MangaNEXT schedule is finally here!!!!!!!!!! *dances*

Yes!  I have been waiting for the schedule to be posted for like a month now and I'm excited to know that it's finally here.  =]  So, before today, I was completely dumbfounded about what to blog about until I just so happened to browse into the website and saw a schedule.  Yay!  Now I have blogging material.  I'm going to take note of what I really would like to go to so I have a good idea of what times I'll be free at.

Friday

Anime Jeaopary (5:00-6:00)  Hopefully it's better this year.
The Importance of Setting in Storytelling (8:00-8:30)
Ahhh!  Video Game Cartoons!
Uncle Yo (10-11)

Saturday

Making Making (It's 5 dollars!) (10:30-1130)


To be continued.....dinner!

Blogging "School Days"

So tonight I was a bit bored a I decided to blog a bit on the anime "School Days".  "School Days" is an anime based off of an adult visual novel game in Japan.  It's one of the shorter, more unknown pieces of anime unless you've done some searching for a good, short anime.  It's only 12 episodes.  It's basically about a boy named Makoto who becomes infatuated with this girl named Kotonoha, who rides his train on the way to school.  Nervous on how to approach Kotonoha, he confides in his annoying friend Sekai to help him make his moves on her.  But eventually, Sekai developes feelings for Makoto.

Sounds like a typical anime soap-opera-like drama, ne?  At first it seriously isn't that bad.  It's very light-hearted and cute and you think it might be one of those annoyingly exaggerated anime where people keep shitting on everyone's face by sleeping with everyone else but everyone seems ok about it.  No!   That changes about halfway into the anime when Makoto thinks he's macho because he's no longer a virgin and he starts sleeping with all the girls in school.  After a while, you'll start to hate Makoto, especially when the sweetie-pie Kotonoha is completely oblivious to it all and just wants desperate to be with her love, Makoto.  You'll start to feel really bad for her because she's basically the only one you want to cheer for happiness in the short series.

You'll suddenly start to notice that the anime isn't cute anymore.  It's actually almost scary.  It keeps getting darker....and darker..................and darker.........................................until you start to question if you're watching an anime that should be in the thriller genre.  The ending is hard to explain.  I won't spoil it for you, because then what's the point of watching it?  But I guess I can explain it as it's expected yet so unexpected at the same time.  You may think to yourself as you continue to watch the anime, "This is so gonna happen at the end," but think to yourself, "Nah, how could this happen?" when you finally see the end.  Honestly, Makoto deserves the shit at the end, and Kotonoha isn't as sweet as she seemed the entire anime.  That's basically as much as I can give out without spoiling it any further.

Overall, I enjoyed this anime.  It's a nice fix for a good anime that's not too long but will keep you gripped throughout its entirety.  I would recommend it if your into the romance/drama genre but like i had said before, this anime could have easily slipped into the thriller category.  If I were to rate it, it would be a 4/5 stars!

Another thing you might want to consider doing is, after you've watched the anime, watch the alternate endings on youtube.  There's a lot.  Over 5, I believe.

The next blog I will try to do about an anime will be Ouran High School Host Club.  Ja ne!!!

Counter for MangaNEXT

I figured I needed to post this sooner or later.  I should have done it much earlier, to be honest.

But here is the counter to MangaNEXT!!



Make your own Countdown Clocks

Only 1 More Week To Go!!

MangaNEXT is right around the corner!  I only have a week left (kinda less) and I'm about to go nuts.  I can't effing wait!  (=3)

So my costume hasn't come in yet at all (Dammit!).  It hasn't even been shipped yet.  At least that's what the website says.  If it doesn't get here before the convention, I'll be a very peeved Viki.  But I will not let it ruin my weekend!  I really am looking forward to having a great time.  I just hope the same staff members as AnimeNEXT.  They were terrible!  I could not stand them!

Anywho, I'm glad my friend Mandy is coming along.  She really likes to take pictures and it's nice to have someone who can snap photos here and there so I can compile an album of the convention afterwards.  So far, we have no idea what panels are going to be at the convention, so we have no idea how to plan this.  We plan to get there early so we can try to plan things ahead of time. 

***MENTAL NOTE***
Bring a high lighter so planing on which panels to go to is a lot easier!

I know I want to go to the Cosplay dating shows or Anime Jeaopardy.  (^_^)

Well, my BF's friend wants some Naruto Shippuuden songs put on the Go-To-Convention CD so here are some updates on the CD:

#1: "Hero's Come Back!!" by nobodyknows+ (eps 1-30)


#2: "distance" by LONG SHOT PARTY (eps 31-52)

#3: "BLUE BIRD" by Ikimono-Gakari (eps 54-77)

#4: "CLOSER" by Inoue Joe (eps 78-)

#5: "Hotaru no Hikari" by Ikimono-Gakari (eps 103-)

#5: "Hotaru no Hikari" by Ikimono-Gakari (eps 104-)



Hopefully I can find all of these.  =]  More hopefully I can find a place where I can actually burn a CD.  =P
 
Well, otaku-Vic is out for the night.  Ja ne!
 

Dame-desu yo!!!

I'm so mad right now.  I am an angry otaku!  I just found out by tracking that my outfit might not arrive to my house in time for the convention!  I guess that's what I get for ordering my costume too late.  If anything, it may come the day before the convention.  I'm gonna track it religiously!  I really hope it comes on time!  A lot of the reviews says that the website orders fast so I may get lucky!  Wish this otaku luck!  If it comes on time it will be my first time cosplaying!

Well, I cosplayed once before as L but let's not go there.

Song List For MangaNEXT!

So my first anime convention was Zenkaikon 2009, last year, in King of Prussia, PA.  It was a lot of fun.  My past friend Keith took me with his brother and his brother's girlfriend, Natahlin.  (She has been my ultimate otaku-sister ever since!!!)

Anywho, on the way to Zenkaikon, Natahlin had made two anime-realted-only CDs to play in her car to pump us up to be a complete otaku when we arrive.  I have decided to do the same so I'm going to keep track of my song list on here so I don't forget because "God Knows" (ha!  A song from Haruhi Suzumiya!  *prepares to put that song on the list*) if I write it down, I will lose the paper and have to rewrite the whole thing all over again.

"God Knows" - Aya Hirano (Haruhi Suzumiya)
"Fukai Mori" - Do As Infinity (Inu Yasha)
"My Will" - Inu Yasha
"Dearest" - Inu Yasha
"Come" - Inu Yasha
"Precious Memories" - Rumbling Hearts
"Sakura Kissu" - Ouran High School Host Club
"Bouken Desho Desho" - Haruhi Suzumiya
"Simle and Clean" - Utada Hikaru (Kingdom Hearts)
"Sanctuary" - **
"Sakura Drops" - Utada Hikaru
"Always Smiling" - Mario Mix
"Kumikyoku Nico Nico Douga" - Nico Chorus
Claymore Opening Theme
"Hare Hare Yukai" - Haruhi Suzumiya
"Motekke Sailor Fuku" - Lucky Star

That's all I can think of for now.  I will definite update this later on!!  Ja ne!

MangaNEXT!

I'm officially going to MangaNEXT 2010 in East Brunswick NJ!  I will be attending this convention on October 29th to October 31st!  My friends Tommy, Mandy, and Yusef are going!  I can't wait!

I don't know of any panels yet so I guess I will have to update this when I find out but I know I'm attending the hentai panel this year!!!!!   No doubt about it!!!!

Oh and this is my cosplay.  It's the lolita outfit that Haruhi wore in the series The Melonchaly of Haruhi Suzumiya.  All I need now is the wig.