31.12.11
15.12.11
Chrome
Man well okay like everyone and everywhere that knows VOCALOID posted this video so it would be a shame of me for not to post it. N-Not that I'm trying to bandwagon or anything!
13.12.11
Cruel Clocks
I have no idea what the movie is exactly saying (well, I have a slight idea) but man goddamn this video is pretty awesome. :V Music, is okay, but video is definitely pretty good for this one.
11.12.11
化物宇宙
In a more serious (well, were these VOCALOID posts ever that serious) note, I think this song is something more impressive, and one I seemed to have missed during my absence from nico. (Seems like it was #1 for a while, guess I missed it :V).
Hmm I think the range of this song is rather restrictive, and the whole song is rather "softened" so to speak to make it feel more mellow. Also, the video is pretty cute, although I don't know what it means.
I had no idea what the title meant so here goes google translate!: Space Ghost.
...Oh. :V
Man, it's a VOCALOID song about... twitter...
At first I thought this would be a non-serious joke song but the song is actually pretty good. But, I can't get past thinking about how the title of the song... is called twitter... :V
Man, that aside, its a pretty normal, if not mediocre song (not taking into account the title name). Still it can be pretty catchy. I can see how it's #1 on the charts. It has 4,763 tweets about it! :V
And ironically because I linked my blog to my twitter account, this song will now be tweeted on my twitter too.
5.12.11
4.12.11
Butterflies and Bees
Looks pretty sweet. :V
I think originals that reach 1000 users are a great achievement. It shows, generally, that the art (or the artist) is the one respected by the users rather than the genre. Granted, sometimes people get famous for something else, and then have like 1000+ users follow them and favorite them when they put up a new work whether its original or not, but it still feels like an achievement, like "I put this work out and people appreciated it".
3.12.11
Black and Purple
I don't often see Neptunia art but its probably because I don't really search for it. I think there wouldn't be a lot of good artworks anyway, but this one is from a pretty damn good artist so I'll just leave it here...
ルービックキューブ
Honestly this song isn't that great but THE TITLE IS RUBIK'S CUBE AND ITS BY GUMI, CLEARLY THIS SONG WAS MADE FOR ME
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
:V
2.12.11
エゴママ
It's DECO*27 again!
I think song is pretty good and all, but what I really like is the video... granted I watched it while it was Japan's high-traffic time so the quality was poor, but I thought the video was pretty moving, even if I don't understand the lyrics. But hey, who can not like two fighting princesses in a casino? :V Or something like that.
The title is kind of ambiguous... it translates to "Egomama" which doesn't mean anything directly... The video seems to imply it has something to do with ego, though, so I'm guessing its supposed to be like Ego Mama but even that doesn't really make sense.... BUT WHATEVER THE VIDEO IS GREAT.
THE WHITE PRINCESS IS AWESOME.
29.11.11
28.11.11
27.11.11
Miku-Nyan
What ":3" SHOULD be. :V
Yes, now I've gone from making legitimate blog posts, to posting random vocaloid videos, to now just posting random vocaloid images.
I feel some degradation of the quality of my blog in place...
恋距離遠愛
SUP, DECO27!!!!
Hmm, there was something interesting in the video where they started the title off with 距離遠恋愛, then switched two of the characters around to get the current title 恋距離遠愛. Unfortunately I don't think google translate could get the sublimity or the meaning of this and just translated both to "distance love".
EDIT: So as it turns out, this was originally a vocaloid song done by DECO27... about 2 years ago. Way to be out of date. :V Well it seemed like it was one of his less popular songs seeing how there weren't a lot of favorites, so I guess it was okay for him to redo it.
EDIT: LOL IT WAS IN THE VIDEO, THE ENGLISH TITLE: "Long Distance Love Affair"
25.11.11
Lia IA
Yeah I think this is old news but there is a vocaloid being created by Lia. Apparently its release date has been set.
http://www.vocaloidism.com/2011/11/25/ia-alights-on-january-27/
Honestly I like KOTOKO more than Lia's singing... but she's a good and popular singer so who knows, something good will probably come out of it.
http://www.vocaloidism.com/2011/11/25/ia-alights-on-january-27/
Honestly I like KOTOKO more than Lia's singing... but she's a good and popular singer so who knows, something good will probably come out of it.
23.11.11
Miku Append
This is such an amazing picture but since it's portrait shaped I'm not exactly sure what to do with it, so I guess I'll just spread it around in my news feeds.
EDIT: Wow, that totally messed up my template layout, not that it was the template layout I chose to begin with... wonder if I should do some template editting.
EDIT: Wow, that totally messed up my template layout, not that it was the template layout I chose to begin with... wonder if I should do some template editting.
22.11.11
Random Vocaloid
Actually this is mostly a test to see if my new setting for twitterfeed works, but the recent vocaloid songs on the top charts aren't too bad this time.
its 40 meters again. Which reminds me, I don't I remembered to download his other song... :V Oops oh well. Well this one is pretty bumpy. Kind of nice to listen to, probably the same aura as toriniko city. (I think I spelled that wrong :V)
Title sounds like "Barometer" so I'll use that.
Vocarock, not usually a big fan of it but it has a good melody so its not too bad. Title says "GRINDING JUSTICE" according to google translate because I'm too pathetic to understand the kanji on its own.
A weird song. Sounds terrible on startup but after the chorus comes along it seems to get pretty catchy.
As if you couldn't figure out from the first couple lines (or the picture itself), the title of the song is "Siren People".
its 40 meters again. Which reminds me, I don't I remembered to download his other song... :V Oops oh well. Well this one is pretty bumpy. Kind of nice to listen to, probably the same aura as toriniko city. (I think I spelled that wrong :V)
Title sounds like "Barometer" so I'll use that.
Vocarock, not usually a big fan of it but it has a good melody so its not too bad. Title says "GRINDING JUSTICE" according to google translate because I'm too pathetic to understand the kanji on its own.
A weird song. Sounds terrible on startup but after the chorus comes along it seems to get pretty catchy.
As if you couldn't figure out from the first couple lines (or the picture itself), the title of the song is "Siren People".
21.11.11
Atelier Totori (Still Unfinished)
I need to beat the game at least once already, but I always get to some point where I'm like "durrr now what" and have no idea what to do next. Partly because I want to leave enough interest in the game to play a 2nd or 3rd round. (3rd for DLC, or what limited amount there is)
Equipment carries over, so I focused a lot on making great accessories... then I progressed a little further in the game and discovered there's even BETTER accessories.... ah screw it I'll figure something out the second time around. Derp :V
Much to my amusement I found out hilarious over-recovery trick in Atelier Totori again. Unlike Atelier Rorona, if you try to register items at a store with special traits that autorecover you when you're under 50% health or if you get it, it removes those traits so I thought I couldn't do the cheap trick of buying godlike items in stores any longer...until I discovered that loliloli homs don't require any items for synthesis, only pie, and create carbon copies of the item you give to them... so now not only do I have an unlimited supply of auto-heal-on-hit items, I get them for free.
On top of that due to some hilarious alchemy combinations I now have equipment and accessories that can autoheal (on top of its base stats and abilities) thanks to some accidental dragon slaying (and loliloli homs again)... Plus, besides just Totori, Rorona can use these items and traits too...
so now I have two characters which, if they ever get hit, automatically heal themselves (not a lot, but they still auto-heal), and then every turn they regenerate health... :V if it weren't for the fact that healing items are limited by how much I could put in my basket I would have said this game is broken by now.
Well, in contrast to Atelier Rorona which actually IS broken... V: Where are the tera bombs? The squirrels took them! Kill the Squirrels! (I'm not kidding)
EDIT: CONTINUING ON THE TOPIC OF NEAR-BROKENNESS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TONICS (the item trait+? and maybe the other + versions too) ARE F'KING AMAZING.
Equipment carries over, so I focused a lot on making great accessories... then I progressed a little further in the game and discovered there's even BETTER accessories.... ah screw it I'll figure something out the second time around. Derp :V
Much to my amusement I found out hilarious over-recovery trick in Atelier Totori again. Unlike Atelier Rorona, if you try to register items at a store with special traits that autorecover you when you're under 50% health or if you get it, it removes those traits so I thought I couldn't do the cheap trick of buying godlike items in stores any longer...until I discovered that loliloli homs don't require any items for synthesis, only pie, and create carbon copies of the item you give to them... so now not only do I have an unlimited supply of auto-heal-on-hit items, I get them for free.
On top of that due to some hilarious alchemy combinations I now have equipment and accessories that can autoheal (on top of its base stats and abilities) thanks to some accidental dragon slaying (and loliloli homs again)... Plus, besides just Totori, Rorona can use these items and traits too...
so now I have two characters which, if they ever get hit, automatically heal themselves (not a lot, but they still auto-heal), and then every turn they regenerate health... :V if it weren't for the fact that healing items are limited by how much I could put in my basket I would have said this game is broken by now.
Well, in contrast to Atelier Rorona which actually IS broken... V: Where are the tera bombs? The squirrels took them! Kill the Squirrels! (I'm not kidding)
EDIT: CONTINUING ON THE TOPIC OF NEAR-BROKENNESS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TONICS (the item trait+? and maybe the other + versions too) ARE F'KING AMAZING.
16.11.11
10.11.11
Black Neptunia
http://andriasang.com/comyx1/
Man, mkII hasn't even been released yet in the US and there's already another game coming? :V Well I do agree Noire seems like the best character, not surprised people liked her the most and wanted a game with her.
Also *cough*itsallonaPS3anyway*cough*
Man, mkII hasn't even been released yet in the US and there's already another game coming? :V Well I do agree Noire seems like the best character, not surprised people liked her the most and wanted a game with her.
Also *cough*itsallonaPS3anyway*cough*
5.11.11
ハレバレバイバイ
YEA GUMI!!!
"Harebare Bye Bye", in which harebare = 譎ｴ繧梧匐繧・譎ｴ繧梧匐繧・ 譎ｴ譎ｴ; 譎ｴ縲・ 譎ｴ繧後・繧・ 譎ｴ繧梧匐 縲舌・繧後・繧後€・(adv,n) bright; cheerful
...ok that was bad encoding. But yea, bright and cheerful.
Track
I usually avoid Luka songs (not really on purpose, maybe I just don't like her voice) but this one was #1 on the rankings list so I thought I should check it out. It's not bad, definitely worthy for being #1, so here I post it here.
I should really remember to download these songs I post on my blog...
4.11.11
2.11.11
Atelier Totori (Unfinished)
STANDARD CYCLE IN THE GAME: Start from Dirt Poor.
Dirt Poor >> Synthesize Items >> submit to assignments desk >> synthesize moar items >> Register to shops >> submit to assignments desk >> YES I'M (somewhat) RICH >> buy books >> buy synthesis items including that 1000 cole item you just registered >> Dirt Poor.
ALTERNATIVE CYCLE, branch from "Yes I'M (somewhat) RICH"
>> make weapon/armor that is only very slightly stronger than your current weapon/armor >> buy very useful items for battle >> Dirt Poor again, now with no items to synthesize with >> Waste months going around in circles, getting nearly killed in battle while not even filling up your basket because that would waste even more time >> Synthesize Items, etc.
Disclaimer: I complain about this game but man do I love it. TOTORI-CHAN~~~ CECI-CHAN~~ BEST SISTER CHARACTERS OF ALL PS3 GAMES
Dirt Poor >> Synthesize Items >> submit to assignments desk >> synthesize moar items >> Register to shops >> submit to assignments desk >> YES I'M (somewhat) RICH >> buy books >> buy synthesis items including that 1000 cole item you just registered >> Dirt Poor.
ALTERNATIVE CYCLE, branch from "Yes I'M (somewhat) RICH"
>> make weapon/armor that is only very slightly stronger than your current weapon/armor >> buy very useful items for battle >> Dirt Poor again, now with no items to synthesize with >> Waste months going around in circles, getting nearly killed in battle while not even filling up your basket because that would waste even more time >> Synthesize Items, etc.
Disclaimer: I complain about this game but man do I love it. TOTORI-CHAN~~~ CECI-CHAN~~ BEST SISTER CHARACTERS OF ALL PS3 GAMES
29.10.11
Idolmaster Miku
'KAY. I DON'T NEED TO BUY IDOLMASTER ANYMORE. OKAY. I'M HAPPY. :V
EDIT: HER HAIR IS SO SHINY. This is an important fact that I left out, shame on me.
25.10.11
Requiem
The first GOOD vocaloid song I have heard in a long time. Meaning also the first good GUMI song I've heard in a long, long time.
This song I think actually takes V3 to its maximum potential. Okay, that might be an exaggeration, but from what I heard of other songs that are using V3, they don't sound much different from V2 at all... makes me wonder if they actually did anything different in V3, besides maybe an interface change (to make it easier to use? I dunno, I haven't seen V3 myself).
I think this one isn't bad at all though. GUMI still sounds like GUMI, but there's a distinct enough difference to say that this isn't the original GUMI - some other version. It even has the old version V2 to contrast which you can hear in the middle of the song.
Pretty cool!
スイートフロートアパート
This song's is pretty wacked up and the music itself is kind of repetitive and mediocre, but man, GUMI is so cute. It's just worth watching it for GUMI's random facial expressions.
The apartment-- I mean, the title of the song seems to be something like "Sweet Float Apart(ment)", I think, although I'm pretty sure I got the middle one wrong.
23.10.11
VocaOn!!
...JAPAN!!
Of course this is great for the half-second GUMI cameo.
(actually, the vocals in this one are pretty bad imo... but of course the video is so well done it makes up for it)
21.10.11
Glorious World
THIS VIDEO HAS CUBES SO IT MUST BE GREAT RIGHT
NO WAIT
THE CUBES ARE GOING AWAY
okay nevermind.
Well actually I don't think the song is that great anyway, but the video is very nice. The song isn't bad to say, just maybe not to my tastes.
14.10.11
Miku at MIT
According to Hatsune Miku Fanpage.
...I wish I went to MIT.
=====
Panel about Hatsune Miku at Massachusetts Institute of Technology !!! Anyone can attend!
Panel："Miku, Beyond the Character: The Cutting Edge of Miku Miku Dance Software"
10/17 (Mon.) 5-7pm,
Room 4-163, MIT
Building 4 is 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139
map: http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=4
*Speakers*
Yotaro Mihara：Deputy Director, Creative Industries Division,
Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (Japan)
Masataka P：producer of Miku songs and videos
Ian Condry, MIT, moderator
=====
MORE MIKU @ MIT!!!!
Symposium："Miku, Virtual Idol, as Media Platform: Transforming Media Creativity"
Keynote Speaker：Hiroyuki Itoh, CEO of Crypton Future Media, Inc.
Date 10/18 (Tues) 3-5pm,
Room E51-345, MIT
Building E51 is at 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139
map: http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E51
Guest
Toshihiro Fukuoka：Editor, Tokyo Kawaii Magazine and ASCII Weekly
Ryotaro Mihara：Deputy Director, Creative Industries, METI
Ian Condry：Associate Professor, Comparative Media Studies, MIT
...I wish I went to MIT.
=====
Panel about Hatsune Miku at Massachusetts Institute of Technology !!! Anyone can attend!
Panel："Miku, Beyond the Character: The Cutting Edge of Miku Miku Dance Software"
10/17 (Mon.) 5-7pm,
Room 4-163, MIT
Building 4 is 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139
map: http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=4
*Speakers*
Yotaro Mihara：Deputy Director, Creative Industries Division,
Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (Japan)
Masataka P：producer of Miku songs and videos
Ian Condry, MIT, moderator
=====
MORE MIKU @ MIT!!!!
Symposium："Miku, Virtual Idol, as Media Platform: Transforming Media Creativity"
Keynote Speaker：Hiroyuki Itoh, CEO of Crypton Future Media, Inc.
Date 10/18 (Tues) 3-5pm,
Room E51-345, MIT
Building E51 is at 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139
map: http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E51
Guest
Toshihiro Fukuoka：Editor, Tokyo Kawaii Magazine and ASCII Weekly
Ryotaro Mihara：Deputy Director, Creative Industries, METI
Ian Condry：Associate Professor, Comparative Media Studies, MIT
13.10.11
C
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/13/0328230/Dennis-Ritchie-Creator-of-C-Programming-Language-Passed-Away
The curious part of this article is the comments comparing the receiving of his death vs Steve Jobs.
As usual, time moves on, can't seem to help it...
The curious part of this article is the comments comparing the receiving of his death vs Steve Jobs.
As usual, time moves on, can't seem to help it...
11.10.11
Ro-Kyu-Bu!
(Spoiler probably since it happens in the last episode... well it would depend on your definition of spoiler)
MAN
WTF
HINATA BACKWARDS SHOT
HOW DOES IT WORK
if there is any reason to watch this show its to watch 12 episodes of this just to see Hinata Backwards Shot.
HOLY CRAP
MAN
WTF
HINATA BACKWARDS SHOT
HOW DOES IT WORK
if there is any reason to watch this show its to watch 12 episodes of this just to see Hinata Backwards Shot.
HOLY CRAP
9.10.11
5.10.11
Idolmaster PS3
http://andriasang.com/comyfw/
One day, it will be all right for me to import a possibly 80$+ game with even more $+ with the DLC, just to get to see Hatsune Miku dance like she does in niconico videos and in my Dreamy Theater EXCEPT IT WILL BE IN IDOLMASTER.
Possibly that day will come when I can read Japanese at a fast enough speed to play the game...
EDIT: In other unrelated news, Steve Jobs died? http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/06/000211/Steve-Jobs-Dead-At-56
man, the flow of time moves on ruthlessly...
One day, it will be all right for me to import a possibly 80$+ game with even more $+ with the DLC, just to get to see Hatsune Miku dance like she does in niconico videos and in my Dreamy Theater EXCEPT IT WILL BE IN IDOLMASTER.
Possibly that day will come when I can read Japanese at a fast enough speed to play the game...
EDIT: In other unrelated news, Steve Jobs died? http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/06/000211/Steve-Jobs-Dead-At-56
man, the flow of time moves on ruthlessly...
30.9.11
26.9.11
Secret Code
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/a-different-kind-of-secret-code.html
I think its pretty cool people are doing more things with bacteria colonies. I always thought they were interesting when working in my parent's labs and this along with a lot of other ideas (synthesized life, movie advertisements, etc.) makes bacterial growth seem really cool.
EDIT: ALSO, LESS IMPORTANTLY, MAGNETIC SHIELDS.
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/physicists-devise-perfect-magnet.html
Now where is my mecha with an AV field or something going to be developed.
I think its pretty cool people are doing more things with bacteria colonies. I always thought they were interesting when working in my parent's labs and this along with a lot of other ideas (synthesized life, movie advertisements, etc.) makes bacterial growth seem really cool.
EDIT: ALSO, LESS IMPORTANTLY, MAGNETIC SHIELDS.
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/physicists-devise-perfect-magnet.html
Now where is my mecha with an AV field or something going to be developed.
21.9.11
千本桜
Miku is so pretty~~
The song in itself sounds catchy, but a bit too much like touhou. I think it feels sort of "ripped off" of a touhou-style song, although I can't really say that as completely true since I think this style is just a certain type of genre that this song and touhou both happen to fall into.
Song aside, the video is really great. All the characters are so well drawn. Although what Miku exactly is... is up for question. A miko-police-military girl? :V Also, the theme seems really nationalistic. Not that that's a bad thing, but I guess just because of how the theme of the video and the song seems to go it feels like some propaganda schematic.
The title, I'll make a blatant guess and suggest it says "1000 trees".
MY BAD GOOGLE TRANSLATE SAYS ONE THOUSAND SAKURA TREES. derp. :V
Genes
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/21/2251238/What-You-Eat-Affects-Your-Genes
You are what you eat etc.
Fun stuff lets try to do genetic manipulation by making people eat different things...
You are what you eat etc.
Fun stuff lets try to do genetic manipulation by making people eat different things...
20.9.11
Chips
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/20/2127220/New-Transistor-Could-Let-Chips-Interface-With-Living-Systems
Sounds like this can be the start of something exciting!
The future is near!
Soon we'll have brain-controlled ipods!
Or ipod-controlled brains!
Either or sounds great!
Sounds like this can be the start of something exciting!
The future is near!
Soon we'll have brain-controlled ipods!
Or ipod-controlled brains!
Either or sounds great!
Random News is Random
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/18/2257205/Gamers-Piece-Together-Retrovirus-Enzyme-Structure
A good advancement in society and science. Admittedly I was a bit annoyed at first because someone made a brash and provoking statement, however the news is still good news. I hope this method will continue to work well in the future.
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/19/164202/PETA-To-Launch-Pornography-Website
Wait what? :V
A good advancement in society and science. Admittedly I was a bit annoyed at first because someone made a brash and provoking statement, however the news is still good news. I hope this method will continue to work well in the future.
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/19/164202/PETA-To-Launch-Pornography-Website
Wait what? :V
14.9.11
Akikoloid
http://www.vocaloidism.com/2011/09/14/akikoloid-chan-lawsons-new-vocaloid/
...uh... not much to say here...
Well maybe something.
"What? Why?"
At least she doesn't look or sound too bad.
...uh... not much to say here...
Well maybe something.
"What? Why?"
At least she doesn't look or sound too bad.
13.9.11
New Layout(?!?)
So I "tried" out blogger's new interface design thinking it was just for the control part.
It turns out they completely redid my blog design's layout too.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH
It turns out they completely redid my blog design's layout too.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH
Project Mirai
http://www.vocaloidism.com/2011/09/13/project-mirai-officially-announced-for-the-3ds/
I'm not sure but I think this is how Osu is played? I need to ask some friends to confirm is this is true, I actually have absolutely no experience with Osu.
Somehow Nendoroids don't appeal to me as much as real models, but then again in DIVA I didn't find the real models that attractive either... they just sort of stuck after I played the game for a long time. Well, at the moment there doesn't seem much potential benefit for getting a 3DS so I don't think I'm looking forward to buying it anytime soon...
I'm not sure but I think this is how Osu is played? I need to ask some friends to confirm is this is true, I actually have absolutely no experience with Osu.
Somehow Nendoroids don't appeal to me as much as real models, but then again in DIVA I didn't find the real models that attractive either... they just sort of stuck after I played the game for a long time. Well, at the moment there doesn't seem much potential benefit for getting a 3DS so I don't think I'm looking forward to buying it anytime soon...
12.9.11
格子の心臓
I actually had some sort of writeup planned involving a more detailed synopsis of the story for Thomas and Ruby... but I got un-motivated and I'm not interested in writing it up right now. Maybe if I get bored out of my mind watching Nichijou...
I think this song is alright but the chorus is pretty cool.
According to my friends the title is "Crystal Lattice of the Heart"... Let's makeshift and change it to Crystal Heart Lattice. :V
9.9.11
Gaming
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/09/1837254/Are-Games-Worth-Complaining-About
I kind of agree with a lot of points presented here, not just gaming but any kind of activity in general (ie watching anime?). It might just be me but I think people complain too much and don't see the advantage we have in the society today compared to before; they only try to look at what's bad. Criticism isn't bad of course, but just pure insulting without knowing much about how much goes into generation of such products is annoying.
I kind of agree with a lot of points presented here, not just gaming but any kind of activity in general (ie watching anime?). It might just be me but I think people complain too much and don't see the advantage we have in the society today compared to before; they only try to look at what's bad. Criticism isn't bad of course, but just pure insulting without knowing much about how much goes into generation of such products is annoying.
8.9.11
Caterpillars
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110908/full/news.2011.526.html
I heard a lot about different kinds of behavior changing parasites, though this one is a first for me. I always thought of these things as kind of interesting. It's kind of cool to see this kind of research going on.
Although it may sicken other people... :V
I heard a lot about different kinds of behavior changing parasites, though this one is a first for me. I always thought of these things as kind of interesting. It's kind of cool to see this kind of research going on.
Although it may sicken other people... :V
Acne
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/2111246/Smartphones-Cant-Cure-Acne-FTC-Rules
Because technology is amazing these days, amirite? :V
Because technology is amazing these days, amirite? :V
Carbon
With the advance of the benefits of Graphene, there really needs to be a Graphite-chan, Graphene-chan, and Diamond-chan.
WHERE ARE MY ANTHROPOMORPHIZATIONS, PLEASE? :V
WHERE ARE MY ANTHROPOMORPHIZATIONS, PLEASE? :V
Art
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1326233/5M-In-Torrented-Files-Presented-As-Art
What? Really??
...well, the glowing blue light is pretty...
What? Really??
...well, the glowing blue light is pretty...
6.9.11
Radar Graph
It took me like an hour to figure out what these things were called, and even when I figured it out I couldn't find an (easy) Radar Graph plotter online.
SO OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT YOURSELF RIGHT? :V
http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~ehu/radar/RadarData.html
SO OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT YOURSELF RIGHT? :V
http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~ehu/radar/RadarData.html
2.9.11
Vocaloid
Can't think up a witty title right now.
Luka song. Has a pretty nice beat, can possibly get catchy after listening it to a couple times.
Basically, "Electric Love" GUMI version, renamed to "Electronic Star". I don't know why they bother having a different title with different lyrics... :V well it reached the top charts so why not!
This song sounded pretty good until it got to the chorus, imo. :V Yay for Miku Append!
This is sung by HEY WAIT A MINUTE THIS ISN'T A VOCALOID... sure does sound like one though. Still pretty good, I especially like the revised part at the end where they add in another singer.
Luka song. Has a pretty nice beat, can possibly get catchy after listening it to a couple times.
Basically, "Electric Love" GUMI version, renamed to "Electronic Star". I don't know why they bother having a different title with different lyrics... :V well it reached the top charts so why not!
This song sounded pretty good until it got to the chorus, imo. :V Yay for Miku Append!
This is sung by HEY WAIT A MINUTE THIS ISN'T A VOCALOID... sure does sound like one though. Still pretty good, I especially like the revised part at the end where they add in another singer.
1.9.11
Dancing
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/08/announcing-the-2011-dance-your-p.html
Before anyone asks, no, I'm not going to do this.
Before anyone asks, no, I'm not going to do this.
31.8.11
Happy Birthday Miku
Title.
Although its probably past her birthday in japan by now.
Although its probably past her birthday in japan by now.
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27.8.11
Haganai
WHY IS SENA SO FREAKIN CUTE FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF THIS IS A CRIME OTL OTL OTL
WHY IS THE IMOTO CUTE TOO
WHAT'S WROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG WITH THIS SERIESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs
WHY IS THE IMOTO CUTE TOO
WHAT'S WROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG WITH THIS SERIESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs
キャンディロケット
Lately there hasn't been many good Miku songs (I guess they're all focused on the Miku Cup, which this year doesn't seem too appealing I think... kind of disappointing) but I found this one which is pretty good, I kind of like it.
The title... "kyandiroketo" sounds sort of like candy rocket, amirite :V
17.8.11
16.8.11
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Witches and Magi
Its ironic how the Madoka anime didn't really stir me at all but I got hyped up and excited about Grief Syndrome. At one point yesterday I was interested in the 3rd stage boss and someone gave me some info on the wiki sites, and then I realized speculating on the witches's magi forms, and magi's witches form (except Sayaka of course). A lot of people have done this already, but I'm just making inferences based on what I saw in the anime and played in Grief Syndrome. Sayaka (and Madoka for that matter) don't get any guesses obviously but she provided a great reference in how the witch relates to the magi, and this is a starting point for theorization. Or BS, term you prefer.
Well obviously (especially on the Magi part) this would probably have quite a bit of spoilers but really, who HASN'T already watched Madoka? :V
Witches as Magi
--
Getrud: The first impression is the Magi was a flower girl. Either she owns a flower shop, was the daughter of a flower shop girl, or really liked flowers. I think regardless she had some association with a flowershop. The next thing particularly noticable (at least in Grief Syndrome) was that there was some obsession with mustaches. Either she had some mustache fetish or someone she knew (and probably liked) had a mustache. This could be someone she idolized, her boyfriend, or (my guess) her father. Going by the father theory, its most likely she made her wish revolved around the father. I could see two possibilities: One is that she loved her father but maybe something happened to him (he's going die, or going far away) and she made her wish to keep her father around. The other is the complete opposite: her father was abusive and she wished her father would disappear. In the former case the catalyst towards witch can easily happen if it became like the latter, that is, the father becomes overprotective or abusive, leading to psychological damage; in the latter case, there could have had some dramatic effect for her father's disappearance, like the arrival of a new father with no changes (and same mustache?) or a family breakdown. She probably either used a whip or shears as a weapon, or even something like both (sharp object at the end of a whip).
Charolette: A typical cheerful sick girl. Probably really liked sweets. Her first form (the one that easily got beaten up) I speculate is more likely a stuffed animal she really liked when she was alive. It was probably given to her by someone she liked. I speculate she has a situation that's probably the opposite of Sayaka, but at the same time similar: She wished herself to become healthy again so she can be with the one she loves, but the one she loves stopped caring for her after she wasn't sick anymore. She's probably the type that stuffs herself when she's depressed to try and not show it. In fact, probably right before she became a witch she had a habit of eating more and more sweets to try and repress her depression, only to have it grow more. After she became a witch she contained herself in the stuffed animal, an indication that she really didn't want anyone to know or bother about her problems. After that "contained" form was destroyed, her true self (her true witch) emerged, free to express her anger and hatred in a ravenous manner.
H.N. Elly (Kristen): This is the witch I take most interest in. It occurred to me immediately in the anime (from the TVs and monitor theme) that she's probably a Hikikommori. Even the name implies it; I didn't need my friend's explanation that H.N. means Handle Name to know that. She has two names, meaning one has to be an alias. A very likely story for her is that she simply wanted to make friends. She didn't know how to express herself very well so she became a magic girl by making a wish to have friends. For a while she was happy because she had friends and she felt like it was a good cause to defeat witches and be a Magi, but over time she realizes her friends are fake. The fakeness of her friends causes her to realize that she never really overcame her problem at all. Furthermore there may have been online drama - perhaps she had online friends before she became a Magi, but something happened that made her lose her online friends later on after she became a Magi. This can be pretty traumatic. So what can she do? Tell people to "Die.". And that's probably what her fake friends did after she said it, since they were puppets anyway. That only furthered her degradation into a witch, who now haunts people and gets people to get together (over the internet most likely!) and have death parties. If you remember the plot, a group of people got the witches kiss to get together and die... very likely a tribute to Elly's request to her fake friends. Its likely her fake friends turn into those angels which hover around Elly's witch (and are even in the background on Elly's screen). Somehow I found Elly to be really tragic, maybe its because I can relate to her hikikomori status. :(
Elsamaria: I can't say too much considering she only has like 10 frames in the anime, and its all from Sayaka going mad and goring her out. In the game she's a b*tch to beat though orz. There are two things that are probably evident: She uses her hands a lot, and she was probably pretty depressed and crying all the time. From that one can possibly infer that first off, she might have been mute. This would mean she had to use her hands to communicate most of the time. The second is that she was a romantic, or was extremely prone to emotional bouts. If this is the case it wouldn't be surprising if she used her wish on something like making someone she liked to love her, or even just understand her. Of course things like this can always go terribly wrong (like "you don't really love me!" or just him leaving after he finally knows what she's talking about) which can lead into her crying her eyes out and turning into a witch. She might also be black (Disclaimer: This is not meant to be a racial statement... on purpose anyway) and that might also have played an effect into her traumatic experience... but that's only if the blackened part of the game had any meaning. The black part might have just been an indication of Sayaka going crazy, so I think that's less of importance than the other parts.
Walpurgis Night: There are rumors going around that this is actually Homura's witch. While that may be fine and true, it would leave out two whole theorizing/BSing sessions for me so I'll ignore that theory for now!
If this witch lives up to her name, it wouldn't be surprising if she was A.) The first Witch, B.) A Queen of some sort, or C.) both. I'm making the assumption that its C. If that were the case, a typical scenario could be that the original Magi was a hero for the country and her country had lived in prosperity for the longest time, until something showed up and destroyed her country. Of course, this could trigger her into becoming a witch (and her death being faked) while also bringing the destruction of the original invaders (or whatever brought about her country's downfall). Likely she became jealous of all other great countries and so she goes on a rampage off to destroy any good succeeding civilization and bring it to ruins. The shadows which she summons could either be her servants or the souls of previous Magi who she defeated (instead of them turning into a witch), which she would then absorb to make herself more powerful.
Magi as Witches
--
Mami: She became a popular character really quickly for obvious reasons. However this means we only have about 3 episodes of information we can work with her. Given the situation of her contract, its actually pretty tricky to think up a situation for her turning into a witch. She has to really think that the life she saved for herself isn't worth living. Perhaps this could be done if someone sacrificed herself for Mami's sake, or she outlives everyone around her. Of course, that didn't happen.
Her witch environment, I speculate, would have a lot of cars driving around and (not surprisingly) occasionally crashing into each other. Lots of BANG sounds. Magi would probably have to blow up the cars trying to run over them as they get to Mami's witch. Mami's witch form, staying true to her original powers, would have guns for arms, legs, and, uh, other significant parts. Likely they are held together by ribbons since Mami seems to have some fascination of ribbons. Additionally, if it has relation to her wish, the ribbons and guns probably regenerate even if they are attacked (her wish to "stay alive" gone awry). There might be some beating heart underneath all the ribbons which Magi would have to get to and destroy in order to defeat Mami's Witch.
Kyouko: The great thing about Kyouko is, her history is already there and ruined! Theoretically if she had been any weaker she would have been a witch by now. Her witch environment probably would be heavily religious based, with crosses and praying people everywhere trying to attack the Magi. I imagine there would also be her spears lying around everywhere as well; heck, they might even be part of the crosses. For her witch... hmm... not sure, a stick person? :V Made out of apples! Or at least an apple for a head, with parts carved out to make a face. She'll probably have lots of spears flinging towards you so you'd probably want to watch out for that.
Homura: I think the interesting thing about Homura is that if she turns into a witch she might not even be aware of it thanks to her powers. Homura's only desire was to save Madoka, and in the event that she failed to do so and turns into a witch... she might as well keep on trying. In fact she might create her own time-space continuum where she lives out her fantasy as having saved Madoka. This would make other Magi have a really hard time trying to get to her since she doesn't even exist on the same time plane. Instead, her witch would have to summon other Magi to their time plane, where they have to live in Homura's fantasy (possibly, living the same day over and over again) forever. Likely they aren't even aware of where the witch is because she might still be in Homura's original human form.
The other issue is even if they figure out she is a witch and do battle with her, she can simply reset time in her dimension to start over. Magi would literally have to destroy the entire dimension -- something on the scale of what Madoka did -- in order to defeat Homura's witch form.
Well obviously (especially on the Magi part) this would probably have quite a bit of spoilers but really, who HASN'T already watched Madoka? :V
Witches as Magi
--
Getrud: The first impression is the Magi was a flower girl. Either she owns a flower shop, was the daughter of a flower shop girl, or really liked flowers. I think regardless she had some association with a flowershop. The next thing particularly noticable (at least in Grief Syndrome) was that there was some obsession with mustaches. Either she had some mustache fetish or someone she knew (and probably liked) had a mustache. This could be someone she idolized, her boyfriend, or (my guess) her father. Going by the father theory, its most likely she made her wish revolved around the father. I could see two possibilities: One is that she loved her father but maybe something happened to him (he's going die, or going far away) and she made her wish to keep her father around. The other is the complete opposite: her father was abusive and she wished her father would disappear. In the former case the catalyst towards witch can easily happen if it became like the latter, that is, the father becomes overprotective or abusive, leading to psychological damage; in the latter case, there could have had some dramatic effect for her father's disappearance, like the arrival of a new father with no changes (and same mustache?) or a family breakdown. She probably either used a whip or shears as a weapon, or even something like both (sharp object at the end of a whip).
Charolette: A typical cheerful sick girl. Probably really liked sweets. Her first form (the one that easily got beaten up) I speculate is more likely a stuffed animal she really liked when she was alive. It was probably given to her by someone she liked. I speculate she has a situation that's probably the opposite of Sayaka, but at the same time similar: She wished herself to become healthy again so she can be with the one she loves, but the one she loves stopped caring for her after she wasn't sick anymore. She's probably the type that stuffs herself when she's depressed to try and not show it. In fact, probably right before she became a witch she had a habit of eating more and more sweets to try and repress her depression, only to have it grow more. After she became a witch she contained herself in the stuffed animal, an indication that she really didn't want anyone to know or bother about her problems. After that "contained" form was destroyed, her true self (her true witch) emerged, free to express her anger and hatred in a ravenous manner.
H.N. Elly (Kristen): This is the witch I take most interest in. It occurred to me immediately in the anime (from the TVs and monitor theme) that she's probably a Hikikommori. Even the name implies it; I didn't need my friend's explanation that H.N. means Handle Name to know that. She has two names, meaning one has to be an alias. A very likely story for her is that she simply wanted to make friends. She didn't know how to express herself very well so she became a magic girl by making a wish to have friends. For a while she was happy because she had friends and she felt like it was a good cause to defeat witches and be a Magi, but over time she realizes her friends are fake. The fakeness of her friends causes her to realize that she never really overcame her problem at all. Furthermore there may have been online drama - perhaps she had online friends before she became a Magi, but something happened that made her lose her online friends later on after she became a Magi. This can be pretty traumatic. So what can she do? Tell people to "Die.". And that's probably what her fake friends did after she said it, since they were puppets anyway. That only furthered her degradation into a witch, who now haunts people and gets people to get together (over the internet most likely!) and have death parties. If you remember the plot, a group of people got the witches kiss to get together and die... very likely a tribute to Elly's request to her fake friends. Its likely her fake friends turn into those angels which hover around Elly's witch (and are even in the background on Elly's screen). Somehow I found Elly to be really tragic, maybe its because I can relate to her hikikomori status. :(
Elsamaria: I can't say too much considering she only has like 10 frames in the anime, and its all from Sayaka going mad and goring her out. In the game she's a b*tch to beat though orz. There are two things that are probably evident: She uses her hands a lot, and she was probably pretty depressed and crying all the time. From that one can possibly infer that first off, she might have been mute. This would mean she had to use her hands to communicate most of the time. The second is that she was a romantic, or was extremely prone to emotional bouts. If this is the case it wouldn't be surprising if she used her wish on something like making someone she liked to love her, or even just understand her. Of course things like this can always go terribly wrong (like "you don't really love me!" or just him leaving after he finally knows what she's talking about) which can lead into her crying her eyes out and turning into a witch. She might also be black (Disclaimer: This is not meant to be a racial statement... on purpose anyway) and that might also have played an effect into her traumatic experience... but that's only if the blackened part of the game had any meaning. The black part might have just been an indication of Sayaka going crazy, so I think that's less of importance than the other parts.
Walpurgis Night: There are rumors going around that this is actually Homura's witch. While that may be fine and true, it would leave out two whole theorizing/BSing sessions for me so I'll ignore that theory for now!
If this witch lives up to her name, it wouldn't be surprising if she was A.) The first Witch, B.) A Queen of some sort, or C.) both. I'm making the assumption that its C. If that were the case, a typical scenario could be that the original Magi was a hero for the country and her country had lived in prosperity for the longest time, until something showed up and destroyed her country. Of course, this could trigger her into becoming a witch (and her death being faked) while also bringing the destruction of the original invaders (or whatever brought about her country's downfall). Likely she became jealous of all other great countries and so she goes on a rampage off to destroy any good succeeding civilization and bring it to ruins. The shadows which she summons could either be her servants or the souls of previous Magi who she defeated (instead of them turning into a witch), which she would then absorb to make herself more powerful.
Magi as Witches
--
Mami: She became a popular character really quickly for obvious reasons. However this means we only have about 3 episodes of information we can work with her. Given the situation of her contract, its actually pretty tricky to think up a situation for her turning into a witch. She has to really think that the life she saved for herself isn't worth living. Perhaps this could be done if someone sacrificed herself for Mami's sake, or she outlives everyone around her. Of course, that didn't happen.
Her witch environment, I speculate, would have a lot of cars driving around and (not surprisingly) occasionally crashing into each other. Lots of BANG sounds. Magi would probably have to blow up the cars trying to run over them as they get to Mami's witch. Mami's witch form, staying true to her original powers, would have guns for arms, legs, and, uh, other significant parts. Likely they are held together by ribbons since Mami seems to have some fascination of ribbons. Additionally, if it has relation to her wish, the ribbons and guns probably regenerate even if they are attacked (her wish to "stay alive" gone awry). There might be some beating heart underneath all the ribbons which Magi would have to get to and destroy in order to defeat Mami's Witch.
Kyouko: The great thing about Kyouko is, her history is already there and ruined! Theoretically if she had been any weaker she would have been a witch by now. Her witch environment probably would be heavily religious based, with crosses and praying people everywhere trying to attack the Magi. I imagine there would also be her spears lying around everywhere as well; heck, they might even be part of the crosses. For her witch... hmm... not sure, a stick person? :V Made out of apples! Or at least an apple for a head, with parts carved out to make a face. She'll probably have lots of spears flinging towards you so you'd probably want to watch out for that.
Homura: I think the interesting thing about Homura is that if she turns into a witch she might not even be aware of it thanks to her powers. Homura's only desire was to save Madoka, and in the event that she failed to do so and turns into a witch... she might as well keep on trying. In fact she might create her own time-space continuum where she lives out her fantasy as having saved Madoka. This would make other Magi have a really hard time trying to get to her since she doesn't even exist on the same time plane. Instead, her witch would have to summon other Magi to their time plane, where they have to live in Homura's fantasy (possibly, living the same day over and over again) forever. Likely they aren't even aware of where the witch is because she might still be in Homura's original human form.
The other issue is even if they figure out she is a witch and do battle with her, she can simply reset time in her dimension to start over. Magi would literally have to destroy the entire dimension -- something on the scale of what Madoka did -- in order to defeat Homura's witch form.
14.8.11
Grief Syndrome
I don't care if people think Madoka is overpowered, or lacking graphical detail, or just killing her off to unlock the final hidden stage... Madoka is so awesome and her sprite is the cutest. Moe! :V
12.8.11
トロピカル・サマー
Its another GUMI song! Lately there have been quite a few GUMI songs to go around and hit the top 10 lists, but none of them were too great. Actually, "EAT ME" was pretty good, I should post that around here too.
This one is fairly catchy (still kind of mediocre though). But GUMI is cute and deserves justice in this one. JUSTICE... ITS LIKE A "TROPICAL SUMMER"...
Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code
http://www.moetron.com/2011/08/12/melty-blood-actress-again-current-code-pc-port-in-december/
ALRIGHT TIME TO QUIT AH3 AND WAIT FOR MB:AA PORT
ALRIGHT TIME TO QUIT AH3 AND WAIT FOR MB:AA PORT
7.8.11
Android PS3
...controller.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/07/2353244/PlayStation-3-Controller-On-Android-Devices
YEAH AFTER I MASTER KEYBOARDS, I'M TOTALLY GOING TO PLAY AH3 ON AN ANDROID PHONE. So pro.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/07/2353244/PlayStation-3-Controller-On-Android-Devices
YEAH AFTER I MASTER KEYBOARDS, I'M TOTALLY GOING TO PLAY AH3 ON AN ANDROID PHONE. So pro.
5.8.11
FFXIII-2 (Preview)
feawifawfawerfkwahrfaef Serah is so cute. Her gloves look ugly though. But Serah!!!!!!!!!! Playable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man I'm so shallow.
28.7.11
Dogs
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/0324237/South-Korean-Scientists-Create-Glowing-Dog
TReusbuck's COCO used FLASH!!
It's super effective!
TReusbuck's COCO used FLASH!!
It's super effective!
25.7.11
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (Unfinished)
http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Boku_Wa_Tomodachi_Ga_Sukunai:Volume1_To_the_Tainted_Sadness
This series is amazing in all sorts of ways.
All. Sorts. of ways.
...
I look forward to the anime coming out this fall!
This series is amazing in all sorts of ways.
All. Sorts. of ways.
...
I look forward to the anime coming out this fall!
Moms and Daughters
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/07/scienceshot-like-daughter-like.html
I just thought this article was sort of amusing because it reminded me of my sister and my mom. :V
I just thought this article was sort of amusing because it reminded me of my sister and my mom. :V
I
I thought I heard this song before but maybe I didn't like it that much the first time around. Now I'm more fond of the piano playing in this song. Well I think its overall not that bad of a song in the first place. Yay GUMI!
24.7.11
Alice In Musicland
The first VOCALOID Musical.
This... is all sorts of amazing. I can't describe it, I'm speechless.
22.7.11
恋色メッセージ
This is one of those songs where there might not be much merit but its worth watching anyway because ITS CUTE!
(The title is something like color-changing message)
Ai Kotoba (Piano Version)
BECAUSE THIS SONG IS SO GREAT IT NEEDS TO HAVE AS MANY VERSIONS AS POSSIBLE.
Honestly I thought at first that a girl would be singing this :V Well fine, guys are fine too. However as I started getting into the song I realize the way they played out this version, its way too serious than what it's originally supposed to be. I was imagining Ai Kotoba to be a lot more playful and fun... this one is just serious "I LOVE YOU" type. Well its not bad, though.
Scientific Publications
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/22/2254204/Release-of-33GiB-of-Scientific-Publications
So since I've been spreading journal articles here and there, am I a pirate too?
Regardless, I just feel like saying this feels EPIC even though I don't think its too important... right now anyway...
So since I've been spreading journal articles here and there, am I a pirate too?
Regardless, I just feel like saying this feels EPIC even though I don't think its too important... right now anyway...
21.7.11
Arcana Heart 3 (Failing, but this time not me)
Man Kazu at the end is totally like "OHSHI OHSHIOHSHIOHSHI!!!!
Best ending match to a fighting game I've ever seen in a while.
19.7.11
夢と葉桜
Another decent miku song for the blog. Very traditional and simple Japanese style.
Something about dreams and leaves in the title. Yes this is a very simple review of a very simple song.
Idolmaster
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-19/the-idolm@ster-2-game-to-be-ported-to-playstation-3
YESSSS Now to find a way to obtain it. V:
YESSSS Now to find a way to obtain it. V:
18.7.11
Running
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/07/missing-gene-helps-mice-run-for-.html
We can keep running! And running! And running! And runn--
We can keep running! And running! And running! And runn--
17.7.11
（Θ）ALYSS
This is such a beautiful song in deceptive cadance. Usually I'm not a big fan of deceptive cadance/minor songs because they sound odd to me but this one is so much fun and upbeat! It's like, playing around in a carnival!!! :D
Arcana Heart 3 (Failing, part 6)
I tried Score Attack mode today, thinking it was some sort of "endless" mode where you fight CPUs over and over again.
Turns out it was just another "boss" mode... with the ending being Parace...
OMG WTF PARACE INSTANT CROSSUPS WITH RIDICULOUS COVERAGE AND INSTANT STARTUP AND NO DELAY ATTACKS
ITS KANNA ALL OVER AGAIN, WITHOUT EVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GRAB
Not only that every time when I finally get a hit off her and start comboing she just bursts out and its like :V
Turns out it was just another "boss" mode... with the ending being Parace...
OMG WTF PARACE INSTANT CROSSUPS WITH RIDICULOUS COVERAGE AND INSTANT STARTUP AND NO DELAY ATTACKS
ITS KANNA ALL OVER AGAIN, WITHOUT EVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GRAB
Not only that every time when I finally get a hit off her and start comboing she just bursts out and its like :V
14.7.11
Arcana Heart 3 (Failing, part 5)
I can't help but say, whenever I do my made-up Maori BnB combo...
I keep thinking at the end...
JUST...
J-J-JAM IT IN!!
...:V orz btw I didn't actually play today. << as if anyone cares. :V
I keep thinking at the end...
JUST...
J-J-JAM IT IN!!
...:V orz btw I didn't actually play today. << as if anyone cares. :V
12.7.11
Arcana Heart 3 (Failing, part 4)
Eko is such a troll character, both for the user and the opponent. I can't figure out any decent working combos with her, well the wiki provided some. She's pretty funny though. :V And does stupid high damage. Wat. :V
EDIT: YEAAAAAA I DID (one of) MAORI'S THREE HIT SUPER YEAAAAAA now time to figure out how to do the "all at once" super. :/
EDIT: YEAAAAAA I DID (one of) MAORI'S THREE HIT SUPER YEAAAAAA now time to figure out how to do the "all at once" super. :/
Snails and Birds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14048754
This is actually quite interesting. Would this be considered communism? Or Mutualism? I'm guessing communism since the bird doesn't realy get any benefit. Doesn't really seem parasitic either. Still, pretty fun and interesting.
This is actually quite interesting. Would this be considered communism? Or Mutualism? I'm guessing communism since the bird doesn't realy get any benefit. Doesn't really seem parasitic either. Still, pretty fun and interesting.
11.7.11
クワガタにチョップしたらタイムスリップした
MOAR AMAZING GUMI SONGS
I think this one would be more amazing if I knew what the lyrics were saying. At least ths pictures were pretty and nice. :V
So I think I saw this somewhere and it has to do with stagbeetles and time slipping. Right. according to youtube, "Time-Warped After Chopping My Stag Beetle".
EDIT: Found lyrics here: http://vgboy.dabomstew.com/lyrics.php Man, actually watching the video, I think I would feel really sad watching myself die... not only that, probably scared too. The video itself is silly but that concept in itself seems highly philosophical and makes you worried. I mean come on, you now know you only have 50 years to live? (Well ok, "only" is probably a bad word considering she probably has lived about 16 years so far). Nevertheless... its both fascinating and scary at the same time.
Like a lot of things in life!
嗚呼、素晴らしきニャン生
I'm not even going to try that title :V yes I'm pathetic.
This is a rather cute video about two types of cats, one stray and one house. The song in itself is alright (depending on tastes some might like it, its not particular to mine though) however the video (and in particular, GUMI) is so very cute. Truly just another moeblob piece of work that's enjoyable to watch.
Arcana Heart 3 (Failing, part 3)
WHAT THE HELL IS WITH FENRIR AND HIS UNBLOCKABLE SUPER. NOT ONLY THAT ITS STUPID FAST SO I CAN'T JUMP OUT IN TIME. FFFFFFFFF
So being a cheapskate I set the skill level to 1 and beat story mode just so I can see the ending(s). :V
EDIT Side note: "Maori is a great zoning character" << and I use her for rushdown. MAN, I'M A GENIUS
So being a cheapskate I set the skill level to 1 and beat story mode just so I can see the ending(s). :V
EDIT Side note: "Maori is a great zoning character" << and I use her for rushdown. MAN, I'M A GENIUS
CUBE
Shini-tan> enig
Shini-tan> there's a club at waterloo called CUBE
Aspirin> what's it for?
Shini-tan> Club for Undergraduate Bioengineers CUBE is an academics related club run by students with the purpose of promoting bioengineering at the undergraduate level.
Aspirin> how appropriate
Shini-tan> surprisingly relevant
EDIT: Damn tag invisibility.
Shini-tan> there's a club at waterloo called CUBE
Aspirin> what's it for?
Shini-tan> Club for Undergraduate Bioengineers CUBE is an academics related club run by students with the purpose of promoting bioengineering at the undergraduate level.
Aspirin> how appropriate
Shini-tan> surprisingly relevant
EDIT: Damn tag invisibility.
Python
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/11/1315217/When-Software-Offends
Have some people been watching too much anime? :V Probably Railgun? But wait she doesn't wear pan--
Have some people been watching too much anime? :V Probably Railgun? But wait she doesn't wear pan--
10.7.11
Heart Shooter
First we have Heart Breaker, now we have Heart Shooter!!
Regardless of what heart it is, its all moe!! That's all that matters. :V
9.7.11
Kopimism
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/09/2133212/Idle-File-Sharing-Is-Not-a-Religion-Says-Swedish-Government
Hmm. I'm not sure what to say about this. Maybe Tony's favorite phrase sums it up quite nicely:
"This is amazing, in a way"
Hmm. I'm not sure what to say about this. Maybe Tony's favorite phrase sums it up quite nicely:
"This is amazing, in a way"
Space Invaders
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/07/09/1941230/emSpace-Invadersem-The-Movie
Clearly if they're going to make a movie, it needs to be this.
Clearly if they're going to make a movie, it needs to be this.
8.7.11
Arcana Heart 3 (Failing, part 2)
Ok I took a look at all the characters and tested them out (as well as a few arcanas). My general evaluation:
-The very first blonde-haired girl on the top right (the one that summons the dark swords) is the absolute easiest character for me to use. Her moves are very intuitive and I can't see how anyone could go wrong with her.
-The magician girl is amazingly awesome!! Too bad I'm not fond of her hairstyle, which is like a boy's hair (and can easily be mistaken as a boy) :(. Also her moves are ridiculous, are you serious, different activation depending on what cards you lay out? :V But in spite of all that I think she's my second favorite now and I'd probably learn her after the Miko girl.
-Speaking of the magician her Mirror Arcana IS SO COOL. It looks SO TERRIBLE TO USE (since it depends on the opponent you're fighting) but it looks SO AMAZING. I feel like I want to use that arcana now. :V
-that demon sister girl scares me.
-mecha china fighter is kind of interesting :V but she seems pretty slow. And lol at the scientist girl nade-nadeing her before the battle. :V
-That one girl with a dog is like.. playing Kano from EFZ. with a dog. :V
-Angel loli is cute but she's such a jerk :V not as much as the swimsuit blob, but still.
-on a similar(?) note I can see how the love girl is such a ditz and can be really annoying in battle. "LOVE PUNCH" wtf
-Conclusion: Mikos are the best! :V hurray for my scrubby 10 hit combo. That uses a dash cancel. :V
Speaking of dash cancels, it looks like they merged ICs with the super bar in this game, and at the same time turned the IC into dash. Well, apparently you can also cancel using the extend force button; that's probably for situations where you don't launch your opponent 50 feet into the air. The launchers seem to let you have stun time long enough so that you can dash cancel and continue comboing them in the air, which is really cool. I think I may develop a habit similar to what I do in efz, where I rarely use the bar and instead use it almost all the time for cancelling and extending my combos. :V
-The very first blonde-haired girl on the top right (the one that summons the dark swords) is the absolute easiest character for me to use. Her moves are very intuitive and I can't see how anyone could go wrong with her.
-The magician girl is amazingly awesome!! Too bad I'm not fond of her hairstyle, which is like a boy's hair (and can easily be mistaken as a boy) :(. Also her moves are ridiculous, are you serious, different activation depending on what cards you lay out? :V But in spite of all that I think she's my second favorite now and I'd probably learn her after the Miko girl.
-Speaking of the magician her Mirror Arcana IS SO COOL. It looks SO TERRIBLE TO USE (since it depends on the opponent you're fighting) but it looks SO AMAZING. I feel like I want to use that arcana now. :V
-that demon sister girl scares me.
-mecha china fighter is kind of interesting :V but she seems pretty slow. And lol at the scientist girl nade-nadeing her before the battle. :V
-That one girl with a dog is like.. playing Kano from EFZ. with a dog. :V
-Angel loli is cute but she's such a jerk :V not as much as the swimsuit blob, but still.
-on a similar(?) note I can see how the love girl is such a ditz and can be really annoying in battle. "LOVE PUNCH" wtf
-Conclusion: Mikos are the best! :V hurray for my scrubby 10 hit combo. That uses a dash cancel. :V
Speaking of dash cancels, it looks like they merged ICs with the super bar in this game, and at the same time turned the IC into dash. Well, apparently you can also cancel using the extend force button; that's probably for situations where you don't launch your opponent 50 feet into the air. The launchers seem to let you have stun time long enough so that you can dash cancel and continue comboing them in the air, which is really cool. I think I may develop a habit similar to what I do in efz, where I rarely use the bar and instead use it almost all the time for cancelling and extending my combos. :V
7.7.11
6.7.11
AX Pictures
Ok that didn't make sense. I only took 4 pictures overall because I'm a loser.
Pics 1 and 2: miku concert line. I was only amused because they completely blocked the road in front of them (well the road was closed down anyway :V). As seen from the second pic it was more like a square cluster than a single line.
Pic 3: lots of morning rescue. Its kind of silly because only gg fansubs included that commercial and it had nothing to do with anime, but people wanted to cosplay anyway.
Pic 4: GUMI tan!!
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Artificial Tech Support
http://slashdot.org/story/11/07/06/2116221/IBM-Watson-To-Replace-Salespeople-and-Cold-Callers
Soon we'll have computers teaching people how to fix computers!
Soon we'll have computers teaching people how to fix computers!
5.7.11
PS3 Controller
HAHAHAHA I GOT MY PS3 TO CONNECT TO MY PC VIA BLUETOOTH AND NOW I CAN PLAY GAMES USING MY KEYBOARD HAHAHAHA A WHOLE NEW WORLD HAS BEEN OPENED UP TO ME
3.7.11
ライトラグ
(The title... Right Rag? Well that seems like an odd title...)
A DECO27 song. This song's melody and song doesn't seem very catchy, but the video is very good and high quality. The voice is also very nice. However, as I said, the song itself just doesn't seem very catchy, so at least for me it doesn't seem like it will catch on. Maybe its because it doesn't really have a easy-flow melody to sing along? Or rather, the tone of the song changes when it reaches the chorus...
Well its not bad, after all its DECO27, but we'll see how well it can catch on.
Miku Concert
Concert Review, Mobile Version!
1. Hologram thing didn't look that great if miku moved further away from you, but I guess that's the limitation of their technology. Their positioning of miku was pretty good though.
2. I didn't know about 4 out of all the songs they played at the concert. Having like more than half of the songs from diva 2nd helped.
3. Clover Club: first song I was surprised they played.
4. Popipo: tony's purpose is fulfilled.
5. Romeo and cinderella: 見えない...
6. Rin, Meltdown: I usually sing along to these songs since no one can hear me, but never for meltdown. Fffff high notes
7. Luka, Let's be friends: あ、見た。
8. World's End Dancehall: Dark Horse song of the concert. In English too! Lol everyone was like" durr I don't know this song" oh you audience guys :V
9. FFFFFFFFF SPICA
10. FFFFFFFFFF AI KOTOBA DECO27 BANZAI
11. The last two comments made the concert worth going.
12. Btw all costumes came from diva 2nd. :V
1. Hologram thing didn't look that great if miku moved further away from you, but I guess that's the limitation of their technology. Their positioning of miku was pretty good though.
2. I didn't know about 4 out of all the songs they played at the concert. Having like more than half of the songs from diva 2nd helped.
3. Clover Club: first song I was surprised they played.
4. Popipo: tony's purpose is fulfilled.
5. Romeo and cinderella: 見えない...
6. Rin, Meltdown: I usually sing along to these songs since no one can hear me, but never for meltdown. Fffff high notes
7. Luka, Let's be friends: あ、見た。
8. World's End Dancehall: Dark Horse song of the concert. In English too! Lol everyone was like" durr I don't know this song" oh you audience guys :V
9. FFFFFFFFF SPICA
10. FFFFFFFFFF AI KOTOBA DECO27 BANZAI
11. The last two comments made the concert worth going.
12. Btw all costumes came from diva 2nd. :V
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1.7.11
pianissimo
Looks like I missed this neat song that was on nico ranks recently. There hasn't been many tranquil songs as of late I believe (well, ones I like anyway), so this one is a nice breather in many ways. Obviously since the title is "pianissimo" (to anyone with musical knowledge) one can expect this song to be a rather soft and melodic song, which does exactly as it says. It's probably a keeper in my library. :V
ロマンちっくブレイカー
Ok, I can say stuff like the animation is cute, the music is 80ish but ok, but what I REALLY want to say is...
OOOOOOO
ROMANTIC BREAKERRRRR~
27.6.11
Advertisements and Monkeys
http://www.science20.com/science_20/blog/revealed_first_ad_campaign_monkeys-80378
ITS
RESEARCH
...OTL
ITS
RESEARCH
...OTL
Hacking School
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-hackers-school-defcon-kids.html
I guess this would be considered academia.
I think personally I would have liked to learn how to hack, not to actually do malicious stuff, but (as was noted in the article) to protect myself when I notice something of a similar degree, and to know what to do when I see it. It might also be fun to tinker with your own computer's settings to see what you can do here and there, although this is of course second nature to security.
I guess this would be considered academia.
I think personally I would have liked to learn how to hack, not to actually do malicious stuff, but (as was noted in the article) to protect myself when I notice something of a similar degree, and to know what to do when I see it. It might also be fun to tinker with your own computer's settings to see what you can do here and there, although this is of course second nature to security.
26.6.11
GUMI's Birthday
Holy crap I think there are like 2000 new entries on Pixiv just on GUMI's birthday alone, man I totally regret not checking yesterday for the new GUMI pics.
HAPPY (late) BIRTHDAY, GUMI!!
HAPPY (late) BIRTHDAY, GUMI!!
Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai
(Spoilers etc.)
I could make a proper review and all that about the characters and plot and etc (Anaru was the best, ending was pretty good, etc.) But there was one thing in particular I seemed bothered about.
As of watching the entire show, I still can't figure out why they used that long title. As it was in my past to think of symbolism in anime (such as AIR), I couldn't really let this pass.
So, I came up with a few theories.
1. There was no meaning to the title at all. It might have been an insignificant event that Menma and the group encountered in the past, but that's it. This would mean there's no real symbolism in the title and that the title was kind of random. This would be a stupid theory to believe (IMO) but probably what most people would think of and just brush it aside.
2. The flower represents Menma's wish, and the fact that they couldn't name it relates to how they couldn't identify the wish Menma was looking for. This is a plot-related theory. It seems to fit quite well, but seems a bit bland. The fact that they were doing so much work (such as "researching" and "studying" fireworks, etc.) sort of relates to how people may want to do lots of work (as adults) to identify a flower. When you were a child you just pointed and asked, "what's the name of this flower?" and people might say "I dunno" and give it up at that. But then as an adult people gain more resources and are able to look things up, online or in the library, to find the actual answer. I think this is similar in a way, in the plot, where they find a viable solution to Menma's wish, even though they don't know what it is.
3. The flower represents the past/tragedy, and the fact that they couldn't name it is because they could never identify the truth behind it. Menma then comes back to help them unravel or uncover the truth, thereby "revealing the flower's name". This eventually reveals things and leads to the ending as we see now.
4. With help from a fellow watcher, I figure out that the flower is actually named "forget-me-not". Of course with that tipoff a whole more plethora of ideas. This can coincide with the third theory mention earlier; since the flower is a forget-me-not, it can mean that the past which everyone tried so hard to forget cannot be forgetten so easily. In a similar case, if you have something on your mind (ie, you see a flower and you want to know its name), even if you distract yourself with things to do, "silly" worries tend to linger and you eventually devote yourself to figuring things out.
...Like why I'm trying to type this post up figuring out what the title means in the first place...
Anyway that's probably what happens with the characters inside the anime. They want to leave the past as is, but since the "problem" was never fully resolved it lingered in their minds. Turns out their "flower" is a forget-me-not, meaning that which they wanted to not deal with anymore, is not something they can throw away so easily... that they should keep the memories in their mind, proceed with life but not ignore that past, but learn from it and embrace it. That their friendship shouldn't be forgotten, that the tragedy should not cloud the true beauty of the joy they had in the past.
Or something like that.
I could make a proper review and all that about the characters and plot and etc (Anaru was the best, ending was pretty good, etc.) But there was one thing in particular I seemed bothered about.
As of watching the entire show, I still can't figure out why they used that long title. As it was in my past to think of symbolism in anime (such as AIR), I couldn't really let this pass.
So, I came up with a few theories.
1. There was no meaning to the title at all. It might have been an insignificant event that Menma and the group encountered in the past, but that's it. This would mean there's no real symbolism in the title and that the title was kind of random. This would be a stupid theory to believe (IMO) but probably what most people would think of and just brush it aside.
2. The flower represents Menma's wish, and the fact that they couldn't name it relates to how they couldn't identify the wish Menma was looking for. This is a plot-related theory. It seems to fit quite well, but seems a bit bland. The fact that they were doing so much work (such as "researching" and "studying" fireworks, etc.) sort of relates to how people may want to do lots of work (as adults) to identify a flower. When you were a child you just pointed and asked, "what's the name of this flower?" and people might say "I dunno" and give it up at that. But then as an adult people gain more resources and are able to look things up, online or in the library, to find the actual answer. I think this is similar in a way, in the plot, where they find a viable solution to Menma's wish, even though they don't know what it is.
3. The flower represents the past/tragedy, and the fact that they couldn't name it is because they could never identify the truth behind it. Menma then comes back to help them unravel or uncover the truth, thereby "revealing the flower's name". This eventually reveals things and leads to the ending as we see now.
4. With help from a fellow watcher, I figure out that the flower is actually named "forget-me-not". Of course with that tipoff a whole more plethora of ideas. This can coincide with the third theory mention earlier; since the flower is a forget-me-not, it can mean that the past which everyone tried so hard to forget cannot be forgetten so easily. In a similar case, if you have something on your mind (ie, you see a flower and you want to know its name), even if you distract yourself with things to do, "silly" worries tend to linger and you eventually devote yourself to figuring things out.
...Like why I'm trying to type this post up figuring out what the title means in the first place...
Anyway that's probably what happens with the characters inside the anime. They want to leave the past as is, but since the "problem" was never fully resolved it lingered in their minds. Turns out their "flower" is a forget-me-not, meaning that which they wanted to not deal with anymore, is not something they can throw away so easily... that they should keep the memories in their mind, proceed with life but not ignore that past, but learn from it and embrace it. That their friendship shouldn't be forgotten, that the tragedy should not cloud the true beauty of the joy they had in the past.
Or something like that.
SUPER LONG TWITTERBLOG
Because I am an experimentalist I have to see what happens when the post goes way over the 140 word limit.
BLITZWING ARE YOU HAPPY NOW
BLITZWING ARE YOU HAPPY NOW
23.6.11
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko (Unfinished)
9:45:53 PM me: DENPA ONNA'S INTRO IS TERRIBLE
9:46:18 PM OsakaSpatula: Yes, I like it too ^_^
9:46:18 PM OsakaSpatula: Yes, I like it too ^_^
21.6.11
【GUMI extend】 祭囃子
Translator says some festival (Hayashi)?
So, my main question is, what's the difference in voice? Sounds the same to me... I'm going to have to listen to more samples, but for the moment, I am disappoint.
Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi
(Possibly spoilers etc? Kept at minimum at least)
Somehow my Utsuro no Hako review was referenced somewhere and I got a ton of traffic (ok... maybe more or less like 4 people) thanks to that...well it wasn't a terribly great review but I thought it was odd anyway.
Ok digression aside, I guess that encouraged me to discuss my thoughts on other novels I read. :V I actually have been reading a good chunk of what's available on baka-tsuki, though most of them I thought were rather mediocre. Tenma is not really any different, but it did have some interesting points here and there that made it particularly amusing.
The one thing I liked most about the novel is the characters. Or rather, two of the characters: Gekkou and his...uh... ditzy lightning girl. (Obviously her name is not important). Gekkou in himself is already a pretty cool character, but I think his pairing with the ditz really pulls through with his personality. Him alone would just make him look dark and emo and out for revenge (...which is true) but the sharp contrast with his partner is rather amusing, and provides an opportunity to put in him a different light.
As I stated, the characters seem to be the strong point in this story. In particular, its rather interesting how they don't just stick to one point of view in the novel, but for each chapter (almost) provide a different scene and a different view in (the appropriately named) the 900 seconds after school (or something like that). This has been done before (Animorphs!) , but I have not seen it a lot in light novels, so its not bad to see it again.
Possibly because of this alternate-view type of thing, the main plot didn't seem that... advanced, and most particularly the ending (given the history that they were revealing to the audience) seemed rather abrupt. The novel seemed to build up this plot that seems like there will be something epic in the end, but... the main enemy turned out to be that weak? It makes you think that they didn't actually defeat the enemy and maybe the enemy will return, but really (and maybe its in the translator's fault) the enemy dies in one or two lines, considering the effort it took before to build everything up.
Characters! With Gekkou put aside, the main princess girly doesn't seem like a bad character at all. I'd had thought she'd be tsundere but she doesn't seem very tsun (just very dere). Still, I can't help but think she's voiced by Kugimiya Rie... why... Argh why Kugimiya why...*ahem* that aside, I like the lightning girl. At least how she acts. Its pretty funny especially when she's next to Gekkou. Probably my least favorite is the main character, but, being a typical protagonist, I can't really say much about that. :V Over fine, normal, mediocre for a protagonist.
Finally, art. I don't think the art is that great, but the princess girly seems very pretty! The way the art is drawn most of the time seems... clumsy, in a way, as if they were not a professional photographer. But its ok. I can imagine the moe. That's good enough. I think. :V
EDIT: WTF!! THIS SHOW IS BEING MADE INTO AN ANIME, AND ITS COMING OUT THIS SEASON!!!
Somehow my Utsuro no Hako review was referenced somewhere and I got a ton of traffic (ok... maybe more or less like 4 people) thanks to that...well it wasn't a terribly great review but I thought it was odd anyway.
Ok digression aside, I guess that encouraged me to discuss my thoughts on other novels I read. :V I actually have been reading a good chunk of what's available on baka-tsuki, though most of them I thought were rather mediocre. Tenma is not really any different, but it did have some interesting points here and there that made it particularly amusing.
The one thing I liked most about the novel is the characters. Or rather, two of the characters: Gekkou and his...uh... ditzy lightning girl. (Obviously her name is not important). Gekkou in himself is already a pretty cool character, but I think his pairing with the ditz really pulls through with his personality. Him alone would just make him look dark and emo and out for revenge (...which is true) but the sharp contrast with his partner is rather amusing, and provides an opportunity to put in him a different light.
As I stated, the characters seem to be the strong point in this story. In particular, its rather interesting how they don't just stick to one point of view in the novel, but for each chapter (almost) provide a different scene and a different view in (the appropriately named) the 900 seconds after school (or something like that). This has been done before (Animorphs!) , but I have not seen it a lot in light novels, so its not bad to see it again.
Possibly because of this alternate-view type of thing, the main plot didn't seem that... advanced, and most particularly the ending (given the history that they were revealing to the audience) seemed rather abrupt. The novel seemed to build up this plot that seems like there will be something epic in the end, but... the main enemy turned out to be that weak? It makes you think that they didn't actually defeat the enemy and maybe the enemy will return, but really (and maybe its in the translator's fault) the enemy dies in one or two lines, considering the effort it took before to build everything up.
Characters! With Gekkou put aside, the main princess girly doesn't seem like a bad character at all. I'd had thought she'd be tsundere but she doesn't seem very tsun (just very dere). Still, I can't help but think she's voiced by Kugimiya Rie... why... Argh why Kugimiya why...*ahem* that aside, I like the lightning girl. At least how she acts. Its pretty funny especially when she's next to Gekkou. Probably my least favorite is the main character, but, being a typical protagonist, I can't really say much about that. :V Over fine, normal, mediocre for a protagonist.
Finally, art. I don't think the art is that great, but the princess girly seems very pretty! The way the art is drawn most of the time seems... clumsy, in a way, as if they were not a professional photographer. But its ok. I can imagine the moe. That's good enough. I think. :V
EDIT: WTF!! THIS SHOW IS BEING MADE INTO AN ANIME, AND ITS COMING OUT THIS SEASON!!!
20.6.11
想色メロディック
The title seems to say something like "Thoughts and colors melodic" but of course I'm a terrible translator.
This song is actually pretty nice and I had it playing in the background without viewing the PV. Then I happened to tab over it to the part where it had Miku and...
HOLY CRAP
SHE IS CUTE
MAN THE FLOWING HAIR(that's not standing up like it usually is in twintails, btw)
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
THIS PV IS FANTASTIC
16.6.11
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
I have determined that I did not watch this anime for its amazing plot.
I did not watch this anime for the beautiful artwork and design,
I did not watch this anime for its deep and thoughtful themes,
I did not watch this anime for the multiple interpretations of the ending,
I did not watch this anime to compliment its suspenseful, possibly amazing direction which led it to be the top rated anime of the year.
I CLEARLY WATCHED THIS ANIME TO SEE FANARTISTS MOE ANTHROPOMORPHIZE KYUUBEY INTO A CUTE GIRL.
KYUUUUUBEEEYYYYY
I did not watch this anime for the beautiful artwork and design,
I did not watch this anime for its deep and thoughtful themes,
I did not watch this anime for the multiple interpretations of the ending,
I did not watch this anime to compliment its suspenseful, possibly amazing direction which led it to be the top rated anime of the year.
I CLEARLY WATCHED THIS ANIME TO SEE FANARTISTS MOE ANTHROPOMORPHIZE KYUUBEY INTO A CUTE GIRL.
KYUUUUUBEEEYYYYY
15.6.11
14.6.11
キミ想い、片想い
Dododododododododo.... o3o
Well, this song I think the intro starts up a little too fast, that is there seems to be no breathing room before it dives right into the "main"...? Well its hard to describe I think, it feels like the intro is rushed though.
The title, "Your thoughts, (piece of) thoughts"...? Or something like that. :V
10.6.11
Music on the Brain
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/06/can-brain-scans-predict-music-sa.html
...what
...what
8.6.11
Back from China
What does that mean? Summary of vacation and pics right?!?
Of course not. NOW ONTO VOCALOID VIDEOS.
(and this is why I have no fans)
GUMI is getting a lot of popularity it seems these days. Is it because her birthday is coming up? Or because GUMI extend is coming out?
This current song, "Sky's Wings", is #1 on the vocaloid charts right now. I honestly think its a few of the same tones repeating over and over again, but maybe the lyrics mean something. Still its a decent enough song and its by GUMI. The vocals were done pretty well I think. And the guitar. Maybe its the guitar. :V
Uh, classic yuri gothloli ero themed song... yea... can't say much more about that. Not sure about the kanji in this title (maybe "hurt animal"?) And the katakana... looks like "Labyrinth". :V I think its still pretty catchy.
Somehow, this song has an "asian" feel to it. Or maybe I just hear too many asian songs with this kind of theme to it. Kind of a neat song regardless though. "Sakura" something? probably has to do something with sound, judging by the radical.
HAHAHA THIS AMUSED ME. What I was really impressed about this PV is that, previously GUMI did a similar themed song, however this one takes a satirical alternate route and appears to discuss the difference between online and offline personalities (whereas I wasn't really sure -- or don't remember -- what kind of view GUMI was taking). In any case both are intriguing videos, this one being more amusing while the other being more sad.
some girl vs some girl. I should really go and google translate all of this but I'm lazy right now. Maybe people will post comments and translate them for me! :V If you do: thanks I appreciate it!
Of course not. NOW ONTO VOCALOID VIDEOS.
(and this is why I have no fans)
GUMI is getting a lot of popularity it seems these days. Is it because her birthday is coming up? Or because GUMI extend is coming out?
This current song, "Sky's Wings", is #1 on the vocaloid charts right now. I honestly think its a few of the same tones repeating over and over again, but maybe the lyrics mean something. Still its a decent enough song and its by GUMI. The vocals were done pretty well I think. And the guitar. Maybe its the guitar. :V
Uh, classic yuri gothloli ero themed song... yea... can't say much more about that. Not sure about the kanji in this title (maybe "hurt animal"?) And the katakana... looks like "Labyrinth". :V I think its still pretty catchy.
Somehow, this song has an "asian" feel to it. Or maybe I just hear too many asian songs with this kind of theme to it. Kind of a neat song regardless though. "Sakura" something? probably has to do something with sound, judging by the radical.
HAHAHA THIS AMUSED ME. What I was really impressed about this PV is that, previously GUMI did a similar themed song, however this one takes a satirical alternate route and appears to discuss the difference between online and offline personalities (whereas I wasn't really sure -- or don't remember -- what kind of view GUMI was taking). In any case both are intriguing videos, this one being more amusing while the other being more sad.
some girl vs some girl. I should really go and google translate all of this but I'm lazy right now. Maybe people will post comments and translate them for me! :V If you do: thanks I appreciate it!
20.5.11
Spring
Also, flowers blooming next to the highway exit! I know, I'm not a photographer.
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18.5.11
キミトセカイ
A good melody song, feels like an ending theme to an anime season! Or maybe I'm just thinking that way seeing how my screening presentation is tomorrow and the day after I head off to China. A end of some sorts?
The title seems to say something like "Kimi sekai" which I guess now that I read it out means "your world"? :V
10.5.11
Miku Cars 2
http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2011/05/10/toyotas-new-u-s-saleswoman-virtual-idol-hatsune-miku/
The first thing that struck me was while reading the article it said "busty", and I was like "wait, what? Miku? Busty? :V"
Consequently enough ALL the comments so far are complaining how Miku shouldn't have been termed "busty" LOL.
The first thing that struck me was while reading the article it said "busty", and I was like "wait, what? Miku? Busty? :V"
Consequently enough ALL the comments so far are complaining how Miku shouldn't have been termed "busty" LOL.
9.5.11
FizzBuzz
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/02/why-cant-programmers-program.html
I cannot believe it. I absolutely can not believe this statement is true, or at least is still true in today's generation. I believe that most people are just really nervous at interviews and can't think through a program properly under the pressure of the interviewer, and that's why such a simple problem can take a while or they might get brainjammed, but I don't believe anyone who has a computer science degree cannot figure something like that out.
Again, I think its probably just people getting nervous in interviews and not that people can't figure it out. Of course this is a 3 years ago thing!
On the other hand:
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/05/08/012243/Why-the-New-Guy-Cant-Code
and
http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/07/why-the-new-guy-cant-code/
Probably holds a little more truth, and I'm a little more scared about that. Aside from my lab I don't spend a lot of my free time coding, so this could actually be more serious. :V Not to say I can't program, I certainly believe at this state I'm programming fine, but, hmm... if you want dire passion in my work, I guess I'd need to work on something like that.
I cannot believe it. I absolutely can not believe this statement is true, or at least is still true in today's generation. I believe that most people are just really nervous at interviews and can't think through a program properly under the pressure of the interviewer, and that's why such a simple problem can take a while or they might get brainjammed, but I don't believe anyone who has a computer science degree cannot figure something like that out.
Again, I think its probably just people getting nervous in interviews and not that people can't figure it out. Of course this is a 3 years ago thing!
On the other hand:
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/05/08/012243/Why-the-New-Guy-Cant-Code
and
http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/07/why-the-new-guy-cant-code/
Probably holds a little more truth, and I'm a little more scared about that. Aside from my lab I don't spend a lot of my free time coding, so this could actually be more serious. :V Not to say I can't program, I certainly believe at this state I'm programming fine, but, hmm... if you want dire passion in my work, I guess I'd need to work on something like that.
6.5.11
5.5.11
Hatsune Miku and Cars
Oh shit. :V
http://www.moetron.com/2011/05/05/2011-toyota-corolla-x-hatsune-miku/
"Official Car of Hatsune Miku" Ok that was kind of a cheesey line that killed everything.
http://www.moetron.com/2011/05/05/2011-toyota-corolla-x-hatsune-miku/
"Official Car of Hatsune Miku" Ok that was kind of a cheesey line that killed everything.
マーメイド
I've been seeing this theme for a bit these days on Pixiv, so I had to go see what was this about. It's an interesting song; its the most mechanical-sounding GUMI song I've heard. Not that it's that bad; on the contrary, I can see why people would like it. Although I wouldn't say it's one her best works...probably unique though. The design is really cute and interesting in style, too.
BTW the title is "Mermaid", although I don't think I saw her in a mermaid outfit or form in the video... :V
4.5.11
Vocaloid Catchup
As the title implies!
Floating Shelter
The song which I think deserves to be #1 (not that the other one is bad). It has a certain repetitive pattern that makes it quite catchy. There's probably something in the theme that also makes it interesting, if I could understand what it was. :V Must have something to do with hikikomoris. :V
アンハッピーリフレイン
(Unhappy Refrain?)
The number 1 vocaloid song right now. Reminiscent of "World's End Dance Hall", complete from the song style to the art style. I guess its made by the same person, probably? :V Oh well, it's not too bad anyway.
夢地図
(Dream Map)
40-meters strikes again! I know he makes a lot of good Miku songs, but I actually don't remember if he made any other GUMI songs before this one... Well regardless this one is quite neat. More mellow and calm than the last two songs (and more optimistic?).
Floating Shelter
The song which I think deserves to be #1 (not that the other one is bad). It has a certain repetitive pattern that makes it quite catchy. There's probably something in the theme that also makes it interesting, if I could understand what it was. :V Must have something to do with hikikomoris. :V
アンハッピーリフレイン
(Unhappy Refrain?)
The number 1 vocaloid song right now. Reminiscent of "World's End Dance Hall", complete from the song style to the art style. I guess its made by the same person, probably? :V Oh well, it's not too bad anyway.
夢地図
(Dream Map)
40-meters strikes again! I know he makes a lot of good Miku songs, but I actually don't remember if he made any other GUMI songs before this one... Well regardless this one is quite neat. More mellow and calm than the last two songs (and more optimistic?).
28.4.11
Project Diva 2.5
Me: "Man, SEGA do you really think you can make me buy basically the same game with the same gameplay, only a few extra songs and costumes for the full price of an imported japanese game? You must be out of your mind!"
SEGA: "There will be SPiCa and its costume in this game"
Me: "MUST HAVE"
Reference: http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/04/28/hatsune_miku_2_5_first_look/
SEGA: "There will be SPiCa and its costume in this game"
Me: "MUST HAVE"
Reference: http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/04/28/hatsune_miku_2_5_first_look/
19.4.11
Studio DEEN
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-19/studio-deen-to-animate-hatsune-miku-music-video
I HEARD THIS STUDIO BEFORE THEREFORE IT MUST BE IMPORTANT.
THIS MUST BE A VERY GREAT THING.
I HEARD THIS STUDIO BEFORE THEREFORE IT MUST BE IMPORTANT.
THIS MUST BE A VERY GREAT THING.
14.4.11
Spiral Game
At first this didn't start out like a song I would like, but I guess with the whole group singing thing the negative qualities of the individual VOCALOIDS (yes I didn't think the vocaloids themselves were singing that great this time) canceled out. In any case, there are to Lens so I'm sure the fangirls are amusied. :V
13.4.11
12.4.11
Handed
I wonder if there is some evolutionary reason why right-handedness predominates over left-handedness. There is probably some survivability benefit in being right-handed, or somehow right-handed people are more reproductive for unknown reasons. Over both left-handed and ambidextrous persons.
This is a mystery I truly must solve.
This is a mystery I truly must solve.
7.4.11
Scientific Politics
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/does-your-brain-bleed-red-white-.html?rss=1
I saw some similar news in the UCSD website too. It's still hard to be fully convinced of course and this type of research is always going to cause controversy, but I do believe that different people are different, and that can mean a lot. :V
I saw some similar news in the UCSD website too. It's still hard to be fully convinced of course and this type of research is always going to cause controversy, but I do believe that different people are different, and that can mean a lot. :V
5.4.11
fuzichoko
I have a confession to make.
I believe this person is the best artist in the world.
http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=27517
And on top of that, for whatever reason I find her tweets really cute. Despite the fact that I can only read it half the time... ok maybe only a quarter of the time... Regardless, her tweets sound mature, yet also dream-like, sort of like the pictures she draws.
Speaking of her drawings, her drawings are the best in the world. There's a lot of reasons for this. Its not just because she draws cute girls (although imo that factors in a lot), since a lot of artists on pixiv draw cute girls. In fact, there might be other people who draw cuter girls than she does.
However, she doesn't just draw cute girls, she draws cute girls in extraordinary settings with amazing scenery. Her scenery isn't just normal life, nor is it something grand and incomprehensible (which is typically what I see a lot of scenery drawings on pixiv: either a scene from everyday life or something out of this world, from the big bang or something). They're normal scenes... but not. They make you take a second look - its surrealism, with moe. Its just extraordinary.
So it might be her drawings affect my image of her when I see her tweets. I see, often, a girl, daydreaming, yet caring, innocent, yet mature. Probably from all the incomprehensible tweets on my twitter she was the one I was "worried" most when the earthquake hit.
In spite of the fact that I cannot comprehend most of her tweets.
Ok, I'm scaring myself. */end stalker mode*
I believe this person is the best artist in the world.
http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=27517
And on top of that, for whatever reason I find her tweets really cute. Despite the fact that I can only read it half the time... ok maybe only a quarter of the time... Regardless, her tweets sound mature, yet also dream-like, sort of like the pictures she draws.
Speaking of her drawings, her drawings are the best in the world. There's a lot of reasons for this. Its not just because she draws cute girls (although imo that factors in a lot), since a lot of artists on pixiv draw cute girls. In fact, there might be other people who draw cuter girls than she does.
However, she doesn't just draw cute girls, she draws cute girls in extraordinary settings with amazing scenery. Her scenery isn't just normal life, nor is it something grand and incomprehensible (which is typically what I see a lot of scenery drawings on pixiv: either a scene from everyday life or something out of this world, from the big bang or something). They're normal scenes... but not. They make you take a second look - its surrealism, with moe. Its just extraordinary.
So it might be her drawings affect my image of her when I see her tweets. I see, often, a girl, daydreaming, yet caring, innocent, yet mature. Probably from all the incomprehensible tweets on my twitter she was the one I was "worried" most when the earthquake hit.
In spite of the fact that I cannot comprehend most of her tweets.
Ok, I'm scaring myself. */end stalker mode*
3.4.11
Pretty Cure
Since I have a good taste of all the pretty cure seasons (save the second season of Yes! Pretty Cure) I want to give a general overview of which seasons are the best in what areas, and which are not. Possibly, spoilers? Although I'll try not to put in too much.
Plotline: Heartcatch Pretty Cure has probably the best plotline planned out out of all the series, considering that each season is almost 50 episodes long. While most seem to op for the "flunkies for filler, occasional boss character for quarter-season marks", Heartcatch spun it up with the dark precure/cure moonlight story. Albeit, I thought that how Heartcatch ended the series seemed a little fizzled out, but still not too terrible.
For runner up I think Fresh Pretty Cure is doing a relatively good job as well. It was rather intriguing how they were attempting to convert Eas over to Pretty Cure because of how adamant she was in appearing to hate Pretty Cure. Well, I don't know how the story is going to go from here on since the rest hasn't been subbed, so we'll have to see.
Characters: In the end I still think Pretty Cure Splash Star has the best characters, overall. On the good guys' side there's Mai, the unexpected super moe of the pretty cure realm, and the tree spirit fairy which is a moe loli... we need more moe loli fairies rather than ugly plush dolls! On the other side, there's the always-entertaining bad guys (except for the creepy girl duo, who still creeped me out even though they turned good) who, as evil as they try to be, always was good for a laugh.
Runner up on the good guys' side is HeartCatch merely because Erika is just SUCH an awesome character. Tsubomi is actually pretty cute too, and the scene where she has her hair down in the movies is 超可爱~~!!! Also, not really a hero, but Momo-nee is amazing in her own way. Must run in the family. Still, Erika has a really awesome character personality, and the episodes devoted mostly to her are just so epic. Also, I haven't watched too much of Suite yet but it looks like Kanade might turn out to be a strong contender for moe.
Runner up in the bad guy's side is Suite Precure. Once again we have a set of enemies where we just can't take seriously, and that makes it all the more entertaining for me. (Some people seem to like serious bad guys, I like the ones that have good comedy value... you can't really take series like these seriously anyway) I mean come on, you have this eccentric king that doesn't look evil at all, an emo tsukkomi cat and a trio of sopranos who doesn't seem to do anything but sing chords at the most terrible times... I really am enjoying the new enemies in Suite Precure. :V Also, Fresh Pretty Cure gets runner up as well for having the "ECDA Bad Guys" trio: the sneaky bastard, the jealous girl, and the bumbling baffoon <<< its obvious that the PJBW-style guy is the bad guy I like the most. :V
Mood: I think Fresh Pretty Cure, at least the first couple of episodes, seems to have the best themes which sets the mood of the audience. I think the one eraser episode in particular was quite moving given that it seemed to be just a filler episode, and that in a way surprised me. Lots of "dokidoki" moments in Fresh Pretty Cure imo, so that's something they have going for them. :V I think Heartcatch would be 2nd, but I just didn't quite feel the compassion as much as I did watching Fresh Pretty Cure. Maybe Erika is too much of a jerk. :V You go Erika!
Action: Pretty Cure Splash Star. At least, if you want to base it off of final epic battle moments, there's nothing that beats PCSS's final battle imo, at least if you watch the series from start to finish. Perhaps its just because PCSS is the series where they finally start doing things right (in contrast to original and max heart, which are just terrible) so that's why I think the battles are much better in PCSS than all else, which are either copying styles from PCSS or just outright terrible (original, Max Heart, Pretty Cure 5 imo fall in this category). Heartcatch Pretty Cure is pretty interesting in that they have a lot more variety in attacks and even have powerup items! Different perfume smells! But, I really wish they expanded at least on the powerup items, because I think that would have been cool.
Logic: Hmm... I think Splash Star seemed to be the most workable logic theme most of the time, at least not as much "arrrgh" as I find sometimes in other series. Runner up would be Fresh Pretty Cure.
Most Terrible Hair:...I added this category because it seems Pretty cure has a theme of having TERRIBLE HAIR for their transformed characters, and it seems I can't just pick one season. All seasons seem to have their "what the hell is with this outrageous hairstyle" but thankfully the characters usually have a interesting enough personality such that it doesn't have too much of an effect. In other words I'm getting used to terrible hair. :(
RANDOM THEMES FOUND IN PRETTY CURE:
1. Farms, or episodes where the pretty cure girls go off to work in the countryside.
2. There is ALWAYS at least one episode where the girls talk about breaking up.
3. For the first couple of seasons, everything always gets magically fixed after Pretty Cure is done battling, and everyone always falls asleep if there is a battle going on.
4. For the later couple of seasons, things don't get fixed but pretty cure is always a hero no matter how beat up the town is thanks to the bad guy invading.
5. Can't be Pretty Cure without a catchphrase. Admittedly, Heartcatch Pretty Cure's catchphrases were the worst, they were like 2 sentences long and didn't stick at all.
6. Bad guys always turn things into monsters which repeat a certain phrase or name over again.
7. Bad guys will always turn back normal with a ga-ga look on their faces saying some happy phrase or otherwise gibberish before turning back into normal.
8. There is ALWAYS merchandise for which vendors will, for sure, trick young girls into buying.
9. Fairies look like stuffed animals so they can pass as toys when real people see them. Damn fairies.
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Man Madoka is so freakin emo goddammit this emo show this show is all about taking emo and making them explode. <<< Did I say that I mean PRETTY CURE IS AWESOME EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH PRETTY CURE. (Madoka bleeeeh :p )
Plotline: Heartcatch Pretty Cure has probably the best plotline planned out out of all the series, considering that each season is almost 50 episodes long. While most seem to op for the "flunkies for filler, occasional boss character for quarter-season marks", Heartcatch spun it up with the dark precure/cure moonlight story. Albeit, I thought that how Heartcatch ended the series seemed a little fizzled out, but still not too terrible.
For runner up I think Fresh Pretty Cure is doing a relatively good job as well. It was rather intriguing how they were attempting to convert Eas over to Pretty Cure because of how adamant she was in appearing to hate Pretty Cure. Well, I don't know how the story is going to go from here on since the rest hasn't been subbed, so we'll have to see.
Characters: In the end I still think Pretty Cure Splash Star has the best characters, overall. On the good guys' side there's Mai, the unexpected super moe of the pretty cure realm, and the tree spirit fairy which is a moe loli... we need more moe loli fairies rather than ugly plush dolls! On the other side, there's the always-entertaining bad guys (except for the creepy girl duo, who still creeped me out even though they turned good) who, as evil as they try to be, always was good for a laugh.
Runner up on the good guys' side is HeartCatch merely because Erika is just SUCH an awesome character. Tsubomi is actually pretty cute too, and the scene where she has her hair down in the movies is 超可爱~~!!! Also, not really a hero, but Momo-nee is amazing in her own way. Must run in the family. Still, Erika has a really awesome character personality, and the episodes devoted mostly to her are just so epic. Also, I haven't watched too much of Suite yet but it looks like Kanade might turn out to be a strong contender for moe.
Runner up in the bad guy's side is Suite Precure. Once again we have a set of enemies where we just can't take seriously, and that makes it all the more entertaining for me. (Some people seem to like serious bad guys, I like the ones that have good comedy value... you can't really take series like these seriously anyway) I mean come on, you have this eccentric king that doesn't look evil at all, an emo tsukkomi cat and a trio of sopranos who doesn't seem to do anything but sing chords at the most terrible times... I really am enjoying the new enemies in Suite Precure. :V Also, Fresh Pretty Cure gets runner up as well for having the "ECDA Bad Guys" trio: the sneaky bastard, the jealous girl, and the bumbling baffoon <<< its obvious that the PJBW-style guy is the bad guy I like the most. :V
Mood: I think Fresh Pretty Cure, at least the first couple of episodes, seems to have the best themes which sets the mood of the audience. I think the one eraser episode in particular was quite moving given that it seemed to be just a filler episode, and that in a way surprised me. Lots of "dokidoki" moments in Fresh Pretty Cure imo, so that's something they have going for them. :V I think Heartcatch would be 2nd, but I just didn't quite feel the compassion as much as I did watching Fresh Pretty Cure. Maybe Erika is too much of a jerk. :V You go Erika!
Action: Pretty Cure Splash Star. At least, if you want to base it off of final epic battle moments, there's nothing that beats PCSS's final battle imo, at least if you watch the series from start to finish. Perhaps its just because PCSS is the series where they finally start doing things right (in contrast to original and max heart, which are just terrible) so that's why I think the battles are much better in PCSS than all else, which are either copying styles from PCSS or just outright terrible (original, Max Heart, Pretty Cure 5 imo fall in this category). Heartcatch Pretty Cure is pretty interesting in that they have a lot more variety in attacks and even have powerup items! Different perfume smells! But, I really wish they expanded at least on the powerup items, because I think that would have been cool.
Logic: Hmm... I think Splash Star seemed to be the most workable logic theme most of the time, at least not as much "arrrgh" as I find sometimes in other series. Runner up would be Fresh Pretty Cure.
Most Terrible Hair:...I added this category because it seems Pretty cure has a theme of having TERRIBLE HAIR for their transformed characters, and it seems I can't just pick one season. All seasons seem to have their "what the hell is with this outrageous hairstyle" but thankfully the characters usually have a interesting enough personality such that it doesn't have too much of an effect. In other words I'm getting used to terrible hair. :(
RANDOM THEMES FOUND IN PRETTY CURE:
1. Farms, or episodes where the pretty cure girls go off to work in the countryside.
2. There is ALWAYS at least one episode where the girls talk about breaking up.
3. For the first couple of seasons, everything always gets magically fixed after Pretty Cure is done battling, and everyone always falls asleep if there is a battle going on.
4. For the later couple of seasons, things don't get fixed but pretty cure is always a hero no matter how beat up the town is thanks to the bad guy invading.
5. Can't be Pretty Cure without a catchphrase. Admittedly, Heartcatch Pretty Cure's catchphrases were the worst, they were like 2 sentences long and didn't stick at all.
6. Bad guys always turn things into monsters which repeat a certain phrase or name over again.
7. Bad guys will always turn back normal with a ga-ga look on their faces saying some happy phrase or otherwise gibberish before turning back into normal.
8. There is ALWAYS merchandise for which vendors will, for sure, trick young girls into buying.
9. Fairies look like stuffed animals so they can pass as toys when real people see them. Damn fairies.
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Man Madoka is so freakin emo goddammit this emo show this show is all about taking emo and making them explode. <<< Did I say that I mean PRETTY CURE IS AWESOME EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH PRETTY CURE. (Madoka bleeeeh :p )
1.4.11
くれよん
A new "hoppy" GUMI song. My preference is usually these types of songs (most of the time over the sad songs, and all the time over all the rock type songs) so I'm quite happy that a song like this has appeared again! One hasn't come out for quite a while.
"Kureyon" is... some weird hiragana which I don't understand. :V GOOGLE TRANSLATE DOESN'T KNOW EITHER. It better not be fooling me just because its April Fool's Day. :V
31.3.11
Sleep-Deprived
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v471/n7340/full/471551a.html
Well, this explains why I feel more "mad-scientist" like when I get less sleep! Hahahaha the passion of moe grows as I sleep less and less!!!
Well, this explains why I feel more "mad-scientist" like when I get less sleep! Hahahaha the passion of moe grows as I sleep less and less!!!
27.3.11
Dammit, the moetron blogger tweeted a precure spoiler!! Gaaaaah! I wonder if I should unfollow him... he has good news on some stuff though, like vocaloid...
Also, DECO27 a fan of kotoko, I think? Should check up on her recent stuff.
Also, DECO27 a fan of kotoko, I think? Should check up on her recent stuff.
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25.3.11
It's Vocaloid Time
Haven't updated in a while so its time to play some vocaloid.
40 meter's new GUMI piece. Kind of tranquil and folk-like. A nice addition. Not terribly catchy but a good enough melody to go along and listen to.
The title "晴れのち桜" seems something like a light type of plant. Don't quite recognize the second kanji though. As expect, google says its "sakura"!!!!!
This one I cheated, and looked up the google translation first. :V I thought it was something like "metal" but apparently its actually "Meteor"... which fits when you watch the PV of the song.
Oh, and its 8 minutes long. Yes, 8 minutes long, as everyone on the comments are scrolling about.
Speaking of comments, one thing I thought was really cool about this video is suddenly the direction of the comments changed, and they were suddenly given pastel rainbow colors. WOAH. I thought at first it was the video's effects, but apparently you can customize your video to do that with comments! Spiffy!
40 meter's new GUMI piece. Kind of tranquil and folk-like. A nice addition. Not terribly catchy but a good enough melody to go along and listen to.
The title "晴れのち桜" seems something like a light type of plant. Don't quite recognize the second kanji though. As expect, google says its "sakura"!!!!!
This one I cheated, and looked up the google translation first. :V I thought it was something like "metal" but apparently its actually "Meteor"... which fits when you watch the PV of the song.
Oh, and its 8 minutes long. Yes, 8 minutes long, as everyone on the comments are scrolling about.
Speaking of comments, one thing I thought was really cool about this video is suddenly the direction of the comments changed, and they were suddenly given pastel rainbow colors. WOAH. I thought at first it was the video's effects, but apparently you can customize your video to do that with comments! Spiffy!
13.3.11
Heartcatch Precure (Unfinished)
This is very likely a spoiler so if you intend to watch and you're not around half done with the series yet, maybe you should skip.
With that being said,
Cure Sunshine is the greatest anomality in magical girls. I have never met a character so mind-bending defying -- even considering Nadeshiko/Nadehiko from Shugo Chara, this one... defies all my expectations. The weird thing is, thinking it from a normal perspective, its a perfectly fine, but...
WHEN SHE TRANSFORMS, SHE'S SO GIRLY. HER COSTUME IS GIRLY. ITS THE EPITOME OF A CUTE GIRL.
BUT.
SHE ACTS. SO. MANLY. OTL. Like even in shugo chara, when nadeshiko is nadeshiko he acts like a girl, but as Nadehiko he is a guy through and through. That's fine. Appearance matches personality.
This, for whatever reason, is not. Cure Sunshine... is way too manly in her actions, and way too girly in her appearance and transform/finisher. AAAAAH IT HURTS MY HEAD IT HURTS MY HEAD. TWO IMAGES THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER COME TOGETHER SOMEHOW DID, AND IT'S CAUSING PAIN IN MY STEREOTYPICAL PERCEPTION OF THINGS, AAAAH MY GOD
With that being said,
Cure Sunshine is the greatest anomality in magical girls. I have never met a character so mind-bending defying -- even considering Nadeshiko/Nadehiko from Shugo Chara, this one... defies all my expectations. The weird thing is, thinking it from a normal perspective, its a perfectly fine, but...
WHEN SHE TRANSFORMS, SHE'S SO GIRLY. HER COSTUME IS GIRLY. ITS THE EPITOME OF A CUTE GIRL.
BUT.
SHE ACTS. SO. MANLY. OTL. Like even in shugo chara, when nadeshiko is nadeshiko he acts like a girl, but as Nadehiko he is a guy through and through. That's fine. Appearance matches personality.
This, for whatever reason, is not. Cure Sunshine... is way too manly in her actions, and way too girly in her appearance and transform/finisher. AAAAAH IT HURTS MY HEAD IT HURTS MY HEAD. TWO IMAGES THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER COME TOGETHER SOMEHOW DID, AND IT'S CAUSING PAIN IN MY STEREOTYPICAL PERCEPTION OF THINGS, AAAAH MY GOD
11.3.11
Mr. Music
A vocaloid song where everyone (well, most of the japanese female VOCALOID2 + Len lol len) sings. The song is mellow and I only find it so-so in terms of melody (although I think in quality its not bad at all), but the video is really cute.
So vocaloid aside there was an earthquake. Things happening like these makes me think how in a lot of these cases the day before everything was going along normal just as it is here where I live right now, but then the next day everything changes in a flash. Well, there's always that chance of happening. Can't say much about it other than I hope everyone over there is ok.
LA might be next! Although my sister, who's taking a geology class right now, says its seemingly unlikely.
6.3.11
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (unfinished)
IMPRESSIONS. MAYBE IS CONSIDERED SPOILER. I would have, but others probably wouldn't. :V
Focus Question/Purpose: How in the world did Madoka get so much hype?
Methods: Watch several episodes of Madoka, even though the series hasn't even completed yet.
Results:
Episode 1: Interesting style, but not new. Reminiscent of Hidamari sketch in both the artwork and abstraction. Trapeze also had similar abstraction. Strong zettai ryouiki vibes. Still no strong evidence for being overhyped. :/
Episode 2: The Mami character is pretty cool. Otherwise all characters seem pretty mediocre, plot is suspenseful but not really seemingly original. That stuffed animal is creepy. Still seems overhyped.
Episode 3: More fighting, more of the same. Fight scenes are pretty cool, but that's not really unique either, not to mention art quality dro-- *approaches end* wait. huh. er. um. hmm. umm... hmm. ah-- hmm. Well f**k. :V
CONCLUSION: ...:V
Focus Question/Purpose: How in the world did Madoka get so much hype?
Methods: Watch several episodes of Madoka, even though the series hasn't even completed yet.
Results:
Episode 1: Interesting style, but not new. Reminiscent of Hidamari sketch in both the artwork and abstraction. Trapeze also had similar abstraction. Strong zettai ryouiki vibes. Still no strong evidence for being overhyped. :/
Episode 2: The Mami character is pretty cool. Otherwise all characters seem pretty mediocre, plot is suspenseful but not really seemingly original. That stuffed animal is creepy. Still seems overhyped.
Episode 3: More fighting, more of the same. Fight scenes are pretty cool, but that's not really unique either, not to mention art quality dro-- *approaches end* wait. huh. er. um. hmm. umm... hmm. ah-- hmm. Well f**k. :V
CONCLUSION: ...:V
26.2.11
キリトリセン
A brand new GUMI song by 40 meters. The producer is pretty popular (he did torinoko city) so its not surprising this hit #1 almost immediately. Its not super great, but certainly catchy and a nice song to listen to (in contrast to most other songs I found on the charts these days... :/)
The title says "kiritorisen", I think, which means... I don't know lets just ask google translate. :V
GOOGLE TRANSLATE DOESN'T KNOW EITHER
WHAT'S THE WORLD COMING TO
22.2.11
Pretty Cure Splash Star
On the surface, a complete rehash of the 1st season.
But then I watched it, and I think the more appropriate term is UPGRADED version of the first season. :V LET'S GO OVER THE THINGS THAT WERE WRONG WITH THE PREVIOUS SEASON AND SEE HOW THEY APPLY HERE:
-Material Propaganda. Still existent. Somewhat less cheesy, except for the whole spinning theme. Now, really?? Wtf, there's not even really any... drama in it. But this aside, lets move onto other things.
-50% of the lines in a new episode are repeated lines from the previous episode. <<< Reduced to about 10%, which is normal enough for a magical girl anime. Everyone needs the transformation scene. :x
-Mediocre art. << Ok, for whatever reason, the hairstyle for their transformed version is OUTRAGEOUS... but I got used to it. :V Aside from that, the art design is much better. And Mai is just MOEEEE.... Oh, although the two other girls, they actually look kind of creepy... :(
-Logic is where? << There is logic. Well, there is somewhat better logic, considering the fact that this is a magical girl anime. There were some parts over the series that didn't quite add up but overall it was good in the sense that for the most part it had a sensible logic. And a good sense of humor. VERY good sense of humor.
-Attacks << They improved much on this part. Two new transformations! Actual powers they can do ALONE rather than holding hands! DIFFERENT attacks they have when the hold hands! HURRAY!
-anger << Less anger. Still has the occasional "I WILL NOT FORGIVE YOU" But generally it seems more acceptable. Or maybe because Mai is just so AWESOME.
Ok Mai fanboying aside, she really is like a better version of Honoka. Its quite true that the two characters are almost complete ripoffs of the first season characters, but they at least seem to stay in character (plus, they're not EXACTLY the same...). One of the things that bothered me in first season was the fact that Honoka, while cool most of the time, acted a bit OOC when she got into those more intense fights... and that didn't seem too cool to me. :(
Speaking of fights, they REALLY had better action scenes this time around. Perhaps it was just the sparkles, or perhaps they just had so much more awesome matchups. Or maybe its the addition of more super powers. Regardless, the fights were definitely much more exciting than the first season.
And included with the fights are the bad guys! The whole "blow up the giant monster" theme is still there, but the midbosses so to speak were actually quite likable. Likable in the sense that it was fun to watch them, but the watcher (at least me) didn't feel like they were getting beaten up for no reason. The second part of Pretty Cure 1st season had some bad guys I actually started feeling sorry for, and part of what irritated me was the fact that Pretty Cure seemed so ignorant of the opponent's situation, always prattling off that they're in the right. This time around, even though the oppponents are likable, Pretty Cure is still for the most part "right" in beating them up.
TL;DR Pretty Cure Splash Star was a pretty good anime.
Now moving onto Yes, Which is, apparently, something like a sailor moon clone complete with almost similar personalities and aspects of the chars (almost, not quite though). Also, cute mascot chars turning into handsome bishonen. :V WOW THEY ARE REALLY TRYING TO APPEAL TO THE FEMALE AUDIENCE AREN'T THEY.
But then I watched it, and I think the more appropriate term is UPGRADED version of the first season. :V LET'S GO OVER THE THINGS THAT WERE WRONG WITH THE PREVIOUS SEASON AND SEE HOW THEY APPLY HERE:
-Material Propaganda. Still existent. Somewhat less cheesy, except for the whole spinning theme. Now, really?? Wtf, there's not even really any... drama in it. But this aside, lets move onto other things.
-50% of the lines in a new episode are repeated lines from the previous episode. <<< Reduced to about 10%, which is normal enough for a magical girl anime. Everyone needs the transformation scene. :x
-Mediocre art. << Ok, for whatever reason, the hairstyle for their transformed version is OUTRAGEOUS... but I got used to it. :V Aside from that, the art design is much better. And Mai is just MOEEEE.... Oh, although the two other girls, they actually look kind of creepy... :(
-Logic is where? << There is logic. Well, there is somewhat better logic, considering the fact that this is a magical girl anime. There were some parts over the series that didn't quite add up but overall it was good in the sense that for the most part it had a sensible logic. And a good sense of humor. VERY good sense of humor.
-Attacks << They improved much on this part. Two new transformations! Actual powers they can do ALONE rather than holding hands! DIFFERENT attacks they have when the hold hands! HURRAY!
-anger << Less anger. Still has the occasional "I WILL NOT FORGIVE YOU" But generally it seems more acceptable. Or maybe because Mai is just so AWESOME.
Ok Mai fanboying aside, she really is like a better version of Honoka. Its quite true that the two characters are almost complete ripoffs of the first season characters, but they at least seem to stay in character (plus, they're not EXACTLY the same...). One of the things that bothered me in first season was the fact that Honoka, while cool most of the time, acted a bit OOC when she got into those more intense fights... and that didn't seem too cool to me. :(
Speaking of fights, they REALLY had better action scenes this time around. Perhaps it was just the sparkles, or perhaps they just had so much more awesome matchups. Or maybe its the addition of more super powers. Regardless, the fights were definitely much more exciting than the first season.
And included with the fights are the bad guys! The whole "blow up the giant monster" theme is still there, but the midbosses so to speak were actually quite likable. Likable in the sense that it was fun to watch them, but the watcher (at least me) didn't feel like they were getting beaten up for no reason. The second part of Pretty Cure 1st season had some bad guys I actually started feeling sorry for, and part of what irritated me was the fact that Pretty Cure seemed so ignorant of the opponent's situation, always prattling off that they're in the right. This time around, even though the oppponents are likable, Pretty Cure is still for the most part "right" in beating them up.
TL;DR Pretty Cure Splash Star was a pretty good anime.
Now moving onto Yes, Which is, apparently, something like a sailor moon clone complete with almost similar personalities and aspects of the chars (almost, not quite though). Also, cute mascot chars turning into handsome bishonen. :V WOW THEY ARE REALLY TRYING TO APPEAL TO THE FEMALE AUDIENCE AREN'T THEY.
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