Cartoon Network will have played 205 episodes of the Naruto series by the time 2009 rolls around but for whatever reason they think it's a good idea to play episodes 216-220 subbed online at Naruto.com. Then again, it is sort of a preparation for the first 8 episodes of Naruto Shippuden set to premiere on said site January 2nd.
Apparently after the big "huuzah" of the Shippuden premiere things shimmer back to normal on January 8th where subscribing Crunchyroll members will be able to pick up where the fansubers left off with Episode 91 and starting January 15 Naruto.com, Crunchyroll (non subscribed), Hulu and Joost will be streaming the same episodes completely free. I think I'll just wait for the free eps.
Sorce: AnimeNewsNetwork Article
And to add to the hype, the 10th Anniversary of the Naruto manga is coming up in 2009. This is going to be marked with a Third Shippuden Theatrical Movie. I haven't heard anything beyond that though. I'm still waiting to see the second Shippuden Movie, Bonds.
Keanu Reeves. One of my guilty pleasures. Don't get me wrong, I don't go out of my way to see things that he's in and most of the time I think his skills are lacking but there's something about his face that makes me keep watching.
Cowboy Bebop. What can I say. A smash hit in it's own right, not something I've personally seen all the way through (though there are people who would be more then happy to remedy that). A wonderful piece of work.
Twentieth Century Fox. A company with an ego (as most movie companies do have). More often then not they release good movies but no one is perfect. Not on my "least favorite" list.
What do all these things have in common you ask? Well it would seem that TCF has begun working on a live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop. (Okay, two of the three covered). Reeves is to play the lead in that there film.
Erwin Stoff will be produceing. Stoff also worked on I Am Ledgend (an awesome movie in my opinion. If you haven't seen it you should. Twice.)
According to ANN (my favorite place for Anime News) the whole project was just speculation but I recieved the newsletter e-mail from TokyoPop (publishers of the English manga for Cowboy Bebop) that said this movie was a sealed deal.
Original Sorce: AnimeNewsNetwork Article Article linked from TokyoPop: ICv2 Article
And as a final note, a tip of the hat to Maddie Blaustein. Voice actress for Meowth (originally) and Solomon Moto, to name just a few of her roles. She has recently passed away and will be missed. I absolutely adored her work.
20 December, 2008
12 December, 2008
At Years End and Oregon Trail
So it's that time of year again... time for the year to be over. But that's okay. It happens all the time. We'll be fine. The next year will be right there to comfort us when this one leaves us.
And to prove I'm not crazy I dusted off my old computer (equiped with Windows '98 if I'm not mistaken) and played some good old Oregon Trail. ^.^ While a hilarious game all on it's own it was much more fun when I made some Naruto characters (specifically Sakura, Naruto, Sai, Sasuke, and Ino) travel the trail.
They started their journey on April 1st with Sakura (a doctor) leading the mission. However it only took 14 days for things to go wrong at the Big Blue River crossing. Here tragity struck as the wagon sank and Sasuke drowned (and I laughed for a good minute's worth of time).
After that Sai went on a limb brakeing spree (an arm on May 6th, a leg May 9th, and another arm on May 16th).
Then the party decided it would be fun to bother snakes (lol). Naruto got bit a total of 3 times (May 28th, June 6th, and July 17th), Sai twice (August 8th and October 19th) and Ino once (August 15).
Cholera was contracted twice (Sai on June 22 and Naruto on October 21) and Typhoid was contracted once by Ino (on July 13th).
The journey came to an end on October 31 when the party finally reached the destination. Honestly I think it was a good thing the party leader was a doctor otherwise, will all his broken limbs, I think Sai would have died.
I played another round with an FmA theme (Hohenheim being leader with Edward, Alphonse, Roy, and Heiderich in the party) and it went a little better.
Alphonse (March 21-leg) and Roy (June 25th-arm) both broke limbs, Roy got lost (and about a week was spent looking for him), There were 4 snake bites (2 for Alphonse [July 1st and August 26th] and 1 each for Edward [August 11th] and Roy [May 3rd]), Edward kept getting exhasuted, and Heiderich got a fever.
Nobody died and the goal was reached in Good health. It took nearly three and a half extra months though. They started March 1st and didn't make it till December 11th.
So while on the subject of Fullmetal Alchemsit and Naruto there's some big news about both of them.
Naruto - Dattebayo will be dropping them as a sub since OFFICIAL subs will be avalible starting January. Subs will be avalible on Crunchyroll as well as the official English website (http://www.naruto.com)
Fullmetal Alchemist - The new series of FmA will be launching on television in Japan this coming April. A teaser trailer was fun on Sunday.
The trailer says, "New training … a fullmetal artificial limb, a body of armor … the brothers' journey begins. Fullmetal Alchemist: April 2009 Training. In this palm, is there hope or despair?"*
*Sorce: AnimeNewsNetwork
And to prove I'm not crazy I dusted off my old computer (equiped with Windows '98 if I'm not mistaken) and played some good old Oregon Trail. ^.^ While a hilarious game all on it's own it was much more fun when I made some Naruto characters (specifically Sakura, Naruto, Sai, Sasuke, and Ino) travel the trail.
They started their journey on April 1st with Sakura (a doctor) leading the mission. However it only took 14 days for things to go wrong at the Big Blue River crossing. Here tragity struck as the wagon sank and Sasuke drowned (and I laughed for a good minute's worth of time).
After that Sai went on a limb brakeing spree (an arm on May 6th, a leg May 9th, and another arm on May 16th).
Then the party decided it would be fun to bother snakes (lol). Naruto got bit a total of 3 times (May 28th, June 6th, and July 17th), Sai twice (August 8th and October 19th) and Ino once (August 15).
Cholera was contracted twice (Sai on June 22 and Naruto on October 21) and Typhoid was contracted once by Ino (on July 13th).
The journey came to an end on October 31 when the party finally reached the destination. Honestly I think it was a good thing the party leader was a doctor otherwise, will all his broken limbs, I think Sai would have died.
I played another round with an FmA theme (Hohenheim being leader with Edward, Alphonse, Roy, and Heiderich in the party) and it went a little better.
Alphonse (March 21-leg) and Roy (June 25th-arm) both broke limbs, Roy got lost (and about a week was spent looking for him), There were 4 snake bites (2 for Alphonse [July 1st and August 26th] and 1 each for Edward [August 11th] and Roy [May 3rd]), Edward kept getting exhasuted, and Heiderich got a fever.
Nobody died and the goal was reached in Good health. It took nearly three and a half extra months though. They started March 1st and didn't make it till December 11th.
So while on the subject of Fullmetal Alchemsit and Naruto there's some big news about both of them.
Naruto - Dattebayo will be dropping them as a sub since OFFICIAL subs will be avalible starting January. Subs will be avalible on Crunchyroll as well as the official English website (http://www.naruto.com)
Fullmetal Alchemist - The new series of FmA will be launching on television in Japan this coming April. A teaser trailer was fun on Sunday.
The trailer says, "New training … a fullmetal artificial limb, a body of armor … the brothers' journey begins. Fullmetal Alchemist: April 2009 Training. In this palm, is there hope or despair?"*
*Sorce: AnimeNewsNetwork
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