カムイ ~ Seeking a Miracle

Revival Post

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:40:40 GMT

Erk, it's been so long since I've updated this journal...but I had a good reason!! I was rushing around like crazy before summer started to get ready...for my trip to JAPAN!! ^^

I'm there right now, actually. And it is amazing here. Like all my wildest dreams come true! <3 Maybe I'm getting a little carried away...but it is incredibly fun and I'm already planning a return trip XD

I love Japan...

日本が大好き♡

BroComi - Kamui Academy

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:07:46 GMT

I just recently got Broccoli Books' (Kamui's english publisher) newsletter for Jan 2007 and it has something pretty fun for Kamui fans ^.^ Broccoli Books does a monthly webcomic called BroComi, (Broccoli + Comic = BroComi - clever, isn't it? XD) and this month, they're featuring none other than Kamui!!

It's called Kamui Academy, and it's an omake (bonus comic) to be included in Volume 6 about an alternate universe in which NOA is a highschool and the Kamui cast all go there. The BroComi site however, is only alotted 20 pages and the omake is supposed to have 21, so it's missing the last page. We'll just have to wait 'til Feb 14 (the current release date of Vol 6, to my knowledge) to get the last page!

I thought it was hilarious ^.^

Kamui related stuffs

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:16:01 GMT

For all the Kamui fans out there (this will be posted in the Kamui community shortly) I have some news: Kamui has a Wikipedia Page!! XD

Lots of good stuff here, including the kanji for the main characters names!! This was a huge thing for me, because I've been dying to know the kanji for their names since I fell in love with the series ^.^

Anyways, for anyone interested (and anyone whose computer can read kanji, I guess) here are the kanji meanings...

Hasumi Atsuma - 蓮見敦真
The first character for Atsuma's name (敦 atsu) has a couple different meanings: warm, kindly, work hard, big. The second character (真 ma) can mean: true, genuine, sincere, pure, just, right. So...deep down, Atsuma is a sincerely kind person XD First character of his last name (蓮 hasu) means: lotus flower. The second character (見 mi) means to see (miru: the verb 'to see').
Senou Sumire - 瀬能菫
Sumire (菫) means violet, as in, the flower. First kanji of her last name (瀬 se) means: shallows, shoal, rapids. Second (能 nou) means: ability, function, skillfully; also can mean: Noh drama.
Tachibana Shui - 橘朱衣
First character (朱 shu) means red. Second (衣 i) means: clothing, garments, kimono. His last name (橘 tachibana) means: mandarin orange.
Kojoumaru - 虎杖丸
A whopping three kanji for this one XD. First (虎 ko) means: tiger or...drunkard *hysterical laughter* I'd go with tiger, personally ^.^ Second (杖 jou) means: staff or cane. Third (丸 maru) is a common ending for male names, it means: circle, entire, complete.
Kenjou Shiki - 剣城シキ
...Shiki's first name is spelled in katakana, an alphabet used for words borrowed from other languages (or just to put emphasis on Japanese words, or make them look cool ^.^). So...no kanji meaning. The first kanji of his last name, however, (剣 ken) means: sword. The second (城 jou) means: castle.
Kasuga Aika - 春日アイカ
Same for Aika as with Shiki. Katakana and no kanji. The first character of her last name (春) means: srping, beginning of the year. The second character of her last name (日) means: sun, day.
Kuryuu Yanagi - 九利生柳
Yanagi (柳) means willow tree <3. His last name, first kanji: nine. Second kanji: advantage, interest, make effective, work, use. Third: life, birth, grow.
Hyde - ハイド
Not Japanese in the least XD No kanji here, just the katakana for Ha-i-do, which comes out as Hyde in English. Dr. Jekyll's alter ego, anyone? Mr. Hyde ^.^
Hasumi Utsuho - 蓮見空穂
(空 utsu) means: sky, empty, vain, hollow. (穂 ho) means: ear (of corn), head of grain.

I think that there's a lot of symbolism in the names...it's up to the interpreter though, to decide what they really mean ^.^

(P.S. God I love my kanji dictionary <3)

Also, the Wikipedia page lists the Seiyuu (Voice actors) for the Kamui Drama CD!! (yet another one of the reasons that I'm so hyper right now and can't get to sleep XD) [EDIT: Added Hyde, courtesy of pteek ^.^]

Here's the list of voice actors again, with a couple of other characters they've voiced, courtesy of Anime News Network. (to make this easier on everyone the names appear as they do on ANN, Western-style, ex. Joe Smith)

Atsuma - Takahiro Sakurai
Bleach - Kira Izuru
Code Geass - Suzaku Kururugi
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - Cloud Strife
Kyo Kara Maoh! - Yuri Shibuya
Tactics - Haruka
Shui - Toshiyuki Morikawa
Descendants of Darkness - Seiichiro Tatsumi
Final fantasy VII: Advent Children - Sephiroth
Inuyasha - Naraku
Nana - Takumi Ichinose
X - Seiichiro Aoki
Sumire - Aya Hisakawa
Ah! My Goddess - Skuld
Cardcaptor Sakura - Kerberos XD
Fruits Basket - Yuki Souma
Sailor Moon - Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury
Trigun - Rem Savrem
Shiki - Katsuyuki Konishi
Loveless - Agatsuma Soubi
Rune Soldier - Louie
Samurai Deeper Kyo - Kyoushirou Mibu/Onime no Kyo
Yanagi - Akira Ishida
Chrno Crusade - Chrno
D.N.Angel - Satoshi Hiwatari
Fushigi Yuugi - Ren Shigyou
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED - Athrun Zala
Naruto - Gaara
Saiyuki - Cho Hakkai
Aika - Houko Kuwashima
Chobits - Minoru Kokubunji
Fullmetal Alchemist - Rose Thomas
GUNxSWORD - Wendy Gallet
Inuyasha - Sango
Mars Daybreak - Vestemona Lauren
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED - Flay Allster, Natarle Badgiruel, Stella Loussier
X - Satsuki Yatouji
Anzu - Yui Horie
Fruits Basket - Tooru Honda
Love Hina - Naru Narusegawa
Mahou Sensei Negima - Makie Sasaki
Kojoumaru - Romi Paku
Bleach - Hitsugaya Toushirou
Dragon Drive - Oozora Reiji
Fullmetal Alchemist - Edward Elric
Nana - Nana Osaki
Samurai 7 - Katsushiro Okamoto
Hyde - Jun'ichi Suwabe
Fullmetal Alchemist - Greed
NANA - Kyosuke Takakura
Prince of Tenis - Keigo Atobe
X - Fuuma Monou
Utsuho - Toshiyuki Morikawa
Utsuho (child) - Mamoru Miyano
Death Note - Light Yagami
Eureka 7 - Moondoggie
Ouran Highschool Host Club - Tamaki Suou

Some of these seiyuu have me really exited to hear the CD... (I've almost caved in to the urge to just buy it off Amazon Japan). Paku Romi and Kuwashima Houka are some of my favorite voice actresses...and I'm really looking forward to hearing how Sakurai-san, Morikawa-san and Hisakawa-san voice Atsuma, Shui/Utsuho and Sumire - and all the other voice actors for that matter! When I first saw that Shui and Utsuho have the same voice actor, I thought it was just budget cuts or something XD But it makes sense with that whole thing where apparently their voices sound similar (the same?). Since they've made it such a big deal here, it makes me wonder why exactly Shui has Utsuho's voice...hmmm...

But all these popular seiyuu...I mean wow, this was way more than I expected to be honest, geez, we have main characters from Fullmetal Alchemist and Inuyasha here!! (two of the select anime that have made it to airing on TV in Canada, relatively uneditted. And trust me, an anime has to be pretty popular to air on regular cable in Canada ; D This is mostly a joke...anyways, Canadian otaku like me would think it's funny ^.^;;) This has actually made me really, really hopeful for a Kamui Anime. The Drama CD has seiyuu that have done several main characters in other series, many of which are extremely popular. And it's just a Drama CD!! I really hope the make an anime... *crosses fingers* ~~As long as it's not done by Bee-Train.~~

Anyways, I'm exhausted, so goodnight! Oyasumi nasai!! ^.^

Icons

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:34:53 GMT

Here are a bunch of icons, made by me, for two of Shingo Nanami's manga series, Kamui and Natural Kids. Some of them are a little old now, so they may not look as good ^.^;; Also, some of them imply shounen ai pairings, so you've been forewarned. Anyways, I'd appreciate credit, but it's probably unrealistic to expect everyeone to, ne? XD Comment if you like!

Kamui

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22.

Tennen Yuuryouji / Natural Kids

1. 2. 3.

NOTES (Kamui icons):
Text on #1-5 is from an english song from Les Misérables, Epiloque (Finale).
Text on #6 is from Animal I Have Become by Three Days Grace.
Text on #9 is from WILD EYES by Mizuki Nana (self-explanatory enough XD).
#16 and #17 are pretty crappy man-ips made by me ^.^;; OTP is fandom slang for One True Pairing.

Testing...

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:04:07 GMT

Okay, so it's been a while, but school has had me busy (that's what I get for having all my language courses in one semester, heh) and I haven't had much to post anyways.

It's been a while since I've tried to post images and pictures anywhere, so I've just relearned how to do that ^.^;; But now I can finally put up some icons and the like!! I think I'll just use one post to contain the majority of my icons and keep adding to it over time, just for the sake of making things more convenient for me XD I'll also put it in my memories and post links on any communities that are interested in fandoms that I've made icons for.

So, I just need some time to get my icons hosted, then I'll post them here. Mata ne!

RL blah ^.^

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 03:34:23 GMT

Well, I've been busy here because of going away on holidays and getting ready for school again (which starts tomorrow by the by T.T) but I should actually start posting stuff on this LJ after I get my daily routine back in order.

I also have icons and some short ficlets to post (after they're editted, maybe ^.^;;) but...I'm tired and I need sleep if I'm going to make it to school on time. I have English first period this semester...and it's my favorite subject so I can't be late! ; D

So...konbanwa!

Introducing...

Sat, 05 Aug 2006 02:45:24 GMT

Hello all. *bows to nonexistant masses*

Remick here. This journal was really created for the purpose of hosting various fanfics of mine (mostly for my favorite anime/manga of the moment, Kamui <3). If anyone out there likes Kamui (i.e. the manga series by Shingo Nanami) email me, or comment on this journal or something, because I swear that NO ONE reads Kamui. I need people to fangirl with XD

Any fans of Mars Daybreak can contact me too. I mean mecha, pirates, a dolphin in a robot suit, what's not to love? Not nearly enough fans of this either...

So...other journals I've had have had a tendency to...die. We'll see if I can actually make something of this one.

Intro over ^.^