Anime Expo
Who remembers Anime Expo 2007?
Raise of hands?
Anyways, I’ll just come out and tell you guys that that was the first
time that I had been to ANY sort of anime convention…
You can guess that as a rabid anime/manga fan I was
completely…transfixed at everything.
The cosplay!
The people!
The cosplay!
The giant area!
The cosplay!
The MERCHANDISE! (Holy crap that stuff was awesome…)
And…THE C0$pl^Y!!!
O M G!!!
So, nearing AX in our car, Sharon suddenly noticed this person who
looked like Sasuke.
(It was Sai actually…- w -”)
I quickly turned around, noticed what was going on and started
screaming and pointing at random cosplayers.
Sharon did the same.
Here’s a bit how the conversation went….:
Sharon: O M G !!!11!1!1 Look! It’s Sakura!!!!
Me: O. M. G!1111!1oneoneone you’re right! Look, it’s a dude! He’s so
cool looking!
Sharon: OMG I KNOW!!!
When her dad dropped us off, so happy to get rid of us, I screamed as
I got out of the car and proceeded to continue pointing at people.
This one girl gave me a ‘WTF’ face.
She was cosplaying as well.
I decided to shut up and discuss in whispers with Sharon about the
utter awesomeness of the place.
At first, we just stared at everyone. Stared…
But we then realized that we needed to actually enter the convention
and its activities.
- o -”
We probably circled around for 15 minutes attempting to figure out
where to get our tickets.
We were running around like crazed ants who couldn’t find their hill. = __=”
When we finally got out cool pass thingies(shiny…) we walked in.
And holy crap….that was a lot of art. (Later I bought a piece of art
for $15…I still feel ridiculous)
The sad part about this whole adventure is that we didn’t know about
teh underground shopping area until a few hours to when we were
leaving.
And why the heck did they have to close it down so early in the day?
I didn’t understand that…
But overall, Sharon and I exchanged a better understanding of one another.
Sharon gets really grumpy when she’s hungry.
She now knows that I get impatient with her when she’s a sour puss to me.
= D
Hey, being crazy and having fun is what it’s all about.
I wonder what it’ll be like next year with our other friends…
-Victoria
What is there to say?
Hello….
Well, anyway, I have just earned my permision to test for my recommended black-belt. Before each new testing, we have to prove that we have learned enough to not be an embarassment to the school. One week later, the exact same thing occurs, with the same instruction and movement; only with a different reward. Now instead of the little white slip of paper that tells us how much money we owe, (the reccomended black belt is pricey!!) a nice green peice of tape is added to the loose ends of the belt.
I’ve never failed a testing, so I’m pretty confident that this time will be no exception. Also there’s the incentive that, if I do pas, the belt looks cool. The red senior (which I have now) is red, with a thin strip of black running down the middle. Reccomended black belt, however, is half black; half red and notoriously much longer.
It is widely known that I am not a fan of the two-month testing cycle; thinking that it’s much too short to really let the new information sink in. However, the school benefits from the change financially, so I doubt that they will be switching to a more traditional method any time soon. After two months, even the most dim-witted of students have memorized the form (or something that slightly resembles it) no matter how sloppily it is preformed. I do not pretend to be the ATA’s star, although I know I’ve got some natural; now refined skill.
Speaking of which, the true star is a girl whose name shall remain, for security purposes, ‘Becky’. She joined the school at yellow belt, after leaving her Karate doujo. We were friends; I think that my overly-butterfly-ish may have been too much of a contrast to her cold and stoic nature. Personality wise, I think her character much resembles that of Yukishiro Tomoe from Rurouni Kenshin. The same graceful air, the very rare smile, the secretive burden; too be quite frank, there are a lot of ’sweatdrop’ moments when she’s around. Anyway, back then, I distinctively remember easily thwaping her on the sparring field. The next day, she returned with a different look in her eye, and blew me out of the water. My head felt as if it had been mistaken for a pink-pong ball, which is a more accurate description than I would like to admit.
Later, when my senses cleared and the world stopped spinning, I learned that she was now taking private lessons… from the master.
For a jealous rant, I will say that I was, at age eleven, granted a scholarship for a more difficult, yet enriching program. Apparently, my master had hopes that I would someday make the school shine by showing up at the world championships. However, when I remained much more focused on beating the crap out of ‘Becky’, than competing, I think they lost hope. Instead, guess who got the attention?
*Sigh* It was enevitable.. but well… the wounds are still fresh. A few days ago, ‘Becky’ was chosen to demonstrate an excersize we were to preform. Her foot was extended in the position of a side-kick, and she just held it there… a good six inches over her head. We are exactly the same height, but my leg refused to go any higher than chest-level after being held out for thirty seconds.
I was sore the next day. ‘Becky’ Skipped a belt, bringing her two steps ahead of me when we had always been evenly ranked.
However, a side from the constant dissapointment that competing with ‘Becky’ brings, I did seem to improve in my own way. Among the brown/red belts, it is known well that I can crush anyone other than ‘Becky’. At the few tournaments that I do attend, it always comes as a shock when I thwop the first person; five points to nothing. It seems that I forget just how good I am. Being second for two years has that effect.
The tides are changing, I know. Last sparring match, I proudly scored a good three head shots, giving ‘Becky’ the first defeat she has suffered since her parents signed her up for tutoring.
Cha!
I know full well that this post was majorly bragging, but I need some kind of outlet! Just think, the joy of finally conquering your life-long (well, not quite) rival/friend….
Eeeekkkkk!!!
Tales of Symphonia: The Animation (OVA)
If you ask me, I’m incredibly excited for this anime! Although it will contain a small four episodes I’m sure it will be still 
worthwhile.
The impression is given on the official site: http://www.ova-tos.com that only the Sylvarant team (Lloyd, Colette, Genis, Raine, and Kratos) will be in the anime. However, let me clear up that that is not the case (The cast):
Katsuyuki Konishi as Lloyd Irving
Nana Mizuki as Collet Brunel (Colette Brunel)
Ai Orikasa as Genius Sage (Genis Sage)
Akemi Okamura as Shinha Fujibayashi (Sheena Fujibayashi)
Akio Ohtsuka as Regal Bryant
Fumihiko Tachiki as Kratos Aurion
Houko Kuwashima as Presea Combatir
Masaya Onosaka as Zelos Wilder
Yumi Touma as Refill Sage (Raine Sage)
Luckily, these voice actors are the same in the Japanese version of Tales of Symphonia, but sadly we will have to wait and see what voice actors will be selected to dub the English version (Assuming that it will actually be imported to other parts of the world)
The story is the exact same thing as the game (Although I would prefer if it would be an epilogue like Tales of Phantasia, but of course that would be hard to achieve considering the fact that there are so many different possible ending to this wonderful RPG). But still, isn’t it exciting to see all the action without having to push any buttons? XD
The following are the release dates (MM/DD/YY):
DVD Box #1: 6/8/07
DVD Box #2: 8/6/07
DVD Box #3 Fall
DVD Box #4: Winter
The cost is 5,600 yen for the normal box set, and for the collector’s edition (Which includes some other artwork, etc.) costs 7,980 yen.
I’m pretty sure you will be able to order it internationally, but most will probably wait for a subbed version on the video sharing site, Youtube.com.
Bibliography:
Tales of Symphonia: The Animation (Official Site)
AnimeNewsNetwork
One happy psycopath!
OMG!!!!
Okee dokee, my nonexsistant readers, I have just graduated to a red senior belt in Taekwondo! Four months from now, I will be sporting a long, thick, gold encrusted black belt!!! I feel as if my jouney is fially coming to an end! So happy….
Other than this, my life has had very little excitement.
As far as the fanfiction world is concerened, I have found myself delving deeper and deeper in to the darker aspects of Rurouni Kenshin. As much as my friends hate to hear it, I am now convinced that KenshinxKaoru is definately my favorite pairing. Sheelos has been demoted to number two.
Angst has always been my favorite genre, which seems a bit odd for a fireball like me, and now I feel like I can truly depict the sadness and conflicting emotions of the characters I write for. True, writing kk is MUCH more difficult than Sheelos, but I’m up for the challenge!
Seinfeld, Seinfed, seinfeld. Although the once popular TV show has long since been removed from the screen, I can’t help but treasure every minute of ‘the show about nothing’. They just don’t make shows like that anymore, and even in its glory day, Seinfeld was unique. My love of Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramar, has led me to exaust the Seinfeld supply in every movie store located anywhere within the vicinity of (insert city here). Now, having watched and re-watched, I find myself suffering symptomes similar to those of drug addicts in rehab.
Recently, I have found myself haunted and stalked by several infuriating works of what people call music.
One: Makes Me Wonder by Maroon Five. Lets just face it, the song is way too popular. It does have a bit of an addicting chorus line, hence it’s place on my Ipod Shuffle, but I’ve had enough.
‘and it really makes me wonder if I ever gave a **** about you..’
Ugg!!!! Now, it seems like, where ever I go, ‘Makes Me Wonder’, haunts my every move. Just when I think that it couldn’t possibly be played in an organic grocery store, there it is, playing oh-so faintly on the loud speaker. It’s enough to make me yank what’s left of my hair out!
Another song that I cannot stand: Girlfriend, by Avril Lavigne.
I’m a huge avril fan, but even I cannot agree to a song about a teenage slut who wants some guy to dump his chick over her. I really can’t believe that the teen idol would write such a thing.
First it’s tear jerkers like ‘Nobody’s Home” (A personal Fav) and ‘Losing Grip’. Then, we a slight change in mood, where sadness and lonliness turns to joy and confusion. ‘Things I’ll Never Say’ and ‘ Keep Holding On.’
Then, there’s the absolute 180 degree turn for the worst. ‘Girfriend’, ‘I can do better’, ‘Hot’, ect. Oddly enough, these sluttly, degrading songs are placed on the same album as my very favorite track, titled ‘Innocence.’ Kind of Ironic, ne?
The lyrics go from,
‘ Yea, I think you know I’m damn Precious, and hell yea, I’m the ****** ******* princess’
To the sweet,
‘It’s a state of bliss, you think you’re dreaming, it’s the happiness inside that you’re feeling. It’s so beautiul it makes you want to cry. This innocence, is brilliant, I hope that it will stay. This moment, is perfect, please don’t go away.’
indeed, while listening to the latter, I did want to cry.
That said, it’s hard for me to believe that ‘Girlfriend’ topped the charts, giving Avril the number one song in the nation.
All in all, we are directed rather blantantly to the fact that, despite our bravado, the human race, is not actually so brilliant after all.
Introduction
Welcome to Elvicshargel.
This is a blog owned by four girls. We will be writing about a variety of anime-related topics on this blog.
The following shows (in alphabetical order) primary subjects each girl will be covering. However, this does not mean we will not be talking about anthing else!
Angelica-Fan art
Elissia-Fan fiction
Sharon(Admin)-News/releases/etc.
Victoria-Rants (Deep discussion)