Posts Tagged “Macross”

If I didn’t think it looked horribly wordy I would have subtitled this post “Stepping into a past decade before exiting the current one” or something similar. Thanks to Shance I rediscovered the Anime Otaku-ness Test 200, a 200 question assessment of one’s otaku power-level. The test is terribly out-of-date but I think it is a good primer for letting people get to know me a little better. I’ve taken a few of the more interesting questions for me and explained my answers right here. I hope this will be a pleasant insight into who I am.
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Just when I had forgotten about the upcoming Macross F movie (due mid-November), a new single from Sheryl Nome (voiced by rising idol May’n) appeared! “pink monsoon” is a steamy song that really brings out Sheryl’s sultry idol image – my face was all red as I translated the lines!

This is my first time translating a song for Lyrical Spark (that’s usually Honya’s job) so all the Engrish helped make this job suitably easy. I hope I did a decent job…
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In the course of looking for references and ideas for the iDOLM@STER picture that I am currently working on, I somehow found myself on Niconico Douga watching a video featuring iM@S music but with different characters dancing to the music. With the tag “Dance×Mixer” as a guide I did some research and found out that it is a program just released a month ago used to choreograph 3D characters and make videos. Being a huge fan of otaku music I had no choice but live out my idol-coordinating fantasies by giving it a try. Of course I ended up wasting half of yesterday just playing around with it instead of drawing like I had planned.
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With the holiday season coming up and the figure companies showing off their newest offerings for next year, now is definitely the time to put down money on preorders – but as excited as I am about all the great new releases, a part of me is in a panic! Although I live above the otaku poverty line, getting my hands on the new figures that I just can’t live without will surely demolish my entire savings. I won’t have any regrets, but I’m going to have to learn to live with the consequences. 

Take a look at what I’m ordering this season.
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A few weeks ago, while I was in the middle of finishing Macross Frontier, Honya mentioned to me that DarkMirage was hosting an e-mail interview with May’n (the singing voice of Sheryl Nome) to commemorate her upcoming performance at AFA ’08 in Singapore. Anyone was invited to submit a question for the interview, and as a fan, I figured, “Why not?”

The interview was posted on the AFA website this afternoon, and to my surprise, my question was there! Considering the popularity of Macross F and May’n right now, I feel like I defied the odds here. It may be just one little question, but I’m glad that I was able to “say” something to May’n, somehow. It’s kind of like that one time I got to meet the members of JAM Project…

Anyway, the whole interview is pretty interesting. I’ve posted my question and May’n's response above, and you can check it out the rest here.

P.S. It’s my birthday today! Happy birthday to meeee…

Enter Citrus! I know I’m a slowpoke here, but it shouldn’t be too late to mark an important milestone in anime history this month! As of October 3, the Macross franchise is celebrating its 26th anniversary – and in this, my first post as a part of Lyrical Spark, I’d like to share my own thoughts on what makes Macross so special. Read the rest of this entry »