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Kung Fu Panda

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So far Kung Fu Pnada was the best non japanese Cartoon movie I have seen from 2008 production.
I have got the HD vesion and it was really great watching although my old PC couldn't stand some really colory seens and lagged a bit.awww

Cast:
Jack Black... Po
Dustin Hoffman... Shifu
Angelina Jolie... Tigress
Ian McShane... Tai Lung
Jackie Chan... Monkey
Seth Rogen... Mantis
Lucy Liu... Viper
David Cross... Crane
Randall Duk Kim... Oogway
James Hong... Mr. Ping
Dan Fogler... Zeng
Wayne Knight... Gang Boss
Kyle Gass... KG Shaw
JR Reed ... JR Shaw

Here is a summary from imdb:

It's the story about a lazy, irreverent slacker panda, named Po, who is the biggest fan of Kung Fu around...which doesn't exactly come in handy while working every day in his family's noodle shop. Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po's dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five -- Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey -- under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it's up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu master into reality? Po puts his heart - and his girth - into the task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths. Written by Anthony Pereyra




Something really interesting in this cartoon was the 2D graphic. I think there is still time to have 2D cartoons instead of trying to get as 3D as possible. That's because I am more into japanese cartoons that are called anime.( you should probably know the oscar winner sprited away from studio chibi)
It is probably a most watch and is recommended to all ages( sometimes laughing:clown: is great for your health).

Kung Fu Panda

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So far Kung Fu Pnada was the best non japanese Cartoon movie I have seen from 2008 production.
I have got the HD vesion and it was really great watching although my old PC couldn't stand some really colory seens and lagged a bit.awww

Cast:
Jack Black... Po
Dustin Hoffman... Shifu
Angelina Jolie... Tigress
Ian McShane... Tai Lung
Jackie Chan... Monkey
Seth Rogen... Mantis
Lucy Liu... Viper
David Cross... Crane
Randall Duk Kim... Oogway
James Hong... Mr. Ping
Dan Fogler... Zeng
Wayne Knight... Gang Boss
Kyle Gass... KG Shaw
JR Reed ... JR Shaw

Here is a summary from imdb:

It's the story about a lazy, irreverent slacker panda, named Po, who is the biggest fan of Kung Fu around...which doesn't exactly come in handy while working every day in his family's noodle shop. Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po's dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five -- Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey -- under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it's up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu master into reality? Po puts his heart - and his girth - into the task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths. Written by Anthony Pereyra




Something really interesting in this cartoon was the 2D graphic. I think there is still time to have 2D cartoons instead of trying to get as 3D as possible. That's because I am more into japanese cartoons that are called anime.( you should probably know the oscar winner sprited away from studio chibi)
It is probably a most watch and is recommended to all ages( sometimes laughing:clown: is great for your health).

Kung Fu Panda

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So far Kung Fu Pnada was the best non japanese Cartoon movie I have seen from 2008 production.
I have got the HD vesion and it was really great watching although my old PC couldn't stand some really colory seens and lagged a bit.awww

Cast:
Jack Black... Po
Dustin Hoffman... Shifu
Angelina Jolie... Tigress
Ian McShane... Tai Lung
Jackie Chan... Monkey
Seth Rogen... Mantis
Lucy Liu... Viper
David Cross... Crane
Randall Duk Kim... Oogway
James Hong... Mr. Ping
Dan Fogler... Zeng
Wayne Knight... Gang Boss
Kyle Gass... KG Shaw
JR Reed ... JR Shaw

Here is a summary from imdb:

It's the story about a lazy, irreverent slacker panda, named Po, who is the biggest fan of Kung Fu around...which doesn't exactly come in handy while working every day in his family's noodle shop. Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po's dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five -- Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey -- under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it's up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu master into reality? Po puts his heart - and his girth - into the task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths. Written by Anthony Pereyra





Something really interesting in this cartoon was the 2D graphic. I think there is still time to have 2D cartoons instead of trying to get as 3D as possible. That's because I am more into japanese cartoons that are called anime.( you should probably know the oscar winner sprited away from studio chibi)
It is probably a most watch and is recommended to all ages( sometimes laughing:clown: is great for your health).

The Best of Anime 2008

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Since I'm a big fan of anime, I though of sharing the post I read about the bests of 2008 on a website I chack everyday.
2008 has ended. It is interesting to see according to one of best anime websites I read often, which anime gets the most interest in different categories.
Random Curiosity just announced the best anime of 2008. This selection was based on the anime that the writer have seen, although they are almost the most popular if not the best probably one of the bests.

Source: Random Curiosity

This would be an easy choice if it were 2009 and I had the option of choosing Soul Eater because that has some of the best action I’ve seen all year, and it does so very consistently. Since these aren’t the 2009 awards though, the decision gets a bit harder. I watched plenty of shows with action this year, and given my tastes, that skewed heavily mecha. From an action point of view, I have to choose Gundam 00 because it had a variety of battles that kept you on the edge of your seat and showed that Gundams weren’t all-powerful (unlike, for example, certain Knightmares in Geass R2). It helps of course that Gundam 00 had some strong animation quality behind it for all those action scenes, though Macross Frontier deserves some recognition as well for its CG action.
Honorable Mentions: Macross Frontier, Kurozuka

Since Divine watched a lot more comedies this year than I did, he made this selection and wrote the following:
While one could argue that almost every series had a comedy side to it, only a handful come to mind when it comes to being heavily focused on humor. Out of those, Kannagi comes out on top for its often subtle and witty comedy, which was full of timely comedic pauses. Instead of simply going for “cheap laughs”, Kannagi had a unique way of doing it, much like Lucky Star and Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. The other series that comes really close in this regard is Minami-ke ~Okawari~, but I felt that it didn’t quite have the comedic flair that the first season by Doumu did (…animation style aside). The first season really established all the character intricacies, but the second didn’t seem to make good on them very well. As such, Minami-ke ~Okawari~ gets an honorable mention, as does Hyakko and Special A. Hyakko was another strong candidate due to its similarity to Ichigo Mashimaro (which I thoroughly enjoyed), while Special A had glimpses of comedic brilliance throughout.
Honorable Mentions: Minami-ke ~Okawari~, Hyakko, Special A

There’s not a doubt in my mind that the best romance/drama series this year was true tears. This had the quintessential love triangle, but the writers kept you hooked until the very end over what was going to happen with some great characters (good voice work as well) and an intricate set of relationships. Add to that the fact that it was never implausible and they didn’t even need to use supernatural occurrences or murderous intent - there was just a lot of pure emotion and drama. Clannad was good as well, but I don’t think the romance aspect of it was nearly strong enough (that will probably change in After Story). In fact, between the end of true tears and this most recent season (which includes notably Toradora!), nothing even came close to being as good a romance/drama series as true tears.
Honorable Mentions: Clannad, Kimikiss, ef - a tale of melodies

This is a new category for this year in which I highlight a show that deserves more attention than it’s gotten. My selection this year, after watching this series on the recommendation of a friend, is Kaiba. The premise for the series is that people’s memories and their bodies are interchangeable, and it starts with the journey of a boy with no memories of who he is. It’s kind of like the Little Prince or Night on the Galactic Railroad in the beginning and has a surreal feel, but by the end there’s a very coherent story about love and betrayal. The animation style might seem strange at first, but it was easy to get used to and not bad at all. Now I wasn’t happy with the way the series ended, but I give it a lot of credit for presenting plenty of interesting themes like the meaning of life and death when memories can be transferred or altered, and this is a series I’d recommend you at least check out if you haven’t already.
Honorable Mentions: Allison & Lillia, Natsume Yuujin Chou

There were plenty of series with shocking plot twists this year, but I think the king of them all has to be Code Geass R2. Some characters would die suddenly, others who were supposed to be dead would make dramatic returns, still others would die one week and then show back up the next…and that’s only scratching the surface. From beginning to end, one of Geass’s fortes was delivering plot twists, and that made for a very entertaining series, if ultimately imperfect. I also have to give a special shout-out to the shocking first episode of the recent Ga-Rei Zero which ended up being a complete fake-out to the rest of the series.
Honorable Mentions: Ga-Rei -Zero-

There were a lot of very well animated series this year, and if I could choose entirely based on a single impressive instance, Macross Frontier would probably win for the impression it made on me with its premiere episode. And that’s not to say that the rest of Macross Frontier wasn’t well animated, because it was. Rather, I just think that Kara no Kyoukai deserves recognition for some of the most beautiful animation this year with great cinematography, fluid motions, the works. As I said last year when I chose Byousoku 5 Centimeter, I know it’s kind of unfair to select a movie or OVA where a budget doesn’t have to be stretched over a long period of time, but if you want to see a visually stunning title, go watch Kara no Kyoukai.
Honorable Mentions: Macross Frontier

If this were any other year, a soundtrack like the one true tears had would have clinched this. Kikuchi Hajime did a wonderful job creating an array of memorable pieces, especially the piano ones. But this was a year with a Macross series, and it’s hard to compete against both Kanno Youko composing all the instrumental tracks (Prologue F remains my favorite) along with dozens of vocal tracks by the very talented May’n and Nakajima Megumi. I can honestly say that there’s not a single track on there that I don’t like. Music is just such a integral part of Macross titles, and the Macross Frontier soundtrack delivers with flying colors, whether it’s with epic sounding instrumentals or emotional love songs.
Honorable Mentions: true tears, Nabari no Ou

Given how much I enjoyed the Macross Frontier soundtrack, I was very tempted to choose one of my many favorites off of it - specifically Diamond Crevasse - but in the end, I have to hand this to Gundam 00’s second ED, Friends by Stephanie. She has a very strong voice, and I love the lyrics about the bonds between friends. It’s a song that’s stuck with me for a long time, and I can listen to it over and over without it getting old.
Here’s a YouTube link if you haven’t heard the song yet.
Honorable Mentions: Diamond Crevasse by Sheryl Nome starring May’n

Now before half of you burn me at the stake for this, let me say that this was an incredibly hard decision to make. Unlike last year, there’s no clear number one because all of my top choices were imperfect in some way. Among other things, Geass R2 got too convoluted and plot-twist-happy for its own good, Macross Frontier had a frustrating main character and ending, and both Gundam 00 and true tears started off rather slow for me. But the best isn’t about finding the perfect series, nor is it even about which series I will most fondly remembered five years down the road - it’s about what I enjoyed the most in 2008. In that light, Geass R2 was definitely the most entertaining, and despite all the problems that it had, I still enjoyed watching it immensely from beginning to end. Yes, the pacing and the script were pretty bad, but in terms of enjoyment, I just can’t justify anything else over Code Geass R2. Now flame away P:
Honorable Mentions: true tears, Macross Frontier

The Top 5:
CODE GEASS R2 - 662 votes (29%)
Gundam 00 - 275 votes (12%)
Macross Frontier - 187 votes (8%)
Clannad - 114 votes (5%)
Kannagi - 95 votes (4%)
Total Number of Votes - 2287
Here are the full results.
Despite the problems with the poll this year and having to end it earlier than expected, Geass R2 not surprisingly grabbed an early lead and never relinquished it. I was more interested in the fact that people rated the first Clannad series higher than true tears since I found the latter to be a better show (at least without After Story attached to Clannad).



The one I have actually seen complete and enjoyed from this list where gundam 00 and code geass and I think they are qualified to be called the best too. Another anime I liked a lot was soul eater, although it is not finished yet, The quality and characters are uniqe and it has a special sense of comedy that altogether makes it great. It is probably a most watch. Don't miss it.

Vaio Z590 VS Dell Latitude E6400

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Well I'm going to buy my new laptop and been digging the internet and stores for quiet a while.Here is what resulted from my searches disscusions at different websites like notbookreview.com and many others.

First I want somthing light enough so I can take it to university everyday. Second I want it to be priced around $2000-$2500(which I didn't make it, at least not till now.Then It should live up to my expectations specwise.( I expect really high, almost the lastes:devil: ) and finaly not alot of common complaints in comments:no: on the websites.

At first sony Vaio was the only condidate of being bought so I was looking into sonystyle for a while and wanted to choose a 13.3inch screen and ended up with the new series of SZ( which I bought for my sister) and ended up with low spec( specially CPU and graphic card(no Nvidia)) though the price was really nice, around $1600 that could have helped my buy my accecories a lot easier. So I ran to another option which was Vaio Z series that is the first 13.1inch Vaio.

Generally Z is all about high performance portable laptop az the 1.5Kg weight and high specs show. But the only problem was $$. So I was going with the idea of getting a Z( at first Z570 with $2500), and a week before buying I kinda forced myself to lower the price and go for a dell. One of my friend always talks about his dell and how strong it is!!( Like a brick:D ).

So next phase was looking into dell notebooks in order to kill the Vaio price. I couldn't find any 13inch dell interesiting in spec so I ran to 14.1inch new latitude E familiy and specificly E6400 that is about $1920 here.

Now a litte about E6400. The two major drabacks of this notebooks is the weight(2.5kg) and the Display( nothing matches a vaio display). another cons to mention were some common software problems, multiple part replacements and mid screen resolution. Of course it still had the lower price and the minimum required spec but somthing else making me far from getting it was style so I turned Back again to Vaio Z.

Now that I'm going to get the Vaio I seen there is Z590 right at the market and all the specs that I want( perfect for a laptop). And the price tag is really nice too, $2640.:yikes:

After all this I am still sticking to the Z590 and will get it in less than a week.( I will write about it then). Take a looke at the specification for the Z590 and E6400:

VGN-Z590 NGB:



CPU: 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 6MB cache Duo Processor P9500
Ram: 3GB (up to 4)
HDD: 250GB(5400rpm)
LCD: 13.1 1600x900 Back Lite XBRITE-DuraView
ODD: DVD+/-RW DL
VGA: GeForce9300MGS(256MB)+Intel4500MHD
WT: 1.5KG

Dell Latitude E6400



CPU: 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 6MB cache Duo Processor P8600
Ram: 4GB (up to 8)
HDD: 250GB(7200rpm)
LCD: 13.1 1280x800 Back Lite
ODD: DVD+/-RW DL
VGA: NVIDIA NVS160
WT: 2.5KG

Hope this helps if your in a situation like me.

Nodame Cantabile

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* Title: のだめカンタービレ
* Title (romaji): Nodame Cantabile
* Genre: Romantic Comedy
* Episodes: 11
* Viewership ratings: 18.79%(Kanto)
* Broadcast network: Fuji TV
* Broadcast period: 2006-Oct-16 to 2006-Dec-25
* Air time: Monday 21:00
* Opening song: Symphony No. 7 in A major by Beethoven, arranged by Hattori Takayuki
* Ending song: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, arranged by Hattori Takayuki


Synopsis

Based on the hit comic book by Tomoko Ninomiya, this is a fun-filled quirky romantic story of two very opposite people.

Megumi Noda, or “Nodame” is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a kindergarten teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading the music score. She is messy and disorganized, takes baths several days apart and loves to eat, sometimes stealing her friend’s lunchbox when it is filled with delicacies.

Shinichi Chiaki, is Momogaoka’s top student. Born into a musical family, he is talented in piano and violin and has secret ambitions to become a conductor. An arrogant multi-lingual perfectionist who once lived abroad in the music capitals of the world as a young boy, he feels mired in Japan because of a childhood phobia.

They meet by accident. Nodame quickly falls in love, but it takes much longer for Chiaki to even begin to appreciate Nodame’s unusual qualities. Their relationship causes them both to develop and grow. Because of Nodame, Chiaki got the opportunity to lead a student orchestra and begins to have a broader appreciation of people's musical abilities. Because of Chiaki, Nodame faces her fears and enters a piano competition. Opportunities open up as both begin taking risks, stretching themselves far more than they ever thought possible.


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Awards

* 51st Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
* 51st Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress: Ueno Juri
* 51st Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director: Takeuchi Hideki
* 51st Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Musical Arrangement: Takeuchi Hideki
* 51st Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Opening: Hattori Takayuki
* 2nd Seoul Drama Awards: Best Miniseries
* 2nd Seoul Drama Awards: Best Director: Takeuchi Hideki
* 2nd Seoul Drama Awards: Best Music


A nice musical and comedy drama. Perfect for a change.
try it. Available on http://www.sars-fansubs.com/index.php?cont=btpage or
http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/torrents.php

Hey

I'm not around for some time.
I'll just check my messages.

So good bye until we meet again :up:

Basic Grammar Pattern 1

This is the first part of pattern 1 out of 8 patterns in grammar.
After we finish all patterns we will move to situational conversations.
Sorry to put this late.
Enjoy. :psmurf:

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Nihongo Calender

After Vocabulary here is Calender.
Hop you find it useful.

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Nihongo ( Learning Japanese)

This Is The first part of my lessens that I had with Mr.Ono(better say: Sense Ono)in Tokyo.That was only about 10 lessens but it was really fun. He even made us a sweet desert with beans(like pounding).
Hope it will help.
I will add the other pages soon.


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