Hello All! This past week was a big one becuase thanks to
Bellpickle our very first collaboration was posted! It's a simple and yet funny peice about some experiences we have had as otaku's and is called
Otaku Memoirs. You should go check it out. And be sure to comment on by telling us one of your very own stories!
Also out this past week was
Tical's article on the
Vampire Hunter D novel called
Omniscient Power Abuse: Vampire Hunter D.
Now, I sure all of you noticed that problem we had on the site so unfortunatly communication between members got lost somewhere and thus there's really nothing new to report on the future articles. However there are some slight differences so please read, I'll try to make this sound as entertaining as possible.
Well, since I have insight into
Ada Pallas's mind we'll look at where she stands in her article progress:
- Her article on Osamu Tezuka (or Tezuka Osamu) is almost finished and will be submitted later this week. The article focuses on the life of the man know as the "father of manga" and "the God of manga."
- A review of the manga
Ghost Hunt is still in the works but if the truth be told, Ada routinly forgets about doing it. You may go harrass her if you like.
- And after a renewed interst in the anime
Bastard! she has decided to write a review on it as well. This will be another of her articles that compare the manga with the anime.
The rest of this sadly will just be repeating what we had last week. But just in case you forgot what we're working on we'll give you the rundown.
Bellpickle's still got her article on "L" to do. And to refresh your memory she has decided that since his backstory is pretty much non-existent that she's going to write the article fanfiction style and will explore his character and his backstory through the use of hypothetical situations. Passages of analysis/explanations will be interspersed between the chapters.
Shinkiro is still working on her three articles:
- An article on
The Pet Shop of Horrors.
- A comparison between the
Otogizoushi anime and the
Otogizoushi legend.
- And an article concerning the
Twelve Kindgoms anime.
And
Snow Fox has her "2":
- Miso Soup for the Otaku Soul, Vol. 2. It'll follow the same format of the first one, but this one will essentially be a nostalgia-inducer for the veteran anime-viewer, and a basic guide for those who haven't yet decided whether or not they like anime.
- Several (approximately 4) articles about
Paranoia Agent are in the (very slow) works. Currently, they're all in various stages of pre-development. She is waiting for a break from school to review the anime.
As for
Tical, he's keeping his next article top secret. ^^
And since we finally got our 1st
collaboration out we are even more excited about the next few.
- "Formula 4" A look at animes that use this formula and why.
Ada Pallas is heading this collab so it should get going once she gets off her duff and circulates what she has to the other SOAP members.
- A
Saiyuki article which revolves around how and why the manga differs from the anime is also in start up phases and is meant to be a collab between
Shinkiro and
Ada Pallas. This collab in particular might take a while to produce.
That's all we got for you this week! Hope you liked it. Oh and big shout out to
Dagger IX1 the article God and
Adam who didn't think our idea for creating this site wasn't too weird. ^^
Later All!
