Sunday, April 16, 2006

This past week has been an exciting one for SOAP. Articles posted this past week include our second collab, The Top Ten Signs That An Otaku is Going Insane 2, Shinkiro’s analysis of the 12 differences between the Howl's Moving Castle novel and anime, and Katana’s If It Were Anime. Also this week we welcome otakualchemist and ryu6fw to the club. And as Katana pointed out, this is no longer an all girls club thanks to addition of ryu6fw. Please girls, no hazing. The updates for these two will start next week. Now, on to the future! Sangome Wilder’s works in progress: - Sangome submitted a spur of the moment Top Ten list recently. It’ll be intersting to see what she put into it. Hopefully it’ll be posted in the next few days. - She’s got a Fullmetal Alchemist article that will focus on the differences between the anime series and the manga. Some things she hopes to look at are characters exclusive to the manga or anime, and the different roles characters play between the two mediums, among other things. If things go right, this should be up this week. - Also be on the lookout for a sequels to “You Know You’ve Played to Many Games When . . . and another of her articles, “You Know You’ve Watched to Much Anime When . . . Katana's works in progress: - Her article-‘n-quiz project is on a role. She’s got part one finished and only needs to code the last question. 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. - And yet another member is showing interest in FMA! Katana is considering doing a small article that explains the ranks in the hit show/manga. Katana notes that this may be on hiatus. And everyone else, you ask? Well, we’re all plugging along but there’s nothing really new to report. Here’s a reminder on our projects. SunfallE’s works in progress: - If you liked her collaboration with her friend, Mariskah, then you’ll be happy to know that they are working on a second wallpaper themed article. They expect to finish this up during this week. - 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. (We might start taking bets on when submissions will be turned back on) Shinkiro's works in progress: -Her Kimi wa Petto article is still in the pre-production stages but she expects to start on it very soon. 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. She’s hoping to start it sometime in the next week. Ada Pallas's works in progress: - A couple of articles called “The Father Complex” are currently being written and will draw references from many popular anime. The first article is almost done and should be up in the next couple of weeks. - A review/analysis of the manga Ghost Hunt is still in production and since she just got the 4th volume she’s bound and determined to get this article going. 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" seems to have hit a snafu. Shinkiro has reported that she has had some trouble applying the formula archtypes to the animes she was looking at. So this will either need to be reworked a bit or this may bcome an article that looks at whether or not there is an exact formula - Bellpickle and Katana are also looking into doing an ACEN 2006 report. Hmm, since Ada Pallas is going too, maybe she’ll add somehting to this. - Bellpickle has also submitted a great article idea that will something like a transcript between SOAP members as they discuss current hot topics in the anime world. It sounds like a wonderful way to find out more about our members. Emails have already been circulating between SOAP members about how this is going to go down. - And since SOAP is all about articles, Shinkiro, Bellpickle, and Ada Pallas are looking into an article that explains how they come up and produce their articles. And that is what to expect in the shinning future of our youthful endevouvers! *cough*

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