Monthly Archives: June 2006

post 358 ~ new photos… anime updates…

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“igunis” (on monitor)
“kaname” (without skirt)
“kaname” (without skirt)
post 358 ~ nope, no new figures today…

  • but during my work, the sun shone brightly, and i figured it would be cool to take some new photos… this time, took shots of “igunis” (from the anime porn/hentai game “jingai makyo”) on my monitor; definitely thinking of pre-ordering the 1/7-scale figure!… and shots of “kaname” (from “full metal panic!”) without her skirt; she definitely looks cleaner, sleeker… enjoy!
  • updated anime ratings…

    RATING:
    +++++ DOUBLE WOW!
    ++++ WOW!
    +++ Amazing!
    ++ Not bad!
    o Not yet.

    DONE LIST – ANIME: (finished since post 355)
    +++++ Ah! My Goddess (Season 1: 1-24) – Finished. DOUBLE WOW!
    +++++ Gankutsuou: Count of Monte Cristo (1-24) – Finished. DOUBLE WOW!
    ++++ Midori Days (1-13) – Finished 6/10. WOW! Surprising gem!
    +++++ My Hime (1-26) – Finished 6/14. DOUBLE WOW!
    +++ Mahoromatic (Season 1: 1-12) – Finished 6/15. Amazing! Funny yet serious.
    ++++ Fate Stay Night (1-24) – Finished 6/18. WOW! Powerful ending.
    ++++ Samurai 7 (1-26) – Finished 6/18. WOW!
    ++++ Mahoromatic (Season 2: 1-14) – Finished 6/20. WOW! Unexpected ending!
    +++ Please Teacher! (1-13) – Finished 6/22 via Netflix. Emotional ending!
    +++++ Trinity Blood (1-24) – Finished 6/25 (Marathon Sunday!). DOUBLE WOW!
    ++++ Full Metal Panic (Second Raid: 1-13) – Finished 6/28. WOW! Harder edge!

    DOING LIST – ANIME: (ongoing since post 355)
    ++++ Ah! My Goddess (Season 2) – Thru Ep. 8. WOW!
    +++ Ergo Proxy – Thru Ep. 2. Amazing so far!
    +++ Hellsing Ultimate – Thru Vol. 1. Amazing so far!
    +++++ NANA – Thru Ep. 11 1/2. DOUBLE WOW! Still going strong!
    ++++ Blood+ (1-52) – Thru Ep. 8. WOW!
    +++ Eureka Seven (1-50) – Thru Ep. 6. Amazing so far!
    ++++ Mai Otome (1-26) – Thru Ep. 2. WOW!
    ++ Solty Rei (1-24) – Thru Ep. 2. Not bad so far!
    +++ Speed Grapher (1-24) – Thru Ep. 10. Amazing so far!

    TO DO LIST – ANIME: (ongoing since post 355)
    o Karas – Not yet.
    +++ Shuffle! (1-24) – Thur Ep. 1. Amazing so far!

post 357 ~ two newest figures!

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“rin” (red), “mai” (orange) & “kaname” (blue)
“rin”, “mai” & “kaname”
“kaname”, “mai” & “rin”
post 357 ~ two newest figures “mai” and “kaname”… 1/6 scale at about 10 inches tall ;)

  • mai tokiho ~ orange-haired lead character from the action/dramedy “My HiME” (HiME = Highly-advanced Materializing Equipment)… one of my current faves! ;)))
  • kaname chidori ~ blue-haired lead female from the action/dramedy “Full Metal Panic!”… now in its third season, another fave! ;)))
  • rin tohsaka ~ she deserves another mention… black-haired supporting female from “Fate/Stay Night” ;)
  • thoughts ~ i wonder if i’m growing attached to figures not only for their form, but b/c unlike dvds or files which can be copied and downloaded freely, figures can’t be electronically duplicated, and so once their production has stopped, that’s it… they can only go up in value… reminds me of the cyber-philosophies of “ghost in the shell: stand alone complex”; where the world has grown so electronically interconnected and information ebbs and flows and evolves so freely, that “external mnemonic devices” like motoko’s wristwatch and the laughing man’s books become more precious as simple material objects that don’t change… serving as anchoring reminders of one’s individuality…

post 356 ~ update

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post 356 ~ a couple of updates, adding to post 355 ;)

RATING:
+++++ DOUBLE WOW!
++++ WOW!
+++ Amazing!
++ Not bad!
o Not yet.

TO DO LIST – ANIME UPDATES:

++++ Ah! My Goddess (Season 2) – Thru Ep. 5. WOW! ~ Great episode with one of the supporting characters: the big blond “motor club” guy… can he possibly be in love (with a girl)? ;)

++++ My Hime – Thru Ep. 13. WOW! ~ Still incredible… the second half of the 24-episode series is starting to get dark now… jealousy and heartbreaks are intensifying… and the supernatural danger is looming even closer than ever!… reminds me of “kiddy grade”; i love how a series starts cute and sexy and funny, but then gradually shifts to the darker, more mysterious, more serious paths… NOTE: yuki kajiura’s music is the best since “petite cosette”!

NETFLIX – ANIME:

++ Please Teacher! – Thru Ep. 4. Not bad so far! ~ Crazy antics which remind me of “chobits”, “midori days”, “dears”, and “ah! my goddess”… ALL of them focus on the regular college or high school guy who meets and is somehow paired up with a beautiful girl or woman, whether she’s a cute android, cute girl-as-right-hand replacement, sexy alien classmate, goddess companion from “heaven”, or in this case, a voluptuous alien school teacher! LOL ;)

post 355 ~ so much anime, so little time

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post 355 ~ so much anime, so little time ;)))

RATING:
+++++ DOUBLE WOW!
++++ WOW!
+++ Amazing!
++ Not bad!
o Not yet.

TO DO LIST – ANIME: (edit 6/9, 6/10)
+++++ Ah! My Goddess (Season 1) – Finished. DOUBLE WOW!
++++ Ah! My Goddess (Season 2) – Thru Ep. 6. WOW!
++++ Blood+ (Season 1) – Thru Ep. 4. WOW!
o Blood+ (Season 2) – [Not yet.]
++ DearS – Finished. Not bad!
++ Ergo Proxy – Thru Ep. 1. Not bad so far!
++ Eureka Seven (Season 1) – Thru Ep. 5. Not bad so far!
o Eureka Seven (Season 2) – [Not yet.]
+++ Fate Stay Night – Thru Ep. 22. Amazing!
+++ Full Metal Panic (Second Raid) – Thru Ep. 1. Amazing so far!
+++++ Gankutsuou – Finished. DOUBLE WOW!
+++ Hellsing Ultimate – Thru Vol. 1. Amazing so far!
+++ Mahoromatic (Season 1: 1-12) – Finished 6/15. Amazing! Funny yet serious.
+++ Mahoromatic (Season 2) – Thru Ep. 2. Amazing still!
+++++ My Hime (1-26) – Finished 6/14. DOUBLE WOW! Incredible!
++++ Mai Otome – Thru Ep. 2. WOW!
++++ Midori Days (1-13) – Finished 6/10. WOW! Surprising gem!
+++++ NANA – Thru Ep. 9. DOUBLE WOW!
++++ Samurai 7 – Thru Ep. 16. WOW!
++ Speed Grapher – Thru Ep. 1. Not bad so far!
+++ Trinity Blood – Thru Ep. 2. Amazing so far!

TO DO LIST – NON-ANIME:
+++ Doctor Who 2005 (Season 1) – Thru Ep. 2. Amazing so far!
o Doctor Who 2006 (Season 2) – [Not yet.]

post 354 ~ domo arigato, mr. roboto!

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post 354 ~ domo arigato, mr. roboto!

Japan drafts laws for robots to live by [ link ]
June 3, 2006 8:00 AM PDT

As the specter of a robotic society looms, it’s about time that someone start thinking about some rules to keep things from getting out of control. The Japanese government has apparently been thinking along these lines, according to this LiveScience.com article, which reports that the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is drafting “safety guidelines for next-generation robots.”

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> Astronauts Test Star Wars Remote On Space Station [ link ]

post 353 ~ anna tsuchiya

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anna tsuchiya 1
anna 2
anna 3

anna 4
anna as “ichigo” in the hit japanese film “kamikaze girls” (2004)
anna as “nana osaki” (singing voice, including opening theme song “rose”) in the japanese TV anime “NANA” (2006)
post 353 ~ ah, anna tsuchiya!… (fellow pisces, march 11, 1984)

  • hehe, my new favorite asian actress (well, half asian, half russian-american… mmm)… FUNNY how she just happens to link both the “kamikaze girls” film (from netflix) i just finished, AND the “NANA” anime episodes i just downloaded in the last couple days!… and her music video in the “kamikaze” DVD extras ain’t half bad ;)))
  • FOUR STARS (out of five) for the “kamikaze” film!!!… vivid and eye-popping in the style of baz luhrmann (moulin rouge) and tarantino (kill bill) and amelie!… and so far, after just three episodes, the just-as-stylish “NANA” anime earns FIVE STARS, as long as the humor and conflict and compassion, and the heart-warming and heart-breaking memories continue! ;)))
  • update ~ a-ha!… since i couldn’t take screenshots of my “NANA” downloads, i finally found it!… after years, i finally found it… a way to take screenshots in that pesky Windows Media Player!
    • How do I capture a screenshot of a movie?
    • For Windows Media Player, you have to disable Hardware Acceleration. You can do this in Windows Media Player 6.4 and later by clicking on View -> Options and moving the Hardware Acceleration slider to None. You can do this in Windows Media Player 7-10 by clicking on Tools > Options, going to the Performance tab, moving the Hardware Acceleration slider to None, and restarting Windows Media Player. Now you may make take a screenshot by pressing the [ALT + PRNTSCRN] combination. You can paste this screenshot into any graphics editing program (e.g. MS Paintbrush) and save the file. When you are done taking screenshots, you should move the Hardware Acceleration slider back to Full because this makes videos play smoother and look better.