Sunday, March 26, 2006

The SOAP crew has been busy as usual both writing and submitting articles this week. Here is a recap of the four articles that were posted at the O since our last weekly update: -Viva la Revolution: The Effects of Change-Bellpickle brings us an analysis of themes related to revolution, and how those themes are incorporated in Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo and Rose of Versailles. She warns that there are spoilers for both series and that you must have previous knowledge of both series to fully understand the points made in this article. -Otaku Otaku Revolution-Everything changes and evolves and Katana tells us how both anime and the otaku who love it have changed over the years in this very creatively written piece. -Anthropology of the 12 Kingdoms-Shinkiro brings us a mock anthropological and geographical study introducing the world from the 12 Kingdoms anime. -Otogizoushi-The Legends behind the Anime-Shinkiro’s final submission of the week is a look at the Otogizoushi legends and how they were used by Production IG to create this complex and stirring anime. Shinkiro warns that there are minor spoilers. Now that we’ve looked at what the SOAPer’s have done over the past week, let’s look at what they have in store for us in the future: Shinkiro's works in progress: -Despite putting most of her efforts into collabs and a secret project, she has managed to start a new article comparing the Howl’s Moving Castle anime and novel. This article is now in the production stages and is expected to be completed very quickly. -Her Kimi wa Petto article is still in the pre-production stages but she expects to start on it very soon. SunfallE is feeling much better thanks to modern medicine and has made some progress. Here’s what we have to look forward to now that she is feeling better: - Her collaboration with her friend, Mariskah, has come along way and is expected to be finished this very weekend. This article is Mariskah’s first and it is a tutorial on how to make wallpapers. - Her article detailing the sword techniques used in theRurouni Kenshin series is requiring more research than first expected, but it is still in steady progress. *- SunfallE has reviews for Ronin Warriors and Zenk in the works along with a review/article on the manga Eerie Queerie that is still in the planning stages. Note: Apparently reviews are not being accepted right now, so once the option is back up and running, SunfallE will revisit these once she can submit. Bellpickle's works in progress: - Her article on L from Death Note is still coming and with the buzz surrounding the upcoming movie it's eagerly awaited. Currently, this article is on hold but she expects to resume it in April. Katana's works in progress: - Katana is working on an idea for an intertwined article AND quiz. The quiz will help fans come up with ideas for what they should try on their anime sites and the article will take those things and elaborate on them, discussing issues such as difficulty, amount of HTML skills needed, time, and, obviously, the ever hated question of: Bandwith. Ada Pallas's works in progress: - A couple of articles called The Father Complex *- A review/analysis of the manga Ghost Hunt is still in production. *- A review/analysis of the anime/manga Bastard!. * Both reveiws are on hold until she gets more of the respective manga. Snow Fox's works in progress: - 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. Collaborations in progress: - "Formula 4" is finally in the early production stages. For those who haven’t been keeping track, this article will take a look at anime that use the “formula four” blue print and will specifically deal with the four main characters in the anime and the archetypes that they fit in to. - The Saiyuki article Shinkiro and Ada Pallas are working on is also finally going in to the early production stages. Right now the girls are trying to work out the direction they want this article to go in. This puppy may separate in more then one article depending on how much of their inner fan girl these two channel. - Bellpickle and Katana are also looking into doing an ACEN 2006 report. Until next week…

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