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Thankyou so much for posting this! Pretty much agree with everything you said. Saint Seiya has a list of flaws a mile long, but there's a certain, distilled epic passion in it which allows it to transcend them. It took me a lot of work, but I'm proud to say I've got all 28 volumes of it in english.
It's a crying shame that series has pretty much passed America bye. I personally think that Saint Seiya, rather than Dragon Ball Z, is the cornerstone which shonen fighting manga is built upon, and it's a shame that it's so out of focus.
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This article reminds me about why, when I was younger, Saint Seiya was quite possibly the best thing in the world. At the same time, it also succeeds in bringing up a lot of conflicting feelings.
I enjoyed every minute of the anime growing up and even got to read summaries of the Hades arc long before that part of the manga was ever animated, let alone scanned and translated, but my ultimate conclusion is one of skepticism and cynicism regarding Masami Kurumada's inability or unwillingness to make the most out of a brilliant concept. If he had only dared to take a few more risks, everything could have been so much better.
Yes, once you realize the story and many of its battles are extremely formulaic, the magic tends to slip away and only leaves behind a lot of nostalgia value. Not exactly the worst thing ever, but not something that stands the test of time either. Well, perhaps with the possible exception of the soundtracks, which are absolutely wonderful...but then again that only applies to the anime and not to the original manga itself.
On that note...the differences between the manga and the anime are limited to a filler arc or two, some additional characters and slight modifications to certain events or how a few fights were resolved, but generally speaking the adaptation didn't exactly misrepresent the original source material. Which is both good and bad.
I suppose those who are newcomers or whose passion continues to remain resilient will be far more optimistic about the subject. As things stand, Saint Seiya gave me countless hours of entertainment but I'm not too interested in revisiting the same experience at this time.
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Lord Geo
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Great to see this manga getting some focus, let alone have it be one of your longer entries. I've said it before, but Masami Kurumada is, by far, the master of "straight-up shonen action"; when it comes to action, very few can match, let alone top, Kurumada. Also, I'm glad to see that you do see that the story arcs, while formulaic, are still complex and expansive. Too bad that after TokyoPop releases the last volume of B't X in a couple of weeks we'll probably never get anymore Kurumada manga ever again. Shueisha owns 95% of his works, including B't X now, and Viz will never touch any of his titles again, even if Shaenon Garrity and translator Mari Morimoto beg Viz for the rest of their lives. And the other 5% of his works, which amounts to three titles (two of which aren't even drawn by him), are related to Saint Seiya and will probably never be brought over because of that relation.
As for the main idea behind the cosmos, that's part of what I like to call Masami Kurumada's use of "metaphysics" (probably not the right term to use, but I think it works in this case): Somehow Kurumada has this ability to make an explanation he gives for how something works result in you thinking "It makes sense in theory" enough to let you accept that it can work. He uses this a lot more in his later work B't X, which is pretty much Kurumada taking his usual style and mixing it with mecha (specifically super robot) logic.
Oh, and Dragon Shiryu is easily the most masochistic shonen character ever. He just has to have an infinite amount of blood in his body. Also, his main philosophy in battle is so simple but at the same time genius.
I love the anime adaptation of Ring ni Kakero 1 and it's by far the one anime I want to see licensed more than anything else (not necessarily my favorite anime of all time, but it is my most wanted anime license). The first two seasons of the anime have been fansubbed, though it certainly took a while for them to be fully subbed. I think too many people just look at the boxing theme and expect it to be just another sports title, though. And, hell, there are a good number of reviews of the anime that just insult the hell out of it because of how over-the-top it is. I can understand wanting something more realistic (I especially love Hajime no Ippo and Ashita no Joe), but at the same time there's nothing wrong with simply being a fun show to watch. Ring ni Kakero 1 is simply fun and crazy shonen action and it delivers that really well.
If you are interested in this title at all, Jason, I'd recommend watching the anime, as seemingly no one is ever going to translate the manga, unless Shueisha decides to make it available on that upcoming manga portal (yeah, right); I ended up recently buying the 18-volume re-release of the manga that Shueisha did back in 2000-2001 just so I could have the manga in some form. I will say that the anime does start a few volumes into the story, but that's because the anime's starting point is where the main story really gets going. Everything before that is really more of a Joe-like drama story and the other major characters aren't introduced until where the anime starts.
Oh how I want to own this anime, all three seasons of it (with hopefully more of it coming one day), on R1 DVD one day...
Not surprsing at all, since the director is a giant fan of Saint Seiya, and purposely made the armor that the gods wear look like cloths as an homage.
All this talk from me, and to think that DiC's horrific adaptation of Saint Seiya made me not want to read or watch any of Kurumada's works for a while. Thankfully B't X and Ring ni Kakero brought me in.
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Like any criminal organization, there were varying levels of loyalty. It was revealed the motivation behind the persecution of Athena & the Bronze Saints was sexist (a chick couldn't be expected to win the ultimate of ultimate fights) & only about 3 Gold Saints (2?) outside the head honcho were in the know. Most of the Gold Saints were duped into following orders of their leader. Overall the Silvers seemed the most rotten of the bunch, but the Golds were more noble.
On that note, wasn't it Capricorn they changed into a good guy in the anime when he was unabashedly on the bad guys side in the manga?
Oh god, yes. One would have to go to Fist of the North Star to be more manly.
Because, otheer than Athena, the female knights are masked & have to kill or marry any man who sees them, wasn't it (yeah-very sexist. A woman warrior goddess would have this rule)
They are so beautiful overall, the few who aren't really stand out--other than Kurumada's really bad art. I was shocked about 1/3rd of the way in he actually started to get some absolutely gorgeous pages in, but then all the stuff around them still sucked so I pictured him slaving away on those few gorgeous pages & then slapping all the rest together. Or he got some really good assistants to help make the most of those great art pages.
The anime also had so much room for imagination. Shun's shower scene, the pope getting out of the bath (damn, his hair was too long to see if he had a nice ass) Misty's bath, Aphrodite in one of the movies, wasn't it? I know there were more.
You have to admit Dragon was the one who seemed to attract bloodloss.
Wasn't that kind-hearted Shun?
The only theory that works is Saints either have twice as much blood as the average human, or their blood replenishes at an amazing speed.In particular, the anime was so gloriously bloody-little things like Shun holding tight on his chain as it's beeing ripped from his hand & the "drip, drip" of the blood in the soundtrack. That shot of Dragon lying in his own blood after fighting his Black Saint opponent was too much blood for the average human, much less someone who surrendered as much as he allegedly did to revive the cloths. The fricken fact the cloths were so bloodthirsty (we see Gold Saints reviving the Bronze armor after the Sanctuary story) is amazing for a children's story when one recalls what was deemed safe for American juveniles in the '80's.
I found the theme not unlike the idea of beautiful youth dying for a noble cause in the full bloom of their youth & the whole "march into Hell for a Heavenly cause".
My memory was a whole lot of chi or mystical/psychic attacks. The ones actually using their fists seemed few & far between but it may have been the art style. It could be my favs favored the mental stuff like Gemini & Ikki. (Ikki rocks) Yeah, he punched, but the devastation was the move destroyed the opponent's mind. Poople never talk about how over-powered the Saints are, yet they really were obscenely overpowered which is why I believe Kurumada didn't have them fighting mere mortals--they fought one another or gods. The forbidden Athena Exclamation had the power of a nuclear bomb, didn't it? Or was that 2 Gold Saints facing off?
There were weapons. (Hell, the cloths alone ran to lots of horns. Just have Scorpio shoulder-butt the opponent or what the hell is it with the Aries cloth?)
Otherwise, Shun's chains were his major weapon. Aphrodite had his roses. Libra loaned his weapons to Dragon, wasn't it? Dragon a shield.
Not exactly.
My memory was Ikki seemed to be able to return thanks to the Phoenix cloth (& in fact, never really hung around like the rest of the lot. He seemed to show up when Shun was in trouble & otherwise was in his fortress of solitude or maybe some limbo). No one else returned on their own power--once dead, they were dead. The only "return" was the Hades Chapter where it is stated the Saints killed in the prior battles were resurrected by the Underworld so they could kill Athena. Yeah, they were alive, but they were under a new boss. Wasn't it referred to as a temporary life?
Other than that, Libra had been granted an extremely long life, but he hadn't died or anything.
Interesting take. Yeah, it's a shonen manga, but I guess I saw more of the whole higher cause nobility stuff & never really noticed the fighting, maybe because the moved along pretty quickly, didn't they? Maybe a couple took 2 volumes, but overall, there were usually 2 or 3 going on at any one time so there were enough it never got dull. In particuar tha anime never seemed like 15 episodes of fighting because they were different fights & thus different tactics.
I see a lot of the modern stuff as being either heavily Seiya influenced or Dragonball-like 2 different camps. (OK, some aren't necessarily either but the 2 types are pretty definitively each one. I see Naruto as more DB & Bleach as more Seiya)
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Basilisk Steven
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An excellent write up.
For the record, Kurumada's atheist (almost anti-theist) views are well-documented, and not limited to western religions alone, as he spurns several Japanese folkloric traditions as well. And yes, it is a running theme throughout Saint Seiya. Many believe that if he ever would complete that long planned 4th arc, it would end with the complete slaughter of the gods at the hands of the human protagonists.
There's this line in the fifth Saint Seiya movie which, although not written by Kurumada, encapsulates the series' viewpoint perfectly. It goes something like: "Even if it is humanity's fate to disappear, I will leave proof of our existence by planting my fist in the face of God."
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Lord Geo
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And even then it's hard to tell which is manlier.
Granted, Kurumada's first serialized manga had a female lead but it only lasted two volumes. I guess Kurumada decided to make males the focus after that, though he has given females some more focus since Saint Seiya. B't X, amazingly enough, has quite a few females who actually do things in it, and only one of them hides the fact that she's female!
Nuclear bomb? What do you think this is, some wussy shonen action manga? The Athena Exclamation had the strength of the Big Bang that created the Universe! Even Dark Schneider would look at that and say "Now that's power!"
Yeah, Jason kind of exaggerated the death and revival aspect in this title. This title isn't like Dragon Ball, where characters can continually die and get revived shortly after. For the most part, unless your a major character (or Taurus Aldebaran) if you die you die... Until the Hades Chapter starts. Well, except for Poseidon's forces, as they kind of get the short end of the stick.
Yeah, Saint Seiya was good at keeping things fresh by keeping everything moving at a good pace. The anime tended to slow things down a little, but it still wasn't as bad as some shonens can get nowadays.
Jason, how could you mention the Kurumada-futtobi but not mention the Kurumada-ochi/"Kurumada Fall", where characters always seem to land directly on their heads if they're launched into the air during a battle?
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It's only fair given the BS we pull with "Eastern" and "primitive" religions. And thanks for reminding me that I still need to read Occidentalism...
Also, thank you for giving me something to look at as the potential source for everything I loathe in shounen series, from the predominantly male casts to the mindless battles to the make-it-up-as-you-go-along plot... as well as much of what I like about them, of course, like the fun and PASSION!!
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Dark Elf Warrior
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Yes, because right-wingers are death obsessed people who glorify dying, death and suicide, whether it be for a good cause or just for the heck of it. Choose your words carefully. Using terms like that can really cause problems. Not all right-wingers are death-obsessed, on the contrary, many wonder why we have so many death-obsessed emo kids. Just saying. I'm Independant by the way, but these types of comments have started flame wars all over the place, and with things being the way they are now, I just wouldn't go there.
Good article by the way. Never really got into Saint Seiya, but it does seem to be overlooked.
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He isn't talking about the American right. And it's spelled "independent".
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|Yah, Saint Seiya's artwork is cluttered at times, and the story may be literally insane, but the "red-blooded shonen fiery" gleams strongly enough for me to see it. The series is just... doesn't hold back, lol.
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I hated that! I sort of suspected. I had it pre-ordered when TP cancelled that last volume & I have again pre-ordered it (16?) There's 18, isn't there? I don't really care as long as they finish the thing this time!
That was it! Thank you. I remember the Gold Saint weren't supposed to fight because it lasted something like 1000 days because they were evenly matched. (Saga managed, didn't he?)
There was also that moves against Saints could only be used once because once seen, they were countered.
It did have that sad shonen heroes have to fight one another rather than talk & figure out they're on the same side.
That's also part of what I liked about Seiya-they did take out some of the heroes. No wishing back, but that was part of the whole sacrifice theme.
The Saints also seemed way more intelligent than a lot of shonen heroes. Seiya seemed a bit of an ass in the Hades Chapter, but Ikki got to shine as did Canon. Saga, Camus & Capricorn got to be all noble.
But I also REALLY liked that Seiya didn't have to be the big hero always saving the day. The title was more teamwork. In the Poseiden Chapter, each of the heroes had their assigned task to complete. It's never like DBZ & the whole Goku-worship. The Hades Chapter revolves around Shun & Ikki more than any of the Saints.
Though Saint Seiya did have the whole obscenely young heroes (Shun & Seiya are 13 at the onset & Ikki is oldest around 17 or 18). Even the Gold Saints seem rather young, though Saga was in his 20's.
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Volume 16 is the last volume of B't X. Also, TokyoPop never really canceled B't X... They just never solicited Volume 16 until earlier this year.
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My Uncle loves this series from the bottom of his heart! He told me that this year he re-watched the whole series again, but this time with the OVAs. We even watched the Heaven Overture Chapter film, together, but he is still left with the cliff hanger, since the film is not part of the story.
After watching the film, I got interested of the series and now I am planning on buying the 28 volumes.
This quote is absolutely awesome, and manly.
Oh and my favorite character is Andromeda Shun (yeah the one that has been mistaken has a girl, more than any other character of the series by readers) I have also heard that he is one of the strongest Saints in the series, is this true?
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Saint Seiya was the first anime series I ever got obsessed about, and I'm still a devoted fan, even though I admit it really didn't stand the test of time. I only got to read the manga five years after I finished watching the TV series, and while Kurumada's crude artwork put me off at first (in addition to the bad anatomy, it seems he can only draw about ten different poses), I think he's great at designing armors and somehow making characters distinctive and memorable even though they have pretty much the same face.
While it's good that the manga doesn't include the worst filler arcs and contradictory bits from the anime, it's way too fast-paced for its own good. Seiya and co. barely have time to breathe between battles, and the deep bonds they develop with each other seem less believable because of that. Granted, in the manga they're revealed to be half-brothers, while the anime's writers omitted that part, probably because they thought it would detract from their friendship.
But what really captivated me about Saint Seiya, other than all the fighting and dramatic self-sacrifice, was the fact that many of the adversaries were misguided good guys who thought they were fighting for justice... and Seiya and co. still had to kill them for their cause. Hell, Hyoga was forced to kill his own master! In other shonen manga, whenever an opponent turns out to be a good guy, he/she ends up becoming the hero's ally later on, but most decent guys Seiya and his friends fought didn't have such opportunity.
And Saint Seiya fans should definitely check B't X out. It may look disconcertingly similar to SS, but it features some of the most imaginative battles Kurumada has ever come up with. There's even a bizarre mathematical duel that seems straight out of Hunter x Hunter.
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not to be "that guy", but I'd like to say one thing for the sake of clarity.
In the Biblical narrative, Abraham didn't actually sacrifice any of his children. He was prepared to sacrifice his second son, Isaac, but was stopped from doing so. The test was whether he believed that God had the power to raise his son from death. Anyway,
Great article, really engaging. It makes me wish I had gotten into Knights of the Zodiac back when they showed it on Toonami.
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Anthony Weiner vows to stay in the race for New York City mayor despite the loss of his campaign manager and the drumbeat of critics questioning his fitness for public office after new revelations of lewd online behaviour.
Weiner confirmed that campaign manager Danny Kedem resigned on Saturday (local time) after reports surfaced that Weiner had continued to exchange lewd photos and messages with women despite resigning from Congress in 2011 over the same behaviour
"We have an amazing staff, but this isn't about the people working on the campaign. It's about the people we're campaigning for," Weiner said after speaking at a Brooklyn church.
Weiner said he would keep talking about "ideas for the middle class and people struggling to make it every single day" and added: "We knew this was going to be a tough campaign."
Kedem had managed the re-election of John DeStefano Jr to a 10th term as mayor of New Haven in 2011 and worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton's failed 2008 presidential campaign.
The 31-year-old Kedem was credited with helping Weiner pull into the lead among the crowded field of Democratic primary candidates before the latest revelations about Weiner's raunchy online exchanges with women.
Christine Quinn, who is bidding to be the city's first female mayor, led the race before Weiner jumped in but slipped behind him in most polls over the past two months. But a one-day poll conducted after Weiner's latest revelations has Quinn leading Weiner in the race for the Democratic nomination. The mayoral primary is September 10, and the general election is November 5. The primary winner needs to get at least 40 per cent of the vote to avoid a runoff with the No. 2 vote-getter.
Quinn, who is speaker of the New York City Council, said on NBC television's Meet the Press that Weiner has shown "a pattern of reckless behaviour, an inability to tell the truth and a real lack of maturity and responsibility".
Unlike other candidates who have urged Weiner to end his campaign, Quinn said opponents should not "say who should or shouldn't get in and out of races".
But she questioned whether he is the right person to lead the city.
"Has he disqualified himself? Yes, he's disqualified himself," Quinn said. "But not just because of these scandals, though that certainly has. He didn't have the qualifications when he was in Congress."
Later on the NBC programme, David Axelrod, a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama, accused Weiner of "wasting time and space". Axelrod, who noted that his former firm is working for another mayoral candidate, said Americans "believe in second chances, but not third chances".
On CNN's State of the Union, Republican US Rep. Peter King, the target of a blistering 2010 attack from Weiner over a bill to provide free medical services for World Trade Center recovery workers, said Weiner is "not psychologically qualified to be mayor of the city of New York".
Weiner was forced to discuss his online behaviour this past week after a gossip website printed excerpts of conversations Weiner had with Indiana college student Sydney Leathers last summer.
With his wife, Huma Abedin, a former top aide to Hillary Clinton, alongside, Weiner apologised and promised that the "behaviour is behind me". He later admitted that he had traded racy messages with at least three women since leaving office.
He vowed to stay in the race, saying he believed "people care more about their futures than my past with my wife and my embarrassing things".
William Eimicke, a Columbia University professor of public management who has held New York City and New York state government posts, said the defection of his campaign manager could cripple Weiner's campaign.
"I think he's toast!" Eimicke wrote in an email.
But veteran city political consultant Bob Liff discounted the effect of the resignation.
"I don't know that the campaign manager makes that much of a difference," Liff said. "I wouldn't write anybody out."
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Dick Harmon: BYU coach Anae has hit the ground running — and hit it hard — as the Cougars' new offensive coordinator
BYU can't run Rodriguez's exact offense because the Cougars don't possess the breakneck speed demons it takes to, as Chip Kelly explained, "get fast guys the ball in space." It requires 10.6 100-meter-type sprinters in the backfield and slot and receiver spots and a quarterback that is jailbreak elusive and crazy fast.
Explained Rodriguez: "The main philosophy is us getting fast guys the ball in space. Whether you're throwing it to them or handing off to them, you're trying to get the guys the ball in space. The single hardest thing to do on defense is tackle in the open field."
I don't think Anae will implement all of Arizona's offense, but he will take elements of what he's learned and instill it with what BYU personnel can handle. This includes tweaking spread formations, wider stances by O-linemen, quarterbacks in the shotgun, increased use of slot receivers and tight ends and deployment of screens to spread defenses and soften up the middle of the field.
He'll also fine-tune the no-huddle to quicken the pace and keep defenses off balance. He did this at BYU before, but now he'll do it more — like all the time.
When Anae visited with recruit Kearsley in Oregon, Kearsley told KSL on Saturday, "Coach Anae told me 'There's no time for a huddle in football. We're just gonna go.' "
And Anae will design ways to free Jamaal Williams. You might see J.D. Falslev become more involved in dumps, quick hitch passes, downfield flies and posts, counter runs, traps and even the option.
Athletic director Tom Holmoe made a point in an interview on BYU-TV to say Anae will return BYU's offense to its traditional ways. It was unclear if that was style, production or both.
But none of this matters if Anae doesn't do one single thing that will ultimately make the difference in the Cougar offense: make his linemen tough.
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who ever did this even missed a couple
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Tuesday, Lyrictionary. 'nuff said. Last week was a mayhem with 3 illustrations and a lot of people having
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He announced it at
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We did get some info, so here it is:
Carter V has around 15 tracks.
Fred Durst, Nicki Minaj, Paris Hilton, & Drake are all featured.
Lil Wayne is trying to promote Nicki more towards the underground scene since her mainstream appeal has died down
Drake has a new album coming out towards the end of the year
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Too much Drake
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no tracks have been laid down? hasn't he released two songs already tho no way this is real i guess its kinda funny tho.
paris hilton racist ass?
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@kingpush Reffering to the Drake album.
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|Hmmm this the almost(with the exception of the lifestream,meteor) the same trailer that X-Play showed on techtv but its nice to see it again. As a fan of the Final Fantasy series I just hope this doesnt get overhyped like FF7 did and some of the other games. Does anyone have a translation of the latin(the song One Winged Angel is in Latin) and japanese being said in this trailer?
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the translation I have is not 100% but the chorus is something like
fall to your knees
praise him
praise him
sephiroth is come
the end is here
not sure if it is right at all my mate told me this is what the chorus is but I'm not 100% on it.
alsothis looks like it could be one of the best looking OAV's out I couldnt get the storyline or any details yet, I'll have to ask my bro. does anyone else have any idea what the storyline or anything says?
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Keep an eye on Adventchildren.net, it's an exceptionally well done and up to date fan site.
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|I'm just wondering why Cloud and Sephiroth look like Gackt and Marilyn Manson. Anyway, the video would've seemed more appealing if I hadn't already seen it before in Akira, Cowboy Bebop and Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions. Oh and Berserk. At least Sakaguchi knows how to rip off from the best this time- unlike Spirits Within.
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|Heh legindary battles eh? Yeh, it looks pretty sweet, but i prefer appleseed graphics myself. i have actually seen it many months ago. Some fan video taped it and a friend got it to me. He's hyped about it.
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wowe. this looks better than FF:SWI. it better be!
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The List - 7 Anime Beach Episodes Worth Watching
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We just finished reading this as our night-night book. I liked the puns throughout the book. I also liked General Jinjur.
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Fundraiser planned for Velvet Rope employees, Oak Park officials continue fire investigation
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A frequent visitor to a gay nightclub that Oak Park officials said may have been destroyed by an intentional fire early Sunday has already sprung into action to help its employees.
David Monterosso, of Melrose Park, is organizing a fundraiser next week at the Hideaway bar in Forest Park. Proceeds from donations and raffle ticket sales will go to the eight employees of the Velvet Rope Ultra Lounge, 728 Lake St., which was destroyed by a fire that a village statement said Monday could have been an act of arson.
Village spokesman David Powers said the state fire marshal and Oak Park police are assisting the fire department in the investigation into the fire. Oak Park police did not return calls for comment Monday.
Deputy Fire Chief Kenneth Klemm said the incident is "suspicious in nature." Powers said he heard from Oak Park police that there was evidence of anti-gay graffiti on a wall inside the nightclub.
Greg Raub, the co-chair of the Oak Park Area Lesbian and Gay Association, said the group is "greatly concerned" about speculation that the business may have been targeted because of its gay ownership and clientele. He added they don't want to comment further until an exact cause and motive are determined.
The fire call came in around 6:23 a.m. on Sunday, with a report of smoke in an area that was thought to be coming from Red Hen Bread, Klemm said. Firefighters who arrived on the scene realized it had originated from Velvet Rope. They broke windows to let the heat and smoke out and then extinguished the fire. No one was in the building at the time, and no injuries were reported.
The building at 726-736 Lake Street houses Red Hen Bread, Klay Oven, Geppetto's Toy Box, Velvet Rope and Flat Top Stir-Fry Grill.
In an email shortly before 8 a.m. on Monday, Brandy Masoncup, owner of Geppetto's Toy Box at 730 Lake St., said the site was quarantined until about 5:30 p.m. Sunday while evidence was collected.
Both floors of Velvet Rope were completely destroyed, she said, and will require an entire build-out to get it up to code. Velvet Rope will be closed at least a month.
Klemm said there was "significant" water and smoke damage to businesses on both sides of the nightclub. Masoncup said restoration crews began clean up at her business late Sunday and the work will take a minimum of three days.
Staff at Flat Top Stir Fry Grill were allowed back into the business around lunchtime on Sunday, Masoncup said. Floors there will have to be replaced and walls will have to be repaired, since holes were made between that business and Velvet Rope while the fire was being extinguished.
Monterosso said he works as a waiter, and was struck by the thought that his source of income could instantly be cut off if the same thing happened to him. He said he likes the mix of people at the Velvet Rope, and called it a "really comfortable place." The owner, Frank Elliott, is a good friend of his. Elliott could not be reached Monday.
The fundraiser will be held June 14 starting at 7:30 p.m. The suggested donation is $20 and there will be raffle tickets available for $10. Monterosso said he's working on getting performers involved.
Those who want to contribute can visit fundrazr.com/campaigns/dJsUd. For more information about the event, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/313626445386013.
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IoT is rapidly changing the way enterprises are using data to improve business decision-making. In order to derive business value, organizations must unlock insights from the data gathered and then act on these. In their session at @ThingsExpo, Eric Hoffman, Vice President at EastBanc Technologies, and Peter Shashkin, Head of Development Department at EastBanc Technologies, discussed how one organization leveraged IoT, cloud technology and data analysis to improve customer experiences and effi...
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The Internet of Things will challenge the status quo of how IT and development organizations operate. Or will it? Certainly the fog layer of IoT requires special insights about data ontology, security and transactional integrity. But the developmental challenges are the same: People, Process and Platform. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Craig Sproule, CEO of Metavine, demonstrated how to move beyond today's coding paradigm and shared the must-have mindsets for removing complexity from the develo...
Jul. 30, 2016 03:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,657
SYS-CON Events announced today that MangoApps will exhibit at the 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. MangoApps provides modern company intranets and team collaboration software, allowing workers to stay connected and productive from anywhere in the world and from any device.
Jul. 30, 2016 02:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,497
The IETF draft standard for M2M certificates is a security solution specifically designed for the demanding needs of IoT/M2M applications. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Brian Romansky, VP of Strategic Technology at TrustPoint Innovation, explained how M2M certificates can efficiently enable confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity on highly constrained devices.
Jul. 30, 2016 02:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,196
"delaPlex Software provides software outsourcing services. We have a hybrid model where we have onshore developers and project managers that we can place anywhere in the U.S. or in Europe," explained Manish Sachdeva, CEO at delaPlex Software, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
Jul. 30, 2016 02:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,694
The IoT is changing the way enterprises conduct business. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Eric Hoffman, Vice President at EastBanc Technologies, discussed how businesses can gain an edge over competitors by empowering consumers to take control through IoT. He cited examples such as a Washington, D.C.-based sports club that leveraged IoT and the cloud to develop a comprehensive booking system. He also highlighted how IoT can revitalize and restore outdated business models, making them profitable ...
Jul. 29, 2016 10:15 PM EDT Reads: 2,088
Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, is co-located with the 19th International Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world and ThingsExpo Silicon Valley Call for Papers is now open.
Jul. 29, 2016 08:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,756
We all know the latest numbers: Gartner, Inc. forecasts that 6.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide in 2016, up 30 percent from last year, and will reach 20.8 billion by 2020. We're rapidly approaching a data production of 40 zettabytes a day – more than we can every physically store, and exabytes and yottabytes are just around the corner. For many that's a good sign, as data has been proven to equal money – IF it's ingested, integrated, and analyzed fast enough. Without real-ti...
Jul. 29, 2016 07:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,220