Category Archives: Me, Myself, and I

Monogatari Series Anime Review: An Update

Posted on by
Reply

A while back (I think around 2 months ago), I asked Facebook how I should review the Monogatari Series – i asked if I should a) do each season as its own review, b) do a review for each Chapter of each Season (Suruga Monkey, Hitagi Crab, Mayoi Jiangshi, etc), or c) do the whole series as one large review.

The answers were very mixed, so I put it off for quite a while. But today, I have decided that I will do one review for each Season of the series.
To clarify, I will be doing reviews of the following Monogatari stories:
Bakemonogatari (Hitagi Crab, Mayoi Snail, Suruga Monkey, Nadeko Snake, Tsubasa Cat)
Nisemonogatari (Karen Bee, Tsukihi Phoenix)
Nekomonogatari: Black
Monogatari Series: Second Season (Tsubasa Tiger, Mayoi Jiangshi, Nadeko Medusa, Shinobu Time, Hitagi End)
Hanamonogatari
Tsukimonogatari
Owarimonogatari (Ougi Formula, Sodachi Riddle, Shinobu Mail)
Koyomimonogatari
Kizumonogatari Part 1

… After these are done, hopefully I will have a copy of Kizumonogatari Part 2, which will then be reviewed. If the rest of the books are animated (Orokamono, Wazamono, Zokuowarimono, and the rest of Owarimono), I will definitely continue the reviews.

I’m Still Alive!!

Status

Reply
Marcosias Isif's avatar

Apologies. I know I haven’t been very active lately, but there’s been a lot of crap piling up in my life – most of which, I’ve managed to clear out. In case you aren’t in my connectwork, here’s what’s been going on:

-Dropped out of college completely. There’s very little chance I’ll go back at this point, but I do appear on campus every now and then.

-Got a job at Walgreens – currently working around 30 hours per week and getting 10.25 per hour. I am the Photo Specialist.

-Now I am on Riddlin as well as Lexipro, and also taking D3 tablets every day. Also visit a therapist once a month.

-Moved out of my mother’s house, due to my stepfather, stress, and other things. I moved in with two of my friends, and it’s been going fairly well.

-Gained and (kind of) lost a girlfriend. Enjoyed her presence while it lasted, still miss her.

-Apparently Donald Trump is running for president. So, yeah, that’s a thing.

Anyway, enough about me. I’ll try to post more reviews and other stuff as often as I can, because apparently keeping a schedule is too hard for me. But hopefully, there will be a solid one soon.

Stay beautiful.

~ Marcosias

Visual Novels are the new…novels

Posted on by
Reply

You read right: Visual Novels.  I don’t talk about them much even though I am a fan of Japanese culture / anime / manga, but I am a huge fan of VNs.  I even wrote one back when Katawa Shoujo was only in Act I (I was unable to work on it, though, as my laptop killed itself).
But I digress: the reason I suddenly bring up the phrase is because I am asking you.  The reader.  The Internet.  That lonely kid in the corner who has The Voice of God.

I need your help.
I have come up with a (rinsed, but solid) plot for a VN, and I am looking for helpers.  I have the software, I have the idea, and now I need the manpower (or womanpower). Currently, the things I need help with are as follows:

•Cowriter(s).  I have a basic idea and a starting point, but that’s it.

•Composer(s).  If I’ve learned anything from using a Mac for 7 years, it’s that I can’t use Music programs worth a flying shit.

•Character Designer(s).  This is a maybe, as I can draw fairly well, and I have started using a tablet for my Mac.  It’s always cool to have multiple art styles and views, though.

•Someone with programming skills.  I am relearning how to use Ren’Py, but some of the things I’m doing might take me a while to learn… or never.

•Beta Testers.  Obviously, we’ll need some VN Gamers who are willing to test it out, based on the genre of the game.  They will also help determine the game’s rating.

•Voice Actors.  This will probably be the most fun, and the most difficult (aside from programming).  People with talent to voice one of the 20+ characters I have planned will be a great help.  This is not a necessity, nor do I truly know if I can add voices to this.

•Photographers.  This goes hand-in-hand with artists, but real photographs of Japan will give the game more realistic values.

Just so I’m clear, this project is completely nonprofit.  This is due to a couple reasons, but mainly because I am unable to pay minimum wage for two people, let alone for approximately 30 people at a regular rate.  This is purely a charity project, unless we can come up with a way that everyone gets paid.

Currently, I have enlisted four potential voice roles (but that part will come much later).  At the very least, I’d like help planning the story a little better than I already have.

If you do want to help out, just send me an email, a tweet, a post, a SMS, or anything to let me know that you’re interested.  My information is below.  I will start a page for the Visual Novel(s) on this blog (and the Moronic Spasms one, if it becomes more popular).
Thanks in advance to those who want to help.

~Marcosias B.

Email: marcosiasisif@gmail.com
Phone: (907)347-8885
Twitter: Marcosias Isif @DemonEvangeline
deviantArt: MarcosiasIsif
Facebook: Marcosias Adam Bowman

Lots and lots of crap… But I’m back.

Posted on by
Reply

So, a while ago (less than four hours, in fact), I was asked how one of my projects was going- a Pokemon-based comic centered around shiny Pokemon represented by me and my friends. The answer: not well. In fact, I’m planning to discontinue a lot of my series that I had started. This includes the Pokemon comic, my manga Akibæra, and most depressingly, my Albel story. I don’t think I’m up to the difficult, never ending journey of being an “artist”…

Thank you all.
-Marcosias.

…You just got Cosias’d!
I am a bit stuck on most of my artistic creations, but I don’t give up (easily).

Just thought I’d get that out.
Later, I’ll post a review of a game. Later this week.
Back to the plot, I have a couple new ideas that might help my current crap.

• A second story based around Albel.
• A character based off of the basic personality of Mei Tachibana from Sukitte Ii Na Yo.
• Final idea is an end-of-the-world-style story based on human “dolls”. Miyu’s in this one!!