WACOM bullied me.
Went to the anime convention at the Asian Civilisations Museum yesterday and saw ALL THE COOL DRAWING EQUIPMENT THE MANGA ARTISTS WERE USING.
Look at this. Just LOOK at this!
http://www.wacom-asia.com/products/cintiq/cintiq_index.html
It's got an interactive digital pen-to-screen display! i.e. you can draw DIRECTLY onto the screen. No more mouse or confusing tablet. (Not taht I can even afford one of those tablets.) I've been looking forward to this for years.
And how much does it probably cost? 5K.
WACOM is evil.
At least now people know what I really, really want for my birthday.
On the other hand, there's this really wonderful anime/game/movie shop right next to the escalator across the road from the main part of Raffles CIty, directly in front of the escalator I usually take when I want to reach the MRT station from Singapore River. They've got the WETA figurines for ALL the LOTR chacacters, the swords (!!!!), the jewellery (!!!!, except that I still couldn't find the Fellowship Brooch -- nowhere seems to sell it!) and the miniatures. Oh the miniatures. They also sell FF stuff I've never seen anywhere else besides online or Comics Connection, which overprices it even more than that shop does. They're selling the Griever ring for $7.90. Should I get it?
The Nenya ring looks really good. Of course, it's also really expensive. I'll see what I've had left after I've got my LOTR DVDs.
Back to Anime convention.
There were cosplayers all over the place. There was one from Chobits and two from Full Metal Alchemist (Edward complete with the metal arm), a photographer in the costume of the main character from Samurai X, someone who wore a rather badly made version of Lacus' blue outfit from Gundam Seed and was holding a little pink ball which was supposed to be Haro, and others whose clothes I didn't know the origin of. And an Aerith from FFVII! None from Inuyasha or the other FFs though. Not that I'm complaining.
Was watching the screening of Ghost in the Shell. The artwork and animation was exceptional, especially for a TV series, where it tends to be shoddier. Am in love with the opening theme, but not sure what it is with the main character's rather revealing outfit. Swimsuit not the best thing to wear for potentially abrasive combat.
They showed it in the english dub, and I HATE that voice actress! Her inflections are mostly wrong and she is so SMUG. And rude. And snide. I know the producers were probably looking for the femme fatale stuff when they chose her and they were half right, she's sneery and she's cocky, but she irritates the hell out of me. If I were one of her superiors or surbordinates I'd be irritated to even lower hell. If I'm at the 18th level hearing her already I'd be reincarnated immediately if I were one of the characters in the show every time I heard her talk. Why can't they just stick to the original and add subtitles?
I went to LaserFlair before going to the anime convention and they were showing Spirited Away on one of their little screens. In English dub. It wasn't as bad as in Ghost in the Shell. But it was close enough. Chihiro was so whiny. And it was near the end, for goodness' sake, where she utterly wasn't supposed to be.
Shall stop ranting now to go and eat lunch. Mother's cooked ginger chicken.
Look at this. Just LOOK at this!
http://www.wacom-asia.com/products/cintiq/cintiq_index.html
It's got an interactive digital pen-to-screen display! i.e. you can draw DIRECTLY onto the screen. No more mouse or confusing tablet. (Not taht I can even afford one of those tablets.) I've been looking forward to this for years.
And how much does it probably cost? 5K.
WACOM is evil.
At least now people know what I really, really want for my birthday.
On the other hand, there's this really wonderful anime/game/movie shop right next to the escalator across the road from the main part of Raffles CIty, directly in front of the escalator I usually take when I want to reach the MRT station from Singapore River. They've got the WETA figurines for ALL the LOTR chacacters, the swords (!!!!), the jewellery (!!!!, except that I still couldn't find the Fellowship Brooch -- nowhere seems to sell it!) and the miniatures. Oh the miniatures. They also sell FF stuff I've never seen anywhere else besides online or Comics Connection, which overprices it even more than that shop does. They're selling the Griever ring for $7.90. Should I get it?
The Nenya ring looks really good. Of course, it's also really expensive. I'll see what I've had left after I've got my LOTR DVDs.
Back to Anime convention.
There were cosplayers all over the place. There was one from Chobits and two from Full Metal Alchemist (Edward complete with the metal arm), a photographer in the costume of the main character from Samurai X, someone who wore a rather badly made version of Lacus' blue outfit from Gundam Seed and was holding a little pink ball which was supposed to be Haro, and others whose clothes I didn't know the origin of. And an Aerith from FFVII! None from Inuyasha or the other FFs though. Not that I'm complaining.
Was watching the screening of Ghost in the Shell. The artwork and animation was exceptional, especially for a TV series, where it tends to be shoddier. Am in love with the opening theme, but not sure what it is with the main character's rather revealing outfit. Swimsuit not the best thing to wear for potentially abrasive combat.
They showed it in the english dub, and I HATE that voice actress! Her inflections are mostly wrong and she is so SMUG. And rude. And snide. I know the producers were probably looking for the femme fatale stuff when they chose her and they were half right, she's sneery and she's cocky, but she irritates the hell out of me. If I were one of her superiors or surbordinates I'd be irritated to even lower hell. If I'm at the 18th level hearing her already I'd be reincarnated immediately if I were one of the characters in the show every time I heard her talk. Why can't they just stick to the original and add subtitles?
I went to LaserFlair before going to the anime convention and they were showing Spirited Away on one of their little screens. In English dub. It wasn't as bad as in Ghost in the Shell. But it was close enough. Chihiro was so whiny. And it was near the end, for goodness' sake, where she utterly wasn't supposed to be.
Shall stop ranting now to go and eat lunch. Mother's cooked ginger chicken.
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