Reflections in Raindrops

So, many thanks to a certain Katsu, I spent the last few days watching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

And it was awesome. MUCH better than I expected it would be as I couldn't get into the manga (though I loved the original series). Definitely worth a watch.

And I think I may have developed a huge thing for the fourth opening theme for no good reason. XD

The giant-ass X-ACTO knife that the average EVA unit carries is called a "progressive knife". That is because this series progressively makes less and less sense. We would have made a pun about Occam's Razor here, but then Shinji would have probably attempted to cut himself with it, so we'll refrain.

What the flying eff do you mean, new FMA series? O_o How the hell do you continue that?



Okay, so the theme song is fucking awesome. But yeah. Anyone who watched FMA through should see what's wrong with this picture.

Edit: I've just been informed, thanks to demonoflight, that this is apparently a reboot that is supposed to be closer to the manga. Whooboy. I can see some people who loved the manga but hated the original anime foaming at the mouth about this. >>;

I can't believe I'm enjoying G Gundam as much as I am.

Seriously. I can't. But it's such an awesome series. o-o

Darkness beyond Twilight...
Crimson beyond blood that flows...
Buried in the flow of time...
In your great name, I pledge myself to the darkness!
Let all fools who stand in our way be destroyed...
By the power that you and I possess!
DRAGON... SLAAAAAAAAAAAAVE!

http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/slayers_revolution/

Seriously. What the hell. >>

... Considering how much I loved Slayers NEXT, I'm DYING to see what they did with it. XD

... Although I should probably watch Slayers TRY first. And the original, to boot. >>;

CitrusNanimon?! X to the fucking D.

SERIOUSLY, man. SO how did THIS happen? Simple.

Someone in the higher-ups in Disney/Jetix paid a visit to Jeff Nimoy, the guy who is responsible for raping (that is, dubbing) Savers, and basically told him "Yes, about BomberNanimon. Well, Walking bombs are bad, mmkay? So, like, either you, like cut the episode, or, like, edit the walking bomb out, mmkay?"

... And he turned it into an ORANGE. Because really, what else could he do.

I'm amused as FUCK by this. And yet somehow, I'm also pissed off. You see, it occurs to me that the only reason this thing was edited anyway was because onoes walking bombs = ONOES TERRORISTS, LOL CAN'T HAVE THE KIDS WATCHING TERRORISM! IT'S UNAMERICAN! THINK OF TEH CHEEELDRENS OMFG.

Is it just me or has the world gone entirely fucking mad ever since 9/11?

Not to belittle the many victims of that catastrophe - because it was an UBER catastrophe. But the was the US (and following it, the rest of the world) took it... Is fucking PERSONAL. It's like it's not a pair of buildings were destroyed (among other constructs in the US) and thousands of lives were lost - but rather, the hijacked planes crashed into the Western World's penis - and they're STILL touchy about the subject.

Seriously. When you hear all sorts of stories about how airport security is treating people FIVE-SIX YEARS AFTER the whole thing happened (Because everyone knows plastic key-chains are a terrorist weapon and all foreigners are dangerous to society even if they come from fucking England) and things are being randomly banned for broadcast/edited for no reason because 'ONOES TERRORISM!' - You KNOW this world has lost its fucking sanity.

But still. A giant walking orange. Obviously buildings in Japan are made of Baking Soda. Otherwise would they explode so magnificently in contact with oranges?

Let it be known that Vandread frelling pwns.

That is all.

As posted by me and translated on the Israeli Digimon Forum:

* Tai/Taichi should apologize to generations upon generations of Digimon main characters, who need to run around with goggles on their head because of him.
* Matt/Yamato should apologize to all Taito/Taiora fans.
* Sora should apologize to her fashion sense for that atrocious bucket she wore for a hat through the entire first season.
* Mimi should apologize to Barbie because her Digimon is not pink until it hits its ultimate level (And Palmon should, accordingly, kick her upside the head.)
* Joe should apologize to the World Hypochondriac Association for betraying them and becoming a doctor.
* Izzy/Koushiro should apologize to his laptop for neglecting it through all of 02.
* T.K./Takeru should apologize to anyone who didn't like the way 02 ended - he was the narrator of the entire story, after all.
* Kari/Hikari should apologize to all those who watched Digimon for being the biggest Mary-Sue in the history of Digimon until Tohma came along!

* Davis/Daisuke should force his dubbers to apologize for making him a pain in humanity's ass.
* Yolei/Miyako should apologize to Lucca from Chrono Trigger for being a complete ripoff of hers.
* Cody/Iori doesn't need to apologize to anyone, as he hasn't done anything wrong. He hasn't done anything USEFUL either, but what the hell ever.
* Ken... should apologize to half the universe and its wife. Let's leave the poor guy alone, though, he had a whole flashback episode and half a season to atone for his sins.

* Takato has already apologized to whoever he needs to apologize, let's leave him alone too.
* Rika/Ruki should apologize to the audience for being a total bitch until episode... like... 12? <<
* Henry/Jenrya should apologize to Willis (of the Golden Digimentals movie) for not only stealing his starter Digimon, but for being able to evolve said starter into a Rapidmon without a Digimental.
* Jeri/Juri should apologize to the entire world - if she hadn't turned into an annoying depressed suicidal emo-kid, the D-Reaper wouldn't have come into the real world.
* Hirokazu and Kenta should apologize to my head for the headache they gave me with that godawful bath song of theirs. WHO THE HELL LET THOSE TWO CRAZIES SING?! XD
* Ryo should apologize to all Digimon fans who know something about the fact that he's a walking, breathing plot hole.
* Suzie/Shuichon should apologize to the world's rabbit population for the sheer animal abuse she puts both Terriermon and Lopmon through.
* Yamaki should apologize to H.P. Lovecraft (for totally plagiarizing his program names from his works), his Zippo lighter (poor thing has probably had a concussion already) and to all Men in Black wherever they are.

* Takuya should apologize to... Oh screw it, the dub should apologize to Takuya for mispronouncing his name through the entire season!
* Koji should apologize to George Lucas. He did steal a pair of lightsabers for his silly Wolfmon costume...
* Zoe/Izumi should apologize to all female Digimon fans for being the most totally ineffectual and useless character the series has ever spawned.
* J.P./Junpei should apologize to the stereotype that all Chosen Children are always thin, with huge heads and hands for painfully breaking it.
* Tomoki should apologize to 01-age TK/Takeru for shamelessly stealing the title of "Most Annoying Digimon Child Character Ever" from him.
* Koichi should apologize to the staff of the Shibuya train station. He really DID make quite a mess by not looking where he's running, crashing down the stairs and being smacked unconscious. Also, he should apologize to Shibumi for stealing his idea of being in the Digital World while being in a coma in the real world, but that's a different story.

* Masaru should apologize to his fists. Because all gods know he put them through a shit-load of abuse.
* Tohma should apologize to all Digimon viewers for being even a bigger Mary-Sue than HIKARI! O_o
* Yoshino should apologize to anyone else who waited for another kickass female character like Rika/Ruki was - as she was intolerably pessimistic with a penchant for pointing out the obvious and just about the same level of usefulness as Zoe/Izumi...
* Ikuto should apologize to Hayao Miyazaki - as obviously, with all due respect, the kid is a total Princess Mononoke fanboy.
* Setsuma should apologize to the Digimon Savers artist - It must have been SO hard for them to draw a male who wasn't a bishie...
* Miki and Megumi should apologize to all those of us who thought that Digimon would spare us the one-dimensional female characters with miniskirts.
* Hiroshi Yushima should apologize to many other characters who share his cliché.

This covers the human characters. Tune in next time when I do the Digimon. XD