First off, I need to apologize to the guy who claimed he watched the Tekken 6 Nationals over the weekend. He was right. They did happen over the weekend. I was wrong about that. However, I won't apologize for the claim he made about the top three players being Bob users. That was flat out wrong. Not only that, but he was being a total couch warrior about the matches, saying how boring they were to watch and uninteresting.
I hate couch warriors.
The top place finisher was an old schooler from the Tekken Tag days named ChetChetty, a really phenomenal Paul user. Second place went to Mr. Naps, a very excellent Bryan user and Street Fighter player. Third went to another Tekken Tag player (who coincidentally is a former National champ for the U.S.) named Insanelee. He used Julia.
Congratulations to all the placers. Good luck in Japan guys; take home the world crown for the U.S.!
Youtube user Nyawu has a ton of match vids up from the event, which I'd recommend over the UFragTV stream. The UFragTV stream has 10 hours worth of coverage, but there's no timestamps around to tell you what exactly you're looking at, if you happen to skip around a bit.
Here's a sample match vid between Antonio and JTChinoi, a super-impressive Xiaoyu player:
The "To Aru" series seems to be picking up pretty big lately -- it was only a few weeks ago when the Railgun show was featured on PSN's Toro Station! Still no Figma announcements though...
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I sat down and watched the entire DVD movie this morning. While it wasn't as mind-blowing as chapter five or as action-packed as chapter three, Satsujin Kousatsu (殺人考察) made it's mark by being emotionally heavy. The orchestral score was excellent in this regard. There were times where it suspended quietly in the background during the darker scenes, creating an unreal sense of unease.
It was especially dramatic during the final scenes, filling in the lack of words with climactic music.
Watching it again however, I noticed that are a few scenes that probably won't make much sense for viewers who haven't read the novels.
Case in point -- in a particular scene near the climax, Ryougi clutches her blood-stained knife to her breast while the antagonist slashes wildly around her. It's an odd looking scene, for sure. Why is Ryougi ignoring this extremely dangerous situation, and choosing to focus her attention instead on her knife? They don't spell it out for you, but in the novel it's noted that she wanted to keep the lingering warmth left on the knife before it fades away. I'd say more, but I don't want to blow the ending.
I'm kind of sad that the series has ended, but then again I'm looking forward to Witch on the Holy Night next year. There hasn't been a Type-Moon novel since 2004, so with eager anticipation I'm sitting on the edge of my seat for this one. Here's hoping to more continued success from Kinoko Nasu!
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I was reading up the latest issue of Wired at Barnes and Nobles today, and I glanced across an article for James Cameron's Avatar. I never knew James Cameron used to be a trucker. That blew my mind. And his inspiration for getting into movies was Star Wars. Didn't know that either. But what really impressed me about him was the fact that he was so passionate about making a movie that would rival George Lucas's creations that he quit his steady job and plunged head-first into cinematography.
Made me think about my own life again, and how much dedication I have (and haven't) put into life.
On a different note, my sister finally graduated today. Was pretty awesome. It took her roughly 10 years to do it, but she got it done and I'm super proud of her. Grats, sis.
Not too many links this week; I've been a bit of a mess, juggling all kinds of stuff. Didn't help that it was kind of a slow news week...
まにあっくすZ ルフィ、「メンズノンノ」表紙を飾る …漫画キャラは初
Luffy getting on the cover of a popular Japanese Men's fashion magazine is a bit...counter-intuitive...
2 Eva Fender Guitars Auctioned for 17 Million Yen
Holy crap! I should make me one of them and sell it on eBay!
Famitsu: Final Fantasy XIII Misses Perfect Score [Story Spoiler!] - final fantasy XIII - Kotaku
Not quite a perfect score, but it's one of the best scores the Final Fantasy series has gotten from famitsu. Kinda odd that a lot of other titles get perfect scores.
Cool Video: Suzuki Motorcycle Assembles Itself | Autopia | Wired.com
Pretty cool stop-animation video!
YouTube - NachumeがElectro Worldを踊ってみたNachume danced Perfume's Electro World
Is this the next big thing in Japan!?
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The TV drama will appear on the popular late-night Noitamina slot and will be the first live-action show to do so. (By the way, Noitimina is "animation" spelled backwards.)
So what would this show look like? Well if you tuned in back in 2007, the opening sequence for the anime was done in live-action sequences, offering a glimpse of what could have happened had Moyashimon not been an animation work.
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