Eden of the East: One step closer to reality?

Yes.

Today in my paper i found an interesting article about AR (Augmented Reality)
It had struck me as a resemblance to the anime Eden of the East. and no, not in the chosen select few to save the country, but the actual Eden system. The recognition system which is applied on their phones to recognise people, objects, artefacts etc...

It seems that reality is one step closer to this.

Now, if i had the money, i would invest in these competitors, as people are more attached to their phones (heck, i hold two active ones now. one for calling, the other for internet) and if you could run the eden system, that would be more marvellous. No need to google search an image. you simply active the app, and run it through and see what is registered of course.
If things get taken a step further, you might as well obtain something akin to x-ray vision. Legally. xD

here's the article
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/enterprise/see-the-world-with-new-eyes-20100315-q9wt.html

The Reflection of the Weather

To have love and lost or to not have loved at all... The autumn descends upon my life, bringing back the winter landscape, To slumber back I go, like a dream the life that was...

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a clear day, blue skies, inconspicious, a day that says fine things to happen.
happiness and joy is seen by the eye to be not far.

a sudden change of wind swept across the landscape.
clouds loomed, thunder rumbled

heavy heavy clouds hover, but no tears fall from the sky
the heaviness remains

the clouds that would cry of sadness would dissappear if such an event occurred
to want to continue to exist, to not forget, they hold the tears back.

no violent storm
no screaming wind
no hammering hail
no pounding rain

just the heavy looming clouds that hang over...

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Illustrated by Michael Dedok de Wit

Something New! =D

Yeeesss.....

i once again have been neglecting this blog.
I am still busy (despite it is not study related)

But on the GOOD news. SUPERB news. is....



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CAR!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *happily does guts pose*

Its might be a bit old, since the radio actually is a casette player xD
no power window
no power steering
no abs
no airbags
no alarm
no central locking
no proxomity sensor (che, decreases your driving skills these things do i say!)
no cd player
no mp3 dock
no tachometer (i'm not sure if old cars or new cars have em or not, but hey, i got one less thing to look at now :/ )


but it has WORKING AIR CON!

considering the car is from 1989. i reckon thats pretty good~

i'm happily loving my first car and my first manual ^___^
i can't wait to be able to drive it as well or even better than i do on auto~

its got a few little clean up touches here and there, but hey. if you don't put effort into it, the car will be bonded. now we don't want that now do we?

But here are two quick pics of my car i took with my phone cam ^__^
once i clean it up and everything~ woot~ more pics maybe xDD




on a side note: upcoming season looks so bland.
wtf? or has my taste changed this season due to my lesser contact with anime?

/swt

So.

it has been a very long while since i had last done anything in regards to blogging.

i believe i WAS suppose to mention i was in my exam mode, thus i would be quiet.
However, i never got around to it.
Then, when exams were over i was theoritically suppose to watch and catch up on anime.
However, that didn't really occur. my computer that was to use to watch anime had a power source problem.

However. once that was fixed, i was introduced to The Settlers: Rise of an Empire.

not to mention, we are short on staff at work. and i'm going out a bit more lately.
So. that in itself is pretty bad ^^;;

However, me posting this kind of update means something so to say.
i'm not entirely saying good bye to blogging, and it doesn't help that my anime watching has slowed. the two thigns i'm following from memory are A Certain Scientific Railgun. and NyanKoi.
i'm pretty sure i'm following other stuff. but obviously they're not leaving any type of impact. (nyankoi is a wtf-_- impact.)

On a side note. i DID watch two movies.
2012. and Paranormal Activity.

Due to my sensitivity to the world of spiritualism i'll decide to not post about Paranormal Activity.

Instead, i shall blog on, 2012.

2012. It is about how the world as we know of it will end.
Due to some natural alignment of planets in our little solar system, our planet got mutated and our crust is shifting. How plausible is this future? I do not know, i don't have enough knowledge in geoscience and particle physics.

either way, in watching this movie, i have one strong thing in my head.
Limousines are great at running away from natural destruction on man made environments. Even large scale things are built in China. Rich people are still being respected by paying for their sponsorships. (if the world is going to end, we know money is useless, so just take their money, say they'll get their tickets and just not let them on 6_6 save room for your scientists, engineers, and workers for crying out loud 6_6 so much for trying to make things efficient 6_6 )

Africa is the way to go. Its where we all (theoritically) came from, and thus it HAS to be good for our survival.

Now. i eagerly await for the next upcomming movie: Avatar.
>__________<!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spice and Wolf II End.

Spice and Wolf II has ended.

And quite abrumptly too.
I somehow felt that it was quite short, despite having the similiar amount of eps. However, it could be because it seems to have a lesser amount of arcs, but a more steady focus on the relationship of our Horo and Lawrence. This wasn't neccesarily a bad pay-off.

Non-the-less, despite having the main focus on those two, i still quite enjoyed Spice and Wolf II, i would probably have to rewatch it capture the economics and trading details of it better though.

Either way. I Happily enjoyed it, and my apologies for being so quiet. i've been quite busy with uni work and what not. And will still be more busy with the upcomming reports @_@

Till then.

Nanoha. It has begun....

Mahou Senki Lyrical Nanoha. (Magical War Chronicle Lyrical Nanoha)
The 4th installment to the Nanoha series. (And just recently, they had given us Vivid. But it seems these two will be publishing around the same time)

One of the most surprising things i find is that its no longer Magical Girl. its now Magical War Chronicles! A slight deviation from the title, but i guess that from this, they can focus more on the other characters instead of just Nanoha now.

It is good t see what will happen after StrikerS, now along with Vivid, with more belkan story, and now this. its like yippee!! ^___________^

Unforunately, like most other new upcomming series, people will be *cough*scanlating*cough* showing them slowly.

Review: Eden of the East

So i had finally decided to do a review on this after i said so a few months ago xD
For a better grasp, i decided to rewatch it, and the story is so much better.

Lil edit: Started off with the summary, then the body. But then i put in the first few lines and felt that this done it much more justice, i labeled that as the teaser.


Teaser:
"He had no choice but to become a prince. At any rate, he realised that a scapegoat known as a 'prince' is needed to usher in the future we hope for. That's why he became a prince, although reluctantly. In this world where kings don't even exist... Just how did he become a prince? I still haven't uncovered that secret."

Basic Summary: Takizawa Akira is found naked holding a pistol, a cellphone and with no memory. On trying to see what is what, and who he is, he discovers that the cell phone he holds contains about 8 billion yen, and it can almost grant any wish or desire of his. However, this is only in accordance in the actions to save Japan.

My Thoughts:
Aww man!
My summary doesn't do this story justice xD I even remember first reading the summaries that were out and they didn't sound interesting at all either :/
However, i am glad i did follow this anime.

This series actually has something interesting, that we go discover why Akira has no memory when we start. What's more interesting is that on the rewatch, i picked up the first few lines. It's actually Saki telling us:
"He had no choice but to become a prince. At any rate, he realised that a scapegoat known as a 'prince' is needed to usher in the future we hope for. That's why he became a prince, although reluctantly. In this world where kings don't even exist... Just how did he become a prince? I still haven't uncovered that secret."
Those few lines really tell a lot, but as you go into the series, i had actually forgotten this. And when you reach the ending, it actually brings about a full circle. However, this is only achieved when you remember those lines xD And pick up a few small details such as Akira erases his memories again as he makes his last request.

Eden of the East incorporates touching scenes and moments that involve the emotional and mentality of people. If you were in this situation, would you have done this? or done something else? Would you still do this even if you knew the outcome would be a sad one? Man... akira cheated here! he wiped his memory!! >_< despite having that memory or at least the events catch up to him
Even if you are not interested in that kind of thing, there are still interesting 'fights' that are done by the various Selecao (The people who have the same phone and ability as Akira. Having their wishes granted). Its like a strategy game, and using the power of authority as though they were pawns.

Without attempting to spoil too much of the story, i shall stop explaining and talking about it, at least plot wise.

The art style isn't too bad, its almost stock standard, however, a bit on the more 'cutesy' side rather than the 'over-power' side. I don't know if i should be dissapointed in the female character designs or not. Sure they might not be the best looking, they are somewhat realistic in the sense that not everyone looks perfect xD
But it is still good on the eyes.

And the Sound Track. This one i do plan to definitely obtain and listen to. The intro and ending songs did grow on me, but i could only properly pay attention to the BGM on the second rewatch (i blame this on the male genetic level that he is aimed to be focused and not multi tasked.)

Final Verdict:
If you want little cute type of anime. If you want something relaxing and laid back. If you want some fist to fist or mecha fight. If you want pantsu shots. If you want bishis. This is probably not for you.

If you want mind games. If you want suspense. If you want plot. If you want tactics. If you want a bit of romance. If you want revolution. If you don't mind Johnnys. This is for you.

I recommend ^_^