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stoled from oddrid: the animation meme
Oct. 26th, 2010 04:56 pmANIMATION MEME
- X what you saw
- O what you haven't finished/seen or saw sizable portions
- Bold what you loved
- Italicize what you disliked/hated
- Leave unchanged if neutral
( clickey )
- X what you saw
- O what you haven't finished/seen or saw sizable portions
- Bold what you loved
- Italicize what you disliked/hated
- Leave unchanged if neutral
( clickey )
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Jun. 23rd, 2009 11:54 amNo one told me this existed. You're all fired.
http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Anime-Linens-1970s-Present/dp/0764321552/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245775801&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Anime-Linens-1970s-Present/dp/0764321552/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245775801&sr=1-1
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Sep. 2nd, 2008 04:32 pmNicked from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
goddessdster
The rules are easy, just post 10 things that recently made you happy! Then tag 10 people and force them to post this meme on their LJs. Because it is good. Everyone needs a little happiness once in a while.
1. Frame clearance at Shopko.
2. Called electric company, got an actual human on the phone. With luck they will come trim my trees, so the trees won't (a) rip out the power cables and (b) scrape on the roof and scare the hell out of me at 3 a.m.
3. Got my Paranoia Agent bag fixed so I don't have to carry a Meijers bag to work.
4. Nearing bottom of laundry pile.
5. That dog that drives by the house twice a day, yelping, with doppler effect.
6. Spore
7. "Well hi there kittyOH MY GOD YOU'RE A POSSUM OH JESUS!"
8. Brass Eye and, consequently, my region-free DVD player.
9. Waving hello to the Asians next door. We have no language in common, so we wave and say HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! As you do. I hope they aren't serial killers.
10. Mashed potatoes. OM NOM NOM.
Not tagging because.
goddessdsterThe rules are easy, just post 10 things that recently made you happy! Then tag 10 people and force them to post this meme on their LJs. Because it is good. Everyone needs a little happiness once in a while.
1. Frame clearance at Shopko.
2. Called electric company, got an actual human on the phone. With luck they will come trim my trees, so the trees won't (a) rip out the power cables and (b) scrape on the roof and scare the hell out of me at 3 a.m.
3. Got my Paranoia Agent bag fixed so I don't have to carry a Meijers bag to work.
4. Nearing bottom of laundry pile.
5. That dog that drives by the house twice a day, yelping, with doppler effect.
6. Spore
7. "Well hi there kittyOH MY GOD YOU'RE A POSSUM OH JESUS!"
8. Brass Eye and, consequently, my region-free DVD player.
9. Waving hello to the Asians next door. We have no language in common, so we wave and say HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! As you do. I hope they aren't serial killers.
10. Mashed potatoes. OM NOM NOM.
Not tagging because.
picspam: i love a journal cliché
Aug. 6th, 2008 11:31 amI'm feeling perfectly foul and panic-attacky, so here's everyone's favorite LJ cliché photo post, the book and video shelves! Yayayayay! *Kermit flail*
Apologies for the yellowing and blurriness. ( cut to spare your flists and connections )
Apologies for the yellowing and blurriness. ( cut to spare your flists and connections )
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May. 5th, 2008 10:11 amWorked on clipping the hedges again. This week's installment involved an aluminum ladder, but sadly no comedy impalings, so I'll spare you.
Came home from Best Buy with Kujibiki Unbalance 1 (it includes a new episode of Genshiken, so WOOT!) and the second Haruki Suzumiya. With luck will get to watch some tonight, while complaning about how much my arms hurt.
Hit page 50 in the current Moleskine. Still haven't got an entire story out of the damned thing, but I've put in more work and gotten less, so...wa-hey.
Came home from Best Buy with Kujibiki Unbalance 1 (it includes a new episode of Genshiken, so WOOT!) and the second Haruki Suzumiya. With luck will get to watch some tonight, while complaning about how much my arms hurt.
Hit page 50 in the current Moleskine. Still haven't got an entire story out of the damned thing, but I've put in more work and gotten less, so...wa-hey.
whiney little runt
Nov. 8th, 2007 08:55 amPhoenix copy #5 is not functioning at optimal technogobblety. Best Buy has no more copies in stock. Returning it tonight should be an adventure, since they say they only exchange for copies. Can. I. Speak. To. A. Manager. Please.
Maybe tomorrow night.
I just want me some Tezuka, is all. Woeface.
Also, I accidentally deleted half the story I'm writing, and ripped my pointy finger open on the back door deadbolt.
Maybe tomorrow night.
I just want me some Tezuka, is all. Woeface.
Also, I accidentally deleted half the story I'm writing, and ripped my pointy finger open on the back door deadbolt.
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Nov. 5th, 2007 03:53 pmI'm currently on my fourth copy of Phoenix, the recent anime adaptation of Tezuka's bazillion-page manga. There's one copy left on the shelf at Best Buy.
If it doesn't work, I shall be cross.
If it doesn't work, I shall be cross.
well, fudge
Nov. 1st, 2007 08:32 amHad all of two trick-or-treaters. One was tiny boy from next door, dressed in full-body Satan costume and perfectly adorable. He got the Batman action figure:
Tiny Boy: What's he say?
His Mom: I don't know.
Ann: He says, Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na, Batman!
Tiny Boy: [stares]
The other was a Grim Reaper, with latex mask and improvised garbage-bag cloak. He wasn't much for small talk. "Thag you. I gan't breathe."
So by 7:00 I got all depressed and went to the bookstore and the video store. The Christmas shit is out at the bookstore, and looks dire. Video store had the new Phoenix anime, which went tapockata tapockata in my machine, so I watched part of Hot Fuzz in French instead. L'Inspecteur Frank Butterman, he aime le Far-West, yup. My French is really sad.
So now I've got a giant basket of chocolate and Happy Meal toys, and a video I have to return.
Tiny Boy: What's he say?
His Mom: I don't know.
Ann: He says, Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na, Batman!
Tiny Boy: [stares]
The other was a Grim Reaper, with latex mask and improvised garbage-bag cloak. He wasn't much for small talk. "Thag you. I gan't breathe."
So by 7:00 I got all depressed and went to the bookstore and the video store. The Christmas shit is out at the bookstore, and looks dire. Video store had the new Phoenix anime, which went tapockata tapockata in my machine, so I watched part of Hot Fuzz in French instead. L'Inspecteur Frank Butterman, he aime le Far-West, yup. My French is really sad.
So now I've got a giant basket of chocolate and Happy Meal toys, and a video I have to return.
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Aug. 8th, 2007 08:06 amWatched Flash Gordon while eating jaffa cakes. Life is good.
Just now:
Sharon (pointing at my Paranoia Agent man-bag with the scary-ass pink dog on it): Aw, that's cute!
Me: Actually it comes to life and torments its creator.
Sharon: Paranoia Agent. That's cute. I like that.
Just now:
Sharon (pointing at my Paranoia Agent man-bag with the scary-ass pink dog on it): Aw, that's cute!
Me: Actually it comes to life and torments its creator.
Sharon: Paranoia Agent. That's cute. I like that.
TITLE: Shonen Jump presents "Fiery New Bear Ronin Squad!"
FANDOM: Hot Fuzz
AUTHOR: annlarimer
WORD COUNT: 6,200
RATING: PG for violence and language and violence and some violence
SUMMARY: You've seen the movie. Now read the anime.
WARNINGS: American spelling; spoilers; batshittery; Godless killing machines
NOTES: This had a working title of "Rumiko Takahashi's Hot Fuzz," which should tell you all you need to know about it.
DISCLAIMER: Obviously not mine.
ARCHIVE: Please ask first.
Shonen Jump presents "Fiery New Bear Ronin Squad!"
Many years ago, in Kyoto, there lived a young boy named Nikorasu. He was raised by his uncle, a wealthy member of the Emperor's court. Nikorasu idolized his uncle, as children do. ( more )
FANDOM: Hot Fuzz
AUTHOR: annlarimer
WORD COUNT: 6,200
RATING: PG for violence and language and violence and some violence
SUMMARY: You've seen the movie. Now read the anime.
WARNINGS: American spelling; spoilers; batshittery; Godless killing machines
NOTES: This had a working title of "Rumiko Takahashi's Hot Fuzz," which should tell you all you need to know about it.
DISCLAIMER: Obviously not mine.
ARCHIVE: Please ask first.
Shonen Jump presents "Fiery New Bear Ronin Squad!"
Many years ago, in Kyoto, there lived a young boy named Nikorasu. He was raised by his uncle, a wealthy member of the Emperor's court. Nikorasu idolized his uncle, as children do. ( more )
coppelia no hitsOH GOD OH GOD!
Apr. 23rd, 2007 08:41 amMy poor alarm clock -- the one that made bird noises and got in the fight with the cardinal that time -- committed suicide rather than continue to live with me. Okay, it didn't. But the turn-the-alarm-off switch won't turn off anymore, and that's, like, one of yer key switches in an alarm clock. So it got a dignified burial at sea. If the kitchen wastebasket counts as the sea. For small electronics funereal purposes, it does.
So I got the other one out of the other bedroom. It's a sort of round boombox thingie, like Jigglypuff crossed with the Death Star. Very fancy, but very cheap because it was a floor model off a Target end cap. With no manual. And a lot of buttons and functions: Alarm A, Alarm B, nap alarm, set the time, set the alarm time, set the other alarm time, tune the radio, turn up the volume, pick the CD track, pause, beverage warmer, lotion dispenser, and dimensional portal interface. There's also a bizarre little umbilical noodle that I think is the radio antenna.
I hope it's the radio antenna. If not, when I come home tonight, the reading lamp will be pregnant. On the other hand, we need the bulbs. What the hell was I talking about?
Oh. Well, I figured out how to set the alarm to work the CD player, and popped in the Noir soundtrack. And never thought about the necessity of checking the volume setting.
I am really, really awake now.
Here's the song, as seen on TV:
So I got the other one out of the other bedroom. It's a sort of round boombox thingie, like Jigglypuff crossed with the Death Star. Very fancy, but very cheap because it was a floor model off a Target end cap. With no manual. And a lot of buttons and functions: Alarm A, Alarm B, nap alarm, set the time, set the alarm time, set the other alarm time, tune the radio, turn up the volume, pick the CD track, pause, beverage warmer, lotion dispenser, and dimensional portal interface. There's also a bizarre little umbilical noodle that I think is the radio antenna.
I hope it's the radio antenna. If not, when I come home tonight, the reading lamp will be pregnant. On the other hand, we need the bulbs. What the hell was I talking about?
Oh. Well, I figured out how to set the alarm to work the CD player, and popped in the Noir soundtrack. And never thought about the necessity of checking the volume setting.
I am really, really awake now.
Here's the song, as seen on TV:
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Mar. 5th, 2007 10:22 amStill working on the Black Dolls, and photographing them as I go along in hopes of making some sort of tutorial or, more likely, chronicle of Nixonian failure. For example, I laid the patterns out on the fabric exactly 90 degrees in the wrong direction, so that the stretchousness (technical term) is sideways rather than uppy-downy (stop me if my terminology gets too arcane here), and Fran and Manny are currently bald little soft-sculpture hammers with eyes. Easy enough to adjust on Fran by padding her hair. But Manny...I really wish he wore more hats. Then he could be Manny from That Episode Where He Wore the Hat.
Bernard looks like a very angry starfish, so he's coming along fine.
Meanwhile, the new issue of Newtype has a DVD with the first episodes of Peach Girl and Le Chevalier d'Eon. Peach Girl is a faithful (so far) adaptation of the manga, so if you like one you'll probably like the other. Le Chevalier d'Eon seems to start with the second or third episode, but both disc label and episode credits swear it's episode 1. But if you don't mind the choppy storytelling and aren't a historical purist (d'Eon was a real guy, but his genderfuckery was, as near as anyone can tell, due to personal preference rather than supernatural hi-jinks), the animation is gorgeous and the story compelling. If you dig that whole BeruBara/Utena scene, this may be your bag, man.
Bernard looks like a very angry starfish, so he's coming along fine.
Meanwhile, the new issue of Newtype has a DVD with the first episodes of Peach Girl and Le Chevalier d'Eon. Peach Girl is a faithful (so far) adaptation of the manga, so if you like one you'll probably like the other. Le Chevalier d'Eon seems to start with the second or third episode, but both disc label and episode credits swear it's episode 1. But if you don't mind the choppy storytelling and aren't a historical purist (d'Eon was a real guy, but his genderfuckery was, as near as anyone can tell, due to personal preference rather than supernatural hi-jinks), the animation is gorgeous and the story compelling. If you dig that whole BeruBara/Utena scene, this may be your bag, man.
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Jul. 3rd, 2006 03:45 pmBeen watching Angelic Layer. Much hilarity, since it starts out as a sell-you-stuff anime (like Yu-Gi-Oh! or Pokemon), but since it's entirely fictional, you can't buy any of it.
Angelic Layer a fighting game, played by elaborate, customizable (and, one assumes, hideously expensive) cybernetic dolls. Sort of like Asian BJD fandom, but with (more) hitting. One imagines that there are Angelic Layer early adopters who spend a lot of time on the Internet bitching about how it isn't as cool as it was, since all these damn n00bs have shown up. And arguments over unsanctioned parts -- one character outfits her doll with illegal electrified whips, and picks on newbies who don't know enough to call her on it in order to rack up wins. Surely there must be AL porn sites and naughty doujinshi as well.
My point being, I want a customized robot doll that hits stuff.
Angelic Layer a fighting game, played by elaborate, customizable (and, one assumes, hideously expensive) cybernetic dolls. Sort of like Asian BJD fandom, but with (more) hitting. One imagines that there are Angelic Layer early adopters who spend a lot of time on the Internet bitching about how it isn't as cool as it was, since all these damn n00bs have shown up. And arguments over unsanctioned parts -- one character outfits her doll with illegal electrified whips, and picks on newbies who don't know enough to call her on it in order to rack up wins. Surely there must be AL porn sites and naughty doujinshi as well.
My point being, I want a customized robot doll that hits stuff.
sketchbook spam: two ways to draw maetel
Apr. 20th, 2006 02:24 pm
Clicky for bigger. Two versions of Maetel from Galaxy Express 999/Captain Harlock/Maetel Legend/Queen Emeraldas. Ink. The first modern anime I ever saw was a bootleg fansub double feature of GE 999 and Cagliostro Castle, circa 1981, very late at night in Vicki Porto's living room. I thought my head would explode from the keen.
The geeks came and fixed my scanner yesterday! So...as requested by heykidzcomics, the damaged anime sketch collages described last week.
Here's the original sketch (from the eBay seller's scan), with bites taken out of the middle:
( cut to spare your flists )
heykidzcomics, the damaged anime sketch collages described last week.Here's the original sketch (from the eBay seller's scan), with bites taken out of the middle:
( cut to spare your flists )
cheap-ass art!
Apr. 13th, 2006 04:47 pmI bought a clutch of Sailor Moon animation sketches off eBay a few weeks ago. They were way cheap (two bucks for the whole set I think). Two went neatly into little standard-size mats. One will be diary fodder. But the two that had enough artin' on them to take up the whole sheet were badly damaged from being pried off the backs of their cels. Pretty much valueless to a serious collector, not restore-able, but still the remnants of a once-proud civilization. What to do?
Well, Dick Blick had a canvas sale, so I grabbed two stretched canvases in whatever-size-they-are (9x12? 11x14? I forget) and some matte medium. Coated each canvas in the medium, then put down the drawings, letting the moisture help stretch out the crumpled bits and sticking the totally ripped-off bits back where they belonged, like a jigsaw.
The sketches are in pencil, with one or two colored pencil bits to indicate shading or whatever to the people who did the cels -- in this case red, yellow, a light blue, and an orangey thing. Not very bright, but I brought out the blue/yellow picture with some compatible pale blue acrylics and yellow Prismacolor (thanks, evil Cabal!). The orange and red one got tinted with yellow and gold mulberry paper. Mulberry paper is neat with matte medium -- it goes totally transparent, and you can also mush it up to disguise where the edge of the sketch meets the canvas if you like. Let that dry, then cream and yellow Prismacolor to lighten up some passages and ease the transitions in others. Apply a final coat of medium as a varnish, let it dry, and you have two pieces of scrap transformed into pop art for around ten bucks, ready to hang.
Well, Dick Blick had a canvas sale, so I grabbed two stretched canvases in whatever-size-they-are (9x12? 11x14? I forget) and some matte medium. Coated each canvas in the medium, then put down the drawings, letting the moisture help stretch out the crumpled bits and sticking the totally ripped-off bits back where they belonged, like a jigsaw.
The sketches are in pencil, with one or two colored pencil bits to indicate shading or whatever to the people who did the cels -- in this case red, yellow, a light blue, and an orangey thing. Not very bright, but I brought out the blue/yellow picture with some compatible pale blue acrylics and yellow Prismacolor (thanks, evil Cabal!). The orange and red one got tinted with yellow and gold mulberry paper. Mulberry paper is neat with matte medium -- it goes totally transparent, and you can also mush it up to disguise where the edge of the sketch meets the canvas if you like. Let that dry, then cream and yellow Prismacolor to lighten up some passages and ease the transitions in others. Apply a final coat of medium as a varnish, let it dry, and you have two pieces of scrap transformed into pop art for around ten bucks, ready to hang.
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Mar. 16th, 2006 08:41 amAnesthetising self with anime, which seems to work well. Watched the end of Revolutionary Girl Utena. O, trauma! The last volume has (subtitled) commentary with Chiho Saito and the Director Whose Name I Cannot Remember, which is pretty funny. Next: the Utena movie.
Also got The Great Race (now $9.99!) in the mail yesterday, and spent a half-hour with that.
Theatrical trailer (included) advertises it as, among other things, "THE GAYEST!" Though it's no Lawrence of Arabia, I'm not about to argue. Cheesy 60s making-of documentary pointed out that some of the movie was filmed in Salzburg. This made me feel better, since bits of the town had given me massive deja vu back in 1980, and now I know why. (And it wasn't from no goddamned Sound of Music, Mr. Tour Guide.) Comes with French language track ("Un parachute!" "Un parachute!"), so I can learn how to say "GET OFF MY HOOD!" in French.
Also got The Great Race (now $9.99!) in the mail yesterday, and spent a half-hour with that.
Theatrical trailer (included) advertises it as, among other things, "THE GAYEST!" Though it's no Lawrence of Arabia, I'm not about to argue. Cheesy 60s making-of documentary pointed out that some of the movie was filmed in Salzburg. This made me feel better, since bits of the town had given me massive deja vu back in 1980, and now I know why. (And it wasn't from no goddamned Sound of Music, Mr. Tour Guide.) Comes with French language track ("Un parachute!" "Un parachute!"), so I can learn how to say "GET OFF MY HOOD!" in French.
