Yesterday me and a bunch of friends took a trip to Washington DC to attend this year’s Sakura Matsuri. For those who do not know, Sakura Matsuri is the largest one-day exhibition of Japanese Culture in the United States and is part of the two-week National Cherry Blossom Festival sponsored by the Japan-America Society of …
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Apr 03 2009
The iDOLM@STER SP Translation Project
Coinciding with a certain secretly dark idol’s birthday (that’s Amami Haruka if you didn’t already know), news of an iM@S SP translation project was announced on YouTube of all places. Apparently the group has tools to change game internals and a few people already working on translating game scripts. The project’s page can be found …
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Apr 02 2009
Rewrite Character Descriptions Translated
物語 Story 緑化都市、風祭。文明と緑の共存という理想を掲げたこの都市に住む天王寺瑚太朗は神戸小鳥、吉野晴彦らの友人たちと平凡な日々を送っていた。そんな平和な風祭市に、年一回の騒がしい時期が訪れようとしていた。都市を上げての収穫祭。巨大な文化祭のようなその催しに瑚太朗は記事のネタ集めのバイトを始めることに。風祭では未確認生物の情報や、オカルトチックな噂がまことしやかに囁かれていたからだ。同時期、瑚太朗の身に不可解な出来事降りかかり始める。瑚太朗はオカルト研究会の部長千里朱音に助けを請い、知り合いの生徒たちをも巻き込んでの調査を開始するのだった。それは瑚太朗にとって、ちょっとした冒険心のつもりだった。騒がしく仲間たちと過ごしていけるなら、それで良かった。瑚太朗はまだ気付かない。それが誰も知らない『真実』の探求へ*がっていくことを。 –書き換えることが出来るだろうか。彼女の、その運命を。 Afforestation, Kazamatsuri. Living in this city which touts an ideal where civilization and greenery coexist, Tennouji Kotarou, Kanbe Kotori, Yoshino Haruhiko and everyone spent ordinary days. In such a peaceful Kazamatsuri City, the yearly celebration arrived–A harvest festival to raise the city. In that massive culture festival-like event, Kotarou starts collecting …
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Mar 31 2009
Rewrite Character Relations Chart Translated
As previously promised I finished translating the character relations chart from Key’s Rewrite site. Although there wasn’t much to translate, arranging the text and cleaning up the image took some time. Hopefully I can also finish the character bios soon as well but at least that won’t involve any image editing.
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Mar 31 2009
KEY’s Rewrite Site Officially Launched: New Character Info Revealed
Exactly one year since the announcement of Key’s newest project Rewrite comes the true opening of the official site. Though several parts of the site have yet to launch, of great interest is the revealing of the main character cast in the form of site banners and of course the character page.
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Mar 31 2009
Late Impressions: Mobile Suit Gundam 00
I love the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, and every time a new chapter is added, I feel the need to step back and evaluate what it adds to the mythos as a whole. With Gundam 00 at its conclusion (for now), I have my own critical opinions and thoughts on the series to share. WALL OF TEXT …
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Mar 31 2009
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei 2
Normally I don’t like to do episodic blogging but for an OVA of one of my favorite series ever, I can make an exception. Episode 2 starts off Saikoroshi-hen (Dice Killing Chapter) which is an epilogue for Matsuribayashi-hen (Festival Accompanying Chapter) and unlike the completely comedic Batsukoishi-hen (Penalty Loving Chapter) takes a much more series …
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Mar 23 2009
Umineko 4 First Partial Patch Released
For those who don’t already know, The Witch Hunt recently released patch 1 of 3 for Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 4: Alliance of the golden witch. This patch covers chapters 0 through 9 and includes a few bug fixes as well as an in-game Grimoire Tips system addressing the Japanese language to help …
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Mar 18 2009
Sasameki Koto Manga Impressions
With the announcement of the anime adaptation of the Seinen Yuri manga Sasameki Koto I being the yuri fan that I am decided to read the original manga version last night. The manga follows the story of Murasame Sumika, a popular girl renowned for her excellent grades and sports ability. However, she has a secret: …
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