it's been a while~

Hello people ~
it's been a while.. :D
can't update for a while before because the internet is making me crazy >.< while the internet is good right now, I want to use this opportunity to write something in my blog ^_^
hmm.. it has been 2 days after I went for inter-school netball competition. After 3 month of hard work, we brought silver medal  and bronze medal both for U-18 and U-15 category! Furthermore, my face got darker due to sunburn.. a lot of teachers told me, my face got darker. T_T
Anyway.. Let's sing~ 

Vektor 58

When I was wandering around facebook, I found something interesting :D Some people call it Malaysia's version of 'Transformers'.


Vektor 58 
Chain-FX'x first live-action television series 'Vektor 58'. Follows the story of a young girl befriended an alien bio-mech creature she named Arif, who lost his memories from when he crash landed on Earth.

Vektor 58 teaser- Lia featurette

Vektor 58 season 1 trailer

Story by Muhammad Fasya Daud
Written by Amir Hafizi &Fairul Nizam Ablah
Directed by Roshfaizal Ariffin

CAST:

LIA: Ain Satar
ARIF: Ku Mohd Amirul
JULIA: Nor Intan Bhaizura
ANA: Fazlina Datuk Ahmad Daud
NASIR / GREEID: Jefri Jefrizal
IZAK: Mohd Kamarulzaman (Ce’ Kem)
JASMIN: Nur Iylia Insyirah
AZRUL: Norman Hakim
BLOCH: Fadzlie Rahim
MR KAMAL: Ridzuan Hashim
CIKGU NOR ZAIHAN: Nasha Aziz
REPORTER: Elyana
NEWS ANCHOR: Dynas

ATUK DAUD: Datuk Aziz Singah

KAK GEE GEE: Ogy Datuk Ahmad Daud
DR. DEWI: Pushpa Narayan
JAY CHEN: Alan Yun
HARUN LIMAU: Azmaa Aizal Yusof
TOK KETUA: Kaza
YOUNGER LIA: Melly Amalin
YOUNGER JASMIN: Puteri Asyeila Azhar (Upin Ipin)
SYAFIQ: Syafiq Sukar
FARAH: Farah Nabila Saipuddin
AFFAN: Firdaus Affan Saipuddin

Credit : http://vektor58.blogspot.com/

Anime

It has been a while since I last wrote a looooooong post. Hehehe…

Just when I was thinking what kind of post I should share, I think I’ll go with the one that I’ll always look forward every weekend. Anime! The anime I’m watching weekly these days are Guilty Crown and Area No Kishi. I have watched a lot of anime for the past 5 years and I have to admit, most of the English vocabulary I got was from watching anime.

So...      

What is anime?

Anime (アニメi/ˈænɨmeɪ/ or /ˈɑːnɨmeɪ/) is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation." In English-speaking countries, anime refers to a style of animation originating in Japan. Anime, like manga, has a large audience in Japan and recognition throughout the world. Distributors can release anime via television broadcasts, directly to video, or theatrically, as well as online.

The History of Anime

                The history of anime began at the start of the 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented with the animation techniques that were being explored in the West. During the 1970s, anime developed further, separating itself from its Western roots, and developing distinct genres such as mecha and its Super Robot sub-genre. Typical shows from this period include Lupin III and Mazinger Z. During this period several filmmakers became famous, especially Hayao Miyazaki and Mamoru Oshii.

In the 1980s, anime was accepted in the mainstream in Japan, and experienced a boom in production. The rise of Gundam, Macross, Real Robot, Dragon Ball, and Space Opera set a boom as well. The film Akira set records in 1988 for the production costs of an anime film and went on to become a success worldwide. Later, in 2004, the same creators produced Steamboy, and later took over as the most expensive anime film. The Super Dimension Fortress Macross also became a worldwide success after being adapted as part of Robotech, and Megazone 23 also gained recognition in the West after it was adapted as Robotech: The Movie.

The success of The Walt Disney Company's 1937 feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs influenced Japanese animators.In the 1960s, manga artist and animator Osamu Tezuka adapted and simplified many Disney animation-techniques to reduce costs and to limit the number of frames in productions. He intended this as a temporary measure to allow him to produce material on a tight schedule with inexperienced animation-staff.

The 1970s saw a surge of growth in the popularity of manga – many of them later animated. The work of Osamu Tezuka drew particular attention: he has been called a "legend" and the "god of manga". His work – and that of other pioneers in the field – inspired characteristics and genres that remain fundamental elements of anime today. The giant robot genre (known as "Mecha" outside Japan), for instance, took shape under Tezuka, developed into theSuper Robot genre under Go Nagai and others, and was revolutionized at the end of the decade by Yoshiyuki Tomino who developed the Real Robot genre. Robot anime like the Gundam and The Super Dimension Fortress Macross series became instant classics in the 1980s, and the robot genre of anime is still one of the most common in Japan and worldwide today. In the 1980s, anime became more accepted in the mainstream in Japan (although less than manga), and experienced a boom in production. Following a few successful adaptations of anime in overseas markets in the 1980s, anime gained increased acceptance in those markets in the 1990s and even more at the turn of the 21st century.

Animation technique

Like all animation, the production processes of storyboarding, voice acting, character design, cel production and so on still apply. With improvements in computer technology, computer animation increased the efficiency of the whole production process.

Anime is often considered a form of limited animation. That means that stylistically, even in bigger productions the conventions of limited animation are used to fool the eye into thinking there is more movement than there is. Many of the techniques that are used comprise cost-cutting measures while working under a set budget.

Anime scenes place emphasis on achieving three-dimensional views. Backgrounds depict the scenes' atmosphere. For example, anime often puts emphasis on changing seasons, as can be seen in numerous anime, such as Tenchi Muyo!. Sometimes actual settings have been duplicated into an anime. The backgrounds for the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya are based on various locations within the suburb of Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan.

The large majority of anime uses traditional animation, which better allows for division of labor, pose to pose approach and checking of drawings before they are shot – practices favored by the anime industry. Other mediums are mostly limited to independently made short films, examples of which are the silhouette and other cutout animation of Noburō Ōfuji, the stop motion puppet animation of Tadahito Mochinaga, Kihachirō Kawamoto[39] and Tomoyasu Murata and the computer animation of Satoshi Tomioka (most famously Usavich).

Figure 1- Tokyo view (Guilty Crown)

Fansub

                A fansub (short for fan-subtitled) is a version of a foreign film or foreign television program which has been translated by fans and subtitled into a language other than that of the original. They translate the dialogs and sometimes they even translate the songs.

Figure 2- Example of fansub (Ao no Exorcist)

               

For more information, visit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_anime

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fansub

Jason Mraz - I'm Yours (Live On Earth Single Video)

oh I love this video.. it tells us to live our life to the fullest and go out see the world! even though sometimes I think, can I do that?