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    wwwwhhhhoooo wrote:

    March 23rd — Happy birthday Petrea Burchard!!!

    And hopefully many, many more! Happy Birthday Ms. Burchard!

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    Mittens wrote:

    Anyway, Where do y’all suppose Kiyone got Yagami?

    I can totally see Kiyone working her ass off at multiple jobs for years in order to scrounge together enough money to buy it from a used spaceship dealer, and then spending her free time fixing it up and doing some modifications on it. It’s obviously been tuned and modified because it is able to escape so many chases and break through so many blockades. I think this also explains why she is so comfortable in the cockpit, and why she keeps it in such good shape (way better than Mihoshi keeps hers in the OVA). I imagine that her connection with Yagami is similar to Han Solo’s connection to the Millenium Falcon and Captain Mal’s connection to Serenity :ugeek:

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    Please accept this lovely image I found as compensation for my overly long post

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    Wow so much Kiyone love, its great! When I watched TM! as an elementary school student I pretty much ignored all the girls in favor of Ryoko, and I still lover her, but since I rediscovered TM! I’ve come to consider Kiyone my favorite character. Whereas Ryoko is an all time classic character when it comes to personality and screen presence, Kiyone is a uniquely subtle character among all of the anime I have seen. Probably the most neglected of the main cast, Kiyone seems on the surface to be a bland character, but I think that she is masterfully constructed so that we, the viewers, are able to “fill in the blanks” of her character with our own thoughts and experiences. My favorite things about Kiyone can be separated into two categories: what we see of her onscreen, and what I myself see in her personally.

    Onscreen: One of my favorite things about Kiyone is that she is the most relatable character on the show. Compared to the rest of the cast (especially the OVA versions, where most of them end up being gods) she is the most “normal.” She works hard, holds down multiple crappy jobs, and has a ton of friends who bum rides off her all the time, all of which I can now personally relate to. On top of this, she always puts forth her best effort, even for the crappy jobs that she dosent really care about, which is more than any of the other girls do, and is a trait she shares with Tenchi. Even though she trys to be, she cant avoid having a little fun sometimes, as evidenced by her adorable soft spot for karaoke. She also clearly deeply cares for her friends, and puts their needs before her own, yet another trait she shares with Tenchi (can you tell where I’m going with this yet ;) ). Finally, when confronted with the maddness that is :ryoohki: :washu: :scared: :fight: she steps in and trys her best to sort things out, unlike Tenchi who usually runs away to the carrot fields or the spa.

    Offscreen: All of her onscreen traits make her a very likeable, respectable, and relatable character, but it is the way I imagine how she is deep down that really makes me love her. I think that she is incredibly selfless, not only because of the way she looks after Mihoshi, but by the fact that she chose to be a GP officer at all. She is clearly extremely competent and smart, yet she chose the relatively unglamorous life of a police officer, which leads me to believe that she has a sincere and deep desire to help people. I also think that she is a very passionate person who probably loves Tenchi just as much as the other girls do, but realizes that Tenchi isnt ready for any type of romantic relationship, and shows her love by being as good a friend as she can for him. This image of sacrifice and quietly bearing the burden of unrequited love really gets to me. It’s very possible that none of the above was intended by the shows creators, but it’s what I see when I look at Kiyone.

    Wow, I just realized how long this post was, sorry if I bored anybody but I just can’t control myself when it comes to Kiyone :Happy/:

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    Wow thats a better historical pedigree than I have! The most notable member of my lineage was a leader of a county KKK group… 😳
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    mitsuki lover wrote:

    As far as it goes the only Matsumoto I’ve seen has been Maetel Legend.

    Yet another Matsumoto anime I didnt know existed, let alone seen 😳 ? Wow I had no idea this thread would be so educational for me.

    I watched the live action Yamato movie a few months ago. It was pretty cool, especially the relatively high effects quality, however they ruined my favorite anime villain/anti-hero of all time: Leader Desslok of Gamilon!

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    • March 19, 2012 at 7:52 PM
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    I’m so glad that wwwhhoooo already posted a Talking Heads song, because now I know that at least one other person likes my favorite band of all time! I’m also very pleased to see so many Genesis and U2 songs posted! I think I will fit in quite well here :)

    Speaking of Talking Heads, here is one of my personal favorites. I still havent found a song that so accurately captures the feeling of being in love, if only for a moment.

    [BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTPqPZzH-LA[/BBvideo]

    Also here is a great song by David Byrne and Brian Eno. It’s a song about writing a song, but I think of it more as the soundtrack to life.

    [BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6e1aNeWraw[/BBvideo]

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    Excellent news! Thanks again for the info. I’ve been on this forum for less than 24 hours and I’ve already learned more things than I would have imagined about something I thought I knew pretty well. This is going to be fun :D
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    I had no idea that Matsumoto was still making anime! This is really good too, very oldschool which is how I like my anime. Any word on when the next episode is coming out?

    Thanks for the tips about the other shows, perhaps now I really will sit down and watch some of them. Also, I am very excited for Yamato2199! I have been awaiting it for a long time now.

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    Nobuyuki wrote:

    Matsumoto, you say? ;)

    Wow I havent even heard of this, but it’s definately got that familiar Matsumoto feeling to it. I like it so far, is there any more to it, and when was it made?

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