Ah memories…
Well about two months ago back in April I should have marked my 2nd blog anniversary but things have not really been normal to say the least. Well I suppose that this post will at least mark the start of my terrible twos in which case quality will plummet as will output (Mwahahahaha). I started the year off by getting my apartment broken into and making E-5. Now that my academic career is at an end it basically fell upon me to make good on my newfound responsibilities at work, which meant having a whacked out schedule of extended hyperactivity every now in then. In July it will be a brutal month as I get to fly to Virginia twice in the same month to the same place, knowing what I know now it basically means four or more red eye flights unless the paper work goes over well. Still I do get to make the traditional after graduation road trip, and hopefully that will be a bit more interesting than the usual. While summer looks to be a hit or a miss at least there is the promise of the Macross Movie (Which will be Gorgeous Delicious DECULCHA!). So here goes the mandatory late as hell rant I am supposed to do at the end of every blog year, which is conversely an opportunity to muse aimlessly in a futile effort to put together a post.
Oh Mazinger Z how I lament that your tale is shrouded in obscurity.
While Impz might have gone from gun monkey to desk jockey in the Singaporean Corps of Conscripts, I haven’t earned the right to chain myself to a desk just yet, to be perfectly honest I am finding just how magical a time being an E-5 is. I get the headaches of an E-6, and the physical exhaustion of being an E-4, but at least I do get a little extra here and there and most importantly I am still low enough on the great totem pole to evade responsibility. I also just lost my other half (partner in crime/co-worker) so I get to have twice the work load until I finish training the E-4, but at least she’s a good learner and I don’t have to baby sit an E-3 with “issues.” All in all I am edging towards the point that I might end up as exhausted as Zeon. I suppose this comes with the territory as I suspect that most bloggers are students rather than overworked soldaten, certainly there will probably come a point where the number of posts per week simply declines.
Also now that college is over and done with I actually got back into my other hobbies, and oddly enough while I have some issues with Valkyria the anime I still love the game to pieces to the point I actually want to do my Imperial Guard in Gallain colors and find some local saint who does resin casting for female Cadians/Kasrkin because I must have a model to represent Jane “Kill ‘em All” Turner (hey if anyone knows one drop a line). It also saddens me that there is very little enthusiasm for Shin Mazinger Z, but I suppose it might be time to bring out the reserves of stuff I have been meaning to watch but haven’t, Guin Saga, Eden of the East, etc. I still need to settle for a format on doing VOTOMS since condensing it into one post per arc would make it tl;dr, not that I think too many people are interested in going back in time to see what mecha was before yaoi, cowards, harem, and idiot soapbox preaching started taking hold.
I suppose it has been good going for the last two years plus some, but it has been a long time since I actually watched a shoujo series since Skip Beat! ended, though I am hoping there will be a point where the anime starts up again. Still the manga is still running along smoothly so it partially makes up for it. I suppose I am growing old if it’s becoming more fun to reminisce about the old days. If nothing else at least when Gundam 00 aired I could placate myself with the additional activity of praising the Immortal Colasour and his marrying above him. Well so far it’s been a good run even if productivity has slackened as of late. I hope that there will be a series that I will genuinely love to pieces that I can put into words come summer. As much as I like Shin Mazinger Z it’s pretty simple and I suppose very niche these days as it lacks modern aspects of mecha. Valkyria is turning out to be a re-interpretation of the game storyline that I don’t find terribly agreeable but it was always meant to be a festival of mediocrity that only fans of the game would stick with to the bitter end. Ah well with a Gundam Unicorn Movie due out within my life time and the promise of a Macross Frontier Movie with 70% redone animation I guess there is much to look forward to. So as a extremely premature celebration of a Macross Frontier largely free of QUALITY animation IMAGE DUMP GO!
There is a correlation…
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Therein lies the Immortal Colasour,
On The Golden Throne,
Fawning at the travesties of Mankind.
The Valkyries strike,
Unto heathens they crush,
But no match for Sheryl.
Here is my gun,
Without it, I am nothing.
Yet, even with it, I am nothing.
Till worlds collide, and the memory fades,
Hence, all art fails.
The spirit of war, however,
Live on as future tales.
Eden of the East is definitely, definitely worth watching. Also has a two movie sequel, due to air on November 28, 2009 and January 2010.
(…and, shit. I still can’t stand Alto-hime x Sheryl. I thought I’d gotten over that.)
WTF @ Patrick screenshot.Where was I when that happened (I lurk a lot…) ?
Haha that picture of Radi trying to grab him some Valkyria buns is awesome. Guess he needs to work on his speed.
Such lovely pictures. I think I’m going to rewatch myself some Macross Frontier.
http://www.thatanimeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/d417f7c269c7ed6bd3b983c6d890ac55.jpg
What anime is this one?
kyuun kyuun kyuun kyuun
watashi no kare wa PAIROTTO…Immortal Colasour!
Loved the Marina Inoue comparisons. You should have added Kyoko-sama too.
those two Macross F pics are pretty epic.
What anime are these from:
http://www.thatanimeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/b1d12daba6ca4664c463d686382aab29.jpg
http://www.thatanimeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/7654abfd9ceb7f631dce7220e9cdcac3.jpg
Is that chick from the middle really from Macross Frontier? She looks kinda misplaced, no offense…:
http://www.thatanimeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/16526b3cbbe88cdaf6b1955d54094367.jpg
wooo yay for grand duchess Spoor! That anime is so underappreciated that i couldnt help but cheer for the rare sight of sumone actually posting an image.
@TP
What no words about Patrick’s lovely waifu?
@Myu
Will do Eden of the East. There is always the movie…
@Zentari
I have no idea, it came up on a Patrick Appreciation thread the second time I saw it.
@Kabitzin
Jaeger is no Old Snake, that’s for sure…
@ghostlightning
I will do so as well before the movie airs. Have fun comrade.
@Sacchi
Valkyria Chronicles though the anime hardly does Edy justice.
@soyahoney
Now that you mention it I wish Kyoko actually had twin tails at some point during the anime.
@TJ
Yeah I like the sketch ones the most.
@CatzCradle
Yeah the one in the middle is Minmay from the first Macross.
The first two were from Valkyria Chornicles.
@ARQ
Indeed Crest of the Stars is all but forgotten in this day and age. At least there are still those who remember.
This is probably the best image dump post I ever saw.
I saved all those images.. Im serious.
Nice AruSheri.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-06-26/macross-frontier-second-theatrical-film-confirmed
@Kairu
Glad you enjoyed it.
@raile
I can’t wait for the movie.
*salutes this epic imagedump*
@Crusader
Thanks!
God is Great!
congrats on making sergeant. shame on you for not killing the burglars.