05 - Destinies of the Elements omake

Finally, what you've all been waiting for!
(Yeah right.)
Direct link to image: Destinies of the Elements 005 by ~hreaper on deviantART





While Arkh was in Tenshinron's Tavern, he met Kaede and bought him a drink. He took one sip of it and then was KO for awhile. Arkh had to drag him up to his room. <_<

I decided to create a Deviantart account. Thought I'd try it out.

Applying for Your First Game Industry Job

I got this very interesting article from Game Career Guide about how to apply for your first job in the game industry. But I think it's more for application of one of those big names in the game industry (EA, Microsoft, Ubisoft etc).

Time Magazine Interview with Takaya Natsuki (Author of Fruits Basket)

Fruits Basket is a very nice manga about the life of a first year high school student Honda Tohru and her relationship with several people of the Souma family who have a curse that turns them into members of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals when hugged by the opposite sex.

I'm currently reading the manga, though I did watch the Fruits Basket anime which was aired around 2001. The story is still on-going.

Here's an excerpt from the interview with Takaya Natsuki which I have a keen interest in (mainly, manga story writing and drawing):

TIME: How do you define manga in terms of storyline, characters and visual style?

NT: I try to make it so that I don't hold a firm definition. Rather than be locked into that and have my creations become clumsy and awkward, I want everything to have a certain softness — a freedom.

TIME: What do you think about manga being attempted by non-Japanese creators? Do you consider it manga or another form?

NT: Simply put, I'm glad that manga as an expressive form is expanding. I think that nationality has no relation to that which gives rise to manga. Even among the Japanese, manga creators are making their creations everyday reflecting their own individuality, with none being the same. What is important isn't the differences between the creators but their love for manga.

Reading Eye Movement

Here's a few tips on how to read a person's thoughts by reading his/her eyes.

The direction the person moves his or her eyes can often determine whether the answer is from memory or not. It works the best with visual thoughts. A person will typically look upward to the left if reaching into memory and to the right if creating the answer or constructing imaged images.

Although most people follow this left-right rule, there are some who are just the opposite. It is good to determine which is which before jumping to conclusions. You can find out the correct directions of a person by asking some leading questions like "What was the color of your first car?" to get a response from memory, and "What is your opinion of the President?" to get a creative response.

An interesting way to see if someone's lying to you about something. :)

One Piece - Going Merry (Life Size Replica)

How cool is that? A life size replica of a ship in an anime.

The Going Merry is the ship used by the Straw Hat Pirates in One Piece in their travels across East Blue and the Grand Line to find One Piece.

The anime is still on-going and has spawned many games. The show has also suffered mutilation under the hands of 4Kids who owned the license in America.

As quoted in Wikipedia:
"...4Kids has altered some of its titles to the point where they have lost the qualities that originally made them appealing in Japan, by rewriting entire storylines, significantly altering character personalities, and replacing the original background music and themes."

Doraemon Voice Actress PWNs Arkanoid

Doraemon is a dysfunctional robotic cat from the 22nd century who came to the past to help the life Nobita Nobi, since his bungling in school and his career has left his family in poverty which is felt right up to his decendants.

Doraemon originated in Japan and was aired by TV Asahi in 1979 and have since become very famous, especially in Southeast Asia.

The latest voice actor for Doraemon, Oyama Nobuyo have appeared in a tv show showing her skills in Arkanoid. However, she mentions that she's only good at Arkanoid and no other games. :)


Doraemon's favorite food is dorayaki. If you're interested in finding where they sell the snack in Malaysia, here's where you can find it. :D

[Edit 2006/10/10]
An anouncement as of 13/3/2005 in Anime News Network have confirmed new voice actors for Doraemon with Mizuta Wasabi as Doraemon. What's surprising is that Seki Tomokazu (Sagara Sousuke - Full Metal Panic, Yzak Joule - Gundam SEED) will be voicing Suneo. :))

I wonder how he will sound like. :D