tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61281140513130374532024-03-14T08:13:12.331-04:00Anime for Fanatics!Just like it says folks this blog is for hard core diehard anime (NOT cartoons) fanatics and includes everything anime as well as sundry topics.keimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-8445350995260919252010-08-18T21:44:00.000-04:002010-08-18T21:44:03.373-04:00TV Anime Guide for 5 July 10 now up | Anime-a-holics | eons.com<a href="http://www.eons.com/groups/topic/2186698-TV-Anime-Guide-for-5-July-1-now-up">TV Anime Guide for 5 July 10 now up | Anime-a-holics | eons.com</a><br /><br /><br />Go to the last reply and go to our Files to see my Guide for 15 August- K&K SOAkeimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-46863539037527797982010-08-04T04:40:00.000-04:002010-08-04T04:40:35.319-04:00Anime Motivational Posters | Anime-a-holics | eons.com<a href="http://www.eons.com/groups/topic/2217485-Anime-Motivational-Posters">Anime Motivational Posters | Anime-a-holics | eons.com</a>keimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-64480998596487878692010-08-03T23:40:00.000-04:002010-08-03T23:40:21.862-04:00Global History of Anime- Part One | Anime-a-holics | eons.com<a href="http://www.eons.com/groups/topic/2217398-Global-History-of-Anime-Part-One?page=0">Global History of Anime- Part One | Anime-a-holics | eons.com</a>keimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-91190453420875796202010-02-26T13:01:00.015-05:002010-02-26T16:22:04.867-05:00TV Anime Guide 25 Feb 10/Trivia Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-bg4hD_6mTM2kmvc4i7Fbcne2nMmeHJJakHign3h0QAor5Z7VHu24fK2dgguBTJRAg1vGpELrGw70RvSohxsB6lK4pVk6JJ_X_iZa93vw4G9RUwaLPpgbuztAdSTSTvbTXEVHdf3B3I/s1600-h/kitana-icon-7_24.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfYiiqEOBCAEoOqOCWEHoQzvnNtdx_p4-xY1FznV9T4ivAGJez5J9h9XmlGLSX2YOw-Wapg3UF5D7AyqB5DkpTBBuE6TTQv0fk2Rb_ehn9DUCJRKGgsdy_NZXhejZVr4XKiLkiWs-Yoc/s400/Neko+Twins.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442656793940183378" /></a><br /> <br />Greetings and Salutations to all my loyal readers and newcomers too! I apologize for taking so long to post this but PC problems have plagued me. <br /><br />Anyway to make up for it there are several pix and two videos included with this post of my TV anime guide for ComcastOnDemand and Q 1 to 20 of the InuYasha trivia challenge. <br /><br />Next post you get the answers. Enjoy the reads and views. Sayonara for now my tomodachis- K&K <br /><br />25 February 2010 <br /><br />TV Anime COD View Guide for Feb 2010 25 Feb 10 <br /><br />Let's get this outta the way first. <br /><br />CN's Adult Swim on Channels 125 and 32 is revamping their Saturday schedule commencing 14 Feb 2010. As of 14 Feb 2010 the new schedule will be a bit different<br />(all times Eastern): <br /><br />Adult Swim has confirmed that a new, now named anime series will premiere on the block Saturday Feb. 13th (early Sun. the 14th really) at 12 midnight. <br /><br />Bleach will be expanded from 1 to 2 hours. FLCL returns at 2:30am. <br /><br />Also, Fullmetal Alchemist is cut to 1 episode and pushed back to 4 am and GitS and Cowboy Bebop will be cut back to 1 episode. All times ET. <br /><br />The new schedule is as follows: <br /><br />12:00 AM Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood (New series) <br /><br />Here's a clip: <br /><br /> http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/all/watch/yapi-UdWEDiGqFDE<br /><br />12:30 Bleach <br /><br />01:00 Bleach <br /><br />01:30 Bleach <br /><br />02:00 Bleach <br /><br />02:30 FLCL <br /><br />03:00 Cowboy Bebop <br /><br />03:30 GitS <br /><br />04:00 Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood (New series)(Repeat of midnight airing) <br /><br />04:30 Big O <br /><br />05:00 Inuyasha <br /><br />05:30 Inuyasha <br /><br />As to the rest of our week meaning Mondays: <br /><br />MONDAY: AniMondays from 11 PM to 1 AM will run two eps of Monster followed by Blood:The Last Vampire anime film this week. <br /><br />Desc/Darkness ended last week. These will air on SYFY (Channel 47) <br /><br />Two eps of Witchblade will air back to back from 11 PM to Midnight Mondays on IFC (Channel 164) <br /><br />IFC (Ch 164) no longer airs other anime. <br /><br />Basilisk concluded its run a week ago or so. It was replaced by Monty Python's Flying Circus at 11:30 PM on Tuesdays. <br /><br />That's it for `normal tv anime viewing' but read on for all the stuff on COD: <br /><br />Meet our own anime babe spokesgal- Neko Olson. animeontv.com has theirs so we have ours too. Neko (kudos to highteckdudu who created her and allows me to use her image and character in my fanfictions) is a shapeshifting nekomata/demon/cat (neko is cat in Japanese)/human/trill. Read all about her in Xmas with the Dirty Pair here in Chatterbox and in Angel Wings at http://www.eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/blogs and look for another stunning work of art from HTDD in an upcoming Xmas chapter here at Chatterbox.<br /><br />Our own anime spokesbabe the kawaii Neko Olson is at top of this post. <br /><br />Kitana the anime spokesgal for animeontv monthly TV anime guide is at top of this post. <br /><br />Kudos to the Q&A gang here at GAIA for telling me how to post pix using Photobucket and I forgot that I already had an account there! <br /><br />I'm so used to posting from EONS that I never thought of anyplace else. A big domo arigatou to both xi-kwoo and Mystic Deadman for all their help. <br /><br />Anyway as this is 25 Feb 2010 Akeome to the Chinese NY and the Year of the Tiger and this is the fourth edition of ComcastOnDemand TV Anime Viewing Guide for the new year folks! <br /><br />First I'll list the OnDemand anime and some cartoon listings for this part of February and then I'll list the other items of interest regarding anime series, films, books, reviews, NFL, cooking tips, golf tips, videos, audios, etc. <br /><br />You are liable to find just about anything at all here each post depending on the whims of my EONS(aah) and/or YG(AH1) groups or my bloggees, readers, posters or whoever. <br /><br />Most eps and films are free but some are pay per view and are so marked. PPV anime series eps are usually first ep free then 99 cents each additional ep, films are usually $2.99 or $4.99 but some may be a bit higher. <br /><br />Oh yeah and I list some kids films that are a bit animeic but not all of them and as a favour to a dear tomodachi of mine include one cartoon series eps every single edition. <br /><br />The show's about a group of helpful firefighters in a small Welsh fishing village called PontyPandy. The eps are free and can be found here: <br /><br />COD/KIDS/Sprout/FiremanSam <br /><br />Hot Air(NEW) <br /><br />Mam's Day <br /><br />Alarm on the Beach <br /><br />Sheep On the Road <br /><br />Paper Plane Down <br /><br />Sniffer Dog (NEW) <br /><br /><br />COD/CuttingEdge/AdultSwim/Action <br /><br />Big O Ep 22 <br /><br />Bleach Eps 4 to 6 <br /><br />Code Geass Ep 26 <br /><br />Ghost in the Shell Eps 23-24 <br /><br />InuYasha Eps 158 to 160 <br /><br /><br />FunimationAnimes vary but many are free. All can be found here folks: <br /><br />A little different now at FA. There are now two divisions at COD/CE/FA- Funimation Free which covers all the free showings and Funimation Platinum which covers all the PPV stuff where the episodes are 99 cents each and the Specials are $2.99 each. <br /><br /><br />COD/CE/FA/FAFREE/Drama-Comedy <br /><br />Air Gear Eps 21-25 <br /><br />Case Closed Eps 60 to 62 <br /><br />Fruits Basket Eps 25-26 <br /><br />Negima! Eps 21-22 <br /><br />Shuffle! Eps 21-22 <br /><br /><br />COD/CE/FA/FAFREE/Action-Fantasy <br /><br />Black Cat Eps 11-12 <br /><br />Gunslinger Girl II Teano Eps 11 to 13 <br /><br />Solty Rei Eps 19-20 <br /><br />Tsubasa Chronicles Eps 21-22 <br /><br /><br />COD/CE/FA/FAFREE <br /><br />Glass Fleet Eps 23-26 <br /><br /><br />COD/CE/FA/FAFREE/AnimeSelects <br /><br />Gundam Seed Destiny Eps 33 to 36 <br /><br />Vampire Princess Miyu Eps 21 to 26 <br /><br /><br />COD/CE/FA/FUNIMATION PLATINUM/Specials ($2.99 each) <br /><br />Rin Mnemosyne 1-2 (Alien drunk private eye) <br /><br />Tower of Druaga 1 to 3 (Swords & Sorcery w/ schoolkids) <br /><br />Tower of Druaga 4 to 6 <br /><br />Case Closed 3 anime movie (18 yr old in 6 yr old kid's body and he's a detective! Meet Conan Edogawa folks! <br /><br />Evangelion 1.11 anime film (EVAs are BGRs piloted by kids in a viscous liquid vs Evil Angels which are living evil BGRs. Based on a different interpretation of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Wiki has tons more info data on Evangelion and every other anime you can possibly think of! <br /><br /><br />COD/CE/FA/FUNIMATION PLATINUM (First ep free and 99 cents each additional ep) <br /><br />D Grey-Man Eps 46 to 51 <br /><br />Hunter x Hunter Eps 17 to 22 <br /><br />Nabari No Ou Eps 23 to 26 <br /><br />Blassreiter Eps 21 to 24 <br /><br />Spice & Wolf Eps 10 to 13 <br /><br /><br />Gomen (Sorry) but I didn't really have the time or energy to check for new stuff anywhere else this time. Tax time for us so look for new stuff here next time. <br /><br />Of course you can just go to comcast.com or your onscreen guide at COD and find out there folks. <br /><br />Some of these films may be gone and replaced by others. <br /><br />Comcast's library is almost 20K titles now! <br /><br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/HBO <br /><br />Hellboy II- The Golden Army <br /><br />Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (The guys and Splinter, Casey & April vs the Shredder again) <br /><br />Max Payne <br /><br />Watchmen <br /><br />Coraline <br /><br />Journey to the Centre of the Earth <br /><br /><br />COD/PC/Starz <br /><br />Hellboy- Blood & Iron (Ron Pearlstein voices this cigar chomping superhero demon in an animated film based on the movies and anime series) <br /><br />Hellboy- Sword of the Storms (Reds is back and after a magical blade in Japan) <br /><br />Nightmare Before Xmas (Tim Burton's Hall-o-we'en meets Xmas animation) <br /><br />Wall-E (Robot Love?) <br /><br /><br />COD/PC/Showtime <br /><br />Twilight (Vampire Love Story) <br /><br /><br />COD/PC/Max <br /><br />One Missed Call (Remake of Japanese classic horror film) <br /><br />Dragonball- Evolution (Live version of Goku and tomos) <br /><br /><br />COD/PC/Encore Legend of the Red Dragon (Jet Li subbed film) <br /><br />Thunderbirds (Remake of old puppet classic) <br /><br />Jumanji (Robin Williams in a board game?) <br /><br /><br />No TMC, Movieplex or Too Much for TV entries this time. Sorry gang. <br /><br /><br />COD/FreeMovies (First 4 also under Kids/Movies) <br /><br />Code Lyoko- the movie <br /><br />Animated Godzilla film <br /><br />Tales of Gulliver <br /><br />Legend of Atlantis (Disney animated version of timeless classic film) <br /><br />Battle Force 5 (Video game film) <br /><br />X-Men- Reckoning (Ep of anime series but a shame Hugh Jackman didn't voice Wolverine) <br /><br />Robot Holocaust (Sorta like Terminator III) <br /><br /><br />COD/Movies/ByGenre/Animation <br /><br />9 $4.99 (Tim Burton's end of world epic not NINE that yucky drivel the critics loved) <br /><br />Battle for Terra $2.99 (See? I ain't the only one who uses `Terra' for Earth) <br /><br />Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs $4.99 <br /><br />Monsters vs Aliens $4.99 <br /><br />Santa Buddies $4.99 <br /><br />Shorts $4.99 <br /><br />Surrogates $4.99 <br /><br />TinkerBelle & the Lost Treasure $4.99 <br /><br /><br />COD/KIDS/Movies <br /><br />Aliens in the Attic $4.99 <br /><br />The Black Cauldron $2.99 (Sword & Sorcery animation- cool!) <br /><br />Quest for Camelot $2.99 (A female Arthur?) <br /><br />Ducktales/Secret of the Lost Lamp $2.909 (Yeah a cartoon but a great one) <br /><br />G-Force $4.99 <br /><br />Up $4.99 <br /><br />Robots $2.99 <br /><br />Wild Thornberrys $2.99 <br /><br /><br />From now on I'll post this list twice monthly and I'll keep it under `Files' rather than `Messages' or `Blogs' (at www.Eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/Files) amongst other sites (see notice) <br /><br />SYFY's AniMonday (11 PM to 1 AM ET) is a double eppy of Monster (Doctor running from the law for a crime he did not do- sound familiar?) followed by a different anime movie. This week's offering is Blood:The Last Vampire. <br /><br />Good news from SYFY folks! AniMonday has been expanded from 9 PM ET to 1 AM ET with the first two hours called Chiller. Chiller will feature unusual and scary anime film masterpieces beginning with Blood:The Last Vampire which spawned the Blood+ saga and a brand new live action film now running in theatres. Looks like 24 August will be Chiller's debut. <br /><br />If you get SYFY in the SE PA-USA area you are still getting Star Trek-TNG reruns from 9 to 11 ET on Mondays dammit! <br /><br />Hey WitchBlade the film (with Sarah Pezzini not Masane Amaha- yech!) will hit theatres in a year or so while DragonBall and Death Note are already out there showing. <br /><br />Many more anime based flicks are coming soon and they are filming Bebop with Keanu Reeves in Dave's role as Spike Steigel. <br /><br />For Jett I'd pick LF- Larry Fishburne or even MF- Morgan Freeman. Denzel Washington or Samuel L Jackson don't fit the mold. <br /><br />How about Miley Cyrus aka Hannah Montana as `Ed' and Lindsay Lohan as Faye Valentine? (Rafe) Donnelly could be Tommie Lee Jones. Hey I oughta be a Hollywood cast finder eh? <br /><br />Gad, I wonder how much of a muckup they'll make of the `Bebop', `Swordfish II', `Redtail' and `Hammerhead'? I don't think Ed's power scooter had a name although we all know the computer she wore on her head with `goggle monitors' was named `Tomato'! <br /><br />In both Code Geas and in FMA some of the characters have a special logo in their eye a la Code Lyoko's XANA logo in the evil characters' eyes. <br /><br />In both Death Note and Bleach there are specific hints as to character origins. In DN Ryuuk tells Light Yagami that any user of the DN book can neither go to Heaven nor Hell after death. So what's left? Shinigami World meaning that DN book users after death become Shinigami death gods- right? <br /><br />Guess what live TV series is a DN parallel series? Hint- it's on Showtime. <br /><br />In Bleach Rukia's Squad 13 captain (the one that is always sick as a rule) tells a subordinate that Ichigo's friends are special with unusually high spiritual pressures. He goes on to say that he would not be at all surprised if after death they became soul reapers themselves after they had passed on to the Soul Society. <br /><br />Renji Abari committed a minor faux pas in this week's eppy. While fighting one of the Arrancar Hollows he told him that by the time Kiske arrived the Arrancar himself would be dead. He apparently forgot that all Hollows are already dead to begin with. <br /><br />For that matter are soul reapers really alive or dead? <br /><br />Now the gang's playing soccer & Kendo with the KKTown kids! Wonder how Yamamoto likes that? They are supposed to be training for the winter war with the Arrancar & Aizen! <br /><br />Ichigo, Urryuu and Chad have just met three Arrancars and their pet in the Wako Mundo desert on their way to Las Noches (The Nights) which is Aizen's HQ fortress. <br /><br />Seems not all Arrancars and Hollows are bad because these guys gave `em a lift and are guiding them to LN. Live and learn guys. <br /><br />Why are they in WM? Aizen has Orihime of course! (see new post for more)(This is where they will pick up the tale in May supposedly gang) <br /><br />Bleach pulled a bummer on us and has dropped back 30 eppys to the first time the Vizoreds came to Kara Kura Town so no new stuff for awhile I'm afraid. <br /><br />Try bleachanime.org which has every single eppy on DL. <br /><br />New club Bleach4Ever just started up on FaceBook too. <br /><br />Another new Bleach group on FB besides the B4E group just started too. <br /><br />Anyway Icchi's being taught how to control his Hollow within by the Vizoreds and Orihime's shikigami Tsubaki was just recreated by one of the Vizoreds. <br /><br />Now she can fight in the upcoming battles with at least one attack weapon. <br /><br />Toshie and Rangiku are fighting again as are Ikkiku and his compadre. <br /><br />Toshie had a vidscreen visit from Momo who wants him to save poor Cpt Aizen! Of course he can't promise that since Head Cpt Yamamoto has ordered his death. <br /><br />Things are coming to a head and it looks like Aizen needs Orihime for something. <br /><br />Yamamoto has explained about the Hojio Key that opens the hidden dimension where the royals of the Soul Society live. He wants to take over and plans on killing the royals to do it. <br /><br />He swiped the Hojioque but needs a catalyst to open it as well as the souls and place of 100K humans! <br /><br />In other words all of Kara Kura Town and everyone in it! <br /><br />Renji Abari is sparring with Chad hoping to increase the big guy's power. <br /><br />Kiske is acting like a jackass as usual and Yoruichi is being mysterious again. <br /><br />All jigoku (Hell) seems about to break loose so stay tuned folks! <br /><br />Discovered why Moribito theme music is so familiar. Group is Arc `n ciel who did the GTO theme Driver's Edge. <br /><br />Early OT and ET for Death Note are done by Nightmare group which is what the Black Knights and Brittanians' Gundamlike fighting suits are called. <br /><br />Is this the end of Morabito? Sure seemed like it after Saturday's eppy! (Gone but not forgotten now) <br /><br />In FMA Ed has learned truth behind the Ishbaal massacre of fifteen years ago while brother Al has just discovered the identity of the Homunculi leader from the snake chimera Marta seconds before she was murdered by the #7 Homunculus- the Fuehrer King Bradley himself. He is Pride- the seventh deadly sin! But- who is his boss? <br /><br />Rose of Lior has become pals with Lira the girl alchemist who used to be with Yochi the state alchemist army lieutenant and she's now called the Holy Mother but she has gone mute and who's her baby's father? <br /><br />The climax seems to be fast approaching and it promises to be exciting so don't miss it gang! <br /><br />Hohenheim the Elrics dad is back and going after Dante. Al has become a deadly time bomb courtesy of an unknowing Scar and an evil Kimlee the Crimson Alchemist who used the red stones in Ed's SAA watch to transmute the souls in Scar's arm into a philosopher's stone! (This FMA has ended at least for now and has been replaced by FMA:Brotherhood- see below for details) <br /><br />The new Ed & Al FMA called Brotherhood premieres this weekend (see details above) and seems to be a retelling of the same story only from a different perspective and with a totally different ending. <br /><br />For example this one takes place mostly in our world- the land beyond the Gate of Alchemy between the two world wars. <br /><br />Another Bleach note- why did Aizen want Orihime kidnapped? <br /><br />What or who is the sojioque he has stolen which will awaken in the winter? Who is the lad newly born from its power? <br /><br />What does Kiske know which he ain't telling? <br /><br />Can Ichigo defeat his Espada nemesis? <br /><br />Don't ya just love that jutsu used by Captain Toshiro Hitagawa- reign over the frosted heavens! then the name of his zambatou? <br /><br />A version of it is used by the evil Dragon Emporer in Mummy 3 when Jet Li turns a field of snow into jagged ice stalagmites. Of course he has mastery over the five Chinese elements- fire, water, earth, wood and metal! If there are only five elements in Chinese philosophy then how can there be an avatar or guardian of the air- Avatar the Last Airbender? <br /><br />Air is not one of those elements! <br /><br />And who's the looney tunes Espada poor Rangiku is stuck with? <br /><br />Avatar in theatres is NOT Avatar the Last Airbender. Instead Avatar is like a BGR or a Gundam! Now it will be Avatar vs Avatar with the new The Last Airbender (coming to theatres in July) which is the live film version of Avatar the anime series featuring Aang and his companions from the 4 lands in the far distant future. <br /><br />Avatar the other one just fell to another Johnny come lately film! <br /><br />Getting into DLs and ULs and burning CDs again. Finally got myself into attaching videos to messages like I do pix now and thanks to Blaine it's so easy! Check out the fave anime moments/eppys message log here. <br /><br />Several Angelic contributions are there courtesy of yours truly. Mama's new read is Helma from the Tros of Samothrace series. Ho hum so far. Tros is getting interesting now- very interesting with refs to English countryside landmarks. <br /><br />Dan Brown's Lost Symbol was just excellent! I loved it. A lot of Freemason stuff in it I didn't know. If any of you are Literary Guild members by all means check out the secret societies books they have at reasonable prices. <br /><br />I have just added three plums to my anime vids collection: Complete DVD sets of Noir, Gasaraki and Tactics. I already have the complete set of Black Lagoon on DVD and partials on Blood+, Cyborg 009, FMA, Bleach and a few others. <br /><br />I have the first 7 eppys of Morabito and am on the lookout for the set. Bobby has the complete set of Trigun and Mama has the complete set of Gunslinger Girl and Witchblade. Anyone else have any new acquisitions to talk about? <br /><br />If so blog it here or post some messages folks. <br /><br />Bobby has Monster and I have My Santa and I just got Santa Claus Conquers the Martians on DVD. Now have Bebop movie on DVD and VHS. Just got GS Innocence 2 and Haunting in Connecticutt. Thundercats came at last for Mama. <br /><br />Still have yet to watch DB Evolution film. <br /><br />SYFY is airing Destination Truth which is like JBs old Digging for the Truth on HC. DT is hosted by Josh Bates or Gates and looks pretty good. <br /><br />Anyone know why SYFY considers wrestling science fiction stuff? <br /><br />This just in folks! Josh Bernstein has revamped his website and is now using Twitter too. He has a fab group called JBs Group at YG. <br /><br />Dan Brown is on both Twitter and FaceBook now. <br /><br />What do you guys think about my starting an anime recipes file and a golf tips corner either here or at AH1 or somewhere else? <br /><br />Animeinfor.org is the only place I have ever seen an anime recipes section. <br /><br />As for golf tips- what can I say? I love golf- passionately even if I don't play as much as I used to. Gomen but I just remembered this. <br /><br />Kudos to Robert the artist for hire for finding Dan Doh- probably the only anime series about golf itself! Sadly there are no dubs of it just subs. It can be found at VEOH and hulu quite easily. I'll post a pix or two soon. <br /><br />Golf tips begin here in March. Direct from Golf Magazine! And my own lil hints from 40+ years of the game I love! <br /><br />Another great show was In Search Of narrated by Leonard `Mr Spock' Nimoy and I recall an eppy of theirs re the Knights Templar and Foucault's Pendulum. If anyone knows where I can find a copy of those gems on VHS or DVD onegai let me know. A big domo arigatou in advance for your assistance. <br /><br />Gotta really go now and get some blogging done and maybe post Chapter 69 at last. <br /><br /><br />Just began reposting Xmas w/ the DP at www.gaia.com/forums/chatterbox/christmaswiththedirtypairChapter2 and just posted Chapter 1 (after Ch 50- sorry long story gang) and have now posted Ch 52 as well. <br /><br />Great pix too as I am now illustrating my posts of Xmas over there. Wings will follow as soon as I finish posting it here and at ff.net. <br /><br />ANOL is giving me fits too. <br /><br />Just found out I may get an HP Windows 7 for Kurisumasu. Actually it's coming ashita and I just emailed Justin for some help in transitioning from Vista to W7. Didn't get it yet. <br /><br />Has anyone seen G Force yet? How about Haunting in Connecticut? <br /><br />Someone has suggested at FaceBook that our anime is dead. <br /><br />Boy did that ever open a potboiler of contention! If anime is dead well nobody told Hollywood! DragonBall, Watchmen, GI Joe, Blood:TLV, Transformers2, the list seems endless eh? <br /><br />How about Tim Burton's 9 and Pandorum eh? <br /><br />I have now posted up to and including Ch 68 of Wings. I am trying to get Xmas and Wings rewritten and published. Think they will sell? <br /><br />A note to budding authors- Avoid `author mills' like AuthorAmerica and AuthorHouse. All they want is for you to pay them to publish YOUR works! They guarantee nothing! <br /><br />Likewise avoid AbsoluteWriters Water Cooler for info and inspiration. They are quite negative and attempt to discourage a struggling author! <br /><br />I'm on FaceBook now you know. This is getting to be more like a newsletter than a guide. Any suggestions? <br /><br />I am considering a monthly golf tips column and a recipe file a la animeinfo.org. <br /><br />I just posted (Files) two Thanksgiving dinner menus. Comments? <br /><br />Sports fans! I just started a group at Showtime's Beat the Insiders and it's called Saint K's Anime Friends. Come & join me there next NFL season and at FanIQ.com if you like. <br /><br />By the way my Saints are the highest scoring team in the league with that first time ever SuperBowl victory slaughter of those hapless Colts!. <br /><br />Sorry there's been no Ch 69 of Wings yet but I've been really busy with blogs, surveys, polls, reviews, guides, posts and now sports NFL groups. Soon I promise you will see Ch 69 and maybe even the end of Wings before Xmas. <br /><br />Kudos the Divine Wind which is the Saints- They have finally conquered all and won SB XLIV 31 to 17 over the hapless Indy Colts! <br /><br />Kudos to Drew Brees our MVP of the game and the best damned QB in the NFL- bar none! <br /><br /><br />MY PET PEEVES: A pet peeve here folks. <br /><br />Why is it that in most anime the characters either walk (InuYasha) or run (Bleach) everywhere they go? Didn't the Japanese ever hear of transports? <br /><br />I'd love to see how Kagome could get an SUV through the well! <br /><br />Cars in the Soul Society's Seretai? They've got wide enough roads there surely? <br /><br />And Ninjas and Samurai never seem to have carts, chariots or wagons although Samurai rode horses which was why they made the Zanzabatous like the one used by Zanza on Kenshin. <br /><br />Balsa did ride a stallion for awhile on Morabito and on Code Geas Lelouch's `brother' Rollo does have a motorbike w/ sidecar. <br /><br />Trains are the transport on FMA although Mustang and Hawkeye did have a car in last week's eppy. <br /><br />DN and Blood+ have cars, boats, trains, planes and the like. So does GS and Bebop. <br /><br />Naruto has modern stuff but no transports. <br /><br />Guess it's to each his own meaning whatever the creators decide. <br /><br />Latest read was Danny Brown's excellent fifth work The Lost Symbol (soon to be a flick?) which was quite good if a bit wordy. Damned thing took me 3 days to read! <br /><br />With 2012 coming next month to home video it was quite apropos. Hints: A famous statue stands in front of the CIA HQ building in Langley and is a pivotal part of the storyline. There are a lot of hidden details in Washington DC and Dan Brown's a history buff as well as a secret society expert. He more than proved that in Angels & Demons and then again in the DaVinci Code. <br /><br />By the way he's got a very entertaining website at www.danbrown.com so if you like tricky logic puzzles and codes by all means visit him there. <br /><br />Oro else have I read recently? Sax Rohmer's Shadow of FuManchu. <br /><br />He is the old-fashioned Darth Vader and the leader of a group out to save the Earth from its inhabitants. They are called The Seven. His nemesis is a Scotland Yarder named Sir Denis Nayland-Smith who with his trusty sidekick Dr Petrie pursues Dr FuManchu the same way Holmes and Watson pursued Prof Moriarty all those years. <br /><br />His latest escapade involves collecting scientists and killing anyone in his way. Looks like the Brits, Yanks, Russians and Aussies will have to band together to defeat Fu and Huan Tsung his sidekick. <br /><br />Some pair- Fu was at least 90 when Smith met him 60 years ago (Fu has the secret of eternal life. Has he discovered the FMA Stone?) and his pal's in his 80's! <br /><br />Geriatric? Far from it! Smith's on his own this time unless you count his scientific buddy Carter who is about as useful as Zorro against Darth Vader! What a wimp! <br /><br />I just began reading Ellery Queen's `The Finishing Stroke' mystery classic. A bit like Lost Symbol- it has a cypher EQ must solve to find the killer and it takes him over 20 years to bring the miscreant to justice! A must read for EQ fans like me! <br /><br />Here's oro the Keiman wants for Kurisumasu (Christmas) and I doubt if such a thing even exists. A wall clock (battery powered) that plays anime themes every hour on the hour. Now oro themes would it have? Nonstop Angel (DP Flash); Billy in Despair (Death Note); Life is a Boat (Bleach); Real Folk Blues (Bebop); Freckles (Rurouni Kenshin); Guardian of the Spirit (Morabito). <br /><br />That's half and for the rest how about Sailor Moon, InuYasha, RaveMaster, Gurren Lagann, NOIR's haunting watch melody and another Angels theme? Comments? <br /><br />Oro anime music would you suggest for an anime wall clock? I'm interested to see if they are in my music collections. I did find some stand up clocks with all kinds of anime characters and most are about $20 USD. <br /><br />Sorry but I misplaced that data but I'll find it and post it here soon. No Angels clocks. Maybe they have some at rightstuf? <br /><br />Wanna know what my third ff will be re? Sorry re is Latin for about and is used as an abbreviation for about by many publishing houses and whatnot. <br /><br />Think this is something? You oughta try and read my class notes from school & college? One guy thought I was using Nostradamus's codes! <br /><br />I use a little bit of everything when I write as you well know. <br /><br />Anyway my new and as yet untitled ff will concern the search for the lost Templar treasures- on Neptune or Pluto! Why? <br /><br />Zoe's from Pluto and I have the Big O contingent under Alan Gabriel's command working with Neptune Command. <br /><br />The Angels will be back with Angel 1 under Yuri's command, 2 under Kei's and 3 under Flight Kommandant Marlene Angel's control. <br /><br />Her exec- Suba(ltern) FC/Acting Commodore Kome Sawaguchi- who else! Kei's exec? <br /><br />Probably Han Solo nai I'll make him Yuri's #1 and Kei will use Mr (Joey) Bishop who will transfer from `Starfleet' to the 3WA when Ellen Rodgers (remember her from John Berringer's `Starcrusher' crew?) joins `Starfleet' and is promoted to Lt Commander status by Admiral Janeway herself! <br /><br />Reg Barclay is still Kiva Nerese's exec of course. <br /><br />How does the 3WA and the UG get roped into a treasure hunt and can I keep the Rune Soldier treasure hunters out of this one? <br /><br />These require more thinking on my part but I believe descendants of both Lord Caervarvon and Howard Carter stumble onto a starmap in a hidden Templar temple- in Iceland! <br /><br />Could the Templars have created star craft that exceed our own devices today? <br /><br />Hell yeah- why not? Banking, credit, cheques, letters of credit, credit cards, computers- they invented all that stuff, didn't they? <br /><br />Oh yeah a new pilot has joined the force- 2nd Lt Legato Bluesummers has been assigned as shuttle pilot for the Michaelangelo on the Angel 2. <br /><br />Will they find the treasure trove? <br /><br />Will Dexter Morgan ever get caught? <br /><br />Will Dr Tenma be vindicated? <br /><br />Will he kill Johann Liebert? <br /><br />These are questions you don't ask writers and authors my tomodachis! <br /><br /><br />Just joined the Clan Nation Dawn Radicals at animeleague.net so y'all come by there and see me, ya hear? <br /><br />Just ask for the Keiman and if you want to join up with us tell `em the Keiman sent you. <br /><br />They are into everything anime and I mean everything guys and gals! <br /><br />Over there my chapters are posted under Literature & Writing and I have some cool welcome posts too. The Guide can be found there under Anime/Manga subforums. <br /><br />OK a mystery pix for you and here's a hint- she's one of the Angels' crew and under other circumstances she'd be in Kei's brig! Good luck! It's ? the space pirate and smuggler gal- Jon Harlock's niece! ?, Harlock Saga, Galaxy Express 999, Cosmic Warrior Zero were all spawned from Star Blazers and I posted a clip on my FB page for dear Robert of NCRowanCountyanimeclub at YG. The blonde second from the bottom of the column of pix at the top of this post is our mystery gal! <br /><br />Happy birthday Robert (24 Feb) and many happy returns! ? pirate/smuggler skipper of the Emerald Queen and niece of Cpt Jonathan Harlock himself. <br /><br />StarBlazers crew & their starship are posted at top of this post. Here's a clip from the series: <br /><br /> http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/all/watch/yapi-gVAtfbEUTko<br /><br />Over to animeonline.net I will be posting everything in an AO Blog 'only' because it is the only place where I have no posting problems according to Cowboy who is our admin/mod over there. <br /><br />Come and take a gander at it. I'll post a link or two as soon as he sets it up. It'll be like my journal that I have over to animeleague.net under ALJ called 'Keimanzero's Anime Announcements Parlour'. <br /><br />Feel free to PM any questions to me or Hell just PM me at keiman0@yahoo.com even if you just wanna chat. <br /><br />Love to hear from ya gang. <br /><br />Will I ever get that Angelic Demons/Demonic Angels clan started over to ANML? I need 12 members to do it. Let me know if you are interested eh? <br /><br />Of course it won't be for awhile anyhow. Will we though? <br /><br />Must try to catch up on my AO Blog Journal and my Journal at animeleague.net. <br /><br />Angel fans will be thrilled to know I am reposting both Xmas & Wings at DP2 a YG group run by King Nozmo the Great. <br /><br />Please check it out and join if you can. He just celebrated 11 years online. <br /><br />Kami bless him and the kind folks at NCRCAC & Anime Clubs Unite at YG even if the gals there at ACU do argue with me over the first anime on American TV being AstroBoy in 1958 (they say '63) and not Lupin III in 1957 (they say '71 BION) and they have a lively conflab going re Yaoi/Yuri (Yaoi is guy and guy while Yuri is girl and girl relationships) in anime! <br /><br />Me? I could care less. I say let kids watch whatever they want and ditch the V chips & parental codes on TV sets! The US Constitution is for ALL men (and women) and that includes kids! Don't like it? Rewrite the damned thing! Time will tell eh? <br /><br />Time to go. Next edition will be shorter I promise. Really & truly!! <br /><br />Sayonara all- K&K the Keiman of Anime. <br /><br />The InuYasha Gang is Loose! <br /><br /><br />Inu Yasha Trivia Quiz- 1 to 10 <br /><br />KW Gang-Here are 1 to 10 of the Inu Yasha Trivia Challenge. 11 to 30 will be posted soon in 10 question increments. Don't forget to try the DBZ challenge too:- <br /><br />1-What does Inu Yasha mean in Japanese? <br /><br />2-What does Naraku mean in Japanese? <br /><br />3-What kind of demon is Inu yasha? <br /><br />4-What kind of demon is his brother? <br /><br />5-Name his brother. <br /><br />6-Name any 3 characters who have an annoying laugh or cackle. <br /><br />7-What exactly is Kikyo? <br /><br />8-How does IY overcome Kagura's control of the wind? <br /><br />9-What is the meaning of Kagome's name?(A real toughie-we warned you!) <br /><br />10-Which is the eldest of Naraku's emanations/incarnations? <br /><br /><br />BONUS 1-Who is older-Kagome or Sanyo?(Watch it-this is tricky!) <br /><br />BONUS 2-What are the 4 souls of the Shikon no Tama?(Really hard-only mentioned once!) <br /><br />BONUS 3-Name Kagome's voiceactress(Hint-She is girl's voice on HamTaro). <br /><br />Sayonara for now-Keiman and Kei. <br /><br /><br />InuYasha trivia questions 11 to 20 <br /><br />OK Gang-Here are the next 10 questions of IY trivia challenge: <br /><br />11-Invariably upon meeting a female for the first time Miroku always asks her the same question. What is it? <br /><br />12-Who is Naraku's English voiceactor? <br /><br />13-Who is Sesshoumaru's English voiceactor? <br /><br />14-Who is Inu Yasha's English voiceactor? <br /><br />15-What is the name of the shrine managed by Kagome's grandfather where she and her family reside in the present time? <br /><br />16-How does Kagome travel between time eras. What item makes these trips possible? <br /><br />17-Name Sango's huge weapon. <br /><br />18-Who is Sango's brother? <br /><br />19-Name IY's sword. What does it mean? <br /><br />20-Name Sesshoumaru's two swords. What do they mean? <br /><br /><br />BONUS 1-Name the opening theme music. <br /><br />BONUS 2-Name any closing theme music. <br /><br />BONUS 3-What century does IY live during? <br /><br />Good Luck to you all and sayonara-K&K <br /><br />Inu Yasha OT Change the World:<br /><br />http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/all/watch/yapi-8mWmLT4CI34<br /><br />Answers coming in 10 March 2010 Guide.<br /><br />Haibane Renmei clip. This is an Angelic series. Thanks Justin:<br /> <br /> http://www.veoh.com/collection/haibanerenmeiengsub/watch/v1398977px5szpKrkeimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-896575721092035402010-02-10T00:00:00.000-05:002010-02-10T00:02:16.486-05:00TV Anime Guide Feb 2010 10 Feb Edition10 February 2010<br /><br />TV Anime COD View Guide for Feb 2010 10 Feb 10<br /> <br />Let's get this outta the way first. CN's Adult Swim on Channels 125 and 32 is revamping their Saturday schedule commencing 14 Feb 2010. <br />As of 14 Feb 2010 the new schedule will be a bit different (all times Eastern):<br /><br />Adult Swim has confirmed that a new, unnamed anime series will premiere on<br />the block Saturday Feb. 13th (early Sun. the 14th really) at 12 midnight.<br />Bleach will be expanded from 1 to 2 hours. FLCL returns at 2:30am. Also,<br />Fullmetal Alchemist is cut to 1 episode and pushed back to 4 am and GitS and<br />Cowboy Bebop will be cut back to 1 episode.<br /><br />The new schedule is as follows:<br /><br />12:00 Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood (New series)<br /><br />12:30 Bleach<br /><br />01:00 Bleach<br /><br />01:30 Bleach<br /><br />02:00 Bleach<br /><br />02:30 FLCL<br /><br />03:00 Cowboy Bebop<br /><br />03:30 GitS<br /><br />04:00 Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood (New series)(Repeat of midnight airing)<br /><br />04:30 Big O<br /><br />05:00 Inuyasha<br /><br />05:30 Inuyasha<br /><br />As to the rest of our week meaning Mondays and Tuesdays:<br /><br />MONDAY:<br /><br />AniMondays from 11 PM to 1 AM will run two eps of Monster followed by two eps of Descendants of Darkness. These will air on SYFY (Channel 47)<br /><br />Two eps of Witchblade will air back to back from 11 PM to Midnight Mondays on IFC (Channel 164)<br /><br />TUESDAY:<br /><br />A single ep of Basilisk will air at 11:30 PM on IFC (Channel 164)<br /><br />That's it for `normal tv anime viewing' but read on for all the stuff on COD:<br /><br />Meet our own anime babe spokesgal- Neko Olson. animeontv.com has theirs so we have ours too. Neko (kudos to highteckdudu who created her and allows me to use her image and character in my fanfictions) is a shapeshifting nekomata/demon/cat (neko is cat in Japanese)/human/trill. Read all about her in Xmas with the Dirty Pair here in Chatterbox and in Angel Wings at http://www.eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/blogs and look for another stunning work of art from HTDD in an upcoming Xmas chapter here at Chatterbox.<br /><br />Want to meet Neko? Then go to one of the other blogs I've mentioned before. Cannot attach pix here dammit all!<br /><br />Kudos to the Q&A gang here at GAIA for telling me how to post pix using Photobucket and I forgot that I already had an account there! I'm so used to posting from EONS that I never thought of anyplace else. A big domo arigatou to both xi-kwoo and Mystic Deadman for all their help.<br /><br />Anyway as this is 10 Feb 2010 Akeome a lil late and this is the third edition of ComcastOnDemand TV Anime Viewing Guide for the new year folks! <br /><br />First I'll list the OnDemand anime and some cartoon listings for this part of February and then I'll list the other items of interest regarding anime series, films, books, reviews, NFL, cooking tips, golf tips, videos, audios, etc. You are liable to find just about anything at all here each post depending on the whims of my EONS(aah) and/or YG(AH1) groups or my bloggees, readers, posters or whoever.<br /><br />Most eps and films are free but some are pay per view and are so marked. PPV anime series eps are usually first ep free then 99 cents each additional ep, films are usually $2.99 or $4.99 but some may be a bit higher. Oh yeah and I list some kids films that are a bit animeic but not all of them and as a favour to a dear tomodachi of mine include one cartoon series eps every single edition. The show's about a group of helpful firefighters in a small Welsh fishing village called PontyPandy. The eps are free and can be found here:<br /><br />COD/KIDS/Sprout/FiremanSam<br /><br />Cried Wolf<br />Mam's Day (NEW)<br />Alarm on the Beach (NEW)<br />Sheep On the Road (NEW)<br />Paper Plane Down (NEW)<br /><br />COD/CuttingEdge/AdultSwim/Action<br /><br />Big O Ep 21<br />Bleach Eps 4 to 6<br />Code Geass Ep 25<br />Ghost in the Shell Eps 23-24<br />InuYasha Eps 155, 157-158<br /><br />FunimationAnimes vary but many are free. All can be found here folks:<br /><br />A little different now at FA. There are now two divisions at COD/CE/FA- Funimation Free which covers all the free showings and Funimation Platinum which covers all the PPV stuff where the episodes are 99 cents each and the Specials are $2.99 each.<br /><br />COD/CE/FA/FAFREE/Drama-Comedy<br /><br />Air Gear Eps 21-22<br />Case Closed Eps 58-59<br />Fruits Basket Eps 25-26<br />Negima! Ep 20 <br />Shuffle! Ep 20 <br /><br />COD/CE/FA/FAFREE/Action-Fantasy<br /><br />Black Cat Eps 9-10<br />Gunslinger Girl II Teano Eps 11 to 13<br />Solty Rei Ep 18<br />Tsubasa Chronicles Eps 19-20<br /> <br />COD/CE/FA/FAFREE<br /><br />Glass Fleet Eps 23-24<br /><br />COD/CE/FA/FAFREE/AnimeSelects<br /><br />Gundam Seed Destiny Eps 31-32<br />Vampire Princess Miyu Eps 19 to 23<br /><br /><br />COD/CE/FA/FUNIMATION PLATINUM/Specials ($2.99 each)<br /><br />Rin Mnemosyne 1-2 (Alien drunk private eye)<br />Tower of Druaga 1 to 3 (Swords & Sorcery w/ schoolkids)<br />Tower of Druaga 4 to 6<br /><br />COD/CE/FA/FUNIMATION PLATINUM (First ep free and 99 cents each additional ep)<br /><br />D Grey-Man Eps 49 to 1<br />Hunter x Hunter Eps 17 to 20<br />Nabari No Ou Eps 23 to 26<br />Blassreiter Eps 21 to 24<br />Spice & Wolf Eps 10 to 13<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/HBO<br /><br />Hellboy II- The Golden Army<br />Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (The guys and Splinter, Casey & April vs the Shredder again)<br />Max Payne<br />Watchmen<br />Coraline<br />Journey to the Centre of the Earth<br /><br />COD/PC/Starz<br /><br />Hellboy- Blood & Iron (Ron Pearlstein voices this cigar chomping superhero demon in an animated film based on the movies and anime series)<br /><br />Hellboy- Sword of the Storms (Reds is back and after a magical blade in Japan)<br />Nightmare Before Xmas (Tim Burton's Hall-o-we'en meets Xmas animation)<br />Wall-E (Robot Love?)<br /><br />COD/PC/Showtime<br /><br />Twilight (Vampire Love Story)<br /><br />COD/PC/Max<br /><br />One Missed Call (Remake of Japanese classic horror film)<br />Dragonball- Evolution (Live version of Goku and tomos)<br /><br />COD/PC/Encore<br /><br />Legend of the Red Dragon (Jet Li subbed film)<br />Thunderbirds (Remake of old puppet classic)<br />Jumanji (Robin Williams in a board game?)<br /><br />No TMC, Movieplex or Too Much for TV entries this time. Sorry gang.<br /><br />COD/FreeMovies (First 4 also under Kids/Movies)<br /><br />Code Lyoko- the movie<br />Animated Godzilla fim<br />Tales of Gulliver<br />Legend of Atlantis (Disney animated version of timeless classic film)<br />Battle Force 5 (Video game film)<br />X-Men- Reckoning (Ep of anime series but a shame Hugh Jackman didn't voice Wolverine)<br />Robot Holocaust (Sorta like Terminator III)<br /><br />COD/Movies/ByGenre/Animation<br /><br />9 $4.99 (Tim Burton's end of world epic not NINE that yucky drivel the critics loved)<br />Battle for Terra $2.99 (See? I ain't the only one who uses `Terra' for Earth)<br />Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs $4.99<br />Monsters vs Aliens $4.99<br />Santa Buddies $4.99<br />Shorts $4.99<br />Surrogates $4.99<br />TinkerBelle & the Lost Treasure $4.99<br /><br />COD/KIDS/Movies<br /><br />Aliens in the Attic $4.99<br />The Black Cauldron $2.99 (Sword & Sorcery animation- cool!)<br />Ducktales/Secret of the Lost Lamp $2.909 (Yeah a cartoon but a great one)<br />G-Force $4.99<br />Up $4.99<br />Robots $2.99<br />Wild Thornberrys $2.99<br /><br />From now on I'll post this list twice monthly and I'll keep it under `Files' rather than `Messages' or `Blogs' (at www.Eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/Files) amongst other sites (see notice)<br /><br />SYFY's AniMonday (11 PM to 1 AM ET) is a double eppy of Monster (Doctor running from the law for a crime he did not do- sound familiar?) followed by a duble eppy of Descendants of Darkness which is all about the Summoning Society who operate under the Ministry of Hades and are known as the Guardians of Death. Sort of like a more sophisticated version of the Bleach 'Soul Society' and with a much more limited budget too! They have to stay in the world of the living all the time and help guide lost souls and punish the villainous ones. A bit YAOI-y so be warned!<br /><br />Good news from SYFY folks! AniMonday has been expanded from 9 PM ET to 1 AM ET with the first two hours called Chiller. Chiller will feature unusual and scary anime film masterpieces beginning with Blood:The Last Vampire which spawned the Blood+ saga and a brand new live action film now running in theatres. Looks like 24 August will be Chiller's debut. If you get SYFY in the SE PA-USA area you are still getting Star Trek-TNG reruns from 9 to 11 ET on Mondays dammit!<br /><br />Hey WitchBlade the film (with Sarah Pezzini not Masane Amaha- yech!) will hit theatres in a year or so while DragonBall and Death Note are already out there showing. Many more anime based flicks are coming soon and they are filming Bebop with Keanu Reeves in Dave's role as Spike Steigel. For Jett I'd pick LF- Larry Fishburne or even MF- Morgan Freeman. Denzel Washington or Samuel L Jackson don't fit the mold. How about Miley Cyrus aka Hannah Montana as `Ed' and Lindsay Lohan as Faye Valentine? (Rafe) Donnelly could be Tommie Lee Jones. Hey I oughta be a Hollywood cast finder eh? Gad, I wonder how much of a muckup they'll make of the `Bebop', `Swordfish II', `Redtail' and `Hammerhead'? I don't think Ed's power scooter had a name although we all know the computer she wore on her head with `goggle monitors' was named `Tomato'!<br /><br />In both Code Geas and in FMA some of the characters have a special logo in their eye a la Code Lyoko's XANA logo in the evil characters' eyes.<br /><br />In both Death Note and Bleach there are specific hints as to character origins. In DN Ryuuk tells Light Yagami that any user of the DN book can neither go to Heaven nor Hell after death. So what's left? Shinigami World meaning that DN book users after death become Shinigami death gods- right? Guess what live TV series is a DN parallel series? Hint- it's on Showtime.<br /><br />In Bleach Rukia's Squad 13 captain (the one that is always sick as a rule) tells a subordinate that Ichigo's friends are special with unusually high spiritual pressures. He goes on to say that he would not be at all surprised if after death they became soul reapers themselves after they had passed on to the Soul Society. Renji Abari committed a minor faux pas in this week's eppy. While fighting one of the Arrancar Hollows he told him that by the time Kiske arrived the Arrancar himself would be dead. He apparently forgot that all Hollows are already dead to begin with. For that matter are soul reapers really alive or dead?<br /><br />Ichigo, Urryuu and Chad have just met three Arrancars and their pet in the Wako Mundo desert on their way to Las Noches (The Nights) which is Aizen's HQ fortress. Seems not all Arrancars and Hollows are bad because these guys gave `em a lift and are guiding them to LN. Live and learn guys. Why are they in WM? Aizen has Orihime of course! (see new post for more)<br /><br />Bleach pulled a bummer on us and has dropped back 30 eppys to the first time the Vizoreds came to Kara Kura Town so no new stuff for awhile I'm afraid. Try bleachanime.org which has every single eppy on DL. New club Bleach4Ever just started up on FaceBook too. Another new Bleach group on FB besides the B4E group just started too. Anyway Icchi's being taught how to control his Hollow within by the Vizoreds and Orihime's shikigami Tsubaki was just recreated by one of the Vizoreds. Now she can fight in the upcoming battles with at least one attack weapon. <br /><br />Toshie and Rangiku are fighting again as are Ikkiku and his compadre. Toshie had a vidscreen visit from Momo who wnats him to save poor Cpt Aizen! Of course he can't promise that since Head Cpt Yamamoto has ordered his death. Things are coming to a head and it looks like Aizen needs Orihime for something. Yamamoto has explained about the Hojio Key that opens the hidden dimension where the royals of the Soul Society live. He wants to take over and plans on killing the royals to do it. He swiped the Hojioque but needs a catalyst to open it as well as the souls and place of 100K humans! In other words all of Kara Kura Town and everyone in it! Renji Abari is sparring with Chad hoping to increase the big guy's power. Kiske is acting like a jackass as usual and Yoruichi is being mysterious again. All jigoku (Hell) seems about to break loose so stay tuned folks!<br /><br />Discovered why Moribito theme music is so familiar. Group is Arc `n ciel who did the GTO theme Driver's Edge. Early OT and ET for Death Note are done by Nightmare group which is what the Black Knights and Brittanians' Gundamlike fighting suits are called. Is this the end of Morabito? Sure seemed like it after Saturday's eppy!<br /><br />In FMA Ed has learned truth behind the Ishbaal massacre of fifteen years ago while brother Al has just discovered the identity of the Homunculi leader from the snake chimera Marta seconds before she was murdered by the #7 Homunculus- the Fuehrer King Bradley himself. He is Pride- the seventh deadly sin! But- who is his boss? Rose of Lior has become pals with Lira the girl alchemist who used to be with Yochi the state alchemist army lieutenant and she's now called the Holy Mother but she has gone mute and who's her baby's father? The climax seems to be fast approaching and it promises to be exciting so don't miss it gang! Hohenheim the Elrics dad is back and going after Dante. Al has become a deadly time bomb courtesy of an unknowing Scar and an evil Kimlee the Crimson Alchemist who used the red stones in Ed's SAA watch to transmute the souls in Scar's arm into a philosopher's stone!<br /><br />The new Ed & Al FMA called Brotherhood premieres this weekend (see details above) and seems to be a retelling of the same story only from a different perspective and with a totally different ending. For example this one takes place mostly in our world- the land beyond the Gate of Alchemy between the two world wars. <br /><br />Another Bleach note- why did Aizen want Orihime kidnapped? What or who is the sojioque he has stolen which will awaken in the winter? Who is the lad newly born from its power? What does Kiske know which he ain't telling? Can Ichigo defeat his Espada nemesis? Don't ya just love that jutsu used by Captain Toshiro Hitagawa- reign over the frosted heavens! then the name of his zambatou? A version of it is used by the evil Dragon Emporer in Mummy 3 when Jet Li turns a field of snow into jagged ice stalagmites. Of course he has mastery over the five Chinese elements- fire, water, earth, wood and metal! If there are only five elements in Chinese philosophy then how can there be an avatar or guardian of the air- Avatar the Last Airbender? Air is not one of those elements! And who's the looney tunes Espada poor Rangiku is stuck with? Avatar in theatres is NOT Avatar the Last Airbender. Instead Avatar is like a BGR or a Gundam!<br /><br />Now it is Avatar vs Avatar with the new The Last Airbender which is the live film version of Avatar the anime series featuring Aang and his companions from the 4 lands in the far distant future. Avatar the other one just fell to Dear John a soapy romantic comedy! <br /><br />Getting into DLs and ULs and burning CDs again. Finally got myself into attaching videos to messages like I do pix now and thanks to Blaine it's so easy! Check out the fave anime moments/eppys message log here. Several Angelic contributions are there courtesy of yours truly.<br /><br />Mama's new read is Helma from the Tros of Samothrace series. Ho hum so far. Tros is getting interesting now- very interesting with refs to English countryside landmarks.<br /><br />Dan Brown's Lost Symbol was just excellent! I loved it. A lot of Freemason stuff in it I didn't know. If any of you are Literary Guild members by all means check out the secret societies books they have at reasonable prices.<br /><br />I have just added three plums to my anime vids collection: Complete DVD sets of Noir, Gasaraki and Tactics. I already have the complete set of Black Lagoon on DVD and partials on Blood+, Cyborg 009, FMA, Bleach and a few others. I have the first 7 eppys of Morabito and am on the lookout for the set. Bobby has the complete set of Trigun and Mama has the complete set of Gunslinger Girl and Witchblade. Anyone else have any new acquisitions to talk about? If so blog it here or post some messages folks. Bobby has Monster and I have My Santa and I just got Santa Claus Conquers the Martians on DVD.<br /><br />Now have Bebop movie on DVD and VHS. Just got GS Innocence 2 and Haunting in Connecticutt. Thundercats came at last for Mama. Still have yet to watch DB Evolution film.<br /><br />SYFY is airing Destination Truth which is like JBs old Digging for the Truth on HC. DT is hosted by Josh Bates or Gates and looks pretty good. Anyone know why SYFY considers wrestling science fiction stuff?<br /><br />This just in folks! Josh Bernstein has revamped his website and is now using Twitter too. He has a fab group called JBs Group at YG. Dan Brown is on both Twitter and FaceBook now. What do you guys think about my starting an anime recipes file and a golf tips corner either here or at AH1 or somewhere else? Animeinfor.org is the only place I have ever seen an anime recipes section. As for golf tips- what can I say? I love golf- passionately even if I don't play as much as I used to. Gomen but I just remem,bered this. Kudos to Robert the artist for hire for finding Dan Doh- probably the only anime series about golf itself! Sadly there are no dubs of it just subs. It can be found at VEOH and hulu quite easily. I'll post a pix or two soon.<br /><br />Another great show was In Search Of narrated by Leonard `Mr Spock' Nimoy and I recall an eppy of theirs re the Knights Templar and Foucault's Pendulum. If anyone knows where I can find a copy of those gems on VHS or DVD onegai let me know. A big domo arigatou in advance for your assistance. Gotta really go now and get some blogging done and maybe post Chapter 63 at last.<br /><br />Just began reposting Xmas w/ the DP at<br />www.gaia.com/forums/chatterbox/christmaswiththedirtypairChapter2 and just posted Chapter 1 (after Ch 50- sorry long story gang) and have now posted Ch 52 as well. Great pix too as I am now illustrating my posts of Xmas over there. Wings will follow as soon as I finish posting it here and at ff.net. ANOL is giving me fits too. Just found out I may get an HP Windows 7 for Kurisumasu. Actually it's coming ashita and I just emailed Justin for some help in transitioning from Vista to W7.<br /><br />Has anyone seen G Force yet? How about Haunting in Connecticut? Someone has suggested at FaceBook that our anime is dead. Boy did that ever open a potboiler of contention! If anime is dead well nobody told Hollywood! DragonBall, Watchmen, GI Joe, Blood:TLV, Transformers2, the list seems endless eh?<br /><br />SYFY is airing Transformers (a SYFY made for film) this weekend on Saturday at 9 PM ET. Looks decent but not on a par with the other two films about these classic anime series.<br /><br />How about Tim Burton's 9 and Pandorum eh?<br /><br />I have now posted up to and including Ch 68 of Wings. I am trying to get Xmas and Wings rewritten and published. Think they will sell? A note to budding authors- Avoid `author mills' like AuthorAmerica and AuthorHouse. All they want is for you to pay them to publish YOUR works! They guarantee nothing! Likewise avoid AbsoluteWriters Water Cooler for info and inspiration. They are quite negative and attempt to discourage a struggling author!<br /><br />Don't miss Showtime's Inside the NFL tonight at 9, 10 or 11 PM ET. I'm on FaceBook now you know. This is getting to be more like a newsletter than a guide. Any suggestions? I am considering a monthly golf tips column and a recipe file a la animeinfo.org. I just posted (Files) two Thanksgiving dinner menus. Comments?<br /><br />Sports fans! I just started a group at Showtime's Beat the Insiders and it's called Saint K's Anime Friends. Come & join me there and at FanIQ.com if you like. By the way my Saints are the highest scoring team in the league with 120 points in just 3 games. They are at 3-0 and lead their division. Our offense is #3 and our defense is #10. Quite a rise from #19 and #30 last season eh? Drew `Divine Wind' Brees and his `4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse' have outscored Detroit 45-27, Eagles 48-22 and Bills 27-7. In that last game TO never got close to a ball! The `Saintly Terrors' are stepping up at last to complement our offense. Enough re that. Oro do ya think of a recipe file here and/or a golf tips column maybe once a month? Don't worry because I have tons of recipes and loads of advice for duffers. Sorry there's been no Ch 63 of Wings yet but I've been really busy with blogs, surveys, polls, reviews, guides, posts and now sports NFL groups. Soon I promise you will see Ch 69 and maybe even the end of Wings before Xmas.<br /><br />Kudos the Divine Wind which is the Saints- They have finally conquered all and won SB XLIV 31 to 17 over the hapless Indy Colts! Kudos to Drew Brees our MVP of the game and the best damned QB in the NFL- bar none!<br /><br />MY PET PEEVES:<br /><br />A pet peeve here folks. Why is it that in most anime the characters either walk (InuYasha) or run (Bleach) everywhere they go? Didn't the Japanese ever hear of transports? I'd love to see how Kagome could get an SUV through the well! Cars in the Soul Society's Seretai? They've got wide enough roads there surely? And Ninjas and Samurai never seem to have carts, chariots or wagons although Samurai rode horses which was why they made the Zanzabatous like the one used by Zanza on Kenshin. Balsa did ride a stallion for awhile on Morabito and on Code Geas Lelouch's `brother' Rollo does have a motorbike w/ sidecar. Trains are the transport on FMA although Mustang and Hawkeye did have a car in last week's eppy. DN and Blood+ have cars, boats, trains, planes and the like. So does GS and Bebop. Naruto has modern stuff but no transports. Guess it's to each his own meaning whatever the creators decide.<br /><br />Latest read was Danny Brown's excellent fifth work The Lost Symbol (soon to be a flick?) which was quite good if a bit wordy. Damned thing took me 3 days to read! With 2012 in the theatres it was quite apropos. Hints: A famous statue stands in front of the CIA HQ building in Langley and is a pivotal part of the storyline. There are a lot of hidden details in Washington DC and Dan Brown's a history buff as well as a secret society expert. He more than proved that in Angels & Demons and then again in the DaVinci Code. By the way he's got a very entertaining website at www.danbrown.com so if you like tricky logic puzzles and codes by all means visit him there.<br /><br />Oro else have I read recently? Sax Rohmer's Shadow of FuManchu. He is the old-fashioned Darth Vader and the leader of a group out to save the Earth from its inhabitants. They are called The Seven. His nemesis is a Scotland Yarder named Sir Denis Nayland-Smith who with his trusty sidekick Dr Petrie pursues Dr FuManchu the same way Holmes and Watson pursued Prof Moriarty all those years. His latest escapade involves collecting scientists and killing anyone in his way. Looks like the Brits, Yanks, Russians and Aussies will have to band together to defeat Fu and Huan Tsung his sidekick. Some pair- Fu was at least 90 when Smith met him 60 years ago (Fu has the secret of eternal life. Has he discovered the FMA Stone?) and his pal's in his 80's! Geriatric? Far from it! Smith's on his own this time unless you count his scientific buddy Carter who is about as useful as Zorro against Darth Vader! What a wimp!<br /><br />I just began reading Ellery Queen's `The Finishing Stroke' mystery classic. A bit like Lost Symbol- it has a cypher EQ must solve to find the killer and it takes him over 20 years to bring the miscreant to justice! A must read for EQ fans like me!<br /><br />Here's oro the Keiman wants for Kurisumasu (Christmas) and I doubt if such a thing even exists. A wall clock (battery powered) that plays anime themes every hour on the hour. Now oro themes would it have? Nonstop Angel (DP Flash); Billy in Despair (Death Note); Life is a Boat (Bleach); Real Folk Blues (Bebop); Freckles (Rurouni Kenshin); Guardian of the Spirit (Morabito). That's half and for the rest how about Sailor Moon, InuYasha, RaveMaster, Gurren Lagann, NOIR's haunting watch melody and another Angels theme? Comments?<br /><br />Oro anime music would you suggest for an anime wall clock? I'm interested to see if they are in my music collections.<br /><br />I did find some stand up clocks with all kinds of anime characters and most are about $20 USD. Sorry but I misplaced that data but I'll find it and post it here soon. No Angels clocks. Maybe they have some at rightstuf?<br /><br />Wanna know what my third ff will be re? Sorry re is Latin for about and is used as an abbreviation for about by many publishing houses and whatnot. Think this is something? You oughta try and read my class notes from school & college? One guy thought I was using Nostradamus's codes! I use a little bit of everything when I write as you well know. Anyway my new and as yet untitled ff will concern the search for the lost Templar treasures- on Neptune or Pluto! Why? Zoe's from Pluto and I have the Big O contingent under Alan Gabriel's command working with Neptune Command. The Angels will be back with Angel 1 under Yuri's command, 2 under Kei's and 3 under Flight Kommandant Marlene Angel's control. Her exec- Suba(ltern) FC/Acting Commodore Kome Sawaguchi- who else! Kei's exec? Probably Han Solo nai I'll make him Yuri's #1 and Kei will use Mr (Joey) Bishop who will transfer from `Starfleet' to the 3WA when Ellen Rodgers (remember her from John Berringer's `Starcrusher' crew?) joins `Starfleet' and is promoted to Lt Commander status by Admiral Janeway herself! Reg Barclay is still Kiva Nerese's exec of course. How does the 3WA and the UG get roped into a treasure hunt and can I keep the Rune Soldier treasure hunters out of this one? These require more thinking on my part but I believe descendants of both Lord Caervarvon and Howard Carter stumble onto a starmap in a hidden Templar temple- in Iceland! Could the Templars have created star craft that exceed our own devices today? Hell yeah- why not? Banking, credit, cheques, letters of credit, credit cards, computers- they invented all that stuff, didn't they? Oh yeah a new pilot has joined the force- 2nd Lt Legato Bluesummers has been assigned as shuttle pilot for the Michaelangelo on the Angel 2. Will they find the treasure trove? Will Dexter Morgan ever get caught? Will Dr Tenma be vindicated? Will he kill Johann Liebert? These are questions you don't ask writers and authors my tomodachis!<br /><br />Imagine that! Avatar has outgunned Sherlock Holmes and is already well past the quarter million $$ mark so do we have another Transformers 2 perhaps? Avatar took a Golden Globe as did Up and Avatar is still ruling the box office folks!<br /><br />Just joined the Clan Nation Dawn Radicals at animeleague.net so y'all come by there and see me, ya hear? Just ask for the Keiman and if you want to join up with us tell `em the Keiman sent you. They are into everything anime and I mean everything guys and gals! Over there my chapters are posted under Literature & Writing and I have some cool welcome posts too. The Guide can be found there under Anime/Manga subforums.<br /><br />OK a mystery pix for you and here's a hint- she's one of the Angels' crew and under other circumstances she'd be in Kei's brig! Good luck!<br /><br />Sorry but if you want a gander at this pix go to one of the blogs I've mentioned before. Cannot attach pix here dammit!<br /><br />Over to animeonline.net I will be posting everything in an AO Blog 'only' because it is the only place where I have no posting problems according to Cowboy who is our admin/mod over there. Come and take a gander at it. I'll post a link or two as soon as he sets it up. It'll be like my journal that I have over to animeleague.net under ALJ called 'Keimanzero's Anime Announcements Parlour'. Feel free to PM any questions to me or Hell just PM me at keiman0@yahoo.com even if you just wanna chat. Love to hear from ya gang. Will I ever get that Angelic Demons/Demonic Angels clan started over to ANML? I need 12 members to do it. Let me know if you are interested eh? Of course it won't be for awhile anyhow. Will we though?<br /><br />Time will tell eh? Time to go. Next edition will be shorter I promise. Sayonara all- K&Kkeimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-74528120513718671192010-01-20T18:41:00.004-05:002010-01-20T18:52:44.984-05:00TV Anime COD Guide for January 2010 20 Jan 10TV Anime View Guide for Jan 2010 Updated 20 Jan 10<br /><br />Published by keimanzero at 6:26 pm under 1, Anime Fanatics Central, Today's Anime Tidbits Edit This<br /><br />COD Guide for Anime TV Viewing for JANUARY 2010 20 JAN 2010<br /><br />Let’s get this outta the way first. CN’s Adult Swim on Channels 125 and 32 is revamping their Saturday schedule commencing 14 Feb 2010. Here is our CURRENT lineup (all times Eastern):<br /><br />12:30 AM- Bleach<br />1:00 AM- Bleach<br />1:30 AM- Fullmetal Alchemist<br />2:00 AM- Fullmetal Alchemist<br />2:30 AM- Cowboy Bebop<br />3:00 AM- Cowboy Bebop<br />3:30 AM- Ghost in the Shell/Stand Alone Complex<br />4:00 AM- Ghost in the Shell/Stand Alone Complex<br />4:30 AM- Big O<br />5:00 AM- InuYasha<br />5:30 AM- InuYasha<br /><br />As of 14 Feb 2010 the new schedule will be a bit different:<br /><br />http://animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-19/adult-swim-confirms-new-anime-to<br />-launch-on-february-14<br /><br />http://www.adultswim.com/schedule/onair.html<br /><br />Adult Swim has confirmed that a new, unnamed anime series will premiere on<br />the block Saturday Feb. 13th (early Sun. the 14th really) at 12 midnight.<br />Bleach will be expanded from 1 to 2 hours. FLCL returns at 2:30am. Also,<br />Fullmetal Alchemist is cut to 1 episode and pushed back to 4am and GitS and<br />Cowboy Bebop will be cut back to 1 episode.<br /><br />The new schedule is as follows:<br /><br />12:00 New Anime<br /><br />12:30 Bleach<br /><br />01:00 Bleach<br /><br />01:30 Bleach<br /><br />02:00 Bleach<br /><br />02:30 FLCL<br /><br />03:00 Cowboy Bebop<br /><br />03:30 GitS<br /><br />04:00 Fullmetal Alchemist<br /><br />04:30 Big O<br /><br />05:00 Inuyasha<br /><br />05:30 Inuyasha<br /><br />As to the rest of our week meaning Mondays and Tuesdays:<br /><br />MONDAY:<br /><br />AniMondays from 11 PM to 1 AM will run two eps of Monster followed by two eps of Descendants of Darkness. These will air on SYFY (Channel 47)<br /><br />Two eps of Witchblade will air back to back from 11 PM to Midnight Mondays on IFC (Channel 164)<br /><br />TUESDAY:<br /><br />A single ep of Basilisk will air at 11:30 PM on IFC (Channel 164)<br /><br />That’s it for ‘normal tv anime viewing’ but read on for all the stuff on COD:<br /><br />Meet our own anime babe spokesgal- Neko Olson. animeontv.com has theirs so we have ours too. Neko (kudos to highteckdudu who created her and allows me to use her image and character in my fanfictions) is a shapeshifting nekomata/demon/cat (neko is cat in Japanese)/human/trill. Read all about her in Xmas with the Dirty Pair here in Chatterbox and in Angel Wings at http://www.eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/blogs and look for another stunning work of art from HTDD in an upcoming Xmas chapter here at Chatterbox.<br /><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHiLlTV2MjwngnV7IhRFGPENaWKkPJWsQ-oc777GQI31KmcoBVsYeT_WfNiSolposS0qk_xSq1eCMp__O-Tz44prrHgdkY9AEf65ttR-8LwOUjxGReAvZ7T0hOI311oFeXmybGBlBngs/s1600-h/Neko+Twins.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHiLlTV2MjwngnV7IhRFGPENaWKkPJWsQ-oc777GQI31KmcoBVsYeT_WfNiSolposS0qk_xSq1eCMp__O-Tz44prrHgdkY9AEf65ttR-8LwOUjxGReAvZ7T0hOI311oFeXmybGBlBngs/s400/Neko+Twins.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428972079477250546" /></a><br /> <br />Kudos to the Q&A gang here at GAIA for telling me how to post pix using Photobucket and I forgot that I already had an account there! I’m so used to posting from EONS that I never thought of anyplace else. A big domo arigatou to both xi-kwoo and Mystic Deadman for all their help.<br /><br />Anyway as this is 20 Jan 2010 Akeome a lil late and this is the second edition of ComcastOnDemand TV Anime Viewing Guide for the new year folks! First I’ll list the OnDemand anime and some cartoon listings for this part of January and then I’ll list the other items of interest regarding anime series, films, books, reviews, NFL, cooking tips, golf tips, videos, audios, etc. You are liable to find just about anything at all here each post depending on the whims of my EONS(aah) and/or YG(AH1) groups or my bloggees, readers, posters or whoever.<br />Most eps and films are free but some are pay per view and are so marked. PPV anime series eps are usually first ep free then 99 cents each additional ep, films are usually $2.99 or $4.99 but some may be a bit higher. Oh yeah and I list some kids films that are a bit animeic but not all of them. I also as a favour to a dear tomodachi of mine include one cartoon series eps every single edition. The show’s about a group of helpful firefighters in a small Welsh fishing village called PontyPandy. The eps are free and can be found here:<br /><br />COD/KIDS/Sprout/FiremanSam<br /><br />Cried Wolf<br />Mam’s Day (NEW)<br />Floating Cart<br />Sheep On the Road (NEW)<br />Paper Plane Down (NEW)<br /><br />COD/CuttingEdge/AdultSwim/Action<br /><br />Big O Ep 20<br />Bleach Eps 3-4<br />Code Geass Ep 24<br />Ghost in the Shell Eps 20-21<br />InuYasha Eps 153 to 155<br /><br />FunimationAnimes vary but many are free. All can be found here folks:<br /><br />COD/CE/FA/Drama-Comedy<br /><br />Air Gear Eps 17-18<br />Case Closed Eps 54 to 56<br />Fruits Basket Eps 21-22<br />Negima! Eps 16-17 (Sorry for the name mixup)<br />Shuffle! Eps 16-17<br /><br />COD/CE/FA/Action-Fantasy<br /><br />Black Cat Eps 7-8<br />Gunslinger Girl II Teano Eps 7 to 10<br />Solty Rei Eps 15-16<br />Tsubasa Chronicles Eps 17-18<br />xxxHolic Eps 22-23<br /><br />COD/CE/FA<br /><br />Devil May Cry Eps 7 to 10<br />Glass Fleet Eps 19 to 22<br /><br />COD/CE/FA/AnimeSelects<br /><br />Gundam Seed Destiny Eps 27 to 30<br />Vampire Princess Miyu Eps 15-16<br /><br />COD/CE/FA/Specials ($2.99 each)<br /><br />Genghis Khan (The tyrant in anime? Believe it!)<br />Soul Eater Eps 1 to 3 (Soul is a weapon- a scythe that can shapeshift for its owner a warrior maid)<br />Soul Eater Eps 4 to 6<br /><br />COD/CE/FA (First ep free and 99 cents each additional ep)<br /><br />D Grey-Man Eps 43 to 45<br />Hunter x Hunter Eps 14 to 16<br />Nana Eps 24 to 27<br />Nabari No Ou Eps 22 to 24<br />Blassreiter Eps 19 to 21<br />Dragonaught Eps 16 to 18<br />El Cazador Eps 16 to 18<br />Spice & Wolf Eps 9 to 11<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/HBO<br /><br />Hellboy II- The Golden Army<br />Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (The guys and Splinter, Casey & April vs the Shredder again)<br />Max Payne<br />Watchmen<br /><br />COD/PC/Starz<br /><br />Hellboy- Blood & Iron (Ron Pearlstein voices this cigar chomping superhero demon in an animated film based on the movies and anime series)<br /><br />Hellboy- Sword of the Storms (Reds is back and after a magical blade in Japan)<br />Nightmare Before Xmas (Tim Burton’s Hall-o-we’en meets Xmas animation)<br />Wall-E (Robot Love?)<br /><br />COD/PC/Showtime<br /><br />Twilight (Vampire Love Story)<br /><br />COD/PC/Max<br /><br />One Missed Call (Remake of Japanese classic horror film)<br /><br />COD/PC/Encore<br /><br />Legend of the Red Dragon (Jet Li subbed film)<br />Thunderbirds (Remake of old puppet classic)<br /><br />No TMC, Movieplex or Too Much for TV entries this time. Sorry gang.<br /><br />COD/FreeMovies (First 4 also under Kids/Movies)<br /><br />Code Lyoko- the movie<br />Animated Godzilla fim<br />Tales of Gulliver<br />Legend of Atlantis (Disney animated version of timeless classic film)<br />Battle Force 5 (Video game film)<br />X-Men- Reckoning (Ep of anime series but a shame Hugh Jackman didn’t voice Wolverine)<br />Robot Holocaust (Sorta like Terminator III)<br /><br />COD/Movies/ByGenre/Animation<br /><br />9 $4.99 (Tim Burton’s end of world epic not NINE that yucky drivel the critics loved)<br />Battle for Terra $2.99 (See? I ain’t the only one who uses ‘Terra’ for Earth)<br />Monsters vs Aliens $4.99<br />Santa Buddies $4.99<br />Spaceballs/WarpedVersion $4.99 (How could anyone muck up Star Wars more than Mel<br />Brooks? Must be pretty raunchy!)<br />TinkerBelle & the Lost Treasure $4.99<br /><br />COD/KIDS/Movies<br /><br />Aliens in the Attic $4.99<br />The Black Cauldron $2.99 (Sword & Sorcery animation- cool!)<br />Ducktales/Secret of the Lost Lamp $2.909 (Yeah a cartoon but a great one)<br />G-Force $4.99<br />Up $4.99<br />Robots $2.99<br />Wild Thornberrys $2.99<br /><br />From now on I’ll post this list twice monthly and I’ll keep it under ‘Files’ rather than ‘Messages’ or ‘Blogs’ (at www.Eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/Files)<br /><br />SYFY’s AniMonday (11 PM to 1 AM ET) is a double eppy of Monster (Doctor running from the law for a crime he did not do- sound familiar?) followed by a duble eppy of Now&Then, Here&There(Kid kendo trainee tries to rescue cute gal but ends up in Terran future fighting for an insane King Hamdo. Army led by dedicated female Abelia. Relax, it’s only 13 eppys long and it’s half over!)<br /><br />Good news from SYFY folks! AniMonday has been expanded from 9 PM ET to 1 AM ET with the first two hours called Chiller. Chiller will feature unusual and scary anime film masterpieces beginning with Blood:The Last Vampire which spawned the Blood+ saga and a brand new live action film now running in theatres. Looks like 24 August will be Chiller’s debut. If you get SYFY in the SE PA-USA area you are still getting Star Trek-TNG reruns from 9 to 11 ET on Mondays dammit!<br /><br />Hey WitchBlade the film (with Sarah Pezzini not Masane Amaha- yech!) will hit theatres in a year or so while DragonBall and Death Note are already out there showing. Many more anime based flicks are coming soon and they are filming Bebop with Keanu Reeves in Dave’s role as Spike Steigel. For Jett I’d pick LF- Larry Fishburne or even MF- Morgan Freeman. Denzel Washington or Samuel L Jackson don’t fit the mold. How about Miley Cyrus aka Hannah Montana as ‘Ed’ and Lindsay Lohan as Faye Valentine? (Rafe) Donnelly could be Tommie Lee Jones. Hey I oughta be a Hollywood cast finder eh? Gad, I wonder how much of a muckup they’ll make of the ‘Bebop’, ‘Swordfish II’, ‘Redtail’ and ‘Hammerhead’? I don’t think Ed’s power scooter had a name although we all know the computer she wore on her head with ‘goggle monitors’ was named ‘Tomato’!<br /><br />In both Code Geas and in FMA some of the characters have a special logo in their eye a la Code Lyoko’s XANA logo in the evil characters’ eyes.<br /><br />In both Death Note and Bleach there are specific hints as to character origins. In DN Ryuuk tells Light Yagami that any user of the DN book can neither go to Heaven nor Hell after death. So what’s left? Shinigami World meaning that DN book users after death become Shinigami death gods- right? Guess what live TV series is a DN parallel series? Hint- it’s on Showtime.<br /><br />In Bleach Rukia’s Squad 13 captain (the one that is always sick as a rule) tells a subordinate that Ichigo’s friends are special with unusually high spiritual pressures. He goes on to say that he would not be at all surprised if after death they became soul reapers themselves after they had passed on to the Soul Society. Renji Abari committed a minor faux pas in this week’s eppy. While fighting one of the Arrancar Hollows he told him that by the time Kiske arrived the Arrancar himself would be dead. He apparently forgot that all Hollows are already dead to begin with. For that matter are soul reapers really alive or dead?<br /><br />Ichigo, Urryuu and Chad have just met three Arrancars and their pet in the Wako Mundo desert on their way to Las Noches (The Nights) which is Aizen’s HQ fortress. Seems not all Arrancars and Hollows are bad because these guys gave ‘em a lift and are guiding them to LN. Live and learn guys. Why are they in WM? Aizen has Orihime of course! (see new post for more)<br /><br />Bleach pulled a bummer on us and has dropped back 30 eppys to the first time the Vizoreds came to Kara Kura Town so no new stuff for awhile I’m afraid. Try bleachanime.org which has every single eppy on DL. New club Bleach4Ever just started up on FaceBook too.<br /><br />Discovered why Moribito theme music is so familiar. Group is Arc ‘n ciel who did the GTO theme Driver’s Edge. Early OT and ET for Death Note are done by Nightmare group which is what the Black Knights and Brittanians’ Gundamlike fighting suits are called. Is this the end of Morabito? Sure seemed like it after Saturday’s eppy!<br /><br />In FMA Ed has learned truth behind the Ishbaal massacre of fifteen years ago while brother Al has just discovered the identity of the Homunculi leader from the snake chimera Marta seconds before she was murdered by the #7 Homunculus- the Fuehrer King Bradley himself. He is Pride- the seventh deadly sin! But- who is his boss? Rose of Lior has become pals with Lira the girl alchemist who used to be with Yochi the state alchemist army lieutenant and she’s now called the Holy Mother but she has gone mute and who’s her baby’s father? The climax seems to be fast approaching and it promises to be exciting so don’t miss it gang! Hohenheim the Elrics dad is back and going after Dante. Al has become a deadly time bomb courtesy of an unknowing Scar and an evil Kimlee the Crimson Alchemist who used the red stones in Ed’s SAA watch to transmute the souls in Scar’s arm into a philosopher’s stone!<br /><br />Another Bleach note- why did Aizen want Orihime kidnapped? What or who is the sojioque he has stolen which will awaken in the winter? Who is the lad newly born from its power? What does Kiske know which he ain’t telling? Can Ichigo defeat his Espada nemesis? Don’t ya just love that jutsu used by Captain Toshiro Hitagawa- reign over the frosted heavens! then the name of his zambatou? A version of it is used by the evil Dragon Emporer in Mummy 3 when Jet Li turns a field of snow into jagged ice stalagmites. Of course he has mastery over the five Chinese elements- fire, water, earth, wood and metal! If there are only five elements in Chinese philosophy then how can there be an avatar or guardian of the air- Avatar the Last Airbender? Air is not one of those elements! And who’s the looney tunes Espada poor Rangiku is stuck with? Avatar in theatres is NOT Avatar the Last Airbender. Instead Avatar is like a BGR or a Gundam!<br /><br />Getting into DLs and ULs and burning CDs again. Finally got myself into attaching videos to messages like I do pix now and thanks to Blaine it’s so easy! Check out the fave anime moments/eppys message log here. Several Angelic contributions are there courtesy of yours truly.<br /><br />Mama’s new read is Helma from the Tros of Samothrace series. Ho hum so far. Tros is getting interesting now- very interesting with refs to English countryside landmarks.<br /><br />Dan Brown’s Lost Symbol was just excellent! I loved it. A lot of Freemason stuff in it I didn’t know. If any of you are Literary Guild members by all means check out the secret societies books they have at reasonable prices.<br /><br />I have just added three plums to my anime vids collection: Complete DVD sets of Noir, Gasaraki and Tactics. I already have the complete set of Black Lagoon on DVD and partials on Blood+, Cyborg 009, FMA, Bleach and a few others. I have the first 7 eppys of Morabito and am on the lookout for the set. Bobby has the complete set of Trigun and Mama has the complete set of Gunslinger Girl and Witchblade. Anyone else have any new acquisitions to talk about? If so blog it here or post some messages folks. Bobby has Monster and I have My Santa and I just got Santa Claus Conquers the Martians on DVD.<br /><br />Now have Bebop movie on DVD and VHS. Just got GS Innocence 2 and Haunting in Connecticutt. Thundercats came at last for Mama. Still have yet to watch DB Evolution film.<br /><br />SYFY is airing Destination Truth which is like JBs old Digging for the Truth on HC. DT is hosted by Josh Bates or Gates and looks pretty good. Anyone know why SYFY considers wrestling science fiction stuff?<br /><br />This just in folks! Josh Bernstein has revamped his website and is now using Twitter too. He has a fab group called JBs Group at YG. Dan Brown is on both Twitter and FaceBook now. What do you guys think about my starting an anime recipes file and a golf tips corner either here or at AH1 or somewhere else? Animeinfor.org is the only place I have ever seen an anime recipes section. As for golf tips- what can I say? I love golf- passionately even if I don’t play as much as I used to. Gomen but I just remem,bered this. Kudos to Robert the artist for hire for finding Dan Doh- probably the only anime series about golf itself! Sadly there are no dubs of it just subs. It can be found at VEOH and hulu quite easily. I’ll post a pix or two soon.<br /><br />Another great show was In Search Of narrated by Leonard ‘Mr Spock’ Nimoy and I recall an eppy of theirs re the Knights Templar and Foucault’s Pendulum. If anyone knows where I can find a copy of those gems on VHS or DVD onegai let me know. A big domo arigatou in advance for your assistance. Gotta really go now and get some blogging done and maybe post Chapter 63 at last.<br /><br />Just began reposting Xmas w/ the DP at www.gaia.com/forums/chatterbox/christmaswiththedirtypairChapter2 and just posted Chapter 1 (after Ch 50- sorry long story gang) and have now posted Ch 52 as well. Great pix too as I am now illustrating my posts of Xmas over there. Wings will follow as soon as I finish posting it here and at ff.net. ANOL is giving me fits too. Just found out I may get an HP Windows 7 for Kurisumasu. Actually it’s coming ashita and I just emailed Justin for some help in transitioning from Vista to W7.<br /><br />Has anyone seen G Force yet? How about Haunting in Connecticut? Someone has suggested at FaceBook that our anime is dead. Boy did that ever open a potboiler of contention! If anime is dead well nobody told Hollywood! DragonBall, Watchmen, GI Joe, Blood:TLV, Transformers2, the list seems endless eh?<br /><br />How about Tim Burton’s 9 and Pandorum eh?<br /><br />I have now posted up to and including Ch 62 of Wings. I am trying to get Xmas and Wings rewritten and published. Think they will sell? A note to budding authors- Avoid ‘author mills’ like AuthorAmerica and AuthorHouse. All they want is for you to pay them to publish YOUR works! They guarantee nothing! Likewise avoid AbsoluteWriters Water Cooler for info and inspiration. They are quite negative and attempt to discourage a struggling author!<br /><br />Don’t miss Showtime’s Inside the NFL tonight at 9, 10 or 11 PM ET. Play Beat the Insiders at beattheinsiders.com and join my group there- Saint K’s Anime Friends. I’m on FaceBook now you know. This is getting to be more like a newsletter than a guide. Any suggestions? I am considering a monthly golf tips column and a recipe file a la animeinfo.org. I just posted (Files) two Thanksgiving dinner menus. Comments?<br /><br />Sports fans! I just started a group at Showtime’s Beat the Insiders and it’s called Saint K’s Anime Friends. Come & join me there and at FanIQ.com if you like. By the way my Saints are the highest scoring team in the league with 120 points in just 3 games. They are at 3-0 and lead their division. Our offense is #3 and our defense is #10. Quite a rise from #19 and #30 last season eh? Drew ‘Divine Wind’ Brees and his ‘4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ have outscored Detroit 45-27, Eagles 48-22 and Bills 27-7. In that last game TO never got close to a ball! The ‘Saintly Terrors’ are stepping up at last to complement our offense. Enough re that. Oro do ya think of a recipe file here and/or a golf tips column maybe once a month? Don’t worry because I have tons of recipes and loads of advice for duffers. Sorry there’s been no Ch 63 of Wings yet but I’ve been really busy with blogs, surveys, polls, reviews, guides, posts and now sports NFL groups. Soon I promise you will see Ch 61 and maybe even the end of Wings before Xmas.<br /><br />A pet peeve here folks. Why is it that in most anime the characters either walk (InuYasha) or run (Bleach) everywhere they go? Didn’t the Japanese ever hear of transports? I’d love to see how Kagome could get an SUV through the well! Cars in the Soul Society’s Seretai? They’ve got wide enough roads there surely? And Ninjas and Samurai never seem to have carts, chariots or wagons although Samurai rode horses which was why they made the Zanzabatous like the one used by Zanza on Kenshin. Balsa did ride a stallion for awhile on Morabito and on Code Geas Lelouch’s ‘brother’ Rollo does have a motorbike w/ sidecar. Trains are the transport on FMA although Mustang and Hawkeye did have a car in last week’s eppy. DN and Blood+ have cars, boats, trains, planes and the like. So does GS and Bebop. Naruto has modern stuff but no transports. Guess it’s to each his own meaning whatever the creators decide.<br /><br />Latest read was Danny Brown’s excellent fifth work The Lost Symbol (soon to be a flick?) which was quite good if a bit wordy. Damned thing took me 3 days to read! With 2012 in the theatres it was quite apropos. Hints: A famous statue stands in front of the CIA HQ building in Langley and is a pivotal part of the storyline. There are a lot of hidden details in Washington DC and Dan Brown’s a history buff as well as a secret society expert. He more than proved that in Angels & Demons and then again in the DaVinci Code. By the way he’s got a very entertaining website at www.danbrown.com so if you like tricky logic puzzles and codes by all means visit him there.<br /><br />Oro else have I read recently? Sax Rohmer’s Shadow of FuManchu. He is the old-fashioned Darth Vader and the leader of a group out to save the Earth from its inhabitants. They are called The Seven. His nemesis is a Scotland Yarder named Sir Denis Nayland-Smith who with his trusty sidekick Dr Petrie pursues Dr FuManchu the same way Holmes and Watson pursued Prof Moriarty all those years. His latest escapade involves collecting scientists and killing anyone in his way. Looks like the Brits, Yanks, Russians and Aussies will have to band together to defeat Fu and Huan Tsung his sidekick. Some pair- Fu was at least 90 when Smith met him 60 years ago (Fu has the secret of eternal life. Has he discovered the FMA Stone?) and his pal’s in his 80’s! Geriatric? Far from it! Smith’s on his own this time unless you count his scientific buddy Carter who is about as useful as Zorro against Darth Vader! What a wimp!<br /><br />I just began reading Ellery Queen’s ‘The Finishing Stroke’ mystery classic. A bit like Lost Symbol- it has a cypher EQ must solve to find the killer and it takes him over 20 years to bring the miscreant to justice! A must read for EQ fans like me!<br /><br />Here’s oro the Keiman wants for Kurisumasu (Christmas) and I doubt if such a thing even exists. A wall clock (battery powered) that plays anime themes every hour on the hour. Now oro themes would it have? Nonstop Angel (DP Flash); Billy in Despair (Death Note); Life is a Boat (Bleach); Real Folk Blues (Bebop); Freckles (Rurouni Kenshin); Guardian of the Spirit (Morabito). That’s half and for the rest how about Sailor Moon, InuYasha, RaveMaster, Gurren Lagann, NOIR’s haunting watch melody and another Angels theme? Comments?<br /><br />Oro anime music would you suggest for an anime wall clock? I’m interested to see if they are in my music collections.<br /><br />Wanna know what my third ff will be re? Sorry re is Latin for about and is used as an abbreviation for about by many publishing houses and whatnot. Think this is something? You oughta try and read my class notes from school & college? One guy thought I was using Nostradamus’s codes! I use a little bit of everything when I write as you well know. Anyway my new and as yet untitled ff will concern the search for the lost Templar treasures- on Neptune or Pluto! Why? Zoe’s from Pluto and I have the Big O contingent under Alan Gabriel’s command working with Neptune Command. The Angels will be back with Angel 1 under Yuri’s command, 2 under Kei’s and 3 under Flight Kommandant Marlene Angel’s control. Her exec- Suba(ltern) FC/Acting Commodore Kome Sawaguchi- who else! Kei’s exec? Probably Han Solo nai I’ll make him Yuri’s #1 and Kei will use Mr (Joey) Bishop who will transfer from ‘Starfleet’ to the 3WA when Ellen Rodgers (remember her from John Berringer’s ‘Starcrusher’ crew?) joins ‘Starfleet’ and is promoted to Lt Commander status by Admiral Janeway herself! Reg Barclay is still Kiva Nerese’s exec of course. How does the 3WA and the UG get roped into a treasure hunt and can I keep the Rune Soldier treasure hunters out of this one? These require more thinking on my part but I believe descendants of both Lord Caervarvon and Howard Carter stumble onto a starmap in a hidden Templar temple- in Iceland! Could the Templars have created star craft that exceed our own devices today? Hell yeah- why not? Banking, credit, cheques, letters of credit, credit cards, computers- they invented all that stuff, didn’t they? Oh yeah a new pilot has joined the force- 2nd Lt Legato Bluesummers has been assigned as shuttle pilot for the Michaelangelo on the Angel 2. Will they find the treasure trove? Will Dexter Morgan ever get caught? Will Dr Tenma be vindicated? Will he kill Johann Liebert? These are questions you don’t ask writers and authors my tomodachis!<br /><br />Imagine that! Avatar has outgunned Sherlock Holmes and is already well past the quarter million $$ mark so do we have another Transformers 2 perhaps? Avatar took a Golden Globe as did Up and Avatar is still ruling the box office folks!<br /><br />Just joined the Clan Nation Dawn Radicals at animeleague.net so y’all come by there and see me, ya hear? Just ask for the Keiman and if you want to join up with us tell ‘em the Keiman sent you. They are into everything anime and I mean everything guys and gals! Over there my chapters are posted under Literature & Writing and I have some cool welcome posts too. The Guide can be found there under Anime/Manga subforums.<br /><br />OK a mystery pix for you and here’s a hint- she’s one of the Angels’ crew and under other circumstances she’d be in Kei’s brig! Good luck!<br /><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%202%20Second%20250%20pix%20here/emeraldas2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%202%20Second%20250%20pix%20here/emeraldas2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Time will tell eh? Time to go. Next edition will be shorter I promise. Sayonara all- K&Kkeimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-55928161276484383802010-01-17T23:20:00.005-05:002010-01-17T23:38:24.068-05:00AngelWingsCh68'A Yeoman Amazed/Shocked<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NTqAfJYWe58&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NTqAfJYWe58&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <br /> <br />AngelWingsCh68'YeomanAmazed/Shocked<br /><br />Angel Wings Ch 68 ‘A Yeoman Amazed’/'A Yeoman Shocked’<br />By keimanzero<br /><br />AW Ch 68 ‘A Yeoman Amazed’/’A Yeoman Shocked’<br /><br /> <a href="http://s614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%202%20Second%20250%20pix%20here/?action=view¤t=DK3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%202%20Second%20250%20pix%20here/DK3.jpg" border="0" alt="Ivanhoe, Rebecca and Oddo"></a><br /><br />Wow!Mar’s been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons is almost in Zorin’s cronies’ hands- Gundams! Almost as terrifying as the ‘God Guns’ or the Angels’ new toy- the r– whoops! I almost let the neko outta the sack folks! This chapter will put two close tomos at loggerheads with each other and nai it ain’t Vacuumhead and Firebrand either! Some old tomos returned and the Boss decides to head for Onsokamaru! Who’s in sick bay and how did she end up there? Why is Yuri Donovan furious? Who are the newbies? Did the truckers succeed?<br /><br />ANGEL WINGS<br /><br />DISCLAIMER: OK Gina darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 68 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-<br /><br />CHAPTER 68<br /><br />‘A Yeoman Amazed’ or ‘A Yeoman Shocked’<br /><br />“Give it back, Odo and anything else you just grabbed off Lady Gina.” ordered the Dark Knight while a tall red-headed woman in brown tunic and breeches looked on amusedly. A sulking dwarf handed over a wristchromo. weapons sash, blaster, wallet, fanny pack, a few medals and a pair of rhomboid comlink earrings. Gina Phillips was thunderstruck.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://s614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%202%20Second%20250%20pix%20here/?action=view¤t=DK6.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%202%20Second%20250%20pix%20here/DK6.jpg" border="0" alt="Oddo is terrified."></a><br /><br />“He only touched his lips to my glove and I’ve only been here a few seconds!” she cried. Rebecca smiled and pulled Gina inside the suite. Mar, Jett and Spike followed then in and Ivy hit the door release. Rebecca extended her hand to Gina.<br /><br />“Hi. I’m Rebecca, you’ve already met our Odo and the big galoot’s Ivanhoe or Ivy for short. (Becky whispered into Gina’s ear) May I ask you a personal question, Honey?” said the taller woman.<br /><br />“I guess so.” replied Gina nervously.<br /><br />“Were you wearing a Kelly green ‘fundashi’ (a warrior’s loincloth) underneath your fuku (clothing or outfit)?” asked Becky producing the garment much to Gina’s astonishment.<br /><br />“How on Earth did he get that off without my noticing it?” demanded the ‘Angel2’s new yeoman. Becky chuckled.<br /><br />“Odo never ceases to amaze us with his talents. For the first week or so be careful around him, however, once he gets to know you it’ll be OK. He is a good tomodachi? Isn’t that your people’s word for a steadfast friend? (Gina nodded) Let me show you to your room, kiddo. You’ll be in with me, Mooney (Sailor Moon) and her scouts but for now it’s just us. The kids are all in quarantine downstairs- mumps, so we’ll have some peace and quiet for a few more days at least.” said Becky. Mar motored her antigrav chair over to them.<br /><br />“You seem like you’re in good hands, Phil so we’ll get you kitted out in the morning. I’m a little bit tired so Jett’s going to take me home. I’m one level down on three. I’m sure Becky will lend you some night things. (Becky smiled and nodded) OK then I’ll see you ashita (tomorrow), kid. G’Night. Night Becky.” yawned Mar and Jett flew her out of the suite.<br /><br />“See you all tomorrow. Night.” said Spike and he followed Jett and Mar. Becky motioned Gina into their bedroom and slid the door closed behind them.<br /><br />“Now! You just gotta tell me, Phil. Why the damned fundashi?” asked Becky and she began pulling out pajamas, slippers and a kimono for Gina. The yeoman sighed.<br /><br />“It was a bet, a dare, Becky. Sharon Reese, one of the ‘Liberator’s crew challenged me to play her in a game of ‘kosho’ (A game featured on the ancient Terran TV series ‘The Prisoner’ in 1967) and the loser had to wear that thing. Guess who lost?” said Gina ruefully.<br /><br />“My oh my! How embarrassing for you!” said Becky and Gina grinned at her.<br /><br />“Oh you don’t know the half of it! For the first week I had to wear it on the outside! I only got to wear it on the inside for the rest of the month.” explained Gina who had removed her dress blacks and now stood in front of the redhead in a black halter and racy red bikini briefs.<br /><br />“Well you don’t have to wear it anymore. Here’s a pair of pajamas for you, some mules and a pastel pink kimono. (She glanced at her wristchromo) It’s barely 2300 (11 PM). You don’t want to turn in yet, do you? Let’s go for a stroll on the decks. OK?” said Becky hopefully.<br /><br />“OK maybe a short one. I am really kind of tired, Becky.” replied Gina.<br /><br />“Great! Let’s find you something comfy to wear. (Becky opened the armoire) You like red?” she asked and Gina nodded. Ten minutes later and Gina looked like a changed ’shojo’ (girl or maiden). She wore a bright scarlet pantsuit and a canary yellow turtleneck. On her feet were black loafers. Becky was shaking a finger at her.<br /><br />“Uh uh! Not yet, kiddo. You ain’t completely dressed you know.” admonished Rebecca. Gina checked her reflection in the mirror and frowned.<br /><br />“I’m completely dressed dammit!” she fumed angrily. Beck chuckled, reached underneath her red blazer and adjusted a shoulder harness and holster around her new roomie’s chest. Then she slid Gina’s laser pistol into the holster and zipped up Gina’s blazer.<br /><br />“That is one of the two things that’ll get your ass into hot water quickr than lightning. One is leaving your quarters unarmed whether you’re on duty or not and the other is showing up late for duty. Now that you’re dressed for action, let’s go.” said Becky and slid her own Mark XII disruptor pistol into her side holster. Gina ‘oohed’ and ‘ahhed’ at all of the marvelous wonders of the immense vessel. She had never seen its like before. Small wonder since this ‘Angel’ was the prototype for the other two. When they reached Level Five Becky pointed out the brig cellblock down a long side corridor.<br /><br />“Sorry Phil but we ain’t allowed down that way. It’s some special prisoner and word is he’s as looney as a jaybird. He calls himself the ‘Shadow Master’ for God’s sake! C’mon. Follow me because I want to show you something really special.” said the healer. She led Gina down an opposite side hallway to a small alcove at the terminus of which was a concealed door. Becky quickly punched in a keypad code and whispered ‘Asgard’ into a hidden vidmike. Suddenly a panel of the wall slid aside to reveal a narrow spiral staircase leading up. Gina was puzzled.<br /><br />“Why don’t we just use the lift, Becky?” she asked. Becky had already mounted the staircase.<br /><br />“Can’t. This is the only way to get up to Level Six. Hurry up, slowpoke.” chortled the redhead from above.<br /><br />At the top of the stairs were two long corridors made entirely of gleaming Kelvinite. One led to starboard or right while the other led to port or left. Even floors and ceilings were composed of the shiny metallic alloy which was a thousand times stronger than steel and a hundred times harder than adamite or diamond. Gina stared down both corridors.<br /><br />“Gad! It looks like a bloody damned tunnel, Rebecca! What the Hell’s it doing here?” she cried touching a hand to the cold wall. Becky fired up a cheroot and grinned.<br /><br />“You have no doubt heard the scuttlebut about the legendary ‘God Gun’ we are supposed to possess?” asked Becky impishly. Gina laughed and took the cigarette offered to her.<br /><br />“Of course. We’ve all heard of that red herring. Nobody believes it you know.” replied Gina Phillips taking a drag on her smoke. Becky blew a smoke ring and dropped her voice slightly.<br /><br />“You’re standing inside of it, kid.” she said quietly. Gina’s orbs became like saucers.<br /><br />“Oro (What)! If that were true, it’d be as long as this entire starship!” yelled Phil.<br /><br />“About a mile or so and half as wide. The gunports are at the bow and look like cameras, lights or something. It shoots shiny lightning blasts which are made by that thing down there.” explained the redhead and she pointed towards the ship’s stern end. Gina looked and her aizu (eyes) goggled in wonderment.<br /><br />“A plasma bolt generator? But it’s o- so big! That means that this thing must be as powerful as Hell!” she said in awe.<br /><br />“You sure got that right, sister. Lady Donovan told me that on its very lowest setting it could easily vaporize Terra’s Luna (Earth’s moon). It’s only been used a handful of times- with disastrous results. Everyone’s glad that Lord Dooku chickened out and they didn’t have to fire it again. Confidentially the Boss is dead sure that it was the mere threat of this thing that got the old fool to change his mind and abandon Lord Oakenshield. (She glanced at her wristchromo) Time we were getting back home. With our trigger-happy sentinels I sure as Hell don’t want to be wandering around these decks after midnight. Let’s go down to the bar for a quick night cap or two.” said Becky. She stuck the cheroot back in her mouth and stood aside for Gina to precede her down the stairwell.<br /><br />Midnight found them both at the bar sipping ‘pink ladies’ and chatting. Becky introduced Gina to a very tall knight in full Middle Ages Terran chain mail who was tending bar. Becky glanced around the huge rec room.<br /><br />“Where’s Ivy, Lord Falco?” she asked and held up her empty glass.<br /><br />“Belowdecks swapping war stories with Torg and Oakenshield, Becky. Odo, Ojou and that pooch (Fuji) of hers are down there with him. Hey, who’s your nrew friend?” asked ‘Crybaby’ Prince John’s captain of the Royal Guard.<br /><br />“Gina Phillips. She’s replacing Mari Oki as the Boss’s yeoman. Mari’s gone back to Zachie Zero again and his ‘Liberator’. She took a demotion or two back to lieutenant but I don’t think she gives a damn about that. Gina’s only an Ensign but she’s an ‘acting’ looey so behave yourself. One more for the road, milord. I’m on scanner watch tomorrow.” said Becky tossing her cheroot stub into a passing cleaner droid.<br /><br />“Yeoman to Reds? Poor kid eh?” he chortled while refilling Becky and Gina’s glasses.<br /><br />“A toast. Here’s to the beginning of a beautiful friendship, Lt Phillips.” said Becky and she downed her drink.<br /><br />“Acting lieutenant. And here’s to a new friend, er–” stammered Gina and Becky giggled.<br /><br />“It was Suba (Subaltern was a rank one below Captain and two above a Second Lieutenant) the last time I checked, Phil.” she laughed slinging her jacket over her shoulder.<br /><br />“To Suba Rebecca.” finished Gina and she drained her glass. Then she too slung her jacket over her shoulder and supported by Becky they tottered towards the lift.<br /><br />“Wow! Who was that dish, Falco?” asked Miroku the amourous and far from pious Buddhist monk.<br /><br />“The Boss’s new yeoman, Father. Ensign Gina Philllips but she’s an acting second looey.” replied Falco.<br /><br />“Is that so? Well good night, Falco.” he said and ambled towards the lift.<br /><br />“Last call! Last call, ladies and gentlemen! I am closing up the bar, folks!” announced the knight.<br /><br />Melissa, one of Louie’s ‘Rune Soldier’ treasure hunters was just about to retire to her bunk for the night when the suite’s klaxon chimed. She sighed aloud and reached for her kimono. A lady did not answer the door in her pajamas.<br /><br />“Go on in to bed, Mel. I’ll get rid of whoever it is.” said a cheerful Gina.<br /><br />“Yes?” she said to the guy in the hallway. Shorter than Falco, dark-haired and attired in a black and gold flightsuit the dude dropped to one knee.<br /><br />“Dear Lady Gina. Will you please do me the honour of bearing my children?” he intoned quite seriously or so poor Gina thought anyway.<br /><br />“What! How dare you, sir!” yelled Gina so loud that the very tall and gaunt older gentleman who had been introduced to her as Lord Mordred the wizard rushed into the living room, ignited laser sword in fist.<br /><br />“What is it, lovely wench? Are you alright, my dear child?” he shouted and then he saw the black garbed figure at the door.<br /><br />END of Ch 68. Ch 69 ‘Office Detail’ or ‘Prisoner Shiftings’ soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K<br /><br />I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh? Don’t our guys and gals play some cool practical jokes on each other? All in good-natured fun of course!<br /><br />Hope ya had a happy and safe Kurisumasu and a nice Akeome. Dunno if the Japanese even celebrate it but the Angels do! 1 Jan is Flash Kei’s birthday!<br /><br />Meri Kurasumasu to all of my tomodachis and may Kami bless you this holiday season. Akeome to everyone and here’s to a super 2010 my dear friends of anime.<br /><br />PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K<br /><br />See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K<br /><br />This chapter brings me up to date. Then I have to wind up this one and think about my next one folks-K&K<br /><br /> <a href="http://s614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%202%20Second%20250%20pix%20here/?action=view¤t=miroku7.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%202%20Second%20250%20pix%20here/miroku7.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>keimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-87386394567608467402010-01-14T19:55:00.004-05:002010-01-14T20:02:08.464-05:00AngelWingsCh67'YeomenComeHome'/'Royal Trtmt'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbYDF5KYk16n3AexRks-3dpd5S-YgLtVJV5AvceoMB2yB-y5tbhkepZMDun61bhvvkwbN2ZpI9UVfTpiMB77_rRppmmmN-bm6D2j5cGsIPcnEsRMfLaswxVP5nldyJX1W5R_6BzUehcI/s1600-h/dark+knight+cover+art+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 197px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbYDF5KYk16n3AexRks-3dpd5S-YgLtVJV5AvceoMB2yB-y5tbhkepZMDun61bhvvkwbN2ZpI9UVfTpiMB77_rRppmmmN-bm6D2j5cGsIPcnEsRMfLaswxVP5nldyJX1W5R_6BzUehcI/s400/dark+knight+cover+art+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426765476463116770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-faPSkHLkLCDUWId5m1x9lJJUkJW9M3doo-bZ0YBLTQ2UKCSMp5gZR88QD5rAPZV6ar0-0JBJyR5xk1n9jFHJVIAeEajcMqd8D2ypnisqPCKhGfH0ODG2xuAcJnDYjEy2DfChElITNKE/s1600-h/Zach+Zero+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-faPSkHLkLCDUWId5m1x9lJJUkJW9M3doo-bZ0YBLTQ2UKCSMp5gZR88QD5rAPZV6ar0-0JBJyR5xk1n9jFHJVIAeEajcMqd8D2ypnisqPCKhGfH0ODG2xuAcJnDYjEy2DfChElITNKE/s400/Zach+Zero+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426765320362832450" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGaEdLH9Tl2peUaqJEv-3cBF5VoHONBhcc95h85OQl6Sieu3Dh0lhCE7v-NUcjmoMk3vwTwG2otNGROHLdk588NNR8uUp_ANYQe10JPLHrBtRpb6VKdrOeMp6bnVu0lfpcAenKwNNqsk/s1600-h/Marina+Oki+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGaEdLH9Tl2peUaqJEv-3cBF5VoHONBhcc95h85OQl6Sieu3Dh0lhCE7v-NUcjmoMk3vwTwG2otNGROHLdk588NNR8uUp_ANYQe10JPLHrBtRpb6VKdrOeMp6bnVu0lfpcAenKwNNqsk/s400/Marina+Oki+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426764883883129650" /></a><br />AW Ch 67 ‘Both Yeomen Come Home’/'Gina Gets the Royal Treatment’<br /><br />Wow!Mar’s been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons is almost in Zorin’s cronies’ hands- Gundams! Almost as terrifying as the ‘God Guns’ or the Angels’ new toy- the r– whoops! I almost let the neko outta the sack folks! This chapter will put two close tomos at loggerheads with each other and nai it ain’t Vacuumhead and Firebrand either! Some old tomos returned and the Boss decides to head for Onsokamaru! Who’s in sick bay and how did she end up there? Why is Yuri Donovan furious? Who are the newbies? Did the truckers succeed?<br /><br />ANGEL WINGS<br /><br />DISCLAIMER: OK Feb darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 67 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-<br /><br />CHAPTER 67<br /><br />‘Both Yeomen Come Home’ or ‘Gina Gets the Royal Treatment’<br /><br />Stepping out of the shadows and snapping to attention Suba Marina Oki saluted Zach Zero.<br /><br />“Sir! Lt Marina Oki wishes to return to her duties if you will have her, sir.” said Marina crisply. Zero was taken aback momentarily.<br /><br />“Don’t be such an idiot! I’ve missed you, girl! Of course I’ll have you back, love!” he replied and embraced her warmly.<br /><br />Kei, Ojou and Kome hugged her and wished the ex-Subaltern the best of luck. Zero glanced nervously at the Boss.<br /><br />“Since I’m taking away your yeoman I’ve brought you a replacement, Deirdre.” he said cautiously. As if on cue Saiya turned on the water works again but it was Gina who saved the day. She stepped forward saluted the Boss.<br /><br />“Ensign First Class Regina Langley Phillips reporting for yeoman duty, mum.” she announced in ringing tones. Both Zero and a teary-aizued (eyed) Saiya St John were in shock!<br /><br />“But I thought–” began the Eloisian girl and then she caught Gina’s wink as did Zach.<br /><br />“You really want to do this, kid? Transfer to the 3WA?” whispered Zero. Gina nodded curtly.<br /><br />“Yes Cap, I do. I never really liked the ‘Lib’ all that much but ‘Greenie’ loves it there. Oki’s going to be your exec so you’ll still need a yeoman. Since ‘Greenie’ already has that job it all works out swell, doesn’t it, sir? You shouldn’t really have too much trouble replacing a simple space tech eh?” whispered Gina.<br /><br />“Guess not kiddo. Good luck to you. This’ll be like a nice homecoming for you, love. Sayonara.” whispered Zach with a wink.<br /> <br />“Homecoming, sir? I don’t get it, Zach.” whispered Gina.<br /><br />“You will, Ensign. Trust me.” he whispered and grinned. Gina turned to the stunning redhead.<br /><br />“How about it, mum? I’m a damned good yeoman.” said Gina. Zach grinned.<br /><br />“And a damned good space tech, demo expert, gunner, navvie, comm relay operator, medic and not to mention a fully qualified and licenses starship pilot, Reds.” chortled the skipper of the ‘Liberator’. Kei stuck out a gloved hand.<br /><br />“Welcome aboard, Gina. You can call me Kei or Boss and that’s Yuri. This is YamKumi and that’s our Kome over there beside her. Hell! Oro (What) the FXXX are we all still doing up here? Least I can do is buy us all a drink. To the bar.” said the Boss.<br /><br />“By the way Zach. Where are you three coming from, a bloody funeral? You look like storm troopers from ancient Terra for Christ’s sake.” she added.<br /><br />Several rounds later Ojou and Kome had passed out and were asleep on the pool table. Yuri and Saiya were gossiping away. Kei and Zach had gone back upstairs to the conference room on Level Five to catch up on old times. Gina and Faye Valentine were drinking ‘Gyrolian Slammers’ and Kagome had just packed Kouga off to his bunk. The lift doors parted and suddenly Junpei the Elf Hunter leaped to his feet and snapped to attention.<br /><br />“Ten Hut! Brigadier in the room!” he barked as Jett Black trundled an antigrav chair with Marlene Angel aboard into the rec room trailed by ‘Cowboy’ Spike Steigel who had a firm grip on the wrist of a tow-headed carrot top tomboy wearing pajamas emblazoned with red starships. Faye glanced up and ticked ashes from her cigar.<br /><br />“Oh. It’s only Angel. Relax gang, it’s just Mar.” she chuckled and signalled Griff for two more refills, their tenth round of booze. Gina was sitting bolt upright in her chair.<br /><br />“Hey Cowgirl! Did you just say Angel? Mar Angel? Mar like in Marlene?” asked Gina.<br /><br />“Yeah. She’s our second officer, the Brigadier. Why? You know her or something?” asked Faye.<br /><br />“Maybe. Is she from ‘Earth 2′, Faye?” replied an excited Gina.<br /><br />“Yeah. I think so, kiddo.” answered a bored cowgirl and she blew a smoke ring or two. Gina Phillips had already raced across the room.<br /><br />“Lt Angel? You are LT Angel, aren’t you, mum? From ‘Earth 2′ Academy?” demanded an eager young Ensign. Mar noticed the name ‘Phillips’ on Gina’s uniform patch.<br /><br />“Ensign Phillips? Not little Gina Phillips? My best student? (Gina nodded with tears streaming down both cheeks) Little Gina, Little Gina Phillip. I just cannot believe it. Great to see you. Oro (What) the Sam Hell are you doing way out here?” asked Mar, hugging her former student in a death grip. Gina explained the circumstances of her arrival.<br /><br />“Oro (What) has happened to you, mum? Oh my! It- It’s not permanent, is it? The chair is what I mean, mum?” stammered Gina. A small voice beside her leg piped up.<br /><br />“Blonde Lady almost kicked the bucket last month but she OK now, Orange Lady. Hey! You know Martin Boorman, Lady? We studied about him in ancient history class.” said the tow-headed kid.<br /><br />“That’ll be enough of that crap, Ed! Bedtime for you. Hey Kaggie! Take Ed up for me, will ya? I’m beat.” said Spike. Mar managed a wan smile.<br /><br />The kid’s right, Gina but it’s a really long story. Yuri Donovan’s our medic and she insisted on the antigrav chair. I feel just fine but she said no duty for another whole week.” explained Mar ruefully.<br /><br />“Brigadier? So then you’re really the Boss? Then who was that big-mouthed redhead I met earlier tonight?” asked a more than a bit tipsy Gina Phillips.<br /><br />“I am a Brigadier and for the time being second in command aboard ship but that big-mouthed redhead is a Marshall and she’s the CO, kid, not me. Her name’s Kei O’Halloran.” explained Mar. Gina paled.<br /><br />“And Yuri’s name is Donovan, mum? (Mar nodded) Holy crap! You don’t mean that I just signed on as yeoman for the ‘Dirty Pair’?” blurted out Gina.<br /><br />“That’s ‘Lovely Angels’, dammit!” grumbled a violet-maned girl sitting at the bar. She looked for all the world like Snow White from the ancient Terran kiddie fairy tale books.<br /><br />“I think I already met your wicked queen stepmother upstairs.” giggled a totally plastered Ensign. Since Kagome and Kikyo had marched Ed off to her bunk Mar called Spike over.<br /><br />“Put the Ensign across my lap and hold her steady, Spike. Let’s go Jett. Home Kato.” ordered the blonde and off they went. Meanwhile–<br /><br />“It’s been nice jawing with you again, Deirdre but duty calls. I’ll have Gina’s stuff sent over before we split ashita (tomorrow). Good night, my love.” said Zach Zero.<br /><br />“I’ll walk you down to the ‘Freelander’, Zachie. You’re loaded and the last thing I need is to have you fall down a lift shaft tonight.” growled the redhead. Zach raised a fist heavenwards.<br /><br />“One small step for man and one giant leap for–” said Zero who took two steps and fell flat on his face. Kei sighed and bent forward.<br /><br />“Let’s go, sweet prince.” she said and effortlessly hoisted the big galoot onto her shoulders in the classic fireman’s carry.<br /><br />Jar Jar Binks was Zach’s shuttle pilot and promised to get his skipper back home and safely into his bunk. He also swore faithfully to to bring Gina’s belongings over before the ‘Lib’ left next day.<br /><br />“So we have a new yeoman, Boss?” asked Mar and the redhead nodded. The Boss and her exec were having java and scones at a small table in the rec room or rather Mar was having java while Kei was drinking whiskey.<br /><br />“Yeah. Gina Phillips. She’s just an Ensign but she’s a Helluva lot more, Blondie. She sorta reminds me of you. I think I’ll make her an acting lieutenant and if she catches on OK she’ll keep the gold bar.” said Kei.<br /><br />“Huh? A second looey that quick? You didn’t promote me for three whole months, Boss.” teased the blonde.<br /><br />“She’s good, Mar. I say she’ll easily have railroad tracks (captain’s bars) before we drop off Zorin. Hey, let me introduce you. Here she comes now.” said the Red Marshall. Mar suppressed a giggle.<br /><br />“Hullo Mar, Lieutenant I mean Brigadier Angel, mum.” said Gina saluting the blonde and the redhead. Kei ignored the salute as usual but Mar returned it and grinned.<br /><br />“You are quite right, Boss. She is good and did you know that she graduated third in her class of sixteen thousand? She damned well oughta be good. I taught her everything she knows. At the ‘Earth 2′ Academy a long time ago.” said the blonde proudly. She stuck hr hand into her fanny pack and pulled out a pair of golden bars. She bent forward and pinned one on each of Gina’s shoulder tabs. Each bar was divided by a white stripe which signified ‘acting’ in this case an acting second lieutenant.<br /><br />“Congratulations kiddo, you are now an acting second lieutenant.” said Mar and she saluted the young Ensign. Then she hugged Gina warmly. Acting Lt Phillips looked as confused as Hell.<br /><br />“But Captain Zero said I wouldn’t make acting second looey for another year at least, mum!” she said.<br /><br />“You’re in the 3WA and the ‘UG’ now, Phillips, not the ‘GC’. We promote based on merit, not time in grade.” growled the redhead.<br /><br />“Look at me. I’m a Marshall and I ain’t even twenty-one yet.” she added. Mar lit a cheroot.<br /><br />“I’m a Brigadier and you know I’m only twenty-eight, Gina. Things get done a lot differently over in the 3WA. Oh, you gear’s going to be dropped off tomorrow before Zach leaves and in the meantime let’s find you a 3WA uniform. You look like one of Himmler’s storm troopers in that get-up.” giggled the blonde.<br /><br />“Put her in with the ‘Royal’s I guess. We just moved them up to Four, didn’t we? (Mar nodded) Rep up something in the morning for her. Just give her one of Yuri’s old TC uniforms for now. Congratulations, Phil.” said the Boss and she headed for the bar. Mar smiled at her.<br /><br />“Unless you’d like to wear my old uniform, kid?” she whispered. Mar remembered what the old TC uniforms were like. They resembled two crossed diapers for the loins and a very brief top barely reaching the midsection. Over the knee Cavalier boots and long opera length gloves completed the ensemble. Yuck!<br /><br />“That would be super, mum.” agreed Gina happily. She had heard stories about those old TC uniforms.<br /><br />“Look. Around here we’re all on a first name basis so call me Mar and call her either Kei or the Boss.” said Mar. They had acquired their chaperones Spike and Jett after they had left the rec room and now they were all heading down the Level Four hallway bound for the ‘Royal Castle’ as the suite housing Ivanhoe’s mob had been dubbed. Spike tapped the door klaxon and a small surly dwarf opened it.<br /><br />“Yeah? What d’ya want? Oh howdy Lady Marlene. Lord Jett. Lord Spikey. (He raised his voice to a bellow) Ivy! Becky! We got company! Oh er won’t you please come in? I don’t believe I’ve had the pleasure of knowing this charming young lady. I am Odo, milady. At your service.” he said and bent forward to kiss her gloved hand. Gina smiled at his old world manners.<br /><br />“Gina Phillips. A pleasure to meet you, sir.” she said and extended her hand. Without warning, a heavy gauntleted hand closed over her hand and Odo’s.<br /><br />END of Ch 67. Ch 68 ‘A Yeoman Amazed’ or ‘A Yeoman Shocked’ soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K<br /><br />I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh? Don’t our guys and gals play some cool practical jokes on each other? All in good-natured fun of course!<br /><br />Hope ya had a happy and safe Kurisumasu and a nice Akeome. Dunno if the Japanese even celebrate it but the Angels do! 1 Jan is Flash Kei’s birthday!<br /><br />Meri Kurasumasu to all of my tomodachis and may Kami bless you this holiday season. Akeome to everyone and here’s to a super 2010 my dear friends of anime.<br /><br />PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K<br /><br />See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K<br /><br />This chapter brings me up to date. Then I have to wind up this one and think about my next one folks- K&Kkeimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-31045925490245320602010-01-08T02:32:00.000-05:002010-01-08T02:32:25.381-05:00Anime-a-holics | eons.com<a href="http://www.eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics">Anime-a-holics | eons.com</a>keimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-23636321049029456782010-01-07T19:50:00.005-05:002010-01-07T20:34:56.371-05:00TV Anime COD Guide for January 2010 5 Jan 10keimanzero<br /> <br />COD Guide for Anime TV Viewing for JANUARY 2010 5 JAN 2010<br /><br /> <a href="http://s614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%201%20First%20250%20pix%20here/?action=view¤t=c14c9d12.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%201%20First%20250%20pix%20here/c14c9d12.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Meet our own anime babe spokesgal- Neko Olson. animeontv.com has theirs so we have ours too. Neko (kudos to highteckdudu who created her and allows me to use her image and character in my fanfictions) is a shapeshifting nekomata/demon/cat (neko is cat in Japanese)/human/trill. Read all about her in Xmas with the Dirty Pair here in Chatterbox and in Angel Wings at http://www.eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/blogs and look for another stunning work of art from HTDD in an upcoming Xmas chapter here at Chatterbox.<br /><br />Kudos to the Q&A gang here at GAIA for telling me how to post pix using Photobucket and I forgot that I already had an account there! I'm so used to posting from EONS that I never thought of anyplace else. A big domo arigatou to both xi-kwoo and Mystic Deadman for all their help.<br /><br />Anyway as this is 5 Jan 2010 Akeome a lil late and this is the very first edition of ComcastOnDemand TV Anime Viewing Guide for the new year folks! First I'll list the OnDemand anime and some cartoon listings for this part of January and then I'll list the other items of interest regarding anime series, films, books, reviews, NFL, cooking tips, golf tips, videos, audios, etc. You are liable to find just about anything at all here each post depending on the whims of my EONS(aah) and/or YG(AH1) groups or my bloggees, readers, posters or whoever.<br />Most eps and films are free but some are pay per view and are so marked. PPV anime series eps are usually first ep free then 99 cents each additional ep, films are usually $2.99 or $4.99 but some may be a bit higher. Oh yeah and I list some kids films that are a bit animeic but not all of them. I also as a favour to a dear tomodachi of mine include one cartoon series eps every single edition. The show's about a group of helpful firefighters in a small Welsh fishing village called PontyPandy. The eps are free and can be found here:<br /><br />COD/KIDS/Sprout/FiremanSam<br /><br />Cry Wolf <a href="http://s614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%201%20First%20250%20pix%20here/?action=view¤t=Firemansamdvd.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%201%20First%20250%20pix%20here/Firemansamdvd.jpg" border="0" alt="Fireman Sam the Welsh firefighter on Sprout"></a><br />Dinosaur Hunt<br />Floating Cart<br />Sheep On the Road (NEW)<br /> <a href="http://s614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%201%20First%20250%20pix%20here/?action=view¤t=Fireman_Sam_The_Complete_Collection.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%201%20First%20250%20pix%20here/Fireman_Sam_The_Complete_Collection.jpg" border="0" alt="Sam, Elvis and Station Officer Steele from Fireman Sam on Sprout"></a><br />COD/CuttingEdge/AdultSwim/Action<br /><br />Big O Ep 20<br />Bleach Ep 3<br />Code Geass Ep 24<br />Ghost in the Shell Eps 19 to 21<br />InuYasha Eps 152 to 155<br /><br />FunimationAnimes vary but many are free. All can be found here folks:<br /><br />COD/CE/FA/Drama-Comedy<br /><br />Air Gear Eps 15-16<br />Case Closed Eps 51 to 53<br />Fruits Basket Eps 19-20<br />Negativo! Eps 14-15<br />Shuffle! Eps 14-15<br /><br />COD/CE/FA/Action-Fantasy<br /><br />Black Cat Eps 5-6<br />Gunslinger Girl II Teano Eps 3 to 6<br />Solty Rei Eps 13-14<br />Tsubasa Chronicles Eps 15-16<br />xxxHolic Eps 20-21<br /><br />COD/CE/FA<br /><br />Devil May Cry Eps 3 to 6<br />Glass Fleet Eps 17 to 20<br /><br />COD/CE/FA/AnimeSelects<br /><br />Gundam Seed Destiny Eps 23 to 26<br />Vampire Princess Miyu Eps 13-14<br /><br />COD/CE/FA/Specials ($2.99 each)<br /><br />Rin Mnemosyne 1-2<br />Soul Eater Eps 1 to 3<br />Soul Eater Eps 4 to 6<br /><br />COD/CE/FA (First ep free and 99 cents each additional ep)<br /><br />D Grey-Man Eps 43 to 45<br />Hunter x Hunter Eps 14 to 16<br />Nana Eps 24 to 27<br />Nabari No Ou Eps 19 to 21<br />Blassreiter Eps 16 to 18<br />Dragonaught Eps 16 to 18<br />El Cazador Eps 13 to 15<br />Spice & Wolf Eps 10-11<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/HBO<br /><br />AI (Artificial Intelligence sorta like Ghost in the Shell but def for kids)<br />Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (The guys and Splinter, Casey & April vs the Shredder again)<br /><br />COD/PC/Starz<br /><br />Hellboy- Blood & Iron (Ron Pearlstein voices this cigar chomping superhero demon in an animated film based on the movies and anime series)<br /><br />Hellboy- Sword of the Storms (Reds is back and after a magical blade in Japan)<br /><br />COD/FreeMovies<br /><br />Battle Force 5 (Video game film)<br />Legend of Atlantis (animated version of timeless classic film)<br />X-Men- Reckoning (Ep of anime series but a shame Hugh Jackman didn't voice Wolverine)<br />X-Men- Wolverine (How Wolvie met Xavier and company)<br /><br />COD/Movies/ByGenre/Animation<br /><br />9 $4.99 (Tim Burton's end of world epic not NINE that yucky drivel the critics loved)<br />Battle for Terra $2.99 (See? I ain't the only one who uses 'Terra' for Earth)<br />Spaceballs/WarpedVersion $4.99 (How could anyone muck up Star Wars more than Mel<br />Brooks? Must be pretty raunchy!)<br /><br />OK here is our meagre anime fare in Brookhaven PA- USA these days. All times Eastern:<br /><br />MONDAYS<br />11 PM to 1 AM on SYFY<br />2 eppys of Monster/2 eppys of Now&Then, Here&There<br /><br />TUESDAYS<br />11:30 PM on IFC<br />A single eppy of Basilisk<br /><br />WED to FRI and SUNDAYS-- Nothing at all!<br /><br />SATURDAYS<br />12:30 AM to 6 AM on CartoonNetwork's AdultSwim<br /><br />12:30 AM to 1:30 AM Bleach (two eppys)<br />1:30 AM to 2:30 AM Fullmetal Alchemist (two eppys)<br />2:30 AM to 3:00 AM Cowboy Bebop (Just restarted. Cowboy bounty hunters in space)<br />3:00 AM to 5:00 AM Death Note (4 eppys)<br />5:00 AM to 6:00 AM InuYasha (2 eppys once more- yay!)<br /><br />From now on I'll post this list twice monthly and I'll keep it under 'Files' rather than 'Messages' or 'Blogs' (at www.Eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/Files)<br /><br />The 'teaser' beginning of the chapter on blog's first page and the balance in the comment/reply is how I'll post my fanfiction chappies from now on unless it's a short chapter that is.<br /><br />SYFY's AniMonday (11 PM to 1 AM ET) is a double eppy of Monster (Doctor running from the law for a crime he did not do- sound familiar?) followed by a duble eppy of Now&Then, Here&There(Kid kendo trainee tries to rescue cute gal but ends up in Terran future fighting for an insane King Hamdo. Army led by dedicated female Abelia. Relax, it's only 13 eppys long and it's half over!)<br /><br />Good news from SYFY folks! AniMonday has been expanded from 9 PM ET to 1 AM ET with the first two hours called Chiller. Chiller will feature unusual and scary anime film masterpieces beginning with Blood:The Last Vampire which spawned the Blood+ saga and a brand new live action film now running in theatres. Looks like 24 August will be Chiller's debut. If you get SYFY in the SE PA-USA area you are still getting Star Trek-TNG reruns from 9 to 11 ET on Mondays dammit!<br /><br />Hey WitchBlade the film (with Sarah Pezzini not Masane Amaha- yech!) will hit theatres in a year or so while DragonBall and Death Note are already out there showing. Many more anime based flicks are coming soon and they are filming Bebop with Keanu Reeves in Dave's role as Spike Steigel. For Jett I'd pick LF- Larry Fishburne or even MF- Morgan Freeman. Denzel Washington or Samuel L Jackson don't fit the mold. How about Miley Cyrus aka Hannah Montana as 'Ed' and Lindsay Lohan as Faye Valentine? (Rafe) Donnelly could be Tommie Lee Jones. Hey I oughta be a Hollywood cast finder eh? Gad, I wonder how much of a muckup they'll make of the 'Bebop', 'Swordfish II', 'Redtail' and 'Hammerhead'? I don't think Ed's power scooter had a name although we all know the computer she wore on her head with 'goggle monitors' was named 'Tomato'!<br /><br />In both Code Geas and in FMA some of the characters have a special logo in their eye a la Code Lyoko's XANA logo in the evil characters' eyes.<br /><br />In both Death Note and Bleach there are specific hints as to character origins. In DN Ryuuk tells Light Yagami that any user of the DN book can neither go to Heaven nor Hell after death. So what's left? Shinigami World meaning that DN book users after death become Shinigami death gods- right? Guess what live TV series is a DN parallel series? Hint- it's on Showtime.<br /><br />In Bleach Rukia's Squad 13 captain (the one that is always sick as a rule) tells a subordinate that Ichigo's friends are special with unusually high spiritual pressures. He goes on to say that he would not be at all surprised if after death they became soul reapers themselves after they had passed on to the Soul Society. Renji Abari committed a minor faux pas in this week's eppy. While fighting one of the Arrancar Hollows he told him that by the time Kiske arrived the Arrancar himself would be dead. He apparently forgot that all Hollows are already dead to begin with. For that matter are soul reapers really alive or dead?<br /><br />Ichigo, Urryuu and Chad have just met three Arrancars and their pet in the Wako Mundo desert on their way to Las Noches (The Nights) which is Aizen's HQ fortress. Seems not all Arrancars and Hollows are bad because these guys gave 'em a lift and are guiding them to LN. Live and learn guys. Why are they in WM? Aizen has Orihime of course! (see new post for more)<br /><br />Bleach pulled a bummer on us and has dropped back 30 eppys to the first time the Vizoreds came to Kara Kura Town so no new stuff for awhile I'm afraid. Try bleachanime.org which has every single eppy on DL. New club Bleach4Ever just started up on FaceBook too.<br /><br />Discovered why Moribito theme music is so familiar. Group is Arc 'n ciel who did the GTO theme Driver's Edge. Early OT and ET for Death Note are done by Nightmare group which is what the Black Knights and Brittanians' Gundamlike fighting suits are called. Is this the end of Morabito? Sure seemed like it after Saturday's eppy!<br /><br />In FMA Ed has learned truth behind the Ishbaal massacre of fifteen years ago while brother Al has just discovered the identity of the Homunculi leader from the snake chimera Marta seconds before she was murdered by the #7 Homunculus- the Fuehrer King Bradley himself. He is Pride- the seventh deadly sin! But- who is his boss? Rose of Lior has become pals with Lira the girl alchemist who used to be with Yochi the state alchemist army lieutenant and she's now called the Holy Mother but she has gone mute and who's her baby's father? The climax seems to be fast approaching and it promises to be exciting so don't miss it gang! Hohenheim the Elrics dad is back and going after Dante. Al has become a deadly time bomb courtesy of an unknowing Scar and an evil Kimlee the Crimson Alchemist who used the red stones in Ed's SAA watch to transmute the souls in Scar's arm into a philosopher's stone!<br /><br />Another Bleach note- why did Aizen want Orihime kidnapped? What or who is the sojioque he has stolen which will awaken in the winter? Who is the lad newly born from its power? What does Kiske know which he ain't telling? Can Ichigo defeat his Espada nemesis? Don't ya just love that jutsu used by Captain Toshiro Hitagawa- reign over the frosted heavens! then the name of his zambatou? A version of it is used by the evil Dragon Emporer in Mummy 3 when Jet Li turns a field of snow into jagged ice stalagmites. Of course he has mastery over the five Chinese elements- fire, water, earth, wood and metal! If there are only five elements in Chinese philosophy then how can there be an avatar or guardian of the air- Avatar the Last Airbender? Air is not one of those elements! And who's the looney tunes Espada poor Rangiku is stuck with? Avatar in theatres is NOT Avatar the Last Airbender. Instead Avatar is like a BGR or a Gundam!<br /><br />Getting into DLs and ULs and burning CDs again. Finally got myself into attaching videos to messages like I do pix now and thanks to Blaine it's so easy! Check out the fave anime moments/eppys message log here. Several Angelic contributions are there courtesy of yours truly.<br /><br />Mama's new read is Helma from the Tros of Samothrace series. Ho hum so far. Tros is getting interesting now- very interesting with refs to English countryside landmarks.<br /><br />Dan Brown's Lost Symbol was just excellent! I loved it. A lot of Freemason stuff in it I didn't know. If any of you are Literary Guild members by all means check out the secret societies books they have at reasonable prices.<br /><br />I have just added three plums to my anime vids collection: Complete DVD sets of Noir, Gasaraki and Tactics. I already have the complete set of Black Lagoon on DVD and partials on Blood+, Cyborg 009, FMA, Bleach and a few others. I have the first 7 eppys of Morabito and am on the lookout for the set. Bobby has the complete set of Trigun and Mama has the complete set of Gunslinger Girl and Witchblade. Anyone else have any new acquisitions to talk about? If so blog it here or post some messages folks. Bobby has Monster and I have My Santa and I just got Santa Claus Conquers the Martians on DVD.<br /><br />Now have Bebop movie on DVD and VHS. Just got GS Innocence 2 and Haunting in Connecticutt. Thundercats came at last for Mama. Still have yet to watch DB Evolution film.<br /><br />SYFY is airing Destination Truth which is like JBs old Digging for the Truth on HC. DT is hosted by Josh Bates or Gates and looks pretty good. Anyone know why SYFY considers wrestling science fiction stuff?<br /><br />This just in folks! Josh Bernstein has revamped his website and is now using Twitter too. He has a fab group called JBs Group at YG. Dan Brown is on both Twitter and FaceBook now. What do you guys think about my starting an anime recipes file and a golf tips corner either here or at AH1 or somewhere else? Animeinfor.org is the only place I have ever seen an anime recipes section. As for golf tips- what can I say? I love golf- passionately even if I don't play as much as I used to. Gomen but I just remem,bered this. Kudos to Robert the artist for hire for finding Dan Doh- probably the only anime series about golf itself! Sadly there are no dubs of it just subs. It can be found at VEOH and hulu quite easily. I'll post a pix or two soon.<br /><br />Another great show was In Search Of narrated by Leonard 'Mr Spock' Nimoy and I recall an eppy of theirs re the Knights Templar and Foucault's Pendulum. If anyone knows where I can find a copy of those gems on VHS or DVD onegai let me know. A big domo arigatou in advance for your assistance. Gotta really go now and get some blogging done and maybe post Chapter 63 at last.<br /><br />Just began reposting Xmas w/ the DP at www.gaia.com/forums/chatterbox/christmaswiththedirtypairChapter2 and just posted Chapter 1 (after Ch 50- sorry long story gang) and have now posted Ch 52 as well. Great pix too as I am now illustrating my posts of Xmas over there. Wings will follow as soon as I finish posting it here and at ff.net. ANOL is giving me fits too. Just found out I may get an HP Windows 7 for Kurisumasu. Actually it's coming ashita and I just emailed Justin for some help in transitioning from Vista to W7.<br /><br />Has anyone seen G Force yet? How about Haunting in Connecticut? Someone has suggested at FaceBook that our anime is dead. Boy did that ever open a potboiler of contention! If anime is dead well nobody told Hollywood! DragonBall, Watchmen, GI Joe, Blood:TLV, Transformers2, the list seems endless eh?<br /><br />How about Tim Burton's 9 and Pandorum eh?<br /><br />I have now posted up to and including Ch 62 of Wings. I am trying to get Xmas and Wings rewritten and published. Think they will sell? A note to budding authors- Avoid 'author mills' like AuthorAmerica and AuthorHouse. All they want is for you to pay them to publish YOUR works! They guarantee nothing! Likewise avoid AbsoluteWriters Water Cooler for info and inspiration. They are quite negative and attempt to discourage a struggling author!<br /><br />Don't miss Showtime's Inside the NFL tonight at 9, 10 or 11 PM ET. Play Beat the Insiders at beattheinsiders.com and join my group there- Saint K's Anime Friends. I'm on FaceBook now you know. This is getting to be more like a newsletter than a guide. Any suggestions? I am considering a monthly golf tips column and a recipe file a la animeinfo.org. I just posted (Files) two Thanksgiving dinner menus. Comments?<br /><br />Sports fans! I just started a group at Showtime's Beat the Insiders and it's called Saint K's Anime Friends. Come & join me there and at FanIQ.com if you like. By the way my Saints are the highest scoring team in the league with 120 points in just 3 games. They are at 3-0 and lead their division. Our offense is #3 and our defense is #10. Quite a rise from #19 and #30 last season eh? Drew 'Divine Wind' Brees and his '4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse' have outscored Detroit 45-27, Eagles 48-22 and Bills 27-7. In that last game TO never got close to a ball! The 'Saintly Terrors' are stepping up at last to complement our offense. Enough re that. Oro do ya think of a recipe file here and/or a golf tips column maybe once a month? Don't worry because I have tons of recipes and loads of advice for duffers. Sorry there's been no Ch 63 of Wings yet but I've been really busy with blogs, surveys, polls, reviews, guides, posts and now sports NFL groups. Soon I promise you will see Ch 61 and maybe even the end of Wings before Xmas.<br /><br />A pet peeve here folks. Why is it that in most anime the characters either walk (InuYasha) or run (Bleach) everywhere they go? Didn't the Japanese ever hear of transports? I'd love to see how Kagome could get an SUV through the well! Cars in the Soul Society's Seretai? They've got wide enough roads there surely? And Ninjas and Samurai never seem to have carts, chariots or wagons although Samurai rode horses which was why they made the Zanzabatous like the one used by Zanza on Kenshin. Balsa did ride a stallion for awhile on Morabito and on Code Geas Lelouch's 'brother' Rollo does have a motorbike w/ sidecar. Trains are the transport on FMA although Mustang and Hawkeye did have a car in last week's eppy. DN and Blood+ have cars, boats, trains, planes and the like. So does GS and Bebop. Naruto has modern stuff but no transports. Guess it's to each his own meaning whatever the creators decide.<br /><br />Latest read was Danny Brown's excellent fifth work The Lost Symbol (soon to be a flick?) which was quite good if a bit wordy. Damned thing took me 3 days to read! With 2012 in the theatres it was quite apropos. Hints: A famous statue stands in front of the CIA HQ building in Langley and is a pivotal part of the storyline. There are a lot of hidden details in Washington DC and Dan Brown's a history buff as well as a secret society expert. He more than proved that in Angels & Demons and then again in the DaVinci Code. By the way he's got a very entertaining website at www.danbrown.com so if you like tricky logic puzzles and codes by all means visit him there.<br /><br />Oro else have I read recently? Sax Rohmer's Shadow of FuManchu. He is the old-fashioned Darth Vader and the leader of a group out to save the Earth from its inhabitants. They are called The Seven. His nemesis is a Scotland Yarder named Sir Denis Nayland-Smith who with his trusty sidekick Dr Petrie pursues Dr FuManchu the same way Holmes and Watson pursued Prof Moriarty all those years. His latest escapade involves collecting scientists and killing anyone in his way. Looks like the Brits, Yanks, Russians and Aussies will have to band together to defeat Fu and Huan Tsung his sidekick. Some pair- Fu was at least 90 when Smith met him 60 years ago (Fu has the secret of eternal life. Has he discovered the FMA Stone?) and his pal's in his 80's! Geriatric? Far from it! Smith's on his own this time unless you count his scientific buddy Carter who is about as useful as Zorro against Darth Vader! What a wimp!<br /><br />I just began reading Ellery Queen's 'The Finishing Stroke' mystery classic. A bit like Lost Symbol- it has a cypher EQ must solve to find the killer and it takes him over 20 years to bring the miscreant to justice! A must read for EQ fans like me!<br /><br />Here's oro the Keiman wants for Kurisumasu (Christmas) and I doubt if such a thing even exists. A wall clock (battery powered) that plays anime themes every hour on the hour. Now oro themes would it have? Nonstop Angel (DP Flash); Billy in Despair (Death Note); Life is a Boat (Bleach); Real Folk Blues (Bebop); Freckles (Rurouni Kenshin); Guardian of the Spirit (Morabito). That's half and for the rest how about Sailor Moon, InuYasha, RaveMaster, Gurren Lagann, NOIR's haunting watch melody and another Angels theme? Comments?<br /><br />Oro anime music would you suggest for an anime wall clock? I'm interested to see if they are in my music collections.<br /><br />Wanna know what my third ff will be re? Sorry re is Latin for about and is used as an abbreviation for about by many publishing houses and whatnot. Think this is something? You oughta try and read my class notes from school & college? One guy thought I was using Nostradamus's codes! I use a little bit of everything when I write as you well know. Anyway my new and as yet untitled ff will concern the search for the lost Templar treasures- on Neptune or Pluto! Why? Zoe's from Pluto and I have the Big O contingent under Alan Gabriel's command working with Neptune Command. The Angels will be back with Angel 1 under Yuri's command, 2 under Kei's and 3 under Flight Kommandant Marlene Angel's control. Her exec- Suba(ltern) FC/Acting Commodore Kome Sawaguchi- who else! Kei's exec? Probably Han Solo nai I'll make him Yuri's #1 and Kei will use Mr (Joey) Bishop who will transfer from 'Starfleet' to the 3WA when Ellen Rodgers (remember her from John Berringer's 'Starcrusher' crew?) joins 'Starfleet' and is promoted to Lt Commander status by Admiral Janeway herself! Reg Barclay is still Kiva Nerese's exec of course. How does the 3WA and the UG get roped into a treasure hunt and can I keep the Rune Soldier treasure hunters out of this one? These require more thinking on my part but I believe descendants of both Lord Caervarvon and Howard Carter stumble onto a starmap in a hidden Templar temple- in Iceland! Could the Templars have created star craft that exceed our own devices today? Hell yeah- why not? Banking, credit, cheques, letters of credit, credit cards, computers- they invented all that stuff, didn't they? Oh yeah a new pilot has joined the force- 2nd Lt Legato Bluesummers has been assigned as shuttle pilot for the Michaelangelo on the Angel 2. Will they find the treasure trove? Will Dexter Morgan ever get caught? Will Dr Tenma be vindicated? Will he kill Johann Liebert? These are questions you don't ask writers and authors my tomodachis!<br /><br />Imagine that! Avatar has outgunned Sherlock Holmes and is already well past the quarter million $$ mark so do we have another Transformers 2 perhaps?<br /><br />Time will tell eh? Time to go. Next edition will be shorter I promise. Sayonara all- K&K <br /><br />Graphic novel Angels with Faye Valentine, Mugghi and Ein<br /><br /> <a href="http://s614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%201%20First%20250%20pix%20here/?action=view¤t=673075390.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%201%20First%20250%20pix%20here/673075390.jpg" border="0" alt="Graphic novel Angels with Faye Valentine, Mugghi and Ein"></a><br /><br />Vash the Stampede from Gunsmoke is taking dead aim on you!<br /><br /><br /> <a href="http://s614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%201%20First%20250%20pix%20here/?action=view¤t=vashst1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/keimanzero/Anime%20Pix%20Number%201%20First%20250%20pix%20here/vashst1.jpg" border="0" alt="Vash takes dead aim on you!"></a>keimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-38262167597222044252010-01-04T21:11:00.005-05:002010-01-04T21:25:33.184-05:00AngelWings Ch 66 'Yeoman Trading'/'Homecoming'AW Ch 66 'Yeoman Trading'/'Homecoming'<br /><br />Sorry but I cannot post pix here again for some unknown reason. Use the above link to find this pix in my albums at anime-a-holics. Hopefully blogger will fix this thing soon. Later- K&K<br /><br /><a href=" http://www.eons.com/images/members/2010/1/4/5/4/5449952621792879619.jpg"></a> <br /> <br />That teacher up there is Kumiko 'YamKumi' Ooedo the 'ojou' or princess of the Ooedo Yakuzza Clan of ancient Terran Japan and those are her students from Shirokin HS. Only Fuji her inu (doggie) pug-nosed bulldog in his matching red/white tracksuit is with the Gokusen or 'gangster teacher' aboard the 'LA2'- no students came with her.<br /><br />AW Ch 66 'Yeoman Trading'/'Homecoming'<br /><br />This is what the graphic novel Angels look like with Mugghi. Gad! I think they all look like wimps, don't you gang?<br /><br />AW Ch 66<br /><br />Wow!Mar's been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons is almost in Zorin's cronies' hands- Gundams! Almost as terrifying as the 'God Guns' or the Angels' new toy- the r-- whoops! I almost let the neko outta the sack folks! This chapter will put two close tomos at loggerheads with each other and nai it ain't Vacuumhead and Firebrand either! Some old tomos returned and the Boss decides to head for Onsokamaru! Who's in sick bay and how did she end up there? Why is Yuri Donovan furious? Who are the newbies? Did the truckers succeed?<br /><br />ANGEL WINGS<br /><br />DISCLAIMER: OK Coop darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 65 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-<br /><br />CHAPTER 66<br /><br />'Yeoman Trading' or 'Homecoming'<br /><br />YamKumi was a bit tentative as she tapped the Boss on the shoulder. Ojou was very upset whenever she had to deliver potentially bad news especially to Kei O'Halloran!<br /><br />"Boss? Excuse me ma'am but Captain Zach said he'd be over to visit a little later tonight." she ventured timidly. Kei came to a screeching halt and grabbed Ojou's arm.<br /><br />"Oro (What) the Sam Hell did you just say, YamKumi?" yelled the redhead who was shaking the Yakuzza heiress back and forth.<br /><br />"Zach said he's coming over to see you tonight around one I mean 0100 hours, Boss." said Ojou.<br /><br />"Dammit! Oro (What) the FXXX does he want I wonder? He bringing 'Greenie' with him? You know Saiya St John? His yeoman?" asked Kei.<br /><br />"Yeah. Why?" asked YamKumi suspiciously.<br /><br />"He wants to make a trade, kid. Our own lil Suba(Subaltern) Marina Oki used to be his exec. Now he's got this Eloisian girl- an Ensign. He wants to swap yeomen with me I'll bet. Saiya for Marina. That's gotta be it." growled the redhead. Kome's aizu (eyes) went wide.<br /><br />"You gonna just let her go, Boss? She's been a damned good yeoman for us ya know!" said the strawberry blonde teen. Kei shrugged.<br /><br />"It's up to her. If she wants to go I won't stand in her way. (Kei grinned) Wonder if Saiya knows the score though? Diplomacy ain't one of Zachie's strong suits." she chuckled merrily.<br /><br />"Look who's talking about diplomacy." said YamKumi to Kome a little too loudly.<br /><br />"You say something Ojou?" asked Kei.<br /><br />"Me? No, I just asked Kome if she's ever met Mr Zero before is all." replied the heiress hurriedly.<br /><br />"Dunno. I think she did, kid. I don't think you've ever had the pleasure or your doggie there." said Kei nonchalantly. The 'doggie' was Ojou's and as usual he was wearing his red/white tracksuit. Fuji was a pug-nosed bulldog and quite a fighter to boot. Devoted to Kumiko Ooedo his mistress who was heiress apparent to one of the most powerful Yakuzza Clans in ancient Terran Japan he waddled dutifully beside YamKumi wherever the 'ojou' or princess was wont to go. Suddenly Kome recalled something.<br /><br />"Hey Yammie! Wasn't that back around the time you had to go back home (Shimougou) and visit with your ancestours or something? So you never did meet Zachie boy." said the strawberry blonde teen.<br /><br />"Yeah only it was her descendants Kome. Don't worry. You'll meet him tonight, kid." said Kei and she spun on her heel and headed for her quarters.<br /><br />"Hurry up Boss. Your boyfriend'll be her real soon." chortled Kome. Kei gave her an icy glare but said nothing. Meanwhile aboard the 'Liberator' several storm clouds were brewing.<br /><br />"But sir! I really like working here on the 'Lib' as your yeoman. I just don't understand, Captain. Has my work not been satisfactory? Have I displeased you in some way, sir? Why don't you want me anymore?" sobbed Saiya St John.<br /><br />"It ain' that Honey. It's just that I've got a chance to get Marina back. Only Reds won't give her up without a fight- unless she gets something in exchange for her. That's where you come in, my dear Saiya. Believe me Saiya. If there was any other possible way that--" soothed Zach Zero. Suddenly the Eloisian girl's tears were replaced by flashing angry golden orbs.<br /><br />"So I'm the 'Kewpie doll'? The damned 'booby prize'? You'd rather have Oki back that much that you'd trade me for her? Fine! I am sick and tired of this scrap heap junkyard of yours anyhow! I quit!!" yelled the green-haired Eloisian and she stormed off the bridge. The tears were back now- with a vengeance.<br /><br />Zach grabbed the arm of a passing space tech engineer.<br /><br />"Gina! Tell Saiya that I want her in dress blacks and ready to leave by 0030 hours (half an hour past midnight) and tell her I will not accept her resignation, not yet anyway. Dress blacks for you as well. I'm taking both of you to the 'Angel 2' with me later tonight and that's an order, Ensign. Understood?" ordered Zero. Gina shook off his hand.<br /><br />"Aye sir." replied Ensign First Class Regina Langley Phillips. Gina was a graduate of 'Earth 2 Academy' where she had finished third in her class of 16,000 cadets. She'd been mentored and trained by a feisty blonde bombshell (Ah ah- that would be telling) who had been a famous 'Blues' fighter on Terra. Gina was a fully qualified space tech and worked as an assistant engineer aboard the 'Liberator'. Phila was also a fully licensed pilot, navigator, gunner, comm relay operator, scanner, demolitions expert and medic. Had Saiya not already been Zero's yeoman she was fully trained and qualified in that capacity too.<br /><br />Gina was shorter than most of the female staff aboard being a mere 5'5" in height but she had a trim lithe figure and was a crack shot with a laser gun as well as with any other weapon you might care to name. A black belt in both karate and jeet-kun-do she was very accomplished in the forbidden arts known as hakuto shin ken or killing with a touch. Gina could hit you with an autohypo like lightning and got along very well with most of her shipmates and superiors.<br /><br />Gina shared a suite with Saiya fulltime and temporarily with most of the female cosmic leaders and their staffs. This number included Mrs Leia Skywalker Organa Solo. When Gina got to her quarters Saiya was being consoled by Leia, 'Dragon Lady' Janeway and half a dozen other female cosmic leaders and junior officers. 'Greenie' had been bawling nonstop ever since she had rushed in and begun packing up her duffle bags with her belongings. Gina felt lousy right down to the pit of her guts but she had been given a direct order by a superior officer dammit! She squared her shoulders, knocked loudly and walked into Saiya's small bedroom.<br /><br />"The Captain chooses not to accept your resignation at this time, Saiya. Furthermore you and I have both been ordered to accompany him later this evening when he visits Marshall O'Halloran aboard the 'Angel 2' therefore we must report to the 'Freelander' by 0030 hours in our dress blacks. (Gina glanced at her wristchromo) It's almost 2340 hours (11:40 PM) so we've less than an hour. Stop blubbering and get changed, Saiya. I'll meet you in the living room in a half hour. Understand?" said Gina.<br /><br />"Uh huh." sniffled the Eloisian girl and Gina strode next door to the room she was sharing with Julia Jean Servalan, the Supreme Commander of the 'Ligurian Federation'. She slammed the door behind her and Julia Servalan looked up from her holovid novel. She was an ash blonde whose hair was almost silvery white. Despite this she looked little older than Gina although truth be told she was more than three score and ten. As usual Servie was wearing a daring shortie kimono of blazing crimson over a pair of sheer pink pajamas.<br /><br />"You're going to bed already, Servie? It's not even midnight." said Gina, kicking off her boots and unzipping her flight suit. She stepped out of the coveralls and yanked on her dress black shirt. At six and a half feet Servie towered over her roommie.<br /><br />"Man trouble, Phil?" she asked sympathetically.<br /><br />"Yeah! And his name's Zacharias Taylor Zero dammit!" sulked the angry young Ensign. She cinched her tie so savagely her throat turned red. Servie adjusted her tie and sat down on the bunk.<br /><br />"Zachie wants his old flame bac aboard but she's a Sub(Subaltern) in the 3WA. However, Lover Boy thinks she really wants to come back home even thoguh it'll mean dropping back two ranks to do it. She's travelling aboard the 'Angel 2' and he plans on asking her to come back tonight. Now he figures the Marshall won't just hand her over to him so he's bringing her a peace offering inexchange- 'Greenie'! I guess I'm to be the guardian chaperone or something. Problem is he never considered 'Greenie's feelings for a moment. Hell he never even asked her first! Nope! He just up and told her about the swap and that was that! I though sure slavery was abolished way back in 2011 at those 'Thrushyn-Tyling' conferences? Zach Zero is a callous cruel heartless Chauvinist pig!" ylled Gina while Servie helped her into her black blazer. Gina zipped it up tight and allowed Servalan to buckle on her weapons sash and adjust the strap.<br /><br />"It's just not fair, Servie!" cried Gina while she was pulling on her highly polished jackboots. She leaped to her feet and faced Servalan- head to chin.<br /><br />"Well how about it? Do I pass muster, Servie?" grinned Gina.<br /><br />"Sure. After you put your pants on that is." giggled the taller woman. Gina smiled and climbed into her dress black trousers. She tugged on her gauntlets, squared her saucer cap atop her orange locks and slung her dark greatcoat around her slim shoulders. Gina looked like a pretty fair imitation of an ancient Terran 'SS' officer. She bid adieu to Servie and left.<br /><br />"You be back home before morning, young lady." chortled Servie.<br /><br />"Yes, Mother. I will." called Gina. Servalan sighed and keyed up the holovid novel she'd been reading.<br /><br />"C'mon 'Greenie' or we're gonna be late dammit!" yelled Gina who was pounding out a brisk tattoo on Saiya's door. Her roommie's icy green hair contrasted horribly with the severe black uniform. 'Greenie' had washed her face but her aizu (eyes) were still red from crying. Since her orbs were golden in colour the effect was like pink-eye!<br /><br />"Don't forget your purse, Honey." said Leia and she placed the bag's shoulder strap over Saiya's head and then underneath her arm. Sheila Reese was Rafe Donnelly's yeoman and she was a striking brunette in her well formed pink chemise slip.<br /><br />"Don't leave home without these babies or you'll get the riot act read to you by you know who." she said and slid a Mark VIII laser pistol into each girl's side holster.<br /><br />"Where's your bag, Phil?" asked Saiya.<br /><br />"Never carried one, Saiya. Put this on." replied Gina and she wrapped Saiya in a white ankle length cloak.<br /><br />"My goodness! Even our 'Starfleet' dress greys aren't that damned sombre!" observed the 'Dragon Lady' who was playing chess with Queen Esther of 'Lycanthos'. Esther was winning.<br /><br />"Tell me about it, mum." replied Gina and she waved goodbye while she steered Saiya out the door, down the hall and into the lift. They got to the 'Freelander' with just moments to spare.<br /><br />Zach Zero apologized profusely almost all the way over to the Marshall's ship. Kei had chosen to receive her guests in one of the small conference rooms on Level Five. In fact it was the same one where InuYasha's gang had bunked that first night aboard so long ago.<br /><br />While Zach, Gina and Saiya looked like they had just stepped out of a bandbox Kei, Yuri, Kome and YamKumi looked like they had just crawled out from underneath one!<br /><br />After the introductions had been completed a solitary figure arose from the shadows and stepped forward into the light.<br /><br />END of Ch 66. Ch 67 'Both Yeomen Come Home' or 'Gina Gets the Royal Treatment' soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K<br /><br />I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh? Don't our guys and gals play some cool practical jokes on each other? All in good-natured fun of course!<br /><br />Hope ya had a happy and safe Guy Fawkes' Day! Happy Thanksgiving. Dunno if the Japanese even celebrate it but Naruto does.<br /><br />A belated happy birthday to our fearless leader- Classic Kei who will be born 27 Nov AD 2121.<br /><br />Meri Kurasumasu to all of my tomodachis and may Kami bless you this holiday season. Akeome to everyone and here's to a super 2010 my dear friends of anime.<br /><br />PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K<br /><br />See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K<br /><br />This chapter brings me up to date. Then I have to wind up this one and think about my next one folks- K&Kkeimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-35061391573044910382009-12-31T03:00:00.005-05:002009-12-31T03:16:13.028-05:00AngelWings Ch 65 'MEGAS'/'Mind Search'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GOwUFenEMmzSIlUkN1sAapkGukPUf-fU5WzD9mOGQcyYoOnZStJeqJ6MrdDTf4TvWOuW1zyHKFP1a-ACM-vIEnxWQoCnpZzVif5T07hDEFvekYSRCyHhgue55retJKYxnnT8XApNkMk/s1600-h/Unicorns+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GOwUFenEMmzSIlUkN1sAapkGukPUf-fU5WzD9mOGQcyYoOnZStJeqJ6MrdDTf4TvWOuW1zyHKFP1a-ACM-vIEnxWQoCnpZzVif5T07hDEFvekYSRCyHhgue55retJKYxnnT8XApNkMk/s400/Unicorns+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421310582066222466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrnb1M3fVJP9xg0pt2w-7vHbHf2AXjy64Sr5GizqYUeWJpsfKJch2jPvXrNBfK0TzIHb4qmjh3J-JYV-Av0sfGBnlskPTSNTED2voWP60aVkMdbCsUv2I4WD30afO97jJ5sQ9GyhlEaQ/s1600-h/oldworld.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrnb1M3fVJP9xg0pt2w-7vHbHf2AXjy64Sr5GizqYUeWJpsfKJch2jPvXrNBfK0TzIHb4qmjh3J-JYV-Av0sfGBnlskPTSNTED2voWP60aVkMdbCsUv2I4WD30afO97jJ5sQ9GyhlEaQ/s400/oldworld.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421310371861146962" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirk6j9ucKH7WdFjaXjlXtR9edEUBSWPADdVGxc6eQmjt5rmoqpdGrTR_KC0kXcN3jdKy-rpZzmQ_QChNkyuahVU9Bsfzcpq4oF07Enp37ZfzvXp21H9IBmwXpKywSxcZoWjSCz0Pi34Qc/s1600-h/159961378.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 95px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirk6j9ucKH7WdFjaXjlXtR9edEUBSWPADdVGxc6eQmjt5rmoqpdGrTR_KC0kXcN3jdKy-rpZzmQ_QChNkyuahVU9Bsfzcpq4oF07Enp37ZfzvXp21H9IBmwXpKywSxcZoWjSCz0Pi34Qc/s400/159961378.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421309770049268386" /></a><br /> December 31, 2009 - Thursday <br /> <br />AngelWings Ch 65 'MEGAS'/'Mind Search'<br />Current mood: grumpy<br />Category: Writing and Poetry<br /><br />[Apocalypse Now with the Angels?]<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />The Angels in combat? Apocalypse now would have been different with the Angels eh?<br /><br /><br /><br />AW Ch 65 'Make Room For MEGAS'/'Mind Search'<br /><br /><br />[Graphic Novel Angels, Mugghi and Faye Valentine]<br /><br /><br />This is what the graphic novel Angels look like with Mugghi. Gad! I think they all look like wimps, don't you gang?<br /><br />AW Ch 65<br /><br />Wow!Mar's been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons is almost in Zorin's cronies' hands- Gundams! Almost as terrifying as the 'God Guns' or the Angels' new toy- the r-- whoops! I almost let the neko outta the sack folks! This chapter will put two close tomos at loggerheads with each other and nai it ain't Vacuumhead and Firebrand either! Some old tomos returned and the Boss decides to head for Onsokamaru! Who's in sick bay and how did she end up there? Why is Yuri Donovan furious? Who are the newbies? Did the truckers succeed?<br /><br />ANGEL WINGS<br /><br />DISCLAIMER: OK Kurumi darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 65 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-<br /><br />CHAPTER 65<br /><br />'Make Room For MEGAS' or 'Mind Search'<br /><br />The 'Carthage' was the 'KASP' ('Kaguran Air & Space Patrol') flagship and she was commanded by Commodore Dan Dastun formerly a captain on the 'Paradigm City Military Police' forces.<br /><br />"Mr Quinn. Those three wayfarers below us seem to be marooned. Take the 'Hannibal' down there and see if they might care for a lift." ordered Dan.<br /><br />Lt Harley Quinn (Harlequin- get it?) saluted, pointed to his away team and ordered them to prepare the shuttle for immediate liftoff.<br /><br />A few moments later the 'Hannibal' touched down on the small asteroid. Harley leaped out followed by his away team.<br /><br />"Hullo there. Having trouble, folks? (Coop and Kiva nodded. Kiva rose to her feet and saluted) Just you three?" asked Quinn.<br /><br />"Yes. And him, sir." replied Kiva, jerking a thumb over her shoulder to indicate 'MEGAS' their BGR which stood higher than the mountaintop beside it.<br /><br />"That damned thing will not fit inside the 'Hannibal's cargo bays, sir." advised Lance Corporal Tomasina O'Malley.<br /><br />"Yes. I know that, Toma. We'll have to have it 'beamed' aboard the 'Carthage' so get some 'pattern enhancers' (they tell the transporters where the 'beamee' section is and everything within their field is transported) and call the 'Carthage' for us." ordered Harley.<br /><br />Toma saluted and hustled off with three sappers to carry out his commands.<br /><br />"We'll have to have your 'toy' beamed up I'm afraid. You three will accompany us aboard the 'Hannibal' so onegai (please) follow me." said a short aoishi (blue)- haired girl sapper named Tammy McShane.<br /><br />Tammy was a 'Quarl' and hailed from the faroff world of 'Halifaxus' which was in the same mysterious 'Omega Quadrant' as 'Workoh-- the Boss's own home world.<br /><br />A grizzled old iron grey-haired veteran of countless wars limped over to his superior and saluted Quinn. Then he clamped a cigar between his teeth and pointed behind him.<br /><br />"That blarsted thingymajig's been transported up, Master Quinn, sir." said Master Sergeant Angus MacMillan who the away team's leader.<br /><br />"Very good, 'Scotty'. Might as well be off then. Get the team back aboard." replied Quinn and did an about face. Then he strolled up the gangway to the shuttle.<br /><br />As soon as all of the away team and the three wayfarers were safely aboard the 'Carthage' Lt First Class Sir Richard Burton (the esteemed 19th Century Terran explorer who discovered the source of the Nile River on ancient Terra not the Terran Welsh actor) gave the order to resume their voyage to 'Romulus' once again and the ship accellerated to forty Warp.<br /><br />"Steady as she goes, Lady Alice." he said and the blonde pilot nodded.<br /><br />He and Alice (she was indeed the very same Alice that had inspired that very famous Terran childrens' book 'Alice in Wonderland' to be written by the Reverend Charles Dodgson much better known by the name of Lewis Carroll) had both been picked up from a very strange world- 'Riverworld'- several years ago by a passing Kaguran patrol squadron. Since that time both had been trained as fighters and pilots.<br /><br />As a result both of them were 'KASP' officers although Dick by virtue of his leadership skills was a Lieutenant First Class while Alice was merely an Ensign. Dick was the 'Carthage's first officer and exec to Dastun while Quinn was the weapons officer and away team commander. Quinn felt that Dick Burton was promoted over him because he had been a Terran knight of the British realm. Of course he never said anything to either Dick or Dan or even Alice.<br /><br />Belowdecks Harley and 'Scotty' were both quite perturbed. Getting 'MEGAS' beamed aboard had been mere child's play. Making it fit inside the 'Carthage's small cargo bay was another matter entirely.<br /><br />"This damned bleedin' thing be just too high for the bay! Let's just chuck it down in that old storage room beside the engine rooms, sir." suggested MacMillan.<br /><br />"You are not gonna chuck 'MEGAS' down in some smelly old closet dammit! It's mine!" yelled an enraged Coop.<br /><br />"Ours!" corrected Kiva. "And you most certainly are not putting 'MEGAS' down there by the engines, sir!" she added, wrapping her flight jacket around Kurumi. The steel angel had decided that the cargo bay was too warm for her and she had promptly stripped down to her underthings! The 'Quarl' girl giggled and grabbed Kurumi away from Kiva.<br /><br />"Don't worry. I'll find her some pajamas, ma'am." said Tammy and she escorted Kurumi to the lift.<br /><br />Quinn was shaking his head sadly.<br /><br />"Let's try laying it on the floor. Then we can use 'force beams' (like miniature energy barrier force fields) to secure it. That OK with you two?" suggested the slight weapons officer.<br /><br />Reluctantly Kiva and Coop nodded their agreement. After 'MEGAS' had been secured as best they could manage Toma took Kiva to her quarters and Quinn took Coop back to his rooms. Tammy had already put Kurumi in the spare bunk in her own cramped quarters.<br /><br />All three of them were immediately pressed into temporary service with 'KASP' whether they liked it or not. Coop was made Second Lieutenant much to his delight. Lt Kiva was demoted to an Ensign and Kurumi was made a Sub-Ensign.<br />Kiva became an assistant 'navvie' or navigator. Coop became a gunner and Kurumi became the 'Carthage's new cabin girl. The steel angel was ecstatic. After all she was a maid anyway, wasn't she?<br /><br />Coop was nuts about all kinds of guns so being a gunner was cool. However, Kiva resented her reduction in rank and her use as an assistant 'navvie'. After all she was a damned good fighter pilot! The Commodore was sympathetic but adamant. He had all the pilots he needed for now but he needed an assistant 'navvie' so Kiva was it. Either that or scullery maid in the galley. Kiva grumbled but acquiesced.<br /><br />Kiva's post was beside the comm relay officer Subaltern Jadzia Dax, a 'trill' who had formerly worked for 'Starfleet's colony on 'Deep Space Nine'. It had been rumoured that she and Lt Commander Worf the colony's 'Klingon' exec had been an 'item' back then but Dastun had forbidden any mention of that subject aboard his star cruiser. Dax seemed pleasant enough and explained quietly to Kiva that their real 'navvie' was Lt Andrea 'Kitty' Torres and had suddenly transferred back to the 'Coriander' at 'Starfleet' Captain Kiva Nerese's personal request. Andy had left just a few days ago. If she thought this would change Kiva's feelings about her demotion and menial usage as a 'navvie' it didn't.<br /><br />Jadzia had been working the comm relay mikes fro about an hour when she suddenly tossed off her headphones and swore mightily.<br /><br />"Dammit, sir! I just cannot raise the 'Lovely Angel 2', the 'Shalimar', the 'Coriander', the 'Outlaw Star', the 'Nova Hellsing', the 'Botany Bay 2', the 'Emerald Queen', nobody! It's like all of 'em dropped off the face of the cosmos, sir!" said Suba Dax angrily. "Please excuse my outburst, Commodore. It was uncalled for, sir." she added.<br /><br />"A bad business." agreed Burton. "However, we must press on and hope for the best, Jade. We'll make 'Romulus' pretty soon. They should be on 'Remus' by that time and you can try again." said the exec.<br /><br />"Keep trying anyway, Jade." corrected Dan Dastun, patting the 'trill's shoulder.<br /><br />Suddenly her face brightened and she snapped her gloved fingers.<br /><br />"Sir? I believe there may be another way to get through to them, sir." she replied.<br /><br />"How?" asked Dan Dastun. Jade was already hitting switches and shutting down banks of controls on her console.<br /><br />"There may be a 'Beta Zoid' aboard the 'Angel 2'- 'Starfleet's Lt Commander Dyanna Troi. I'm a 'trill' and I just might be able to link my mind with hers. If you permit, sir, I'll try it." she suggested.<br /><br />"By all means, my dear Jade. Please try." replied the Commodore.<br /><br />Dax composed herself, slid back her chair and stretched out her lithe body and shut both aizu (eyes) thus concentrating her strong will. Slowly she began to speak like an ancient Terran medium or psychic.<br /><br />"I have her, sir. Dyanna says that they are travelling inside the 'Daedalus Nebulae' and can neither send nor receive signals of any kind. That explains why-- Sir! I have just reached another 'Beta Zoid' aboard! It is a male, a Legato Bluesummers from 'Gunsmoke', I think. He says they will rendezvous tomorrow evening on 'Remus' with the 'Shalimar'. He says the 'Nova Hellsing' and the other craft we cannot raise are already stored aboard the 'Angel 2', sir. I have told them to tell the Boss that we will relay them when we reach 'Romulus', sir. I am sorry but the 'Shalimar' does not seem to have any receptive minds aboard, just a couple of robotic androids. Dammit! Sorry Commodore but I have lost both contacts!" said Jade who was shaking violently and almost in tears.<br /><br />Dan patted her hand. "Well done, Jade." he said. She nodded, stood up and swooned to the deck.<br /><br />"Medic to the bridge- stat!" shouted Alice into her vidmike.<br /><br />"Oro (What) the Hell's she on- 'Taramot'? I have warned you people before about these space drugs you know!" admonished Dr Keymar, an elderly Martian physician.<br /><br />"Of course not, you old fool! She's just done a 'mind search'! She's a 'trill', Doc!" yelled Tammy McShane.<br /><br />"Ach! Das explains her condition then. I vill give her a shot of 'Axileine 30' (painkiller and sedative). Take her to her room. She vill need a good long rest." said the medico from Mars.<br /><br />"Ensign! Take the Suba's place as comm relay officer! That is an order, Ensign Kiva!" ordered Burton and he snapped his fingers. Kiva glowered at him but obeyed.<br /><br />"Aye sir!" she intoned and sat down at Jade's console.<br /><br />Harley Quinn stood and slammed his fist into his palm.<br /><br />"By jove! Now I've got it!" he shouted.<br /><br />"Well don't give it to anyone else, sir." mumbled Kiva.<br /><br />"Bluesummers! I thought sure that name sounded familiar don't ya know! He's wanted by the 'ISSP' ('Inter Solar Systems Police', a police force headquartered on Mars. The 'Bebop's Jett Black is a former member of their 'Ganymede' branch where John Raven is commander)! He's got a bounty on his head, sir! I wonder if the 'Angel's commander knows this, sir?" cried a shaken Quinn.<br /><br />"If I know our Reds she sure as Hell does, eh Burton?" chuckled Dan Dastun. Both men knew this particular firebrand Amazon Hellcat Angel quite well indeed! Dick nodded ruefully and began patiently explaining the comm relay controls to Kiva- for the third time.<br /><br />Aboard the 'Carthage' the gun deck is one level below the bridge and Coop was avidly eying row upon row of gun controls.<br /><br />"Here, Lt. Mr Quinn insists all of us gunners wear a sidearm, sir." said Toma O'Malley, buckling a weapons sash around the big galoot's waist. Coop yanked out the huge M4 disruptor pistol and took a bead on the bulkhead wall.<br /><br />"This damned thing loaded, Tommy?" he asked and pressed the firing stud. Tomasina dove for the floor when a green plasma beam melted the wall! Where her head had been a few seconds earlier was now a smoking crater a full metre wide and half again as long!<br /><br />"Does that answer your question, you crazy lunatic! You could have killed us both dammit! (Suddenly she saluted) Sorry, sir! I apologize but please be more careful." said the Lance Corporal.<br /><br />"My fault entirely, ma'am. I am so sorry. Let me help you up there." replied Coop, easily lifting Toma to her feet. Toma took the M4 from Coop and snapped on the safety lock. Then she stuck it back in his holster.<br /><br />Kurumi awakened next morning and (still in her pajamas) sought out Dr Keymar's sick bay.<br /><br />"Good morning, Miss. How might I be of service to you?" he asked without taking his aizu (eyes) away from her curvaceous frame.<br /><br />"My knees feel rusty, sir. Could you lube them for me? Please?" she asked and dropped her pajama bottoms to the deck.<br /><br />"Rusty? You mean they are hard to move? Ja?" asked Keymar, feeling her knees gingerly. Kurumi shook her head.<br /><br />"No. I think they are rusty, sir. I am a steel angel android, Doctor. Don't you have any oil I can use?" asked a puzzled Kurumi. He shook his head, then sat down at his desk. He hastily scribbled on a prescription vidpad, tore it off and stuck it in the girl's hand.<br /><br />"Go down three decks to der engine room and give this to der Engineer. His name is Ron Shaftoe and he vill fix you right up, my dear. Get dressed first because it is quite chilly down there, my child. (Kurumi slid off the table and headed for the portals) Miss Kurumi! Do not forget your bottoms! Good day to you." said the Martian medico.<br /><br />Kurumi pulled on her brand new 'Subby' uniform as soon as she got back to her room. Recalling the doctor's admonitions of cold she pulled on flight boots, gloves and a flight parka. Then she walked to the gantryway stairs and descended on her mission to Engineering.<br /><br />The Chief Engineer was very tall and very effeminate with long blonde hair.<br /><br />"I think that '311XX' should do the trick for you. Drop your trousers, love. Not to worry. My crew's at breakfast, darling. Fine workmanship, I see. Not done on this world then? A little dab on this one and a little dab on that one. There. Feel better, dear? Good. Now how are those feet? OK? (Ron felt her arms and legs) You need a complete tune-up, I believe. Better take it all off, love. That's right. Now this won't hurt a bit, me old darling." said Ron Shaftoe with a wink.<br /><br />A half hour later when she left him Kurumi felt like a totally different android, a new steel angel! She stopped in at the galley and was soon trundling an antigrav trolley laden with dishes back to her rooms.<br /><br />"Your breakfast, mums." she announced and began laying out dishes for Tammy, Tomasina and Alice.<br /><br />"You surely seem chipper today, Kuri." observed Alice.<br /><br />"Yes'm. I just had a complte overhaul and tune-up down in Engineering, mum." she explained to the trio of open-mouthed women.<br /><br />Meanwhile at 1900 hours (7 PM) the mighty 'Angel 2' at long last exited 'Daedalus' and her inhabitants found themselves less than two hours away from 'Remus' and the 'Shalimar'. Still 'cloaked' they wasted no time in heading for their rendezvous. Still dogging their heels was the determined 'Liberator'.<br /><br />While all of this was going down the 'Carthage' touched down on 'Kazrah', one of the many 'Romulan' moons. All of a sudden Kiva had a plethora of comm relay messages and everyone's vidcell unit started chirping at the same time.<br /><br />By 1930 (7:30 PM) the 'Carthage' had made contact with the 'Angel 2' and the 'Shalimar' while the vidcells continued to keep all hands informed of the latest gossip. <br /><br />By 2030 hours (8:30 PM) the 'Angel 2' had at last rendezvoused with the 'Shalimar' so Kei decided that since they had arrived at 'Remus' and were well ahead of the invasion forces it would be safe to break comm relay silence with their 'Galactic Command' escort vessel.<br /><br />"This is the 'Lovely Angel 2' calling the 'Liberator' in the clear. Please respond. Over." relayed Kome Sawaguchi.<br /><br />"Roger that. This is the 'Liberator'. We read you, love. Over." relayed Zach Zero.<br /><br />"Glad to have you watching our back, Captain Zach. The Boss wants to see you pronto and she asks that you bring your special passengers with you. Shall we send transport? Over." relayed the strawberry-blonde teen.<br /><br />"Negative. I'll use the 'Freelander' for the trip. Over." was Zero's response.<br /><br />"That'll be fine, Captain Zach. See you soon. Sawaguchi out." relayed the young Suba.<br /><br />"Roger willco. Can't wait to see you, kiddo. Zero out." chuckled Zero.<br /><br />By 2100 hours (9 PM) Zach and his yeoman arrived along with a roll call of 'Who's Who' of the 3WA, the 'UG', the 'GC', 'Starfleet Command', the 'Alliance', the 'ISSP', 'KASP', the 'Federation', 'MI5', 'Interpol' and the new Mrs Han Solo as well. The Boss and her exec, second officer and comm relay officer began to smell a 'Zygorian' rat- a big one!<br /><br />"Oro (What) gives, Chuck? You brought everyone except Uncle Vito (Galadriel- the god of the 3WA and the 'UG'. Think Howard Hughes and Bill Gates times a trillion and you have some idea of his power and influence in the 23rd Century) for Christ's sake!" growled the redhead.<br /><br />"Now you just calm down, Katie me girl." said Andre Francis Gooley who was Aquarian Galactic Chief and one of the few folks who could call the Boss 'Katie' and get away with it.<br /><br />"Calm down? When you baka (crazy) morons have brought every ranking leader of the cosmos into a war zone which is awaiting the vanguard of an invasion fleet! You and Chuck had better have a good escuse, Andy!" she yelled, crashing a gloved fist down on the conference table so hard that the ice-like veneer cracked.<br /><br />Admiral Katherine 'Dragon Lady' Janeway stood up and pointed at Kei O'Halloran, her golden orbs flashing fire.<br /><br />"Enough of these temper tantrums, Madam Marshall! Sit down at once! Lord Grand Admiral Pike? The floor is yours, sir." said the 'Dragon Queen' sitting down again.<br /><br />Christopher Pike stood and nodded a few times. "Thank you all for coming. I'll make this short and sweet. As most of you lready know we are here to negotiate a peace treaty with Count Dooku and Grand Admiral Thrawn. Their envoy has assured us that Dooku wants nothing more to do with this idiotic war and Thrawn agrees. Therefore they will withdraw their forces and lift the blockades around 'Shimougou', 'Mars', 'Kagura' and Terra immediately thereafter. They will return to their own worlds and agree to any terms we stipulate. In return they ask only that amnesty be granted to all invaders and their hirelings, that there be no reprisals later and that we release Zorin Oakenshield. He will be--" began Pike.<br /><br />"Oro (What) the FXXX! Release him? You're damned bloody lucky I ain't executed him yet! No way in the nine jigokus (Hells) will I 'ever' agree to that! He's in my brig now and that is where he will stay until his trial and that is final dammit!" yelled the Red Marshall, slamming her chair back so hard that it smashed into the bulkhead wall.<br /><br />"This is not your decision, young lady. It is ours and we have already made it. Whether you agree with it or not is really quite immaterial. Control yourself and please permit Lord Admiral Pike to continue. Another outburst like that and you'll find yourself inside your own brig. Lord Pike?" said 'Interpol's Commodore James Bond whose own ancient Terran ancestour had been famed MI5 secret agent 007.<br /><br />"Thank you, Bond. Zorin Oakenshield will be banished forever to a small atoll asteroid in the faroff 'Omega Quadrant'. This quadrant sits in the most remote area of this entire Universe. Should he ever escape from that asteroid he will be executed on sight. These provisions have already been agreed to by both Count Dooku and Grand Admiral Thrawn. Both 'Romulus' and 'Remus' as welll as every single one of their myriad of moons will be under the direct jurisdiction of the 3WA, however, the people of these worlds and their moons will elect their own leaderships. As we speak these self same proposals are being explained to Zorin Oakenshield. (Kei raised a gloved hand, frowned and began to rise) The answer, Madam Marshall, is no. We see no justification for banishing either Dooku or Thrawn. We believe that both men were manipulated by Oakenshield. Ah! Here comes their envoy now." said Christopher Pike who had worked his way up the 'Starfleet' chain of command from a lowly space tech to his present position as supreme leader of 'Starfleet Command' itself.<br /><br />The 'envoy' from the Count and the Grand Admiral was a short squat 'Sontarran' named Torg well known to most of the inhabitants of the 'Angel 2' as well as a good many of the cosmic leaders present in the room. He very closely resembled the 'Michelin Tires Man' of ancient Terran television commercials. Several high ranking officials and every Admiral in the room followed Pike and Torg across the hall and into an empty storeroom to confer. Kei rose and was waved back to her seat by Bond who slowly shook his head at the young commander.<br /><br />"He is upset quite a bit but he has agreed to abide by the decisions since His Grace (Count Dimitrios Dooku) has approved them." advised Torg.<br /><br />"The little shit knows we'll be keeping close tabs on his ass?" demanded Rafe Donnelly who commanded the 'ISSP' on Mars.<br /><br />"He knows, Lord Rafe." replied the 'Sontarran' knight.<br /><br />There were a few other technicality type questions which Torg answered. The results seemed to satisfy the assemblage because after a while they all returned to the huge conference room where a lively discussion began and lasted until almost 2300 hours (11 PM) when a vid relay signal was received. Kei's vidphone chirped and she automatically answered it.<br /><br />"O'Halloran here. Oro (What) the Hell do you want?" she barked angrily. Suddenly she sat bolt upright.<br /><br />"Oro (What) did you just say, Kome? Huh? Hell yeah and put it through to Vidscreen Six in here. Thanks." she said. The Boss hung up and used a small remote to lower Vidscreen Six so that it hovered above the table at the far end of the room.<br /><br />"We have a relay from Dooku so everyone shut the Hell up dammit." growled the redhead.<br /><br />The tall spare figure of His Grace, Count Dimitrios Dooku of the 'Myatlantic Realm' slowly materialized on the vidscreen.<br /><br />"That's the blighter? He looks like 'Ming the Merciless' from 'Flash Gordon' on the old Terran films." cried Rafe.<br /><br />Dooku bowed to the assembled group and smiled. Kei loathed him at first sight.<br />"I trust that our terms meet with your approval? It seems to myself and Reagent Thrawn that we are doing most of the giving while you are doing all of the taking. (He chuckled) After all we are not really asking you to release Zorin Oakenshield to us. Rather we are merely asking that you banish him to someplace very far away from us and the rest of the known Universe. So as not to prolong this unduly, Pike, does Zorin know all the details of our proposal? (Pike nodded and Dooku rubbed his hands together) Excellent. To confirm that you agree on all counts onegai (please) flash your running lights twice. (Pike picked up a vidmike) Very well--" relayed the Count and he turned to speak to his subordinates.<br /><br />Kei grabbed Pike and turned him away from the vidscreen. Lowering her voice to a whisper she placed her mouth very close to the Grand Admiral's ear.<br /><br />"Belay that, Pike! (Pike dropped the vidmike and the Boss caught it before it hit the deck) Think about this for just a minute, sir. My ship is 'cloaked' at the moment. That means we are invisible to other transports. If we flash our running lights, even for a nanosecond or two, we will not only give away our position- we will be totally visible to all aizu (eyes) out there for a second or two. Gomen (Sorry) Pike but I just do not trust this long lanky weasel, sir. (Pike stared at the redhead incredulously) I have more experience with his kind, sir. Please let me handle this matter for you. (Pike nodded and sat down. Kei turned to face the vidscreen again) Yo! Listen up, Dooku! (The tall nobleman glared icy daggers at the Red Marshall) We will comply, however, if you fire on me I will personally blow you and Thrawn off the face of the cosmos. You understand me, Gramps?" relayed a very menacing-looking tro-con. The chiefs buried their faces in their hands except for Don Poporo who shouted 'Way to go, girl!' before Anton Gustav kicked him in the shins.<br /><br />Dimitrios Dooku nodded and pointed a warning finger at Kei.<br /><br />"Yes Madam, I understand perfectly. The same goes for me, my dear. If you cross me, I will take extreme delight in ending your kawaii (lovely) young life. (He guffawed loudly) Just kidding. Please proceed." relayed the tall gaunt grim figure who sort of resembled the 'Grim Reaper' more than 'Ming the Merciless' today. Kei turned her back to the Count once more and hurriedly spoke into her comlink earring.<br /><br />"Vicky! Flash our running lights twice. Huh? Just do it dammit! That's an order, Captain." she trilled and dropped her voice to a low growling whisper.<br /><br />"Shields up before you hit those lights, kid. Stand by on our plasma cannons and quad guns just in case." trilled the redhead.<br /><br />Captain Seras 'Vicky'/'Police Girl' Victoria complied and from Dooku's ship came two answering winks.<br /><br />Dooku smiled and chuckled. He picked up a goblet of wine and sipped it.<br />"See Madam Marshall? I asked for your signal only so that my people would receive confirmation of our agreement. You really must learn to trust people more, my dear child." relayed a grinning Count.<br /><br />Kei stared right at him and whispered "Keep our shields up, Vicky. I still don't trust this damned weasel. (Then a thought struck her) Vicky!! Have Zoe change course to SSE 350.00947 immediately! Dooku's got our position now or so he thinks and I'll be damned if he's gonna be able to use it against us!" trilled the Boss angrily.<br /><br />As events turned out Dooku was, for once, telling the truth. An hour later (well past midnight) Kei had Kome put through another relay call to Dooku for her. When the Count appeared on her vidscreen Kei forced herself to smile at the leering lecherous creep.<br /><br />"I want to be perfectly clear on a few key points, pal. (Dooku nodded wearily and sat down at his desk) We will transport Oakenshield to 'Quorangi 9' where he will remain under 'eternal' banishment. Correct? (Dooku nodded testily) Furthermore he will be under the joint jurisdictions of the 'UG' and the 3WA and should he somehow to escpae from his confinement and leave that asteroid he will be executed on sight. Is that also correct? (Again the Count nodded and puffed away on a long pipe) And lastly- you and Thrawn agree to all of these terms, sir?" demanded the firebrand Hellcat, one fist resting lightly on the butt of her holstered Mark XIII ion cannon.<br />"We both agree to all of the terms in the proposal that we presented to your people, Madam Marshall. If we did not agree to them then why would we present the proposal in the first place? (He sighed) Do you have any other questions, my dear?" asked Dooku wearily.<br /><br />"Just one more. Who are you sending along with us so we can prove to you that old Zorin's been properly banished?" asked the Boss smugly.<br /><br />The Count mused a moment and puffed away on his pipe some more before answering her.<br /><br />"Keep my envoy aboard. Is that agreeable to you, Mr Torg? (The little 'Sontarran' nodded nervously) Excellent. Thank you, Mr Torg. Then do we have ourselves a deal, dear lady?" asked the Count.<br /><br />Before Kei could reply Fleet Admiral Kirk cleared his throat loudly.<br /><br />"Whether Marshall O'Halloran approves or not this is our decision, not hers, sir. However, to answer your question, yes, we do indeed have a deal, Your Grace. Mr Torg will keep you informed. Good evening, my dear Count." said Kirk. Dooku rose and bowed to him. Then he blanked his vidscreen. Kei used the remote to blank hers as well and the vidscreen disappeared into the ceiling. Then she pointed to the Count's smallish envoy.<br /><br />"See that Mr Torg gets a private suite next door to Zorin- in the brig. Sorry Torg but I still remember your last visit to my ship when you and your cronies hijacked two of our 'Angels' so I ain't taking any chances. (InuYasha stepped forward and Torg extended his hands) No cuffs are necessary, are they Torg? (Torg shook his head) Take him away, Doggie Boy. He'll give you no trouble." she chuckled merrily.<br /><br />"He'd damned well better not." growled the big hanyou and he shoved the 'Sontarran' towards the lift. Kikyo and Kouga accompanied them and Naraku brought up the rear. After Torg and his jailors had left Kei glowered at the cosmic leaders still seated around her conference table.<br /><br />"Unless you ladies and gentlemen want to take a long trip to 'Quorangi 9' I suggest you catch a lift from Captain Zero's 'Liberator'. We'll lift off in the morning. (She spoke into her comlink earring) Kome, advise all warships that there ain't gonna be no invasion and send 'em all back home. Zero has advised us that he's not leaving until tomorrow. OK Kome? Great. Thanks a lot. (She turned to her own yeoman Suba Marina Oki) Marina, I'd like to have a chat with you so report to my quarters in ten minutes. Vicky, the comm is yours. (She turned to her guests) I'll leave you nice folks to discuss your plans, ladies and gentlemen. (Kome Sawaguchi and Ojou the Yakuzza princess came in as Marina was leaving the room) Kome. Yamkumi. You're with me. The rest of you guys have your orders. Good evening." said Kei who spun on her heel and strode off swiftly to the lift.<br /><br />The Yakuzza princess had just delivered the first part of Zach Zero's message to Kei- that the 'Liberator' was laying over until the morning. The second part of his message she had hesitated to deliver before. Now she had no choice!<br /><br />END of Ch 65. Ch 66 'Yeoman Trading' or 'Homecoming' soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K<br />I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh? Don't our guys and gals play some cool practical jokes on each other? All in good-natured fun of course!<br /><br />Hope ya had a happy and safe Guy Fawkes' Day! Happy Thanksgiving. Dunno if the Japanese even celebrate it but Naruto does.<br />A belated happy birthday to our fearless leader- Classic Kei who will be born 27 Nov AD 2121.<br /><br />Meri Kurasumasu to all of my tomodachis and may Kami bless you this holiday season. Akeome to everyone and here's to a super 2010 my dear friends of anime.<br />PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K<br />See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K<br />This chapter brings me up to date. Then I have to wind up this one and think about my next one folks- K&K<br /><br />Alice who is now a pilot aboard the 'Carthage' once said she always tried to do six impossible things before breakfast. Someone sent me this cute trio of unicorns and I just could not resist putting it in here. Enjoy- K&K<br /><br /><br />[A trio of unicorns]keimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-8924621651972617072009-12-28T21:30:00.004-05:002009-12-28T21:58:06.340-05:00Angel Wings Ch 64 'Into the Void?'/'Going My Way?'This is what the graphic novel Angels look like with Mugghi. Gad! I think they all look like wimps, don't you gang?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxRjijCUPENEK4jpIn27XuQeQS2ecfPDHOfvbh2_lSvzdAZwzQFdJDTQm4Lelui96YRlBu_Pax34EXExu13BmilH6hYtj6oKYnjOBSipINuDdQWo-qLdobAOTW53ez8o4HgJ9eGGh-lY/s1600-h/oldworld.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxRjijCUPENEK4jpIn27XuQeQS2ecfPDHOfvbh2_lSvzdAZwzQFdJDTQm4Lelui96YRlBu_Pax34EXExu13BmilH6hYtj6oKYnjOBSipINuDdQWo-qLdobAOTW53ez8o4HgJ9eGGh-lY/s400/oldworld.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420485892160360386" /></a><br /> <br />AW Ch 64 'Into the Void?'/'Going My Way?'<br />posted 3 minutes ago, updated 3 minutes later<br />This is what the graphic novel Angels look like with Mugghi. Gad! I think they all look like wimps, don't you gang?<br /><br />AW Ch 64<br /><br />Wow!Mar's been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons is almost in Zorin's cronies' hands- Gundams! Almost as terrifying as the 'God Guns' or the Angels' new toy- the r-- whoops! I almost let the neko outta the sack folks! This chapter will put two close tomos at loggerheads with each other and nai it ain't Vacuumhead and Firebrand either! Some old tomos returned and the Boss decides to head for Onsokamaru! Who's in sick bay and how did she end up there? Why is Yuri Donovan furious? Who are the newbies? Did the truckers succeed?<br /><br />ANGEL WINGS<br /><br />DISCLAIMER: OK Ellen darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 64 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-<br /><br />CHAPTER 64<br /><br />'Into the Void?' or 'Going My Way?'<br /><br />Zach Zero and Saiya St John were still staring at a blank scanner vidscreen where just a few seconds ago the 'Angel 2' had been in all its glory!<br /><br />"Did they go 'hyperspace' maybe, Zach?" suggested the svelte green-haired Eloisian yeoman but Zach shook his head slowly.<br /><br />"If she had we'd still have 'em on scanner vidscreen, kid. Unless-- Oh my Christ! No! She wouldn't have done taht, would she?" yelped a suddenly very worried Zach Zero.<br /><br />"Unless oro (what), Zach?" she asked perplexedly.<br /><br />"Unless she used the 'Daedalus Nebulae', poppet." he replied grimly.<br /><br />"Huh? Not even the Boss would do anything that baka (crazy) or would she? I wonder. Still if anyone could pull it off it would be our Dierdre. That just must be oro (what) she did, Cap." said Saiya.<br /><br />"That leaves us with no other choice, does it?" replied her skipper.<br /><br />"We're not following her in there, are we, Zachie?" cried an astonished yeoman.<br /><br />"Oro (What) other option have we got? Our orders are quite specific. We are to follow them and lend them our support when they finally engage (Count) Dooku or (Grand Admiral) Thrawn or both of 'em. Stand by for a course change. New course heading is 340 SSE. Mark. Entering the nebulae in 3, 2, 1, Mark. Activating 'George' now. From this point on until we exit this cloud we will have no comm relays nor navigational readouts. Better tell the crew and our passengers they can't phone home on their vidcell units, kiddo. By this same time ashita ban (tomorrow night) we'll either have reached 'Stegoros' or we'll be hopelessly lost. The redhead always trusts to her Gaelic luck and dammit so do I. It ain't failed her yet, poppet. It's late so go get some sleep. Oh yeah, do me a favour first and check in on Uncles Charlie, Andy, Don and Anton for me. G'Night, kid." said Zach, both of his aizu (eyes) glued to his scanner vidscreens.<br /><br />"Sure, Zachie. You know those things don't work, right? (He nodded and waved her away) Nighty night." she replied and left on her errand.<br /><br />Although nobody aboard the 'Angel 2' was aware of it the four 3WA chiefs were amonst the 'Liberator's handfull of passengers. In addition he had three 'Starfleet' admirals and representatives from the 'UG' and the 'Alliance'. One of the ladies aboard was Han Solo's wife, Leia Skywalker Organa Solo, leader of the Republic of Kurestan.<br /><br />After peeping in on the chiefs as ordered the Eloisian girl saw that the 'G Boys' were already in Dreamland so she rode the lift down to her own cramped quarters. She was sharing them with Leia, the 'Dragon Queen of Starfleet Command' aka Admiral Katherine Janeway and two of her Flight Lieutenants- Alison Hayes and Esther Huntley who were the Dragon's adjutants.<br /><br />Saiya very quietly prepared for bed and climbed up into her bunk above Leia. Al stirred in her sleep and rolled over. Almost before her head hit the pillows Saiya was asleep.<br /><br />Meanwhile Zach strained his orbs in a vain attempt to penetrate the thick misty fog of the nebulae. Soon he too gave in and fell asleep across his console. He was snoring quite heavily when Rangiku Matsumoto came onto the bridge at 0600 (6 AM). The soul reaper lieutenant was wearing a 'Galactic Command' sapper's (like a PFC in the Terran US Army) uniform. She had been pressed into service after she was loaned (along with her 10th Squad captain Toshiro Hitsugaya) by Head Captain Yamamoto of the Soul Society's Sertai to the 'GC'. She swore under her breath. Ichigo and Rukia had really lucked out. Both of them were aboard the 'Angel 2' but she and Toshie had been ordered to report to the 'Liberator'. She swore again. As soon as Toshie had opened his big mouth and told Zero's exec that she (Rangiku) could operate a skysled the skipper had immediately appointed her to be a co-pilot. That was why she was up before the four suns had risen while little Toshie was still dreaming sweet dreams without care.<br /><br />Rangiku smiled. For this mission the little guy was her equal rather than her superior. No wait. She was a sapper and he was a sapper 2C, a lower rank than she so technically she was his boss. Then she remembered oro (what) she was doing here. She was here to relieve the skipper for the dayshift. Gently she shook Zach's shoulder.<br /><br />"Awaken sweet prince. I'm here now, Skipper." she said and gave his shoulders another shake. Slowly his aizu (eyes) opened and he yawned a bit.<br /><br />"Glory be! Am I in Heaven then, me lovely? And are you an angel?" said a bleary-aizued (eyed) Zach Zero.<br /><br />"No such luck, sir. Sapper Matsumoto and I am here to relieve you, sir. (She saluted and Zach waved her to a seat) Anything important happen last night?" replied the redhead.<br /><br />"Not too much, darlin'. We're on 'George' until we get outta this 'Daedalus Nebulae' tomorrow night so don't touch anything on the consoles. If we veer offcourse by even a fraction of a kilo we'll be in deep crap. (Rangiku stared at Zero like he was baka) Reds is taking a shortcut so we were forced to follow her into this void. You knew we were following the 'Lovely Angel 2', didn't you, Rangi? (The svelte redhead nodded and sat down) Oh that's right. Two of your pals are aboard her, aren' they?" observed a yawning Zach Zero. Again she nodded and put her feet up on the console.<br /><br />"Yeah. Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kutschski, the lucky bastards. Hey Cap? How come I got demoted? I am a Lieutenant First Class in Squad 10 of the Soul Society you know." she replied angrily. He shook his head.<br /><br />"It ain't my fault, sweetheart. Too many Looeys aboard already. The 'GC' only allows two sub-ensign officers and I've already got a dozen ensigns so I demosted you and that shorty kid that came with you. (The 'short kid' was Rangiku's captain Toshiro Hitsugaya) Nothing personal, Rangi. See you later, kiddo." said Zach and he left for his own cabin. Next morning aboard the 'Angel' brought some excitement.<br /><br />'WOOHP' spygirl Alex was on scanning detail and wasted no time in trilling Han Solo when she spotted it- a strange blip on the scanners' vidscreens.<br /><br />"Captain Solo? Ensign Alex here, sir. There seems toi be someone following us, sir. Could you come and take a look, sir? Thanks you." she trilled.<br /><br />"Oro (What) did that kid just say, Solo?" queried Gene Starwind.<br /><br />"Al says we got company, old pal. I'd better go and take a look. Be rigth back." drawled Solo and he ambled next door top the nav room. After one glance at Alex's vidscreens he chuckled.<br /><br />"Nothing to worry about there, love. That's just our 'GC' escort. It's Zach Zero's 'Liberator'. He must have followed us into the nebulae, kid. (Alex grabbed a vid mike) Don't hail him, Al. We gotta maintain comm relay silence and relays won't work inside 'Daedalus' anyway. Watch him and keep us posted, Al." drawled Han Solo who had absolutely no idea that his 'better half' was cruising along less than 200 K kilos behind them.<br /><br />Kouga and Jimbo Hawking had not the slighest inkling of why they were all of a sudden scrubbing pots and pans in the galleys.<br /><br />Nyssa had awakened in sick bay with a pounding headache and not a clue as to oro (what) the Hell had happened to her. All the young Trakken maiden recalled was sitting beside Mr Drew inside the 'Matterhorn' downstairs in the docking bays. 'StunGun' Millie Thompson came in, took another tricorder eading and handed Nyssa a grey 'Hydroxylein' capsule. Nyssa dutifully swallowed it with the flask of water the big girl handed her. Millie wished her well and reported to her job in Engineering. Actually Millie was an assistant space tech on the 'Nova Hellsing' under Junpei's jurisdiction but when the 'Nova H' was not in use she was used as an oiler on the main ship under Chief Engineer 'Dynamo' the huge Triceraton dinosaur.<br /><br />A few short hours later Nyssa reported for duty on the bridge. Yuri promptly ordered her back to her quarters with th command to rest there until the mammoth ship docked on 'Remus'. Meanwhile aboard their rendezvous ship the 'Shalimar' Commander Alan Gabriel was frowning. He had just tried to reach the 'LA2' several times to no avail whatsoever. Even his vidcell unit was not responding.<br /><br />"They are inside 'Daedalus', Commander Alan, sir. That is why we can neither comm relay nor vidcell call them." explained the sombre looking kid in a maid's black uniform. Alan was startled.<br /><br />"How do you know that, poppet?" he asked.<br /><br />"Don't ask, Al. Even I ain't been able to figure that one out." answered Roger Smith.<br /><br />"If they're travelling through 'that thing' they've got a 30 to 70 chance of getting here anytime soon." observed a striking blonde beuty who was calling herself 'Angela Sullivan' for this mission.<br /><br />"Why? Oro (What) the dickens are you talking about, Miss Sullivan?" demanded a fuming Gabriel.<br /><br />"The nebulae fluctuates and spins its way across the great cosmos of space, sir. That means a traveller has no guarantee of exiting it where he expects to, sir. If all goes well with any kind of luck as Roger calls it they will reach 'Stegoros' sometime this evening and arrive here tomorrow evening around 2200 hours, that is ten o'clock, sir." explained Dorothy Wainwright. Dorothy was neither girl nor maid. Instead she was a state-of-the-arts robotic android and the alternative power source for Roger Smith's 'BGR' known as 'Big O'.<br /><br />"Is she ever wrong, Smith?" demanded Alan tightly.<br /><br />"Not that I ever heard, Commander." replied Angela (Angel) Sullivan.<br /><br />"Whatever became of that old fool Norman, Smith?" asked Alan. Roger chuckled and lit a cigarette. He offered one to Angela who took it and accepted his light. Alan was smoking a dark stogie already. Dorothy had no vices and of course did not smoke.<br /><br />"He refused to leave the mansion unprotected, Alan. Actually I think the real reason he begged off accompanying us is that he gets airsick. Besides with our Dorothy along with us he wasn't really necessary. Why'd you tag along with us, Angel?" replied Roger Smith. Alan blew a smoke ring.<br /><br />"Yes, my dear child. Exactly why are you here?" he asked pointedly.<br /><br />"I have my own mission and it's top secret, sirs." answered the blonde, stubbing out her cigarette and lighting another.<br /><br />Not counting Dorothy it seemed that not a single person aboard the 'Shalimar' was wearing any kind of uniform. Belowdecks and taking up most of the docking bays' floor space was the aforementione d'Big O', a monstrous behemoth megadeuce robot looking for all the Universes like that wooden Indian 'Kaw-Liga' from the ancient Terran song. This was the sixth of the 'BGR's or 'big giant robots' the other five being the four 'Gundams' aboard the 'Angel 2' and 'MEGAS' which hailed from Terra's far distant future. And while we are speaking of 'MEGAS' not so far away on an asteroid little bigger than a tiny moon three people were standing around 'MEGAS' itself. Two of them were arguing violently with each other. The third was quietly watching the skies above the asteroid.<br /><br />"Dammit Coop! I told you to fill up on Mars! Now how the bloody Hell are we supposed to get to 'Romulus'?" yelled a very angry red-headed female pilot.<br /><br />"Sorry Kiva! (Not the same one that commands the 'Coriander' of course. This is another Kiva) My bad, man! Hey! I got it. Can't you just make us some fuel for the big dude?" asked a tall gangling blonde guy who resembled a football linebacker gone to pot. (The old meaning for 'pot' as in 'pot-bellied' or 'beer gut').<br /><br />"Why don't we just hitchhike, guys?" bubbled a brown-haired girl attired in an old-fashioned maid's uniform complete with cap and gloves. Kiva frowned and pointed at the girl.<br /><br />"And why I 'ever' let you talk me into picking her ass up is beyond me, Coop!" grumbled Kiva who was sitting on a rock. Suddenly the blonde guy snapped his fingers.<br /><br />"Hey Kurumi! (The maid gave him a bright smile) Can we borrow some of your motor oil, Honey? Then Kiva can refine it into fuel for 'MEGAS'. OK?" asked Coop and Kurumi the Steel Angel nodded emphatically.<br /><br />"Sure, Mr Coop, sir." she said and began yanking off her dress. Kiva jumped up quickly.<br /><br />"Kurumi! You put that right back on dammit! Coop! We can't use her oil. Oro (What) could I mix it with anyway?" said Kiva. "Kurumi honey we can't hitchhi--" she added, breaking off when she spotted a huge ship circling overhead!<br /><br />END of Ch 64. Ch 65 'Make Room For MEGAS' or 'Mind Search' soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K<br /><br />I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh? Don't our guys and gals play some cool practical jokes on each other? All in good-natured fun of course!<br /><br />Hope ya had a happy and safe Guy Fawkes' Day! Happy Thanksgiving. Dunno if the Japanese even celebrate it but Naruto does.<br /><br />A belated happy birthday to our fearless leader- Classic Kei who will be born 27 Nov AD 2121.<br /><br />Meri Kurasumasu to all of my tomodachis and may Kami bless you this holiday season.<br /><br />PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K<br /><br />See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K<br /><br />This chapter brings me up to date. Then I have to wind up this one and think about my next one folks- K&Kkeimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-14077630354507719772009-12-16T00:48:00.000-05:002009-12-16T01:07:01.356-05:00TV Anime Guide for Dec 09 Updated 15 Dec 09Monthly Anime on TV Viewing Guide for Anime Programming on ComcastOnDemand Channels:<br /><br /> DECEMBER 2009- Updated 15 Dec 09<br /><br /> <br /><br />COD/CE/AdultSwim/Action<br /><br />Big O (Ep 19)<br />Code Geass (Ep 23)<br />Death Note (Ep 6) <br />Ghost in the Shell/SAC (Eps 18 to 20)<br />InuYasha (Eps 149 to 152)<br /><br />COD/CE/AnimeSelects is back. CE/FunimationAnime/AnSel now has Eps 19 to 22 of GundamSeedDestiny and Eps 11-12 of Vampire Princess Miyu. Sadly Anime Network is no longer available OnDemand. Sorry.<br /> <br />Regrettably I will no longer be listing anything anime nor cartoon from COD/Kids except for movies. There are just too many to keep following them. Again sorry for the inconvenience. Be warned, however, that many anime/cartoons/movies/series here can be pay per view especially the stuff under COD/Kids/All Movies.<br /><br />COD/CE/IFC/Anime<br /><br />IFC Alert: This just in folks- IFC has added Basilisk a Hieian Era Samurai/Ninja anime series to its lineup. For us it's Tuesdays at 11:30 PM ET. Check your TV schedules in your area. <br /><br />COD/CuttingEdge/FunimationAnime ( FA is no longer listed under Movies or Top Picks):<br /><br />These titles are first episode free and 99 cents per each successive episode:<br /><br />D. Gray-Man (Eppys 40 to 42)<br />Spice & Wolf (Eps 6 to 8)(NEW)(Allegorical yarns) <br />Nabarino No Ou (Eppys 19 to 21)<br />Blassreiter (Eppys 16 to 18)<br />Nana (Eppys 21 to 23 & 21.5)<br />Dragonaught (Eppys 13 to 15)<br />Hunter X Hunter (Eppys 11 to 13)(NEW)<br />El Cazador (Eps 7 to 12)(NEW)(Bounty hunter finds amnesiac girl who is wanted Dead or Alive)<br /><br />Specials: $2.99 each<br /><br />Linebarrels of Iron (Eps 1 to 3) (Naked babe drops in warrior's arms!)<br />Rin Mnemosyne (Eps 1-2) (Immortal PI who loves booze!)<br /><br /> (image)<br /><br /><a href='http://doyouloveanime.today.com/files/2009/12/rinandmimi1.jpg' title='Rin Mnemosyne & Mimi'><img src='http://doyouloveanime.today.com/files/2009/12/rinandmimi1.jpg' alt='Rin Mnemosyne & Mimi' /></a><br /><br /><br />Soul Eater (Eps 1 to 3)('Soul' is a scythe weapon wielded by a babe from Hell!)<br />My Santa OVA (Newly born Santa meets Mai a Santa in training and--)($2.99)(I just got this DVD)<br />(This one is a classic like Shonen Santa ni Daiboke(u)n or Little Santa's Adventures)(Try & find it though! Never made it to DVD and the VHSs are hard to find and pricey when you do!)<br /><br /> (image)<br /><br /><a href='http://doyouloveanime.today.com/files/2009/12/shonen-santa-ni-daiboken-or-adv-of-young-santa-1.jpg' title='Shonen Santa ni Daibouke(u)n or Little Santa’s Adventures'><img src='http://doyouloveanime.today.com/files/2009/12/shonen-santa-ni-daiboken-or-adv-of-young-santa-1.jpg' alt='Shonen Santa ni Daibouke(u)n or Little Santa’s Adventures' /></a><br /><br />These Funimation Anime titles are free:<br /><br />Ah My Goddess! (Eps 21 to 24) (A goddess enrolls in school!)<br />Glass Fleet (Eps 9 to 12)(Imperial Space fleet vs Glass Fleet who are pirates?)<br /><br />Drama-Comedy:<br /><br />Air Gear (Eps 13-14)(NEW)(Young folks training to be pilots)<br />Case Closed (Eps 46 to 48)<br />Fruits Basket (Eps 17-18)<br />Negima! (Eps 12-13)<br />Shuffle! (Ep 12-13)<br /><br />Action-Fantasy:<br /><br />Black Cat (Eps 3-4)(NEW)(Assassin known as the Black Cat)<br />xxxHolic (Eps 17-18)(Addicted to Sorcery & Witchcraft? This your mug of java)(New)<br />Solti Rei (Eps 1-12)(NEW)(Not sure what this one is yet)<br />Tsubasa Chronicles (Eps 13-14)(Tsubasa is a submarine I think)<br />Gunslinger Girl Teano II (Eps 1 to 4)(Gals from 4 to teens in Italy are really cyborgs trained to kill. This is the second series and promises more action than the first! A must see folks!)<br /><br /> (image)<br /><br /><a href='http://doyouloveanime.today.com/files/2009/12/gg-girls-with-guns-on-steps.jpg' title='Gunslinger Girls with guns on steps'><img src='http://doyouloveanime.today.com/files/2009/12/gg-girls-with-guns-on-steps.jpg' alt='Gunslinger Girls with guns on steps' /></a><br /><br />All pay per view anime available under Movies & Events/ Funimation Anime(includes above ppv titles)<br /><br />Anime Select:<br /><br />Gundam Seed Destiny (Eps 19 to 22)<br />Vampire Princess Miyu (Eps 11-12)<br /><br /> <br />This next section of COD/Kids may have changed. Remember onegai that I only keep the Kids/Movies and Kids/Free Movies updated now. As far as I know all the kiddie stuff and teen stuff under Kids is still there albeit later eppys than I have here. Ditto for the Free Movis and Premium Channels sections for kid stuff. Check it out if you're interested at COD:<br /><br />OK here are the Kurisumasu holiday films for the kiddies. Most are under Kids/Free Movies but some are also under Premium Channels or Free Movies:-<br /><br />Angel of Penna Avenue (Kid asks Prez Hoover to bring Dad home)(COD/FREE MOVIES too)<br />The Elf Who Didn't Believe (So he swipes the sleight, the magic dust and vamooses)(COD/FREE MOVIES too)<br />Little Angels:Brightest Xmas (Lil Angels (real ones not like mine!) help out a family at Xmastime)(COD/FREE MOVIES too)<br />Miracle in Toyland (GI Joe vs Barnaby in Toyland)(COD?FREE MOVIES too)<br />Santa w/ Muscles (Hulk Hogan as St Nick? Who's next? Arnie Guvanator?)(COD/FREE MOVIES too)<br />The Night They Saved Xmas (Who is trying to detonate SC and his NP City?)(COD/FREE MOVIES too)<br />X-Men:Wolverine (Another cool tale of superheroes)(COD/FREE MOVIES too)<br />Yu-Gi-Oh! the Movie (Not Christmas but a classic treat for all ages (COD/FREE MOVIES too)<br />1941 (The Japs attack Disneyland in 1941! Chris Lee as an SS Standartenfeuhrer? How about John Belushi as a fighter pilot? Eliot Ness as a Dumbo loving General? Hilarious and it's Christmastime!)(COD/PremiumChannels/HBO too)<br />Fred Claus (SC's ne'er do well brother wants a handout)(COD/PremiumChannels/MAX too)<br />Thunderbirds (Rescue ops in space)(COD/PremiumChannels/Encore too)<br /><br />These are all simulcast on COD/PremiumChannels/Movieplex:<br /><br />Babes in Toyland (1997) (Animated musical with Chas Nelson Reilly as Humpty Dumpty, Lacey (Eliza Thornberry) Chabert as Jill and the dastardly Barnaby is Chris Plummer). <br />Xmas Dinosaur (You are on your own. I haven't got a clue folks!)<br />The True Gift (Princess sets out to help others find Xmas true meaning).<br />Tadpole/Xmas Cheer (Frog at Christmastime animation).<br />North Station (Mailman at NP gets lost, becomes Santa's head of mail servicing).<br /><br />These are all simulcast on COD/PremiumChannels/Starz:<br /><br />Twelve Dogs of Xmas (Doggies help save the holidays).<br />Booky/Secret Santa (Kid has nothing for Xmas. She finds a 'Secret Santa' to help others).<br />The Grinch is Jim Carrey- can you say idiotic?<br />The Boy Who Saved Xmas (Atnas is Santa's evil brother who takes over the NP. Only a boy who is an FOS can save the day and rescue poor old St Nick).<br />Holidaze (Rusty the Reindeer feels unwanted so he runs off to find Xmas meaning).<br />Nightmare Before Xmas (Hall-o-we'en meets Xmas a la Tim Burton. A nice animated musical but a little scary for the younger kiddies).<br /><br />Now some freebies for us oldster folks:<br /><br />These are all under COD/FREE MOVIES"<br /><br />Twelve Men of Xmas (Gal looking for Mr Right at Christmastime).<br />Xmas Evil (Kid grows up and thinks he's Santa. So he decides to reward the nice and punish the naughty kids- even after they've grown up!)<br />Xmas in Connecticut (Remake of the oldie re lonely folks during the holidays. The Guvanator directs).<br />Xmas Tale (What if you find a hurt Santa in a hole- and he's a she? If you're a kid you run away!)<br />Xmas on Chestnut St (How to sell Xmas lights when you order too many- stage a contest for the <br />best decked house in the neighbourhood!)<br />Santa's Slay (Lucifer's kid's been a bad boy so Luce makes him be goody goody Santa Claus for a millenium and now the thousand years is up!)<br />Loew's Xmas Greeting (An old B&W Xmas greeting from Hollywood).<br />New Year's Evil (A DJ gets a series of phone calls on NY Eve promising a killing frome each time zone of the USA to celebrate the new year!)<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/Starz:<br /><br />Serendipity (Xmas Eve romance).<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/Movieplex:<br /><br />White Nights (Mikhail Baryshnikov the ballet dude is a defector to the West in this old chestnut!)<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/Encore:<br /><br />P2 (Never work late in a NY high rise of Xmas Eve and don't get stuck in the parking garages either!)<br /><br />Back to the kids. These are all PayPerView from COD/KIDS/MOVIES. Most are $2.99 but a couple are $4.99. Unmarked are $2.99- OK?<br /><br />Twelve Dogs of Xmas<br />Babes in Toyland (1961 original w/ Annette; 1986 Drew Barrymore version and 1997 animated musical version).<br />Bah Humduck (Daffy Duck is Scrooge, Bugs Bunny's nephew Fred and Porky Pig is Cratchit!)<br />Barney's Night Before Xmas<br />Barney's Xmas Star (The big purple dinosaur not Fred's pal).<br />The Bear Who Slept Through Xmas (Tommy Smothers is a bear who wants to stay awake for Xmas).<br />Bob the Builder's Xmas (Bob in Wales during the holiday).<br />Charlie Brown's Xmas Special (Rats! Snoopy won the deck yer house prize!)<br />Xmas Carol (1938 version w/ Reggie Owen as Scrooge).<br />Xmas Story ('You'll shoot yer eye out, kid!'- Ralphie wants a BB gun).<br />Xmas in Wonderland ($4.99)(Finding moolah while Xmas shopping!)<br />Dennis the Menace Xmas (Bob Wagner is Mr Wilson? Puh-leeze!)<br />The Grinch is Jim Carrey- funny but adulty too).<br />Ernest Saves Xmas (This nitwit would fit right in aboard the 'Angel 2'- Anyway Santa has to hand over the reins so he uses Ernest for awhile!)<br />The Nutcracker (Geo Balanchine's version w/ McCauley Culkin and the Vanessa Johnson 1986 version of the classic tale of Clara and the Mouse King vs Nutcracker and friends).<br />Home Alone (ALL 4 movies are available).<br />The Invincible Ironman (animated he-man Tony Steele. Bob Downey Jr did him in the film and now he's Sherlock Holmes BION!).<br />Mickey's Twice Upon A Xmas<br />Miracle on 34th St (1947 and 1994 versions of Santa goes to court).<br />Pinocchio's Xmas (Paul Winchell is Gepetto and Alan King's a con artist showman!)<br />Rudolph's Shiny New Year (Red Skelton needs Neon Nose's help!)<br />Rudolph & Frosty's Xmas in July (Ethel Merman's a cowgirl in this farfetched piece of fun!)<br />The Santa Clause (If Santa falls off your roof, you're gonna take his place pal!)<br />The Wiggles Xmas Show<br />The Wiggles Yule Show (The quartet from Downunder celebrates the holidays w/ tomos).<br />Monsters vs Aliens ($4.99)(Terra is invaded and who will save the day- monsters and freaks?)<br />UP ($4.99)(Everyone likes this thing with Ed Asner. Will it take the Oscar away from Tim Burton's 9? Hope not!)<br /><br />COD/Premium Channels/Too Much For TV:<br /><br />Step Up Love (Ep 4)($14.99 monthly fee)<br /><br />No change from November guide for any kids' shows except as noted below.<br /><br />COD/Kids/CartoonNetwork <br />COD/Kids/DisneyXD<br />COD/Kids/KidsWB<br />COD/Kids/Bomerang<br />COD/Kids/4KidsTV<br />COD/Kids/Kabillion<br /><br />COD/Kids/Free Movies:<br />See Free Movies above.<br /><br />COD/Kids/Kids Movies(Pay Per View films)(See above list):<br /><br />COD/Top Picks/TV and Movie Trivia (FREE):<br /><br />80s Trivia 1<br />Animated Phrases 7<br />Britney Spears Trivia<br />Friends 2<br />Guess the Phrase 8<br />Harry Potter 8<br />Movie Trivia 7<br />One Tree Hill Trivia<br />Picture Puzzles 6<br />Seinfeld 2<br />Simpsons Trivia<br />Star Trek 2<br />The Office Trivia<br />Twilight Trivia<br />Word Puzzles 7<br />Word Srmables 4 and 8<br /><br />COD/Kids/ActivityTV<br /><br />Origami (Japanese art of paper folding)<br />Hometown Recipes (Like Chicago style pizza)<br />Cartooning Lessons<br /><br />Don't miss AMC's The Prisoner 2009 6 parter on COD/TV Entertainment/AMC- with Jim Calveziel as #6 and Ian McKellen as #2- in the Sahara Desert near Namibia. Still being run as of 1 Dec 09.<br /><br />That's all the FREE anime/cartoons on demand but there quite a few Pay Per View Ones here:<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/DisneyFamilyMovies:<br /><br />These run a basic subscription of $5.99 a month and only two really touch on anime this time around.<br /><br />Phoenix & Carpet (A firebird and a flying carpet a la Boronov's symphonies)<br /><br />G Force Sizzle (sneak preview of new animated film which is like GI Joe)<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/TooMuchForTV/Imports:<br /><br />(Most of these PPV animes are definitely not for the kids!)(Fireman Sam is OK for them)<br /><br />I promised to add this one under KIDS.<br /><br />COD/KIDS/PBS Sprout/Fireman Sam- <br />These are from Season 2 and feature a revamped format, better characters and new voices.<br />Jupiter and Venus have blue lights and the firehouse has been repainted. Norman's mom<br />Dillys and Bella are better looking and Sam's brother puts in some appearances too.<br /><br />Dinosaur Hunt<br />No Nurse Like You<br />One That Got Away<br />The Wrong Smell<br />When Fools Rush In<br /><br />TMFT has other non-anime fare too and it's pretty raunchy so be warned gang!<br /><br />COD/Movies/X-Men & Wolverine:<br /><br />X-Men, X-Men 2 and X-Men 3 are $3.99 each<br />X-Men:Origins;Wolverine is $5.99 <br />(Also available under Top Picks)<br /><br />Screensavers w/ and w/o music:<br /><br />COD/Top Picks/Holiday Films & More/Yule Log & More (also HD)(FREE):<br /><br />2009 Yule Log SS with Xmas music<br />Christmas SS w/o music<br />Fireplace SS w/o music<br />Glacial Lake SS w/o music<br />Snowman SS w/ Xmas music<br />Winter 1 SS w/o music<br />Winter 2 w/o music<br />Winter Green w/ Xmas music<br /><br />COD/Music/Holiday Music:<br />COD/Music/Music Choice/Holiday Hits:<br /><br />Various Xmas themed music which can also be found on Comcast's onscreen menu under <br />Songs of the Season which can be found under Channel 433. <br /><br />From now on I'll post this list twice monthly and I'll keep it under 'Files' rather than 'Messages' or 'Blogs' (at www.Eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/Files)<br /><br />The 'teaser' beginning of the chapter on blog's first page and the balance in the comment/reply is how I'll post my fanfiction chappies from now on unless it's a short chapter that is.<br /><br />SYFY's AniMonday (11 PM to 1 AM ET) is a double eppy of Monster (Doctor running from the law for a crime he did not do- sound familiar?) followed by a duble eppy of Now&Then, Here&There(Kid kendo trainee tries to rescue cute gal but ends up in Terran future fighting for an insane King Hamdo. Army led by dedicated female Abelia. Relax, it's only 13 eppys long and it's half over!)<br /><br />Good news from SYFY folks! AniMonday has been expanded from 9 PM ET to 1 AM ET with the first two hours called Chiller. Chiller will feature unusual and scary anime film masterpieces beginning with Blood:The Last Vampire which spawned the Blood+ saga and a brand new live action film now running in theatres. Looks like 24 August will be Chiller's debut. If you get SYFY in the SE PA-USA area you are still getting Star Trek-TNG reruns from 9 to 11 ET on Mondays dammit! <br /> <br />Hey WitchBlade the film (with Sarah Pezzini not Masane Amaha- yech!) will hit theatres in a year or so while DragonBall and Death Note are already out there showing. Many more anime based flicks are coming soon and they are filming Bebop with Keanu Reeves in Dave's role as Spike Steigel. For Jett I'd pick LF- Larry Fishburne or even MF- Morgan Freeman. Denzel Washington or Samuel L Jackson don't fit the mold. How about Miley Cyrus aka Hannah Montana as 'Ed' and Lindsay Lohan as Faye Valentine? (Rafe) Donnelly could be Tommie Lee Jones. Hey I oughta be a Hollywood cast finder eh? Gad, I wonder how much of a muckup they'll make of the 'Bebop', 'Swordfish II', 'Redtail' and 'Hammerhead'? I don't think Ed's power scooter had a name although we all know the computer she wore on her head with 'goggle monitors' was named 'Tomato'!<br /><br />Here's the new Saturday night CN/AS lineup which begins earlier now for us at 12:00 AM ET following Star Wars the animated series at midnight. All times Eastern of course:<br /><br />12:30 AM to 1:30 AM Bleach (two eppys)<br />1:30 AM to 2:30 AM Fullmetal Alchemist (Just restarted)<br />2:30 AM to 3:00 AM Morabito (Balsa protects Chagum from Mikado)<br />3:00 AM to 3:30 AM Death Note<br />3:30 AM to 4:00 AM Ghost in the Shell/Stand Alone Complex<br />4:00 AM to 4:30 AM Blood+<br />4:30 AM to 5:00 AM Big 0 (Big Giant Robot fare)<br />5:00 AM to 6:00 AM InuYasha (2 eppys once more- yay!) <br /><br />In both Code Geas and in FMA some of the characters have a special logo in their eye a la Code Lyoko's XANA logo in the evil characters' eyes.<br /><br />In both Death Note and Bleach there are specific hints as to character origins. In DN Ryuuk tells Light Yagami that any user of the DN book can neither go to Heaven nor Hell after death. So what's left? Shinigami World meaning that DN book users after death become Shinigami death gods- right? Guess what live TV series is a DN parallel series? Hint- it's on Showtime. <br /><br />In Bleach Rukia's Squad 13 captain (the one that is always sick as a rule) tells a subordinate that Ichigo's friends are special with unusually high spiritual pressures. He goes on to say that he would not be at all surprised if after death they became soul reapers themselves after they had passed on to the Soul Society. Renji Abari committed a minor faux pas in this week's eppy. While fighting one of the Arrancar Hollows he told him that by the time Kiske arrived the Arrancar himself would be dead. He apparently forgot that all Hollows are already dead to begin with. For that matter are soul reapers really alive or dead?<br /><br />Ichigo, Urryuu and Chad have just met three Arrancars and their pet in the Wako Mundo desert on their way to Las Noches (The Nights) which is Aizen's HQ fortress. Seems not all Arrancars and Hollows are bad because these guys gave 'em a lift and are guiding them to LN. Live and learn guys. Why are they in WM? Aizen has Orihime of course! (see new post for more)<br /><br />Bleach pulled a bummer on us and has dropped back 30 eppys to the first time the Vizoreds came to Kara Kura Town so no new stuff for awhile I'm afraid. Try bleachanime.org which has every single eppy on DL. New club Bleach4Ever just started up on FaceBook too. <br /><br />Discovered why Moribito theme music is so familiar. Group is Arc 'n ciel who did the GTO theme Driver's Edge. Early OT and ET for Death Note are done by Nightmare group which is what the Black Knights and Brittanians' Gundamlike fighting suits are called. Is this the end of Morabito? Sure seemed like it after Saturday's eppy! <br /><br />In FMA Ed has learned truth behind the Ishbaal massacre of fifteen years ago while brother Al has just discovered the identity of the Homunculi leader from the snake chimera Marta seconds before she was murdered by the #7 Homunculus- the Fuehrer King Bradley himself. He is Pride- the seventh deadly sin! But- who is his boss? Rose of Lior has become pals with Lira the girl alchemist who used to be with Yochi the state alchemist army lieutenant and she's now called the Holy Mother but she has gone mute and who's her baby's father? The climax seems to be fast approaching and it promises to be exciting so don't miss it gang! Hohenheim the Elrics dad is back and going after Dante. Al has become a deadly time bomb courtesy of an unknowing Scar and an evil Kimlee the Crimson Alchemist who used the red stones in Ed's SAA watch to transmute the souls in Scar's arm into a philosopher's stone! <br /><br />Another Bleach note- why did Aizen want Orihime kidnapped? What or who is the sojioque he has stolen which will awaken in the winter? Who is the lad newly born from its power? What does Kiske know which he ain't telling? Can Ichigo defeat his Espada nemesis? Don't ya just love that jutsu used by Captain Toshiro Hitagawa- reign over the frosted heavens! then the name of his zambatou? A version of it is used by the evil Dragon Emporer in Mummy 3 when Jet Li turns a field of snow into jagged ice stalagmites. Of course he has mastery over the five Chinese elements- fire, water, earth, wood and metal! If there are only five elements in Chinese philosophy then how can there be an avatar or guardian of the air- Avatar the Last Airbender? Air is not one of those elements! And who's the looney tunes Espada poor Rangiku is stuck with? Avatar in theatres is NOT Avatar the Last Airbender. Instead Avatar is like a BGR or a Gundam!<br /><br />Getting into DLs and ULs and burning CDs again. Finally got myself into attaching videos to messages like I do pix now and thanks to Blaine it's so easy! Check out the fave anime moments/eppys message log here. Several Angelic contributions are there courtesy of yours truly.<br /><br />Mama's new read is Helma from the Tros of Samothrace series. Ho hum so far. Tros is getting interesting now- very interesting with refs to English countryside landmarks.<br /><br />Dan Brown's Lost Symbol was just excellent! I loved it. A lot of Freemason stuff in it I didn't know. If any of you are Literary Guild members by all means check out the secret societies books they have at reasonable prices. <br /><br />I have just added three plums to my anime vids collection: Complete DVD sets of Noir, Gasaraki and Tactics. I already have the complete set of Black Lagoon on DVD and partials on Blood+, Cyborg 009, FMA, Bleach and a few others. I have the first 7 eppys of Morabito and am on the lookout for the set. Bobby has the complete set of Trigun and Mama has the complete set of Gunslinger Girl and Witchblade. Anyone else have any new acquisitions to talk about? If so blog it here or post some messages folks. Bobby has Monster and I have My Santa and I just got Santa Claus Conquers the Martians on DVD.<br /><br />Now have Bebop movie on DVD and VHS. Just got GS Innocence 2 and Haunting in Connecticutt. Thundercats came at last for Mama. Still have yet to watch DB Evolution film. <br /><br />SYFY is airing Destination Truth which is like JBs old Digging for the Truth on HC. DT is hosted by Josh Bates or Gates and looks pretty good. Anyone know why SYFY considers wrestling science fiction stuff? <br /><br />This just in folks! Josh Bernstein has revamped his website and is now using Twitter too. He has a fab group called JBs Group at YG. Dan Brown is on both Twitter and FaceBook now. What do you guys think about my starting an anime recipes file and a golf tips corner either here or at AH1 or somewhere else? Animeinfor.org is the only place I have ever seen an anime recipes section. As for golf tips- what can I say? I love golf- passionately even if I don't play as much as I used to. Gomen but I just remem,bered this. Kudos to Robert the artist for hire for finding Dan Doh- probably the only anime series about golf itself! Sadly there are no dubs of it just subs. It can be found at VEOH and hulu quite easily. I'll post a pix or two soon.<br /><br />Another great show was In Search Of narrated by Leonard 'Mr Spock' Nimoy and I recall an eppy of theirs re the Knights Templar and Foucault's Pendulum. If anyone knows where I can find a copy of those gems on VHS or DVD onegai let me know. A big domo arigatou in advance for your assistance. Gotta really go now and get some blogging done and maybe post Chapter 63 at last.<br /><br />Just began reposting Xmas w/ the DP at www.gaia.com/forums/chatterbox/christmaswiththedirtypairChapter2 and just posted Chapter 1 (after Ch 50- sorry long story gang) and have now posted Ch 52 as well. Great pix too as I am now illustrating my posts of Xmas over there. Wings will follow as soon as I finish posting it here and at ff.net. ANOL is giving me fits too. Just found out I may get an HP Windows 7 for Kurisumasu. Actually it's coming ashita and I just emailed Justin for some help in transitioning from Vista to W7.<br /><br />Has anyone seen G Force yet? How about Haunting in Connecticut? Someone has suggested at FaceBook that our anime is dead. Boy did that ever open a potboiler of contention! If anime is dead well nobody told Hollywood! DragonBall, Watchmen, GI Joe, Blood:TLV, Transformers2, the list seems endless eh?<br /><br />How about Tim Burton's 9 and Pandorum eh? <br /><br />I have now posted up to and including Ch 62 of Wings. I am trying to get Xmas and Wings rewritten and published. Think they will sell? A note to budding authors- Avoid 'author mills' like AuthorAmerica and AuthorHouse. All they want is for you to pay them to publish YOUR works! They guarantee nothing! Likewise avoid AbsoluteWriters Water Cooler for info and inspiration. They are quite negative and attempt to discourage a struggling author!<br /><br />Don't miss Showtime's Inside the NFL tonight at 9, 10 or 11 PM ET. Play Beat the Insiders at beattheinsiders.com and join my group there- Saint K's Anime Friends. I'm on FaceBook now you know. This is getting to be more like a newsletter than a guide. Any suggestions? I am considering a monthly golf tips column and a recipe file a la animeinfo.org. I just posted (Files) two Thanksgiving dinner menus. Comments?<br /><br />Sports fans! I just started a group at Showtime's Beat the Insiders and it's called Saint K's Anime Friends. Come & join me there and at FanIQ.com if you like. By the way my Saints are the highest scoring team in the league with 120 points in just 3 games. They are at 3-0 and lead their division. Our offense is #3 and our defense is #10. Quite a rise from #19 and #30 last season eh? Drew 'Divine Wind' Brees and his '4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse' have outscored Detroit 45-27, Eagles 48-22 and Bills 27-7. In that last game TO never got close to a ball! The 'Saintly Terrors' are stepping up at last to complement our offense. Enough re that. Oro do ya think of a recipe file here and/or a golf tips column maybe once a month? Don't worry because I have tons of recipes and loads of advice for duffers. Sorry there's been no Ch 63 of Wings yet but I've been really busy with blogs, surveys, polls, reviews, guides, posts and now sports NFL groups. Soon I promise you will see Ch 61 and maybe even the end of Wings before Xmas.<br /><br />A pet peeve here folks. Why is it that in most anime the characters either walk (InuYasha) or run (Bleach) everywhere they go? Didn't the Japanese ever hear of transports? I'd love to see how Kagome could get an SUV through the well! Cars in the Soul Society's Seretai? They've got wide enough roads there surely? And Ninjas and Samurai never seem to have carts, chariots or wagons although Samurai rode horses which was why they made the Zanzabatous like the one used by Zanza on Kenshin. Balsa did ride a stallion for awhile on Morabito and on Code Geas Lelouch's 'brother' Rollo does have a motorbike w/ sidecar. Trains are the transport on FMA although Mustang and Hawkeye did have a car in last week's eppy. DN and Blood+ have cars, boats, trains, planes and the like. So does GS and Bebop. Naruto has modern stuff but no transports. Guess it's to each his own meaning whatever the creators decide. <br /><br />Latest read was Danny Brown's excellent fifth work The Lost Symbol (soon to be a flick?) which was quite good if a bit wordy. Damned thing took me 3 days to read! With 2012 in the theatres it was quite apropos. Hints: A famous statue stands in front of the CIA HQ building in Langley and is a pivotal part of the storyline. There are a lot of hidden details in Washington DC and Dan Brown's a history buff as well as a secret society expert. He more than proved that in Angels & Demons and then again in the DaVinci Code. By the way he's got a very entertaining website at www.danbrown.com so if you like tricky logic puzzles and codes by all means visit him there. <br /><br />Oro else have I read recently? Sax Rohmer's Shadow of FuManchu. He is the old-fashioned Darth Vader and the leader of a group out to save the Earth from its inhabitants. They are called The Seven. His nemesis is a Scotland Yarder named Sir Denis Nayland-Smith who with his trusty sidekick Dr Petrie pursues Dr FuManchu the same way Holmes and Watson pursued Prof Moriarty all those years. His latest escapade involves collecting scientists and killing anyone in his way. Looks like the Brits, Yanks, Russians and Aussies will have to band together to defeat Fu and Huan Tsung his sidekick. Some pair- Fu was at least 90 when Smith met him 60 years ago (Fu has the secret of eternal life. Has he discovered the FMA Stone?) and his pal's in his 80's! Geriatric? Far from it! Smith's on his own this time unless you count his scientific buddy Carter who is about as useful as Zorro against Darth Vader! What a wimp!<br /><br />I just began reading Ellery Queen's 'The Finishing Stroke' mystery classic. A bit like Lost Symbol- it has a cypher EQ must solve to find the killer and it takes him over 20 years to bring the miscreant to justice! A must read for EQ fans like me!<br /><br />Here's oro the Keiman wants for Kurisumasu (Christmas) and I doubt if such a thing even exists. A wall clock (battery powered) that plays anime themes every hour on the hour. Now oro themes would it have? Nonstop Angel (DP Flash); Billy in Despair (Death Note); Life is a Boat (Bleach); Real Folk Blues (Bebop); Freckles (Rurouni Kenshin); Guardian of the Spirit (Morabito). That's half and for the rest how about Sailor Moon, InuYasha, RaveMaster, Gurren Lagann, NOIR's haunting watch melody and another Angels theme? Comments? <br /><br />Oro anime music would you suggest for an anime wall clock? I'm interested to see if they are in my music collections. <br /><br />Wanna know what my third ff will be re? Sorry re is Latin for about and is used as an abbreviation for about by many publishing houses and whatnot. Think this is something? You oughta try and read my class notes from school & college? One guy thought I was using Nostradamus's codes! I use a little bit of everything when I write as you well know. Anyway my new and as yet untitled ff will concern the search for the lost Templar treasures- on Neptune or Pluto! Why? Zoe's from Pluto and I have the Big O contingent under Alan Gabriel's command working with Neptune Command. The Angels will be back with Angel 1 under Yuri's command, 2 under Kei's and 3 under Flight Kommandant Marlene Angel's control. Her exec- Suba(ltern) FC/Acting Commodore Kome Sawaguchi- who else! Kei's exec? Probably Han Solo nai I'll make him Yuri's #1 and Kei will use Mr (Joey) Bishop who will transfer from 'Starfleet' to the 3WA when Ellen Rodgers (remember her from John Berringer's 'Starcrusher' crew?) joins 'Starfleet' and is promoted to Lt Commander status by Admiral Janeway herself! Reg Barclay is still Kiva Nerese's exec of course. How does the 3WA and the UG get roped into a treasure hunt and can I keep the Rune Soldier treasure hunters out of this one? These require more thinking on my part but I believe descendants of both Lord Caervarvon and Howard Carter stumble onto a starmap in a hidden Templar temple- in Iceland! Could the Templars have created star craft that exceed our own devices today? Hell yeah- why not? Banking, credit, cheques, letters of credit, credit cards, computers- they invented all that stuff, didn't they? Oh yeah a new pilot has joined the force- 2nd Lt Legato Bluesummers has been assigned as shuttle pilot for the Michaelangelo on the Angel 2. Will they find the treasure trove? Will Dexter Morgan ever get caught? Will Dr Tenma be vindicated? Will he kill Johann Liebert? These are questions you don't ask writers and authors my tomodachis! Time will tell eh? Time to go. Sayonara all- K&K <br /><br />A treat for ya- Meet the two harried Chiefs of the 3WA and the UG- Garner and Poporo! The two poor souls live in dread of the Deadly Dynamic Duo aka the Angels! They exist on a diet of Hydroxylein, Galusol, cigarettes and booze! Pity them both!<br /><br />First Charles Augustus Garner late of Unit 234(237?) of the 3WA and now the Territorial Sector Chief for the 3WA and the UG. (image)<br /><br /> <a href='http://doyouloveanime.today.com/files/2009/12/14700793101.jpg' title='Territorial Sector Chief Chas Augustus Garner of the 3WA and the UG'><img src='http://doyouloveanime.today.com/files/2009/12/14700793101.jpg' alt='Territorial Sector Chief Chas Augustus Garner of the 3WA and the UG' /></a><br /><br />Second Donald Poporo who was Garner's hapless successor and just as miserable. Both chiefs, however, owe their lives to the Dirt-- er the Lovely Angels. Don owes his daughter Rosa's life to them as well. (image)<br /><br /><a href='http://doyouloveanime.today.com/files/2009/12/152782287.jpg' title='Don Poporo, Garner’s hapless successor as Chief of Unit 234(237?) of the 3WA'><img src='http://doyouloveanime.today.com/files/2009/12/152782287.jpg' alt='Don Poporo, Garner’s hapless successor as Chief of Unit 234(237?) of the 3WA' /></a>keimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-78616066588994420022009-12-01T23:31:00.000-05:002009-12-01T23:35:48.214-05:00Angel Wings Ch 62 'Dead Air Time'/'Mt. Mayhem'No pix because Google abd Blogger are screwed up again! Are ya listening G&B? Please fix images for blogs! Please? Thanks a lot- K&K<br /><br />AW Ch 62<br /><br />Wow!Mar's been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons is almost in Zorin's cronies' hands- Gundams! Almost as terrifying as the 'God Guns' or the Angels' new toy- the r-- whoops! I almost let the neko outta the sack folks! This chapter will put two close tomos at loggerheads with each other and nai it ain't Vacuumhead and Firebrand either! Some old tomos returned and the Boss decides to head for Onsokamaru! Who's in sick bay and how did she end up there? Why is Yuri Donovan furious? Who are the newbies? Did the truckers succeed?<br /><br />ANGEL WINGS<br /><br />DISCLAIMER: OK Saiya darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 62 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-<br /><br />CHAPTER 62<br /><br />'Dead Air Time' or 'Mountain Mayhem'<br /><br /><br />"Oh hullo there, Ryuuk. Thought it was you, pal. Oro (What) are you doing up here?" asked Gene, tossing Ryuuk an apple which he crunched greedily.<br /><br />"Light's asleep and I'm bored. Wanna play some vid games or watch a Terran holovid with me, Captain?" asked the nightmare Shinigami hopefully.<br /><br />"Might as well seeing as we're on 'George' anyway." replied Gene.<br /><br />"Yeah, sounds good to me. Let's watch 'Dark Star' this time. I love watching Tom (Skerritt) talking to those bombs." drawled Han Solo whom Gene had thought asleep in his co-pilot's chair.<br /><br />Before long the trio was ensconced in watching that ancient Terran holovid from the late 20th Century.<br /><br />Meanwhile Ichigo and Fullmetal had drawn a double shift night patrol detail. Ed's younger brother Alphonse Elric had opted to tag along to keep his older brother out of mischief. After all Al felt responsible for his brother's punishment. 'Cowgirl' Ed, Moonie and her four scouts had been using Al's armoured 'body' for a drum. Fullmetal had smacked one of the scouts and when Moonie retaliated Ichigo had floored her. All of this had taken place in the rec room in full view of Wing Commander Yuri Donovan. Although a double guard shift was a severe punishment both of them were lucky that the Boss had been on the bridge during that little fiasco or it would have meant the brig for sure for the pair of 'em.<br /><br />"It was your own fault, brother. You and Icchi didn't have to hit anybody. Reisie and her friends weren't hurting me at all. They were just playing me like a drum. What do you think Granny would say if she knew you were going around hitting little kids?" admonished Al.<br /><br />"Little? That 'cowgirl' and Moonie are both a lot bigger than your brother, Alphonse! Come to think of it so are Rei and Mina. Mako and Ami aren't far behind them either. Dont forget, Al. We were protecting you!" yelled the soul reaper guy. Ed bristled and punched Ichigo's shoulder.<br /><br />"Who the Hell are you calling a tiny little shrimp, Kurosaki!" he yelled. Al grabbed his brother.<br /><br />"Brother! Stop that right now. Nobody called you anything. Leave Icchi alone!" scolded the suit of empty armour.<br /><br />"OK! OK! You're always forgetting, Al that you're the 'Stone' dammit! What happens if one of those kids accidentally activates you? Have you thought of that, brother? We'd all end up in Never never Land. Aw I'm hungry. Let's eat, reaper boy." said Fullmetal.<br /><br />"Let's wait until we finish our rounds on this level (4). There's a rep unit at the stern end of the last hallway." replied Ichigo. Ed nodded and they both double timed to catch up with Al.<br /><br />Back in the suite that she shared with 'Stun Gun' Millie Thompson, 'Derringer' Merrill Stryfe and the quad of 'WOOHP' girls Neko Olson was trying (unsuccessfully) to place a relay call to a tomo (friend) of hers aboard the 'Shalimar' which was supposedly docked near 'Remus'. Since the 'Angel' was well within 'Daedalus's vapor cloud the nekomata trill got no reply. Neko frowned and tried on her vidcell unit. Nothing. She tried again. No such luck.<br /><br />"Crap! I wonder who the Hell Dorothy's yakking with at three in the bloody morning! I'll try Roger instead." she said, however, after five more attempts she threw the vidcell at the bunk. Luckily it missed the wall and dropped on the mattress. Disgusted, Neko tossed off her kimono and crashed onto her bunk.<br /><br />"Hey! 'Pinky' (Kome Sawaguchi the strawberry blonde teen was the ship's comm officer) said if we broke another vidcell she wasn't giving us any more! Be careful, 'Kitty Kat'!" yelled Merrill from her own bunk.<br /><br />"Shoot! I can't even reach Tony Rome on 'Kagura' and he promised me a date after we get back to the Academy!" sulked Mandy. She wasn't really a 'WOOHP' spygirl although she did hail from the LA Valley area on Terran California. When the spies had been recalled to duty both Mandy and their boss Jerry Lewis had tagged along. Even 'Gloria' their personal 'CC' program had come aboard with them.<br /><br />"Maybe you texted in the wrong code?" suggested Clover sweetly.<br /><br />"I texted the right code, Blondie." snapped Mandy.<br /><br />"Funny. I can't raise anyone on 'Dantoonine' and that's only a day from here." said Alex.<br /><br />"Do you realize that a 'day' here means about 200 lightyears, Al?" giggled Sammy. She was the only one of them still wearing her flight suit. At midnight she had to spell the scanning officer upstairs. Besides Sammy wasn't the least bit sleepy. Being the electronics whiz of the team Sammy knew it could be the relay lines so she took Alex's vidcell apart and tweaked it a bit. She tossed it back to the brunette.<br /><br />"Try it now, Al. See if you can raise 'Minerva'. Text Lalaru Davies. Remember we met her on 'Gallifrey' that time. Her code's 'LDD1' I think." said the redheaded spygirl.<br /><br />Alex texted but got no reply. She tried seven more times then gave up.<br /><br />"Maybe the main wireboxy thingamajig's screwed up. Go fix it, Sammy." ordered Mandy.<br /><br />"Maybe you used up all your minutes, dumbbell." giggled the blonde spy.<br /><br />"What minutes?" asked Millie.<br /><br />"Clover's just being an asshole, Fatass." explained Mandy.<br /><br />"Don't call Millie that, Mandy! Unless you want a belt in the chops!" said Merrill. Sammy pulled a flight jacket on over her jumpsuit.<br /><br />"C'mon Alex. Throw something on over your jammies and we'll check the main relay controls on the first level. I won't get any peace until these vidcells are working again." said Sammy.<br /><br />"OK. Just a sec." replied Alex who was yanking on jeans and a sweatshirt over her pajamas. She slipped on boots and grabbed her flight jacket and sonic screwdriver which Doctor 2 had given to her for Kurisumasu (Christmas) last year. Sammy hefted a tool box and tossed two pair of gloves to Alex.<br /><br />"You carry those, Al. Ready?" asked Sammy and Alex zipped up her jacket and nodded. Both girls headed for the lift banks.<br /><br />Dorothy Wainwright was a pert and cute android robot and she had appointed herself Roger Smith's maid whether he liked it or not. When Roger and his megadeuce giant robot 'Big O' were ordered into battle ('Paradigm City' fell under both 'UG', 'GC' and 3WA jurisdiction) Dorothy naturally tagged along with them. Roger's butler Norman had opted to stay behind and take care of the Smith mansion. Roger's old buddy Dan Dastun who had once been a chief on the 'PC Military Police Force' was now a high ranking officer, a commodore, of 'KASP' and he resided on 'Kagura'. Dan's military unit was under 'ISSP' command and was already headed for 'Romulus' at full speed.<br /><br />Back aboard the 'Angel' Merrill glanced over at her roommie Neko and grimaced. "So you still can't raise anybody huh?" she said and Neko nodded. The trill was just about to throw her vidcell and then thought better of it and shoved it under her pillow instead.<br /><br />Millie sat up from the holomag she's been reading on her PDO and popped half a dozen chocolate truffles into her mouth.<br /><br />"Mr Gene said we wouldn't be able to use our vidcells until tomorrow night. Something about a 'Dead Loss Niblick' he said." explained Millie, cramming even more candy into her mouth.<br /><br />"Millie! How many times have I told you not to talk with your mouth full? That stuff's gonna make you fat, girl!" replied Merrill. Neko had a strange look on her kitten-like face.<br /><br />"Dead Loss Niblick? Oh Christ no! Not 'Daedalus Nebulae'! Is that oro (what) Captain Star said, Millie?" asked a stunned nekomata catgirl. Millie nodded while Merrill frowned and lit a cigarillo.<br /><br />"Why? What in the Hell's so damned special about that place?" demanded the pert Insurance girl from Gunsmoke. Neko stared at her.<br /><br />"For starters it explains why the Hell our vidcells are all dead. It's a gas cloud between 'Minerva' and 'Stegeros', one of 'Remus's moons. If we're real lucky we'll come out of it somewhere near 'Stegeros' and be about two hours away from 'Remus' by this time tomorrow night or we could be on the other side of the bloody galaxy. It all depends on which way the solar winds are blowing. It all means--" explained Neko.<br /><br />"That the Boss is taking another damned shortcut." finished Merrill. The small brunette stuck her hand in the chocolates' box and pulled it out again- empty. "Dammit Millie! That's the third damned box tonight! Lay off the sweets for awhile!" stormed Merrill.<br /><br />"It's the fourth box but who's counting?" giggled Neko. Merrill threw the empty box down the recycle chute.<br /><br />"Truffles. Chocolate. Assorted. Box. Large." said Merrill and the replicator spewed out more candy.<br /><br />"Take it easy or you'll lose your trim girlish figure, Merrill." warned Clover who was sipping a strawberry milkshake.<br /><br />All over the mammoth starship vidcells were misbehaving. Finally Solo announced the reason why over the PA system. Soon thereafter 'CC' reported an overload of his memory banks in trying to keep up with the unusually heavy demand for holovids- mostly ancient Terran films and TV shows. Meanwhile Alex and Sammy had arrived at the main surface level and found the main grid relay control systems boxes. After perusing the conglomeration of relays and wiring for ten minutes Sammy pronounced them fine and dandy and admitted she had no idea why their comm equipment wasn't working. Without warning a heavy hand fell on each girl's shoulder and they were unceremoniously yanked to their feet.<br /><br />"Ach Tung! Vatt are you zwei maedchen (two girls) doing down here? Vhy don't you go back upstairs und play mitt your toys? Gott im Himmel! (God in Heaven!) Haf you two nitvits taken anything apart? (The 'Green Baron' Fritz von Dekker shook them harshly and they shook their heads) You are lucky I found you und not der gross (big) doggie demon! Now get back to your rooms und play paper dolls or something safe!" yelled the Baron.<br /><br />"We were just trying to fix the phones, Herr Fritz, sir!" snapped Alex whose pajamas were showing over her hiphugger jeans. He grinned and tapped a few keys on his PDO and held it out for them to see.<br /><br />"See that planet there? That is 'Kagura' and that one is 'Remus' where ve are going. Der big cloud in between them is vhere ve are now and das ist vhy der communicators don't vork. It blocks der signals. Herr Solo just told us over those. (He pointed at where a PA squawkbox should have been and realized there were none on this main level because as a rule it was never used for anything. Then he smiled.) OK. Now I get it. No squawkboxes down here so you didn't hear the announcement. Can I trust you to go back to your quarters, liebchen (children)?" said the Baron and he released them. They nodded, saluted and dashed for the lift banks.<br /><br />"Ach! To be a young vhippersnapper again. If only--" mused Fritz and he continued his rounds.<br /><br />"Did you hear the news, guys? We got no vidcells until tomorrow night darn it!" sulked Mandy.<br /><br />"Yeah. We heard. We ran into the old 'Iron Pilot' himself. I thought he was gonna turn us over to InuYasha but he let us go finally. I'm going to bed." replied Alex and she threw off jackets, boots, jeans and sweatshirt. Then she crashed onto her bunk. Sammy explained things to them and then she too sought the Land of Nod. Eventually all of the rest drifted off to sleep and peace claimed part of the 'Angel'.<br /><br />Thrice Gene was tempted to forego 'George' and change course but each time Han's advice was the same. "Leave well enough alone, old buddy."<br /><br />The next day seemed endless. Mealtimes were still as noisy as ever and the dining hall was packed for the dinner hour at 1700 (5 PM).<br /><br />The evening bridge crew had the bridge under vampire control with Seras Victoria piloting the ship, Walter at the helm as navvie, Sir Integra Winifred van Helsing as comm officer and Alucard co-piloting for Vicky.<br /><br />Integra lit a cigar and frowned at Walter. "What good's a comm officer if there's no communications?" she complained.<br /><br />"About as much good as a pilot who cannot steer the damned ship. We're stuck on autopilot dammit!" fumed 'Police Girl' Vicky who was chain-smoking cigarettes like crazy.<br /><br />"Those things will kill you one day, 'Police Girl'." joked Alucard.<br /><br />"Ha ha. Very funny." replied Vicky who, like her master Alucard, was already dead, well, undead anyway.<br /><br />Several levels below them on Sublevel 2 the 'Ice Road Brigade' had asked Nyssa and Kouga to teach them how to operate skysleds and skycycles. Kouga had agreed immediately but it had taken several blueberry milkshakes (liberally laced with Romulan Ale) before Nyssa had consented.<br /><br />"Who's gonna go first?" asked the wolf.<br /><br />"Me!" chorused Drew and Rick.<br /><br />"OK. I'll take Rick. Nyssa, you can have Drew." he replied, shoving Rick inside 'Everest' while Drew helped a slightly tipsy Trakken girl into 'Matterhorn' and took his seat at the controls.<br /><br />"Everybody buckle up and strap in." ordered Kouga.<br /><br />"Wave your hand across the console." he instructed and a dubious Rick and Drew complied. The roar of the sleds' mighty engines was deafening in the confined space.<br /><br />"Pull back on the throttle, that thing in front of you, Mr Drew." slurred Nyssa. The sled rose several feet above the deck.<br /><br />Rick followed suit and Kouga pointed to the speed bar which was part of the steering arm.<br /><br />Nyssa placed Drew's right hand over the 'Matterhorn's speed bar.<br /><br />"Press down on the bar but not too--" said the youkai as the 'Everest' shot forward at almost 200 kph or 175 miles per hour!<br /><br />"Lean your steering arm hard left-- now!" yelped Kouga as Rick barely managed to avoid crashing headfirst into the airlock portals.<br /><br />Drew's sled was spinning wildly out of control after Nyssa had passed out and fell into his arms. Drew was panic stricken so he simply let go of the arm and the throttle causing the 'Matterhorn' to drop to the ground like a pole-axed steer.<br /><br />Miraculously Rick suddenly got the hang of steering arm, throttle and speed bar. He was zipping around the walls and caterwauling at the top of his lungs when--<br /><br />"Vatt der Sam Hell ist going on down here!" howled Fritz von Dekker who had only just finished dealing with two miscreant kids two flights up. The 'Green Baron' had been dispatched to check out the flashing amber lights from Sublevel 2.<br /><br />"See oro (what) the Hell's going on down in the bays, Fritz!" were the orders trilled to him from InuYasha a few moments ago. The big hanyou was the new security chief.<br /><br />"Ja sure, Herr Doggie Boy. Probably just a glitch in der systems of Mr 'CC' ist all it vill turn out to be." had been von Dekker's retort.<br /><br />"Where's that mangy wolf, Kikyo?" and 'How the Hell should I know? He's your tomo (friend), not mine!" had filtered through Fritz's comlink before it had gone dead. Security HQ was Level 7 near Yuri's office.<br /><br />Fritz reholstered his blaster and yanked Eric and Bear from beneath a shuttlecraft where they had both dove for cover from the runaway skysleds.<br /><br />"Joyriding vere ve, yentlemen?" roared the 'Green Baron' in a voice of thunder.<br /><br />END of Ch 62. Ch 63 'The Ice Minister Tells the Truth' or 'Zach Confides In Saiya' soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K<br /><br />I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh? Don't our gus and gals play some cool practical jokes on each other? All in good natured fun of course!<br /><br />Hope ya had a happy and safe Guy Fawkes' Day! Happy Thanksgiving. Dunno if the Japanese even celebrate it but Naruto does.<br /><br />A belated happy birthday to our fearless leader- Classic Kei who will be born 27 Nov AD 2121.<br /><br />PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K<br /><br />See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K<br /><br />This chapter brings me up to date. Then I have to wind up this one and think about my next one folks- K&Kkeimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-51473598280604446412009-12-01T23:18:00.000-05:002009-12-01T23:31:16.905-05:00Angel Wings Ch 61 'Labyrinthe'/'Hail From the Chief'AW Ch 61<br /><br />Wow!Mar's been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons is almost in Zorin's cronies' hands- Gundams! Almost as terrifying as the 'God Guns' or the Angels' new toy- the r-- whoops! I almost let the neko outta the sack folks! This chapter will put two close tomos at loggerheads with each other and nai it ain't Vacuumhead and Firebrand either! Some old tomos returned and the Boss decides to head for Onsokamaru! Who's in sick bay and how did she end up there? Why is Yuri Donovan furious? Who are the newbies? Did the truckers succeed?<br /><br />ANGEL WINGS<br /><br />DISCLAIMER: OK Leth darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 61 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-<br /><br />CHAPTER 61<br /><br />'Into the Labyrinthe' or 'Hail From the Chief'<br /><br /><a href="http://www.eons.com/photos/photo/650962-Those-Who-Hunt-Elves-on-Mi-Ke-their-M-17-tank" ><img src="/images/members/2009/11/29/3/3/3352259521135479619_610w.jpeg" title="Those Who Hunt Elves on Mi-Ke their M-17 tank" /></a><br /><br /><br />Junpei was busily waxing Mi-Ke the Elf Hunters' mammoth M-17 tank while Celsia dozed beside Peachy on a blanket. Peach was the team's pet panda who was a bit on the strange side. He crapped out rolls of toilet paper! Celsia was an Elfin queen who was accidentally trapped in the form of an adorable little puppy inu (dog). Junpei's other two companions were Ari and Ryosko. Currently both of them were assigned elsewhere. Ari was serving as the ship's transporter officer and Ryosko (Rees-ko) was in training learning the ropes of a tank gunner warrior back at Takachiho Academy on Shimougou. When Elie got there and innocently told Junpei that she had a 'spell fragment form ElfLand for him' there was nobody at all on hand to stop him from searching for it. Poor Elie!<br /><br />You see in order for Junpei, Ari and Ryosko to return from ElfLand to Terran Japan and in order for Celsia to regain her human form they first had to collect all the 'spell fragments' of an ancient Elfin spell for Celsia to use. The problem was that a portion of this spell (a spell fragment) was printed or tattooed on certain female elves. The only way to find out if an elf maiden was in fact marked with a fragment was to ahem 'disrobe' the hapless victim! In ElfLand it was pretty much old hat it being the law there to allow these searches. Why? If the spell wasn't performed soon both Terra and ElfLand would meld together with disastrous results! Besides which many of the elfin maids were more than ready to give their all for the Cause! Of course the trio of Hunters had long ago decided to remain in ElfLand anyway there being nothing back on Terra for them. Junpei was unemployed, Ari was a struggling actress and Ryosko was a disgruntled schoolgirl.<br /><br />Now Junpei was being trained as a 3WA space tech engineer, Ryosko was an officer in training and Ari was slated to attend the Academy and become an administrative assistant to Chief Garner! To make a long story short when Junpei had heard Elie's message he merely did oro (what) comes naturally and--<br /><br />THWACK! "You big dumbass ox! Didn't you notice that I'm not an elf for Kami's (God's) sake? As you can see I am not tattooed with any spell fragments! (Elie yanked her fuku (clothing or outfit) away from the big galoot whose right cheek was quite red where Elie'd belted him) I'm going behind that thing (Mi-Ke) to get dressed! I'd appreciate it if you didn't peek! If you do I'll beat the crap outta you!" screamed a very irate Elie who was turning crimson and was totally au natural!<br /><br />Junpei sulked and rubbed his jaw. "Sorry honey but you said you had a 'spell fragment' for me so I searched you for it, that's all. So it's really your own damned fault! Hey! You forgot these, love." explained the big guy and he strolled behind the tank to return Elie's very brief mini bikini briefs to her.<br /><br />WHAM! "Pervert! Don't you understand English dammit? Get the Hell outta here!" yelled Elie.<br /><br />Junpei rubbed the 'mouse' on his left aizu (eye) and cursed. "Some people, boyo! Try to do 'em a favour and oro (what) do you get? Grief dammit! OW!" he yelped.<br /><br />"Well no real harm done, I suppose." she said sheepishly. Now that she was clad Elie was no longer angry with the big dude who was sort of cute. "Sorry for hitting you, sir but when that nice Mr Hawking told me what to say to you--" she began explaining.<br /><br />"Jimbo sent you down here? Wait'll I tell Gene (Starwind was Hawking's boss) about this! Hawkie's gonna get what's coming to him, boyo! Hey! Why the Hell DID you come down here anyway? Nobody ever visits us down here in the boondocks as a rule so why did Jimbo send you down here?" asked a curious circus strong man who had found an ice holo pack and was holding it to his swelling 'mouse' bruise.<br /><br />Elie quickly explained and Junpei pointed to his replicator. "You idiot broad! Of course gambling aboard ship's allowed but hardly anyone ever gambles. Oro's (What's) the point when we can rep up anything we need or want with that thing. Aboard the 'Angel' everything else is free so we can drink, smoke, play games, read holos, watch vids, play on the holodecks, anything. But if you like I can rep up cards, slots, roulette, horse racing, whatever you want, kid. Just name it, Miss Elie." explained the elf hunter.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.eons.com/photos/photo/534895-Haru-Glory-the-Rave-Master-and-Elie-with-Plu" ><img src="/images/members/2009/5/5/6/2/6216051421372279619_610w.jpeg" title="Haru Glory the Rave Master and Elie with Plu" /></a><br /><br />By now all she wanted to do was to belt that Hawking creep right in the chops in front of all his pals but Miss Vincent (Rally the 'Cat') had warned them that any kind of trouble at all would land the perp or perps in the ship's brig. "Holodecks? Exactly what and where are they, sir?" she asked sweetly. Junpei grinned and explained. Then he sent her up to Level 8 where she spent a relaxing and quite enjoyable afternoon breaking the bank in Monte Carlo. She felt a tad guilty that Haru couldn't be here with her but it was his own fault. She and Griffy had warned him about wandering around this monstrosity in the wee hours of the night but did he listen? No! Although how it was that Musicaa wasn't caught as well was beyond the Hellcat's understanding. Poor Rave Master- scrubbing pots and pans like a scullery maid. She giggled at the thought of Haru Glory in an apron taking orders from a woman!<br /><br />Unknown to Elie the Rave Master had been released from KP captivity earlier that day and even now he was practicing his kenjutsu ryuu (sword fighting style) in the holodeck room next door to hers. The big dragon dragoon warrior had cheerfully replaced the kid in the galley. He liked that jungle gal Leila and hoped to ask her out for a drink and maybe even dinner later in the week. Musicaa was chatting up Marlene far above him in the 'star room' (observation deck lounge) with a thought towards 'picking up' the svelte blonde Brigadier! Fat chance! Griff and Ruby were tending bar while little Pluu (Haru's carrot-nosed 'dog') was merrily frisking about and playing up on the command deck to most of the flight crew's delight and to the annoyance of the temporary exec Light Yagami. Ryuuk was pushing his ethereal hand through the small pet and out again until Light shoved the white ball of fluff into the nav room and shut the door.<br /><br />Belowdecks Junpei had had a change of heart over getting Jimbo into hot water (Kami! What if the Boss Lady were to find out?) and had settled down to a quiet game of pool in the rec room with Lord Ivy and Becky.<br /><br />Right after dinner Winry Rockabelle was sent to 'fetch the Boss' to take a very important comm relay call. It was from one of those 'G Twins'- either Andy Gooley or Chuck Garner, probably Uncle Charlie or Ojou wouldn't have had such a kitten. Winry timidly tapped on the commander's portal. "Enter." came the gruff growl from within. Although only a few years older than her Winry was sometimes quite terrified of this redheaded Hellcat. She hesitaed until-- "I said come in dammit!" repeated the gruff voice. Winry cringed. Nobody EVER ignored the Boss three times! She steeled herself and slid the door aside. She stepped into Kei's parlour feeling more than ever like the proverbial fly in the spider's den!<br /><br />"A very important call for you on the bridge, mum." said the blonde shakily. Kei yawned.<br /><br />"OK. Thanks, Win. Tell YamKumi (Ojou the Terran Yakuzza princess was filling in for Kome as comm officer) I'll take it here. (She pointed to a bank of vidscreens across the room) Have her relay it to vidscreen #3." ordered the Boss, however, Winry shook here head.<br /><br />"Sorry, Auntie Boss. No can do, mum. It's a 'Tach 9' relay and Auntie Ojou said it was an 'FYEO' (For Your Eyes Only) call. You have to take it on the bridge. It's probably Mr Garner, mum." explained the blonde automail mechanic. The Boss sighed and slipped a Mark XIII ion cannon into her kimono's pocket. "Lead on Spirit." she joked only Winry didn't get the drift so Kei shrugged and pointed to the door. She followed Winry up to the bridge where Winry made a bee line for the nav room. Ojou shoved a vidmike into Kei's outstretched palm.<br /><br />"Everybody out. Clear the bridge. This is an 'FYEO' relay and those are my standing orders. This shouldn't take long so don't wander too far. Wait in my ready room if you wanna." said the Red Marshall.<br /><br />"Hullo Charlie. Oro's (What's) up, boyo?" she trilled and stared into the familiar sourpuss visage of Territorial Sector Chief Charles Augustus Garner who Kome called the 'Big Cheese'. Garner was livid with anger.<br /><br />"Deirdre! Where the Sam Hell are you? Why aren't you guys at 'Remus' dammit? Answer me, Katie!" he howled.<br /><br />Kei flared right back at him. The Boss never backed down from anyone and she gave as good as she got no matter who the Hell it was!<br /><br />"Where the Hell am I? You should know that, me old boyo! You sent Zach along to babysit us, didn't you? (As a matter of fact he hadn't. He had not requested Zach Zero's 'Liberator' specifically when he'd asked the 'GC' to provide an escort for the 'Angel'.) As you already know we are half a solar week out from 'Remus' and we've got four Gundams aboard. We just lifted off from 'Onsokamaru' and if you don't belive me then ask John Raven dammit!" trilled a defiant and angry Red Marshall. Garner sighed and swallowed a 'Hydroxylein' tablet. He washed it down with a healthy swig of 'Galusol' before lighting a cigarette.<br /><br />"OK I apologize, Deirdre. However, I was NOT informed of your detour and I didn't tell Zach to keep tabs on you. I didn't even know Zero was even with the 'Galactic Command' for Kami's (God's) sake. So Zero IS there? (Kei nodded) We did ask 'GC' to lend us an escort for you guys but we didn't even know Zach had signed up with them. Well, you get yourselves to 'Remus' just as soon as you possibly can and rendezvous with the 'Shalimar'. That's the contribution from the 'Neptune Regiment'. Her skipper's an Alan Gabriel (Kei raised her aizu (eye) brows but remained silent) Roger Smith and his 'Big O' megadeuce are aboard as well so with your four Gundams and 'MEGAS' (another big giant robot) at our disposal (Kei opened her mouth but said nothing and closed it again) we'll have half a dozen of those metal monsters and--" explained Charlie before Kei did say something.<br /><br />"Oro (What) the Hell! Where'd you find 'MEGAS' and how'd you blackmail Kiva and Coop into helping us out?" demanded the Boss.<br /><br />"We found 'MEGAS' on 'Antares 8' and we didn't have to 'blackmail' Coop or Kiva into helping us. All we had to do was to promises them not to saddle them with those two 'Jersey Jerks' of yours until after the fighting was all over." answered Garner. Kei grimaced and winced.<br /><br />"Gee Charlie, thanks ever so much for leaving me stuck with 'em. You're all heart." replied a sarcastic tro-con. Garner ignored the comment.<br /><br />"By the way just what did you find to keep them occupied while they're aboard? Kiva says they're useless." asked the chief. Kei smirked.<br /><br />"I keep 'em in the galleys. Turns out they're both great cooks. However, I'll still be glad to be rid of 'em, Chuck." replied the Boss.<br /><br />"OK. You be sure and relay me when you get to 'Remus' and make contact with Gabriel and Smith. Good luck, kiddo. Sayonara." said Charlie Garner, abruptly blanking his vidscreen.<br /><br />"I'll be sure and do that, Chuck. Bye." replied Kei, blanking her own vidscreen. She turned as Han peeked around the corner of the bridge door.<br /><br />"All clear? OK for us to come back in now, Boss?" he asked. Kei waved him and the others back onto the bridge.<br /><br />"We still headed for 'Remus'?" she demanded.<br /><br />"Sure are. A few more days, say five. Why?" said Gene Starwind.<br /><br />"You got three, Cap. It is imperative that we get there with all the speed we can muster, that's why. Try to get a relay through to Alan Gabriel on the 'Shalimar' of the 'Neptune Regiment' and trill me when you raise them. We're meeting up with them at 'Remus'. I'll be on the 'star deck' if you need me. Later." said Kei and she headed for the gantryway stairs. She had a Helluva lot of crap to mull over so she decided to walk down the two flights to Level 7. Voices were coming from the 'star room' when Kei got there.<br /><br />"And then there was the time I singlehandedly defeated all six of the palace guardians, my dear Miss Angel. There I was--" said Musicaa as the redhead entered the 'star room'.<br /><br />"Singlehandedly? The way I heard the story from Leth was that Haru, Elie, Griff, Pluu and a brother-sister duo helped you out when you guy admonished those palace creeps." chuckled the Boss.<br /><br />"How ya feeling, Blondie?" she added and lit up a cheroot. Mar managed a wan smile.<br /><br />"Much much better, Boss! In fact I think I should return to duty immediately, don't you?" replied the blonde Brigadier eagerly. Kei shook her head and mouthed the word 'nai' (no).<br /><br />"No way in jigoku (Hell), kiddo. I'm already in enough hot water with the dingbat (Yuri) and I sure as the oni (devil) don't need to get in any more! Our medic (Yuri) says a couple of more days' rest for you and that's that. (She glanced at Mar's companion and grinned) Hullo there, Musicaa. I don't think we'vereally met yet. I'm Kei O'Halloran. Call me Kei or Boss. Glad to have you aboard, boyo." said the Boss and she stuck out a gloved hand in greeting which Musicaa ignored and began laughing.<br /><br />"What the Sam Hell are you? The floor show?" he chortled, still ignoring Kei's hand of greeting. Mar winced and jetted her chair to the other end of the room.<br /><br />"Batten down the hatches, hoist the storm flags and stand by for rough weather. Here comes trouble for sure." said an amused blonde.<br /><br />"Now now, Boss. Cool it. Musicaa didn't know that you're the c.o. (commanding officer) so give the poor kid a break. Please?" she coaxed and Kei relented.<br /><br />"OK. I guess anyone can make a mistake. How's the view today?" replied Kei, blowing a few smoke rings. While she was facing the viewing window the blonde grabbed the silver wielder and whispered frantically in his ear.<br /><br />"Listen you big dummy. She ain't called 'Boss' for nothing, kid. She really IS our commanding officer." said Mar and Musicaa blinked.<br /><br />"Her? I thought you ran the ship? After all you're a Brigadier." he replied.<br /><br />"Yeah only the Boss is a Marshall. She's got a really hot Gaelic temper so be careful or you'll be on the receiving end of it like your Captain D'Greele was." whispered Mar. Changing the subject he pointed out the viewing window. "Can we see my world from here?" asked Musicaa and Mar shook her head.<br /><br />"Nope. You can see only for a few thousand lightyears from here. Your world is ten times that distance from us. See that tiny red dot? (He nodded) That's 'Antares' and that asteroid is ten thousand lightyears from Mars." explained Mar. Musicaa whistled.<br /><br />"So I suppose we won't be going home anytime soon?" he asked.<br /><br />"Sorry but our next stop is 'Remus' and that's 25 lightyears from here. It's that grey world over there. (Mar pointed to the West) We'll be there in a few more days." explained the svelte blonde. Musicaa choked on his gin rickey.<br /><br />"How fast are we going for Christ's sake?" he demanded.<br /><br />"Not too fast. About 25 Warp." answered Marlene Angel.<br /><br />"More like 35 now, Blondie. Garner wants us there in 72 solar hours." corrected Kei. A service droid had wiped up Musicaa's spilled drink and placed another one on the table.<br /><br />"Whta's a Warp?" he asked.<br /><br />"Lightspeed." replied Kei without turning around. Musicaa stared open-mouthed at her back.<br /><br />"She means the distance light travels in a single solar second, roughly 170,000 kilos (kilometres). Like I said it's pretty damned slow." said Mar. Kei stretched.<br /><br />"Think I'll check the bridge before I hit the sack. Blondie needs her beauty rest so don't keep her up too much longer. G'Night." said Kei.<br /><br />"She's kawaii (beautiful or lovely) enough already for me right now, Reds." murmured a smitten Musicaa.<br /><br />"C'mon lover boy. I'll walk you home. Five more minutes, Blondie. Then you get to your bunk and that's an order, Brig. G'Night." said Kei, dragging Musicaa by the ear. She dropped him off at the RAVE Suite on Level 4.<br /><br />"Really Mr Musicaa! You and Mr D'Greele have simply got to stop bringing these trollopes and floozies home with you! I am not running a flop house you know!" scolded Griff when he answered the door. Kei bristled but said nothing and returned to the bridge.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.eons.com/photos/photo/651952-RAVE-Master-Haru-Elie-Musicaa" ><img src="/images/members/2009/12/1/3/0/3008279521919279619_610w.jpeg" title="RAVE Master Haru, Elie & Musicaa" /></a><br /><br />END of Ch 61. Ch 62 soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K<br /><br />I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh? Don't our gus and gals play some cool practical jokes on each other? All in good natured fun of course!<br /><br />Hope ya had a happy and safe Guy Fawkes' Day! Happy Thanksgiving. Dunno if the Japanese even celebrate it but Naruto does.<br /><br />A belated happy birthday to our fearless leader- Classic Kei who will be born 27 Nov AD 2121.<br /><br />PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K<br /><br />See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K<br /><br />This chapter brings me up to date. Then I have to wind up this one and think about my next one folks- K&Kkeimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-25969694557717540932009-12-01T01:36:00.000-05:002009-12-01T01:43:47.188-05:00Angel Wings Ch 60A Kindred Soul/Unexpected InstructorsDragon Power? Simon Legree on the 'Angel'? As of 1 Dec 09 this is my latest chapter for Angel Wings. Enjoy it folks and I'll hurry up Chapter 61. Check out my stuff over at GAIA too. Sayonara and Kami bless you all this holiday season. Sorry- no pix because blogspot ain't cooperating- again! See ya soon- K&K<br /><br /><br />Anime/Manga » Dirty Pair » Angel Wings<br />keiman and kei<br />Author of 2 Stories <br />Rated: K+ - English - Sci-Fi/Adventure - Updated: 11-27-09 - Published: 05-08-08 - id:4243950<br /><br />AW Ch 60 'A Kindred Soul' or 'Unexpected Instructors'<br /><br />Wow!Mar's been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons is almost in Zorin's cronies' hands- Gundams! Almost as terrifying as the 'God Guns' or the Angels' new toy- the r-- whoops! I almost let the neko outta the sack folks! This chapter will put two close tomos at loggerheads with each other and nai it ain't Vacuumhead and Firebrand either! Some old tomos returned and the Boss decides to head for Onsokamaru! Who's in sick bay and how did she end up there? Why is Yuri Donovan furious? Who are the newbies? Did the truckers succeed?<br /><br />ANGEL WINGS<br /><br />DISCLAIMER: OK Griff darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 60 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-<br /><br />CHAPTER 60<br /><br />'A Kindred Soul' or 'Unexpected Instructors'<br /><br />"Have the good captain brought up to my quarters. He appears to be civilized so you needn't use a muzzle nor the shackles. Just the force beam cuffs. I'll be waiting." ordered the Red Marshall.<br /><br />When poor Leth regained conciousness his wrists were encircled by some strange kind of glowing energy and he was seated in an armchair in some sort of sitting room. He pulled and pulled but the beams held despite his tremendous dragon strength.<br /><br />"Strange. These light beams resist my strength yet they seem so flimsy. Their composition is like nothing I have ever before encountered." he mused aloud.<br /><br />"That energy beam's base is a metal called 'Kelvinite', Captain. That stuff's a thousand times stronger than steel and a few hundred times harder than adamite, oro (what) you would know as diamond. If you promise to be a good little boy I'll have 'em taken off. Gonna behave yourself? (He nodded) Swear?" said the redhead.<br /><br />"By the sacred honour of my clan, Madam." he intoned.<br /><br />"OK 'CC', you can release him." she said and the beams vanished!<br /><br />"Magic and sorcery?" asked an awestruck dragon.<br /><br />"Nope. Just science and technology." replied the Boss who was now wearing her Marshall's uniform jacket over her torn sweatshirt and cutoff jeans. Kei still wore the same red ankle boots she'd used on the hapless dragon warrior.<br /><br />"As you can see I am a Marshall in the 3WA and 'United Galactica' so I outrank you several times over, Captain. Sorry for the boot in the gut I gave you but dammit you asked for it, boyo! Of course I did forget that a kick while in deep space is fifty times stronger than it would be on the surface of a world so I apologize for knocking your ass out. I meant to simply boot you in the gut. Oro (What) the Hell are you gawking at, D'Greele?" said Keirran O'Halloran.<br /><br />"You knocked ME out with one kick? We're in outer space? You are a Marshall and you are in charge of this fiasco? Is all of that true?" asked an astounded dragon.<br /><br />"Quite correct on all counts, sir. This is indeed our commanding officer, Marshall Keirran Maureen Deirdre O'Shaughnessy O'Halloran of the 'World Welfare Works Association' which is the peace keeping arm of the 'United Galactica Federation of Galaxies' and we are in outer space. This is K-Class patrol starship 'Lovely Angel 2' and the Boss's kicks do pack quite a wallop especially when she delivers them in deep space. I beg your pardon, sir. I am the 'Central Computer Programming Unit' of the 3WA and the 'UG', however, everyone usually just calls me 'CC', Captain Lethbridge D'Greele of the 'Symphonian Dragoon Guards' or would you prefer Leth? (The dragon dragoon nodded dumbly) Excellent. You need not look so shocked, Leth. I analyzed your brain's sine waves and I have now recorded that information into my memory banks. May I wish you both a most pleasant good evening. Sayonara my tomos (friends)." intoned the for once civil 'CC'.<br /><br />Kei nonchalantly tossed her jacket on the floor and plopped down onto her sofa. Her booted feet rested atop her glass coffee table. Her deep emerald aizu (eyes) searched his reddish golden orbs. Kei indicated the replicator.<br /><br />"A drink, Leth? Just call me Kei or Boss. Everyone does. We don't stand on ceremony around her, me boyo." she said.<br /><br />"Yes, thank you. A tankard of cold ale would be very nice, Boss." he replied.<br /><br />"Ale. House. Cold. In a tankard." she ordered and a foaming tankard of icy cold ale magically appeared.<br /><br />"Your ale, Leth." she added and poured out three fingers of 'Jameson's for herself. Leth stared at the girl. "We can replicate any damned thing we want but for me nothing's quite the same as real genuine Irish whiskey. How's your ale?" asked the Boss, downing her brew in one quick gulp. Leth took a sip and then drained his tankard.<br /><br />"Hey! That is damned good stuff, Boss! (He stared at her) So it is true then? You really are in command? Really and truly?" he said.<br /><br />"Yup. Cross my heart and hope to die. Marshall Keirran Maureen Deirdre O'Shaughnessy O'Halloran, 3WA, 'UG', commanding. At your service, Captain D'Greele. More ale?" replied the redhead.<br /><br />Leth held out his tankard. "Yes, please! I never tasted its like before!" said the astonished dragoon.<br /><br />"Of course not. It's oro (what) we call 'aoishi (blue) ale' but it's really a potent 'Romulan' fortified liquor and it ain't unlike old Terran Erin or Ireland's 'poteen'. However, a replicator can duplicate anything. (She handed him a fresh tankard) Go easy on it though because it's got quite a kick, Leth." she chuckled.<br /><br />Leth laughed. "How strong can this brew possibly be? A hundred, a hundred twenty proof?" he asked and took a helthy swig.<br /><br />"Try three or four hundred proof, tomo (friend)." answered an impish Kei. Leth went even more green than he already was and spat out his last swallow all over the Red Marshall. She glared at him and then grinned. Then they both began laughing like hyenas.<br /><br />"Then there was that time Yuri almost got hitched to a godfather's kid but I spoiled the nuptials (just in time!) by blowing up the church on the day of the damned wedding! The vacuumhead still swears that I done that on purpose but I didn't! That church was the front for a major counterfeiting ring. (Kei chuckled) I can still see her face when I crashed the party wearing that nun's habit! Yuri must've thought that I'd really and truly taken the bloody vows!" howled a far from sober tro-con.<br /><br />"Yeah only most nuns don't run around with submachine guns, you dipstick! Hello there, Captain D'Greele. Wing Commander Yuri Donovan, her exec. Please call me Yuri. By the way how's your tummy tum feeling? I heard that the airhead booted you in the gut. (Leth stared at the newcomer) I also do double duty as the ship's medic and I'm as close to a real doctor as you'll find aboard. We do have three 'doctors' but they are just time lords. (She turned to the repper) Tea. Earl Grey. Hot. Please." said Yuri who seated herself at the kitchenette's counter after picking up her repped cup of tea.<br /><br />"Very nice to meet you, Miss Yuri. My-- gut is feeling just fine now. In retrospect I guess I really deserved that kick. I was trying to take the law into my hands. Dammit I really did want to end the 'Shadow Master's life. Haru, Elie and Musicaa would not have been very pleased at all had I done that and I am certainly glad that no authorities were around when I attempted that litle stunt!" replied Leth D'Greele. Both tro-cons gave him curious looks before grinning. Poor Leth wondered what the Hell the big joke was. Then they explained.<br /><br />"We ARE police officers, Captain and out here we ARE the law. This is a K-Class patrol starship and we're both tro-cons , trouble consultants and we are fully empowered to take whatever actions are necessary to maintain peace and uphold intergalactic law." explained Yuri quietly. Leth repped himself up a sixth tankard of 'ale' and laughed heartily. "Sure and I suppose that means doing some 'eliminating' should the need arise?" he chortled. Suddenly the tro-cons' smiles vanished from their faces.<br /><br />"If we deem it necessary you're damned right it does, me boyo." replied Kei woodenly.<br /><br />"Absolutely necessary is oro (what) she means, Captain." added the svelte wing commander.<br /><br />"Just call me Leth. I think I'll turn in early, ladies. Good evening to you." said the dragon warrior. Yuri tossed her teacup down the recycle chute and got to her feet.<br /><br />"I'll see you to your quarters, Leth. I'll talk to YOU in the morning, Kei. Good night. C'mon Leth. Upsy daisy." So saying she propped the tipsy dragon against her shoulder. With his arm around her shoulders and her arm around his back she gently propelled him to the lift and then up to the newcomers' suite on Level Four. She pressed the door klaxon and waited. Suddenly the door flashed open.<br /><br />"Mr Leth! Are you intoxicated, sir? Sssh! Please be quiet. Everyone's sleeping. Thank you very much for seeing that he got home safely, Miss. Not every cleaning lady would take the trouble to help out like that. Good night, my dear." said a small stubby grey blob that had answered the door. Yuri fumed but then she decided that in the dimness of the hallway that her uniform must resemble a chamber maid's outfit. Before she could reply to 'it' the portal had swished shut leaving her alone in the dark corridor.<br /><br />Inside the suite Griff (for of course it was he!) had put Leth to bed in a lower bunk. Ruby awakened and rubbed his aizu (eyes).<br /><br />"What's up, boyo? Is that Mr D'Greele? Boyo! He smells like a brewery!" yelped the frog-like creature in the top bunk. Griff put a finger to his lips.<br /><br />"Sssh! He's in his cups now but he'll be OK by the morning. Go back to sleep, Ruby. Whatever you do please don't wake up Miss Elie after I finally got her to sleep. Mr Haru and Mr Musicaa insisted on checking out this vessel and I hope that they don't get into any trouble. Good night." whispered Griff but Ruby had already dozed off.<br /><br />At that moment on another level of the ship-- "Halt! Who goes there? Come back here or I'll fire dammit!" shouted Rukia Kutschki.<br /><br />"Good luck Haru. You're on your own this time." said Musicaa and he dashed for the gantryway stairs. Haru bolted down the corridor and headed for the lift banks. He didn't quite make it.<br /><br />Leth D'Greele laughed aloud in his sleep as he recalled the circumstances of his initial encounters with the 'Deadly Dynamic Duo' and then ruefully recollected how he had failed so miserably at trying to outdrink the Red Marshall.<br /><br />"Oro's (What's) the big joke, D'Greele?" asked John Raven.<br /><br />"Just reminiscing, Raven. Have you known the Boss and the Duchess long?" asked the dragon dragoon guard.<br /><br />"Only a few years, D'Greele but sometimes it feels more like an eternity. Don't worry, my friend. You too will soon get used to them." chuckled the 'ISSP' commander. He was rudely interrupted.<br /><br />"Soup's on! Come and get your grub!" bellowed Goat Smith's voice over the PA system. A tall lanky guy leaned over and whispered in John's ear.<br /><br />"I hear tell this is goona be a 'real' not a 'repped' dinner, John." drawled Captain Han Solo and Captain Gene Starwind nodded in agreement.<br /><br />"Yeah I know and that 'usually' means that Her Royal Eminence has more bad news to give us!" added Gene glumly.<br /><br />There being no room for him at the demons' table (Arigatou Kami or Thank God!) Raven opted to join the 'Rave Master's party. The 'Cowboy Bebop' troupe, the Alchemists' band, the 'Pokemon' gang and 'Crybaby's (Prince John) Royal contingent were their tablemates. A pert and pretty brunette with a heavy 'surfer' tan jetted over to their table. She smiled and pulled out a PDO (personal data organizer). She began reading a litany of tonight's menu.<br /><br />"We got Beef Wellington, Bruschetta, garlic potatoes, candied yams, veggie medley, cornbread stuffing, corn pudding, Waldorf sald, fruit compote, Sauvignon Blanc 2117, java and for dessert we have a vanilla souffle. You guys can have anything else you want but it'll be 'repped' not 'real' homemade cooking. Edward Appledore! Stoip throwing rolls into Alphonse's armour! Control your kid, Faye! (The 'cowgirl' looked daggers at her) Sorry about that, folks. Ready to order now?" asked Perpigillian 'Peri' Winkle Brown. Doctor 6's Terran Miami Beach companion had been pressed into service as a waitress along with Mireille and Kira the 'NOIR' girls and Clover, Alex, Sammy and Mandy the three 'WOOHP' spies and their bratty schoolchum when Moonie and all of her sailor/soldier scouts had come down with the mumps!<br /><br />Rin, Misty and Ash had all contracted chicken pox while Genie, Merrill, Melissa and Ila the 'Rune Soldier' treasure hunters, 'Derringer' Merrill Stryfe and 'Stun Gun' Millie Thompson the 'Insurace' girls and even Bulma Brief (Saiyaan Vegeeta was her hubby) had inexplicably come down with measles at the same time!<br /><br />Sick Bay was so full up that Yuri had opened SB substations on Levels 4 and 1. Her mumps' patients she isolated on Level 1 right next to the suite housing her measles' patients.<br /><br />Everyone finally decided on Tracy Edwards' home cooked dinner extravaganza and for once there was no bad news. It seemed that this feast's purpose was a 'thank you' for John Raven and his men as well as a chance for Kei to announce some good news for a change. They were lifting off for 'Romulus' at 0400 hours, 4 AM ashita (tomorrow) morning that being the only time a 'window' would be open for the next 18 solar monts. Raven was invited to bring his troops along and accompany them but John politely declined this offer. His 'ISSP' and 'KASP' troops had their own missions to complete so by midnight he and most of his forces had returned to their 'Onsokamaru' camps.<br /><br />Lt Moran and two of his 'sappers' had elected to remain aboard in order to instruct the operators on the new 'Double O Riser' Gundams. The operators of course were Captain Jonathan Harlock and his ward Lt Neko Olson.<br /><br />At 0400 exactly Gene smoothly lifted off 'Onsokamaru' and the 'Unholy 4' (Kei, Yuri, Mar, Kome) breathed a collective sigh of relief. Marlene Angel had recovered sufficiently from her near fatal ordeal to be permitted to sit in the 'Star Room' (Observation Lounge) on Level 7 for a few hours each day. The interim 'navvie' (navigator) was Zoe Morton with Nami Richards assisting her. Helping out Leila in the galley was Nyssa the Trakken girl in place of Zoe. Nat, Kome and the 'railgun' crew practiced constantly. Yuri, Sakura, Temari, Winry, Izumi and Ten Ten were rushed off their feet nursemaiding all the patients. With Yuri so busy and Mar still convalescing they needed a new executive officer so Kei chose Light Yagami whom (it turned out) was a brilliant strategist and a superb statistician. The sight of Ryuuk (his Shinigami death god who followed Light everywhere. He had no choice so long as Light still had the book.) was more than a bit unnerving at first, however, in a few days the bridge crews had become acclimated to the terrifying Shinigami and just ignored him. Kei spent every single waking moment on the 'holodecks' (Level Eight) running endless 'God Gun' scenarios hoping that she never had to use them. Jon Harlock and Neko Olson were drilled nonstop on the Gundams by Lt Sebastian Moran and his two callous cadre. InuYasha was appointed new security chief. Kei had reluctantly allowed Kouga the wolf youkai demon to be their new quad gunner in place of Neko. The 'Blonde Bomber' (Minnie Mae 'Kitten' Hopkins) was supervising the construction of portable bombs and grenades. Rally's scanning partner was newcomer Elie whose other companions had all become fighting instructors. Revy Roberts the 'Creature from the Black Lagoon') and Emma 'Queen Emeraldas' (Jon Harlock's niece) were giving marksmanship lessons to passengers and crew alike. There were 'no' exceptions. The mages, magicians, sorcerers, sorceresses, wizards, alchemists and the like were ordered to conduct magic lessons and hold mystical sessions. Again there were 'no' exceptions.<br /><br />"Those durn fools are just showing off if you ask me! Looks like we are 'all' going to be 'dogs of the military' whether we like it or not!" observed Pinato 'Granny' Rockabelle.<br /><br />Of course she was right. Granny is hardly ever wrong you know. Everone aboard was preparing for the big upcoming battle against the forces of Grand Admiral Thrawn and Count Dooku.<br /><br />Granny was in the galley telling (and showing) Leila how a 'civilized' lady cooks dinner. Four levels above their heads Captain Kiva Nerese of 'Starfleet' was fuming!<br /><br />Her 'USS Coriander' crew's orders were simple and concise. They were to maintain the mighty 'God Gun' on Deck 6 which in a way really WAS Deck 6. Kiva and her crew ached for action, however, orders were orders so they had better just grin and bear it, make the best of it and hope. A few long hours after liftoff Kiva took a break and went down to the bar leaving Mr Bishop in charge of the detail.<br /><br />"Ka-Mi! Do I ever hate that blasted 'God Gun'! Ever try swabbing down a two miles long deck and then having to swab the walls and ceiling too?" complained Kiva. The Bjorn captain was covered with grease and grime from head to toe.<br /><br />"Tell me about it, mum! That Sebby Moran's a slave driver! Simon Legree could pick up pointers from him! I'm getting so woozy from that liquidy 'Ataron' gas we need to be immersed in to pilot those bloody 'Double O Risers', Cap!" agreed Neko Olson who'd been undergoing intensive training to learn to pilot those two new Gundams along with her 'Uncle' Jon Harlock.<br /><br />"Gimme a double rock & rye, Griffy and keep 'em coming! Holy Mother Mary! I 'loathe' railguns!! Now Solo's got us doing double speed drills on the shimatta (damned) things!" cursed Lt Cmdr (Acting Commodore) Naturle 'Nat' Badgiruel Edwards (Tracy the chef from last evening was her husband). The nekomata human/trill/shapeshifter glanced over at the newcomer.<br /><br />"Solo? I thought you were the gun team crew chief, Nat?" said a confused Neko.<br /><br />"I was dammit! That is until Her Royal Eminence's new 'grand vizier' (Light Yagami) decided that Han had had more railgun experience than I had! Now he's crew chief and I've been demoted to loader. Where's that drink, Griffy?" complained Nat.<br /><br />"Here you go, ma'am. Sorry but when I left him this morning Mr D'Greele was still feeling a bit under the weather and I'm worried about him, ma'am." explained Griff. Kiva grinned malisciously.<br /><br />"Why? What's wrong with the great sky dragon now, kid?" she asked.<br /><br />"Well it's true he was a little 'in his cups' last evening when that nice chambermaid delivered him home last evening. I have never seen her before so the girl must be new and-- I say! There she is now! Excuse me! Yo! Come over here, my girl! That's an order! (The new 'maid' came over) Tell the captain here (he pointed to poor Kiva) exactly what happened to Mr D'Greele last night. I say! Speak up, woman! I just gave you an order!" shouted the grey blob angrily. He was not used to uppity servants like this girl. It did puzzle him, however, why the captain, lieutenant and lieutenant commander suddenly leaped to their feet and saluted this violet-maned chambermaid, a mere servant! After all Lt Cmdr Edwards was an acting commodore so wasn't she the ranking officer there? Musicaa grabbed Griff and boxed his ears. Then he whispered in the grey pudding thing's ear.<br /><br />"You dim-witted dolt! That's no chambermaid! That's the executive officer- Wing Commander Yuri Donovan! Next to Reds she's top dog aboard this crate, stupid! Light's only filling in for her during this kids' epidemic we have aboard. Leth probably got himself drunk on that blue ale stuff we all ahd only he got to meet the big cheese and we didn't, not yet anyway. Now behave yourself and gimme a Skotch & soda. Thanks." said the leader of the 'Silver Rhythm Band' and he politely stood up until Yuri had taken a stool at the bar.<br /><br />"White Zinfandel, please. Your Mr D'Greele will be right as rain in a day or so. He made the cardinal error of trying to outdrink the Boss and nobody can accomplish that feat, my tomo (good friend)." said Yuri.<br /><br />"How's the 'God Gun' detail going, Kiva?" asked the exec.<br /><br />"Fine, mum. (Kiva glanced at the wall chromo behind Griff and Ruby) Look at the time. Well I'd better get back to work. Later gang." replied Kiva.<br /><br />"Yeah. Lt Moran's gonna be sending out a search party for me if I don't get back to class. If you'll excuse me, ma'am." said Neko.<br /><br />"Kami! The pirate will have kittens if I'm late back for drill. Hold up, Kiva and I'll ride up with you. Nice to see you, Wing Commander." said Nat and she too dashed off. Yuri smiled ruefully at Musicaa.<br /><br />"Well? Don't you have somewhere you gotta be, Mr Musicaa?" she asked and sipped her white wine. Yuri unlike others of her geneology (Gaels/Irish) rarely touched anything stronger than wine or beer.<br /><br />Musicaa grinned at her and lit a cigarette. He offered her one and Yuri accepted it. He lit it for her and chuckled.<br /><br />"Somewhere to be? Me? Nope. I'm laying low for awhile,Miss Yuri. Last night Haru (Glory aka the 'Rave Master') got caught by that soul reaper babe (Rukia) and she took him to see that big doggie thing (InuYasha was new security chief). He wanted to know why Haru was hanging around the armoury and when Haru told him he was just out for a moonlight stroll the doggie put him on KP duty. Imagine that! The 'RAVE Master' scrubbing pots and pans!" he chortled. Yuri stared back coolly.<br /><br />"Funny. I thought you were with him on that stroll? Well, weren't you?" she asked.<br /><br />"Yeah but I ducked into a stairwell and hot-footed it back to our place. Discretion is oftentimes the better part of valour, Wing Comm- I mean Miss Yuri." he answered.<br /><br />"You can drop the 'Miss', Musicaa. Just call me Yuri. Didn't the Boss tell you that we don't stand on ceremony around here?" she replied. He pointed at the retreating forms of Kiva, Nat and Neko.<br /><br />"Then why'd they all salute you?" he asked and Yuri shrugged her shoulders. She drained her glass and signalled Ruby for a refill.<br /><br />"Kiva's with 'Starfleet', Nat was with the 'Earth Alliance' and Neko's been in quite a few different armies. Disciplinary training's a hard thing to forget, tomo (good friend) mine. (Yuri patted his forearm and stood up. She polished off her second Zinny and waved off another refill) I'll have a quiet word with InuYasha. He's your 'big doggie thing', Musicaa. I'll tell him that Haru's not a spy and he'll rescind the punishment. We certainly can't have the 'RAVE Master' getting dishpan hands now, can we?" she giggled.<br /><br />A striking young redhead was sipping a strawberry ice cream soda at another table in the rec room. She glanced across at the big guy who was shring the table with her. Taller than Haru but not as tall as Musicaa or Leth he was impressive. His name when she had asked Faye Valentine was James 'Jimbo' Hawking and he was Gene Starwind's first mate on his 'Outlaw Star' freighter ship. Now he mainly co-piloted when needed or just lounged around. Faye had told her that from one fellow gambler to another 'Jimbo' knew where to find the best action aboard the 'LA2' but she also told Elie that gambling was not permitted by the 3WA and 'UG' higher-ups either. This was of course, as we all know, a bald-faced lie of the highest water!<br /><br />"Where can I find some action around her, Mr Hawking? Miss Valentine said you knew all the places aboard ship." asked Elie suddenly. 'Jimbo' and Faye exchanged winks and the 'cowgirl' smiled impishly. She mouthed the name 'Junpei' and pointed at the deck floor. Hawking raised his glass for a refill. Faye took the refill from Griff and walked over to 'Jimbo' and Elie.<br /><br />"Here ya go, 'Jimbo'. Did you tell this kid about the big game going on downstairs? The 'Elf FragmentsPoker Session' with Junpei?" said Faye stifling a giggle.<br /><br />"No, not yet. Faye, that's pretty high stakes, ya know! Can this kid handle it?" asked a suddenly serious James Hawking. An actor extraordinaire is our 'Jimbo', that he is!<br /><br />"I've got plenty!" cried Elie brandishing a wad of 'Symphony Notes', the currency of 'Symphonia'.<br /><br />"Put those away before somebody sees them." seethed Faye.<br /><br />"OK I'll give you the details, kid." said 'Jimbo' and Faye folded her arms and stalked away.<br /><br />"My advice to you, kid, is to forget it. That game's not for you, trust me!" said Faye, ordering another double Skotch.<br /><br />"You sure about this, Miss Elie? (Elie nodded eagerly) Go to the third lift car over there and tell it to take you to 'Sublevel 2. Western Quadrant' and then locate Slot 10-R. You can't possibly miss it because it's got a mammoth M-17 tank in it. The guy there is named Junpei. Tell him that you have a spell fragment from Elfland. You understand that? (Ellie nodded again) Good. Don't forget it. That is the code we use because both the 'UG' and the 3WA frown on gambling, Miss Elie. (He pointed at Elie's twin thundersticks) Better leave those noisemakers with me. No weapons are permitted belowdecks. (Elie reluctantly unbucked her weapons belt and handed it and her twin blasters over to Hawking.) Good luck, kiddo." said 'Jimbo' and crossed his fingers. Elie crossed hers and hurried over to the lift banks. She'd no sooner left when 'Jimbo', Faye and half the rec room's occupants burst out laughing. It seemed everyone was in on this prank.<br /><br />"You do know oro's (what's) going to happen when she recites that doggerel litany to our Junpei, don't you?" asked Jamie Wilson and Hawking nodded.<br /><br />"And do you know oro's (what's) going to happen when Miss Elie tells anyone who sent her down there to say it, don't you?" asked Goat Smith. Again 'Jimbo' nodded albeit no as confidently as before.<br /><br />"Well she's the one that wanted some action and Junpei is just the guy to give her some for sure!" chortled Faye Valentine who was already three sheets to the wind.<br /><br />END of Ch 60. Ch 61 soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K<br /><br />I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh?<br /><br />Hope ya had a happy and safe Guy Fawkes' Day! Happy Thanksgiving. Dunno if the Japanese even celebrate it but Naruto does.<br /><br />PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K<br /><br />See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K<br /><br />This chapter brings me up to date. Then I have to wind up this one and think about my next one folks- K&Kkeimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-69419772514677433022009-11-19T13:47:00.000-05:002009-11-19T14:04:06.441-05:00Typical Thanksgiving Dinner MenuIn a hurry? Don't know how to prepare the bird for its special day? Don't fret none. Just read on and follow the directions below. The Keiman's glad to help out. <br /><br />Cookbook:One-Hour Thanksgiving Dinner<br />From Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection<br />Current revision (unreviewed)<br />Jump to: navigation, search<br /><br />Cookbook | Recipes<br /><br />This recipe is for an entire Thanksgiving Dinner that takes one hour to cook. The recipe uses various pre-cooked ingredients and instant foods, and is designed for those cooking Thanksgiving dinner for the first time, such as college students.<br />[edit] Ingredients<br /><br /> * 1 5–6 lb fully pre-cooked smoked turkey breast. Certain brands are readily available in almost every U.S. supermarket, however they must be fully-cooked frozen turkey breast, as they only require 1 hour of heating. Avoid processed turkey breast loaf. Average price: $10–$12<br /> * 2 cans of desired vegetables. Average Price: $1.50<br /> * 1–2 box package(s) of instant potatoes or stuffing. Average price: $1.50-$3.00<br /> * 1 package of 12 instant frozen biscuits. The frozen home-baked butter variety works best. It is important that the biscuits in a can are not used. Average price: $2<br /> * 1 package of turkey gravy mix. Average price: $1<br /> * 1 small disposable aluminum turkey pan with built-in rack. Average price: $2.<br /> * 1 can of spray oil (can be substituted with regular vegetable oil). Average price: $1<br /><br />[edit] Optional<br /><br /> * 1 pre-made pumpkin pie. Average price : $6.<br /> * 1–2 cans cranberry sauce. Average price: $1.<br /><br />[edit] Preparation<br /><br /> 1. Make sure you have thawed the turkey breast. A frozen 5–6 pound breast thaws within one day in the refrigerator. It is also very important that you have purchased a frozen fully pre-cooked breast. The words "heat and serve" may be on the package.<br /> 2. Preheat your oven to 350°F.<br /> 3. Remove turkey from bag and place in aluminum roasting pan.<br /> 4. Spray the turkey with cooking oil. If using regular vegetable oil, rub the breast with it.<br /> 5. Place turkey breast in the oven on the middle rack.<br /> 6. Cook for 15 minutes.<br /> 7. Begin the gravy mix according to package directions.<br /> 8. Place the vegetables on the range set to low heat.<br /> 9. Prepare the instant potatoes or stuffing according to the package directions.<br /> 10. On a small pan lay out your frozen biscuits allowing them to touch one another. At this point the turkey breast should have been cooking for 30 minutes.<br /> 11. Place your biscuits on the lower rack. The biscuits will cook just fine with the turkey in the oven and will be ready in 25–30 minutes. Check them at 20 minutes to be sure they do not burn.<br /> 12. Finish preparing your instant potatoes or stuffing, instant gravy, and vegetables. Place them in serving dishes if desired. Place the cranberry sauce in a serving dish. If you are serving pie along with the dinner you will also need to place the pie on a serving dish. If a frozen pie has been purchased, follow the microwave directions.<br /> 13. At the end of the hour, remove the turkey. It is recommended that you use a food thermometer to make sure it has achieved a temperature of 160°F — the minimum temperature necessary to kill any bacteria which have survived the freezing process. Remove the turkey and serve.<br /><br />This dinner serves 6–8 people comfortably.<br />[edit] Leftovers<br /><br />There are many uses for the leftover turkey. Sliced turkey leftovers can be used to make sandwiches or turkey biscuits.<br /><br />The portion along the bone can be used to prepare turkey soup by placing it in a soup pot along with 4 cups of water, 1 chopped onion, 2 tablespoons salt, and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and allow to simmer for 2 hours. Add another cup of water, spices to taste, desired vegetables such as carrots or potatoes, and noodles. Simmer for an additional hour and a half.keimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-57754256503084119722009-11-19T13:37:00.000-05:002009-11-19T13:47:13.543-05:00Thanksgiving Menu at the Keiman's HouseHere's a pix of the Angelic duo from their 1990 calendar:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicmR0TMzBghSppuUFslgA4-Y3FPEJmaWoIIcU1g_rxeSbCayj6WZJ7HRwnln94GygBe6SdtfOLbzXTfXGIRkuLDkM0KpFBkLID6wt8TQmmSzT-HuLFUEMMj_gpHGzY0bg7JZsCF8NREL4/s1600/Angel+Calendar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicmR0TMzBghSppuUFslgA4-Y3FPEJmaWoIIcU1g_rxeSbCayj6WZJ7HRwnln94GygBe6SdtfOLbzXTfXGIRkuLDkM0KpFBkLID6wt8TQmmSzT-HuLFUEMMj_gpHGzY0bg7JZsCF8NREL4/s400/Angel+Calendar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405887107687184946" /></a><br /><br />Here's a pix of Naruto and his Ninja tomos at a Thanksgiving feast:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNntnakqtusqivJdy6uFB6aBe91_Wfef7KSHgCdTuM3P1b_0iWPXoSQMgOkXSfW41zrQMAbdtHNnPN6UP9WDE_Nl3PEM5y7Nhwr0AXJYJPfsdLxjNvPqtuWD9bE6ClCMbPO19O4yzynKo/s1600/TurkeyTime.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNntnakqtusqivJdy6uFB6aBe91_Wfef7KSHgCdTuM3P1b_0iWPXoSQMgOkXSfW41zrQMAbdtHNnPN6UP9WDE_Nl3PEM5y7Nhwr0AXJYJPfsdLxjNvPqtuWD9bE6ClCMbPO19O4yzynKo/s400/TurkeyTime.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405886434361106370" /></a><br /><br />Thought you guys and gals might like to see what our family holiday dinner menu's going to be. Enjoy yourselves.<br /><br />Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 2009 (Keiman's Family in Brookhaven PA)<br /><br />Roasted Turkey<br />Pot Luck Stuffing<br />Turkey Gravy<br />Mashed Potatoes<br />Sweet Potato Bake<br />Braised Sweet Carrots<br />Creamy Country Corn<br />Fruit Ambrosia Compote (McElwee Family Tradition)<br />Fruit Salad<br />Green Salad<br />Waldorf Salad<br />Non-alcoholic Punch<br />Non-alcoholic Eggnog<br />Java (Coffee)<br />Pumpkin Pie<br />Apple Pie<br /><br />As a rule we watch a few Thanksgiving specials on TV not the least of which is the Macy's Parade. Bobby and Mama like the original Miracle on 34th Street film starring Ed Gwenn while I prefer the 1973 version starring Seb Cabot as St Nick. We try and watch at least some of the NFL games. While I cook (Mama and Bobby help too) and Jasmine our 13 yrs young Border Collie/Siberian Huskie doggie watches and waits for treats I listen to anime music on my CD player. Now that I have a lot of pre-recorded anime music and not just burnt CDs of it I don't have to listen to Sailor Moon and the Angels exclusively. Latest additions are Rave Master, Death Note and Code Geass. My fave? Easy. Nonstop Angel from the DP Flash collection. In fact it's from the only pre-recorded Angels CD available this side of Japan. <br /><br />This year we'll get to use our stove oven instead of our Dutch convection oven. Why? We finally got our Maytag range's oven repaired. However, I still miss our Roper eye-level oven we had back in 1977 when we moved here from Lenni PA where we had resided for 15+ years. Here's a holiday tip for you guys and gals. Many parts of your feast can be prepared some days ahead of time and either refrigerated or frozen. However, turkeys as a rule can take 2-3 days to fully thaw out. Don't be tempted to hasten the job by nuking the bird in your microwave or you'll dry it out for sure! Once thawed you MUST cook the bird within a few hours even if you stick it in the fridge. After the feast is over leftover turkey will keep for up to a week in the fridge and a few days longer in the freezer. Remember that you can keep a raw turkey in the freezer indefinitely but after the first couple of years it will begin to lose its flavour. <br /><br />If you are like me you cook holiday meals from scratch. I make one or two convenience concessions. I use prebaked (thawed) pie shells rather than home made dough. Why? I have little space to roll out the dough. I will use a stuffing mix and augment it with stale bread and rolls as well as a few secrets of my own. <br /><br />OK- here are my two most precious cooking secrets.<br /><br />What do you use to tenderize and flavour just about everything? Hint- you probably keep it on hand around the holidays to put in eggnog and pumpkin pie. Surprise! It's nutmeg of course. Oro? You didn't know that nutmeg will tenderize meats, veggies, etc.? Well ginger and allspice work just as well but their flavours are stronger and more pungent. Nutmeg is lighter and imparts just the right amount of flavour to anything you put it on.<br /><br />How do you moisten meats, veggies, potatoes, etc.? Liquid? Sure but which one(s)? Water? Certainly if you just want moisture. Remember onegai that water has NO flavour or odour by itself and flavoured water is mere food colouring and artificial flavourings. So oro liquids can you use? It'll floor you but the answer is- anything you want! I use coffee or tea as a rule except for meats where I include root or birch beer or Coke or Pepsi. Pork chops like Dr Pepper and applesauce. Ham prefers pineapple juice and/or ginger ale or 7-Up or even Sprite. If you're an old Food Network fan you'll recall the Two Fat Ladies from Britain. One of them once made French onion soup for the boy scouts and guess what she used for liquid- beer! Beer is used with Cajun seafood a lot and the Europeans live on wine cooking. Even liquors can be used you know. Kids? Forget it. The alcohol is burned off or cooked out or just plain evaporates leaving only the flavour. Even Tom Jefferson and Ben Franklin served 'syllabub' to their guests which included young tykes. Syallabub is a type of gelatin parfait made from wine. Wikipedia has a few nice recipes if you want to try making the stuff. Good luck though because the recipes are a mite complicated for us. <br /><br />By the way old TJ published the first cook book in the Americas but whether he did that before or after he penned the Declaration I do not recall offhand. It was he or BF who introduced ice cream to the Colonies although Jim Madison's wife Dolly usually gets the credit for it. In fact to this day there is an ice cream brand called Dolly Madison. We prefer a local brand made in PA's Lehigh Valley- Turkey Farms. Nothing like vanilla fudge TH ice cream over hot apple or pumpkin (or any kind really) pie any old time. <br /><br />Gad! This was supposed to be a holiday menu and nothing else, was it not? Better post a pix and close for now. Happy eating to all my tomos- K&K<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.eons.com/photos/photo/643005-Santa-in-Macy-s-Parade-Unknown-year" ><img src="/images/members/2009/11/11/3/6/3639697521687379619_610w.jpeg" title="Santa in Macys Parade- Unknown year" /></a>keimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-29546519969980768032009-11-18T22:57:00.000-05:002009-11-18T23:00:34.341-05:00Angel Wings "Monsters on the Angel?'/'RAVEing Lunatics?'AW Ch 59 'Monsters On the Angel?' or 'RAVEing Lunatics?'<br /><br />Wow!Mar's been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons is almost in Zorin's cronies' hands- Gundams! Almost as terrifying as the 'God Guns' or the Angels' new toy- the r-- whoops! I almost let the neko outta the sack folks! This chapter will put two close tomos at loggerheads with each other and nai it ain't Vacuumhead and Firebrand either! Some old tomos returned and the Boss decides to head for Onsokamaru! Who's in sick bay and how did she end up there? Why is Yuri Donovan furious? Who are the newbies? Did the truckers succeed?<br /><br />ANGEL WINGS<br /><br />DISCLAIMER: OK Pluu darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 59 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-<br /><br />CHAPTER 59<br /><br />'Monsters On the Angel?' or 'RAVEing Lunatics?'<br /><br />"Sorry I asked!" said a visibly shaken Hugh who now busied himself testing his brakes. Rebecca took a quick pull from her 'medicinal' flask.<br /><br />"Wanna trade places, Ivy?" she whispered but the Dark Knight shook his head.<br /><br />"Sorry but I feel safer with a man of God than I would with a blasphemer, Rebecca dear." he replied and Becky smiled ruefully.<br /><br />"Well we did say we wanted to help out so I guess I will just grin and bear it. Good luck, Lord Ivy." said the shaken redhead.<br /><br />"May God protect us." replied Ivy solemnly.<br /><br />"Don't you go starting up now, milord. One preacher's quite enough." chortled Hugh.<br /><br />"How does the road look up ahead, Lord Drew?" trilled Rebecca after they had rumbled on a few hundred more metres.<br /><br />"I dunno." was his reply.<br /><br />"Then find out you idiot! I don't wanna become part of this tunnel's wallpaper down here dammit!" trilled the Polar Bear angrily.<br /><br />"All clear ahead, Hugh. I'm sending you a picture." trilled Drew.<br /><br />"Got it, Lord Drew. Keep a wary aizu (eye) out for trouble. Thanks." trilled Rebecca.<br /><br />Meanwhile Eric and Bear were engaged in a heated discussion over who should drive the reverse rig while the hanyou and the youkai looked on worriedly.<br /><br />"I insist, Bear. I will go backwards." said Eric.<br /><br />"No no, Eric. I insist that you lead us." replied Bear.<br /><br />"I don't like riding in that beast at all but I sure as Hell don't wanna ride up that hole backwards!" howled InuYasha.<br /><br />"You dumb mutt! Whassa matter? Little mongrel got claustrophobia or are you just plain scared?" needled Kouga.<br /><br />"I'll show you who's scared ya mangy wolf!" shouted the big hanyou angrily.<br /><br />After Jon Raven had separated the two combatants he whirled on the truckers.<br /><br />"Will you two make up your shimatta (damned) minds already! Hugh and the minister are gonna be at the first kilo marker soon. Maybe it will be best that the old one leads and the younger one follows. Do it and that's an order, boyos!" snarled an impatient 'ISSP' crew chief. Rick and Ichigo's sled had left ten minutes ago. Finally Bear and the hanyou left carefully followed by Eric and the wolf.<br /><br />"How do you like riding backwards, ya mangy wolf?" chuckled InuYasha.<br /><br />"It's a little bit like that train ride we took on 'Kagura', Mutt. Not too bad once ya get used to it." trilled Kouga.<br /><br />"That was a damned roller coaster, stupid!" said Ichigo. "Rick's sick again, Bear so I'm sending you a strip. Looks peaceful enough ahead- so far. Boy am I glad that we only got a few more miles left to go. This cave is really spooky." added the soul reaper teenager. Unlike the demonic trio Rick DID have claustrophobia and it was getting worse. Ichigo glanced over and grinned.<br /><br />"Only a few more miles and we'll be topside. Hang in there, Rick. Take deep breaths, keep calm and for Heaven's sake use those damned barf bags! I just had this skysled cleaned for Christ's sake!" yelled Kurosaki.<br /><br />"Sorry Ikki but closed in places really make me sick." replied Rick.<br /><br />"It's Icchi Rick not Ikki. Just take it easy and you'll be fine." said Ichigo.<br /><br />Two rockslides and three near cave-ins later Hugh and Alex arrived on the surface preceded by Drew and Naraku's team. Alex had been holding an impromptu prayer session until Moran politely told them to back off so the Titan-sized Gundam could be unloaded. All went well and soon 'pattern enhancers' (transporter markers) ringed all hands as well as both rigs, the skysled and the first of the Double O Riser Gundams. He turned to Rebecca and saluted.<br /><br />"We'll have Lt Ari beam your group up first, ma'am. That is after your second group gets here." explained Moran who had been sent up ahead of the convoy by skycycle so Raven's exec could oversee their arrivals. Moran's 'KASP' patrol team was busy handing out repped food and beverages to the grateful truckers, their guards and their escorts. Moran picked up the vidmike from his skycycle.<br /><br />"Lt Ari? Moran here. First shipment here and prepped for pickup. I'll advise you when the second one arrives so stand by. I'm sending up the Gundam groups one at a time. Over." trilled Lt Sebastian Moran, a direct descendant of Professor James Moriarty's infamous sidekick Colonel Sebastian Moran. Raven's 'borrowed truck push' Lt James Moriarty was likewise a direct descendant of the dastardly Professor James Moriarty, the 'Napoleon of Crime' as Sherlock Holmes once described him.<br /><br />However, neither lieutenant was in any way like his namesake ancestour thank Kami (God).<br /><br />"Roger that and willco. Ari out." trilled the Terran actress who was currently serving as the 'Angel's transporter officer.<br /><br />"Roger. Moran out." trilled the exec. "Moran to Chief Raven. First package received and addressed. Awaiting second parcel. Over." he trilled.<br /><br />"Good work, Seb. Advise me when you are ready to execute transfer of both parcels. Raven out." trilled his superior.<br /><br />"Roger willco, sir. Moran out." trilled his young lieutenant.<br /><br />"Steep upgrade ahead. It should be visible on your vidscreen, Bear." trilled Rick who had finally recovered enough to return to his scanning duties.<br /><br />"Yeah pal we see it. Thanks." trilled InuYasha. "Hey old man! Rick says we got a little hill up ahead." he said to Bear who frowned.<br /><br />"Respect your elders, Dog Boy! Trill Eric and Wolfie and tell 'em about the hill. Tell Eric to drop his gears down to five on my mark. Got all that?" said Bear and the big hanyou nodded.<br /><br />"Yeah. OK. Hey animal! We got a hill coming up. Tell the ladies' man beside ya to drop his gears down to five on the old man's mark. OK?" trilled InuYasha. A few seconds passed.<br /><br />"Yeah, I just told him, Dog Breath. He said to have Bear tell you, you tell me and I'll tell him. Does your puny canine brain comprehend all that stuff, Mutt?" trilled Kouga.<br /><br />"Stop screwing around on the comm relay you guys! That 'little hill' is 'Dead Man's Leap' and its one Helluva lot steeper than it damned well looks! At the top it drops off by forty degrees to a slick downhill slope. Hugh almost fishtailed there so be careful and keep the chatter down. That's an order, demons. Moran out." trilled the exec.<br /><br />"Roger that, sir. I believe they both heard you. Kurosaki out." trilled Ichigo.<br /><br />"Ready? Three, two, one, mark." relayed InuYasha to Kouga to Eric. At that same exact instant both Eric and Bear dropped into fifth gear and climbed slowly to the top of the 'leap' where each trucker downshifted to the lowest gear on their gear boxes. Feathering their brakes and intoning prayers like monks they both reached the 'leap's foot safely. An hour later they merged into waning daylight preceded by Rick and Ichigo's sled. Soon the second parcel was all ready to go.<br /><br />"Moran to Chief Raven. All systems go, sir. Ready to execute. Over." relayed Lt Moran to John Raven.<br /><br />"Well done. Proceed with mission. Relay me when completed. Raven out." trilled Raven.<br /><br />"Roger willco, sir. Moran out." trilled his exec.<br /><br />"Lt Moran to Lt Ari. You have the first set of coordinates, correct? Excellent. Beam them up, ma'am. Over." trilled Seb Moran.<br /><br />Hugh, Alex, the 'Dark Knight', Rebecca, Naraku and Drew vanished along with their cargo, rigs and skysled.<br /><br />"Success, Lieutenant. Got 'em. All safe and sound. God almighty! That thing is huge! You sure there's nobody inside of it, sir? Yeah? OK I'm ready for the other one whenever you are. Over." trilled Ari.<br /><br />"Well done, Love. You have received the second set of coordinates, ma'am? Good. Energize. Over." trilled Moran once again.<br /><br />"Second set received and contained. Man are these things eery! Sorry Seb but I'm placing a Level Ten force field beam around both of those monsters. Got a message for you. Please advise Commander Raven and his adjutant as well as all your men are cordially invited to dinner aboard the 'Angel' at 1900 hours, seven o'clock this evening, Lt Moran. Over." trilled Ari.<br /><br />"Roger that, Ari. See you at seven. Moran out." trilled the young 'KASP' officer.<br /><br />"Moran to Chief Raven. Mission accomplished, sir. We are invited to dinner aboard ship at seven and I think we'd better be there, John. Maybe we'll find out oro (what) Reds is up to next. Over." trilled Moran.<br /><br />"I think you may be right, Seb. Better post a guard at that tunnel entrance although by now Dooku and Thrawn have probably written off both this place and those two Leviathans as a lost cause and conceded them to us. I'll have Jimmy (Lt Moriarty) gather the troops down here and get them aboard the 'Angel' by seven. You do the same with your men topside and I'll meet you in Reds' rec room bar at seven. Raven out." trilled the 'ISSP Ganymede' commander.<br /><br />"Roger willco, John. Moran out." trilled the 'KASP' lieutenant.<br /><br />Accordingly ay 1900 John, Sebastian and James along with most of their 'ISSP' and 'KASP' sappers and officers were seated in the rec room at the massive bar aboard the 'Lovely Angel 2'.<br /><br />"No doubt about it, lads. This has got to be the best stocked tavern in the cosmos and Reds always has the very best liquors to boot." announced John Raven.<br /><br />"Amen! I'll drink to that!" agreed a hulking seven and a half feet tall dragon sporting grey 'railroad tracks' (captain's bars) on his shoulders. Captain Leth D'Greele had been picked up by the 'Angel' several days ago when he'd been discovered on a tiny asteroid accompanied by an ash blonde teenaged boy named Haru Glory, a feisty red-headed girl named Elie who appeared to be slightly younger, a twenty-something dark-haired youth named Musicaa, a roly poly frog-like thing named Ruby, a chicken roquette-shaped greyish thing named Griff, a white carrot-like nosed 'dog' named Pluu and a huge giant of indeterminate age who kept shouting about 'shadow stones' and revenge. In Jon Harlock's opinion they had all just escaped from the 'Arkham Asylum' looney bin on 'Quorostan Ten'! Fortunately as it turned out most of them were heroes on their own world and pretty damned good fighters except for the whiny frog, the grey coward and the sleepy dog.<br /><br />However, with the sole exception of the 'shadow stones' lunatic who was confined to a brig belowdecks all of them were billeted together. When Jon and Emma had interrogated the thing in the brig they were both certain that he was definitely from 'Arkham'.<br /><br />"I am the 'Shadow Master' and I will destroy the Universe! You cannot keep me here! No prison can hold me! I am omnipotent! I shall seek out the 'Memories of the Stars' which will point the way to the hidden 'Shadow Stones' and when I possess them I will use the 'Ultimate Shadow Stone' to release their 'dark bring' forces and I wiull rule the Universes!" bellowed the Titan.<br /><br />"His head is bewitched, lassie." said Jon and he shook his head. "Poor laddie." he added.<br /><br />"He's a whack-o that's for sure. He's as nutty as a fruitcake, Uncle Jon." agreed 'Queen' Emma Emeraldas, Jon's niece. A disturbance in the rec room snapped Raven awake.<br /><br />"Please! Allow me to put him out of his misery, sir! Please!" begged Leth D'Greele. Yuri shook her head and looked around for assistance.<br /><br />"No way! When we can send you guys back home that thing belowdecks goes back with you. Until that time he stays confined to the brig. He is clearly insane, poor guy." said Wing Commander Donovan firmly.<br /><br />"He ain't the only one, vacuumhead. Wait'll you hear the load of Jacarondan crapola that 'Whitey' (Haru) and that screwloose redhead (Elie) just laid on me! He's a 'Rave Master' whatever the Hell that is and she's their world and the universes' only hope of survival! The 'sane' one with the silver lasso (Musicaa) agreed with 'em! Those pets of theirs are baka (crazy) too! The sooner we get rid of these looney tunes the better I'll like it dammit! (Kei spun to confront D'Greele) Now you get back to your quarters, dragon! That thing downstairs is under 3WA jurisdiction ever since it came aboard and as ranking 'UG' officer that means me! (The Boss pointed to her own chest) You try to 'ice' him and you'll answer to me! I will arrest you and I will put you in jail- in another brig! Savvy? Now get the FXXX outta here!" snarled the Red Admiral menacingly.<br /><br />Instead of doing the intelligent thing and simply obeying her Captain Leth D'Greele of the 'Symphonian Dragoon Guards' drew himself up to his full height and glowered down at Keirran O'Halloran with fire in his red aizu (eyes). "I am Leth D'Greele, a captain in the 'Symphonian Dragoon Guards' while YOU are a mere female- a foolish girl! Begone from here at once lest I report your callous impudence to this ship's commanding officer!" roared Leth.<br /><br />The Boss was of course livid with rage and soon her face's colour matched that of her fiery crimson locks. They contrasted quite nicely with her intense emerald green orbs. Poor Leth was still pointing out his 'railroad tracks' on his epauletted shoulders when Kei's right boot thonked into his midsection. Slowly Captain Leth D'Greele crumpled to the deck floor.<br /><br />END of Ch 59. Ch 60 'A Kindred Soul' or 'Unexpected Instructors ' soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K<br /><br />I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh?<br /><br />Hope ya had a happy and safe Guy Fawkes' Day! Happy Thanksgiving. Dunno if the Japanese even celebrate it but Naruto does.<br /><br />PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K<br /><br />See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K<br /><br />This chapter brings me up to date. Then I have to wind up this one and think about my next one folks- K&Kkeimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-80592300477330189052009-11-06T01:04:00.000-05:002009-11-06T01:08:23.142-05:00Angel Wings- Ch 58-Gundm Trouble/Liberator's ReturnAW Ch 58 'The Trouble with Gundams' or 'The Return of the Liberator'<br /><br />Wow!Mar's been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons is almost in Zorin's cronies' hands- Gundams! Almost as terrifying as the 'God Guns' or the Angels' new toy- the r-- whoops! I almost let the neko outta the sack folks! This chapter will put two close tomos at loggerheads with each other and nai it ain't Vacuumhead and Firebrand either! Some old tomos returned and the Boss decides to head for Onsokamaru! Who's in sick bay and how did she end up there? Why is Yuri Donovan furious?<br /><br />ANGEL WINGS<br /><br />DISCLAIMER: OK InuYasha darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 58 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-<br /><br />CHAPTER 58<br /><br />'The Trouble with Gundams' or 'The Return of the Liberator'<br /><br />Yuri's entire party rqced onto the lift and rode down to sick bay on Level Three.<br /><br />"Rally! 'Extrapoleen 80'- 190 mg's- stat! Kei! Lots of blankets! Mae! Tricorder readout! Nami! Change her bandages!" yelled the violet maned vixen while she worked furiously on the young blonde.<br /><br />"There! I think that that almost 600 mg's of 'Extra 80' may just have done the business for sure. She's breathing on her own and sleeping peacefully. (Yuri whirled like a Dervish to face the Boss) You dimwitted dodobrain! If you 'ever' pull a dumbass trick like that again, I swear I'll flatten your ass! All you had to do was turn on the taps at the kitchen sink for Kami's sake! You used dishwater! And- and- and- y- y- you almost damned near killed her, Deirdre!!" sobbed Yuri.<br /><br />"I saw the dishwater there so I stuck her hand into it figuring it'd like clean out the wound, that's all! 'Kolacydyl's water soluble anyway, ain't it?" replied the redhead with an oath.<br /><br />"Yeah sure! 'Kolacydyl' is but Marley had used 'Synthenol Koron' thinking it was 'Kol' and the lanolin/sodium combo from the dishsoap speeded up the reaction time. Mar's allergic to 'Syn K' you big dummy!" wailed a distraught Yuri Maureen Bridget Donovan her body shaking with uncontrolled emotion. Kei was belligerent.<br /><br />"Well she was the one that used that crap on herself! I didn't so it ain't my fault!" retorted the Boss angrily.<br /><br />"Besides you said she was gonna be OK, didn't you? (Yuri's purple head nodded) Then shut the Fxxx up about it already!" howled the redjeaded Amazon wildcat.<br /><br />"Don't tell 'me' to shut up! You shut up, dipstick!" shouted Yuri and suddenly Kei grinned like a Cheshire neko (cat).<br /><br />"See? Every now and then ya just gotta let off some of that steam, kiddo. Look. I am really really sorry for oro (what) happened to Marlene but it really was just an accident. She gonna be OK now so let's just forget about it eh?" suggested the Boss. Yuri finally nodded and dried her aizu (eyes). Then the redhead got deadly serious.<br /><br />"We have 'got' to get to 'Onsokamaru' and fast. Gene seems to think he can get us there in two days. We'll make our pickup there, turn and burn back to 'Rom' and 'Rem' ('Romulus' and 'Remus') and hopefully get there in time." she explained.<br /><br />"Oro are we picking up Boss? More damned 'railguns'?" demanded a sarcastic wing commander vixen. Kei shook her head slowly and her expression was grim.<br /><br />"Nai (No). Two more 'Gundams' are there. It seems that old Zorin (Oakenshield) had this pair stockpiled at 'Onsokamaru' just in case the others on 'XANA' were discovered by the authorities. Charlie Garner says we owe a really big favour to Johnny Raven. His 'Ganymede' contingent found 'em for us. One of John's 'X-Wing' pilots had engine trouble so the squadron put down at 'Onsokamaru' for repairs. Another of his guys went exploring and stumbled into a cavern like that one on 'XANA' only this one had two bigger 'Gundams' than ours in it. Charlie said that if Zorin was going to use four of them against 'Rom' then by Kami and all that's holy we are going to use four of 'em against Lord Dooku and Admiral Thrawn. (Kei mused and pursed her lips in thought) Maybe, just maybe we won't be needing to use those damned 'railguns' after all, Vac-- er I mean Yuri." replied Kei. Yuri was speedily calculating on her PDO unit. Then she frowned and tapped her foot.<br /><br />"OK listen up. Our beam transporters work from a hundred thousand kilos (kilometres) out so we can beam those monstrosities directly aboard the 'Angel' without having to touch down at all if we have John set up 'pattern enhancers' around them for us. I will not risk beaming anyone down there from that far out no matter how damned much of a hurry Uncle Chuckie's in. We will be within beaming range in another six solar hours. Let's say it'll take fifteen minutes to beam and then we turn and burn back to 'Adonis' (Arch) and use it to get to 'Remus' and from there we go to 'Romulus' which by my calculations we should reach by dinnertime (1700 hours aka 5 PM) ashita no yobi (the day after tomorrow). That will be well within our window so how's that suit you, Boss?" asked a now composed and recovered Yuri Donovan.<br /><br />"Sounds like a plan to me, kid. Let Gene know will ya? (Yuri smiled and nodded) Arigatou (Thanks). On your way back down to your star room duties of course. I just love it when a plan comes together! (Kei thought for a moment or so) Is there someone with Mar? Just in case?" asked the redhead.<br /><br />"Of course there is. I'm not that stupid ya know! Either Zoe, Winry, Flaysie, Cagalli or Maesie. They're taking turns in hourly shifts." explained Yuri who was again as per usual- mad as Hell at the Boss. She touched a fingertip to her comlink earring.<br /><br />"Ari? Yuri. Listen up. We are picking up two more of those 'Gundam' toys. John Raven's going to 'pattern enhance' the area they're in for us. I want you to beam them along with our first two directly to Armoury Room 3 on the Fourth level. Got that? Good. Oro? Not for another six solar hours. Huh? Nai (No) we ain't touching down there. Why? Well for one thing it's hostile territory and for another we're in a damned hurry. Be ready when I give you the go ahead. OK? Fine. Arigatou (Thanks) Ari. Yuri out." she trilled on her way to the bridge to acquaint Gene and Han with Territorial Sector Chief Charles Augustus Garner's latest orders. They took this grim news like the true troopers they were.<br /><br />"Two more of those Kami forsaken pieces of crap? Oro the jigoku (Hell) does Charlie Boy think we're runnin' here, Duchess? A damned galactic delivery service?" drawled an irked Han Solo.<br /><br />"All the way to 'Onsokamaru' and back in less than two solar days? I sure hope our warp core can handle the added strain." worried Gene Starwind.<br /><br />"Orders is orders, old buddy. Guess we're like the Terrans' ancient Marines corps- 'the tough stuff we do right away; the impossible takes a little longer.' Hey Zoe! Plot us a quickie course to 'Onsokamaru' and back will ya?" yelled Han to the nav room next door. Zoe silently gave him a two thumbs up sign.<br /><br />It took the combined efforts of both Gene and Han on the throttle to turn the almost mile long starcraft around after the ship had dropped out of hyperspace mode. Had they attempted this foolhardy maneuvre while in hyperthrust they could have quite easily placed the 'Lovely Angel 2' in more than just one dimension!<br /><br />Meanwhile downstairs in Engineering Cyborg and Donnatella were having a minor disagreement regarding the ship's speed.<br /><br />"If we go back into hyperthrust we cannot exceed thirty Warp, Cy." explained Don reasonably.<br /><br />"Bull! Blondie said we can go all the way up to forty-five, Don!" countered the angry Teen Titan.<br /><br />"Yes but she did not mean while we were still in hyperspace mode! If we do we'll reduce this vessel to nano-atoms!" argued the Ninja.<br /><br />"Not if we stabilize that danged core field beforehand we won't!" yelled Cyborg.<br /><br />"Forget that, stupid! That core's as unstable as the nine gates of Hell and we really shouldn't be putting more strain on it! However, if we're really careful maybe we can hyper her up to twenty-five guys but that is it! Any more and we risk creating a new moon above 'Sontarra'!" cried Blackfire of Tamaran who was checking gauges with Faye Valentine.<br /><br />"I have already witnessed the birth of a new moon thank you very much and I do not want to see another one guys so stick to 25 Warp dammit!" snarled the 'cowgirl' with finality.<br /><br />Cyborg made a wry face to Donnatella. "You always win darn it!" he sulked.<br /><br />"Stabilize the core field, Black and fire her up again. Take us to twelve then gradually increase to twenty-five, Cy. Who's got night watch folks?" said the Ninja turtle. Faye raised her hand.<br /><br />"I got it tonight, Commander." she replied.<br /><br />"Better go get some chow and some rest now. You'll take over at 2100 (9 PM) tonight, Suba." said Don. Blackfire was frowning at her station.<br /><br />"You and Cy go on ahead to the chuck wagon, sir. I'll rep up something here. I don't trust this core even with a stabilized magnetic field. See ya later." said the Tamaranian girl. Cy shrugged then left with Faye and Don. The Tam's caution proved unnecessary so when Faye returned at nine an exhausted and grateful Blackfire went to her bunk. Meanwhile Rin, Ed (the Bebop tomboy not the blonde alchemist) and Mooney were bored to tears. None of them wanted to play vid games or horse around on the holodecks. The rec room was too noisy and most of the 'cool' places aboard were 'off limits' to them for obvious reasons. Then Rinny remembered the dumb waiter she and Conan had used to get to the Auntie Kei's 'office' behind the bridge.<br /><br />"Mako (one of Mooney's scouts) told me that Auntie Kome's got a cool new vid game up in the office and I know how we can get in there without anybody seeing us." she announced proudly. Ed and Mooney wanted to hear more details and pumped Rin for more and more information.<br /><br />The chromos read 1900 (7 PM) and since they were travelling 'hyper' nobody was manning any weapons. Instead the rec room was full of merriment, laughter and noise. After all besides the bridge's skeleton crew, a 'Mar watcher' in sick bay and a few guards nobody else was on duty tonight. Even the Duchess and the Hyuga siblings (Neji and Hinata) got a break since 'you cannot watch space for stuff when you're zippin' past it at almost thirty times the speed of light!' as Yuri had pointed out to the Ninjas who were not slow in agreeing with her. Nat's 'railgun' crew was offduty except for Flaysie who had drawn this shift's 'Mar watch' detail. Flaysie could have cared less. She got to watch ancient Terran movie vids called DVDs while her blonde charge slumbered on. If she knew oro was going on just one level above her on Four she wouldn't have been so contented.<br /><br />Beside the laudry room Rinny proudly pointed out the dumb waiter's concealed hatch.<br /><br />"Conan said that supply room across from us used to be a kitchen where special dinners were cooked for meetings in the office upstairs. They sent the food up this little elevator thingy. Then Mr Popo (Donald Poporo was the 3WA Section 237 Chief) said they needed more room for his medicine (booze of course but Rinny didn't know that) so the kitchen became a supply room. Everybody must have forgotten about the little elevator thingy but it's still here." explained the inu youkai's (dog demon's) ward. Ed and Mooney smiled while Rinny grinned back at them.<br /><br />It was a tight fit for them but only a short ride up to the ready room on Nine. They all piled out and Rinny sat on the big conference table. Ed folded her arms and looked the kid squarely in the face.<br /><br />"I don't see no damned vid games, Rinny." she said suspiciously.<br /><br />"Me neither." agreed Mooney but Rin clapped her hands and laughed.<br /><br />"Watch this guys!" she giggled and hit the control bar for the 'out of order' vidscreen number 18. The star map rose from the console's rear.<br /><br />"See? Auntie Kome and Auntie Nat just punch the little letters and stuff here and lights do a dance on the big TV set. Watch." she instructed and pressed 'Enter' and 'Start' together.<br /><br />"Weapons are now fully armed and functional. Please select target coordinates." intoned the 'railguns' program.<br /><br />"Cool! Let's pick that place that Uncle Anton doesn't like too much- 'Minerva'." suggested Mooney with an impish grin. Rin squinted at the star chart.<br /><br />"Which one is 'Minnie Nerve', Ed?" she asked.<br /><br />"That one. The one that looks like little Ein (Ed's data doggie). How do we play?" replied the tow-headed tomboy.<br /><br />"Turn the wheels until the lines cross at that square doohickey (Canadian bull target sight)." explained Rinny.<br /><br />The trio took turns (very unusual for them) using the windage targeting controls until-<br /><br />"Target selected and locked. Are we go for launch?" requested the program.<br /><br />"Hell yeah! Blow the damned thing up already!" yelled Ed excitedly while Mooney and Rin cheered her on.<br /><br />"Affirmative. We are go for launch. Please select salvo number." instructed the computer. Rin was counting on her fingers and Ed was musing while Mooney looked confused. Finally-<br /><br />"Shit on it! Let's start with one." said Sailor Moon and she pressed the '1' key.<br /><br />"Salvo One will launch in T minus five minutes. We are go for launch. Gun ports are clear. Back blast ports are opened. Correcting firing elevation to 800.14621. Mark. Alert! Alert! Clear all sublevels immediately! Firing will commence in three solar minutes! All hands stand clear! Stand clear!" intoned the launch program and at the same time klaxons strted to bray everywhere! Then the huge ship lurched heavily downwards throwing the kids to the deck. Next door on the bridge the peaceful tranquility had just been shattered.<br /><br />"What the Hell? Gene! Did you do that?" shouted Han Solo. Gene Starwind was just as confused as his compadre in arms.<br /><br />"Me? You're the damned pilot, Han!" yelled Starwind.<br /><br />"Yo! You two birdbrains just took us off course dammit! Oro the Hell do you think this is- a frigging joyride?" shouted Nami from her nav room.<br /><br />"Hey guys! Why the oni (devil) are we targeting 'Minerva'?" demanded Rally Vincent from her scanning station. Then the terrifying truth sunk in.<br /><br />"Those bloody 'railguns'!" howled pilot and co-pilot together.<br /><br />"Han old buddy! Do you know oro happens if a 'railgun' is fired while a ship's in 'hyperspace' mode?" yelped a panicky Gene.<br /><br />"Nope but I'm guessin' it ain't a very perty sight!" drawled Solo.<br /><br />"It'll blast a hole through all the continuums in all the Universes! It would unmake creation itself!" shouted Gene who was double timing it for the ready room.<br /><br />"When does it go boom, Ed?" complained a pouting Rin.<br /><br />"If we're lucky- Never! Oro the Hell are you hooligan brats doing up here? Han! Oro's the override for this damned thing?" yelled Gene.<br /><br />"How the Hell should I know dammit?" howled Solo.<br /><br />"Abort! Abort mission at once! Abort! Hellfire and eternal damnation! Abort I say!" cried Villa who had just rushed in.<br /><br />"Go for launch has been cancelled. All stations standing down." intoned the program.<br /><br />By now most of the flag officers were crowding the little room. The three little miscreants decided now was a good time to take off.<br /><br />"Freeze! Get your asses out of that dumb waiter right now! You three ladies have got some explaining to do!" roared Naturle Edwards from the doorway. The kids froze in terror.<br /><br />"We didn't do nothing, Auntie Nat!" wailed a sobbing Rinny.<br /><br />"We were just playing with the new vid game up here." said Mooney.<br /><br />"It's just Auntie Kome's dumb old vid game. We didn't hurt nothing." sulked Ed.<br /><br />"You kiddies are danged lucky that the Red Hellfire didn't catch you!" warned Villa.<br /><br />"Catch oro? Oro the Hell's going on up here?" asked a suspicious Keirran O'Halloran. She'd come up here to chat with Nami and had walked over to the ready room to see oro all the excitement was about. The Boss's suite you will no doubt recall is soundproof.<br /><br />"We were running a little fire drill, weren't we Captain Gene?" suggested Cagalli Yula Athna digging her elbow into his ribs.<br /><br />"Huh? Oh yeah that's right, ma'am. Very good folks. Now you can all go back to whatever you were doing." agreed Starwind.<br /><br />Kei shrugged and went into the nav room.<br /><br />"We sure lucked outta that one, that we did." said Mooney heaving a sigh of relief.<br /><br />"Not quite. You three have pots and pans detail for a month." ordered Nat.<br /><br />"Huh? We rep up everything so there's nothing to wash up, Auntie Nat." said Mooney.<br /><br />"That may be true but Uncle Tracey cooks so he'll need clean pots and pans. You'll be washing and drying them for the next month. Ed? Mooney? A one thousand word essay regarding artillery safety. Single spaced. Rin? You will write 'I will never play in the ready room again' one thousand times. Auntie Mae will see you get to your bunks. Get plenty of sleep kids because you'll be up at dawn. Dismissed." commanded a seething Nat Edwards. Mae wasted no time in hustling them off to bed and then went to her own bunk. It had been a long damned day.<br /><br />"OK folks. We got lucky tonight. Kei didn't hear anything and Donovan took three 'Xenokot' sleeping capsules. Needless to say neither they nor the Brigadier must ever find out anything about this little incident. Is that quite clear? Kome, send out that message to everyone's PDO unit on this ship except theirs and add a two minute 'delete' instruction. This minor 'wargame' never happened. I need a drink so let's go back to the bar." said the ex-Archangelite (Nat, Caggie and Flay's former ship had been the 'Archangel' in Cosmic Year 30) and they all left.<br /><br />Over in the nav room Nami and the Boss were chatting about old times while they ostensibly searched for the best approach to 'Onsokamaru' space and those two 'Double 0 Riser' Gundams.<br /><br />"Yuri won't let us get any closer than a hundred K kilos (100,000 kilometres) and neither one of us is gonna risk beaming anyone down there. Those 'pattern enhancers' should let us pick 'em up with no prolems." said the redhead.<br /><br />"Blackfire's worried about our damned warp core holding up long enough to get us there and back again, Boss. By the way who's gonna pilot these two new Gundams for us?" asked Nami Richards.<br /><br />"Annie (Anne Hathaway was Ella's daughter and a time ship pilot with the 3WA albeit in AD 2268) and KR (Keitarou Reef was the Angels' godson, Annie's partner and a time ship pilot as well). They're both time ship pilots so Gundams should be a cinch for them." replied Kei who had never really known too much about these ancient 'Celestial Being' beasties. Nyssa arrived to spell Nami who headed for bed. Nyssa was the quiet type, answered in monosyllables so the Boss left with Han and Gene who had just been relieved by Rukia and Ichigo. Rally's replacement was 'Derringer' Merrill Stryfe. InuYasha was night security chief. The big hanyou was both upset and amused by his niece's (Rin) stunt with the 'long pipes' next door while everyone else was having a grand old time in the rec room and the bar.<br /><br />"Rinny gets it from her dad. That's my brother Sesshomaru ya know. Oro I mean is she gets it from him, not me!" said the big inu hanyou or half human and half dog demon.<br /><br />"Oh no! You never did anything reckless, did you? No! Not you!" commented Kagome Higurashi sarcastically.<br /><br />"Aw you just think Sess is a saint on account of he adopted Rinny." grumbled InuYasha.<br /><br />"I most certainly do not! I was referring to the time you and Ichigo were sparring on Deck Six (Deck Six 'is' the 'God Gun') and your 'Tetsusaiga' (IY's sword) cut into the 'God Gun's coolant lines." she replied.<br /><br />Ichigo guffawed. "She's got ya dead to rights there, Dog Breath! I remember that mess!" chuckled the soul reaper from Kara Kura Town. Rukia turned towards him and smiled.<br /><br />"Then you must recall that 'Zangetsu' (Ichigo's zanzapatou sword) almost split the gun's ion generator in half that day, Lt Kurosaki." reminded Ms Kutschski.<br /><br />It really irked Rukia Kutschski that Ichigo Kurosaki had been promoted to lieutenant and assigned to Gin Ichimaru's old squad while she was snubbed. In Squad 13 Rukia was still a lowly nobody warrior. That was back in the Seretai in the Soul Society and that was bad enough but now that they were here as temporary 3WA officers Ichigo's promotions had continued. That blonde hussy brigadier had just made him a Captain while passing over Rukia leaving her still a lowly Ensign! Even Kagome, a fifteen year old schoolkid, was a Suba (Subaltern) and her pet pooch ("Sit Boy!!") was a Lieutenant. Life was like a boat dammit! It was just not fair at all!<br /><br />"Hey Kagome! Take Rukie and rep us up some snacks and java will ya?" called the petite brunette from the nav room.<br /><br />"You got it, Merrill. Let's go, Ensign Kutschski." replied Kagome.<br /><br />"Dammit all! Merrill's not only a First Lieutenant, she's a frigging Acting Captain to boot!" sulked Rukia to herself.<br /><br />"Bridge duty tonight and babysitting tomorrow. I just can't seem to catch a break, Suba." she complained to the schoolgirl. Kagome shook her head sadly.<br /><br />"It's your own damned fault, Reaper Girl. You should not have decked Light Yagami yesterday. And you did it in front of Donovan too. Blondie was all set to hand you your bars at tonight's party. Now with you on report she can't do it." explained Kagome while punching in the snack orders on her PDO unit. Involuntarily Rukia shivered.<br /><br />"Dammit! It's bloody cold in here, Kaggie. Can the 3WA possibly make these damned miniskirts any shorter? I hate these things! That's why I was hoping to make Lieutenant, Kaggie." said Rukia.<br /><br />"Here's the list. Get repping. Oro does not being promoted to Lieutenant have to do with miniskirts, Rukie?" asked a confused Kagome.<br /><br />"Lieutenants and the higher up ranks get to wear pants, Suba Higurashi. Reds I mean the Marshall put the kibosh on my 'gi' (soul reapers wear a black overshirt and oversized black pants called a 'gi'. The same outfit is used by Ninjas or Karate fighters) outfit while on duty so I gotta wear this damned getup. Excuse me while I rep, ma'am." said the angry soul reaper.<br /><br />"I think Andy Gooley picked 'em out and Kome said he's a dirty old man. Suba Oki took hers off and threw it in his face. Chief Gustav told me that after Marina Oki had stormed out the entire steno pool bombarded him with theirs too." giggled Kagome.<br /><br />"And I thought the Seretai's 'Inner Sanctum' was full of nutcases!" chuckled Rukia. She began placing cakes and pies, buns and rolls, doughnuts and Danishes on an antigrav trolley while Kagome carried the two immense java (coffee) urns over. Then they stacked the dishes and cutlery. Rukia was carefully filling the last cream pitcher when--<br /><br />"Yo! Hurry up with the food, Shortie! I'm hungry!" bellowed Dog Boy.<br /><br />"Shit! Look at this blasted mess!" yelped the angry soul reaper who had just dumped the contents of the cream canister all over herself.<br /><br />"Aren't you a cutie! Better get outta that uniform so we can sponge it off before the stains set." said Kagome while Rukia stared at her open-mouthed then relaxed when Kagome slipped off her own flightsuit and tossed it to her. Kagome had had on a tee shirt and jeans underneath it.<br /><br />"Looks like you'll be going against regulations until tomorrow, Rukie. Hurry up and change. Gimme your cruddy stuff so I can toss it down the laundry chute. No way! Teddy bear undies? (Rukia made a wry face and nodded) Sango give 'em to you? (Again Rukia nodded) Thought so. I was the one that gave 'em to her." chuckled Kagome while relacing her deck boots.<br /><br />"Ha ha. Very funny. Thanks for the jumper though." replied the reaper girl. They refilled the creamers and the sugar bowls before trundling the trolley back to the bridge.<br /><br />"Slumming, Kaggie?" chortled Ichigo.<br /><br />"A little spilt cream, Reaper Boy. Luckily I had my 'slumming' outfit on underneath my flightsuit so I gave it to Rukie. This is just between us, guys. OK? Rukie's in enough trouble already what with the Light thing yesterday and all." said Kagome and Rukia got very red in the face.<br /><br />"Darn it all! I wasn't even trying to hit Light. I was going after that Shinigami of his!" yelled Rukia.<br /><br />"You cannot harm a death god, kid. As a rule you cannot even see or hear them." explained Light who was making his rounds trailed by a grinning Ryuuk.<br /><br />"Sorry if I got you into trouble, fellow Shinigami." apologized Ryuuk.<br /><br />"Thanks Ry. I forgot that us soul reapers are Shinigami too." replied Rukie.<br /><br />"Only they aren't as ugly." added Ichigo.<br /><br />"You haven't seen the Squad 12 Captain yet, have you?" giggled Rukia. This dude rivalled both the Joker and Ryuuk in ugliness.<br /><br />"Enough chatter in there, guys. I got something onscreen. Kagome, get in here." called 'Cat' from the nav room.<br /><br />"Oro does Nami say about it, 'Cat'?" asked Rukia.<br /><br />"I got no idea, Reaper Gal so get Kaggie's ass in here dammit!" snarled the Terran navigator.<br /><br />"Is it one of ours, Kaggie?" asked 'Cat' but the schoolgirl slowly shook her head.<br /><br />"Nope. I'm sure the Boss said we're the only law enforcement ship in these parts. It's way out of 'ISSP' jurisdiction and no other 3WA vessels have been assigned out this far. Whoever it is it's definitely not one of our vessels." said Kagome. Rukia was leaning over Nami and squinting into the scanner.<br /><br />"Who's 'GC'?" she asked innocently.<br /><br />"Huh?" replied Nami.<br /><br />"That's oro it says on the side of that ship out there." explained Rukia.<br /><br />"It means 'Galactic Command', darlin'. They're sort of like one of us so get your itchy fingers off those triggers out there, Reaper Boy." drawled Han Solo.<br /><br />"Where the Hell'd you come from, Pirate?" grumbled Nami.<br /><br />"I trilled Commander Solo and asked him to come up, Ensign Richards. When I saw Kurosaki charging up the plasma cannons I wanted to make damned sure who we were firing on first." explained Light Yagami.<br /><br />"The Boss called in a favour and asked John Raven ('ISSP' commander at 'Ganymede') to get us some kind of an escort. 'Galactic Command' was the only one that would send a ship out this far. That ship can only assume we're here since we're still 'cloaked' and they can't see us or detect us. Put down that mike, Ensign Kutschski. We are maintaining relay silence until we reach 'Onsokamaru' space. I'll sack out up here across from the ready room. Don't be afraid to sing out if you kids spot anything else. And stay off the comm relays, Rukie love. G'Night." drawled Solo and he left them.<br /><br />"Oro do we do now?" asked the reaper girl.<br /><br />"I'm starving to death so let's eat!" yelled InuYasha and he grabbed four ham and Swiss on ryes and popped off the top of a java urn.<br /><br />"You're a pig!" yelled Rukia.<br /><br />"Ain't he though." agreed Vincent.<br /><br />"Sit boy!" ordered Kagome and the big hanyou pitched forward and crashed to the deck floor.<br /><br />"OW! Damn you wench! That hurt!" howled InuYasha.<br /><br />"Next time watch your manners, InuYasha." advised Kagome.<br /><br />Ichigo pulled him up and Nami handed him a cup and a sandwich. Still sulking he wolfed it down and allowed Rukia to fill his mug all the while complaining because they had forgotten his ramen.<br /><br />Meanwhile the 'GC' ship kept a silent vigil while both vessels sped on towards the most lawless sector of the 'Epsilon Quadrant'- the 'Elysian Fields' and their rendezvous on the tiny asteroid known as 'Onsokamaru'.<br /><br />Seated in his pilot's chair the 'GC' Captain was brooding. He wasn't a bit worried about the dangerous regions they were soon to encounter. He was way too angry with the 'Galactic Command' and their shyster tactics which was how he and his starcruiser became enmeshed in this mess in the first place. Finding himself in need of a few million credits in a hurry he had foolishly floated a loan from an Antillian moneylender. This guy could have given Shylock lessons! The 150% interest loan was signed in 'Dariabar' but oro the Captain did not know was that the moneylender was only a frontman for the real creditor- Goren LaGann, Supreme Commodore and Commander of the 'Galactic Command' headquartered just beyond Alderaan.<br /><br />When he discovered that his new creditor was LaGann he still wasn't too concerned. He had patrolled for the law before and anyway until that note was settled he and his fine vessel belonged to the 'GC' so he decided to just make the best of it. None of this upset him until LaGann dropped his bombshells. Then the Captain became as mad as a Zygorvian Sabre Cat and began spitting fire! A "GC' ship or one that was temporarily on loan to them had to fly their ensign- a grey 'GC' on a dark field. In addition LaGann had placed an observer from his own staff aboard the Captain's craft ostensibly as an advisour but to the Captain he was a little fat pain-in-the-ass. The final thing that rankled his ire was that the 'GC' had the unmitigated gall to repaint his beloved starship!<br /><br />After all the 'Liberator' had just been repainted a cheery red, white and aoishi (blue) to match his fave redhead's 'Lovely Angel 2' starship. Before that it been green and gold- the clours of Marina's fave Terran NFL football team- the Green Bay Packers. He had begged and pleaded to no avail. Supreme Commodore LaGann had been gracious and sympathetic but firm. In the end Captain Zacharias Zero was sitting here just beyond no-man's land in his drab grey 'Liberator' while Warrant Officer Second Class Jomdath Jegga slept in his room downstairs.<br /><br />Jegga was ostensibly the 'GC' observer but to Zach he was a royal apin-in-the-ass. Zach fumed inwardly at his blasted orders from the High Command. The 'Liberator' was to maintain comm relay silence and Zach was to assume that the 3WA 'LA2' was out there somewhere nearby. Therefore he was to continue his voyage to the 'Elysian Fields' as if the 'Liberator' was on a scenic pleasure tour of the galaxy. Shit! That meant that he couldn't even hail the 'Angel' despite the fact that he and his ship were well known to most of the 3WA and their crews. Well they knew his 'Lib' as a speedy green and yellow starcruiser not as this drab grey 'GC' patrol ship. They had to have seen him here but merely logged him as a 'GC' escort vessel. Wait a minute. Maybe he could send them a message like they had both done in the 'Gyrol Mountains' that time back on 'Shimougou' using ancient Terran Morse Code.<br /><br />"No Captain. No Morse Code either. No comm relays at all. Your orders are to remain silent. Good night." Damn that Jegga! He had anticipated Zach's thoughts and warned him telepathically. Why not? Like all 'Zargons' Jegga could read minds- even from a distance while Jegga himself was sleeping soundly with a deck between them! If Zach thought that the 'ISSP' had been stern taskmasters they were kindergartners compared to these 'Galactic Command' clowns. At midnight Zach Zero called it a night and went to his cabin.<br /><br />At that exact same time aboard the other vessel the party broke up and Villa headed for his bunk. Halfway there he recalled that Mae Hopkins had asked that he check in on Nyssa who was navigating the huge ship solo tonight for the very first time. Wearily Villa rode the lift up to the bridge. Nyssa was carefully following the course Nami had laid in earlier and then relaying the course corrections to Ichigo next door who was simply sending them on to the autopilot system. Villa strolled onto the bridge and greeted the two soul reapers. Rukia saluted while Ichigo waved and yawned. To reach the nav room Villa had to step over InuYasha who was asleep on the floor across the doorway. Kagome was dozing in one of the gunner's chairs. Kikyo was on the scanners and politely waved to him. So intense was the Trakken girl on her task that Villa had to practically shout to get her attention. The nav comp readouts were satisfactory and so after assuring Nyssa that she was doing a superb job Villa tried chatting with her. He soon discovered oro most of the bridge teams already knew- Nyssa is no talker. As he rose to leave he remembered the earlier excitement up here.<br /><br />"One more thing kiddo. Oro was all the hoo hah up here earlier when Yagi Boy (Light Yagami) sent for Solo? A sighting of some kind?" asked Villa and Nyssa shrugged her shoulders.<br /><br />"Miss Rukia (As an acting Lieutenant technically she outranked Rukia who was only an Ensign but Nyssa had been brought up on courtesy. Since Rukia was older than she Nyssa treated her with the same respect she would give a superior officer or a fine titled lady.) saw a ship out there. Mr Solo told Mr Kurosaki he couldn't shoot at it because it was a 'Galactic Command' vessel and probably our escort to 'Onsokamaru', sir. The good guys was how he phrased it for us, sir." replied Nyssa quietly.<br /><br />"They still out there?" he asked.<br /><br />"I guess so, sir." mumbled Nyssa. Villa sighed and peered over Kikyo's slim shoulders at the scanner's vidscreens.<br /><br />"That it Honey? The big grey one?" he asked and the miko (Shinto preistess) from Terra's ancient past nodded.<br /><br />"Han said no comm relay transmissions and no hails either. I do not believe the commander trusts the 'GC', sir." she replied.<br /><br />"Probably not love only he can trust that vessel, that he can. I served aboard her before Gene Starwind found me. That ship is Zach Zero's 'Liberator' my dear child. I will have no trouble sleeping tonight knowing Zach's on watch out there. Good night to you, Warrant Officer Kikyo. See you ashita I mean tomorrow." yawned Villa and he ambled off to find his bunk. Villa's mind mused over how to let Zach Zero know that he was here aboard the 'Lovely Angel 2' (or indeed even that this 'cloaked' ship was the 'LA2') without violating a direct order from a superior officer. Then it hit him. He speedily uploaded a vidphoto of that famed ancient Terran Italian estate 'Villa d'Este' and added the caption 'Zero humidity today. Glad you could make it. How do you like this house?' to it. Then using an old coded pre-war channel Villa sent the image and its cryptic message to his old chieftain.<br /><br />As soon as 'You have a signal' popped up on Zach's vidscreen he automatically opened it. Then he puzzled over it for a few minutes.<br /><br />The Italian Tewrran house was called a 'villa' so Zero guessed that his old pal Villa must be aboard that mysterious 'cloaked' ship out there. They were probably under the 'No relays' orders the same as he was. The last Zach had heard of Villa he was serving as a gunner aboard the 'Outlaw Star' and the Star was more than likely docked aboard the 'fire maiden's Angel. After all ever since Gene Starwind and his crew had attempted to rescue 'Black Ghost' from the 3WA Gene had been travelling with that crazy mixed-up firebrand Hellcat, hadn't he? At least that was the scuttlebut from 'Rygiel 9' where he'd delivered some spare parts for 'Voltrons' last year. Did that mean that Villa was here? Apparently so if this cryptic message was any indication.<br /><br />Zach racked his brain for a way to respond without giving 'GC' an excuse to discipline him- again! Finally he hit 'reply' and circled a 'ray' of sunlight on the photo.<br /><br />'Me too. The house is simply Angelic'.' was how he captioned the ancient photo. Then he hit 'send' and relaxed a bit. Villa would easily understand the 'ray' message he hoped. 'Rei' was 'zero' in Japanese and the 'Angelic' house was the 'Lovely Angel 2' starship. Zach hoped that Villa wouldn't risk sending another signal tonight. After all the 'Galactic Command' weren't totally idiotic!<br /><br />Villa chuckled while reading Zach's signal. Now he was quite certain that they had themselves a really good escort out there. He had served Zach Zero as a weaponry expert ever since Zach had 'acquired' the 'Liberator' from her previous skipper- Alonzo Blake. He grinned at that recollection from long ago. Once upon a time Villa had been a member of that infamous renegade pack known as 'Blake's 7' but that was another story entirely. Jonny Harlock hadn't yet left the rec room when Villa had retired so Villa decided a night cap was in order and returned to the bar. He confided his suspected identity of their "GC' escort spacecraft to the grizzled old pirate captain. Jon had known Zach Zero long before Villa had crossed paths with him all those years ago. He agreed with Villa that they were indeed in 'good hands' but like Villa he also wondered why in the wide cosmos Zero had decided to join the 'GC' forces.<br /><br />"We'll be in position by noon tomorrow, laddie." observed Harlock while he sloshed another three fingers of rum and rye for them.<br /><br />"The sooner we finish our job and get the Hell outta here the better, Cap." replied Villa. He drained his glass and turned it upside down before wishing Jon good night and going back to his bunk. A few drinks later Jon followed suit and peace claimed the 'Angel' at long last. Meanwhile abovestairs Villa was troubled.<br /><br />Why hadn't he told the Brigadier (Marlene Angel) about the 'Liberator' and Zach? Villa mused over that problem and finally decided he'd damned well better tell Blondie all about it in the morning. He soon fell into a fitful sleep. And aboard the 'Liberator' Zach Zero was having second thoughts as well.<br /><br />Zach had decided against telling anyone except his exec about Villa's messages and he'd do that in the morning. And? Well he'd better just sleep on it.<br /><br />True to Jon's word by noon the Angel was in position and ready to 'beam' the two Leviathan 'Gundams' aboard. That is until Bear and Eric of the Ice Road Brigade got a good close look at them through the long range vidcams!<br /><br />"Wow! Those things are monsters, Reds!" exclaimed Eric while Bear merely nodded in awe. The other four Terran truckers agreed they'd have one Helluva time moving those two behemoths. Alex whispered something into Neko's ear and she nodded. The nekomata girl trilled John Raven who was waiting below on 'Onsokamaru' and he answered immediately. Her face clouded over at his reply. She turned to the others.<br /><br />"Bad news, kids. John says the two 'Gundams' weigh a good 75 or 80 apiece. Therein lies our problem." she said grimly. Hugh the 'Polar Bear' blanched white.<br /><br />"Tons? Metric tons? What's the gravity like down there, 'Kittykat'?" he asked worriedly.<br /><br />"Seventy-five or eighty thousand kilograms, Mr Hugh. Like I said therein lies our problem. John thinks so too." replied Neko.<br /><br />"Oro (What) problem?" demanded the Boss. Rally had pulled John Raven's rugged image up on the vidscreens and patched in a relay so everyone could see and hear him.<br /><br />"Hiya Reds. Well you're a hundred kilos out and that is well within range of 'em if they were up here on the surface. However, those things are another two or three kilos below us and too damned heavy to move on our own. None of our shuttles will fit down in those tunnels and--" he began.<br /><br />"Sorry to bust in on ya there, Mr Raven but how wide are these tunnels of yours?" cried Hugh suddenly.<br /><br />"That you Polar Bear? Well I er--" he dithered until-<br /><br />"For Kami's sake John! Just tell him dammit!" growled Kei.<br /><br />"OK. They're pretty darned narrow for us, Hugh. Only a kilo and a half in width." replied Raven.<br /><br />"Only? Hell! That's almost a whole damned mile!" yelled Drew. Slowly Jon Harlock shook his bearded head.<br /><br />"I know oro ye be thinkin' laddie and it willnae (will not) work. Each one of those tin suits weighs over 75,000 tons! Your lorries will hold only a fraction of that weight. Sorry to burst your bubble, Hugh." apologized Jonathan Harlock sadly. Hugh smiled and Alex frowned at first and then he too finally got Hugh's drift.<br /><br />"Ever heard of 'tandem trucking', Mr Raven?" chuckled the burly minister of the ice roads.<br /><br />"I never even heard of 'trucking' until you guys showed up on 'Gysymeo', Reverend but I'm willing to learn. Oro's the deal, guys?" asked John Raven. Being the oldest trucker Bear explained.<br /><br />"Back home on our ice roads sometimes we just have to deliver loads too heavy for one rig to haul. Like say an oil derrick tower. What we do is this. Put two rigs against each other back to back. Then we load the thing so half of it's in the bed of one rig and the other half's in the bed of the other rig. See? (John nodded) Then while one rig drives forwards the other driver is going in reverse. (John's aizu (eyes) popped) Of course both trucks have got to maintain the same speed and keep their load as steady as possible but we do it quite a bit, sir with very few problems." explained the greybeard. Solo was amused.<br /><br />"Ever try that trick through a twisting pitch black tunnel deep beneath the surface for 5 or 6 kilometres (3 or 4 miles)?" drawled Han.<br /><br />"Nope. But we never had onboard navigation systems like these before either." said Rick. The Boss was gnawing her knuckles. Finally she glanced over at Ari the Elf Huntress.<br /><br />"Can you beam 4 trucks, 2 skysleds, drivers, handlers and provisions for each onto that asteroid's surface? I won't ask you to beam 'em all underground kid. They can drive down there by themselves. (Ari nodded) Right. 4 rigs and 2 sleds. Hugh and Alex will drive 2 of the trucks while Bear and Eric will drive the other 2. Rick and Drew will each be aboard a skysled with a driver. Rally's gonna scan the tunnels and relay information to the sleds who will in turn pass the word along to the rig. Once they get those 'Double O Riser' units topside Ari will beam 'em aboard one at a time. Then she'' beam the rest of the teams and their equipment back here. Any questions? Good. You guys go and get your gear together awhile. You'll be trilled when we're ready to go. I want a guard on each rig and a security team with each sled. Rick? Drew? I take it you guys dunno how to operate a skysled?" said the redhead.<br /><br />"What the Hell's a skysled?" asked Drew and Rick merely stared into his java.<br /><br />"OK. Then Ichigo and Naraku will be your drivers. Jon? (The big guy nodded) You'll pick the security teams. As for the rig guards- InuYasha will go with Bear. Kouga will go with Eric. Lord Ivy (Ivanhoe) will be with the Reverend (Alex) and Rebecca goes with Hugh. Ichigo will drive Rick and Naraku will drive Drew." commanded the Red Marshall. The Ice Road Six had left some time before this and so were not privy to these orders nor would they have approved of them!<br /><br />A little while later Nyssa tapped on the door of the truckers' quarters and Eric opened it.<br /><br />"Hello there, Love. Come by to wish us luck eh?" he asked with a devilish grin.<br /><br />"Yeah but the Boss told me to deliver this stuff to you guys." she said and dumped what appeared to be a huge armload of shimmering tissue-thin plastic sheeting on a table.<br /><br />"What the Hell are we supposed to do with this shiny plastic wrap? Gift wrap those metal beasts?" joked Rick. She grinned.<br /><br />"Hardly. These are Elfin suits of mail for your protection, gentlemen. They are composed of 'Mithril' which makes them very light but amazingly strong. Elfin armour to be precise. It'll stop a disruptor bolt or a bullet." explained the Trakken girl.<br /><br />"This crap wouldn't even stop a pebble from a slingshot, kid!" Hugh guffawed loudly. The rest snickered their agreement. Nyssa sighed and spread one of the 'Mithril' suits on the floor. Next she drew her Mark XII disruptor pistol and motioned them all to step back.<br /><br />"Stand well back, Terrans. Watch and learn." she ordered before calmy firing six bolts of pure plasma energy into the garment from two metres away. Mouths gaped open in shock! The 'Mithril' mail was completely undamaged. "And they're even warmer than your long johns, me boyos." she added while reholstering her pistol. "Reds said to be on your rigs and ready to split by 1500 hours- three o'clock this afternoon. We're serving luch now so I guess I'll see you guys later. Good luck, gents." said Nyssa and she departed. Bear grinned.<br /><br />"Like I keep on telling ya- this is Wonderland or Oz- one or the other! It has just got to be!" he said and picked up a 'Mithril' suit of mail.<br /><br />"Truly the good Lord doth work in mysterious ways his wonders to perform." agreed Alex who was already pulling on one of the strange Elfish armours. Drew and Rick were still looking for blaster holes (unsuccessfully) in the one Nyssa had shot. Eric was admiring himself in the mirror.<br /><br />"Look at me! I am Super Eric!" he chortled. Hugh grouched at bit but did get into one of the 'Mithril' Hall-o-we'enie costumes as he called them.<br /><br />"Well, one o' these thingies did save Reds' life in that shoot 'em up, didn't it?" growled the Polar Bear.<br /><br />Finding no holes in the test garment Rick handed it to Drew while he donned the remaining one himself.<br /><br />"Hey! They ain't scratchy like wool or flannel!" said an approving Drew.<br /><br />"Warm as toast to boot." agreed Rick.<br /><br />As it turned out all of the drivers and their passengers wound up at the same lunch table. The ones that knew Kei's orders and the ones that didn't were sitting side by side and across from each other. As usual the big hanyou was the first to put his foot in his mouth.<br /><br />"I've got the job of protecting you, Mr Bear." said InuYasha in between bowls of ramen. InuYasha's usual meal contained at least sixty bowls of the noodles staple.<br /><br />"Eric? The big mangy wolf's (Kouga the wolf youkai demon) with you. Lord Ivy's watching your back, Mr Alex. Rick's got soul reaper boy (Ichigo Kurosaki) and Naraku's with Drew." explained InuYasha who almost always ate as though someone was trying to take his food away from him.<br /><br />"Who am I stuck with? Your brother?" demanded Hugh grumpily.<br /><br />"Nope. You have got me, Lord Hugh." said Rebecca. Then she reached across the table to slap Rin's fingers.<br /><br />"Do not take things without asking, young lady." she admonished after Sesshomaru's ward had tried to grab a bowl of InuYasha's prized ramen. Kagome pretended not to notice since IY apparently hadn't and bit into her cheesesteak and munched away heartily.<br /><br />"Bring Rin some ramen please and better bring another fifty for Dog Boy. I'll have some more onion rings please." said Kikyo to Mina who nodded and jetted off to the galley.<br /><br />Ami, Serena, Zoe and Leila trundled eight heavily overloaded antigrav trolleys past the truckers' table.<br /><br />"Who's all that for?" asked Nami Richards.<br /><br />"Guess." replied Faye Valentine.<br /><br />"The Saiyaans are over there so it must be for them." said Light Yagami. Ryuuk pointed confusedly at InuYasha.<br /><br />"Ain't he a Saiyaan?" asked the Shinigami death god.<br /><br />"I'm a demon, Ugly!" snorted InuYasha angrily.<br /><br />"Half demon." intoned Kikyo, Naraku, Sess and Kagome.<br /><br />"Stupid mutt!" said Kouga.<br /><br />"Mangy wolf!" replied the hanyou.<br /><br />"Please don't start that all over again!" pleaded Rukia Kutschski.<br /><br />"Yeah. I've got a headache." agreed Ichigo Kurosaki.<br /><br />"How come I get stuck with Becky for a passenger?" sulked Hugh.<br /><br />"Would ye rather after havin' Revy Roberts, Mr Hugh? (Hugh emphatically shook his head) Then pipe doon already, sir." said Jon Harlock.<br /><br />"Cheer up, Hugh. You coulda gotten saddled with that pirate gal Emma." chuckled Rick. Jon rounded on him savagely.<br /><br />"And just what be wrong with that, laddie?" demanded Harlock.<br /><br />"Nothing. Sorry, sir." apologized Rick who still had a blank look on his face until Drew whispered to him.<br /><br />"Cool it, you dolt! Emma's Jon's niece." seethed Drew. Jon drew out a huge old-fashioned Turnip watch.<br /><br />"It be half past two. I'll see ye all doon in the bays at three sharp and ye dinna better be late!" he said and left the table.<br /><br />By 1500 (3 PM) six of Kiva's 'Coriander' crew had been drafted by Jon to be his two security teams- three for each sled.<br /><br />"Can you guys hear me OK? Rick? Drew? This is 'Cat' here. Over." trilled Rally Vincent.<br /><br />"Yup. We sure can." trilled Rick.<br /><br />"Loud and clear, ma'am." trilled Drew.<br /><br />"That's great. OK. Just read out whatever messages I send to your vidscreens. Rick will be advising Hugh and Alex. Drew will be relaying to Bear and Eric. Good luck, boys. 'Cat' out." trilled Vincent.<br /><br />Suddenly Rick thought of something really important!<br /><br />"Yo Reds! We are getting paid for this job, ain't we?" he blurted out anxiously. This seemed to be a cue for the others to chime in and they did- loudly.<br /><br />"Of course we're paying you guys. Galadriel has given all six of you oro you guys call 'blank cheques' for the duration of your stay with us. By the way you are all warrant officers and acting Subalterns you know. Rebecca's already a Suba so for this mission she's in charge. One more thing, gang. You'll be pleased to know that our old tomo (friend) Zach Zero is commanding our 'Galactic Command' escort vessel. Yup that's the old 'Liberator' out there although Kami knows why he decided to aint her battleship grey. OK. All team members will carry sidearms and plasma rifles, got it? Ari will beam you down in five seconds. Good luck, me boyos and lassies." said the Boss and she pointed to Ari who nodded.<br /><br />"All systems go. Energize." ordered the redhead and the small convoy vanished.<br /><br />A tall lanky official-looking guy in black flight togs was standing in front of oro resembled the entrance to the New Holland Tunnel in ancient Terran New York City if that tunnel had been ten times wider than it really was.<br /><br />"Jesus H Christ! What the Hell's that thing, Alex?" trilled Hugh.<br /><br />"Abandon hope all ye who enter here. May the good Lord protect us, Hugh." replied Alex.<br /><br />"Amen to that, brother." agreed Eric.<br /><br />"Who wants to go down the dark creepy tunnel first?" trilled Bear.<br /><br />"Lead the way, Rick!" trilled Drew.<br /><br />"I just remembered that I got claustrophobia, guys!" trilled Rick.<br /><br />"Pretend you're Robert Langdon on a dangerous mission, Rick." suggested Eric.<br /><br />"Greetings gentlemen and welcome to 'Onsokamaru'." said John Raven. "You needn't worry, lads. I'll be leading this sortie. This place is honeycombed like a rabbits' warren. We don't want you guys getting lost now, do we?" chuckled the 'ISSP' chief.<br /><br />"After my sled the order will be Drew, the Polar Bear, the Reverend, Rick, Eric and Bear. Lt Moran will be bringing up the rear so we don't lose any stragglers. It's as icy as the devil down there so be careful. The temperature is minus 650 degrees Kelvin which is well over 800 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. That means that you stay inside your rigs at all times. My men will load your carriages. There will be ample space to reverse your trucks once you reach bottom. Any questions?" asked Raven.<br /><br />"How much does each one of those statue things weight, Mr Raven?" asked Eric.<br /><br />"Almost 400 tons which means that each rig must bear a 200 tons load. Which two of you drew the short straw and get to back out of the tunnel?" asked John. Alex and Bear's hands went up.<br /><br />"Fine. Just keep your speeds even and constant. Even your excessive weight will not break the ice but a 400 ton Gundam might so onegai (please) do not drop one on the way out. Anyone else? No? Then queue up behind me and keep together. Good luck." said Raven.<br /><br />"All set, Morey?" trilled John and Lt Mortimer Moran replied in the affirmative.<br /><br />"Only three and a half Terran miles but to these Earthers it'll feel more like a thousand, eh Starbuck?" he chuckled to his driver Sapper Dave Starbuck who grinned.<br /><br />"Damned straight, sir. Three and a half miles down but that's as the crow flies and not as the tunnel twists, Lt." he agreed.<br /><br />Except for Drew's constant wailings of impending doom and Rick's constant cursing, Alex's praying, Hugh's yelling, Eric's laughing and Bear's continual exclamations of wonderment the trip down was uneventful and took less than four solar hours.<br /><br />"We're all gonna die!" bemoaned Drew for the umpteenth time.<br /><br />"If you say that one more time, drw, you really ARE going to die!" yelled an exasperated Naraku.<br /><br />"I'm getting airsick again!" announced Rick.<br /><br />"Dammit! Use those barf bags, Mr Rick!" howled Ichigo.<br /><br />"Our children are acting up again, Bear." chortled Eric.<br /><br />"Yeah, seems we can't take 'em anywhere without their getting into trouble, Eric." agreed the greybeard trucker.<br /><br />"Do not worry for the good Lord will protect us from evil." intoned a solemn Alex.<br /><br />"I sure as Hell hope so!" cried Hugh who was not used to driving in utter pitch black darkness. On Terra there was always moonlight.<br /><br />"Are not you men supposed to be the stronger sex? Time to start acting like it, Lord Hugh." said a disgusted Rebecca.<br /><br />"Hooray! I can see light up ahead!" rejoiced Drew.<br /><br />"Thanks be to Christ! I like this evil darkness not!" replied Ivanhoe the Dark Knight.<br /><br />"Stand by with those monstrosities, lads! Get these old antique jalopies loaded up quick so these boyos can get on their way, Mr Moriarty." trilled John Raven.<br /><br />"Standing by, sir." trilled his 'truck push' who had been borrowed from the Kaguran Air and Space Patrol (KASP) for this mission.<br /><br />"Thanks. I'll be sure to put in a good word for you and Mr Moran the next time I'm with Dan Dastun, Lt." trilled Raven.<br /><br />Dan Dastun was the chief commanding officer of KASP and both Moran and Moriarty's boss. After the first two rigs had been loaded and placed back to back with Hugh in front and Alex in reverse the big Polar Bear asked jokingly:<br /><br />"What happens if one of us drops his half of one of these iron giants?" Raven answered in a deadpan voice:<br /><br />"After losing so much weight so quickly your outmoded conveyance will be catapulted upwards into and partway through the roof of the tunnel where you will be wedged for all eternity. The sudden shift of excess weight to the remaining contraption will of course crush both driver and passenger into a compact box instantly. I am not sure whether the Gundam's excessive weight will break through the tunnel's floor or not. However, if it does, this tunnel sits above a virtually bottomless crevasse or chasm large enough to engulf your Terran moon with room to spare, Polar Bear."<br /><br />Hugh paled as did Becky!<br /><br />END of Ch 58. Ch 59 'Monsters On the Angel?' or 'RAVEing Lunatics? ' soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K<br /><br />I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh?<br /><br />Hope ya had a happy and safe Guy Fawkes' Day!<br /><br />PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K<br /><br />See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K<br /><br />This chapter brings me up to date. Then I have to wind up this one and think about my next one folks- K&Kkeimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-22444154816998677042009-11-04T13:37:00.000-05:002009-11-04T13:41:24.628-05:00TV Anime Guide for Nov 09 Updated 1 Nov 09Monthly Anime on TV Viewing Guide for Anime Programming on ComcastOnDemand Channels:<br /><br /> NOVEMBER 2009- Updated 1 Nov 09<br /><br />If you're a Boss fan (Bruce Springsteen not our Boss Kei O'Halloran that is) you might like to know he has a younger sister Pamela an actress. Currently she is starring as a female Jason Voorhees (Angela Baker in her case) in two Friday the 13th spoof films- Sleepaway Camp II and III. There was an original SC but she ain't in it. There were also SC IV and V and VI comes next year. It's called Reunion so Pam may be in it. Dunno about IV or V. She may be in them as well. It runs on Fearnet under Free Movies so be warned- blood and guts galore! <br /><br />COD/CE/AdultSwim/Action<br /><br />Code Geass (Ep 22)<br />Death Note (Eps 2,3,4) <br />Ghost in the Shell/SAC (Eps 15 to 18)<br />InuYasha (Eps 144 to 148)<br /><br />COD/CE/AnimeSelects is back. CE/FunimationAnime/AnSel now has Eps 9 to 12 of GundamSeedDestiny and Eps 5-6 of Vampire Princess Miyu. Sadly Anime Network is no longer available OnDemand. Sorry.<br /> <br />Regrettably I will no longer be listing anything anime nor cartoon from COD/Kids. There are just too many to keep following them. Again sorry for the inconvenience. Be warned, however, that many anime/cartoons/movies/series here can be pay per view especially the stuff under COD/Kids/All Movies.<br /><br />COD/CE/IFC/Anime<br /><br />IFC Alert: This just in folks- IFC has added Basilisk a Hieian Era Samurai/Ninja anime series to its lineup. For us it's Tuesdays at 11:30 PM ET. Check your TV schedules in your area. <br /><br />COD/CuttingEdge/FunimationAnime ( Some are listed under Movies&Events too):<br /><br />These titles are available under both Cutting Edge/Funimation Anime and Movies & Events/Funimation Anime. These titles are first episode free and 99 cents per each successive episode:<br /><br />D. Gray-Man (Eppys 32 to 36)<br />Heroic Age (Eppys 21 to 26)<br />Buso Renkin (Eppys 21 to 26)<br />Nabarino No Ou (Eppys 11 to 15)<br />Tower of Druaga (Eppys 5 to 12)<br />Blassreiter (Eppys 5 to 11)<br />Nana (Eppys 12 to 16)<br />Dragonaught (Eppys 1 to 8)<br />Hunter X Hunter (Eppys 1 to 6)<br />El Cazador (Eppys 1 to 6)(NEW)(Bounty hunter finds amnesiac girl who is wanted Dead or Alive)<br /><br />These Funimation Anime titles are free:<br /><br />Drama-Comedy:<br /><br />Air Gear (Eps 7-8)(NEW)(Young folks training to be pilots)<br />Case Closed (Eps 37 to 39)<br />Fruits Basket (Eps 13-14)(Pleasant little kids romance ditty with little plot)(New)<br />Negima! (Eps 6-7)<br />Shuffle! (Eps 6-7)<br /><br />Action-Fantasy:<br /><br />Galaxy Railway (Eps 25-26)<br />Mushi Shi (Eps 23-24)<br />Sasami (Eps 21-22)<br />xxxHolic (Eps 11-12)(Addicted to Sorcery & Witchcraft? This your mug of java)(New)<br />Solti Rei (Eps 7-8)(NEW)(Not sure what this one is yet)<br />Tsubasa Chronicles (Eps 7-8)(Tsubasa is a submarine I think)<br /><br /><br />Darker Than Black (Eps 21 to 26)(Contract killers w/ supernatural powers working for evil)(FREE)<br /><br />Ah My Goddess (Eps 9 to 12)(NEW)(A goddess enrolls in school)(FREE)<br /><br /><br />All pay per view anime available under Movies & Events/ Funimation Anime(includes above ppv titles)<br /><br />Movies-Specials:<br /><br />These are $2.99 each to view:<br /><br /> Big Wind Up (Eps 14 to 16 and 17 to 19) (Video games anime)<br /><br />King of Bandits Jing OVA (Ultimate bandit saves world)<br /><br /> <br />This next section of COD/Kids may have changed. Remember onegai that I only keep the Kids/Movies and Kids/Free Movies updated now. As far as I know all the kiddie stuff and teen stuff under Kids is still there albeit later eppys than I have here. Ditto for the Free Movis and Premium Channels sections for kid stuff. Check it out if you're interested at COD:<br /> <br />COD/PremiumChannels/Starz/StarzKids<br /><br />Hansel & Gretel<br />The Pagemaster<br />Ferngully (Amazon Adventure)<br />Chronicles of Narnia 2/Prince Caspian<br />Iron Giant<br />Wall-e<br />All Dogs Go to Heaven 2<br />Batman & Robin<br />Follow That Bird!<br />Thunderbirds on Patrol!<br />Secret of NIMH II<br />Comic Books Unbound<br />Anime: Drawing Revolution<br />Bolt (Travolta's a dog/Hannah Montana's a cat)<br />Wubbzy's Big Movie<br />The Witch's Dance (Princess Sydney wants a witch to turn her into a pumpkin!)<br />The Happy Cricket<br /> <br />COD/PremiumChannels/Encore/Kids<br /><br /> The Pagemaster<br />An American Tale (Spielberg's Russian mouse adventure animated film)<br />Daffy Duck's Movie and DD- Quackbusters<br />Ferngully<br />Dr Seuss- Grinch w. Jim Carrey<br />Persepolis (Unusual anime re a girl coming of age in Iran)<br />Nightmare Before Christmas (Xmas meets Hall-o-we'en a la Tim Burton)<br /><br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/Encore<br /><br />Resident Evil 3<br />Mimic<br />Tokyo Raiders<br />Cowboy Way (Raunch anime re horny cowboys- Rated X)<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/Starz/AllMovies<br /><br />Spiderman 3<br />Underdog<br />Untraceable<br />8 Women (A superb mystery- French w/ English subs)<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/Max/Movies<br /><br />Incredible Hulk<br />Fantastic Four 2 (Silver Surfer)<br />New Wolverine flick (Sneak Peek)<br />The Mummy 3/Dragon Emporer (stars Jet Li)<br />Kung Fu Panda<br />Jumper (Goku's DB powers of instant transmission- don't let Uncle Sam find out!)<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/Movieplex<br /><br />God's Gun (Yeah a Western but well if you've read my ff's you'll get the irony)<br />Nightmare Before Christmas (Tim Burton has 9 due out soon so don't miss it)<br />Sneakers (Robert Redford a computer nerd? Better believe it. Dan Ackroyd too!)<br />See balance of titles at beginning of guide above.<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/HBO/Movies/AllMovies<br /><br />AI (Artificial Intelligence- Animated Androids)<br />Babylon AD (Vin Diesel in futuristic NYC. Based on game)<br />City of Ember (Kids saving subterranean city)<br />Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg is still invincible. Even against Aesir birds!)<br />The Dark Knight (Batman and he's got Arkham Asylum game out now)<br />The Incredible Hulk (Not as incredible as Bill Bixby/Lou Ferrigno were)<br />Hellboy II- The Golden Army<br />Kiltro<br />Nancy Drew<br />Kung Fu Panda<br />The Golden Compass<br />Titan AE<br />X-Men<br /><br />COD/Kids/CartoonNetwork (No change from May for any of Kids shows):<br /><br />Ben 10 Alien Force (Eps 1,2,25,26)<br />Total Drama Island (Cartoon but animeish fun. Better than 'Survivor' reality game show which it mimics!) (Eps 18 to 22, Total Drama Drama Special Eppy) <br />Secret Saturdays (Cartoon or anime? Very like old Johnny Quest shows)(Eps6,7,11 to 14)<br />Bakugan (Eps 8 to 16)(Dueling tops to save the world BION! Small fry fare)<br /><br />COD/Kids/DisneyXD<br /><br />Iron Man (Cartoon but animelike)<br /> Titles: Grim Reaper<br /> <br />Spiderman (Ditto as above)<br /> Titles: Menace of Mysterio; Alien Costume- Pt 1; Spider-Slayers<br /><br />Pucca (Chop Socky fun cartoon)<br /> Titles: Chop Chewie; Chef Napped; Tame That Toon; Fab Abyo<br /><br />Yin Yang Yo! (Cartoon like 'Avatar the Last Airbender' and pretty decent)<br /> Titles: Camp Magic Pants; Clown-Fu Fighting; Skirting the Issue; For the Love<br /><br />X-Men (Could be anime or cartoon. A great series and great flicks. Hugh Jackman (Wolverine in films) hosted the Oscars)<br /> Titles:The Cure; Slave Island; X-Men: Cold; Unstoppable<br /><br />Aaron Stone<br /> Titles: First Strike, Hero Rising (Parts 1-2), Timeout, Rockin' the Free<br /><br />COD/Kids/KidsWB<br /><br />Thundercats (A very rare anime and Mama has been after it for years!) (Eps 112 to 116)<br /><br />(Entire Thundercats series now available on 7 DVDs for $60 at mytvshowdvds.com)<br /><br />Batman Beyond (Animelike cartoon w/ old Bruce training new Batman) (Eps 201 to 207)<br /><br />The Batman (Cool animelike cartoon w/ Rimo (Ray's bro) Romano as the Batman) (Eps 212 to 213 and 301 to 303)<br /><br />COD/Kids/Bomerang<br /><br />Nothing this time I'm afraid.<br /><br />COD/Kids/Free Movies<br /><br />The Trojan Horse(Famous novel w/ kids as characters)<br />The Song Spinner<br />Muppets From Space (Don't miss the houseflies and chimps in space flicks either. Hunt for them. They are there- trust me.)<br />GI Joe- Mission (Their first meeting with COBRA)(Animated film)(Don't miss the movie!)<br />Halfback of Notre Dame<br />The Ugly Duckling<br />Kids: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Nemo's a kid?)<br />X-Men: Ascension<br />X-Men: Dark<br />The Witch's Dance (Princess Sydney wants a witch to turn her into a pumpkin!)<br /><br />COD/Kids/Kids Movies(Pay Per View films)<br /><br />Aladdin (Robin Williams is the genie) $2.99<br />Dr Seuss' Horton Hears A Who (Jim Carrey is Horton) $4.99<br />City of Ember (Save the glittering city!) $4.99<br />Kung Fu Panda (Jack Black the fighting panda) $4.99<br />Madagascar 2 (Lost animals again) $4.99<br />Open Season 2 (Deer leads animals against hunters again) $4.99<br />Pocahontas (Indian girl loves nature and Smitty) $2.99<br />Return to Neverland (PP must rescue Wendy from Hook years later) $2.99<br />Wall-E (The Oscar winner of 2008) $4.99<br />Atlantis the Lost Empire $2.99<br />Inkheart $4.99<br />Pink Panther 2 $4.99<br />Tale of Desperaux $4.99<br />TMNT (The turtles are back) $2.99<br /><br />The Wiggles (13 movie skits @ $2.99 each)(Regular eppys are free at Kids/PBS Sprout. The Wiggles are a down under Aussie music quartet for kids. Meet Greg Page, Anthony Field, Jeff Fatt and Murray Cook who join Sprout's morning lineup weekdays at 6 AM ET starting Monday 24 August. Sure to appeal to the small fry!<br /><br />Many more- Check the onscreen guides<br /><br />COD/Kids/4KidsTV<br /><br />Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Back to Sewer)<br /> Titles: Back to Sewer #6; Hacking Stockman; Search for Splinter- Pts 1-2; Turtles Space- Pt 1<br /><br />Yugioh 5 D's<br /> Titles: Duel to Remember; Lockdown Duel (Pts 1-2) Fire It Up; The Takeback (Pts 1-2)<br /><br />Chaotic (Weird one but a cartoon) (Eps 147 to 149)<br />Dino King (Another oldie weirdo cartoon) (Eps 140 and 142)<br /><br />COD/Kids/Kabillion<br /><br />Spiderman<br /> Titles: Cosmic Quantum-Ep 7 and 18 (CQ is in almost every Kabillion section here); Spiderman- Disabled and Scam; X-Men: Mutant, Past, Rogue, Wolverine and X-Impulse<br /><br />Transformers<br /> Titles: CQ- 18; Rocket: Earth Day; Surf: Kalani David; Transformers- Eps 13, 19, Sound<br /><br />Godzilla<br /> Titles: CQ-Ep 7; Dennis the Menace- Band; Godzilla- Eps 6 and 9; Rocket: Earth Day and Rockin', Skateboarding<br /><br />Men In Black<br /> Titles: Men In Black- Eps 7 and 9;Rocket: Earth Day; CQ- Eps 7,12,18<br /><br />GI Joe<br /> Titles: CQ- Eps 7,12,18; GI Joe- Eps 11-13; Rocket: Earth Day; Surf: Kalani David<br /><br />New GI Joe:Rise of Cobra coming 7 August to theatres. Don't miss the preview on Adult Swim at midnight ET Sunday night!<br /><br />Ghostbusters<br /> Titles: Ghostbusters- Eps 3 and 6; Rocket: Earth Day; CQ- Eps 7,18<br /><br />Code Lyoko & More<br /> Titles: Code Lyoko- Earth, Seeing, Start; Kiteboarding; Surf: Kalani David; CQ- Ep 18<br /><br />COD/FreeMovies/Trivia&Games (FREE)<br /><br />TV Trivia: Disney Ch 1; Friends 2; Jr. 4; Seinfeld; TV to Go 1<br /><br />Channel 1 Challenge: A&E Challenge 2; Anime Challenge 2; Kids Challenge 2; Life&Home Challenge 2; Music Challenge 2; Sports & Fitness Challenge 2<br /><br />Quizzo: Entertainment 1 to 3; History Round 1 to 3<br /><br />Scene It? Trivia: Disney 5; Disney Channel 1; Disney to Go; Friends 2; Harry Potter 5 and 7; Jr. 4; Movie 5 and 6; Seinfeld; Star Trek; TCM 4 and TV to Go 1<br /><br />Trailer Trivia: Various movie trailers with a special Tom Hanks category<br /><br />Movie Trivia: Disney 5; Disney to Go; Harry Potter 5 and 7; Movie 5 and 6; Star Trek and TCM 4<br /><br />Brainteasers: Animated Phrases 2 to 4; Pix Puzzles 2 and 3; Word Puzzles 2 and 3<br /><br />Recreational Games: Same as before plus Darts 501<br /><br />Big Brain Trivia: Brain Game 15 to 19 (Beg/Int/Expert)<br /><br />COD/Kids/ActivityTV<br /><br />Origami (Japanese art of paper folding)<br />Hometown Recipes (Like Chicago style pizza)<br />Cartooning Lessons<br /><br />COD/FreeMovies/TMC:<br /><br />Mortuary (Widow Denise Crosby & her kids move into haunted mortuary- she was Lt Yar on Trek)<br /><br />COD/FreeMovies/A to Z<br /><br />COD/KIDS/FreeMovies: <br /><br />20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Nemo is a kid?)<br /><br />Fantastic 4<br /><br />Ghost Warrior<br /><br />Ninja Vengeance<br /><br />Pray For Death<br /><br />X Men: Dark<br /><br />X Men: Ascension<br /><br />Canterville Ghost (Cpt Picard as a ghost? Far out!)<br /><br />Erik the Viking (The Vikings a la Monty Python)<br /><br />The Witch's Dance (Princess Sydney wants a witch to turn her into a pumpkin!)<br /><br />COD/Top Picks/ Hall-o-we'en Cartoons (Asstd spooky cartoons for kids and adults)<br /><br />COD/TV Entertainment/AMC and TV Series/1967 The Prisoner (Eps 1 to 17 of this fine 60s cult classic starring Pat McGoohan as #6)<br /><br />Don't miss AMC's The Prisoner 2009 6 parter over three nights beginning at 8 PM ET on Sunday 15 Nov 09 with Jim Calveziel as #6 and Ian McKellen as #2- in the Sahara Desert near Namibia.<br /><br /><br />That's all the FREE anime/cartoons on demand but there quite a few Pay Per View Ones here:<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/DisneyFamilyMovies:<br /><br />These run a basic subscription of $5.99 a month and only two really touch on anime this time around.<br /><br />Phoenix & Carpet (A firebird and a flying carpet a la Boronov's symphonies)<br /><br />G Force Sizzle (sneak preview of new animated film which is like GI Joe)<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/TooMuchForTV/Imports:<br /><br />This service runs $14.99 a month guys and gals:<br /><br />Step Up Love (Eps 1-2-3)(Guy/gal discover themselves. This series not for the younger generation unless they are over 17)<br /><br />(Most of these PPV animes are definitely not for the kids!)(Fireman Sam is OK for them)<br /><br />I promised to add this one under KIDS.<br /><br />COD/KIDS/PBS Sprout/Fireman Sam- <br />These are from Season 2 and feature a revamped format, better characters and new voices.<br />Jupiter and Venus have blue lights and the firehouse has been repainted. Norman's mom<br />Dillys and Bella are better looking and Sam's brother puts in some appearances too.<br /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Mother's Helper<br />No Nurse Like You<br />One That Got Away<br />Paper Plane Down<br />Seeing Red<br />The Wrong Smell<br /><br />TMFT has other non-anime fare too and it's pretty raunchy so be warned gang!<br /><br />COD/Movies&Events/X-Men & Wolverine:<br /><br />X-Men, X-Men 2 and X-Men 3 are $3.99 each<br />X-Men:Origins;Wolverine is $5.99 <br />(Also available under Top Picks)<br /><br />COD/TopPicks/Hall-o-we'en Cartoons:<br /><br />These are free:<br /><br />31 Days of Hall-o-we'en<br />Bobby's World: Pumpkin<br />Code Lyoko: Horror movie filming episode<br />Two dozen more- Check the onscreen listings.<br /><br />This one ain't:<br /><br />Coraline and Coraline 3-D are $4.99 each<br /><br />Here's a few I missed from Premium Channels:<br /><br />HBO:<br /><br />Hellboy II- The Golden Army<br />Kiltro (Warrior is a demon)<br />Madagascar & Madagascar 2<br />Shrek<br /><br />MovieQuest:<br /><br />Brazil (Strange Monty Python flick)<br />Legend of the Red Dragon (Jet Li as a warrior)<br />Return of Sabata (a Western but wow! Maverick wasn't this good!)<br /><br />This is getting tiresome already man! Show of hands onegai of those who think we should stick to adult anime and anime related films only? After all how many 12 year oldsters we got here anyway?<br /><br />From now on I'll post this list twice monthly and I'll keep it under 'Files' rather than 'Messages' or 'Blogs' (at www.Eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/Files)<br /><br />The 'teaser' beginning of the chapter on blog's first page and the balance in the comment/reply is how I'll post my fanfiction chappies from now on unless it's a short chapter that is.<br /><br />SYFY's AniMonday (11 PM to 1 AM ET) is a double eppy of Monster (Doctor running from the law for a crime he did not do- sound familiar?) followed by Macross Plus (Computer generated hologram singer in love with two test pilots. Concludes next week).<br /><br />Good news from SYFY folks! AniMonday has been expanded from 9 PM ET to 1 AM ET with the first two hours called Chiller. Chiller will feature unusual and scary anime film masterpieces beginning with Blood:The Last Vampire which spawned the Blood+ saga and a brand new live action film now running in theatres. Looks like 24 August will be Chiller's debut. If you get SYFY in the SE PA-USA area you are still getting Star Trek-TNG reruns from 9 to 11 ET on Mondays dammit! <br /> <br />Hey WitchBlade the film (with Sarah Pezzini not Masane Amaha- yech!) will hit theatres in a year or so while DragonBall and Death Note are already out there showing. Many more anime based flicks are coming soon and they are filming Bebop with Keanu Reeves in Dave's role as Spike Steigel. For Jett I'd pick LF- Larry Fishburne or even MF- Morgan Freeman. Denzel Washington or Samuel L Jackson don't fit the mold. How about Miley Cyrus aka Hannah Montana as 'Ed' and Lindsay Lohan as Faye Valentine? (Rafe) Donnelly could be Tommie Lee Jones. Hey I oughta be a Hollywood cast finder eh? Gad, I wonder how much of a muckup they'll make of the 'Bebop', 'Swordfish II', 'Redtail' and 'Hammerhead'? I don't think Ed's power scooter had a name although we all know the computer she wore on her head with 'goggle monitors' was named 'Tomato'!<br /><br />Here's the new Saturday night CN/AS lineup which begins earlier now for us at 12:00 AM ET following Star Wars the animated series at midnight. All times Eastern of course:<br /><br />12:30 AM to 1:30 AM Bleach (two eppys)<br />1:30 AM to 2:30 AM Fullmetal Alchemist (Just restarted)<br />2:30 AM to 3:00 AM Morabito (Balsa protects Chagum from Mikado)<br />3:00 AM to 3:30 AM Death Note<br />3:30 AM to 4:00 AM Ghost in the Shell/Stand Alone Complex<br />4:00 AM to 4:30 AM Blood+<br />4:30 AM to 5:00 AM Big 0 (Big Giant Robot fare)<br />5:00 AM to 6:00 AM InuYasha (2 eppys once more- yay!) <br /><br />Sad to see Naruto eliminated in favour of Ben 10 Alien Force which dominates Saturday evenings on CN. It follows Total Drama Island and 6Teen which is about teens in a shopping mall. Now Ben 10 has been replaced with reality TV shows and Total Drama Island the animated Survivour series.<br />All of this mish mash has now been changed! All for the worse with crappy reality TV shows! They showed Naruto in the Land of Snow film this past weekend. Hope he's coming back soon. <br /><br />In both Code Geas and in FMA some of the characters have a special logo in their eye a la Code Lyoko's XANA logo in the evil characters' eyes.<br /><br />In both Death Note and Bleach there are specific hints as to character origins. In DN Ryuuk tells Light Yagami that any user of the DN book can neither go to Heaven nor Hell after death. So what's left? Shinigami World meaning that DN book users after death become Shinigami death gods- right? Guess what live TV series is a DN parallel series? Hint- it's on Showtime. <br /><br />In Bleach Rukia's Squad 13 captain (the one that is always sick as a rule) tells a subordinate that Ichigo's friends are special with unusually high spiritual pressures. He goes on to say that he would not be at all surprised if after death they became soul reapers themselves after they had passed on to the Soul Society. Renji Abari committed a minor faux pas in this week's eppy. While fighting one of the Arrancar Hollows he told him that by the time Kiske arrived the Arrancar himself would be dead. He apparently forgot that all Hollows are already dead to begin with. For that matter are soul reapers really alive or dead?<br /><br />Ichigo, Urryuu and Chad have just met three Arrancars and their pet in the Wako Mundo desert on their way to Las Noches (The Nights) which is Aizen's HQ fortress. Seems not all Arrancars and Hollows are bad because these guys gave 'em a lift and are guiding them to LN. Live and learn guys. Why are they in WM? Aizen has Orihime of course! (see new post for more)<br /><br />Discovered why Moribito theme music is so familiar. Group is Arc 'n ciel who did the GTO theme Driver's Edge. Early OT and ET for Death Note are done by Nightmare group which is what the Black Knights and Brittanians' Gundamlike fighting suits are called. <br /><br />In FMA Ed has learned truth behind the Ishbaal massacre of fifteen years ago while brother Al has just discovered the identity of the Homunculi leader from the snake chimera Marta seconds before she was murdered by the #7 Homunculus- the Fuehrer King Bradley himself. He is Pride- the seventh deadly sin! But- who is his boss? Rose of Lior has become pals with Lira the girl alchemist who used to be with Yochi the state alchemist army lieutenant and she's now called the Holy Mother but she has gone mute and who's her baby's father? The climax seems to be fast approaching and it promises to be exciting so don't miss it gang! Hohenheim the Elrics dad is back and going after Dante. Al has become a deadly time bomb courtesy of an unknowing Scar and an evil Kimlee the Crimson Alchemist who used the red stones in Ed's SAA watch to transmute the souls in Scar's arm into a philosopher's stone! <br /><br />Another Bleach note- why did Aizen want Orihime kidnapped? What or who is the sojioque he has stolen which will awaken in the winter? Who is the lad newly born from its power? What does Kiske know which he ain't telling? Can Ichigo defeat his Espada nemesis? Don't ya just love that jutsu used by Captain Toshiro Hitagawa- reign over the frosted heavens! then the name of his zambatou? A version of it is used by the evil Dragon Emporer in Mummy 3 when Jet Li turns a field of snow into jagged ice stalagmites. Of course he has mastery over the five Chinese elements- fire, water, earth, wood and metal! If there are only five elements in Chinese philosophy then how can there be an avatar or guardian of the air- Avatar the Last Airbender? Air is not one of those elements! And who's the looney tunes Espada poor Rangiku is stuck with?<br /><br />Just saw an unusual style of skillfully blended live action with animation film called Immortal. About an Egyptian creation god (Horus) who must procreate in seven days or lose his immortality forever so he comes to AD 2095 NYC and mates with a BetaZoid/Vulcan type alien (Charlotte Rampling is a doctor in this one gang). <br /><br />Getting into DLs and ULs and burning CDs again. Trying to get into attaching videos to messages like I do pix now but it's damned tricky folks!<br /><br />Am currently reading a Farmer novel- Other Log of Phileas Fogg and it's like something outta Dr Who! There's a 'distorter' which works like a beam transporter only forget about sneaky moves with it! When it activates it bongs loudly many times at both ends! Seems Terra has two ancient alien races- Capellians and Eridaeneans- who live about a millenia each unless they get killed. They wage a constant war on each other to remake Terra into Utopia (Eridaeneans) or ruin it and rule it (Capellians). Fogg and Passepartout and Ayouda are Eris but Fix and Nemo are Caps. Somehow or other Fogg's trip around the globe is no mere bet but a race to save Earth! Anyone who has read it and/or the Riverworld sagas may comment if they wish.<br /><br />Sherlock Holmes returns in the personage of Robert Downey Jr as the famous sleuth. Hits theatres soon. <br /><br />Mama's new read is Helma from the Tros of Samothrace series. Ho hum so far. Waiting on Dan Brown's Lost Symbol coming soon I hope. Tros is getting interesting now- very interesting with refs to English countryside landmarks.<br /><br />I have just added three plums to my anime vids collection: Complete DVD sets of Noir, Gasaraki and Tactics. I already have the complete set of Black Lagoon on DVD and partials on Blood+, Cyborg 009, FMA, Bleach and a few others. I have the first 7 eppys of Morabito and am on the lookout for the set. Bobby has the complete set of Trigun and Mama has the complete set of Gunslinger Girl and Witchblade. Anyone else have any new acquisitions to talk about? If so blog it here or post some messages folks.<br /><br />Now have Bebop movie on DVD and VHS. Just got GS Innocence 2 and Haunting in Connecticutt. Thundercats came at last for Mama. Still have yet to watch DB Evolution film. <br /><br />I will leave you with this. I invite everyone to visit the Forums in SciFi.com (syfy.com after 7 July) under AniMondays/RaveMaster and read all about my newest fave anime series- the Rave Master. I burned the RM OT 'Rave-olution' by Reel Big Fish for Mama for Mom's Day and she has not stopped playing that CD since then. She adores it and she loves RM and Gundam 00 which precedes it on Mondays AniMondays on SciFi (now SYFY) Channel. <br /><br />Bobby's fave on the History Channel 'Ice Road Truckers' returns next season (currently on COD/Science&Nature/HistoryChannel/IceRoadTruckers) and 27 September Mama's fave Dexter returns to Sundays on Showtime. This weekend Michael C Hall who portrays Dexter will star in Gamer with Gerard Butler and Ludacris in theatres. Ludacris was in Max Payne while Butler is the Phantom of the Opera. This is Hall's firt anything since Dexter. When will my Angels ever return- who knows? Maybe I'll watch them tonight- nai Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke is on OnDemand. It's the female version of Ron Howard's Backdraft albeit it is set in Baltimore MD rather than Pittsburgh PA. It's all about a gal who becomes an arson investigator and features Scott Bakula (Cpt Jonathan Archer of the Enerprise) in Bobby DeNiro's Backdraft role as senior arson squad leader and Caterina's boss. Reena is Alice Witt reprising the Backdraft role played by Alec Baldwin if I remember aright. <br /><br />By the way Discover Channel (Ch 64 on Comcast) has dropped (at least for now) Josh Bernstein's Into the Unknown series from their lineup. Josh was on a morning TV talk show this past Wednesday and he may be returning to the History Channel soon. A shame to lose his show since good archaeological shows are few and far between these days. I grew up with Bold Venture and Marlin Perkins' Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom as well as the Wonderful World of Walt Disney. Today's Disney crap would make Walt upchuck! Imagine showing stuff unsuitable for the entire family on network TV in prime time!<br /><br />SYFY is airing Destination Truth which is like JBs old Digging for the Truth on HC. DT is hosted by Josh Bates or Gates and looks pretty good. Anyone know why SYFY considers wrestling science fiction stuff? <br /><br />This just in folks! Josh Bernstein has revamped his website and is now using Twitter too. He has a fab group called JBs Group at YG. Dan Brown is on both Twitter and FaceBook now. What do you guys think about my starting an anime recipes file and a golf tips corner either here or at AH1 or somewhere else? Animeinfor.org is the only place I have ever seen an anime recipes section. As for golf tips- what can I say? I love golf- passionately even if I don't play as much as I used to. Gomen but I just remem,bered this. Kudos to Robert the artist for hire for finding Dan Doh- probably the only anime series about golf itself! Sadly there are no dubs of it just subs. It can be found at VEOH and hulu quite easily. I'll post a pix or two soon.<br /><br />Another great show was In Search Of narrated by Leonard 'Mr Spock' Nimoy and I recall an eppy of theirs re the Knights Templar and Foucault's Pendulum. If anyone knows where I can find a copy of those gems on VHS or DVD onegai let me know. A big domo arigatou in advance for your assistance. Gotta really go now and get some blogging done and maybe post Chapter 50 at last.<br /><br />Just saw Kurosawa's masterpiece 7 Samurai and started reading Angels & Demons after I finished Bored With the Rings (a LOR satire) and Fritz Lieber's Knight & Knave of Swords which was about the two unlikely Norse heroes Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser- think of Arnie Schwarzenegger teamed up with Bruce Willis! Next chapter real soon now. Have a great day and weekend. Sayonara for now folks.<br /><br />Dororo just ran on COD/FreeMovies. It was based on a manga about a warrior cursed as a demon trying to get human again and the gal warrior who aids him. Several more Japanese and Korean subbed films under FM like Triad Elections. Saw Sho Kosugi in Pray for Death which was about a modern day Ninja going on a bloody quest for vengeance in NYC! Cool!<br /><br />Looks like COD has some good movie fare this month. Here are just a few:<br /><br />Angel Unchained; Army of Darkness; Evil Dead 2; Haunted; Haunting of Julia; Candyman (Don't miss Tony Todd in the new Transformers flick); Dracula (Gary Oldman); Mindwarp (w/ Angus 'Phantasm' Scrimm); Waxworks and Waxworks 2; Wishmaster and Wishmaster 3 and 4; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; X Files and X Men; Devour and Fly Me to the Moon (Houseflies on Apollo rocket). Go ahead. Give 'em a whirl. Gotta go now.<br /><br />Almost forgot Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes- both classics!<br /><br />Has anyone seen G Force yet? How about Haunting in Connecticut? Someone has suggested at FaceBook that our anime is dead. Boy did that ever open a potboiler of contention! If anime is dead well nobody told Hollywood! DragonBall, Watchmen, GI Joe, Blood:TLV, Transformers2, the list seems endless eh?<br /><br />How about Tim Burton's 9 and Pandorum eh? <br /><br />I have now posted up to and including Ch 57 of Wings. I am trying to get Xmas and Wings rewritten and published. Think they will sell? A note to budding authors- Avoid 'author mills' like AuthorAmerica and AuthorHouse. All they want is for you to pay them to publish YOUR works! They guarantee nothing! Likewise avoid AbsoluteWriters Water Cooler for info and inspiration. They are quite negative and attempt to discourage a struggling author!<br /><br />Don't miss Showtime's Inside the NFL tonight at 9, 10 or 11 PM ET. Play Beat the Insiders at beattheinsiders.com and join my group there- Saint K's Anime Friends. I'm on FaceBook now you know. This is getting to be more like a newsletter than a guide. Any suggestions? I am considering a monthly golf tips column and a recipe file a la animeinfo.org. Comments?<br /><br />Sports fans! I just started a group at Showtime's Beat the Insiders and it's called Saint K's Anime Friends. Come & join me there and at FanIQ.com if you like. By the way my Saints are the highest scoring team in the league with 120 points in just 3 games. They are at 3-0 and lead their division. Our offense is #3 and our defense is #10. Quite a rise from #19 and #30 last season eh? Drew 'Divine Wind' Brees and his '4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse' have outscored Detroit 45-27, Eagles 48-22 and Bills 27-7. In that last game TO never got close to a ball! The 'Saintly Terrors' are stepping up at last to complement our offense. Enough re that. Oro do ya think of a recipe file here and/or a golf tips column maybe once a month? Don't worry because I have tons of recipes and loads of advice for duffers. Sorry there's been no Ch 58 of Wings yet but I've been really busy with blogs, surveys, polls, reviews, guides, posts and now sports NFL groups. Soon I promise you will see Ch 58 and maybe even the end of Wings before Xmas.<br /><br />A pet peeve here folks. Why is it that in most anime the characters either walk (InuYasha) or run (Bleach) everywhere they go? Didn't the Japanese ever hear of transports? I'd love to see how Kagome could get an SUV through the well! Cars in the Soul Society's Seretai? They've got wide enough roads there surely? And Ninjas and Samurai never seem to have carts, chariots or wagons although Samurai rode horses which was why they made the Zanzabatous like the one used by Zanza on Kenshin. Balsa did ride a stallion for awhile on Morabito and on Code Geas Lelouch's 'brother' Rollo does have a motorbike w/ sidecar. Trains are the transport on FMA although Mustang and Hawkeye did have a car in last week's eppy. DN and Blood+ have cars, boats, trains, planes and the like. So does GS and Bebop. Naruto has modern stuff but no transports. Guess it's to each his own meaning whatever the creators decide. <br /><br />Cult classic from the late 60s has come to IFC on Fridays at 8 PM ET. Don't miss The Prisoner with Pat McGoohan. In November AMC will air the new Prisoner series with Jim Caveziel as the Prisoner (see new post for more on this 6 eppy show). First eppy airs Sunday 15 Nov 09 at 8 PM ET on AMC (Ch 57 on Comcast).<br /><br />Latest read was Danny Brown's excellent fifth work The Lost Symbol (soon to be a flick?) which was quite good if a bit wordy. Damned thing took me 3 days to read! With 2012 in the theatres it was quite apropos. Hints: A famous statue stands in front of the CIA HQ building in Langley and is a pivotal part of the storyline. There are a lot of hidden details in Washington DC and Dan Brown's a history buff as well as a secret society expert. He more than proved that in Angels & Demons and then again in the DaVinci Code. By the way he's got a very entertaining website at www.danbrown.com so if you like tricky logic puzzles and codes by all means visit him there. <br /><br />Oro am I reading now? Sax Rohmer's Shadow of FuManchu. He is the old-fashioned Darth Vader and the leader of a group out to save the Earth from its inhabitants. They are called The Seven. His nemesis is a Scotland Yarder named Sir Denis Nayland-Smith who with his trusty sidekick Dr Petrie pursues Dr FuManchu the same way Holmes and Watson pursued Prof Moriarty all those years. His latest escapade involves collecting scientists and killing anyone in his way. Looks like the Brits, Yanks, Russians and Aussies will have to band together to defeat Fu and Huan Tsung his sidekick. Some pair- Fu was at least 90 when Smith met him 60 years ago (Fu has the secret of eternal life. Has he discovered the FMA Stone?) and his pal's in his 80's! Geriatric? Far from it! Smith's on his own this time unless you count his scientific buddy Carter who is about as useful as Zorro against Darth Vader! What a wimp! <br /><br />Well that's it for this time. Enjoy and toodles tomos watashi-K&K<br /><br />Sorry no pix this time. Blogger's having problems again.keimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-79332085220424234442009-10-15T15:30:00.000-04:002009-10-15T15:33:03.598-04:00TV Anime Guide for Oct 09 Upd 15 Oct 09Monthly Anime on TV Viewing Guide for Anime Programming on ComcastOnDemand Channels:<br /><br /> OCTOBER 2009- Updated 15 October 2009<br /><br />If you're a Boss fan (Bruce Springsteen not our Boss Kei O'Halloran that is) you might like to know he has a younger sister Pamela an actress. Currently she is starring as a female Jason Voorhees (Angela Baker in her case) in two Friday the 13th spoof films- Sleepaway Camp II and III. There was an original SC but she ain't in it. There were also SC IV and V and VI comes next year. It's called Reunion so Pam may be in it. Dunno about IV or V. She may be in them as well. It runs on Fearnet under Free Movies so be warned- blood and guts galore! <br /><br />COD/CE/AdultSwim/Action<br /><br />Code Geass (Ep 21)<br />Death Note (Eps 1, 2,3) <br />Ghost in the Shell/SAC (Eps 13 to 15)<br />InuYasha (Eps 143 to 146)<br /><br />COD/CE/AnimeSelects is back. CE/FunimationAnime/AnSel now has Eps 9 to 12 of GundamSeedDestiny and Eps 5-6 of Vampire Princess Miyu. Sadly Anime Network is no longer available OnDemand. Sorry.<br /> <br />Regrettably I will no longer be listing anything anime nor cartoon from COD/Kids. There are just too many to keep following them. Again sorry for the inconvenience. Be warned, however, that many anime/cartoons/movies/series here can be pay per view especially the stuff under COD/Kids/All Movies.<br /><br />COD/CE/IFC/Anime<br /><br />IFC Alert: This just in folks- IFC has added Basilisk a Hieian Era Samurai/Ninja anime series to its lineup. For us it's Tuesdays at 11:30 PM ET. Check your TV schedules in your area. <br /><br />COD/CuttingEdge/FunimationAnime ( Some are listed under Movies&Events too):<br /><br />Only Nabari No Ou,Nana, Buso Renkin, Dragonaught, Heroic Age, Hunter X Hunter, Honey & Clover, Tower of Druaga, Blassreiter and D. Gray-Man are first ep free then 99 cents each. Balance of titles are free and all pay perview titles are also available under Movies & Events/Funimation Anime as well:<br /><br />Drama-Comedy:<br /><br />Air Gear (Eps 5-6)(NEW)(Young folks training to be pilots)<br />Case Closed (Eps 34 to 36)<br />Fruits Basket (Eps 9-10)(Pleasant little kids romance ditty with little plot)(New)<br />Negima! (Eps 3-4)<br />Shuffle! (Eps 3-4)<br /><br />Action-Fantasy:<br /><br />Galaxy Railway (Eps 23-24)<br />Mushi Shi (Eps 23-24)<br />Sasami (Eps 21-22)<br />xxxHolic (Eps 9-10)(Addicted to Sorcery & Witchcraft? This your mug of java)(New)<br />Solti Rei (Eps 5-6)(NEW)(Not sure what this one is yet)<br />Tsubasa Chronicles (Eps 5-6)(Tsubasa is a submarine I think)<br /><br /><br /> <br />D. Gray-Man (Eps 32 to 36)<br /><br />Hunter X Hunter (Eps 1 to 6) (NEW)<br /><br />Honey & Clover (Eps 10 to 12 and L)(NEW)(Art students at college romantic mystery fare)<br /><br />Heroic Age (Eps 21 to 26)(Princess leads people in search of a saviour on another world)<br /><br />Dragonaught (Eps 1 to 8) (NEW)<br /><br />Buso Renkin (Eps 21 to 26)(Kid defends girl. Kid dies but isn't dead!)<br /><br />Nabarino No Ou (Eps 6 to 10)(Ninja clans battle for mystical powers) (NEW)<br /><br />Darker Than Black (Eps 19 to 23)(Contract killers w/ supernatural powers working for evil)(FREE)<br /><br />Ah My Goddess (Eps 9 to 12)(NEW)(A goddess enrolls in school)(FREE)<br /><br />Blassreiter (Eps 1 to7) (NEW)<br /><br />Tower of Druaga (Eps 1 to 8) (NEW)<br /><br />Nana (Eps 12 to 16) (NEW)<br /><br /><br />All pay per view anime available under Movies & Events/ Funimation Anime(includes above ppv titles)<br /><br />Movies-Specials:<br /><br />These are $2.99 each to view:<br /><br /> Big Wind Up (Eps 14 to 16 and 17 to 19) (Video games anime)<br /><br />King of Bandits Jing OVA (Ultimate bandit saves world)<br /><br /> <br />This next section of COD/Kids may have changed. Remember onegai that I only keep the Kids/Movies and Kids/Free Movies updated now. As far as I know all the kiddie stuff and teen stuff under Kids is still there albeit later eppys than I have here. Ditto for the Free Movis and Premium Channels sections for kid stuff. Check it out if you're interested at COD:<br /> <br />COD/PremiumChannels/Starz/StarzKids<br /><br />Hansel & Gretel<br />The Pagemaster<br />Ferngully (Amazon Adventure)<br />Chronicles of Narnia 2/Prince Caspian<br />Iron Giant<br />Wall-e<br />All Dogs Go to Heaven 2<br />Batman & Robin<br />Follow That Bird!<br />Thunderbirds on Patrol!<br />Secret of NIMH II<br />Comic Books Unbound<br />Anime: Drawing Revolution<br />Bolt (Travolta's a dog/Hannah Montana's a cat)<br />Wubbzy's Big Movie<br />The Witch's Dance (Princess Sydney wants a witch to turn her into a pumpkin!)<br /> <br />COD/PremiumChannels/Encore/Kids<br /><br />Ratatouille (A rat teaches a French chef wannabe in France)(Animated film)<br />An American Tale (Spielberg's Russian mouse adventure animated film)<br />Daffy Duck's Movie<br />Ferngully<br />Dr Seuss- Grinch w. Jim Carrey<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/Encore<br /><br />Resident Evil 3<br />Mimic<br />Tokyo Raiders<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/Starz/AllMovies<br /><br />Spiderman 3<br />Underdog<br />Untraceable<br />8 Women (A superb mystery- French w/ English subs)<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/Max/Movies<br /><br />Incredible Hulk<br />Fantastic Four 2 (Silver Surfer)<br />New Wolverine flick (Sneak Peek)<br />The Mummy 3/Dragon Emporer (stars Jet Li)<br />Kung Fu Panda<br />Jumper (Goku's DB powers of instant transmission- don't let Uncle Sam find out!)<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/Movieplex<br /><br />God's Gun (Yeah a Western but well if you've read my ff's you'll get the irony)<br />Nightmare Before Christmas (Tim Burton has 9 due out soon so don't miss it)<br />Sneakers (Robert Redford a computer nerd? Better believe it. Dan Ackroyd too!)<br />See balance of titles at beginning of guide above.<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/HBO/Movies/AllMovies<br /><br />AI (Artificial Intelligence- Animated Androids)<br />Babylon AD (Vin Diesel in futuristic NYC. Based on game)<br />City of Ember (Kids saving subterranean city)<br />Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg is still invincible. Even against Aesir birds!)<br />The Dark Knight (Batman and he's got Arkham Asylum game out now)<br />The Incredible Hulk (Not as incredible as Bill Bixby/Lou Ferrigno were)<br />Hellboy II- The Golden Army<br />Kiltro<br />Nancy Drew<br /><br />COD/Kids/CartoonNetwork (No change from May for any of Kids shows):<br /><br />Ben 10 Alien Force (Eps 1,2,25,26)<br />Total Drama Island (Cartoon but animeish fun. Better than 'Survivor' reality game show which it mimics!) (Eps 18 to 22, Total Drama Drama Special Eppy) <br />Secret Saturdays (Cartoon or anime? Very like old Johnny Quest shows)(Eps6,7,11 to 14)<br />Bakugan (Eps 8 to 16)(Dueling tops to save the world BION! Small fry fare)<br /><br />COD/Kids/DisneyXD<br /><br />Iron Man (Cartoon but animelike)<br /> Titles: Grim Reaper<br /> <br />Spiderman (Ditto as above)<br /> Titles: Menace of Mysterio; Alien Costume- Pt 1; Spider-Slayers<br /><br />Pucca (Chop Socky fun cartoon)<br /> Titles: Chop Chewie; Chef Napped; Tame That Toon; Fab Abyo<br /><br />Yin Yang Yo! (Cartoon like 'Avatar the Last Airbender' and pretty decent)<br /> Titles: Camp Magic Pants; Clown-Fu Fighting; Skirting the Issue; For the Love<br /><br />X-Men (Could be anime or cartoon. A great series and great flicks. Hugh Jackman (Wolverine in films) hosted the Oscars)<br /> Titles:The Cure; Slave Island; X-Men: Cold; Unstoppable<br /><br />Aaron Stone<br /> Titles: First Strike, Hero Rising (Parts 1-2), Timeout, Rockin' the Free<br /><br />COD/Kids/KidsWB<br /><br />Thundercats (A very rare anime and Mama has been after it for years!) (Eps 112 to 116)<br /><br />(Entire Thundercats series now available on 7 DVDs for $60 at mytvshowdvds.com)<br /><br />Batman Beyond (Animelike cartoon w/ old Bruce training new Batman) (Eps 201 to 207)<br /><br />The Batman (Cool animelike cartoon w/ Rimo (Ray's bro) Romano as the Batman) (Eps 212 to 213 and 301 to 303)<br /><br />COD/Kids/Bomerang<br /><br />Nothing this time I'm afraid.<br /><br />COD/Kids/Free Movies<br /><br />The Trojan Horse(Famous novel w/ kids as characters)<br />The Song Spinner<br />Muppets From Space (Don't miss the houseflies and chimps in space flicks either. Hunt for them. They are there- trust me.)<br />GI Joe- Mission (Their first meeting with COBRA)(Animated film)(Don't miss the movie!)<br />Halfback of Notre Dame<br />The Ugly Duckling<br />Kids: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Nemo's a kid?)<br />X-Men: Ascension<br />X-Men: Dark<br />The Witch's Dance (Princess Sydney wants a witch to turn her into a pumpkin!)<br /><br />COD/Kids/Kids Movies(Pay Per View films)<br /><br />Aladdin (Robin Williams is the genie) $2.99<br />Dr Seuss' Horton Hears A Who (Jim Carrey is Horton) $4.99<br />City of Ember (Save the glittering city!) $4.99<br />Kung Fu Panda (Jack Black the fighting panda) $4.99<br />Madagascar 2 (Lost animals again) $4.99<br />Open Season 2 (Deer leads animals against hunters again) $4.99<br />Pocahontas (Indian girl loves nature and Smitty) $2.99<br />Return to Neverland (PP must rescue Wendy from Hook years later) $2.99<br />Wall-E (The Oscar winner of 2008) $4.99<br />Atlantis the Lost Empire $2.99<br />Inkheart $4.99<br />Pink Panther 2 $4.99<br />Tale of Desperaux $4.99<br />TMNT (The turtles are back) $2.99<br /><br />The Wiggles (13 movie skits @ $2.99 each)(Regular eppys are free at Kids/PBS Sprout. The Wiggles are a down under Aussie music quartet for kids. Meet Greg Page, Anthony Field, Jeff Fatt and Murray Cook who join Sprout's morning lineup weekdays at 6 AM ET starting Monday 24 August. Sure to appeal to the small fry!<br /><br />Many more- Check the onscreen guides<br /><br />COD/Kids/4KidsTV<br /><br />Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Back to Sewer)<br /> Titles: Back to Sewer #6; Hacking Stockman; Search for Splinter- Pts 1-2; Turtles Space- Pt 1<br /><br />Yugioh 5 D's<br /> Titles: Duel to Remember; Lockdown Duel (Pts 1-2) Fire It Up; The Takeback (Pts 1-2)<br /><br />Chaotic (Weird one but a cartoon) (Eps 147 to 149)<br />Dino King (Another oldie weirdo cartoon) (Eps 140 and 142)<br /><br />COD/Kids/Kabillion<br /><br />Spiderman<br /> Titles: Cosmic Quantum-Ep 7 and 18 (CQ is in almost every Kabillion section here); Spiderman- Disabled and Scam; X-Men: Mutant, Past, Rogue, Wolverine and X-Impulse<br /><br />Transformers<br /> Titles: CQ- 18; Rocket: Earth Day; Surf: Kalani David; Transformers- Eps 13, 19, Sound<br /><br />Godzilla<br /> Titles: CQ-Ep 7; Dennis the Menace- Band; Godzilla- Eps 6 and 9; Rocket: Earth Day and Rockin', Skateboarding<br /><br />Men In Black<br /> Titles: Men In Black- Eps 7 and 9;Rocket: Earth Day; CQ- Eps 7,12,18<br /><br />GI Joe<br /> Titles: CQ- Eps 7,12,18; GI Joe- Eps 11-13; Rocket: Earth Day; Surf: Kalani David<br /><br />New GI Joe:Rise of Cobra coming 7 August to theatres. Don't miss the preview on Adult Swim at midnight ET Sunday night!<br /><br />Ghostbusters<br /> Titles: Ghostbusters- Eps 3 and 6; Rocket: Earth Day; CQ- Eps 7,18<br /><br />Code Lyoko & More<br /> Titles: Code Lyoko- Earth, Seeing, Start; Kiteboarding; Surf: Kalani David; CQ- Ep 18<br /><br />COD/FreeMovies/Trivia&Games (FREE)<br /><br />TV Trivia: Disney Ch 1; Friends 2; Jr. 4; Seinfeld; TV to Go 1<br /><br />Channel 1 Challenge: A&E Challenge 2; Anime Challenge 2; Kids Challenge 2; Life&Home Challenge 2; Music Challenge 2; Sports & Fitness Challenge 2<br /><br />Quizzo: Entertainment 1 to 3; History Round 1 to 3<br /><br />Scene It? Trivia: Disney 5; Disney Channel 1; Disney to Go; Friends 2; Harry Potter 5 and 7; Jr. 4; Movie 5 and 6; Seinfeld; Star Trek; TCM 4 and TV to Go 1<br /><br />Trailer Trivia: Various movie trailers with a special Tom Hanks category<br /><br />Movie Trivia: Disney 5; Disney to Go; Harry Potter 5 and 7; Movie 5 and 6; Star Trek and TCM 4<br /><br />Brainteasers: Animated Phrases 2 to 4; Pix Puzzles 2 and 3; Word Puzzles 2 and 3<br /><br />Recreational Games: Same as before plus Darts 501<br /><br />Big Brain Trivia: Brain Game 15 to 19 (Beg/Int/Expert)<br /><br />COD/Kids/ActivityTV<br /><br />Origami (Japanese art of paper folding)<br />Hometown Recipes (Like Chicago style pizza)<br />Cartooning Lessons<br /><br />COD/FreeMovies/TMC:<br /><br />Mortuary (Widow Denise Crosby & her kids move into haunted mortuary- she was Lt Yar on Trek)<br /><br />COD/FreeMovies/A to Z<br /><br />COD/KIDS/FreeMovies: <br /><br />20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Nemo is a kid?)<br /><br />Fantastic 4<br /><br />Ghost Warrior<br /><br />Ninja Vengeance<br /><br />Pray For Death<br /><br />X Men: Dark<br /><br />X Men: Ascension<br /><br />The Witch's Dance (Princess Sydney wants a witch to turn her into a pumpkin!)<br /><br />COD/Top Picks/ Hall-o-we'en Cartoons (Asstd spooky cartoons for kids and adults)<br /><br />COD/Top Picks/ 1967 The Prisoner (Eps 1 to 17 of this fine 60s cult classic starring Pat McGoohan as #6)<br /><br /><br />That's all the FREE anime/cartoons on demand but there quite a few Pay Per View Ones here:<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/DisneyFamilyMovies:<br /><br />These run a basic subscription of $5.99 a month and only two really touch on anime this time around.<br /><br />Phoenix & Carpet (A firebird and a flying carpet a la Boronov's symphonies)<br /><br />G Force Sizzle (sneak preview of new animated film which is like GI Joe)<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/TooMuchForTV/Imports:<br /><br />This service runs $14.99 a month guys and gals:<br /><br />Step Up Love (Eps 1-2-3)(Guy/gal discover themselves. This series not for the younger generation unless they are over 17)<br /><br />(Most of these PPV animes are definitely not for the kids!)<br /><br />I promised to add this one under KIDS.<br /><br />COD/KIDS/PBS Sprout/Fireman Sam- <br />These are from Season 2 and feature a revamped format, better characters and new voices.<br />Jupiter and Venus have blue lights and the firehouse has been repainted. Norman's mom<br />Dillys and Bella are better looking and Sam's brother puts in some appearances too.<br /><br />Best Foot Forward<br />Perilous Path<br />Hearts on Fire<br />Mother's Helper<br />Hot & Cold Running Sniffer Dog<br />Paper Plane Down<br />Seeing Red<br /><br />TMFT has other non-anime fare too and it's pretty raunchy so be warned gang!<br /><br />COD/Movies&Events/X-Men & Wolverine:<br /><br />X-Men, X-Men 2 and X-Men 3 are $3.99 each<br />X-Men:Origins;Wolverine is $5.99 <br />(Also available under Top Picks)<br /><br />COD/TopPicks/Hall-o-we'en Cartoons:<br /><br />These are free:<br /><br />31 Days of Hall-o-we'en<br />Bobby's World: Pumpkin<br />Code Lyoko: Horror movie filming episode<br />Many more<br /><br />This one ain't:<br /><br />Coraline and Coraline 3-D are $4.99 each<br /><br />Here's a few I missed from Premium Channels:<br /><br />HBO:<br /><br />Hellboy II- The Golden Army<br />Kiltro (Warrior is a demon)<br />Madagascar & Madagascar 2<br />Shrek<br /><br />MovieQuest:<br /><br />Brazil (Strange Monty Python flick)<br />Legend of the Red Dragon (Jet Li as a warrior)<br />Return of Sabata (a Western but wow! Maverick wasn't this good!)<br /><br />This is getting tiresome already man! Show of hands onegai of those who think we should stick to adult anime and anime related films only? After all how many 12 year oldsters we got here anyway?<br /><br />From now on I'll post this list twice monthly and I'll keep it under 'Files' rather than 'Messages' or 'Blogs' (at www.Eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/Files)<br /><br />The 'teaser' beginning of the chapter on blog's first page and the balance in the comment/reply is how I'll post my fanfiction chappies from now on unless it's a short chapter that is.<br /><br />Hope you guys and gals like this new method of posting tv lists. A reminder that Sci Fi's(now SYFY) AniMonday at 11 PM ET is a double eppy of 'Gundam 00' (BGR anime) and a double eppy of 'The Rave Master' (a hilarious swords/sorcery anime a la InuYasha and Those Who Hunt Elves as well as Onepiece. Cool series especially the location names like 'Hip Hop City' OK the 'Rave' gives Haru Glory's sword power but to defeat the evil ShadowGuards will require four 'Rave Stones' which have been scattered all across the world like the shards of the Shi Kon no Tama in IY and the spell fragments on TWHE not to mention DragonBalls!)<br /><br /> <br /><br />Gundam00 has been replaced by Monster (More soon).<br /><br />What's the opposite of a Rave Master? Right- a Shadow Master! One just showed up in Symphonia after the Haru gang got there. There are 5 Rave Stones and 5 Shadow Stones and whoever has all of 'em can rule the world. Think Haru's gonna let that happen? In the SM's dreams he will! New crewman is Ruby who is rich and has been backing Doryu's evil schemes w/o knowing it. SM guy recognized Elie (as Rescha Valentine?) and smooched her. This guy has just wiped out two armies and now the Orka 6 are back! And who are these 4 generals of the four cardinal directions? A lot to wrap up in just a few more eppies eh? The Oracion Six are back. Reina explains to Musicaa why she hates him and all Silver Charmers. Is Griff dead? Stay tuned tomos all. Like IY RM has ended up in the air! <br /><br />Rave Master has been replaced by Street Fighter Alpha II-V and Voltron (see new post for more)<br /><br />Good news from SYFY folks! AniMonday has been expanded from 9 PM ET to 1 AM ET with the first two hours called Chiller. Chiller will feature unusual and scary anime film masterpieces beginning with Blood:The Last Vampire which spawned the Blood+ saga and a brand new live action film now running in theatres. Looks like 24 August will be Chiller's debut. If you get SYFY in the SE PA-USA area you are still getting Star Trek-TNG reruns from 9 to 11 ET on Mondays dammit! <br /> <br />Hey WitchBlade the film (with Sarah Pezzini not Masane Amaha- yech!) will hit theatres in a year or so while DragonBall and Death Note are already out there showing. Many more anime based flicks are coming soon and they are filming Bebop with Keanu Reeves in Dave's role as Spike Steigel. For Jett I'd pick LF- Larry Fishburne or even MF- Morgan Freeman. Denzel Washington or Samuel L Jackson don't fit the mold. How about Miley Cyrus aka Hannah Montana as 'Ed' and Lindsay Lohan as Faye Valentine? (Rafe) Donnelly could be Tommie Lee Jones. Hey I oughta be a Hollywood cast finder eh? Gad, I wonder how much of a muckup they'll make of the 'Bebop', 'Swordfish II', 'Redtail' and 'Hammerhead'? I don't think Ed's power scooter had a name although we all know the computer she wore on her head with 'goggle monitors' was named 'Tomato'!<br /><br />Here's the new Saturday night CN/AS lineup which begins earlier now for us at 12:00 AM ET following Star Wars the animated series at midnight. All times Eastern of course:<br /><br />12:30 AM to 1:30 AM Bleach (two eppys)<br />1:30 AM to 2:30 AM Fullmetal Alchemist (Just restarted)<br />2:30 AM to 3:00 AM Morabito (Balsa protects Chagum from Mikado)<br />3:00 AM to 3:30 AM Death Note<br />3:30 AM to 4:00 AM Ghost in the Shell/Stand Alone Complex<br />4:00 AM to 4:30 AM Blood+<br />4:30 AM to 5:00 AM Big 0 (Big Giant Robot fare)<br />5:00 AM to 6:00 AM InuYasha (2 eppys once more- yay!) <br /><br />Sad to see Naruto eliminated in favour of Ben 10 Alien Force which dominates Saturday evenings on CN. It follows Total Drama Island and 6Teen which is about teens in a shopping mall. Now Ben 10 has been replaced with reality TV shows and Total Drama Island the animated Survivour series.<br />All of this mish mash has now been changed! All for the worse with crappy reality TV shows! They showed Naruto in the Land of Snow film this past weekend. Hope he's coming back soon. <br /><br />In both Code Geas and in FMA some of the characters have a special logo in their eye a la Code Lyoko's XANA logo in the evil characters' eyes.<br /><br />In both Death Note and Bleach there are specific hints as to character origins. In DN Ryuuk tells Light Yagami that any user of the DN book can neither go to Heaven nor Hell after death. So what's left? Shinigami World meaning that DN book users after death become Shinigami death gods- right? Guess what live TV series is a DN parallel series? Hint- it's on Showtime. <br /><br />In Bleach Rukia's Squad 13 captain (the one that is always sick as a rule) tells a subordinate that Ichigo's friends are special with unusually high spiritual pressures. He goes on to say that he would not be at all surprised if after death they became soul reapers themselves after they had passed on to the Soul Society. Renji Abari committed a minor faux pas in this week's eppy. While fighting one of the Arrancar Hollows he told him that by the time Kiske arrived the Arrancar himself would be dead. He apparently forgot that all Hollows are already dead to begin with. For that matter are soul reapers really alive or dead?<br /><br />Ichigo, Urryuu and Chad have just met three Arrancars and their pet in the Wako Mundo desert on their way to Las Noches (The Nights) which is Aizen's HQ fortress. Seems not all Arrancars and Hollows are bad because these guys gave 'em a lift and are guiding them to LN. Live and learn guys. Why are they in WM? Aizen has Orihime of course! (see new post for more)<br /><br />Discovered why Moribito theme music is so familiar. Group is Arc 'n ciel who did the GTO theme Driver's Edge. Early OT and ET for Death Note are done by Nightmare group which is what the Black Knights and Brittanians' Gundamlike fighting suits are called. <br /><br />In FMA Ed has learned truth behind the Ishbaal massacre of fifteen years ago while brother Al has just discovered the identity of the Homunculi leader from the snake chimera Marta seconds before she was murdered by the #7 Homunculus- the Fuehrer King Bradley himself. He is Pride- the seventh deadly sin! But- who is his boss? Rose of Lior has become pals with Lira the girl alchemist who used to be with Yochi the state alchemist army lieutenant and she's now called the Holy Mother but she has gone mute and who's her baby's father? The climax seems to be fast approaching and it promises to be exciting so don't miss it gang! Hohenheim the Elrics dad is back and going after Dante. Al has become a deadly time bomb courtesy of an unknowing Scar and an evil Kimlee the Crimson Alchemist who used the red stones in Ed's SAA watch to transmute the souls in Scar's arm into a philosopher's stone! <br /><br />Another Bleach note- why did Aizen want Orihime kidnapped? What or who is the sojioque he has stolen which will awaken in the winter? Who is the lad newly born from its power? What does Kiske know which he ain't telling? Can Ichigo defeat his Espada nemesis? Don't ya just love that jutsu used by Captain Toshiro Hitagawa- reign over the frosted heavens! then the name of his zambatou? A version of it is used by the evil Dragon Emporer in Mummy 3 when Jet Li turns a field of snow into jagged ice stalagmites. Of course he has mastery over the five Chinese elements- fire, water, earth, wood and metal! If there are only five elements in Chinese philosophy then how can there be an avatar or guardian of the air- Avatar the Last Airbender? Air is not one of those elements! And who's the looney tunes Espada poor Rangiku is stuck with?<br /><br />Just saw an unusual style of skillfully blended live action with animation film called Immortal. About an Egyptian creation god (Horus) who must procreate in seven days or lose his immortality forever so he comes to AD 2095 NYC and mates with a BetaZoid/Vulcan type alien (Charlotte Rampling is a doctor in this one gang). <br /><br />Getting into DLs and ULs and burning CDs again. Trying to get into attaching videos to messages like I do pix now but it's damned tricky folks!<br /><br />I am now reading Umberto Eco's classic novel Foucault's Pendulum which is all about the Knights Templar and the Grand Plan and the Philosopher's Stone and other heavy stuff like that. It's a great book and might make a great film if Hollywood ever wises up. It's a bit of a wordy read and calls for an understanding of world history and a smattering of mythology and stuff but it is well worth it. Eco wrote that marvelous book Name of the Rose which became a film starring Sean '007' Connery as a monk detective. Latest book I've read is Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales which is a different retelling of Greek mythology. He even calls Mercury (Hermes) the gods' messenger Quicksilver. That was also the name of one of the X-Men villains and was voiced by Richard Ian Cox. Any suggestions for my next reading quest? I like puzzles, quests, treasure hunts and the like. I have had my fill of mysteries though. Mama is reading The Magic Labyrinthe which I have covered in the blogs and messages. In September I will be getting The Lost Symbol- Dan Brown's newest novel. Not much info on that book yet though.<br /><br />Am currently reading a Farmer novel- Other Log of Phileas Fogg and it's like something outta Dr Who! There's a 'distorter' which works like a beam transporter only forget about sneaky moves with it! When it activates it bongs loudly many times at both ends! Seems Terra has two ancient alien races- Capellians and Eridaeneans- who live about a millenia each unless they get killed. They wage a constant war on each other to remake Terra into Utopia (Eridaeneans) or ruin it and rule it (Capellians). Fogg and Passepartout and Ayouda are Eris but Fix and Nemo are Caps. Somehow or other Fogg's trip around the globe is no mere bet but a race to save Earth! Anyone who has read it and/or the Riverworld sagas may comment if they wish.<br /><br />Finished OLOPF and started Lin Carter's epic Thongor vs the Gods which is where Zandar Zan originated. Told ya I didn't make him up just for Wings, didn't I? Thongor's like Conan the Barbarian ably played by Gov Arnie! Finished Thongor and The Cipher which is what Arabesque is from. The film had Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren in it. Now I'm reading Nick Meyers' pastiche on Sherlock Holmes- the Hellbirds which is about the early part of WWI (Dec 1914) and involves the German spy Von Bork (His Last Bow by Doyle made into film Voice of Terror) and a local East Anglican legend. You should hear what Mycroft considers 'modern technology'! <br /><br />New read is Helma from the Tros of Samothrace series. Ho hum so far. Waiting on Dan Brown's Lost Symbol coming soon I hope. Tros is getting interesting now- very interesting with refs to English countryside landmarks.<br /><br />I have just added three plums to my anime vids collection: Complete DVD sets of Noir, Gasaraki and Tactics. I already have the complete set of Black Lagoon on DVD and partials on Blood+, Cyborg 009, FMA, Bleach and a few others. I have the first 7 eppys of Morabito and am on the lookout for the set. Bobby has the complete set of Trigun and Mama has the complete set of Gunslinger Girl and Witchblade. Anyone else have any new acquisitions to talk about? If so blog it here or post some messages folks.<br /><br />Now have Bebop movie on DVD and VHS. Just got GS Innocence 2 and Haunting in Connecticutt. Thundercats came at last for Mama. Still have yet to watch DB Evolution film. <br /><br />I will leave you with this. I invite everyone to visit the Forums in SciFi.com (syfy.com after 7 July) under AniMondays/RaveMaster and read all about my newest fave anime series- the Rave Master. I burned the RM OT 'Rave-olution' by Reel Big Fish for Mama for Mom's Day and she has not stopped playing that CD since then. She adores it and she loves RM and Gundam 00 which precedes it on Mondays AniMondays on SciFi (now SYFY) Channel. <br /><br />Bobby's fave on the History Channel 'Ice Road Truckers' returns next season (currently on COD/Science&Nature/HistoryChannel/IceRoadTruckers) and 27 September Mama's fave Dexter returns to Sundays on Showtime. This weekend Michael C Hall who portrays Dexter will star in Gamer with Gerard Butler and Ludacris in theatres. Ludacris was in Max Payne while Butler is the Phantom of the Opera. This is Hall's firt anything since Dexter. When will my Angels ever return- who knows? Maybe I'll watch them tonight- nai Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke is on OnDemand. It's the female version of Ron Howard's Backdraft albeit it is set in Baltimore MD rather than Pittsburgh PA. It's all about a gal who becomes an arson investigator and features Scott Bakula (Cpt Jonathan Archer of the Enerprise) in Bobby DeNiro's Backdraft role as senior arson squad leader and Caterina's boss. Reena is Alice Witt reprising the Backdraft role played by Alec Baldwin if I remember aright. <br /><br />By the way Discover Channel (Ch 64 on Comcast) has dropped (at least for now) Josh Bernstein's Into the Unknown series from their lineup. Josh was on a morning TV talk show this past Wednesday and he may be returning to the History Channel soon. A shame to lose his show since good archaeological shows are few and far between these days. I grew up with Bold Venture and Marlin Perkins' Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom as well as the Wonderful World of Walt Disney. Today's Disney crap would make Walt upchuck! Imagine showing stuff unsuitable for the entire family on network TV in prime time!<br /><br />SYFY is airing Destination Truth which is like JBs old Digging for the Truth on HC. DT is hosted by Josh Bates or Gates and looks pretty good. Anyone know why SYFY considers wrestling science fiction stuff? <br /><br />This just in folks! Josh Bernstein has revamped his website and is now using Twitter too. He has a fab group called JBs Group at YG. Dan Brown is on both Twitter and FaceBook now. What do you guys think about my starting an anime recipes file and a golf tips corner either here or at AH1 or somewhere else? Animeinfor.org is the only place I have ever seen an anime recipes section. As for golf tips- what can I say? I love golf- passionately even if I don't play as much as I used to. Gomen but I just remem,bered this. Kudos to Robert the artist for hire for finding Dan Doh- probably the only anime series about golf itself! Sadly there are no dubs of it just subs. It can be found at VEOH and hulu quite easily. I'll post a pix or two soon.<br /><br />Another great show was In Search Of narrated by Leonard 'Mr Spock' Nimoy and I recall an eppy of theirs re the Knights Templar and Foucault's Pendulum. If anyone knows where I can find a copy of those gems on VHS or DVD onegai let me know. A big domo arigatou in advance for your assistance. Gotta really go now and get some blogging done and maybe post Chapter 50 at last.<br /><br />Just saw Kurosawa's masterpiece 7 Samurai and started reading Angels & Demons after I finished Bored With the Rings (a LOR satire) and Fritz Lieber's Knight & Knave of Swords which was about the two unlikely Norse heroes Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser- think of Arnie Schwarzenegger teamed up with Bruce Willis! Next chapter real soon now. Have a great day and weekend. Sayonara for now folks.<br /><br />Dororo just ran on COD/FreeMovies. It was based on a manga about a warrior cursed as a demon trying to get human again and the gal warrior who aids him. Several more Japanese and Korean subbed films under FM like Triad Elections. Saw Sho Kosugi in Pray for Death which was about a modern day Ninja going on a bloody quest for vengeance in NYC! Cool!<br /><br />Just finished reading Philip Jose Farmer's climactic ending novel to his Riverworld series- The Magic Labyrinthe and boy is it cool! Doesn't make too much sense if you haven't read the other Riverworld books though. SciFi showed a made for TV Riverworld movie some time ago but it didn't do the books justice at all. The three key characters are all from history: Sam (Mark Twain) Clemens, King (f. Prince) John of Robin Hood lore and Sir Richard Burton the great explorer who searched for the Nile's source (not to be confused with the actor of the same name). Wikipedia has a pretty decent synopses of Farmer's Riverworld sagas if anyone is interested. <br /><br />Looks like COD has some good movie fare this month. Here are just a few:<br /><br />Angel Unchained; Army of Darkness; Evil Dead 2; Haunted; Haunting of Julia; Candyman (Don't miss Tony Todd in the new Transformers flick); Dracula (Gary Oldman); Mindwarp (w/ Angus 'Phantasm' Scrimm); Waxworks and Waxworks 2; Wishmaster and Wishmaster 3 and 4; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; X Files and X Men; Devour and Fly Me to the Moon (Houseflies on Apollo rocket). Go ahead. Give 'em a whirl. Gotta go now.<br /><br />Almost forgot Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes- both classics!<br /><br />Has anyone seen G Force yet? How about Haunting in Connecticut? Someone has suggested at FaceBook that our anime is dead. Boy did that ever open a potboiler of contention! If anime is dead well nobody told Hollywood! DragonBall, Watchmen, GI Joe, Blood:TLV, Transformers2, the list seems endless eh?<br /><br />How about Tim Burton's 9 and Pandorum eh? <br /><br />I have now posted up to and including Ch 57 of Wings. I am trying to get Xmas and Wings rewritten and published. Think they will sell? A note to budding authors- Avoid 'author mills' like AuthorAmerica and AuthorHouse. All they want is for you to pay them to publish YOUR works! They guarantee nothing! Likewise avoid AbsoluteWriters Water Cooler for info and inspiration. They are quite negative and attempt to discourage a struggling author!<br /><br />Don't miss Showtime's Inside the NFL tonight at 9, 10 or 11 PM ET. Play Beat the Insiders at beattheinsiders.com and join my group there- Saint K's Anime Friends. I'm on FaceBook now you know. This is getting to be more like a newsletter than a guide. Any suggestions? I am considering a monthly golf tips column and a recipe file a la animeinfo.org. Comments?<br /><br />Sports fans! I just started a group at Showtime's Beat the Insiders and it's called Saint K's Anime Friends. Come & join me there and at FanIQ.com if you like. By the way my Saints are the highest scoring team in the league with 120 points in just 3 games. They are at 3-0 and lead their division. Our offense is #3 and our defense is #10. Quite a rise from #19 and #30 last season eh? Drew 'Divine Wind' Brees and his '4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse' have outscored Detroit 45-27, Eagles 48-22 and Bills 27-7. In that last game TO never got close to a ball! The 'Saintly Terrors' are stepping up at last to complement our offense. Enough re that. Oro do ya think of a recipe file here and/or a golf tips column maybe once a month? Don't worry because I have tons of recipes and loads of advice for duffers. Sorry there's been no Ch 58 of Wings yet but I've been really busy with blogs, surveys, polls, reviews, guides, posts and now sports NFL groups. Soon I promise you will see Ch 58 and maybe even the end of Wings before Xmas.<br /><br />A pet peeve here folks. Why is it that in most anime the characters either walk (InuYasha) or run (Bleach) everywhere they go? Didn't the Japanese ever hear of transports? I'd love to see how Kagome could get an SUV through the well! Cars in the Soul Society's Seretai? They've got wide enough roads there surely? And Ninjas and Samurai never seem to have carts, chariots or wagons although Samurai rode horses which was why they made the Zanzabatous like the one used by Zanza on Kenshin. Balsa did ride a stallion for awhile on Morabito and on Code Geas Lelouch's 'brother' Rollo does have a motorbike w/ sidecar. Trains are the transport on FMA although Mustang and Hawkeye did have a car in last week's eppy. DN and Blood+ have cars, boats, trains, planes and the like. So does GS and Bebop. Naruto has modern stuff but no transports. Guess it's to each his own meaning whatever the creators decide. <br /><br />Cult classic from the late 60s has come to IFC on Fridays at 8 PM ET. Don't miss The Prisoner with Pat McGoohan. In November AMC will air the new Prisoner series with Jim Caveziel as the Prisoner (see new post for more on this 6 eppy show). First eppy airs Sunday 15 Nov 09 at 8 PM ET on AMC (Ch 57 on Comcast).<br /><br />Well that's it for this time. Enjoy and toodles tomos watashi-K&Kkeimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-18867973612132061582009-10-06T13:56:00.000-04:002009-10-06T14:00:57.163-04:00TV Anime Guide for Oct 09 Upd 6 Oct 09Sorry but as of 6 Oct 09 (Today) there have been some minor changes in Cutting Edge's Adult Swim and Funimation Anime as well as Movie&Events under Funimation Anime. I corrected them an reposted them in Files as TV Anime Guide for Oct 09 Upd 6 Oct 09. Here are the changes:<br /><br />M&E/FA/Movies-Specials:<br /><br />$2.99 each<br /><br />Big Wind Up (Eps 14 to 16 and 17 to 19)(Video game anime)<br />King of Bandits Jing OVA (Ultimate thief saves the world)<br /><br />CE/AdSw:<br /><br />Code Geass (Ep 21)<br /><br />Funimation Anime under both M&E as well as CE:<br /><br />D Grayman (Eps 30 to 34)<br />Buso Renkin (Eps 20 to 26)<br />Romeo x Juliet (Eps 21 to 24)<br />Tower of Druaga (Eps 1 to 8)<br />Blassreiter (Eps 1 to 7)<br />Dragonaught (NEW)(Eps 1 to 8)<br />Darker Than Black (Eps 16 to 20)<br /><br />CE/FA/Drama-Comedy:<br /><br />Case Closed (Eps 33 to 35)<br />Fruits Basket (Eps 9-10)<br />Negima! (Eps 2-3)<br />Shuffle! (Eps 2-3)<br /><br />CE/FA/Action-Fantasy:<br /><br />Mushi Shi (Eps 23-24)<br />Sasami (Eps 21-22)<br />Solty Rei (Eps 5-6)<br />xxxHolic (Eps 9-10)<br /><br />CE/FA/AnimeSelects:<br /><br />Gundam Seed Destiny (Eps 7 to 10)<br />Vampire Princess Miyu (Eps 5-6)<br /><br />KIDS/PBS Sprout/Fireman Sam:<br /><br />Paper Plane Down<br />Seeing Red<br /><br />FS is worth watching for the authenticity of the fire station and equipment as well as for the scenic beauty of Pontypandy in Wales. Near the real location is the Village where The Prisoner was filmed in 1967. Don't miss it Fridays on IFC from 8 to 11 PM ET and the new series coming 15 Nov 09 to AMC at 8 PM ET.<br /><br />Sorry for the mixup and see ya soon- K&K<br /><br />Here's a new pix of the Vespa gal Haruka from FLCL. By the way Vespa means wasp which is why Hari's sometimes called the Wasp Girl. Enjoy the pix.<br /><br />Sorry but images is not working here- again! The pix is at my eons anime-a-holics site though. Feel free to view it and any of the other pix there.- K&Kkeimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128114051313037453.post-25571802873674241712009-10-01T21:26:00.000-04:002009-10-01T21:29:33.501-04:00TV Anime Guide for Oct 09 Upd 1 Oct 09Monthly Anime on TV Viewing Guide for Anime Programming on ComcastOnDemand Channels:<br /><br /> OCTOBER 2009- Updated 1 October 2009<br /><br />If you're a Boss fan (Bruce Springsteen not our Boss Kei O'Halloran that is) you might like to know he has a younger sister Pamela an actress. Currently she is starring as a female Jason Voorhees (Angela Baker in her case) in two Friday the 13th spoof films- Sleepaway Camp II and III. There was an original SC but she ain't in it. There were also SC IV and V and VI comes next year. It's called Reunion so Pam may be in it. Dunno about IV or V. She may be in them as well. It runs on Fearnet under Free Movies so be warned- blood and guts galore! <br /><br />COD/CE/AdultSwim/Action<br /><br />Death Note (Eps 1, 2,37)<br />Ghost in the Shell/SAC (Eps 13 to 15)<br />InuYasha (Eps 141 to 145)<br /><br />COD/CE/AnimeSelects is back. CE/FunimationAnime/AnSel now has Eps 5 to 8 of GundamSeedDestiny and Eps 3-4 of Vampire Princess Miyu. Sadly Anime Network is no longer available OnDemand. Sorry.<br /> <br />Regrettably I will no longer be listing anything anime nor cartoon from COD/Kids. There are just too many to keep following them. Again sorry for the inconvenience. Be warned, however, that many anime/cartoons/movies/series here can be pay per view especially the stuff under COD/Kids/All Movies.<br /><br />COD/CE/IFC/Anime<br /><br />IFC Alert: This just in folks- IFC has added Basilisk a Hieian Era Samurai/Ninja anime series to its lineup. For us it's Tuesdays at 11:30 PM ET. Check your TV schedules in your area. <br /><br />COD/CuttingEdge/FunimationAnime ( Some are listed under Movies&Events too):<br /><br />Only Nabari No Ou, Romeo X Juliet, Buso Renkin, Claymore, Heroic Age, Kaze No Stigma, Honey & Clover, Tower of Druaga, Blassreiter and D. Gray-Man are first ep free then 99 cents each. Balance of titles are free and all pay perview titles are also available under Movies & Events/Funimation Anime as well:<br /><br />Drama-Comedy:<br /><br />Air Gear (Eps 3-4)(NEW)(Young folks training to be pilots)<br />Case Closed (Eps 31 to 33)<br />Fruits Basket (Eps 7-8)(Pleasant little kids romance ditty with little plot)(New)<br />Negima! (Eps 1-2)<br />Shuffle! (Eps 1-2)<br /><br />Action-Fantasy:<br /><br />Galaxy Railway (Eps 21-22)<br />Mushi Shi (Eps 21-22)<br />Sasami (Eps 19-20)<br />xxxHolic (Eps 7=8)(Addicted to Sorcery & Witchcraft? This your mug of java)(New)<br />Solti Rei (Eps 3-4)(NEW)(Not sure what this one is yet)<br />Tsubasa Chronicles (Eps 3-4)(Tsubasa is a submarine I think)<br /><br /><br /> <br />D. Gray-Man (Eps 27 to 31)<br /><br />Romeo X Juliet (Eps 19 to 24)<br /><br />Honey & Clover (Eps 10 to 12 and L)(NEW)(Art students at college romantic mystery fare)<br /><br />Kaze No Stigma (Eps 19 to 24)(Windwarrior descendant discovers gift has skipped a generation)<br /><br />Heroic Age (Eps 15 to 20)(Princess leads people in search of a saviour on another world)<br /><br />Claymore (Eps 21 to 26)(Yomas are eveil but fear Claymores- mutated Yomas)<br /><br />Buso Renkin (Eps 17 to 24)(Kid defends girl. Kid dies but isn't dead!)<br /><br />Nabarino No Ou (Eps 6 to 10)(Ninja clans battle for mystical powers)<br /><br />Darker Than Black (Eps 14 to 18)(Contract killers w/ supernatural powers working for evil)(FREE)<br /><br />Ah My Goddess (Eps 5 to 8)(NEW)(A goddess enrolls in school)<br /><br />Blassreiter (Eps 1 to 4)<br /><br />Tower of Druaga (Eps 1 to 4)<br /><br /><br />All pay per view anime available under Movies & Events/ Funimation Anime(includes above ppv titles)<br /><br />Movies-Specials:<br /><br />These are $2.99 each to view:<br /><br /> Genghis Khan<br /><br />Hana<br /><br />Love & Honour<br /><br />Origin<br /><br /> <br />This next section of COD/Kids may have changed. Remember onegai that I only keep the Kids/Movies and Kids/Free Movies updated now. As far as I know all the kiddie stuff and teen stuff under Kids is still there albeit later eppys than I have here. Ditto for the Free Movis and Premium Channels sections for kid stuff. Check it out if you're interested at COD:<br /> <br />COD/PremiumChannels/Starz/StarzKids<br /><br />Hansel & Gretel<br />The Pagemaster<br />Ferngully (Amazon Adventure)<br />Chronicles of Narnia 2/Prince Caspian<br />Iron Giant<br />Wall-e<br />All Dogs Go to Heaven 2<br />Batman & Robin<br />Follow That Bird!<br />Thunderbirds on Patrol!<br />Secret of NIMH II<br />Comic Books Unbound<br />Anime: Drawing Revolution<br />Bolt (Travolta's a dog/Hannah Montana's a cat)<br />Wubbzy's Big Movie<br /> <br />COD/PremiumChannels/Encore/Kids<br /><br />Ratatouille (A rat teaches a French chef wannabe in France)(Animated film)<br />An American Tale (Spielberg's Russian mouse adventure animated film)<br />Daffy Duck's Movie<br />Ferngully<br />Dr Seuss- Grinch w. Jim Carrey<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/Encore<br /><br />Resident Evil 3<br />Mimic<br />Tokyo Raiders<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/Starz/AllMovies<br /><br />Spiderman 3<br />Underdog<br />Untraceable<br />8 Women (A superb mystery- French w/ English subs)<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/Max/Movies<br /><br />Incredible Hulk<br />Fantastic Four 2 (Silver Surfer)<br />New Wolverine flick (Sneak Peek)<br />The Mummy 3/Dragon Emporer (stars Jet Li)<br />Kung Fu Panda<br />Jumper (Goku's DB powers of instant transmission- don't let Uncle Sam find out!)<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/Movieplex<br /><br />God's Gun (Yeah a Western but well if you've read my ff's you'll get the irony)<br />Nightmare Before Christmas (Tim Burton has 9 due out soon so don't miss it)<br />Sneakers (Robert Redford a computer nerd? Better believe it. Dan Ackroyd too!)<br />See balance of titles at beginning of guide above.<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/HBO/Movies/AllMovies<br /><br />AI (Artificial Intelligence- Animated Androids)<br />Babylon AD (Vin Diesel in futuristic NYC. Based on game)<br />City of Ember (Kids saving subterranean city)<br />Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg is still invincible. Even against Aesir birds!)<br />The Dark Knight (Batman and he's got Arkham Asylum game out now)<br />The Incredible Hulk (Not as incredible as Bill Bixby/Lou Ferrigno were)<br />Hellboy II- The Golden Army<br />Kiltro<br />Nancy Drew<br /><br />COD/Kids/CartoonNetwork (No change from May for any of Kids shows):<br /><br />Ben 10 Alien Force (Eps 1,2,25,26)<br />Total Drama Island (Cartoon but animeish fun. Better than 'Survivor' reality game show which it mimics!) (Eps 18 to 22, Total Drama Drama Special Eppy) <br />Secret Saturdays (Cartoon or anime? Very like old Johnny Quest shows)(Eps6,7,11 to 14)<br />Bakugan (Eps 8 to 16)(Dueling tops to save the world BION! Small fry fare)<br /><br />COD/Kids/DisneyXD<br /><br />Iron Man (Cartoon but animelike)<br /> Titles: Grim Reaper<br /> <br />Spiderman (Ditto as above)<br /> Titles: Menace of Mysterio; Alien Costume- Pt 1; Spider-Slayers<br /><br />Pucca (Chop Socky fun cartoon)<br /> Titles: Chop Chewie; Chef Napped; Tame That Toon; Fab Abyo<br /><br />Yin Yang Yo! (Cartoon like 'Avatar the Last Airbender' and pretty decent)<br /> Titles: Camp Magic Pants; Clown-Fu Fighting; Skirting the Issue; For the Love<br /><br />X-Men (Could be anime or cartoon. A great series and great flicks. Hugh Jackman (Wolverine in films) hosted the Oscars)<br /> Titles:The Cure; Slave Island; X-Men: Cold; Unstoppable<br /><br />Aaron Stone<br /> Titles: First Strike, Hero Rising (Parts 1-2), Timeout, Rockin' the Free<br /><br />COD/Kids/KidsWB<br /><br />Thundercats (A very rare anime and Mama has been after it for years!) (Eps 112 to 116)<br /><br />(Entire Thundercats series now available on 7 DVDs for $60 at mytvshowdvds.com)<br /><br />Batman Beyond (Animelike cartoon w/ old Bruce training new Batman) (Eps 201 to 207)<br /><br />The Batman (Cool animelike cartoon w/ Rimo (Ray's bro) Romano as the Batman) (Eps 212 to 213 and 301 to 303)<br /><br />COD/Kids/Bomerang<br /><br />Nothing this time I'm afraid.<br /><br />COD/Kids/Free Movies<br /><br />The Trojan Horse(Famous novel w/ kids as characters)<br />The Song Spinner<br />Muppets From Space (Don't miss the houseflies and chimps in space flicks either. Hunt for them. They are there- trust me.)<br />GI Joe- Mission (Their first meeting with COBRA)(Animated film)(Don't miss the movie!)<br />Halfback of Notre Dame<br />The Ugly Duckling<br />Kids: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Nemo's a kid?)<br />X-Men: Ascension<br />X-Men: Dark<br /><br />COD/Kids/Kids Movies(Pay Per View films)<br /><br />Aladdin (Robin Williams is the genie) $2.99<br />Dr Seuss' Horton Hears A Who (Jim Carrey is Horton) $4.99<br />City of Ember (Save the glittering city!) $4.99<br />Kung Fu Panda (Jack Black the fighting panda) $4.99<br />Madagascar 2 (Lost animals again) $4.99<br />Open Season 2 (Deer leads animals against hunters again) $4.99<br />Pocahontas (Indian girl loves nature and Smitty) $2.99<br />Return to Neverland (PP must rescue Wendy from Hook years later) $2.99<br />Wall-E (The Oscar winner of 2008) $4.99<br />Atlantis the Lost Empire $2.99<br />Inkheart $4.99<br />Pink Panther 2 $4.99<br />Tale of Desperaux $4.99<br />TMNT (The turtles are back) $2.99<br /><br />The Wiggles (13 movie skits @ $2.99 each)(Regular eppys are free at Kids/PBS Sprout. The Wiggles are a down under Aussie music quartet for kids. Meet Greg Page, Anthony Field, Jeff Fatt and Murray Cook who join Sprout's morning lineup weekdays at 6 AM ET starting Monday 24 August. Sure to appeal to the small fry!<br /><br />Many more- Check the onscreen guides<br /><br />COD/Kids/4KidsTV<br /><br />Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Back to Sewer)<br /> Titles: Back to Sewer #6; Hacking Stockman; Search for Splinter- Pts 1-2; Turtles Space- Pt 1<br /><br />Yugioh 5 D's<br /> Titles: Duel to Remember; Lockdown Duel (Pts 1-2) Fire It Up; The Takeback (Pts 1-2)<br /><br />Chaotic (Weird one but a cartoon) (Eps 147 to 149)<br />Dino King (Another oldie weirdo cartoon) (Eps 140 and 142)<br /><br />COD/Kids/Kabillion<br /><br />Spiderman<br /> Titles: Cosmic Quantum-Ep 7 and 18 (CQ is in almost every Kabillion section here); Spiderman- Disabled and Scam; X-Men: Mutant, Past, Rogue, Wolverine and X-Impulse<br /><br />Transformers<br /> Titles: CQ- 18; Rocket: Earth Day; Surf: Kalani David; Transformers- Eps 13, 19, Sound<br /><br />Godzilla<br /> Titles: CQ-Ep 7; Dennis the Menace- Band; Godzilla- Eps 6 and 9; Rocket: Earth Day and Rockin', Skateboarding<br /><br />Men In Black<br /> Titles: Men In Black- Eps 7 and 9;Rocket: Earth Day; CQ- Eps 7,12,18<br /><br />GI Joe<br /> Titles: CQ- Eps 7,12,18; GI Joe- Eps 11-13; Rocket: Earth Day; Surf: Kalani David<br /><br />New GI Joe:Rise of Cobra coming 7 August to theatres. Don't miss the preview on Adult Swim at midnight ET Sunday night!<br /><br />Ghostbusters<br /> Titles: Ghostbusters- Eps 3 and 6; Rocket: Earth Day; CQ- Eps 7,18<br /><br />Code Lyoko & More<br /> Titles: Code Lyoko- Earth, Seeing, Start; Kiteboarding; Surf: Kalani David; CQ- Ep 18<br /><br />COD/FreeMovies/Trivia&Games (FREE)<br /><br />TV Trivia: Disney Ch 1; Friends 2; Jr. 4; Seinfeld; TV to Go 1<br /><br />Channel 1 Challenge: A&E Challenge 2; Anime Challenge 2; Kids Challenge 2; Life&Home Challenge 2; Music Challenge 2; Sports & Fitness Challenge 2<br /><br />Quizzo: Entertainment 1 to 3; History Round 1 to 3<br /><br />Scene It? Trivia: Disney 5; Disney Channel 1; Disney to Go; Friends 2; Harry Potter 5 and 7; Jr. 4; Movie 5 and 6; Seinfeld; Star Trek; TCM 4 and TV to Go 1<br /><br />Trailer Trivia: Various movie trailers with a special Tom Hanks category<br /><br />Movie Trivia: Disney 5; Disney to Go; Harry Potter 5 and 7; Movie 5 and 6; Star Trek and TCM 4<br /><br />Brainteasers: Animated Phrases 2 to 4; Pix Puzzles 2 and 3; Word Puzzles 2 and 3<br /><br />Recreational Games: Same as before plus Darts 501<br /><br />Big Brain Trivia: Brain Game 15 to 19 (Beg/Int/Expert)<br /><br />COD/Kids/ActivityTV<br /><br />Origami (Japanese art of paper folding)<br />Hometown Recipes (Like Chicago style pizza)<br />Cartooning Lessons<br /><br />COD/FreeMovies/TMC:<br /><br />Mortuary (Widow Denise Crosby & her kids move into haunted mortuary- she was Lt Yar on Trek)<br /><br />COD/FreeMovies/A to Z<br /><br />COD/KIDS/FreeMovies: <br /><br />20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Nemo is a kid?)<br /><br />Fantastic 4<br /><br />Ghost Warrior<br /><br />Ninja Vengeance<br /><br />Pray For Death<br /><br />X Men: Dark<br /><br />X Men: Ascension<br /><br /><br />That's all the FREE anime/cartoons on demand but there quite a few Pay Per View Ones here:<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/DisneyFamilyMovies:<br /><br />These run a basic subscription of $5.99 a month and only two really touch on anime this time around.<br /><br />Phoenix & Carpet (A firebird and a flying carpet a la Boronov's symphonies)<br /><br />G Force Sizzle (sneak preview of new animated film which is like GI Joe)<br /><br />COD/PremiumChannels/TooMuchForTV/Imports:<br /><br />This service runs $14.99 a month guys and gals:<br /><br />Step Up Love (Eps 1-2-3)(Guy/gal discover themselves. This series not for the younger generation unless they are over 17)<br /><br />(Most of these PPV animes are definitely not for the kids!)<br /><br />I promised to add this one under KIDS.<br /><br />COD/KIDS/PBS Sprout/Fireman Sam- <br />These are from Season 2 and feature a revamped format, better characters and new voices.<br />Jupiter and Venus have blue lights and the firehouse has been repainted. Norman's mom<br />Dillys and Bella are better looking and Sam's brother puts in some appearances too.<br /><br />Best Foot Forward<br />Perilous Path<br />Hearts on Fire<br />Mother's Helper<br />Hot & Cold Running Sniffer Dog<br /><br />TMFT has other non-anime fare too and it's pretty raunchy so be warned gang!<br /><br />COD/Movies&Events/X-Men & Wolverine:<br /><br />X-Men, X-Men 2 and X-Men 3 are $3.99 each<br />X-Men:Origins;Wolverine is $5.99 <br />(Also available under Top Picks)<br /><br />COD/TopPicks/Hall-o-we'en Cartoons:<br /><br />These are free:<br /><br />31 Days of Hall-o-we'en<br />Bobby's World: Pumpkin<br />Code Lyoko: Horror movie filming episode<br /><br />This one ain't:<br /><br />Coraline and Coraline 3-D are $4.99 each<br /><br />Here's a few I missed from Premium Channels:<br /><br />HBO:<br /><br />Hellboy II- The Golden Army<br />Kiltro (Warrior is a demon)<br />Madagascar & Madagascar 2<br />Shrek<br /><br />MovieQuest:<br /><br />Brazil (Strange Monty Python flick)<br />Legend of the Red Dragon (Jet Li as a warrior)<br />Return of Sabata (a Western but wow! Maverick wasn't this good!)<br /><br />This is getting tiresome already man! Show of hands onegai of those who think we should stick to adult anime and anime related films only? After all how many 12 year oldsters we got here anyway?<br /><br />From now on I'll post this list twice monthly and I'll keep it under 'Files' rather than 'Messages' or 'Blogs' (at www.Eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/Files)<br /><br />The 'teaser' beginning of the chapter on blog's first page and the balance in the comment/reply is how I'll post my fanfiction chappies from now on unless it's a short chapter that is.<br /><br />Hope you guys and gals like this new method of posting tv lists. A reminder that Sci Fi's(now SYFY) AniMonday at 11 PM ET is a double eppy of 'Gundam 00' (BGR anime) and a double eppy of 'The Rave Master' (a hilarious swords/sorcery anime a la InuYasha and Those Who Hunt Elves as well as Onepiece. Cool series especially the location names like 'Hip Hop City' OK the 'Rave' gives Haru Glory's sword power but to defeat the evil ShadowGuards will require four 'Rave Stones' which have been scattered all across the world like the shards of the Shi Kon no Tama in IY and the spell fragments on TWHE not to mention DragonBalls!)<br /><br />Latest Gundam00 is that Lyle's gal Anew is an Innovator and Setsuna iced her so the Ptolemy is w/o a navvie for now! Sajji's gal Louise has just been made an Innovator by Riband as well. Now Ribbons has gotten his and Setsuna is the prophesied Innovator to lead the world into the future. Louise Halifax and Saji Crossroads are back together and Alelujah and Somo/Marie are together once more. The Federation has denounced the ALAWS and we are on the dawn of a new era.<br /><br />Gundam00 has been replaced by Street Fighter (see new post for more) <br /><br />What's the opposite of a Rave Master? Right- a Shadow Master! One just showed up in Symphonia after the Haru gang got there. There are 5 Rave Stones and 5 Shadow Stones and whoever has all of 'em can rule the world. Think Haru's gonna let that happen? In the SM's dreams he will! New crewman is Ruby who is rich and has been backing Doryu's evil schemes w/o knowing it. SM guy recognized Elie (as Rescha Valentine?) and smooched her. This guy has just wiped out two armies and now the Orka 6 are back! And who are these 4 generals of the four cardinal directions? A lot to wrap up in just a few more eppies eh? The Oracion Six are back. Reina explains to Musicaa why she hates him and all Silver Charmers. Is Griff dead? Stay tuned tomos all. Like IY RM has ended up in the air! <br /><br />Rave Master has been replaced by Voltron (see new post for more)<br /><br />Good news from SYFY folks! AniMonday has been expanded from 9 PM ET to 1 AM ET with the first two hours called Chiller. Chiller will feature unusual and scary anime film masterpieces beginning with Blood:The Last Vampire which spawned the Blood+ saga and a brand new live action film now running in theatres. Looks like 24 August will be Chiller's debut. If you get SYFY in the SE PA-USA area you are still getting Star Trek-TNG reruns from 9 to 11 ET on Mondays dammit! <br /> <br />Hey WitchBlade the film (with Sarah Pezzini not Masane Amaha- yech!) will hit theatres in a year or so while DragonBall and Death Note are already out there showing. Many more anime based flicks are coming soon and they are filming Bebop with Keanu Reeves in Dave's role as Spike Steigel. For Jett I'd pick LF- Larry Fishburne or even MF- Morgan Freeman. Denzel Washington or Samuel L Jackson don't fit the mold. How about Miley Cyrus aka Hannah Montana as 'Ed' and Lindsay Lohan as Faye Valentine? (Rafe) Donnelly could be Tommie Lee Jones. Hey I oughta be a Hollywood cast finder eh? Gad, I wonder how much of a muckup they'll make of the 'Bebop', 'Swordfish II', 'Redtail' and 'Hammerhead'? I don't think Ed's power scooter had a name although we all know the computer she wore on her head with 'goggle monitors' was named 'Tomato'!<br /><br />Here's the new Saturday night CN/AS lineup which begins earlier now for us at 12:00 AM ET following Star Wars the animated series at midnight. All times Eastern of course:<br /><br />12:00AM to 12:30 AM Star Wars the Clone Wars (Geo Lucas does it again folks!)<br />12:30 AM to 1:30 AM Bleach (two eppys)<br />1:30 AM to 2:00 AM Morabito (Spearwoman protects prince)<br />2:00 AM to 2:30 AM Code Geass (Just restarted. Must be seen to be appreciated) <br />2:30 AM to 3:00 AM Fullmetal Alchemist<br />3:00 AM to 3:30 AM Death Note<br />3:30 AM to 4:00 AM Ghost in the Shell/Stand Alone Complex<br />4:00 AM to 4:30 AM Blood+<br />4:30 AM to 5:00 AM Big 0 (Big Giant Robot fare)<br />5:00 AM to 6:00 AM InuYasha (2 eppys once more- yay!) <br /><br />Sad to see Naruto eliminated in favour of Ben 10 Alien Force which dominates Saturday evenings on CN. It follows Total Drama Island and 6Teen which is about teens in a shopping mall. Now Ben 10 has been replaced with reality TV shows and Total Drama Island the animated Survivour series.<br />All of this mish mash has now been changed! All for the worse with crappy reality TV shows! They showed Naruto in the Land of Snow film this past weekend. Hope he's coming back soon. <br /><br />Before I forget we just watched Mallrats which is a Jay & Silent Bob teen comedy filmed in a New Jersey shopping mall. Jason Lee (Dave Seville in Chipmunks flick) played a comic fanatic and the special guest star was Stan Lee himself. If you saw Fantastic 4- Rise of the Silver Surfer you may have caught a cameo of him as one of the wedding guests at the Reed Richards/Sue Storm nuptials. In Mallrats he was an integral character. Stan was signing comics at the mall and helped out Jason with a few problems. Don't miss this flick or Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back when the goofs come to Hollywood. Cameos by Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia). He's a supervillain (natch- he voices 'em everywhere. He's even Avatar's Fire Lord!) and she's a nun (go figure eh?)<br /><br />Anyhow Showtime is where we saw 'em- Showtime at COD.<br /><br />A couple of Code Geass crossovers in this week's eppys. Two of the new 'Nightmares' (like Gundams) have unusual names: 'Guren' (as in 'Guren Lagann' the BGR anime series above) and 'Zangetsu' (as in the name of Ichigo Kurosaki's 'zampatou' sword in 'Bleach'. His has the voice of Richard Epcar who also voices the last of the Bounts- Kouga)<br /><br />In both Code Geas and in FMA some of the characters have a special logo in their eye a la Code Lyoko's XANA logo in the evil characters' eyes.<br /><br />In both Death Note and Bleach there are specific hints as to character origins. In DN Ryuuk tells Light Yagami that any user of the DN book can neither go to Heaven nor Hell after death. So what's left? Shinigami World meaning that DN book users after death become Shinigami death gods- right? Guess what live TV series is a DN parallel series? Hint- it's on Showtime. <br /><br />In Bleach Rukia's Squad 13 captain (the one that is always sick as a rule) tells a subordinate that Ichigo's friends are special with unusually high spiritual pressures. He goes on to say that he would not be at all surprised if after death they became soul reapers themselves after they had passed on to the Soul Society. Renji Abari committed a minor faux pas in this week's eppy. While fighting one of the Arrancar Hollows he told him that by the time Kiske arrived the Arrancar himself would be dead. He apparently forgot that all Hollows are already dead to begin with. For that matter are soul reapers really alive or dead?<br /><br />Ichigo, Urryuu and Chad have just met three Arrancars and their pet in the Wako Mundo desert on their way to Las Noches (The Nights) which is Aizen's HQ fortress. Seems not all Arrancars and Hollows are bad because these guys gave 'em a lift and are guiding them to LN. Live and learn guys. Why are they in WM? Aizen has Orihime of course! (see new post for more)<br /><br />Discovered why Moribito theme music is so familiar. Group is Arc 'n ciel who did the GTO theme Driver's Edge. Early OT and ET for Death Note are done by Nightmare group which is what the Black Knights and Brittanians' Gundamlike fighting suits are called. <br /><br />In FMA Ed has learned truth behind the Ishbaal massacre of fifteen years ago while brother Al has just discovered the identity of the Homunculi leader from the snake chimera Marta seconds before she was murdered by the #7 Homunculus- the Fuehrer King Bradley himself. He is Pride- the seventh deadly sin! But- who is his boss? Rose of Lior has become pals with Lira the girl alchemist who used to be with Yochi the state alchemist army lieutenant and she's now called the Holy Mother but she has gone mute and who's her baby's father? The climax seems to be fast approaching and it promises to be exciting so don't miss it gang! Hohenheim the Elrics dad is back and going after Dante. Al has become a deadly time bomb courtesy of an unknowing Scar and an evil Kimlee the Crimson Alchemist who used the red stones in Ed's SAA watch to transmute the souls in Scar's arm into a philosopher's stone! <br /><br />Another Bleach note- why did Aizen want Orihime kidnapped? What or who is the sojioque he has stolen which will awaken in the winter? Who is the lad newly born from its power? What does Kiske know which he ain't telling? Can Ichigo defeat his Espada nemesis? Don't ya just love that jutsu used by Captain Toshiro Hitagawa- reign over the frosted heavens! then the name of his zambatou? A version of it is used by the evil Dragon Emporer in Mummy 3 when Jet Li turns a field of snow into jagged ice stalagmites. Of course he has mastery over the five Chinese elements- fire, water, earth, wood and metal! If there are only five elements in Chinese philosophy then how can there be an avatar or guardian of the air- Avatar the Last Airbender? Air is not one of those elements! And who's the looney tunes Espada poor Rangiku is stuck with?<br /><br />Just saw an unusual style of skillfully blended live action with animation film called Immortal. About an Egyptian creation god (Horus) who must procreate in seven days or lose his immortality forever so he comes to AD 2095 NYC and mates with a BetaZoid/Vulcan type alien (Charlotte Rampling is a doctor in this one gang). <br /><br />Getting into DLs and ULs and burning CDs again. Trying to get into attaching videos to messages like I do pix now but it's damned tricky folks!<br /><br />Happy birthday to Tom Kenney who voices one of the autobots in the new Transformers flick. He's the narrator for the StarWars/CloneWars animated series on AS too. <br /><br />I am now reading Umberto Eco's classic novel Foucault's Pendulum which is all about the Knights Templar and the Grand Plan and the Philosopher's Stone and other heavy stuff like that. It's a great book and might make a great film if Hollywood ever wises up. It's a bit of a wordy read and calls for an understanding of world history and a smattering of mythology and stuff but it is well worth it. Eco wrote that marvelous book Name of the Rose which became a film starring Sean '007' Connery as a monk detective. Latest book I've read is Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales which is a different retelling of Greek mythology. He even calls Mercury (Hermes) the gods' messenger Quicksilver. That was also the name of one of the X-Men villains and was voiced by Richard Ian Cox. Any suggestions for my next reading quest? I like puzzles, quests, treasure hunts and the like. I have had my fill of mysteries though. Mama is reading The Magic Labyrinthe which I have covered in the blogs and messages. In September I will be getting The Lost Symbol- Dan Brown's newest novel. Not much info on that book yet though.<br /><br />Am currently reading a Farmer novel- Other Log of Phileas Fogg and it's like something outta Dr Who! There's a 'distorter' which works like a beam transporter only forget about sneaky moves with it! When it activates it bongs loudly many times at both ends! Seems Terra has two ancient alien races- Capellians and Eridaeneans- who live about a millenia each unless they get killed. They wage a constant war on each other to remake Terra into Utopia (Eridaeneans) or ruin it and rule it (Capellians). Fogg and Passepartout and Ayouda are Eris but Fix and Nemo are Caps. Somehow or other Fogg's trip around the globe is no mere bet but a race to save Earth! Anyone who has read it and/or the Riverworld sagas may comment if they wish.<br /><br />Finished OLOPF and started Lin Carter's epic Thongor vs the Gods which is where Zandar Zan originated. Told ya I didn't make him up just for Wings, didn't I? Thongor's like Conan the Barbarian ably played by Gov Arnie! Finished Thongor and The Cipher which is what Arabesque is from. The film had Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren in it. Now I'm reading Nick Meyers' pastiche on Sherlock Holmes- the Hellbirds which is about the early part of WWI (Dec 1914) and involves the German spy Von Bork (His Last Bow by Doyle made into film Voice of Terror) and a local East Anglican legend. You should hear what Mycroft considers 'modern technology'! <br /><br />New read is Helma from the Tros of Samothrace series. Ho hum so far. Waiting on Dan Brown's Lost Symbol coming soon I hope. Tros is getting interesting now. <br /><br />I have just added three plums to my anime vids collection: Complete DVD sets of Noir, Gasaraki and Tactics. I already have the complete set of Black Lagoon on DVD and partials on Blood+, Cyborg 009, FMA, Bleach and a few others. I have the first 7 eppys of Morabito and am on the lookout for the set. Bobby has the complete set of Trigun and Mama has the complete set of Gunslinger Girl and Witchblade. Anyone else have any new acquisitions to talk about? If so blog it here or post some messages folks.<br /><br />Now have Bebop movie on DVD and VHS. Just got GS Innocence 2 and Haunting in Connecticutt. Thundercats came at last for Mama. Still have yet to watch DB Evolution film. <br /><br />I will leave you with this. I invite everyone to visit the Forums in SciFi.com (syfy.com after 7 July) under AniMondays/RaveMaster and read all about my newest fave anime series- the Rave Master. I burned the RM OT 'Rave-olution' by Reel Big Fish for Mama for Mom's Day and she has not stopped playing that CD since then. She adores it and she loves RM and Gundam 00 which precedes it on Mondays AniMondays on SciFi (now SYFY) Channel. <br /><br />Bobby's fave on the History Channel 'Ice Road Truckers' returns next season (currently on COD/Science&Nature/HistoryChannel/IceRoadTruckers) and 27 September Mama's fave Dexter returns to Sundays on Showtime. This weekend Michael C Hall who portrays Dexter will star in Gamer with Gerard Butler and Ludacris in theatres. Ludacris was in Max Payne while Butler is the Phantom of the Opera. This is Hall's firt anything since Dexter. When will my Angels ever return- who knows? Maybe I'll watch them tonight- nai Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke is on OnDemand. It's the female version of Ron Howard's Backdraft albeit it is set in Baltimore MD rather than Pittsburgh PA. It's all about a gal who becomes an arson investigator and features Scott Bakula (Cpt Jonathan Archer of the Enerprise) in Bobby DeNiro's Backdraft role as senior arson squad leader and Caterina's boss. Reena is Alice Witt reprising the Backdraft role played by Alec Baldwin if I remember aright. <br /><br />By the way Discover Channel (Ch 64 on Comcast) has dropped (at least for now) Josh Bernstein's Into the Unknown series from their lineup. Josh was on a morning TV talk show this past Wednesday and he may be returning to the History Channel soon. A shame to lose his show since good archaeological shows are few and far between these days. I grew up with Bold Venture and Marlin Perkins' Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom as well as the Wonderful World of Walt Disney. Today's Disney crap would make Walt upchuck! Imagine showing stuff unsuitable for the entire family on network TV in prime time!<br /><br />SYFY is airing Destination Truth which is like JBs old Digging for the Truth on HC. DT is hosted by Josh Bates or Gates and looks pretty good. Anyone know why SYFY considers wrestling science fiction stuff? <br /><br />This just in folks! Josh Bernstein has revamped his website and is now using Twitter too. He has a fab group called JBs Group at YG. Dan Brown is on both Twitter and FaceBook now. What do you guys think about my starting an anime recipes file and a golf tips corner either here or at AH1 or somewhere else? Animeinfor.org is the only place I have ever seen an anime recipes section. As for golf tips- what can I say? I love golf- passionately even if I don't play as much as I used to. Gomen but I just remem,bered this. Kudos to Robert the artist for hire for finding Dan Doh- probably the only anime series about golf itself! Sadly there are no dubs of it just subs. It can be found at VEOH and hulu quite easily. I'll post a pix or two soon.<br /><br />Another great show was In Search Of narrated by Leonard 'Mr Spock' Nimoy and I recall an eppy of theirs re the Knights Templar and Foucault's Pendulum. If anyone knows where I can find a copy of those gems on VHS or DVD onegai let me know. A big domo arigatou in advance for your assistance. Gotta really go now and get some blogging done and maybe post Chapter 50 at last.<br /><br />Just saw Kurosawa's masterpiece 7 Samurai and started reading Angels & Demons after I finished Bored With the Rings (a LOR satire) and Fritz Lieber's Knight & Knave of Swords which was about the two unlikely Norse heroes Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser- think of Arnie Schwarzenegger teamed up with Bruce Willis! Next chapter real soon now. Have a great day and weekend. Sayonara for now folks.<br /><br />Dororo just ran on COD/FreeMovies. It was based on a manga about a warrior cursed as a demon trying to get human again and the gal warrior who aids him. Several more Japanese and Korean subbed films under FM like Triad Elections. Saw Sho Kosugi in Pray for Death which was about a modern day Ninja going on a bloody quest for vengeance in NYC! Cool!<br /><br />Just finished reading Philip Jose Farmer's climactic ending novel to his Riverworld series- The Magic Labyrinthe and boy is it cool! Doesn't make too much sense if you haven't read the other Riverworld books though. SciFi showed a made for TV Riverworld movie some time ago but it didn't do the books justice at all. The three key characters are all from history: Sam (Mark Twain) Clemens, King (f. Prince) John of Robin Hood lore and Sir Richard Burton the great explorer who searched for the Nile's source (not to be confused with the actor of the same name). Wikipedia has a pretty decent synopses of Farmer's Riverworld sagas if anyone is interested. <br /><br />Looks like COD has some good movie fare this month. Here are just a few:<br /><br />Angel Unchained; Army of Darkness; Evil Dead 2; Haunted; Haunting of Julia; Candyman (Don't miss Tony Todd in the new Transformers flick); Dracula (Gary Oldman); Mindwarp (w/ Angus 'Phantasm' Scrimm); Waxworks and Waxworks 2; Wishmaster and Wishmaster 3 and 4; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; X Files and X Men; Devour and Fly Me to the Moon (Houseflies on Apollo rocket). Go ahead. Give 'em a whirl. Gotta go now.<br /><br />Almost forgot Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes- both classics!<br /><br />Has anyone seen G Force yet? How about Haunting in Connecticut? Someone has suggested at FaceBook that our anime is dead. Boy did that ever open a potboiler of contention! If anime is dead well nobody told Hollywood! DragonBall, Watchmen, GI Joe, Blood:TLV, Transformers2, the list seems endless eh?<br /><br />How about Tim Burton's 9 and Pandorum eh? <br /><br />I have now posted up to and including Ch 57 of Wings. I am trying to get Xmas and Wings rewritten and published. Think they will sell? A note to budding authors- Avoid 'author mills' like AuthorAmerica and AuthorHouse. All they want is for you to pay them to publish YOUR works! They guarantee nothing! Likewise avoid AbsoluteWriters Water Cooler for info and inspiration. They are quite negative and attempt to discourage a struggling author!<br /><br />Don't miss Showtime's Inside the NFL tonight at 9, 10 or 11 PM ET. Play Beat the Insiders at beattheinsiders.com and join my group there- Saint K's Anime Friends. I'm on FaceBook now you know. This is getting to be more like a newsletter than a guide. Any suggestions? I am considering a monthly golf tips column and a recipe file a la animeinfo.org. Comments?<br /><br />Sports fans! I just started a group at Showtime's Beat the Insiders and it's called Saint K's Anime Friends. Come & join me there and at FanIQ.com if you like. By the way my Saints are the highest scoring team in the league with 120 points in just 3 games. They are at 3-0 and lead their division. Our offense is #3 and our defense is #10. Quite a rise from #19 and #30 last season eh? Drew 'Divine Wind' Brees and his '4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse' have outscored Detroit 45-27, Eagles 48-22 and Bills 27-7. In that last game TO never got close to a ball! The 'Saintly Terrors' are stepping up at last to complement our offense. Enough re that. Oro do ya think of a recipe file here and/or a golf tips column maybe once a month? Don't worry because I have tons of recipes and loads of advice for duffers. Sorry there's been no Ch 58 of Wings yet but I've been really busy with blogs, surveys, polls, reviews, guides, posts and now sports NFL groups. Soon I promise you will see Ch 58 and maybe even the end of Wings before Xmas.<br /><br />A pet peeve here folks. Why is it that in most anime the characters either walk (InuYasha) or run (Bleach) everywhere they go? Didn't the Japanese ever hear of transports? I'd love to see how Kagome could get an SUV through the well! Cars in the Soul Society's Seretai? They've got wide enough roads there surely? And Ninjas and Samurai never seem to have carts, chariots or wagons although Samurai rode horses which was why they made the Zanzabatous like the one used by Zanza on Kenshin. Balsa did ride a stallion for awhile on Morabito and on Code Geas Lelouch's 'brother' Rollo does have a motorbike w/ sidecar. Trains are the transport on FMA although Mustang and Hawkeye did have a car in last week's eppy. DN and Blood+ have cars, boats, trains, planes and the like. So does GS and Bebop. Naruto has modern stuff but no transports. Guess it's to each his own meaning whatever the creators decide. <br /><br />Cult classic from the late 60s has come to IFC on Fridays at 8 PM ET. Don't miss The Prisoner with Pat McGoohan. In November AMC will air the new Prisoner series with Jim Caveziel as the Prisoner (see new post for more on this 6 eppy show). Sorry but nothing on its time or day yet. <br /><br />Well that's it for this time. Enjoy and toodles tomos watashi-K&Kkeimanzerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10454057015534194989noreply@blogger.com0