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Card Captor Sakura in espanol and Ashita no Nadja

So I've been pretty busy lately. School's started up again. Full time job with lots of overtime. On average I work ten hours a day. Soon homework and exams are going to be crushing my spirit of lightheartedness (is that a real word?) but for now I will enjoy my last three day weekend free of worries. Went up north to see a guy I'm kinda seeing (lol seeing. but yeah its complicated) and I'm glad I got to spend time with him. But enough with the personal junk.

Been rewatching "Card Captor Sakura" and I have to say I love the damn series. And the spanish dub is simply wonderful. I met "Card Captor Sakura" in its horrible mutilated form known as "Cardcaptors", which had heavy cuts and altering in an effort to make Li (pictured below, boy blushing) look as much of a main character as Sakura was. If I hadn't watched it in spanish in Colombia, i would've never known it was altered.
It was a good show on its own, it didn't need to be edited. I guess cause they were trying to market to boys and boys really don't care about cute clothes or stuff (for the most part. I mean bronies do exist). COSTUMES! Though I'll admit not all of them were winners.



 While I do own the complete series now in its pure uncut state, I found myself longing to hear Sakura speak spanish. So while I tried my best to go through legit sources to buy the series in spanish. Currently there seems to be none on sale, so my friend Rena (name has been changed to protect privacy) downloaded it for me. And I am loving it.
 The series isn't perfect. They're are some highly unrealistic episodes where its like...."BULL****!". I realize its an anime and the very premise is unrealistic to begin with (thought deep deep down I do believe in magic...and faries, got your back Tinkerbell!)...but for anyone who has seen the series you will totally get my gripes. There is one particular episode with the SLEEP card, where it was putting everyone who was working on Sakura's (the weird haircut brunette pictured below) father's big history presentation. And though Sakura manages to capture and seal the card in the process she breaks her father's laptop. ...And he doesn't get mad. He didn't even look upset. He was all like "no worries". The guy didn't even scream at her! I mean come on. I mean, I know all families are different but quoting my friend Mandy, "If I did that, my father would beat me with that broken laptop." LOL oh Mandy I love you.

 

Rejoice now, lovers of magical girl/just downright adorable anime! You won't believe what I found. This anime has been out for a while and is simply so adorable, it makes me sad that it hasn't been brought over. Even wrote a letter to Funimation suggesting they bring it. I am talking about "Ashita no Nadja", which roughly translate to "Nadja's Tomorrow".





Just look at this artwork! Simply freaking adorable! I haven't finished the series yet but I'm in a pretty good chunk. Like episode 30 or something. Now I don't want to ruin anything because really its a wonderful story. It revolves around twelve year old orphan named Nadja (pictured above) who lost her parents at a young age. Her most treasured possession is her brooch which was a gift from her deceased mother.


 However, Nadja receives a mysterious present for her thirteenth birthday, a beautiful dress, a diary, and a letter telling her that her mother is alive. A series of events occur triggered by these gifts and she is forced to flee the only home she has ever known and begin a long journey to find and reunite with her mother. After learning that she is being hunted, she becomes a dancer with the Dandelion Troupe for protected, in order to travel around and search for clues about her past. Which is full with adventure, peril, and of course plenty, plenty of romance.

I strongly recommend this show. If you liked Card Captor Sakura and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, you will love this show as well. I would say it is very kid friendly but I would definetly say PG-13. There is some violence and some pretty scary scenarios at times.
I'm only saying this because my older sis has a co-worker who isn't too familiar with anime and she let her thirteen year old watch "Death Note". And...it resulted in some problems at school because apparently the kid made his own Death Note book and started carrying around and quite frankly scared the crap out of his classmates. Apparently this incident has occurred all over the place, you can look it up if you want to know more about those incidents.
 Now I'm not really a fan of the show, saw a few episodes couldn't really get into it, but I know from those few episodes I saw that this was definitely a  15 and up show. Parents really should try to monitor what their kids watch. After a certain age, I realize its pointless but you know at least for the first 15 years...care a little more about what they watch/read/play (pc or videogames). 

Portal 2, Game of Thrones, Halloween Horror Night theme, and a new job

I'm sure by this point most people have at least heard about this game. To be honest, I just got into this game recently at the suggestion of one of my guy friends. He just thought it was my kind of game and he was right. I was totally addicted and though it causes a lot of headaches especially because of the first person view (these kind of games just hurt my head for some reason), but I endured and I had to say that I found it interesting. So I purchased the sequel. I haven't finished it yet but I'm like in Chapter 7 or something and pretty close to the ending I believe. >___>....I have to play it in small doses because the view with the combination of the puzzles give me headaches. That and I feel if you step away for a moment and come back later you might see something different you didn't originally see.

 

There was actually a part with the companion cube where it's offered to you and then cruelly destroyed when you pick it up. It made me realize how much I loved the damn thing. My feelings were actually crushed. Stupid Gladdos! I don't know who did this art by the way. So kudos and credit to the original creator. I ain't trying to steal it or claim it's mine.
  So kept hearing such rave reviews about this show online and from friends, so I thought I would give it a shot. We had a viewing party at a friend's house who has HBO on demand and I was pretty much hooked after the first ten minutes of the episode. Please note that I knew absolutely nothing about this series besides its name. Didn't know the cast, plot, genre, etc. And I was surprised by obviously how much money was invested in this show. The costumes and location look pretty great but the story and the acting was what blew me away. I am only a few episodes in but I have to say that Khaleesi is my favorite character so far. I mean at first she seems like a push over and a wimp but she looks like she might grow some nerve.
Oh and Tyrion Lannister of course. He is simply hilarious. If his character was real, I would love to be his best friend. A lot of the advice doled out by his character is good even for reality.

 So since I live in Florida, it is only natural for me to know/be excited about Halloween Horror Nights. Now I am NOT a fan of horror/gore/anything scary in general. i am the biggest coward you will ever meet. I have screamed in Jumper, Brave, and various video games such as Portal 2 when I thought I was falling to my death after my light beam path gave out underneath me unexpectedly. But even I am a tiny bit curious about this years HHN. That is because this year's theme is the video game franchise turned movies "Silent Hill" and AMC's new hit zombie survival tv show "The Walking Dead".

I realize that I am contradicting myself by even mentioning anything horror related after I just said that I am the biggest scaredy cat but my good friend, Mandy (not her real name), absolutely lives for horror survival video games and my older sister adores zombie movies. Thus there are occasions where I am dragged along for the ride. So even though I have a natural...aversion for fear/horror I am seriously considering attending and I predict that using these themes for HHN will probably attract their largest crowd yet. I am no marketing expert though so this is just my own speculation.

Also I am now employed once again! Yaaayy me! And it only took....a month to find one. It seemed like a lot to me but from what I hear of my fellow unemployed friends I am quite fortunate. Must thank God for the little things (I'm not being sarcastic either). I have a few days of orientation to attend before my real job actually begins but I am quite satisfied already. I will get paid decent, have insurance, vacation time, and holidays. Plus the office I work at, though a bit small, has a great view of the outside world. Today I saw a guy walking around with pink and green shoes! LOL! You don't really realize how much sunlight and a view of the sky helps stimulate work until you've worked in a small cubicle with no view of anything...besides the copier.

Stained Glass on Deviant Art

To be honest I get irritated with Deviant Art because it allows everyone to display their "art" which is sometimes an excuse to post a picture of yourself masturbating (not joking about that). But for the most part you can actually find something really beautiful. But I didn't find something like that. I just found some awesome stained glass pictures by Akili-Amethyst, her page is http://akili-amethyst.deviantart.com/. And I felt I just had to share! So enjoy!

                       She has plenty more that are just as gorgoues. Please check out her deviant art page!

Fatal Hearts and Otome Youkai Zakuro

Well I've finally cleared a few routes through the PC game "Fatal Hearts" and I have to give it a 3 out of 5. It's a decent game but the puzzles are frustrating. Well some of them were. There was one involving putting roman numerals on a grandfather clock and I spent wwwwwwwaaaaaaayyyyy too much time trying to figure out just the right way to put the VIII. Even though it was right where its supposed to be, the game wouldn't accept it. I know I had written earlier that the art was anime inspired but the cut scenes were inconsistent. Some would be in the anime style and others would be realistic looking or pastel colored looking. I mean I understand that it takes a lot to even make a simple game (RPG maker taught me that) but the art should've been consistent.

From this.....

 To this!

The other artwork was honestly better than the anime one but...consistency! It just bothers me. Though at least the cut scene art was consistent with the route you take. But the story is interesting enough to make up for it. And with 14 different endings, I'm still playing through it so I guess the art would be a 3.5 for its irregularities but story I would give it a 7.
Well I couldn't sleep last night again so I thought I would watch something until I was drowsy enough. One of my friends suggested this anime to me because he thought I would really like it. "Otome Youkai Zakuro" takes place during the Westernization of Japan. Its an interesting time period by itself but in this Japan, humans co-exist with spirits. So the military makes a branch called Spirit Affairs that consists of three human lieutenants and four half-spirit girls.  Kei Agemaki, Riken Yoshinokazura, and Ganryu Hanakiri are partnered with  Zakuro, Susukihotaru, and twins Bonbori and Hozuki. The characters pictured below are Zakuro and her partner Kei, who happens to be terrified of spirits which makes this show quite hilarious.



It has a good premise and the story could've been stretched out for two seasons rather then one. I could see that they were really trying to balance out the comedy with more serious elements but in the end it just seems they tried to cram everything in the last four episodes. Character development is wonderful and all but when you have this many characters and three different love stories going on at the same time, it's impossible to do it all in one season. Maybe it wasn't getting enough ratings when it aired originally to have a second season ordered. Who knows? And to clarify something all half spirit girls in this series, are all half fox.
 


Yes, I know. Doesn't look a single thing like a fox to me. I thought they were all cat spirits. I mean in comparison to these girls, Holo looks way more like a fox but that's probably because of her tail.

Also it bothered me how the twins were treated in this story like they were one character rather than two separate people. I mean I thought they were adorable but I would've liked it better if they had their own personalities. The series was good enough though that I would recommend it. I liked it a lot...just not enough to buy the series.

Reverse Harem PC Games...America needs more of them!

After once again beating Princess Debut,which is a game for the Nintendo DS by the way, and would be a great game for any little girl. Nothing dirty about this game, I swear.  Just about being a princess and learning how to dance with hot princes (most of them at least, there's this one named Vince that I can't freaking stand!) I am left with an emptiness...a reminder that there are very few games like this available in the USA.

Because I really wish there were more reverse harem games like this. This isn't Japan and I don't read Japanese (yet, working on that). I do prefer dating sims though, none of those sex scenes are really necessary for me. Not that there's anything wrong with the games that do have those kind of scenes. I mean as long as it has a good story I'll play it. Its just the idea of playing those games whether on the DS or on a PC just seems kinda awkward to me.... >__>. Anyways, so I started doing a hunt to find more reverse harem games. There was a really interesting one called "Uta No Prince Sama" and just by looking at the trailer and the cover it looked so interesting and promising.


Alas, only available in Japanese. Boo! Someone make an English patch or bring it over! Though I heard its going to become an anime...or is already. Not sure. I'll look into that. Because if the anime is done I would love to see it. So I stumbled upon this game called, "Fatal Hearts", in my search. The illustrations are okay, definitely anime inspired but the story is actually pretty gripping.


I purchased it from Big Fish Games for $2.09! Who can resist a sale?! XD It's a promotion they got going on, that new customers get a huge discount on their first game. So if anyone wants a PC game from Big Fish take advantage of that promotion. I actually have a couple of games from them. Both mysteries that I really haven't gotten around to playing yet. But I will, since for a little while it looks like I have spare time. This game actually has got me hooked. I was originally only playing until I was tired enough to pass out (I have insomnia that comes and goes) but its like 3:00am and I'm still playing it. I just need to know what happens next! I got really frustrated with the car puzzle (if you play it you will know what I am speaking of the instant you play it). Anyways I am not completely sure what "Fatal Hearts" is about but its definitely a murder mystery mixed with romance, possibly with vampires and werewolves. Don't quote me on that though. It is still really early in the game for me and this is just the feeling I am getting.

On a different note, I saw "The Dark Knight Rises", which was ama-zing!




Well I loved it anyways.
I really feel that this one had a much better continuity flow then the last movie. I just felt that after Batman defeated the Joker that it just started dragging a bit. That's my personal opinion though. But this one just had an excellent flow and I don't want to spoil the ending for anyone who hasn't seen it yet but I was very satisfied with it.
I have always been a huge fan of Batman. I used to watch it all the time with my little brother. I say 'little' but the guy is humungous now, shot three or four inches past me. I'm grateful that I had a little brother, otherwise I never would've really gotten into super heroes or video games. Anime, I need to thank my older sister and Sailor Moon for. I think that's like everyone's first anime. Well I'm just rambling now. If anyone knows any good reverse harem games....PLEASE TELL ME!

Well nights or mornings depending when you're reading this.

Oreimo! My Little Sister Can't Possibly Be this Cute!

Been having an Oreimo marathon since I got my DVD set a few days back. Its really a great series. It's about a teenager named Kyosuke who stumbles on to Kirino's (his little sister) secret. That she is a hard core otaku obsessed with anime, video games, and especially eroge (erotic games) that are about little sisters. Kirino is, without a doubt, a bitch but there are moments when she acts sweet and you can actually feel bad for her (she is a tsundere type character after all). But I guess my own personal reasons for liking this series has to do more with the fact that I can empathize with Kirino's position, a little. Not about hiding her otaku hobby, though I have done a fair share of that, but her feelings of loneliness. I can relate to that. Even thought I have many good friends and a best friend that I can confide in anything,  I don't know...I just feel like I can't talk to any of them. Not talk the way I want anyways. Well the DVD set is on sale at rightstuf.com if anyone's wondering.





Oh and by the way. I am not really trying to promote anything in particular. It's just I personally get so irritated when someone won't say where they bought something, which is why I always will point people in the direction of where to get it.