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Black Jack Webdoujin Anthology Project

2009-12-20T12:29:27Z

Have a site up, but not open yet.

Now back to work!

Quickie: RS concerned. Aww...

2009-12-16T21:00:35Z

I was listening to the Prototype podcast from the Game Heroes website and there's some news about Rival Schools. It's seems that the game cannot be revamped for the PSN due to copyright issues. Here's more info about the issue here: http://ps3.kombo.com/article.php?artid=11536
Shame. It would have been nice to see a remake with some better graphics. *Sigh*

It snowed today! =D

Working hard, been working hard

2009-11-21T15:17:51Z

Workload has been heavy these past couple of weeks and I couldn't be bothered to stay behind after work for a movie night (not sure what movie they decided to watch though).
Yesterday some of my work colleagues started a conversations over old gaming consoles they had and I was surprised to hear that 2 of them had a Master System (Ah~, the very first gaming console we ever owned) and I'm excited by the prospect of my manager bringing his old Master System.<3
Something interesting I learned at work was concerning youtube. There's a new feature where vocal audio in youtube videos can be automatically recorded converted into text so you can search for videos which will contain such words as well as provide a transcript/captions. I think it also provides translations so if you watch a video in a foreign language you maybe able to somewhat understand what is being said in the video. I think it will be available on youtube next week. ^^

Also, thanks to windyhurrice, I decided to look for Kyou Kara Ore Wa scanlations as I only read 1 volume way back when. Luckily, Mangafox stored a couple more volumes and I've been reading through them during my lunch break and grinning like a goof at some of the gags. XD;

Another thing which I discovered (well, months ago)

Akio is turning up in almost everything I've seen! Here he's Shiratori (The guy getting his ass handed to him by the main character. Damn, Itou looks so cool!)!
The VCDs I had didn't have the optional Japanese audio in some of the earlier OVAs.

Meme time! - Answers

2009-11-15T17:00:27Z

Answer from my previous meme post: http://maiyeng.livejournal.com/49755.html

1. B'z Koshi Inaba
~~2. Giant Robo: The Day The Earth Stood Still~~ Kenji Murasame
~~3. Sonic the Hedgehog series~~ Tails 'Mile' Prower
~~4. Black Jack (2 favorite characters)~~ Black Jack, Makube Rokuro
~~5. Rival Shools/Project Justice~~ Natsu Ayuhara
6. Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo!! Masaru-san (3 favorite characters) Masaru Hananakajima, Okometsubu Fujiyama, Machahiko Kondo
~~7. Whose Line is it anyway?~~ Ryan Stiles (& Colin Mochrie)
8. Tengai Makyou II: Majimaru Kabuki Danjuro
9. Dr. Katz Jonathan Katz (Dr. Katz)
10. Last Bronx Yoko Kono
11. Final Fantasy 7 (2 favorite characters) - Vincent, Aerith
12. Hell Teacher Nube Meisuke Nueno
13. Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (This one is way too easy) Charlie Brooker
14. New Dominion Tank Police Al Cu Ad Solte
15. Kyou Kara Ore Wa Takashi Mitsuhashi
16. Shining Force III (2 favorite characters) Synbios, Prince Medion
17. KO Seiki Beast Sanjuushi Bud Mint
18. Burning Rangers Reed Phoenix
19. Please Save My Earth Jinpachi Ogura
~~20. Megaman Battle Network (The game, not the anime. XD;)~~ Lan Hikari

Meme time!

2009-11-09T21:06:53Z

I steal from windyhurrice.♥ X3

1. Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/bands etc. that you've had an obsessive fannish love or interest in at some time in your life.
2. Have your f-list guess your favorite character/member from each item.

1. B'z
~~2. Giant Robo: The Day The Earth Stood Still~~
~~3. Sonic the Hedgehog series~~
~~4. Black Jack (2 favorite characters)~~
~~5. Rival Shools/Project Justice~~
6. Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo!! Masaru-san (3 favorite characters)
~~7. Whose Line is it anyway?~~
8. Tengai Makyou II: Majimaru
9. Dr. Katz
10. Last Bronx
11. Final Fantasy 7 (2 favorite characters) - Vincent has already been guessed! One more!
12. Hell Teacher Nubei
13. Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (This one is way too easy)
14. New Dominion Tank Police
15. Kyou Kara Ore Wa
16. Shining Force III (2 favorite characters)
17. KO Seiki Beast Sanjuushi
18. Burning Rangers
19. Please Save Our Earth
~~20. Megaman Battle Network (The game, not the anime. XD;)~~

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-31T00:06:29Z

Happy Halloween~! Managed to finish up the pic on time! *phew*

Click to see full pic at DA

Based on "Castlevania: Symphony of the Night" - Black Jack as Alucard and Makube as Richter.

Been listening to a lot of Castlevania soundtracks to get me in the mood to draw this pic. My most fave soundtrack, "Eneomaos Machine Tower", is one I can listen to on repeat. X3

Other favorite tracks: Bloody Tears, Vampire Killer, Wicked Child, Clockwork, Dead Beat, Aquarius and Richter Belmont's Theme.

Anyway, for fun I started thinking about what the other Black Jack characters can fill the roles of the characters in SotN:

Maria: Pinoko (perhaps the younger Maria from Dracula X: Rondo of Blood is more fitting. XD)
Dracular: BJ's father
Lisa: BJ's mother
Grim Reaper: Kiriko
The librarian: Honma
The boatman: Biwamaru
Shaft: ?
Succubus: ?

Originally, I was going to draw Makube as Leon from Castlevania: Lament of Innocence because they both share the same voice actor, but changed my mind as I preferred Richter's outfit more. XD

Cloud brushes from redheadstock

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Castlevania X 4Koma courtesy of Castlevania Dungeon.

How could I have missed this?

2009-09-24T16:22:30Z

I love "Giant Robo The Animation: The Day The Earth Stood Still" and still hold it highly as my all time favorite anime.
I was trying to look for videos with Masamichi Amano performing with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra for the GR soundtrack but ended up watching the last episode all over again as it's been ages since I last watched the anime. ^^;
Akio!! Akio Ohtsuka again! @_@ He plays Shoriko no Kaei! All this time I hadn't recognized his voice until now. @_@
To make sure that I'm not hearing things I had to confirm this info on some official Japanese GR sites as this role isn't credited on of the English sites. And yes, it's him. XD

0:30 mark in. The guy with the quiver & arrows. (Spoilers!)

(Kenji cel from this scene~!♥)

Only found 1 video of the GR Orchestra though. =( Still, it's better than nothing~! ^^

Final part to Astro Boy episode!

2009-09-20T14:23:37Z

Got round to uploading the second part~!

★_★ Astro Boy - Episode 35: Atom vs. Rock video : http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/animation/watch/v19094453aqRsbz6P

Notice how baby Rock is blond! Relating back to how Tezuka use to color Rock's hair blond when he first appeared (around the early 50's - pre-"Vampire" evil Rock era).

Kuro Day!, Tezuka playing cards, BJ ONA, Rhythm Heaven + car accident

2009-09-06T12:19:24Z

★_★ Kuro Day (9/6) today~!

Though in contrast to Rock day, it isn't as popular. ^^; (I guess it makes up for the lack of Rock popularity to Black Jack?)

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★_★ Tezuka Osamu World - Star System Playing Cards

I recently won another set of Tezuka Osamu World - Star System Playing Cards!
I thought I put down a max bid of 2500¥, but it turned out I put down a max of 3000¥... ^^;
Anyway, here is the link to the Yahoo!Auction page: http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d98605855
1 other person had bid on it 3 times so I ended up winning it at 2900¥. ^^; (Sorry robotkat but the set has gone way over your maximum bid. I can hold it if you are willing to pay the winning amount, if not then someone here can purchase it).
If anyone is interested in buying the item at that amount ($32) + shipping ($8), please let me know!

On an extra note, I ship stuff I buy from Y!auction in bulk (to save on ship & packaging cost), so it maybe a while til I can get the item and then ship it out to you.

SOLD~!♪

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★_★ Black Jack ONA

sexy_severus posted the Black Jack ONA - episode 2 "Pinoko's Love Story" on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWuFZErcq84

Thanks for uploading it for others to see~! =D

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★_★ Rhythm Heaven

Currently getting really into Rhythm Heaven. I had the game for a couple of months now, but only recently tried to play the game more seriously. XD;

Favorite stages: Karate Man (1 & 2), Munchy Monk (1 & 2)

Least favorite stages (or have the most difficulty with): Moai Doo-Wop 2 - I don't know what it is, but I always mess up on this particular stage. X_x;

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★_★ Car accident

A weird thing happened when we went out to eat at the restaurant, my bro use to work at, to celebrate his graduation (his former boss offered to throw a nice dinner). Around 10:30pm we heard someone from the kitchen staff say that someone got hit by a car and died right in front of the restaurant! Of course, we all got up and went straight out to investigate. There was a pretty huge crowd right in the middle of the road and the victim was laying on the ground being held up by someone as another person came from a nearby church to cover the victim up with a blanket. Thankfully the person isn't dead, but the head light of the car was completely smashed and the guy was knocked out cold so it's quite a collision. We had our car parked close to the scene too.
I returned back into the restaurant but was then told by an amused staff that they put a police tape "around" our car which seemed cute to her. This wasn't good, as I though they must have taped in our car within the scene of the accident, so I went back out to the restaurant front again, then I realized why she found it so funny. Apparently, they they had the police tape go over the roof our car just to have it tied to the little black post that we parked right next to, so half our car is in the scene and the other isn't. ^^;
Everyone was already set to close up the restaurant by midnight and my family was getting anxious about how we are to leave. ^^; But by midnight the police have cleared the scene and removed the tape.
It turns out that a lot of accidents happen at this particular road. Only 2 days prior there was an accident involving a woman and her children hitting a van and they staggered out of their vehicle in blood. O_O; This isn't far off from where this person got hit. @_@;
We never felt more conscious when driving home that night...

Black Jack ONA & Astro Boy episodes

2009-08-30T11:51:39Z

Here's one more episode of the Black Jack ONA videos I find on nicovideo.
There was another one, but that got taken down due to copyright infringement. ^^;
You will need to log in to view the video, so I've made a log for all to use (if you like to make your own, then feel free to do so):

Username: ran_hibik_jp@yahoo.co.uk
pass: blackjack
Log in here: https://secure.nicovideo.jp/secure/login_form

★_★ Episode 2 video : http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm6463222?oldplayer=1

Please remember to log out once you are done watching the episode! (it's a gray "ログアウト" button)
Again, Pinoko's voice in provided by Utada Hikaru.
If you have problems viewing the video, then use Internet Explorer.
To remove the comments on screen, just click on the speech bubble with the "....".

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Also, for the Astro Boy & Rock fans, I've uploaded the original Japanese dub of "The Changeling Movie" episode!

★_★ Astro Boy - Episode 34: The Changeling Movie video : http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/animation/watch/v18988162DSyyGKCw

Rock is voiced by Fujii Fumiya, who also sings the end credits, "Boy's Heart".

Enjoy~!

Tezuka Osamu World - Star System Playing Cards

2009-08-23T22:14:19Z

Recently received the Star System Playing Cards~!

Rock as the ace of spades~! \*^o^*/

Ham Egg, Skunk and Lamp
Other fake ace of spades... XD;; (painted, taped over and taped on).
Here's a nice comic that goes with! And here's another one!

Obviously Black Jack occupies all the Jack cards.

Except for this one. ^^;

Pinoko cards, both of hearts!

Kiriko, doctor of death!

Kenichi and another one of Ham Egg!

Hyakkimaru~! (Direct translation of his name would mean 100 demons.)

Princess Sapphire

Leo/Kimba

Shunsaku Ban

Saruta's nose (or many of you will known him better as Honma Jotaro).

Unico

Rainbow Parakeet

Hino Tori/Phoenix

Sharaku, the three eyed one!

Duke Red and Robitas~!

Atom/Astro Boy~!

Melmo

Toppei

All hearts!
Watu, Uran, Tamami and Chocola.

Dororo! *^^*

Tink/Choppy

Joker cards and a few other extras.

The cards are of a nice quality and has a nice light surface texture on them. I would feel pretty guilty and cautious if I were to use them for playing purposes. ^^;

Black Jack ONA - Episode 9 "Print Proof"

2009-08-17T11:57:29Z

Hmm, been having problem with my connection from yesterday til today. ^^; Anyway...

Black Jack ONA (Original Net Animation) - Episode 9 "Print Proof"

★_★ Original video : http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/animation/watch/v18896517SjXgmJ2j

★_★ Action and Zapping video :
http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/animation/watch/v18928414MzmRrna8

The Action and Zapping is just to show what is triggered when the cursor goes over or clicks something on scene.
Also, Pinoko's voice in provided by Utada Hikaru.

Enjoy~!

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Stolen from rukawagf~! Only 2 questions and the results are quite accurate. o.o;

Your result for The Quick & Painless ENNEAGRAM Test...

5 - the Observer

you chose BZ - your Enneagram type is FIVE (aka "The Thinker").

"I need to understand the world"

Observers have a need for knowledge and are introverted, curious, analytical, and insightful.

How to Get Along with Me

• Be independent, not clingy.

• Speak in a straightforward and brief manner.

• I need time alone to process my feelings and thoughts.

• Remember that If I seem aloof, distant, or arrogant, it may be that I am feeling uncomfortable.

• Make me feel welcome, but not too intensely, or I might doubt your sincerity.

• If I become irritated when I have to repeat things, it may be because it was such an effort to get my thoughts out in the first place.

• don't come on like a bulldozer.

• Help me to avoid my pet peeves: big parties, other people's loud music, overdone emotions, and intrusions on my privacy.

What I Like About Being a FIVE

• standing back and viewing life objectively

• coming to a thorough understanding; perceiving causes and effects

• my sense of integrity: doing what I think is right and not being influenced by social pressure

• not being caught up in material possessions and status

• being calm in a crisis

What's Hard About Being a FIVE

• being slow to put my knowledge and insights out in the world

• feeling bad when I act defensive or like a know-it-all

• being pressured to be with people when I don't want to be

• watching others with better social skills, but less intelligence or technical skill, do better professionally

FIVEs as Children Often

• spend a lot of time alone reading, making collections, and so on

• have a few special friends rather than many

• are very bright and curious and do well in school

• have independent minds and often question their parents and teachers

• watch events from a detached point of view, gathering information

• assume a poker face in order not to look afraid

• are sensitive; avoid interpersonal conflict

• feel intruded upon and controlled and/or ignored and neglected

FIVEs as Parents

• are often kind, perceptive, and devoted

• are sometimes authoritarian and demanding

• may expect more intellectual achievement than is developmentally appropriate

• may be intolerant of their children expressing strong emotions

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Take The Quick & Painless ENNEAGRAM Test at HelloQuizzy

Thank you!

2009-06-15T13:30:18Z

Just wanna make a quick entry to thank friends and family for the B-day greetings and gifts~!
Thank you so much!

★ Also, I've uploaded a batch of Black Jack wallpapers here: http://community.livejournal.com/dr_blackjack/15935.html

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I've been watching the cut scenes to Yakuza 2 (PS2 game) lately, since I haven't seen what happens later in the game as my brother had finished it when I wasn't around to watch. I have to say, I love it (story) as much as the first game.

Yakuza 2 playlist~: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=328574338EC306B6

Though I've been hearing that Yakuza 3 isn't as good. =(

Black Jack Volume 5 - Imprint

2009-05-28T21:58:50Z

Very pleased that I got Black Jack volume 5 the day after release (no more ordering from amazon.co.uk anymore. "Book Depository" is where it's at!♥)

There's an obvious reason why I'm excited about this particular volume, as it has the "Print Proof" chapter in it, now called "Imprint". (Also known as "Carved Seal" and "Kokuin". So may names. ^^;)

Anyway, being the happy fan that I am, I made some scans, gag art/comics and nit-pick comments on this English translated chapter. =3

Note: Vertical Black Jack scan panels to be read from right to left!

Looks like they forgotten (or decided not) to translate the day of meeting. There was a lot of 2s going on in that letter. XD;

In the original "Finger" story (before Tezuka change it to "Print Proof"), Makube's sympathy for Kuroo made more sense as he had 6 fingers on both hands and was made fun of. It seems his sympathy towards Kuroo was pretty much out of the blue in "Print Proof".

Notice the 6th finger on Makube's hand? XD
Also the top right panel was originally meant to be of BJ holding Makube's hand (present time). You can see the black sleeve of his jacket there.

Empty parentless house. There's a lot of questions about how they managed to acquire such a house, and how can they financially support themselves... *Shrugs*
Another little nit-pick is the translator decided to skip BJ quoting Makube calling him "Kuroo" and just settled for "you'll".

I like how Tezuka would make a lot of past references with what he (and others) has done with the character.

A lot of ellipses and laughter has been removed from characters speeches.
Like here, Makube was meant to be laughing softly.

Can't really find an English word that sums up "Gokurou" (means to thank someone for their troubles or something like that).
Since Makube stayed in France for a good long while, why not have him say thanks in French instead. XD

A photo of Makube attempting to hide his fingers, from "Finger".
I just noticed the 'r' is missing in underwent. ^^;

In the original, he said magic marker.

Hi no Tori Hen (DS game) gag.
(Here's a guide on how to pass stage 7 if you're stuck on the game!)

OMAKE!
A wolf girl who only rescues ugly people. XDD

Ravex in Tezuka World

2009-05-23T12:47:28Z

Can't let the opportunity pass and I had to get the Ravex Trax album + DVD. Not so much for the music as it was obviously purchased for the DVD animated feature. =P

~~It's The Impossibles! "Rally Ho!!" XD~~
Ravex

I can't really say much about the story as it is all in Japanese (no subtitles either, which would have been helpful), but you can easily get the gist of it.

"As "another story" set after the end of the original manga, this what-if "Return" plot depicts what happens to the title character after his final act to save Earth. After drifting in space, the robot boy is rescued by the three members of ravex, and he is miraculously revived — not by Tezuka's Black Jack surgeon character, but by "Space Jack." The newly evolved robot boy will be named "Ratom."" Quoted from Anime News Network

Actually, Atom was revived by the 3 members of Ravex (with music). Professor Ochanomizu works with Space Jack to create the newly evolved Ratom. There's a reason why Space Jack is needed since the operation involves one other Tezuka character, which you'll see in the screencap below.
The story is very straight forward and short: Re-Earth (Earth) is invaded, bad guys attack, good guys lost leader, leader is fused(?) with Atom to defeat bad guys, fight, good guys win, the end.

The animated feature focuses mainly on these characters: 3 members of Ravex, Atom/Ratom (Astro), Space Jack (Black Jack), Sapphire, and Melmo.
You do see cameos of many other Tezuka characters like Professor Ochanomizu, Tamami, Lamp, Ham Egg, Rock, Leo (Kimba), Unico, Skunk, Hyakkimaru and more. But they (sans Professor Ochanomizu) have no speaking role and are pretty much there for the purpose of... being there. ^^;
Oh! And there's some fan service (for the guys that is). Some T&A from dancing scantily clad girls and nude Sapphire bathing in the lake.

Music (which is obviously featured and focused a lot on) isn't exactly what I would listen to, but I'm sure others will find it enjoyable if they like upbeat techno dance music.
One particular track that stood out to me was "I RAVE U" used during the fight scene, it reminded me of the "Techno Syndrome" soundtrack you hear from the Mortal Kombat movie. I was kind of expecting to hear a random person screaming "MORTAL KOMBAT!!" in the middle of all that fighting. ^^;
I just feel that the music doesn't fit too well with the looped, somewhat non-syncing animation of Tezuka's art style. Perhaps if they thought more about making the animation syncing to the music or even changing up Tezuka's art style to something more fittingly dynamic and funky, then maybe it'll work.

Anyway, on with the screencaps!

A little opening Tezuka 80th anniversary animation.

I wasn't expecting Rock to have an actual part in the story, just to be a background character. Anyway, he's meant to be a character called "Ratou", revolutionary leader.

Unfortunately, Ratou is dying (typical Rock) after defeat in battle. Seems like he was their last hope.

"Where's the patient?"

After the usual "transformation" sequence. =P
Thankfully, he doesn't wear his shade during the operation.

Ratou + Atom = Ratom

Apparently, Shinichi (everyone calls him 'Shin') Osawa is related to Space Jack, as his younger brother.
Almost as weird as Vegeta having an actual younger brother in DBZ 2008 special.

Atom merchandise is enough to pay him off, right?

Is there any need to drive in space with dark shades on?
Though I can't blame him, what with all the glow used through this show.

A personal pet peeve that I do have with this short is the use of loop and recycled animation, like the dancing girls in the beginning are brought back again at the end of the short. You'll just notice all this re-used animation used to fill up time. Also, most common with modern anime, is the over use of glowing and blurring effects. You want to see what Tezuka characters are there during the 'dance' scene, but you can't cause of all the overpowering glowy effects! @_@

Well, in a way the short is purposely made to promote the album so the story isn't going to be ground-breakingly Tezuka, and it's nice to see some favorite characters in there as themselves (in an amusing space theme). =P

Spoony & Linkara crossover review - Warrior #1

2009-05-22T21:28:55Z

Highly enjoyable. =D

Say goodbye to geocities

2009-04-30T14:32:31Z

Geocities is said to be closing down later this year, which means I have to do some backing up and re-hosting on my own webspace. http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/geocities/geocities-05.html
Though I am glad that they're providing some way to backup sites later this summer, so I guess I can wait until then to back up larger sites and just start moving smaller sites now.

Planning:
● Sticky Bubble will be the first to move.
● Trash B'z fan art site, I can just merge this with the B'z fanlisting (which desperately needs to be updated. ^^;)
● Gorin's Gym I'll have to wait until the summer. Was hoping to do a 10 year celebration piccy next year for my first website whilst it remained on geocities. ^^; Slight change of plans there.
● Tank Boy I'll backup at summer. Though I'm not too sure about re-hosting it online, or make a complete re-vamp of the site layout and content.

I'm kinda sad to see it go, but I can understand why Yahoo would want to shut it down.
Pretty much taught myself HTML because of geocities and made my first batch of beloved friends with "Gorin's Gym".
Oh well, I can always go on Wayback Machine to see the old site layout. (People sure use to sign guestbooks a lot back then!)

Work wise, 4 people have left (not laid off, but left on their own accord). 2 of those people actually have a great deal of understanding about the market and IT, so workload has increased for everyone. ^^; But I do wish them all the best, they were pretty cool to work with.

Recently purchased an XM-I X-Mini 2 capsule speaker for my cousin and have tested it on my iPod. Very surprised with the sound quality and how loud it is for such a small speaker! You can make it so loud that the mini speaker itself would tremble and move, but you'll get a bit of sound distortion. Not bad at all! Fully charged it has 11 hrs of playback time! So if you're looking for a portable speaker with long battery life and good sound quality, then this is it! ^^

Easter Black Jack Bunny pic

2009-04-11T10:11:09Z

▲Click to full view.

★_★　Happy Easter　_★★

5 minute Chocolate Mug Cake

2009-04-08T23:12:29Z

Participated in Chris Evans Drivetime's cook-a-long and made a 5 minute Chocolate Mug Cake~! ^^

I scooped a bit off the top to taste test. XD
Wish I had cream or ice cream around.

Surprisingly easy and quick to make! It just feels weird to walk out of the kitchen with a homemade cake within less than 15 minutes. @_@ So use to all that lengthily process. XD;

You can get the recipe here, and the radio show that goes with~! ^^

キャラクターバトン quiz + B'z

2009-03-08T11:33:10Z

指定型好きなキャラクターバトン
(Thanks to Karin for translating the questions. I've rearrange the wording so it would make more sense. She already covered Black Jack in her quiz and chosen Makube for me. XD)

Theme - "Rokuro Makube"

1. Do you like this character?
Of course! Very much so! ^^

2.What name/s do you call this character?
Makube, Rock or Maku.

3.What image-color do you associate with this character?
Mostly black and blue.

4.What image-song do you associate with this character?
So hard to think of a song that suits this character. I have a few in mind, but for some reason keep on thinking of “True” by Spandau Ballet. ^^;
This choice is mostly lyrical based.

5.What blood-type do you think this character is?
I imagine him to be a blood type O. In a leadership, goal orientated and independent sort of sense.

6.Of all of the titles that this character appears in, what character do you like to put this character with?
Black Jack, most obviously! ^^

7.What would you want to say to this character?
You're cool, but please don't kill me. XD;;

8.Which do you want to do with this character: Shake hands, hug or kiss
I probably would be cautious, after all he is Makube Rokuro, so I would settle for a handshake. ^^; (Though a hug would be nice. Nice, but risky.)

9.Please choose 5 friends with your choice of character.
dia_aren_marie - (Choose what character you want to be quizzed on)
windyhurrice - Sawada Tsunayoshi
sexy_severus - Black Jack
kyq - Kamen Rider Kiva
sagesoren - Ion

Quiz source: http://www.blogri.jp/baton/?id=46968

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B'z time~!
Subbed B'z "Hey! Hey! Hey!" interview on isolabella LJ entry~!
Talks about Koshi's zipper being open. XD;;
♥ http://isolabella.livejournal.com/87217.html?view=304561

Koshi hasn't changed a bit in regards to being interviewed. So easily intimidated and always looking relieved to have finished talking. XD;; But still he's looking pretty good for his age, that's for sure~!♥ (Wow! He's going to be 45!) And, of course, Takboss is cool as usual. ^^

Ratom and Space Jack

2009-03-06T18:03:57Z

(Careful not to confuse Shinichi Osawa for BJ)

More info here: Astro Boy Returns in 'Another' Anime After Manga's End
♪ Official website (Can you recognise the star system characters?)
♪ About avex + Tezuka

Hmm, notice that BJ is wearing shades...

Thanks to Karin for the info~! ^^ Glad to hear that all the Star System characters will appear! (Rock! Yay!)

Seeing windyhurrice art coloured with markers encouraged me to use mines too (since I haven't done so for at least 2 years now and those markers are collecting dust. ^^;)

I didn't have a red marker so the bow had to be Tezuka's standard blue. But then I realized I could just blend Henna and Rose markers together to achieve a reddish colour (see Black Jack's eye). Oh well. ^^

Close up! Ahh... You can see all those little mistakes.
As usual, line art is inked with a ballpen.
I don't feel too bad working with markers after this piece (I was never really all too keen on traditional media for colouring) and I do like the hands-on feeling when working with traditional media as appose to colouring with a mouse on a computer screen. But still, I like to be able to make changes to a piece which is why I'm gluing myself to CGing. =P

Ootsuka Akio songs

2009-03-05T16:47:02Z

♪ Anpanman (You already have this one Sevi)

♪ Luckyman

♪ Nadia - The Secret of Deep Blue

Enjoy! XD

Work problems and something else

2009-01-25T17:33:42Z

No work on Friday cause someone tried to steal the main cable outside during the night. This left us and many other businesses within the building with no internet and some with no phone signals.
BT had been called out to fix it since 3 in the morning, but it looked like they're unable to get it fixed within that day. So most people are to take the work home with them.
So I spent the whole of Friday (and Saturday) cleaning up, organizing documents and sorting out my portfolio at home.

In other news, I donated my PC Engine console to someone online, thinking of selling a whole bunch of stuff (have some B'z "Be with" magazines I wanna sell, anyone interested?) and now clearing up and sorting out files and junk on my comp since I hadn't done that in forever and memory is running short! Can't store much more! XD;;

Haaa... My hands are all dried and chapped from all that cleaning...

Here's an oekaki pic of Alabaster FBI Rock:

Oh! And Happy Chinese New Year!

Resident Evil: Degeneration

2009-01-18T13:46:02Z

Watched "Resident Evil: Degeneration" a couple of days ago. *Sigh* There are a lot of things in RE:D that really irritated me, so much so that I was pretty much making fun of it throughout.
It's like watching RE2, but in a different setting. It's set 7 years after the events of RE2, Claire and Leon are obviously our protagonist, whilst we have substitutes for Ada (Angela, whom Leon forgets Ada over) and Shelly (Rani).
It's not the worst movie ever and I love RE2, it's just there are a lot of nagging moments in the movie, like how come their clothes are so clean after all that action? Why is their hair perfect and clothes dry after coming up from the water? Why are Leon and Angela still standing in front of that burning house? Wouldn't everyone held in quarantine get vexed about not being able to leave instead of just 2 people whining about going home? Uh... The logic is completely out of the window!
And if it was trying to keep to the silly logic of the video games, then why not actually run with it? Bring on the missile launcher and gatling gun, have them push crates and solve puzzles, make some corny one liners and state the obvious, something like that!
Okay, I'm sure hardcore fans would love it, but this movie just wasn't for me. I suppose it's better than Uwe's movies.

My brother made up for the lackluster movie with "Wolverine vs. Hulk" movie, which I actually enjoyed. XD; I was surprised by the violence, mainly because I was associating that art style with shows like Teen Titans and Justice League TV series. Time flew by and it just goes to show how much one is enjoying it. With RE:D I kept wondering how much of the movie we have left. ^^;

Anime Meme

2009-01-15T18:26:59Z

Stolen from ryosato

Go through the list and check off the titles you have watched. For our purposes, "watching" a title means that for TV and OVA series, you have to have seen at least one episode. For one-shots, you have to have seen the whole thing. At the end of each genre/category, add up your sub-total. At the very end, add up the sub-totals to come up with your grand total. If your grand total is 80 or over, congratulations -- you are an obsessive anime watcher!

An Editor's Note: not all the titles listed here are great, and some are even steaming piles of crap. Titles on the list are here because they are either 1) genuinely good, 2) insanely popular, 3) good examples of the genre, or 4) just plain notorious. Good anime obsessives should be able to watch series with any of those qualities.,

I. Action and Adventure
() .hack//SIGN
() Airmaster
() Battle Arena Toshinden
() Bleach
() Blood+
() Burst Angel
(x) City Hunter
(x) Cowboy Bebop
(x) Dragonball
() Flame of Recca
() GetBackers
() Inu Yasha
(x) Lupin III (any)
() Mai-HiME
() Naruto
(x) One Piece
() Tenjou Tenge
() TRIGUN
() Saiyuki
() Yu Yu Hakusho
Total Here: 5/20

II. Comedy and Parody
() 2x2 = Shinobuden
() Adventures of the Mini Goddesses
() Azumanga Daioh
() Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
() Di Gi Charat
() Dragon Half
(x) Excel Saga
() Fruits Basket
() Galaxy Angel
(x) Here is Greenwood
() Kodomo no Omocha
() Kyou Kara Maou!
() Midori Days
() Ouran Koukou Host Club
() Pani Poni Dash
(x) Project A-ko
(x) Ranma 1/2
(x) Tenchi Muyo
() Those Who Hunt Elves
(x) Urusei Yatsura
Total Here: 6/20

III. Drama and Miscellaneous
() Beck
() Full Moon wo Sagashite
() Gankutsuou
() Genshiken
() Glass Mask (original or new)
() Haibane Renmei
() Hitsuji no Uta
() Honey & Clover
() Kaleido Star
() Last Exile
() Le Portraite de Petite Cossette
() Monster
() Paradise Kiss
(x) Princess Mononoke
() Read or Die OVA
() Speed Grapher
() Twin Spica
() Weiss Kreuz
() Wings of Honneamise
() Yakitate!! Japan
Total Here: 1/20

IV. Ecchi/Mature
() Agent AIKa
(x) Cutey Honey
() Ebichu
() Golden Boy
() Grenadier
() Hand Maid May
() He Is My Master
() Iketeru Futari
() La Blue Girl
() Lingerie Senshi Papillon Rose
() Mahoromatic
() Mezzo Forte
() Miyuki-chan in Wonderland
() My Dear Marie
() Najica Blitz Tactics
() Negima
() Puni Puni Poemi
() Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend
(x)Wicked City
() Yumeria
Total Here: 2/20

V. Fantasy and Supernatural
() Angel Sanctuary
() Aquarian Age
() Berserk
() El Hazard
() Final Fantasy Unlimited
(x) Fullmetal Alchemist
() Howl's Moving Castle
() Magic Knight Rayearth
() Mushishi
(x) Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
(x) Record of Lodoss War
() Scrapped Princess
() Slayers
() Tales of Eternia
() Trinity Blood
() Tsubasa Chronicle
(x) Vampire Hunter D
() Violinist of Hamelin
() Vision of Escaflowne
() X: TV
Total Here: 4/20

VI. Historical and Alternate History
() Anne of Green Gables
() Basilisk
() Barefoot Gen
() Chrono Crusade
() Grave of the Fireflies
() Fire Tripper
() Kaidomaru
() Legend of Condor Hero
() Millennium Actress
() Nadia - Secret of Blue Water
(x) Ninja Scroll
() Otogizoushi
() Peacemaker Kurogane
(x) Porco Rosso
(x) Rose of Versailles
() Rurouni Kenshin
() Samurai 7
(x) Samurai Champloo
() Steel Angel Kurumi
() Victorian Romance Emma
Total Here: 4/20

VII. Kids and Family
() Angelic Layer
(x) Astro Boy
() Beyblade
(x) Castle in the Sky
(x) Detective Conan
(x) Digimon
(x) Doraemon
() Hamtaro
(x) Kiki's Delivery Service
() Kimba the White Lion
(x) Monster Rancher
() My Neighbor Totoro
(x) Pokemon
(x) Samurai Pizza Cats
() Sazae-san
() SD Gundam Force
(x) Sonic X
() Speed Racer
() Spirited Away
(x) Yu-Gi-Oh
Total Here: 11/20

VIII. Magical Girls and Boys
(x) Cardcaptor Sakura
() DNAngel
() Earth Girl Arjuna
() Erementar Gerad
() Hime-chan no Ribbon
() Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
() Magic Users Club
() Magical Girl Pretty Sammy
() Magical Stage Fancy La La
() Mahou no Star Magical Emi
() Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
() Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
() Ojamajou DoReMi
() Oku-sama wa Mahou Shoujo
() Pretear
(x) Sailor Moon
(x) Saint Tail
() Tokyo Mew Mew
() Ultra Maniac
() Wedding Peach
Total Here: 3/20

IX. Romance
(x) Ah! My Goddess
() Ai Yori Aoshi
() Air
(x) Ayashi no Ceres
() Boys Be
() Chobits
() Fushigi Yuugi
() Hana Yori Dango
() His and Her Circumstances
() Kimagure Orange Road
() Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
(x) Love Hina
() Maison Ikkoku
() Marmalade Boy
() Peach Girl
() Piano
() Please Teacher!
() SaiKano
() To Heart
() Video Girl Ai
Total Here: 3/20

X. Science-Fiction
(x) Appleseed
() Blue Seed
(x) Bubblegum Crisis
() Crest of the Stars
() Galaxy Express 999
(x) Gundam (any)
(x) Macross (any)
(x) Outlaw Star
(x) Patlabor
() Planetes
() Please Save My Earth
() RahXephon
() Saber Marionette (any)
() s-CRY-ed
() Soukyuu no Fafner
() Space Battleship Yamato
() Stellvia
(x) Transformers (any)
() Voices of a Distant Star
() Xenosaga: The Animation
Total Here: 7/20

XI. Shounen-Ai and Shoujo-Ai
() Ai no Kusabi
() Descendants of Darkness
() Earthian
(x) FAKE
() Fish in the Trap
() Galaxy Fraulin Yuna
() Gravitation
() Haru wo Daiteita
() Kannazuki no Miko
() Kizuna
() Lesson XX
() Loveless
() Maria-sama ga Miteru
() Mirage of Blaze
() Oniisama E
() Seikimatsu Darling
() Song of the Wind in the Trees
() Sukisho
() Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito
() Zetsuai/Bronze
Total Here: 1/20

XII. Sports
() Ace wo Nerae
(x) Ashita no Joe
() Ayane's High Kick
() Baki the Grappler
() Battle Athletes
() Buzzer Beater
(x) Captain Tsubasa
() Eyeshield 21
() Ginban Kaleidoscope
() Hajime no Ippo
() Hikaru no Go
() Initial D
() Major
() Monkey Turn
() One Pound Gospel
() Prince of Tennis
() Princess Nine
(x) Slam Dunk
() Suzuka
() Wild Striker
Total Here: 3/20

XIII. Surreal and Psychological
(x) Akira
() Betterman
() Boogiepop Phantom
() Elfen Lied
() FLCL
() Gantz
(x) Ghost in the Shell (movie or TV)
() Hellsing
() Jigoku Shoujo
() Karas
() Madlax
() Melody of Oblivion
(x) Neon Genesis Evangelion
() Noir
() Paranoia Agent
(x) Perfect Blue
() Princess Tutu
() Revolutionary Girl Utena
() Serial Experiments Lain
() Texhnolyze
Total here: 4/20

TOTAL: 54

Not an obsessive anime watcher which suits me fine. XD
(Can't count the ones that I read the manga and decided not to see the anime version of. XD And yes there are a few Ghibli films I haven't seen.)