Saturday, February 25, 2012

AMV Of The Week! - The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti)

Hey guys, first of all I saw 'The Secret World of Arrietty' tonight with my friend. I love Hayao Miyazaki but dear god I am sick of movies about FRIENDSHIP!

The movie is 1hr 34min‎‎, rated G‎‎, and its genres are animation,action,adventure,sci-fi, and fantasy‎. I know its animated and its rated G, but I wouldn't recommend it for kids. Its a great movie and the animation is amazing, but its also very calm. (Not surprising for a Miyazaki or Studio Ghibli.) Most younger children seem to need something kind of fast paces and flashy with lots of jokes or action. -Also the kids in the movie with me WOULD NOT FREAKING SIT STILL! I seriously almost yelled at their parents or caretakers or whatever because it was just terrible, they kept running around, squealing and screaming, and one kicked my seat a bunch!- -I'm starting to hate movie theaters...and I'm going to suggest a law for all children under the age of 8 to be kept on leashes, dogs are more well behaved than them!- *ahem* Anyways. This movie also has some very deep topics that children won't really understand. One of the main characters, Shawn, is sickly and he has fully prepared for his death and is actually kind of morbid at one point...yeah, right? not something a child would understand since he was so calm and serene about it. None of the kids in the movie seemed to REALLY get what was going on.

The movie is based off of the book, The Borrowers, and it was really great, for people who understood it. The movie starts off with Arrietty, freshly 14, who is fully ready to go out on her first borrowing mission! As the movie goes on she goes on a huge adventure.....around the floorboards and in the backyard of the house! XD It certainly was interesting, but like I said it isn't very action oriented. A lot of the movie is mostly inner turmoil and subtle outside factors, its kind of complicated to explain how it made me hold my breath, yet at the same time kept me relaxed and feeling rather serene.

So to finish up, the movie was really good, I'd recommend it to anyone who can sit still a little longer than an hour or who could appreciate the quality of the movie and the storyline.


Comparison Movie:
I'd compare this movie to spirited away in many way. For one, both of them have plots that go way deeper that just what you SEE in the movie and you have to read between the lines to really understand what the characters are going through and how they change throughout the movie because its just fascinating, and really, half the plot is there! Also, the soundtracks, Spirited Away had a really peaceful soundtrack, and so does Arrietty, I loved the music for it! :) And finally, the friendship. Arrietty meets Shawn, a human, and the two become close friends and learn different things from each other that improve them over all, not unlike Chihiro and Haku. If you liked Spirited Away, you'd really like The Secret World of Arrietty. :)


(SPOILERS ---- ?????)
For all you romance lovers out there who hated Spirited Away, maybe you don't go see this movie. I love romance movies, and I love Spirited Away.....but I hated the ending. I mentioned before that the two movies are similar but I felt the same way about both of them. Loved the movies itself, hated the ending. I feel like both of them are unfinished and left me wanting a LITTLE more because in BOTH of them what I thought would be romance turned out to be friendship. This is a common theme in Miyazaki and Ghibli movies, friendship and nature are their big things, if you area romance seeker then maybe they just aren't for you. :/


And that's about it, the movie was good and calming. :) You have to appreciate inner subtle plots to really enjoy it though I think.






Now, the AMV of the Week.

This week I choose one simply because it was fun and it just really FITS the anime with it! XD I didn't choose it for the song though, so just be ready to laugh! XD

I think this song really fits with Tamaki.... XD hahaha, he's so flamboyant and just is...he's just rich, pretty, and proud!


The song this week is by Toybox, I don't think they are Japanese, in fact I'm very sure they aren't. XD But there are a lot of people who use their music for AMVs and usually is you mention them at an anime convention everyone knows who you're talking about. Sooooo yeah, that's why they make the cut. XD Enjoy the video!



Song: SuperStar
Artist: Toybox
Anime: Ouran High School Host Club.
Lyrics:


I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are

(Superstar!)

Got Many money Honey, Im a superstar
My life is funny honey, Have you seen my car?
I know alot of people, Im a superstar
Everybody know me, right from near to far


I got a plane (got a plane)
I love the fame (love the fame)
You know my name (know my name)
And i just want you to know


I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are

(Superstar!)

Ive got a red Ferrari, Im a superstar
I really like to party, Am i cool or what?
I love alot of women, Im a superstar
Stars got a freaky living, thats the way we are


I got a plane (got a plane)
I love the fame (Love the fame)
You know my name (know my name)
And i just want you to know


I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are

(Superstar!)

I got fortune i got fame
Love it when you say my name
Love to party I am naughty
Prettier than everybody!

I got muscles Im a stud
Jealous people kiss my butt
Im so fly ill make you cry
Cross my heart and hope to die


I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are

Saturday, February 18, 2012

AMV Of The Week! :D Yay! -A little Joke-

Hey guys! This week's AMV is absolutely awesome! This song fits the anime so perfectly and it is for one of my favorite animes: Ga Rei Zero!



Song: Black Black Heart
Artist: David Usher
Anime: Ga Rei Zero

Lyrics:


Something ugly this way comes
Through my fingers sliding inside
All these blessings all these burns
I'm godless underneath your cover
Search for pleasure search for pain
In this world now I am undying
I unfurl my flag my nation helpless

Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds

As I begin to lose my grip
On these realities your sending
Taste your mind and taste your sex
I'm naked underneath your cover
Covers lie and we will bend and borrow
With the coming sign
The tide will take the sea will rise and time will rape

Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds

Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds




Comments: (SPOILER ALERT - IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN GA REI ZERO THEN DONT READ BELOW!)
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haha suckers they thought there were spoilers!
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nope I caught you! go watch the anime!

Alright but getting more serious now. Forgive me its almost 11:45 and my mind is turning to mush.

Thins song is perfect for Ga Rei Zero because in the end its like, Yomi doesn't WANT to turn evil, but it seems like she's given very little choice in the matter and she only truly turns evil, if you can even say truly ever, is after she's LOST HER GRIP on her life after her father dies and her fiancee doesn't visit her and then her sister thinks she actually killed someone. So so yeah she turns evil still, but doesn't want too and just can't go against it and she faces severe inner turmoil during her injury and after she is taken over by the bane stone.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Anime Music Video Of The Week

Hey guys! I'm coming to you a little late at night, but its still Saturday so you know what that means! The Anime Music Video Of The Week! Yay! Without further adieu here we go! This week the anime music video is one I recently added to the Anime Lovers Delight Playlist on the side. Its called "Again" and its by Yui. It was a huge anime opening that swept across youtube and got many 'likes' from anime lovers. So this week we are giving the opening for Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood a thumbs up, get ready to click your thumbs up like buttons guys!




Song: Again
Artist: Yui
Lyrics:
(these might be for the full song I think btw. hope you enjoy it!)

I thought I was running after something carried over from my dreams,
Yet I'm stumbling into people on this narrow, winding road.

It's not like I want to go back to the way things were back then,
I'm just searching for the sky I've lost.
I hope you understand.
Stop making that sad face as though you were a victim.

Sins don't end with tears,
You have to carry the pain forever.
who am I waiting for in this maze with no exit in sight?
a blank notebook.
make me want to release my feelings more and more
What do I want to escape from?
... is it reality?

makes me want to scream that we live on do u hear me? i cant play it safe no more ... I've got nowhere to go home to.
There's still so much in life to remove this feeling.
(I'm on the way)
I even welcome this pain
for the things I miss

I have to apologize for this. Ah, I'm sorry.
I can't say it well. I'm just causing worry.

Everything that I embraced that day. Everything that I will embrace tomorrow
I will not arrange them in any order.
I hope you understand. I closed my eyes
but I could still see things I do not want to see.

From the useless rumors, which one was it that i heard first?
"Face it and you will be friends"
Don't tell lies like these.
My heart being agitated from deep inside,
a burning sensation runs through my body.
Actually I'm expecting something
from this thing called "reality".

It makes me want to scream that we're alive
For things to come true. Can you hear me?
I can't put up with playing it safe.
... I've got nowhere to go home to.
I'm always grateful for kindness
That's why I want to grow stronger,
(I'm on the way)
...to march on.
I welcome friends and foes.

How do I open the next door? I'm thinking.
I can't take back this story that has begun.
Open your eyes.
Open your eyes.

I still have too long a life ahead
to get rid of these feelings, right?
I want to try doing over
the things I've left undone
Shall we go AGAIN?

It makes me want to scream that we're alive
For things to come true. Can you hear me?
I can't put up with playing it safe.
... I've got nowhere to go home to.
I'm always grateful for kindness
That's why I want to grow stronger,
(I'm on the way)
I even welcome this pain
for the things I miss

Friday, February 10, 2012

CaramelDancin' Update!

Tomorrow is the big film day of the dance tutorial for Caramel Dancin'! :D Yay! I have to choose a hair style though! D: If you follow ALD on facebook you can go vote on there or you can submit a comment below.

How should I wear my hair?
-Pigtails with curls
-Sexy Maid hairstyle
- or straight pigtails?

Monday, February 6, 2012

Right or Wrong? Redemption for the AMV of the Week?

Recently I spoke with my most frequent reader and my strongest supporter, my dad. :) He voiced his opinion about the Anime Music Video of the week and said he hated it. XD I hate to say it, but I can see his point. He is very focused on how the song sounds and the lyrics and well, yeah, the lyrics don't make a lot of sense.... and I can understand him not liking the song. XD

But here is why I love it so much:
1. Its catchy and I looooove the song, it gets stuck in my head and I felt epic all day with it, like I should be in my own anime opening. :3
2. I was blinded by the gorgeous animation and character design. :/ Sorry, in the future I will judge it more on the song and less on the animation of it I suppose, but this week, that's what got it to the Music Video of the week: The animation and the uniqueness of it. I don't see a lot of anime endings like that and it was really interesting. :3 Sooo yeah, sorry if you didn't like the song but just watch the video then tell me what you think of it. :3 Still disagree with me, then let me know and I'll work to make the next week's song better :)

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Cosplay Ideas?

So MTAC is coming up and I'm going with a huge group of friends. Time to start stalking up on fake eyelashes and what not right? lol Well one of my favorite things about anime conventions is getting a chance to cosplay! Yeah! We decided we would do a huge group cosplay as kingdom hearts together and it will be totally awesome, I called dibs on Aqua (cause she is awesome)and now I have to find two more cosplays.

Well one more really, I want to go as Rin from Daughters of Mnemosyne sunday because sundays we are like packing up and its hectic and crazy and just like whoa! lol And Rin's costume is pretty simple, she wears a green suit and glasses XD so yeah. And I like doing laid back costumes the last day of the con., partly because of what I just said, and partly because the night before I usually stayed til' three in the morning raving! XD haha I'm a dancin' animal! XD *Ahem* anyways, so yeah. You don't want to save your best cosplay for last. :/



For my first cosplay I thought that I would go as Beatrice from Umineko cause her golden witch party dress is just stunning, but I found that it was really hard to find in good quality. Cosplaying is just so expensive that if I don't LOVE the costume, then I just can't afford to buy it. :/ sad right? Well anyways, if its isn't good quality, I'm not paying over 100 dollars for it. I just wont. So now I'm left find another awesome cosplay. :/ And the search goes on. I've considered a few different ones but none of them really works, you know?
I tried:
Beatrice - Umineko
Victorique - Gosick
Zelda - Twilight Princess
Yomi - Ga Rei Zero (

Well who knows, maybe I can come up with something better after I compile a list of all the anime I've seen and all the anime I need to see and my favorite girls from animes. :)

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Anime Music Video Of The Week!

Alrighty guys, I"m going to do my best and post up an anime music video for the week every Saturday starting today! :D

This week I've chosen the K-ON first ending. :) I love the characters design and outfits. The song is great, and the animation is clean and beautiful. Not only that, but its a very unique ending, very...involved? I guess I'd say. A lot of times endings are really dull or just pictures or the character walking through scenes or something, nothing wrong with that, but I LOVE interesting endings. So yeah, this week its the first K-ON ending. :) Check it out.



Anime: K-ON
Song: Don't Say Lazy
Artist: Yoko Hikasa with Aki Toyosaki , Satomi Sato and Minako Kotobuki

English Lyrics:


(Lyrics Provided By: http://atashi.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/k-on-ending-theme-dont-say-lazy/ )


Vocals: Sakura High K-ON Club (Toyosaki Aki, Hikasa Yoko, Sato Satomi, Kotobuki Minako as Hirasawa Yui, Akiyama Mio, Tainaka Ritsu, Kotobuki Tsumugi)
Lyrics: Omori Shoko
Composition: Maezawa Hiroyuki
Arrangement: Komori Shigeo

Please don’t say “You are lazy”
But the truth is, I’m crazy
The swans, I’m sure
Give flutter kicks at a place that you can’t see
I’m instinctively obedient and loyal; I’m well aware of that I get trifled with
Plus my future’s looking bright…
So sometimes, I take a break

Firmly ascertaining it with my eyes
Marking my destination on the map
If there’s a shortcut, then it’s the easy way out
If I’ve got wings that can let me skip things, too, then that’s the best

Oh no, I broke a nail; so I repaired it with glue
With just that, I feel kind of accomplished
What’s important is loving yourself
If you don’t love yourself, then no one else can love you

Please don’t say “You are lazy”
But the truth is, I’m crazy
A capable hawk, I’m sure
Hides its picks at a place that you can’t see
I do my hardest to daydream; the reality drives me desperate
Plus I’m still in mid-development…
So unexpectedly, I go off-pitch

Even if you just don’t see me
My motivation blows the meter
Dreaming with all my might
Sleeping enough for you with all my might

I did it, I got a little thinner; I got so proud that I ate stuff
With just that, why do I feel like it defeated the point?
I promptly adjusted my goal downwards
Adapting with flexibility to the occasion and changing inside-out will let me win

Please don’t say “You are lazy”
But the truth is, I’m crazy
The peacocks, I’m sure
Can charm you here and now
I push on with my entire body and insides; my wish is to be slim and pretty
Plus temptations come up a lot…
So my will gets completely shattered

Oh no, it can’t be the Red Point?! No way, I barely cleared it!
With just that, I feel like I can do everything
What’s important is acknowledging yourself
If you don’t forgive yourself, then no one else can forgive you

Please don’t say “You are lazy”
But the truth is, I’m crazy
The swans, I’m sure
Give flutter kicks at a place that you can’t see
I’m instinctively obedient and loyal; I’m well aware of that I get trifled with
Plus my future’s looking bright…
So sometimes, I take a break

Friday, February 3, 2012

Kyoko - Updated! (Reminders!) Apology

Alright everyone, first of all I would like to say Yay! And thank you to everyone who helped me out with creating the new headers! Yeah, I drew Kyoko and everything and designed the header and her outfit, but my dad(my awesome amazing father) scanned the picture into the computer and I got like fifty opinions from friends of mine and I used class time to design it a bit soo yeah. I got some help with it and thank you to everyone who helped me out with that along the way. Thanks to everyone who helped me out we have this awesome new header that looks sooo great, especially compared the the previous headers. :) As I'm sure you can tell, Kyoko looks a ton better, which she is relieved about because she is a little vain lol. But hey, if I looked like her I would be too! XD

So yeah Hooray for the updated header! :D

Also! Reminding everyone that if you want to submit your favorite anime girl or anime for the lists I am currently making you can submit those to me on Facebook, a Comment below, or on Twitter. (if you can figure out how XD) -the forms are below :) -


Favorite Anime Girl Form:

Anime Girl Name:
Title of the Anime She's From:
Your Name:


Animes I Should Watch:

Anime Title:
Your Name:



Finally, the Apology...

I realize that some of you may like a mainstream or a gateway anime or something that I have mentioned in a few posts and 'bashed' a bit. All in good fun of course, however I do realize that you could get offended. my friend was reading over a post or two and as he was reading it, he stumbled upon a comment about One Piece and how i was mocking it...a bit... >.< Alright I was mocking it a lot, but come on! Its One Piece! D:< Anyways *composes self* he got a little offended and tried to defend it, I wouldn't listen obviously because I have little patience for those kinds of things, however I realized that I can be a tad bit harsh. So if you liked an anime that I make fun or or poke fun at, remember its just my opinion, not yours. So if you get offended, I am really, very sorry, but it is honestly just for fun. :/ Soo yeah I guess that's my apology, I don't know if that quite counts as an apology but that's the best your going to pull from me because I won't apologize completely for my opinions. >.< (Also, just note that I'm NOT apologizing for my opinion, just for making fun of the anime you like very, very harshly...)

And that concludes the post! Everyone have a great day and thanks for reading!

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Anime Lovers Delight Lists Announcement! - Submissions!

Hey guys! I am about to embark on a post that will include three lists!
1. My Favorite Anime Girls (and why)
2. Every Single Anime I Have Seen (just a list and possibly a small opinion of each)
3. My Whole List of To-Do Animes To Watch! :D

I'd love to get some input on this so please, if you have any favorite anime girls then send me their name, the anime they appear in, and your name so I can say they are your favorite anime girl too! :D Also if you'd like to submit an anime for my to-do list then go ahead! :D
You can reach me on my blog with a comment, on the facebook, or on the twitter (if you can figure out how on twitter o.0 cause I can't)


Favorite Anime Girl Form:

Anime Girl Name:
Title of the Anime She's From:
Your Name:


Animes I Should Watch:

Anime Title:
Your Name:


You can send me one or both of those forms through a comment below, on the facebook page, or on the twitter page. :) I will make sure to check them! Yay! :D


Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anime-Lovers-Delight/217029671707165

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/AnimeLvrsDlight

Pretty Amazing...whoa.

Alright so I stumbled around youtube for a few more minuets today and I found this video. Its an anime music video that someone made and, check it out, over 100,000 views in one month! Whoa! Congratulations! The music video is below and I am about to go watch this anime right now! Yay!

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

A few Exciting Things :)

So I was scoping out youtube and I saw a couple things that were simply way cool. :) I'm going to do a little more research on them but for now check out what I saw and tell me if these videos/trailers aren't just awesome?! :D (I warn you I don't know the date of these trailers so I know some of them are old and some of them are new but yeah..... lol just enjoy! :D )




(I don't know how much this trailer really excites me but it seems....interesting at the very least.)






This video isn't a trailer, but I absolutely loved it! I thought it was very well put together and had a lot of detail! :D



This video wasn't a trailer either, but I thought it was a way cool short! :D





(Warning this trailer is not suitable for children. It shows...stuff..... 0.0 oh and there is A LOT of violence....also there might be some curse words..-maybe no cursing in the trailer but I think there is probably cursing in the real thing.- )