Bata-kun no Atarashii Nikki/バタくんの新しい日記

Remember this entry? It appears that TAB is now doing the judging and surprisingly, I’m only up against four people. (Figured that there would be way more than that.) To be honest, I did it just for kicks. I don’t really expect to be the chosen typer. I just wanted to have fun with it.

Of course, if I win the spot, I don’t know. “Surprised” is an understatement in regards of how I’d feel. Yes, it’d be an honor to be part of the group, but like I said, I’d feel more surprised seeing that I only did this for fun.

When you see my entry, as of tomorrow, I will end up watching “Xenoglossia” just because it has opportunities that I’ll never get again. I tell you. If I had animation skills, I’d so make an “Imas” series in which the idols really are watched over by producers or something. Of course, it’d be troubling because how can you replace people like Kugimiya Rie-san? Simple. You can’t. Yes, the anime will do this, but they’re the Japanese.

Anyway, I can’t think of many witty quotes to say now. I think that Tsubasa, as in the owner of that dead Wingin’ site, is really upset about how Yukiho isn’t played by Ochiai Yurika-san now in the anime, but rather by Horie Yui-san. Yes, I know that it’s Horie-san, but we prefer to be traditional. Oh and it would be cool if someone could start a “Help Bata-kun Play ‘Pink Sweets’ Foundation”.

Right now in Japan is Hayashibara Megumi-san’s birthday. I believe she is now 20 years old. Ha ha ha! I kid. You know, it’s hard to believe that she is now 40 years old. I wonder how she’ll celebrate her birthday. The same goes for Kawasumi Ayako-san who is now 21, uh, I mean, 31.

What’s there for me to say about one of my all-time favorite seiyuu in Hayashibara Megumi-san? She influenced the second half of the 1980’s. She heavily influenced the 1990’s. Need I say more? Actually, both of these two still have something left in them.

What’s surprising is that Hayashibara-san’s not the only big person that’ll turn 40 later this year. In less than a couple of months, it’ll be Koyasu Takehito-san’s turn to be 40. For June, it’s Ueda Yuuji-san. At the end of August, Hiramatsu Akiko-san turns 40 also. Oh and towards the end of the year, Mitsuishi Kotono-san hits that time as well as Koshiro Yuuzou-san who contributed to “Pink Sweets’” OST if you’re wondering what is his latest work. Wow. So many people.

Since I brought up “Pink Sweets”, I have to mention that it has nearly been a year since it was released and yet, I still haven’t played it. I’m beyond mad to put it lightly. I am now forced to wait for a PS2 release because no arcade place here’s willing to accept it. I bet that somewhere in Manila, the game’s there. I don’t know. If there is a place that has the game in the area, I’m so going to be moving there soon.

Of course, I want the OST. (Details can be found here and here by the way.) I don’t know if there’s a special version of it, but I wouldn’t mind paying an extra $15 or so for a figurine of Kasumi or any of the other girls. Ho ho ho! Ahem!

Uh, the OST was released a few months back and besides your usual Cave people and Koshiro-san, people like Sasou Ayako-san and Hosoe Shinji-san, both of them turning 40 earlier this year, are here as well. So, if you like their works, you’ll definitely want to pick it up. On a side note, I think I invented a new term: “romantic techno”. I tell you, if NEC manages to make a 10th anniversary album of the “Sentimental” series and Koshiro-san works on a track, I’ve seen everything then.

So, yeah, “Pink Sweets” has occupied some of my time as of late. I’m waiting for my port Taito! Oh and don’t mess up!

I am going to visit a friend’s place soon. I am pretty sure he wants to test out my newly created characters from “Moero! Justice Gakuen”. Not the best job in the world in regards of my creations, but at least I have something. I’ll definitely need a bunch of favors for him. Of course, he’ll get something, seeing that his birthday’s coming up.

“(It’s) their (Sony) fault for not renaming the system to Lolistation and selling it with a ribbon and panties.” - Rid after talking about Sony’s new misfortunes.

I knew that some time this year, Rid would give me a silly quote. I have a feeling that this quote or another one of Rid’s quotes will win the award this year. I don’t know why. Ha ha ha!

Oh! If you want, you can send me quotes if you like. Who knows? I may pick one of your quotes to win the award.

Generally, I don’t like Mondays. (Yes, I caught this from Garfield. Heh.) Monday is the first work day and the first day you go to school (usually). However, I also don’t like it when I have a free Monday because you become bored easily. Fridays and Saturdays, I don’t mind being free, but Mondays, I do mind.

So, I’ve decided to make the best out of this Monday and work on some of the pages here. I have already looked over about a third of the entries so far as well and I might as well call it a day here. Tomorrow, I’ll finish up January’s entries.

Yeah, you really can tell how bored I am today. Ha ha ha! Seriously, I’ll think of a way to bust out of this slump.

Chupiler and I are planning to bring out a fighting game wiki. This will be some big project, as it’s not easy to make a wiki of this structure, let alone know every fighting game for the last five years. The fighting game wikis out there are either old and haven’t been touched in a while (Insert Credit) or they’re just damn pathetic to it lightly (and I will not say names here because I just don’t want to think about them).

The wiki will cover games from “Street Fighter” to “Virtua Fighter” to “Eternal Fighter Zero”. This will end up being a private project. Now, if I had help from people like Brackt, the building process will be much quicker. Hee hee!

First things first. Right now in Japan is the “Garou Densetsu” star’s birthday. Terry is now 34. Next year, we’ll be experiencing “Mark of the Wolves”. Of course, it’s pointless to go down south because we all know that Southtown doesn’t really exist. Well, except in our fantasy worlds. Ha ha ha! Omedetou Terii!

I guess the site’s now working. That’s a tolerable way of putting it. I’m sure Maestro went through Hell just to get them running.

That last entry was an entry I’ve been working on for a while. Hopefully, that entry will get me accepted to T.H.A.T. Animeblog. Of course, should I be part of it, I will show what I’ve been showing you all for the past few months. Also, should I be part of that group, I will most likely kill Impz because of torture, not because of my Zenkai Kiaidan. I think I’ve started already with the J.C. scenario. I hope I’m wrong though.

I’ll continue editing next week because this is SNKP week. Terry’s birthday is going on right now and Athena’s went by recently over there. Oh and of course, on Saturday, it’s the birthday of my wife. Uh, I mean, Yamadera Kouichi-san’s wife, Yamadera Mika Kanai-san. Hey! I can’t help it that she’s more attractive than most 20 something girls I know of! XD

To get back on track, I’ve asked a few people to be interviewed for that interview thing. They like the idea and they’ll send me answers next month. Most likely. I am about to work on twos draft soon. I am not going to say anything about them right now though.

I feel so guilty now. I forgot about Athena’s birthday and I just said a phrase from Terry. I deserve to be hit with a Shining Crystal Bit.

Image from that Sagubooru site. =P

Hajimemashite! I am the most recent blogger to be added to THAT Animeblog: Bata-kun. I was added here because Impz wanted to be hit with my Zenkai Kiaidan. Ha ha ha! Seriously, I’m glad to help him and the rest of the crew any way I can.

Though my name slowly is being recognized by the anime blogging community, I have actually been holding a diary of some sort for four years. Besides THAT Animeblog, I run my personal blog, Bata-kun no Atarashii Nikki and I also have a tiny diary in my little personal site. You can check both sites in the About the Members section.

The reason I pretty much remained underground was because of the fact that lots of people know me as a gamer. Anyway, one of my all-time favorite series is “Justice Gakuen”. If that name does not ring a bell, “Justice Academy”, or better yet, “Rival Schools” and “Project Justice”.

For those that don’t know, “Justice Gakuen” is a fighting game series by Capcom that’s about to be a decade old later this year. You picked a team and you find out who has been wreaking havoc to all of the schools in Japan. (Obviously, the games take place in Tokyo because that’s where Sakura is from and you do see her in the first two games.) You travel to every school that has been attacked and of course, the source behind all of this madness is Mugen who is now dead. However, he did leave an impact on one of his sons, Hyou, as he did havoc himself.

Of course, Hyou’s brother Kyousuke, his cousin Batsu and his uncle Raizou made him think differently and Hyou became a different person. However, Mugen was furious over this and not only did he decide to give commands over Hyou again, he went out to hire two people to kill those traitors: Kurou and Yurika. Of course, Yurika was less eager than her younger brother, but her brother was too dedicated to this job.

What makes this series one of the most fun series out there is the fact that the game’s charm lies in its characters. Yes, some are dull in regards of fighting style, but at least the characters are interesting. Every school relates to each other. Taiyou, Gorin and Minami all have their link in Hinata, Natsu and Sakura. Gedou and Seijun hold a Kazama kid. There are many more links as well.

In regards of audio, yeah, the songs are not as memorable as those from “Street Fighter”, but they’re still that good. The first two games’ final theme song (the real trippy one) and Seijun’s theme song are some of my favorite songs ever. (I tell you, the final game has better rock music than any other game with a heavy rock soundtrack.) This is a very good series for hermits like myself because people like Ueda Yuuji-san and Orikasa Ai-san are here.

I still try to learn some new tactic in the series all the time. I try to create characters and even if I mess up, I still have fun. How many series can say this overall? Not many.

Go play a “Justice Gakuen” game if you haven’t done so. Yes, the series’s a school girl fan’s dream (or a nurse’s dream for some of you), but it’s fun. (I so can kill with Kyouko.) I know that the game can be too simplistic, but it works. (Maybe I can create a green hair loli for Impz? Ho ho ho!)

Unlike this winter, I’m going to watch a good amount of series in the spring. I’m watching “Oofuri“, as I’m a baseball fan. I’m also looking forward to “Hayate” seeing that it’s cute and “Gurren-Lagann” just because it has some cute girl named Youko.

I scratched off “Blue Dragon“. I don’t like the seiyuu changes and I was never a fan of Toriyama Akira-san’s art. “Devil May Cry“: why do I have a feeling that it’ll be horrid? I made a mistake in watching the “KoF” anime and I don’t want to make that same mistake here. (I probably drank some good sake to watch the “KoF” anime.)

When I heard about “Idolmaster Xenoglossia“, I wondered if making an anime about idols raising to the top is possible. It turned out to be much different. As much as I love the seiyuu here, I never liked seiyuu changes and I now question the direction of this anime. Animation-wise, it’s good, but for some reason, I can’t seem to catch on to this sci-fi move.

Whether or not I’ll scratch this off my list, I don’t know until the end of the month or so, but if I do, it’s a shame because I haven’t heard Sakurai Tomo-san’s name in like…well, forever and she was in the same boat as Shiratori Yuri-san. Oh, she’ll play as Azusa by the way who happens to be my favorite idol.

Well, there are my lists. If I do end up scratching off the “Imas” anime, that’s okay. I still have Sakurai-san’s older anime. Ha ha ha! I so need to do that soon.

I’m sure you heard about this already, but Danbooru was shut off and it’s been revived again. Sort of. It’s in the form of Sagubooru.

Whether or not this is the event of the year, I don’t know.

So, right now in Japan is Hina Matsuri no Hi and “Justice Gakuen” Akira’s birthday. Yes, I’d rather be the poor sap holding all of the things the girl bought and I definitely wouldn’t mind doing this for Akira. Ha ha ha! Ahem!

Anyway, I might as well give my best wishes to Akira, even though she’ll never get them. The closest task would be giving those wishes to Tezuka Chiharu-san or to Capcom. That’s it.

Spring is coming up and I figured that I should prepare for the season. Spring is my favorite season of the year now these days because of the honest temperature and this is weird coming from a guy born in July. Summer used to be my favorite season as a kid, but when I got older, summer didn’t do much for me and it still doesn’t because I don’t look forward to my birthdays anymore.

What I’m doing right now is looking over the various anime series that’ll appear later this month and the rest of spring. There’s that and I’m analyzing how far will the Giants go this season. It’s been around five years since they were last in the playoffs, but this year, that’ll change given the changes they conducted.

Unlike winter, spring will actually have a good amount of series to look forward to. The only way I won’t watch these series is if Media Factory is involved in any of them. So far, it seems like I’m watching no series with them involved.

Seeing that yakyuu is coming up in both America and Japan as well as Canada, I’m going to watch “Oofuri“. There’s that and I grew up with baseball as I mentioned earlier how far the Giants will go this season. I’m also looking forward to “Hayate” seeing that it’s cute and “Gurren-Lagann” just because it has some cute girl named Youko.

Up to this point, I scratched off my list “Blue Dragon“. I don’t like the seiyuu changes and I was never a fan of Toriyama Akira-san’s art. “Devil May Cry“: I have a feeling that it’ll be horrid, which is why I scratched that off my list. I made a mistake in watching the “KoF” anime and I don’t want to make that same mistake here.

When I heard about “Idolmaster Xenoglossia“, I wondered if making an anime about idols raising to the top is possible. It turned out to be much different. As much as I love the seiyuu here, I never liked seiyuu changes and I now question the direction of this anime. Chupiler seems to like some parts of this, but for some reason, I can’t seem to catch on to this sci-fi move.

Whether or not I’ll scratch this off my list, I don’t know until the end of the month or so, but if I do, it’s a shame because I haven’t heard Sakurai Tomo-san’s name in like…well, forever and she was in the same boat as Shiratori Yuri-san. Oh, she’ll play as Azusa by the way. Yeah and she’s my favorite idol.

I guess that’s that? Suggest me a series that I should watch in the upcoming spring. Mata ne.

Note of 15:12: Chupiler showed me an image that shows every series for this spring. Enjoy! Ha ha ha!