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Hey thought I'd say I agree with you on the Gundam 00 review. I marathoned it today thinking it'll live up to the hype but no...it totally didn't.

Seriously, maybe I'm spoiled by Gundam Seed when I say this but 00 just wasn't as dramatic and epic. 00 had characters that were just...there. Like that girl and her boyfriend (names escape me atm), I mean, they were just there to waste time if you ask me. Also most of these side characters besides the main 4 and the ships crew don't even have much of a purpose.

Am I wrong? I didn't feel much of a connection between all of them at all. Then again, I haven't seen the 2nd season yet.

haha, I'm finally back on MAL after a somewhat brief hiatus :P Anyway, I was away on a trip to a neighbouring island with some friends for a few days, and was busy for sometime after that, so I didn't really find myself having any time to login on MAL :(

I see...I've only finsihed the first season of Higurashi, and honestly, the ending just left more questions unanswered; too many lose ends, and not a knot insight tie them up. However, I've heard the 2nd season finally offers more solid information on the happenings of the 1st one. I was actually contemplating on continuing the series to wrap up the unfinished plot/explanation in the first season, but the rather bland art style and several dissatisfaction with the style of the 1st season has made me weary of what may come in the 2nd one :S

Wow! 10+ Sketches a day?! Isnt' that quite a lot of work? Where do you get the time, don't you have school/work? One think I noted tho, the 100 sketeches were in some way caricatures of the various subjects you were drawing, including real life people right? Cos if that's the case, WOW...You're amazing =D

haha...I see, I guess one way to approach it would be to have generic emotions, followed by more specific ones? like contextual specifics and varying intensity, et c. I've seen other variations to it before, it seems there were fewer variatins, like only 10 if my memory doesn't fail me. haha, so which character do you have in mind for your next project?

Just a curious qns, when did you started picking up drawing? Judging from your works, you are fairly proficient and must have spent quite some time picking up the skill. I actually tried to learn as well, but with rather limited success, any hints or tips which your can draw from your experience as an artist that might help someone new at drawing, like say books to read, how to approach drawing, that sort of things =D

haha, well, I gues that's true ;) Nope, I've not heard of it. haha, it kinda caught me by surprise...is it like some sort of quasi-cos-play-orchestra? Cause, they all seem to be dressed in various anime characters...hmm

Cool! Will check out the review later ;) How did you find it...I've rewatched it once, by there're still some things that I don't entirely get, esp. concerning the nature of the relationship between Kusanagi and Kannami, also, there were some underlying motif in the show which I can't quite put a finger to. Ah...I still have got qns, .but strangely, I can't seem to put my ideas/questions into words...ah...how frustrating >_<"

Oh yah, btw, I've just started on GitS: SAC after your recommendation (and another friend's as well), it's pretty good, quite a feast for the eyes, then again most animes by productin I.G. are visual awesome :P Will tell you more once I progress more into the series. Oh wait, I've also half-way through this series called "Planetes". I caught a glimpse of it from your reivews, I've yet to read the full review, but the main setting and theme kinda enraptured me :P Many Thanks for introducing me to such great shows :D haha!

Finally got around to login on to MAL =P

haha, well, I do have to say that your reviews are generally longer than most, but they are in most cases (at least the ones which I have read) not any longer than they ought to be i.e. not unduly long. haha, well it just goes to show who are the people rating helpful and unhelpful eh =P any thing against what the masses like don't often bode well with their sentiments.

I've never watch fruit basket myself. It was one of the first few anime titles I learnt from a female friend when I made my first foray into the anime world. You dropped higurashi, did you ever went back to finish it? I have to agree with you...the art is pretty bad...it definitely wasn't one of the more noted aspect of the series. haha, how did characters annoy you? I didn't find them all that bad...

haha, sorry, didn't noticed it =P as you can gather by now, I don't really hang out much on MAL, so I don't really go around finding out everything =P I guess that'd be just a cheap excuse for being lazy XD.

I went to check out your dA acct. The 100 Fullbody Sketches kinda got my attention, haha, I'm really surprised at how you actually went about compiling, drawing, capturing each character (real and fictional). How long did it take you? Must have been a really exhausting task.

Another piece caught my attention as well ^^ The one on 25 expressions :) haha, I have to agree that the "pleased" face looks kinda scary, makes the character look kinda mental, psychopathic =P It also got me thinking, how many fundamental facial expressions can a person have, or at least a set of facial expressions which are distinct enough to be categorise? Does the 25 cover most of it? Anyway, I still think it's really impressive that you were able to capture each of the disparate expressions, with each being unique and distinct in their own way.

Alright, thanks :) I'll see if I could get my hands on the OST. Speaking of Princess Mononoke OST, are you aware of this group called Eminence, they are an orchestra that plays anime and game music. You might want to check them out, this is their rendition of Tsubasa Chronicles "A Song of Storm and Fire"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2VSfb-v-0k

Oh yah, forgot to add, I just sent out a Friend Request =D

Hey, was away for awhile =P

haha, as for Mao, I still think that he would be coming back in the up coming season, albeit, maybe in a different body, although I would like to think it would still be a cat :P otherwise, Mao meaning cat, would be quite a misnomer for his name, haha.

No problem ;) I can't really write reviews myself, I think I kinda suck at it =S But I do enjoy reading reviews immensely =D Reviews in general always seem to intrigue me, it is in some sense not just a review of the anime, but also of the reviewer as well. In addition to it being a review of the anime, it tells the reader about what area of emphasis the reviewer places on the various components of the anime, his sensitivity towards visual or auditory l aesthetics, or perhaps he is the sort who places a greater emphasis on character study.

Oh yah, that's one thing I noticed as well, the more "professional" reviews tend to be written as an essay without having to explicitly break them down into the individual constituent components.

Oh another thing, I was thinking since you like animes which have more open-ended interpretations, you might want to try out "The Sky Crawlers" . The music is especially note worthy as well; it's by Kawai Kenji. Do let me know what you think of it =D

Hey, I really appreciate that you read and commented on my blog. Thanks.

I'll take your insights into consideration. Patience definitely helps :)