Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Turandot hits prime time.


God, I can't stop watching this. Moments like this, where a homely phone salesman can walk in and completely nail a Puccini aria, are why we have television. Pay careful attention to the judges' expressions - Cowell in particular goes from "okay, let's get this over with" to "WTF WALLHAX!!" in about three seconds. Not a dry eye (or seat) in the house. Classical sales in the UK are going to triple overnight because of this.

One question though: why the hell do you punctuate such a joint with "I DON'T WANNA MISS A THING"???


EDIT: Oh yeah, and Youtube closed my account. Oddly enough, not because I pissed off Geneon or ADV, but because I caught the eye of the guy who made that video with the buffalos and lions fighting. Funny how these things work.
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Saturday, June 9, 2007

So I've been working on an AMV.
Yes, this is the first time I've ever tried to do this seriously. I take it mainly as a way of learning video editing skills. It's only about halfway done at this point and there are bits and pieces that still need major refinement, but what's there so far has been sitting around my hard drive for weeks without me touching it. I figure I might as well throw it out there for laughs:



I'll finish it one of these days. MAYBE WHEN SCHOOL/WORK LETS UP.
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Friday, June 8, 2007

Trent Reznor and Osaka

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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

most hardcore anime song ever


By the way, please abuse the rickroll in the previous post as much as you possibly can. It's almost criminal that no one else thought of making it; aside from one half-assed attempt at the Lucky Star op and some terrible Naruto thing, there are no rickroll amvs at all. For shame, internet! For shame!
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Sunday, June 3, 2007

More Eva pics leak!!
They're a little blurry, and there's probably a risk of spoilers, but it's definitely worth it.
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Sunday, May 27, 2007

Seriously, what happened to Claymore?
After the last three or four episodes, I can't help thinking of the many scenes from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid where the title characters, upon witnessing the guys chasing them track them everywhere and keep going without rest, ask themselves, "Who are these guys?" I mean, holy hell. Just look at the ANN page for this show. First notice that it's Madhouse, which is currently spread out over a zillion projects and has never been completely consistent. Take a moment to check out what the staff has done in the past... exceptions granted, the general fact is "very little worth mentioning." The series head is a first-timer with a lot of assistant and episode direction work in mediocre shows, nothing I can really remember being great. Most of the rest of the staff is in the same boat. Claymore really should be just a nameless show to be buried with the other underachievers of the season (the anime market is a bubble right now, and I can't shake the sense that it's going to burst very very soon). But... it's not. It's incredibly good. I mean, I could nitpick about the first few episodes, or the occasional Dragonball Z-isms ("LOOK OUT! SHE'S USING OVER 70% OF HER YOMA POWER!!"), or fret about the series' future, but it really would be just nitpicking. This is one of the best shows on right now - there, I said it. And I have no idea how it happened. "Who are these guys?"

Also, Fanta commercials:


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Sunday, May 20, 2007

F-O-E! F-O-E!


I don't think I'm ever going to understand these IOSYS things.
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Friday, May 18, 2007

Azumanga auf Deutsch!!
Pretty well done, actually! I especially like Sakaki and Yukari - and hooray, Chiyo-chan isn't as grating as in the English! (unfortunately they drop the ball a little on Yomi and Osaka)




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Monday, May 14, 2007

Good Anime Alert!!
EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET! Go and see Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo ("The Girl Who Leapt Through Time") as soon as you possibly can. High school drama plus time travel, done following the best of both traditions. It dropped last year without me hearing so much as a peep about it, and it's really one of the best anime flicks I've seen in a long time. There are subbed torrents up as we speak, and I trust you know where to find them. SHOO. GO. RIGHT NOW.


Addendum: about an hour into the movie there's a piece of music that lasts quite awhile. I don't know who did the score to the film, but I know what the director was using for the temporary soundtrack for that scene: Arvo Part's Fur Alina. I know because I sank several weeks of my life into that piece. It's only about two minutes long, depending on how it's played, but it marks a clarity that even Part has never surpassed. The CD versions (which I actually don't like that much) are actually improvisations on the basic score, and that's what got used in the film. So go watch the movie, and then listen to this (do not pay attention to the snowboarding footage, it is not important):



Second Addendum: Claymore has suddenly become INCREDIBLY GREAT. Who knew?
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Sunday, May 6, 2007

JUST AS PLANNED


I'm actually working on something else using the same song, but inspiration hit.
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