New single from Yui Makino

- 2010-03-05 Weee, got the new Yui Makino Single Only one day after release, straight from japan. Since I've ordered the "First Press Limited Edition" I also got a nice poster and a DVD with the video for fuwafuwa.

Still working on some new wallpapers.... Now I just need to find a decent scanner or something to get some of the pictures from the CD to my comp for even more wallpapers!

There's three songs on the disc, Fuwafuwa (ふわふわ♪), an instrumental version of it, and The Never Ending Rainbows.

I didn't like fuwafuwa that much on the first listen, but it grew on me and now I would probably rate it as one of her top 10 songs. The Never Ending Rainbows was okay, but not outstanding.

:  yuimakino    牧野由依    ふわふわ♪    fuwafuwa    ふわふわ♪   

Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex, You are under arrest

Law Abiding Citizen

More heroes of newerth!

Wallpaper heroes!

- 2010-02-16 I kinda held out on this one, working on some wallpapers, but they aren't quite there yet... So I guess I'll have to post something now or I'll miss my monthly quota, plus I have a lot of media to add before I forgot it all

There will probably be a new post soon with wallpapers and stuff

Anyway, the main reason nothing is done is Heroes of Newerth, a DotA clone with new graphics, some new heroes and a lot of other improvements! (network, social, server, ratings, statistics). In closed beta at the moment, I have some invites if someone wants though

Time for another game now, be back next time with some wallpapers (thats right, more than one!!).

:  HoN    nonsense    anime   

Natsume Yuujincho, Zoko Natsume Yuujinchou, Eve No Jikan, Sasameki Koto, Macross F, Macross Zero, SDF Macross, Requiem for the Phantom, xxxHolic, xxxHolic Kei

Felon, Battle Royale, The Last Samurai

Heroes of Newerth

Skallen's List

- 2010-01-12 Since this is the first year I'll be doing a music list for the whole year, I can't do any comparisons, so just a regular list for this time. Next year I'll do a nice moving up/down list

1	Makino Yui	1379
2	YUI	1279
3	Ayreon	967
4	Yuki Kajiura	951
5	KOTOKO	866
6	Krypteria	848
7	Metallica	847
8	Therion	708
9	the brilliant green	584
10	Delain	579
11	Dido	555
12	Symphony X	483
13	Nobuo Uematsu	457
14	Blind Guardian	441
15	m.o.v.e	342
16	Ai Otsuka	333
17	Avantasia	316
18	Iced Earth	297
19	In Flames	287
20	Opeth	278
21	Howard Shore	277
22	Samael	271
23	Tommy heavenly6	267
24	Pharaoh	254
25	Yousei Teikoku	251
26	savage genius	238
27	Genesis	230
28	Demons & Wizards	224
29	Iron Maiden	223
30	Machinae Supremacy	222
31	Virgin Steele	216
32	Initial D	213
33	Choro Club Feat. Senoo	212
34	Nightwish	210
35	Rage	210
36	Nana Kitade	204
37	Tommy february6	199
38	Allen-Lande	191
39	Johnny Cash	190
40	Masara Nishida	187
41	Stream of Passion	182
42	Frank Zappa	179
43	Michiru Oshima	178
44	Toshihiko Sahashi	176
45	Xandria	171
46	Diablo Swing Orchestra	170
47	Demians	166
48	IOSYS	152
49	Amon Amarth	144
50	the pillows	143

Phew.... Hope this comes out correctly

YUI and Yui battling it out in the top this year, pretty much alone in the top, then a sharp decline in plays down to place 15 where it flattens out more.

Genres seems to be: J-Pop, Symphonic Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Soundtrack, Heavy Metal, Gothic Metal and J-Rock (in that order).

Some clear outsiders in my charts are Dido (only non-Japanese pop), Johnny Cash (country), Frank Zappa and Genesis.

On another note, been kind of a rewatch week att Skull HQ this last few weeks, I've seen all animes in this post and the last one before

:  yuimakino    lists      

Skip Beat!, Victorian Romance Emma, Victorian Romance Emma: Second Act, Toradora!

Time flies on epic mount

- 2010-01-04 Already a new year, that was fast....

Like last year, time for a gigantic list of stuff from the past year. This time I left all the rewatches/rereads/replays on the list, (there's quite a lot of them, they are in italic).

A separate post for the music year later this month!

Now on to the list:

Books
Blood of the Fold
Flatlander
Galactic North
Norwegian Wood
Odd Thomas
Permutation City
Stone of Tears
Temple of the Winds
The Cyberiad
The Execution Channel
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wounded Land
Wizard's First Rule

Anime
Akagi
Allison to Lillia
Aoi Hana
Aria The Animation
Aria The Natural
Aria The Origination
Asu no Yoichi!
Bleach
Blue Drop
Bounen no Xamdou
Candy Boy
Card Captor Sakura
Clannad
Clannad After Story
Detroit Metal City
Eureka Seven
Fruits Basket
Full Moon wo Sagashite
Ga-rei: Zero
Glass Mask
Gokujou Seitokai
Gungrave
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting - New Challenger
Hatsukoi Limited
Hidamari Sketch
Hyakko
Itazura na Kiss
Juuni Kokuki
Kekkaishi
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Mai-HiME
Mai-Otome
Major
Maria Holic
Maria-sama ga Miteru
Midori No Hibi
Mnemosyne: Mnemosyne no Musume-tachi
Mononoke Hime
Nana
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Nodame Cantabile
Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen
One Outs
Planetes
Real Drive
Ride Back
Saiunkoku Monogatari 2nd Series
Saki
Shugo Chara
Shugo Chara Doki
Skip Beat!
Sora o Kakeru Shoujo
Special A
Spice and Wolf II
Strawberry Panic
Taishou Yakyuu Musume
They Are My Noble Masters
Toradora!
Tsubasa Shunraiki
Whisper of the heart
xxxHOLiC: Kei

TV Series
Battlestar Galactica

Movies
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Crank
Crank: High Voltage
Detroit Metal City
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Moon
Star Trek (2009)
Stardust
Terminator Salvation
The Dark Knight
The Man from Earth
V for Vendetta
WALL-E
Watchmen

Games
Age of Mythology
Baldur's Gate 2
DotA
Dragon Age: Origins
Left 4 Dead
Mad Skillz Motorcross
Mahjong
Planet M.U.L.E.
Tycoon Online
World of Warcraft: Secrets of Ulduar

:  newyear    lists   

Lovely Complex, Karin

Avatar (3D)

Endgame: 2009

- 2009-12-21 Sound like a great movie, doesn't it?

Anyway, started reading the 'Sword of truth' again, was some time ago I read it, and since then the series have been completed, just bought all the missing books and started going through them all again. At book four now (temple of the winds) and unfortunately thats one of the slower once, I'm kinda stuck in it right now. Still looking forward to nr. 6 though, that one was good, and of course the new once I haven't read yet.

Mostly posting this time to add up some books/anime/movies for the 2009 summary post (like the one i did last year). That post will be in january.

Also working on a remake on the 'chairs' wallpaper for 1680x1050 resolution. It's kinda frustrating though, the last one was so good, this one wont match it :/, wonder if I will ever make one that will

Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year

:  newyear    xmas    books   

Whisper of the heart, Ga-rei: Zero, Hyakko, Glass Mask, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Kekkaishi

Wizard's First Rule, Stone of Tears, Blood of the Fold, Temple of the Winds

Detroit Metal City

Planet M.U.L.E.

Early christmas present!

- 2009-12-01 Yes, early present for you, so be nice!



I'm impressed by myself! Fourth wallpaper this year (all Yui Makino ), I think that's some kind of record for me.

This time, it was a bit more work than usual, like 5000 hours in paint for one thing, and a couple of different sources combined as well. So here's some credits:

» Wings: Falln-Stock
» Background: maz hewitt
» Other brush effects: ihea
» Font: Hawaii Lover
» Original image: Tanpopo Suisha ~Yui Makino Version~ album booklet

This time it was more than just adding some text . The source image was really good though, the original file is 2790x1877, so I can make it pretty much any resolution. For now I'll just add the 1680x1050 which I use myself. Need another resolution? Just ask

No kanji this time, I don't have any good-looking kanji fonts, the few I have looks pretty bland and didn't fit at all.

Off topic: Now I'm safe this year, at least one post for each month, woohoo!

:  牧野由依       wallpaper    xmas