We will be tracking your sleigh that night…
Now that the Nyquil (I caught something fierce while busting my ass to clean the apartment) has worn off a bit and I am not about to pass out, it’s almost that time of year again. Soon it will be Christmas, and even if times are tough and money is short, I still would like to make a few wishes for the season of giving. I gave my able this year and Travis AFB has already flooded their Toys for Tots bin which is now a mountain with the bin in the center. Given how I have too much crap laying about in the house, I suppose I’d better just ask Santa Claus for something other than Gunpla or War Gaming stuff. Because I have the utmost confidence in NORAD I am sure that Mr. Claus will try his best to deliver on some of my hopes and dreams for the coming year, or risk an ICBM up his arse. (Yeah Christmas is not here yet, but since I trust that most of you will be good little boys and girls that you will be visiting friends and family.)
Macross Frontier Movie
Thanks to mai and comrade Haesslich (no threatening e-mail required I might add…) for his dogged insistence that I use this. My Alto-hime is the prettiest, not seriously it’s true. Hime went all out, I suppose we have Sheryl to thank for breaking out the booze and rummaging though Miyo-sama’s old clothes. Yakkk Deculture, indeed.
I have every reason to suspect that this one will be nothing more than Do You Remember Hime, but as such I have but one humble request on this front. Regardless of what ever it is that Kawamori does I want to see Sakura-hime Azuma Bunsho, preferably at the end where the power of my Alto-hime’s performance stops Grace’s plans and breaks the Vajra for all time, for BEST END. Just look at that promo material, Alto-hime looks way better than both of the heroines…Sheryl isn’t helping by letting Alto-hime keep the earring. I bet Sheryl can drink like a fish and that she even dolled up hime too seeing as how they probably were digging through Miyo-sama’s closet. We are half way there, don’t hold out on us Kawamori, you can even have flying rocks for all I care, just give us Sakura-hime Azuma Bunsho I’ll buy every VF-25 kit you put out even if it kills me.
Gundam 00
The Day of Reckoning is soon.
I have many wishes for this one. First off I want to see Prince Ali gut his opponents in full HD glory no censorship, I want to see blood spurting out of Lasse when Prince Ali rips his head off. I have a couple I wish to add to my liege’s hit list, and seeing how this is Christmas I hope that Prince Ali heeds my petition and adds or keeps the following to his hit list: Marie, Haptism, Lyle, Mariana, Sumeragi, Desu-Yellow, Ian, Lasse, Saji, Jihad-kun, and all of the Azadistani helots in Kataron. I also hope that Santa comes to his senses and also gifts Prince Ali with an upgrade to keep kicking ass, preferable a Dendrobium Orchis to take on Jihad-kun and Saji. It will be EPIC, trust me Mizushima, it made Kou Uraki tolerable so imagine what it could do for Prince Ali.
BEST END. I guarantee it.
Secondly I want Louise to be happy and the only way that is possible is to bring back Soma. Yuri ending is the only good ending! Screw Saji your plot line with loser Saji already failed when Louise showed some yuri love towards Soma making /m/en every where fap to LouisexSoma. Nobody wants to see Saji live any longer, trust me there are none, or at least soon they will all be extinct…just give me until the end of the year I guarantee it. Failing the return of Soma, Bushido Bob is an acceptable alternative to peel of Louise from the predictable and thus incredibly boring pairing with Saji. Bushido Bob, has honor he will never cheat on Louise, and certainly after the Sunrise Team sent Nena across Louise’s path, poor Louise deserves Soma, or at least a Bob instead of a Saji. Giving Louise Saji is like giving her a lump of coal stuffed inside a pile of shit. I have high hopes for this one given how Louise just deleted her Saji folder after learning how Saji had been with CB since day one and had betrayed her in a manner most base.
Together forever!
Thirdly I wish that Patrick “the Immortal” Colasour lives and makes his Katie happy. For the entire run of Gundam 00 so far only Patrick has been a good boy. Even when he got blasted off after every fight he never cried and always came back. A warrior who fights for love certainly deserves to live and propagate love until he dies of old age surrounded by his wife, his children, and his grand children. Besides Katie deserves to have a good husband, just because her protégé Sumeragi fucked up her own life by dallying with Billy doesn’t mean that Katie had anything to do with that. If Katie is not on the good list I insist that Santa check his list a third time (points towards the shiny red button).
Minami-ke
It’s all down hill from here…
Just one thing for the next season no more Fuyukis and the like. More of everything else please. Kana is Boss. That is all.
Tale of Genji
Don’t be squeamish.
Please let this one be as faithful to the source material as possible, disturbing loli-con overtones and all that means NO CUTS.
Seriously Folks…Merry Christmas or whatever you want to call it.
Give and ye shall receive.
In all seriousness though stay safe, don’t drink and drive, and be grateful with what you have. I am thankful that I at least have a military job until 2010 to keep me financially better off than most folks who have lost their jobs. Best wishes to all of us for finding employment or otherwise keeping the jobs that they got. For those of you in school, study hard. Finally no matter what given how must of us live in a fairly safe place on the globe, be thankful that you have that much, there are many people out there who don’t live in peaceful parts of the world and would gladly trade places with you. If you are better off please consider donating to a local charity your time or some food or toys will do just fine no matter how small. Thanks to the zoomies of Travis AFB along with the leathernecks, grunts, squids, puddle pirates, weekend warriors, civilians, and retirees who have contributed to the mountain of toys for the less fortunate this year, I know most of us didn’t have much to spend this year.
Here’s my image dump gift to the rest of you so you don’t have to lurk moar. Merry Christmas, Good luck with Ramadan if you adhere to that, and Happy Hanukkah because it starts today if I recall correctly for the Chosen People.
Patrick has been a good boy this year.
Soma is superior!
In Memory of Graham Acre who died last season.
If only they were still around…
Bob presents Gundam 00.
I miss last season…
The only senisble thing for Kawamori to do is to gender bend…
Oddly enough it seems loli-Klan fan art outnumbers Macronized Klan fan art…I think I know why.
Come on Kawamori, its almost too easy.
Macross FOR LIFE, amen.
Okay Gundam 00 team, I want this animated LIEK NAO!
Sadly gender bent Ranka was not as popular, shoutas get no love at all.
Merry Christmas Saji!
The Magic of Love.
Best Pairing.
Bushido Bob is acceptable.
If only he still had a daughter…
Celestial Being Upgraded.
Lecherous Lyle is lecherous.
Well now that Louise got a Custom Ahead, she only needs a new teacher to take Ginin’s place, I am sure Prince Ali needs some extra cash…
Ersatz Loli-Yuri.
We want Sakura-hime Azuma Bunsho!
Do You Remeber Hime, Summer 2009.
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I’m assuming this is the part where I’m supposed to act like Gundam 00 Second Season is some travesty to the first season and where select individuals get to pretend they weren’t all harping on the first season (because the message always has to change to the “weak sequel” one by this point if we want to keep things predictable
) but unfortunately it isn’t going to happen. You’ll find a lot of other takers who will jump at the chance to act out the expected scenario and chain of comments I’m sure though. Until then have a politically correct time of year and enjoy the ensuing events that go with it. Despite the fact that I’m likely wrong I have strangely high hopes for the coming year.
By the way I like the realism in not expecting much out of the Macross Frontier movie. Generally when you get a movie this soon after a series has ended it’s either one of two things, a formulaic sidestory (see Toei) or a compilation film. Rare exceptions include The Conqueror of Shambala. Expect it to compress the story down to the essential bits with maybe a little footage here and there but nothing truly new.
Ok well my Wiimote battery is almost out (Yes indeed I’m pulling tech tricks again. Funny that my Wii is seeing more use as a wireless internet terminal then as a game machine at the moment.) and it’s getting late so that’s all for now. Consider this anothet one of my experiments or a seaonal greeting as you will.us
Last Louise pic is too cute (plus the GN-XIII looks cute too!) for me to say anything else…
Two things: I am definitely looking forward to seeing more of Touma, and pleasegodno, anything but a male Sheryl. Is it too bold to hope Ranka shall be miraculously redeemed in the movie?
Merry Christmas (Happy Holidays, etc.), Crusader.
Is the santa tracking thing for real?
Merry Christmas to you too!
(NORAD must be well funded if it can spend money doing that . . .)
Merry Christmas!
(Patrick’s birthday is on 1st of January, so you can expect something interesting from Patrick in 13 or 14 ep.)
I love that last pic!!! Sheryl fight!!! And yes trap Alto acting within the storyline of the movie and not some flashback is also very much welcome
LOL @ Saji. Merry Christmas.
I’m expecting a compilation film with the QUALITY scenes redone to the standards set by episodes 1 and 25, art-wise, and maybe some bonuses if anything new us added (longer version if Sakamoto Aimo and less repetition of the normal ones). As for 00 S2, it’s done some incredible things with Louise; I couldn’t send her or Saji in S1 and was eonserig why they wasted airtime on the two – I wonder no longer. Louise has gotten some good development, more so than most of the protgonists… and she’s not as useless as most of the female pilots in recent Gundam series have been. Ages also a lot more sympathetic character as an antagonist than most; her and Patrick.
Actually, that applies to a lot of the A-LAWS.
of, even. Dang small keyboard.
@Kaioshin
Operative word is wish, and I wish that SomaxLouise were possible, I know the truth of the matter is far from that, but I can’t say no to a chance to post yuri fan art. Besides Patrick and Katie have a decent shot at survival, and with any luck Prince Ali will get an upgrade of some sort, though my liege lord is already badass and more than capable of giving Gundam 00 Raiser a run for its money. The difference in skill is obvious.
I missed out on the chance to play all my Wii games so it’s chugging along for me just fine, still I have much to unlock. You know you could have some family over to play with you…Mario Kart and SSBB is more fun with three other people.
I’ve been a Macross lifer for some time and am still slogging through Macross 7, I have been able to formulate reasonable expectations for what Kawamori plans on doing. Still Do You Rmember Hime will at least sport better visuals.
@schneider
I need to find one with Smultron…the search continues.
@Myu
Given how most Macross Movies and OVAs have turned out, expecting a new story line that deviates that much is rather far fetched. At least it will be better animated and Ranka won’t get recycle shot in the final scene.
@Mia
Yep it’s been a tradition since the 1950s, it’s pretty neat and mildly fun if you have younger relations.
@IKnight
Merry Christmas comrade, I hope that for Christmas Santa gives you an injection of inspiration to get you out of your slump.
USAF has money for PR, and DoD needs all the good PR they can get.
@lilu
I know what Patrick wants for his birthday…
@mai
With any luck it will happen.
@anonymii
As you can tell Saji was a bad boy this year…
@Haesslich
Yeah I am expecting some better visuals given how Macross Frontier suffered from QUALITY animation far too often. Adding Sakura-hime Azuma Bunsho would still be some very fine icing on what ought to be a good cake.
Watching the live stream last night made me forgive all the pain of the first season, at least it was for something in the end. Louise has continued to surprise which is a good thing. Looks Ginin was more of an influence that we thought. the A-Laws are still decent folks for the most part, although the kick the dog moment was rather tepid and without much build. Still Kataron has the worst military industrial complex out of all of the factions.
Still I hope you enjoyed the SomaxLouise Yuri.
“Ages also a lot more sympathetic character as an antagonist than most; her and Patrick.”
She’s even. BAH.
… and ’stand’. Damned edit function’s gone on the blink.
@Haesslich
If you’d like I can edit your comment.
Merry Christmas! You hit so many fanboy buttons in this post. I nosebled.
First, I’m really happy you’re giving the Patrick x Katie ship this much attention. I’m probably enjoying the show more because of them than any other character-based value delivery. They’re just like me and my waifu.
Cheers to you for being a fellow Macross Lifer! I still hold on to futile hopes that Ranka does a whole lot of redemptive actions for the Macross movie. At the very least, the screencaps should be glorious.
Merry Christmas comrade!
The only thing I want for Christmas in anime just for Gundam 00 that everyone dies.
Thank you Crusader making one damn good blog and kept inspired me the most to start my own blogging next year man, hope both of us challenge each other in the long run for making our blogs get better man, see it soon and God Bless you!
Mako-chan! Touma-kun! Indeed, more Minami-ke would be most welcome, especially since the staff at AsRead seem to be actually paying attention this time and not going at it half-arsed. The fact that Chiaki seems to have lost her badly gradient-colored hair in the preview images is already a step in the right direction.
Merry Christmas and an advanced Happy New Year!
May Kawamori gift us with Sakura-hime in the movie…and may Desu-Yellow find her head in Saji’s ass as they fall to their doom bestowed upon by Prince Ali.
The humorous thing about NORAD is I live 15 minutes away from one of their stations.
Crazy impossibles list:
1. Bob surviving
2. Prince surviving
3. Bob fights Prince
4. Bob teams up with Prince fighting CB
5. Bob and/or Prince fights Innovators
6. Sergei fighting
7. Al+Hal fights Bob and/or Prince
I don’t really have a wish list concerning the Yuri and what not because sadly, I don’t believe it’s impossible for Sunrise to consider!
Crap forgot the Macross part.
1. No more Vajra.
2. More like, stuff like what Crusader said.
3. Quality action, if not, just no action.
4. No EMOTIONAL crap.
5. Swarms of larval Ai-Kuns.
@ghostlightning
Merry Christmas to you and your folks too!
How can any one hate poor Patrick he never did anything bad to anyone who didn’t deserve it and he has been a good boy all year. Besides any admirier of Katie’s is a upstanding bloke in my book.
@Highman
I know the feeling may the Spirit of Tomino visit the Gundam 00 Team this year.
@Myssa Rei
Yeah it looks like they might be correcting some past mistakes, and hoepfully the magic of the first season will be back. I am sure Touma-kun and Mako-cakes are fated to be partners forever…
@raile
Merry Christmas to you too!
I am sue Kawamori will not fail when it comes to his movie, and the promo material has been promising to say the least.
@Regnal
Say hi to the boys and girls who work there for me, and in case of nuclear war head for the bunker!
@Lawl
That’s quite a list ya got there, I hope you have been a good kid this year.
Wuwahh~ I didnt’ know genderbent Macross Frontier for non-Alto characters existed! Am much LOVING it, source please?