Roboculture

First of all, today's entry might not have anything to do with Robotech. But I thought I'd just tell you who really affects me as an amateur animator.

After a desperate plea for some kind of feedback, I am answered with a way only Robotech.com does best - silence.
So shame on some of you. You'd reply to threads about fic-- Nevermind. I don't need this crap.

Okay! So where are we? Oh yeah, wow. Man, am I a big fan of Hayao Miyazaki! Although it hardly shows itself in any of my fan art or fan films (except that little pic of Sophie I made for this occasion, top), it really made my interest in anime increase tenfold. (but there's still a lot of that stuff I avoid)

I've seen a sizable number of Hayao's stuff - From The Cat Returns, Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke to name a few. I haven't gotten around to watching my DVD of Nausica: Valley of the Wind and Whisper of the Heart, but I'll get there.

Oh yeah! I forgot to mention my fave Hayao film of all time, Howl's Moving Castle. I know, it's not his best, or that the ending is fairly disappointing, but who gives a flying bleep? It's just a joy to watch and I just love the art and music.

One of my favorite scenes in that film is the "Lake of Stars", I mean wow. That scene was just so darn beautiful it just left my mouth wide open. I wish I were that kind of storyteller!! But I'm not.

Grrr.... The other Hayao films were also really fun and cute, like Kiki's. Although I have my reservations on the Disney dub back in the 90's. Oh well - the new score recorded by Joe Hisaishi was well worth listening to that track.

I have yet to see other stuff like Future Boy Conan and all that, but from what I read, it's a nice post-apocalyptic piece.

I'm trying to gather as much interesting ideas from all of these anime films (beyond Hayao's too) to produce this new Southern Cross film, and its been great fun.

Now I'm sorry if this entire article was not to your expectation. I figured you'd hear me talk more about the films and the production behind them and other more interesting stuff, but I'm basically writing this crap without doing much research on them. Bah, that's why you got Wikipedia. Anyway, this is a blog, and since none of YOU ever reply (except for a few good souls), I don't know what y'all think about me anyway. (although I have a couple of ideas - nutjob)

Anyway, my true intention (gasp!) was to show my fan art for Howl's Moving Castle's female protagonist, Sophie. Indeed... the... plain *gulp* looking *hehe* girl...

I plan on doing a series (while Protoculture works on the Southern Cross screenplay) called "Destroying Your Childhood" which will feature Robotech characters doing this not seen in the show. Now if that doesn't generate any feedback, then... Screw this franchise! I'm going to Transformers! HAHAHAHAHAHA!