I'm back
Well, I'm back from Strings camp, and it was totally amazing. I counted up that I played for about 27 hours during the entire week, and for about 5 1/2 hours a day. I met lots very cool people, got to talk to talk about anime with fellow anime fans, and burst out laughing about five times a day. They also have this scholarship thing, that's awarded to one boy and one girl, who's been the most hard-working, move improved, best citizen, etc, and I won that, so I can go back next year for free! When people were asked what they would like best about going home these three things were almost always said.
1) To be able sleep in a bed that didn't give out a huge squeak every time you moved a muscle, thus making you wake up several times during the night.
2) To be able to shower in a shower that didn't have two temperatures; hot and hotter.
3) To be able to eat food that wasn't cafeteria food that tasted like it was about three days old and warmed up in the microwave. On this note, this Civil Air Patrol training thing was going on at the same time. So, we couldn't go to breakfast until 7:00, but the Civil Air Patrol(about 300 people) would leave from the building next door at 6:45 to go to breakfast. So, we would get there are there'd be a line of 50 to 80 people in line in front of you! And here, every morning I faced a hard choice. I could either take the short line and get cereal in about five minutes, OR I could take the long line and get a more substantial breakfast, after waiting in line for 20 minutes. I always choice the second choice, but jeez, it was a hard choice. And, I promise you, I think everyone gained a few pounds during that week, after eating the Cafeteria food.
About Death Note, yes, I was able to find episode 36 subbed, even though VIZ Media sent out C&D letters. A different fansub group did it. This episode was amazing, and as it takes forty seconds after writing the name in the death note for the person to die, there a count down to see who would win the final battle. 37....38.... 39.....40, and then the episode ended! The next one is titled "New World" so it's not clear how it ends. Okay, I admit, I know how it ends, I've read the manga, but still I'm so excited I can hardly wait. If you were to name "The Anime of 06-07" it would be Death Note. The manga was very popular before the anime, and two live actions films have already been made. I tell all anime fans I see to watch it. So, more on that next week when the final episode comes out.
I've got a huge list of "Anime stuff to do" that I'm going to put down here, otherwise I'll forget it all!
- Finish the last two episodes of D.N.Angel
- Finish Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni
- Watch the final episode of Death Note next week
- Watch Naruto as it comes out each week
- Watch Bleach as it comes out each week
- Watch Darker Than Black as it comes out each week
- Watch Kaze no Stigma as it comes out each week(this anime rocks! I was totally hooked after the first half episode!)
- Watch Devil May Cry as it comes out each week
- Start Reideen
- And if possible, re-watch Fullmetal Alchemist
Woah, so that brings my number of anime series that I'm watching as they come out each week to six. My anime calendar where I write the dates they air on, is going to be full...
I recently downloaded all the openings and endings of Naruto. And you know how the episodes got worse in the fillers went on? Well, the openings and endings got worse to....seriously, there's some at the end that are truely horrible. And if an anime's opening is really bad, chances at the anime is bad to. I was very put off by the the opening to Lupin III that consisted for a minute and thirty seconds of a guy singing "Lupin III, Lupin III, Lupin III" over and over again on different pitches. Wow, a real showing originality there. *rolls eyes*
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And about what station I watch anime on... I have a confession to make. I have actually never watched anime on TV, or even on a TV screen. Why? Because I hate the English dubs(voices, there's only one series to date which I haven't wanted to cringe because of the English voices) which is what Adult Swim on cartoon network shows, and because I refuse to pay $60 for one season. I've downloaded all my anime through fansubbing sites, or watched it online at crunchyroll.com. If you want links to fansubbing sites then just ask.
Back on track, you can watch English dubbed anime on Adult Swi
1) dattebayo.com - Dattebayo releases subbed versions of Naruto and Bleach each week and offers them for download through bittorrent*
2) Shinsen-subs.org - This group has won awards for the quality of their work, and subs anime such as Kaze no Stigma, Darker than Black, and Reideen. It's a great place to go if you're out of anime to watch, because you can find great series there.
3) kuro-hanasubs.com - this group did Death Note, but is now doing Kenichi(I haven't watched this anime, and know nothing about it), and Devil May Cry(which, so far, is awesome!)
4) realitylapse.com - not a fansub site, but offers a lot of the most popular anime for direct download, so you don't have to use a bittorrent client.
5) And last but not least crunchyroll.com - has so much anime on it to watch online that's it amazing. It's really great if you have limited harddrive space, and don't want to spend time downloading.
*torrents is the format for which everything I've said(except for realitylapse.com) is downloaded in. How to download torrents in a nutshell is this.
1) Go to utorrent.com and download utorrent.
2) Install it
3) When you go to download something, download it to your desktop, and then click on it. Utorrent will open up(the first time you do, it has some instructions which I think are pretty clear), then a box will pop up, and you can select where you want to put the file, and click ok.
4) Wait...
5) When it tells you it's 100% downloaded, then you can watch!
Although this is sounding really complicated, it's really not, but either way you can still watch basically about anything on crunchyroll.com online for free.
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About Naruto English voices, they're so bad, that once when I watched my favorite episode in English, I made it through the first seven minutes, before I couldn't stand it anymore, and quit.
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