ViewPodcast top_small http://gateway.sportjunk.net/uploads/90pxBEVO-AD.jpg http://bevoworks.com/ top_small http://podcastpickle.com/pdillys/.assets/images/ads/125x125_PhoneJunk.jpg http://phonejunk.com top_small http://podcastpickle.com/media/images/ads/other/90x90_Lelands.jpg http://lelandswallpaper.com top_small http://podcastpickle.com/pdillys/.assets/images/ads/125x125_TalkingBooks.jpg http://ilovetalkingbooks.com top_small http://podcastpickle.com/media/images/ads/other/90x90_PodcastInspector.jpg http://podcastinspector.com top_small http://www.geeknewscentral.com/images/itunes.jpg http://www.geeknewscentral.com/category/podcast/ footer http://www.podcastpickle.com/media/images/727x90_PodcastInspectorBeta.gif http://podcastinspector.com false 40425 quarkter quarterogreborn@yahoo.com 29494 1 http://graruru.blogspot.com/Bringing Class to Animeenoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (Q Agent)Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:01:04 PSTBlogger http://www.blogger.com81125AG,giant,robots,anime,animationArtsoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.comoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.comoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.comnoAG,giant,robots,anime,animationMetal All the WayFor the last time, I’m not insane!http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/Boredtothe3rdpower2http://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with FeedLoungeSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with ODEOSubscribe with PodnovaSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Yourminis.comSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with netomat HubSubscribe with Daily RotationSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with ParticlsAdd to Any Feed ReaderSubscribe with fwickiAnime is losing its balls, why?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/kEb7H1hXDag/weather-for-august-1.htmloceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:33:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-1173282531888483023<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YReVzS1qqik/SnSP60HUUNI/AAAAAAAAAKM/1eTTcEfB5D0/s1600-h/curwx_277x187.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 135px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YReVzS1qqik/SnSP60HUUNI/AAAAAAAAAKM/1eTTcEfB5D0/s200/curwx_277x187.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365071296689623250" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.weather.com/newscenter/nationalforecast/index.html?from=hp_news">Here’s the weather</a>. I realize you guys probably don’t give a damn about weather but it’s gonna be what I talk about in my new podcast where I talk about walking and hiking. If you’re un-athletic, then you can still join the WALKING NATION. <br /><br />Right click save as to download <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/AreaGraruruWeatherOn_/WeatheringKannagi.mp3">mp3</a>. Go here for the <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/AreaGraruruWeatherOn_/WeatheringKannagi.ogg">ogg</a>.<br /><br /><br />Today on the anime cross fire, it is Kannagi vs. Akikan! Who is hated more? Listen on to find out!<br /><br />In other more important news, New Challenger and Shin Mazinger are discussed. Please, just go out and watch Shin Mazinger.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-1173282531888483023?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=kEb7H1hXDag:FPcHU8VmrX4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=kEb7H1hXDag:FPcHU8VmrX4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/kEb7H1hXDag" height="1" width="1"/>2009-08-01T18:33:00.449-05:000no Here’s the weather. I realize you guys probably don’t give a damn about weather but it’s gonna be what I talk about in my new podcast where I talk about walking and hiking. If you’re un-athletic, then you can still join the WALKING NATION. Right click saoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com Here’s the weather. I realize you guys probably don’t give a damn about weather but it’s gonna be what I talk about in my new podcast where I talk about walking and hiking. If you’re un-athletic, then you can still join the WALKING NATION. Right click save as to download mp3. Go here for the ogg. Today on the anime cross fire, it is Kannagi vs. Akikan! Who is hated more? Listen on to find out! In other more important news, New Challenger and Shin Mazinger are discussed. Please, just go out and watch Shin Mazinger.AG,giant,robots,anime,animationhttp://graruru.blogspot.com/2009/08/weather-for-august-1.htmlhttp://www.archive.org/download/AreaGraruruWeatherOn_/WeatheringKannagi.mp3http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/wRv_6YhqgbQ/haruhi-suzumiya-why-this-show-should.htmlsexualizationinnocencekyonmoeHaruhisuzumiyaanimeoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:11:24 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-2708812759740831308     There’s two ways to enjoy this show, one is where you, the audience, goes "oh man I can’t wait to see what Haruhi does, she so cuhh-razyy!’ The other way is for the viewer to go "Oh boy, I can’t wait to see what Kyon does to keep Haruhi in line so I can imagine I’m Kyon and pretend to have to keep a very hot teenage friend from getting into trouble who has the mind of a child’. <div><br /></div><div>That’s right, Haruhi Suzumiya is pretty much moe-pandering from the very first episode, starting from the main character herself, to Mikuru (the childish and "precious" one for the people who like their women to be stupid and weak-willed) to Yuki (I think she’s an emotionless robot who reads books or some shit). The viewer can also see this in the way that Kyon treats Haruhi and Kyon as the character. Kyon is basically like a big brother figure to Haruhi, as he keeps her in-line and she bascially tells him every move she’s planning to make. But if you look at Kyon, he’s the most generic character ever, he’s got friends, and like most people he used to believe in aliens and the paranormal and shit. I used to be like that, and I’m sure most of you were like that. You see, the thing is Kyon is what I like an viewer character, he is the viewer’s window into the show, you’re supposed to project yourself into him, and voila satisfaction. So then, you can have your pick of any of the girls from that point on.</div><div><br /></div><div>You can have Haruhi, who is the energetic, and child-like to the point of beeing creepy. I swear, it’s almost like she’s a retarded eight yr old on sugar. When I was watching, I just kinda thought to myself ’if I knew someone like Haruhi, I’d either smack them, or I guess be their friend, but I would definitely smack them’. She’s what I would assume is the tsundere type of the show, and then there’s Mikuru, oh Mikuru. She’s like the super moe girl, the one who all the moe freaks will love. She’s weak-willed, large breasted, cute (I can’t tell, all the females look the same, just switch the fucking hair) and she’s also prone to crying all the time. Then there’s Yuki, who’s some kind of heartless literati robot or something. She’s for those guys who like their women cold and heartless, someone who doesn’t react to emotion. These three concepts may be hot in your brain, but in the real world, women are complex creatures who aren’t two dimensional stereotypes. I think this whole moe trend speaks about Japan’s social situation when you have young men sitting by themselves watching anime about people they’ll never hang out with, or don’t exist. I think Haruhi is the symptom of a bigger problem, cause when you have young people just watching and obsessing over fictional characters, then there’s something wrong here. You can also then argue the difference between american and japanese fandom/nerds in general (but that’s really not my forte)</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, my friend and I were talking about japan once, and she told that Japan likes to "Infantalize their woman’. And Mikuru, is as infantilized as it gets (without making all the girls into little girls). See, The Melancholy of haruhi Suzumiya is basically a high-school fantasy for those who want to be in high-school forever(shit sucked though, high school is the worst place in the world), and have "fun’ times and have "adventures". It’s an escape is what it is and is it a bad form of escape? Yes, and no. No, because it has an innocent veneer, showing us only what it wants us to see, but to the intelligent, or I guess insightful, you can read into the show and see things . Basically, it’s a way for viewers to pick and choose a woman, and then think about them till their cock goes raw. It’s similar to when people were decrying rock cause it held satanic messages, but this time, it’s not a satanic message, but a fetish hiding in an illusions of innocence. and I think that’s all moe really is, atleast how it’s suppsoed to be perceived, or what it does for most otaku, and that is sexualization of innocence.</div><div><br /></div><div>Haruhi Suzumiya is basically every Moe anime out there, but it’s much better at what it does, instead of being upfront about everything, it gives out hints so the viewer can violently fap to whichever fucking chick they want. Now, is this good, or bad? I don’t know but I also don’t care. If you enjoy this show because you like to see haruhi do cuh-razzyyy things, then more power to you, and I hope you enjoy a subpar comedy, but if you want to be Kyon and keep haruhi in line while fapping to Mikuru, then I wish you luck and I hope you never have any children. <br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-2708812759740831308?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=wRv_6YhqgbQ:fZ6QJ0ljJT4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=wRv_6YhqgbQ:fZ6QJ0ljJT4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/wRv_6YhqgbQ" height="1" width="1"/>2009-06-01T12:11:24.221-05:008http://graruru.blogspot.com/2009/06/haruhi-suzumiya-why-this-show-should.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/T81pmrfeXuw/finding-adolescence-of-utena.htmloceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Sun, 10 May 2009 14:25:31 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-4124749689682430350<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/SgbtDQuS86I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/aftanWku9qE/s1600-h/Utena+opening.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334211448951468962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 216px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/SgbtDQuS86I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/aftanWku9qE/s320/Utena+opening.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div>Adolescence of Utena opens with a scene we’ve seen countless times in the TV-Series (Well, probably about 39 times to be exact.) We once again see the Duelling Arena, but this time in glorious animation, the kind you can only get on a movie’s budget.<br /><br />The most noticeable difference between the movie and the series versions of Utena is the animation. The original had some great designs, both in its characters and in the architecture of the huge Academy it takes place in. Still, the difference between the TV and movie’s look is light and day. Not to be-little the look of the original but it was still working with the limitations of a TV budget, which meant lots of re-used animation, every single episode.<br /><br />The animation and design in the movie is like nothing I’ve seen in anime before. The bright colour scheme almost hurt my eyes, and is a big change from the occasionally muted colours of the TV, the characters are also unique, with designs which take cues from 70’s shoujo, with long flowing hair, saucer pan eyes and intricate clothing (Uniforms with what I guess is a very European style.) The designs in Adolescence are similar to the ones in the TV-Series, but ramped up to 11. In the movie Utena is more boyish, Anthy is sexier and similarly the architecture of Ohtori Academy is even more distorted, more exaggerated and even detailed. Unlike most anime, in Adolescence Of Utena in every frame something is moving, and something is happening, and this goes for the backgrounds as well. The Ohtori Academy literally shifts, and movies and spirals around the students in almost every scene.<br /><br />Adolescence is technically a remake, but works far better if you’ve already seen the series than alone. The animation is breathtaking on its own, but many of these visual cues are even more meaningful after seeing the TV Series (and how it ended.) In fact, on its own the movie really isn’t anything special. I showed it to my brother to test this (He had never seen any of, or heard of Utena before.) but the movie moves too fast, with little exposition or explanation of who the characters are for him to really grasp what was going on. Taken on its own Adolescence of Utena is just a very odd little film with some beautiful animation and imagery, but a nonsensical and seemingly random plot; as my brother shouted when he finished watching it <strong>“MAJOR MINDFUCK.”</strong><br /><br />So, Adolescence of Utena is a film for the fans. Taken with previous knowledge of the series the movie works well as a deeper exploration of the characters we’ve already come to know. It doesn’t really work as a remake, it’s not an easy watch without prior knowledge, but it does work as a sequel.<br /><br />In a way, the ending of the TV series is so obscure, and the movie so surreal, that maybe it could be taken as a sequel. (Albeit, a very loose one.) The most obvious evidence for this are the characters, each one slightly different from their portrayal in the series, but perhaps slightly fitting if they were taken to be the characters they became at the end of the series. Let me give an example. </div><div><br /></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334211829432812114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 161px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/SgbtZaIHglI/AAAAAAAAAKY/ME157Y1Qhjo/s320/Anthy...+liberated.bmp" border="0" /><br /><em>1. Anthy Himemiya</em><br />For most of the series Himemiya is polite and extremely submissive. Suffocated by her brother she play’s the role of a motherly figure who lives to do whatever the person she’s engaged to tells her to. It’s only at the end of the series when Utena grants her revolution that she breaks out of this demure role, finally leaving her brother and becoming her own person.<br /><br />This fits in well with the Anthy we are introduced to in the movie. Like at the end of the TV series she’s become much more liberated, more sexually aggressive and even looks like she does at the end of the series, long flowing hair and no glasses; wide innocent eyes. In a way, she’s even able to stand up to her brother in the film, with holding the key to his car from him, and causing him to go mad, killing himself. </div><div><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334212174593387010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 210px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/Sgbttf8z6gI/AAAAAAAAAKg/_WYBUnV9SUM/s320/Akio+OOOO.jpg" border="0" /><br /><em>2. Akio “The Prince”</em><br />Since I made my hate for this character obvious in the last post, it goes without saying that I was extremely happy when he got what he deserved at the end of the series, Utena rejecting him as a prince, and Anthy finally being granted revolution and walking out on him.<br /><br />Again, the version of Akio we see in the movie fits this nicely. He’s not in the movie for very long (In fact, he’s dead before the film even starts.) But what we do see of him is a demasculated version of what we saw before, not only in his design (looking much younger than he did in the series, far less intimidating, more of a typical bishounen character.) He’s no longer as sexually aggressive as he was, now resorting to drugging his sister, and when his sinful deed is revealed he’s sent into a panic. He doesn’t even have his big red car anymore, and his huge tower is decaying. </div><div><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334212821702772082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 216px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/SgbuTKnthXI/AAAAAAAAAKo/pNCTbkcPncY/s320/UTENA...+Not+a+guy.bmp" border="0" /><br /><em>3. Utena Tenjou</em><br />Utena is the hardest character to compare because her fate at the end of the series is not explicitly stated. However, the series ends with her thinking she has failed to save Anthy or become the prince, when in fact she has managed to do just that.<br />The movie begins with her wrapped in guilt over her past, and haunted by her memories. The only difference however, is that the guilt she feels is completely un-related to the one she feels in the series.<br /><br />So, if Utena is intended to be a sequel to the series rather than a loose retelling, where does it fit in? That’s hard to say. Adolescence Of Utena is set in a world where reality and fantasy are one in the same. It’s hard to be sure what exactly is real in the film and what’s just a dream, or a fragmented memory. Still, at the end of the series Anthy says something to Akio before walking out on him, when Akio remarks that the school is already forgetting utena, Anthy tells him that Utena is merely on a different plain than him, one he is unable to reach. Perhaps Adolescence of Utena is how Anthy finally re-unites with Utena, this time saving Utena from the prince, and granting the world revolution together, helping Utena to get over her guilt, and together, ascending to<em> “a world without roads.”</em></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-4124749689682430350?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=T81pmrfeXuw:RHv1QTyUiXU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=T81pmrfeXuw:RHv1QTyUiXU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/T81pmrfeXuw" height="1" width="1"/>2009-05-10T16:25:31.087-05:002http://graruru.blogspot.com/2009/05/finding-adolescence-of-utena.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/ktNrD7wRlOo/taking-first-step.htmloceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:28:23 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-3027495080275287644<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YReVzS1qqik/Sfj8NL38ZTI/AAAAAAAAAKE/9G3AndoiHd8/s1600-h/hajimenoippoopedee5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YReVzS1qqik/Sfj8NL38ZTI/AAAAAAAAAKE/9G3AndoiHd8/s200/hajimenoippoopedee5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330287462448915762" /></a><br /><br /><br />(Episodes 1-64 of Hajime No Ippo)<br /><br />At this point in the series Ippo has taken many steps beyond his first. He used to be a meek child who was constantly bullied in school. And then on that fateful day he was saved by a mysterious boxer from being bullied. After seeing the power the boxer displayed Ippo desired that power. To achieve that goal he became a boxer himself. <br /><br />Ippo had no talent for boxing (ignoring his powerful punch). However, his desire for power gave him a weapon that could not be taught or instilled in him by any book or teacher; that weapon was courage. <br /><br />This show may be mindless entertainment, but it’s good entertainment at that. Seeing Ippo and his friends train and hearing jet engine sound effects for punches equals awesome by virtue of the criteria of manliness. Hajime no Ippo is not a show that has caught on in America and for what can be assumed to be poor marketing strategy. So for now, it remains unwatched which is very sad because its simple theme is one that is displayed excellently.<br /><br />Fight on,don’t step back and don’t give up. While it may seem cheesy, one may forget that failure will happen if one cowers back. For this, I give this show my most humble thanks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-3027495080275287644?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=ktNrD7wRlOo:dsYrCWqIvV8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=ktNrD7wRlOo:dsYrCWqIvV8:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/ktNrD7wRlOo" height="1" width="1"/>2009-04-29T20:28:23.993-05:001http://graruru.blogspot.com/2009/04/taking-first-step.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/yUHPFuj3qpE/magnificent-bastard.htmloceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:10:34 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-7782057279884530854<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329897084689354066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/SfeZKNZMjVI/AAAAAAAAAJw/g4-tEE73jrY/s320/anti-akio.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><em>“If I wanted a guy to rape me, let’s just say... Yeah.<br />Akio’d be the one.”-</em> Lacrimosa (M) on Akio Ohtori</div><div><br />One of the more interesting things about Utena is the way it plays with its many character’s roles throughout the series. Most obviously the titular character, Utena, plays with gender roles, wearing a boy’s uniform, and wanting to be a prince. There’s also the other Main character (if she can be called that) Himemiya who at first appears to be a submissive young girl, being used by the members of the school council as the “Rose Bride.” Now, further into the series and I’m not sure how innocent she really is.<br /><br />Akio Ohtori is similar; in his first appearance he seems to be nothing more than a very handsome bishounen, eye candy and doujin fodder, with some very sexy vocals. In many ways he appears to be a symbol of masculinity, phallic symbols follow him wherever he goes, whether it be the tower he lives in, or his big red car. Despite his good looks and charms though, there’s something a bit off putting about Akio from the start. In a lot of ways he’s the proto typical Shoujo love interest, a strong and handsome bishounen, an older and dangerous man. Still, if there’s one thing Utena loves doing its taking Shoujo elements like this and deconstructing them.</div><div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329897352823079746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 241px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/SfeZZ0RQg0I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/MRlHMyD7Lnk/s320/CAR.bmp" border="0" /><br />And so it becomes evident pretty quickly that Akio is not quite the gentlemen he makes himself out to be. Chairman of the academy Akio uses his older good looks, and big red car, to impress the younger girls of the academy, and sleeping with them. Even Utena, a character who remains mostly oblivious to her surroundings and what is going on in the series, is affected by Akio, and easily falls for his guise.<br /><br />Akio is a disturbing character to watch. Almost all the characters remain blissfully unaware of how he is using people for his own gain and desires. He’s never portrayed as outwardly evil, or as a menacing character. He’s a suave gentlemen, a typical shoujo love interest, which makes the fact that he manipulates these characters in the way he does even more disturbing.<br /><div><br />But then at time I have to wonder, am I really supposed to be disturbed by Akio? He has a large fanbase, plenty of doujin and fan-fiction about him, maybe he’s really is supposed to be a dreamy bishounen character. I found the way he tries to impress and manipulate much younger girls scary, but then, age in anime is relative, maybe that’s supposed to be perfectly normal in this Japanese cartoon? But then there’s his relationship with Utena, she’s fallen completely in love with him, and yet he only seems to be using her. Putting on an act whenever with her, and yet whenever with Touga talking about her only as an object. Surely this is all signs of him being a fabulous bastard?</div><div><br />Utena is a show which ultimate goal seems to be to trick the viewer. The outcome has never been what I expect, and with only three episodes left, I look forward to seeing if Akio really is the magnificent bastard I think he is.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-7782057279884530854?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=yUHPFuj3qpE:3yygd42EtLc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=yUHPFuj3qpE:3yygd42EtLc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/yUHPFuj3qpE" height="1" width="1"/>2009-04-28T19:10:34.357-05:004http://graruru.blogspot.com/2009/04/magnificent-bastard.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/EiORVilZ_TA/just-saw-girl-chopped-in-half-by.htmloceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:38:44 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-957080499366555420<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/ScUm_siLfSI/AAAAAAAAAJY/W80K03Y-zmw/s1600-h/vlcsnap-53904.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315697810908871970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 187px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/ScUm_siLfSI/AAAAAAAAAJY/W80K03Y-zmw/s320/vlcsnap-53904.png" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;"> (With a screencap like this, how can you not watch Mazinkaiser?) </span></em><br /><div><br />It seems a little sacrilegious that I consider myself a “Super Robot” fan and yet before recently I’d never seen one episode of the “first ever Super Robot”, Mazinger Z (Well, actually that award probably goes to Testujin 28 or Giant Robo, but Mazinger is up there!)<br /><br />But in anticipation of Imagawa’s new Mazinger series I’ve decided to fill this gap in my anime knowledge and watch some of this series. First up there’s the original series from the 70’s, I’ve been watching some things here and there of the original show, or as it was called in the US, TRANZOR-Z (I do wonder why they bothered to change the title, is Mazinger that much harder to say than Tranzor?) The animation might be sketchy by today’s standards, but everything we love about super robots today is still here in Mazinger Z. Crazy robot designs, AWESOME music, and robots punching each other. From a distance (ROCKET PUNCH!) </div><div></div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315699903395149122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 186px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/ScUo5fpyNUI/AAAAAAAAAJo/J7Yo8SlLJOE/s320/vlcsnap-57417.png" border="0" /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em> (The villains in Mazinger are quite EVVVVILLLL.)</em></span> <div><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></em>Still, I have a lot’ trouble sitting through an entire super robot series. They’re fun for the first couple of episodes, but after 75 the monster of the week formula may have gotten stale.<br />The OAV’s of these shows are a lot better (at least for me) At the most they’ll be 13 episodes, with better animation, more badass characters and usually less annoying child characters. Mazinkaiser is one of those shows, made for that generation who grew up watching the first series, it seems to have everything which was awesome about the original with a few things which wouldn’t fly on a Saturday morning cartoon. (I can’t figure out why robots gush gallons of blood in Mazinkaiser, but it sure is cool.)<br /><br />Super Robot shows are a tried and true formula. It goes like, introduce an evil robot, heroes attack robot dramatically, heroes get there ass handed to them, heroes return (Dramatically) with heroic music egging them on as they defeat the evil monster. Rinse repeat.<br />Shows like Mazinkaiser don’t try to change this, they just run with the concept and have a whole lot of fun with it. If you don’t want to see robots fighting each other in a dramatic fashion, while our heroes make manly speeches and state how awesome they are, please leave immediately.<br /><br />Though, if I had one complaint with these OAV’s of older super robot shows, like Mazinkaiser, it’d be the way in which they try to attract an older audience. This is a show about giant toys fighting each other, do we really need the random fan-service every episode? Even the violence feels out of place. I mean sure, its totally awesome when Kouji Kabuto kills a girl by driving a Jet through her chest (you heard me) But do her clothes have to rip of while this happens?<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315694157193129090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/ScUjrBYdrII/AAAAAAAAAJA/Gvaq1Y2EiLI/s320/vlcsnap-53599.png" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"> (Took this picture before her shirt magically flies off.)</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></em>But then it cuts to the robots again, as they rocket punch mechanical monster into oblivion, and I forget these flaws. The egregious fan-service is a minor price to pay for a few hours of robots beating the shit out of each other.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-957080499366555420?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=EiORVilZ_TA:Ytcz2N_QEbc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=EiORVilZ_TA:Ytcz2N_QEbc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/EiORVilZ_TA" height="1" width="1"/>2009-03-21T13:38:44.442-05:002http://graruru.blogspot.com/2009/03/just-saw-girl-chopped-in-half-by.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/mV0TxZAWhf0/gma-thanks-for-helping-to-wreck-my.htmlfrancis M gma newsoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:46:44 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-296836207352329473Now, before I begin, I have a story to tell. In highschool, I took a media class. It was the most god-awful boring class in the world. It also didn’t help that the teacher was an utter dick who wrote like a fucking epileptic retard. He would hand papers back, and his comments were indecipherable. I would come up to his desk to ask him which word was which.<br />‘Uh, sir, what does this say?’<br />‘Common’<br />‘and , uh this one?’<br />‘better’<br />‘oh, ok thank you sir’.<br /><br /> Now the teacher wasn’t all that bad, he was actually a decent guy. He just didn’t really seem to know where his priorities lie. or he just didn’t give a shit about us, which was commendable, and quite understandable. Now, the funny thing is, this class, is the one I remember the most. Its lessons sticking to me like dead flies on fly paper. The most important thing I learnt was “televisions uses emotion, to sell you anything and everything”. And the news is the guiltiest at this, their selling you fear. Television on the other hand uses emotion to sell you, well, literally everything. From food, to personal hygiene products. But don’t worry citizens, sure here in the western world, we’re kind of starting to detach from the whole hubbub of this television commercial relationship mess. (Now it’s just an all out war between us, the consumer and them, the companies; who will try to push their product on us like a group of glorified drug lords). <br /><br /> But this isn’t really about the whole issue of commercialism; I want to talk about television in the Philippines, my home country. Now my personal friends know that I’m a self hating filipino, but it is not a hate towards being Filipino. No, I’m actually proud to be Filipino. I’m proud of the fact that we have a martial art that uses rebar covered in light foam for duelling and that we export the largest amount of child pornography (suck it you thai-boxing bastards!) But, what I am not proud of is how the Philippines is running it’s self into the ground. Our people are going into further poverty and the country is not going to be any better. Not with the presence of GMA, the worst TV channel in the world. Now, I will give them this, they did play some of the most awesome anime on TV and got me hooked to anime. I mean they played Voltes V and mojacko for fuck’s sake! <br /> <br /><br />BUT as I reflect back and look at it now, it is disgusting decadent and retarded. Pure retardation. One of the biggest examples of this is that they have three, count them THREE fucking shows just for celebrity talk. THEN they have three more variety shows dedicated to MORE celebrities. You know what this does? It takes away from what’s important. It tells the people “hey man, Francis M’s death? Yeah more important that the fact that we have more murders than in most countries. You know Gaby Conception was seen with another woman? Yeah more important than the poverty rates and rising gas prices.” But the news media is surprisingly eye opening. It’s as if it’s a subtle but deep stab at society. One time, I saw how they reported on this large festival involving the poor people. And they showed all these idiots who believed that by touching a cloth touched by the statue, their lives will default to something better. They also showed these people running towards the statue, getting run by the cart, people accused of stealing. <br /><br />It was religious chaos, and it was retarded, and the news media showing it knew it, and they knew it good. But, they still sell fear, but I think in the Filipino context, if you talk about a murder, it would be a common thing and not at all shocking. Since even living conditions for the middle class aren’t much higher than low class citizens (it’s high enough to live a nice peaceful life). But the news media is still trying to sell its reporters as people who you have to be attached to like characters in a bad “telebabad” (filipino soaps, and don’t get me started on them, this would be longer than needed)<br />Now, to those who are media savvy and are into Marshal MacLuhan’s theories about TV, you will see that the Filipino TV is like that, but worse, MUCH WORSE. <br /><br /> Another example is when this asshat, some fucker named Francis M died. They wouldn’t shut up about it. They wouldn’t even show what he did or how he was relevant to humanity. All they said was He was just a “nice guy” or he was “my friend” OR “he worked with us, so we’re only doing it out of corporate obligation. When I die, I want people to say things like “I remember how he saved my ass form poverty” or “I remember when he saved a small child from being raped by a bear”. <br />Or the most awesome “I remember when he conquered the song empire for all of the Mongol peoples, gave us sweet meats, slept with the women of his enemies, rode their horses and ate their foods.” (That one I would have said for my homeboy Genghizzle Kahn). What I’m trying to say is that, just like American television, It shares the same problems. But the problems are magnified and worsened in Filipino television.<br /><br /> Things are so sensationalized that even the lives of stars are being sold similarly as real life soap operas. I guess this all comes from the fact that the poor outweigh the middle class and the rich. So there is this demand for escapism, but escaping doesn’t fix problems, it only lets them fester and grow. I guess what I’m trying to say is, fuck you Francis M, may you be burning and hell, and I hope the Filipino infrastructure crumbles, so when it looks up and shouts “save us” I will be standing there, looking down and whispering “no”. Also fuck you GMA, keep poisoning the masses with your arbitrary garbage. I hope you all puke and die on it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />P.S. This article does not do justice to the rage I am feeling at this moment, so again, go suck a cock GMA execs, may Satan and God double team your mouths and asses in the afterlife. Like they are doing to your precious Francis M, I hope he is being double teamed by God and Satan, you fucks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-296836207352329473?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=mV0TxZAWhf0:xbuO9JOBoqw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=mV0TxZAWhf0:xbuO9JOBoqw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/mV0TxZAWhf0" height="1" width="1"/>2009-03-11T19:46:44.247-05:005http://graruru.blogspot.com/2009/03/gma-thanks-for-helping-to-wreck-my.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/xD5cvORdfpg/re-writing-gundam-history_21.htmloceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:55:21 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-1308874202975012686<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/SaQv4Cm4AgI/AAAAAAAAAIY/WEa6_HYD2hc/s1600-h/%5Blarge%5D%5BAnimePaper%5Dscans_Turn-A-Gundam_TMBountyHunter(0_79)__THISRES__154487.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306418900768391682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 251px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/SaQv4Cm4AgI/AAAAAAAAAIY/WEa6_HYD2hc/s320/%5Blarge%5D%5BAnimePaper%5Dscans_Turn-A-Gundam_TMBountyHunter(0_79)__THISRES__154487.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> (The picture may not be particuarly relevant to the blog post, but it sure is pretty.)</em><br /><br /><div>So I’m 30 episodes into Turn A Gundam, and so far it’s got a lot of things going on in it which really appeals to me, though probably not a lot to many others. I think when Tomino was directing this he wanted to break the conventions of the franchise, which is understandable as the series was made when Gundam was beginning to seem stagnant. There had already been seven different shows in the franchise and to a casual fan they would probably all blend together. </div><div></div><div><br />Turn A Gundam stands out however, and its obvious just by looking at it. The titular mecha the Turn A, or White Moustache as it’s sometimes called (Designed by Syd Mead of BladeRunner fame, don’t cha’ know?) seems to be a purposely bizarre design, most obviously because of the V symbol on its mouth which resembles a moustache. The other mecha are just as odd, usually looking a little like animals (not necessarily any real animals I can think of, just strangely animalistic) and overall less flashy than your usual Gundam mecha, and at times, dare I say, more realistic. (Actually, realistic may be a bad word to use when describing mecha.)</div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306409801894280130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/SaQnmaqPO8I/AAAAAAAAAIA/F0crlS9DV0g/s320/mrc-u11d.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"> (A pretty good example of the animalistic design I was talking about, though maybe I’m stretching. Still, the idea of adapting MS’s from animals isn’t exactly new, I’m sure I remember some sort of Mobile Suit in Zeta which resembled a Bat, and I’m pretty sure there was an octopus like design in the original series.)</span></em><br /><br />Then there’s also the main character of the series, Loran, he’s very different than what fans are used to when it comes to the hero’s of Gundam. For one thing he’s not aggressive, he’s shy and well spoken, and also seems pretty sensitive. And yet he doesn’t whine like other gundam pilots do, he takes everything in stride and does whatever he can to make those around him at ease, and the world more peaceful, unlike most he has a very idealised view of the world (the last part is actually more of a gripe I have with the series, but maybe I’ll get to that into another article.) And of course, the main difference between him and other Gundam pilots (at the time at least) is that he’s very feminine, voiced by a woman, and even forced to cross dress in some episodes (For perfectly non perverted reasons of course) He’s more the kind of hero I’d expect in a shoujo work than shounen robot show, but I can’t say I dislike him, he’s no where near as grating as<br />most Gundam pilots.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306421572811763122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/SaQyTkvqLbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ltzbhA18RmQ/s320/%5Blarge%5D%5BAnimePaper%5Dscans_Turn-A-Gundam_TMBountyHunter(0_7)__THISRES__154570.jpg" border="0" /><br />The biggest difference though is probably the setting. As I said in my last entry I REALLY like the setting of the Universal Century, but at this point it’s been diluted by constant sequels and side-stories, some of which were so bad Tomino had to state they weren’t canon. The Alternate Universes were supposed to solve this problem but more often than not they just rehashed the same ideas with a new set of paint. Turn A Gundam however does exactly what one of these AU’s should, it creates a completely new world. The setting (and the series itself) has been compared to a Studio Ghibli film, and while it’s not quite as beautiful, I can see where the comparison comes from. Turn A Gundam is set in America in the very far future, and it is in an age VERY similar to the 1800’s. Aside from the earths mecha (all of which has been recovered from thousands of years ago.) everything is very low tech, and really a lot of the show is just about setting. There are plenty of episodes which don’t rely on action to progress the story, but rather show simple things like the effect the war has on a hospital, how businesses collapses, and even just how the characters react to one another. In the original gundam series I’ve always found the politics and mecha intriguing, but the characters and dialogue are generally the low points. In Turn A just seeing people interact is a plus.<br /><br />I can help but think something like Turn A Gundam just couldn’t be made nowadays, at least not in the Gundam franchise. Gundam 00 for instance is enjoyable, but it doesn’t really try to make any huge changes to the formula. Hell, I’m surprised Turn A could be made back then, though I’m sure it was because of an assortment of factors. Perhaps it was because the series before it (X) had done so badly that Sunrise decided it was time for a change, or maybe its because Tomino was finnally working on a Gundam series again, Sunrise would probably let him do whatever he wanted as long as his name was on the finished product.<br /><br />Either way, shockingly it turns out anime fans don’t much care for change, since Turn A was not a commercial success. Still damn good though.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-1308874202975012686?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=NUp1ztS7"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=hOSm5hHR"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/xD5cvORdfpg" height="1" width="1"/>2009-02-24T11:55:21.975-06:004http://graruru.blogspot.com/2009/02/re-writing-gundam-history_21.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/uFyNU2QtQl8/gran-torino-grampa-clint-i-love-you.htmloceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:07:58 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-4904795128022158562Clint Eastwood’s persona has always been the "tough guy" the "bad ass" <br />"fucker you didn’t wanna mess with". But have you ever seen Clint Eastwood as a caring, kind old man? Someone who gave a lost young man his way in life, and grew to understand a culture so alien and foreign to him? <br /><br />This is the premise of his latest film, Gran Torino. It’s the story of a retired war vet who sees a world changing and growing in front of him. A world of both unfamiliarity and familiarity. In this film, we see the world through Walter Kowalski’s(Clint Eastwood) eyes. He sees the youth as disrespectful and brash. His own family ungrateful, and their concerns misplaced. The story begins after Walter’s wife has just been buried. We get to see how his own family acts around him. The viewer sees them not as his family, but ungrateful vultures. You can see this in his granddaughter. She asks if she can help her grandfather, only to ask for his prized posession, His Gran Torino. <br /><br /><br /> At first glance, it seems like the average Clint Eastwood film. Clint here plays a cantankerous yet higly respectable old man who brandishes his gun and isn’s afraid to talk dirty. But this isn’t what this film is about. It’s about the old America, seeing the new america. America not as white America, but America as the global america. Walt Kowalski represents old America. Racist, angry, stubborn,hardworking, kind and respectable. His Hmong neighbors on the other hand, represent a new america, they are foreign, they bring something new to the melting pot of america. The way he treats the Hmong is also very reminiscent of old white america. At first, he is afraid, racist and insecure. But slowly he warms up to them, even enjoying their food and company. <br /><br /> During the first half, I couldn’t help but laugh at Walt’s actions to everything. He would swear up a storm, and I would laugh, he kicked his family out of his house on his birthday and I laughed, he taught Thao how to be a man, I laughed. But halfway through the film, and pretty much near the end you sympathize and grow to love Walt. Eastwood’s performance brings life to the character. His performance was so great that me and my friend kept saying how much we wanted to be like Clint. Imagine two 19 yr old guys, wanting to idolizing a 75 yr old man. This film was a tug to a heart, it is a man’s "chick flick". <br /> <br /> This film almost made me cry (I had a tear in my eye). It’s a lovely film, especially the ending, which I won’t spoil but it has to do with inheritance and who gets what. This film was beautiful, human and powerful. It’s truly a man’s film. It reminds us manly men that no matter how tough we act, we’re gonna need people to love us, and remember us when we are long gone. If you’re gonna watch something more than once, watch this film. IT is the best film of the year. If we ever look back and want to see what life was like in this benchmark era of ours, Gran Torino should be the film.<br /> <br /><br />P.S It really got to me in the end when he’s singing the song, fuck I love this film.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-4904795128022158562?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=lDe7RpxQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=rSoSemWj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/uFyNU2QtQl8" height="1" width="1"/>2009-02-21T20:07:58.796-06:002http://graruru.blogspot.com/2009/02/gran-torino-grampa-clint-i-love-you.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/dClMfOlPTQc/guntoms-and-some-small-first.htmloceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:00:59 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-6163721191517181452<p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302803620972054098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/SZdXzD2xxlI/AAAAAAAAAHY/LkmNe0cveLA/s320/dougram_mva_top.gif" border="0" /><br />Armoured Trooper Votoms and Mobile Suit Gundam are two mecha series I love excessively, despite the flaws I often find in both franchises. Gundam is (or perhaps, was) a series of brilliant ideas, though with some often shoddy execution. The setting of the Universal Century and the many wars within it is one of my favourite ideas in anime, and I’ll keep watching OAV’s and series made about it as long as their produced. Despite this, I have to admit that the original series is often weighed down by some poor mecha designs as well as the awkwardly plotted scenes and dialogue its director, Yoshiyuki Tomino, has become infamous for.<br /><br />Votoms on the other hand is the opposite, it’s a series where I adore the mecha, and find the characters a welcome change from the norm. And yet the thing which un-interests me most about Votoms is the setting, despite loving the mecha and technology of the series, the world they inhabit just strikes me as a little bland, or at the very least a bit unexplored.<br /><br />I think the only way to really please me would be to combine these two shows, take Gundam’s setting of the universal century, the richly detailed history of the One Year War, and mix it with the more believable characters and technology of Votoms. I shall call this masterpiece, ARMORED SUIT GUNTOMS!<br /><br />C’mon, that’d be a sweet series.<br /><br />Still, even if I my beautiful GUNTOMS will never see the light of day, there is another show which at least on a surface level seems to fit that description. Fang of The Sun Dougram is a series directed by Ryouske Takahashi who of course also directed Votoms, and was a series which followed on from Gundam and further cemented the popularity of the real robot genre. The plot is pretty standard Real Robot stuff, and deals with a rag tag group of rebels who have to deal with the The Earth Federation who have allowed a dictatorship to reign on they’re home colony (Mecha has taught me that Earth Federations are not a good idea, they are ALWAYS evil!) The designs are what initially stood out to me in this series, their by Kunio Okawara, who did both Votoms and Gundam (Notice the incestuous relationship real robot series seemed to have?) The designs in this series are pretty realistic for the time, they may be huge mechanical juggernauts but so far they haven’t done anything which seems to be too far out of the realm of reality (though there’s still plenty of time.) And it follows Ryouske Takahashi’s general rule of focusing more on grunt units and tactics rather than the super powered machines we’re more used to right now.</p><p><br />Its pretty refreshing when most mecha anime nowadays try to focus on the robots being as shiny and stylish as possible, to watch something where the mecha are unwieldy things, and despite the ridiculousness of giant robots there is a certain degree of logic to how they’re designed. I can’t say I’m very far through, but it’ll be interesting to see where this series goes.</p><p>Check it out here. <a href="http://xnebula.blogspot.com/2008_09_01_archive.html">http://xnebula.blogspot.com/2008_09_01_archive.html</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-6163721191517181452?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=dClMfOlPTQc:TpSt-4BjbnU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=dClMfOlPTQc:TpSt-4BjbnU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/dClMfOlPTQc" height="1" width="1"/>2009-02-14T20:00:59.138-06:003http://graruru.blogspot.com/2009/02/guntoms-and-some-small-first.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/GCJsgzdv6OA/new-spirit-in-town.htmlanimeoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:03:50 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-1151398129327805449Just in case some of you didn’t know, there is a new <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10387">Hajime no Ippo in town</a>.<br /><object width="425" height="264"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h9n9gJ2MHZk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h9n9gJ2MHZk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="264"></embed></object><br /><br />It just goes to show us that there are actually good things that Japan produces these days. With these times it probably won’t come to the US, but at least with the glory of the Internet we can watch Ippo grow into being a manly boxeador.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-1151398129327805449?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=p2r1pnG7"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=SYpAa7AG"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/GCJsgzdv6OA" height="1" width="1"/>2009-02-03T19:03:50.684-06:000http://graruru.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-spirit-in-town.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/4Gs7Fb4xvi4/mr-ajikko.htmlhidden gemsoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:25:56 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-5817035585335771762I have been searching for some sort of skill. While the ultimate goal is to be an academic I figured that I ought to have a skill as a safety net since you never truly know whether or not your country will be here tomorrow. Nature may be governed by constant, infallible laws whereas mankind is governed by his own, very fallible, free will. <br /><br />After reflecting upon Yakitate Japan and watching Mr. Ajikko I realized that a man’s stomach is governed by nature. <br /><br />Mr. Ajikko and Yakitate Japan are manly shows about food. Yakitate Japan deals specifically with bread, but Mr. Ajikko deals with food in general. Mr. Ajikko can be said to be the father of cooking anime. <br /><br />You may think that you’re spaghetti meat sauce is perfect with your years of experience and authority in the field. You’re sauce may have deep flavor with over 9 ingredients to make the base. You may just have perfected it with walnuts to bring out flavor. You truly are the best in your field... <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YReVzS1qqik/SX8VziDVf-I/AAAAAAAAAJk/NrJpwFWM-VQ/s1600-h/vlcsnap-22897.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YReVzS1qqik/SX8VziDVf-I/AAAAAAAAAJk/NrJpwFWM-VQ/s320/vlcsnap-22897.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295975661869301730" /></a><br /><br />But this guy can and probably has developed something better. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YReVzS1qqik/SX8V_VE4NYI/AAAAAAAAAJs/TS9ts0ZXpjo/s1600-h/vlcsnap-22970.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YReVzS1qqik/SX8V_VE4NYI/AAAAAAAAAJs/TS9ts0ZXpjo/s320/vlcsnap-22970.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295975864544540034" /></a><br /><br />Yield victory to the young man as you eat his perfected spaghetti meat sauce!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YReVzS1qqik/SX8WyA_AwOI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/NrN9iR2qqTc/s1600-h/vlcsnap-25469.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YReVzS1qqik/SX8WyA_AwOI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/NrN9iR2qqTc/s320/vlcsnap-25469.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295976735324553442" /></a><br /><br />Mr. Ajikko is one of the most intense anime I have ever seen. As I was watching the show I found myself loosing my breath in anticipation to see what Youichi (the young chef) would do next. <br /><br />Yasuhiro Imagawa only proves his excellence as a director. While I admit I have only seen episode 3, it was one of the craziest rides I have had with a one episode spin. With that said I am upset that only 3 episodes of Mr. Ajikko have been fansubbed whereas shows like Kanon in their horrid fanbase get fansubbed like vultures to carrion flesh. <br /><br />It is surprising with Yakitate Japan’s popularity that Mr. Ajikko has not gotten as much attention as it commands, but enough on that. <br /><br />All I can command is that someone fansub this. It’s a crazy show about being a manly chef and making people who eat your food go on LSD trips. It is sad that shows like this are left in the dark to mainstream fandom. Fansubbers, get on the horse and fansub more of this. It may not be shiny like your fancy recently aired crap, but it certainly is a gem in the rough by reason of skilled directing and incredible enjoyment brought on by over the top and creative cooking challenges.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-5817035585335771762?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=cjgR4uor"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=txdDbvfj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/4Gs7Fb4xvi4" height="1" width="1"/>2009-01-27T08:25:56.531-06:002http://graruru.blogspot.com/2009/01/mr-ajikko.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/lluotOvFJ6U/crazy-s-is-going-down.htmloceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:04:50 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-7742664254730215998What have I been doing instead of working on AG? Well, there isn’t any word in the English language to describe it. But, this song provides an adequate answer <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atYG84aQkmI">with puppets</a>. <br /><br />The current debate resolution has be going crazy so I will probably be licking my wounds this Saturday and maybe I’ll get something out.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-7742664254730215998?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=Hps8dosV"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=dQPEKZin"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/lluotOvFJ6U" height="1" width="1"/>2009-01-22T06:04:50.151-06:000http://graruru.blogspot.com/2009/01/crazy-s-is-going-down.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/Hxae9LcY5w4/late-this-week.htmloceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:24:49 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-4318558114053963599This week I will be have a late episode. I have been busy with life and keeping up with the news. Lots of things going on. Too many things going on. I wonder if the people around me are human. I AM NOT CRAZY!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-4318558114053963599?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=CqFlhAne"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=nY0DsTxm"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/Hxae9LcY5w4" height="1" width="1"/>2009-01-10T18:24:49.636-06:000http://graruru.blogspot.com/2009/01/late-this-week.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/eAZljdIhyXg/one-where-i-talk-about-robots.htmloceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:03:37 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-9120572898918618448On the last episode I challenged AG listeners to write essays. Not one person has taken the challenge.<br /><br /><script language="JavaScript" src="http://ourmedia.org/players/1pixelout/audio-player.js"></script><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://channels.ourmedia.org/players/1pixelout/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="260"><param name="movie" value="http://channels.ourmedia.org/players/1pixelout/player.swf"/><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&soundFile=http://www.archive.org/download/oceanmonsterotaku_gmail.com03_01_09/03Jan09.mp3"/><param name="quality" value="high"/><param name="menu" value="false"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/></object><br />right click save as <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/oceanmonsterotaku_gmail.com03_01_09/03Jan09.mp3">to download</a><br />go here <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/oceanmonsterotaku_gmail.com03Jan09OGG/03Jan09.ogg">for OGG</a>.<br /><br />Today, I talk about on-going two shows: Tentai Senshi Sunred and Tytania.<br /><br />but... at the start I talk about<br /><embed src="http://www.veoh.com/veohplayer.swf?permalinkId=v7050845QcENRzkG&amp;id=anonymous&amp;player=videodetailsembedded&amp;videoAutoPlay=0" allowfullscreen="true" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="410" height="341"></embed><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Watch <a href="http://www.veoh.com/videos/v7050845QcENRzkG">Kamen Rider Dragon Knight - Official Trailer April 2008</a> in <a href="http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos.html?category=category_entertainment">Entertainment Videos</a> | View More <a href="http://www.veoh.com/">Free Videos Online at Veoh.com</a></span><br /><br />And then I talk about:<br /><br />Dancouga Nova (16:08)<br /><br />Koutetsushin Jeeg (23:21)<br /><br />and...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YReVzS1qqik/SWAVZW4qSfI/AAAAAAAAAJc/R6ArgWKxS1s/s1600-h/gurren-lagann-revlotech.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YReVzS1qqik/SWAVZW4qSfI/AAAAAAAAAJc/R6ArgWKxS1s/s320/gurren-lagann-revlotech.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287249487917107698" /></a><br />TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN (26:29)<br /><br /><br />Promos:<br /><a href="http://animepacific.blogspot.com/">Anime Pacific</a> (11:14)<br /><a href="http://animeworldorder.blogspot.com/">Anime World Order</a> (25:57)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-9120572898918618448?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=UqkY3kCJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=qnHmt2La"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/eAZljdIhyXg" height="1" width="1"/>2009-01-04T14:03:37.534-06:001noOn the last episode I challenged AG listeners to write essays. Not one person has taken the challenge. right click save as to download go here for OGG. Today, I talk about on-going two shows: Tentai Senshi Sunred and Tytania. but... at the start I talk aboceanmonsterotaku@gmail.comOn the last episode I challenged AG listeners to write essays. Not one person has taken the challenge. right click save as to download go here for OGG. Today, I talk about on-going two shows: Tentai Senshi Sunred and Tytania. but... at the start I talk about Watch Kamen Rider Dragon Knight - Official Trailer April 2008 in Entertainment Videos | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com And then I talk about: Dancouga Nova (16:08) Koutetsushin Jeeg (23:21) and... TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN (26:29) Promos: Anime Pacific (11:14) Anime World Order (25:57)AG,giant,robots,anime,animationhttp://graruru.blogspot.com/2009/01/one-where-i-talk-about-robots.htmlhttp://www.archive.org/download/oceanmonsterotaku_gmail.com03_01_09/03Jan09.mp3http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/IjVTD1iz0bU/esperanto-and-galactic-railroad.htmlEsperantoNight on the Galactic Railroadoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:35:54 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-3288596204222646403It has been a while since I have seen the classic <span style="font-style: italic;">Nokto de la Galaksia Fervoj</span>o, better known as <span style="font-style: italic;">Milky Way Galaxy </span><span>(<span style="font-style: italic;">Night on the Galactic Railroad</span>)</span>. I did not know it at the time I saw the movie, but apparently Kenji Miyazawa had approved of the <a href="http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/esperanto/8286">International language</a> known as <a href="http://www.tejo.org/info/pri_esperanto.php?lingvo=en">Esperanto</a> and apparently Miyazawa is not the only great artist <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-10-16/tezuka-manga-hi-no-tori-translated-into-esperanto">who approved of the language</a>.<br /><br />Latin and French used to dominate the world. English is currently the dominant language. Esperanto is different in being an International language. Latin, French and English are considered world languages and are used Internationally, however, the languages do not belong the world, they belong to their native lands. Esperanto has no home or nationality. Esperanto is meant to be the language of mankind.<br /><br />I picture a world where man can get a long with his fellow man without the use of letters or metal but rather with their words. The word <span style="font-style: italic;">Espera</span> means "hope" and that is where Esperanto derives its name.<br /><br />Doktoro Esperanto (L.L. Zammenhof) lived in Bialystok and saw a world divided. It was this division between ethnic groups that made Zammenhof think that all the strife of living in such a multicultural community was caused by different languages. The language barrier created misunderstandings that created rifts between people. Being troubled by all this he set out to create a universal, International auxiliary language that let people keep their native tongue, yet let them be more apart of the broader community.<br /><br />Knowing this I can see why great artists like Miyazawa would be in support of Esperanto.<br /><br />Cxu vi parolas Esperanton?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-3288596204222646403?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=w7CAetbX"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=0IQYJAMf"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/IjVTD1iz0bU" height="1" width="1"/>2008-12-27T19:35:54.513-06:005http://graruru.blogspot.com/2008/12/esperanto-and-galactic-railroad.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/MjdVs-y227w/on-day-before-christmas.htmlfilthy dirty liesoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:02:39 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-6057033096333916222I nearly fainted at the speed of my heart beat. Santa Claus was standing right there at the department store. I knew it was my chance to wack him. I was heading over to the gun section when my body froze. I am amazed at how even those with convictions and great power would not act. It was not the consequence I feared, but rather it was the power itself.<br /><br />I urged Congress to eliminate the threat of Santa, but they refused. They had wives and children who were under the influence of Santa. Besides, Santa was out of their jurisdiction.<br /><br />I let Congress be what it was, a useless gun.<br /><br />Doing a bit of research I realized that INTERPOL and the International Criminal Court had the jurisdiction. However, before I could act I realized that they lacked the power. No, INTERPOL had the power but with the Santa conspiracy they could do nothing.<br /><br />The reason why people say Santa do not exist is because of a conspiracy. The Feminist movement is more than just women’s rights. While I think their cover is admirable, it is only their cover that is admirable. The song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa" is evidence of the natural connection all women share with Santa. Santa can do whatever he wants because he knows that anyone who would take action against him that has power also have women. All women being in allegiance with Santa means that they are all essentially valued puppets. Society values women, that is fact, and being valued as a woman means that you have a bit of power despite lack of physical strength. This inequality among men and women mean that women control everything. I do not blame Congress or even those with power to side with me because of their value of women.<br /><br />It is because I truly view women in equal eyes that I can do this. Being equal to men, I disregard anything they say because I am immune to human relationships. Debate is more important than having friends and family. Debate is more important than dating and athletic activities. It is because I value being right that I can take this stand against Santa.<br /><br />However, having this stance did not give me the courage to strike him down in the department store. What stopped me? I suppose it was fear. It was not fear in killing Santa that stopped me. It was fear that this was just another man in a costume. I do realize that people dress up as Santa Claus. They are puppets who act on behalf of women who act on behalf of Santa Claus.<br /><br />Tears I dare not shed hold me back. I suppose it is not the entity known as Santa that I hate. It is society itself that has my hatred. Societal Progression creates inequality among men. Inequality is the source of conflict and evil. People who say that differences are the source of conflict are right, but their view is incomplete. My diagram I have just made is also incomplete. In the end it is not inequality that is the true source of conflict but rather selfishness. Inequality does happen naturally. However, it is societal inequality doubled with selfishness that creates evil and conflict.<br /><br />Why do I hate Santa Claus so much? Santa Claus is an agent in this inequality by instilling prejudice in the young Youth. A child does not have any moral comprehension. However, by beginning to add in good and evil to their knowledge you are giving them knowledge that they neither understand nor are you truly making them men. There are things in the world that have intrinsic value, but a child will not understand this. Teach him properly and he will become a great child, and then he will later become man. Do not make a man before he has reason.<br /><br />In the end I figure it best that I let society rot on its own; nature will even things out eventually. Santa Claus, keep doing your thing, but I will let you know that you are immoral, even though you are amiable in nature. I take back my false allegations of paedophilia and I will let you live. I have a categorical imperative to not kill, and despite my emotions I will act upon it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YReVzS1qqik/SVKHMMrD7OI/AAAAAAAAAI0/XgZ2EudWSlw/s1600-h/Santa%2Benjoys%2Ba%2BCoke%2BCola.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YReVzS1qqik/SVKHMMrD7OI/AAAAAAAAAI0/XgZ2EudWSlw/s320/Santa%2Benjoys%2Ba%2BCoke%2BCola.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283433956489030882" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-6057033096333916222?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=clWaOHrr"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=X9TIaI9Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/MjdVs-y227w" height="1" width="1"/>2008-12-24T13:02:39.844-06:001http://graruru.blogspot.com/2008/12/on-day-before-christmas.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/_78VNRoac7Q/everyone-loves-space-nazis.htmlPatrickMASSIVE SPOILERSSpace Nazishe’s adorableColonie Drops - Always funI like this show alot more than this blog post may lead you to believeGundam 00oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:32:15 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-8894621304860085398At this point Gundam 00 would probably be better off if it stopped pretending it knew anything about politics and science, and just became a fun show about robots shooting each other. That’s the conclusion I came to after watching episode 11.<br /><br />When I was watching the first season of 00 it striked me as different from most Gundam series, since their really were no evil factions involved. Celestial Being was a terrorist organisation, and they’re methods couldn’t always be agreed with, but they did slowly appear to bring about peace. None of the supposedly antagonistic factions of earth were very evil either, they were just doing what was right, defending they’re countries from a hostile terrorist group. Its something we’ve seen before, Tomino’s gundam series are often praised for giving the series sympathetic enemies, but there was usually some figurehead in the series who was undoubtedly evil (Hell, in the original series Gihren was described by his own father as much like Hitler)<br /><br />Unfortunately, this moral ambiguity in 00 didn’t last like I hoped it would. About half aways through the first season the Thrones are introduced, a group of insane Gundam Meisters who are almost undoubtedly evil, or at least extremely naive and have far too much power. So hurrah! Now we have a villain our heroes can fight with no shades or grey, and we’ll know their doing the right thing by shooting the enemies mobile suits into many different pieces!<br /><br />Ok, admittedly this could be seen as a bit of a copout by the writers, to abandon whatever moral ambiguity there was in the plot and instead opt for the easy way out, but at this point in the series I didn’t really care. Looking back I think the show handled that plot pretty well, even if the show became quite a bit sillier from that point on.<br /><br />With the second season we’re seeing something similar happening. If you’ve been keeping up with the show (and it’s likely none of the four people reading this have) you’ll know the second season has focused on an Authoritarian government which has arose in Celestial Beings absence, the Federation (like the united nations, but bigger with more mecha and nefarious plots) The big baddies of this season have been the A-Laws (really that’s an awful name, and not just because its far too similar to A-Holes) the feddies elite fighting squad who apparently like to use they’re powerful mobile suits to pick on people in the middle east, and set fire to there cities... Or something.<br /><br />So basically, it’s those pesky Titans from Zeta Gundam again, except not. Really, I’m making this sound far worse than it is, because to be honest the show has handled this fairly well. Yes the A-Laws are quite a bit like the Titans, but the difference is that some of the A-Laws are actually sympathetic (well, slightly) While the Titans were really just walking ass holes, who lived to beat up those damn protestors, take away they’re rights and gas they’re colonies, I’ve actually started to take a liking to some of the A-Laws. In fact, I think most of my favourite characters in the series are a part of A-Laws.<br /><br />Let’s see, the adorable Patrick, Graham Aker... And that awesome Russian guy is part of the feddie military (which is close enough to A-Laws, really) Yup, most of my favourite characters are A-Laws. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282434834241660834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 339px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 205px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/SU76foQfp6I/AAAAAAAAAG8/UjW8FUCKoqo/s320/gundam-10-038.jpg" border="0" /> (Patrick, Probably the best character in this whole show)<br /><br />It’s a pity the series hasn’t explored the idea more that maybe what the A-Laws are doing isn’t so bad after all. We know from the first season (and from real life) that the middle-east is a hostile environment, where civil war is very likely. So, maybe it would be best if A-Laws did swoop down and take over Azadistan. In the long run they’re interventions would probably be the best thing for that country.<br /><br />At this point however, it’s unlikely that this will happen, because of the MASSIVE thing which happened in ep 10. I’m about to let loose some MASSIVE spoilers, so only read on if you’ve already seen the episode in question, or you just don’t care (i.e. Tissuekins)<br /><br />In ep 10 the A-Laws come to the realisation that everyone in every gundam series must inevitably come to. The best way to bring about peace is through weapons of mass destruction! Usually giant space lasers, or if you want to use a more imaginative technique, why don’t you just go ahead and crash a space colony into earth? (Char decided to be a bit more original, and actually sent a meteor crashing down to earth! That’s right, HE IS that awesome!)<br /><br />A-Laws decided to be classy and go for the giant space laser technique and with it commit mass genoicde. So yeah, what this really means is Gundam has once again thrown moral ambiguity to wind and opted instead for some truly evil space Nazis.<br />But who doesn’t love some good ol’ Space Nazis?<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282436293884758674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 169px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/SU770l2hypI/AAAAAAAAAHM/GA7D5RX9O0U/s320/Gihren_Zabi_(Gundam).jpg" border="0" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-8894621304860085398?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=2brsseNH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=Jm0hqH1J"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/_78VNRoac7Q" height="1" width="1"/>2008-12-22T10:32:15.213-06:000http://graruru.blogspot.com/2008/12/everyone-loves-space-nazis.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/ovDfXx12uDo/legend-of-galactic-heroes-petition.htmlLegend of the Galactic Heroesoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:05:32 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-5865986251811557863<p>There has been a movement to translate and distribute the <a href="http://go.to/logh">novels for Legend of the Galactic Heroes.</a> Because of translation and distribution, this would be a very costly thing to make available in English. By signing that petition you agree to purchase the first novel for 24.95$. They need 30,000 signatures in order to make this work. </p><p>If there is a show that has truly affected me  in terms of viewing anime and literature it is Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I definitely have an interest in this show and other people like me have an interes tin this show. Please help make this work!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-5865986251811557863?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=pUPRhhIj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=LWuRl7Ld"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/ovDfXx12uDo" height="1" width="1"/>2008-12-18T08:05:32.418-06:000http://graruru.blogspot.com/2008/12/legend-of-galactic-heroes-petition.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/c_6bOZ9Zx0E/countdown-to-christmas-day-17.htmlholidaysoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:38:32 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-8174411419227559288<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YReVzS1qqik/SUl6HyvHznI/AAAAAAAAAIs/BX8ZqZTF26U/s1600-h/18448_1214151334141_400_300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YReVzS1qqik/SUl6HyvHznI/AAAAAAAAAIs/BX8ZqZTF26U/s200/18448_1214151334141_400_300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280886312365706866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />What an odd number to start with, but 17 is where I am starting this.<br /><br />I have been slacking off. I only have 9 more days to whack this son of a *@#$^.<br /><br />Let us suppose that I am not crazy and am in no way lying about the existence or actions of Santa Claus. Let us examine the actions of this "jolly" ol’ fella with the thought of prosecution.<br /><br />Let us first start with the supposition that Santa lives at the North Pole. Why would any rational human being choose to live in such a place? There is bad soil (if any) and weather which make it impossible too grow crops so that means that he must import his goods which only costs him more. Solid masses in which one can stand on in the North Pole is also shrinking because man kind has finally wised up and decided to defeat their old enemy, the iceburg in order to create a tropical world in which everyone (even Sarah Palin) can live in a tropical environment that mankind was meant to live in. And then there is the fact that there is no nation in the North Pole which means that there is no law in the North Pole.<br /><br />Why would someone choose to live in lands without agricultural value, lands that are shrinking in size and a place with no law? The answer is simple, Santa is hiding. Santa is said to be a force of good in the world, and unless Santa is a vigilante (which is still bad) then why would he need to hide?<br /><br />The tale of Santa is that he goes into people’s homes and is a common (and true) charge against the man, however no one is taking action (probably because he gives the wimminz a good spin in his pants). Since it would be useless to prosecute him on charges of forced entry there is something else that we can use on him to bring him to the coldness of a lead pipe to the skull.<br /><br />Santa has done something bad, but what exactly has he done? To examine his character more closely let us look at the tale of Santa Claus. It is said that he gives presents to good children and coal to bad children. What is this distinction between good and bad? Children have no moral understanding; morality does not develop until the approach of adolescence. This arbitrary label of good and bad is in lines with a traditional definition of Justice. Justice is commonly defined as giving each man his due. However, what is each man due? A simple is ’good people get help and bad people get harm.’ So from that definition we can assume that a present is good whereas coal is bad.<br /><br />Having established that children have no moral reasoning how can a child be good or bad? They may have reason, but it is much different than that of an adult. Childhood has an entirely different way of seeing understanding the world.<br /><br />Having that said, it would be very arbitrary for Santa to decide which child is good and which child is bad. With his method of decision making in terms of who gets presents, just what accounts for a good child? Is it being Christian? Is it doing WHATEVER your parents tell you regardless of the consequence or whether or not the action is right? It seems very arbitrary how Santa makes his decision making.<br /><br />Santa’s concept of what makes a good child or a bad child is that which gets confused. Santa could in fact be giving coal to good children or presents to bad children unless he has a different way of determining what is good and what is bad. While browsing the Internet I found an interesting idea that may be the criteria of Santa’s choice of good and bad and would also explain why Santa lives in the North Pole. Santa is a pedophile. Santa gives presents to children who sit in his lap. By sitting in Santa’s lap a child can be put on the "good" list, whereas a child who has seen too much for his age would refuse and be put on the "bad" list.<br /><br />Also, by living in the North Pole, where there is no law, he can evade law enforcement. This is big. This is enough logical evidence to justify beating Santa’s head in with a lead pipe and gain the support of Congress in order to aid this good cause.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-8174411419227559288?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=K9Dtvz6v"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=eWnlYIzq"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/c_6bOZ9Zx0E" height="1" width="1"/>2008-12-18T09:38:32.818-06:002http://graruru.blogspot.com/2008/12/countdown-to-christmas-day-17.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/_GMd2454kjo/sheryl-looses-her-panties-wackiness.htmloceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:58:51 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-2690835713720336808<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278251500028444674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 181px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vI9-UubPdmk/SUAdxh5eQAI/AAAAAAAAAG0/3DEubNPioAQ/s320/e88fe6.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>We whine a lot about how anime is going down hill, and how much superior the stuff from the 80’s is, but we’ve had some good shows recently, especially in the mecha department. Gurren Lagann is one of the manliest mecha series I’ve ever seen, and Gundam 00’s one of the most original, and both of them came out last year. There were some great mecha series from the 80’s, like Votoms and Gundam, but there was plenty of crap too.<br /><br />There’s plenty of crap now as well, and after watching episode 8 of Macross Frontier I’m beginning to think it fits that category. I gotta admit, when tissuekins rallied against Macross F(uck) I thought he was just whining for the sake of whining, but I’m beginning to see his point. When the series started I thought it would be awesome. The music is great, the animation (especially the mecha) is equally good, and the action scenes are some of the best I’ve seen.<br /><br />But Episode 8 is pretty much the worst episode I’ve seen yet. I’m not gonna go too her far into what it entails, so I’ll leave it to one sentence. <em>Sheryl panties are stolen, wackiness ensues!</em></div><div>It’s worth mentioning the episode before this one was a huge space battle filled with mecha, explosions, spaceships and space crabs! So these harem antics feel a little out of place, and unneeded.<br /><br />And that’s the whole problem with this show, the mecha is all well and good, but there’s no character. The characters have no personality, there’s nothing about them to be attached too, cause’ they’re all just stereotypes. Each one covers a different otaku fetish, whether it be the zentraedi porn star who can turn into a loli, or the Valkryie pilot who’s also a shota. And I know tissuekins really wants to bone Ranka cause she sounds 12 years old or whatever, but she just gets annoying. She’s just there to act cute, sing a sad song and have doujinshi made out of her.</div><div></div><div><br />Ok, admittedly once you get past that the action scenes are bitching. I’m usually not a fan of CG in anime, but here it looks awesome, and it integrates excellently. The only problem is... There’s nothing behind it all. The fight scenes in Gundam 00 and Gurren Lagann might not be as jaw dropping as this, but at least in that show I care enough that I want the good guys to win, in Macross Frontier I don’t care that much either way, as long as things blow up good.<br /><br />But hey, that’s why I’m gonna keep watching it. Things blow up good. Maybe Ranka might blow up too.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-2690835713720336808?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=44Ozhu9L"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=6z9vIP8I"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/_GMd2454kjo" height="1" width="1"/>2008-12-10T13:58:51.355-06:003http://graruru.blogspot.com/2008/12/sheryl-looses-her-panties-wackiness.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/lGwpU5cXE_I/lost-and-why-im-tired-of-it.htmlLost doctor who confusing long crazyoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:26:37 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-7751098685850025879Lost is praised for it’s "suspenseful" and "cliffhanging" writing. It’s great character development and inventive storytelling. But you know what? GET ON WITH IT. We get it, this is awesome, but all those twists and turns, I just do not have the attentions span to keep up with such a long-going TV show. Now, I;m down with twists and turns and all this "flash forward"-ing. I think Lost would be better if it was a book. This is actually the same problem I have with LOGH. I;m a person who would rather read something long and spanning, than just sit there and be passive. I wanna be involved, and I think a book is more involving than a TV show. I’m not really ahting on Lost, but man, it;s just so confusing and drawn out, just tell my that evil black thing is killing things and why there’s a polar bear. Doctor Who can pose the same mystery, but have it solved in an hour.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-7751098685850025879?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=Oda1qfiM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=AYtd0sXt"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/lGwpU5cXE_I" height="1" width="1"/>2008-12-10T01:26:37.100-06:002http://graruru.blogspot.com/2008/12/lost-and-why-im-tired-of-it.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/OKyQjgkXS7I/classy-anime-and-why-its-never-gonna-be.htmltezuka anime good classyoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:44:08 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-7419560532186056770Ok, so quartears comes on one day and asks something about what classy anime is. and <br /><br />I told him<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Tezuka</span><br /><br />Sure, I also dropped Kon and Otomo in there but let’s face it, if you wanna be deep and high brow about your anime, Tezuka is where to start.<br /><br />Tezuka is the reason Kon and Otomo are making their movies, he;s the reason why japan won’t ever create war robots (well that and the nuclear bomb) and the reason why Japan thinks men with scars are sexy (or is that me?) <br /> His works were large, expansive and epic, they were also thoughtful and very heartfelt. But one thing strikes me about Tezuka and his works, that is <span style="font-style:italic;">he can show you the many faces of humanity</span><br />When the man makes a manga he’s not simply scribbling characters interacting to make a buck, but to tell you an idea, a concept or to show you something that should stir something deep within you. His work, for me, is reflective and very human. I also think it’s the fact that he was a man of peace that he can also show human conflict in a sad yet interesting light. One of his works, Buddha, is a good example. It’s like if someone were to take the story of jesus, add in realism, conflict and self reflection and that’s Buddha. And Buddha is not exploitative, but reflective. <br /><br />But you know why anime will always be commercial? Cause Tezuka will never come back from the dead and give meaning to anime again. That doesn’t mean anime can be meaningful, but the face it’ll show to our children and their children will be that of a whore, who will fulfill their disgusting dirty needs.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-7419560532186056770?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=l8TGPhrh"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=0X3olKnz"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/OKyQjgkXS7I" height="1" width="1"/>2008-12-03T19:44:08.678-06:000http://graruru.blogspot.com/2008/12/classy-anime-and-why-its-never-gonna-be.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/cbZOSOqUwig/ags-new-edge.htmlaboutoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:11:02 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-4624800805493708203AG has gone through a very turbulent search for an identity. Among much thoughts AG’s new goal has been decided.<br /><br />The goal is to bring class back to anime.<br /><br />Approach listening to AG with these presuppositions:<br /><br /><ul><li>Synthesis is not a means to determining ’good’ or bad’. Only through anti-thesis can something be determined ’good’ or ’bad’.<br /></li><li>Plurality is not always condoned.</li><li>Jargon will be used.</li><li>Opinions are not the goal, but are instead a means to give new perspectives.</li></ul>The world has taken many steps backwards. As societies grow ever more complex the best ideas are the simple yet profound. The AG of tomorrow may be different and may even scare off old listeners but as it is and as it believed there is no way it can continue as it is. Reform has been decided. Deliberation is over. Let the names be called!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-4624800805493708203?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=xGlWuM1U"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=rdIG97YK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/cbZOSOqUwig" height="1" width="1"/>2008-11-30T19:11:02.606-06:000http://graruru.blogspot.com/2008/11/ags-new-edge.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~3/JzqCkD33uKI/just-for-hell-of-it.htmllololololoceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com (oceanmonsterotaku@gmail.com)Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:06:55 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6113482479497807851.post-9046555483199642595<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ob7jtBGYDcY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ob7jtBGYDcY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />To defend Mr. Kant... (stolen from <a href="http://crookedtimber.org/">Crooked Timber</a>)<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tY4zzdh3cms&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tY4zzdh3cms&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />And another one for the hell of it...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1uYO0vsI6UM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1uYO0vsI6UM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width=’1’ height=’1’ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6113482479497807851-9046555483199642595?l=graruru.blogspot.com’ alt=’’ /></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=Y0Gk4vNr"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?a=mMR78WfM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Boredtothe3rdpower2?d=42" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Boredtothe3rdpower2/~4/JzqCkD33uKI" height="1" width="1"/>2008-11-27T22:06:55.655-06:000http://graruru.blogspot.com/2008/11/just-for-hell-of-it.htmloceanmonsterotaku@gmail.comnonadultMetal All the Way false