Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Lost my Music
hiya folks, its time for my regular update. i figure if i update the same times each week, then you know when to visit right? which is besides the point you should be visiting all the time, raising my popularity status. >.<

im just kidding, its pretty high anyway.


anyways, whats been happening...in a word...notalot. its been really humid and hot here, and hard to sleep.

my brother has to go back on tour today, i believe...he's perfroming in the national (thats UK for those of you who dont know) tour of "The Just So Stories". its a small production, but he gets paid for it, which is good.

i've also been up late watching movies and suchlike recently. The two movies i've seen on TV recently are "Waterworld" with Kevin Kostner (which is an OK movie really. nothing special.) and the other night I finally got to see all of "Nine to Five" with Dolly Parton. ^^ thats a pretty cool movie. me and my brother watched it. he has a soft spot for Dolly. i just like the movie (though i'll be lying if i said i didnt like Ms Parton too...im also rather fond of the place she originated from too. ^^ )

The other thing i've been watching recently is a fairl new anime called "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" or "Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu".



from right to left: Mikuru Asahina, Suzumiya Haruhi, Yuki Nagato.

Its based on a popular series of novels (manga i think) and has only recently been released an anime this year. I've been watching the fansubbed version online.

The basic premise is this:
"On the first day of high school a beautiful girl named Haruhi Suzumiya introduces herself as having "no interest in ordinary humans". She asks for any aliens, time travelers, sliders or espers to join her. Watching her weird behaviour is Kyon a boy who sits in front of Haruhi and is the only person who talks to her. Commenting on Haruhi's joining every club in school and then quitting Kyon unwittingly gives Haruhi an idea to start her own after school club. Thereafter Kyon and several others find themselves literally dragged into the Save our world by Overloading it with fun Suzumiya Haruhi's Brigade (the S.O.S. Brigade for short)."- From Anime News Network.

Its funny, its cute, its slightly bizarre when you learn several of the character's true natures...but the single most outstanding feature is this: The episodes are not aired in chronological order.
The first episode is actually the 11th chronologically and is a fanvideo made by the cast later in the series for the school festival. it gives you a slight taster of what the series will be like. Then the second episode is the first chronologically and then as follows

Ep 3: actually ep 2 chronologically
Ep 4: actually ep 7 chronologically
Ep 5: actually ep 3 chronologically
Ep 6: actually ep 9 chronologically
Ep 7: actually ep 8 chronologically
Ep 8: actually ep 10 chronologically
Ep 9: actually ep 14 chronologically
Ep 10: actually ep 4 chronologically
Ep 11: actually ep 13 chronologically
Ep 12: actually ep 12 chronologically (go figure!)
Ep 13: actually ep 5 chronologically
and the last epissode is actually episode 6 chorologically.

Whilst this sounds weird, it actually kind of all works out. there are times when you have to remember where you are in the story arc, and you do kinda see the last episode halfway through the series, but its been written skilfully enough that most of the spoilers dont come until the ACTUAL final episode anyway. Its quirky, and coupled with a good soundtrack and tonnes of other anime references for those of you who know your anime, i think i can see the reason its been so popular in Japan...supposedly the most popular anime to be released this year.

i enjoyed it at any rate... ^-^


I spent most of yesterday on the keyboard. I think i can safely say that i can now play TM Revolution's Ignited (Piano Version) one handed, and also can pull off a coupla other anime tunes including the Evangelion Theme tune and Sayuri's Theme from Place Promised in Our Early Days...its fun to muck about on the keyboard.

i have no comic for you todays im afraid, but i do have the next section of the report for you. Just this part and one more section after that. enjoy!

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Stepping over the threshold we enter the Idea Graveyard. Here lie the worlds of fiction that never were completed or never even got beyond concept stage. However, illustrations or texts still exist based upon these worlds and thusly they deserve special mention.

The first of such worlds is the world of Daily Circumstance, a world where the side characters seen in anime are the stars. A world where Giant Robots and Super Powered Heroes exist but they are the side characters to the everyday lives of the “normal” people. Two chapters exist but the fiction was never completed due to a shortage of inspiration and no illustrations were ever made. The cast are as follows…

SHINOBU IZUMI: Police Officer. 29 yrs old. Been patrolling the streets of Tokyo for five years but has yet to be given a big case, which frustrates her no end. Lives with her sister, Ai, also a cop who works traffic. Shinobu is partnered with Atsushi Ikeda, who is three years her senior, a tough grizzled cop who has yet to be promoted, which ticks him off.

AKEMI SHIBA: Waitress/Voice Actress. 22 yrs old. Works at a small restaurant, with high school friend Chihiro Kato, but trying to break into Voice Acting. Has only had a few small bit parts. Is also looking for a boy friend. Lives with her cat, Eva, in a small apartment at the edge of the city. Is often late for work.

SHIN HIRAGI: 23 yrs old. Office Worker/ wage slave who wanted to be a manga-ka. His stuff looks promising, but he has yet to make the big break. Also tried to be a Giant Robot Pilot, but failed the test. He has trouble with women, and does not have a girlfriend. He lives with his co-worker and life long best friend Shinichi Maki. Lives in the same apartment block as SHINOBU, but they do not know each other very well.

HAJIME MATSUDA: 62 yrs old. Shop keeper. Lived in Tokyo his whole life, dedicated to his store. Has no time for thieves and young delinquents. Married to Megumi, who is 60. Generally a friendly man with no real ambitions or goals, other then to serve his customers with 100% satisfaction. Lives above the store. Gets annoyed whenever the Giant Robots and Giant Monsters fight outside.

TAKA TAKINO: 21 Yrs Old. A Young, idealistic teacher who has recently transferred to Tokyo to start her first teaching job. Hasn’t yet been bitten by the cynicism that affects the older teachers yet. Been so busy getting her career launched, she hasn’t had time for a relationship. Lives with her best friend Yuji Inaba, an office worker who works in the same office as SHIN HIRAGI. Wears glasses.

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Shortly after the world of Daily Circumstance is the world of “Unfinished Business”, a fiction set in Ireland. It follows two ghosts trying to finish what they started and “cross over” to the other side before their home is demolished and they disappear from existence. Another story that didn’t last much beyond the first chapter, although the character’s within did get designed and illustrated.

Evelyn: appears to be 17 although she died over 200 years ago. Has black hair and appears very gothic in style. Lives in the old theatre with Tessa.

Tessa: appears to be early twenties, but only died in the 1980’s, so technically younger then Evelyn. British in origin. Blonde hair tied in a loop. Likes to drink and is a bit of a prankster. Lives in old theatre with Evelyn.

Alice: aged 21, red hair. Nicknamed the “Scourge of Dublin’s Bars.” Always up for a challenge, refuses to be beaten by anyone. Is assisting her twin brother Thomas in helping Evelyn and Tessa to “cross over”.

Thomas: aged 21, brown hair. Works in a lawyer firm. Inherited Old Theatre from his mother, joint ownership with his twin sister Alice. Due to remote location and unsustainable nature of the theatre, has decided to sell it. But first agrees to help Evelyn and Tessa cross over to the next life in order not to erase them from existence when the theatre is inevitably torn down.
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Another world of the Graveyard zone is the one known as “Skye”. It was essentially a mech story but never really progressed beyond one chapter. There were several characters but the only one that ever got any illustrations was Ai (see Zone of the Enders) In this fiction Ai plays a temperamental A.I program in an experimental weapon.

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The last world in the Graveyard is a small concept recently thought up and dropped almost as quickly. A “magical girl” style story that never even got written beyond the underlying concept, the only character ever developed was the protagonist. The occasional illustration pops up from time to time.

Daisy/Prism: Daisy is an ordinary 16 year old teenager who one day is chosen to be the one who saves the planet from a mysterious force known as the Monochromus who are bleaching colour and emotion from the world. Using the mysterious artefact known as the “Spectrum Staff”, Daisy can transform into Magical Rainbow Maid Prism. With her trusty Rainbow Edge weapon, Prism is the only force on earth preventing humanity’s destruction.
Daisy has long blonde hair and a single long bang. When she transforms her hair turns a bright blue and separates into two huge pigtails.


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and thats that section. The last section will include Chibi Darke Days and the mysterious beings known only as "The Crew".

welp, see ya next time.

toodles.
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