ep.1-3
- 画と作画は安定、話は思ったより面白い
- まさかの小西社員と陰陽師漫画家、ぬらりひょんの後にすぐ見ましたので、尚更ｗｗｗ
- これでスフィアの中で三人が出った、残り一人の出番は時間の問題かな？
輪るピングドラム ep.1-3
- 訳がわからないけど、生存戦略！！ XD
- Brain's Baseの名は初めて気付いたが、どうやら作画のクオリティーは期待出来そう
- やっぱり女がいる、しかも能登さん。思った通りのオチｗｗｗ
Sacred Seven ep.1-3
- これはサンライズから、東映の仮面ライダーへの答えかな？ XD
- 何あの最新技術を装備してドラキュラ城内のメイド部隊ｗｗｗ あと、鬼瓦の絵文字はｶﾜ(・∀・)ｲｲ!!
- ランカじゃないが、お嬢様も好きになれない。若菜の方が良い、ちょっとゼーガペインのリョーコを思い出す
本命預定的夏目第三期還沒看，不過第二期還在視聽中，得先吃完那邊，所以沒寫在這裡。歌唱王子到第六話則是因為想聽完所有人的歌再寫，雖然全部輪完似乎是第九話的樣子。
加上夏目兩期，總共是18部，不愧是稍微淡季的夏番。不過再算上春番的半年番以及夏娜二期，等於要在戰國期的秋番開始前解決25部。 orz
當然是不可能。更別説我還在同時進行銀河美少年、Durarara、還有銀魂。如果Bleach目前的原創篇在秋番時結束，也得加入名單，最少有半年番的量吧。不過夏番應該也不都是單季番，所以半年番的延到跟秋番一起看也行。
まあ、就夏番來説，目前個人最期待的五部(非排名)為：本命的夏目友人帳、ぬらりひょんの孫 ～千年魔京～、ダンタリアンの書架、神様のメモ帳、輪るピングドラム。
其實我很喜歡にゃんぱいあ The Animation，不過因為是三分鐘的超短篇，不好拿來跟正常長度的作品比較。NO.6跟神様ドォルズ也算有潛力，不過類似題材的捏他在別的地方看過了，構想執行上也不算特別，所以落敗下陣。うさぎドロップ也是好物，但是治愈系已經有夏目了，りん又遠比不上にゃんこ先生啊～
那麼，既然夏番輪完一遍了，準備衝吧。それではガンダムファイト、レディーゴー！
按照慣例照食用順序排列。捏他有，慎入。
Blade ep.1-4
- Wolverineと同じ、主役二人の声優に釣られただけ
- 原作を全然知らないから、ただの吸血鬼ハンターの話に見える、ちょっとつまんない
- 相変わらず演出はなかなか、でも絵は酷い、もう見たくなくなるぐらい
うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪ マジLOVE1000% ep.1-6
- こういうタイトルなんだから、ストーリーには期待してないが、まさか第一話冒頭のコンサートに爆笑したｗｗｗ
- 谷山さんも本物のうたプリに違いないが、やっぱりこのメンバーズの中には、宮野さんの歌声が一番好き
- 軽音を吐くの単純すぎる少女みゆきちゃん、ピンクな乙女心持つの中村さん、両方も初めて聞いた！ XD
バカとテストと召喚獣にっ! ep.1-3
- 面白さは一期より上がった、演出も良い
- 十七歳以外の女性陣相変わらず惹きつけない
- 結局、またバカな男性陣と秀吉に注目するしかないか
まよチキ! ep.1-3
- 明らかに女性陣全員が主人公に好きになるのハーレム作だが、日野聡に釣られた
- キャラクター達はいい感じ、作画と演出は思ったより安定
- ハーレム作にしてはなかなか面白い、今のところで
いつか天魔の黒ウサギ ep.1-3
- キャラは画面のように深さがない、動き方もすっげ安っぽい、とにかく酷い
- 世界観は何かカオスすぎで追いつけない、見物は
- 同じ作者なのに、伝勇伝を見た時に感じたテンションが全くないのはなぜ？
うさぎドロップ ep.1-3
- テーマと絵は期待通りの癒し系、いい成績を取りそう
- 子供が苦手だが、りんみたいなしっかり子は嫌いじゃない
- ちょっと実写映画の方も見たくなる～
Blood-C ep.1-3
- CLAMPのストーリー・キャラクター原案はもう、うんざり～～orz
- これ、本当はCLAMPの同人商業作じゃないの？
- こんな劣化のBloodと比べてみれば、Blood+を見る気分になる。そしよか。
神様ドォルズ ep.1-3
- 山間にある封鎖的な小さい村と、掟ようなお社（或いはっぽい物）。こんな設定はもう決まり文句になったな…
- 幸い、キャラが増えて、どんどん交差することが出来ているし、面白くなった。次のお楽しみに～
- でもやっぱり神様ドォルズ講座は要らんわい、その「ククリも喜んでる」もうんざり過ぎや！
神様のメモ帳 ep.1-3
- J.C.STAFFにしては結構良いな画と作画
- 主役二人の声優は知らないが、悪くない。アリスの喋り方はちょっとQBさまに似てるｗｗｗ
- 魅力的なキャラクターがいっぱい、ストーリーも悪くない、期待する番組だ
にゃんぱいあ The Animation ep.1-3
- 原作は同人誌らしい、凄くない？
- 3分間の短編アニメだから、気軽に見れる良い小品です
-
ダンタリアンの書架 ep.1-3
- 小物ような道具を細かく描いた、時代考証も少々してたみたい、ちゃんと２０世紀初の雰囲気を感じます
- キャラクターは美形、声優陣は豪華、作画も良い、何しろ物語は興味深い。結構好みかも。
- エンディングのアレはちょっと不気味けど
NO.6 ep.1-3
- 画が綺麗で作画も良い、流石BONES（何か、BONESに関して、これは成句になりそう）
- 何より、動物を丁寧に描くのは感心します。こんないい動きをする可愛い鼠、滅多に無いぞ XD
- ストーリーと設定はなかなか、結構いけると思う
ぬらりひょんの孫 ～千年魔京～ ep.1-3
- いつもと変わらず、声優陣の豪華さは尋常じゃないな
- やっぱり浅いな人間側より、妖怪側と陰陽師側の話に興味ある
- 第三話の予告に、桑島法子さまの声が聞こえた～～～ 待ってました！XDD
猫神やおよろず ep.1-3
- 画と作画は安定、話は思ったより面白い
- まさかの小西社員と陰陽師漫画家、ぬらりひょんの後にすぐ見ましたので、尚更ｗｗｗ
- これでスフィアの中で三人が出った、残り一人の出番は時間の問題かな？
輪るピングドラム ep.1-3
- 訳がわからないけど、生存戦略！！ XD
- Brain's Baseの名は初めて気付いたが、どうやら作画のクオリティーは期待出来そう
- やっぱり女がいる、しかも能登さん。思った通りのオチｗｗｗ
Sacred Seven ep.1-3
- これはサンライズから、東映の仮面ライダーへの答えかな？ XD
- 何あの最新技術を装備してドラキュラ城内のメイド部隊ｗｗｗ あと、鬼瓦の絵文字はｶﾜ(・∀・)ｲｲ!!
- ランカじゃないが、お嬢様も好きになれない。若菜の方が良い、ちょっとゼーガペインのリョーコを思い出す
本命預定的夏目第三期還沒看，不過第二期還在視聽中，得先吃完那邊，所以沒寫在這裡。歌唱王子到第六話則是因為想聽完所有人的歌再寫，雖然全部輪完似乎是第九話的樣子。
加上夏目兩期，總共是18部，不愧是稍微淡季的夏番。不過再算上春番的半年番以及夏娜二期，等於要在戰國期的秋番開始前解決25部。 orz
當然是不可能。更別説我還在同時進行銀河美少年、Durarara、還有銀魂。如果Bleach目前的原創篇在秋番時結束，也得加入名單，最少有半年番的量吧。不過夏番應該也不都是單季番，所以半年番的延到跟秋番一起看也行。
まあ、就夏番來説，目前個人最期待的五部(非排名)為：本命的夏目友人帳、ぬらりひょんの孫 ～千年魔京～、ダンタリアンの書架、神様のメモ帳、輪るピングドラム。
其實我很喜歡にゃんぱいあ The Animation，不過因為是三分鐘的超短篇，不好拿來跟正常長度的作品比較。NO.6跟神様ドォルズ也算有潛力，不過類似題材的捏他在別的地方看過了，構想執行上也不算特別，所以落敗下陣。うさぎドロップ也是好物，但是治愈系已經有夏目了，りん又遠比不上にゃんこ先生啊～
那麼，既然夏番輪完一遍了，準備衝吧。それではガンダムファイト、レディーゴー！
Monday, September 12, 2011
ガリガリ君、再び
I didn't realize that ガリガリ君 is such a national snack in Japan, that even a non-gag type series would have a parody of it as well.
Episode 10 of Ao no Exorcist revealed another sub-species of ガリガリ君, this time called ゴリゴリ君! XD
I didn't expect to shed so much tears watching that episode... T__T
Episode 10 of Ao no Exorcist revealed another sub-species of ガリガリ君, this time called ゴリゴリ君! XD
I didn't expect to shed so much tears watching that episode... T__T
Sunday, September 11, 2011
いいスライム、食べなイカ？
Ever since the news announcement, this blue coloured gourmet has had a tight grip on my appetite.
While trying to appeal to a friend of this upcoming treat, I searched for "blue slime meat bun" on a certain world famous search engine and got this, which title asked the "but will you?" question. When we both saw the title of the article, we instinctively proclaimed, "Of course I will!" at the same time.
Then we proceeded to lament the fact that it's meat bun and therefore can't be brought back even if Friend-K will be in Japan when the item in question starts invading Family Marts. It really is too bad...
Friend-K! You are now assigned with the very important mission when you go to Japan! You are to go to Family Mart, acquire at least one of those blue slimes, take lots of photos of it, then bring back the memory of its taste to us! 絶対だからな！
While trying to appeal to a friend of this upcoming treat, I searched for "blue slime meat bun" on a certain world famous search engine and got this, which title asked the "but will you?" question. When we both saw the title of the article, we instinctively proclaimed, "Of course I will!" at the same time.
Then we proceeded to lament the fact that it's meat bun and therefore can't be brought back even if Friend-K will be in Japan when the item in question starts invading Family Marts. It really is too bad...
Friend-K! You are now assigned with the very important mission when you go to Japan! You are to go to Family Mart, acquire at least one of those blue slimes, take lots of photos of it, then bring back the memory of its taste to us! 絶対だからな！
Monday, September 05, 2011
「誕生２５周年 ドラゴンクエスト新作発表会」
『ドラゴンクエスト X 目覚めし五つの種族』
ONLINE on Wii & Wii U
The presentation was hosted by Yasumoto Hiroki and a woman (no idea who she is) because... I got kicked out right when she was about to explain why. Luckily I was able to get back in soon after.
Guests included the game's designer Horii Yuuji, executive producer Miyake Yuu, producer Saitou Yousuke, and director Fujisawa Jin. Lastly, the boss of Nintendo Iwata Satoru.
A debut PV (no photo taking allowed during this playback), some screen shots, and two short play demo videos were shown during the presentation.
To summarize, DQ X is still under development and will be an online game on Wii and Wii U, and possibly using the 3DS for walk-by character swapping. USB keyboards can be plugged in for typing, in addition to choose from stock phrases when communicating with other players.
Character design and music are done by the same Toriyama Akira and Sugiyama Kouichi, and maintain the DQ feel very nicely. This is the first DQ game that's 100% developed in-house at Square Enix.
As indicated in the game's subtitle, there are five main races (didn't see humans though, even though the player character was human in the play demo shown) to choose from. There are the usual job classes of soldier, priest, wizard, etc., and there will be a system to change job classes.
Player can do solo play, acquire NPC from the Bar, or party up with other players. In other words, one can still enjoy the game by oneself. This is especially important for me (and a lot of people from the looks of the comments XD), as I tend to fall behind a few years when it comes to playing games.
One can log out anytime and leave one's character at the Bar as NPC for other players to use for party, so the character will grow even when one isn't playing!
Players enter into battles upon contact with the enemy on the field map. Battles are turn-based with the usual "fight" "magic" "tools" (I didn't read the last one...) commands, and onlookers (shown as half-transparent) can cheer for the players in battle to bring up the mood. Judging from this, only one group can enter the battle with the enemy, so kill stealing is unlikely to happen. On the other hand, the turn-based battle system makes the pace seems slower, so it might take time to get used to.
There's also an option to call for help during battle, where the onlookers can then help revive defeated party members. This should be fun. XD
Outside of the battle fields, players can also be masters of daily jobs such as blacksmiths or tailor and create customized equipment. Players also build their own houses and dictate the outer appearance and interior looks, and even invite friends over. The dwellers of different towns and villages will be actual players (except for the real NPC that tells the story and hints, I assume?).
The scenarios weren't touched on much since that's the meat of the game, and the guests didn't want to spoil the fun. From the looks of the screen shots, there world of DQ X would be a great one to explore. Of course, being an online game means there will be expansions for quests and jobs after the game's release. There will also be events in game depending on the seasons of the real world.
There's mention of USB memory, but I'm not sure how it'll be used...
Since the game is still in development, there's no information on the release time (except that they're aiming for 2012), price, or how they would charge for the online system. This will be crucial in determining the player demographics and popularity, and whether I'll be able to play it.
*gremz* 絶滅動物
ONLINE on Wii & Wii U
The presentation was hosted by Yasumoto Hiroki and a woman (no idea who she is) because... I got kicked out right when she was about to explain why. Luckily I was able to get back in soon after.
Guests included the game's designer Horii Yuuji, executive producer Miyake Yuu, producer Saitou Yousuke, and director Fujisawa Jin. Lastly, the boss of Nintendo Iwata Satoru.
A debut PV (no photo taking allowed during this playback), some screen shots, and two short play demo videos were shown during the presentation.
To summarize, DQ X is still under development and will be an online game on Wii and Wii U, and possibly using the 3DS for walk-by character swapping. USB keyboards can be plugged in for typing, in addition to choose from stock phrases when communicating with other players.
Character design and music are done by the same Toriyama Akira and Sugiyama Kouichi, and maintain the DQ feel very nicely. This is the first DQ game that's 100% developed in-house at Square Enix.
As indicated in the game's subtitle, there are five main races (didn't see humans though, even though the player character was human in the play demo shown) to choose from. There are the usual job classes of soldier, priest, wizard, etc., and there will be a system to change job classes.
Player can do solo play, acquire NPC from the Bar, or party up with other players. In other words, one can still enjoy the game by oneself. This is especially important for me (and a lot of people from the looks of the comments XD), as I tend to fall behind a few years when it comes to playing games.
One can log out anytime and leave one's character at the Bar as NPC for other players to use for party, so the character will grow even when one isn't playing!
Players enter into battles upon contact with the enemy on the field map. Battles are turn-based with the usual "fight" "magic" "tools" (I didn't read the last one...) commands, and onlookers (shown as half-transparent) can cheer for the players in battle to bring up the mood. Judging from this, only one group can enter the battle with the enemy, so kill stealing is unlikely to happen. On the other hand, the turn-based battle system makes the pace seems slower, so it might take time to get used to.
There's also an option to call for help during battle, where the onlookers can then help revive defeated party members. This should be fun. XD
Outside of the battle fields, players can also be masters of daily jobs such as blacksmiths or tailor and create customized equipment. Players also build their own houses and dictate the outer appearance and interior looks, and even invite friends over. The dwellers of different towns and villages will be actual players (except for the real NPC that tells the story and hints, I assume?).
The scenarios weren't touched on much since that's the meat of the game, and the guests didn't want to spoil the fun. From the looks of the screen shots, there world of DQ X would be a great one to explore. Of course, being an online game means there will be expansions for quests and jobs after the game's release. There will also be events in game depending on the seasons of the real world.
There's mention of USB memory, but I'm not sure how it'll be used...
Since the game is still in development, there's no information on the release time (except that they're aiming for 2012), price, or how they would charge for the online system. This will be crucial in determining the player demographics and popularity, and whether I'll be able to play it.
*gremz* 絶滅動物
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
ガリガリ君
Fans of the very awesome series Arakawa Under the BridgexBridge will recall the legendary treasure guarded by the Amazoness and the tengu, ガリガリ様/Garigari-sama. I kinda figured it's a parody of something well known in Japan (from the Saitama Prefecture!), but didn't think I'd be able to actually try it.
Until today.
The "Samurai Blue" flavoured ice treat from Arakawa is based on ガリガリ君/Garigari-kun (from the Saitama Prefecture!). I have to say, it really is garigari and sharishari in the mouth~
The website also has a section describing the manufacture process. The specialized ガリガリ君 machine can make 21,000 ガリガリ君 in one hour! That's enough ガリガリ君 to almost last a life time! XD
*gremz* オゾン層
Until today.
The "Samurai Blue" flavoured ice treat from Arakawa is based on ガリガリ君/Garigari-kun (from the Saitama Prefecture!). I have to say, it really is garigari and sharishari in the mouth~
The website also has a section describing the manufacture process. The specialized ガリガリ君 machine can make 21,000 ガリガリ君 in one hour! That's enough ガリガリ君 to almost last a life time! XD
*gremz* オゾン層
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
ギモーヴ
I was watching Blood-C ep.2 when these interesting looking pink squares appeared on screen. They looked sponge-like and resembled marshmallows, but I wanted to be sure.
Off to Wikipedia! XD
Turned out that ギモーヴ is Guimauve, which is the French word for the marshmallow plant (which is no longer used in the production of marshmallow as we know it).
For us North Americans, marshmallows usually are soft-edged, cylinder-like, and often white. So it was no wonder that my interest was piqued by the pink squares in the anime. A quick search will show you all the colours and flavours available in the land of the rising sun. I think we're missing out in the land of the maple tree.
There's a part in the article describing that when the Fuugetsudou store first manufactured and sold marshmallow in Japan back in 1892, it advertised it as 真珠麿, which kinda affixed "pearl" to the name and was a direct kanji translation based on pronunciation (マシュマロ/mashuumaro). The first thing that came to my mind when I read this? 真朱/Mashuu and 公麿/Kimimaro from C. さすが親子～ XD
*gremz* リサイクル
Off to Wikipedia! XD
Turned out that ギモーヴ is Guimauve, which is the French word for the marshmallow plant (which is no longer used in the production of marshmallow as we know it).
For us North Americans, marshmallows usually are soft-edged, cylinder-like, and often white. So it was no wonder that my interest was piqued by the pink squares in the anime. A quick search will show you all the colours and flavours available in the land of the rising sun. I think we're missing out in the land of the maple tree.
There's a part in the article describing that when the Fuugetsudou store first manufactured and sold marshmallow in Japan back in 1892, it advertised it as 真珠麿, which kinda affixed "pearl" to the name and was a direct kanji translation based on pronunciation (マシュマロ/mashuumaro). The first thing that came to my mind when I read this? 真朱/Mashuu and 公麿/Kimimaro from C. さすが親子～ XD
*gremz* リサイクル
Monday, August 29, 2011
靴
Since late last week, I noticed that my sandals were starting to make funny noises. When I checked today, sure enough, there's cracks and even holes on the bottom.
This called for immediate action.
So I got another pair of sandals right after work. In fact, it's the exact same style of the one I worn out, except it's a different colour and half a size smaller. This time, though, I was not being lazy and just went with the same style because I didn't want to try out other ones. It was meant to be. XD
Apparently, the store I go to for casual footwear carries different types of shoes depending on the season. August (well, September...), unfortunately, spells fall and even winter boots for the store. The sales clerk directed me to one small end cap where the clearance flip flops were, and it was the only pair of sandals there.
It was just slightly tight when I tried it on, but I'm sure it'll loosen to my size after a bit of wear. The current pair was bought 0.25 size bigger anyway, so it should fit fine. Hopefully the black won't clash too much with my jeans. Not that I really care. :Q
Mission goal: accomplished!
I'll start wearing my new pair of sandals to work tomorrow! :D
As for my current pair, it's time for it to retire. It's really worn out (and looks very much it) after roughly 12 months of daily use (got it April or May last year), so it's fulfilled its life mission.
I might go look for another pair so I don't wear out this one so soon. Although it may be a little too late to find sandals now that fall is already on the horizon...
*gremz* 地球温暖化
This called for immediate action.
So I got another pair of sandals right after work. In fact, it's the exact same style of the one I worn out, except it's a different colour and half a size smaller. This time, though, I was not being lazy and just went with the same style because I didn't want to try out other ones. It was meant to be. XD
Apparently, the store I go to for casual footwear carries different types of shoes depending on the season. August (well, September...), unfortunately, spells fall and even winter boots for the store. The sales clerk directed me to one small end cap where the clearance flip flops were, and it was the only pair of sandals there.
It was just slightly tight when I tried it on, but I'm sure it'll loosen to my size after a bit of wear. The current pair was bought 0.25 size bigger anyway, so it should fit fine. Hopefully the black won't clash too much with my jeans. Not that I really care. :Q
Mission goal: accomplished!
I'll start wearing my new pair of sandals to work tomorrow! :D
As for my current pair, it's time for it to retire. It's really worn out (and looks very much it) after roughly 12 months of daily use (got it April or May last year), so it's fulfilled its life mission.
I might go look for another pair so I don't wear out this one so soon. Although it may be a little too late to find sandals now that fall is already on the horizon...
*gremz* 地球温暖化
Sunday, August 28, 2011
The Google Puzzle
I tried The Google Puzzle earlier and was stuck for almost an hour before finally googling for solution, only to find that I did get the correct answer. But because I skipped a step and got to the answer itself directly, it wouldn't take my solution... orz
While I was stuck, I tried both the English and Japanese versions of the puzzle to see if one of them would take my answer. Turned out that except for the 1st puzzle which made use of Google Map, the other four puzzles were different for the two versions. I had a good chuckle when I got to the schedule puzzle for the Japanese version. XD
*gremz* ゴミ分別
While I was stuck, I tried both the English and Japanese versions of the puzzle to see if one of them would take my answer. Turned out that except for the 1st puzzle which made use of Google Map, the other four puzzles were different for the two versions. I had a good chuckle when I got to the schedule puzzle for the Japanese version. XD
*gremz* ゴミ分別
BLEACH DS 4th:フレイム・ブリンガー pt.2
I mentioned beating this game completely last year, and I just did it again today. ヽ(｀д´)ﾉ
With so many things piling up and waiting for me to watch/read/play/build, why did I spend almost another 19 hours replaying a game I beat completely? Well, I played the game ROM last year, but I got a new copy of the game in LA so I had to do it. XD
I also decided that I'll focus on the ROM games on DS now, instead of playing the cartridge games. And here's why.
Even though the 3DS is region-locked, it doesn't seem to be the same case for its backward compatibility for DS games. So I'll still be able to play my cartridge games on the 3DS (with bigger screens as well since I only have a DS Lite), but the ROM games can only be played on the DS through a hack.
Of course, ideally I wouldn't have to resort to the hack at all if all those Japanese games were readily available. Hopefully I'll find more games next time when I visit the west coast again.
*gremz* オゾン層
With so many things piling up and waiting for me to watch/read/play/build, why did I spend almost another 19 hours replaying a game I beat completely? Well, I played the game ROM last year, but I got a new copy of the game in LA so I had to do it. XD
I also decided that I'll focus on the ROM games on DS now, instead of playing the cartridge games. And here's why.
Even though the 3DS is region-locked, it doesn't seem to be the same case for its backward compatibility for DS games. So I'll still be able to play my cartridge games on the 3DS (with bigger screens as well since I only have a DS Lite), but the ROM games can only be played on the DS through a hack.
Of course, ideally I wouldn't have to resort to the hack at all if all those Japanese games were readily available. Hopefully I'll find more games next time when I visit the west coast again.
*gremz* オゾン層
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
敗家…しない！
As noted before, neither Aniplex USA and NIS America have distribution channels in Canada, so us [real blue] Canadians need to order from our neighbour down south.
I was able to get the Arakawa Under the Bridge season 1 and part 1 of Katanagatari at AX this year (both were BD+DVD combo), but was out of luck for part 2 of Katanagatari and part 1 of Kimi ni Todoke since they were not released yet. There is also Ao no Exorcist and maybe Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Star Driver is hard to say, as Bandai releases most products to Canada as well, but not every product (e.g. Gundam Unicorn blu-ray).
While there's no word on the release date and format for Madoka and Star Driver yet, pre-orders for the other four have been up on RightStuf, and I've been tempted to plunge in numerous times.
But I decided today that I will not do it, as least for the time being, as much as I'd like to. And here's why.
KimiTodo is a really good high school romance series, but half of the series doesn't warrant $44 when it's just DVD, and the animation and art aren't spectacular enough to make me want the art book included in the premium edition. I will wait for the standard edition.
(On the other hand, $60 at the AX for each of the BD+DVD premium edition of Arakawa and Katanagatari part 1 was well worth it. The Arakawa's book contains all the characters' profiles and the seiyuu casts' autograph and message as the character, and the art book for Katanagatari is simply beautiful. Not to mention the extras they gave me for purchase over certain amount, including a really beautiful postcard collection for Katanagatari, character art book for Trinity Universe, OST for a Nippon Ichi game, and a ticket for Shirosawa Miyuki's autograph!)
Ao no Exorcist will be released in Region 1 DVD only, but has Region 2 blu-ray. Right now it seems to be order-only for blu-ray in Japan so I'm not sure what the chance is for a standard blu-ray release in the future. I'll likely wait and see. Hopefully there will be blu-ray eventually, but if Japan isn't getting blu-ray as standard treatment, I won't mind settling for DVD.
Katanagatari part 2 is the only one I will get for sure, but that alone isn't enough to clear the free shipping threshold so I'll need to wait until there are other items. I can always grab it at the AX next time as a last resort as well.
Of course, there's also Durarara which I'd like to acquire, but that's $130 for a 25-episode series. That's essentially how much I paid for Zeta Gundam back in the single-case-release days, and that's a 50-episode series. So I'm still waiting for the price to drop a couple years down the road, or if Aniplex USA comes out with a collection set for it.
Aniplex USA really is the most expensive distributor... orz
*gremz* エコアクション
I was able to get the Arakawa Under the Bridge season 1 and part 1 of Katanagatari at AX this year (both were BD+DVD combo), but was out of luck for part 2 of Katanagatari and part 1 of Kimi ni Todoke since they were not released yet. There is also Ao no Exorcist and maybe Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Star Driver is hard to say, as Bandai releases most products to Canada as well, but not every product (e.g. Gundam Unicorn blu-ray).
While there's no word on the release date and format for Madoka and Star Driver yet, pre-orders for the other four have been up on RightStuf, and I've been tempted to plunge in numerous times.
But I decided today that I will not do it, as least for the time being, as much as I'd like to. And here's why.
KimiTodo is a really good high school romance series, but half of the series doesn't warrant $44 when it's just DVD, and the animation and art aren't spectacular enough to make me want the art book included in the premium edition. I will wait for the standard edition.
(On the other hand, $60 at the AX for each of the BD+DVD premium edition of Arakawa and Katanagatari part 1 was well worth it. The Arakawa's book contains all the characters' profiles and the seiyuu casts' autograph and message as the character, and the art book for Katanagatari is simply beautiful. Not to mention the extras they gave me for purchase over certain amount, including a really beautiful postcard collection for Katanagatari, character art book for Trinity Universe, OST for a Nippon Ichi game, and a ticket for Shirosawa Miyuki's autograph!)
Ao no Exorcist will be released in Region 1 DVD only, but has Region 2 blu-ray. Right now it seems to be order-only for blu-ray in Japan so I'm not sure what the chance is for a standard blu-ray release in the future. I'll likely wait and see. Hopefully there will be blu-ray eventually, but if Japan isn't getting blu-ray as standard treatment, I won't mind settling for DVD.
Katanagatari part 2 is the only one I will get for sure, but that alone isn't enough to clear the free shipping threshold so I'll need to wait until there are other items. I can always grab it at the AX next time as a last resort as well.
Of course, there's also Durarara which I'd like to acquire, but that's $130 for a 25-episode series. That's essentially how much I paid for Zeta Gundam back in the single-case-release days, and that's a 50-episode series. So I'm still waiting for the price to drop a couple years down the road, or if Aniplex USA comes out with a collection set for it.
Aniplex USA really is the most expensive distributor... orz
*gremz* エコアクション
Saturday, August 20, 2011
敗家
With the usage frequency of this title, I sometimes can't help but contemplate whether I should create a tag for it...
After the Tactics Ogre order I made on Amazon.com a week and a half ago (and it's on sale now for $15 orz), I placed a few more pre-orders on Amazon.ca:
- Bleach: Fade to Black BD
- ICO / Shadow of the Colossus Collection (PS3)
- Twelve Kingdoms BD part 2
I'm especially excited about Fade to Black as I've been waiting for it since I saw the trailer at the end of DiamondDust Rebellion back in 2008!
Although I have to say that I'm starting to lose faith in Amazon.ca lately on the pre-orders. It's been unable to obtain a couple items and cancelled a few of my orders in the last few months, while those items were readily available (and sometimes cheaper) on Amazon.com and RightStuf.
Still waiting for word on Twelve Kingdoms BD part 1...
And they better have Gundam collection 1!
*gremz* 絶滅動物
After the Tactics Ogre order I made on Amazon.com a week and a half ago (and it's on sale now for $15 orz), I placed a few more pre-orders on Amazon.ca:
- Bleach: Fade to Black BD
- ICO / Shadow of the Colossus Collection (PS3)
- Twelve Kingdoms BD part 2
I'm especially excited about Fade to Black as I've been waiting for it since I saw the trailer at the end of DiamondDust Rebellion back in 2008!
Although I have to say that I'm starting to lose faith in Amazon.ca lately on the pre-orders. It's been unable to obtain a couple items and cancelled a few of my orders in the last few months, while those items were readily available (and sometimes cheaper) on Amazon.com and RightStuf.
Still waiting for word on Twelve Kingdoms BD part 1...
And they better have Gundam collection 1!
*gremz* 絶滅動物
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
春番總結
姆，嚴格上來説應該是春番單季作品跟冬番半年季作品的觀後感。
之前寫了前三話的感想，當時非排名的五部期待作是Steins;Gate、青の祓魔師、緋弾のアリア、デッドマン・ワンダーランド、跟へうげもの。不過這五部裡只有兩部是單季作，其他三部最後如何最少要等到夏番結束才能分曉，不然在春番裡應該會排名很高。
完食春番單季後，個人的前三名排名是：
あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。
ファイヤーボール チャーミング
電波女と青春男
以下為春番單季及冬番半年季作品的三言兩語，按照完食的順序，另外附加原作補完預定。
捏他有，慎入。
C
- 中盤時很實際地展露了為現在跟未來而戰的不同觀點，果然很沈重，但是引人省思的地方很多
- 結尾收的還可以，如果不讓身為公麿未來具體化的女兒愛上公麿會更好
- 真坂木不愧是全劇最歡樂的角色～XD
= 沒原作也沒後續，單純的一季動畫
緋弾のアリア
- 看設定應該還算有趣，但是動畫改編成殘念作
- 釘宮=アリア很搭，配上間島也不會有太大的老虎既視感
- 但是間島=キンジ根本一整個竜児，明明在花咲く裡一樣做飯但卻明顯是獨立角色…
= 手上有小説，不過目前排的很後面
Starry☆Sky
- 完全是為了推銷遊戲的背景介紹動畫（本來就是...）
- 折笠富美子也是被男後宮包圍而不會惹人厭的人材之一
- 覺得熱血老師的吸引力完全不能跟其他11人甚至一些配角相比是我的錯覺嗎?
= 對手上的四部原作遊戲頗有興趣，不過要有空才能玩就是...
俺たちに翼はない
- 果然不負所望如OP所敘，有裏故事
- 結局很ギャルゲー、いい意味で
- 動畫版其實是給女生看的吧？裡頭有點名氣的聲優都是男的，包括非玩家角色www
= 原作遊戲不會補完，不過就動畫來看算是還有點深意的ギャルゲー
Aチャンネル
- 地味に面白い、絵がサラサラ、方言も良い～
- 就青春期校園作品來說，女色度有點過高，男同學都是空氣
- 從頭到尾最不能理解トオル的心境是我的問題嗎...
= 原作是四格漫畫，沒有要補的打算
デッドマン・ワンダーランド
- 蜂鳥之後突然展開一轉，跑出一堆大牌聲優角色是怎樣 XD
- 放那種台詞的最後一幕我不承認啊～～～
- 至少也放個有名的咧嘴"科西"一笑啊（某人第一次這麼笑的時候就曝露正体了）！
= 手上有漫畫，不過目前排在有點後面的地方
よんでますよ、アザゼルさん
- 豪華聲優陣捨棄形象的全力演出！
- 話説這部不夠強的聲優根本演不起來！
- 不過還是不能改變這部内容很惡搞的邪惡事實www
= 除非有芥辺x佐隈，不然我不會去補原作漫畫
変ゼミ
- 一開始跑去看這部的時候我就輸了 orz
- 果然一切都是石田跟花澤的錯
- 這部我是接在WEED之後看，從超帥忍犬總帥跟超正經旁白變成超變態發言的教授真是超級微妙
= 這種直接在名字就放變態一詞的東西，少了聲優的加持我怎麼可能去看原作漫畫
ファイヤーボール チャーミング
- 結果居然是第一部的前傳！
- 童心的大小姐也很可愛，大川透的執事更是自先代以來的最高忠臣！
- 看完Charming又跑回去看無印，很多地方都巧妙地有連接起來，好棒！
= 我想要無印跟Charming的DVD跟大小姐的figma啊～～～(打滾
GOSICK -ゴシック-
- 少數從頭到尾作畫幾乎沒怎麼崩的作品，不愧是安心感的BONES
- 雖然勉強算是跟著原作走，不過後半的歩調亂掉，風格也跟前半相差很多
- 就前半部的鋪陳，為什麼久城會對金色妖精執著到成為他從第二次世界大戰戰場歸回的動力？！
= 手上有小説，不過目前排的很後面
30歳の保健体育
- 為什麼春季這麼多糟糕番 orz
- 不過其實都自主規声跟塗掉了，所以事實上只知道很糟糕但是不知道有多糟糕
- 被蓋掉太多，結果整部除了最後一話以外完全沒内容或劇情而言，完全に時間の無駄 orz
= 跟変ゼミ一樣，沒有聲優加持我不會去看原作小説
電波女と青春男
- 開頭圍繞著表妹所以興趣缺缺，其他角色出現後變得非常有趣，跟當初看WORKING時相同模式 XD
- 這部吐槽跟獨白頗有安達充之風，又是用樹多村光的聲優，就笑點來説完全在範圍中心
- 野・中・藍・好・萌 XDDQBさま流子也很可愛～
= 手上有小説，可是動畫拍得這麼漂亮，怕會有落差感，希望小説有更多笑點；讀書單上約中等排名
DOG DAYS
- 雖然早就預想會是這樣，不過結局還真是超御都合吶…
- 有名聲優多到爆表，可是85%都沒什麼戲份，好浪費～
- 以獸人角色設定的作品來說，陸行鳥以外的動物都畫得超混是怎樣？不過貓球超可愛就是 XD
= 原作者有同步出小説的樣子，不過單純因為聲優才看的作品，當然不會去補小説
もしドラ
- 因為題材的關係，大半部都還蠻悶的，要不是高中棒球我也不會看
-又不是安達充的作品這麼淡而無味的東西居然還真的掛掉角色是怎樣
- 一開始就沒在注意管理學的部分，故事也很普通，所以看完什麼都沒留下 XD
= 棒球光讀文字我沒什麼興趣，所以不會去補原作小説；電影？當然更不會看
あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。
- まさかの穴馬！最後一氣衝到個人春番單季排名第一！
- 看似單純的起點展開成複雜的羈絆成長物語；有一陣子沒看動畫看到涙ぽろぽろ了 （つд｀）
- 從第四話看到最終話，剛好外面放起煙火，まさに「お空にお花が咲いた～」
= 小説化的作者是脚本的岡田麿里，有更多的角色心情描寫，能找到的話會補完
結果除了播出前看中的本命以外，最終排名前三名裡有兩部在第三話的時間點都感覺普通，連非排名的五部期待作都沒上榜，但是都在跑完一半前就抓住我心。看來在主要角色人數較少的鋪陳期，如果已出場角色或至少男女主角不能都吸引到我，會導致期待度的低下。まあ、也不是説我比較偏好多角色，但是角色多表示可能會有我感興趣的角色出現，進而提高期待度。
單季作品的時間有限，通常展開會比非單季的要來得快，所以初期五部期待作居然有三部是非單季，這點我倒是有點意外。
接下來開始本格地跑夏番跟春番雙季作！目標是在恐怖的秋番開始前，盡可能地照進度吃完！（多分無理）
所以上禮拜跑去開始補銀魂到30話出頭的我是挖坑的笨蛋 orz
*gremz* 酸性雨
之前寫了前三話的感想，當時非排名的五部期待作是Steins;Gate、青の祓魔師、緋弾のアリア、デッドマン・ワンダーランド、跟へうげもの。不過這五部裡只有兩部是單季作，其他三部最後如何最少要等到夏番結束才能分曉，不然在春番裡應該會排名很高。
完食春番單季後，個人的前三名排名是：
あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。
ファイヤーボール チャーミング
電波女と青春男
以下為春番單季及冬番半年季作品的三言兩語，按照完食的順序，另外附加原作補完預定。
捏他有，慎入。
C
- 中盤時很實際地展露了為現在跟未來而戰的不同觀點，果然很沈重，但是引人省思的地方很多
- 結尾收的還可以，如果不讓身為公麿未來具體化的女兒愛上公麿會更好
- 真坂木不愧是全劇最歡樂的角色～XD
= 沒原作也沒後續，單純的一季動畫
緋弾のアリア
- 看設定應該還算有趣，但是動畫改編成殘念作
- 釘宮=アリア很搭，配上間島也不會有太大的老虎既視感
- 但是間島=キンジ根本一整個竜児，明明在花咲く裡一樣做飯但卻明顯是獨立角色…
= 手上有小説，不過目前排的很後面
Starry☆Sky
- 完全是為了推銷遊戲的背景介紹動畫（本來就是...）
- 折笠富美子也是被男後宮包圍而不會惹人厭的人材之一
- 覺得熱血老師的吸引力完全不能跟其他11人甚至一些配角相比是我的錯覺嗎?
= 對手上的四部原作遊戲頗有興趣，不過要有空才能玩就是...
俺たちに翼はない
- 果然不負所望如OP所敘，有裏故事
- 結局很ギャルゲー、いい意味で
- 動畫版其實是給女生看的吧？裡頭有點名氣的聲優都是男的，包括非玩家角色www
= 原作遊戲不會補完，不過就動畫來看算是還有點深意的ギャルゲー
Aチャンネル
- 地味に面白い、絵がサラサラ、方言も良い～
- 就青春期校園作品來說，女色度有點過高，男同學都是空氣
- 從頭到尾最不能理解トオル的心境是我的問題嗎...
= 原作是四格漫畫，沒有要補的打算
デッドマン・ワンダーランド
- 蜂鳥之後突然展開一轉，跑出一堆大牌聲優角色是怎樣 XD
- 放那種台詞的最後一幕我不承認啊～～～
- 至少也放個有名的咧嘴"科西"一笑啊（某人第一次這麼笑的時候就曝露正体了）！
= 手上有漫畫，不過目前排在有點後面的地方
よんでますよ、アザゼルさん
- 豪華聲優陣捨棄形象的全力演出！
- 話説這部不夠強的聲優根本演不起來！
- 不過還是不能改變這部内容很惡搞的邪惡事實www
= 除非有芥辺x佐隈，不然我不會去補原作漫畫
変ゼミ
- 一開始跑去看這部的時候我就輸了 orz
- 果然一切都是石田跟花澤的錯
- 這部我是接在WEED之後看，從超帥忍犬總帥跟超正經旁白變成超變態發言的教授真是超級微妙
= 這種直接在名字就放變態一詞的東西，少了聲優的加持我怎麼可能去看原作漫畫
ファイヤーボール チャーミング
- 結果居然是第一部的前傳！
- 童心的大小姐也很可愛，大川透的執事更是自先代以來的最高忠臣！
- 看完Charming又跑回去看無印，很多地方都巧妙地有連接起來，好棒！
= 我想要無印跟Charming的DVD跟大小姐的figma啊～～～(打滾
GOSICK -ゴシック-
- 少數從頭到尾作畫幾乎沒怎麼崩的作品，不愧是安心感的BONES
- 雖然勉強算是跟著原作走，不過後半的歩調亂掉，風格也跟前半相差很多
- 就前半部的鋪陳，為什麼久城會對金色妖精執著到成為他從第二次世界大戰戰場歸回的動力？！
= 手上有小説，不過目前排的很後面
30歳の保健体育
- 為什麼春季這麼多糟糕番 orz
- 不過其實都自主規声跟塗掉了，所以事實上只知道很糟糕但是不知道有多糟糕
- 被蓋掉太多，結果整部除了最後一話以外完全沒内容或劇情而言，完全に時間の無駄 orz
= 跟変ゼミ一樣，沒有聲優加持我不會去看原作小説
電波女と青春男
- 開頭圍繞著表妹所以興趣缺缺，其他角色出現後變得非常有趣，跟當初看WORKING時相同模式 XD
- 這部吐槽跟獨白頗有安達充之風，又是用樹多村光的聲優，就笑點來説完全在範圍中心
- 野・中・藍・好・萌 XDD
= 手上有小説，可是動畫拍得這麼漂亮，怕會有落差感，希望小説有更多笑點；讀書單上約中等排名
DOG DAYS
- 雖然早就預想會是這樣，不過結局還真是超御都合吶…
- 有名聲優多到爆表，可是85%都沒什麼戲份，好浪費～
- 以獸人角色設定的作品來說，陸行鳥以外的動物都畫得超混是怎樣？不過貓球超可愛就是 XD
= 原作者有同步出小説的樣子，不過單純因為聲優才看的作品，當然不會去補小説
もしドラ
- 因為題材的關係，大半部都還蠻悶的，要不是高中棒球我也不會看
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- 一開始就沒在注意管理學的部分，故事也很普通，所以看完什麼都沒留下 XD
= 棒球光讀文字我沒什麼興趣，所以不會去補原作小説；電影？當然更不會看
あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。
- まさかの穴馬！最後一氣衝到個人春番單季排名第一！
- 看似單純的起點展開成複雜的羈絆成長物語；有一陣子沒看動畫看到涙ぽろぽろ了 （つд｀）
- 從第四話看到最終話，剛好外面放起煙火，まさに「お空にお花が咲いた～」
= 小説化的作者是脚本的岡田麿里，有更多的角色心情描寫，能找到的話會補完
結果除了播出前看中的本命以外，最終排名前三名裡有兩部在第三話的時間點都感覺普通，連非排名的五部期待作都沒上榜，但是都在跑完一半前就抓住我心。看來在主要角色人數較少的鋪陳期，如果已出場角色或至少男女主角不能都吸引到我，會導致期待度的低下。まあ、也不是説我比較偏好多角色，但是角色多表示可能會有我感興趣的角色出現，進而提高期待度。
單季作品的時間有限，通常展開會比非單季的要來得快，所以初期五部期待作居然有三部是非單季，這點我倒是有點意外。
接下來開始本格地跑夏番跟春番雙季作！目標是在恐怖的秋番開始前，盡可能地照進度吃完！（多分無理）
所以上禮拜跑去開始補銀魂到30話出頭的我是挖坑的笨蛋 orz
*gremz* 酸性雨
Monday, August 15, 2011
Thai Tea Ice Cream
Whenever I go to the Chinese supermarket, I always look for those delicious icy treats. Usually I aim for the Japanese or Taiwanese brands, but I decided to try a Thai brand.
The flavour on the box is stated to be Thai Tea, and there's two images on the lid, one for the flavour and one for the ice cream. The flavour one is pretty normal, just a glass of Thai tea. The ice cream one, on the other hand, looks like an ice cream version of pearl milk tea.
Out of curiosity (I seem to do this a lot, especially when it comes to food), I went with it without really knowing what Thai tea tastes like.
The ice cream really is milk tea flavoured, with pearls. XD
It ended up being my dinner last night as I was busying slashing and blasting through hordes of familiars and battling witches. Yes, I will cover the Tasogare Frontier doujin game in the near future and share the downfalls of my mahou shoujo.
*gremz* カーボンオフセット
The flavour on the box is stated to be Thai Tea, and there's two images on the lid, one for the flavour and one for the ice cream. The flavour one is pretty normal, just a glass of Thai tea. The ice cream one, on the other hand, looks like an ice cream version of pearl milk tea.
Out of curiosity (I seem to do this a lot, especially when it comes to food), I went with it without really knowing what Thai tea tastes like.
The ice cream really is milk tea flavoured, with pearls. XD
It ended up being my dinner last night as I was busying slashing and blasting through hordes of familiars and battling witches. Yes, I will cover the Tasogare Frontier doujin game in the near future and share the downfalls of my mahou shoujo.
*gremz* カーボンオフセット
Saturday, August 13, 2011
お祝い
今日はすっごくおめでたいニュースをお知らせしました。
私が大好きな声優・歌手の坂本真綾さんは、８月８日に鈴村健一さんと結婚しました！
お互いに愛し、敬い合う、そして支える、幸せな家庭を築いてください～
これからも二人共を応援し続きます！ご結婚おめでとうございます！
FF VII: Crisis Core just moved up the list of games that I plan to play during my hibernation month in January. And I should probably watch 空の境界 soon as well. XD
*gremz* ゴミ分別
私が大好きな声優・歌手の坂本真綾さんは、８月８日に鈴村健一さんと結婚しました！
お互いに愛し、敬い合う、そして支える、幸せな家庭を築いてください～
これからも二人共を応援し続きます！ご結婚おめでとうございます！
FF VII: Crisis Core just moved up the list of games that I plan to play during my hibernation month in January. And I should probably watch 空の境界 soon as well. XD
*gremz* ゴミ分別
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
敗家pt.2
It just occurred to me that I forgot to add El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron to the wish list yesterday.
It's a shame White Knight Chronicles II won't have the Japanese audio so I'll need to look for the Japanese import for it. Can't wait to play the first game (import, of course)! :)
Just as I was browsing the recommended games on the El Shaddai page, I noticed that Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together has dropped from $39.99 to $24.99! ($0.01 more to qualify for free shipping!)
I had this game in my wish list for a long time but the price remained the same since day one, and considering that most games go up over time on Amazon.ca, I was ready to jump in.
Out of curiosity, I checked Amazon.com. It's $19.93 with a free shipping special promo.
Since I already pre-ordered the other stuff I want, I didn't have anything else to add to make it free shipping from Amazon.ca. I ended up ordering from Amazon.com instead.
Not the first time that I forego the Canadian store and turn to the store down south because of the price difference. With frequent sales often up to 50%, Amazon.com is such a huge black hole for me. If it weren't for the fact that I don't live in the US, I'd probably shop like crazy from there. しっかりしろよ、Amazon.ca!
*gremz* 絶滅動物
It's a shame White Knight Chronicles II won't have the Japanese audio so I'll need to look for the Japanese import for it. Can't wait to play the first game (import, of course)! :)
Just as I was browsing the recommended games on the El Shaddai page, I noticed that Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together has dropped from $39.99 to $24.99! ($0.01 more to qualify for free shipping!)
I had this game in my wish list for a long time but the price remained the same since day one, and considering that most games go up over time on Amazon.ca, I was ready to jump in.
Out of curiosity, I checked Amazon.com. It's $19.93 with a free shipping special promo.
Since I already pre-ordered the other stuff I want, I didn't have anything else to add to make it free shipping from Amazon.ca. I ended up ordering from Amazon.com instead.
Not the first time that I forego the Canadian store and turn to the store down south because of the price difference. With frequent sales often up to 50%, Amazon.com is such a huge black hole for me. If it weren't for the fact that I don't live in the US, I'd probably shop like crazy from there. しっかりしろよ、Amazon.ca!
*gremz* 絶滅動物
敗家予定
I don't really consider myself a gamer because I don't spend enough time playing games, but I definitely would like to. With my affinity to a lot of the seiyuu, I usually refuse to buy games that's English dubbed if it was originally voiced over in Japanese.
Blu-ray has the storage capacity for dual Japanese and English tracks for the option, but DVD doesn't. So to be fair to the console makers, game makers usually can't include this much-wanted feature for multi-platform games. Of course I'd prefer to get the Japanese version, but due to the difficulty of acquiring one in this little town, I might sometimes consider the North American version if it contains the Japanese audio track.
Here are the three titles that I've put into my wish list after confirming the dual audio option:
- Bleach: Soul Resurrection
- Gundam Musou
- Gundam Musou 3
I acquired several games while in LA so I'm in no hurry to get those right now. You bet I'll be monitoring the prices of those games and snatch them as soon as the prices come down. The Gundam Musou ones I'm really going to try getting the Japanese version because there's music/songs used in the game/original anime that's not licensed for North America so they couldn't use those.
On another news, I just pre-ordered part one of Gundam 0079. Yes, the First Gundam! :D
Amazon.ca still doesn't show the image of the product so it's a little worrying (they've been kinda bad on getting some of the new releases lately and had to cancel my orders), but hopefully they'll have it!
*gremz* エコバッグ
Blu-ray has the storage capacity for dual Japanese and English tracks for the option, but DVD doesn't. So to be fair to the console makers, game makers usually can't include this much-wanted feature for multi-platform games. Of course I'd prefer to get the Japanese version, but due to the difficulty of acquiring one in this little town, I might sometimes consider the North American version if it contains the Japanese audio track.
Here are the three titles that I've put into my wish list after confirming the dual audio option:
- Bleach: Soul Resurrection
- Gundam Musou
- Gundam Musou 3
I acquired several games while in LA so I'm in no hurry to get those right now. You bet I'll be monitoring the prices of those games and snatch them as soon as the prices come down. The Gundam Musou ones I'm really going to try getting the Japanese version because there's music/songs used in the game/original anime that's not licensed for North America so they couldn't use those.
On another news, I just pre-ordered part one of Gundam 0079. Yes, the First Gundam! :D
Amazon.ca still doesn't show the image of the product so it's a little worrying (they've been kinda bad on getting some of the new releases lately and had to cancel my orders), but hopefully they'll have it!
*gremz* エコバッグ
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
狂喜乱舞 ( ﾟ ∀ ﾟ )
The title pretty much sums up my feeling when I received this very very wonderful and awesome gift from aniki today.
Not only is it Gundam, but it's Gundam UC! ( ﾟ ∀ ﾟ )
And it also has Sinanju!! ( ﾟ ∀ ﾟ )
The only slight downside is that, similar to the Monster Hunter T-shirt, this M-sized men's T-shirt is a little tight for me around the shoulders (Japanese men are too skinny...) But this one has a straighter design for the sleeves, so one or two wash-n-stretch should do the trick. Had to do at least three to four cycles for the Monster Hunter one before...
Aniki got an Evangelion one. Can't wait to wear our awesome ota t-shirts together! XD
Not only is it Gundam, but it's Gundam UC! ( ﾟ ∀ ﾟ )
And it also has Sinanju!! ( ﾟ ∀ ﾟ )
The only slight downside is that, similar to the Monster Hunter T-shirt, this M-sized men's T-shirt is a little tight for me around the shoulders (Japanese men are too skinny...) But this one has a straighter design for the sleeves, so one or two wash-n-stretch should do the trick. Had to do at least three to four cycles for the Monster Hunter one before...
Aniki got an Evangelion one. Can't wait to wear our awesome ota t-shirts together! XD
Sunday, August 07, 2011
Ceui
I fell for Ceui when I first heard her in 空を見上げる少女の瞳に映る世界 (a.k.a. Munto TV). The lucidity and serenity of her voice is really soothing and healing, and yet conveys so much emotion. She writes all the lyrics for her songs and compose most of them as well.
When I heard her again in 伝説の勇者の伝説 (The Legend of the Legendary Heroes), especially the insert song Energy, I was moved once more. Frankly, I have to say I would be hesitant whether to buy the LOL Heroes anime if it gets released here because it wasn't done very well. But the performance of the seiyuu cast really was most excellent, as were the songs, three of which were Ceui's.
I've been listening to all the Ceui songs I have today, and it really makes me want to go read DenYuuDen. If I can just finish the 56 volumes of Inuyasha first... Only at vol.11 now. 頑張ります！
*gremz* 植林・植樹
When I heard her again in 伝説の勇者の伝説 (The Legend of the Legendary Heroes), especially the insert song Energy, I was moved once more. Frankly, I have to say I would be hesitant whether to buy the LOL Heroes anime if it gets released here because it wasn't done very well. But the performance of the seiyuu cast really was most excellent, as were the songs, three of which were Ceui's.
I've been listening to all the Ceui songs I have today, and it really makes me want to go read DenYuuDen. If I can just finish the 56 volumes of Inuyasha first... Only at vol.11 now. 頑張ります！
*gremz* 植林・植樹
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Monday, August 01, 2011
カンニング
The gremz keyword yesterday, desertification, successfully rendered a meerkat! :D
And when I went to save the snap shot of my gremz tree with the meerkat, I realized I can cheat instead of trying to figure out the different keywords!
The photo base usually shows three pages of the most recent snap shots, the newest one being my own. While looking at other snap shots, I can just click on the blog link of the ones that also display the keyword specials, then browse through the blogs to find the keywords they used. The only thing is, since the keyword only needs to appear in the title or the text body, if it's written as part of a post instead of labelled as a gremz keyword, I likely wouldn't be able to tell.
Of course there's also Google, but I'm too lazy to actually search online for them. As for the photo base, since I'd go there to save my snap shot anyway, it's not as much work for me.
So my new trick has told me this next keyword: 省エネ XD
And when I went to save the snap shot of my gremz tree with the meerkat, I realized I can cheat instead of trying to figure out the different keywords!
The photo base usually shows three pages of the most recent snap shots, the newest one being my own. While looking at other snap shots, I can just click on the blog link of the ones that also display the keyword specials, then browse through the blogs to find the keywords they used. The only thing is, since the keyword only needs to appear in the title or the text body, if it's written as part of a post instead of labelled as a gremz keyword, I likely wouldn't be able to tell.
Of course there's also Google, but I'm too lazy to actually search online for them. As for the photo base, since I'd go there to save my snap shot anyway, it's not as much work for me.
So my new trick has told me this next keyword: 省エネ XD
Sunday, July 31, 2011
環境キーワード
It seemed that my first gremz environment keyword, "recycle," had successfully put a snail crawling back and forth on top of the name sign by my gremz tree.
Let's try another one! XD
環境キーワード: 砂漠化
Let's try another one! XD
環境キーワード: 砂漠化
Saturday, July 30, 2011
血塗れ
One thing I like about non-tropical countries is that there's fewer pests and bugs due to the lower temperature. Unfortunately, this summer has been very very hot.
Tonight I saw my first mosquito indoor since I moved, and when I squished it with tissue paper, the little white square was instantly dyed bright red with a sizable stain.
The detestable insect had a full meal not long before it met its death, and the victim was possibly me or the cat! The blood smears were easily wiped off the wall with water soaked tissue, but it was still rather grotesque to see fresh blood smears on sterile white wall...
Just as I tossed the tissue paper with the broken body of the mosquito into the toilet, something flashed through my mind. What were the colour and the strip patterns on the pest? I hope it didn't carry any disease?! It better had not sucked those blood from the cat!
Here's hoping it was just a regular and clean mosquito that had stumbled into my apartment before I had a chance to close the windows when the thunderstorm hit. *crosses fingers*
Tonight I saw my first mosquito indoor since I moved, and when I squished it with tissue paper, the little white square was instantly dyed bright red with a sizable stain.
The detestable insect had a full meal not long before it met its death, and the victim was possibly me or the cat! The blood smears were easily wiped off the wall with water soaked tissue, but it was still rather grotesque to see fresh blood smears on sterile white wall...
Just as I tossed the tissue paper with the broken body of the mosquito into the toilet, something flashed through my mind. What were the colour and the strip patterns on the pest? I hope it didn't carry any disease?! It better had not sucked those blood from the cat!
Here's hoping it was just a regular and clean mosquito that had stumbled into my apartment before I had a chance to close the windows when the thunderstorm hit. *crosses fingers*
Thursday, July 28, 2011
3DS
The hottest gaming news today is probably the price drop for the Nintendo 3DS system effective starting August 11th, for a whopping ￥10,000 less!
Since the price drop is happening barely 6 months after the launch, Nintendo is offering early adopters free downloads of 10 Famicom and 10 GBA games from the virtual library, which amount to ￥10,000 worth of game downloads.
I was also able to verify somewhat that while 3DS is region-locked, North American DS games seem to play just fine on Japanese 3DS systems.
Now I just need to wait for a nice colour to come along and snatch one! XD
Since the price drop is happening barely 6 months after the launch, Nintendo is offering early adopters free downloads of 10 Famicom and 10 GBA games from the virtual library, which amount to ￥10,000 worth of game downloads.
I was also able to verify somewhat that while 3DS is region-locked, North American DS games seem to play just fine on Japanese 3DS systems.
Now I just need to wait for a nice colour to come along and snatch one! XD
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
環境キーワード
I've been wanting to try it for a long while now but, being my usual lazy self, have been putting off the task of looking up the method and the actual keywords. These keywords often require some researching on my part, so I've been keeping the e-newsletters but never got around to find out what the keywords are.
Then I saw an easy one. I know this word for sure. Now it's just a matter of implementing the gremz keyword to make the special decoration springs up alongside my gremz tree!
This is my first time trying this. Hope this works.
環境キーワード: リサイクル! XD
Then I saw an easy one. I know this word for sure. Now it's just a matter of implementing the gremz keyword to make the special decoration springs up alongside my gremz tree!
This is my first time trying this. Hope this works.
環境キーワード: リサイクル! XD
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Google+
After a short initial trial last week with Google's latest social network service, I deleted the G+ profile. Judging from the posts in the help forum, privacy issues with Picasa web albums sharing in Google+ seems to be the main reason for those who leave the trial, including me.
Then, I got another invite from a friend today, and I remembered that I have another account with no Picasa contents... I'm still trying to get the hang of it, but I'm slowly getting used to getting bombarded with update notifications. XD
Of course, it's still in the trial period so there's a lot of kinks that need to be worked out, but I have high hopes for it. If only the feedback function works properly...
Then, I got another invite from a friend today, and I remembered that I have another account with no Picasa contents... I'm still trying to get the hang of it, but I'm slowly getting used to getting bombarded with update notifications. XD
Of course, it's still in the trial period so there's a lot of kinks that need to be worked out, but I have high hopes for it. If only the feedback function works properly...
Saturday, July 23, 2011
8bit
The first thing that usually comes to mind when one says "8bit" is probably the Famicom/NES system. But we're talking about PC here. A PC game to be released at the end of October 2011, to be exact.
The game in question is STEINS;GATE 8bit, and it looks really interesting! The fact that you input command manually is nostalgic and reminds me of MUD. No mouse clicking! XD
Of course, I'll try to acquire the Windows version of the original game as well, though that might be a bit tricky... It's probably easier to get the PSP version. :Q
The game in question is STEINS;GATE 8bit, and it looks really interesting! The fact that you input command manually is nostalgic and reminds me of MUD. No mouse clicking! XD
Of course, I'll try to acquire the Windows version of the original game as well, though that might be a bit tricky... It's probably easier to get the PSP version. :Q
Thursday, June 16, 2011
ネタバレされた
A while back, after watching the audio commentaries for the first two episodes of Madoka Magica, I had a very brief discussion with Neko-tan about spoilers contained in audio commentaries.
We agreed that there would naturally be spoilers since those are usually recorded long after the seiyuu did the voice over for the episode and even the series might had finished airing by then. Not having enough experience in this, I thought it should be fine as long as one watches the episodes in that particular disc before watching the audio commentary.
I was proven wrong by the first ever audio commentary episode in the long history of Gundam. orz
Well, I kind of figured a few of the spoiled items would happen eventually, but it's still pretty 囧 to get confirmation in such casual manner before I can see it with my own eyes...
Lesson learned. I'll keep this in mind when I encounter other audio commentaries in the future. :x
We agreed that there would naturally be spoilers since those are usually recorded long after the seiyuu did the voice over for the episode and even the series might had finished airing by then. Not having enough experience in this, I thought it should be fine as long as one watches the episodes in that particular disc before watching the audio commentary.
I was proven wrong by the first ever audio commentary episode in the long history of Gundam. orz
Well, I kind of figured a few of the spoiled items would happen eventually, but it's still pretty 囧 to get confirmation in such casual manner before I can see it with my own eyes...
Lesson learned. I'll keep this in mind when I encounter other audio commentaries in the future. :x
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Sony PS3 Surround Sound System pt.2
I went and got the sound bar yesterday after work from Future Shop, and some guy got easy commission by simply intercepting me as I made my way to the front cashier with the box in my arms.
The sound bar took only a few minutes to set up. To commemorate this special occasion, I popped in the 1st disc of AIR TV for testing the PS3 upscale feature. Apparently, when the firmware update was released back in 2007 for the DVD/BD upscale, AIR TV was used as the standard to make the DVD quality rival that of the BD.
It looked absolutely gorgeous compared to when I watched it on the tube TV back home! Though my heart tinged a little when Misuzu spoke...
Since the DVD only has 2.0 audio, I couldn't tell how well the sound bar fares when it comes to imitating 5.1, but it's definitely much better than the flat built-in TV speakers.
I have the setting on dynamic at all times and the volume on max at 30. Tried the night mode and noticed it did get slightly quieter, but I can't gauge how effective it is in minimizing disturbance to the neighbours. So as a rule of thumb, I limit my watching time on the TV to around 10pm.
Overall, the sound bar is not a great system by a long shot, but it's my best option for upgrading from the built-in TV speakers. I have limited space and can't turn the volume up too much should the neighbours complain, so even if I had the money (which I don't), it would be impractical to get an actual sound system anyway.
I look forward to watching 5.1 materials and playing games after the AX and see how the sound bar will perform!
The sound bar took only a few minutes to set up. To commemorate this special occasion, I popped in the 1st disc of AIR TV for testing the PS3 upscale feature. Apparently, when the firmware update was released back in 2007 for the DVD/BD upscale, AIR TV was used as the standard to make the DVD quality rival that of the BD.
It looked absolutely gorgeous compared to when I watched it on the tube TV back home! Though my heart tinged a little when Misuzu spoke...
Since the DVD only has 2.0 audio, I couldn't tell how well the sound bar fares when it comes to imitating 5.1, but it's definitely much better than the flat built-in TV speakers.
I have the setting on dynamic at all times and the volume on max at 30. Tried the night mode and noticed it did get slightly quieter, but I can't gauge how effective it is in minimizing disturbance to the neighbours. So as a rule of thumb, I limit my watching time on the TV to around 10pm.
Overall, the sound bar is not a great system by a long shot, but it's my best option for upgrading from the built-in TV speakers. I have limited space and can't turn the volume up too much should the neighbours complain, so even if I had the money (which I don't), it would be impractical to get an actual sound system anyway.
I look forward to watching 5.1 materials and playing games after the AX and see how the sound bar will perform!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
嘘だと言ってよ、SUNRISE！
これが本当のことなら、マジで泣くぞ。
三世代でもかかるの百年戦争。脚本と監督次第で、それは相当な物語を編むことが出来るかもしれない。
でもあの子供向けアニメすぎのキャラデザインとメカデザインは何なんだ！？見たことがないけど、何かあれはイナズマイレブンぽい感じでもあるじゃない？
協力してるのレベルファイブのことはよく知らないが、ネット上での反応が破滅的そう、ちょっと心配だ。
いずれにしよ、全ての真相が明日の夜に明らかになる…！
三世代でもかかるの百年戦争。脚本と監督次第で、それは相当な物語を編むことが出来るかもしれない。
でもあの子供向けアニメすぎのキャラデザインとメカデザインは何なんだ！？見たことがないけど、何かあれはイナズマイレブンぽい感じでもあるじゃない？
協力してるのレベルファイブのことはよく知らないが、ネット上での反応が破滅的そう、ちょっと心配だ。
いずれにしよ、全ての真相が明日の夜に明らかになる…！
Friday, June 10, 2011
ゴール…
まさか本当にAIRの神尾観鈴とシンクロして、ゴールに辿り着いった…
最後まで頑張ってた川上とも子さんのゴールは観鈴と同じ様に幸せと一緒、心からご冥福を祈ります。
川上さんが生命を注ぐ、いろんな感情を伝えて演じた、素敵なキャラクターたちと出会いことができ、本当に幸せだと思います。
ありがとうございました！お疲れ様でした！そして、お休みなさい。 （つд｀）
最後まで頑張ってた川上とも子さんのゴールは観鈴と同じ様に幸せと一緒、心からご冥福を祈ります。
川上さんが生命を注ぐ、いろんな感情を伝えて演じた、素敵なキャラクターたちと出会いことができ、本当に幸せだと思います。
ありがとうございました！お疲れ様でした！そして、お休みなさい。 （つд｀）
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
セーフ!
I beat the Walpurgisnacht thunderstorm by less than 5 minutes! There's non-stop blinding lightning flashes and roaring thunders going on outside, and water was all over the place as fire trucks sped down the street with sounding siren.
The sun was still attacking with full force high up in the sky when I was getting ready to take off for the day, but the heavy 43°C humid air foreshadowed the thunderstorm to be followed. While I was waiting for the bus, I could feel the very occasional rain drops from the accumulating clouds, and the sea of grey clouds was quickly overrunning the previously blue sky.
If I had missed the bus and made to wait for the next one, I would had surely be caught in the middle of a huge mess. Well, I'd likely had waited it out in the bus shelter, but I'd rather walk on dry ground than treading through water puddles on the way home.
Alas, thunderstorms like these don't last long. As I come to the end of this post, the thunder roars gradually move away to invade the adjacent region, and normal rain takes over. There's more thunderstorms forecasted for tomorrow, but hopefully I'll be able to beat them as well. XD
The sun was still attacking with full force high up in the sky when I was getting ready to take off for the day, but the heavy 43°C humid air foreshadowed the thunderstorm to be followed. While I was waiting for the bus, I could feel the very occasional rain drops from the accumulating clouds, and the sea of grey clouds was quickly overrunning the previously blue sky.
If I had missed the bus and made to wait for the next one, I would had surely be caught in the middle of a huge mess. Well, I'd likely had waited it out in the bus shelter, but I'd rather walk on dry ground than treading through water puddles on the way home.
Alas, thunderstorms like these don't last long. As I come to the end of this post, the thunder roars gradually move away to invade the adjacent region, and normal rain takes over. There's more thunderstorms forecasted for tomorrow, but hopefully I'll be able to beat them as well. XD
Monday, June 06, 2011
六月検討会
Back in the beginning of the year, I listed a few things I'd like to do this year. Let's do a quick review after five months.
③ finish reading at least H2, とらドラ, and 植物図鑑
- H2: vol.3 → vol.4 out of a total of 17 volumes (wide edition)
- とらドラ: vol.4 → vol.5 out of a total of 10 volumes + 3 spin-offs
④ finish at least one of Chrono Trigger, FF IV, or DQ IV
- Chrono Trigger: side quests before final battle
- FF IV: Dark Crystals arc; no change
- DQ IV: clear!
I got quite a bit done in May and finished DQ IV(!) a few days ago. Unfortunately, the amount of time I spent on reading and playing games was time I didn't spend on watching anime. As a result, I'm very far behind on the spring season series, and my hard drive is constantly out of space at <5GB.
Now that I've completed the round for the first three episodes for the spring series, hopefully I'll be able to give it a boost and catch up somewhat before the summer season starts. That would help with clearing up some hard drive as well.
I wanted to start on DQ V right after beating DQ IV, but decided to hold it until I get all the endings in Chrono Trigger. I think I only managed to see five with the SNES version before I no longer had time to play. 今度こそ…！
③ finish reading at least H2, とらドラ, and 植物図鑑
- H2: vol.3 → vol.4 out of a total of 17 volumes (wide edition)
- とらドラ: vol.4 → vol.5 out of a total of 10 volumes + 3 spin-offs
④ finish at least one of Chrono Trigger, FF IV, or DQ IV
- Chrono Trigger: side quests before final battle
- FF IV: Dark Crystals arc; no change
- DQ IV: clear!
I got quite a bit done in May and finished DQ IV(!) a few days ago. Unfortunately, the amount of time I spent on reading and playing games was time I didn't spend on watching anime. As a result, I'm very far behind on the spring season series, and my hard drive is constantly out of space at <5GB.
Now that I've completed the round for the first three episodes for the spring series, hopefully I'll be able to give it a boost and catch up somewhat before the summer season starts. That would help with clearing up some hard drive as well.
I wanted to start on DQ V right after beating DQ IV, but decided to hold it until I get all the endings in Chrono Trigger. I think I only managed to see five with the SNES version before I no longer had time to play. 今度こそ…！
Sunday, June 05, 2011
春番アニメ スタート！
冬番的時候寫了一篇各動畫三話為止的初期感想，春番也來一下～
ファイヤーボール チャーミング ep.1-3
- 元の姿はずっと可愛らしいけど、新・お嬢様はなかなか動感的、スタイリッシュです
- 何か、前期の軽くなユーモアが重くになってる。もう、世間知らずのお嬢様じゃないよな
- でも相変わらずネタ満載で面白い～
TIGER & BUNNY ep.1-3
- 絵は酷い、キャラデザインと3D Modellingの意味
- 「実際に各企業向けにヒーローたちのスポンサーを募集する」、というCM作ｗｗｗ
- TIGERとBUNNYくんに注目、結構面白い
もしドラ ep.1-3
- 画と作画は安定
- 個人的にまあまあの声優陣だが、悪くない。「え、あ、はい」はウザイけど
- 野球が好きなので、普通に面白い
30歳の保健体育 ep.1-3
- 何これ orz
- 声優の無駄使いだな、ある意味
- 演出はおもろいけど
Aチャンネル ep.1-3
- OPの演出はすっごく好き、本編の絵もサラサラ
- BRSような展開になれないで良かった
- 普通に面白い
C ep.1-3
- なんか複雑（理論）、しかしそうでもない（使い方とその理由）、金や資産のことは
- 櫻井さんのキャラ似合うねｗｗｗ
- 期待どおりの面白さかな、今のところ
俺たちに翼はない ep.1-3
- 原作はギャルゲーなので、もともと期待してないが、いい意味で期待はずれ
- 諏訪部さんに注目、日野さんのキャラはメインの一人じゃなくて残念、あと杉田ｗｗｗ
- 美郷あきのオープニングテーマソングはちょっとRPGぽい、燃えるぜ～
DOG DAYS ep.1-3
- ちょ… 何この超展開？！ヴァラエティのゲームかよｗｗｗ
- 絵には安ぽい感じますが、猫玉はすっっっっごくカワイイ～XD
- 奈々ちゃんとほっちゃんのテーマソングの雰囲気はやっぱりなのはシリーズに似てる、悪くない
変ゼミ ep.1-3
- 変ゼミの変は本当に変態の変です orz
- こんなモノを見ましたの自分が大切な何かを失ったような orz
- 全部は石田さんと花澤さんのせい orz
電波女と青春男 ep.1-3
- 絵がすごく綺麗、シャフトには思わないほど
- 声優的には（樹多村光、佐倉杏子、キュゥべえ）ちょっとデジャビュな感じ
- 最初は本当に電波過ぎてよく分からないが、「ああ、なるほど。普通の青春成長物語なんだ。」に納得した
トリコ ep.1-2
- こんなに酷い絵を見るのは何年ぶりかな…
- ストーリーも含めて、もうツッコミすらも出来なくなるくらい
- 本当に声優の無駄使い
緋弾のアリア ep.1-3
- さすがツンデレの女王
- 二人の関係はとらドラにちょっと似てるが、感情的にはこっちの方が強く感じます
- 作曲の尾澤拓実はよく知らないけど、BGMは熱いね～
あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。 ep.1-3
- 画と作画は結構良い
- 声優さんたちにあまり注目してないから、ちゃんとキャラたちを見つめることができる
- これもまた、一つの青春成長物語だな～
花咲くいろは ep.1-3
- さすがP.A. WORKS、絵がすっごく綺麗
- ストーリーとキャラは普通に面白い
- 本当のホビロン（食べ物の）はマジこえぇ～ orz
よんでますよ、アザゼルさん ep.1-3
- これもめちゃくちゃだ…
- 変ゼミほどの酷さじゃないけど、また近い存在
- 何この無駄に豪華の声優陣ｗｗｗ
Dororonえん魔くん メ～ラめら ep.1-3
- 今さらこんな古いモノをアニメ化とはな…
- ちょっと木村貴宏と声優の無駄使いだな
- 思ったよりサービスシーンが多いよねｗｗｗ
へうげもの ep.1-3
- 日本の歴史や文化をよく存知てない自分にとっては、いい勉強になる
- 争いが多い戦国時代けれど、観ると妙に心が落ち着く
- 結構良いものだ
SKET DANCE ep.1-3
- ちょっと学園バージョンの銀魂ぽい、ネタも多いし
- 画と作画はジャンプ系アニメとしては結構良い、声優陣も凄い
- 普通に面白い
デッドマン・ワンダーランド ep.1-3
- 演出が結構ハードけど、画面は自主規制で随分黒く処理して、虐殺部分は見せない、ピー音もある
- でも本当のテーマは友情や自分の信念と思う
- 花澤さんは何処でも天然の癒し系ですね～
Steins;Gate ep.1-3
- 銀河美少年がStein's Gateを通った変態になったｗｗｗ
- 普段のNitro+とは違う、もっとSFな設定が、やっぱり雰囲気は半端ない
- タイムトラベルとういうテーマはちょっと好みので、面白い
青の祓魔師 ep.1-3
- 澤野弘之の音楽はやっぱり最高だ、燃えるぜ！
- 正十字学園の外見はジブリみたい
- 声優陣は豪華だし、ストーリーも結構いけると思う
卻下了トリコ，春季番要追20部，不過冬番大部分都是單季作品沒幾部延續，可以同時追舊番(おい)。 XD
就目前看了前三話來看，不算本命的Fireball Charming兩分鐘超短篇，個人最期待的五部(非排名)為： Steins;Gate、青の祓魔師、緋弾のアリア、デッドマン・ワンダーランド、へうげもの。其實C也很合我胃口，但是規模有點深，引人省思的地方太多，就小品作來説有點半硬。當然銀魂也很期待，但是得先補完第一期...
ファイヤーボール チャーミング ep.1-3
- 元の姿はずっと可愛らしいけど、新・お嬢様はなかなか動感的、スタイリッシュです
- 何か、前期の軽くなユーモアが重くになってる。もう、世間知らずのお嬢様じゃないよな
- でも相変わらずネタ満載で面白い～
TIGER & BUNNY ep.1-3
- 絵は酷い、キャラデザインと3D Modellingの意味
- 「実際に各企業向けにヒーローたちのスポンサーを募集する」、というCM作ｗｗｗ
- TIGERとBUNNYくんに注目、結構面白い
もしドラ ep.1-3
- 画と作画は安定
- 個人的にまあまあの声優陣だが、悪くない。「え、あ、はい」はウザイけど
- 野球が好きなので、普通に面白い
30歳の保健体育 ep.1-3
- 何これ orz
- 声優の無駄使いだな、ある意味
- 演出はおもろいけど
Aチャンネル ep.1-3
- OPの演出はすっごく好き、本編の絵もサラサラ
- BRSような展開になれないで良かった
- 普通に面白い
C ep.1-3
- なんか複雑（理論）、しかしそうでもない（使い方とその理由）、金や資産のことは
- 櫻井さんのキャラ似合うねｗｗｗ
- 期待どおりの面白さかな、今のところ
俺たちに翼はない ep.1-3
- 原作はギャルゲーなので、もともと期待してないが、いい意味で期待はずれ
- 諏訪部さんに注目、日野さんのキャラはメインの一人じゃなくて残念、あと杉田ｗｗｗ
- 美郷あきのオープニングテーマソングはちょっとRPGぽい、燃えるぜ～
DOG DAYS ep.1-3
- ちょ… 何この超展開？！ヴァラエティのゲームかよｗｗｗ
- 絵には安ぽい感じますが、猫玉はすっっっっごくカワイイ～XD
- 奈々ちゃんとほっちゃんのテーマソングの雰囲気はやっぱりなのはシリーズに似てる、悪くない
変ゼミ ep.1-3
- 変ゼミの変は本当に変態の変です orz
- こんなモノを見ましたの自分が大切な何かを失ったような orz
- 全部は石田さんと花澤さんのせい orz
電波女と青春男 ep.1-3
- 絵がすごく綺麗、シャフトには思わないほど
- 声優的には（樹多村光、佐倉杏子、キュゥべえ）ちょっとデジャビュな感じ
- 最初は本当に電波過ぎてよく分からないが、「ああ、なるほど。普通の青春成長物語なんだ。」に納得した
トリコ ep.1-2
- こんなに酷い絵を見るのは何年ぶりかな…
- ストーリーも含めて、もうツッコミすらも出来なくなるくらい
- 本当に声優の無駄使い
緋弾のアリア ep.1-3
- さすがツンデレの女王
- 二人の関係はとらドラにちょっと似てるが、感情的にはこっちの方が強く感じます
- 作曲の尾澤拓実はよく知らないけど、BGMは熱いね～
あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。 ep.1-3
- 画と作画は結構良い
- 声優さんたちにあまり注目してないから、ちゃんとキャラたちを見つめることができる
- これもまた、一つの青春成長物語だな～
花咲くいろは ep.1-3
- さすがP.A. WORKS、絵がすっごく綺麗
- ストーリーとキャラは普通に面白い
- 本当のホビロン（食べ物の）はマジこえぇ～ orz
よんでますよ、アザゼルさん ep.1-3
- これもめちゃくちゃだ…
- 変ゼミほどの酷さじゃないけど、また近い存在
- 何この無駄に豪華の声優陣ｗｗｗ
Dororonえん魔くん メ～ラめら ep.1-3
- 今さらこんな古いモノをアニメ化とはな…
- ちょっと木村貴宏と声優の無駄使いだな
- 思ったよりサービスシーンが多いよねｗｗｗ
へうげもの ep.1-3
- 日本の歴史や文化をよく存知てない自分にとっては、いい勉強になる
- 争いが多い戦国時代けれど、観ると妙に心が落ち着く
- 結構良いものだ
SKET DANCE ep.1-3
- ちょっと学園バージョンの銀魂ぽい、ネタも多いし
- 画と作画はジャンプ系アニメとしては結構良い、声優陣も凄い
- 普通に面白い
デッドマン・ワンダーランド ep.1-3
- 演出が結構ハードけど、画面は自主規制で随分黒く処理して、虐殺部分は見せない、ピー音もある
- でも本当のテーマは友情や自分の信念と思う
- 花澤さんは何処でも天然の癒し系ですね～
Steins;Gate ep.1-3
- 銀河美少年がStein's Gateを通った変態になったｗｗｗ
- 普段のNitro+とは違う、もっとSFな設定が、やっぱり雰囲気は半端ない
- タイムトラベルとういうテーマはちょっと好みので、面白い
青の祓魔師 ep.1-3
- 澤野弘之の音楽はやっぱり最高だ、燃えるぜ！
- 正十字学園の外見はジブリみたい
- 声優陣は豪華だし、ストーリーも結構いけると思う
卻下了トリコ，春季番要追20部，不過冬番大部分都是單季作品沒幾部延續，可以同時追舊番(おい)。 XD
就目前看了前三話來看，不算本命的Fireball Charming兩分鐘超短篇，個人最期待的五部(非排名)為： Steins;Gate、青の祓魔師、緋弾のアリア、デッドマン・ワンダーランド、へうげもの。其實C也很合我胃口，但是規模有點深，引人省思的地方太多，就小品作來説有點半硬。當然銀魂也很期待，但是得先補完第一期...
Saturday, June 04, 2011
植林 #1
I planted a tree in Indonesia! ( ﾟ ∀ ﾟ )
Actually, my 1st gremz tree was one of the 520 trees planted in Indonesia on the Java Island through Friends of the Earth Japan! Mine was either part of the mangrove forest along the coastline to help protect against sediment erosion, or part of the agroforestry project to help recuperate and sustain the land for another village.
Looking forward to when my 2nd gremz tree gets planted, too! XD
Actually, my 1st gremz tree was one of the 520 trees planted in Indonesia on the Java Island through Friends of the Earth Japan! Mine was either part of the mangrove forest along the coastline to help protect against sediment erosion, or part of the agroforestry project to help recuperate and sustain the land for another village.
Looking forward to when my 2nd gremz tree gets planted, too! XD
Saturday, May 28, 2011
何と！
It's been a while since I did a Windows update, so I thought I'll do it tonight. While reading the details for each update, I realized there's an SP1 that would fix a lot of them.
Since it's been over a year(!) after the SP1 release, it shouldn't pose any issue after installation, so I proceeded to the Microsoft website to download it...
The required hard drive space is 7400MB.
That's more than my available hard drive space right now. Orz
I guess I need to do more media consumption/space clean up before I can get SP1...
Since it's been over a year(!) after the SP1 release, it shouldn't pose any issue after installation, so I proceeded to the Microsoft website to download it...
The required hard drive space is 7400MB.
That's more than my available hard drive space right now. Orz
I guess I need to do more media consumption/space clean up before I can get SP1...
Friday, May 27, 2011
敗家
今天進行了四個月一次的對戰，在牙醫診所的躺椅上被人玩弄宛如過了一個世紀般的一個小時。
累死我也～
回家前去買要給猫的伴手禮，結果被一隻馬來貘煞到，敗了六隻動物模型。XD
戰利品：
獵奇餅乾用具
蓄勢待發的袋鼠 x 1
雪上的王者北極熊 x 1
惹人憐愛的紅鹿寶寶 x 1
稚氣的麋鹿寶寶 x 1
伸懶腰的猫 x 1
角色扮演QB的可愛兔子 x 1
最後那隻兔子本來看中另外一款斜躺的垂耳兔，更有QB的fu，可是找不到上色好的，所以就朝純可愛面的QB方向選了這隻。其他還有很多想要的，不過Schleich的模型雖然沒到ACG周邊那般價格不蜚的程度，可是種類繁多，隨便敗個幾隻就一張Mackenzie King拜拜了。
咦，最開始被煞到的馬來貘咧？上色都不及我的要求標準，所以忍痛沒敗...
累死我也～
回家前去買要給猫的伴手禮，結果被一隻馬來貘煞到，敗了六隻動物模型。XD
戰利品：
獵奇餅乾用具
蓄勢待發的袋鼠 x 1
雪上的王者北極熊 x 1
惹人憐愛的紅鹿寶寶 x 1
稚氣的麋鹿寶寶 x 1
伸懶腰的猫 x 1
角色扮演QB的可愛兔子 x 1
最後那隻兔子本來看中另外一款斜躺的垂耳兔，更有QB的fu，可是找不到上色好的，所以就朝純可愛面的QB方向選了這隻。其他還有很多想要的，不過Schleich的模型雖然沒到ACG周邊那般價格不蜚的程度，可是種類繁多，隨便敗個幾隻就一張Mackenzie King拜拜了。
咦，最開始被煞到的馬來貘咧？上色都不及我的要求標準，所以忍痛沒敗...
マジで？
Kalafina was what prompted me to register for the AX this year. A week after the Kalafina news, Hatsune Miku was announced to be the 2nd concert performer. I bought the tickets for both concerts the next day.
Neko-tan was not convinced to pay to see a virtual concert and planned to wait for stand-by tickets with other friends. Until tonight.
According to an official tweet, there were fewer than 100 tickets left for the Hatsune Miku concert. Neko-tan plunged in. Another friend was too late. The event is now sold out.
I didn't know Hatsune Miku is this popular in North America... ( ﾟ ロ ﾟ )
Can't believe the Kalafina concert, to be held at a slightly smaller venue than the Miku one (way bigger sponsor behind her), isn't sold out yet. You people don't appreciate good musicians and performers (same with May'n/Nakajima Megumi/Kanno Yoko concert last year)...
Neko-tan was not convinced to pay to see a virtual concert and planned to wait for stand-by tickets with other friends. Until tonight.
According to an official tweet, there were fewer than 100 tickets left for the Hatsune Miku concert. Neko-tan plunged in. Another friend was too late. The event is now sold out.
I didn't know Hatsune Miku is this popular in North America... ( ﾟ ロ ﾟ )
Can't believe the Kalafina concert, to be held at a slightly smaller venue than the Miku one (way bigger sponsor behind her), isn't sold out yet. You people don't appreciate good musicians and performers (same with May'n/Nakajima Megumi/Kanno Yoko concert last year)...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Making History
1994 was a very special year for every Vancouver Canucks fan and was also the year I started watching hockey. The Canucks entered the series as the 7th seed in the Western Conference and went up against top teams to reach Madison Square Garden. We lost in Game 7, but we fought to the end with great display of strength and courage.
17 years after, the Vancouver Canucks are going to the Stanley Cup Finals again. This time, we're gonna bring the Cup home!
GO! CANUCKS! GO!
17 years after, the Vancouver Canucks are going to the Stanley Cup Finals again. This time, we're gonna bring the Cup home!
GO! CANUCKS! GO!
Sony PS3 Surround Sound System
Sony PS3 SSS (not to be confused with the SSS from Angel Beats, 死んだ世界戦線/Shinda Sekai Sensen) for short. XD
I've been looking for an inexpensive sound system as an upgrade from the built-in TV speakers, and this seems like an ideal choice, but I haven't been successful in locating this model until today. Yeah, I should have guessed it'd be grouped under the video game category with the PS3, not the audio department where all the other sound bars and audio systems are.
If it weren't for the keyword I used, PS3, while asking about sound bars in the store, the guy would never had pointed me to the video game section. And despite my frequenting the said department every time I go into the store, I never noticed it since it's not displayed and just sits anonymously in a relatively small box.
Not quite sure if it's the same one I saw in an online press article from last year, I copied down the model number and did a bit of research tonight.
The price point kind of gives it away that this is just a basic system. The 2.1 stereo and simulated 5.1 sounds aren't the best, but I think would suit my needs for the time being. It's supposedly great for gaming, and a lot of the stuff I have are only 2.1 for the Japanese audio anyway so I'm not missing out on everything. I do plan to get a better system after I move to a bigger place, but that won't be for another good couple of years down the road.
Though, since I bought a camera this month, I'll probably pick up the sound bar next month so my bill wouldn't be too scary.
I've been looking for an inexpensive sound system as an upgrade from the built-in TV speakers, and this seems like an ideal choice, but I haven't been successful in locating this model until today. Yeah, I should have guessed it'd be grouped under the video game category with the PS3, not the audio department where all the other sound bars and audio systems are.
If it weren't for the keyword I used, PS3, while asking about sound bars in the store, the guy would never had pointed me to the video game section. And despite my frequenting the said department every time I go into the store, I never noticed it since it's not displayed and just sits anonymously in a relatively small box.
Not quite sure if it's the same one I saw in an online press article from last year, I copied down the model number and did a bit of research tonight.
The price point kind of gives it away that this is just a basic system. The 2.1 stereo and simulated 5.1 sounds aren't the best, but I think would suit my needs for the time being. It's supposedly great for gaming, and a lot of the stuff I have are only 2.1 for the Japanese audio anyway so I'm not missing out on everything. I do plan to get a better system after I move to a bigger place, but that won't be for another good couple of years down the road.
Though, since I bought a camera this month, I'll probably pick up the sound bar next month so my bill wouldn't be too scary.
Monday, May 23, 2011
カレー実験第三弾
Experiment #3: Berries & tuna curry
Ingredients: curry, blueberries, strawberries, carrots, water, milk, canned tuna
Steps:
- wash and cut up the berries and throw into pot with 1/3 water to medium heat
- throw in carrots and curry chunks, add milk
- add in canned tuna after 2 episodes
- slow cook for another 1 episode
Result: Success!
This was actually an extension of the food experiment from yesterday, where I stove cooked rice as if it's oat meal and added blueberries and strawberries. I didn't add enough honey for the first portion and it tasted sour and weird. Had to get help from shredded pork. The second portion kinda had a wee bit too much honey and tasted sweet and weird.
While eating, I remembered the minced pork curry with blueberries from last time.Sourberries Blueberries are better in curry than in rice.
The berries & tuna curry today is slightly sweet with a hint of berry sourness. The tuna adds more texture and protein to make it complete. In one word:甘じょっぱい甘酸っぱい! (couldn't resist. Everytime I think of the word, I'm reminded of ドロッセル XD)
Ingredients: curry, blueberries, strawberries, carrots, water, milk, canned tuna
Steps:
- wash and cut up the berries and throw into pot with 1/3 water to medium heat
- throw in carrots and curry chunks, add milk
- add in canned tuna after 2 episodes
- slow cook for another 1 episode
Result: Success!
This was actually an extension of the food experiment from yesterday, where I stove cooked rice as if it's oat meal and added blueberries and strawberries. I didn't add enough honey for the first portion and it tasted sour and weird. Had to get help from shredded pork. The second portion kinda had a wee bit too much honey and tasted sweet and weird.
While eating, I remembered the minced pork curry with blueberries from last time.
The berries & tuna curry today is slightly sweet with a hint of berry sourness. The tuna adds more texture and protein to make it complete. In one word:
Saturday, May 14, 2011
流石
Those versed in the culture of ninja (or readers of Naruto) would be familiar with the term くのいち(kunoichi), used to address female ninja. But the non-Japanese population, myself included, likely doesn't know the reason behind the term.
While watching the drama Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo (日本人の知らない日本語), I learned the origin of the word.
く(ku) + ノ(no) + 一(ichi) = 女
So kunoichi refers to 女/女忍者, which is literally female ninja.
The drama series, based on the original manga of the same name, contains a lot of cultural and linguistic substances. Unfortunately, seeing how my Japanese level is lower than that of the students in the series, I can only understand and retain the few points here and there.
Little linguistic science lesson for the day. XD
While watching the drama Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo (日本人の知らない日本語), I learned the origin of the word.
く(ku) + ノ(no) + 一(ichi) = 女
So kunoichi refers to 女/女忍者, which is literally female ninja.
The drama series, based on the original manga of the same name, contains a lot of cultural and linguistic substances. Unfortunately, seeing how my Japanese level is lower than that of the students in the series, I can only understand and retain the few points here and there.
Little linguistic science lesson for the day. XD
まあ、いいか
Just got an email from Amazon.ca telling me that they won't be able to obtain the Blu-ray Meister Collection (part 1+2) for Soul Eater, coming out on May 24th, and that they've cancelled my order. Nothing was mentioned about the Blu-ray Weapon Collection (part 3+4), slated for July 26th, which I pre-ordered right away when it was first listed, so I guess they're still hoping to get it.
I'd cancel the order and just get both from Amazon.com or Right Stuf, but the price for the Weapon Collection is much cheaper on Amazon.ca. If I am able to get it from Amazon.ca, I'll just wait for the Meister Collection to go on sale at either Amazon.com or Right Stuf. If Amazon.ca won't be able to obtain the item as in this case, then I'll either wait for both to go on sale State-side, or it's just not meant to be.
If it turns out that I'd need to order from across the border, I'll likely throw in Angel Beats BD as well, since it's cheaper in the States and is released at the same time as the Weapon Collection. We'll see.
Yes, I have all 4 parts of the DVD for Soul Eater.
I'd cancel the order and just get both from Amazon.com or Right Stuf, but the price for the Weapon Collection is much cheaper on Amazon.ca. If I am able to get it from Amazon.ca, I'll just wait for the Meister Collection to go on sale at either Amazon.com or Right Stuf. If Amazon.ca won't be able to obtain the item as in this case, then I'll either wait for both to go on sale State-side, or it's just not meant to be.
If it turns out that I'd need to order from across the border, I'll likely throw in Angel Beats BD as well, since it's cheaper in the States and is released at the same time as the Weapon Collection. We'll see.
Yes, I have all 4 parts of the DVD for Soul Eater.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
勘違い
オレじゃないけど。
走在路上的時候一如往常地看到有人在遛狗會一直盯著人家看。結果今天又在盯著馬路對面的人家看的時候，人家的主人以為我在對他笑，隔街對我道HELLO。
「主人先生你好，你家的狗好可愛啊～～」
當然是沒説出口，在心裡覺得就好。XD
走在路上的時候一如往常地看到有人在遛狗會一直盯著人家看。結果今天又在盯著馬路對面的人家看的時候，人家的主人以為我在對他笑，隔街對我道HELLO。
「主人先生你好，你家的狗好可愛啊～～」
當然是沒説出口，在心裡覺得就好。XD
Monday, May 09, 2011
冬番總結
まあ，説是總結，應該説是冬番單季作品的觀後感。
之前曾經稍微寫了三話後的最初感想，當時期待的前五名(非排名)是Infinite Stratos、夢喰いメリー、君に届け2、これはゾンビですか？、跟魔法少女まどか★マギカ。
完食冬番單季後，個人的前三名排名是：
Infinite Stratos
レベルE / 君に届け2
魔法少女まどか★マギカ
以下為十部冬番單季作品的三言兩語，按照完食的順序，另外附加原作補完預定。捏他有，慎入。
Wolverine
- 果然不是我的菜，完全是在看Romi大姐
- 可是居然讓所有女角全部掛掉是怎樣 orz
- 接下來的X-MEN有久川綾，不過戲份大概沒有Romi姐在Wolverine裡的多，所以卻下
= 當然是沒打算看原作。要不是有Romi大姐，根本不會去看動畫。
君に届け2
- 前面急死人
- 最後兩話閃死人 XD
- 好閃好棒～ XD (打滾
= 漫畫是動畫化前就在看，當然是繼續追。目前進度落後很多就是。
Freezing
- 第一次聽能登暴走叫成那樣；當初真的完全是被聲優給騙去抓這部，声優の無駄使い orz
- 幾乎是邊放邊開browser玩遊戲當背景drama CD，所以沒有想像中浪費時間 (爆
- 果然到最後還是只有戰鬥音樂不錯聽這點可取
= 漫畫也是卻下，一樣是為了聲優才看的東西。這部跟黑神證明了某韓國人寫出來的東西跟我波長不合。
Infinite Stratos
- 果然跟第一還第二話的時候猜想的一樣是兔耳幕後
- 雖然是全部就一個男角色的超級故意後宮作，但是主要聲優陣都很棒，戰鬥畫面做得不錯也很熱血
- 官配很明顯，不過我還是只萌一夏ｘシャルロット～ XD
= 手上有七本小説，雖然遲早會看，不過目前輕小説讀書單超長，會排在很後面就是。
夢喰いメリー
- 前面鋪陳一堆令人大為期待
- 結果跑出沒有秩序與正常的最後一戰，超級半吊子，伏筆也全部沒收 orz
- 一開始就知道鈴村配的老師不單純，一堆新人裡放大牌聲優都不會是路人 XD
= 漫畫應該還沒出很多，近年内不會去碰。動畫版的敗點就在原作量不足而亂做。
Dragon Crisis
- 爛成這樣是原作的錯? 原作者是中學生嗎? orz
- 又是声優の無駄使い
- 一樣都是龍跟人，Dragonaut比較有看頭一點；雖然那部也是靠聲優在看就是
= 其實手上有小説，可是看了動畫以後沒什麼動力去看...
Fractale
- 為什麼看個Fractale也會出現Entropy；冬番的世界都被Entropy左右 XD
- 能讓平常什麼都能掰的我看不出個所以然，山本叔請你一定要再次考慮隱退 orz
- 前半還有點看頭，virtual的設定其實也對我味，但是到最後整部的賣點只剩花菜的ネッサ orz
= 東浩紀的小説除了世界觀相同以外皆為原創，似乎値得一看。
魔法少女まどか★マギカ
- 毫無疑問的年度話題作，雖然我的著眼點九成九跟別人不一樣
- 因為我只對魔法少女是成長期的魔女的詮釋感到非常雀躍，然後最喜歡的角色是QB
- 除了人設跟我無法理解或認同的黑毛執著心理外，其他部分全部都很棒
(我對這部真的褒貶很大，也因此跟猫多次答辯討論，容日後再敘)
= 後來有出漫畫，内容似乎是照動畫走向，興趣缺缺。
レベルE
- 看過原作的人都說是富奸(無誤)作品的頂點
- 浪川跟子安的表現真的超級讚，這部的オチ也很對我的口味
- 聽説動畫沒能表達出原作的真髓，不過也夠我回味無窮。為什麼冨樫會淪落成富奸... orz
= 漫畫有點年代可能得找找，不過天馬行空的冨樫最高作品不能不看。
これはゾンビですか？
- 比Merry更沒力的結局，比小圓更詐騙的開頭。不過至少前後落差沒有Merry那麼大
- 然後最後一話是什麼平常應該是放在DVD裡的OVA超展開
- 最後兩話裡的石破love love天驚拳跟女王的捏他有笑到～ XD
= 手上有七本小説，大概也是遲早會看，不過排得會比IS更後面就是。
動畫化的目的就是讓人會想去補完原作。冬番單季十部裡除了魔法少女まどか★マギカ以外都有原作，而根據動畫表現，釣到我想去補完原作的效果不一。不過最重要的果然還是時間啊... 沒時間的話，讀書單寫再長都只是妄想。 orz
我想看書啊～～～～～ (打滾
之前曾經稍微寫了三話後的最初感想，當時期待的前五名(非排名)是Infinite Stratos、夢喰いメリー、君に届け2、これはゾンビですか？、跟魔法少女まどか★マギカ。
完食冬番單季後，個人的前三名排名是：
Infinite Stratos
レベルE / 君に届け2
魔法少女まどか★マギカ
以下為十部冬番單季作品的三言兩語，按照完食的順序，另外附加原作補完預定。捏他有，慎入。
Wolverine
- 果然不是我的菜，完全是在看Romi大姐
- 可是居然讓所有女角全部掛掉是怎樣 orz
- 接下來的X-MEN有久川綾，不過戲份大概沒有Romi姐在Wolverine裡的多，所以卻下
= 當然是沒打算看原作。要不是有Romi大姐，根本不會去看動畫。
君に届け2
- 前面急死人
- 最後兩話閃死人 XD
- 好閃好棒～ XD (打滾
= 漫畫是動畫化前就在看，當然是繼續追。目前進度落後很多就是。
Freezing
- 第一次聽能登暴走叫成那樣；當初真的完全是被聲優給騙去抓這部，声優の無駄使い orz
- 幾乎是邊放邊開browser玩遊戲當背景drama CD，所以沒有想像中浪費時間 (爆
- 果然到最後還是只有戰鬥音樂不錯聽這點可取
= 漫畫也是卻下，一樣是為了聲優才看的東西。這部跟黑神證明了某韓國人寫出來的東西跟我波長不合。
Infinite Stratos
- 果然跟第一還第二話的時候猜想的一樣是兔耳幕後
- 雖然是全部就一個男角色的超級故意後宮作，但是主要聲優陣都很棒，戰鬥畫面做得不錯也很熱血
- 官配很明顯，不過我還是只萌一夏ｘシャルロット～ XD
= 手上有七本小説，雖然遲早會看，不過目前輕小説讀書單超長，會排在很後面就是。
夢喰いメリー
- 前面鋪陳一堆令人大為期待
- 結果跑出沒有秩序與正常的最後一戰，超級半吊子，伏筆也全部沒收 orz
- 一開始就知道鈴村配的老師不單純，一堆新人裡放大牌聲優都不會是路人 XD
= 漫畫應該還沒出很多，近年内不會去碰。動畫版的敗點就在原作量不足而亂做。
Dragon Crisis
- 爛成這樣是原作的錯? 原作者是中學生嗎? orz
- 又是声優の無駄使い
- 一樣都是龍跟人，Dragonaut比較有看頭一點；雖然那部也是靠聲優在看就是
= 其實手上有小説，可是看了動畫以後沒什麼動力去看...
Fractale
- 為什麼看個Fractale也會出現Entropy；冬番的世界都被Entropy左右 XD
- 能讓平常什麼都能掰的我看不出個所以然，山本叔請你一定要再次考慮隱退 orz
- 前半還有點看頭，virtual的設定其實也對我味，但是到最後整部的賣點只剩花菜的ネッサ orz
= 東浩紀的小説除了世界觀相同以外皆為原創，似乎値得一看。
魔法少女まどか★マギカ
- 毫無疑問的年度話題作，雖然我的著眼點九成九跟別人不一樣
- 因為我只對魔法少女是成長期的魔女的詮釋感到非常雀躍，然後最喜歡的角色是QB
- 除了人設跟我無法理解或認同的黑毛執著心理外，其他部分全部都很棒
(我對這部真的褒貶很大，也因此跟猫多次答辯討論，容日後再敘)
= 後來有出漫畫，内容似乎是照動畫走向，興趣缺缺。
レベルE
- 看過原作的人都說是富奸(無誤)作品的頂點
- 浪川跟子安的表現真的超級讚，這部的オチ也很對我的口味
- 聽説動畫沒能表達出原作的真髓，不過也夠我回味無窮。為什麼冨樫會淪落成富奸... orz
= 漫畫有點年代可能得找找，不過天馬行空的冨樫最高作品不能不看。
これはゾンビですか？
- 比Merry更沒力的結局，比小圓更詐騙的開頭。不過至少前後落差沒有Merry那麼大
- 然後最後一話是什麼平常應該是放在DVD裡的OVA超展開
- 最後兩話裡的石破love love天驚拳跟女王的捏他有笑到～ XD
= 手上有七本小説，大概也是遲早會看，不過排得會比IS更後面就是。
動畫化的目的就是讓人會想去補完原作。冬番單季十部裡除了魔法少女まどか★マギカ以外都有原作，而根據動畫表現，釣到我想去補完原作的效果不一。不過最重要的果然還是時間啊... 沒時間的話，讀書單寫再長都只是妄想。 orz
我想看書啊～～～～～ (打滾
Friday, May 06, 2011
いいKalafina、観に行かなイカ？
もちろん行くとも！ XD
Kalafina is only the 3rd guest announced so far. Hopefully there will be other ones I'd want to see.
Debating whether I want to line up for Kalafina's autograph, though, since I don't have anything suitable for them to sign. Signing boards are nice but mean a lot less. We'll see. If I manage to get something before or at the spot on Kalafina, I might want their autograph.
Maybe this means I'll be buying Arakawa Under the Bridge and Katanagatari at the Expo! :D
Kalafina is only the 3rd guest announced so far. Hopefully there will be other ones I'd want to see.
Debating whether I want to line up for Kalafina's autograph, though, since I don't have anything suitable for them to sign. Signing boards are nice but mean a lot less. We'll see. If I manage to get something before or at the spot on Kalafina, I might want their autograph.
Maybe this means I'll be buying Arakawa Under the Bridge and Katanagatari at the Expo! :D
Thursday, May 05, 2011
ハートフル魔法少女育成ゲーム Pt.3
Yes, I'm still playing this and probably won't stop until I get all the trophies. The road ahead is long.......
Neko-tan pointed me to a BBS thread on this game, and in there is a link to a Nico video with insane high scores. I picked up a few tricks from the video and it improved my scores a lot.
The story so far:
Normal mode high score 372180 (up from 128360)
Endless mode high score 2824577800 (up from 19356380)
ノルマ達成！
奇跡も、魔法も、あるんだよ
営業課長
営業部長
エントロピーの凌駕
宇宙を救え！
果てしなき感情エナジー
ループザワールド
ナイトバスター
決意
ブリッツセールス
ウィッチハンター
あたしってほんと馬鹿
In the BBS thread is a link for Incubator攻略wiki, which lists the skills and status of all the mahou shoujo types as well as all the trophies available. There's also a lot of suggestions offered on the wiki on how to obtain the various trophies.
「そんな上手い方法があるなら、僕たちインキュベイターの戦略も、もっと違ったものになっただろうね」
ってなわけで、少女たちの夢と希望を守るためキュゥベえの営業成績にかけて、戦いはまだ続く…
Neko-tan pointed me to a BBS thread on this game, and in there is a link to a Nico video with insane high scores. I picked up a few tricks from the video and it improved my scores a lot.
The story so far:
Normal mode high score 372180 (up from 128360)
Endless mode high score 2824577800 (up from 19356380)
ノルマ達成！
奇跡も、魔法も、あるんだよ
営業課長
営業部長
エントロピーの凌駕
宇宙を救え！
果てしなき感情エナジー
ループザワールド
ナイトバスター
決意
ブリッツセールス
ウィッチハンター
あたしってほんと馬鹿
In the BBS thread is a link for Incubator攻略wiki, which lists the skills and status of all the mahou shoujo types as well as all the trophies available. There's also a lot of suggestions offered on the wiki on how to obtain the various trophies.
「そんな上手い方法があるなら、僕たちインキュベイターの戦略も、もっと違ったものになっただろうね」
ってなわけで、
Monday, April 25, 2011
arrancars saga the end.
長がったな…
Up until early last year, I would try to catch up on the manga and watch the corresponding anime episodes. But it got to a rather heart-wrenching point and I stopped reading beyond that point. Right at the conclusion of the battle against Ulqiorra, to be exact. As a result, I stopped watching after ep.268.
I was planning to start on the spring season anime series this weekend, and was even aiming to finish Madoka Magica on Easter because of the Easter eggs reminded me of soul gems, but I suddenly got the urge to catch up on the Bleach anime.
So I started on ep.269 and, with the exception of the filler ep.303-305, beared witness to the struggles and upheavals of the various characters, until the end of the arrancars saga at ep.310.
There's so much emotions and feelings involved, that I really can't and won't attempt to express them with words. Of course I won't deny that Ichigo x Rukia is always a main theme for me, but there's enough depth and story to each character on all sides, that I'd still be pulled to the series without wishing for the pairing.
やっぱりBLEACHに見蕩れる程好きやで～
Now to catch up on the manga.
Up until early last year, I would try to catch up on the manga and watch the corresponding anime episodes. But it got to a rather heart-wrenching point and I stopped reading beyond that point. Right at the conclusion of the battle against Ulqiorra, to be exact. As a result, I stopped watching after ep.268.
I was planning to start on the spring season anime series this weekend, and was even aiming to finish Madoka Magica on Easter because of the Easter eggs reminded me of soul gems, but I suddenly got the urge to catch up on the Bleach anime.
So I started on ep.269 and, with the exception of the filler ep.303-305, beared witness to the struggles and upheavals of the various characters, until the end of the arrancars saga at ep.310.
There's so much emotions and feelings involved, that I really can't and won't attempt to express them with words. Of course I won't deny that Ichigo x Rukia is always a main theme for me, but there's enough depth and story to each character on all sides, that I'd still be pulled to the series without wishing for the pairing.
やっぱりBLEACHに見蕩れる程好きやで～
Now to catch up on the manga.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
ハートフル魔法少女育成ゲーム Pt.2
ネタバレあり。 Proceed only if you've seen up to ep.10 of Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica.
The author of the Incubator game I mentioned a few days ago made the Tokoton mode and record available the day before the airing of the last episodes of Madoka Magica. Naturally, I've been playing the game for the past few days.
Just now, for the first time, I managed to sign contract with a pink-haired girl named something Akane (of course they can't actually name her Madoka for copyright reasons). She died in the midst of melee in the next loop and turned into this big black thing. Her coverage is all area and she aims for any girl on screen regardless of whether they're mahou shoujo or not. Needless to say, it was game over for me pretty quickly after the worst majo was born.
But I did manage to take off roughly 1/3 of her HP, so theoretically it should be possible to defeat her. I shall continue trying.
On a side note, my reward trophies so far:
ノルマ達成！
奇跡も、魔法も、あるんだよ
営業課長
営業部長
エントロピーの凌駕
ループザワールド
決意
ブリッツセールス
Normal mode high score 128360
Tokoton mode high score 19356380
キュゥベえの営業成績少女たちの夢と希望を守るため、戦いはまだ続く…
The author of the Incubator game I mentioned a few days ago made the Tokoton mode and record available the day before the airing of the last episodes of Madoka Magica. Naturally, I've been playing the game for the past few days.
Just now, for the first time, I managed to sign contract with a pink-haired girl named something Akane (of course they can't actually name her Madoka for copyright reasons). She died in the midst of melee in the next loop and turned into this big black thing. Her coverage is all area and she aims for any girl on screen regardless of whether they're mahou shoujo or not. Needless to say, it was game over for me pretty quickly after the worst majo was born.
But I did manage to take off roughly 1/3 of her HP, so theoretically it should be possible to defeat her. I shall continue trying.
On a side note, my reward trophies so far:
ノルマ達成！
奇跡も、魔法も、あるんだよ
営業課長
営業部長
エントロピーの凌駕
ループザワールド
決意
ブリッツセールス
Normal mode high score 128360
Tokoton mode high score 19356380
Thursday, April 21, 2011
戦国バサラ弐
繼第一部的第六天魔王討伐戰之後，第二部的巨大山猿亂入篇也補完了，就等劇場版出來。
熱血亂鬥最高～（打滾） XD
石田彰加持的耍鞭SM優雅X假面吐血軍師
勇者獨眼龍的WAKE UP GUYS全軍復活咒文
陰森地哭了將近半話宅在安土城裡的地縛靈魔女黑化的怨靈
素手一撃把海轟成乾地到戰鬥結束後才海嘯回來，又單手擋住兄貴要塞主砲轟撃的壯碩版初號機大猩猩
裡面其實是某星球笨蛋王子利用地形進行無賴街頭戰的史實最強劍豪笨蛋宮本武藏
在深山裡撞在一起的暴走族跟要搭便車搶馬的海賊分別應援進行雷火空中戰的自家頭頭
隨便一跳越過斷崖，又是一躍飛上絶壁，穿過無數地雷爆炸的超高迴避率蛇行機車戰馬
搭載巨大太陽能光束炮的海陸兩用移動要塞
以自身熱血燃燒沸騰超越光束熱能進而撃破移動要塞的熱血笨蛋
沒了自我封印的劍後大流氓原形畢露暴走空手秒掉護衛跟X假面的龍之右眼
相隔兩地但最終心靈相通而進行空間轉移護身符的大猩猩跟愛的傳教士花之風来坊
在第一部被幹掉的幾個人加一隻鋼彈又出現了，而且全部都能力升級甚至長大成人(?!)
然後在最後一話跑出小関版本的八神新角色
小林製作人，其實你只是懶得想角色所以直接拿戰國時代人物惡搞套上自己的科幻設定吧，而且等級比起第一部又高了。XD
這部真是要多歡樂就有多歡樂～ XD
緊接在後於同一時段播的銀河美少年也是超級歡樂～ XD
春番的青の祓魔師大概就沒辦法接續這麼歡樂的傳統，不過基於我對少年漫畫的高接受度，JUMP系改編應該還有點可看之處。再怎麼也有超級豪華聲優陣跟澤野弘之～ XD
熱血亂鬥最高～（打滾） XD
石田彰加持的
陰森地哭了將近半話
素手一撃把海轟成乾地到戰鬥結束後才海嘯回來，又單手擋住兄貴要塞主砲轟撃的
在深山裡撞在一起的暴走族跟要
隨便一跳越過斷崖，又是一躍飛上絶壁，穿過無數地雷爆炸的超高迴避率
搭載巨大太陽能光束炮的海陸兩用移動要塞
以自身熱血燃燒沸騰超越光束熱能進而撃破移動要塞的熱血笨蛋
沒了自我封印的劍後
相隔兩地但最終心靈相通而進行空間轉移護身符的大猩猩跟
在第一部被幹掉的幾個人加一隻鋼彈又出現了，而且全部都能力升級甚至長大成人(?!)
然後在最後一話跑出
小林製作人，其實你只是懶得想角色所以直接拿戰國時代人物惡搞套上自己的科幻設定吧，而且等級比起第一部又高了。XD
這部真是要多歡樂就有多歡樂～ XD
緊接在後於同一時段播的銀河美少年也是超級歡樂～ XD
春番的青の祓魔師大概就沒辦法接續這麼歡樂的傳統，不過基於我對少年漫畫的高接受度，JUMP系改編應該還有點可看之處。再怎麼也有超級豪華聲優陣跟澤野弘之～ XD
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
鋼の足指
Or that my shoes is thicker than I thought. XD
The last three toes of my right foot got rolled over by a car today. Luckily, the car was moving from a complete stop in the parking lot so it was slow. It also ran completely over instead of braking on my toes. That probably would had hurt more. :x
As far as I can tell, the three toes were only slightly red and possibly swelled a bit, just as they would after getting hit by a heavy object. They're still a little sore if I try to stretch my toes, but other than that, I think they're fine.
It's not everyday that your toes get ran over by a car and came out intact. Thought I'd have this down for the record. XD
The last three toes of my right foot got rolled over by a car today. Luckily, the car was moving from a complete stop in the parking lot so it was slow. It also ran completely over instead of braking on my toes. That probably would had hurt more. :x
As far as I can tell, the three toes were only slightly red and possibly swelled a bit, just as they would after getting hit by a heavy object. They're still a little sore if I try to stretch my toes, but other than that, I think they're fine.
It's not everyday that your toes get ran over by a car and came out intact. Thought I'd have this down for the record. XD
魔法少女とQB
猫丟了一個神算過來，隨手試了下。
你是什麼様的魔法少女：
靈魂寶石發出強光，搖身一變，穿上了紅色系的魔法少女服，使用拳套和具有魔法的梳子作為武器，輔以隱形的能力，毎晚都努力地消滅魔女。最後收服QB並邁向馴獸師之路。真是太精彩了！
近身格鬥派，這個不錯。收服QB這點就足以拯救無知的少女了。XD
猫的是魔裝少女設定的魔法少女，雖然壞掉了不過至少頭還在：
靈魂寶石發出強光，搖身一變，穿上了黄色系的魔法少女服，使用鏟子和具有魔法的眼鏡作為武器，輔以武裝無限的能力，毎晚都努力地消滅魔女。最後失去一切精神異常。真是太精彩了！
順道一提，之前玩的魔法少女小圓魔力-養QB遊戲結果是：
餵牠吃QB，
帶牠去廢墟玩，
就寢時,讓牠睡街上，
QB對你的好感度:15%
想跟你簽約度:85%
讓它自己吃自己，真是符合原作設定～XD
你是什麼様的魔法少女：
靈魂寶石發出強光，搖身一變，穿上了紅色系的魔法少女服，使用拳套和具有魔法的梳子作為武器，輔以隱形的能力，毎晚都努力地消滅魔女。最後收服QB並邁向馴獸師之路。真是太精彩了！
近身格鬥派，這個不錯。收服QB這點就足以拯救無知的少女了。XD
猫的是魔裝少女設定的魔法少女，雖然壞掉了不過至少頭還在：
靈魂寶石發出強光，搖身一變，穿上了黄色系的魔法少女服，使用鏟子和具有魔法的眼鏡作為武器，輔以武裝無限的能力，毎晚都努力地消滅魔女。最後失去一切精神異常。真是太精彩了！
順道一提，之前玩的魔法少女小圓魔力-養QB遊戲結果是：
餵牠吃QB，
帶牠去廢墟玩，
就寢時,讓牠睡街上，
QB對你的好感度:15%
想跟你簽約度:85%
讓它自己吃自己，真是符合原作設定～XD
Sunday, April 17, 2011
いいブルーレイ、買わなイカ？
I was updating my anime list online for Yumekui Merry when I came across this piece of very good news: NIS America has licensed Arakawa Under the Bridge and Katanagatari and is releasing them on Blu-ray in July!
Seeing that it's NIS America, it'll likely be similar to the case of Toradora, where it's only available in the US and not Canada. Right Stuf will probably have it so I shouldn't have too much trouble acquiring them. Due to copyright reasons, Katanagatari won't have the ED song CD's like the Japanese version (same story for Durarara), but I can live with that.
Yes, I'll probably pre-order both. The prices aren't announced yet, but I'm guessing around $55~60 at Right Stuf and around $65~70 at the Expo if it's available then (Arakawa Under the Bridge is slated for July 5th so there's a good chance).
For comparison purpose, I got Toradora for $47.99 for each set and they sold for maybe around $58 at the Expo (can't remember exactly). I probably would had got it there since it came with a Prenny(?) plushy, but set 2 wasn't released then, and it's easier to reach the free shipping threshold to order both sets at the same time for me. Toradora is DVD only. I imagine the price tag would be higher for Blu-rays.
NIS America releases are known to be on the expensive side (what I paid for half a series for Toradora can easily get me a full series from another license holder and still get some change back), but thankfully the end product is usually on the quality side as well.
Can't wait to own these two series! XD
Seeing that it's NIS America, it'll likely be similar to the case of Toradora, where it's only available in the US and not Canada. Right Stuf will probably have it so I shouldn't have too much trouble acquiring them. Due to copyright reasons, Katanagatari won't have the ED song CD's like the Japanese version (same story for Durarara), but I can live with that.
Yes, I'll probably pre-order both. The prices aren't announced yet, but I'm guessing around $55~60 at Right Stuf and around $65~70 at the Expo if it's available then (Arakawa Under the Bridge is slated for July 5th so there's a good chance).
For comparison purpose, I got Toradora for $47.99 for each set and they sold for maybe around $58 at the Expo (can't remember exactly). I probably would had got it there since it came with a Prenny(?) plushy, but set 2 wasn't released then, and it's easier to reach the free shipping threshold to order both sets at the same time for me. Toradora is DVD only. I imagine the price tag would be higher for Blu-rays.
NIS America releases are known to be on the expensive side (what I paid for half a series for Toradora can easily get me a full series from another license holder and still get some change back), but thankfully the end product is usually on the quality side as well.
Can't wait to own these two series! XD
Saturday, April 16, 2011
ハートフル魔法少女育成ゲーム
Incubator
"みんな大好きキュ○べえになって宇宙を救うゲームだよ！"
A quick and fun game to play while everyone waits for the last two episodes of our favourite Mahou Shoujo anime to air at the end of April. XD
The point calculator has been adjusted for the game so it's easier to get high scores. I couldn't get higher than 34xxx on the old score system, but have managed a 92264 on the new score system thus far.
Haven't figured out how the log info can be used...
"みんな大好きキュ○べえになって宇宙を救うゲームだよ！"
A quick and fun game to play while everyone waits for the last two episodes of our favourite Mahou Shoujo anime to air at the end of April. XD
The point calculator has been adjusted for the game so it's easier to get high scores. I couldn't get higher than 34xxx on the old score system, but have managed a 92264 on the new score system thus far.
Haven't figured out how the log info can be used...
Thursday, April 14, 2011
銀の匙 Silver Spoon 第1話 春の巻
Neko-tan passed me the link of 銀の匙 Silver Spoon earlier. I really like this type of genre (and it reminded me again of my childhood dream of becoming a vet) so I felt obliged to fill out the questionnaire at the end of the chapter.
It's rare that I submit anything in Japanese, especially one written without seeking any help from Google (it's late and I'm feeling lazy), so I thought I'd post a copy here.
（カナダの人です。正式に日本語を学ぶことはないので、変な書き方を関して先に謝ります）
こういうタイプのまんがは好きです！子供の頃から夢の仕事は獣医だったので、外省の田舎にいる獣医学院に行きたかった。が、大学の点数は低すぎで、結局違う分野の地理学や生態学を選んだ。でもやっぱり農業大学/高校にちょっと憧れます。荒川先生の動物はいいプロポーションでかわいいです！生徒たちはどんな学園生活に送るのも興味がある、楽しみです。これからも応援します！
For some reason, I imagined Fukuyama Jun's voice when I read Hachiken's lines. XD
Can't wait to read the next chapter! :D
It's rare that I submit anything in Japanese, especially one written without seeking any help from Google (it's late and I'm feeling lazy), so I thought I'd post a copy here.
（カナダの人です。正式に日本語を学ぶことはないので、変な書き方を関して先に謝ります）
こういうタイプのまんがは好きです！子供の頃から夢の仕事は獣医だったので、外省の田舎にいる獣医学院に行きたかった。が、大学の点数は低すぎで、結局違う分野の地理学や生態学を選んだ。でもやっぱり農業大学/高校にちょっと憧れます。荒川先生の動物はいいプロポーションでかわいいです！生徒たちはどんな学園生活に送るのも興味がある、楽しみです。これからも応援します！
For some reason, I imagined Fukuyama Jun's voice when I read Hachiken's lines. XD
Can't wait to read the next chapter! :D
Sunday, April 10, 2011
無念 pt.2
After the Japanese proxy woe that prevents me from watching broadcast channels on Niconico, now Crunchy Roll is doing the same thing and blocks out Canadian users from viewing some of the series.
The series in question is Giant Killing, which I missed when it was airing and didn't grab. I thought I'd catch it on Crunchy since they have it. (It's a good show, watch it if you're in the US.)
But a few days ago, I was going to watch ep.4 of Giant Killing... and found that the video is not available for my region. Don't do this to me after I already watched three episodes... orz
There's other series that's region locked as well. Here I thought I'd support legal streaming and watch some series on Crunchy. Guess I'm going back to fansubs, with better translation and video quality. You made me do this.
The series in question is Giant Killing, which I missed when it was airing and didn't grab. I thought I'd catch it on Crunchy since they have it. (It's a good show, watch it if you're in the US.)
But a few days ago, I was going to watch ep.4 of Giant Killing... and found that the video is not available for my region. Don't do this to me after I already watched three episodes... orz
There's other series that's region locked as well. Here I thought I'd support legal streaming and watch some series on Crunchy. Guess I'm going back to fansubs, with better translation and video quality. You made me do this.
Saturday, April 09, 2011
O-Card
My pre-ordered copy of the Summer Wars came without the slip case.
Apparently, the order demand for the movie was so high that most of the first press editions were sold out at the pre-order stage, and the production of the slip cases with specialty printing wasn't fast enough to meet the demand for the street date. As a result, some of the pre-orders were shipped without the slip case, including mine.
I filled out the form to request the slip case last month and found myself a pleasant surprise when I opened my mailbox today. A white hard envelop from Funimation!
Not only is there the slip case for my blu-ray, there's also the first press edition art cards that they received an extra batch from the manufacturer! Beside the usual pitch cards advertising upcoming releases and the S.A.V.E. and Classics product lines, they threw in a few extras as well.
There's a NERV sticker from Evangelion 2.22 and series postcards (dunno what they're called; they have art and logo for the series on one side, product release info on the other side) from Evangelion 2.22, Hero Tales, Eden of the East: The King of Eden, and Excel Saga.
I'll wait until I move to a new cubicle to bring those series postcards for decoration. They'll join other series postcards from Slayers Revolution, Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa, TRIGUN Badlands Rumble, and a CD slip card from the OP single of ef -a tale of melodies-. XD
Apparently, the order demand for the movie was so high that most of the first press editions were sold out at the pre-order stage, and the production of the slip cases with specialty printing wasn't fast enough to meet the demand for the street date. As a result, some of the pre-orders were shipped without the slip case, including mine.
I filled out the form to request the slip case last month and found myself a pleasant surprise when I opened my mailbox today. A white hard envelop from Funimation!
Not only is there the slip case for my blu-ray, there's also the first press edition art cards that they received an extra batch from the manufacturer! Beside the usual pitch cards advertising upcoming releases and the S.A.V.E. and Classics product lines, they threw in a few extras as well.
There's a NERV sticker from Evangelion 2.22 and series postcards (dunno what they're called; they have art and logo for the series on one side, product release info on the other side) from Evangelion 2.22, Hero Tales, Eden of the East: The King of Eden, and Excel Saga.
I'll wait until I move to a new cubicle to bring those series postcards for decoration. They'll join other series postcards from Slayers Revolution, Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa, TRIGUN Badlands Rumble, and a CD slip card from the OP single of ef -a tale of melodies-. XD
Friday, April 08, 2011
無念
As noted last week, I missed an episode of WEED broadcast on Niconico. To make sure I don't repeat the same mistake, I even set up ReminderFox so I wouldn't forget this time.
I didn't. But I still was not able to watch the broadcast.
None of the Japanese proxies I have on hand works. ORZ
Typically I rotate between different proxies each week as some may not be fast enough to load the page at that time, but usually at least one would work. Not only did all of them fail, but the number of available proxies also went down.
I can probably still find the series somewhere else if I try, but I won't be able to enjoy the show along with the Niconico crowd, nor comment as I go along. And that's a lot less fun. :(
It's almost at the point for the last boss fight, too. T__T
Time to search for the original 60-volume manga series...
I didn't. But I still was not able to watch the broadcast.
None of the Japanese proxies I have on hand works. ORZ
Typically I rotate between different proxies each week as some may not be fast enough to load the page at that time, but usually at least one would work. Not only did all of them fail, but the number of available proxies also went down.
I can probably still find the series somewhere else if I try, but I won't be able to enjoy the show along with the Niconico crowd, nor comment as I go along. And that's a lot less fun. :(
It's almost at the point for the last boss fight, too. T__T
Time to search for the original 60-volume manga series...
Thursday, April 07, 2011
2011年 春アニメ
The spring season is upon us. Yes, it's time for another round of pre-air impression based on the introduction video on Niconico! The post will be very long due to the number of series airing this season.
花咲くいろは
- P.A. WORKS
- very beautiful visuals and nice character designs
- not into the group of lead female seiyuu, but the overall cast is good
- story seems interesting enough
= Watching
あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。
- can't really tell what the story is about
- visuals look nice and fluid enough
- not into the lead group of seiyuu, but the overall cast is not bad
= Probably watching
C
- story kinda reminds me of Eden of the East (technology), but on the other side of the spectrum (fantasy)
- visuals don't appeal very much
- like the male seiyuu cast and looking forward to another Uchiyama lead XD
= Watching
Steins;Gate
- Nitro+... （いい意味で… 多分）
- didn't get a chance to watch CHAOS;HEAD, but I know there's blood and death (it is Nitro+)
- visuals look nice, and the seiyuu cast is very good
= Watching
緋弾のアリア
- haven't read the original novel but there should be potential
-大河と竜児だ another Majima x Kugimiya pair!
- OP by May'n! XD
= Watching
青の祓魔師
- never read the original manga, but the story looks interesting
- music by Sawano! XD
- super heavy seiyuu cast! XD
= Watching
アスタロッテのおもちゃ！
- I don't dislike all harem series, but at least have the single male voiced by a male seiyuu...
- the all female seiyuu cast is not too bad, but unsure about the story
= Might trial watch on Crunchy, if I have time (read: pretty much never)
日常
= Might trial watch on Crunchy, if I have time (read: pretty much never)
Aチャンネル
- not sure how I'll like the flow of the series
- visuals look nice and fluid enough
- not into the lead group of seiyuu, but the teacher seiyuu are nice
= Probably trial watch
俺たちに翼はない
- the name reminds me of a certain ダメ姫 who claims both 妖精女王 and 緑毛 as his wings...
- ero-game adaptation, will see how the chapters are structured
- don't care for any of the female seiyuu, but the male seiyuu cast is good
= Probably trial watch
星空へ架かる橋
- another ero-game adaptation
- reminds me of Fortune Arterial and Princess Lover, but at least they have a decent enough seiyuu cast
- Asanuma alone isn't enough to make me watch this
= Probably not watching
変ゼミ
- the name is short for 変態生理ゼミナール ORZ
- I got lured by Ishida and Hanazawa to watching the OAD... ORZ
- it really is very messed up ORZ
= Might watch ORZ (blame Ishida & Hanazawa)
30歳の保健体育
- hmm... maybe it's not gonna be as bad as the PV?
- nice seiyuu cast
- don't think anything can top 変ゼミ in hentai-ness, so this is likely all fine
= Probably watching
そふてにっ！
- story doesn't look interesting
- not that interested in the seiyuu cast
= Not watching
もし高校野球の女子マネージャーがドラッカーの『マネジメント』を読んだら
(this was in the winter 2010 list, but the broadcast is pushed back to spring 2011 season)
- 「もしドラ」 for short XD
- story seems interesting, and it's about high school baseball
- nice seiyuu cast
= Watching
へうげもの
- Sengoku period gag?
- both visuals and seiyuu cast are rather plain, but I don't mind XD
= Probably watching
ファイヤーボール チャーミング
- 神アニメ！Watch it! Replay every 2-minute episode until you memorize it!
- 本命 for the spring season!
- the design for the 1st season is cuter, but this design has its own charm (pun intended XD)
= Already watched the 1st episode, multiple times! :D
まりあ†ほりっく あらいぶ
= Not watching. Didn't even watch the 1st season.
神のみぞ知るセカイⅡ
= Not watching. Didn't watch the 1st season. Might watch on Crunchy if I have time.
聖痕のクェイサーⅡ
- in a way it's on par with 変ゼミ for the messed up level...
- ED by Shoujobyo...?!
= Not watching. Couldn't even finish the 1st volume of the original manga.
けんぷファー für die Liebe
= Not watching. Didn't watch the 1st season.
戦国乙女～桃色パラドックス～
- story setting has potential, but the all female seiyuu cast doesn't interest me
- suggest: go read Oda Nobuna no Yabou instead (haven't read it yet, but it seems more interesting)
= Not watching
Dororonえん魔くん メ～ラめら
- old looking visuals but youkai gag seems interesting XD
- heavy seiyuu cast
= Watching
TIGER & BUNNY
- Sunrise's American hero show with bad 3D modelling
- seiyuu is the only draw for me
= Might trial watch
殿といっしょ ～眼帯の野望～
- haven't watched the 1st season but will definitely get to it
= Watching
昭和物語
- I'm not into modern history stuff, but the story has potential
- visuals are nice and fluid
- seiyuu cast not heavy but stable
= Probably trial watch
フジログ
- story and setting is too regional for me
- visuals NG for me
= Not watching
SKET DANCE
- never read the original manga and unsure about the story
- visuals and seiyuu cast as expected from a Jump anime
= Watching
銀魂（第二期）
- haven't finished the 1st season yet (nor touched the manga) but will
= Watching
遊☆戯☆王ZEXAL
= Not watching
電波女と青春男
- never read the original novel and no idea what the story is about
- all right seiyuu cast
= Probably trial watch
デッドマン・ワンダーランド
- no idea what the story is about
- great seiyuu cast
= Probably watching
DOG DAYS
- another hero from another world story?
- very bright and colourful visuals and character design
- great seiyuu cast
= Watching
よんでますよ、アザゼルさん
- Production IG
- great seiyuu cast
- theme song by Team Nekokan feat. Yonekura Chihiro!
= Watching
逆境無頼カイジ 破戒録篇
= Not watching
世界一初恋
= BL却下
トリコ
- never read the original manga and no idea what the story is about
- character design not my style at all (hence never read the manga)
- great seiyuu cast
= Probably watching
爆丸 バトルブローラーズガンダリアンインベーダーズ
= Not watching
リングにかけろ１ 世界大会編
- working on the Japan vs America arc right now
= Watching
ダンボール戦機
- treat it as any card game anime
= Not watching
プリティーリズム オーロラドリーム
- not interested in idol anime or LISP
= Not watching
ユルアニ？
- I have no idea what this is at all
= Probably not watching
Jewelpet Sunshine
= Not watching
はっぴーカッピ
- another kiddie show
= Not watching
Suzy's Zoo
- animals drawn not quite to my liking...
- all right seiyuu cast and narration by Sakamoto Maaya
= Might trial watch
Summary (total 45)
- Watching: 22
- Not watching: 17
- Undecided: 6
22! That's the total number of series for the last season... Luckily, a number of them have short episodes, ranging from 2 to 15 minutes each, so it's actually not as bad as it looks time-wise.
Similar to the last season, despite the high number of shows, very few jump up for me at this point, except for Fireball Charming. It might change when I actually get to watch at least the first three episodes. The majority are adaptations of an original work, none of which I've read or played, which might be another reason why I'm not getting too excited yet.
花咲くいろは
- P.A. WORKS
- very beautiful visuals and nice character designs
- not into the group of lead female seiyuu, but the overall cast is good
- story seems interesting enough
= Watching
あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。
- can't really tell what the story is about
- visuals look nice and fluid enough
- not into the lead group of seiyuu, but the overall cast is not bad
= Probably watching
C
- story kinda reminds me of Eden of the East (technology), but on the other side of the spectrum (fantasy)
- visuals don't appeal very much
- like the male seiyuu cast and looking forward to another Uchiyama lead XD
= Watching
Steins;Gate
- Nitro+... （いい意味で… 多分）
- didn't get a chance to watch CHAOS;HEAD, but I know there's blood and death (it is Nitro+)
- visuals look nice, and the seiyuu cast is very good
= Watching
緋弾のアリア
- haven't read the original novel but there should be potential
-
- OP by May'n! XD
= Watching
青の祓魔師
- never read the original manga, but the story looks interesting
- music by Sawano! XD
- super heavy seiyuu cast! XD
= Watching
アスタロッテのおもちゃ！
- I don't dislike all harem series, but at least have the single male voiced by a male seiyuu...
- the all female seiyuu cast is not too bad, but unsure about the story
= Might trial watch on Crunchy, if I have time (read: pretty much never)
日常
= Might trial watch on Crunchy, if I have time (read: pretty much never)
Aチャンネル
- not sure how I'll like the flow of the series
- visuals look nice and fluid enough
- not into the lead group of seiyuu, but the teacher seiyuu are nice
= Probably trial watch
俺たちに翼はない
- the name reminds me of a certain ダメ姫 who claims both 妖精女王 and 緑毛 as his wings...
- ero-game adaptation, will see how the chapters are structured
- don't care for any of the female seiyuu, but the male seiyuu cast is good
= Probably trial watch
星空へ架かる橋
- another ero-game adaptation
- reminds me of Fortune Arterial and Princess Lover, but at least they have a decent enough seiyuu cast
- Asanuma alone isn't enough to make me watch this
= Probably not watching
変ゼミ
- the name is short for 変態生理ゼミナール ORZ
- I got lured by Ishida and Hanazawa to watching the OAD... ORZ
- it really is very messed up ORZ
= Might watch ORZ (blame Ishida & Hanazawa)
30歳の保健体育
- hmm... maybe it's not gonna be as bad as the PV?
- nice seiyuu cast
- don't think anything can top 変ゼミ in hentai-ness, so this is likely all fine
= Probably watching
そふてにっ！
- story doesn't look interesting
- not that interested in the seiyuu cast
= Not watching
もし高校野球の女子マネージャーがドラッカーの『マネジメント』を読んだら
(this was in the winter 2010 list, but the broadcast is pushed back to spring 2011 season)
- 「もしドラ」 for short XD
- story seems interesting, and it's about high school baseball
- nice seiyuu cast
= Watching
へうげもの
- Sengoku period gag?
- both visuals and seiyuu cast are rather plain, but I don't mind XD
= Probably watching
ファイヤーボール チャーミング
- 神アニメ！Watch it! Replay every 2-minute episode until you memorize it!
- 本命 for the spring season!
- the design for the 1st season is cuter, but this design has its own charm (pun intended XD)
= Already watched the 1st episode, multiple times! :D
まりあ†ほりっく あらいぶ
= Not watching. Didn't even watch the 1st season.
神のみぞ知るセカイⅡ
= Not watching. Didn't watch the 1st season. Might watch on Crunchy if I have time.
聖痕のクェイサーⅡ
- in a way it's on par with 変ゼミ for the messed up level...
- ED by Shoujobyo...?!
= Not watching. Couldn't even finish the 1st volume of the original manga.
けんぷファー für die Liebe
= Not watching. Didn't watch the 1st season.
戦国乙女～桃色パラドックス～
- story setting has potential, but the all female seiyuu cast doesn't interest me
- suggest: go read Oda Nobuna no Yabou instead (haven't read it yet, but it seems more interesting)
= Not watching
Dororonえん魔くん メ～ラめら
- old looking visuals but youkai gag seems interesting XD
- heavy seiyuu cast
= Watching
TIGER & BUNNY
- Sunrise's American hero show with bad 3D modelling
- seiyuu is the only draw for me
= Might trial watch
殿といっしょ ～眼帯の野望～
- haven't watched the 1st season but will definitely get to it
= Watching
昭和物語
- I'm not into modern history stuff, but the story has potential
- visuals are nice and fluid
- seiyuu cast not heavy but stable
= Probably trial watch
フジログ
- story and setting is too regional for me
- visuals NG for me
= Not watching
SKET DANCE
- never read the original manga and unsure about the story
- visuals and seiyuu cast as expected from a Jump anime
= Watching
銀魂（第二期）
- haven't finished the 1st season yet (nor touched the manga) but will
= Watching
遊☆戯☆王ZEXAL
= Not watching
電波女と青春男
- never read the original novel and no idea what the story is about
- all right seiyuu cast
= Probably trial watch
デッドマン・ワンダーランド
- no idea what the story is about
- great seiyuu cast
= Probably watching
DOG DAYS
- another hero from another world story?
- very bright and colourful visuals and character design
- great seiyuu cast
= Watching
よんでますよ、アザゼルさん
- Production IG
- great seiyuu cast
- theme song by Team Nekokan feat. Yonekura Chihiro!
= Watching
逆境無頼カイジ 破戒録篇
= Not watching
世界一初恋
= BL却下
トリコ
- never read the original manga and no idea what the story is about
- character design not my style at all (hence never read the manga)
- great seiyuu cast
= Probably watching
爆丸 バトルブローラーズガンダリアンインベーダーズ
= Not watching
リングにかけろ１ 世界大会編
- working on the Japan vs America arc right now
= Watching
ダンボール戦機
- treat it as any card game anime
= Not watching
プリティーリズム オーロラドリーム
- not interested in idol anime or LISP
= Not watching
ユルアニ？
- I have no idea what this is at all
= Probably not watching
Jewelpet Sunshine
= Not watching
はっぴーカッピ
- another kiddie show
= Not watching
Suzy's Zoo
- animals drawn not quite to my liking...
- all right seiyuu cast and narration by Sakamoto Maaya
= Might trial watch
Summary (total 45)
- Watching: 22
- Not watching: 17
- Undecided: 6
22! That's the total number of series for the last season... Luckily, a number of them have short episodes, ranging from 2 to 15 minutes each, so it's actually not as bad as it looks time-wise.
Similar to the last season, despite the high number of shows, very few jump up for me at this point, except for Fireball Charming. It might change when I actually get to watch at least the first three episodes. The majority are adaptations of an original work, none of which I've read or played, which might be another reason why I'm not getting too excited yet.
Monday, April 04, 2011
三月検討会
Back in the beginning of the year, I listed a few things I'd like to do this year. Let's do a quick review after the 3rd month.
③ finish reading at least H2, とらドラ, and 植物図鑑
- H2: vol.3 out of a total of 17 volumes (wide edition)
- とらドラ: vol.3 → vol.4 out of a total of 10 volumes + 3 spin-offs
④ finish at least one of Chrono Trigger, FF IV, or DQ IV
- Chrono Trigger: side quests after obtaining Epoch; no change
- FF IV: Dark Crystals arc; no change
- DQ IV: ch.3 → ch.5
March was a mixed month for me. Still working on the winter season anime, and I should be able to finish a few of them this week.
The biggest news in March was, of course, the devastating chain of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis that took place in Japan. I spent a lot of time online reading Japanese news, blogs, and tweeters in the second half of March, so there was very little progress in terms of my ACGN goals.
Kinda disappointed that I'm not able to join any charity efforts taking place on Niconico since I don't have a Japanese credit card, but the organizations I donated through should be equally effective in the front line. Waiting for things to settle down a bit more before I choose another one that focus on specific after care issues.
③ finish reading at least H2, とらドラ, and 植物図鑑
- H2: vol.3 out of a total of 17 volumes (wide edition)
- とらドラ: vol.3 → vol.4 out of a total of 10 volumes + 3 spin-offs
④ finish at least one of Chrono Trigger, FF IV, or DQ IV
- Chrono Trigger: side quests after obtaining Epoch; no change
- FF IV: Dark Crystals arc; no change
- DQ IV: ch.3 → ch.5
March was a mixed month for me. Still working on the winter season anime, and I should be able to finish a few of them this week.
The biggest news in March was, of course, the devastating chain of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis that took place in Japan. I spent a lot of time online reading Japanese news, blogs, and tweeters in the second half of March, so there was very little progress in terms of my ACGN goals.
Kinda disappointed that I'm not able to join any charity efforts taking place on Niconico since I don't have a Japanese credit card, but the organizations I donated through should be equally effective in the front line. Waiting for things to settle down a bit more before I choose another one that focus on specific after care issues.
Saturday, April 02, 2011
He? She? It?
I have the pleasure and honour to care for a cat (who's somewhat psycho and wouldn't leave me the last time but ignores me this time) at a friend's this weekend. I just returned from feeding and trying to play with the cat.
As I strode leisurely to and back from the friend's place on my trusty sandals, I met a lot of people walking their dogs. The last one was ever so eager to appeal to me as it stood on its hind feet and reached out with its front paws while walking/hopping.
I'm referring to the dog as an "it" because I didn't know its gender. As much as I love dogs, I can only tell that an individual dog is a "he" when I see the physical organ, which may not be evident if the dog has long hair. If he's gone through a certain operation to prevent him from reproduction, well, I wouldn't be able to tell his gender by sight. But regardless, I don't discriminate animals based on gender.
Can I say the same for humans? I can't say for sure. Despite typically being indifferent toward most humans I pass by during my daily lives, there's probably prejudices and stereotypes embedded in my brain due to the teachings of the surrounding environment throughout my years of existence. As a result, I might already have a biased view on the person upon first glance before I even start talking to him or her.
I'd like to think that I don't do this often as I usually don't care enough before the bias kick in. On this note, I'm very thankful that I grew up thinking all humans are hopeless and worthless and hating humans (including myself), but changed my way of thinking after experiencing the complete love of God. Although old habits die hard and I still feel more toward animals than humans, I've learned not to judge any person because it's not my place to do so.
Well, I know being indifferent to humans isn't much better, but I am improving, albeit slowly. I'll always be a work in progress in my Potter's hand, shaping me daily. :)
Alas, my cute cat beckons. I shall go play with him. XD
As I strode leisurely to and back from the friend's place on my trusty sandals, I met a lot of people walking their dogs. The last one was ever so eager to appeal to me as it stood on its hind feet and reached out with its front paws while walking/hopping.
I'm referring to the dog as an "it" because I didn't know its gender. As much as I love dogs, I can only tell that an individual dog is a "he" when I see the physical organ, which may not be evident if the dog has long hair. If he's gone through a certain operation to prevent him from reproduction, well, I wouldn't be able to tell his gender by sight. But regardless, I don't discriminate animals based on gender.
Can I say the same for humans? I can't say for sure. Despite typically being indifferent toward most humans I pass by during my daily lives, there's probably prejudices and stereotypes embedded in my brain due to the teachings of the surrounding environment throughout my years of existence. As a result, I might already have a biased view on the person upon first glance before I even start talking to him or her.
I'd like to think that I don't do this often as I usually don't care enough before the bias kick in. On this note, I'm very thankful that I grew up thinking all humans are hopeless and worthless and hating humans (including myself), but changed my way of thinking after experiencing the complete love of God. Although old habits die hard and I still feel more toward animals than humans, I've learned not to judge any person because it's not my place to do so.
Well, I know being indifferent to humans isn't much better, but I am improving, albeit slowly. I'll always be a work in progress in my Potter's hand, shaping me daily. :)
Alas, my cute cat beckons. I shall go play with him. XD
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