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I read about what has been happening in Japan and I thought that for Fanime, we could help raise money to donate to Japan. What do you think?

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Date: Friday May 25th, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Flowerbed in Front (Marriott Side)

What we can do:

Duels - new vs old
Frisbee
Listen to Yu-Gi-Oh! music

More ideas welcome

(Count: 13)

Yu-Gi-Oh!
Yugi Moto -
Yami Yugi - Shinigami_Lover
Joey Wheeler - Dragon Ninja (Battle City version), Akila_Ishtar's friend (maybe)
Serenity Wheeler -
Tristan Taylor -
Tea Garder -
Duke Devlin - Akila_Ishtar's friend (maybe)
Seto Kaiba - Akila_Ishtar's friend (maybe)
Mokuba Kaiba - Akila_Ishtar's friend (maybe)
Rex Raptor -
Weevel Underwood -
Mako Tsunami -
Mai Valentine -
Pegasus  - Akila_Ishtar's friend (maybe)
Paradox -
Touzokuou Bakura -
Bakura -
Marik Ishtar - Akila_Ishtar
Ishizu Ishtar -

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Jaden -
Jesse -
Chazz -
Syrus -

Yu-Gi-Oh! R

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Akiza -
Jack -
Yusei -
Crow -
Saiga -
Carly -
Misty -

Monsters
Kaibaman - Zenobia  


Unknown

Maybe coming
Devils-Little-Sister-Princess Edina
Malindachan-Yusei
RoseNitemare
RoseNitemare's friend

Photoshoot List:
Each of the Ages: Original, GX, 5Ds
Friends from each of the groups...
The "bad" guys from each age then all together
If we have Monsters then those too
Buddy poses or Heroes.
One big group pic

So, just letting the people know out there know that California's Central Coast will be the first ever anime convention happening on August 28th in Avila Beach, CA.

http://www.anime.fivecities.com/

It's a one day con that's taking place at the Avila Beach Community Center. The cost is $12 at the door and $9 for pre-reg, it will be held between 11-6 on Saturday August 28th.

If anyone is near the area and would like to get some local con love going, please come out and try it out.

Tonight is the start of Deadliest Warrior Season 2, so I decided that we make our own matches, pitting different figher against each other and the next person decides the outcome.

I'll start off:

a squad of clonetroopers vs. a squad of stormtroopers

bak-anime.com
Sunday May 2nd
Doubletree Hotel
Bakersfield, CA

I'm going, its just 2 1/2 hours away.

I just came up with an idea: we do an anime version of the game show Password. Now, I'm not sure whether we could have the guests or cosplayers in character.

James Cameron's Avatar is one of the best movies of 2009. I've seen it twice, and I saw it in 3D the 2nd time, and I just loved it. Go see it. It would be so cool to be on Pandora.

IDW Publishing publish a series of Transformers comics that are set in the Michael Bay universe and explain more into the universe that the movies couldn't explain. I read them and enjoyed them and helped me get a better understand of everything that's going on. You can find the TPB books at like Borders, B. Dalton's, or even iTunes, but if you want access now, you can watch them on YouTube.

Transformers Movie Prequel:

Chapter 1-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJnCjo-LUCM
Chapter 2-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQQKmqwuLXQ
Chapter 3-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aaj3RK4v1W8
Chapter 4-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toYrv4G6wFg

The Reign of Starscream (Takes place after first movie):

Chapter 1-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBa43QLo54A
Chapter 2-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-bZiFv4SEw
Chapter 3-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytouCCyecMc
Chapter 4-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE09S1kWbuw
Chapter 5-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It-bL7U8J0U

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Prequel: Alliance (Takes place after the first movie and The Reign of Starscream, leading right up to Revenge of the Fallen):

Chapter 1-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yZs8_svTnY
Chapter 2-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsRn7zSoS0c
Chapter 3-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL3mYFA1n18
Chapter 4-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F-55r4QtcU

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Prequel: Defiance (Explains how Megatron became evil and how the war began):

Chapter 1-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJnCjo-LUCM
Chapter 2-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEzYqG7CJHY
Chapter 3-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieBf8HR6VMM
Chapter 4-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOYKvsAFEM4

For those who may or may not remember, the Yeerks are the main antagonists of the popular sci-fi children's book series Animorphs. They're a parasitic race of alien slugs who enter into the ear of a human, alien, or creature and crawl through the ear canal, flattening their bodies and sinking between the cracks and crevices of the brain and melt into every available space and wrap their bodies around the brain and attach their own neurons to the neurons of the creature they infested and turning said creature into what is called a Controller. When one becomes a Controller, they have no control over their body and/or any of its actions, though the mind is still alive and aware of everything that's going on, but they have no control over their body, the Yeerk dominates the host-body, and can access their memories, their privacy, and their secrets and know everything about them, from tormenting them to being able to pass through others as those nothing is wrong. Now, this topic is to ask you which of your least favorite anime characters you would want infested by a Yeerk, because being infested by a Yeerk is far worse than death.

Besides the usual stuff like clothes, food, costumes and props, what else are you bringing for Fanime?

Here's what else I'm bringing:

PSP with games
Animorphs books
Paper and art stuff
Digital Camera
Rechargable Batteries
Tolietry kit with toothbrush, toothpaste, mouthwash, soap, shampoo, and electric razor

Hi, so my birthday is on 5/25, the last day of Fanime. Now, I know that some of you will be going home by then, but if those who are able to stay for the extra day, would you want to hang out with me and about convention and stuff?

Star Trek: Countdown is a four-issue comic book series published by IDW Publishing and serves as the prequel to the new Star Trek coming out on May 8th. It follows the characters of Spock and the Romulan Nero (the bad guy from the new movie) during the year 2387, detailing the events that cause them to travel to the 23rd century. The story not only serves as a lead up to the film, but as well as a continuation of the Star Trek: The Next Generation franchise.

WARNING: The following contains may spoilers, but it also serves as a better understanding for when you go see the movie. Read at you own risk.

[spoiler]The story is set eight years after Star Trek: Nemesis. Federation and Romulan tensions have generally subsided, with Spock as the official Federation ambassador to the Romulans. Data is still alive and has become captain of the Enterprise-E after successfully imprinting his memories onto the prototype android B-4. Jean-Luc Picard is now Federation ambassador to Vulcan, Geordi La Forge has retired to develop his own ships, and Worf is a General in the Klingon Empire.

The universe is threatened by the Hobus star, which will become a supernova. Spock proposes that the Romulans transport the precious mineral, Decalithium to Vulcan, where it can be converted into red matter capable of turning the star into a black hole, therefore ending its threat. The senate opposes Spock, but he finds a comrade in Nero, the leader of the miners. Nero witnessed Hobus consume a planet first-hand and offers to secretly transport Decalithium, noting it would be better than doing nothing and then leaving his wife and unborn son to die. Nero's ship the Narada is attacked by the Remans, but the Enterprise rescues them and escorts them to Vulcan with Decalithium taken from the Reman ships. On Vulcan, the council opposes Romulan use of red matter, infuriating Nero; he vows if Romulus is destroyed, he shall hold them accountable.

Nero returns to Romulus to discover Hobus has gone supernova and has destroyed his home world. Driven mad by his loss, he attacks Federation Olympic class hospital ships that have arrived to give aid, believing they have come to claim his people's territory. He beams aboard surviving senators onto his ship and kills them for not listening to Spock, and then claims the Praetor's ancient trident, the Debrune Teral'n, which is the greatest symbol of Romulus. He and his crew then shave their heads and apply tattoos to signify their loss. Nero goes to the Vault, a secretive Romulan base, and has the Narada outfitted with Borg technology to begin a rampage against his enemies.

With the supernova expanding, Spock decides to deposit the red matter weapon. He takes the Jellyfish, a ship developed by Geordi, which can withstand extreme environmental conditions. The Narada goes about destroying and assimilating Federation, Klingon and Cardassian ships alike, wounding Worf and damaging the Enterprise in the process. When Spock successfully destroys the supernova, the Narada appears to attack when the black hole flings it and the Jellyfish back in time, leaving Picard and the crew of the Enterprise as witnesses to Spock's sacrifice.[/spoiler]

TO BE CONTINUED.... on screen in the new Star Trek movie.

I came up with this awesome idea for a Masquerade skit yesterday at work, we could do a parody of those Geico commercials that have celebrities help tell the stories of the customers. Now I would play myself, one person would be the announcer, and 1 other person would be cosplaying as an anime character and help tell my story. I haven't thought of what character to use so, feel free to give suggestions. Anyway, what do you think?

This is basically the same as the Combine a Video Game with an Anime topic but just with American cartoons.

As with combine a Video Game with an Anime, you post a video game and an anime to combine, and then the next poster has to give the result. That person gives the next combination, and so fourth.

Now let's start:

Bleach + The Real Ghostbusters

I'm a Tiger.

I'm a Gemini

As the title topic states, what Anime series would want to see brought to America?

I need some help. I need the long black headband that Naruto wears in Part2/Shippuuden. Now, my plan is to purchase an already made headband, which I just did today, and harvest it for the metal plate and attach it to a custom made headband. My question is how do I remove the plate and attach it a new headband? Also, what material should I use to make the headband and pattern?

So, as topic says, is there's anyone living in the Central Coast area of California in the Santa Barbara or San Luis Obispo counties? I was thinking we could meet and hang out together.

This fall, who ya gonna call? Or in this case, read? GHOSTBUSTERS, of course! Find out what's been happening since the Ghostbusters last saved New York City as Peter, Ray, Egon, Winston and the rest of the gang make their first manga appearance this October from TokyoPop. The phrase "Everyone's a critic" takes on a whole new meaning when the crew is called in to help out a troubled Broadway production. Later, Ray learns that being a Ghostbuster isn't always the thrill-a-minute job he'd imagined it would be. And Egon has a touching interlude with a former instructor who still has a thing or two to learn about the afterlife. Then it all comes down to the ultimate showdown between our heroes and a team of peeved poltergeists. The Ghostbusters are about to be Ghost Busted!

As the topic says, name your favorite robots. Here arte my top 3:

1. Johnny-Five
2. WALL-E
3. Bender

After more than 20 years, the Ghostbusters are back in an all-new video game that's also a continuation to the movies and is written by the original creators themselves. Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Bill Murray reunite to reprise their roles as Egon Spengler, Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddmore and Peter Venkman. Supporting the ghost busting crew are others from the movies like Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz and William Atherton as Walter J. Peck. The game takes place 2 years after Ghostbusters 2 and Manhattain becomes newly overruned by ghosts and other supernatural creatures. You play as a newly hired recruit joining the original Ghostbusters team and not only are you equipped with the iconic Proton Pack and others equipment from the movies, you also test out a variety of new and unique weapons and gadgets as you get to hunt, fight and capture a wide range of uncanny phantasms and demons in an all-new, funny and frightening battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague.

The game also features some classic spooks from the movies like Slimer, that librarian ghost from the first movie, the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man and new ghosts created just for the game.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game will be available this October for PS2, PS3, 360, Wii, DS, and PC.

What do you all think of American Anime and what American Anime series do you like? Just in case you don't know, American Anime is animation from America done anime-style, some series include Avatar: The Last Airbender, Teen Titans, The Animatrix, The Boondocks, Megas XLR, Kappa Mikey, and Batman: Gotham Knight. I think American Anime is alright. (Thumbs up)

Batman: Gotham Knight is a series of six-short animated interlocking films set in between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, chronicling Batman's transition from novice crimefighter to Dark Knight. Studio 4°C, Production I.G, and Madhouse are doing the animation and Bruce Timm (of Batman: The Animated Series fame) will be directing. Basically, its The Animatrix, just with Batman instead. Each film will have its own unique visual style, complemented with sharp storytelling that depict the blurred lines of Batman as man, myth, and legend.

Here's the Sneak Peek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLXWZ_SvTWk

One last thing, Christian Bale, the live-action actor, won't be doing the voice of Batman/Bruce Wayne. Instead Kevin Conroy, who did the voice for Batman/Bruce Wayne from Batman: The Animated Series to Justive League Unlimited, will reprise the role for the animated DVD.

One vehicle I always dreamed of driving is that time-traveling DeLorean from Back To The Future.