Why is Risotto Sakurai-san dubbing the main male character whose name escapes me in Twilight, oh why ç______ç.

I never cared to see that movie, and now I'm tempted. I'm going to wait for Kuchu Buranko to air in hope of reconciling myself with the hardships of his job.

Since a friend of mine asked me to take pictures of the German edition of Sakura-gari, here it is in all its paperback glory.

( Cherry blossoms )

The last picture features vol.2-3-4 of Uraboku, in light of the recent anime announcement news. Don't know what to think of it though ^^'.

Source is September's Bessatsu Margaret:

黒沼爽子：能登麻美子 ( Sawako: Mamiko Noto)
風早翔太：浪川大輔 (Kazahaya : Daisuke Namikawa)
胡桃沢梅：平野綾 (Kurumi: Aya Hirano)
真田龍：中村悠一 ( Ryuu: Yuuichi Nakamura)
矢野あやね：沢城みゆき (Ayane : Miyuki Sawashiro)
吉田千鶴：三瓶由布子 (Chizu: Yuuko Sanpei)


In case you wondered, Kimi ni todoke is a rather nice shojo manga, perfectly readable even by routine despisers of the aforementioned target.

I'm happy Noto-san is Sawako, mostly because in my illusions I always read Sawako's lines with her voice in mind. Also very happy (I can't believe I'm saying this) to have Hirano voice Kurumi. Perfect casting choice, I can hate her with a passion even in the anime version.
The whole girl-cast is spot-on, imho.

Now the male counterpart, ugh XD. Well, I suppose Nakamura can be a nice Ryuu, even though in my mind he'll always have a Sugita-esque voice, but,well, they're friends, I'm sure Sugi will make decent fun of him on Anigera.

I don't even want to think about Namikawa as Kazahaya though -_-.
-I'm beginning to think people's suggestion of KENN for him might have been muvch, much better at this point-

Now I'm curious for the rest of the cast!

The daily routine of looking at the mail...
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I feel the urge to reply stating my name's L and I'm English >o<.

- Maybe he's actually called something like Hikaru but thinks it's cooler in English, whatever XD-

My, Brazil's a magnificent team *____________*. All throughout the match I thought I was watching Inter playing XD.
In other news, Viewfinder's new CD (the B-Boy give-in CD) was dreadful. I thought the first dramas for Finder were meh, but this.....これは　ひ ど い...indeed.
I need to purify my ears now ç___ç.

今年もお誕生日おめでとう sakura_watanuki！

Ad un altro anno prodigo di cereali soddisfacenti al palato e non scotti :D.

...Please, try to be a little more generous than stingy old wanker 2008.
Bring me (us?) more great anime, please. Not just decent, watchable, somewhat passable eye candy entertainment. No.
I want to be enthralled, even mindraped if you wish, by great works of art. Give me the goods, thanks.

Let the Ai no Kusabi remake be worth it under every aspect, give it a good all-around cast of actually capable seiyuu, and a good music score.
More Sex Pistols episodes :D (possibly drama CD cast)
More plot-based yaoi
No Code Geass-Gundamdoublecrap sequels
A Turn A-level Gundam series for the 30th anniversary (actually, even half Turn A-level would be an achievement nowadays)
More anime from older manga classics (After Asaki Yumemishi got busted, I'm in need of good stories :P)
Good characters to let seiyuu talent shine
Nice character songs XD
More and better roles for Risotto and Nobu-kun
Excalibur's character album
That be all. Let's see us again in a year :D

And a wonderful 2009 to all of you who managed to read all of this stupidity *_*.
I'm now going to browse horoscopes and choose the one which'll suit my needs best. See you next year ^_^

I spent half of the evening laughing like a madwoman while browsing through (and reading, incidentally) this useful and wonderful site:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimeCharacterTypes

I was bored with studying economy, yes. Also, I was able to appropriately tag my most-loved anime(or really, any kind of fiction) stereotypes. I feel I'm a better person now.

-after all reading 100+ pages of posts on Dragonauts-The Resonance, paid off *_*-

Summer can be bad for your brains. Since we've finished with out Terra e...project, we ( I mean the main 4 people responsible for it, myself included obviously) decided we could very well keep walking on the same track, and instead of choosing a lighter, summer-friendly and little-known sci-fi series (which I won't mention because uhm, we may end up subbing that one as well XD), jumped on the LOGH train.
If you don't know exactly what LOGH stands for, there you go: Legend Of the Galactic Heroes (also Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu or Gin'ei Den , or Legend von Kosmosinsel depending on which language/translation spectrum you occupy).
In short it's a looong space soap opera running for something like 160 episodes (including original series and Gaiden )and a couple of movies , just in case they forgot to narrate trivial tidbits in the series :P.
This monster, as it's often been called, is something of a taboo in the Italian fansub sphere, or at least, that's the feeling I got from endless discussions about it, that generally degenerate into open flames. But that's another thing.
Anyway, as I was saying we decided to give it a try (a serious one actually XD)and sub it: we're starting from a Tv special called Golden Wings (Ougon no Tsubasa), centred on the childhood of the two main characters (on the Empire side).It's a much debated movie because it was made in 1992, before the Gaiden were produced, and chose to use a character design more faithful to the original novel (and derived manga) designs, and also uses a different cast from the series (arguably because Rein and Kircheis were still kids and using the same seiyuu they had in the series [as 20-year-olds and going old from there :P] woul've been a little strange).
I was basically dragged into the project due to the HUUUUGE (did I say HUUUUGE) BL factor the series has (and Golden Wings is very much the epitome of it XD).I'm that shallow, I admit :D.
I still don't know much about the series' content because we're doing it backwards, from Gaiden (that is, the side stories of the characters) to the central series, but it's a space opera with lovely old-style design and plot dvelopment and that's all I nedd. Ah, much BL, did I mention *_*.
It's going to be difficult and long , especially if we won't find capable translators: translating GW was a pain because of the strained audio and extremely questionable Englishese (Chinglish?:P) subs, so i had to do it all on my own, and withut a Japanese script it's very next to impossible,but still...Ganbarimasu!!


-On another note I also got the new Red Garden manga volumes...expect fangirling rant about it later XD-

I love Murasaki. Yamie as well. Episode 6 is a riot, Kou Matsuo is a genius, the script is as tight and masterful as they get.
Taniguchi, Mizushima, Sunrise scriptwriters and directors-alike, come watch and see what a truly outstanding series is made of *_*.
And the bad songs à la Red Garden are back!


EDIT: Per gli italiani interessati, la Yamato svende la collezione completa di Utena (10 DVD) a meno di 40 euro :D.
Mentre io penso a quanto l'ho pagata, voi approfittatene , se siete incuriositi XD.

Why do I get wonderful spam mails from Perfect Bear teasing me with the promise of Macho Bear and cubs?XD
I mostly ask myself *which* bear sent it to me -giggles-

Prepare to the Bear invasion...out goes pedoBear, in come SuperKuma (also AniKuma) and UsaKuma *___*!

I suppose today would generally be classified as May First, Labour Day, but for me and fellow corregionals today is the start of a 4-day-long frenzy of celebrations in honour of the local patron Saint. It's basically a 4-day-long procession along the road stretching fom the main city to the little village where the Saint was supposedly martyrised, with frequent stops in different towns (including mine, of course).Every town in the land the takes part in the procession wearing traditional costumes and accompanied by musicians,artists and the lot :P.
While I'm pretty much indifferent to the religious connotation of the celebration itself,I've always liked the wonderful display of colours, arts and crafts showed during the procession by the people involved. When I was a child I'd dress up in the local costume and take part in the procession for as much as my legs would allow me, together with some of my relatives: sometimes I was even as lucky as to be able to climb on to the festive carriages and see everything from such a priviledged place.
Nowadays you can't rent costumes anymore and the only way you can dress up is either buy the costume yourself (they're obviously hideously expensive XD) or somehow find a rentable costume from another town nearby .
If you were wondering why I'm home insted of being part of it, oh, that's just becaue I'm too lazy to walk for hours under the sun, surrounded by a scary amount of people:I'm watching it on TV, it's much easier and they also interview random tourists (Hey, there's even Japanese people, what's happening °°) asking them any kind of idiotic questions.

Enough with it.

This anime season is surprisingly nice...There's not (yet) anything that really stands out to me in terms of overwhelming quality in any respect , but there's plenty of choice for anyone.
My favourite series this season is shaping up to be Kurenai. Those of you who know how much I loved Red Garden won't be surprised, given it's the same director using the same , wonderful, style and prescoring tecnique. The plot is also very nice, but ,as usual, what I like the most are the characters. What fnd amazing is that my favourite character in th series is the little girl, Murasaki. If only all children were like that XD.
Also watching...Code Geass Destiny because it's always entertaining and it makes me laugh, Himitsu for the great cast and story, Vampire Knight for cast and childish fangirl insanity , Itazurana Kiss because it's lovely, and Toshokan Sensou because of Ishida the compelling plot.
I'm still eagerly watching Persona for the strong WTF factor and because I suspect it might even become a nice surprise (or a great trainwreck as well :D ).

OH!! Lest I forget , Soul Eater is wonderful **. I cheer with joy with each passing episode. I could care less about the plot (?), but oh, the style *___________*. Thank you Bones. -and also, TaMarro Revolution how I missed you XD.

Visto che mezzanotte è passata...

Tanjoubi omedetou sakura_watanuki!!

Mille di questi Risotti, mwahahahahah.

It occurred to me that I probably should let people know I live, and quite well, actually.At least for the time being-grabs onto little charm-

I've been studying, and I'm so glad the awful Chinese exam is now well and beyond me,complete with an undeserved mark which no-one'll ever notice nor ask detailed informations about, and now I'm only 2 exams short of a useless degree. After that, it's the pitches :D.No, I don't know, which is why I'm procrastinating and trying to prolungate my student-status limbo as much as possible; after all, I'll have to leave this place when I'm done, whether it's for studying or working , unless I want to try and be a slave here :P.

Aaaaanyway, our Terra e... fansub was finally born on February 15th, and it's going strong for the moment.It makes me feel strange to realise I'm treating the outcome of the combined efforts of a group of people like a child or something akin:is this what synergy means for real?:D I know it's silly: it's not by any means a paid job, or even something people will remember, or treasure, but it's been until now a precious experience, a sort of against-all-odds adventure :D.Episode 5 is in its advanced stage, and I need to check further episodes to make sure everything is perfect, or seemingly so .

I'm not exactly watching TONS of anime , mostly because I already have a hefty backlog of series to watch, but I'm enjoying Persona the most, at the moment.Wolf and Spice is also lovely, and of couse I'm still watching Neuro and Gundam 00.Little Nendoroid Neuro *will* be mine *_____*.L needs a companion, I suppose Light is not the only scare possibility he has?
Oh...I am beginning to strongly hate seiyuu fans. They are people, real people, and they do not choose their roles, they are mostly GIVEN them to play like the good employers they are.

Anyway, back to reading :P (Neuro manga in Italian is *good* ..never thought I could say this :D)

I had to post it in my blog as well, so here it goes.

Anybody volunteers to fill in one for Akira Ishida?:P Sugitan? Risotto? Anybody else you love/like?
Potete farlo anche in italiano , per me :D.


I'm surprised no-one has yet written anything about the wonderful Saiga Mitsuki-san.I guess female seiyuu are not as well-liked and/or known among us?:P
While not my most favourite seiyuu, she's among my very dearest ones, those I'd listen to in pretty much every situation :D.

1.) Where did you first noticed this person (AKA: Which show/CD/Com/etc and as who)? I think it was either Natsuo from Loveless, or Wolfram, from Kyou kara Maou.
2.) A fan of this person for how long? Couple of years, since 2005 I think.
3.) Why do you like him/her? Because she has a very distinctive, masculine but refined voice you can immediately spot, and she puts her soul into each of her characters
4.) Roles that person tends to learn towards (ie: Typecast/Who he or she becomes at best) Usually spunky, bratty, smart blond boys XD.
5.) Favorite character of this person? It's a tie between Jomy Marquis Shin (Terra e...) and Rossiu (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann). They're both characters that start off as boys and then have to grow up rather fast due to circumstances,encountering many hardships on their way, often losing track of their dreams and sacrificing their personality for some "greater good" of sorts.I think she pulls off thse character magnificently^^.
6.) Which role of this person shocked you the most? I'm using "shocked" in a positive way:Benio Amakusa from Ouran Koukou Host Club .Totally over-the-top but great nonetheless XD.
7.) Character that you reccommend in order for another to learn about this person and why?*The ones I mentioned as my favourites, and then Wolfram from Kyo kara Maou.
8.) A role you'd like for person to have? (Be specific) A woman's role?:D.Actually I'd like to listen to her in a proper BL drama /hides/
9.) A type of role you dislike? (specific char(s)) None I can think of.
10.) Ever met this person in real life? Where? (ie: Concert, Convention, stage, etc) Nope.
11.) What word do you think describes this person? Why? Emotion. She seems to be able to talk (and write) freely about her feelings for pretty much everything that surrounds her, be it her roles, her job in itself, work colleagues, everyday life^^.
12.) Which color do you think describes this person? Why? Yellow. She gives off a yellowy-lightly golden aura .Must be her hair.
13.) Which animal do you think describes this person? Why? A cheetah.
14.) If not a seiyu, what type of occupation do you think the person would have? I think she'd be a good psychologist

15.) Does this person sing? If so, name favorite song or songs?*She does, and has a great singing voice. Sounds more masculine than some of her male fellows :P Favourite song? That's difficult..I like her Mizu no Senritsu song, and the chara-songs for Wolfram are also nice.She also has a couple of albums under her name :).
16.) What type of song would you like for person to sing? Ballads?^^
17.) Is there a fav. fansite or blog of this person?*http://www.cosmicray.co.jp/artist/saiga/index.html.This is her official site, featuring her blog among other things^^.Blog's updated daily^^.



I'm trying to be a nicer penpal to my transoceanic friends, from now on *.*.

The sun was shining today, and the sky was brilliantly blue. Outside, people were running about in short sleeves, at the beginning of December.
I could hear rather un-seasonal sound, like birds chirping, and people chattering happily (or not quite so much) about taxes and money investments.

And I was home translating.

I have a half-done script of Gundam 00 ep.9 looking straight at me, begging to be completed.I'm checking the revised script for Terra 6 (this is the...4th time, I guess?) trying to eliminate any possible disharmony and/or syntax-grammar horrors.I spent yesterday totally rewriting the middle section of episode 4 which contains plot-essential informations: unfortunately the fansub version doesn't make any sense and I couldn't even use that as a reference, nor could I, at the time of translation, find more accurate sources. I'm so happy DVDs are equipped with proper subtitles *.*.
I also have script 7 to check and revise.Also need to finish translating Maaya Sakamoto's song for Clamp in Wonderland, and I'm sure there're scans lying around waiting to be done.
So much for a hobby, eh XD.

This week brought me two packages at last:a doujinshi and the illustration book Yuuki-sensei made out of his sketches and drawings for the pilot movie of Terra.It took almost 2 months to arrive from America, but whatever, it looks gorgeous.Even my mother likes it.Of course, the doujinshi she hasn't seen, but I don't think she'd even like to *snort*

I also spent too much money on manga...I wonder why is it, that the series I like are exceedingly expensive. That said, I'm not regretting at all, it was all money well spent. I also preoredered the first volume of Neuro, because my bookshop only brings Planeta books if specifically ordered...I suppose I'll be the only one buying it, unless other shops carry them instead.

Oh, I'm watching Gurrenn-Lagann, as many times I was prompted by my fansub comrades to give it a try.It's a nice ,if way too loud, series for the moment.In case you are interested on discussing it... :DDD

Hav a nice weekend, and good luck to anyone wh's taking the JLPT this year, especially if it's their first time!^^
I was supposed to be taking 2-kyuu tomorrow, but earlier this year I decided on studying basic Chinese so it's 2008 for me.More time to get ready for the big jump , and maybe this time I'll really be knowledgeable enough :P.

I'm just reporting a work of art a member of our fansub forum made to celebrate the greatness of Gundam 00:if you find it difficult to digest, here's a little help for yor stomach :P



I wonder if it also exists in different flavours, like Setsuna's Middle-Eastern spices, Lockon's orange, Alleluja's a two-sided bittersweet liquor,and Tieria is...whatever. Sumeragi-kancho would be proud ^^

...Yesterday I got my Yesasia order, that is Terra e OST 2 and...Chemistry's ED single CD. I don't like Chemistry, their style is totally different from what I usually like listening to, I find their voices whiny and irritating,and they sung the hideous 4th OP to Gundam Seed Destiny, probably the scariest song ever featured in a major anime.

But it had Keith's tarot card inside .It was calling out to me XD. I can live without Physis' or Shiroe's tarot (even though I'll end up getting them as well...tarot freak here XD)but I couldn't miss on Mr. Members Elite.Who's now waiting for Sam's and Matsuka's cards as well.

I've also ripped OST 2 and am uploading it so I can share the goodness.It's really a masterful collection of pieces , I think I even prefer it to OST 1,which is saying a lot .
Now I'm waiting for other Terra-related orders to arrive, namely DVD 3 (ugh...custom fees), Nobuteru Yuuki's circle artbook for the pilot movie, and KeithxMatsuka doujinshi--->I wasn't sure on buying it, as it's half manga , half novel.Then I looked at the drawings, spotted R-18 warning on the cover and my fingers immediately acted on their own.Come my precious *_* .

I was also thinking on getting the Kaze to Ki no uta Bunko version,because reading manga on a PC,especially when in Japanese is not good for my (already declining >_<) eyesight.I want an anime for Kaze. I want stupid Italian publishers to come out and translate it already, even if that'll mean sealed copies, adult warning and scary 10-euro-range prices.It'd be worth it *___*.

Speaking of the Italian manga market (I'm sorry to anyone not interested...), looks like
Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro has been licensed by Planeta/DeAgostini ^______^.It's slated for release in December. On one hand I'm a little nervous, since it's a publishing house specialised on comics and graphic novels ,and I don't know if their newborn manga section will endure long enough to sustain long series like Neuro.Not to mention, they're a Spain-based firm, and I'm hoping for a sparkly tranlation from Japanese, without double crossings from other languages. On the other hand, they've also got Katekyo Hitman Reborn and Bobobobo...yes, that one XD, and, well. It's Neuro.I want *_______* .I think angel_katsumi will also be happy to know, if she doesn't already ^^.

Fansub-wise, we also realeased Gundam 00 episode 2, which I'm shamelessly spamming to my yaoi-addicted online friends.
University is going fine at the moment, nothing worth mentioning, except most of my Chinese classmates are actually from my same course, and one of them is really into the whole Gothic Lolita fashion world.She always comes to class in fancy frilly dresses.I wonder how unpractical they really are, for she seems comfortable wearing them.Oh well ^^.

And so the first week of Autumn has gone by fast.
I still have 3 exams to take before writing degree thesis and finishing with it, but since I like making my life difficult, unpleasant, hard,often miserable, just in order to feel extremely proud of myself when gone through all of these ordeals,what did I do?
I chose to earn optional credits studying Chinese.In another faculty, among totally linguistically unskilled people.
The language itself is pretty meh for the moment...I only really chose it to improve my (non-existant) kanji writing abilities, and I don't really care that much for the country's culture, history and millennial traditions, even if I find them extremely fascinating.No, it's not a contraddiction.
I like the teacher, he's very passionate,but he's also not really aware of our difficulties in metabolising each of his intense lessons , laden with several new grammar points and characters, more or less juxtaposed,which he expects us to learn fast XD.
Oh well. Japanese was much more shocking first time around, compared to this :).I'll try and do my best even if won't keep up with the language when done with this .

New anime season also started.There's not that many interesting series starting in October, but, apart from obligatory Gundam 00, Neuro and Rental Magica - ah witchcraft,bishonen and hosts for rent, I'll also try Hero Tales, if only to see (or hear..) dear boy Sakurai in his newest acting effort **.I'm hoping it's worth the wait^^.

The Neuro anime reminded me of Gintama somewhat, totally disrupting the originl work's chronology and starting from the weakest case possible :DD. NeuroxYako interactionis brilliant *_*,and that's the major point of interest for me ^_^-Doggie Yako and Neuro's random blank stares were absolutely priceless.They're also really cute, if such an adjective, of all, can be used together with the nest of insanity known as Nougami Neuro XD.
Sasazuka is gorgeous. I want more **.
And tomorrow Gundam 00 will start *___________*.YAY.

And so, it ended.

It did feel a little rushed, I wished some bits had been explained better, but I suppose the DVD additional scenes will make up for that.

( Spoilers and ranting...Terra no tameni )