Fyuh, looks like i’m vacuum from this blog for quite a long time… that’s because i was too busy with my final project and then end up forget about this blog…

Well, for starter i will give a review about the most recent anime i’ve been watching, Clannad. Enjoy please.

Tomoya Okazaki is a third year high school student resentful of his life. His mother passed away from a car accident when he was younger, causing his father to resort to alcohol and cigarettes. This results in fights between the two until Tomoya’s shoulder is injured in a fight. Since then, Tomoya has had distant relationships with his father, causing him to become a delinquent over time. While on a walk to school, he meets a strange girl named Nagisa Furukawa who is a year older, but is repeating due to illness. Due to this, she is often alone as most of her friends have moved on. The two begin hanging out and slowly, as time goes by, Tomoya finds his life shifting in a new direction.

Phew, it’s been a long time since the last time i’ve updated my blog isn’t it? Well anyway, here is the big news i’ve got from the official website of Manchester United. Seems like because the transfer problem of Tevez, Sir Alex will after Nicolas Anelka, the French Striker. Here is the full news anyway:

Sir Alex Ferguson will wait up to a year to complete the £30million capture of Carlos Tevez – and is ready to make Nicolas Anelka a stop-gap signing. United have until August 31 to sign Tevez, whose dispute with West Ham over his contractual status will be determined by agent Kia Joorabchian’s High Court case, which Fergie hopes will settle the matter by the deadline date. But, such is his determination to sign Tevez, the United boss is prepared to wait until the January transfer window or even next summer to land the Argentina striker. The Mirror also reports that Middlesbrough are set to land United striker Alan Smith for £6million.

In The Sun, Sir Alex Ferguson tells Jose Mourinho to shut it. Well, not quite, but when asked whether Mourinho’s decision to try and be calmer next season is a good idea, he responded: “It’s probably a good thing for him he’s said he’ll be less outspoken. He was getting himself in all sorts of difficulties.”

Well, that’s really a big news for me really. I’ve heard that the 2nd season will be released at Fall 2007 after CLANNAD being released, but then KyoAni Studio made an official announcement this day that Kyoto Animation’s schedule will be Suzumiya Haruhi in Fall/Winter 2007 and a light novel adaptation in Spring 2008, so CLANNAD seems to have been pushed back until Fall 2008. We probably won’t know anything more definitive until the official announcement is made. But, regardless of what airs when, this Fall season is going to be chock-full of sequels and potential blockbusters. It’s really worth for waiting isn’t it? Well, here is the source pictures from the official site, enjoy.

Haruhi 2nd 01: Watashi wa koko ni iru, Haruhi 2nd season release?

Haruhi 2nd 02: Episode clues and game info

Haruhi 2nd 03: Lucky star charas also celebrating the release of haruhi 2nd season

I get this info from AC Milan’s website, seems like there will be a tournament in malaysia, and the participants is big clubs in europe, although they are only the young team. But i think it’s still a good idea isn’t it? Well, here is the full news anyway.

MILAN – The Youth Sector of Milan is proud and honoured, just like the entire club. The greatest world youth tournament for clubs will take place in August and Milan will be there. We’re talking about the “Champions Youth Cup – Malaysia 2007“. It is a great tournament which is born under the official consecration, under the sponsorship of the “G 14“, reserved to the players under 19.

12 out of 14 clubs Youth clubs from the organization will take part and a lot of attention and energy will be devoted to it. Milan, with Filippo Galli on the bench, will play one of the two opening matches aganst Flamengo. The other match, on the 8th of August at 18:45 (local time), will be between Malaysia Under 19 and Bayern Munich.

To prepare for a sort of summer “Champions League” for Youth teams, the games will be played in five cities, including Kuala Lumpur, where all the direct elimination matches will be played following the four groups stage of the first round. The second Rossoneri’s squad will gather at Milanello on the 21st of July and will observe the training camp of the start of the season in the same period of the first team, the European Champions.

The departure towards Malaysia is in program on the3rd of August, whereas Sebastiano Rossi, one of the elements of the technical staff of the Primavera squad, will remain at Milanello to work with the lads who are not Under 19, amongst which Willy Aubameyang (1987). The other teams of the Youth Sector of Milan will gather around the 17th of august, at the sports centre ‘Vismara’ of Milan. Then some formations will go to work in an important sports centre of Vittorio Veneto, the other group will then reach the mountain training camp of Cles, in Val di Non.

For everyone who doesn’t know about this title, school days is a simulation game in PC. But it’s not an ordinary simulation game, because we can control the story of the game with our choice, and the game is like a movie itself, so it spends very big space in your hard disk, approximately 14 Gb. But the quality of the artwork is very good, and the story is also top notched. Why is that? because it’s psycho, hehehe.

So, this game will become an anime in 2007, and it will be released today at July 3rd. I haven’t download it yet, but here is the preview of the first episode. Looks like from a game, but if you look again you will find some different thing from the game.

School days ep 1

And about the story, here is the brief story from me, enjoy.

Makoto has been, for many years, admiring a girl he has seen on the train. That girl is Kotonoha Katsura, and he even managed to take a photo of her with his cell phone. Due to new seating in his class, he ends up next to Sekai Saionji, a nosy girl but sweet and sincere. As she snoops for his cell phone while talking to him, she discovers his crush and vows to help him until Kotonoha agrees to go out with him. When Sekai finally gets them together, she realizes her own feelings after finding out that the person Kotonoha liked was, in fact, Makoto. While waiting for her train next to Makoto, who was waiting for Kotonoha, she has him talking about how he can repay her for all of her help. Before leaving for her train, she kisses him and cries when she boards the way home. This, right before Kotonoha arrived for her date with Makoto, sparked some feelings hidden deep inside him and now, he must deal with two girls.

Well, that’s the main story, but this game has 24 ending, so it depends on our choices in the game actually. From the rumors, i heard that the anime version has original ending, so its really worth to wait. The last from me is picture of kotonoha bringing her homemade bento and black tea, it looks very tasty. I want to eat it, and also eat her too, hehehe

At least i’ve got a new info about Gundam 00 (read: double O), the newest series of Gundam after Stargazer. Here is the news:

Main character Setsuna, who according to his description hates himself, pilots the Exia, of course. Lockon, a young man who lost his family to terrorists, pilots the Dynames. Alleluiah (yes, Alleluiah), a gental orphan who pilots the Kyrios, and – surprise! There’s a female pilot after all: Tieria, piloting the Virtue.

Well, i’m kinda shocked too when i saw this news. But if it’s true, it’s really great. I’ll definitely search that game. Well that’s that, here is the news anyway:

Canned Dogs has spotted an announcement in Famitsu about a new video game based on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – and it’s NOT the previously-announced PSP game. No, this looks to be a fantasy RPG featuring the SOS Brigade (which is extra funny if you’ve ever spotted the light novel promo art featuring the characters in RPG garb).

The art will be done by animators Kyoto Animation, and it looks like there will also be a figure of at least Haruhi in her RPG attire (looks like she’s a sword-swinging knight).

This is one of the psycho manga i’ve ever read. If you’re a psycho lover, you must read it. I guarantee it, hehehe. Well, here is the story of the comic anyway:

Yukiteru has always been rejecting any offers to go with friends, and he just keeps writing a diary on his cell phone. He has an imaginary friend, a god called Deus Ex Machina. However, Deus now wants to play a game with Yukiteru, a game of survival. There are 12 contestants, Yuki is one of them. The winner of the survival game will become the next Deus Ex Machina. Each contestant is given a diary, and each diary is different, in order to win the game the contestants must use their diaries to eliminate one another. In order for Yuki to survive, he must team up with another diary holder, a girl by the name of Yuno.

Today (June 26 2007) is the birthday of AC Milan Captain, Paolo Maldini. In this day, many fans sent their birthday greetings from all over the world. Here is the examples of it, taken from Milan’s official web:

Hey Paolo,
Happy Birthday mate – you’re my favourite player. I have been watching you since I was 10 years old. I am a season ticket holder from Hitchin, Londra, England and can’t wait to come up and see you guys in action again!
Forza Milano……FORZA MALDINI – Give us one more Champions League!!!!
Bini Nandra

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR PAOLO!!!!!!!!!!
I’am a big Milan fan from city of Nish (Serbia). My whole room is paint in red-black!!!          I gat best wishes for you, and my biggest is that Cristian Maldini one day wear a red-black number 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!All the best to you and to all Milan fans,players,Galliani,Berlusconi…………………..

Hi Paolo
i wish you happy birthday a good luck in your next  life and I hope you stay one more season. I m big fan for AC a I been so happy when you won Champion league.
Peter form Slovakia

Happy birthday Paolo ! and thanks for the past season. It’s great that we can still enjoy your superb performance next season.
Enjoy the summer,
Mikko, Finland.

Happy Birthday from Belgium, Paolo!!!
I was born the year you first wore the ‘maglia rossoneri’ and ever since I
was five years old you were the reason why I started playing football. Now
my respect for you as a player and as a man has only got bigger, even beyond
words.
I wanted to visit you when you were in Antwerp for your operation but it
didn’t work out, but I’m looking forward to your ultimate season (hopefully
with you winning the Golden Ball, finally!) and I will be there when you
play your last match at the San Siro.
You mean so much to me and thousands of Rossoneri (and football) fans all
over the world!
Seppe

I live in France and i will to tell that Paolo Maldini is a legend in France, i support Milan with my family since 15 years and Paolo Maldini represents Milan!! He still keep in your heart until the end of time! Paolo Maldini, We love You! and Happy Birthday To YOU!! FORZA MILAN!!!!!!!!!

Happy birthday magico paolo maldini!!! you are a legend and i feel onored that im living at the same time with you !!!! im a big ac milan fan since you beat steaua bucharest 4-0 and the time is passing away but you still there “alzando cope”..If i was the boss of l’equipe ill give the golden ball to kaka and paolo maldini…And paolo if they will not give you the golden ball i will send you one!!! because you deserve 11 golden balls!! great player great human!! a living legend!!!
Milan tu sei tutta la mia vita!!!
Stefano from Romania!!!!
Ps: C’è solo un capitano!!!

Finally i’ve gotten the lyric of this song. The newest single of L’arc en ciel, Seventh Heaven.

Ware ni tsuzuke saa ikou karadajuu no kara wo yaburi
Sarakedasu Ai wo tsunagou dakishimeai tashikameai
Yurameku rakuen made shissoku shinai Maccha kurenai
Tsukami totte yarusa tabun stairs to the seventh
Running up to heaven, Yeah!

Kirameita ruri-iro ga mune ni sasari omoishirasareru
Egaite ita miraizu ni kimi ga ukabu
[We can't let it end]
Eien ga musubareru My baby, don’t think it’s hard.

Kimi ni saishuuteki na question. Doko ni sonzai suruka heaven?
Hinto wa nai The answer in a minute thirty one.

Kono shunkan ni mo shinkou mawari mawari iro wa kawari
yuuwaku ni obore shizumi doudou meguri chiri mo tsumori
Daremo kare mo saa kina itsumo iruyo kangei shiyou
sono te de omouzonbun Stairs to the seventh.
Running up to heaven, Yeah!

Kirameita ruri-iro ga mune ni sasari omoishirasareru
Egaite ita miraizu ni kimi ga ukabu
[We can't let it end]
Eien ga musubareru My baby, don’t think it’s hard.

Kimi ni saishuuteki na question. Doko ni sonzai suruka heaven?
Mayoi wa nai The answer’s waiting under your feet.

[Under your feet. Under your feet. Under your feet.]

Afuredasu nomitsukusu kairaku to taihi suru shoujou
Tenkanshi, kono daichi he to kizuki yukou

Yurameku rakuen made shissoku shinai Maccha kurenai
Tsukami totte yarusa tabun stairs to the seventh
Running up to heaven, Yeah!