Sunday, November 8, 2009

ny anime

I dag dro jeg, Yunko og Nene til Osaka for å se på en ny anime. Jeg forstod ikke alt som de sa i filmen siden det ikke var noe engelske undertekst, men det handlet om to jenter, Shinko og Kiiko som bor på landet. Shinko finner ut at hun har forbindelser eller røtter til en hundre års legende som heter suo. Filmen heter mai mai miracle på engelsk, men den japanske tittelen er maimai shinko to sen-nen no maho.

På ettermiddagen dro jeg til en italiensk restaurant i Neyagawa shi. Restauranten heter Comorero.

 

 

 

 

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Toradora!

5,5/10

Ryuuji tem a sina de ter herdado uma expressão de delinquente no olhar. Taiga reage mal a tudo o que a contraria mas está farta que as pessoas fujam dela e da sua reputação. Ryuuji tem um fraco pela melhor amiga de Taiga, Minori. Taiga tem um fraco pelo melhor amigo de Ryuuji, Kitamura. São vizinhos. Vivem os dois por baixo de um mal-entendido. Enquanto tecem planos para melhorar a sua vida amorosa vão-se aproximando cada vez mais. Então porque é que Toradora! consegue fugir um bocadinho ao normal? Por causa da Taiga. Tão simples quanto isso.

Eyeshield 21 [Episode 76-80]

Eyeshield 21 [Episode 76] Come Back, Musashi?!

Kotaru Sasaki of the Bando Spiders interrupted Deimon’s Devil Bat’s training and issues a challenge to Musashi to be the no 1 kicker in football.

Deimon players predicted that the next match will be a close match. A kicker will make a lot of difference from the bonus points.

Sena and Montakun approached Musashi but he turn them down. Musashi has sacrificed everything since his father was involved in an accident. Kurita then explains Hiruma will always register Musashi in every game and believes he will return to the team one day.

At the hospital, Musashi remember that his father once punched him for abandoning his comrades during a battle (the last tournament) but his punch was very weak. From that day, he had sacrifice everything until his father gets well. Montakun and Sena talk some sense into Musashi and he swore that if the minute his father got better, he will immediately rejoin the team.

Football clinic explains that the trick to cutting off a pass is pushing your opponent with one arm and hitting the ball with the other.

Eyeshield 21 [Episode 77] The True 21?!

Everyone was fired up at training. Hiruma send Sena and Suzuna to the store to pick up their equipments and they met Hayato Akaba at the shop. Sena wonders if Hayato Akaba is the real Eyeshield 21 as he picks up his helmet with eye shield from the shop.

Hiruma realizes that something is bothering him and later explains that that Eyeshield 21 is just a nicknamed from a legendary player. The nickname is now given to the greatest player in high school and anyone can call himself Eyeshield 21.

Later Sena, Montakun, Suzuna and Mamori went to the hot springs to find Kakei for some information on Eyeshield 21. Kakei explains that Akaba is the MVP last year because he is the lead blocker last year. He further explains that it doesn’t matter if he is the real Eyeshield 21 or not as their main concern is to stop Akaba and win the game!

Football clinic explains that when you want to steal the ball from behind, you have to knock it away with a hard punch.

Eyeshield 21 [Episode 78] They’re Waiting for Me?!

Everyone is training hard for the match against Bando Spiders. However, not knowing that Sena is Eyeshield 21, Mamori felt that Sena is irresponsible as a manager. She made him work together to fulfill his role as a manager by doing a manager’s work.

Everyone missed Sena in training. Sena has to train alone at night after all the work has been done and this made him quite exhausted. He felt like letting the secret out of the bag to Mamori but he is worried that she will force him to quit the football team. He was training one night in the rain and he was down with fever the next day.

It’s championship match day between Ojo White Knights and Seibu Wild Gunmen. Montakun soon learned that Seibu Wild Gunmen is without Tetsuma due to suspension. He went to apologize to him due to his dumb actions in the semifinals and for saving the team from disqualifications. Ojo White Knights won the championship 14-3.

Football clinic explains that the most important quality in the running back is speed to get past anyone or everyone.

Eyeshield 21 [Episode 79] Sena Kobayakawa?!

Everyone is training hard to the match against the Bando Spiders. Mamori has a brief conversation with Eyeshield 21 and she expressed that she is worried about Sena and hope that the team makes it to Christmas Bowl.

It’s match day and the battle for 3rd placing and the last chance to play in Kanto tournament.

The game begins with a individual player introduction. The Wizard of Lead Blocking – Hayato Akaba was introduced as the true original Eyeshield 21. Everyone in the stadium was shocked!

When the Deimon player introduction begins, Eyeshield 21 reveals his true identity to Mamori. She appeared stunned and even cried tears of happiness. The commentators then introduce Eyeshield 21 as Sena Kobayakawa. The audience was surprised but later chanted his name ‘Sena, Sena’

Football clinic explains that it is important for the running back to always keep the ball because if you drop the ball, the opponent goes on offense.

Eyeshield 21 [Episode 80] The Greatest Kicking Team?!

Bando Spiders begins the game with onside kick. It was a fake play and instead they went on offense with a floater. Bando Spiders then score 3 points through Kotaru Sasaki’s field goal.

There was also a brief flashback on the previous Bando Spiders team when Hayato Akaba betrays the team and joined another team. It also refreshes the scene where the principal wanted to close down the football team.

Bando Spiders restart the game with another onside kick. After gaining some yards, they diversify the field goal attempt with a run and Hayato Akaba scored a touchdown and a bonus point through Sasaki’s kick. Deimon Devil Bats is trapped in their Spider’s Web strategy and have not even touch the ball once!

Football clinic explains that when you are dodging a tackle, it’s important to be able to quickly determine whether to use a feint or dash to one side.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Girls, Girls, Girls! : Christina Aguilera + Uchiha Itachi

Christina Aguilera

Wow. Alot of different things come together to make a girl attractive, and Christina Aguilera has — well, she has all of them. Her voice is phenomenal, her beauty is stunning, her performances are incredible, and her success is undeniable. In short, she’s legit. Christina Aguilera may not make it to the top of many people’s lists, for whatever reasons, but she’s soundly in the top of mine, and I’ll tell why.

We could fill up an almanac (or a pretty long Wikipedia page), on everything she’s done, and how her image has transformed, and how controversial she’s been, and etc. etc. etc. Yeah, aside from all that, there is 1 reason Aguilera has my admiration: Dirrty.

I’ll never forget that night me and my brother, Andrew, were watching MTV, and the video for Dirrty came on. Now, we’re talking about Genie in a Bottle Christina Aguilera … Come on Over Baby Christina Aguilera. She was as bubblegum-pop as it gets, so when I saw the scene cut to her, and she started ripping her clothes off, in a music video, I was like, “Wow.”

The fact that she was 87% naked and fine in that video isn’t why she gained my respect, that just got my attention (and other things) going. The mainstream media reaction to that video was terrible. She was assaulted from every angle from critics, fans, peers, and even family, for the sexually charged image she displayed. And the beautiful thing is … she stood by it. No apology, no shame — she owned it. 7 years later, she’s more successful than 90% of the people talking down on her, and still true to herself. Whether I ever meet her or not, she’ll always have my respect.

Here’s to you, Christina!

And, the music video that made it all happen…

See what I mean?

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Uchiha Itachi

In my covering of Naruto characters, I have no idea why I took so long to get to this … beast. All my favorite characters in the series are heroes, so I asked myself the simple, opposite question, “Who are my favorite villains?,” and Itachi appeared first.

The number of ways this dude is raw are almost too numerous to get into. He is an Uchiha, to begin with, so he is endowed with the Sharingan (Naruto’s god mode). Aside from that, he is a ridiculously adept hand to hand fighter, skilled in deadly ninjutsu, and is a genjutsu expert. It’s to the point that he defeats most of his opponents without even moving — seriously.

Then you get to his Mangekyou Sharingan — the regular Sharingan on HGH. In his left eye he has the deadliest illusion technique known to the Naruto world, and in his right, he has the deadliest ninjutsu. Both eyes put together reveals Susano’o, the summoning of an ethereal being that weilds two legendary weapons of Japanese culture. Zetsu, a one-time teammate of Itachi, commented that with all these techniques, plus his fearsome intelligence and perception, rendered Itachi practically invincible.

While introduced as a villain, he was admonished of this status when it was revealed that he was actually a good guy all along. To explain it would be complex, but let it be known that it was one of the biggest plot twists in all of Naruto, and brought a tear to my eye.

Even when I try and cover a villain, I still end up moving toward heroes. Wonder what that says about me? Anyway, Itachi is RAW.

If his enemy sees this, they’re already done.

_Reverend Zombie 16.35

Humanzee … is that you?

 



Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Slight Changes

Well, there’s the first change that’s a bit obvious being the banner. Next is a content change: Starting soon (probably with Aoi Bungaku) I may join the large number of anime bloggers. I’ll keep doing the picture of the day ’cause that’s something I enjoy doing (sometimes.)

There might also be a few random posts thrown in such as rants on… whatever pisses me off that day. Basically this’ll become what it’s supposed to be: a blog. So enjoy, or don’t. Hell if I care.

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Any show I’m watching will be done. Right now that means: Bakemonogatari, Umineko, Trapeze, Railgun, Aoi Bungaku, Kobato., and Seitokai. Oh and when subs are out: Zetsubou and KnK.

Oh and banner credits: niji and kou.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

YUI has some pretty good songs

Yesterday, I spent it doing laundry. Which really isn’t my walk in the park… I had wished I spend it writing and working on some of my rewriting that I want to do for some of my stories. Specifically for the Bleach/Naru crossover and typing for the AoM…

My brother found this song, “Love and Truth” by YUI. She’s the one who sang “Rolling Star” and “Life” an opening and ending for Bleach. I later found out that they used the song “Love and Truth” to go along with this fan-made video:

I really like this song! It’s really good… Well the video is nice too, I guess. So today, after coming home while I was fixing my friend’s laptop I spend it trying to find different songs by the same musical artist. She has some pretty good songs out there… so far “Love and Truth” is my top fave, “Namidairo” is good too. Tomorrow I’m going to take my mother to the dentist, which is located in Scranton. That’s what I call a nice distance from here; a good 55 minutes without counting weather or traffic… I’m praying that all’s go well… Ugh missing another day of school not good… definitely not good.

the shoujo adventure.

To balance out school endeavors, I read manga (Japanese comics) and watch anime. Since I spend more time in front of the computer  though, I have favored to read rather than watch. I basically read any type of manga but I do prefer most of the time shoujo or even josei. Shoujo is a category of manga/anime that typically has girls as its main audience. Josei, on the other hand, is more focused to cater older women in terms of readership. The latter is also more realistic in theme and it usually contains heavy drama.

Being highly entertained with this sort of medium, I would like to share my a list of my favorite shoujo manga.

  1. AAA by Fukushima Haruka (on-going)
  2. Akazukin Chacha (completed) by Ayahana Min – *See anime too.
  3. Akuma to Dolce by Suzuki Julietta (on-going)
  4. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (completed) – *I prefer the anime.
  5. Cardcaptor Sakura by Clamp (completed) -*See anime too.
  6. Cherry Juice by Fukushima Haruka (completed)
  7. Chibi Vampire/Karin by Yuna Kagesaki (on-going)
  8. D.N. Angel by Sugisaki Yukiru (on-going) -*See anime too.
  9. Daa! Daa! Daa!/UFO Baby by Kawamura Mika (completed)  -*See anime too. Sequel: Shin Daa! Daa! Daa!
  10. Faster than a Kiss by Meca Tanaka (on-going)
  11. Fly High by Oouchi Natsumi (on-going)
  12. Fruits Basket by Takaya Natsuki (completed) -*See anime too.
  13. Hana to Akuma by Oto Hisamu (on-going)
  14. Kaichou wa Maid-sama! by Fujiwara Hiro (on-going)
  15. Love Monster by Miyagi Riko (completed)
  16. Shinigami Lovers by Yuuki Ryou (completed)
  17. Shounen Dolls by Hibiki Wataru (on-going)
  18. Special A by Minami Maki (completed) -*See anime too.
  19. Vampire Knight by Hino Matsuri (on-going) -*See anime too.
  20. Watashi ni XX Shinasai by Tooyama Ema (on-going)
  21. Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi no Henge by Hayakawa Tomoko (on-going) – *See anime too.