I have no idea how to bake from scratch either, so if I were put up to the task I'd probably end up offering something more like what Yami Bakura would come up with...

...At least he seems proud of his creation, though.

Happy birthday, ghostghosts!! Hope you're having a great one!

Wow, a whole season passed so quickly. Shows are already airing from the new season and I was barely even able to take the time to look studios and new series up in advance like I usually try to. Not really watching much new stuff this season, yet, but here's my list...

Currently still keeping up with Hunter x Hunter, Blast of Tempest, Psycho-Pass, Senyuu (the only new show for me so far, and it's just shorts! haha). 

Intend to catch up, eventually Magi, Shin Sekai Yori, Chihayafuru, My Little Monster, Jormungand

Over with: K.

...Ah, Project K.

  I started out enjoying it for what it was-- just fanservice, or "tasty but empty junk food"-- but eventually the execution made it unenjoyable for me. Instead of simply saying I was disappointed with it, I'll try to explain why...
  I think this show suffered from bad pacing and writing (among other things. One of them being that I don't feel like most of the characters really developed;  yes, some were explored a bit, but most did not necessarily display any growth). I think spreading one arc out over 13 or so episodes was a regretful decision, as it killed the pacing. It probably would have helped to follow the lead o Tsuritama-- the first 6 episodes with more lighthearted character moments to get you introduced and emotionally invested with the cast, and then in the last 7 episodes, building up a consistently rising tension for the action and climax and really pushing the previously established character developments to their next stages. In the latter half of Tsuritama, the stakes were constantly rising, and you could feel it in every part of the storytelling: the action and cuts were becoming faster paced, the environments and music were changing to accomodate the sense of urgency, etc... There was a complete story, with all manners of emotional highs and lows, in 12 episodes.
  I was able to ignore this lack of real pacing in K when I first started watching, figuring it was supposed to be mindless fun, but by halfway through the show I was no longer able to ignore how it feels like they'd build tension, then drop it, then build, then drop-- but in a plateau, rather than an exponentially rising manner. It doesn't help that people literally stop and freeze midwar to stare at someone who shouted. Multiple times. (They're very well behaved gangsters, I guess.) And then following those awkward breaks, there would be a lot of talking and info-dumping.  


With all the mixed reviews I heard about K, I'm honestly surprised it got a second season. Never a bad thing-- I'm always happy for the industry when something is successful enough to keep studios in business-- I just hope the writing and characterizations get some improvement. And, that concludes my 2 cents.

Speaking of how the industry is doing, even in the wake of crazy terrorism, I'm glad Kuroko no Basuke got greenlit for a second season!

Twitter is currently doing this weird thing where it redirects to another site (Aintitcoolnews? Seems innocent enough, at least it's not anything explicit or, to my knowledge, harmful.) I don't know why my internet sometimes does this. I use my landlord's internet, so I have no idea how to check if someone uninvited is bumming off the internet and doing weird stuff on it. Anyway, as usual it'll just... fix itself eventually. With that said, I should probably take more care with that, and I'll just post this youtube thing here instead of twitter (it's been a while since my last nerdy post, anyway!):



Hiroaki Samura, mangaka of Blade of the Immortal, drawing!
Really nice to finally see his process, as his pencilwork is gorgeous and I remember being introduced to his works many, many years ago (way before the minimum age I should have been before being exposed to it, haha!)
Sad to know that the manga will be ending relatively soon, but he gave us a lot of really fantastic volumes along the way-- especially the four man watch tower assault and, yes, that epic horse fight.

Woah, and upon finishing typing this entry, Twitter is now back to normal.
What.

Agh, it's been a while! So here, have some terribly incoherent train of thought rambles (warning for mild and vague spoilers throughout?):
 
( Magi, Shinsekai Yori, Psycho-Pass, Zetsuen, and K under the cutCollapse )

According to LJ, it's rosetintedstars's birthday so...
 

You mentioned  ("casually!") liking Mor/Alibaba and also Mor/Hakuryuu, so I started drawing them both... and just ended up with group love. Nakamaship~! 

Hope you have a great birthday, surrounded by friends and family, and with great cake!

In which I did a mediocre sketch and proceeded to ruin it with color!

Alibaba is the only character I know who actually levels up during fights by discarding the use of one hand. 

Haven't seen a one-hand-behind-your-back fencing style like this in a shounen manga before, props for that!  

Ramble on upcoming anime season:

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Tldr; shows I'm checking out next anime season: Shin Sekai Yori, K, Zetsuen no Tempest, Psycho Pass, Jormungand, Magi, Robotics;Note, and probably more I've forgotten

It started out with just Alibaba, since I wanted to draw his cloak and toga thing (such a cute design, with that knot; opportunity to make fun poofy pillowy shapes)-- ended up seeming a bit lonely by himself so I added Aladdin and Mor and gave them all goofy grins like the happy silly kids they are! Yep. 

Oekaki time!
More Magi... (not a surprise, at this rate)