How Not to Get Your 15 Minutes of Fame

Mwahahahahaha! My Bleach fanart and even though I'm not much of a fan myself (my younger sis is and she got me into this manga and anime), I sometimes watch some episodes just to get some heartful laughs, whether it's the side story episodes, that Shinigami Colour Illustration Golden shorts or something or that Arrancar Research Timeshort Gin 'Urataros' Ichimaru hosts or something. And now, thanks to Kamen Rider Den-O (and mainly the voice actors who were in BLEACH), I have this funny dream recently about Ryotaro, Hana, Yuto and the others ended up visiting that Soul Society place and follows in really unexpected events. XD

Quote of the Moment - "Ka-GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-mi!" - Tsurugi Kamishiro from Kamen Rider Kabuto

Gorillaz + Saiyuki - Three Good-Looking Men = Monkey

Last night, I went to see Monkey in the Palace Theatre in Manchester (England) with my cousin and what we watched as really amazing. At first, he and I thought this opera might not have the appeal to many young people and children, but once we found our seats, I was surprised to see that so many of them were waiting to see this collaboration by the makers behind Gorillaz (aka Jamie Hewlett and Damon 'Blur' Albarn) and Chen Shi-Zheng. And once the curtain draws up, the intro started wonderfully as our main hero, Monkey was born out of the egg (via stone) with wonderful animation and really amazing music that blends Western orchestra with Chinese traditional music and under the 'Gorillaz' music.



So, what are the bad points? Well, because the all of the songs were in Mandarin Chinese, I had a hard time trying to look for the subtitles (and it was below, dammit). However, that was only the bad point I've ever come across.



Now that the bad points out of the way, it's now time for the good points. I really love how this production mixes live-action with animation (that's really some great animation I've ever come across, plus it's British!) and I love the set and costume designs. I just want to hug Jamie Hewlett for producing this wonderful design, as not only original, but very charming indeed.



And then there's the music. It's really endearing and wonderful to listen to the performers singing Chinese harmonically with his [Damon Albarn] compostion and in actual fact, I want to get the soundtrack ASAP. No, really.



And what about the performances? The most important factor of them all and safely to say, they were wonderful and surprisingly funny. I love how Monkey is the star of the show and how the actor portrays him as a very comedic character (and I lol'd when he said about the Smoking Ban in England). I just love the acrobat and the action scenes that were choreographically spectacular (and better than the musicals I've ever come across).



I won't spoil the ending for you, but here are some pics of the programme that I picked up; with beautiful artwork by Jamie Hewlett.

Just click on the pictures to enlarge them, if you want. Whew, that's done, so now I'm going. For some odd reason, my favourite character happens to be Sandy. Not sure why.

Quote of the Moment - "The catchy chorus makes it a perfect attention-getter at karaoke parties." - Newtype USA's Climax Jump review. Now, how did this Toku opening from Den-O got to a mainly anime and manga magazine is beyond my knowledge. No, really.

Me Going to See Monkey Tomorrow

Yes, Riku-kun. You heard Rena-san right. Can't wait to see this interesting collab 'Circus' Oprea tomorrow at the Palace Theatre with my cousin (in Manchester, England of course), because it has the makers of Gorillaz did most of the music composition and art for this and I'm a fan of these two men.

Quote of the Moment - "When you put that way, it's a strong weapon. But, a skewer?!" - Johnny Garland from Shadow Hearts: From the New World. Aah, good ol'Nautilus. Still as crazy as ever with those final weapons. Though a rocket-launcher-flamethrower-shotgun-inside-one-guitar would always be my favourite unorthodox weapon. What?

OMG! Lil' Sis is RIGHT!

So there is a Tesco in China! And it's in Shanghai?!

What?

Quote of the Moment - "The British chain has become the latest foreign retailer to enter the fabled gold-mine of China." - BBC.co.uk - News Section. Though, I'm not really sure if a Tesco Bus in China ever existed...

Sisterly Tough Love

My little sister got pissed today. She wants to know why she didn't tell me that the Disgaea 2 manga's out now and now she wants me to buy it, when I know that the Manchester's Forbidden Planet and Travelling Man had sold out due to stock, but I either said that I refuse to get it for her or she would have to go by herself and order one from these two stores.

To be honest, I felt rather please on taking the role as her older sister, because I act like one and giving her the more tough sisterly love shows that she would have to stop relying on me to get her own desire by giving money to me, so that I could buy for her more and start going out more to do some more social stuff to enjoy herself and do something for herself.

Otherwise I have some fears that she would be isolated from her friends than anyone else in the world and instead of going out to enjoy herself (mentally and physically), she would choose to stay at home doing absolutely nothing (this is going to be worse when Summer arrives, as well as her taste as an university student in September when a lot of new friends came be made) and start relying on other people just to get things that she wanted and give money to me/him/her when she would have just do it by herself (yeah, I'm not much of a trustworthy sister to her, but I might have fears that other people as well as me, would just use her money just to buy his/her/my own desires and have some lies telling her and she would believe one bit).

*Sigh* I just want to teach her that she would only rely on me when things get serious on her and I have no choice, but to help as a sister or when she desperately want to get some emotional help.

Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to research on this anime called Lucky Star (and finding that damn manga!).

Quote of the Moment - "It's a love 'Y'!" - Will Powers talking about the Nickel Samurai's storyline from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attonery Justice for All.

Dammit! How long is Tokyopop not going to answer?!

Tired that Tokyopop is keeping secrets on how long they're just going to keep World Embryo and not really translating the whole first two (and beyond) manga volumes at all, I'm going to make some summaries on each chapter Young King Ours had just released each month.

I got fed up on why Tokyopop hadn't set a release date for this, ever since they got the first two volumes and managed to file a threating lawsuit to one scanlation group *coughM7cough*on preventing them to scanlate further chapters, so starting somewhere in the beginning of July, I'm starting this whole World Embryo summary beginning with chapter 17 and make a new blog dedicated to my favourite manga-ka's work, just like Igadevil's Kamen Rider blog. Only you just have to deal with the Japanese kanji for now, until Tokyopop was ever bothered to release them.

And although I got the jist of the storyline a bit since chapter 17, there's some dialogue that are beyond my basic Japanese language skills and I need some very skilled people who can translate the RAW chapters, though not pretty much going as far as scanlating them in actual fact (I just want the whole summary). Or I can just guess what the characters are saying on my own and get the readers to correct me or something. So you readers better tell me which is the better choice! RIGHT NOW!

Quote of the Moment - "If something smells, it's usually the Butz." - A way of saying Larry Butz is in trouble again in Phoenix Wright.

Squirrelking is a Genius

I managed to find the 'genius' behind Half Life: Full Life Consequences on the Fanfiction.net site and I got to say, I laughed really hard when I read its sequel: What Has To Be Done. I laughed so hard, I really want to know if there's a YTMND.com version of the sequel or an animation of this! You can visit the genius' FF.Net account here.

Right, if someone has got links to What Has To Be Done adapted animation or the YTMND stuff, I'll be glad to put theme here and smile at your risk.

Quote of the Moment - "You fail at life. Go do the suicide thing NOW." - Kung Pow Skwurul's review on squirrelking's Half Life: Full Life Consequences.

The 'Other' Alchemy Anime (BUSOU RENKIN SPOILER!)

Man, last night I watched the rest of Busou Renkin (the anime) and safe to say, the last three episodes made me cry, ESPECIALLY when Kazuki said sorry to Tokiko as he let go of her hand from his Buso Renkin, Sunlight Heart and then thrusted Victor to the Moon (that was 24). Seriously, I want to say the manga-ka (Watsuki-sensei, aka the guy who did Rurouni Kenshin) is a master when it comes to romance and drama in a shounen manga and I love how Kazuki really cared for EVERYONE, including Victor himself; even though he's Kazuki's 'enemy'.

Episode 25 was the most intense that I even seen, because it shows the aftermath of what happened to 24 and I felt really sorry for Tokiko, because she geniunely loves Kazuki from the beginning of the series and she doesn't want to let him go, even as far as protecting him, willing to give her life to save him. Even Kazuki's classmates, his sisters, her friends, Gouta, Captain Bravo and even his 'rival', Papillon were feeling sad that Kazuki has 'disappeared' for over a month and feeling empty without him.

As for episode 26, now that was beautiful...I cried in the middle and this was just...*sob*...I won't tell you what happened at the end, as I don't want to spoil you, so just watch the whole series, okay?

Well, that's Busou Renkin don, next stop, getting the manga itself! (And yeah, I'm a fan of Watsuki's works, especially when he mixes drama, comedy and romance into one shounen manga. ^_^) Just like to say thanks to XEBEC (and the director) for adapting the manga to the anime very nicely (as B.R. was already finished last year) and closely for once, even though I hate them when they adapt Negima to the TV screen and saying thanks to that 'group' for translating this wonderful series.

Quote of the Moment - "If you die, I will die as well." - The episode title from Busou Renkin

These Two = Great Comedy Duo (SPOILER!)

Just seen Den-O 19 and I have to say, Yuuto Sakurai and his Imagin 'butler', Deneb, would make a really great comedy duo. XD There, I said it.

Even though I have fears that Yuuto would be more of an asshole, like Kusaka from Faiz and the actor's Kiriya from Hibiki, Deneb serves as a foil to him making him more likable (if you watch Ryukendo and the later episodes, you know what I mean) and humanize a bit, as he knew Yuuto the most, since he made a contract to the 'butler' Imagin and knew that beneath his contract's spoiled personality and body, lies a kind and noble soul inside his heart. I'm actually loving Deneb as a whole and is adding to my favourite list alongside Ryotaro's Imagin. It likes their roles were reveresed from Ryo and Momo; with Deneb = Ryotaro and Yuuto = Momotaros. XD It's a good thing that Den-O doesn't try to be Kabuto ver.2 or the sequel to Hibiki and Faiz. Now, that wouldn't fit the light-hearted atmosphere to Den-O's world.

Now, I'm enjoying Den-O more than Gekiranger (only being saved by Rio and Mele (with Bae as the 'other comedy duo'). Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to do some Takeru Sato fanart that I was supposed to finished or something.

Quote of the Moment - "We were Romeo and Juliet! Cleopatra and Mark Anthony!" - Larry Butz from Phoenbix Wright: Ace Attonery. Man, he sucks at getting the women!

All Things in Pirates, Court and My Enemy - Hayfever

YOSH! FINALLY! I got the first Phoenix Wright game and yes, Manfred von Karma is on my favourite lists of villains. He's a really cool (OMG! Headbang!) and yet at the same time, scary prosecutor who wants to get anything to have a guilty verdict. And then there's Damon Gant - *shudders* seriously, he's one really scary Police Chief when you meet him.

And then recently I watched Pirates of the Carribean 3. And although the movie had some cool fights, characters and managing to fill up the loose ends to the last two movies, the storyline was pretty much weak (a wee confusing to me, even though I watched the last two Pirates) itself, only being saved by Johnny Depp's performance on Jack Sparrow and cameo appearances from The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards and Chow Yun Fat (Dammit! Why did Sao Feng had a *CENSORED FOR SPOILER'S SAKE* appearance?! He was such a cool Pirate Captain!).

Eurgh. June...I hate that month, because there's only one thing that Ladymercury didn't have in her nice home in Flordia, while I'm suffering from - Hayfever. I hate that month, because whenever I go outside and see flowers everywhere, my nose would increase the sneezing by about ten times from normal and then follow the 'itching' inside my mouth (just don't ask) and sometimes rubbing my eyes (until I rub them too much).

Just give me July...I would do anything to make the Hayfever stop coming to ruin my life evey year!

Quote of the Moment - "Elizabeth: This is madness!
Capt. Jack Sparrow: This is politics!" - Pirates of the Carribean 3: At World's End; on about that even Pirates have their own Organization and not just going around at sea looting and killing random people.

Oh, look! A Spam in My Comment Box

-_-; Yeah, right. I may a great spiritual faith in my body and soul, but I don't exactly follow the Pope's rules! Eurgh. One sentence to Jehovah's Witnesses:

LOL! YOU NEVER GOING TO WIN PEOPLE'S MIND! JENOVA'S WITNESSES WILL TAKE OVER YOUR ORGANASATION AND WE WILL RULE THE WORLD BY SAYING THAT SEPHIROTH IS GOD AND YOU MUST WORSHIP HIS GOOD LOOKS AND LONG PLATIUM HAIR, ALONG WITH HIS DEAR OLD MOTHER! LOL!

(Oh, yeah. To people who have a good sarcastic sense of humour and are really pissed at seeing Jehovah's Witnesses coming to knock your door, Jenova's Witnesses does not exist and if there is one (yeah, right. Prove me wrong), I doubt anyone would worship a popular villain with his mother who really doesn't look like a popular villain.)

Quote of the Moment - "WE ARE ALL DOOMED!" - My thoughts of seeing a typical Jehovah's Witness.

Yay! \^_^\ Good News /^_^/Yay!

Ladymercury had just finally opened the Takeru Sato Fanbook Project/Fanlisting site! If you're a fan of the star from Kamen Rider Den-O and PuriPuriD (that's Princess Princess D for curious-minded girls or men who wouldn't want to go to crossdressing), then I strongly suggest you should visit this website that took the webmistress more effort than me trying to work out the differences between JavaScript and Flash.

m u l t i t a l e n t e d: A Takeru Sato fanlisting + fanbook

And for added bonus, she also added a Kamen Rider Den-O fanlisting for any fan to join and say you like Den-O (and for the fact that you like the main characters and supporting characters more than Souji 'Asshole who Walks the Heaven' Tendou!

catch the wave...a kamen rider den-o fanlisting

Eurgh. Tomorrow, I'm going to move back to Manchester, which means I only got a few hours to watch the next RAW episode of Den-O. T_T Damn.

Quote of the Moment - "Oh no. Not another Big Brother shite show!" - Me getting angry that Big Brother's coming to ruin UK television screens, yet again.

Kweh!

I would like to thank toranoko for fixing the blog addon problems to the minigame over at the HJU. Thanks to you, now any curious person would just like to have fun on my blog, if they got bored by my post! ^_^

Quote of the Moment - "Kweh!" - Chocobo from any Final Fantasy or something.

We all know who Sakurai is....

...he's actually The Doctor himself! No wait, wrong show!

Igadevil's Kamen Rider Blog: KR Den-O Episode #17: "That Person Just Now! Already in the Past?"

Dammit! I need to know the next episode on who he really is!

Quote of the Moment - "But without my big old comforters...what am I supposed to wrap myself in now?" - Osaka from Azumanga Daioh

One Really Annoying Person Rant Time

Eurgh. >o<

You know what pisses me off more than Ukraine getting second place in this year's Eurovision Song Contest? One certain member *coughblackfangcough* over at the Rangerboard forums, whose mind is stuck somewhere between 'Me like Den-O' and 'I like Den-O, but I hate some elements to the show, so I'm comparing to Kabuto and older Kamen Rider shows'. I would like to say this to him/her...

FOR GOD'S SAKE! LEAVE KABUTO AND OLDER KAMEN RIDER SHOWS OUT OF DEN-O AND LEAVE YOUR SO-CALLED 'INTELLECTUAL' THOUGHTS SOMEWHERE IN YOUR BLOG OR SOMETHING, WHERE NO ONE IS GOING TO LOOK AT YOUR RANT/MUSING/POST!

Geez, your comparisons between Den-O and Kabuto and older Kamen Rider shows are like comparing the Final Fantasy series: same franchise, different storyline, world and characters. And before you flame me (yes, you know what I mean), comparing Den-O and Kabuto doesn't work at all. In other words, you're comparing to shows that have come from the same franchise, but they are completely different to each other and they are NOT COMPATIBLE TO EACH OTHER AT ALL TO COMPARE. Just look at Final Fantasy VII and VIII: They may have come from the same franchise, but by just looking at the surface, as well as deeper inside, their storylines, worlds and characters are completely different in directions. And the same applies to every Final Fantasy game. The only comparison that you can compare is the sequels to the game itself; the best examples being Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X. And if you don't know what Final Fantasy is, try going to Wikipedia for yourself.

And really, don't really take the Kamen Rider series seriously. I would laugh my arse off, if you gave me a serious comment. And just to let me saying that should really drill in my head: KAMEN RIDER IS A JAPANESE CHILDREN SHOW, NOT SOME POLITICAL SHIT THAT GET THE PEOPLE TALKING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD! And I hate the way you say you can compare Den-O and Kabuto specifically. The only valid comparison that I can think of, is Kamen Rider Black and its sequel, Black RX.

This maybe going to dismiss you, but apparently Den-O is a far lighter affair than the last couple os KR shows that have gone a bit too dark, but is as unique as any Final Fantasy game you come across it with and thanks to the show's uniqueness, a lot of female viewers from everywhere, not just Japan, along with young parents with children can enjoy the series, without taking it seriously.

The bottom line is, 1) don't take the Kamen Rider franchise seriously, like some really hardcore KR fan who has no life outside your hobby at all. Have you even considered doing some real life stuff, like paying taxes, worrying about your appearances or something else? 2) your comparisons between the current and past KR shows are rubbish and you're comparing it like a Final Fantasy VII/VIII (delete where appropriate) fan who endlessly babble to compare TWO completely different games that have no connetion to each other whatsoever and 3) stop being an asshole who just whine about the show and just enjoy watching the show! IT IS A SHOW, AFTER ALL, TARGETING THE YOUNG CHILDREN!

Thank God I didn't joined the RB forum immediately and I have an open mind that there is more to life than just Kamen Rider all the way.

Quote of the Moment - "Excuse me, while I kiss the sky!" - Jimmy Hendrix and the song Purple Haze. And yes, the lyrics clearly say 'kiss the sky', not 'kiss this guy'.

Reggae, Reggae...

Just today, I went food shopping and thanks to Levi Roots and his catchy song over at YouTube, I managed to buy...

Reggae Reggae Sauce! XD Heehee, I'm going to have my tastebuds a nice kickstart and after a nice pop into Sainsburys, I went to the Post Room to get some mail and look at what just have arrived...

A John Barrowman autograph! \(^_^\ /(^_^)/ Oh yeah! Let's celebrate! And in case you don't remember, John Barrowman's Captain Jack in not only Doctor Who, but also in its spinoff series, Torchwood! Gotta thanks BorgmanJayce for bringing such a nice autograph to me after the 'Doctor Momo' incident over at dA and the HJU Forums. Oh yeah! To celebrate, I'm going to cook Bacon sandwich with...Reggae Reggae sauce!
Quote of the Moment - "Put some music in your food!" - Levi Roots and that catchy Reggae Reggae Sauce song! ^_^

Things that I want to shut up

• Tony Blair not actually keeping his promises since 1997. Seriously, what were you thinking?
• Gordon Brown putting more taxes in than what the Conservatives have done.
• Some Fundamental Christians (Strictly speaking Evangelists or Jehovah's Witnesses)/Muslims proclaiming that other religions are not true and would do anything to convert them into their own religion. (If they come to my house, I just say to them I'm Catholic and always been following the Church. Okay, scratch the 'always following the Church' bit.)
• A bunch of sensitive British Muslims who have big anger problems when it comes to small or harmless issues.
• News after news, I keep hearing a bunch of Shia militia Muslims bombing crowded streets, killing at least dozen of people in Iraq. I must be thinking that Shia militia Muslims really love gaining attention toward newsreaders and journalists.
• American humour trying to copy British humour.
• People comparing American humour with British humour. Get over with it. You can't compare these two. It's like comparing Kabuto and Den-O all over again.
• John Mc Cricky or something. He's the most sexist and disgusting person who is a total slob and won't just listen to any women other than ordering his wife. And won't change for good.
• George W. Bush Jr. 'Nuff said.
• UK entries to the Eurovision Song Contest post-2000. Gemini was complete utter tripe; Daz Sampson's a rubbish black rapper wannabe and Scooch is a complete waste of time who wants to be like AAA or Morning Musume, only the British Music Industry just threw them away for good.
• This year's Ukraine entry to Eurovision Song Contest. If I send Ladymercury a YouTube video of an Ukrainian Drag Queen dressed in tin foil, she'll going to vomit over that one and vowed that she'll never going to speak to me again. I wish Lordi would come back and entertain me.
• Chavs and Lauren-a-likes who think they rule the world and just do what they like. Too bad they have an IQ of a brainless idiot.
• Snobby female students, who I like to call them 'Plastics' who just exploded their computer volume into full and disturbing other students, including me.
• Paris Hilton, Anna Nicole Smith and other dumb blonde women who have a lack of education and their parents were lazy slobs raising their children.
• Younger/shorter sisters/brothers/cousins/friends/people than me, who are really arrogant/rude/annoying to me.
• That 'Poo Obssessive' woman from 'You Are What You Eat' or some Channel 4 programme. Seriously, she's going to need some help on her 'poo' obssession problems.
• One minded anime and manga fans who think that Tokusatsu is just a Power Rangers rip-off without realising Tokusatsu is a product from Japan that goes beyond Power Rangers itself.
• Eastenders, Hollyoaks, Emmerdale and other British Soap Opreas that are more like not depicting real life than comedy dramas and Doctor Who themselves. Same goes for American Soap Opreas.
• McDonalds and Burger King adverts. Well, at least KFC avoided the 'Toys of the Moment' bit, whereas the latter two were at least annoying and one of them have that annoying Gina whatsherface as the voiceover.
• Barbie Dolls and its spinoff merchandise. Women, just get over with it. You can't have the same perfect breasts and body as her and she's a toy with no sense of what's going around the world and an IQ of 0.
• Bratz. Oh dear God. Four teenagers dressed up as prostitutes and have the worst character designs I've seen. I want to slap the one who are responsible for this shit.
• One minded console fans (i.e. Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft), who wasted their time bickering and bitching each other on which console 'rules'.
• Disney animated movies post-1998. Ugh, first came second rate animation that I think Dreamworks animation (in the 2D kind) had actually spent of a lot of their efforts making their films and then their attempts to do 3D CGI films. Seriously Disney; they failed, because they spend more time doing shit merchandise to the films than the movies themselves and only a stupid short attention group of children who would go 'wow!' over at the graphics.
• The Vatican's reaction to the 'Da Vinci Code' film and attempts to ban it. Sadly, they haven't realised that the film itself was rubbish itself, with wooden acting and dialogue that I would just laugh at it. 'Quick, we must go to the library!': I lol'd over that one (sorry Ladymercury for breaching copyright act). And yes, I am Catholic.
• British Vietnamese males who just wouldn't care for British Vietnamese females, including me. Grrr.
• My female AS/A2 Level chemistry teacher who always catches me out; from sleeping in her class (God, the way she teaches is sooo boring!) to bringing out endless past exam papers that she always brings out and scold me off for not getting the answers right. The worse came from my GCSE female chemistry teacher who not only used to be my older sister's form teacher back at secondary school, but she taught me up to AS/A Level!

Man, that's a lot things that I hate. No wonder I have a sarcastic and miserable view to the world. Well, thank God for British comedy, Have I Got News For You, Boris Johnson, Paul Merton, Ian Hislop and Never Mind the Buzzcocks to keep my sense of sanity. No Quote of the Moment tonight, due to that I have to prepare for this Level Zero and Foundation Art and Design Exhibition I'm supposed to hang, so you would just get used to one big list I have written. *Sigh* Come back Leavers' Ball! All is forgiven!

And now, a response from Shit-saka, uh I mean Sho-saka...

Following yesterday's really angry rant that I've just written about and then followed from Ladymercury's Lj's entry about my reaction (and obviously she read my entry, too), I would like to say this. Though be warned, it's going to be one hell of a long entry (or short, depending on your view)...


Yes, I have realize that after reading your entry and how you look at me (uh, well technically-speaking, it's more like virtually looking at me), I am one complete stupid, stubborn, sarcastic, angry, skeptical, really insensitive to other people beside me; immature and unknowingly melodramatic bitch who just won't know the consequences when I press the 'Publish' button. Yes, I know the internet is for everyone to do what they want, regardless if this goes to the comedy side or the serious side. And unfortunately, thanks to my father's gene and personality inheritance, when something small happens somewhere, I get very sensitive to the subject matter quickly and instead of destroying everything to the buildings or room, I immediately use the internet to attack the ones that have something small and harmless to say with, only ending up tearing the living daylights of them without knowing the consequences.

It's like the Islamic World's reaction to the Danish satirical cartoon drawings; they get offended on something small and harmless to non-Muslim people and then suddenly starting to destroy everything within sight without actually thinking on what people would react back to them. And then there was one really frightening and incited-hateful rally in London, England; where sensitive Muslim people shout 'BEHEAD THOSE WHO OFFEND ISLAM!' and then broadcasters, newspaper journalists and other people were really scared and instead of publishing the satirical cartoons that would bring forth the Dogs of War (i.e. the Muslim mob complete with boards, machine guns and other typical weapons that you would find from a stereotypical view of a terrorist). they don't published them at all and...

*Hey, Sho-saka! [SLAP!] You idiot! Get back to the subject! This is clearly off the mark that you were supposed to do; you ungrateful, long-winded, insensitive, melodramatic piece of bitch, Shit-saka...*

Oh fine, Little Miss 'Opposite-to-me-in-my-brain'. The point is that if I said something that would demoralise your self-esteem and unknowingly psychologically scarred your personality for the rest of your life, then...

I am absolutely sorry for the trouble that I have caused this one stupid rant that seemingly to be harmless for everyone else, but really sensitive to anyone else. I promise to grow up and take some things less seriously and not being end up like a sensitive British Muslim who would just destroy and incite hatred towards people who do not wish to get involve. If there's something that we would like to reconcile with each other and not ending up rant after rant on our blog/journal; then your request of a fanart from yours truly is on the house.

There, I said it. Now, in other news...Serbia won this year's Eurovision song contest (yay!), with Ukraine in second (eurgh...) and as for UK...well, at least we're not getting 'nil points', though 19 points is just as rubbish as Scooch's music and Ukraine's Drag Queen in tin foil with lyrics that would make Crazy Frog proud.

Quote of the moment - "Don't end up like that Korean guy in America." - My father giving me advice to be more open to myself and make friends in real life, so that I won't end up with that isolated and psycho Korean guy in America. No, making friends online is not part of my real life (my father's suspcious of what my friends are like online and if I was making friends with an older man...).

One Stubborn Lady + One Daydreaming Lady = Two Troublesome Posts

Okay, I think I want to give Ladymercury (now called Smart Lady for some reason) over at the HJU forums a slap on her head for being such a stubborn bitch when it comes to the Den-O movie dispute (after I posted a picture of Princess Fuse from Okami and use the Den-O picture as a comparison between the two). Here's what she said:

"That looks like a shop so bad its not even funny."

While I respect her opinions on other things, this is one post that I want to wrestle with her for this. Has she even been to the Movie's Official Site and checked under the News section? -_-; Hey, Smartass Lady, if you think this photo looks like it's been Photoshopped, how come that photo you claimed it's been 'Shopped is on the Official Website?! Huh? Have I made my point clear?

Geez, you should look at the site for some time, you stubborn Smartass Lady bitch...

Quote of the Moment - "8 guys, in the gayest set of gym wear from a 1970s sports film wearing the gayest sailor's hat from the 1940s marching and making dumb retarded expresses with CGI tears rolling from their eyes." From Ladymercury's Livejournal entry on this Eurovision-camp-Jpop band or something.

AAARGH! DOCTOR WHO DELAYED?!

WHY?! Judgement Day has come upon us and it's...

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST!!!

Eurgh...I hate this contest and yet, I have watched this shit for the last couple of years. The music is shit, the costumes are shit, the singers are shit with tuneless pitch and uninspired lyrics that are mostly either about love or some novelty act that doesn't make sense at all and worst of all...Britain's in it, along with France (Grrr...) and Germany. If I hear another cheesy Jpop-cum-Eurobeat-cum-techno-style song again from either of the countries ever again, I'm turning the mute button on and go straight to listen to the British Music Industry...permanently. Thank God for pure music talent.

Oh, for those who don't know what I'm talking about, the Eurovision Song Contest is an annual music competition, where European countries come all the way to sing. And their songs are like Jpop-type, only five hundred times worse than AAA (Attack All Around), Ayumi Hamasaki and KOTOKO combined altogether. And Britain hasn't won a thing since ten years ago. And I'm betting that Scooch or whatever would get 'nil points' (in a French accent) from other countrie; I remember in 2003, where Gemini is just do rubbish, I just turned to the other channel and listen to Coldplay. Or something...

Quote of the Moment - "We're flying the flag!" - Scooch, verse from their song. God, this is pointless! >_<'

Paint and Nomura

Blegh. Today, I had to paint the walls and fill some holes in studio. Got really tired, but in the end, it was all worth the effort. Except for that Polish bitch who acts so arrogant and thinks she can rule the world with her fist.

Anyway, this picture is going to either make my younger cheer or cry, because of this (excuse the Kintaros pun):



At first, I thought an illustration of Zidane from Final Fantasy IX looked like it came from one of Tetsuya Nomura's portfolios, but when I looked at the source, I found out that this IS one of his character designs. Still, at least he didn't add any extra accessories on him. BTW, this is from Dissidia: Final Fantasy and it's like a beat 'em up, only with more Super Smash Brothers into it or something.

Quote of the Moment - "Zzzz...." - Me sleeping after having enough of reading volumes 10 and 11 of Death Note.

Goodbye Zero, Hello Degree

Well, here it is. A photo of me, saying my last farewell to the studio that I've been here for some months or something and when September comes, then my dream is coming true! 3D Design and Concepts here I come! And yeah, I recently bought a DS Lite along with a couple of extras and a copy of Hotel Dusk and Children of Mana each, hence the hands position holding this white box.

And before the walls are going to completely covered up them with a lick of white paint, here's a picture of my wall drawing of a random girl. Man, my drawing styles did change for the better, huh?

Quote of the Moment - "My final project involves a little girl, a sheep and a rabbit." Me, saying on what my final project for the exhibition that I'm supposed to do.

Catholic Manga

Is it just me or is the UK Catholic Church now going to the manga scene? Yeah, don't stare at me like that, as a manga, anime, video game and TV fan for around 6 years or so ago, as well as being a Catholic for all my life; I'm pretty surprised that even manga has spread the Catholic Church too.

Hmm, if I see a Catholic Manga coming out in print sometime on the shelf, I might take a flick arond the pages and see it they can keep up with actual Japanese mangas. The Alex Rider manga was good enough, because it actually has Japanese artists; so I'm intrigued to see on how the UK Catholic Church take on this format. (Haha, to Pope Benedict XVI and the folks over at the Vatican. Why haven't you come up with a plan like the UK one?)

Oh, if you don't believe me, here's the source.

Quote of the Moment - “We have chosen the Manga cartoons for the 2007 campaign, because we hope it will appeal to young people under twenty as well as people in their thirties.” - Fr. Paul Embery, Director of the National Office for Vocation

I Knew It...

I knew there would be a Den-O Yaoi trend increase somewhere, like this.

In other news, watched Den-O 13 and oh yeah, gotta love Ryuutaros and Gun Form! Heehee, I love how Takeru-san used his years of breakdance training into the screen and that he ACTUALLY does it, instead of a stunt double. Plus:

• I love the fact that despite the fact Ryuutaros has a childish behaviour, he has a very carefree personality and is different from the trio (Momotaros, Urataros and Kintaros).
• He's an animal lover! So he does have a good heart, after all. And he gets pissed off if someone, whether it's human or Imagin, harms an animal. Like when he 'breakdance-pwned' the young folk for scaring the cats away via loud music or he henshins into Gun Form and attack the Owl Imagin (which I dubbed Yaibataros, due to the fact that the seiryuu who provided the Owl Imagin's voice did a lot voice acting in Boukenger as Yami no Yaiba) for breaking a birdhouse.
• Gun Form = Successor to RyuGunOu. His shooting skills is bit off the aim, but at least he's more active than Drake. Plus, he even breakdances after his henshin! ^_^
• And despite the rumours that Ryuutaros is the only Imagin that was not controllable by Ryotaro, our main man managed to get him out of his body (yeah, it's weird writing this entry) in the end, which I was glad that the Dragon Imagin isn't the strongest and difficult (well, at least a bit) to control.
• Ryuutaros' voice is sexy. Rawr. Thank you Kenichi 'Zack from Final Fantasy VII' Suzumura for providing his childish, yet really sexy (though not as sexy as Urataros) and mild-mannered voice.

Airi and Watch Guy seemed to have some sort of relationship in the past and Ryotaro smiled at them, so now I want to know more, but maybe later. I don't want to get disappointed if Watch Guy gets revealed really too soon. Bleh, need to sleep soon.

Quote of the Moment - "Okay? I can't hear an answer!" - Ryuutaros from Kamen Rider Den-O. Ryuutaros' voice is really sexy. Rawr.

Okami = Addictive

Damn you Capcom (in a good way)! Thanks to you and ex-Clover Studios staff members, I'm now addicted to Okami! So addictive, I'm playing the game, again.

I never knew that playing the game as a wolf goddess has never been so good, since...er I don't know any game that has leading wolves, regardless of their gender.

Quote of the Moment - "Busty Babe!" - Issun from Okami on commenting Rao's er, 'Melons'...

OMG! Now even FFVII is invaded by Kamen Rider

Here's my reaction when I found out that Kenichi 'Zack' Suzumara is going to do the voice of Ryuutaros from Kamen Rider Den-O:

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*Slaps herself to regain control*

I can't believe it! The seiryu who provided the voice of Zack from Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children and Crisis Core is apparently doing the voice of Ryuutaros from Kamen Rider Den-O! OMG! \(^_^)/ Huzzah! I can't stop dancing for joy!

Quote of the Moment - "OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG" - Me screaming for joy for Ryuutaros' and Zack's voice actor while clattering my laptop keyboard.

Reflection on an Unlucky Rider

ARGH! That's it. It's official. I think I ran out of steam when it comes to do anything for University. Yeah, what's worse is that I have to do this exhibition work this year and already, my brain has had enough for me on to work (and that includes portfolio work on the course that I really wanted to do so badly! T_T). I had enough of having some advice to my female Level Zero Art and Design teacher and I'm going to take an Easter Break, to get my brain refresh.

In other news, I just love Takeru Sato's (or the guy who's portraying Ryotaro Nogami from Kamen Rider Den-O) blog. Always witting and sarcastic and yet; very mature and calm at the same time; unlike Hidenori Tokuyama's blog (or that guy who portrayed 'Kick Hopper' Yagurama from Kamen Rider Kabuto), whose entries are just full really random hyperactive stuff on his views on everyday life, anime and manga (though I suspect that he should get the Ryutaros part. I just somehow knew that his 'Yotsuba' personality should be perfect for Ryutaros' voice. What? I'm just saying...) But this particular entry, how should I say it? Just beautiful and emotional (I nearly shed a tear on that). Though I laughed a bit when I found out that he always sleeping in class and got told off by his teacher; which is exactly like mine (my chemistry 'Pike' teacher always told me off for sleeping in class for example, and another is when I was in 2nd Year of secondary school, where I fell asleep in History lesson for 5 minutes, until my friend woke me up and I had to catch up big time)! XD

And for an extra treat for those who are Takeru Sato fans, you can read the interview and discover why he has cat pictures on his mobile/cell phone. I've got to thank my Toku friend and HJU'er (Surprisingly, I'm also a HJU'er too!), Ladymercury, for translating on the Kamen Rider actors' blog, even though they're not 100% accurate! Now, if you excuse me, I've got to dash off for this crappy Contextual Studies lecture, where I'm going to ask people in front some silly questions that came from either trivia things or the 'Book of General Ignonrance' (thank you QI, Stephen Fry and Alan Davies).

Quote of the Moment - "All the people I made friends with. I have to realistically consider it'll be difficult to gather everyone again, though I will be happy that if they haven't changed (over the years)." - Takeru Sato on how he's going to miss his friends after graduating. Cheer up, boy! I'll be supporting you all the way! And thanks Ladymercury for the translation. Where would I be without you?

I Hate ResNet

ARGH! Stupid University! I tried to download the latest episode of Den-O via BitTorrent, but University got restricted and it's now slowing, even though it's broadband (surprisingly 10MB) and it's supposed to be fast! >_< I hate ResNet. I've now decided that I should go back to Manchester, buy a wireless router and go straight to Wi-Fi Mode! I'm now sick of cable broadband.

I'm complaining to the Accomondation Office about this.

Quote of the Moment - "ARGH! STUPID RESNET!" - Me in Internet rage.

OMG! SUGARBABES!

I only just realised now, but for some reason, looking at the Britpop group, Sugarbabes , is like looking at JPop group, Morning Musume.

Similarly, both of them has some member change, which is somewhat reasonable enough to realise now.

Quote of the Moment - "YOU DAMN TURTLE!" - Momotaros from Kamen Rider Den-O, after being drugged by Urataros. What?

And I thought Lonndon wasn't big enough

Today was really relaxing from the stressful times, as I went to Birmingham. And bloody hell, what a trip it was.

Went into the Art Gallery, but it didn't interested me at all (though the interactive parts were fun; reminded me that I felt like a giddy kid again XD). Though I went into the Gas Hall and my reaction is this: WTF?! Why am I surrounded by a bunch of crappy objects?! And somehow, I saw a bunch of Nintendo knitted pillows. Hmm...

After some lunch and got lost as I went into the Jewellery Quarter, I managed to get back to the Central Shopping Area and visited Birmingham's Forbidden Planet (and bought Mushishi volume 1 and some Japanese Cosplay magazine (yeah, don't ask. Research purposes only). Then before I went back to the station to catch a train, I went into HMV and played a bit of Final Fantasy XII (argh! And it's in the middle of the game that I don't know where the bloody know I am! >_<) and then Waterstones to buy the book that I always have trouble into finding the author's name, but know the title: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Gonna read it before bed.

Now that I'm back in boring Stoke-on-Trent, I'm too tired to eat some shit. Gotta go to Sainsburys to buy some food tomorrow. Ja ne.

Quote of the Moment - "And so now I'm drawing this kind of story." - Yuki Urushibara, manga-ka of Mushishi

Ewe must see this (Sorry, baaad Sheep Joke)

Straight from the Shaun the Sheep's official website, comes a selection of some very nice video clips from the show and here's my comments from my favourite little sheep from the Wallace and Gromit series (BE WARNED: Because I uploaded all of the six clips from the official website, you might need to pause the videoes and choose one of them for your viewing pleasures):



In response to the news that involves an eight year old kid who is so obese, this is what the authority should handle. And it's pretty funny too.



XD I felt so sorry for the duck when it dived down to the sheep dip. Just love the glass tipping SFX.



XD If you're a football fan, you should know this. Or not.



Aaaw! is what I can describe about this cute little lamb. So kawaii~! That farmer bastard should be in Hell for taking his teddy bear away.



The same can be said for the pigs.



And this is where Shaun get his artistic with his drawing and painting, though is it me or is the picture looks like John Constable one?

Oh man! I can't wait to see the first episode on Monday, though that means I have to get off my arse in the Art Studio and run down to my room, as the program starts at 3:45 pm. >_<

Quote of the Moment - "Baa." - Er, random sheep noise.

Insert Monty Pyhton Joke

Oh yeah! There's going to be a Life of Brian Musical soon!

After watching the Monty Python movie twice (one on rented DVD and the other on New Year's Day with my lil sis), I can't wait to see if that 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' bit is still intact and let's face it, it wouldn't be a complete Life of Brian without it. That, or the now-infamous line of 'He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy'.

As for what I'm going to do for my art project, hmm, well after seeing some rather grim pictures of wooden warp sculptures and stuff, I think I'm going for the Yotsuba&! path and blend it with some art satire where I take the piss out of my Level 0 art and design teacher. Heehee, that'll teach her when it comes to observation and declare it as art.

Quote of the Moment - "Be careful. Each word is a hundred hooks, a thousand meanings and ten thousand lies." - Urataros (Smexy-Glasses-possessed-Ryoutarou) from Kamen Rider Den-O; probably the best quote for ages IMO, since Godot from Gyakuten Saiban 3 (aka Phoenix Wright: Ace Attonery) came up with the coolest lines.

Vampires and Pancakes

Just watched Black Blood Brothers last night and safely to say, that has a damn good, if short, anime series! I just love the relationship between the vampire Jirou (who is a bit like Arucard or whatever from Hellsing, only replacing his personality with the mild-mannered approach) and the Compromiser, Mimiko. They're make a great couple when I see those two together and I laughed when they tend to do the wrong things, plus they act like Rosette and Chrno from Chrno Crusade (best couple in the manga, IMO) in terms of relationships.

And also, there's Jirou's younger brother, Kotarou; at first I found him to be very irritating and annoying in the first episode, but then later, I discovered his identity and past and I suddenly like him as a cute boy. And no, I'm not going to tell you the whoke story, so click on the link that says 'Black Blood Brothers' and do your own research.

Urgh, I feel like I want to do some pancakes tonight, but I can't, because I have to wait for my friends, coming back from lectures and such, to bring on the stuff and eat some lovely pancakes! Urgh...Must...wait...longer...

Quote of the Moment - " re-posed my Faiz SIC. He looks badass, and I love him." - Some female Kamen Rider fan talking about reposing her Faiz SIC for either a more Kingdom Hearts pose or the famous 'Sephiroth' pose without the riduculously long Masamune.

Why did I imagine that Ryutaros and Jan make Great Friends

Argh! I can't get my imagination out of my head, but seriously. I think that Ryutaros, a.k.a that purple Gun Form Ryo (when in Ryotaro-possessed mode) from Kamen Rider Den-O and Jan Kando from Jūken Sentai Gekiranger would make great friends (well, Momotaros was the alternative choice, but even this punk Imagin wasn't as crazy as Ryutaros), because:

• Both of them really have a mind of a mischevious child, who wanted nothing, but shear mischief and fun to the environment they live in.
• They're both difficult to control themselves down and both giving the main cast of Den-O and Gekiranger a hard time to deal with.

The only difference I can think of is their appearances, but that's about it. And if both of them should meet each other up and hang out together, this is my imaginative scenario...

Ryutaros: Hey Jan, wanna hang out with me and have some 'fun'?
Jan: *Nods head very cheerfully with a devil's smile on his face and speaks in a 'Jan' language ir whatever*
Ryutaros: All right! Let's dump this place!

*Several minutes later and Tokyo becomes from a clean city, to one hell mess of a place, where lots of Rinseries, some famous previous Kamen Rider Kaijins are running amok, with buildings on fire, people running and screaming all over the place and with the main cast members' faces from Den-O and Gekiranger varied from Hana's mouth wide open in shock to Ran and Retsu's expressions to shear horror.*

Ryutaros: *Laughs like a complete idiot* That was fun, wasn't it, Jan?
Jan: *Grins very happily*

*Then the main cast of Den-O and Gekiranger appeared from behind them...*

Everyone (including Ryotaro's voice, whose body is currently possessed by Ryutaros): NO, WE'RE NOT! YOU'VE RUINED TOKYO FOR JUST SHEER FUN!

And that's about it. XD I so want to see this as a good crossover bit, like the one in Kamen Rider Kabuto/Boukenger bit, where BoukenRed enters into the cafe in Kabuto with Tendou and let the hilarious interaction take place. And I'll say one more time: if Jan from Gekiranger was asked on what his best friend other than a panda is, it would have to be Ryutaros from Kamen Rider Den-O. The chemistry between the two in terms of friendship would be hilarious and horrifying, depending on the characters' view, as well as the fans.

Quote of the Moment - "He was scouted by Scratch because he personifies the "Body" (体, Tai^?) of a Gekiranger: he can be pinned against the ground by a big log with no harm at all." - Gekiranger's Wikipedia entry on Jan. At least, unless someone changes it...

No Reason at All

Being bored during the morning to this evening (and going back to Manchester for the VIETNAMESE New Year (also known as Tet) this weekend, I decided to put a few pictures of my room (now organised) in the Halls.




Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to finish my dinner...

Quote of the Moment - "You've got to be able to break the wall..." - Nicolas Cage talking about his life of whatever in the Film & Music section in Friday's Guardian.

Maybe Teaming Up Might Be a Bad Thing After All

I don't know, if my head's going a bit crazy or something, but for some reason, I had this dream where I was in the Denliner (though in the Cafe carriage part, where Naomi serves coffee), feeling a bit blue, until I saw Jan (a.k.a GekiRed) from GekiRanger having a nice chat with...Ryutaros in Ryo-possessed mode (a.k.a. that purple crazy and somehow artistic bloke) from Kamen Rider Den-O and that Green Emo Ranger from Mighty Moshin' Emo Rangers. Only, it wasn't such a nice chat, but these three crazy, but cool blokes were on high on crack and then causing not only in the Denliner, but somewhere in Japan and England too. O_O' Er, yeah. I always imagine those three would somehow team up and instead of saving the world, they causing mass destruction to the buildings while fighting monsters and then shock (and horrify) the remaing cast from the three series (okay, the MMERs are not really bothered about it, but come on) when finding out after slashing monsters and saving the world, they actually find these three smoking crack and weed in one room. Hmm, I would like to see this, but I doubt it...

Quote of the Moment - "Momotaros!?" - Er, Momotaros from Kamen Rider Den-O, when Ryoutarou Nogami poorly names this punk Imagin.

And Yes, He gets to Keep his Kanshu hair

Dammit! I knew I shouldn't skip chapter 17 on the World Embryo raw, but since that guy's forgot to add some seeds in the torrent, the only completed file that I can read is chapter 18 and there's a bit of a spoiler, but yes...

For fans waiting to see if Riku's hair has changed, since he got his weapon from his, uh 'dead friend', he still manages to keep his lovely (and sometimes sexy) Kanshu hair. And because of that, I made an icon for my blog (oh man! Sexy Kanshu boy + With his Smexy Glasses on = FULL DROOLAGE CONTROL XD). And if you want to see a sneak preview of tha manga chapter that I just found, just bear with me for a second.

EDIT - I manage to upload one of the pages of the World Embryo scans, but this is a minor spoiler to those who are too late to get the scanlations of the previous 16 chapters, so here it is and click the image for the full page of seeing Kanshu Boy again:

Quote of the Moment - "I just hope that Harry Potter dies in the last book..." - My younger sister, who is not much of a Harry Potter fan, wants everybody's favourite wizard to die. Blame her, not me!

Tatsu no Ko Tarou and the Train

You're wondering why the two items above the titles have some kind of connections to the article that I'm talking. Well, uh...this is kind of awkward, but apparently, the Gun Form of Kamen Rider Den-O from this titular show is based on the dragon from the same anime movie (to which it's based from the novel or from some kind of Japanese fables that someone either forgot to research the missing fables or are actually too lazy to gather their brain cells moving) that I've mentioned. And what was really ironic about these two shows (or alternatively the movie and the long running franchise) are that they are both produced by the same company: Toei (which would explain why there is a Toei Animation company, as well as the Live Action company) . Well, okay, Kamen Rider wasn't animated in a typical anime kind of way like Tatsu no Ko Tarou (or Tarou the Dragon Boy), nor that TnKT wasn't made into live action kind of way, but I wonder why the Den-O people in Wikipedia are still arguing about the Forms (one minute someone said their Forms was based on Chinese constellations, the next they were based on the Japanese Mythological Heroes). Can't they just stick to on the final decision they've made (and I'm looking at the World Embryo Wiki people too, since I'm dying to know what the heck is going on after chapter 16 and whether or not Takao is an ally or not)?

And if you don't believe me that Tatsu no Ko Tarou (a Toei animated film apparently) is going to be a trivial point in the Kamen Rider Den-O Wiki page (and hopefully, they're not going to change it, as I'm sick and tired of having the pages changed so many times), then why not go to these webpages below, if you'r really curious about it:

ANN's Info about Tatsu no Ko Tarou (aka Tarou the Dragon boy)
Some interesting articles about Tatsu no Ko Tarou and the long lost anime films
Some site with the Tatsu no Ko Tarou pics made by Toei (ironically)

P.S. Come to think of it, the dragon from the Tatsunoko Tarou film really reminded me of Haru in his dragon form from Spirited Away X3.

Quote of the Moment - "Also, side note, stop adding pointless information, dumb shit, and otherwise irrelevant information. I've finally cleaned the article up, don't screw it up again. Add information thats actually about Den'ou." - One of the Den-O Wikipeople who is fed up with people changing the Kamen Rider Den-O article back and forth.

And I thought Blackpool's going get it...

Great. I'm feeling under the weather, my throat hurts and it seems the flu caught me, but that doesn't stop the surprise news to me.

It all started when I was going to the toliet and then suddenly as I 'went there', at the same time, the radio announced that Manchester has won the bet to have a super casino. And this is my thought about this:

EH?!

Of course, I was born and lived in Manchester (though I now live in Stoke-on-Trent for university purposes), but this is very much surprising to me. I thought that either Blackpool or Greenwich were getting it, but since Blackpool is part of the North West region and Greenwich already has the Olympics to worry about, I guess it makes sense. But now, I'm starting to worry about the gambling addiction or something. Oh well, if Manchester's super casino doesn't have an arcade with at least one DDR machine, I'm not going in!

BTW, if you want to see the whole news, you can at least click here.

Quote of the Moment - "I hope this show stays on track." - One of the messages from some Henshin forum, where they are making some Kamen Rider jokes (oh come on, what's wrong with comparing Densha Otoko?)

God! I love this cute, yet really weak Rider!

Just watched a RAE episode of Kamen Rider Den-O and by God, not only it was funny and nicely serious at the same time, but I'm starting to <3 that Ryotaro guy! OH come on, guys, at least it's a nice refreshing change from the previous Kamen Rider series that I've seen (ok, I only watched a bit of Ryuki (until I put off after 3 episodes, as I couldn't stand Shinji's character), some Blade (argh! Now why do I have a crush on that Undead Rider guy?) and most of Kabuto (Grandmother says: "I forgot that line."), though not Faiz or 555 or whatever, as well as the other older Kamen Rider series)! And I think there are some potentials in the show, like for one scene, where the 'Punk possessed' Ryo started to kick really big ass on the bullies, only that 'wimpy' Ryo actually 'stopped' him from doing so. He may seem to look like he's a wimp physically, but mentally, now that's what I called strength!

Urgh, I have to do some art stuff and I think my female art tutors, as well as that damn lecturer are starting to hate me for this....

Quote of the Moment - "H-h-henshin!" - Ryotaro Nogami from Kamen Rider Den-O and yes, he IS the unluckiest and weakest Rider in history...BUT it's impossible to love him! I want a Ryotaro plushie!

No More Drawing with Mouse

Finally, after spending my time in Photoshop on painful hours of drawing, colouring and manipulating the pictures with the mouse (and sometimes my laptop touchpad), I finally decided to buy one thing my parents and older sister refuse to do: buy a graphics tablet off from Amazon UK. And now, since it has arrived from my doorstep today, I rushed off from my room in some Halls of Residence to the Post Room in a matter of minutes, whilst mournfully doing some sort of presentation for the contextual studies. Uh, yeah.

And if you wanted some proof that I bought it, why not look at the photos below:




Well okay, the graphics tablet is an A6 size one, but that doesn't mean I can moan about it. It's perfect for my laptop, as it has an USB connection, plus, since my deskspace in my room is bloody small (as it has been invaded by my all-in-one printer and TV), it's practically perfect for me to store it besides my laptop and when I'm fed up with my creative mind, I can just easily store it away to a nice place. Now, if I can install them later and get on with my presentation (must...resist...getting...my...graphics...tablet...started...must...finished...presentation...)

Quote of the Moment - "I'm in love...with Chiaki-sempai?" - Noda Megumi (a.k.a. Nodame) from Nodame Cantabile. My God, this is the funniest anime (and live-action drama) I've watched for ages now.

When Latex in Japan isn't just enough

Well, Japan is famous for having the Kamen Rider series, as well as Super Sentai series (and GARO, of course ^_^), Thailand has got Sport Ranger and Crystal Knight, America has the most terrible thing in the world that is known as Power Rangers, France has that tonkatsu, to which I forgot the title again, and yes, even Britain has one (in the shape of Doctor Who, but come on! When the Doctor regenerates, that's called 'henshin', right? Oh, so some people think I'm mad enough to say that). And now, get ready to meet South Korea's version of their tonkatsu - Erexion. I'm not sure why this is very different to the Super Sentai series, but so far, it looks very impressive and the villains look so cool, they make the villains in the Super Sentai series green in envy. And let's not forget the cool opening song for Erexion - simply saying it's better than the Super Sentai series (I like the opening song to Super Sentai series; the only problem is that I don't like Boukenger's opening, so don't say 'BOO! YOU'RE NOT A TRUE SUPER SENTAI FAN!'). The only complaint that I'm griped about this, is that that the colour scheme is a little too bright for the show. I've seen a few clips of the show, so I'm pretty excited when it gets fansubbed. In the meantime, you can visit Erexion's site here.

Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to draw some sketches on the novel, on the homage to the tonkatsu shows in the world (except for the new Power Rangers shows from 2000 - present, i.e. America).

Quote of the Moment - "Why do you think they call me the devil?!" - Yoshihrio Shimazu from Samurai Warriors 2 (a.k.a Sengoku Musou 2).

It's Adventure Time! PBF Style!

Remember your innocent childhood being shattered when you find out the world isn't as goody-goody as you first thought? Well, it's going back to me, since watching Rem and Stimpy and a bit of Gary Larson at a really young age and it's from some cartoon called Adventure Time. Well, the artwork in the opening reminds me of a Rem and Stimpy one, but once the animation kicks in, I felt physically and psychologicly sick as I thought the animators and voice actors were drugged and drunk at the same time, while doing this. As for the plot, well, it concerns of a 12 twelve year old boy and his talking dog (to which he must have been drunk too much) going on...well, an adventure. Well, I won't tell you the whole story, but if you want to see the video, I suggest you watch it without bringing in your food. Though the art style does remind me of the Perry Bible Fellowship comic strip that I've read and laughed from an UK Guardian G2 newspaper and there are a few anime-ish sequences that I can recognise.

Click this link if you dare, but I'm not going to hold responsibility if you're feeling sick after watching this.

Quote of the Moment - "I'm downloading a little dance!" - Jake (I think) the dog from Adventure Time; the weirdest, yet somewhat funniest cartoon I've seen, since watching Rem and Stimpy.

Sephiroth Versus Kouga Saejima

Yes, you read that title right. Surprisingly, when I watched Final Fantasy VII Advent Children again, I'm comparing this to the live-action tokusatsu show GARO and somehow, to my surprise on how similar these two are:

• Both were using OMNIBUS JAPAN as doing some VFX stuff (no, I'm not kidding. Just watch Adevnt Children and GARO and you'll see).
• Somehow, the action in GARO is pretty much similar to Advent Children too, given that both of them defy the laws of physics literally.
  
• The main character from Adevent Children and GARO, respectively Cloud Strife and Kouga Saejima, both uses swords and it's even more similar when Kouga's sword, when mounted on his metal golden horse Gouten, increases its size to even the same size as Cloud's Buster Sword.
• Both of the monsters - GARO's Horrors and Advent Children's monsters and Bahamut Sin - look very similar to each other.

No wonder, I love GARO so much, even the music is somewhat similar to them. Yes, there were a few differences between them, like the storyline and the characters and also the directors, creators and designers, but somehow GARO is like a live-action version of Advent Children. And if you don't believe me, try watching the bonus ending in the Advent Children DVD without pressing the skip forward button and be surprise by spotting 'OMNIBUS JAPAN' somewhere on the credits. Well, I'm going to watch GARO again and attempt to compare Kouga as Sephiroth and Karou as Aerith for some odd reason.

Quote of the moment - "Where there is light, shadows lurk and fear reigns... yet by the blade of Knights, mankind was given hope..." - Some quote from GARO. I'll be surprise if there's a real second season to GARO and it involves Kouga fighting against Sephiroth.

When imaging Sentai and Manga become Weird

Just yesterday, I just watched over a half of that dark live-action Tokusatsu Japanese show, GARO and it was some sort amazing to my brain on how I can compare easily on the main character to another character from a manga.

GARO's Kouga Saejima is a bit like World Embryo's Takao, only with a few minor differences in terms of their goals and appearances. But they draw some amazing parallels between them:

• Both of them are cold-hearted and emotionless on the outside, but on the inside, they have a heart of a nobleman.
• Both of them wore light-coloured coats (though slightly different in their colour) to show their badass side.

Come to think of it, the more I think about these two, the more I want to explore Takao's past, as well as exploring Kouga's relationship with the female lead, Kaoru Mitsuki. It's strange to compare a live-action character to a character that only exists on paper, but it is very interesting to find out there some similarities.

Great, now I've been infected to read World Embryo again!

Quote of the moment - "EH?! You say that Gundam Musou exists?!" - Me in shock, when finding out that Koei and Namco Bandai announced they'll be releasing Gundam Musou. It's like Dynasty Warriors characters playing too much with Gundam models.

Merry Christmas

Just want to say Merry Christmas to all people who have been reading my blog and look forward to 2007 soon. Or something...

Quote of the Moment - "GET OFF, you!" - My older sister shouting at my younger sister whenever they're around and start messing around each other.

Emergency! DekaSho-saka! (SPOILER)

Lately, I've been watching Dekaranger over at some site (whilst having to suspend my Felt cosplay, because I realise that Stoke-on-Trent is famous for its potteries and not for its cotton, like Manchester) *coughyoutubecough* and apparently for some particular reason, I'm actually starting to like the Sentai series instead of its American counterparts, i.e. Power Rangers SPD (I've seen a few episodes, but there's not way I'm going to like it. Curse you, Disney). I'll probably give the reason why in a list:

• Finally, I can watch the uncut version, where there's loads of fight and 'Rangers getting their arsed kicked with 'REAL' injuries, though they can still kick ass on those evil creatures.
• Unlike SPD, Dekaranger actually has a great storyline that makes sense, there's some genuine humour and emotion in the show and great characters that can anyone can relate to.
• The main characters are actually very realistic and they're not some 'goody-goody-save-the-world-twice'. They do have some feelings, you know, unlike SPD, which have some wooden feelings.
• The Alizeniers (aka bad guys) are for once, getting their arses owned where the Dekarangers can 'delete' them and not in SPD, where they are trapped inside the card to which it makes no sense at all.
• The actors and actresses who played the characters are good-looking and admittingly, I can't think, but to watch the entire series just to watch them kick some ass, even if it's supposed to be for kids (and I'm 19!).
• I like Sen-chan (Dekagreen). Okay, scratch that. I heart Sen-chan; his unusual methods of thinking, his psychological past and his Lucy-from-Elfen-Lied-like personality (now I don't want to piss him off) has me over as my favourite DekaRanger (though Tetsu-chan (Dekabreak) is my second favourite).
• Dekamaster (a.k.a Doggie Kruger) owns. No one should mess with a human-sized dog if he's around. Cool sword attacks and frankly, I prefer him in fur than scale - he's much cuter that way ^_^.
• And the same goes for Dekaswan. She owns too with some kickass moves. Add her with Dekamaster and you get total ownage! Too bad, Swan can't use it again for at least four years.

And that's about it. Now, if you excuse me, I've got to finish my art stuff!

Quote of the Moment - "Don't call me partner!" - Hoji (aka Dekablue) from DekaRanger (Japanese version of Power Rangers SPD), where he asks his 'partner', Ban (aka Dekared) not to call him 'partner'. Still, it's hilarious to see their friendship still as strong as ever and yet, they're still fighting each other.

Cospprogess 3: Dye or Wig?

ARGH! I don't kn0w what to do with my hair now, so I need some opinions on whether I should buy a white wig or equivalent or dye my hair white (but dirty white) and get a hair cut...

And if you people choose the second option, I might be able to cosplay again as Godot from the Phoenix Wright series (if you have no idea who the f**k is Godot, I suggest you go to a certain Phoenix Wright fansite and click on the Characters section (btw, look for the bloke with white hair and that cool visor he's wearing. No, I'm not kidding).

Must stop blogging, got essay to finish now...

Quote of the Moment - "Have you won the lottery recently?" - My mum aasking me if I ever took part on getting my chances on winning the lottery. Sadly, the odds are waaaaaaaaay against me..

Cospprogress 3: Starting the costume and finding the fabrics

Just done clothes shopping yesterday and started modifying the bag, as well as the gloves (only done one of them so far).

And then recently today, one of my halls mate asked me about my weekend and it was just a typical clothes shopping that's 'girly' and then I told her about the cosplay I'm doing and asking her where to find a good fabric shop and then she told me there's a place in the outskrits of the Potteries car park in Hanley that sells fabrics, so it will be aworthwhile if I'm going there next Saturday. But for now, have to modify gloves and get some sleep or something...

Quote of the Moment - "Nurse Mariho and Shishio Takiko...I'm sorry. It's not the characters going out of control. It's me." - The manga-ka Nobuhiro Watsuki (bloke that gave you Rurouni Kenshin) talking about his creation of his latest manga Busou Renkin.

Cospprogess 2.1: Measuring the Sword and Height

Done measuring the sword and done what my height is, so that means I can now scale how long the sword's going be and...now, I'm going to buy some clothes to make the costume (though the coat is going to be a tough one as it's impossible to buy a coat that has the same colour as Felts design, as well as finding one that isn't so sporty or something). However, I can get the boots and some other stuff that I customise.

So for now, I need some sleep...

Quote of the Moment - "All Your Bomb Are Belong To Us" - Master Chief in Return to Sender (part of There's Something About Halo collection) from the Halo series. Oh how I laughed at this Flash animation.

Cospprogess 2: Measuring the Sword

So how am I doing?

Well, after planning on what materials I needed or something, this morning I planned out the measurements for the sword and eurgh...this took me around 3 hours to take some measurements on the height and width of the sword, as well as doing the 'subsections of the sword piece by piece, though I haven't figure out on how tall I am and then scale it. -_-;

Thank goodness I've got mathematic skills from my father and now all I need is some materials to make the sword, though the only problem is...I have no idea which ones are better at moulding the weapon: should I use sturdy foam or cardboard (btw, I'm going to leave the weapon making bit until I'm staying at Manchester for Xmas, where my lil sis is going to help me, while doing revisions for her Jan exams)?

If anyone would like to suggest, then you're free to do so. Right now, I'm going to buy some cheap clothes to get it started, prefably if it's Primark or something equivalent.

Quote of the Moment - "Ace-Ace-Ace-A Star!" - Mr Moore from that Mr Moore Song (btw, Mr Moore is my cousin's ex-GCSE maths teacher. Too bad the song is now a cult hit among my school's post 6th Form Students)

Cospprogess 1: Making Felt

After so many months being a lazy ass doing some costumes and then fail to finish it with full force, I finally decided to get my arse off and do something worthwhile for this: My Felt cosplay!

Yes, I know my brain's going to forget about this, but if I can make it in time for either Collectormania Gmex or MCM London Expo May 2007 in time, then I'm going to be famous on the Internet on being the only crossplayer (i.e. crossdresser as Felt is a bloke) who has ever crossplay (gender-bending costume play) as a bloke from other than Final Fantasy series. So, in order to make the costume and the sword, as well as balance uni stuff that I need to finish, I'll be putting the progress on how far I did on doing the cosplay as well as posting some ordinary out-of-the-wall stuff that I find interesting.

And if I tend to forget to make the costume, then remind me! Otherwise, you won't be seeing me cross-dressing as Felt!

And here's the picture that I'm going to cosplay (or rather crossplay) as...

Quote of the Moment - "So hats off to our winners, piss off to our losers." - Some bloke from Have I Got News For You

And the Winner for the Most Badly Behaved Person is...

OMG! This is UK politcal correctness gone wrong again!

I was waking up from playing too much Silkroad Online from yesterday and after breakfast and popping down to good ol'student shop when I noticed the headlines from both The Times and The Guardian:

'Teenage see ASBOs as badge of honour"

WTF? I knew it! I knew stomping these riduculous Orders to teenages is a bad idea. I mean, these teenagers are not disciplined enough, so blame the bloody parents who couldn't be bothered on getting these kids straight years ago!

And as for the person who said that the teenagers who think these ASBOs are badge of honour and then he'll smirk off their faces by putting them into custody would only going to get worse. And if it's going to get worse than ever in the next few years, I'm moving to Dublin, Ireland!

Quote of the Moment - "You roll in reams across the street in algebra" - Thom Yorke from the lyric part of Analyse (from the album, The Eraser)

Come back Pho! All is Forgiven!

(N.B. IT'S PRONOUNCED 'FUH', NOT 'FUR'!)

Yes, as the title suggests, I am Vietnamese and I expect to eat some delicious Vietnamese cuisine (okay, only a few selection), but there's one dish that I so missed, since I moved to Stoke-on-Trent from my family's hometown of Manchester:

Phở

There, I said it! I missed eating that wonderful noodle soup bowl that my parents cooked with very great care T_T! I missed eating the beef rare (yeah, it's like having the beef done in English cuisine, but in soup base), while slurping the rice noodles on my mouth and then, if possible that my stomach isn't full yet, swallowed the soup on my mouth. I just missed the warmth in it, especially as it comes to winter this year. T_T Maybe next year, I should take the train to uni; it's only 45 minutes from Manchester to Stoke-on-Trent, PLUS I think the city life in Stoke is pretty boring, despite being the safest city in the UK.

On another note, who never knew the British comedian Jimmy Carr came up using all he magnetic letters on the board in QI (UK Quiz show, where it involves on the basis of quite interesting facts, instead of the obvious)?




Quote of the Moment - 'PUT SMARTIES TUBES ON CATS LEGS MAKE THEM WALK LIKE A ROBOT' - Jimmy Carr, when he combined all the letters on the board and came up with this. Alan Davies was gobsmacked and commented 'Un-f**king-believeble'.

Uninspired Art Idea

Can't take my brain anymore. It's like I've been gone back to bed again in the morning, after doing a sketch and despite that I ate a healthy breakfast to keep my energy up! Though the worse news is...ARTIST'S BLOCK!AAAARRRGGGGHHH!!! Why, on why is it there?! Need, to find inspiration and a copy of The Times' Sudokou book collection now, before my brain has finally lost it on controlling my life.

Anyways, happy 'horrible' birthday, Hanh! You're now officially to drink as many alcohol as you like, BUT not too much!

Quote of the moment -"Keep linin'em up and I'll keep knockin'em down!" - Sakon Shima from Samurai Warriors 2. My God, he's such a charming person, I always play as him and levelling up to the max! Now, if I persuade Koei to make Kojiro Sasaki playable in the next sequel...

My 'Evil' Birthday

You Are 36% Evil

A bit of evil lurks in your heart, but you hide it well. In some ways, you are the most dangerous kind of evil.

How Evil Are You?

So that's why I'm evil underneath. Anyway, I'm FINALLY 19 today! Woohoo! So how am I going to spend my birthday? Erm, showing my sisters and taking them to a nice Belgian Bar. And even though I should act like an adult now, I'm still a teenager at heart (and probably nearing the end of it). Now, if you excuse me, I've got to watch Watership Down as my treat.

Quote of the moment - "Er, let's just keep going." - Sho from Crimson Sea when Yangqin talks about Sho's romantic issues with women.

Shop Till You Drop and...O_O

Well, today I went with my good ol'friend from uni and we went shopping around in Hanley for clothes shopping, manga shopping, games shopping, anime shopping, DVD shopping (I can't believe Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is now part of 'buy 3 for £20' offer in HMV! XD) and smoothies buying and I laughed my head off when she told this was her first time on tasting an actual smoothie! Glad, I gave her the 'Strawberry Forever' on. And now, my feet are exhausting (Hanley's only a 15 minute walk).

And now this...strange, terribe and yet pretty at the same time...

You can visit their website over here. Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to watch Powerpuff Girls Z (the anime).

Quote of the moment - "I'm not made of potions!"- One famous Cloud from FFVII commenting about the natures of a main lead character o a famous VGCats webcomic. It's hilariously funny for video games and anime/manga fans and you can see the comics over here.

WTF? World Embryo being licenced already?

Yes, you've heard me. I was going to the M7 site to check on the progress and unfortunately, now I'll have to ages for this, as manga publisher, Tokyopop has licenced World Embryo. Dammit! Now, I'm going to cry as I was looking forward on reading chapter 17 and wonder what's going to happen between Riku...T_T...and then there's Takao and the events that is going.

You've heard it from me, now go and blame Tokyopop that the English translation takes a very long time (and also going to ruin the beautiful colour pages). I hope you're listening from me, Tokyopop! I want the colour pages to be left unaltered, so that I can enjoy the pages that Daisuke Moriyama has craftfully made, especially in later volume or I'll going to rant on how much time Tokyopop has ruin the Chrno Crusae creator's great work!

Quote of the moment - 'A Trojan Horse hasn't got wheels!' - A random person from the university I'm attending exclaiming on the art project we're doing as a group.