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23 Oct 2008 Pablo-kun

Bleach 191

After the fight Grimmjow, Injured Ichigo finds himself facing Nnoitra meanwhile Ishida and Renji face Szayel for the second time.

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20 Oct 2008 mellow_bunny

HORROR! | Or is it just spooky violence?

So I saw Mouryou no Hako and Kurozuka last week. I had no idea what was going on in Mouryou no Hako but there was hints of yuri and then random suicide? It was odd. I cannot be bothered to watch more to be honest. It was good but yeah not my cup of tea. It brought to mind thoughts of shows that bored me.

Kurozuka on the other hand was a brilliant (see: enjoyable) watch. (Yes hate on me if you will, I know someone at least will say the show is crap) I liked the art, the action, the impossibility and the atmosphere of the show. I was reminded of Samurai Champloo for some reason (see: footnote) I think it was the copious action and zombie type people. Anywho the show looked lovely. I don’t know about you guys but the quality of the shows this season seems to be higher then the previous… not to mention all the Aitch-Dee. As much as I enjoyed this show I think i’ll wait till it’s all done to actually watch it through.. or heck watch it streaming. It didn’t catch me enough.

It's funny because this picture has nothing to do with the post... I should work on that.

I plan to watch more Toradora (who isn’t) along with a little Hyakko. As well as a show JTFish is going to attempt to flap his fins at.

Anyway I altered the layout specs for mSPACE 09 again. The design has broken it’s centered box form. As you may noticed I have altered the current theme as well. As much as JT is able to influence my design skills with his Taiyaki powers, pink will forever be er shunned. IMHO.

Footnote

Samurai Champloo, full of seemingly endless filler-type episodes was an enjoyable show nonetheless. HOWEVER. It had one of the worst endings I have ever seen. I think the severity of a bad ending seems much higher when the rest of the show seemed to be ok. It achieved the badge of CRAPEND as opposed to BADEND (see: School Days) along with Kare Kano.

I'll work on relative images next time.. honest.. I will.

15 Oct 2008 mellow_bunny

Despair | Have a cup of tea love.

Hyakko! I haven’t seen it so I have no idea what it’s like. Toradora! I love it, well I like it a lot and am enjoying the show. Yozakura Quartet! It’s ok, nothing like I wanted it to be though.. unless I see a major plot twist and some killings i’m not interested (make this show dark dammit). Skip Beat! I have no idea but for some reason I have it. Chaos;Head! Ok THIS SHOW WAS WHACK. Not interested though. I want a dark shocker but this switches between comedy and horrors so much that it’s laughable. I swear it must be a Korean director.. darn Koreans and their genre mergers. Kurozuka! This looked kind of interesting.. I think, I can’t remember I have it here to watch though. To Aru Majutsu no Index! Looks SAWEEEET! In fact i’m a huge Komoe fan. EVE no Jikan ACT02! Win. I assume. Still need to watch this too.

Yay for huge pointless paragraphs. Anyway homies this week sucks on so many levels but i’m trying to look on the bright side. Anyway I now post an image for you. Maybe it’s for me. I don’t know. SMASHING PUMPKINS ROCK.

06 Oct 2008 mellow_bunny

Tidbits | Music and my mind or being creative.

I got hos in different area codes

In an amazing turn of events when I awoke this morning nothing had changed. I didn’t awake to find myself somewhere else. I did not awake to find I had a completely different life. I did not awake to find that everything I knew was a conspiracy or lie. In fact I awoke to find life was just as it was when I went to sleep. This post was considerably depressing when I first drafted it. I decided to lighten the tone though and see if I can’t imagine a world which would be better, one I could dream about and that would get me through the day.

In other news I need to find a nice journal, with a nice leather or substitute cover. Why? Well I have so many things I want to write down these days. Small ditties that pop into my mind every now and then. Something I can write my post ideas in for the most part. I find myself scribbling down layout designs and website plans literally on napkins these days. If my laptop had a touch screen i’m sure I would use the screen writing function. As it is however it’s not practical to use a pen on my screen… it tends to cause damage D: (thanks nephew).

I like the idea of having a journal too. I spend a lot of time on public transport and having a journal would be perfect for 1) keeping me inconspicuous and avoiding eye-contact 2) ensuring that all the amazing ideas and thoughts don’t go to waste. Using public transport gives you time to think about “stuff”. Just everything. If I could use this time of day more productively I would feel better. Who knows, I might start drawing.

The thing is I really want a good one right.. and I have no idea where to look. My sister probably knows a shop in the city somewhere. If you could point me anywhere though I would appreciate it.

I was thinking about my anime watching habits and the shows that I like or appreciate. A lot of them are comedies sure, I do find however that I am drawn to shows with alternative styles. Take as an example Dead Leaves. I loved it.. it was funny, nonsensical and looked like nothing i’d seen before. I’ve also enjoyed movies like Tekkonkinkreet and Appleseed. Quite opposite when you put them together but then they stand out from the norm anyway.

Something along the lines of this style...

or maybe this...

I’m not aware of anyone else who does this but i’ll let you in on my own mind anyway. Whenever I listen to music my mind drifts to this story. I see this story as an anime that plays in my mind. The art style shifts quite dramatically from loose brushstrokes to intense detail depending on the speed or actions of the people or environment. It involves four people so far, they are rebels of some sort. Rebels for a good cause. I’d put their age at around 20? Give or take a few years. I haven’t seen their faces yet so I couldn’t really say.

The music sort of dictates what they are doing. If I listen to Daft Punk I always see these characters running from military forces and exchanging fire of some sort. They seem to be able to create visible force shields as well as fire energy with the use of high technology that is positioned around their head as well as a natural ability of some sort. The technology shifts from being internal and overlaid on their vision to being expressed physically with tattoos of varying colour and design that light up when the character’s ability is in use.

I have this Daft Punk album called Alive 2007. It’s a bunch of remixes they performed live. Anywho whenever I listen to the album I can imagine this massive long battle which culminates in the destruction of this massive broadcasting fortress that is under control of a great empire. It would appear the empire’s methods include lying to the masses to keep them under control.

It doesn’t matter what type of music or when I play it. I always get these characters and they mould themselves to the music and react to it depending on the mood it conveys. It’s amazing, I just wish I could draw it all. It’s funny… I used to think that only artists were capable of thinking of unique art pieces. I guess this was because they were able to express it. I know differently now though. I can think of these things but translating them into a form for others to see is the bit that I cannot connect.

Anyway, here’s to a great week everyone!

ZOMG SOMEONE VECTOR THIS <3 | Care of nekosasu!

05 Oct 2008 mellow_bunny

Threes | I don’t care if that sounds wrong.

It’s somewhat a celebratory time here at mellowSPACE. We have reached some milestones! :D! We passed 3000 unique visitors this week (since we started using Woopra). We did it by posting three posts by three authors and we got about 300 uniques for those posts all up :)! So in celebration you can all go buy yourselves cake or candy.

I managed to watch Toradora the other day. I saw it in RAW and then grabbed the GG subs when they came out. I’m going to fanboy Taiga just to annoy Mike hahahahaa. I enjoyed the show and i’m pretty sure I will follow the series. I just need to get my CentOS CLI FLV converter to run. I hate putting acronyms in capitals but whatever.

I also saw the first episode of Yozakura Quartet. I watched it in RAW so I can only guess at what the back-story is. It looked somewhat interesting but not amazing. I will probably watch one or two episodes if it gets subbed. Cat girls are irresistible.

Another great release by icie is out for all you Eve no Jikan lovers. We get to explore more of Sammi’s life I guess. I still need to watch it.

The new mSPACE 09 design is coming together nicely. I managed to sketch out a lot of the layout today while I was travelling around. Notebooks are awesome. I would love a leather bound journal to use though .. with a nice pen. ALSO PLEASE IF SOMEONE IS FEELING GENEROUS AND INSANE GO HERE.

Anyway peeps that’s all for now i’ll catch you later. (Going out to a BBQ.. also I HATE databases.)

02 Oct 2008 JTFish

Taigasm

So it took one new season of Zero no Tsukaima and one Series containing Kugimiya Rie and Yui Horie AND Kitamura Eri to resurrect me. The reason I haven’t posted since February is because I was in a comatose state. It turns out watching True Tears causes brain damage if said brain isn’t damaged already. It was foolish of me to attempt watching it. My family considered euthanizing me (LEGAL IN BELGIUM) but in a last ditch effort played every episode of the new season of zero no Tsukaima near my comatose body. This managed to make me regain consciousness. But I was unable to move any part of my body below my neck until I saw Tora Dora.

Taigasm

And man was it awesome, not only did it have a character voiced by Kugimiya Rie talking, it also had said character blushing, being mad, sleeping, coughing,  attacking people and calling people dogs. And I think we can all agree that all of these things combined form a masterpiece. Seriously I could stare at these images and listen to her voice all day. Plot is overrated. Now if you’ll excuse me I’m off looping this episode until I drop dead of exhaustion.

16 Sep 2008 mellow_bunny

Feeling Good | My most wanted song in an anime.

I couldn’t let this go. Seriously I love music. This song… has to be my most wanted song in an anime ever. I can just see it now @__@! Damn I wish I could make anime magically. Seriously.. sit.. close your eyes.. and envelop yourself in this song.. let your imagination create the scene.

Anyway I found a couple of versions on Youtube. I’m not sure which version I like the most.. they all invoke different ideas.

Nina Simone

Michael Buble

Muse

In other news the ninth episode of Xam’d was again most excellent. Me and Extrange discussed it a bit and damn.. Extrange is following this series closely. There was lots of points that he er pointed out to me. The biggest one being the similarity between Nakiami and Haru (see the episode ten preview at the end of episode nine). This show is QUALITY. True quality, thank you BONES.

Also there are lots of exciting things being planned in the shadowy underworld of anime blogger developers lol. I wish I could say more.. OHH HOWW I WISH. I can let you know that 2009 will be a big year for mellowSPACE. The site is getting a bit of revamp to help it grow. Not only will it get a revamp in looks but there will be a few new features and a lot more content that you want to see ^^!

Anyway. My week at work begins tomorrow.. and ends on Wednesday. Hahaha I took a day off sick today and I have annual leave as of Thursday/Friday. I’ll be online but I have a lot to do over those four days. I’m meeting up with an old friend and hope to discuss my Anime Blog Anthology idea with him. Also i’ll be traveling for a day in total. It will be fun to see family though.

Peace out ladies! Have a great Tuesday!

P.S Does anyone else here get annoyed at seeing Danny Choo feeds on 1 billion other anime blogs? Seriously.. why? No disrespect to the guy… but that’s some sweet market penetration. WHY? It’s not like the blogs that have the feed actually receive anything back.. I just don’t get it :/

15 Sep 2008 mellow_bunny

Graphite 08 | Manga Art Competition

So anywho I received all this info on a manga art competion going down in what I believe is Singapore. Seriously it didn’t say Singapore anywhere on it. Anywho you can check out their website here. The press release is in a PDF format which you can find here. I have put in the poster below go check it out!

04 Sep 2008 mellow_bunny

Xam’d: Lost Memories}How often to you wish for good music in anime.

I was listening to the Kings Of Leon’s new single last night, Sex On Fire. It was addictive as hell and now I want the album when it releases. I find the music really fun and in some ways inspiring (more on this later). However i’ve been told by female members of society that this particular video clip is the sexiest the band has ever looked possibly as sexy as Extrange.

It got me thinking right.. the video clip gives the song atmosphere as such. It helps mould our thinking of that song to recall a certain environment or mood. The director of that clip appears to have set their sight on getting girls to swoon. As a guy.. when I saw that clip.. I was just like “wicked song.. I wish I could play like that … I like the way they shot the clip.. looks cool…. oh hey.. weird.. that guy is almost cross-eyed”. I can imagine however that the aforementioned female’s thoughts were something like this… “zomg zomg &(&@# @#&@()#@ #@*)*0 so @#)*@ hot (*)*@#)(#)#* mmmm mmmmmmm mmmmmmmmm mmm mmmmmmmm mmmm mmmmmmm mmmmm mmmmmmmmmmm CENSORED* <– ENTER POSSIBLE YAOI FANTASIES?.

So my thoughts trailed on a little more and I thought about Xam’d and the Boom Boom Satellites OP. The OP for that show is excellent. The animation is in sync with the song as such and it evokes an exciting atmosphere. I recall the OP for Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei for both the first and second seasons was excellent also. I know i’m picking exciting songs and action here but the point being that music can have a serious impact on whether you enjoy a show or not. I love both these shows and if an anime has a bad OP then it does make me think twice about continuing to watch it.

Music to my ears~ <3

I often find myself listening to an album and pondering what sort of story it would go along with. Take for instance the song City Of Delusion by MUSE. That song quite simply is awesome. It inspires my mind to no end and I can imagine it used in some sort of epic anime movie. I spent two days once listening to a live album of Daft Punk, as I listened to it I formed a complete story that would run with the music. If I ever get around to writing it down I will be on the way to fame I swear. It was truly epic.. and I thought up the art styles and everything. Geez.. now I want to make it haha. I really will have to write it down.. It’s freakin cool.

TOO CUTE.

When you watch anime normally do you pay special attention to the music? Do you go gaga fanboy/girl over the music? Do you sometimes wish more western music would get in there? Take a look at Appleseed for instance.. they used a collection of well known artists from around the world. Sometimes I wish that would filter down to just the normal anime. It makes it a little more exciting ya know? In preperation for this post I gathered up some headphone pictures. Hikago was telling me there was some sort of artbook out advertising headphones that used anime girls… if anyone knows of it could they perhaps point me to where I could buy it?

ENJOY YOUR THURSDAY PUNKS :D!

Music! Cellphones! Sweet Sitting!

03 Sep 2008 mellow_bunny

Toshokan Sensou, A Kanokon Revisit, Karekano

Toshokan Sensou (Library Wars)

So I finished Toshokan Sensou today. My overall impressions of the show are good. I liked the animation, the music, the characters and the story :)! I wish some of the backstory could have been more detailed but such is life with only 12 episodes.

I think most memorable for me would be the parents coming to visit episode. Also when Kasahara realises Doujou is the Prince Charming hahaa. I liked the somewhat sneaky character of Shibasaki ;). I watched this series in HD and recommend it thoroughly. The show looked great.

As a note, I have found that any anime series of 12 episodes to be much more enjoyable then the larger 24 or 26 episode series. I guess the story progresses much faster and stronger emotions are usually in play.

A Kanokon Revisit

I was doing my nightly Antenna trawl of blogs looking for posts of interests when I came across a post on Euphoric Field. One thing lead to another and I came across this Kanokon post on Euphoric Field. Quite simply hilarious. The post near perfectly describes my thoughts on the show and was written in a muchly amusing manner. Go read~

Karekano (Anime)

The biggest waste of my time and angst ever. 2 years ago now it was that I first hired out the DVD volumes of this show. I only ever made it to the 4th disc however. The angst I felt over the possibility of them splitting made me fear the last disc. I finally decided to face my fears last week and hired out the final DVD.

I… I can’t believe it.. I’m still in shock over the utter crap way it ended. Worst ever. EVER.