the shape of things to come...

WARNING: this post contains the word “yaoi”. proceed at your own risk. the poster doesn’t bear any liability if harm is inflicted, physical or mental.

just like with every other entertainment industry, anime releases rocket every fall and winter as publishers try to squeeze out as many products as possible during the x-mas season. i will not refer to all of these realeases to come (you can just google it if you’re interested), but try to take a closer look to some sequels to amine that have already impressed me.

genshiken, the second season is already airing and fans all over the world wonder: is it any good? does it live up to the original? well, it’s different. while the first season mainly focused on making fun of otaku culture, this last season is more about the characters. it does seem to follow the manga and, judging by the opening, it will focus on the adventures of our yaoi-loving ogiue-chan (speaking of the opening, it’s not as well crafted as the one for the 1^st series the oav, it’s just one of those openings that you can skip right over instead of watching it at the start of every episode). still, the anime looks promising and it’s probably worth watching (and vol. 9 of the manga should also come out in november).

haruhi fans are waiting for the 2^nd season that was promised? well, it probably won’t make it till x-mass, maybe in the 1^st quarter of 2008. i’m quite anxious to see what the sos brigade is up to next. oh, and what’s with the talking cat?

there are also 2 oavs, one episode each coming out. (they are already here in fact). one of them is ep 13 of manabi straight (massugu go!) and the other is an oav for that heartwarming slice of life anime: aria. but wait, there’s more! a third season of aria was announced…mmm…now i’m getting a warm, fuzzy feeling inside (embarrassing remarks aren’t allowed!)

well, there is much much more, appleseed: ex machina, a new kite oav entitled kite: liberator (this will probably be 18+), you’re under arrest!:full throttle, a new season of kiddy grade (my bro will love this), moonlight mile 2^nd season, a possible ninja scroll 2 (later in 2008)…

well, that’s just the tip of the iceberg, sequels to some great anime, but there are a lot of new shows out there too. oh, and i didn’t mention the new eva movies because they will surely fuck them up. they are doing the same exact shit as lucas did. you are not artists anymore, you are greedy pigs…and we all know that a pig that doesn’t fly is just a pig.

and this story shall also be told

i’ve attended a school on polymer micro-/nanofabrication in estonia some time ago. it was fun and very educational. however in this post i’ll write only about one of the social activities, namely the visit to rakvere castle.

it was a lot of fun, despite the the fact that it rained all the time. there were several hands-on activities (with a lot of fake swords) and a cheap torture chamber mock-up. i suppose i shouldn’t be complaining, it the swords weren’t fake we wouldn’t have been able to play with them; like i said, lots of fun.

the highlight of the evening was dinner in the castle’s main hall. we had some old-looking clay tableware, coarse bread, meat and wine. even though i missed some music, maybe some minstrels and troubadours, it was awesome beyond measure (i’m sure this is every larper’s wet dream). well, the pictures speak for themselves.

also, let’s see how much of a geek you guys are. 10 points to the first one to name the 1982 cult movie from which i’ve taken the title of this post (the second picture is a hint).