Friday, October 19, 2007

Legend of Heroes VI: Sora no Kiseki

英雄伝説VI 空の軌跡

I'm very very very busy this week. I have to repair the street lamp, find a missing cat, collect some rare herbs, rescue someone from the Emerald Pagoda, terminate threatening monsters and the list goes on. Erm, actually I shouldn't have complaint, because these are my responsibilities as a "Bracer". We belong to a guild of adventurers, who commits to help and protect people, by fighting monsters and instill peace.

I'm Estelle Bright, still under training to be a full-fledge Bracer, like my dad.

Ok, back to reality. Actually I'm addicted to this Japanese RPG by Falcom called Legend of Heroes VI: Sora no Kiseki (The Trail of the Sky??). Someone eeevil has installed this game in my PC and made me addicted. XD

Since the Final Fantasy series (VII & VIII), I have not played RPG game for a long time. I immediately fall in love with this one. Due to the "page-turning" story line, beautiful graphics, not too complicated controls, and the musics were even released as OST.

The main characters are Estelle Bright and her adopted brother Joshua Bright. Joshua was abandoned for some reasons, which will only be revealed till the end of the game I guess. Sometimes, the other characters might join in your group during battles depending on the story line.

Estelle Bright, Joshua Bright, Olivier Lenheim, Scherazard Harvey

Tita Russell, Agate Crosner, Zin Vathek, Klose Rinz

Cassius Bright (Estelle's Dad), Nial Barns, Dorothy Hyatt, Doctor Russell, Colonel Richard

The characters are in chibi form in the gameplay, really cute. Some screen shots taken:

Character Status Screen

The most characters you can control at one time is 4.

The dialogs of the characters are displayed with their images of different expressions.

There are even emoticons throughout the gameplay.

Battle Screen

When the CP bar reached 100, the character can use the S Attack, something like Limit Break in FFVIII.

Treasure Chests may contain potions, equipment or monsters.

A player from Gamefaqs has rated a 10/10 for this RPG.

This game was released in Japan in June 2004, and known as Sora no Kiseki First Chapter (FC). Later on, Sora no Kiseki Second Chapter (SC) was released in March 2006, and Sora no Kiseki The 3rd was just released in June this year. So far only having Japanese & Chinese versions. However, there is a translation project going on of the English Version.

FC Theme Song: Hoshi no Arika (星の在処)



Opening movie of FC followed by SC:




Time to play game~~ ┌(^。^)┘♪└(^。^)┐♪┌(-。-)┘

Friday, October 12, 2007

Papa to Musume no Nanokakan

The 7 Days of Papa & Daughter

Beware! These legendary momo (peach) are dangerous.


After Kawahara Ko-me (川原小梅) and her papa Kawahara Kyo-ichiro- (川原恭一郎) ate the momo, something terrible happened.

Got it? Terrible right? Papa becomes Ko-me and Ko-me becomes Papa.

Aragaki Yui (新垣結衣) as Kawahara Ko-me (川原小梅)

Tachi Hiroshi (舘ひろし) as Papa

How did they get the legendary momo?

Well, grandma picked the momo herself from the legendary tree of her village, which bear fruits only once in ten years.

Without any other choices, Ko-me has to go to work as Papa, and Papa has to go to school as Ko-me.

And also, Papa has to go to date as Ko-me, with Kenta Senpai.

Kato- Shigeaki (加藤成亮) as O-sugi Kenta (大杉健太)

What havocs will they create in each other's life? How can Ko-me and Papa get back to their original life?
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Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Never Ending Wonderful Story ~~~ NEWS

NEWS just had their first concert in Taiwan on 7 Oct 2007.
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Well, at least I have Never Ending Wonderful Story to watch at home. So, I won't feel too jealous.

Real glad that the six of them made a new start early 2007. Their 2007 Concert Tour spanned over eight major cities of Japan: Yokohama, Osaka, Sendai, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Kagoshima and Sapporo.


Yamashita Tomohisa (山下智久)
He is the leader of the band. Also known as Yamapi (Yama+Pink), a nick name given by his senior Tackey. I started to like Yamapi after watching him acting as Akira in Nobuta wo Produce. Then, later on Dragon Zakura, Kurosagi & Proposal Daisakusen. And of course, I found NEWS.

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*~Kakkoi Yamapi~*

*~Sexy Yamapi~*
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Koyama Keiichiro- (小山慶一郎)
One year older than Yamapi, Koyama is the eldest in the band. He has just graduated from Meiji University in Asian History this year. (Yamapi is also studying in Meiji University, major in Business).

*~Koyama~*

*~Koyama sharing his joy with fans after getting his Cert~*
オ(^。^)メ(^▽^)デ(^∀^)ト(^0^)ウ(^ー^)

Nishikido Ryo- (錦戸亮)
Ryo-chan is also in another group called Kanjani-8, formed earlier than NEWS. It's amazing how he can manage the workload of both groups. Hope he won't get overloaded. He acted in many drama series such as Attention Please! and 1 Rittoru no Namida (1 Litre of Tears).

He is also well-known in imitating "Gachapin" due to the resemblance of his eyes with the Japanese children's TV character.
Gachapin

*~Ryo-chan~*

Masuda Takahisa (増田貴久)
Masuda is one of the best singers in the band. Together with Tegoshi, both of them formed a subunit named TegoMasu in 2006 and released 2 singles: Miso Soup (in Sweden) & Kiss~Kaerimichi no Love Song. They were even invited by the Taiwan 18th Golden Melody Awards as Guest Performers in June 2007.

I love his smile~~
Looks like my boyfriend...ahem.


*~Masuda in Black~*

*~Masuda with a cute Johnny's Junior~*

Tegoshi Yu-ya (手越祐也)
Tegoshi is the youngest in the band. He joined Johnny's for only 10 months before he debuted as part of NEWS in 2003. At that time, none of the members know him. But he is real good in singing and is able to perform solos. And he has acted in many dramas and movies like My Boss My Hero, Hyouten 2006 and voice of Mumble in Happy Feet (Japanese Version).

*~Tegoshi~*

*~Tegoshi singing solo~*

When NEWS first made an appearance in Kinki Kid's Domoto Kyo-dai (堂本兄弟) entertainment show, Domoto Tsuyoshi (堂本刚) gave him a gesture to introduce himself like this:

*~Tegoshi Desu~* TM
Which turns into his trade mark.

Kato- Shigeaki (加藤成亮)
Shige is currently studying law in Aoyama Gakuin University (青山学院大学). Again, another guy who needs to juggle between study & work, like me.
~~~ヾ(〃^。^)o ファイトォー!!
Just finished watching Papa to Musume no Nanokakan, the 2007 summer drama he acted in with Aragaki Yui (新垣結衣). He acts as the crush of Yui, who had changed body with her dad because of some mysterious momo (peach).

*~Shige's Solo~*

*~Shige~*

This is a short clip of NEWS Never Ending Wonderful Story concert:


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