These are my thoughts as I watched it. Some will not make sense, sorry, LOL. I'm crazy like that.
It seems that most people are numbering back at one, so I will too. First people with lines - Shirin and Klaus. Klaus is a new character, and Shirin is now Lara Croft, Tomb Raider. Sergei lives in a pretty posh house. Nice sweater! He's on the phone with Kati, hmm. As for the answer that he's looking for from Soma, my guess is that he's asked her to join the military again. Let's not get any wild ideas. I wonder why Ian's letting his daughter be part of the crew. Yay, Tieria! :D Look, Louise! Yay, Setsuna! Saji gets attacked by a spider bot! Setsuna and Saji remember each other. Louise: MY BRAIN, IT BLEEDS. Tieria comes to save Setsuna! Yay, Feldt! Yay, Lasse! Saji wants to kill Setsuna, for revenge for his sister and Louise's hand family. Louise is a druggie. Amuro Livonze and Regene's outfits remind of a cult. The last four years have not been good to Wang, and why is she working with them? Sumeragi is in Billy's bed. Maked Man is definitely Graham. Andrei is hot. And is here to pick Soma up. It seems that he and Sergei are estranged. Allelujah is Hannibal Lecter, and now OP. The younger versions of the meisters, plus podchildren! Tieria is a clone, I say! Christina and Litchy are in the OP, plus Neil. STOP PLAYING WITH MY MIND. Are Shirin and Klaus going to be a pairing? Sumeragi in a very purple uniform! So she comes back. SARAH PALIN! Er, Kati. La la la, oh look, there's more! Setsuna finds Lyle, a smoker (ew) and totally says - YOU!! COME WITH ME!! Lyle actually says "HOMELAND SECURITY?!" ROFL. Preview: Sestuna comes to Sumeragi and Billy's house to kidnap Sumeragi. Er, ask Sumeragi to be a captain again.
Yeah, I didn't update when I was in Japan. I was lazy.
And don't ask me about Japan. You don't want to know.
Let us take time to mourn the loss of Gunota. They say that there is other places for Gundam news. What other place? I don't understand.... *sniff*
Anyway, this blog will once again become active when the second season of Gundam 00 starts up again on October 5th. I could blog about the trailers, but I'm a lazy bum with unpopular opinions. And besides, you all seem to like my episode summaries/commentaries best anyway.
Okay, this isn't a fandom rant, but rather a personal one.
I am sick of people spelling my name wrong. :(
Now, my last name, I can understand, although it's annoying. But it's my first name.
K-R-I-S-T-E-N. Kristen.
Not Kristin. Not Christin. Not Christen.
I also end up getting called "Christine" and "Christina" half the time (if someone accidentally spells it "Cristina", I'm not as picky, as it's my Spanish name).
And when it comes to my last name, remember that copy and paste is your friend.
ETA: My name is not Kirsten either, although I do own the American Girl doll.
For Fanime 2008, I cosplayed as Murrue Ramius from Gundam SEED. I met a bunch of new friends at the Gundam gathering. As my blog entries have been slow lately, here's a few photos to tide you over until I go to Japan!
Ani and I did a mini shoot outside.
And now I'll be vain and post the photos of me that she took.
After the gathering, some of us did a mini shoot with winterwish (Found these photos on Flickr)
At the Gundam Gathering:
Strange crossover with a Zeon flag...
Tieria and Lockon (Gundam 00)
Tieria and Lockon (Gundam 00)
We played tossing the Haro while we waited.
YouTube is embedded now!
Lockon and Allelujah (Gundam 00); Gato, Kou (Gundam 0083); Setsuna (Gundam 00); Lacus (Gundam SEED)
Kotono Mitsuishi was at Animazement this weekend. I wish that she was at Fanime. She's Murrue's voice actress, and it totally would have been awesome to meet her (especially while cosplaying Murrue). Keiko Han (Lalah's voice actress) and Mitsuo Fukuda (the director of Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny) were there too. Apparently, very few people attended the panel.
I found a transcription of the Gundam panel here, but I'll copy the important parts here:
For Kotono Mitsuishi, she talked about her role as Murrue Ramius and the pink Haro. Mitsuishi talked about how Ramius was a female captain and she wasn’t sure how to perform the role, but she was glad to find out that Ramius was a strong but delicate person. It was challenging and interesting. She also recalled meeting Fukuda in Dendou and how he told her that she may be called in again to do a captain role. Then Mitsuishi recalled her first meeting with Keiko Han being an older sister figure (not quite like mom, but). ....
Q2: Are there any plans to continue the Seed series?
MF: I can’t say there are no plans, but there is nothing official right now about that. ...
I'm thinking that maybe the SEED movie isn't going to happen. Oh well.
Q3: Why did you choose Mitsuishi for the voice over for the previews? ...
MF: I can’t remember how it went but Morosawa (writer) was the person writing the previews. One of the rule for the preview is that they have to have the “gundam” phrase in every one of them. It was tough for her (Morosawa is the wife) to do that.
Q3: So why did you choose Mitsuishi…
MF: Captain Ramius… In Dendou, the character Vega was captain for a short time. I thought she would be good for that role. After that I thought she would be perfect for Ramius. It also just happened the role for the captain does the voiceover. ...
Q5: Can you do the Ramius line where you launch the Archangel?
KM: "All hands to battle stations, Archangel hasshin!"
Q8: I think Seed is the first Gundam series with a female captain of a ship. Was it intentional and are you aware you are laying the groundwork for future female captains?
MF: It’s not a big deal these days. After seeing Captain Janeway from Star Trek Voyager, I thought you can do a female captain just fine. That is how I decided how it would work in Seed.
MF: “I like Star Trek Old Series.”
LOLz.
You can read the rest of the interview at the link I posted above.
But seriously, she should have come to Fanime instead. *cries*
Hi! I'm Kristen, but I often go by Mirai online. I'm strange 21 year old female whose hobbies include watching anime (especially Gundam), surfing the internet, listening to music, going to the movies, learning new languages, reading books, and cosplaying. I am basically a geek/nerd/dork, and I'm a fourth year at the University of California, Davis. I am double majoring in Japanese and Spanish.
I'm a pretty big Gundam fan and have seen every series. I love the original Mobile Suit Gundam as well as Gundam SEED. My all time favorite characters are Murrue and Mwu and Mirai and Bright. Currently, my favorite non Gundam anime series are Soul Eater and D.Gray-man. The non-anime fandom that I'm into the most is The X-Files. I also love Harry Potter, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, etc. I'm really into J-Pop, especially Ayumi Hamasaki and Hello!Project.
