Ronin's Anime Chronicles (Temporary WP Blog)

Blog H.D.

ronin — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 08:43:29 +0000

This blog is still alive. I fulfilled my promise.

The Moy is Back!

ronin — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:12:49 +0000

Wow.

I guess there’s no stopping using and maintaining an anime blog, huh?

reconsiders leaving my anime blogging ways behind

Shakugan no Shana…tan?

ronin — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:12:32 +0000

I downloaded a new video file from Eclipse Fansubs. Stangely, it is titled “Shakugan no Shana-tan”. Why is it titled as such? It is then that I decided to find out for myself.

As I was watching the clip, I suddenly felt a few years of my life wasting away. Damn.

This is another example of capitalizing on the main character’s charisma and turning it topsy-turvy. That is, towards uber-cuteness.

J.C. Staff earned an OK sign from me. Damn it! Making Shana too cute for words.

uru-chai! uru-chai! uru-chai! uru-chai! uru-chai!

Hahaha! Indeed, I was living a life a minute shorter.

credit due to Basugasubakuhatsu Anime Blog for the pic.

Problem Solved!

ronin — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:56:06 +0000

Well, just got the support tech I got for my WP blog, so it’s now operational. The problem was fixed thanks to the technical know-how of Maestro. Thanks!

Wonder what I’ll do with this one? Maybe I’ll go with the original plan: as a back-up copy

I’ll Stay Here

ronin — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:28:29 +0000

So I made another big mistake in managing plug-ins over at my new shiny WP blog.

As a result, I have to take temporary refuge here and start posting here, until the problem is resolved.

Sadly, I have to leave my preferred plug-ins with my AnimeBlogger WP blog. Boo..

At the First Day

ronin — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:52:11 +0000

The first day of every week at school feels like rush hour. After a 2-day vacation, doing nothing but relax either at home or somewhere else other than work or school, going back to the productive world of work/school can be a hassle.
For one, those working on a level higher can be troublesome by traffic jams and long queues of people waiting for a ride towards their place of work. This can get pretty tiresome if the movement is as slow as a walking turtle, but can release a bit of stress on your part if it moves faster than expected.
Two, for someone who’s never been around everyone, and only enjoys the solitude in the comfort of your own private zone, having to collaborate with others can be bothersome, depending on what you’re used to.
Lastly, when you’re used to time passing by a bit fast, getting to do something other than lazying around can surprise only a few of the people, those who’re really used to letting time pass by them, and this can get them disoriented in relevance to the flow of work coming their way.
At the end of the day, people get various reactions from their bodies. Some get tired from all the demands of work/school than has been thrown in their direction, while a few of us who’ve been used to the hassles of life get by just fine.
So, as a word of advice to those lazy bums: Get used to it.

Rainy Season = Traffic

ronin — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 12:12:40 +0000

I’m always curious as to how these two different conditions seem to correlate.

The Name of the Game

ronin — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:33:01 +0000

WARNING: Expletive Language

Listen all you mutha fuckas (2x)

That’s the name of the game (4x)

Yo
Top of the crown
Rape the queen
The fatal mistake in your cradle
Can’t shake the dreams of
Fire inside of your phonograph
Battered with gas
And give you room to breathe
Through an adequate mask
Everybody in front
Let me see ya pumpin’ ya fists
If you up in the back room
When you rockin’ with this
Come on
Keepin’ ya speaker knockin’
Jumpin’ bangin’ bumpin’ blazin’
Hot
Callin’ all freaks (all freaks)
Callin’ all freaks now
Yo yo
Callin’ all freaks (all freaks)
Callin’ all freaks now

That’s right

Callin’ all freaks

That’s the name of the game (4x)

Freaks (2x)

That’s right

Get ‘em up in the back row (2x)
I said get ‘em up in the back row

mutha fucka

callin’ all (8x)

That’s the name of the game
Callin’ all freaks now
That’s the name of the game
Callin’ all freaks now
That’s the name of the game
Callin’ all freaks now
That’s the name of the game
Callin’ all freaks now

Love From a Distance

ronin — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:23:34 +0000

I choose to love you in silence..
For in silence i recieve no rejection.
I choose to love you in loneliness..
For in loneliness no one
Owns you but i.
I choose to adore you from a distance…
For distance will shield us from pain.
I choose to kiss you in the wind..
For the wind is gentler than my lips.
I choose to hold you in my dreams..
For in my dreams you have no end.

taken from xerojby

Review: “Anime, the Next Generation” article on Wired

ronin — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:09:21 +0000

Recently, Wired published a write-up on the emergence of anime as mainstream program. Well, true, it has emerged “from the back corner of your local comic book store”, and being shown almost everyday on TV, but I have to comment on a few points mentioned.

Anime also continues to make inroads on the airwaves, both network and cable. Kids’ programs like One Piece and Shaman King are some of the most popular on Fox’s after-school toon lineup. And more grown-up fare like InuYasha fills out Cartoon Network’s highly rated, late-night Adult Swim programming block.

Grown-up? Kids’s program? I say, “There is no age group in anime.” Everyone’s entitled to watch, unless of course there are some sensitive issues you might disagree with (i.e. same-sex relationships, teacher-student relationships, fanservice).

“Things have never been better for anime fans in America,” said John Ledford, president of Houston-based ADV Films, which published 189 anime DVDs last year. “No matter what channel you look at — retail, broadcast or theatrical — more anime is available in more outlets than ever before.”

Heh. You bet!

Amid all these new releases, the industry is searching for the next Dragon Ball. The over-the-top martial arts action series exploded into a worldwide phenomenon whose television ratings made even mainstream media stand up and take notice. The series has never disappeared off the Lycos 50 list of top internet searches since the feature’s inception six years ago.

One possible successor to the throne caught the eye of Lycos 50 two weeks ago. It’s another martial-arts comedy, called Naruto, that premieres Sept. 10 on Cartoon Network’s Toonami programming block. The site noted that the popularity of the series in web searches has risen dramatically as the release date draws near.

What? How is it no different from, let’s say Dragon Ball?

Action series is more like it, like what you mentioned about Dragon Ball earlier.

“Naruto, the main character, is a ninja who is host to a powerful demon,” said Nick Civitello, a fan of the show who lives in Connecticut. “The people in his village have come to think of him as the demon that he houses. In spite of it all, Naruto wants to prove everyone wrong.

“He represents resolution and hope. Eventually, everyone starts looking to him for strength and guidance. At the time I discovered Naruto, I was deeply depressed. Watching it just made me happy.”

The show promises to attract viewers who grew up with Dragon Ball but now find its kid-oriented content a bit tiresome. “Naruto takes everything that was great about Dragon Ball and cuts out all the crap,” said Civitello.

Kid-oriented? How about mentioning a few of these “kid oriented” themes, huh?

That guy (underline mine) said it better. Being an inspiration for everybody is not kid stuff.

“There’s way too much supply and not enough demand. Publishers overshot their estimates and had way too many returns. Target just started scaling back their anime section, and I don’t blame them. They got burned,” said Tibbey.

Also, if people weren’t so biased about anime in the first place, the demand would increase, right?

Well, that’s all I have to say. I know some of the people might disagree with me, but this is what I have to say.