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All Points Bulletin: New Chocolate Creamed Filled Cadbury Behelits

January 13, 2013

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Everyone loves cute kissing pictures:

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All Points Bulletin: Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids

December 23, 2012

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Narutaki’s picks:

  • Badass Science
    I just had to share a couple of advances in science lately that blew my mind. Between a mind-controlled robotic arm and being able to upload images directly into a blind patient’s brain, the future is close my friends!
  • “What do we burn apart from witches?”
    A good review for the highly anticipated Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright crossover game. Though it does sound like Mr. Wright gets the bigger boost as far as gameplay goes. Still can we hope for a U.S. release somewhere down the line?
  • The Most Tragic Backstory Ever
    Fist of the North Star you know how to turn the knife.

Hisui’s picks:

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I don’t know what this is from, but the fun design of this Christmas art grabbed me!

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All Points Bulletin: The Slomin’s S.H.I.E.L.D.

September 2, 2012

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Hisui’s picks:

  • Manga Out Loud : Shout, Shout, Let it All Out
    • What a Charity Case: From a little while back. Manga Out Loud looks at manga related Kickstarter projects. More companies are getting in on the action but is that a good thing? It is passing the hat around, patronage, a pre-order system, a new method of finance, or something else entirely?
    • CLAMPing Down: Manga Out Loud looks at the works of CLAMP. They are one of the most famous examples of fans turned pro in the manga industry. With a very diverse catalog opinions are mixed on which titles go in the good, the bad, or the ugly pile.
  • Bruce Wayne Gets Shanghaied
    Narutaki is not the only one who can post Batman links. This is a rather short but fascinating re-imagining of Batman as a crime fighter on the means streets of Shanghai. Since it is a short they can go hog-wild on the animation and it shows.
  • If the World End November 1st You Will know Why
    Mamoru Nagano’s Gothicmade is apparently set to come out on November 1st in theaters. Part of me still thinks I will only believe it when I see it. I still enjoy that Mamoru Nagano is like half the staff listed in the credits of the movie.
  • So How Long Until an Elementary Manga?
    BBC TV’s Sherlock gets a manga adaptation. We were talking about manga on the blog before we even knew it was manga. This is just the perfect excuse … I mean reason to talk about the show more.
  • Type-Moon News Round Up

    • Walking the Line: The line art included the the 2nd Fate/Zero box set is quite impressive.
    • Viva La Vita!: The promo for Fate/Stay Night [Realta Nua] for the Vita is out. It now has a bit of the opening song as well. Man I wish this could get licensed.

Narutaki’s picks:

  • The Synthetic Orchestra
    My link is to his “making of” video but you can go to his entire library and listen away! It is hard to believe one guy can make this happen with such richness in the music. 
  • Rob Liefeld VS. The Universe
    If you aren’t up on comics news, you might have missed creator/artist/writer Rob Liefeld’s very public resignation from DC projects. If that weren’t enough he also had a few words for Tom Brevoort from Marvel and Scott Snyder writer for Batman at the moment. Everyone under the sun seems to be dragged into this so don’t get left out!
  • It’s Official: Joss Whedon Working on S.H.I.E.L.D. TV Series
    My big question is whether or not Samuel L. Jackson will be making any appearances on the show. On the one hand, he is probably way too busy and way too expensive. On the other hand, more and more film stars are showing up on TV shows. Maybe a few cameos can be arranged at least.
  • No More Layton
    The next Professor Layton game is to be the last, I don’t know if I truly believe it! Or maybe I just don’t want to believer. But then again there are far worse things than two fun-tastic puzzle solving trilogies. I’ll be curious if we get any more Layton anime or manga in the near future, fingers crossed!
  • Now You’re Knitting With Power
    100% for real. This kind of rendered me speechless.

This picture just makes me laugh:

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Ongoing Investigations: Case #158

February 24, 2012

I went to see Studio Ghibli’s latest, The Secret World of Arrietty, in theaters this week. It follows a family of very tiny people known as The Borrowers because they take just what they need from the humans’ houses they live in. Borrowers move to a new location if they are seen by humans because it becomes too dangerous. Arrietty has just turned fourteen and will be doing her first “borrowing” with her father that very night. At the same time, a new human boy has come to live at the house. It is a fairly simple story of friendship and fantasy and therefore charming from beginning to end. There is a timeless quality to the country (thanks in no small part to Ghibli’s art style) and with the exception of one appearance of a cell phone it gives no hint of the broader world. The exploration of the house from the view of Borrowers is well-crafted and alive making the ordinary noteworthy. This is especially true for green Arrietty who has never ventured into its walls before but possesses all the youthful courage and curiosity you might imagine. The final resolution is possibly the most adventurous of all and made me sad that I could not see where it will lead. In a quite positive way, it breaks the spell of it being a small world and opens it up to thousands of possibilities. My only complaint is the English voice acting was not very good, there were a lot of times the voices sounded completely disconnected and disembodied. The only exception was Arrietty thank goodness. So I look forward to picking this up on DVD and hope the Japanese does it a bit more justice.

I might just stop watching Bodacious Space Pirates not because it is a bad show but because everyone loves it so much I think it is beginning to make me hate the show. When I originally watched the first episode I thought it was serviceable if a bit forgettable. But more and more I just heard people praising the show like it was the second coming of Fullmetal Alchemist. Narutaki and I joked that we must have accidentally watched Totally Tubular Space Pirates which must have been the inferior knock off show. It seems like the one show that is able to get the jaded old school fans and the young moe fans to sit down at the table and agree to enjoy something together. This keeps me watching the anime while trying to discover what I am missing that everyone else is in love with. But the more I watch the more flaws I see with the show. I feel more and more these are flaws I would normally forgive if it were watching this in a vacuum but are unmistakable when I examine the show so minutely. Plus being a Space Pirate seems to be more like a glorified Sea World stage show than the brave adventures of Captain Harlock. Maybe if I come back to this show a year from now I can give it a fair shake. Right now I feel like those people who picked apart Summer Wars until it was devoid of any fun because it got all the hype that it did and I don’t want to be that guy.

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