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Plan looks good to me! DST is a fuck, especially when dealing with cross-regional inconsistencies, and I refuse to think too much about it, but I'll assume that you handled it correctly. As for the post-series extras, I'm curious about the 1986 film, somewhat curious about the G5 movie, and definitely interested in watching Star vs. the Forces of Evil. Never heard of the show before, but Wikipedia says it's a magical girl series so I'm down!
TIL the word grawlix...definitely gonna have to integrate that into my lexicon. Is it commonly used amongst conlangers, or is it a word you picked up independently?
How does one keep track of the rules of a conlang, anyhow? My computer toucher background makes Backus-Naur form top of mind, but I don't know if it's expressive enough to handle morphology and phonology (e.g. suprasegmental features).
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Looks like I am 2-for-2 on Niji livers who didn't pass the vibe check, jfc...
Sorry you're still not feeling well! This illness really isn't letting you off easy, huh.
I'm 100% confident about #3:
#3 guess
it's Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. Aside from the title, even though I've only seen the first episode (really ought to get back to it) I do recall it being set in some kind of World's Fair thing where MC-kun and his uncle (grandpa?) were entering a plane in a competition, so 1889 seems about right. Don't know the overarching plot, but "Alantic" and/or "Atlantis" both jive with "Blue Water."
Nothing immediately springs to mind for the other two, but I'll look at them more closely later when I have a bit more time to ponder them. Oh, I guess I can throw out a random guess for #2 based purely on the title:
#2 guess
3-gatsu no Lion? Haven't seen it (I think it's about either chess or shogi?), so it's purely off the number in the title.
...wait, maybe Mitsuboshi Colors? I don't remember the names of the cast, but Ueno makes me think of Ueno Park in Tokyo, and I remember a lot of their shenanigans (including pointing an RPG at a cop) happened in a big public park. Three character names being listed right off the bat also indicates a strong link between the characters from the get-go, since I think most synopses would spend a few sentences describing how the characters meet and thus the names would be spread out more.
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I knew Christian Bale goes to great lengths to transform his body for roles, but this is ridiculous!
EGM's take on September 11th from their "Top 10 News Stories of 2001" (found on page 129 (RetroMags p. 139) of Issue #155 from April 2002)
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THE TOP 10 NEWS STORIES OF 2001
10) METAL GEAR SOLID 2
After all the hype, was MGS2 worth the wait? You bet'cher stealth camouflage it was. We won't be forgetting this heady sequel anytime soon.
9) ONLINE GAMING
Online gaming on consoles got a kick in the pants in 2K1 with Phantasy Star Online, Outrigger, Sega/Visual Concepts' sports games.... The Dreamcast was just hitting its online stride when the system stalled for good.
8) THE LEGEND OF "CELDA"
Whether you're for, or against, The Legend of Zelda's makeover, you've got to admit that its new Looney Tunes look threw you for a loop. More than a couple fist fights have already broken out here at EGM over this very controversy.
7) GAME BOY ADVANCE
As much as we love the GBC, it was so overdue for a retirement. Enter the GBA, with its hard-to-see screen and library of SNES rehashes, here to save the day. Just kidding. We really do love this lil' bundle of joy.
6) CONKER'S BAD FUR DAY
Second-party developer Rare's drinkin', swearing and money- grubbing sonuvabitch named Conker flushed Nintendo's family-friendliness down the toilet, and was a sales disaster on the dying N64.
5) RESIDENT EVIL MAKES JUMP TO GAMECUBE
One of the shockers of 2001 was Capcom's announcement that the RE series was going GameCube-exclusive. Good news for mature 'Cube owners who want more than just the usual kiddy stuff.
4) SEPTEMBER 11TH
Just as American life changed dramatically after the events of Sept. 11, so, too, did the video games we play. Some games were cancelled, while others underwent last-minute changes before their final release.
3) XBOX AND GAMECUBE SYSTEM LAUNCHES
When the Xbox and GameCube launched three days apart (on Nov. 15 and 18, respectively), our wallets were begging for mercy. Oh sweet mercy.
2) VIDEO GAMES GO TO THE MOVIES
Video games hit the theaters big time with Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. For 2002 and beyond, we'll see flicks like Resident Evil, Crazy Taxi and Duke Nukem.
1) SEGA GOES MULTI-PLATFORM
"The world of games is changing, so Sega must change, too." With that statement, Hideki Sato, Sega's chief operating officer, made it official: Sega was leaving the hardware business to publish software on all systems. After this bombshell, we were distracted to notice that hell had frozen over.