Ga-Rei Zero: Cute In-Battle Facial Expressions?

She made an DX ~like face. SERIOUSLY.

Let me talk about an anime I actually like this time. :D
Not that I don't like Gundam 00, but, I like it for different reasons (which are prolly not the reasons the creators want fans like me to like it for though it's not like I don't like it for any of the reasons they want fans to like it for, but in the end, I don't really know what's in their heads, so, lalala.), but that's really just part of its charm, I guess~
However, this won't be a post talking about how awesome the anime is. I will talk about how awesome the censorship for this show is.

WARNING: Do not read if you're part of the age bracket that's the target of this censorship thing. I know this is useless for various reasons (one of them being the fact that no one's likely to come across this place other than people I know, etc), but, yeah, like Ga-Rei Zero censorship, I do this for the sake of it.

Censorship is fine since this IS aired on TV after all (though Kurozuka seems to get away with everything?).
Again...
Censorship is fine since this IS aired on TV after all BUT I don't get censorship when it's like this:

They also let scenes like this

get through (and many others though I already deleted the past episodes). I know that it would be weird to put this big gaping gray circle smack on Yomi's face (and while they're at it, maybe they can put an XD face this time :D), but the thing is... Isn't the censorship useless in the end?
In fact, the fact that you put a big gray circle screaming "Heeeey~ I'm hiding something here~ How mysterious~ Must be something pretty violent, OMGOMG! " makes censorship, uhh... also useless in a certain way.
Maybe this is a case of just-doing-it-for-the-sake-of-following-the-system/rules/etc. Thus, the pretty HQ censorship method. The first episode censorship was actually a lot better, though.
Also, since I haven't actually seen the uncensored version of the above scene, I can't actually tell what's beneath the gray circle. Maybe it's just my lack of imagination due to not watching enough episodes of Barney when I was a little kid, but I don't really see anything that could be worse than the blood spraying beyond the gray circle being underneath the gray circle of censorship. She just pierced him, right? It's a freaking sword piercing a guy and they censor the piercing but leave the horizontal blood fountain. COOL. YEAH.
Unless they showed his beating heart being pierced which would be.. erm.. just weird and wrong in various ways, but well, I guess anime being the way it is, maybe it's actually possible.
But yeah. ALL HAIL GRAY CIRCLES OF CENSORSHIP! o/
The first volume of the DVD has already been released, but the last volume release date is still far away, in the merry month of may~ So I guess I'll just wait 'til all the DVDs have been released before getting DVD rips.
And with that, I guess I won't be seeing the uncensored versions anytime soon.

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Disclaimer(s), etc:

1. I don't claim to own what isn't mine.
2. Just in case? I'm not making fun of Ga-Rei art for real. I really like this show.

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Santa is a Techy Guy

So, I'm now 21 and I figured that I've missed half of my life because I never got to try those sitting on Santa's lap stuff. I then decided to set out to correct this.
Unfortunately, I'm already 21 and though I don't believe it's too late to sit on Santa's lap when you're 21, I'm sure my beliefs would clash with those of the greater portion of this world. While I could pass off as a 14 year old, or even a 12 year old (Hi Matrix Reloaded ticket person, thanks again for doubting my age~), I think I'd still receive a bunch of stares in the process of trying to regain half of my life, and as I dislike getting stared at with a passion, this would also go against the idea of sitting on Santa's lap in a mall, etc. If, by some strange workings of fate and destiny, I am not stared at, that only means I passed off as an elementary kid, and being 21 and all, somehow, I just don't know how to feel about that.
So, what to do? Turn to the internet for salvation!
And sure enough,I found Santa waiting for half-grown kids like me to sit on his lap and make a Christmas wish on the internet!!! (He's over here: got a wish ^^,)
Through the powers of technology, particularly the CEIVA Digital Photo Frame, Santa (who, unlike most movies/shows/etc portray him to be, seems to be very much in touch with technology) can instantly receive my photo, which shall be representing me, and have this me sit on his "lap". This unique CEIVA Digital Photo Frame is capable of sending and receiving photos to and from anywhere in the world (Yeah, even in the North Pole~!) via a phone line or a Wi-Fi connection. This digital photo frame is also capable of receiving photos directly from your camera, no need to take a PC or notebook detour anymore! The purchase of this photo frame also comes with a PicturePlan® lifetime warranty. Not only is Santa a great gift-giver, I see he also has a knack for getting such great deals with his purchases!
I then tried out this online sitting on Santa's lap thing. Since I wished for a cake (I would've wished for world peace and cake, but it wouldn't fit, so I had to stick to cake. Tsk tsk.), I chose the photo here. "Santa, here's a photo for the real thing. :D This here is what I want. :D" or something like that. But the internet doesn't allow for sending of real world 3D objects, I guess, so I'll just have to be contented with having regained half of my life with the help of Santa, his elves (which remind me of oompa loompas) and the CEIVA Digital Photo Frame.
After this sitting session, you can also opt to join the contest in which you get a chance to win $500! One random entry will be selected each day, and if you're lucky, you might just get the money to get the gift you wished for for yourself.
A photo for the real thing indeed! A photo for 500 bucks is not a bad deal at all~

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Wow, it's kind of English~

I recently downloaded DVD rips of Code Geass S1. I ended up double-clicking one of the episodes. I ended up noticing the following screens.

Well, I don't remember so much written Engrish on Geass anyway. If there were such cases, they probably weren't so bad. I'm not counting spelling errors here, so, that's that. Spoken Engrish would be another matter though.
I know that the shots lasted only for a few seconds so they didn't have to exert too much effort in those mags, but if that were real, it's kind of weird that it was the exact same article~
Of course, it's not real, so, lalala~
ALL HAIL LELOUCH!

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1. I don't claim to own what isn't mine.
2. It's now Christmas here~

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dNeero 022

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Christmas huh.. Makes me think of Hachitokuro.. q_q
Want more, but at the same time, it was just great the way it was.
I guess it's more like I want to rewatch~ Ahahaha~

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Some [delayyyyyed] Seiyuu Blahs

I thought of making a post about this before. But.. Well.. Ended up too lazy? Ahahahaha~
Of course the above image has absolutely nothing to do with this entry. It's just really cute and funny~ :D

Lelouch and Suzaku All Over Again

This is Lulu...

This is Suzaku...

Sometimes, they have misunderstandings...

But, really, their friendship runs deep~ etc. (complete with feather rain :D)
Just like Suzaku and Lulu, huh? Lalala~
This is from Switch, an OVA released sometime ago, which I also watched sometime ago... I can't remember.
Right now, it's either the 2nd episode hasn't been fansubbed yet or I missed it amongst the wall of torrents that is tokyotosho.
So speaking of Lulu...

Lulu and Zero

Well, not Zero in Geass but in Vampire Knight.
Last season, it seemed to me as if there was too much Lulu.
Hmm.. who were they again... [1]Lelouch, of course, from Code Geass R2, [2]Luca from Macross F, [3]Kei from Special A, and [4]Aidou from Vampire Knight.
This time around, I seem to have encountered too much Zero. He's, well, still [1]Zero in Vampire Knight Guilty (which I haven't touched yet), [2]Sho from Skip Beat (he sounds bad here, imo), [3]Setsuna from Gundam 00 S2, [4]Kuro from Kurozuka, and [5]Ulysses from Hakushaku to Yousei (this was originally not part of the list since he hasn't spoken much yet at that time, ahahaha).
They both have rather unique voices, so it's kind of easy to spot them. Though the first time I recognized Lulu with that kid-style voice is for Luca of Macross, despite having watched La Corda d'Oro before, hehe.
Just for the sake of it, I'll try counting Lulu's roles for this season too, and Zero's roles for last season...
For last season's Zero, he was [1]Zero from Vampire Knight, and [2]Kyrie from World Destruction. That's about it, I think?
As for Lulu's roles this season, he's [1]Kai from Switch, [2]Grell from Kuroshitsuji (I dunno if this character's still coming back though), and [3]Aidou in Vampire Knight Guilty.\
Of course, these are only for the ones I've watched. :D
As for female Seiyuu's, well, I suppose Kugimiya Rie and Horie Yui?
Not so much fun to write without a fun sub-title like "Lulu and Zero" though. Ahahaha~
Maybe some other time, when I don't feel so lazy.
I was actually supposed to put up images for the second part, but nahhhh. This blog exists for me, so, lalala~

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Disclaimer(s), etc:

1. I don't claim to own what isn't mine.
2. Just because all the titles seem to have a bit of Lulu in them doesn't mean I'm not yet done with my obsessing-over-Lulu business. It's just fun to make the titles like that, what with the layout of this blog and all. Etc.

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Hey G00, I missed again

Another 2 episode post.
Reason #1: Lack of Internet
Reason #2: Lack of Interest
Lalala~

Gundam 00 S2 10: Anew Innovator

Such innovative names~ It never ceases to amaze me.

Well, hello there Raikou.

If Mr. Bushido is a one-man-army, Team Patrick is a one-man-comedy.
Comedy in G00 rests solely on Patrick's shoulders. Alas! What a heavy task he is burdened with. q_q
But that's if we're only talking about intentional comedy. Of course, there's a lot more fun stuff in this show which keeps it entertaining~ As much as I want to believe they're intentional, I think have reason to believe that some or most or even all of them might not be.
Isn't that right, Miztah Busheedow? ........

Yallelujah Haptism? If I remember chibi-preview right...

Bright lights~
Starting next episode, Sergei will wear shades. Oh yeah.
I think I took a screen of this intending to lament his then possible death. But he survived after all, so that's useless now.
But I guess I can just comment on this ultrasize ultrapowerful space beam cannon which they called Memento Mori: Hello, Genesis.
Zala died though, I bet Ribbons would too then. Lalala.

I took this screen for the title. After all, it has nothing else in it.
So I was wondering what the voice of 00 was and all... I don't think I got an answer.
The nearest thing would prolly be... naked people in space having supernaturally assisted convos. Or something.

Gundam 00 S2 11: Of Sparkles and Naked People in Outer Space (not to mention in the middle of a battle)

I should've seen this coming, right? How else could they have dramatically met?
And in Gundam, it's all for the drama and looooeeevvv~

Take this scene for example. I think it's supposed to be a touching scene of a a kind pure-hearted princess/queen radiating gentleness and asking the kids what they want and one of them say that she just wants to see her parents who are in a country that at this point in time, has now been reduced to a crater that will prolly be a tourist attraction after a century and people will take pictures with big smiles on their faces at the site where numerous people were killed by badly named bioterminals has now been vaporized to nothingness by Memento Mori and oh, that's just ;_; q_q . Soooo saaaaad, I weeeep, I weeeep. Yeah right.
All I really see is: "No more TV, then I'll now take up babysitting to keep me occupied."
Hey Marina, what are you for, really? Even Nunnally was more useful than you, even before those last few Geass episodes. At least Nunnally was the object of an unperturbable siscon, etc. Somehow Marina is just as good as someone walking around with the label "I'm Setsuna's love teammate. Ijou desuuuu~ ♥".
Well, whatever, she still has 15 episodes of more babysitting, pointless and untouching drama speeches about let's not fight because fighting will do us no good, and TV watching :D to, possibly, somehow develop into a real character.

Still though, you gotta admire the colors. :D

But that's really about it.

Next episode: Ribbon's fffffface.

I wonder what happened~ Let's see... Possibly Cestial Being® escaped from Kati's brilliant strategy through G00 Raiser powers and well, Ribbons was surprised. Like he was with that Twin Drive system. Etc.
Hopefully, it's something more interesting, but I don't wanna get my hopes up~

But really, I just want more Busheedow fun and Saycheez insanity. :(

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2. I miss Gundam SEED :(

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Gundam 00 S2 09: "I've got a Permit."

Don't we all just LOEV permits?
Of course we do~

No, he's a one-gay army.
But I guess Mistah Bushido also qualifies as one-gay so... =/
Well, whatever~

So this episode, a fight between Tieria-Setsuna combo and SayCheez does occur.

They go 2 vs 1.

Then goes the 2 sent flying by 1.
Basically, two Ce[le]stial Being (see below) Gundams are overpowered by SayCheez. He must be one helluva pilot then! So cool.
You know, not that this doesn't happen all the time in shows. Bad guy is super awesome, unbeatable, better, hell yeah! Then at the end, they just lose for the sake of world peace. o_o
Well, at least Lockon died against Saycheez last season, but, weh, he's "back" anyway, isn't he? Lalala~
Unfortunately, it's too early in the series to have a fight-to-the-death type of match. Unlike Gurren Lagann where they kill off Kamina and all his fun lines, poses, etc ;_; in episode 8, Sunrise is too chicken to kill off Tieria or Setsuna in episode 9. The best they could manage is killing a character with a 100% identical twin in S1 episode 23.
/useless_rant
Honestly though, I just wanted to pick on the killing stuff because I want to mention that right before SayCheez finishes them off, their friendly friends arrive just in the nick of time to rescue them. :D Saycheez thinks he's screwed with 4-vs-1 so he leaves. :( Tieria being such an undecided (Setsuna? Lockon?) faggot tries to chase Saycheez because he's soo gay for Lockon#1 and wants revenge and is, most importantly, still feeling gay enough after all that time partying in a red dress. :D
Alternatively, we could view Tieria's reaction as a demonstration of his thirst for revenge resulting from the excruciating pain he still feels over the loss of an irreplaceable friend, an understanding comrade, and a kind older brother figure.
As this is anime, I'm sure the latter is true. Definitely 100%.

Intermission: HaRoll

Rolling haro is cute. ^^

SunScreens: Sunrise screens for your entertainment. :D (Click to enlarge types)
I would like to believe it's on purpose, really.

This one is a combination of Engrish grammar and amazing spelling skills.
While momeland and eternal storage could be typos, Data Bace is... just plain awesome.
The Japanese (I won't call them Japs anymore, I got scolded for that. Who knew it was derogatory? All except me, I take it. :( I always thought it was cute though.. Oh well.) sure always find ways to be awesome~

Cestial Being is a very bad "typo".
Cystial Being, the world cancer. And all cancer cells must be exterminated through A-Laws Therapy. Great.
It's said in the series all the time, and it lost two letters in such an important screen? It has to be on purpose, right? I honestly don't know though. :(
Plus, I'm sure I don't notice every single entertaining SunScreen detail, so.. Yeah, prolly more out there. o_o Maybe we should build a data bace of sunscreens...

Intermission: Young Maiden in a Cute Dress

Andrei is in loev.

Final screenshots...

New accessories ?= Power boost

Guns and Roses from the ED up close. Let us rejoice.
Also, on the ED, I wonder if someone out there has identified the flowers they show for each of the Meisters. I dunno flowers, soo... Well, maybe I'll try looking for stuff some time, when I feel like it. It'd be cute to make connections between flowers and Meisters, like how it would be cute to make connections between dolls and Innovators. Someday........~

Our team of the episode award goes to team Patrick

because Setsu-Tieria combo failed against SayCheez and wasn't as funny about it as Patrick. Meowth, that's right~ :3
Here he is shown in yet another one of his fine moments as a dedicated soldier.

Of course, we don't need to ask what he's dedicated to, etc. Oh, it'll be fun if he ends up being Kati's BF who died in battle like how it was for that guy Kujou keeps on thinking about~
This is my first time trying out youtube in its new WS state. Honestly, I dunno why I don't just go and use vimeo. I think I'm too lazy to create another account, etc. I just didn't remember vimeo until I already encoded the stuff for youtube before, black bars and all. Maybe I just wanted to go and promote non-messed up AR on youtube by doing it myself. Though then the question would be who am I promoting to, as I don't think I have an audience who qualifies as a group of people I can promote proper AR.
/rant
Sure is lotsa rant commands around for this post. Dunno what to make of that. :|

I think this post is actually longer than the other ones I've made recently, in terms of word count. But a picture paints a thousand words, after all. I dunno why I would paint words if I could just type them, though. ETC, useless rambling, ETC.

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2. No new dNeero to put in between this and the last. :(

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Weekly Screens 001

...Because TTGL is hell cool.
As EG is almost done, I'm almost done too. Great anime. :D


Casshern SINgS... Casshern SoNgS? This anime is slowly getting too boring. However, my threshold for dropping shows is an extreme value. :D Plus, all the pretty art is there anyway. :) What's 20 mins? ^^,


Anime have it easy because they have large eyes and therefore large eyelids to draw fake eyes on. :(
I get qq so I'm late, yeah, etc.


DoraTora. Wrong show? Lalala.
Here's another character that seems to have wandered into the wrong show.

Unfamiliar? Look again.

Rose Madder Colored Macross F. :D


...Because Mieu is soooooo cute. XD

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