Exclusive Insanity

I finished this series a while back and never posted my thoughts on it. Since I'm at work and it's not that busy, I thought I'd write that up now.

( Escaflowne - spoilerish )

I feel like watching some kind of romance/comedy/drama series. I'm tempted to break out Onegai Teacher or Onegai Twins. Not sure yet, though, and I'll be too busy until Boxing Day anyway.

I have spent close to 24 hours (not all in one shot, obviously) on Chrono Trigger, and I just have some of the quests to go through before I face Lavos (although I think I'm going to need to level a lot more before I try it, since the fight is supposed to be pretty epic).

I found a fun AMV. (spoilers for the game)

It basically merges some of the cutscenes with techno music. I like it (even though there needs to be more Ayla!), but I wish there was more footage to include. What I'd really like is an actual anime based on this game. A good one.

When I first heard about the game from Cody, I looked it up for more info. There were reviews out there calling this the best RPG of all time. Now that I've played it, I have to say I agree (and I've been exposed to a lot of them through Cody). The plot is pretty intricate, and totally engaging. The characters are well-developed. The music is excellent. The gameplay is straightforward and easy to get used to. I want to see the story animated.

Someone on DeviantArt started to make a comic but it's not finished and I want to see more of the story laid out like that.

Seriously. This game is epic. If you have a DS, Playstation, or SNES and you haven't played it, pick it up and play it. It'll be worth it.

The Opening of Chrono Trigger
The Ending of Chrono Trigger (assuming you beat the game)

Ganked from nighteevee. Just 'cause it looked fun.

SIX PAIRINGS I LIKE:
1. Syaoron/Sakura (CCS)
2. Ken/Daisuke (Digimon 02)
3. Simon/Nia (Gurren Lagann)
4. Akira/Hikaru (Hikaru no Go)
5. Naru/Mai (Ghost Hunt)
6. Jenrya/Takato (Digimon Tamers)

THREE SHIPS I'VE ABANDONED:
7. Hiroshi/Kasumi (Pokemon)
8. Kaoru/Howard (Uninhabited Planet Survive)
9. Taichi/Sora (Digimon)

THREE SHIPS I'VE NEVER LIKED:
10. Takeru/Daisuke (Digimon 02)
11. Takato/Ruki (Digimon Tamers)
12. Heero/Relena (Gundam Wing)

TWO SHIPS THAT HAVE PIQUED MY INTEREST:
13. Monk/John (Ghost Hunt)
14. Crono/Marle (Chrono Trigger)

( Answers )

So, NaNo is not going yet. At all. Nothing written. Or rather, I have a bit written when I tried to start and it felt like homework so I stopped right away.

I am reconsidering my options at the moment. I may be able to switch to another story and get going again. Or I may try to work on unfinished projects. I haven't decided at this point.

Anyway...

Cody and I just finished watching a new series together. It was called Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho (or just Umisho).

( Thoughts Under Here )

What I'm really looking forward to, though, is the next episode of Tales of the Abyss. I adore that series. Cody hasn't made it through the whole game, so there's a lot I don't know about what happens, and there's also stuff I didn't get to see when he was playing it. I'm looking forward to it all!

Quiz is 16 weeks old today!

To mark this great occassion... More pictures!

Note: the new pictures start on the second page with Quiz in the bathtub.

My website is not currently working properly, because I accidentally uploaded the index.php file for the new anime club website I'm working on into the directory where my main website is hosted, overwriting my main website's index.php file. I didn't notice this until now, when I'm at work for five and a half more hours and can't access my web host.

So... yeah... I'll fix it when I get home, but for now, the website's come down with a severe case of dumbass webmaster.

So, I watched a couple of episodes of the Ghost Hunt dub last night... It wasn't bad. I really liked most of the supporting characters. Monk and Ayako were pretty much spot-on; I enjoyed their performance. Masako's seemed to fit her character, and so did Lin's. John was freakin' excellent! I love the Australian accent! I was really hoping they'd do that for him, because he is actually supposed to be Australian, after all. I could listen to him talk forever. He's not even my favorite character, although he's up on the list. But my favorite character (Monk) got decent treatment, too. I'm pleased.

Mai was all right; I liked that she didn't try to copy the Japanese voice actor and her timing and flow were good, but she sometimes was a little annoying. Naru's voice got on my nerves the majority of the time. So... not all sunshine and roses. But overall, they had dub actors who seemed to really care about what they were doing and put the effort in to make it seem natural and flow well.

So, not bad at all. Another good job from Funimation. I still prefer the Japanese version, but I saw that one first, so it's only natural, after all.

I'll be interested to see what the Ouran dub is like, since that's the next series I'll be getting on DVD.

Hm... this HikaGo meme went around a while back, but I never got around to doing it. My interest in HikaGo was kind of temporarily rekindled after I got the latest manga volume and then looked up some old doujins.

So... here we go.

( The Meme )

I just got the first DVD box set of Ghost Hunt. I have to say, I'm impressed with this new idea of Funimation's. It seems that they will be releasing their series in 13-episode box sets from now on. This means I don't have to wait forever to collect them, because - let's face it - I'm not ever going to be doing the individual DVD thing. I did it with FMA, but I totally regret that decision. As long as whoever is releasing the series makes a box set for it, I'm happy.

Anyway, Ghost Hunt (and Ouran High School Host Club) appear to be split into two box sets. The sets are extremely small (almost the size of an individual DVD) and they include two thinpak DVDs each. They are perfect for storing. I hate large box sets for smaller series. I only have to put Peach Girl and Escaflowne beside each other to realize how much I hate this. Peach Girl's box is an inch wide. Escaflowne's is three or four inches. They have the same number of episodes, damnit!

But, anyway.

( Thoughts on Ghost Hunt. Spoilerish for stuff beyond the anime )