Between Linux and Anime

*Gasp* It’s friday! A friday where I have just dealt with a bunch of deadlines, and happen to have no classes! Well there’re a bunch more deadlines impatiently waiting for me in the coming week and I am very much aware that not starting on them right now may very well cost me my life, but – it’s blog now or never! So if after this I am never heard of ever again, remember: I did it for j00!! :)

Yknow, I’d really like this to be on wallpaper, with the petals animated..

Anyway, I had watched – and wanted to blog – this episode for a good long time now. While it doesn’t look like it’ll come up to anything really extraordinary, this show is nonetheless proving to be pretty darn great fun, with it’s neat combination of conversation, personality, swords and romance. Anyway, so here goes nothing. Hope this one doesn’t end up taking as long as my last post on Katanagatari…

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Summer Wars is showing in Singapore NOW!!! D:

By Jason "moofang"

On March 3, 2010

In Summer Wars

Panic!! Panic NAOOO!!!!! D: D: D:

I’m just giddy now. I can’t breathe. I can’t believe it took me till now to find out! The show’s apparently been in the theatres for a week now, and damn, I must say Singaporean theatres impress me. At this rate we might even be able to hope for an eventual taste of cinematic Disappearance, whenever the hell that one gets out.

Damn, I have to go and watch this! I have to go and watch this! The mere memory of the film alone is giving me stinging rushes of excitement. Somehow, somehow, I gotta worm my way around my work-mountain and create a slot for this absolute Koikoi!! goodness. Ahhh~ I can hardly sit still. Anyone in the vicinity wanna strive to go see this with me??

Obligatory trailer:

And finally for the uninitiated, Fact 1 : Summer Wars is a Japanese animated film. Fact 2 : Summer Wars is synonymous with Koikoi!, and that is synonymous with extreme awesome. And that translates simply to – you absolutely don’t want to miss it.

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Haruue.. Eri nano~

By Jason "moofang"

On March 2, 2010

In Railgun

How to sucker Jason into taking an instant, completely unobjective liking to a new character?

Submissive character that awakens Uiharu’s Onee-san instincts [Check!]
An entire episode dedicated to her hanging out with the gang [Check!]
Interaction dynamics that induces Saten-Uiharu flashbacks [Check!]
Getting tangled up with Uiharu on yukata strap, requiring Saten-rescue [Bonus point Check!]

All these are undoubtedly great qualities for inducing my favor, but of course what really lets Haruue-san take the cake is…

Voiced by Kana Hanazawa… [Woo hoo Check!]
…doing what Noto Mamiko did with Kotomi! [Check nano!!]

:) Aaaaand it looks like we’re off to a good start for the final arc! I must admit that all those talk about this being anime original has gotten me on my toes, but I’m pleased to say that this was a great starting episode that I really enjoyed. Actually I almost always find myself enjoying this show whenever the focus is kept on the main four (okay I think I’d be happy to also include Haruue after this episode). Anyway hopefully the quality keeps up!

And man, now that I’m finally “anime-enabled” again, what a backlog have I mustered! Incredibly late as this post is, Railgun is currently my most ‘up-to-date’ seasonal show. Tough times nano :(

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Ubunchu 04 ~ the completely off-tangent review!

By Jason "moofang"

On February 7, 2010

In Linux, Ubunchu

(EDIT: For the uninitiated, Ubunchu is a free-licensed manga series thematically centered around Ubuntu Linux, and this is a review of the fourth chapter of said series cum my musings on the viability of free licenses when applied to artwork. I apologize if I have previously confused anyone by leaving out this introduction :( )

(EDIT: I can’t believe I forgot the link to the manga again!! You can find every translated chapter of the free-licensed Ubuntu-oriented manga here)

With every chapter so far thematically alluding to one Ubuntu / free software related idea or another, Ubunchu is starting to feel somewhat like a documentary. Reminds me of one of those “Manga guide to Databases” things. And that’s not a bad thing by the way :P

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On Selty, Shinra and the Old Artist Guy

By Jason "moofang"

On February 6, 2010

In Durarara

So this is actually a (late) response to Dustin’s post “The Treacherous Sunset (Durarara!! 4)“, born after I decided that a monster comment I had be writing to it would be better off made into a post in itself. I’ll try to make this post readable on it’s own, but I recommend that you check out Dustin’s post and what his commenters had to say before proceeding.

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Anisong: Tsukiakari

By Jason "moofang"

On February 5, 2010

In Anisong, Darker than Black

For most people this song probably needs no introduction :) This is a piece I have fond memories of. I watched the entirety of the first Darker than Black late at night, and the silky, swaying tune of Tsukiakari, accompanied by the soothing image of a quiet, star-gazing Yin amongst the white flowers, invariably proved to be an apt and comfortable curtain-fall.

I don’t know if it’s the lyrics, the tune, the accompanying visuals, or the fact that it is always late at night when the song played, but I’ve come to really associate this song with moonlight. Every now and then in the apartment room I currently sleep in, a bright moon would cast it’s rays straight through the window onto my bed, and invariably as I sink into the covers bathed in that glow this song would start playing in the back of my head.

Moonlight is a strange thing. Even knowing full well that it is nothing but unremarkable sunlight reflected back at us by an inanimate celestial body, I can’t help feeling it draw a shower of mysticism over me. Of course, being highly sleepy at the time helps :)

Anyway, enough random banter! Without further ado, I give you Tsukiakari (that’s “Moonlight” by the way), the ending theme to the first season of Darker than Black. As usual, hit f8 to play the song, and hit the jump for a pic, romaji lyrics, and translations. Enjoy :)

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SwordStory – my mid-season pick-up

By Jason "moofang"

On February 3, 2010

In Katanagatari

Katanagatari 01 isn’t completely brilliant, but it definitely has me intrigued. In fact I was already half convinced that I want to watch this 5 minutes into the first episode. The obvious thematic elements – swords, martial arts, romance in the medieval orient – already evoked thrilling recollections of the Kenshin OVA I watched so long ago (which definitely deserves a good post one fine day). And while the episode itself didn’t really go anywhere (yet), it already has a good number of colourful, potentially promising groundwork laid out. This could be quite a fun ride!

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Gainax Kindergarten Show

By Jason "moofang"

On January 30, 2010

In Hanamaru Kindergarten

I seem to have been drifting towards a more prose-heavy posting style lately, but here’s a show that reminds us that some things are just better enjoyed moment-to-moment.

The unholy Gattai of Gainax and Kindergarten kids has given birth to something that has been dubbed “an awesome show for awesome people!” as well as “the funniest of the new season”. And if you aren’t already watching this, here are two more reasons to open pandora’s box and offer your soul to Hiiragi.

Oh shoot, and I just gave away the first reason.

Candidate for most epic ED this season

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Playing .asx streaming radio/media on Linux

By Jason "moofang"

On January 29, 2010

In Howto's, Linux, Railgun

So I sampled a teaser snippet of To Aru “Radio” no Railgun over at Keiri’s place. (for the uninitiated, that’s To Aru Kagaku no Railgun‘s web radio show co-hosted by the Seiyuu’s of Saten and Uiharu) Being completely suckered by it, I trotted down to Hibiki Radio hoping to give the real thing a spin… only to find that I couldn’t play it on Linux.

So what else is new :(

Anyway before I continue my story I should probably state up front here that I didn’t manage to find a “complete”, “elegant” solution, so if you’re a perfectionist you should probably be looking elsewhere. If you’re just desperate to play that damn .asx radio stream though (as I was), read on.

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K-ON 14 ~ the OVA that came outta nowhere

By Jason "moofang"

On January 27, 2010

In K-ON!

Pink was definitely a good call, Mio!

So am I the only one around who thinks that KyoAni did the right thing when they didn’t (really) animate the concert?

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Between Linux and Anime

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Category: Anime/Manga (Page 9 of 11)

Katanagatari 2 – late, but now or never!

Summer Wars is showing in Singapore NOW!!! D:

Haruue.. Eri nano~

Ubunchu 04 ~ the completely off-tangent review!

On Selty, Shinra and the Old Artist Guy

Anisong: Tsukiakari

SwordStory – my mid-season pick-up

Gainax Kindergarten Show

Playing .asx streaming radio/media on Linux

K-ON 14 ~ the OVA that came outta nowhere

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