sunshinechild67

I have seen Avatar: The Last Airbender and I really liked it. I found it to be a terrific show. I have also seen Book 1: Air of The Legend of Korra and I thought it wouldn't live up as a follow up to something that was terrific on its own but after a while, I was mostly wrong. I found myself liking The Legend of Korra as well. Maybe I am more in favor of the first Avatar series, but The Legend of Korra proved to be a good follow up to the first series. it had better quality in animation... obviously because it's new. It had great settings, which was smart considering the timeskip and the new Avatar. It has a female lead rather than a male lead, and it adds to the mythos of the franchise. As predictable as this sounds, I am hoping the Avatar creators make two more shows in the franchise after Korra, the next one centered on an Earthbender Avatar, and the last one centered on a Firebender Avatar. It would bring the franchise into a full cycle.

When it comes to my favorite voice actors and seiyus, there is a number of favorites, so here goes, Keep in mind that the list is not in a specific order.

On the Japanese Speaking Side:

Male Seiyus

Norio Wakamoto

Takahiro Sakurai

Jun Fukuyama

Mamoru Miyano

Daisuke Ono

Shinichiro Miki

Junichi Suwabe

Masaya Onosaka

Nobuyuki Hiyama (Fun fact: this guy played Link in Ocarina of Time, but I like him for his other roles as well)

Unsho Ishizuka

and Koichi Yamadera.

Female Seiyus

Megumi Hayashibara

Yuko Miyamura

Maaya Sakamoto

Atsuko Tanaka

Romi Park

Rie Kugumiya

Aya Hirano

and Kotono Mitsuishi

On the English Speaking Side

Favorite Anime Voice Actors

Steve Blum

Crispin Freeman

Todd Haberkorn

Patrick Seitz

Vic Mignogna

Liam O' Brien

Johnny Yong Bosch

J.Michael Tatum

Justin Cook

Eric Vale

John Swasey

Chuck Huber

and Christopher R. Sabat

Favorite Anime Voice Actresses

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

Wendee Lee

Laura Bailey

Caitlin Glass

Brina Palencia

Tiffany Grant

Colleen Clickenbeard

Melissa Fahn

and Kari Wahlgren

There's my favorites, as for regarding the Zelda games, I have never played Wind Waker, don't get me wrong. I believe it was a great game, it's just I never owned a Gamecube and I had the PS2 back then. I never had an interest in the Gamecube because I didn't see a whole lot of games I would be interested in playing that were on the Gamecube. There were only a few I was interested in. When I first saw Wind Waker, I was skeptical, probably because I didn't fully appreciate the artwork at the time. As time went by, I started liking the art style. I know for one thing that If I ever get a Wii U, Wind Waker will be the first game I'll get for it since Nintendo is giving Wind Waker an HD re-release for the Wii U later this year.

on the Sakura-con comment regarding Vic Mignogna *Bear with me on the length of this one*: I actually bought a concert DVD and a photo of him (with Ed somewhere on it) and I had him autograph both and I gave both these items to one of my best friends for two reasons, It meant more to my friend than me and because I got mad at my friend during the convention (which turned out to be a complete misunderstanding on my part) and I wanted to make it up to her.  I even told Vic that even though he's not in the top of my favorite voice actors list, I told him that we was terrific as Edward Elric and I thanked him for taking the time to be part of the convention. My friend was way behind the line, and I waited 1 hour and 40 minutes to get my autograph and 45 - 60 minutes to meet up with my friend and the wait was worth it. I then met up with my friend and I told her "I apologize for what happened, I hope these would make up for it" I showed her the concert DVD and found out she already had one, but she gave that to her sister so they both can have it. I then showed her the photo of Vic that had her name on it with his autograph on it and She got one hell of a surprise when she saw this. She really got excited when she saw her name and the autograph in it. I actually told my friend not too long ago that another reason I got her the Vic photo was because I wanted to make this a symbol of a huge "Thank You" note to her for getting me into Fullmetal Alchemist. I was way overdue in watching it and that was because I felt overwhelmed that most of my friends were buzzing about it. My best friend kept going on and on AND ON about it and this happened a lot more often when FMA: Brotherhood was coming out in the U.S. and then I decided to see why this was such a big deal at the time, and boy... was I missing out? 

on the FMA comment: I have the entire original series except for the OVA collection. I have seen the original 5 times from start to finish. As far as Brotherhood, I have Episodes 1-26, but saving up for the rest of the show, and once I completed my collection for that show, I hope to watch it as many times with the original. It is a show I never get tired of with every re-watch. I understand why a lot of people love this series. Also, It is one of the few animes I really got emotional over. Hughes' death was not easy to sit through... I Am (Not) Alone there. But I strongly prefer Brotherhood for one reason. I did not like the Original series' conclusion. I like how Brotherhood tied everything nicely. A big bonus on Brotherhood for me is that the action scenes are more intense and feel epic as well. Also, I'm not gonna lie, That Promised Day arc got me dying to find out what happened next and I wasn't able to marathon it as I hoped because of school nights. But I felt completely blown away by FMA: Brotherhood as it progressed.

on the Zelda comment: I think it comes to no surprise that Zelda is extremely popular, in fact. I love the Zelda series. My first Zelda adventure was Ocarina of Time and I had no idea what I was getting into when I popped that game in. I was one of those 90's kids that found myself playing that game for hours and being immersed in the adventure. I actually got Skyward Sword for my birthday and I really love the cinematics on that game. The gameplay is nice (for the most part). I realized that I was getting into a really long adventure. My only complaint for that game is Fi... (Oh my god, I hate this sidekick) She's more annoying than Navi from Ocarina of Time, except I can tolerate Navi in that game. I just want to figure things out on my own while playing the game and Fi just has to interrupt. As far as sidekicks go, my favorite is Midna from Twilight Princess. The reason I decided to cosplay as Ghirahim for an upcoming convention I am going to is because it's near Halloween and it's also because I found him fun to watch while I was playing Skyward Sword. I look forward to see how his character turns out later on.

on the Elitist / LotGH comment: The only thing I can say about Legend of The Galactic Heroes is that it is one ambitious anime and it's really fitting since Ambition is one of the themes running through the show as well as on one of the main characters. It comes to no surprise that the show isn't as popular as it probably could've/should've been. I will give the show its credit for its detail and character development. I might end up really liking this show in the long run but I still refuse to be part of the fanclub/fanbase. It seems to me that the fanbase is full of elitist snobs and I find their behavior to be both annoying and pretentious. Speaking of elitists, There is one fellow who is one of those kind of people. He goes by "Roriconfan" on anime-related sites. He actually commented on my reviews on MyAnimeList (I actually archived my reviews to other sites) and he told me this "I see you have written some detailed reviews as well. Too bad people no longer vote as positive or as often as a few years ago. You could get a spot in the top ten that way." I thought to myself (I never told him this and don't plan to) "Why does there need to be competition over something like this?". I did tell him that I got into Legend of the Galactic Heroes because he kept bringing it up more often, he then responded "After you finish logh, you will lower most of your scores by 2 and won't like most of everything afterwards. Join the club."  I did not respond to that comment, but I am ready to tell him that I like it, and if it lands in my favorites, so be it, but I refuse to be part of the fanbase of that show, or maybe I don't have to say a damn thing to him. I find this "Roriconfan" guy annoying already. Color me surprised if you already heard of this guy before I mentioned him.

Anyway, that's all I can think of.

Sakura-con went well, I got to have my Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa movie autographed by Vic Mignogna. I actually got to sing a death metal song on Rock Band while cosplaying as Germany, one of my friends thought it was pretty hardcore. The song I did was Hammer Smashed Face by Cannibal Corpse. I did in fact sing Du Hast by Rammstein as a fitting moment for my cosplay. I kinda choked on that one, but the people there thought it was pretty cool.

I will be heading to another anime convention called Aki-Con which will take place from October 25-27 and I just found out that Johnny Yong Bosch will be there this year. Johnny Yong Bosch was the voice of Vash the Stampede from Trigun, Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach, and Lelouch vi Britannia from Code Geass. I am pretty excited for that, but I got plenty of time to work on costumes and so forth. I am planning on going as Albert Wesker from Resident Evil and the Demon Lord Ghirahim from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

Also, I did mention that Fullmetal Alchemist would be my 50th review, well...I am placing FMA on my 75 milestone instead and putting it on hold until October 3, 2013. I am not reviewing this one solo however. I have a friend that got me into Fullmetal Alchemist and I wanted her to be part of that review but since there has been some delays concerning other projects, that's a minor reason I am moving it up. I get the feeling that having a written crossover review seems a little silly for some or most users on here but I found potential to make it work, but that's just me.

What is taking FMA's place is an anime called Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It's a space opera anime that is 110 episodes long and I have researched this anime and found that this anime was never released in the U.S. and that it was elaborate with detail and character development and so forth. I am annoyed that the fanbase sees it that there is no anime that compares to it and I get extremely annoyed from the so-called Anime Elitists that love this show claim that they have better tastes than the average viewer because they sat through this one or something like that. It's fine to be a fan of something, it's nice to have favorites, but to shove opinions in the way of debunking or bashing others is a completely different story. I do believe there are some animes that truly stand out and have stood the test of time, but that doesn't mean I bash others for not liking them. I think everyone in the anime fandom has their own tastes in shows and I respect that.

With that said, Sakura-con did go well as planned. I hope to submit a discussion panel for next year's convention where the discussion panel will be about The Anime Fandom. I am looking forward to next year's convention. I did get some nods from my cosplay. Zhe trip vas most Wunderbar, and GERMANY RECOGNIZES HIS FRIEND ITALY!. he tells me "PASTAAAA!"

That's all for now, until then... Geronimo!

Happy belated birthday.