Mistakes of Youth: The Blog (Powered by ur mum)

Yeah, I’ve decided to go hiatus for a while. Well, I hesitate to call it a hiatus because it’ll be pretty short. Four weeks at the very most. More like a short break. I really just need to get more ideas, as I’ve literally run out of them.

There should be a podcast this weekend though.

Shuffle! Memories isn’t too painful. I mean, it’s recap, but they’re decently done. That and I haven’t seen the original series for quite a while. But oh, did episode three made me wanna die.

A bunch of screencaps with witty comments after the jump.

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I really never meant to establish a Monday update schedule but I guess that’s just how it goes. I don’t know how to feel about this comic. The art kind of sucked, but the CGing kind of made it ok? I don’t know. On the writing end, this is another comic that is painfully true to life. I’m not sure how well it translated into the comic form. I just kind of threw it together. Hopefully you will laugh. If not, you’ll laugh at the extended Death Note parody. Yes, I know that motif is used only when the characters are deep in thought, but I had to use it. Just once. I figure whenever Rets walks into the anime store it instantly turns into Death Note land. Dunno why. Death Note is just fun to parody, I guess.

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Shiori, why must your life be so horrible? :(

MY MOTHERFUCKING SHOWER IS BROKE

that is all :(

edit: seems them frozen pipes have thawed. for now.

So FUNimation is doing this 2007 kick off thing where they announce a new acquisition everyday of this week. So far they’ve only picked up stupid crap I don’t care about, but today they picked up Shuffle! among other things. To be totally honest, I am surprised, as I never expected it to get licensed. At all. Ah well, I’m happy. I’ll get to buy it now \o/

…now someone work on getting Air and Kanon :)

In other news, the first Haruhi DVD has a release date of May 29th. SO FAR AWAY. Infos are at the usual place.

Edit: NICE JPEG ARTIFACTS FUNI. Jesus.

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Now I know what Patrick was referencing here. More on this later. First I need to talk about some comics.

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I’m “Live A Live” by the way. I change my display name on MSN almost daily because I’m insane.

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Because I just watched the original Gundam movie trilogy for the first time. What took me so long?

More on this in a rant that should happen soonish? At least some time today, anyway.

Nuthin’ much but pictures here. It’s all after the jump.

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Go nuts

18 + and all that. Not safe for various workplaces.

edit: added a version with a zoom layer.

Ero after the jump. Don’t click unless you’re 18 or something.

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Because 2ch is about to die.

Does this mean no more gay Mexican sambas? Sad. Sad indeed. Though, given the sheer strength of the community, they’ll either find a way past this, or rise from the ashes as something new and even more weird.

Bam

I’m trying to emulate Sadamoto coloring and failing.

Something I’m working on. Also, I have a comic ready for Saturday. Weird, huh?

The NHK review got kind off unpublished when I tried to edit it one night while the internet was being flaky. It’s back up now, was just a mater of changing its status back to “published.” And yes, all the comments (yes, all four…) are back too.

The Mistakes of Youth Podcast is now Diggable (or it will be soon). If you want you can digg it.
- David

In which wildarms tries his hand at an anime review. Let’s see how it goes. If it goes well we’ll see more, but I probably won’t review any bad shows given I only watch shows I like. This is to help my writing more than anything, but if it helps someone then that’s cool, I guess. Anyway, on with the review.

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OVERDRIVE

“These maids need a good spanking for neglecting their chores. What are they doing on the balcony when they should be cleaning the house, doing the laundry, cooking dinner or one of the other things God created women for? This is what happens when you give women the right to vote.”

– from his Strike Witches entry 

It’s a shame that the actual OVA apparently sucked. I knew GONZO couldn’t do it :(

Hey Guys,

Just wanted to shout out that the Mistakes of Youth podcast now has an RSS feed located in the bar on the left of the website and that you can also subscribe on iTunes via this link:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=211179514

- David

I should have gotten the Haruhi calendar instead of the Blood+ one. Oh well.

Happy New Year you crazies.

I enjoy abq’s approach to the new year. Though, I do have one resolution. One I won’t keep, at all. What is it? To make more comics. A laugh, right? Hahaha.

Oh, and here’s something I’m planning on doing starting this year: post my monthly anime viewing. Yes, so exciting right? It’s just copied and pasted from here, so it’s pretty pointless. Oh well, here’s January.

Fansubs/Raw
Ayakashi Ayashi: Developing into something interesting, but slow subs kill any tension or interest.
Code Geass: After a short break in the action, the show is picking up the pace again. Really liking this one. Also, CC.
Death Note: It does nail certain scenes well, but knowing the story in advance makes watching this less entertaining because the suspense is lost. I do love the look though.
First Gundam: Haha, Sleggar Law. And ZOMG Lalah appears : o
Jigoku Shoujo Futagomori: Haven’t seen it in a while : (
Kanon: Yay Mai’s arc! This is probably one of my favorite arcs, and KyoAni is handling it well. Really liked the dance scene and battle that followed. And the anteater. Though it looks like the animation is going down hill next episode again. Oh well.
Negima?!: Just watching it for Shinbo and his wacky directing. And all the girls : D
Pumpkin Scissors: Oh look something is happening. The loli-princess made it good. Brought the show out of D- land to the world of “A+++ would do business with again”.

Rewatching
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu: Generally enjoying it more because I understand most of what’s going on when they talk about “closed space” and all that. And catching all that stuff knowing the series in advance is fun. And Mikuru.

DVD
Cardcaptor Sakura: A fun diversion. While not the ZOMG GREATEST SERIES EVAR MADE it’s a fun show to just sit down and watch. I’m about 5 discs in.
Tsukuyomi: I guess I’ll be keeping up with the DVD release. Never watched it on the wacky fansubs, and I’m not a dirty pirate who downloads what I can buy. I’m liking it pretty good, even if the plot is unfolding at a snail’s pace. Shinbo directing and Hazuki make it all wonderful. Mmm, Hazuki.

Finished
Black Lagoon 2: Wow, that was intense. Third season please? At least when there’s enough manga to pump out another 12 episodes.
Chocotto Sister: I loved this show soooo much. Need to get past volume 1 on the DVDs. A Christmas special was such a great way to end it : D
Lovedol: Hahahhahaha. At least it wasn’t a waste of time. Like Soul Link.
NHK ni Youkoso: Wow Gonzo didn’t fuck up too much! I thought it ended pretty well. Still wish the animation was as good as episodes 1 and 24 throughout. Oh well. Maybe the manga will end soon. Hopefully.
Zegapain: I don’t even know anymore.

Reading
Genshiken

I guess I’ll make another post once all the new shows start, or something.