Posts in December 2006 News & Notes Category
December 25, 2006A Merry Christmas to everybody out there! Was Santa good to all of y'all? Yesterday, I spent most of the day over at the mobile home park for the Christmas Eve service we did there. We had a whole truckload of presents to give to the kids there thanks to the churches around here, so they had a good Christmas :) Rather worn out since I spent a good 30 minutes before things started chasing around kids that weren't listening to me... seems they think that I'm just the nice onii-chan that comes to play with them, not anybody with authority and whatnot ;)
My presents weren't much of a surprise since I picked them all out by myself at Best Buy last Saturday... but that's probably best since my parents generally don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to computers and such (^^;;) Anyways, after all the unwrapping was over this morning I played some Wii Bowling/Tennis/Baseball with my mom and grandparents (yes, I was finally able to find another Wiimote/nunchuk at Best Buy). My mom was pretty good at baseball... beat me once (^^;;) Grandparents seemed to enjoy bowling, though it took them a bit to realize that all you have to do is pretend like you're really bowling and such. I've been working on my bowling technique so it wasn't really a fair match ;) After that, I played some of Rayman Raving Rabbids. Pretty hilarious and fun game, but it can be tiring, especially the first mini-game in the video below, "Bunnies are addicted to carrot juice" (captured using the new TV tuner I got):
Those of y'all that have a Wii should check it out sometime. If any of y'all got a Wii for Christmas or before, please add me to your address book: 1627 8945 2353 9113. Post your Wii console number in the comments or e-mail me and I'll add you and send you my Mii :) Besides the Wii stuff, I also got a few anime DVDs: Midori no Hibi collection, MOON PHASE #2 and Shakugan no Shana #2. They didn't have Kamichu or Ichigo Mashimaro there...
Anyways, other than playing Wii a lot, I'm catching up with and finishing all of the fall season shows that wrapped up (except for Asatte no Houkou, which I'm watching on BS-i. Couple of weeks behind). I'll try and post something about each of them... think I can do at least that much to make up for being lazy (^^;;) Y'all must be surprised that I haven't even posted on Futago Hime Gyu the past few weeks. Saturday's Christmas episode was really good, so I've got to write something about it ;)
Just finished up another session of Zelda: Twilight Princess here. I'm through 7 dungeons now and should be able to finish it up this weekend, hopefully. After that I've got Excite Truck to play, but I don't think it'll occupy as much of my time as Zelda has. Zelda >>>>>>>> most everything else for now (^^;;) If any more of y'all have managed to pick up a Wii please register me in your address book and post your Wii number in the comments ;)
Anyways, earlier today I stopped by Best Buy and picked up some stuff. No Wiimotes or nunchuks to be found, though ＿|￣|○
Noein DVD 1 and Moonphase DVD 1, $19.99 each. Not much in the way of extras for Noein, but there's a booklet with some cast/staff interviews and a set of 5 postcards with the illustrations of the end cards of the first five eps included with Moonphase. Neko Mimi Mode desu~! I've got Paniponi Dash! DVD 1 on order, so hopefully it'll be here soon.
Other than that... school's about over for this semester, thank goodness. Just one more exam next week and that'll be it. I'll still be working over the holidays, though, so I won't have that much extra time to do things like I should... like maybe blog something (^^;;) For now, some news...
2nd Season of Higurashi (via MOON PHASE)
As the headline says, a second season of Higurashi was announced. That's all the information for now. I kinda lost interest partway through the first season, so I don't know if I'll watch...
Keiji Goto's Next Project Is...
A robot show called Gigantic Formura (they probably meant Formula) and is scheduled to air in 2007. Keiji Goto is director, Megumi Kadonosono is original character design, and Hidefumi Kimura is doing script, but gimik isn't credited as original creator. Animation will be done by Brains Base (Kamichu!, Innocent Venus).
...yes, I'm still here. Y'all have a nice Thanksgiving last week? ;) Like I said, I've been away from the Interweb for the past week and some busy trying to finish Zelda: Twilight Princess. Since it seems to be the thing to do, I did a quick video showing off my Mii and some of Zelda. I'm past the 5th dungeon now, so if you don't want things to be spoiled and whatnot (don't want to see new weapons and items and so on) don't watch the Zelda part:
Quite fun so far :) If any of y'all out there have gotten a Wii please add me to your address book: 1627 8945 2353 9113 and post your Wii Number in the comments. I'd like to have more of a Mii Parade than I do now (only 2 Miis). Anyways, I'll see if I can pull myself away from Zelda long enough to actually blog something this weekend (^^;;)
Nanatsuiro Drops Anime (via MOON PHASE, Nanatsuiro Drops Official Site)
About all I know about this game is that Noiji Itou (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, Shakugan no Shana) is the character designer and that it looks pretty cute. Anyways, Nanatsuiro Drops is set to be made into an anime next year, with animation done by Studio Barcelona (Dai Mahou Touge Punie... I think that's it).
Yes! Pretty Cure 5 (via Pretty Cure Official Website
Well, as rumored when those character designs went around, there will be yet another season of Precure starting in February. I'll certainly check it out, but if it's like the previous ones I probably won't keep up with it... never really been able to get into Precure.
Manabi Straight Preview (via Antei na fuantei diary)
Previews one, two, and three. It's looking great as expected. Hoping that ufotable gets this one together ;)
