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This sounds interesting... I'm definitely looking forward to it.

Thats a complicated question, but personally I would get to know the person better before accepting to date them... Perhaps I'm just overly cautious, but before I get into a relationship I would like to know a lot about her first, lest I turn into an emotional mess when/if she dumps me.


Its a balance between caution and good judgement, if you ask me. Perhaps he's an amazingly sweet, dependable guy, but you wouldn't know until you get to know him better.

 

Um, its not that I have high expectations, as I don't expect people to live up to my personal standards. Instead, I simply try to hold myself responsible for how I behave by respecting others in the way I believe is proper even if they do not return the gesture. I am happy to receive any form of social interaction, even if it boarders on abuse, because I realize that I'm probably not the easiest person to get along with either and I shouldn't expect everyone (or anyone for that matter) to like me.



Sorry about driving the conversation off-topic

Perhaps pollen has something to do with it, but I think I am leaning more toward dust...


Either way, its driving me nuts right now since I am trying to study for an economics exam.

 

Oooooh, you guys are always coming up with such difficult questions...

I would probably say that I like dependable people who respect others and acknowledge their own shortcomings. This just so happens to be the complete opposite of how my parents and siblings act.


Respect is something that I prize highly because it shows that you actually care enough about the other person to place value in what they say, do, believe, etc. This is something that a lot of guys just don't have because they quite frankly act like they are, every one of them, God's gift to mankind incarnate. Perhaps its just my negative slant towards my fellow men in general, but they typically have so big of egos that its irritating to even be around them.


Why can't being polite and civil to each other be the cultural norm?

 

I'm allergic to... something, I'm sure... Its the worst in spring and fall, but I haven't managed to narrow down what it is, exactly (its something airborne, that's all I know)

Hm, my favorite movie... That's a tough one to be sure.

I have a list of five movies that I really really like, though, but I can't say this is the actual order in which I would place them.


1. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (movie)

2. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

3. Howl's Moving Castle

4. Spirited Away

5. The Place Promised in Our Early Days

 

Hello and welcome to Transcendence! Always a pleasure to greet a new face around here... We could always use more translators!

Hello, welcome to the team


I'm a cleaner/quality checker/editor-in-training who is also working on animation class projects on the side


Anyway, we are glad to have you and perhaps we can work together on a project in the future.

 

Good stuff! I especially like the rain one, its got some great detail and the design of the clouds is very unique (for me, unique is always good).

 

Hardly... I usually just stay inside due to my sensitivity to light (bright lights give me terrible headaches) which also keeps me safe from those ravening insects known as mosquitoes.

 

I've heard that mosquitoes have weak wings, so when your outside try to get a lot of air flow around the area that you have to be (like pull out a big industrial-sized fan) if you have to be outside in one place for an extended period of time... plus it doubles as a good way to keep a bit cooler.


If you have a large body of water on your property like a pond, its almost essential to have fish in it to eat the mosquitoes and keep them from overpopulating... or if you have enough room you could attract mosquito-eating animals like some types of birds and bats.



Other than that, just limit outdoor exposure and only go out on bright or windy days.

Ika Musume and Switch Girl, and of course the manga that I clean and QC: Black Bird and Spirit of the Ocean.

Super Driver -  Aya Hirano

Yeah 

I will scan it and send you a link to it as soon as I can... I'm a bit preoccupied with some other things at the moment but I will get to it as I can, I promise.

Pleased to meet you 

I'm new around here as well, and I am currently being tested for my cleaning skills (although initially I applied for QC and Proofreading positions). I hope we can hit it off well and get to know each other better in the future

Talk to someone of course... I spend way too much of my time just listening to music.

Would you rather have cake or pie?

I'll scan the one finished picture that I have and send you it ASAP, then the others as I finish them (it will probably take me a few days to get the others since I am focusing on getting a scene done by this Weds for class.)

Renny, I will scan the concept art I have for my Moon Warrior as soon as I get home ^_^" Would you be willing to colorize it for me?

PS: I have already photographed it, but its too low of quality of photo to really do a good job on colorizing it (aside from the fact that the picture is actually flipped): http://ambezua.deviantart.com/art/Moon-Warrior-206484795

Alright, I will sign you up for colorist then, thanks Renny! Should I send you the individual frames that need colorizing or should I send you the complete movie file for colorizing?

Mostly what I need in terms of cutscene is:

1. Title screen opening animation (letters appearing, sliding to different blocks of text)

2. Basic transitional effects such as fade to black, cross-fade to white and black, slide, drop, narrowing from below and above to black, narrowing circle with fade to black

3. Credits scrolling

I could use another person other than Ryu (assuming she officially agrees to provide voice acting) just in case something unexpected turns up, so I will sign you up as well ^^" I will just be needing English voice acting. (Although it would be cool if we could get someone fluent in english and japanese.)

Gets: seto no hanayome

Inserts: an onion

Oh, a low female voice would be awesome. 

She's quite a tough girl, not your average female anime lead character by any long shot (unless you are used to watching shows like Shikabene Hime). So yeah, a deep voice is fine. Try out the lines if you want and email me the sound files so I can properly lip-sync (timing is crucial!)

The date of the rough final is about nine weeks from today, with the completed version set two weeks later (that's a total of 11 weeks for the mathematically challenged) I know that's quite a while from now, but I want to really polish it out well so I need all the time I can get.

I'm shooting for around 700-1000 unique frames (I haven't actually finalized any just yet other than backgrounds so the estimate is based on other people's frame count) in the finished project, and around 2:00 of screen time.

Hello, I realize that not many people here know me, but I wanted to make an announcement all the same since some of you may be interested in helping me on this project (yes, you will get credit in the final version). For my traditional animation class final, I will be required to submit a minimum of 30 seconds of footage, illustrating what I have learned over the semester... It must have a music track and/or voice acting.



My goal is to create a 2-2:30 minute one-shot action story. Its a little one-shot story that has been floating around in my head for a while now. Its about this quiet, sort of out-of-place warrior known simply as "Moon Warrior" (Not a reference to sailor moon or anything, I just named her weapon a Moon Hammer so that's the only thing that comes to mind to name her) who for some unexplained reason is in charge of guarding a shrine floating in the sky. She is resting by herself for what seems like eternity when she looks up and sees the Sky Spirit (think flowing robes, clouds around him, etc.) who declares that the shrine is an affront against himself. Moon Warrior stands up and engauges in combat with him, much hammer swinging and lightning bolt launching ensues. Throughout the combat there are short cutscenes that explain why she is there and why she is now alone. Finally the fight scenes eventually end, we are left with Moon Warrior in a similar state as before, simply waiting for someone to challenge her again



I have chosen two pieces composed by "Two Steps From Hell"

Action Period Music: (Spirit of Champions) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rm9mIneSVA

Ending Credits Music: (Undying Love) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14ZkxaV7fQQ



What I am looking for is:

1. Voice actor for the Moon Warrior herself (Don't worry, she doesn't have a lot of lines)

2. A digital cutscene specialist (I'm not very savvy with the programs at UTD yet)

3. Japanese language consultant (to make sure I am drawing the japanese letters correctly, and to ensure that I am properly translating them)

3. (optional) Colorists to painstakingly colorize my sketches!

4. Reviewers for the final product



Please just leave a post here if you are interested, and like I said, you WILL receive credit for your work. Thank you in advance, and I hope we can make an awe-inspiring product by the end of this semester.

- Luis

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Script

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Key: [text] (dialogue/spoken lines) {actions}

Title Screen:

[Moon Warrior]

[Concept, Art, and Story by Luis Jimenez]

[Music by Two Steps to Hell]

[and Revennaras' Epic Scores]

Opening Scene:

{Moon Warrior is leaning against the Sakura tree outside the shrine when she stands up, grasps her moon hammer and looks up to her right}

Voice: (They reached forth to the sky, and grasped at the nothingness)

Moon Warrior: (Those that bear the Moon Hammer bear the weight of the shrine itself upon their shoulders)

{Sky Spirit appears}

Sky Spirit: (Then I looked, and beheld that they were as nothing at all)

{Moon Warrior runs toward him}

Flashback Scene:

{overlooking the entire floating island}

[This place was meant to be a place of paradise, where mankind and the spirits of the sky could join together in peace]

Present Scene:

{Moon warrior Swings- - then Performs Downward Strike-http://www.mediafire.com/?mky7t5z85goglf2-}

Flashback Scene:

[We came here with that one dream, a dream which my parents and older siblings carried with them through their lives]

[And Deaths]

Present Scene:

{Sky Spirit dodges and begins to cast a spell, forming lighting between his hands}

{Moon Warrior Stabs the end of the Moon Hammer into the ground before her and forms runes in her hands}

{Sky Spirit attacks, a lightning bolt falling from the sky and interrupting Moon Warrior's counter spell, causing her to cry out in pain}

{Moon Warrior rushes out of the smoke and nearly slices Sky Spirit with the blade on her hammer}

{Sky Spirit throws a lightning punch which Moon Warrior deflects}

{Moon Warrior Then jumps back and completes the counter spell}

{flashes to black}

Moon Warrior: (Here I will remain..)

Moon Warrior: (For the Fight will continue...)

Moon Warrior: (Until I too am gone)

Credits:

[Moon Warrior]

[Concept, Art, and Story by Luis Jimenez]

[Voice Cast]

[Moon Warrior - Ryu, Renny]

[Sky Spirit - Luis Jimenez]

[Music]

[Two Steps to Hell and Revennaras' Epic Scores]

[Special Thanks For:]

[Colorizing by Renny]

[Cutscene Effects by Renny]

[Japanese language consulting by ]

[Pre-completion Reviewed by Mister Want, Ryu]

Gets: Miku Hatsune

Inserts: A Flash Drive

Actually, that's probably the best state to be in.  Don't look for it, let it find you.  /cheese
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Sitting around waiting for happiness (or love in this case) to fall in your lap is quite overly optimistic if you ask me. I've been trying that for the last ten years or so and its just pretty much gotten me ignored. 



If you want anything good out of life, love, money, success, a stable relationship, etc., its something you have to work at and find for yourself. Just expecting things to fall out of the sky on you will just leave you disappointed and possibly depressed.



Personally, I find love as the condition of willingness to give up certain comforts, pleasures, desires, time, effort, dreams, etc. in order to obtain the companionship, respect, and faithfulness of someone else. Its expected that both sides will make sacrifices to one degree or another due to how much they value each other rather than simply looking for what they can "get out of" the relationship for themselves. In this perspective, its a lot more about the personality of the other person than their looks. Sure, you won't probably fall in love with someone who you find repulsive, and being easy on the eyes certainly helps, but I find most people's criteria much too biased towards looks. If I could find someone who could bear to deal with my personality and isn't too put off by my looks then I would be more than happy to make some pretty drastic lifestyle changes. 



The problem is, I'm absolutely terrible at reading romantic vibes or the lack thereof, so in the end I'm left wondering if I even have a chance at love at all. All the jerks who are upfront and blunt with how shallow they really are tend to capture all the attention. 



In the end I'm left wondering if there is even a place for the sentimental, polite, and kind in the world.  So in the end I'm stuck watching anime and reading manga about relationships and banging my head on the wall in mild irritation as my roommates act like complete idiots in their own relationships.



I'm type-casted as the friend, darn it, and feel free to call me a cynic if you must but it seems I am just destined to be alone. 



That's pretty much my take on love... Be active, be willing to give up things, and even if you are all those things it still might not work out. That's just how it goes these days.

The very first? Let me think about that one 

The Little Bits (Yes, that is an anime). Its about a lot of little fairies (or pixies, I forget which) that live in the forest next to a mountain. That was back when I was, like, four or five, and I didn't recognize it as anime at the time. The first one I realized was actually anime was Sailor Moon, from when I was around six or seven.

I didn't really get into anime until I saw Ranma 1/2 though. 

Given how much I have watched... It was pretty hard for me to narrow down. Anyway, here are what I would suggest watching (if you haven't already) helpfully divided up into different sections.

Top Suggestions (faves of all time):

1. Ranma 1/2

2. TMOHS

3. Kanon 2006

4. Lucky Star

5. FMA: Brotherhood

6. Toradora



Comedy/Romantic Comedy:

1. Ika Musume

2. Pita Ten

3. The World Only God Knows

4. Nichijou

5. Seto no Hanayome

6. Potemayo

7. Lovely Complex

8. Special A



Action/comedy

1. Ranma 1/2

2. FMA: Brotherhood

3. Guardian of the Sacred Spirit

4. Full Metal Panic

5. Beelzebub

6. Mahoromatic (With caution... it has lots of stuff in it worthy of its R rating)

7. Zombie Desu Ka



Drama/Mystery/Comedy:

1. Gosick

2. Detective Conan

3. C: The Money and Soul of Possibility

4. Kamisama no Michi (God's Notebook)

Oh, and I'm new around here

I hope I can get to know you all well from now on