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AernaLingus
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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!
Thank you—both the video and the making-of were right up my alley. It was so neat seeing everything the creator had to pull together (including ToTK jank) to make it happen!
Also the comments led me to this interview quote from ToTK's director, Hidemaro Fujibayashi:
I think we managed to represent this visually as well. The designer didn’t simply make him look violent; they managed to fulfill my wish of making him look overwhelmingly evil while also being handsome enough that both men and women would fall for him. We put a lot of thought into choosing his clothes and accessories, keeping in mind that Ganondorf himself should have a strong sense of beauty and good taste. We thought he would probably be a character who paid a lot of attention to his appearance, demonstrating his dignity and intelligence as a king, and designing him with that in mind, we were meticulous with his face, body, all the way down to his fingertips, making him come off as robust and sexy at the same time.
If I had a nickel for every time a yuribait anime episode centered on an original wind ensemble arrangement of T-SQUARE's 1986 tune "Takarajima", I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
the anime in question
The two episodes are S02E07 of Hibike! Euphonium (my beloved) and S01E05 of the currently-airing Rock is a Lady's Modesty (which is quite fun so far!)
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