Old Otaku Ramblings Dec '05 to July '06
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| July 30, 2006 For the sake of keeping up on news...here's a few Japanese websites you can peruse to keep an eye out for more information on Trigun X. ^_~ I went through Google Japan for these links...looks like they don't even know for sure when it will come out - but it sure is coming!! 1. Madhouse - The animated the first series, but as of yet has not given a release date or any information yet on their site. 2. Anime OnAir - they list "Trigun X" has an undecided release and airing channel. "Trigun X" is also mentioned on most sites as a temporary name. Wish I had more 'official' looking sites for you all to peruse - you can also find information on English sites such as - Wikipedia and Anime News Network, however, both of them tend to look to the anime magazines like Anime Insider for their information...guess that's where I need to go next, eh? ^_~ | |
| July 28, 2006 Howdy everyone!! I'm sure you've seen the new version of Trigun Maximum #12's cover - fresh off Nightow's site! Whoot! He put up the non-text version on July 26th when the book was released in Japan. Do you have your copy yet? Yeah...me neither. *chuckles* I don't even have it on order yet, namely because I'm going to Otakon next weekend and I need to save my cash! But will it be there... maybe - I hope so! I'll be looking! As well as for TriMax #9, the English version because that is finally out there too - you just have to know where to look! I know some people already have it! So as we all know, the Trigun Maximum drought is finally over! In other news, thanks to Ry-Kusangi, we've found out that the Kaiyodo Wolfwood figure has gone through a second run! Yes, so if you haven't gotten the figurine by now - order it right away and get it before it's gone forever! (or until they do a third run...but how about another character instead - purleze!!) Nightow's special mini-Trigun Maximum book is out in September's issue of YKO - I probably won't get my copy until after Otakon sadly - and I'm not sure if Maximum 7 has gotten a hold of it (I haven't asked, may do so tonight) - so keep your peepers open for scans! On a more personal note... I've got a boyfriend! Whoot! *chuckles* He's planning on bleaching his hair for Otakon...hrm... I wonder if he's going to try to compete with Vash? O_o Hrm... I haven't asked him yet, I don't want to spoil any surprises. However, with his help I've finally got the Vash plushie - I swear he's got eyes for Trigun stuff even though he's more of a well-rounded Otaku than myself. Go fig. ^_~ Thanks for sticking in with me since April even though there hasn't been much news Trigun-wise! You guys SERIOUSLY ROCK. I'm not kidding! I appreciate every one of you and how much you've all been visiting and keeping this site hopping!! Be sure to drop me a note, say hi, sign the guestbook - let me know you're there, and don't worry, as soon as Trigun comes back - we'll be back into the swing! AND...if you've been reading Dark Convergence - we're still working on it...slowly - Susan-chan's on vacation and I'm having problems with files...urk. But no worries, we'll be getting new stuff up soon! Oh and hey - I'll be accepting new fan art again soon! So if you've got something you've been dying to put up and show everyone - email me! ^_^ Love & Peace out for now! | |
July 18, 2006 Yes, it is HERE - well, here's the cover anyway! The actual Trigun Maximum #12 isn't going to be released in Japan until the 26th of the month, but there are a few places you can preorder it (if you're lucky!) I'm going to see if I can't email around to a few of the more local anime/manga dealers and get them to order it too. Today's picture was brought to you by: the letter "M" and the number "12" - bwahahaha - thanks to Meesh for calling me up at 1pm today saying it was up online! Whoot! I just wish I'd had more time to actually notify everyone ahead of time! Hopefully in a few more weeks we'll have some more news to put up!Just a quick little note - Otakon! Otakon!! Baltimore! 2 1/2 weeks! We're doing a GHG cosplay group - just a walk-on, alas - but there's a bunch of us, so if you're going to the biggest convention in the East coast, come see us!! Ikasucon was a lot of fun this last weekend, but unfortunately only two or three people recognized my costume (sob) - but I wanted to say hi to Katiemazie and Meesh, Flip and everyone else that complimented it! See you all in Baltimore in a few weeks! | |
| July 10, 2006 So I've got good news and bad news. GOOD news is that FINALLY, July 29th, YKO will have Trigun Maximum in it once again - after a long awaited hiatus! The BAD news is that it's only going to be a mini pamplet of pictures from what I can read. It's not going to be a full chapter! *SOB* Okay... calm down, everyone can survive this... Yes yes. Why? Because the words they use are exactly the same as the intro to the Hellsing booklet a few month's ago which were all of the Hellsing YKO covers - without all of the annoying text! So what does that mean to you? COLORED PICTURES!!! Okay... maybe I'm the only one getting excited about this? Well, if I am, then check out the brand new page I put together to give you an idea of what those covers are: YKO TM Covers. Imagine all of these in about a paper-back size, without the YKO text covering up the prettiness. *GRINS* Hopefully I can get Maximum 7 to scan them nice and big for you - if not I'll make sure you all get them ASAP! Until then... I'm off to Ikasucon to be all 'badass' with my Dominique costume. ^_~ I'll return with pictures, promise! Love & Peace OUT! | |
| June 28, 2006 Hellloooooo everyone!!! I'm back...well, not quite back (been house sitting) but during this little stint I came back home in order to get some well deserved updates up!! Especially since all of you have been waiting so patiently for me to get back on here and it's been over a week! So first off I'm VERY PROUD to announce Catherine-chan has completed Chapter 10 of "Simplicity"!! YAY!!! The link is now available on the front page, I hope you all enjoy the Milly/Wolfie gushiness like I did! Next off - Aine of Knockaine has graced us with yet more fan art for "Dark Convergence" - and I think we've got a theme - Milly and Wolfie...and Livio? *GRINS* Yep! If you haven't been reading DC, and you like this little love triangle - then you should check it out! There's a little bit of everything for everyone (except yaoi people... >_>) Anywho, I hope you like Aine's new drawing, drop her a line, this one is very special to me!! Continuing in the world of updates...yeah, we've gotta wait one more long month for the next Trigun Maximum...but it's only a month - can you all hold out? I hope so! I know a lot of people have been digging into new series these past few months, which is still mighty cool, find anything you'd think I'd be interested in? Drop me a line! I personally just got into "Kamichu" and of course I've been keeping up on my .Hack obsession (yeah, didn't think I had one of those did you? *chuckles*) I've really gotta update my recommendations page! Alright - we're also waiting for the release of Trigun Maximum #12's cover... I'm HOPING... when YKO is released at the end of June we'll have that cover revealed - trust me, it'll be on the FRONT page as soon as I can find it! ^_^ Until then... wait and hope (ala Gankutsuou...) | |
| June 16, 2006 Just because it's been almost two weeks since I updated... and I feel really bad about that because normally I like to update once a week or more if possible...things in the Trigun realm have been incredibly...utterably...boring! Urg. Makes me wonder if this is what it will be like when Trigun Maximum finishes its run? I sure hope not! In the search for something new, I did find something interesting - namely, that AllPosters.com has started to carry Wallscrolls. O_o Yeah, it surprised me too. So if you're in for some Trigun stuff for your walls - AllPosters.com/Trigun - check it out. They even have a 'limited edition' transparency (Apparently Geneon has a few different sets out there of these lazer printed transparencies). If you're a collecter, check it out! And if you didn't read the memo on the front page awhile ago... Trigun Maximum #12 is due out in Japan July 26th! I'm very excited but of course, no cover art has been released yet. I'm crossing my fingers for around the end of this month... as soon as I find it (and I've been looking every single day!) it'll be posted!! Whoot! Keep a watch for TM#9 English release in July as well. Hopefully July will be a really GREAT month for Trigun... besides the fact it marks Lost July!! ^_~ See ya again soon! | |
| June 4, 2006 How's everyone doing?? Are you managing without any new Trigun lately? I know, it's hard, I'm sure we'll manage. If you've read the Dark Horse Interview with Nightow, you'll realize that one reason he's always gone during the summer is that he goes to Comic Con! Oh... so he's just like the rest of us geeks, we love our conventions and hanging out looking at new stuff! But but but... we want Triiiiiguuuuunn.... *whines* In the meantime, you get updates! Susan has a brand new Vash in her art gallery. I'm getting up a new one by Edward Elric - Vash & Kuroneko. As for my own artwork I'm putting up a relatively new Chibi Vash and Meryl for all you V/M fans. As well as three new doujinshi one pagers - an old one from B&G with Milly and her pudding obsession, last year's ACen doujinshi with the tripping Vash, a special "One Size Fits All" Milly and her Maximum coat comic, and the BRAND NEW ACen 2006 doujinshi about Meryl and Milly looking for Vash once again! Few other special things to mention - Catherine's Ch. 10 of Simplicity has been written, and I'm just waiting for edits for it to go up now - whoot!! More new artwork on the way from Susan. New chapter for Dark Convergence coming out later this week on FF.net. The full ACen2006 report. And... my birthday. *GRIN* So there you have something more to look forward to! And thanks to all of the new emailers! Your letters, AIMS, etc keep me updating! ^_^ | |
| May 24, 2006 Ten days later... And I'm afraid I've got bad news, so Dark Horse has pushed TM#9 until JULY... What's with this?? I swear when Nightow came up with "Lost July" everyone got on the bandwagon! Now we've got to wait until July for everything from the new YKO to the next English release of TM! *sob* On the bright side however, I'm getting up Ch. 10 of Dark Convergence on Fanfiction.net/~millyt - so if you like to read, check a look and please review! Also for DC I'm putting up the collection of Susan's artwork I've had archived from... sheesh, some of it was from last year I'd imagine, some of it more recent like a month or two ago. Mind you, it's spoiler art a lot of it, so click at your own risk! Once Ch. 15 goes up, it'll all be pretty much revealed so you don't have to wait too much longer! Meanwhile Susan's working on the story again and I will be soon enough now that I'm getting all of my bills paid off from ACen and getting the comic written for this year's report. Hopefully by Memorial Day I'll have the full convention report, so keep an eye out. What else? Little plug for Colossalcon - I'm not going but apparently both Meesh and Flipster are, so keep your peepers open for them if you're going too! And a BIG hello to all your AnimeBoston people!! Keep an eye out for DemonBrandon and Puchiko (she's goin' as Meryl!) if anyone gets pictures, please send them my way, I'd love to see! ^_^ As a convention side-note, Otakon and Youmacon, and possibly Tsubasacon are still on my personal lists of "must go" - Youmacon I'm going to be buying a table for shortly... gotta get some art printed! Eep! Yet another side note for doujinshi - those of you who normally try to find them at conventions might be disappointed if you're looking for Trigun. Hen-Da-Ne, the largest doujinshi convention dealer in the States has stopped buying Trigun since "it's an old series and not in demand"... WHAT?! I demand it!! So from now on - if you see them start harassing them for Trigun doujinshi (straight or yaoi... I can normally find both from him) and maybe once the movie gets closer he'll get the picture that Trigun is NOT an old series!!! So there!! Alright, that's it for me, I hope you all have a great Memorial Day and I'll be back with new info as it comes available! | |
| May 14, 2006 Well... I STILL haven't seen TriMax #9 anywhere... so if anyone lays a hold of it, let me know, okay? I'd like to know if it ever hits the shelves! What's with Dark Horse sometimes.... we want our manga!! *chuckles* As promised... And here I forgot to update this during my last update... Darius is working on a story I promised I'd link to for him! ^_^ "Dopplegangers" Check it out, I'm hoping to do some drawings for it eventually... *shifty eyes* Providing I get off my lazy butt that is! | |
May 10, 2006 Today is a MASS update! Whoot! First off though, I have to give everyone the bad news... NO TRIMAX for July! *SOB* Believe me, if I find out differently (as in the case that it's a misprint) I will be sure to revoke the information, but for now there you have it, Nightow must be taking a long deserved vacation or perhaps he's finally getting ready for TM#12... I guess we'll just have to wait to find out! I hate waiting...So here I've been talking about Anime Central for over a month now and finally now that it's come and past, guess what? Loads of pictures! I've got them up on Cosplay.com right now (link on front page), but I will probably be doing a convention report like I have done in the past years. I like doing the "search for the real Vash the Stampede" and I think I may have found him... Bwahaha. But we'll see! I've got quite a few photos to goof around with. Between Dark Vashs, Stripper Vashs and Bendy Vashs... well, maybe I'll finally coax the real one out? ^_~ Obviously in today's picture Meesh and I are standing with Voltz (Jim) and Stripper Vash (Zach) - neither of them can take a bad picture, WTF? *chuckles* One of these days maybe they'll even let us *gasp* hang out with them for more than a few minutes at a time (they know too many people! *sob*) because well, Zach is one of us.. "one of us, one of us, one of us!" XD; Ain'tcha? Just a Trigun Maximum freak. (Heh heh - notice something wrong with the 'do' though? ^_~) Updates!! Lots and lots of Guest Art and Fanfiction submissions I've been putting off. Everything from Aine of Knockaine, Edward Elric, Fahji, SushiY... If I'm missing anyone here they'll probably be listed on the GuestArt page. Now if I've missed something YOU sent me, and it's still not up, please drop me an email and I'll see about getting it up! Most likely it's gotten lost somewhere in the shuffle and I don't want to forget anyone! So please let me know ASAP! Now, I'll still be taking new submissions - however, get them in before June. Things will be crazy this summer getting ready for Otakon, new cosplays, skits, pictures, etc. Of course, maybe YKO not being new next month might be a blessing in disguise for me... I may actually be able to work more on Dark Convergence! Well, let's hope. Plus I'd like to do some funny doujinshi based on this convention... hopefully! There's a couple of gags I'd like to do. So keep your eyes peeled! Oh yeah... and keep your eyes peeled for TriMax #9 as well... it's supposed to be coming out any time now! ^_^ Love & Peace until then! | |
May 3, 2006 Ah!! I can't belive you all have helped me reach over 18,000 hits now!! Thank you all soooo much!! We're close to 19,000.... O_O Will we hit 20,000 by the three year anniversary?? I can only wonder!! It would help if Nightow would get his booty in gear and get the next chapters!! End of May.. yes yes... I'm just patiently waiting.To the right here is a new avatar I pulled from the last chapter of TriMax. Milly's so cuuuute!! Meanwhile... Anime Central is going to prove to be fun this year. We've got two photo shoots planned so plenty of pictures! Providing I can find a good photographer to use my camera for me... >_< Oooh yeah... I'll have to find a lacky. BWAHAHA. Mooost likely we'll be doing a special session with a few good cosplayers to get some shots from the manga (I've seen it done on a Japanese site... here: Hotload Cartridge) so most likely after that session I'll have a special webpage on this site (rather than on Cosplay.com) to do a comparison of manga vs. real life. ^_^ Cross your fingers we'll have good enough weather to pull it off!! Alright... now I'm out of here - have a great weekend! | |
| April 28, 2006 Sorry no new updates for awhile. I was waiting to see the official listing of the YKO for this month to see that, yes, alas, no new Trigun or Hellsing this month! *faints* July's issue (that will be out at the end of May) will have Hellsing on the cover however, which probably says that Trigun will be back. I'll let you know the moment I get the book in my hot little hands probably the week after ACen (unless I find out sooner that is). *crosses fingers* Purrrleeez have an announcement that the books will be coming out... purleeze! *ahem* Onegai Shimasu!!! XD Alright - nothing huge in the world of updates but that I did get up Ch. 9 for Dark Convergence - go read it now!! ^_~ And there'll be TWO, count 'em TWO Trigun Photo shoots at ACen this year so keep your eyes peeled online for pictures if you can't make it! Love & Peace everyone!
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| April 19, 2006 Over the next few days, if all goes well that is, I'll be adding new guest artists/fanfics so keep an eye out for them! I have a list of what I need to get up, including more of Lillith's story, a cute fanfic/drawing from Fahji, and some artwork by Edward Elric - I'm slowly working through getting everything arranged, but work's been crazy! If you REALLY want to see your stuff up - always bug me on Wednesdays because I tend to do most of my updating then when I'm off of work in early! ^_~ In other update news (I'm taking this YKO hiatus to do some other updates around this cobwebby place!) there's a brand new CGI manga scan that I did of Livio (looks like one of Kuronekosan's illustrator pieces on the same page) - so check that out! It was a lot of fun to do and of course we all love Livio! I can take requests on coloring, it just takes forever. This particular one was requested of me from Darius months ago... gomen! "Trigun X" - I keep getting questions on this topic and I have yet to find a definitive answer no matter what people keep telling you on forums! There was a poster, there was an old picture of the anime, it said "Trigun X" but that's all. There is no posting on Madhouse saying they are working on the project (although they do have stuff listed into next year), and there have been no 'official' releases on the movie since Anime Insider covered it back in January. Many of us are assuming this "X" stands for "Ten" because the anime is on it's tenth anniversary this year. Can you believe it's been out for so long and it's still SO GOOD? ^_^ I have a feeling the poster was merely advertising successful anime that have had a long run from Madhouse... however, I am willing to be proven wrong with facts so if you know anything, drop me a line! Until then, I promise to update as soon as more information comes available! | |
| April 15, 2006 You'd think, with one convention behind me, and no new cosplay to work on for the next one, that I'd have more free time to spend working on translations and updates on here... But no!! I haven't even been playing KH2 all week! So what have I been doing? Working mostly. Blame full-time. I've even had to resort to going to Molokidan in order to use his translations for this month's YKO. My apologies, I promise I'll actually do the work myself next chapter. Some things I did change, for example, the little dude from pieces of Earth is named Banse (not Panse), there was a typo in this month's YKO. *chuckles* I went back to make sure the spelling was right from previous chapters. Anyway, I did like Mol's translations this time around for the most part, so thank you Mol! This chapter strikes me as either the end of one book or the beginning of another (I'm betting the end myself) - sorta has a taste of TM#3, describing Vash there at the end. Also reminds me of the setup of the end of the anime - Milly and Meryl going into the fray to talk to him and Vash ends up killing Legato to save them... (sorry Meesh, it could happen!) But we'll see, we have more than a month to contemplate it! In other news - for all of you in the Mid-west, please come visit with me, Meesh, and a few other really great Trigun fans/cosplayers at Anime Central!! I'll be in full Milly-Maximum gear (although I haven't fully convinced myself to get a hair trim.. so you'll have to deal with it. *chuckles*) and I've heard that Stripper-Vash will be up on stage once again this year. Not like I've ever bothered to actually watch his skits in person (except for Ohayocon this year), but they are a hoot if you've ever seen them online. I'm also going to promote Flip's convention (actually his friend Mike is the con-chair) in West Virginia (the only one!) called, Tsubasacon! - it's in October so you've still got plenty of time to register and hang out with those crazy dudes. I don't know whether I'm going to be able to go yet or not because of how soon it is after Otakon - but we'll see! If you live in the area and have never been to a convention, check it out, you'll be glad you did!! Okay... Now I'm off, hope you all have a very happy Easter! | |
| April 12, 2006 I forgot to mention that there will be no YKO next month! Many of you already know, but for those of you who didn't, yeah, we're going to have to wait until July's issue! Luckily that'll be at the beginning of June and Nightow is just finishing up his books to get published... But I'll let you know when I hear for sure. Also, I'm starting to work on my own translations (yes, finally) sorry for the delays! | |
| April 7, 2006 Just for the heck of it, an update! Actually it's because I received an email tonight from Kee Kee with a list of more "You Know you like Trigun Too Much..." and since I just loved the suggestions I added them plus a few more of my own. Goodness, after over 2 1/2 years my obsession really hasn't lifted any and I can keep adding things to this list! Someday I'd like to have over 100 so if YOU have some that aren't on this list - send them along and I'll post them too! *GRINS* That's it for now... no YKO yet *sob*. | |
| April 5, 2006 I'm BAAAACK! I know, it's been awhile, sorry to keep you all hanging if you can't get to Max7's YKO chapter - it's only a day later... *heh* Although yes, no translations yet, I haven't gotten my own copy in the mail yet so it'll probably be this weekend or so. But hopefully the update will hold you until then. Quite a bit I didn't understand before has come together in this chapter. Anyway, onwards! While you all were slaving away wondering what happened with Vash and Legato, I was at Anime Punch 2006 in Columbus, Ohio. It was... Well, I must say if Meesh and Flipster weren't there it would have been a really stupid convention. The events were all hentai oriented it seems, and even though there was a very interesting lineup of anime in the video rooms, most of the good ones got skipped since they couldn't get all the rooms running on time. Crispin Freeman and Joshua Seth were there - Crispin is of course the voice of Alucard - if the OVAs ever get picked up let's do a petition to make sure his voice is on those! Joshua Seth of course played Young Knives in the anime - it's sooooo creepy to hear his voice coming out of a 40 some year old guy!! No kidding! Odd but true. Both voice actors were a bit skiddish though Crispin was there even Sunday morning and sat through the Steve Conte concert and I think even attended the masquerade (where we made fools of ourselves on stage of course!!). Conte was AWESOME. I love "Call Me Call Me" from Cowboy Bebop, it makes me cry - and oooh especially when it's sung live and Meesh and I were in the front row! ^_^ Friday was actually the most well-behaved of the days and then it all went downhill and Meesh, Flip, Zasshu (Meesh's Legato-cosplayer crush) all did our weird "Gender Bender Trigun" skit. ^_~ I doubt anyone really liked it, but ah well, we had fun and that's what counted!! I have some pictures up online on my Cosplay.com account and will periodically put some more up as I have time. However, upcoming there's a brand new chapter of Dark Convergence on Fanfiction.net I just put up there. I've got to get some new fan art up as well this upcoming week. My apologies to everyone who has been waiting patiently!! I only have one thing to say about updates in the next month: Kingdom Hearts 2. Can't do both. *GRINS* PLUS... Those who live in the Chicago/Great Lakes area - watch out!! ANIME CENTRAL!! ^_^ Lots of fun Trigun cosplay this year, already lined up Stripper Vash and Voltz to do a cosplay-manga-pics (providing the weather is good and we can find good spots that is!) plus I'll be doing Milly T again (stungun fixed after it's accident) and who knows who else might show up? I'd love to do a huge gathering of the fans on this site again - so keep watching out here for details on a meeting! I can't believe it's just a month away.... eeek! Money's going to be tight until my tax return comes back (yes, I'm still one of those mail it in people... alas... but our guy's cheap). So hope to see you all there!! ^_^ | |
| March 30, 2006 NEW YKO!! ^_^ Unfortunately it's another cliff hanger! *ARG* But Vash is okay! And Milly and Meryl look awesome in space suits! *GRINS* However... I'm not putting up an update until the end of the weekend, really sorry everyone, but I'll be at Anime Punch - in fact, I'm packing right now! But I had to tell everyone that it's coming, it's been translated and they'll be getting it up on Maximum 7 soon - but I'll do my own translations upcoming as well. And I'm gonna color at least one page I really love with Milly and Meryl. ^_^ Knives is still at it... looks like... Kuronika's ship is getting blown up.... O_o Oi. Crazy!! And I'm gone because... I'm not making much sense tonight! Too excited about everything! | |
| March 22, 2006 I'm sure everyone's gonna kill me since I've spent all evening working on this site rather than chatting online *chuckles* - plus there are a WHOLE lot of changes... For one thing, you'll notice I'm working at changing the name of the site to "Maximum" rather than "Anime" seeing as though all along I've talked a WHOLE lot more about the manga than the anime... You'll still be able to find the website on Google under the same name but the title graphic's changed (at least until summer). Next off, Spring Cleaning! The Fanfiction section has undergone a clean-sweep. B&G link, TGDTR link has moved to bottom and I've added a new link for Guest Fanfiction (it still shares the page with Guest Art for now) - eventually Guest Fanfiction will have its own page as I start deleting Trigun Maximum raws. A brand new story is now added to the Guest Fanfiction section - Sailor Lilith-chan's "Plants in the City" Ch. 1-4 are up and ready to read - if you like the story like I do, go to her FF.net page and read up to Ch. 12 now! ^_^ More changes! Aine of Knockaine gave me a colored manga scan a looong time ago that I've finally put up on the CGI Manga page. I'm also going to be looking for Desktops! Are you a talented artist when it comes to desktops? Let me know! Let's replace my old sucky desktops! *grins* Preferably manga pages although anime and original art acceptable as well! If you need a specific scan large enough for a desktop, please email me and I'll see what I can do! What else? Brand new drawing from Meesh! Vash ballpoint pen sketch - very awesome!! Lemme think... I fiddled with so much stuff today! There's a Dark Convergence picture up on Susan-chan's main webpage now. I didn't realize there was still a Christmas drawing up! I'm crossing my fingers she'll let me put her newest up, but it was given to Hopeis4ever for her website, so I'm waiting for permission. ^_~ Other new possibilities upcoming - possibly a page dedicated to Trigun gear. I've been talking about it for so long now - my own personal list is growing quite long, and what with new stuff coming out all the time (like the Kuroneko patch at HotTopic I saw this weekend) and the new figurines - well, there's plenty still to gather all ye Trigunners! Alright... I hope I haven't confused too many people with my changes - I'm hoping that everything is still easy to find. If any links are broken - PLEASE tell me!! There have been some pages like Mabel's art page that have had broken links for months and no one told me. If you can't get to it, it's probably not experiencing downtime, it's probably broken and easily fixable! Email me at: Ricki or AIM me at: Whatcher R. Thanks for your help, without YOU this site wouldn't be what it is today!! Oh yes, and don't worry, due to an overwhelming response - I'll still do translations!! Thank you SO much for all your online comments and email - you all ROCK. I REALLLLY REALLLLLY mean it!! Thank you!! See you soon! | |
March 20, 2006
My life.... is complete. *GRINS* I give a holler out to Nicholas D. Wolfwood for this picture, sending me to this site: Vash Angel to see a couple busts (which aren't as pretty as the ones that were done years ago that I have most of the set) but it's the Vash angel that completely took my eye - and took my breath away! Isn't he beautiful? He's slated for an August 2006 release, but no price is set and I really don't know if he'll be mass-marketed or not. Hopefully - cross our fingers because this is really super stunning!!Oookay so far that's all I have for Trigun figure news. *chuckles* Seems like that's all I've got for you all right now! Ta ta for now! | |
| March 17, 2006 Finished translating April's YKO now, yes yes, it took awhile, and yes, it's not the same as the Max7 translation. ^_~ But that's to be expected, translation is a hard business! That reminds me, did I remember to tell everyone that Justin Burns is no longer our "official" translator for the series? He stopped at book 7 because apparently he was too slow for the publisher (thank goodness I'm not a translator, I'd have been fired a long time ago!) and yet, in book 8 you'll see his name there - however, Justin didn't do it! I talked to him about it a week or so ago in order to see if we couldn't fix some of the confusion with the names because I didn't want him going and spelling Razlo wrong when it's written right there on the page, much like they've done leaving an "s" off of "Tessla". So for now, we've got a mystery translator for the series! We'll all mourn the loss of Burns-sensei because even with the problems, he really is just another Trigun-fan just like the rest of us, trying his hardest to keep the series accurate and fighting publishers and editors along the way! At least I don't have to do that! ^_~ In other news, just so you all don't think I've forgotten you, I still have some CGI works that need to go up here from submissions. I'm still taking submissions - no worries there! You got CGI drawings make sure they're saved in either a .jpg or .png format (if you can't get the .pngs, download Quicktime for your computer then you'll be able to load them correctly. ^_^) PNGS (pronounced "pings") actually keep the quality of the picture a LOT clearer and they don't save too much larger than .jpgs do. However, keep the file size down if you're sending stuff to me, keep them around 200kb maximum otherwise I sit here for an hour downloading! (Remember, I'm one of the three people who still have dial-up! ^_~) In other news, JazWares - the company who will be bringing Trigun figures to the USA - has announced they've pushed back their release dates to late summer *sniff sniff* - HOWEVER... They've announced that there will be Vash, Wolfwood (w/ cross punisher of course), Knives - with his angel arm (although it's not in the picture), and a retailer specific "Shirtless Vash" - whoot!! (Click the Gallery to see these first ones! Whoot! They're... not ToyTribe quality - and I'm so-so about them really... They look more like some cheap toy you get at the dollar store... sorry! Maybe the real things will be better...). However, if you read on there's also some other surprises in store for the second set - another Vash with a removeable coat and upperbody sculpt - Rei Dei the Blade - Cain the Longshot - and of course - LEGATO! ^_^ Speaking of Legato, I'm taking this info from "Closetsquirrel" on Trinuts/AngelsofGunsmoke forum - back in 2002 in a Japanese magazine there was a prototype Legato figurine from ToyTribe (why couldn't they just have released it?!) but all in all it's pretty sweet to look at, even though it might have been a failed release - ooor perhaps it's still due out eventually. Legato Prototype The oldest websites I found mention of this picture were back in 2001 and they were talking about Gazelle the Peacemaker, saying that one was to be released first - and look he was! So maybe there's hope yet... If only they'd bring out a Milly. *chuckles* Well, that's it for Trigun news at the moment! Hope you all enjoy! See you again soon! | |
| March 11, 2006 First off - new Fan Art by Meesh!!! WHOOT! One of the most awesome bloody Legato pics I've ever seen! Actually it fits perfectly with the newest chapter (which I still don't have *sob*) so check it out! Also in the arts business - if you're into drawing, the Tessla fanclub is holding a contest to draw a Chibi Tessla. ^_^ Here's the link for the rules: Tessla Fanclub. I'm going to see if I can't draw something for the occasion since I love drawing chibi (it's a secret, don't tell anyone!) The contest ends March 25. Keep checking back - more later today (I hope!) | |
| March 9, 2006 So I'm patiently waiting for my own copy of YKO - should be here tomorrow or Saturday and then I'll do my own translating. ^_^ But in the meantime I've been Dark Vash crazy!! Many of you have already seen the drawing since I posted it on deviantART yesterday evening, but now I've posted it on my fan art page. I'm making quite a collecting of CG works now! I guess I really need to get off my duff and start making prints and selling them... *chuckles* I need to do things other than Trigun though *gulp*. Would anyone be interested in seeing other artwork? Ah we'll see, Vash is my one and only true love. *GRINS* Keep a watch out, I'll be getting more updates on the YKO site soon! Love & Peace!! | |
March 4, 2006
KO!! YKO!! WHOOT!! This new cover is just super awesome! Sorry it's taken me so long to post this, first off I got the cover and posted it right away, and then Flip went around posting an even larger copy (available through me as well upon request if you aren't a member of any forums) and then later that day or so posted the translations thanks to Molokidan. Now... I've been wondering what to do now that I've been overthrown by Max7... But a very kind and super awesome gal on Max7 figured out what my YKO updates are good for - and that's deciphering the pictures! *GRINS* So thanks to Bink you'll still be getting YKO updates here - and guess what - a new one already! Whoot! I don't have translations up - I will once I actually get the book in my hot little hands and thus you can either have Mol's or mine, whichever you choose. ^___^ Yaaay!Now later on in the week I'll be posting new Dark Vash fanart by yours truly (once I finish coloring that is!) and of course for those of you still needing more Dark Vash fix - check out Dark Convergence (shameless self plug: HERE) and read read read! And also a BRAND NEW Dark Convergence Art Gallery - new art *go Susan go Susan - go Aine go Aine!* Oh yes! Shoot... I've forgotten the exact spelling but Vash The Stampede has made a deviantART club (I think it's http://darkvash.deviantart.com but I'm not sure if I'm missing something...) - plus of course there is still the dark Vash unions in Japanese websites.... Hmmm I wonder if any of them will be drawing new stuff thanks to this new development? I mean - come on, look at it - fans have been drawing and writing about Dark Vash for YEARS now - and now suddenly all of our stories have a real backbone! It's not just something we're doing for a toy! What makes me really curious is now people can't call Dark Vash cosplayers not the "real" Vash... Hmmm... OOh I wonder if some of our favorite Vash cosplayers will jump on board now and start making black Vash costumes! Whoot! Those guys look sexy in red - wonder if they'll look just as good in black? Probably! *GRINS* Alright - now I'm rambling - see you all soon with more translations!! | |
| February 26, 2006 Tomorrow tomorrow - the new YKO comes out tomorrow! (In Japan anyway, considering the time-zone differences...) Oooh I can't wait because the cover is supposed to be TriMax again! Whoot! Will it be Vash, Knives, Legato or someone else?! I can't wait!! Of course I have to... *sigh* Until then, take a laugh at Meesh's SUPER KEWL Black Cat Charades Pt 2 doujinshi on the Guest Art Page! Whoot! If you haven't been keeping up to date with the YKOs (where have YOU been? *chuckles*) then you won't understand that Legato has powers over the "threads" that connect people - or perhaps their threads of life... I'm not sure, but that's how he controls people. BWAHAHA... This comic is awesome! I wanted to do a comic this weekend but I didn't manage, ended up working on Ch. 17 of Dark Convergence instead... oh yes, Susan and I are that far ahead writing... ^_~ Of course I can't wait to catch up to show all of our artwork! Just getting there so there aren't spoilers... Soon soon enough! Update soon - YKO time again - whoot! | |
| February 24, 2006 Gomen gomen!! I finally got the YKO update finished - sorry that I didn't have it done sooner but something unexpected happened - Maximum 7 caught up with me ("Daaaammmmittt!!" ~Vash) so I was having a bit of a "should I bother with competing with them from now on or not?" Well, my dear friends, I'm still trusting that you'll all still stop by my page anyway. I know some of you aren't able to d/l the chapters - or just don't have the time, plus maybe you'll still like how I translate... I'm not sure - but don't worry, I'm trying to come up with something else that will still help this webpage stand out from the rest! Anyone have any ideas? I'm planning on getting a new art gallery going soon - still taking submissions! I'll be taking down the Raw Scans soon, except for newer chapters, just in case any of you are purists and would like to color raw scans in their original Japanese. I'm still taking colorations too - plus if anyone would like to start submitting backgrounds - let's see them!! I'd still like to find something to reward all of you for being so great and keeping with me all of these years! Don't worry, I'm not out for the count yet! I think Meesh and I will be starting a Cosplay fandom section of this website where we post pictures of Trigun and Trigun Maximum chapters - and I'd especially love to do some "live action" manga pages. Anyone up for it? *GRINS* We'll be at Anime Punch in Ohio in April, Anime Central in Illinois in May, and Otakon in Baltimore in August! We'll bring the books with us, take shots to match the anime pages and then put them together and post them here! Maybe? ^_^ Let me know - I know all of the best TriMax cosplayers are here on the East Coast - but if you have ideas from the West Coast - let me know! In the meantime I tweaked the colors on the main page today. Also seperated the YKO pages a wee bit so the load time is faster (for those two people who still have dialup like me! *grins* It's free...what am I to argue??) and even tweaked a few of the old pages with new info I've received since about some of the chapters! Enjoy, and I'll see you all in about 4 days or so with the new YKO chapter update! ^_^ | |
| February 14, 2006 Happy Valentine's Day!! ^_^ Your present - Chapter 92!! Check it out - I know I love you guys. Thanks to Flipster-kun for the scans (although I coulda scanned these pages myself) - I did put one of the two-pagers together for your enjoyment. ^_^ Love love love you guys!! Happy V-day!! Hope you have a great one!! I now return to my moaning about my poor dead laptop.... Ooh site's been on and off since I've put these up. So bookmark the backdoor and go straight there, I may end up posting the Manga Scans link up on there so that this site doesn't go down during peak hours - so if it disappears, check the RTAP2 link. ^_~ In the meantime - specials for Valentine's Day - in my Fanart page there's a Dark Vash and Meryl pic that I did the other day. Heh heh - yes, I'm still posting on here, not just on deviantART! And also a VERY special picture from Meesh - Legato's Valentine's!! That one is also on the backdoor so you can access the Guest Art page any time you like. Meesh's pictures now have thumbnails - I'll be putting up more once I can take down more of the manga scans once they are posted on Maximum 7. Hope you all had a great Valentine's Day! More of Susan's artwork to come - I'm preparing it for this week! Love & Peace everyone! | |
February 5, 2006 Thanks to Flipster I have this picture for all of you! ^_^ I'm still working on translations so I hope this tides you all over for now! I also posted a brand new CGI colored manga page today from Legato's flashback of Vash after surviving Lost July. ^_~ I did it basically to learn how to use the Wacom pen I borrowed from my brother, and because I wanted the picture on my laptop's desktop. The picture here to the right of Vash and Legato - well there you go folks, Vash is doin' okay. In the next page you see one of Vash's feathers and Legato's face glows... (I didn't see the feathers before) So I'm thinking that we're nearing the end of Legato...O_o Hmmmmm! More soon, until then, enjoy!
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| February 4, 2006 Sorry it's taken me so long to get the YKO summary up for this month. I've had the chapter from Flip for the last few days but just got home from house sitting in order to do this update. OOoohweee - Elendira's dead! And Vash is still okay! Whoot! And more awesome flashbacks from Lost July - sweet! The chapter was fairly short though, only 26 pages surprisingly. I'll get more translations up later this weekend hopefully, so keep your eyes peeled! Meanwhile, Trigun Maximum #8 is now available depending on where you get it from - it's out - yay!! Lots to read, lots of good stuff! ^_^ Geneon is finally releasing Trigun First Donuts CD Soundtrack this month (Feb. 7) and apparently if sales go well they'll release Second Donuts too... So BUY BUY BUY IT!! If we get them all sold out and they release Second Donuts we might finally get all of the translations for the Drama Tracks!! XD Of course - if someone has all of the translations (not just what's on Sumire's site) please let me know, I'll make a page of them! ^_^ There's a very brief explanation of it in Anime Insider, plus a Manga VS Anime Trigun short which is basically correct - I'm curious who this Angela is who wrote the article... She told enough without spoiling the fact that Wolfwood's dead. Hmmm! Okay gotta get working on translations! See you all very soon! | |
| January 28, 2006 I feel a wee bit guilty about not being here as regularly as I could be. Since being dragged into the forums and multiple different sites, I have sort of allowed this site to lack in certain areas. So, as part of my new year's resolution, I'm hoping to fix some of that! The first thing you may have noticed - especially if you're a regular to this site - is that there is now a link to .RAR files that have entire (and a few partial) chapters of Trigun Maximum YKO! ^_^ I've given this page address to people in the past, many of you have it bookmarked, but now, as thanks to those fans who've helped me get the high hit-count, but haven't contacted me, you can see them too! If you're still missing chapters... You'll have to go to Maximum7!! XP (as soon as they are up and translated there.. .mine will disappear - bwahaha) I've recently gotten Ch. 85 up, and 86/87 will probably appear later on this week. In other news, let me see... I'm hoping to get more fanart up soon. And then there's the goofy pic of Meesh and I doing our Nightow Panel at Ohayocon on the main page. I just thought it was such a perfect example of how crazy we are - there was a Trigun AMV playing behind us (I'm amazed my friend Todd caught the silly looking Vash in the picture) plus we're just sitting pretty with all of our Trigun stuff we brought. Some of you saw us there! We've talked a little bit about doing another convention - I've registered for Anime Central again this year - so if you can make it to Chicago - please come! (I'll have the gun!!) And then Otakon... most likely followed by Youmacon in November... So if you live on the East Coast, drop me a line, we'll hang! ^_^ And... Meesh and I are planning some kind of righteous cosplay site or something... *chuckles* So stay tuned!! | |
| January 22, 2006 YKO translations complete! Sorry it took me so long - I had to adlib some of it because of just how complicated the kanji was - my apologies, but I'm positive you've got the gist of it all now. ^_^ The end of this chapter says to me that we're going to be getting back to Vash and the crew very soon just because it looks like Elendira is done for... I could be wrong, we had a Livio flashback (and you know GHG flashbacks usually mean death) - but I have a feeling we'll be fine now that I've translated the rest of it. I can't wait to see if we ever find out what exactly made Elendira want to follow Knives... but if we never do, I'm not entirely sad about it. *chuckles* In other news, my sweet friend Chilly let me know that they're releasing the Trigun anime on the PSP now - so in case you own one of those and need to watch Trigun wherever you go - check it out, the first disc is being released very soon. Also, the second Limited Edition DVD set was released, I mentioned it at the top of this page, but it comes with some very funny Japanese TV spots (just listening to them slaughter the Engrish is hilarious), shiny new covers and of course a Kuroneko Keychain that comes with a little embroidered Trigun pouch and has a magnetic coin that has Vash/Knives on it that you can trade with the Kuroneko. ^_^ There's so much cool stuff for Trigun right now. However, if you're looking for stuff in your local store, you might be disappointed, only because HotTopic is pretty picked over at present after the Christmas season - all of the Vash coats mysteriously disappeared (heh heh heh, I haven't checked online to see if they're still available) and most of the t-shirts are dwindling. Waldenbooks and Borders are selling a few wallscrolls and the kuroneko hat right now as well as the books - so there's a few more places besides the anime stores you can check out. ^_^ Meanwhile, check my deviantART account, I've got some new artwork up there - I'll try to get more of it up here soon, but it'll probably be sometime next week. Have a good one everyone! Love & Peace OUT! | |
January 9, 2006
So I was bored today. YKO didn't come in the mail like I thought it would. I checked online to make sure my check was deposited before I have to go to Indiana this next week - on the plus side, if it comes in time I'll take it with me and just use the air-plane time to translate. I've been slacking on translating lately because of Mol who does it for Maximum7. They're slowly catching up to me and when they do I'm considering asking him permission to use his translations here - in case you don't have the time to load all the pretty pictures, you'll be able to at least read the translations.In the meantime, a new job is good and bad - bad since I haven't had much free time to update. I'm still planning on a convention report - but for now I've got it up on my deviantART account and pictures on my Cosplay.com account... Goodness, I do understand now why people usually don't bother with their own sites anymore - these things are so much easier! But don't worry, I'm here to stay, there's still a lot of worries about spoilers so I'll stick here for now. Speaking of which.... Abo has now joined my GuestArt page with a lovely Dark Vash pic that will just knock your socks off! This gal has been around for awhile but goodness if I only met her just recently and her artwork is so beautiful! I'm hoping she might do something feathery for me in the future.... ^_^ Thanks Abo! &nbps; Oh, the signature at the right was something I played around with today - it's cheesy but since I uploaded it here on this site I thought I'd might as well use it somewhere. ^^ I love Milly and Meryl to pieces - the fact that they come running into the rescue is even more awesome. Hope to update again before my trip - you guys are just awesome! | |
January 9, 2006
I'm back!! Ohayocon 2006 was an absolute blast!! Hopefully over the next week I'll start getting up more pictures for you all to see besides this one, but I'm just getting everything organized for the convention rant today - and it's taking me a LONG time to get through everything!! Just so you know I had a great time, I got to see the brand new chapter and alas, nothing with Vash! *sobs* However, more of Livio's past (I hope he's not gonna die cuz of this!) and an interesting tidbit of Elendira... I can't wait to get a hold of it to start translating for you!! Flipster-kun got it Sunday morning so Meesh-chan, Stripper Vash and I all sat around looking at the pretty pictures. *GRINS*To everyone that came and said hi to me - hi again! I hope you all had a great time, I had a great time meeting an absolute ton of Trigun fans - plus I had a whole lot of fun chuckling at the 5+ "HotTopic Vashs" that were there. I did plug the coat here on my site because I thought it was funny... but I didn't seriously think I'd see so many!! Zach and I both penned the name "HotTopic Vash" Friday night around the same time and it became sort of a running joke but for one very astute female Vash that made necessary adjustments to her coat - way to go! Vashs in general are awesome anyway, so don't feel like I'm ripping on anyone! There were also a ton of Wolfwoods and Millys, one Meryl, two Midvalleys (with real Saxophones) and a very awesome Legato! (Hiya Greg!) I was very impressed by the turnout - so if any of you who visit my site were there in costume drop me an email, I probably have a picture of you that I'll make sure to put up and mention your name! What else? Let me think. I'd like to give a call out to Aine of Knockaine - I forgot to get a picture with the two of us! *sob* We had a blast talking about Trigun and eating pocky! Love it! A call out to Flipster's crew, you guys were all just awesome and if you read this Mike, HI! A call out to my own Fanamania crew, you guys were all sweet for attending my panels - they turned out really well, but we could have used a bit more audience participation!! (Oh crap I forgot to plug everyone's websites! DARN IT...) I also forgot my stungun *sob* until I was almost there on Friday... No wonder no one recognized me... A call out to awesome Meesh-chan for letting my sorry butt follow her around all weekend and stalking cosplayers in our spare time. *GRINS* (Good thing Legato turned out so cool otherwise he probably would have thought we were insane!!) Who else? Am I missing anyone? Of course - Zach and Jim - you guys ROCK so much!! The picture above, Jim is Knives (so cool, but he needs angel-blades *grins*), Zach is the famous Stripper Vash (with the best cosplay coat ever even IF Nightow keeps changing the stupid design on him!), Flipster (Keith) is in the back with his last minute Livio outfit which turned out awesomely scary enough to freak people out through the weekend - and of course finally little ol' me, happy I finally got my bangs right even if I didn't have the gun!! Yay!! Trigun Maximum goodness!! I can't wait until ACen - the Chicago group will be so awesome - all leading up to the GHG Otakon group! Whoot! Okay... Heh heh, lucky I titled this page "Ramblings"!! I hope to get everyone the YKO update very soon (I should be receiving it myself this weekend), translations to come - oh and brand new artwork from Abo, awesome colorist/artist I just met recently online, she's got Dark Vash loveliness coming very soon! Oh and Mi-chan's got a Tessla club on deviantART - link will be coming very soon once I get caught up! See you all soon! I now return to the grind of a full-time job and "normal" life... Dang it. XD | |
| January 4, 2006 Brand new year, brand new otaku ramblings page!! ^_^ At least it will load a whole lot faster! I've also moved all of the Blackfire & Gunsmoke links off the main page - but the access link to Susan's site is still there, don't worry, it's easy to find! I just wanted to make room for all of the fun Dark Convergence stuff that is on its way! Tons of pictures Susan's been concocting, but just so we don't spoil anything, they'll go up once we've gotten in aways... But if you like Dark Vash (and we know you do, he's been a regular on this site for years now) - watch out, there's some GREAT pics on their way and a whole new gallery just for DC!! ^_^ In other news I've finally got the schedule for Meesh-chan and my Trigun Maximum and Yasuhiro Nightow Fan Panels... Respectively, Friday 8-9 and Saturday 6-7. An unfortunate consequence of Meesh's cosplaying with StripperVash on Saturday however is that she may not be able to attend the second panel. However, I may have Flipster-kun there, so please join us. It SHOULD be completed in time for the masquerade, and if everyone agrees, we might brake early to cheer them on - no matter what crazy skit they put on!! You KNOW Stripper Vash, Voltz and Meesh-chan will put on one rockin' skit no matter whether it's Trigun or not! ^_~ I hope to see everyone there this weekend! Yipes! I haven't gotten the quizzes prepared yet - bone up on your skills and you might walk away with some original artwork from one of us Trigunners!! ^_^ | |
| December 30, 2005 Happy New Year everyone! (Or nearly!) I'm sorry I haven't been online to update much lately. I still feel really bad about that, everything's come up at the same time and suddenly it's over a week later and I haven't even finished the YKO translations and the new chapter is already out!! >< I haven't seen it yet, so I can't tell you if there's more Elendira/Livio or we finally get back to Vash! I HAVE however added more to the translations from last chapter in the meantime. Elendira I'd imagine would be like one of those high-falutin' people who have to speak in really complicated words you'd need a theasaurus to understand! I swear every other kanji is one I can't find and have to research for, it's so complicated after a few hours I give up... *sob* If only I had a real translator!! XD Anyway, soon after Ohayocon is overwith and done I'll be posting a Nightow-information page (something I probably should have had a long time ago I guess.) and of course the new chapter (which I'll hopefully HAVE by then!). Also in the meantime I've got new pics! Check out the fanart page for something new from Kuronekosan - a VERY cool Wolfwood pic! Plus a new guest, Fahji with a funny manga-scan coloration! I'm posting it on the guest-art page since the wording has been changed around (plus it's easier to get up faster!) I can't wait to see more from Fahji!! ^_^ On a more personal note, thank you everyone for making this year so great! When I started this site I knew very few Trigun fans. And for awhile it seemed as though no one liked the manga anymore and the only fans were addicts to the anime! This year I've met so many people who love the manga as much as I do, are able to keep up with it not just by this site, but subscribe to YKO as well, so many people who keep ME up to date on occasions even, and overall have made this last year SO MUCH FUN!! I sure hope that next year will be just as fun if not even BETTER! This may be the year when Trigun Maximum ends its 11th year! It's very exciting to think some people have been here from the start, others just joining - but we're all loving the series so much and can share our talents, our ideas and even our questions on Trigun and have a great time doing it!! So thank you all! If I have any resolutions this year, it's to meet even MORE Trigun fans until I know them all! Because you ALL ROCK!! ^_^ Have a great New Year, see you soon!
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