Sunday, September 11, 2005

  Hey everybody. Sorry to post so late in the day, but I just got back from a quick manga-run with Josh. Well, I got back at 4, then I was dealing with my family till now. My brother and sister were in here using the computer (which I can't stand!!!), but now they're at the YMCA. Serves them right if they catch what I have from sitting in my room (it'd be karma for a lot of things for my bro). They’re used tissues and Cough Drops EVERYWHERE. It's like this place should be considered a Biohazard. My room gets so messy when I'm sick! >_<

The manga run was tough to enjoy considering how I'm feeling, but it was worth getting to see Josh again (for the first time since school began!). He even let me borrow a Van Halen CD (no Resident Evil 4 yet, because he's still playing it, but hey, I can't blame him). We've both always known that Van Halen's cool, but Josh only recently got into his music. Naturally, I will also soon be a Halen fan. Josh has great taste in music, 'cause he got me into Metallica, CKY, Iron Maiden, and so on. Anybody else here a Van Halen fan?

So who watched Naruto last night? I sure did! Naruto's voice bugs me, but then again, Naruto himself bugs me. He's honestly one of my all-time least favorite anime characters. He has no redeeming qualities, plus he reminds me WAY too much of my brother (i.e., blonde, lame hair-style, loud, obnoxious, self-absorbed, a poor student, perverted, around 12 yr.'s old, and has a deep rooted evil lurking inside him). However, by the 2nd episode, Naruto's voice was greatly improved. When I thought it over, it sounded fairly accurate.
I'm glad the Sexy Jutsu/Ninja Center-fold was included (of course I'm glad, I'm a dude!). Iruka, Lord Hokage and especially the bad-guy teacher with the white hair, I forget his name, all sounded fairly or completely like I imagined. On a side note, I thought "Hokage" was pronounced "Hoke-aj", like the word "age".
Regardless of how crappy any dubbing in Naruto is, it will always be better then the Japanese voices. Naruto sounds like a friggen' 4-year-old in Japanese! Naruto and Fullmetal Alchemist are the only anime's I've seen where the original out-ranks the Japanese.

Who watched Escaflowne last night? I did, and I was fairly disappointed. It had its good points AND it's bad points, such as...
*The animation was nice and smooth, but the faces were WAY to realistic (and thus ugly).
*The landscapes were beautiful, vast and detailed, but friggen' creepy. 0_o'
*The story had classic elements, but was very predictable. (i.e., "Oh. Well what do ya' know? Romance between the main guy and main girl. Did NOT see THAT coming!")

On that last note, we've seen that same plot incarnated 1,000 times over. Consider the following: The innocent, reserved girl from our world, the heroic, expressive, rash and fairly good-looking guy from another world, the girl having some magic power or prophecy to fulfill that even she didn't know about, the (quick to develop) romance between the 2, the list goes on and on. Just think of stories like Inuyasha and you'll see the similarities.

Boy, sorry for the long post! ^_^'
I'm off to visit your sites! Please ray that I'll feel better soon, and please also pray for all those being affected by Katrina. I'll see you tomorrow!
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