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June 14th, 2012

Lectures

http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/pruefungsamt/formulare/pruefungstermine/

Arch Vorlesung
Arch Übung

Grundlagen der Architektur von Anwendungssystemen
IAAS Lehre

Grundlagen der Interaktiven Systeme

Finite Elemente und Schnelle Löser
Wissenschaftliches Rechnen (Ohne Material)
Wissenschaftliches Rechnen I (Uni Bonn)
Wissenschaftliches Rechnen II (Uni Bonn)
High Performance Computing
Paralleles Höchstleistungsrechnen

Posted by shina_luna | 06-14-12, 10:30 AM | 0 comments

May 6th, 2012

Seeking Recommendations

There are some themes I kind of liked somewhere, but lack findings I don't know yet.

Anything with my character fetish: females, who are feminine, elegant, seeming quite intelligent, but not annoyingly arrogant, with a strong aura or charisma. Perhaps verbally very eloquent if nescessary in the situation at that. Have strong a character both physically and mentally and often enough just look "badass", without ever losing to much of their elegant aura.
Romance, which is not lived out, because it can not, due to a proper (!) reason and the bitterness that follows.
Setting is mainly in the air. Something a bit like "Last Exile" or "Allison to Lilia" in non-fail version.
Kind of "madness to protect ones mind from the real madness" or "madness to get back on track to normality in a twisted world"
Somebody who seems somewhat twisted and mad, but as things turn out, all the other "normal" people are in fact (becoming) insane and this one who first seemed to be a lunacy turns out to be the most sane person of all
Examples: Pandora Hearts (manga) has several characters who fit in, Mourou no Hako (Anime) even specially says it out about one character that a certain incident made him mad and his mad behaviour is actually some kind of an attempt to get back to a normale state. Kaori Yuki has quite a potion of such characters in her works going towards this and there would be the doctor in Shiki.
I can't quite think of many more...
Titles of the "sekai-kei" genre. TV Tropes decribes that somewhat, but I know pretty much all the examples listed there.
Variation of the "sekai-kei" genre:
Above linked description of the "sekai-kei" genre has this "saving the world" plot point, but I would be interested in more like one that has the same melancholic feeling, but without the general world ending. (More like ones personal world is breaking or so.)

Soubi Yamamoto mentioned something into the direction in an interview:

Your work primarily features younger male protagonists in close relationships with one another. You've also done some work in the past creating opening movies for doujin boys-love games. Would you say that boys-love titles have had an effect on the way you tell stories?

Yamamoto: What surprised me when I first read boys-love stories was how few characters appear in the average title. The "just you and I" situation in them is similar to sekai-kei stories, and I was amazed when I discovered that you could create a full story in such a narrow world. Shonen and shojo manga I had read before then featured a lot of characters, with a protagonist, their friends, their rivals, and so on. Instead, boys-love stories featured just two people, a protagonist and someone he loves, and the story proceeds from there. You don't see many friends and such, but the story is still interesting and works, and that surprised me. My stories also have a small number of characters, and I think that it's due to the influence that boys-love has had on me.

[...]

Many of your works seem to draw influence from the genre of sekai-kei, and one of your earlier works is actually titled Sekai-kei Sekai-ron. At the same time, the endings to many of these works also shift away from typical sekai-kei narratives, ending in more positive, upbeat, and social ways, acting in a way as a response to the genre.

Yamamoto: I think that sekai-kei, the idea of a story of a closed world where only "a 'you' and an 'I'" exist, is very beautiful. At the same time, people can't live with that alone, and there are a lot of kind people outside of a "you and I" relationship, like family and friends. Sekai-kei exists by ignoring these kinds of other relationships, but I wanted to come to a different conclusion. I do enjoy sekai-kei works where only a "you" and an "I" exist and the world comes to an end around those two, and really think that they're beautiful. However, I wanted to go in a different direction, with more of a happy end, adding in the kindness of others and of the world, creating a story where life outside of a closed-off world isn't so bad after all.

source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2012-03-28/interview-soubi-yamamoto

Just that I am not wanting BL titles.
Basically searching for something with this "narrow world" scenario and SOMEWHATof a "limited scope" of characters. 1000 years in your eyes fits into that pretty well. The works of Yumeka Somomo/Mizu Sahara also. There is also this Robotica * Robotics ONA from Soubi Yamamoto herself. Also the independant animation "Anemone" goes to that direction.
Stuff about "time". Flashforwads and Flashbacks mixed up in a nice manner (not too messy that is), Time loops, alternate futures/pasts etc.
Examples: Little Queen (Kim yeon joo) is pretty full of it, Platina and Nabi form her have some mixed flashbacks/forwards as well, The Tatami Galaxy (Anime) has is about alternative timelines, Suzumiya Haruhi has time travel, most recently Steins;Gate, 20th Century Boys and Monster (Naoki Urasawa) jumps forth and back between time levels, Baccano (Anime) jumps between time levels as well. Mawaru Penguin Drum (Anime) goes a little bit into the direction, Pandora Hearts (manga) has quite a potion about time warping, too. Arcana has it too, but that one was too unnescessary messy and cryptic. (Her other title Horror Collector as well.) 1000 years in your eyes was very nice too. Makoto Shinkai's "Hoshi no koe" and "5cm per Second" deal with that somewhat a bit, too.

Especially loop topics would be nice. Not even nescessarily about just time.
"Masks". Person who hides behind this mask and the reader/watcher is left to interpret whatever emotion may be hidden behind it and the focus is somewhat on this and the mask is not just an ornament/gadget to go unidentified by the crowd.
example: Hotarubi no mori e, does this very very well.
Darker than black on the opposite doesn't do what I mean too well.
A hell lot of titles deal with "future", "moving on", "get done with the past", "getting an optimistic look ahead" etc.
What I would be interested is, if there is actually something that deals just with the past or present without this "we mustn't forget" the future thingy.
As example I only know about a novel that goes closest to it, that would be Charlotte Bronte's Vilette.
"Love is a sickness! (And makes hilariously stupid)"
I am not talking about Yandere and the kind, who get somewhat mentally ill, mad and psycho etc. More like how Boa Hancock from One Piece is just hilariously to look at in her lovesickness (the only series I know of that actually directly marked it as a deadly sickness!). Another one would be Kazuya from Bakuman, he is about almost as hilarious. Basically seeking things to overexaggerated it just makes you roll on the floor.
Nosatsu Junkie goes a bit into this direction, too, but only a bit.
"I pretty much don't care about the world at all, I just want her/him (back, happy, ...)"
Probably another lovesickness, but not nescessarily one. Like the world for the certain character is just this one person. Can be a bit psycho. (But no crazy yandere...) "Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere" does this in a more (trolling?) humourous way (his love is to be executed, but preventing it would kind of mean war and he says, he doesn't care). Pandora Hearts features quite some folks as well. Folks may not be "brainwashed" to get the better world view, through.
A description In once read somewhere a while ago was about like this:
"Creators put the character into a meat grinder, take whatever is left, burn it, and use the ash to smoke."
Somebody who is continuously put through some situation in a quite cruel manner; he can't do anything, because he simply not posesses not the power/capacity to that, on the edge of despair, his psyche most worn out, even trying to run away by just dying is no option (he is not allowed or it doesn't help), has to continue for he doesn't know how long yet.
This description I read a while ago was about Okabe from Steins;Gate. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica has quite such an atmophere with all that "Urobochi Despair". Fate Zero goes a quite into the direction as well. Shion from Please Save My Earth would fit into that a bit as well. There are also quite some of the like in Pandora Hearts. Nabari no Ou goes somewhat a bit into the direction. Variante from Iqura Sugimoto goes to that sheme as well. Monster, 20th Century Boys and Bokurano have quite some of it too.
I don't want it too realistic, through. "Watachi-tachi Shiawase no Jikan" would fit into that pretty well, too, but that was a bit to realistic and hard to digest. Also no realistic war-scenarios (World War 2 stories usually have a lot of such hopeless despair stories), also no to brutal splatter settings. (Variante is already stretchig its splatter component quite to the limit of what my taste allows.)
Another thing is, not too emo. Neon Genesis Evangelion would be a bad example at that.

Posted by shina_luna | 05-06-12, 6:54 AM | 0 comments

May 5th, 2012

Plan to Buy: French Stuff

Preis jeweils:

Bokurano 6, 8-11; französisch (max 4€)
Die 12 Königreiche // Les 12 Royaumes 1+ (max 8€)
Le Fragment (Shin Takahashi) 7 [das oder "kimi no Kakera auf Japanisch]
Platina 6 (max 10€)
Naoki Urasawa Short Stories (Max 8€)
Princess Jellyfish 3+ (max 4€)
Ninety Twenty One 1+ (Max Halbwertspreis)
My Girl 1+ (max 3€)
La maison en petits cubes (max 7,5€)
La Princesse au bol enchanté (max 5€)
Mes cheres Filles 7+ (max 4€)
Le chant de la poupée 2+ (max4€)
Natsuki Sumeragi Titel (Außer Peking Reijin Sho, max 3€)
Alive the final Evolution 1+ (max 3€)
Pumpkin Scissors 6+ (max 6,50€)

Neupreis:
Happy!! (Naoki Urasawa) 13+

Animes:
Suzumiya Haruhi Season 2 Box (max 25€)
Suzumiya Haruhi Movie BD (max 15)
La traverse de temps BD (max 10€)
Nabari Box Vol 1-2 (max je 10€)
Princess Jellyfish Box (max 30€)
La déchéance d'un homme (Ningen Shikkaku: Director's Cut Ban, frz Release); BD (max 8€)
Origin: Spirit of the Past BD (max 5€)
Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X) OVA BDs (Max 15€/BD)
xxxholic, Kei (max 20€/komplette Serienstaffel)
Blue Exorcist Box 1 BD (max 20€)
Cowboy Bebob (Max 15/Komplettbox)
Rahxephon Movie (Max 5€)
Mawaru Penguindrum (max 20€)
Fate Zero (~30€/Box max)

Romane/Bücher: (<2,50€)
Alles von Molière
Sans Familie
En Familie

Posted by shina_luna | 05-05-12, 2:10 PM | 0 comments

April 10th, 2012

Plan to Read/Watch: Manga not in Database

Posted by shina_luna | 04-10-12, 8:35 AM | 0 comments

November 3rd, 2011

Favorite List: Anime

shina_luna's rating table:
10: "Masterpiece", perfectly to my taste, despite having some possible minor drawbacks, but has plenty of awesomeness to make up for that. The olymp that can be rewatched/reread any time again
9: "Great", very much to my taste; either a "Very Good" with a big fangirling bonus or a "Masterpiece" that lacks it
8: "Very Good", quite memorable watch/read, worth to be looked at again
7: "Good", reserved rating - here go all very good to perfectly narrated/directed pieces, but not to my taste and the reverse, chaotic, mediocre things, overall not my taste, but with a handfull of awesome scenes, much to my taste; partial rewatch value starts here
6 "Fine" Was a nice watch/read, not too bad, but also nothing too special, but with yet enough substance to me remembered partially; limited rewatch value starts here.
5 "Average", reserved rating - here goes everything that fell into oblivion and most definitely will . If I can't remember it, it is an average title in respect of failing to create a lasting impression, be it good or bad
4 "bad" Average stuff, that I thought was rather boring than proper, but could still bear, watching while tidying up, kill boredom in the train or so
3 "Very bad", reserved rating, primarily for anime - Here goes everything, that was promising, but a freaking damn major disappointment
2 "Horrible", Horrible stuff, waste of time, hopefully quickly to be passed into oblivion
1 "Unwatchable" - Such trash, it makes me unable to completely forget it, even through I badly want to

Stuff that makes it permanently into my collections have to have at least 7.5/10 rating.

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Favorite anime list as of spontanous 12th March 2012: (under construction)
01: Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen
02: Gankutsuou
03: Mawaru Penguindrum
04: Inaka Isha
05: Chevalier d'Eon
06: Mouryou no Hako
07: Ghost Hound
08: Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu
09: Rahxephon

Score distribution as of spontanous 28th January 2012: (under construction)
~ Score 10
Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen
Gankutsuou
Inaka Isha

~Score 9.5
Mawaru Penguindrum
Chevalier d'Eon
Mouryou no Hako
Ghost Hound
Rurouni Kenshin: Seisouhen
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu

~ Score 9
RahXephon
Steins;Gate
Mushishi
A Little Snow Fairy Sugar + Special
Monster

~ Score 8.5
Heartcatch Precure! Hana no To de Fashion Show... Desu ka!?
Pale Cocoon
Flanders no Inu (Movie)
Kawa no Hikari
Tsumiki no Ie
Akage no Anne
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
Higashi no Eden: Falling Down
Revolutionary Girl Utena: Adolescence Apocalypse
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (Complete)
Eve no Jikan (Movie)

~ Score 8
Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (Complete)
Eve no Jikan (Movie)
Seirei no Moribito
Simoun
Red Garden
C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control
Saiunkoku Monogatari + 2nd Season
Noein: Mou Hitori no Kimi e
Ouran High School Host Club
Earth Maiden Arjuna
5 Centimeters per Second
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Kuragehime
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World | Nanika wo Suru Tame ni - Life Goes On.
Fullmetal Alchemist
Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre

~ score 7.5
Furusato Japan
Colorful (Movie)
Motto! Ojamajo Doremi: Secret of the Frog Stone
Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho
Digimon Adventure (Movie)
Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto
Anemone
Mononoke
Kotatsu Neko (ONA)
Shiki
Nana
She and Her Cat
Ashita no Nadja
Samurai Champloo
Les Misérables: Shoujo Cosette
Dennou Coil

Posted by shina_luna | 11-03-11, 2:27 PM | 0 comments

October 6th, 2011

Plan to Purchase: Japanese Stuff

Luna's Japanese Wishlist

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* = the more important

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Very cheap: <= 100yen
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One Piece 1-55, 58, 60, 61, 63+,
Naki Shoujo no Tame no Pavane 5+
Nokemono to Hanayome 1+
Yakushiji Ryoko no Kaiki Jikenbo 薬師寺涼子の怪奇事件簿 1+
Hagio, Moto / 望都萩尾 Titles (starting from vol 1 each, complete preferred)
{ ----EXCEPT:
A Drunken Dream
Heart of Thomas/Thomas no Shinzou
Poe no Ichizoki 1-3
11gatsu no gymnasium }
Bara no Josephine 薔薇のジョゼフィーヌ 1+
夜は短し歩けよ乙女 1+ 森見登美彦 (著) (Manga)
Naoko Takeuchi 直子武内 Titles
{ ----EXCEPT:
Sailor Moon
Chocolate Christmas
The Cherry Project }
RED GARDEN～深き闇の行方～
レッドガーデン Manga
巌窟王 Manga, Druckwaren mit Anime-like Illustrationen

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Pretty Cheap: <=200yen
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** Sugiru 17 no haru 2
Barakamon ばらかもん Yoshino, Satsuki ヨシノサツキ 1+
Suiki 水域 Urushibara, Yuki / 友紀漆原 1+
Chouka Kou 长歌行 1, 2+ (by Xia Da)
FUJIWARA Kaoru / 藤原薫 Titel:
{ - Door to Heaven
- Fetish
- Kindai Renai
- Mukashi no Hanashi
- Rakuen
- Shikou Shounen
- Sono Saki no Fuukei
- (all except omae ga sekai wo kowashita nara) }
Kumichi Yoshizuki (よしづきくみち) Titel:
{ - よしづきくみち画集 ~Calendar Film~ よしづきくみち (単行本 - 2008/9/18)
- 君と僕のアシアト 3+
- フレフレ少女 3+ }
Ayuko (香魚子) Titel:
{ Citrus 1+
Mou Tamago wa Korosanai
Sayonara Watashitachi
Tonari no Kanata
(alle except hakushaku to yosei) }
Shimotsuki Kayoko/霜月かよ子 Titel
{ Kare wa diabolo 彼はディアボロ！2+
- まっすぐに純愛 (講談社コミックスフレンド B) 清野静流、南波あつこ、ひうらさとる、岩崎弘美 (コミック - 2004/11/12) }
夜は短し歩けよ乙女森見登美彦 (著) (Novel)
恋文の技術 (ポプラ文庫) 森見登美彦 (Novel)

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nice price: <=300yen
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* Rozen Maiden Tale 3+ (Tale = the second sequel series from Shueisha!!!!)
* Mawaru Penguindrum 輪るピングドラム Novels (幾原邦彦 (著), 高橋慶 (著) ) 1 2, 3
十二番目の天使 by Teika, Kobato 小鳩ていか
月の珊瑚 Type-Moon
Yukako Kabei (壁井ユカコ) Light Novels:
{ - 鳥籠荘の今日も眠たい住人たち 1+
- 五龍世界(WOOLONG WORLD)
- イチゴミルク　ビターデイズ (角川文庫)
- 14f症候群 [単行本]
- NO CALL NO LIFE
- エンドロールまであと、 [単行本] }
Hitoma Iruma (人間入間) Light Novels:
{ - "Kinô wa Kanojo mo Koi shiteta" (昨日は彼女も恋してた)
- "Ashita mo Kanojo wa Koi o suru" (明日も彼女は恋をする
- "Jikan no Otoshimono" 時間のおとしもの }
Makoto Shinkai Novels
{ - 小説・秒速5センチメートル (ダ・ヴィンチブックス)
- きみを守るためにぼくは夢をみる (星海社文庫) 白倉由美、新海誠 }
四畳半神話大系 (角川文庫) 森見登美彦 (著)

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worthwhile/new price: <=450-650yen
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**** Boku wo tsutsumu tsuki no hikari 12+
**** おジャ魔女どれみ16 2+
**** Pandora Hearts 14+
**** Piece (芦原妃名子) 9-10
* 彩雲国物語 Light Novels by Sai Yukino (雪乃紗衣) 1+
*** Shounen Note 少年ノート (by 鎌谷悠希) 2+

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Not for me (New price):
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**** Shitateya Koubou Artelier Collection 2
**** Tripeace 11
**** Zetsuen no Tempest 1-4

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BDs/DVDs (if cheap)
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* Saiunkoku Monogatari (The Story of Saiunkoku) 彩雲国物語 , Season 2 (~5-7€/DVD) (only in order)
**** Heartcatch Precure! Hana no To de Fashion Show... desuka!? (ハートキャッチプリキュア！花の都でファッションショー・・・ですか！？) (<40€)
* Kawa no Hikari (<16€)
***** Mouryo no Hako BD Box (<100€)
**** Gankutsuou 巌窟王　Blu-ray BOX (2011) (<200)
*** Ghost Hound BD Box (<100€)
* Koji Yamamoto (山村浩二) stuff (exept the old crocodile) (<10€)
**** Mawaru Penguindrum (complete or vol , 6, 7, 8 in higher priority)(only with brooklet & other extras) (30€/BD Volume)
Hotarubi no mori e 蛍火の杜へ BD (<35€)
Kenshin Tsuiokuhen BD (<50€)
Kenshin Seisouhen BD (<40€)
Mononoke/Bakeneko BD Box (モノノ怪＋怪～ayakashi～化猫BOX) (max 150€)
Natsume Yuujinchou BD Box (夏目友人帳 Blu-ray Disc BOX (2011)出演神谷浩史、井上和彦) (<90€)
**** Nodame Cantabile のだめカンタービレ vol 4-8 (~8€ max einzeln)
Nodame Cantabile Paris-Hen + Finale (max ~40€/Staffel)
Romeo no Aoi Sora, ロミオの青い空 DVDメモリアルボックス (<~70-80€)
Tennis no Oujisama テニスの王子様 TV Series: Vol 26-45 (=Episodes 101-178) (max 3€/volume), only in order/complete
Tennis no Oujisama OVA Sequel 1 テニスの王子様 Original Video Animation 全国大会編 (max 3€/volume), only in order/complete
Tennis no Oujisama OVA Sequel 2 テニスの王子様 Original Video Animation 全国大会編 (max 3€/volume), only in order/complete
Tennis no Oujisama OVA Sequel 3 テニスの王子様全国大会篇 Semifinal (max 3€/volume), only in order/complete
Tennis no Oujisama OVA Sequel 4 テニスの王子様 Original Video Animation 全国大会編 Final (max 3€/volume), only in order/complete
Tennis no Oujisama TV Sequel 1 新テニスの王子様 (max 3€/volume), only in order/complete
Tennis no Oujisama (Movies, Spinoffs, anything else) (max 2-3€/volume), only in order/complete
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Novels if cheap (<=3€)
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Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei
Natsuhiko Kyogoku / 京極夏彦 Titles
----EXCEPT:
- 魍魎の匣 (下) (This)
- 邪魅の雫 (中) (This)
Fuyumi ono (小野不由美) Titles
----EXCEPT:
- 12 Kingdoms series
- Shiki
- 魔性の子 Mashō no Ko
- 東亰異聞 - Tōkei Ibun
Nahoko Uehashi / 上橋菜穂子
----EXCEPT:
- 獣の奏者 I-IV,
- 守り人/旅人 Series
- 狐笛のかなた Koteki no Kanata
Keigo Higashino / 東野圭吾 Titles
----EXCEPT:
- 『どちらかが彼女を殺した』
- Samayou Yaiba (さまよう刃)
- 「天使の耳」
- 『夜明けの街で』
- 『使命と魂のリミット』
- Tegami

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CDs wenn günstig:
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Posted by shina_luna | 10-06-11, 7:49 AM | 1 comments

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