Just finished watching an independent short subbed by ANBU titled Meguriau Sekai or World Comes Around. It's a 15 minute short done by a studio called NEW ADVENTURE. What brings me to review this is because MAL rejected my submission of this piece since it was done by an independent studio. Independent or not, anime is anime, no? Anyway, what's so special about it? The Shinkai Makoto-esque animation.



First of all, wow at the the beautiful animation used for the backgrounds. It is as if they took cells from Shinkai's previous works and duplicated them here...not saying that they did do so, but you get the impression like they did. =p Samples of the stunning CG-blended animations can be seen in the screen captures below:












Even the art direction resembles Shinkai's - cloud focus, the train signals, electricity lines and the empty, serene backgrounds. The story kinda reminds me of Byousoku 5 Centimeter, told in 3 parts and is about the experience of first love. But you can't compared a 15-minute short to a proper movie so you can expect the story to be under-developed. The soundtrack comprises of piano pieces reminiscent of Tenmon's composition - soothing and relaxing. However it's sad to see that the 2D characters do not really blend well with their surroundings and the characters design can be awkward at times, looking very amateurish drawn.

Despite the drawbacks, this studio do have some potential in the future. With some improvements in their animation and creative department, they might come up with a hit some day.

Oh, episode 166 of Katekyo Hitman Reborn! has a new ED and I absolutely adore the last screen where they have a Vongola family portrait.



Tsuna's looking very Mafia Boss-like and the laid-back feeling of the rest is love~ (*o*) Let's join the Vongola family! Lol. XD

Banzai!! \(^o^)/

My 3-day continuous assessments are finally done! woot! The papers weren't too hard (I guess) since I was able to write something for every question though some questions were pretty dubious to me. Well, the heck. At least I can assure myself I won't be failing them...please give me an A *crosses fingers* =p

Anyway will be off to Hong Kong in 2 days! Yipee!

Currently trying to catch up my week's worth of Net-less time. So updating my blog will have to come another time. Lol.

Listening to Eureka seveN: Pocket ga Niji de Ippai MUSIC COLLECTION which is surprisingly good. (o__O) I originally downloaded the OST just to get the theme song but I guess the whole package is worth it after all. hehe. XD The movie itself was okay though some characters were discarded. Guess you have to make do since they are compressing a 50-episodes series into a near 2-hour movie but bah, they twisted the personalities of some of my favourite characters. =/ Prepare yourself for an alternative storyline which is a complete makeover with more hormones on the rage. Lol. =p


The only time you'll see Eureka with long hair

Sometimes when you want to avoid trouble at that single moment, you end up having more difficulties trying to fix it later than to slither away from it. Have this clinical case that is bothering me so I wanted to avoid the problem by turning a blind eye but now when I think about it, it would have been better had I just solved it in the first place. (>__<) *sighs*

So next time, dear old self of mine, just be honest and admit your mistakes. =/

Anyway, I'm back home for my "study break" of 3 days but I'm starting to worry whether I could finish what I plan. Hmmm...makenaide atashi! Don't give in to temptations (à la the Internet)! (>0<)/

Finally a post to the new year! Lol. New year resolutions? Keep my blog updated. *sweats* I have at least 3 posts planned since November but never the initiative to do them. Don't be lazy! *slaps self* (>__<)

Just blogging to keep my mind off my notes..procrastinating is a talent of mine. hehe. =p Exams will be starting in less than 2 weeks, then for the post-exam celebration I'll be off to Hong Kong with a few classmates. I guess I'm showing signs of wanderlust. XD

Ok, on to the notes!