30 August 2003

"Ask VegettoEX" Updated
VegettoEX @ 9:45 pm EDT -- Guess it's been nearly a week since the last update... drats. Anyway, "Ask VegettoEX" has been updated... with some pretty good questions, this week! Yay! Keep it up... I have a blast answering them.

Don't forget to come chat on the new forum... lots o' good stuff going on there.

The upcoming "Music Directory" is nearly complete, thanks to some images Julian (finally :P) sent me. This'll be ANOTHER awesomely useful section that I'm really proud of. Huzzah!

24 August 2003

New FORUM! "Ask VegettoEX" ! Rejoice!
VegettoEX @ 11:45 pm EDT -- So "Ask VegettoEX" has been updated. A day late, I know. Blame Meri's connection at home. Seems between Dreamweaver, CuteFTP, and AOL... AOL is the only program I can get to make an FTP connection to Rutgers. Yeah, that makes sense. *sigh*

So we've got a brand-new forum! Big special thanks to the folks over on AnimationInsider.net for giving us such an awesome board to work with. I urge everyone to join up and get discussing! If there's anything the DB web community needs right now, it's probably a place to actually get their questions ANSWERED without being ridiculed or getting mis-information. If there's one thing we pride ourselves on... it's accurate and complete information.

22 August 2003

New "Covers" Added
VegettoEX @ 12:03 pm EDT -- Special thanks to Napier for scanning the covers of tons of color movie tankôbon for us. You can check out a bunch of new ones over on the "Covers" page. Huzzah!

In other random news, Yellowcard owns you. Check out their performance of "Way Away" from that silly Pepsi Smash show on the WB! the other night. There's a nice big file for download over on Idobi Media.

19 August 2003

New "Budokai 2" and WonderSwan Game Screen Shots
VegettoEX @ 1:50 pm EDT -- Big updates over on The Magic Box. Check out the new screen shots for "Budokai 2," which showcases more of the confirmed characters (the kids look so cute all cel-shaded!). Also, there's a mere three screen shots from the upcoming WonderSwan game (which you can read more about in this older update).

17 August 2003

New "Other Artists" & "Covers," minor tweaks
Julian @ 10:45 am EDT -- I may not be in charge of the site this weekend, but that won't stop me from posting yet another content update.

Today, I've got a new "Other Artists" image, by Mikio Itô, author of "Normandy Secret Club" and "Granada" (neither of which I've heard of before), and I've put in translations for the text in all the images on the page. I've also put up the next two DB Kanzenban books in the "Covers" section...this month it's Freeza and Saichôrô (the Namekian Elder), so if you're a fan of self-styled Rulers of the Universe, or of large, immobile, sluglike aliens, you may commence the rejoicing.

In addition to those major updates, I've done some minor tweaks around the site, fixing a few typos here and there, and making some of the broken address-bar icons work (silly Mike, FavIcon code needs to link back to the main directory!). I'll keep working on these details once I've set up shop in my dorm. Speaking of which...

This will be my last update from home for a long time. Tomorrow, I officially move out to college, where I'll be bereft of my computer for a week and a half during orientation and such. However, once I'm back in action, I should be better than ever, with a broadband connection and better page-editing tools! At least then, I'll use up less time working on major revisions to pages... it might even inspire me to finish up the corrections to the other pages in the "Music Database."

So...anyways, until we meet again... Mata au hi made~~!!!

16 August 2003

"Ask VegettoEX" Updated
VegettoEX @ 1:50 pm EDT -- It's not that Julian didn't do a fantastic job with it last week (he did!)... but I'm back, so I took my job back :P.

"Ask VegettoEX" has been updated with four new questions for the week. Really good stuff, this time around. I'm amazed I can actually keep up with these questions!

Also, remember to check out the "DVD Guide" that Julian and I slaved so hard over... really good stuff ^^;;.

14 August 2003

Stop the Press! The DVD Guide is Here!
VegettoEX @ 10:21 am EDT -- After months of grueling work by Julian and I, we're pretty content with it... we'd like to present the awesome, super, fantastic, and utterly-informative "DVD Guide" !

Right now there are no individual entries for any specific disc, but that's to come in the future (at our leisure ^^). There IS, however, a complete directory of EVERY disc that's been released and/or announced, including the exact episode numbers contained on it (both English and Japanese where applicable).

Go! Now! "DVD Guide" ! Also, for the Hell of it, I went ahead and updated the layouts of our fantastic "Images" and "Music Database" sections to go with our new style of inner-section-layouts. It's sexy.

13 August 2003

Tons of DragonBall Content! OK, so I lied.
VegettoEX @ 1:10 pm EDT -- Anime Music Videos Anime Music Videos Anime Music Videos Anime Music Videos Anime Music Videos Anime Music Videos Anime Music Videos Anime Music Videos Anime Music Videos Anime Music Videos Anime Music Videos Anime Music Videos Anime Music Videos Anime Music Videos. *sings* It's my site, and I'll do what I want to~~...

DVD Guide tomorrow... ? Music Directory soon... ? w00t!

12 August 2003

Hah...
VegettoEX @ 2:25 pm EDT -- Killed all but one gig of my donated bandwidth for the month... yesterday. Yesterday, alone. Sooo... down go the direct download links to the two new videos :P.

They're still available for download, provided you've been a member at AnimeMusicVideos.org for at least two weeks. If you're not... what the Hell are you doing?! GO SIGN UP. Once you're signed up there (and after the two week waiting period, to sway potential non-caring leechers), you can download anything you want, any time you want, at incredibly fast speeds. PLUS... those downloads aren't going anywhere.

So good luck to anyone who actually managed to directly download the two new videos in the last few hours they were there :P.

So.. the DVD Guide is done... look for that soon ^_~

11 August 2003

Otakon Music Videos Online for Downloading~
VegettoEX @ 9:45 pm EDT -- Woo hoo! Back from the con. Greeeeeat-o stuff there! Otakon's AMV contest this year has easily become my favorite Otakon AMV contest of all time; there were only a few videos that I didn't care for (the rest were just such incredible videos!). Meri ended up getting 2nd place in the "Romance / Sentimental" category by 14 votes... but to a friend, so it was still cool :D

So I came back last night, threw up the video entries on the AMV site, and decided to put them up here, as well. Only... I also wanted to reformat the AMV pages. So... I did. In addition to the "Music Videos" section being completely revamped, you can find two new videos from me up :D.

The first, "What it is to Burn," was my drama entry for Otakon this year. Didn't make the final cut, but it's still a damn fine video, in my opinion. Hope you like a little screaming in your punk-rock ^_~.

The second video is a collaborative work between Meri and I, and was our submission for the Fan Parodies / Trailers section at Otakon (it also won PortCon Maine's "Best Parody / Short Film" category earlier this year). It's called "Obligatory EVA Trailer," and should get a few laughs out of you!

Also... both videos have direct download links, so people who aren't yet members of www.AnimeMusicVideos.org can go ahead and download them. HOWEVER... it's ONLY these two new videos; everything else (including those two) can only be downloaded if you've been a member of the AMV site for at least two weeks. Haven't signed up?!? GET GOING!~~

On a side note, if you ever download a music video and enjoy it (whether it be my own or another creator's), please do them a favor and drop them an e-mail to let them know. It always makes their day.

So The Magic Box threw up a ton more images from "Taiketsu," which is due out October 15th. Confirmed characters include: Goku, Vegeta, Great Saiyaman, Piccolo, Kuririn, # 18... and it looks like they're also an art gallery. Getting pretty stuffed for a GameBoy Advance game!

Be sure to check out the "Ask VegettoEX" update Julian made, as well as all the exciting TV news about DB and GT, below. Good stuff!

10 August 2003

New "Ask VegettoEX," Starring Me!!
Julian @ 9:45 pm EDT -- Well, it's sort of a day late, but I've managed to put up this week's "Ask VegettoEX" article up. Technically, it's not Mike at all, though...while he's away at Otakon competing with his AMVs, I'm left to work on the site on my own. Don't worry, though, 'cause I'm just as capable as answering questions as Mike is...go ahead and see for yourself.

Mike will probably be back with an update of his own once he gets back from the convention, with news on how he and Meri fared. Dunno when that'll be exactly, but probably within the next few days. Ja~~

9 August 2003

DB, DBZ, DBGT Cartoon Network News
Julian @ 11:45 pm EDT -- There's been some massive amounts of information released in the past day or two regarding the three DragonBall series, with respect to them airing on Cartoon Network this fall...to make it easier to digest, I'll break it down by series (special thanks to AnimationInsider.net and Rachel Oliver for the info):

• New episodes of DragonBall will be starting on Monday, September 1st at 5:30pm ET, starting the Demon King Piccolo saga. This season is expected to complete the show's run, with the final 52 episodes (102-153).


• Every Friday in September at 6:00pm ET, a DragonBall Z "feature" of one form or another will be shown. This starts on the 5th, with a showing of the Bardock TV Special. The week after that, it'll be the Trunks Special, then Movies 5 and 6 (the two Coola ones) in the weeks after that.


• DragonBall GT will start on Cartoon Network on October 3rd, apparently airing just Fridays at 6:30. According to FUNimation's announcement at Otakon, it will begin from the FUNi-created recap 'episode 16,' "A Grand Problem," as does the DVD release. They still say the first 15 episodes (whatever happened to the real Episode 16 that wasn't included on the first DVD?) will be released eventually, although they haven't said when.

Anyways, that's that for tonight. Look for an updated "Ask VegettoEX" column (guest-starring me!) sometime tomorrow night, and an updated Newbie Guide with tonight's info...well, right now, I guess. Oyasumi Nasai~~

5 August 2003

Definitive Otakon Plans
VegettoEX @ 7:07 pm EDT -- Going to Otakon? Want some free CDs? Awesome. Meri and I will be there all three days, and if you happen to run into us, you're more than welcome to stop us and ask for a CD :D. Here's the DEFINITE places you'll be able to find us:

FRIDAY:

• AMV Screener Tape # 3 (5:30 pm, Video Room 4)
• AMV Main Contest (11 pm, Main Events Room)

SATURDAY:

• AMV Panel (10 am, Panel 1)
• AMV Main Contest (TBA, TBA)
• Fan-dub / Parody Panel (7:30 pm, Panel Room 2)

SUNDAY:

• AMV Screener Tape # 6 (11:15 am, Video Room 4)

That is what's been ANNOUNCED so far. My video is on Screener Tape # 6, while Meri's is on Screener Tape # 3 (as well as in the main contest, the bizatch :P). You can also (hopefully) see some of our work at Scott Melzer's Fan-dub / Parody panel, and DEFINITELY whenever the fan trailers are played (no time has been set for those, yet). And of course, we'll be at the showing of "This is Otakudom"... whenever that is...

So... if you're going... stop us and say hello... and get a free CD while you're at it :D.

2 August 2003

"Ask VegettoEX" Update, Otakon Plans
VegettoEX @ 3:33 pm EDT -- Check out the "Ask VegettoEX" update for the weekend. Ended up being another slow week for submissions, so let's get them back in :D.

Speaking of which, I won't be around next weekend to answer the questions... Otakon! Maybe I can convince Julian to handle it ^^;;.

So anyone going to Otakon? It's gonne be a LOAD of fun this year. Meri's in the main anime music video contest (yay!), we've got a funny-ass trailer playing with the fan parodies / trailers... man... so much stuff going on.

Oh... the fserve in the chat is active again! Come get all our music videos (maybe even previews of our Otakon vids ^_~), and... (dun dun duuunnn...) "This is Otakudom" is there for download, again ^^.

1 August 2003

Triiiiiiivia~~~~
VegettoEX @ 2:14 pm EDT -- Trivia Tonight! Come check us out! Tons of new questions that will (hopefully and randomly) appear.

Since Otakon's next week, there'll be a few new music videos to put online when the con's over! Get your ass in gear NOW and sign up for an account on AnimeMusicVideos.org. There's a two week period before you can download... but I may have outside hosting for at least one of the new videos... Regardless, once you're a member there for two-weeks, you can download ANYTHING at ANYTIME you wish. Do it, now!

Ugh. I'm actually listening to DragonBall music for the first time in a while (at work.. exhausted the rest of my MP3 collection). And I'm... enjoying it. Last thing I want to do, right now, is catch the "I'm VegettoEX and Must Own Every CD" bug...