Hello Everyone,
It's good to finally make time to sit down and post, thats for sure! :)
Ive recently bought some new anime dvds, so im glad to be able to put up some pics in this post for you guys and possibly a little info in case any of you are looking to buy any of them for yourself. hopefully it will be of some help :)
Lately i havent really been up to much, mostly work, and ive also been haging out with my best friend alot. Last weekend i went to a KISS concert in Dallas, and it was really fun. It was awesome to actually see them live, and i actually got a seat that was pretty close :) i took alot of pictures and i even got some videos as well, so hopefully i can get those uploaded for you guys to check out soon :)
Ive also been playing quite a few games lately as well. I bought some new games and i havent played one of them yet (Unreal Tournament 3) so ill probably play that when im done posting lol.
Well, here are the pics of the anime dvds ive recently bought :)
Monster Season 1 box set
I bought this last thursday before i left work, and so far ive really been enjoying it. i had heard alot of people talking about it here on theotaku and when i saw it was a new release in our electronics department, i knew i wanted to pick it up. This Boxset #1 has 15 episodes on 3 discs and it cost 34$ at Wal Mart.
Evangelion 1.0
(sorry about the sideways pic lol)
To be honest, when i bought this dvd, i had really high hopes - but when i watched it i actually became dissapointed. To make things short - its simply just a moviefied version of the first few episodes with some newly added segments and better quality animation. The cons about the whole thing is that the character Kaji was nowhere to be seen, spoken of, or heard about. i also noticed that some of the scenes he was a part of in the original Evangelion Series had somewhat been re-edited in a way where he was present. I havent looked up on it, but im really wondering why they would omit him like that - especially when he played such a big role in the series and he was tied to each character in some way. Otherwise, this dvd is what Hellsing Ultimate was for the Hellsing series - a re-edited/moviefied version of the first few episodes of the series, so i wouldnt get your hopes up for something spectacular unless you are big into Evangelion lol.
GIJOE Resolute
I found this dvd about a month ago one morning before i left work and it shocked me because i never knew that they had made a GIJOE anime movie lol. I bought it and came home and watched it, and i must say that i was pretty impressed :) The animation was good, the story was good and the action had been turned up quite a bit to the point that some characters died. Even for an old school GiJoe fan like me it was still cool to watch. The only drawback was that it was a bit short, but who knows - maybe there are sequels on the way, who knows lol. All in all it was a good movie and i reccomend it to any anime or GiJoe fan, thats for sure :)
Well, i suppose that will be all for today, i think im going to play a couple games and try to finish this MONSTER box set before i get too tired lol. It is good to post again and i hope you all enjoy it :)
i hope to chat soon :)
stay strong,
Yamcha
Hello everyone :)
I think this might be the first time that ive posted 3 days in a row lol. I must say that ive been enjoying posting the past few days. Ive also been trying to put more things in my posts, like more pics, and my thoughts on certain anime shows that ive been watching. Today ive been pretty much taking it easy, so i thought id put up a post with some new stuff :)
Yesterday, shortly after posting, I had the pleasure of chatting with Bulma for a little bit. I was watching the survival show called "Man vs Wild", while i was chatting with her lol. She was pretty busy though, but im really glad we were able to chat, even if it was just for a few minutes ^^ She's always a pleasure to converse with thats for sure :) While she was busy, I ended up laying down and falling asleep again (which is a bad habit of mine lol). I woke up around 10pm last night and had the urge to watch my 2 volumes of the anime series RahXephon. I have volumes 2 and 3, but i only managed to watch the first episode of volume 2 before i fell asleep again LOL.
volume 2
Volume 3
This time i slept until 2am this morning and thats when i woke up for good :) I woke up to the music playing from the RahXephon dvd main menu, which was turned up pretty loud. Im still wondering how i managed to fall asleep with it that loud lol. When i woke up i didnt even get out of bed, I just searched for my remotes under my sheets/blankets and started watching volume 2 again. Ive had volumes 2 and 3 of RahXephon for about 2 or 3 years now and ive never watched them until this morning. To be honest, at around episode 8 I started to get into the groove and start enjoying the show. The animation is done really well and it is really clear, I even found myself liking a couple of the characters. I also noticed while watching the credits to one of the episodes that Tiffany Grant (The person who voiced Misato from Evangelion) does the voices to one of the characters, which was really ironic since i had just recently finished watching Evangelion lol. At the end of volume 2, things started to pick up, so im pretty excited about watching Volume 3, which i'll probably start watching it a little later today before i go to sleep :)
After i finished Volume 2, I started cleaning my room and i started my laundry. I got something to eat (pizza) and then started watching some more anime demo dvds :)
I watched :
Grenadier: episode 1
Desert Punk: Episode 1
FLCL: episode 2
and right now im watching Episode 4 of an anime called Midori Days
Ill be sure to let you all know my opinions on these shows probably in my next post :)
The main reason why i wanted to post today, is because this morning after watching a couple of those episodes and after i had cleaned, I found my microphone in my closet :) When i found it, i knew i had to try something. Remember a few posts ago when i told you guys about the version of "Cruel Angel Thesis" that played during the intermission between the Death and Rebirth sections of Evangelion Death and Rebirth? Well this morning i used my webcam and microphone to record the song in video form :) I just played the movie on my computer, then turned my surround sound volume to my computer way up and hit record. It took me a few tries because random noises kept messing up the recording lol, but i finally finished it and uploaded it to my photobucket account (which took about 2 hours). Its one of my coolest and favorite creations. While the music was recording i just placed Both Evangelion dvd cases on my computer desk and had my webcam focus on them while it was recording. I would have recorded the actual movie part of the intermission, but i would have had to point my webcam at my computer screen and thats basically useless because the camera catches interference and doesnt record cleanly. The music was my main focus though and i really hope everyone that visits will watch the video and let me know what you all think :) it's a beautiful song ^^
Here is the video, i hope it works lol!
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l109/Yamcha8/?action=view¤t=EvangelionIntermission.flv
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Intermission between "Death" and "Rebirth" sections
I really hope that video works, let me know if there is any problems :)
Well, i think that will be all for today, It's starting to rain here (i hoped it would lol) It has also been alot colder here as well which is the way i like it as well. Im gonna go and lay down and watch some more anime stuff :) I hope you all enjoy the post , epecially the video, and i thank you all for visiting :) I hope to chat with you all soon :)
stay strong,
Yamcha
An older pic of me shortly after a haircut lol.
Well it looks like im back with another post :) To be honest, i didnt originally have any plans to post to day, but the recent turn of events during the past 2 days have changed my mind, You'll find out why in this post.
It all started yesterday (Monday). Yesterday morning after i had been awake a while, I took the time to re-watch Episode 26 (the final episode) of Neon Genesis Evangelion, since i had fallen asleep while watching it over the weekend. The final episode was a subtle end to a great series, not really answering all the questions, but provided a cheerful and positive ending to a series that was obviously overcome with desperation, grief and unanswered questions and a little bit of a ray of hope.
I put all the dvd cases back into the box and put it back on my shelf, then started looking through my collection to find something to watch. I found myself watching a demo dvd from one of my Newtype anime magzines. I only watched 2 of the episodes, even though there were 4 available.
I watched :
Neo Ranga: Episode 1
Viewtiful Joe: Episode 5
I really found myself enjoying Neo Ranga, To me it was alot like the Patlabor movies/series. The episode ended right before the real action started, so i dont really know much about the plot, but for one episode it seemed pretty cool :)
Viewtiful Joe was alright lol. I had never played the videogame before so i knew nothing about it from the get-go. It did kinda remind me of an old cartoon called "Captain Nintendo" though lol. It was a comedic episode with a different but cool animation style, and oddly enough i enjoyed it and i wouldnt mind seeing other episodes of the series that for sure, just to see how things turn out lol. It kinda made me want to ry out the games well lol.
After i watched those episodes, I found myself pulling out my box set of the anime series called GANTZ
I figured that since i was done with the Evangelion box set, it seemed like just as good a time to start GANTZ, so i did. Since i had already bought volumes 1 and 2 seperately before buying the box set, i just went ahead and started with disc/volume 3.
WARNING: GANTZ is a very very adult oriented anime series. It has extensive nudity, suggestive themes and more adult language than i have ever heard on any movie/dvd period lol. The Box says TVMA for a reason thats for sure lol. This series is sadistic and unrelenting. Its like watching the mixture of a horror movie and a videogame. The box set has 6 disc and each disc has 2 episodes, except for the 6th disc which has 3. So if i remember right, the Season 1 Box set that i have is 16 episodes long. I ended up watching the entire box set yesterday. It was enjoyable and a bit disturbing, but pretty cool to wath an anime with absolutely no restrictions. I wont spoil it for anyone , but if you have any questions about GANTZ, feel free to ask and ill help any way i can :)
Now for the big part.
Neon Genesis Evangelion Dead and Rebirth
Shortly after i got home from work this morning, I ate some food, took a showerand sat here in my chair and contemplated on whether or not if i wanted to watch The Evangelion: Death and Rebirth dvd. And after a short time of deliberation, i forced myself to put it in my dvd player. When the dvd menu came up, i remembered why this dvd had kinda overwhelmed me a long time ago when i tried watching it. The main dvd menu is constantly moving, as if it is a computer going out of control. Words, symbols, an scenes from the series flashing here and there, with the Pachbel Canon music playing in the background. Even watching the menu now gave me a strange feeling. I love the Pachbel(sp) Canon song, but when it is associated in this anime series - it just gives me a strange feeling of sadness or lost hope, maybe thats the intention i guess, maybe one day ill be able toexplain the feeling a bit better. Today i only watched the REBIRTH part of the movie. Its kinda drastically different than the series in some aspects, but it is more explanatory, which i suppose is a good thing. Im sure ill try to watch the DEATH part tommorrow, and possibly the End of Evangelion dvd tommorrow as well - if im brave enough lol.
On a cool note, ill be borrowing the complete series of Slayers on vhs from someone i work with, So if they remember to bring them tommorrow, i may find time to watch that instead, either way im sure ill keep you all updated on what im up to :)
Well, i suppose that will be it for todays post. I just wanted to let you all know about my progress on Evangelion and my experiences with some other anime episodes :) I thank you all for visiting and i hope to chat with you all soon :)
stay strong,
Yamcha
