Memorable Anime Character Two-fer!

Because of some issues with my laptop yesterday and my attendance at Queen City Kamikaze, I wasn't able to post yesterday's memorable anime character.  So I'm doubling up with yesterday and today's characters.

Name: Excel Excel

Where You've Seen Her: Excel Saga

Her Story: Excel is one of the most energetic members of the group ACROSS. Maybe a little TOO energetic for the taste of her boss, Il Palazzo, whom she has a huge crush on.

Why She's So Memorable: Excel is not the brightest character, but she's a hard worker.  Her tendency towards overexuberance not only makes her character one of the most energetic in anime, but also one of the more memorable ones.

Trivia: Jessica Calvello was the original English voice actress up until episode 13, where she blew her voice out and was replaced by Larissa Wolcott. When you compare the earlier episodes to the later ones you do notice a slight difference in the voices.

Name: Nami
Where You've Seen Her: One Piece
Her Story: Nami is one of the great thiefs, and the navigator for the Straw Hat Pirates.  After her mother was killed, she worked to collect the money needed to free her village, only to have the pirate she made the deal with double cross her.
What Makes Her Memorable: She's the smartest of the Straw Hat Pirates, yet the bossiest. she knows how to use her looks to get what she wants and needs.  Her backstory makes her sympathetic, and her development over time has opened the character up a lot.

Tomorrow -- a computer teaches us how to be human.

Queen City Kamikaze: Final Thoughts

Queen City Kamikaze: Pictures!

Well, because I don't have a way to adjust the size of my pictures, I'm going to post the pictures that I took from Queen City Kamikaze here.

More to come as I resize the photos.

Queen City Kamikaze: Update

Queen City Kamikaze: Anime Dating Game

This was amusing.

If you've never attended Anime Dating Game, this is what happens.  The host of the show picks out one contestant from the audience to be the bachelor/bachelorette.  They take the person to the back of the room, pick three more people, and then bring out the bachelor/bacheorette from the audience.

The lighting was off in the auditorium, so unfortunately I'm not going to be able to present the video.  And right now the connection here is a little dicey with uploading, so I will try later or upload them after the event.

But here's a rundown of the rounds:

Round 1: Bachelorette: Domo-kun

Her Suitors: Naruto, The Wonder Chef from Tales of Symphonia, and Death the Kid

Winner: Death the Kid

Amusing line: When asked what he would take with him in a zombie apocalypse, Naruto replied, "Shotgun, ray gun, and my fist."

Round 2: Bachelor: Cloud

His Suitors: Penelope from hamtaro, Kairi from Kingdom Hearts, and Patty from Soul Eater

Winner: Patty

Amusing moments: the hate for host Pain from Kairi; when Cloud called the Bachelorettes "Bachelors," Kairi responded, "Did you just call me a dude?"; Patty's regular answer of "Breaking your freaking neck," which prompted one audience member to respond, "You're going to need a neck brace for the first date!"

Round 3: The Yaoi Round

Bachelor: Honey from Ouran High School Host Club

Suitors: Axel, Anonymous (4chan), Josh (who likes to "Kill zombies.")

Winner: Axel

Amusing Moments: once the "fangirls" of the audience started screaming for a yaoi round, the phrase "And let the fan fiction begin" became a common saying throughout the round; Anonymous' rendition of the TroLoLo song

More to come...

Queen City Kamikaze:Weather!

"Akira" Live Action Film Getting Rewrite

Anime News Network is reporting that writer Steve Kloves, whose written most of the Harry Potter films as well as The Wonder Boys and The Fabulous Baker Boys, has been signed on to polish up the script for the live action version of Akira that currently doesn't have a release date but has been talked bout for what seems like forever.

It looks like it's going to get out of development hell, guys.

But how good could an American version of the film be?  Back when it was announced that it was going to be released this year, Happy Harry did this video showing one way the film could get "Americanized:"

I honestly hope they don't take the American public for idiots on this one.  The anime is a classic -- a bad live action adaptation would just ruin that.