5 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Anime and Manga: Part 3

5 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Anime and Manga: Part 3

Hey guys, today I'll be another another "5 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Anime and Manga". This is part 3, and here are some facts that are gonna make you a little bit smarter about anime and manga.

Fact 1 

The character from "DURARARA!!" known as Izaya was born on May 4, which just so happens to be "Star Wars day"

Fact 2

The animation style for the american series "Teen Titans" is based off the style used in "Fooly Cooly" or "FLCL" 

Fact 3

In one of the halloween specials from "Regular Show", the character "Tecmo" who is voiced by Steve Blum, is dressed as "Spike Spiegel" from the popular anime "Cowboy Bebop" who is also voiced by Steve Blum

Fact 4

The Series "Space Dandy" was released in America in English Dub produced by Funimation Entertainment before it was released in Japan

Fact 5

The character of Erza Scarlet from "Fairy Tail" was based off a character from one of Hiro Mashima's other works, known as Mummy from "Monster Soul". The two play a big sister like role to their teammates, both lost their right eye as a child (though Erza now has a fake one), they both even look similar as children. This can even be proven by a picture Mashima drew a picture of the main cast of "Fairy Tail", in which Erza is dressed up with pink bandages while having her hair in a pony tail, just like Mummy.

Well thats all for today guys, remember if you have any interesting or quirky facts about anime or manga to leave them in the comments section. Till then, see ya!

What I'm Thankful For...

What I'm Thankful For...

Well, its a special time of year for all, Thanksgiving. The time of year where we all say what were thankful for. So today I'm gonna say what it is that i'm thankful for, be sure to let me know what your all thank thankful for in the comments.

I'm Thankful for the friends I've made in life

I've made countless friends in my life, friends that have helped change me for the better and have helped me learn how to make strong bonds with others. Since I was 8 months old I was diagnosed with Aspergers and my social skills were crap from the get go. But with the help of my friends I've grown into a person with a much better social skills (though I still feel like I need to know a lot more ^^')

I'm Thankful for Anime, Geeky stuff, and the great people from fandoms in general

Ok! Despite the fact that there are some fans out there who are down right terrible people (you know who you are)! There are still plenty of really, cool really awesome fans out there who care about other people, and those fans are who I'm thankful for

I'm thankful for the amazing family that I was given

My parents have been the light of my life, since I was born they've never given up on me and are the reason I push myself do far in life. I love them with all my heart as well as my amazing sister who's there for me when my parents aren't.

I hope you all had a Tappy Thanksgiving and I'll see you all later

5 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Anime and Manga: Part 2

5 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Anime and Manga: Part 2

Hey guys, today I'll be another another "5 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Anime and Manga". This is part 2, and here are some facts that are gonna make you a little bit smarter about anime and manga.

Fact 1 

More paper in Japan is used to make Manga than to make toilet paper

Fact 2

Each of the protagonists from Stories written by Hiro Mashima are named after seasons, "Haru" from Rave Master is "Spring" in Japanese, "Natsu" from Fairy Tail is "Summer" in Japanese, Aki from Monster Soul is "Autumn/Fall" in Japanese, "MaFuyu" from Fighting Group Mixture is "Mid-Winter" in Japanese, and Shiki from Monster Hunter Orage is "Four Seasons" Japanese. Meaning we may see a character named "Fuyu" which is Japanese for "Winter".

Fact 3

Osamu Tezuka who is known as "The God of Anime" was heavily inspired by Walt Disney's Characters and their big eyes, this is why most anime characters nowadays have big eyes

Fact 4

English dub voice actress Monica Rial, has voice more than 300 characters and is known as the queen of anime. She also does voice directing, and script adapting for anime.

Fact 5

People who read the Sword Art Online light novel series and watch the anime will notice the distinct time skips in the show but not in the novel. This is because when the story was adapted into an anime the creator was afraid the show wouldn't catch on, so he fit the two story arcs into 26 episodes. Despite this however SAO still got major popularity in the world, but one has to wonder what might have been...

Well thats all for today guys, remember if you have any interesting or quirky facts about anime or manga to leave them in the comments section. Till then, see ya!

A Strange Encounter

A Strange Encounter

A few weeks ago you all learned my story with Stan Lee, one of the greatest encounters I've had in my life. But now its time for one of my strangest...

It all happened a year ago, it was a Friday, more specifically a Friday in which we all had our report cards given at school. As per my usual routine I got out of school to get to the bus before anyone else, i was walking there all on my lonesome. On my way there however, I noticed a tall person standing by a tree near the bus stop, being a bus stop for students I assumed it was just a student who was just wearing cheap clothes. As I walked past him he ran up in front of me and he pushed me in the chest, and then he said these things in this order;

"Excuse me sir; I am homeless, I am dumb, I am single, I'm new in town!"...and then I immediately ran to the bus, and all the while I thought about what just transpired. My first thought was, "Your gonna close with 'new in town' ?". That was not the most dramatic thing that he said, as they say, "You had me at dumb". If I were to order those things, I would've said "Excuse me sir, I'm new in town, and it gets worse."

As the bus drove around the block I wondered why he did what he did, I mean...didn't he practice his pitch in the mirror that morning? And I imagined it went something like to this. 

"Alright, what am i gonna do today. Hmm I'll walk up and say 'hello', no thats too subtle, ill walk up and ill push him! Then Ill say 'I'm new in town!', no no no hold back, I'll save it! I'll say I'm Dumb!! No thats too strong...hmm. Ok, first I'm gonna walk up and push him, I'll start with the fact that I am Homeless, as that is a given, then for backstory I'll pepper in the fact that I am out of school". Which i know its tough for single youths on he streets but thats not like a reason for money. I always was confused how he phrased it too, he didn't say he was living on the streets, he said "I'm new in town!". Like it was intriguing, like he wanted me to set him up with someone. Like I have a friend who's like "Theres no single guys left in town!" and I'd be like "I know someone who's new in town!", "What are three other things about him?"

Well theres my Strange encounter, have you all had one before? If so comment and let me know, till then, see ya!

The Greatest Plot Twist Of All Time

The Greatest Plot Twist Of All Time

The plot twist, The dictionary defines it as "a radical change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a novel, film, television series, comic, video game, or other work of narrative. It is a common practice in narration used to keep the interest of an audience, usually surprising them with a revelation". 

There have been many of these over the years, but which one is truly the greatest? Which one is known the most? And which one shocked the world the most? I believe the answer is obvious.

*WARNING!!: SPOILERS FOR STARWARS AHEAD*

THE REVEAL THAT DARTH VADER IS LUKE SKYWALKER'S FATHER

When "The Empire Strikes Back" came to theaters everyone went nuts, people didn't know wether vader was lying or not but you can tell in Luke's eyes that he knows it to be true.

Look at that look in his eyes, that look of despair, like the floor beneath his reality is falling. Luke friends are in danger, possibly dead, and he finds out that the 2nd most ruthless and evil villain in the galaxy, the man that killed Thousands and thousands of innocent lives is is his own FATHER!!

 Just look up peoples reactions online, you can see how much of a shock this was to people, Their minds were blown away!!

Well thats all I have for now, tell me what you thought in the comments, later!

5 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Anime and Manga: Part 1

5 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Anime and Manga: Part 1

Hey guys, today I'll be introducing another new series of blogs, this being "5 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Anime and Manga: Part 1". So, here are some facts that are gonna make you a little bit smarter about anime and manga.

Fact 1 

The current highest grossing manga at this time (November 2015) is "The Seven Deadly Sins" by Nakaba Suzuki

Fact 2 

The film "Toy Story 3" pays homage to director Hiyao Miyazaki by having one of the toys be of Totoro from the anime movie "My Neighbor Totoro" which he directed

Fact 3

The Character Lucy Heartfilia from "Fairy Tail" is named after the song "Lucy in the sky with Diamonds" by The Beatles

Fact 4

Frieza's Forms were designed to look like what creator Akira Toriyama thought monsters and demons looked like

Fact 5

Masashi Kishimoto (creator of Naruto) stated that Garaa's costume was inspired by the movie "The Matrix" one of his favorite movies

Well thats all for today everyone! If you know any other anime facts, be sure to let me know in the comments, Later!

Past Cosplays

Past Cosplays

Well, Katsukon 2015 is coming out in a few months and I'm finally going to be able to go this year! One problem, I have n idea who to cosplay as. I guess while I'm thinking I can tell you all about some of my past experience cosplaying. this ones gonna be kind of short since I've only cosplayed 3 times.

First off we have Goku from Dragonball

Yeah... I was... pretty young the first time I cosplayed, but I loved it none the less. My mom got my aunt to make this cosplay for christmas and I immediately put it on after I got it. I also wore this to my first convention so it has that sentimental value to it.

Next we have L from Death Note

I have to give my sister props for this one, she helped style my hair and helped make my skin look pale. I didn't have any black contact lenses but we were bale to give me the dark circles under my eyes. Unfortunately my dad wouldn't let me walk around the convention barefoot, but a lot of girls asked if they could have my picture with them so that was a big plus.

Lastly we have Kirito from Sword Art Online

Theres actually not much of a story behind this one, my parents got it for me and I only wore this. I didn't wear a wig because it was summer and it was hot as hell, my parents wouldn't let me get a sword either.

So thats it! If any of you have cosplayed before tell me your stories and suggest some cosplays for me (ones that are simple) 

Catcha Later!

"BAD apple!!" IS AMAZING!!!!!!

"BAD apple!!" IS AMAZING!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPLxGctIQJE

....just....woah......

So yeah, today we'll be analyzing a song...something Ive never done before in my life... Oh well, might as well give it my best shot.

Ok so first off, a little background; "BAD apple!!" is a song originally made in 1998 by Jun'ya Ota also known to the public as "ZUN". The song was composed for the 3rd stage theme of the fourth "Touhou Project" game "Lotus Land Story" and made using FM Synthesis, which ZUN is very fond of.

According to ZUN himself, he said that he tried to make the song sound like some thing he created a long time ago. He went on record saying "This song feels like my older songs. Well, since it started turning out weird. I did try to make it at least sound like something I might have written long ago... It's nice to have something this rhythmical (?). And, it's very 3rd-stage-ish (??)". 

"BAD apple!!" has become a very popular song in the fanbase, more so than most of its PC-98 counterparts. This is thanks to the Bad Apple!! video by Shadow Art, which would call a second McRoll, attracting thousands of western fans to Touhou. In relation to this, Elly has also quite notably grown in popularity, gaining fans who are technologically incapable of playing the game she's in. There are also those who don't have a clue who Elly is when they see her near the end of the video. Also because of this video, a number of Touhou fans will sometimes get confused whether or not "Bad Apple!!" is Elly's theme due to arrangements associating Elly with it. Many long time Touhou fans find Bad Apple!! a massive sore point and get irritated if somebody thinks the video and Touhou itself is an anime or asks if it is.

But The version I think is truly the best is the english version sung by youtubers  "Ashestotheashesjc" and "Rockleeist". And by god this song is just a masterpiece!! Seriously though this song is just candy for your ears if your a fan of video game sound tracks or synthesizers!! The music is hypnotic as all hell and both singers do an incredible job, their voices weren't very much (at least to my knowledge). Everyone did an amazing job and it shows with the views, at the time of this pages creation the song has over 2,000,000 views!! This is Ash's first video to break a million and its worthy of having that honor.

So to sum it up; This song is perfect, download it, listen to it forever, make others do the same. Goodnight!