January 2004
12 Kingdoms
Posted By: Shoju on January 29, 2004 11:55 P.M. (PST)

I was burning some anime onto some DVD-Rs two days ago.  I had no HW from school since my instructor didn't give us any and I decided to watch one of the animes I haven't seen yet.  Because of much hype, I decide to pop in Juuni Kokki and copy the episodes over to my hard drive.  I said to myself, "I think I'll give this thing ten episodes to get me hooked."  At episode 9 I got addicted and slapped myself.  12 Kingdoms is fucking great!  My favorite character would have to be Rakushun.
I just finished watching episode 41.  I hope they start making more of it real soon.  The only bad thing is that I sometimes get confused with all the different titles of everyone, but that's all on me.

12 Kingdoms receives a permanent spot on my favorites list at #4! ^_^

I'll write up some reviews for other stuff tomorrow...maybe.  =P

Still pissed...
Posted By: Shoju on January 21, 2004 3:30 P.M. (PST)

I'm still in my house. -_-

Now for stuff that actually matters.  LUE on GameFAQs became private, but it still hasn't changed.  ^_^

I was finally able to get One Piece scanlations.  It's definitely better than Naruto. =P

I finally watched The Last Samurai.  It was much better than I expected.  It made my movie list.

I should write a review for Full Metal Alchemist.  The latest episode was pretty good.  Edward and Al lost parts of their body to that Scar guy.

Gah!
Posted By: Shoju on January 10, 2004 10:00 P.M. (PST)

I bought a lot of shit today at various anime stores around southern California.  I got a nice Mizuho figure, lots of One Piece figures and plushies, and some very nice Kanon cards.

Naruto's new ending is good, but I really like the marching chibi characters! ;_;

This could be very well my last post I write in my house...I'll keep those of you who read this updated as this personal story develops...

Bleh
Posted By: Shoju on January 4, 2004 3:20 A.M. (PST)

ROD TV is so kick ass.  Junior being the son of Nancy wasn't all that surprising, but I wonder what relation Drake has with Maggie.
I don't know what's going on with Da Capo.  I want Nemu all better already.  ;_;  I hope that sakura tree cuts chopped down soon.

I finally got this month's NewtypeUSA yesterday.  They showed that the next batch of Kenshin PVC toys would include Aoshi and Shishio!  Both of them look badass!  ^_^  I already have the Saitou one from the first series.

Stupid soccer moms...
Posted By: Shoju on January 4, 2004 3:05 A.M. (PST)

Gah.  Steve Irwin was recorded feeding a croc while holding his baby.  Anyone bitching about how he put his baby in danger should be shot.  He's a fucking professional at what he does.  He is comfortable with putting his baby in that position, he and his wife would be the only ones to know if such a thing is safe.  Saying that anything is dangerous is the most moronic thing I've ever heard.  Anything can happen at any given moment.  Sure his baby could have been hurt of killed by that croc, but there are thousands more ways that baby can die.

AonE released the last episode of Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi today.  It was another disappointment because Kaoru and Aoi's relationship was still in the dark from the others.  It was fun to see them again but nothing special came out of this series so far.

I started downloading Volcano High a few weeks ago.  It finally finished today.  Min-a Shin has a beautiful voice.  =)
I only skimmed through it, but I could easily notice the important scenes that were cut from MTV's version.

As for any site updates, I think I'm going to put a Hyena20's history of LUE up soon.  I might also write a review for the next anime episode I see.

Advent Children
Posted By: Shoju on January 2, 2004 1:50 A.M. (PST)

I want to talk about Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children today.  No official news, just random thoughts and hopes.

I personally think that every single playable character will be shown somewhere in the movie.  The latest pictures that were released showed one mysterious figure in the sky.  Many believe that this person is Vincent because his shoes look similar to Vincent's.  I also believe that picture is of Vincent in the sky.  If Vincent is going to be animated, I also believe Yuffie will be animated too.  Yuffie has been animated in the Kingdom Hearts game, but I would love to see how she looks in CG.

In the trailer, there's this guy that is in a wheel chair.  I believe that Rufus is that person.  In the game, there's a sequence where a WEAPON blows up Shinra's HQ and Rufus is shown inside.  At the last second, Rufus is shown ducking.  There is a theory that he survived either by a secret escape passage or just survived by hiding behind stuff.

I absolutely believe that Sephiroth and Aerith will only be in this movie in flashback scenes.  They are both dead and should remain so.  However, I think that Square-Enix might do something cheesy like having Cloud talk to Aerith by way of the Lifestream.

There is one group of people that I am especially hoping to see and that group is the Turks.  Reno, Rude, and Elena would provide some comedy relief in what seems like a mostly dark movie.

That's about it for that.  I went to Barnes and Noble and Borders today in Costa Mesa today to pick up a bunch of manga.  I got all but two that I wanted.  Both stores didn't have Initial D Vol. 9(Borders did have one, but it was in shitty condition) and Gravitation Vol. 3.  Damn ricers and fan girls.  =P