This is an insane thing of me to do, considering that I still have to finish tons of stuff for the meme on fandomsecrets (Iris, fic to two of your requests is coming up sometime this week), but I figure it won't hurt too much ( Read more... )

One important thing to understand about Shoji Kawamori is that his work is like fine wine. He gets truly better with age, and every next attempt of his shines with experience gathered from previous ones. The sophisticated militarism of Armored Core, elegant fantasy of Escaflowne, whimsical rebelliousness of Eureka Seven, graceful idealism of Sousei ( Read more... )

After the second half of 2007 and the torrent of crap someone confused for animated series, I was almost not expecting anything good from 2008. I could endure one thousand of date-sim series, but Rosario+Vampire was an outright offense to every sensible soul and a true proof why GONZO should not be allowed to adapt manga into animation ( Read more... )

I refuse to watch D.Gray-man animation because it ruins the manga's atmosphere terribly, but god, I get giddy like a kid in a candy store every time the new opening is leaked to YouTube ( Read more... )

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ALL HAIL BRITANNIA! \o/

Dear dad ( Read more... )

Alright, so jardin_du_ciel begins tomorrow ( Read more... )

fidchell: My current party is:
Ramza. Squire : Mastered. Knight : Mastered. Monk : Level 8. Current Class : Monk.
Agrias. Half-mastered Holy Knight.
Mustadio. Half-mastered Mechanist.
Generic Black Mage, almost Mastered.
Generic White Mage, almost Mastered.
Geomancer who is also a Mastered Knight and Level 8 Monk.
fidchell: Who should I switch out?
fidchell: I like the ( Read more... )

The local media store got another influx of anime-related goodies ( Read more... )

Recently, certain things about video game music annoyed me beyond belief.

Let us take, for example, Drammatica. For those not in the know, Drammatica is a compilation music of music by Yoko Shimomura, best known for her work on Kingdom Hearts, Parasite Eve, Legend of Mana, Heroes of Mana and early Front Mission games. To call Shimomura a talented ( Read more... )