Dear goodness me. I've just finished watching the Nana anime. I've never seen an anime like it! At the start you think to yourself 'What a cute show! It's romantic and sweet - I love it!' but after a while, after a few things have been shoved in your face, you suddenly realise 'oh. dear. goodness. This is what this show is like now?!'. Honestly, I've never seen something that could change direction so quickly! I want my faith in life and love back! And the annoying thing is that there isn't a second series (of the anime) and the manga is on haitus!

Honestly, there's sometimes just no justice in the anime world...

Hi there! I've (finally) got round to creating a fanfiction account which can be found HERE A big thanks to my friend Sarah for relighting my ff flame!

The response I've had from it has suprised me - people seem to quite like my stories and writing! It has inspired me greatly, and I've partly staring writing again (since I used to do it quite frequently, even if most of my ideas are still unfinished and unpolished!).

I'm SO near finishing my University application - I just have to finalise my list of five (since I'm debating applying to places I haven't had a chance to visit - wish me luck!).

I want this academic year to end, but then I don't, because everything will be so different. I'll not only be leaving my friends, but my family too. I'm trying not to think about. I'll still contribute to online fandom communities though!

Give me a prayer if you can (or want to)
Stuffs a happenin (as usual) but quite big stuff this time (since it'll effect the rest of my life!!)

Sallz
P.S WATER OF MARS WAS GOOOOOOOD
P.P.S soon be christmas...

New term. New school year (though it's my last EVER year). EEp! Gosh I've only been back two days and I'm already knackered. Our new timetable SERIOUSLY sucks. It completely messes things up and is completely pointless. GAH!. Although, this month is going to be... interesting. :P

On Friday - Going to a uni open day
On Saturday - Going to London to see Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
On Sunday after - my 18th bithday!!!!

I expect presents... lol
Sallychan xxx

It scares me how quick I get through anime these days. I've just finished watching Gankutsuou - The Count of Monte Cristo (based on the book 'The Count of Monte Cristo'). Having not read the book, though I want to now I've seen the anime, I couldn't tell if you it's faithful adaption or not (though I doubt in the book there was a weird dark demon type thing by the name of Gankutsuou). I'll do what I did with Mononoke - review it in sections (while trying to be as spoiler free as possible):

Art style - TEXTURES IS GOOD. When I first watched it I though: 'Ugh. Clashing colours everywhere' but after a while you get used to it and expect every other anime to be styled in the same way. Animation was nice, character design simple but again, eye pleasing. The only thing I'll niggle at though was the CG - I don't mind CG mixed with 2D animation if it's disguised well or if it's an effect (like magic sparkles or something) but I HATE it when its just so.. blatant, when they don't even try to disguise the fact that it was created entirely using a computer - I just think it looks horrible.

Music - Nice enough. Liked the ending theme more so than the beginning (both songs are in english). Lots of dramatic orchestral stuff which was very goose-bumpy in parts (like with most anime I watch I've downloaded the soundtrack). Albert's piano theme is really nice.

Story - VERY angsty in parts. I found it very twisty and mysterious (which is often missing from most anime) and the ending didn't happen like I expected (thank goodness - I thought everyone was going to die). The only bit I thought that didn't mix with the rest of the show was the giant armour/mecha fights. A death of a certain character made me cry, and yeah... A hard plot to describe without giving LOADS away really. So I'll shut up. I was a lil bit dissapointed at the end though - gah - sometimes I worry about the Japanese I really do. They never give you the endings you want.

Overall: Nice acting, animation, music, story etc. Anyone looking for an anime with, again unusual art style and twisty turny plot and ANGST will love this. And the ending isn't a death fest. Yay.

Video(s) of London Film and Comic Con can be found at tehflyingpigs youtube channel.

So - hi guys! Yet ANOTHER random jurnal. My weekend has been mental! On Friday it was the last day of school (YAHOO!) so after school was done we went to macdonalds for lunch etc. Then we went to the Birmingham iMax to see Harry Potter (for those who don't what iMax is, it's a MASSIVE cinema screen (the biggest in the world) with high quality sound). The beginning of the film had been filmed in 3D exclusively for iMax - it was AMAZING. Before the film began we also were given a 3D trailer for a digital 3D film "A Christmas Carol". The snow effects were cool. What was also really cool was the iMax logo animation (which was in 3D). Massive text and numbers flying towards you is really scary, but SO COOL. When the death-eaters are flying around London destroying the bridge etc, cause the screen was so big (it fills the whole human vision) it gave me and some of my friends motion sickness (me being a person who doesn't get sick on rides etc.).

Anyway! On Saturday me and Laura went to London Film and Comic Con. I spent too much money (AGAIN) and we accidentally got the wrong train, so we arrived earlier than expected (LOL). Even though I was tired out from the day before, I managed to stay awake for nearly the whole day - which was awesome because.... I got to meet Vic Mignogna! Wooht! Now I know that for americans, the idea of Vic at a convention is nothing new and exciting, but obviously Vic only makes rare visits to UK cons, so I was really excited. The queue for his autograph took AGES though because he was being so nice and talking to people, having his photo taken, doing phone calles etc. I got his autograph and had my photo taken (stubbly face!). He's not that much taller than me (tee hee). We also went to his panel, which was funny. He's such a nice smiley guy. And he told us that he's gonna be Ed for Fma: Brotherhood (yayz). He was gonna show us 'Full Metal Fantasy' (a fan film him and other voice actors from FMA had made) but the show was very un-teched out, so he couldn't show us (MEH!).

Phew... I'm tired out now... Videos to follow at some point...

Hi guys! I've JUST finished watching 'Mononoke' (not to be confused with Princess Mononoke, the Studio Ghibli movie). I'm trying to think of what to say... It certainly was unusual. Very unusual. Different to anything I've seen so far. Some of the aspects of the show were actually quite freaky and there were times I didn't, but did, want to see what happened next. The anime was unusual for many reasons:

The art style: LOVED IT. The colours, the flowing movements, the jerky mouth movements and the texture (made to look like old paper).

The set-up: the series was set into a series of arcs, most being more than one episode long. The main character, (refered to as Kusuriuri-san (meaning medicine seller)) takes a 'back-seat' if you like to the other characters, focusing on their actions and mistakes.

The length: Only twelve episodes long (excluding the three episodes of the 'Ayakashi' anime which Mononoke is a spin-off of).

The main character: Like I said, the main character is un-named. We learn nothing of his past, why he does what he does etc. etc. That's probably why I find him so different to most anime characters.

Mononoke is definately NOT an anime for everyone. If, like me, you yearn for something completely against the norm, and have an interest in Japanese legends, history, etc, you'll LOVE this (and if your a girl you'll probably love Kusuriuri-san - his character design is gorgeous!)

I really do get through a lot of anime series these days... I'll have to check my list of stuff-to-watch... Anyone got any ideas?

Hi guys! Thought I'd post stuffs here. I'm actually watching quite a few anime at the mo' - I'm usually very bad at keeping up with more recent stuff (I usually end up watching them five years later XD):

xxxHolic Shunmuki (the RAW's been released, so it should be subbed soon - yayz!)
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood (why have funimation region-locked their video portal?! I can't watch any videos there anymore! AGH!)
Axis Powers Hetalia (nope, I haven't read the webcomic)
Tsubasa Chronicles season two

Also, I just watched "The Last Airbender" movie trailer... I liked the fire-nation ships at least... Watch here: http://www.mtv.com/videos/movie-trailers/403089/the-last-airbender.jhtml#id=1614418

Got a media presentation on monday and a movie to film and edit before July the 15th. Going to London Film and Comic Con and possibly a secret exciting thing.... (to do with Harry Potter)

See ya! :D

[30] Various anime n manga icons-
Cowboy Bebop
DNAngel
Full Metal Alchemist
Various - CLAMP, Earthian, etc.

Preview:


( 3..2..1.. Let's jam! )

I'll try and keep this entry as spoiler free as possible. I've JUST finished watching Cowboy Bebop and need somewhere to spew my feelings.

Whatever you think of it, good or bad, love it or hate it:

WHAT. AN. ENDING.

My insides feel like lead. Fine I partly knew what was gonna happen because of a major spoiler comment on youtube, but still...

Pleh. I REALLY need to find an anime that has a happy ending. I can't think of a single one. O.K, I lie I just thought of one (Ouran High School Host Club). But most animes, if you really think about it, have to have a saddening aspect about them. The only 'sad' ending to an anime I actually liked was the ending to "Samurai Champloo".

But heck, I still loved Cowboy Bepop. I take back what I once said to a friend - classic anime, though they may look old, are called 'classics' for a reason - they're so damn good! The music was amazing, characters amazing, and I loved the fact that most of the plot was kept until the end. Some people might have hated that or found it annoying, but I think it's a great way to keep an audience interested.

Now... what shall I watch next? An older, or more recent creation?

Gosh I'm inspired.

By the end of it I didn't want them to die after all. The animation in the last episode suddenly improved dramatically, and the ending was very different to the original play, but it was still very sad, though I didn't cry. I couldn't find the track I liked so much on the soundtrack though - peh! The soundtrack is very beautiful though - like music from an old fairy tale (reminded me a bit of the music from "Hook"). Which reminds me, I need to buy the Harry Potter soundtrack for the third film cause it had a theme in it I really liked.

I bought Professor Layton on Saturday (for the DS) and I think I'm near the end already! It's amazing! The puzzles make me feel stupid, and then very clever when I figure them out :) The music playing in the background doesn't vary that much though (which can be annoying) but the animated cut scenes are O_o.

I think I'll watch Toradora, Cowboy Bepop or Escaflowne next. Since I watched Trigun I've been willing to try more 'classic' anime. Good stuff.

I'm currently watching the "Romeo x Juliet" anime wanting them to both die at the end - is that strange?

P.S - NO SPOILERS! I'm only on episode 14.
P.P.S - London MCM Expo in 2 weeks - that came around fast! I must try and get the "Samurai Champloo" boxset... I LOVE boxsets :D

Lots has been happening lately (which usually seems to be the case in my life). I saw "Tales of Earthsea" at the cinema today. The last anime I saw at the cinema was probably a Pokemon film (lol). The music was so goose-bumpy, and I was in awe of the animation near the end. It felt really different to all the other Studio Ghibli films I've seen, I don't know if was cause it was by a different animator or because I'd never seen a Ghibli film at the cinema before, or perhaps I was just tired.

I finally had a letter posted in a magazine! I was Star Letter in issue 058 of Neo (anime and manga) magazine!! I never expected it to be published, let alone Star Letter! Now all I need to do is appear on T.V and I will have conquered most mediums (I've been recorded onto cd, been on the radio and had a poem published in a book).

I've watched many different animes lately- I'm currently watching "Trigun" (Vash reminds me a lot of the Doctor, bringing destruction wherever he goes). I also watched "Samurai Champloo" which was so stylised it made me drool (well, not literally).

I've just come across a BEAUTIFUL track on the Tales of Earthsea soundtrack (whenever I hear a lovely piece of music for the first time it makes me cry) called "No He".

Over and out!

Hi guys! This time I bring a short account of the trip me, my mum, and my best friend (Laura) went on to try and get David's signature (since we missed our chance at Hamlet and Love's Labours Lost). Give me a poke if you were there!

With pictures!

( We left the Stage Door VERY HAPPY. )

I went to see Loves Labours on the 18th of October and wrote this little... review, account type thing of it. I had such a good day! I could very easily get used to seeing DT in a play every month (but then again couldn't we all?) Read if you will!

- Contains two photos -

( ...But then it was made even funnier when David completely lost his character and got the giggles...  )

I went to see Hamlet on Saturday 5th of September (!!!). Here is my account of the event. I hope others of you have managed to go- it was the best theatre production I've ever seen.
(with pictures- though not of David, he left while we were in the Q & A session- DOH!) See you at Love's Labours Lost!


( For me it hadn’t actually set in that I was going to SEE DAVID TENNANT IN A FEW HOURS. )

Youtube doesn't seem to be working, lets try imeem! (goes off to make an account)
Title: Imperativa
About: The Doctor Who series four finale!
Music: Imperativa by Immediate Music

Yay! Watch -- Download

Cause I'm bored, and if I don't post them/make them now I'll forget. These were well received over at "Tennant Love" (as they would have been) XD

( Cut because of slight stuff (and Russell bashing- as much as I love the guy, he just can't seem to write happy endings anymore! GRR! )

The Saturday tale of three fangirls featuring:
Kimi-kun
Sarah-chi
And me- Sally-chan

I don’t usually do review type posts (probably because I don’t usually have much to say about the episodes) but “The Stolen Earth” just HAD to have one. And just to be different this will give you the insight into three (girly) minds instead of one.
SPOILERS AHOY!!! SPOILERS AHOY!!! SPOILERS AHOY!!!
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