Nausicaa; What a Princess

A few days ago, I watched this very old yet modern, fantasy movie from my favorite anime movie producer, Hayao Miyazaki. As you can see, the title is...

Kaze no Tano no Naushika

Created in 1984, the technologies in the film are as good, or even better than techs nowadays. Hayao's really good in air technologies and it could also be seen in this movie. The story plotted when earth was so polluted, some places had too much toxic in air that people must wear masks in those territory. The worst part polluted is the forest Sea of Decay; it's been told that toxic come from there and take life from villages around it. Insects live there and the go rage (red eyes) if people wanted to destroy the forest.

Princess Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind was loved by her people and olse by the insects in the Sea of Decay. It was peaceful until Tolmekian people attacked the Valley of the Wind and took Nausicaa for their plan destroying the Sea of Decay. Pejite people then involved also in this conflict; they too, wanted to destroy the Sea of Decay. Nausicaa wanted to save her people and the Sea of Decay -moreover after she had found out the secret of the forest-, but could she do it?

This movie is very touching and interesting to watch. Although it's an old anime, but the animation and technologies are not bad, not bad at all. And above all, its message was clear and very related to our life :) So, I really recommend you to watch it XD

DF: Returning Player

Yes, like everyone else, I love playing games

It's just that I've been to busy to play one

But, eventually, I miss playing games

That's why, when tomorrow is the time for exams

I play today XD

Okay, so this is a game I've played since I was in elementary school.

Meet my character: Wolfvan

This is when I wore all golden weapons and accessories,
cool huh? A golden warrior he was. 

I guess you must have wondered -or maybe not- why is he a male. There's a story behind it. One day, my cousin showed me this game and asked me to play. He then made an account for me and made an avatar. A male avatar. Well, I was there and I agreed with what he did, Wolfvan is the name I made -taken from my favorite anime characters at the time, Wolfram (Kyou Kara Maou) and Van (The Vision of Escaflowne)-

Some time later, I wanted to change the gender of my character, but unfortunately he's level were already high so I stick with it XD

I love the graphic of this game, the characters are all straight and cool. This is my favorite NPC: Tomix

Right: old Tomix, he's in Book 3. Left: Young Tomix, the cool one, he's in Book 1 and 2.

Now, DF's getting cooler with the new animations and all. Check this out: ChonoZ-Preview!

All the quests are getting tougher too, I have to catch up with the quests I've missed while I don't play the game :( but it's OK, I'll have plenty of time later after I finish all of my exams!!

Interested?? Well just play the game !!

Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki

My Japanese friend recommend the film to me.

Finally I watched it last month! And it was superb!

It is about Hana (a college student) who fell in love with a werewolf. Later they got two werewolf children, Yuki -meaning: snow because she was born in a snowy day- is a girl and Ame -meaning: rain because it was summer but it rained when Ame was born- is the younger boy. Not long after Ame's birth, her husband died.

Hana then moved to a countryside and raised her two children. Yuki then decided to be human, while Ame decided to be wolf.

The struggle and determination of Hana really touched me. How she accepted and keep moving on with her life and support 100% all of her children.

I really recommend this film to all who love anime or not, because maybe this is just a fantasy -the werewolf part, I mean-, but the message is so clear and the film is very touching.

Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki - English Subbed

At the last moment, when Hana realize Ame decided to be wolf; even though it's hard for her, she still said "Take care and live strong!"

King Types - Fz

This scene is taken from one of my favorite anime, Fate/Zero. The story is about seven Master (human) are chosen to fight for the Holy Grail (it can fulfill whatever your wish is), these Masters can summon seven Servant (Heroic Spirit, usually someone that's great in the past) that are divided to 7 classes: Saber, Lancer, Archer, Rider, Caster, Assassin, Berserker.

This scene is taken from episode 11 "The Grail Dialogue"

From left: Saber, Archer, Rider

Rider (Iskander a.k.a Alexander the Great, King of Conquerors) was inviting Saber (King Arthur, King of Knights -although in the anime Saber is a woman) and Archer (Gilgamesh, King of Heroes) to a dialogue of which king suits the Holy Grail best.

My treasury houses only the finest drinks and the finest of swords. This alone should indicate which among us is the greatest of kings.

Archer. Your finest drink is, indeed, worthy of the finest vessel. Unfortunately, the Holy Grail is not a drinking cup. First, we must hear what wish you would have the Grail grant.

You are not ruler here, pretender. Already, you violate the rules dictating that we must fight for the Grail. To begin with, the Grail should already be mine. All of this world's treasures, without exception, trace their origin to my treasure house.

Then once you held the Grail? You would know it by sight?

No. Do not consider me as you would some lesser being. The amount of my wealth in my treasury long ago surpassed my own knowledge. But that is a treasure also means that it belongs to me. And any who would take it for themselves is naught but a thief.

Your words are no different than Caster's insane rants. It appears he isn't the only Servant to have gone mad.

Come, let's not go that far... I believe I've got a clue to what his real name is. But Archer, you surely have no true interest in the Grail itself, do you?

Of course not. But I must administer my judgement to those who would steal treasure from me. It's a matter of principle.

Huh. So then, Archer... Of what manner of duty and rules do you speak?

Of the law. The law I set down as king. you break the law, and I punish you. There is no place for discussion.

Which means, that all we have left to us is combat.

King of Conquest, you agreed that the Grail's rightful ownership lies with another, so will you take it by force? What makes the Holy Grail so important to you?

I wish for true incarnation.

Huh?

(Rider's Master) Hey, wasn't you goal supposed to be world conquest-

Idiot. Even if magic lends us form in this world, ultimately, we remain Servants. I wish for rebirth, as a human, to live within the world in which I've arrived. And with nothing but my body, I shall defy both heaven and earth. The is the meaning of conquest. Thus it begins, then proceeds, and it finished. Such is the path of my conquest.

That is hardly fitting of how a king should be.

Then let us hear what you would say.

I wish for my homeland's salvation. With the omnipotent wish-granting device, I shall avert Britain's fate of destruction.

Hey, King of Knights. Did you just say that you would change fate? Does that mean you wish to change the past?

Indeed. Even if it is a wish that a miracle alone cannot fulfill, if the Holy Grail is truly omnipotent, it will

*laughs*

Emm, Saber... Surely you do not mean that you would erase the marks you, yourself, have left on history?

Indeed. Why should that bother you? Why do you laugh? The country that gave me my blade, to which I offered my life, was destroyed. Why should it be strange for me to find that sad?

Did you hear that, Rider? What that little girl, who names herself King of Knights, said? "To which I offered my life..." *laughs again*

Why is that humorous?! To ensure their country's prosperity, a king should make any sacrifice.

No. The king does not make offerings. The nation and the people, offer themselves to the king. not the reverse.

What? Those are a tyrant's words!

Just so. We are heroes because we are tyrants. However, Saber, if a king regrets their rule or its conclusion, that king is nothing but a fool. Even worse than a tyrant.

Iskandar, your reign ended with your heirs slain, and your empire dissolved into three parts. You have no regrets about that end?

None. Not if it came to pass by my judgement and my retainers' sacrifices... its destruction was inevitable. I shall grieve and I shall weep, but I shall never regret.

You...

Let alone undo it! Such an act would be a mockery of all who fought with me!

Only warriors can find glory in destruction! Of what worth is a king who fails to protect the powerless? A just rule, with just laws... Those are the true duties of a king!

So you, the king, are a slave to what is right?

That is acceptable. A king is a martyr to their ideals.

That is not how a person should live.

If I rule the nation as a king, I cannot ask to live as a person. King of Conquerors, you seek the grail merely for your own benefit. you could never understand... You who became a ruler only to satisfy your endless greed.

A king without greed is even worse than a figurehead! Saber. You said you would martyr yourself for your ideals. In life, you must have been a pure saint. A proud and noble figure, certainly. But who can truly admire the martyr's thorny path? Who dreams of such an ending? A king... The king must be greedier than any other. He must laugh more loudly and rage for longer. He must exemplify the extreme of all things, good and evil. That is why his retainers envy and adore him. And why the flames of aspiration, to be as the king is, can burn within his people. Proud king of chivalry... The righteousness and ideals you bore may indeed have saved your nation once. However, I'm certain you know what became of those who were saved, but left to themselves.

What?

You saved them, but you never led them. You never showed them what a king should be. You abandoned your men when they lost their way. Then, alone and untroubled, you followed your own pretty little ideals. Thus, you are no true king. you are only a little girl, enraptured by a false idol of the king who serves others, but not themselves.

I...

Saber! Archer! Here is our banquet's final question. Must the king be alone?

The king must indeed be alone!

No, you don't understand at all. I suppose I'll have to show you exactly what a real king is. A king must live a grander life than any other's and embody his people's image of admiration! He who is worthy of all heroes' envy, and he who leads the way, is the king! Therefore, the king is not alone. For his will equals that of all his followers together!

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So, which king do you prefer to be your king? Or which king do you prefer if you are the king?

My Journey at Junior Alley

There are many paintings -17 to be exact after the last 2 paintings- I made when I'm a Junior Alley. And I will show some of them that was really memorable to me :)

Lightning Dragon - 22 September 2011
Well, I took the model from a game that I played, DragonFable -well, I will post about this later on XD-.

Dining Out - 5 October 2011
I had difficulties painting this one, and that's the first time I asked for help and there I met my becoming mentor, DR2.

Parrot's Pirate - 11 October 2011
There are auctions with themes, and that time, the theme was pirates. I was confused what to draw but at last I thought of something ridiculous, that is the Parrot's Pirate.

Pretty Face - 15 October 2011
This was a PBN I chose and it was really challenging. Well, if you look and the real reference picture, this is was different from it, but I was shocked back then. So, a famous artist made a blog and he showcased paintings in the blog. He wrote a forum for all to suggest which paintings to be showcased that month. And yes, that month someone suggested this painting and it became one of the showcased paintings. I was extremely happy!

Becoming a Junior at Artistic Alley

As I posted before, I got mail from LS7 -lol, nickname mode on :v- and was invited to join Artistic Alley! -Junior section, of course- I was really happy and excited! After entering the world of arts, I realized that it is a really famous community!

If you didn't open the link directing to the forum thread above, briefly it's the community where you can develop your painting with PBN -Paint By Number- programme. There, we're given reference pictures and we could pick one and start painting! After you finished, you can take another reference picture.. but!! it's limited, sooo you have to be quick because someone else could take what you want! Also, if you have trouble, there are mentors who can help you! The paintings that were made will be auctioned and you can earn money! XP

Let's continue, for the first time auctioning, I hanged 2 paintings

In His Time - 14 September 2011

Actually, this is a double board painting -you could see it, right?-, I searched the reference picture myself, the background was totally different but I'm pretty glad with those hands.

Mickey and The Letter - 18 September 2011

This painting is my first PBN! All this time, I haven't known the function of the drawing application, so I still use 100% opacity in all of my paintings but I guess it was the reason why this painting turns out well! I did make a lot of money in this one, I was quite shock myself XD!

More paintings

Back to SW! After those 3, I painted 2 more paintings

Young Natsu Dragneel - 3 September 2011

I loved Fairy Tail and this is the main character. I chose this scene because I taught Natsu was cute (I haven't known Laxus at the time so... XD)

Atlantic Dolphin - 6 September 2011
I searched for a reference picture and at last I drew this. It's very amateur but I'm actually glad. Nothing wrong with practicing, right?

My First 3 Paintings

Well, as I wrote in the previous post, I posted a thread on the Marketplace section of the SW forums. These are the three first paintings I made. I made it in July - August 2011.

Music Girl

I used a ref pic (reference picture) for the girl in the painting and I added the musical notes. This is my first attempt in painting, it took 3 days to finish.

Awaking Angel in the Night Sky

I also used a ref pic for this painting. It took days for me to paint the wings!

Samurai Siluet

I didn't use a ref pic for this painting. I was inspired by the samurais I saw in animes but I think this picture didn't really come out as I imagined XD. Well, this is my second painting actually. I painted my original one but then I clicked the wrong button and it's gone D: !! So, I repainted it but this painting is not as good as the original one.

Paint!

I love to draw, to paint! Especially drawing animes XD. Well, but in my high school there are no art -I mean art like painting or drawing- subject. I was really sad about it but luckily my friend introduce me to this game, SmallWorlds.

Smallworlds is a 3D virtual reality game, where you can do things like missioning, meeting friends, playing together (chess, fastdraw, etc.), playing in an arena, etc. There are skills with levels and tokens (the currency) to earn. It also has gold as currency but you have to pay in real life to get it.
So, my friend actually introduced me to SW when we're in junior high -I've been playing since Feb 2009- but I was into it since I had the long holiday after the junior high school national exams.

First, I was into it because I like missioning. I looked at the forum and tried so many good missions. Most of the story lines are touching and I'm impressed by how the mission makers made the missions so real. Then I joined the mission community and leveled up my skills fast.

Then, something caught my eyes. Yes! It is the canvas! I thought "Oh why did I just realize that I could paint here now?!" XD. So I tried to make paintings from the canvas and post it on the forum -for the first time, I just wanted to make money so I post in the Marketplace section lol-. The next day, I got an unexpected mail! It was from an artist, a famous artist in SW and she invited me to join an art community named Artistic Alley. I was extremely happy and I immediately said yes! So I became a member of Artistic Alley Junior since I was just an amateur. There, I developed my painting skills quickly. I befriended with many amazing artists all over the world and I even had a mentor from Australia! I will post the paintings in other posts because each painting has its own story and it's too long to write it all here!

PS. Well, at first, I made a boy character -lol, I do love making boy characters in games- named Van Samuel. And for the signature, I used the word VeL -you can see them in the paintings later-. But as the time goes by, after I made many paintings I felt uneasy so I made a girl character but as the signature is VeL, so I decided to name her Vanessa Gabrielle XD

Pinoko's Faith

Black Jack, a high-skilled surgeon but his license was revoked despite his patient's life. He then chose to operate from the shadows.

Pinoko is BJ's assistant. She came from a terratoid cystoma -she supposed to have twin, but she didn't grow up and she lived in her sister's body as a tumor- and was saved by BJ. You can watch the story in BJ episode 44.

For me, there is a most memorable scene from all of Black Jack animes -Black Jack or Black Jack 21-.

Taken from BJ21 episode 3.

BJ was told to be dead, but Pinoko didn't believe it. Then she was adopted by Saeki Hospital's director but she didn't like it. She still searched for BJ. At last she found him, while operating himself in his former teacher's house. She helped him finishing the operation, but then an assassin walked in. BJ managed to stop him and he was killed by another sniper because he failed to kill BJ.

The scene is a dialog between BJ and Pinoko after the assassin was killed.

See?

Now go back to Saeki Hospital

No!

I won't do it!

You can't stay with me.

Please understand.

I won't go back, even if you beg me to.

Pinoko!

Please!

And Pinoko did stay with BJ after this, traveled around the world to find the truth behind BJ's family. And even though it's hard, Pinoko still followed him 'til the end :)

Looking at Pinoko's faith and actions.
Isn't it somehow similar to Christianity?
Not only God has given me life, but He also gave His own life.
And as Pinoko stated to use all of her life for BJ, so am I for Christ.
The next step for me is to follow Christ 'til the end although it's tough;
Like Pinoko did!

~Get Backers

Those who have seen my previous posts must have known that this is..

The very first anime I watched!

I still remembered I watched this at my cousin's house. Since that day, I became very interested in anime! Of course, it is because of the lightning Ginji has. Believe me, he was so cool! The main plot is about two people (Ginji and Ban, abbreviated as GB, Get Backers) who work together to get back things that was stolen. After a while, I knew the characters in the anime. And I really liked a character, Kazuki Fuuchoin.

Guess what, she he is a boy XD. In the story, he came from a clan and in that clan, every kid is treated like a girl, so... No wonder he became like that! His power is quite unique. He uses strings, very thin strings but in a very gentle way. Yet he's very strong. He is also very elegant and smart, and gentle -feminine?-!! And his hair is sooo long! I wanted to make my hair that long, but.. it will never ever happen I guess XD

My favorite episode of this anime is episode 39! The title is "Ginji Hospitalized". Well, for whoever knew the characters in this anime, I really recommend this episode if you never watched it. It was sooo funny and exciting, all of the characters gather here and.... You should watch this yourself. I always LOL even though I've watched it several times XD

Well, I just watch the anime for this. I don't read the manga. Okay maybe I have read a little but it's said that it is for 18+ and after I know it is true, I stop reading it lol!

Here's a picture of it, just chibis though!

Top (from left): Ginji, Ban, Kazuki
Bottom (from left): Shido, Akabane, Makubex, Jubei

Kuro Neko!

Well, this post is just about my life.

I don't make a lot of friends, it's actually quite hard for me to make friends.

But I do have friends in groups, real friends to me.

I have several peer groups -well, I think there are only 2 actually-.

The one I want to share in this post is Kuro Neko!? LOL

Well, it's not actually the exact name of the peer group but...

It has the story of course :)

The story began when we haven't met, years ago...

Animax -an anime channel on TV- was only a new channel at that time.

I was obsessed with it! XD

Once, I saw an advertisement of animax on one of the guard house near my house.

The anime in the advertisement was Black Cat.

I watched it even though I don't really understand the story.

Well, it was cool!!

Train Heartnet, the main character with the number XIII (13) on his chest, carrying his gun everywhere.

But I missed several episodes and I couldn't catch up anymore...

But at least I know the big picture of the anime hehe.

The story continued two years ago, I met my new classmates and became close, just close.

And last year, the five of us are not in the same class.

In fact, we are all separated except there are 2 boys who are in the same class.

I don't know how, but we ended up studying together for the final exams.

At my house, where then we watched animes too.

We became closer, and I mean real close.

That's when it began..

We made a group in our cell phones to communicate easier.

At first we were confused about the name.

And then, we all remembered...

The advertisement, which is still there on the guard house after about maybe 8 or 9 years XD

So we decided to call our group Kuro Neko.

Which is of course a Japanese word that means Black Cat.

It consists five of us, 2 girls and 3 boys.

And then another boy friend joined in the group.

After some time, our phones started to grumble.

So just a few days ago, we made a new group!

The name is Neko's Tail (cat's tail).

Well, the Tail is from Fairy Tail, an anime we all watched too.

-next time we make a new group, I will suggest the name Neko no Tsubasa (cat's wings)! LOL-

I am very grateful and happy with these friends I have.

Our passion about anime, Japanese, games, etc. could be seen bluntly.

Not just that, but all conversations were there too.

And there, I could just be who I am.

Elements

Fire, earth, air, water.
Four basic elements we all know.
It is always there in games, animes, imaginative stories, etc.

I like it too, elements and those kind of things.

Of course, I have my own favorite element I imagine to have XD
But it is not one of the basics I have mentioned.
It's something different, something that is soooo cool and very attractive for me.
And it has not changed since I was maybe about seven ?!
Yes, it is...

Lightning

The light, the sound, the trembling feeling it has made.
It just amaze me.

I do not really know, maybe one of the reason I like it is because the main character from the first anime I watched in animax -it is a anime channel on TV- has power the of lightning. But when I think about it again, it seems that I already love it long before I watched the anime.
I do love lightning, I mean the real ones.

Because of that, I became very interested when I saw anime characters with lightning power.
A couple of examples:

• Ginji Amano from Get Backers (the one I mention before, my first anime to watch)
• Laxus Dreyar from Fairy Tail
• Nue from Air Gear
• etc.

But the one that really gave influence is Ginji, the Lightning Emperor, leader of VOLTS. Oh, you have to see it for yourself! I remembered once he fought in the rain and because of his lightning power, the rain drops just stopped! Very imaginative, isn't it?

Well, I'd love to have these powers.
I do have it actually, in my dreams.
Back to Gilgamesh's quote, right?

Beautiful Things

Things we have, things we do not have.

Things we want to have, but maybe we cannot have.

Fate/Stay Night, episode 24 (last episode).
A quote by Gilgamesh (left) to Saber (right). After 8 years waiting, he still cannot have her.
If I have the time in the future, I will tell more about it.

Well, I guess there are certain things we cannot have until the end.
And it makes them beautiful as they are.
But still, we have to try our best! -like Gilgamesh. 8 years! lol-
And -do not forget- be grateful with what we have :D