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Kaiba - Wanting shabo

Filed under: Kaiba — Jura at 9:16 pm on Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Would you like some shabo? It’s shabo. Shabo must be a toy of some sort. The character who sells is Chroniko and she plans to not use her body anymore. Selling it to help her family and someday have enough money to leave the planet. She’s lucky that someone that wants it is wealthy, perhaps going to use it for himself, to be younger, or for their daughter. Pick one that’s the most disturbing and that should be the right answer. Kaiba is being a bit one sided, though. What about all the people who get nicer bodies and pleasent memories of talented people?
Kaiba
Kaiba
Chroniko’s family hasn’t been doing so well, leading to here having to be sold. The person doing the operation at the last minute makes it so she can’t do anything about the situation and releases her memories out to be never used again. The body is then transported, stolen, and only to be taken over by the hippo. During his time in her body he overhears the aunt’s very private words, but after stepping inside her memories (when sleeping) it’s shown the pleasent to more current awful time the aunt was having keeping everything together.

Hippo is Warp? Warp is Kaiba?

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Kaiba - Episode Two

Filed under: Kaiba — Jura at 3:26 pm on Saturday, May 3, 2008

The second episode further shows how sad life can be when you’re not privileged. You’re on a large luxury ship that travels to every planet. A certain area of the ship exploded, causing the memories of hundreds of thousands of people to leak out into space. You’d think that would be the most protected area of the ship. Neiro, the female lead plays a big role starting in this episode. She’s from an organization against all the memory manipulation. It’s surely doesn’t have support from the government. Kaiba is also a bit perverted, a slight nudity scene, sexual undertones, and a perverted guard. Go watch.
Kaiba
Kaiba

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Tegami Bachi icons

Filed under: Tegami Bachi — Jura at 2:21 pm on Saturday, May 3, 2008

My first real Photoshop attempt is coloring of manga. A bit of a simple style, but hopefully later on textures and such can be added. For now there’s these. They’re from the manga Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee). A shounen fantasy series with characters who’s duty is to deliver mail to people in a world of eternal dusk.
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Please do credit, do not hotlink, never claim as your own, but do enjoy.

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Community Additions

Filed under: Community — Jura at 12:24 pm on Wednesday, April 30, 2008

You can now add Youtube videos to your posts on the forums.
BBtag is [youtube]video id here[/youtube]

The ID to a video is the last part after the = sign, but before &.
Like http://youtube.com/watch?v=gswvShcL4wg
[youtube]gswvShcL4wg[/youtube]

The user blogs will also sport new featutes soon like custom content blocks, social bookmarking features, media tags, and new ways to have a custom look. The main site will have a matching theme to the rest of the site, but it’s still being worked on.

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Manga: Download or buy

Filed under: Manga Coverage — Jura at 10:44 pm on Monday, April 28, 2008

If you think buying manga is expensive, try getting into games or movies. Those must have staples from the past, limited releases, and the new titles aren’t cheap. If you really want to be a fan and not just a reader, buy it. At least some of it. Royalties do exist in manga, so buying licesned manga in your country does support the mangaka and small studio that created the manga. Japan isn’t perfect and most comic companies are in big cities. Big cities means high rent and cost of living with Japan’s economy as it is. Not that downloading is wrong, since it some countries don’t have much in a way of a manga industry unless you find a site that delivers where you live. You’re a fan, of course you want to experience stuff you like. But wouldn’t it show that you’re a fan if you actually have a series?

There are discounted online stores and buying what little manga in your area does bring more manga to be picked up by publishers. You can even learn the language. Just look at a lot of shounen and shoujo, the hiragana is right next to the kanji. Worth taking classes if it means manga that you can buy for less. Not like you’re going to get tired of the whole weaboo, anime, and manga world.

Stop asking y cnt i dl dis?

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Soul Eater - Episode Three

Filed under: Soul Eater — Jura at 1:28 pm on Friday, April 25, 2008

It must be hard to be Death the Kid with his need for proper balence, everything being symmetrical, and perfection. Can’t appreciate that he has two females as weapons. That’s the well know idea around most humor with him. Too bad the humor isn’t funny, but it comes with being an adaptation of the manga. Must also be difficult to animate hands holding pistols that are upside down. There isn’t much happening in this series since it’s still in intro mode, but do take a minute to pause right at the part when the school’s big shot Shinigami comments on Death the Kids cute hair. Think about why he said that. If you read the manga, you know the answer perhaps? Episode 3 of Soul Eater has Death the Kid along with Patty and Liz trying to gather enough souls in one mission. Do get to see a weapon using a weapon as a necromancer witch tries to resurect a pharaoh.
Soul Eater
Soul Eater
Not so related question. Syd Barrett is a Soul Eater character, meaning someone is a Pink Floyd music fan?

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Double Arts - First Chapters

Filed under: Manga Coverage — Jura at 1:27 pm on Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Double Arts
A shounen story of a boy named Kiri Luchile and a female Sister Elraine are forced to hold hands because of a deadly disease. The disease is called Troi and spreads by touching others, however Kiri for some reason is not only immune, but also able to cure (at least help cure) it as long as you’re touching him. Sister Elraine is special too, some few females have a resistance to the plague and she does. With that power she can touch sick people and absorb the poison that quickly grows in a person’s body. One flaw though, if you are infected and the disease cannot spread through contact with clothes, why not cover youself up so you’re hard to touch? There isn’t very much traditional shounen action, but the two main characters wouldn’t have discovered each over if Sister Elraine didn’t nearly die. Even though this manga isn’t trilling, the premise of the series gives it moments of glory.

Double Arts could lead to be something much more. They could find more people like Kiri, a way to give his immunity to others, or lead to him sacrificing himself to cure the plague altogether. Chapter one has the two finding each other and explains much of the basics. No fan sevice and Sister Elraine doesn’t appear to be a Rei clone. She was willing to die because Kiri would be the target of all sorts of shady and greedy foes. If you’re looking for a great styled ‘face fault’ filled fantasy series, this’ll fit that space.

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Ghost Hound Fanlisting

Filed under: Ghost Hound — Jura at 1:19 pm on Friday, April 18, 2008

With much delay, the Ghost Hound fanlisting is for the most part complete. The icons for linking will be put up soon, as will Ghost Hound icons and avatars. The members page will be fixed shortly.

Click there for the Ghost Hound fanlisting.

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Soul Eater - Episode Two

Filed under: Soul Eater — Jura at 11:23 am on Thursday, April 17, 2008

Hopefully the introduction to what the anime is about after the opening will be removed or replaced after a few more episodes. It’s not really that different from the first episode. At least this episode wastes little time showing off Black Star. Gotta love his scythe nunchucks. They should make a real life collectable of it, as I don’t believe such a weapon has been crafted. Tsubaki must deep down regret being partners with that loud arrogant kid at some point of time. One thing though, hiding of one’s breath gives this team extra win points in cool concepts.
Soul Eater
Soul Eater
In summary, Black Star and Tsubaki picked up a mission where they are suppose to take out Al Capone, a mafia like guy who spent his time eating human souls. Al Capone and his gang pretty much continue on with their business to eat a soul of a witch named Angela. Notice the naming? Blair, too, in the first episode. If they succeed in preventing Al Capone from killing the witch and becoming a much bigger threat, Black Star can make Tsubaki a Death Scythe.

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Kino no Tabi novel canceled

Filed under: Kino no Tabi — Jura at 7:47 am on Thursday, April 17, 2008

Tokyopop a while back did something pretty risky, they started translating and publishing anime themed light novels in the US. Volume one of Kino no Tabi was released in 2006, but it seems after the long wait Tokyopop has dropped it along with Scrapped Princess. No reason except a problem with its licensing. The seris will now be marked as out of print. It’s unlikely that the series will ever be completed in English, as there won’t be much of an outcry. Guess reading is too much work.

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