tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350261348391778452024-03-17T22:42:31.634-07:00Death NoteAnimonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.comBlogger344125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-11982436200072454592014-02-02T06:12:00.001-08:002014-02-02T06:12:46.834-08:00Issue #27<br><br /><br><br />January 15, 2014<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries<br><br /><br><br />"We speak the truth"<br><br /><br><br />Bringing you the truth, the news, the anime and the conspiracies for over a year.<br><br /><br><br />A Thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br><br /><br><br />A NEW GOVERNMENT IN TOWN!<br><br /><br><br />I couldn't find anything else, trust me I looked for a while<br><br /><br><br />With a new government in town, well actually they've been here awhile so more like with a new government in power it marks the end of a term and the start of a new one. Free States and his running mate Libertarian Washington won but before they moved in a couple government officials gave one last address to the People this included Crescellia, who had to drop out of the race because of real life issues, who talked about his term in office and gave it that last huzzah and Lewis and Daniel who talked about what he had done while he was the Undersecretary of Defense. Not too long after Free States took office and got to work. One of our sources said that while Free States was cleaning out the Presidential mansion he found lots of things that others had left behind, like a secret dungeon with screams and cries coming from it, a stash of hentai, rope and a candle, some gum underneath one of the chairs, pants that had been hidden, and a whole lot more like his old gun that he hid in the English Dictionary. It isn't exactly known what Free States did with all of the things he found and we might never find out.<br><br /><br><br />Soon after that Free States released his appointments to the Cabinet which included older faces like Trook and Andune who are now the Secretary of the Interior and Treasure, respectfully, and newer faces like Emrys Mercer who will be taking over the military. Then not too long ago he released his nominations for Attorney General and the Supreme Court Justices to the Senate, with included Mytzonia, who still has to take law classes before he can assume the office, Imperium, Conserlan, and New Lafayette, respectfully.<br><br /><br><br />The Senate also saw some new senators in the elections with Western Timpetotia, Bacilli, and Britarvia all coming back to the Senate after time away and Aurumaquaria replacing Andune and getting his first chance in the region to serve office. With new senators coming in that also means that speaker elections must also come to fruition, this time with Hunteiria, Queen Rebecca and Lewis and Daniel all running. The race was tight however after Hunteiria and Queen Rebecca tied 4 to 4 Lewis and Daniel broke the tie by changing his vote from himself to Hunteiria who will once again be our Speaker.<br><br /><br><br />Hopefully this coming term will be a good one but as many people like to say only time will tell.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />ARE YOU A CEO? meaning that the budget only passed by 2 votes and a very slim margin, perhaps the smallest margin a budget has passed on in over 6 months. The Senators voting against and abstaining did so for a variety of reasons such as cutting the salaries of senators who had no say in if they wanted their salary cut yet saying that they did, little transparency and no receipt from the Department of Treasury on how they exactly spend $25,000 while other departments who had published a receipt and had the ability to spend more were left at under $5,000, among other issues.<br><br /><br><br />However this seemed to infuriate the Secretary and a few others who barged in on the voting stage in the Senate and disrupted the chamber, who will be fined. Order was restored. However the Secretary went on to post several other posts in other threads about the budget and what he thought of the senators who didn't vote for it, once such quote "So don't expect me to raise any payments again for Senators who, as I see it, didn't do their job correctly." as some conspiracy theorists view this as well as others, they see this quote as the Secretary saying that he will be holding the Senator's salaries hostage because they didn't vote they way that he wanted and will probably lower Senator's salaries again in February.<br><br /><br><br />Though the budget has passed, so in the long run while it didn't get the support other budgets in the past have it stilled passed which means that the government can continue operating and no shutdown will be had, but this could also mean that more thought and planning will be going into the next budget and hopefully it will be able to get more votes and be a better budget.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />PUBLISHING ON JANUARY 19TH.<br><br /><br><br />NARUTO RP GOING ON!<br><br /><br><br />Naruto.<br><br /><br><br />With a slue of other role plays going on several people have still found time to start another one which looks very promising or at least for now, a Naruto role play. The role play which as you might have figured out takes place in the world of Naruto where people get to develop their own characters who can the ability to have some totally awesome jutsu. Currently in the RP there is a tournament in the Leaf Village that will be testing the skills of shinobi and ninja all over the world, which was done to see what our characters got versus others. So far the tournament hasn't started so new members can join at anytime they want, no knowledge of Naruto needed, but helpful.<br><br /><br><br />That's not all there is also a lot of out of context talk about Naruto like pairings, you know Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Tenten, so on. However many other role plays have started out just as fine like the New Modern World RP, and many others but soon fall to inactivity and other nasty things. Will the Naruto RP also fall to those things? Let's hope not but only time will actually tell us. That's time for you, always holding the secrets we want to know.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />UPDATE ON THE MESSENGER AND NRI<br><br /><br><br />I was wanting to use this picture :3<br><br /><br><br />Hello everyone and thank you once again for reading the wonderful paper that we like to call The Messenger. Before we get into everything else about the company I'd just like to tell you a few things. The first time The Messenger appeared in NationStates was several years ago as The British Messenger in The United Kingdom, it didn't stay for long though later I believe I opened it up again in The Kingdom of Denmark as The Danish Messenger. The Messenger might have also been in a couple other regions but I forget. Now we've been in The Allied Republic and first published on July 25, 2012. Now it's January 12, 2014 and this is our 27th issue. We are one of the oldest and longest running papers here and are nearing our 30th issue. It has been quite a journey and we'd like to thank you for helping us out every step of the way.<br><br /><br><br />Next we'd like to talk about The Messenger Postal Service, the very first postal service of it's kind in the region. It is a subdivision of The Messenger which as the name implies sends out letters, messages, and telegrams. The company has a very effective formula for determining payment. The base fee, currently $100, then $3 times the number of messages or telegrams you want to send out, then if you want us to write the letter an additional fee is added.<br><br /><br><br />The Goddess Casino has also opened up which deals with bets, gambling and all that other cool stuff. It recently held bets on the elections and will probably do so again next election. It is also working to develop a lotto and other forms of gambling.<br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries is doing quite well and has been seeing good profits so far from it's various companies and will be publishing a finial report very soon.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />Speaker Hunteiria making sure that the Senate is Active and Doing Fine while following the rules and being awesome.<br><br /><br><br />Support Her Today!<br><br /><br><br />AN INTERVIEW WITH TROOK ABOUT HIS NEW ELECTIONS ACT<br><br /><br><br />Today we sat down with Secretary of the Interior Trook where we we're able to talk to him about Election Act VI which he hopes will help to improve the region and cut down on the red tape that's involved with our election process.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 1. How will this new Elections Act be cutting red tape and how will it help the election process?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: The new act will help by cutting down bureaucracy such as the election reports as long with cutting down in the wording of the law to make it simpler to understand what quicker to find out what you need to know.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 2. Why did you decide to write a new elections act?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well as part of my tasks as Secretary of the Interior I have been tasked by President Free States to cut down on the admin side of the SOI and to deal with some issues that people raised and he himself agreed with that made people feel restricted in the elections particularly in regards to political parties being limited to only have as many candidates as there are seats to win in the senate elections.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 3. Why do you think it is better than the current one?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well this version is less cumbersome than the lasts in terms of limitations and formal reports which some Secretaries ignored, I am not naming names but there was a key link between getting elected to senate then not doing the report. I also admit to myself that it is a lot simpler as I can almost fir it on one screen without having to slide down whilst keeping necessary regulation.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 4. Imperium also proposed an election act not too long ago, why do you think yours is better?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Although I know Imperium will disagree but I feel his is too simple to the point we lose standardisation which keeps the elections the name every time so no one can start saying one election is harder than the other due to how they were organised. Secondly you also lost a lot of accountability in his due to the SOI not even being required to encourage people to vote or to stand as candidates which I think would lead elections having less participation along with the Senate loosing he ability to impeach the SOI if they done a job so bad that they had to be remove.<br><br /><br><br />TM: Alright, thank you. Is there anything else you would like to add?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: It has the formal and official support of the President + It looks like Imps may be voted down in the senate<br><br /><br><br />There you have it folks straight from the Secretary himself.<br><br /><br><br />CULTURE/OPINION/GOOD ANIME SECTION - WINTERTIME EDITION!<br><br /><br><br />Hello, Hello, Hello we are once again back for another addition to my favorite section. Remember that the names of the new ones are links to MyAnimeList were you can find more information, Synopsis, reviews, average score, Voice Actors, and more! Also I would be happy to talk about any series or movie that you might want to discuss. Also I have found out about a new anime site. Once again I shall list the names of those I have done. Also Lewis and Daniel is always happy to talk about anime with you. Or if you need to know some anime sites just ask! This time you will also be getting a Summer time edition! Why because with summer coming round you might just have more time to spend watching anime and reading manga not just short ones either. Also we have a couple new anime watching fans out there. We will keep up with these Summertime Editions for a while, while the summer and anime always stay in our heart. This might just be our last summertime edition sadly enough but I might just keep things the same and spice things up and put a couple new things in here. Please know that as we go back and look at some or if I have on my blog, I will be putting a (R) after it to show that I have already done it, it is not apart of the title like (TV) or (2005) might be<br><br /><br><br />Spice and Wolf (R)<br><br /><br><br />Nodame Cantabile<br><br /><br><br />Code Geass<br><br /><br><br />School Rumble (R)<br><br /><br><br />Honey and Clover<br><br /><br><br />Clannad (R)<br><br /><br><br />Great Teacher Onizuka<br><br /><br><br />Eden of the East<br><br /><br><br />Kimi ni Todoke (R)<br><br /><br><br />Mushishi<br><br /><br><br />Ah My Goddess (R)<br><br /><br><br />Full Metal Panic<br><br /><br><br />Trigun<br><br /><br><br />Kino's Journey<br><br /><br><br />ef - a tale of memories<br><br /><br><br />The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<br><br /><br><br />Toradora<br><br /><br><br />K-On!<br><br /><br><br />One Piece<br><br /><br><br />Guin Saga<br><br /><br><br />Sekirei<br><br /><br><br />Rec<br><br /><br><br />Glass Mask (2005)<br><br /><br><br />Durarara!!<br><br /><br><br />Cowboy Bebop<br><br /><br><br />Angel Beats!<br><br /><br><br />Usagi Drop (R)<br><br /><br><br />Itazura na Kiss<br><br /><br><br />Kobato.<br><br /><br><br />Ouran High School Host Club<br><br /><br><br />Princess Jellyfish<br><br /><br><br />Genshiken<br><br /><br><br />Hanasaku Iroha<br><br /><br><br />Skip Beat!<br><br /><br><br />Kids on the Slope<br><br /><br><br />Eureka Seven<br><br /><br><br />Death Note<br><br /><br><br />Black Lagoon<br><br /><br><br />One Outs<br><br /><br><br />Princess Tutu<br><br /><br><br />Fullmetal Alchemist<br><br /><br><br />Love Hina<br><br /><br><br />Hyouka<br><br /><br><br />Cross Game<br><br /><br><br />Waiting in the Summer<br><br /><br><br />Psycho-Pass<br><br /><br><br />Sword Art Online<br><br /><br><br />Mirai Nikki (TV)<br><br /><br><br />Crest of the Stars<br><br /><br><br />Attack on Titan<br><br /><br><br />Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo<br><br /><br><br />Beck<br><br /><br><br />Tari Tari<br><br /><br><br />Kemono no Souja Erin<br><br /><br><br />Gin no Saji<br><br /><br><br />Maoyuu Maou Yuusha<br><br /><br><br />Tokyo Godfathers<br><br /><br><br />1. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor -- Also sometimes called Musekinin Kanchou Tylor. It aired in 1993. It starts out with Justy Ueki Tylor who after seeing an ad decides to join the military, get a desk job, and then retire with a fat pension. That was until he managed to save an former admiral from people who were holding him hostage and to reward Tylor he is promoted and becomes the Captain of the Soyokaze. It goes on from there.<br><br /><br><br />The Story is good, it's entertaining and enjoyable. It's not really deep but it still has a nice story. It is a comedy, parody, space, military, anime. It is really funny a lot of the time. It is nice to watch and let's you break away from life and drama. At times you may stray away from it but you'll come back. The Characters are pretty good, Captain Tylor is really funny and a likable and enjoyable character as well as others like Yuriko, Yamamoto, and Goza. I liked them. Character development is there, the characters really change through out the anime. You see how the crew grows together and how they change. It's pretty good. The music is good, I really enjoyed the opening and ending themes and as well as some of the other soundtracks, they were pretty good and I wish I could find the ringtones. I watched the English dub, it was good, I thought that the voices matched the characters pretty well. The animation is old, it was from 1993, but I also liked watching that older animation sometimes. It isn't the best but it's fine.<br><br /><br><br />The ending was nice, there is a OVA squeal but I haven't seen it yet. The enjoyment is good, I liked it, it was nice. It was also nice to watch older anime, I do like watching older anime sometimes.<br><br /><br><br />2. Nodame Cantabile -- One of my favorite anime, it deals with music and the life of Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda or as everyone calls her Nodame. The story starts off with Chiaki walking around campus of a music college, and says that everything's bad or terrible or something, but he then hears something that's not terrible. Chiaki is from a respectable family and has traveled around Europe and has been in Japan for a while. He can play the piano and the violin and is good at both, however wishes to become a conductor and he is a perfectionist. Nodame plays the piano an unkempt girl. The story goes on.<br><br /><br><br />The story is wonderful, I really enjoyed it and it was amazing. I really liked it, it deals with music, slice of of life, drama, romance, comedy, and is josei. I really liked it as it told a wonderful story and I really liked how it deals with college. The pacing is also well done. The Characters are wonderful, Chiaki and Nodame are wonderful and amazing I really liked them as well as many of the other characters like Milch. Not only that but I also like the relationships between the characters. The Character development was also pretty well done and it's nice. You can see how they develop and move. The music, really key to the anime as it deals with classical music. The music is wonderful, the opening and ending are very wonderful and I like them and have used both of them as ringtones. Not only that but the songs that they play though out the series. This anime really helped me to really start liking classical music again. Now for the voice acting I watched the first season dubbed on Crackle and it was great I really liked it the voices were good, but I don't think that they have dubbed any further than that so I had to watch the second season subbed, which was good but I would have liked to have had the dubbed. The animation is also well done, I liked it.<br><br /><br><br />The ending of the first season was good of course I went to the second season later and still have to watch the third. The enjoyment is great, I really liked it. This is one of my favorite anime, I just love it. I have also read a lot fo the manga after it, I didn't jump ahead though and still need to finish reading a lot of it.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENTS<br><br /><br><br />Join the Church of Northerntal. We also always looking for new members for the Clergy.<br><br /><br><br />The Church of Northerntal can fulfill requests such as marriages, funerals, blessings, and etc.<br><br /><br><br />So We hope to see you at Cathedral of the Light here in TAR or one of our other locations.<br><br /><br><br />Thank you<br><br /><br><br />Read Lewis and Daniel's blog - The Lewis and Daniel of Anime!<br><br /><br><br />or on my new blogThis ends Issue #27 of The Messenger. We have come a long way because of your support! We thank you for reading and hope that you will read the issues to come. 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Thanks for all your continued help and support!<br><br /><br><br />A Special thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge!<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoVyVEKgCAMANATzakUQpcJFUlDncz54e2j9%2FuyyLgQox%2FiSwfZlViFSs8cJCpSQ6vNgdpimXMlsA5e35fnDeaE%2F6ATSwZOY4Va4m2NMypLqx%2Bk0R6w' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-91355865628306184142014-02-02T00:55:00.001-08:002014-02-02T00:55:20.255-08:00Issue #27<br><br /><br><br />January 15, 2014<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries<br><br /><br><br />"We speak the truth"<br><br /><br><br />Bringing you the truth, the news, the anime and the conspiracies for over a year.<br><br /><br><br />A Thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br><br /><br><br />A NEW GOVERNMENT IN TOWN!<br><br /><br><br />I couldn't find anything else, trust me I looked for a while<br><br /><br><br />With a new government in town, well actually they've been here awhile so more like with a new government in power it marks the end of a term and the start of a new one. Free States and his running mate Libertarian Washington won but before they moved in a couple government officials gave one last address to the People this included Crescellia, who had to drop out of the race because of real life issues, who talked about his term in office and gave it that last huzzah and Lewis and Daniel who talked about what he had done while he was the Undersecretary of Defense. Not too long after Free States took office and got to work. One of our sources said that while Free States was cleaning out the Presidential mansion he found lots of things that others had left behind, like a secret dungeon with screams and cries coming from it, a stash of hentai, rope and a candle, some gum underneath one of the chairs, pants that had been hidden, and a whole lot more like his old gun that he hid in the English Dictionary. It isn't exactly known what Free States did with all of the things he found and we might never find out.<br><br /><br><br />Soon after that Free States released his appointments to the Cabinet which included older faces like Trook and Andune who are now the Secretary of the Interior and Treasure, respectfully, and newer faces like Emrys Mercer who will be taking over the military. Then not too long ago he released his nominations for Attorney General and the Supreme Court Justices to the Senate, with included Mytzonia, who still has to take law classes before he can assume the office, Imperium, Conserlan, and New Lafayette, respectfully.<br><br /><br><br />The Senate also saw some new senators in the elections with Western Timpetotia, Bacilli, and Britarvia all coming back to the Senate after time away and Aurumaquaria replacing Andune and getting his first chance in the region to serve office. With new senators coming in that also means that speaker elections must also come to fruition, this time with Hunteiria, Queen Rebecca and Lewis and Daniel all running. The race was tight however after Hunteiria and Queen Rebecca tied 4 to 4 Lewis and Daniel broke the tie by changing his vote from himself to Hunteiria who will once again be our Speaker.<br><br /><br><br />Hopefully this coming term will be a good one but as many people like to say only time will tell.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />ARE YOU A CEO? meaning that the budget only passed by 2 votes and a very slim margin, perhaps the smallest margin a budget has passed on in over 6 months. The Senators voting against and abstaining did so for a variety of reasons such as cutting the salaries of senators who had no say in if they wanted their salary cut yet saying that they did, little transparency and no receipt from the Department of Treasury on how they exactly spend $25,000 while other departments who had published a receipt and had the ability to spend more were left at under $5,000, among other issues.<br><br /><br><br />However this seemed to infuriate the Secretary and a few others who barged in on the voting stage in the Senate and disrupted the chamber, who will be fined. Order was restored. However the Secretary went on to post several other posts in other threads about the budget and what he thought of the senators who didn't vote for it, once such quote "So don't expect me to raise any payments again for Senators who, as I see it, didn't do their job correctly." as some conspiracy theorists view this as well as others, they see this quote as the Secretary saying that he will be holding the Senator's salaries hostage because they didn't vote they way that he wanted and will probably lower Senator's salaries again in February.<br><br /><br><br />Though the budget has passed, so in the long run while it didn't get the support other budgets in the past have it stilled passed which means that the government can continue operating and no shutdown will be had, but this could also mean that more thought and planning will be going into the next budget and hopefully it will be able to get more votes and be a better budget.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />PUBLISHING ON JANUARY 19TH.<br><br /><br><br />NARUTO RP GOING ON!<br><br /><br><br />Naruto.<br><br /><br><br />With a slue of other role plays going on several people have still found time to start another one which looks very promising or at least for now, a Naruto role play. The role play which as you might have figured out takes place in the world of Naruto where people get to develop their own characters who can the ability to have some totally awesome jutsu. Currently in the RP there is a tournament in the Leaf Village that will be testing the skills of shinobi and ninja all over the world, which was done to see what our characters got versus others. So far the tournament hasn't started so new members can join at anytime they want, no knowledge of Naruto needed, but helpful.<br><br /><br><br />That's not all there is also a lot of out of context talk about Naruto like pairings, you know Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Tenten, so on. However many other role plays have started out just as fine like the New Modern World RP, and many others but soon fall to inactivity and other nasty things. Will the Naruto RP also fall to those things? Let's hope not but only time will actually tell us. That's time for you, always holding the secrets we want to know.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />UPDATE ON THE MESSENGER AND NRI<br><br /><br><br />I was wanting to use this picture :3<br><br /><br><br />Hello everyone and thank you once again for reading the wonderful paper that we like to call The Messenger. Before we get into everything else about the company I'd just like to tell you a few things. The first time The Messenger appeared in NationStates was several years ago as The British Messenger in The United Kingdom, it didn't stay for long though later I believe I opened it up again in The Kingdom of Denmark as The Danish Messenger. The Messenger might have also been in a couple other regions but I forget. Now we've been in The Allied Republic and first published on July 25, 2012. Now it's January 12, 2014 and this is our 27th issue. We are one of the oldest and longest running papers here and are nearing our 30th issue. It has been quite a journey and we'd like to thank you for helping us out every step of the way.<br><br /><br><br />Next we'd like to talk about The Messenger Postal Service, the very first postal service of it's kind in the region. It is a subdivision of The Messenger which as the name implies sends out letters, messages, and telegrams. The company has a very effective formula for determining payment. The base fee, currently $100, then $3 times the number of messages or telegrams you want to send out, then if you want us to write the letter an additional fee is added.<br><br /><br><br />The Goddess Casino has also opened up which deals with bets, gambling and all that other cool stuff. It recently held bets on the elections and will probably do so again next election. It is also working to develop a lotto and other forms of gambling.<br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries is doing quite well and has been seeing good profits so far from it's various companies and will be publishing a finial report very soon.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />Speaker Hunteiria making sure that the Senate is Active and Doing Fine while following the rules and being awesome.<br><br /><br><br />Support Her Today!<br><br /><br><br />AN INTERVIEW WITH TROOK ABOUT HIS NEW ELECTIONS ACT<br><br /><br><br />Today we sat down with Secretary of the Interior Trook where we we're able to talk to him about Election Act VI which he hopes will help to improve the region and cut down on the red tape that's involved with our election process.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 1. How will this new Elections Act be cutting red tape and how will it help the election process?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: The new act will help by cutting down bureaucracy such as the election reports as long with cutting down in the wording of the law to make it simpler to understand what quicker to find out what you need to know.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 2. Why did you decide to write a new elections act?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well as part of my tasks as Secretary of the Interior I have been tasked by President Free States to cut down on the admin side of the SOI and to deal with some issues that people raised and he himself agreed with that made people feel restricted in the elections particularly in regards to political parties being limited to only have as many candidates as there are seats to win in the senate elections.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 3. Why do you think it is better than the current one?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well this version is less cumbersome than the lasts in terms of limitations and formal reports which some Secretaries ignored, I am not naming names but there was a key link between getting elected to senate then not doing the report. I also admit to myself that it is a lot simpler as I can almost fir it on one screen without having to slide down whilst keeping necessary regulation.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 4. Imperium also proposed an election act not too long ago, why do you think yours is better?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Although I know Imperium will disagree but I feel his is too simple to the point we lose standardisation which keeps the elections the name every time so no one can start saying one election is harder than the other due to how they were organised. Secondly you also lost a lot of accountability in his due to the SOI not even being required to encourage people to vote or to stand as candidates which I think would lead elections having less participation along with the Senate loosing he ability to impeach the SOI if they done a job so bad that they had to be remove.<br><br /><br><br />TM: Alright, thank you. Is there anything else you would like to add?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: It has the formal and official support of the President + It looks like Imps may be voted down in the senate<br><br /><br><br />There you have it folks straight from the Secretary himself.<br><br /><br><br />CULTURE/OPINION/GOOD ANIME SECTION - WINTERTIME EDITION!<br><br /><br><br />Hello, Hello, Hello we are once again back for another addition to my favorite section. Remember that the names of the new ones are links to MyAnimeList were you can find more information, Synopsis, reviews, average score, Voice Actors, and more! Also I would be happy to talk about any series or movie that you might want to discuss. Also I have found out about a new anime site. Once again I shall list the names of those I have done. Also Lewis and Daniel is always happy to talk about anime with you. Or if you need to know some anime sites just ask! This time you will also be getting a Summer time edition! Why because with summer coming round you might just have more time to spend watching anime and reading manga not just short ones either. Also we have a couple new anime watching fans out there. We will keep up with these Summertime Editions for a while, while the summer and anime always stay in our heart. This might just be our last summertime edition sadly enough but I might just keep things the same and spice things up and put a couple new things in here. Please know that as we go back and look at some or if I have on my blog, I will be putting a (R) after it to show that I have already done it, it is not apart of the title like (TV) or (2005) might be<br><br /><br><br />Spice and Wolf (R)<br><br /><br><br />Nodame Cantabile<br><br /><br><br />Code Geass<br><br /><br><br />School Rumble (R)<br><br /><br><br />Honey and Clover<br><br /><br><br />Clannad (R)<br><br /><br><br />Great Teacher Onizuka<br><br /><br><br />Eden of the East<br><br /><br><br />Kimi ni Todoke (R)<br><br /><br><br />Mushishi<br><br /><br><br />Ah My Goddess (R)<br><br /><br><br />Full Metal Panic<br><br /><br><br />Trigun<br><br /><br><br />Kino's Journey<br><br /><br><br />ef - a tale of memories<br><br /><br><br />The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<br><br /><br><br />Toradora<br><br /><br><br />K-On!<br><br /><br><br />One Piece<br><br /><br><br />Guin Saga<br><br /><br><br />Sekirei<br><br /><br><br />Rec<br><br /><br><br />Glass Mask (2005)<br><br /><br><br />Durarara!!<br><br /><br><br />Cowboy Bebop<br><br /><br><br />Angel Beats!<br><br /><br><br />Usagi Drop (R)<br><br /><br><br />Itazura na Kiss<br><br /><br><br />Kobato.<br><br /><br><br />Ouran High School Host Club<br><br /><br><br />Princess Jellyfish<br><br /><br><br />Genshiken<br><br /><br><br />Hanasaku Iroha<br><br /><br><br />Skip Beat!<br><br /><br><br />Kids on the Slope<br><br /><br><br />Eureka Seven<br><br /><br><br />Death Note<br><br /><br><br />Black Lagoon<br><br /><br><br />One Outs<br><br /><br><br />Princess Tutu<br><br /><br><br />Fullmetal Alchemist<br><br /><br><br />Love Hina<br><br /><br><br />Hyouka<br><br /><br><br />Cross Game<br><br /><br><br />Waiting in the Summer<br><br /><br><br />Psycho-Pass<br><br /><br><br />Sword Art Online<br><br /><br><br />Mirai Nikki (TV)<br><br /><br><br />Crest of the Stars<br><br /><br><br />Attack on Titan<br><br /><br><br />Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo<br><br /><br><br />Beck<br><br /><br><br />Tari Tari<br><br /><br><br />Kemono no Souja Erin<br><br /><br><br />Gin no Saji<br><br /><br><br />Maoyuu Maou Yuusha<br><br /><br><br />Tokyo Godfathers<br><br /><br><br />1. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor -- Also sometimes called Musekinin Kanchou Tylor. It aired in 1993. It starts out with Justy Ueki Tylor who after seeing an ad decides to join the military, get a desk job, and then retire with a fat pension. That was until he managed to save an former admiral from people who were holding him hostage and to reward Tylor he is promoted and becomes the Captain of the Soyokaze. It goes on from there.<br><br /><br><br />The Story is good, it's entertaining and enjoyable. It's not really deep but it still has a nice story. It is a comedy, parody, space, military, anime. It is really funny a lot of the time. It is nice to watch and let's you break away from life and drama. At times you may stray away from it but you'll come back. The Characters are pretty good, Captain Tylor is really funny and a likable and enjoyable character as well as others like Yuriko, Yamamoto, and Goza. I liked them. Character development is there, the characters really change through out the anime. You see how the crew grows together and how they change. It's pretty good. The music is good, I really enjoyed the opening and ending themes and as well as some of the other soundtracks, they were pretty good and I wish I could find the ringtones. I watched the English dub, it was good, I thought that the voices matched the characters pretty well. The animation is old, it was from 1993, but I also liked watching that older animation sometimes. It isn't the best but it's fine.<br><br /><br><br />The ending was nice, there is a OVA squeal but I haven't seen it yet. The enjoyment is good, I liked it, it was nice. It was also nice to watch older anime, I do like watching older anime sometimes.<br><br /><br><br />2. Nodame Cantabile -- One of my favorite anime, it deals with music and the life of Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda or as everyone calls her Nodame. The story starts off with Chiaki walking around campus of a music college, and says that everything's bad or terrible or something, but he then hears something that's not terrible. Chiaki is from a respectable family and has traveled around Europe and has been in Japan for a while. He can play the piano and the violin and is good at both, however wishes to become a conductor and he is a perfectionist. Nodame plays the piano an unkempt girl. The story goes on.<br><br /><br><br />The story is wonderful, I really enjoyed it and it was amazing. I really liked it, it deals with music, slice of of life, drama, romance, comedy, and is josei. I really liked it as it told a wonderful story and I really liked how it deals with college. The pacing is also well done. The Characters are wonderful, Chiaki and Nodame are wonderful and amazing I really liked them as well as many of the other characters like Milch. Not only that but I also like the relationships between the characters. The Character development was also pretty well done and it's nice. You can see how they develop and move. The music, really key to the anime as it deals with classical music. The music is wonderful, the opening and ending are very wonderful and I like them and have used both of them as ringtones. Not only that but the songs that they play though out the series. This anime really helped me to really start liking classical music again. Now for the voice acting I watched the first season dubbed on Crackle and it was great I really liked it the voices were good, but I don't think that they have dubbed any further than that so I had to watch the second season subbed, which was good but I would have liked to have had the dubbed. The animation is also well done, I liked it.<br><br /><br><br />The ending of the first season was good of course I went to the second season later and still have to watch the third. The enjoyment is great, I really liked it. This is one of my favorite anime, I just love it. I have also read a lot fo the manga after it, I didn't jump ahead though and still need to finish reading a lot of it.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENTS<br><br /><br><br />Join the Church of Northerntal. We also always looking for new members for the Clergy.<br><br /><br><br />The Church of Northerntal can fulfill requests such as marriages, funerals, blessings, and etc.<br><br /><br><br />So We hope to see you at Cathedral of the Light here in TAR or one of our other locations.<br><br /><br><br />Thank you<br><br /><br><br />Read Lewis and Daniel's blog - The Lewis and Daniel of Anime!<br><br /><br><br />or on my new blogThis ends Issue #27 of The Messenger. We have come a long way because of your support! We thank you for reading and hope that you will read the issues to come. And Thanks to all of you who have said that The Messenger is better that the Imperial Tabloids it means a lot, and we hope that you will continue this support forever and always. We are right now the #1 News out there!<br><br /><br><br />If you have any comments please feel free to post. If you would like an advertisement in The Messenger the please contact NRI and we can work something out. Also if you want to write your own article in The Messenger then contact NRI or the Chief-in-Editor<br><br /><br><br />Also thank you all we now have had 2804 page views on our blog! Really thanks a lot, it means a lot. I'm just stunned by this, really. It is amazing that we have that many! 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Free States and his running mate Libertarian Washington won but before they moved in a couple government officials gave one last address to the People this included Crescellia, who had to drop out of the race because of real life issues, who talked about his term in office and gave it that last huzzah and Lewis and Daniel who talked about what he had done while he was the Undersecretary of Defense. Not too long after Free States took office and got to work. One of our sources said that while Free States was cleaning out the Presidential mansion he found lots of things that others had left behind, like a secret dungeon with screams and cries coming from it, a stash of hentai, rope and a candle, some gum underneath one of the chairs, pants that had been hidden, and a whole lot more like his old gun that he hid in the English Dictionary. It isn't exactly known what Free States did with all of the things he found and we might never find out.<br><br /><br><br />Soon after that Free States released his appointments to the Cabinet which included older faces like Trook and Andune who are now the Secretary of the Interior and Treasure, respectfully, and newer faces like Emrys Mercer who will be taking over the military. Then not too long ago he released his nominations for Attorney General and the Supreme Court Justices to the Senate, with included Mytzonia, who still has to take law classes before he can assume the office, Imperium, Conserlan, and New Lafayette, respectfully.<br><br /><br><br />The Senate also saw some new senators in the elections with Western Timpetotia, Bacilli, and Britarvia all coming back to the Senate after time away and Aurumaquaria replacing Andune and getting his first chance in the region to serve office. With new senators coming in that also means that speaker elections must also come to fruition, this time with Hunteiria, Queen Rebecca and Lewis and Daniel all running. The race was tight however after Hunteiria and Queen Rebecca tied 4 to 4 Lewis and Daniel broke the tie by changing his vote from himself to Hunteiria who will once again be our Speaker.<br><br /><br><br />Hopefully this coming term will be a good one but as many people like to say only time will tell.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />ARE YOU A CEO? meaning that the budget only passed by 2 votes and a very slim margin, perhaps the smallest margin a budget has passed on in over 6 months. The Senators voting against and abstaining did so for a variety of reasons such as cutting the salaries of senators who had no say in if they wanted their salary cut yet saying that they did, little transparency and no receipt from the Department of Treasury on how they exactly spend $25,000 while other departments who had published a receipt and had the ability to spend more were left at under $5,000, among other issues.<br><br /><br><br />However this seemed to infuriate the Secretary and a few others who barged in on the voting stage in the Senate and disrupted the chamber, who will be fined. Order was restored. However the Secretary went on to post several other posts in other threads about the budget and what he thought of the senators who didn't vote for it, once such quote "So don't expect me to raise any payments again for Senators who, as I see it, didn't do their job correctly." as some conspiracy theorists view this as well as others, they see this quote as the Secretary saying that he will be holding the Senator's salaries hostage because they didn't vote they way that he wanted and will probably lower Senator's salaries again in February.<br><br /><br><br />Though the budget has passed, so in the long run while it didn't get the support other budgets in the past have it stilled passed which means that the government can continue operating and no shutdown will be had, but this could also mean that more thought and planning will be going into the next budget and hopefully it will be able to get more votes and be a better budget.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />PUBLISHING ON JANUARY 19TH.<br><br /><br><br />NARUTO RP GOING ON!<br><br /><br><br />Naruto.<br><br /><br><br />With a slue of other role plays going on several people have still found time to start another one which looks very promising or at least for now, a Naruto role play. The role play which as you might have figured out takes place in the world of Naruto where people get to develop their own characters who can the ability to have some totally awesome jutsu. Currently in the RP there is a tournament in the Leaf Village that will be testing the skills of shinobi and ninja all over the world, which was done to see what our characters got versus others. So far the tournament hasn't started so new members can join at anytime they want, no knowledge of Naruto needed, but helpful.<br><br /><br><br />That's not all there is also a lot of out of context talk about Naruto like pairings, you know Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Tenten, so on. However many other role plays have started out just as fine like the New Modern World RP, and many others but soon fall to inactivity and other nasty things. Will the Naruto RP also fall to those things? Let's hope not but only time will actually tell us. That's time for you, always holding the secrets we want to know.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />UPDATE ON THE MESSENGER AND NRI<br><br /><br><br />I was wanting to use this picture :3<br><br /><br><br />Hello everyone and thank you once again for reading the wonderful paper that we like to call The Messenger. Before we get into everything else about the company I'd just like to tell you a few things. The first time The Messenger appeared in NationStates was several years ago as The British Messenger in The United Kingdom, it didn't stay for long though later I believe I opened it up again in The Kingdom of Denmark as The Danish Messenger. The Messenger might have also been in a couple other regions but I forget. Now we've been in The Allied Republic and first published on July 25, 2012. Now it's January 12, 2014 and this is our 27th issue. We are one of the oldest and longest running papers here and are nearing our 30th issue. It has been quite a journey and we'd like to thank you for helping us out every step of the way.<br><br /><br><br />Next we'd like to talk about The Messenger Postal Service, the very first postal service of it's kind in the region. It is a subdivision of The Messenger which as the name implies sends out letters, messages, and telegrams. The company has a very effective formula for determining payment. The base fee, currently $100, then $3 times the number of messages or telegrams you want to send out, then if you want us to write the letter an additional fee is added.<br><br /><br><br />The Goddess Casino has also opened up which deals with bets, gambling and all that other cool stuff. It recently held bets on the elections and will probably do so again next election. It is also working to develop a lotto and other forms of gambling.<br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries is doing quite well and has been seeing good profits so far from it's various companies and will be publishing a finial report very soon.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />Speaker Hunteiria making sure that the Senate is Active and Doing Fine while following the rules and being awesome.<br><br /><br><br />Support Her Today!<br><br /><br><br />AN INTERVIEW WITH TROOK ABOUT HIS NEW ELECTIONS ACT<br><br /><br><br />Today we sat down with Secretary of the Interior Trook where we we're able to talk to him about Election Act VI which he hopes will help to improve the region and cut down on the red tape that's involved with our election process.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 1. How will this new Elections Act be cutting red tape and how will it help the election process?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: The new act will help by cutting down bureaucracy such as the election reports as long with cutting down in the wording of the law to make it simpler to understand what quicker to find out what you need to know.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 2. Why did you decide to write a new elections act?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well as part of my tasks as Secretary of the Interior I have been tasked by President Free States to cut down on the admin side of the SOI and to deal with some issues that people raised and he himself agreed with that made people feel restricted in the elections particularly in regards to political parties being limited to only have as many candidates as there are seats to win in the senate elections.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 3. Why do you think it is better than the current one?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well this version is less cumbersome than the lasts in terms of limitations and formal reports which some Secretaries ignored, I am not naming names but there was a key link between getting elected to senate then not doing the report. I also admit to myself that it is a lot simpler as I can almost fir it on one screen without having to slide down whilst keeping necessary regulation.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 4. Imperium also proposed an election act not too long ago, why do you think yours is better?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Although I know Imperium will disagree but I feel his is too simple to the point we lose standardisation which keeps the elections the name every time so no one can start saying one election is harder than the other due to how they were organised. Secondly you also lost a lot of accountability in his due to the SOI not even being required to encourage people to vote or to stand as candidates which I think would lead elections having less participation along with the Senate loosing he ability to impeach the SOI if they done a job so bad that they had to be remove.<br><br /><br><br />TM: Alright, thank you. Is there anything else you would like to add?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: It has the formal and official support of the President + It looks like Imps may be voted down in the senate<br><br /><br><br />There you have it folks straight from the Secretary himself.<br><br /><br><br />CULTURE/OPINION/GOOD ANIME SECTION - WINTERTIME EDITION!<br><br /><br><br />Hello, Hello, Hello we are once again back for another addition to my favorite section. Remember that the names of the new ones are links to MyAnimeList were you can find more information, Synopsis, reviews, average score, Voice Actors, and more! Also I would be happy to talk about any series or movie that you might want to discuss. Also I have found out about a new anime site. Once again I shall list the names of those I have done. Also Lewis and Daniel is always happy to talk about anime with you. Or if you need to know some anime sites just ask! This time you will also be getting a Summer time edition! Why because with summer coming round you might just have more time to spend watching anime and reading manga not just short ones either. Also we have a couple new anime watching fans out there. We will keep up with these Summertime Editions for a while, while the summer and anime always stay in our heart. This might just be our last summertime edition sadly enough but I might just keep things the same and spice things up and put a couple new things in here. Please know that as we go back and look at some or if I have on my blog, I will be putting a (R) after it to show that I have already done it, it is not apart of the title like (TV) or (2005) might be<br><br /><br><br />Spice and Wolf (R)<br><br /><br><br />Nodame Cantabile<br><br /><br><br />Code Geass<br><br /><br><br />School Rumble (R)<br><br /><br><br />Honey and Clover<br><br /><br><br />Clannad (R)<br><br /><br><br />Great Teacher Onizuka<br><br /><br><br />Eden of the East<br><br /><br><br />Kimi ni Todoke (R)<br><br /><br><br />Mushishi<br><br /><br><br />Ah My Goddess (R)<br><br /><br><br />Full Metal Panic<br><br /><br><br />Trigun<br><br /><br><br />Kino's Journey<br><br /><br><br />ef - a tale of memories<br><br /><br><br />The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<br><br /><br><br />Toradora<br><br /><br><br />K-On!<br><br /><br><br />One Piece<br><br /><br><br />Guin Saga<br><br /><br><br />Sekirei<br><br /><br><br />Rec<br><br /><br><br />Glass Mask (2005)<br><br /><br><br />Durarara!!<br><br /><br><br />Cowboy Bebop<br><br /><br><br />Angel Beats!<br><br /><br><br />Usagi Drop (R)<br><br /><br><br />Itazura na Kiss<br><br /><br><br />Kobato.<br><br /><br><br />Ouran High School Host Club<br><br /><br><br />Princess Jellyfish<br><br /><br><br />Genshiken<br><br /><br><br />Hanasaku Iroha<br><br /><br><br />Skip Beat!<br><br /><br><br />Kids on the Slope<br><br /><br><br />Eureka Seven<br><br /><br><br />Death Note<br><br /><br><br />Black Lagoon<br><br /><br><br />One Outs<br><br /><br><br />Princess Tutu<br><br /><br><br />Fullmetal Alchemist<br><br /><br><br />Love Hina<br><br /><br><br />Hyouka<br><br /><br><br />Cross Game<br><br /><br><br />Waiting in the Summer<br><br /><br><br />Psycho-Pass<br><br /><br><br />Sword Art Online<br><br /><br><br />Mirai Nikki (TV)<br><br /><br><br />Crest of the Stars<br><br /><br><br />Attack on Titan<br><br /><br><br />Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo<br><br /><br><br />Beck<br><br /><br><br />Tari Tari<br><br /><br><br />Kemono no Souja Erin<br><br /><br><br />Gin no Saji<br><br /><br><br />Maoyuu Maou Yuusha<br><br /><br><br />Tokyo Godfathers<br><br /><br><br />1. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor -- Also sometimes called Musekinin Kanchou Tylor. It aired in 1993. It starts out with Justy Ueki Tylor who after seeing an ad decides to join the military, get a desk job, and then retire with a fat pension. That was until he managed to save an former admiral from people who were holding him hostage and to reward Tylor he is promoted and becomes the Captain of the Soyokaze. It goes on from there.<br><br /><br><br />The Story is good, it's entertaining and enjoyable. It's not really deep but it still has a nice story. It is a comedy, parody, space, military, anime. It is really funny a lot of the time. It is nice to watch and let's you break away from life and drama. At times you may stray away from it but you'll come back. The Characters are pretty good, Captain Tylor is really funny and a likable and enjoyable character as well as others like Yuriko, Yamamoto, and Goza. I liked them. Character development is there, the characters really change through out the anime. You see how the crew grows together and how they change. It's pretty good. The music is good, I really enjoyed the opening and ending themes and as well as some of the other soundtracks, they were pretty good and I wish I could find the ringtones. I watched the English dub, it was good, I thought that the voices matched the characters pretty well. The animation is old, it was from 1993, but I also liked watching that older animation sometimes. It isn't the best but it's fine.<br><br /><br><br />The ending was nice, there is a OVA squeal but I haven't seen it yet. The enjoyment is good, I liked it, it was nice. It was also nice to watch older anime, I do like watching older anime sometimes.<br><br /><br><br />2. Nodame Cantabile -- One of my favorite anime, it deals with music and the life of Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda or as everyone calls her Nodame. The story starts off with Chiaki walking around campus of a music college, and says that everything's bad or terrible or something, but he then hears something that's not terrible. Chiaki is from a respectable family and has traveled around Europe and has been in Japan for a while. He can play the piano and the violin and is good at both, however wishes to become a conductor and he is a perfectionist. Nodame plays the piano an unkempt girl. The story goes on.<br><br /><br><br />The story is wonderful, I really enjoyed it and it was amazing. I really liked it, it deals with music, slice of of life, drama, romance, comedy, and is josei. I really liked it as it told a wonderful story and I really liked how it deals with college. The pacing is also well done. The Characters are wonderful, Chiaki and Nodame are wonderful and amazing I really liked them as well as many of the other characters like Milch. Not only that but I also like the relationships between the characters. The Character development was also pretty well done and it's nice. You can see how they develop and move. The music, really key to the anime as it deals with classical music. The music is wonderful, the opening and ending are very wonderful and I like them and have used both of them as ringtones. Not only that but the songs that they play though out the series. This anime really helped me to really start liking classical music again. Now for the voice acting I watched the first season dubbed on Crackle and it was great I really liked it the voices were good, but I don't think that they have dubbed any further than that so I had to watch the second season subbed, which was good but I would have liked to have had the dubbed. The animation is also well done, I liked it.<br><br /><br><br />The ending of the first season was good of course I went to the second season later and still have to watch the third. The enjoyment is great, I really liked it. This is one of my favorite anime, I just love it. I have also read a lot fo the manga after it, I didn't jump ahead though and still need to finish reading a lot of it.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENTS<br><br /><br><br />Join the Church of Northerntal. We also always looking for new members for the Clergy.<br><br /><br><br />The Church of Northerntal can fulfill requests such as marriages, funerals, blessings, and etc.<br><br /><br><br />So We hope to see you at Cathedral of the Light here in TAR or one of our other locations.<br><br /><br><br />Thank you<br><br /><br><br />Read Lewis and Daniel's blog - The Lewis and Daniel of Anime!<br><br /><br><br />or on my new blogThis ends Issue #27 of The Messenger. We have come a long way because of your support! We thank you for reading and hope that you will read the issues to come. And Thanks to all of you who have said that The Messenger is better that the Imperial Tabloids it means a lot, and we hope that you will continue this support forever and always. We are right now the #1 News out there!<br><br /><br><br />If you have any comments please feel free to post. If you would like an advertisement in The Messenger the please contact NRI and we can work something out. Also if you want to write your own article in The Messenger then contact NRI or the Chief-in-Editor<br><br /><br><br />Also thank you all we now have had 2804 page views on our blog! Really thanks a lot, it means a lot. I'm just stunned by this, really. It is amazing that we have that many! 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Free States and his running mate Libertarian Washington won but before they moved in a couple government officials gave one last address to the People this included Crescellia, who had to drop out of the race because of real life issues, who talked about his term in office and gave it that last huzzah and Lewis and Daniel who talked about what he had done while he was the Undersecretary of Defense. Not too long after Free States took office and got to work. One of our sources said that while Free States was cleaning out the Presidential mansion he found lots of things that others had left behind, like a secret dungeon with screams and cries coming from it, a stash of hentai, rope and a candle, some gum underneath one of the chairs, pants that had been hidden, and a whole lot more like his old gun that he hid in the English Dictionary. It isn't exactly known what Free States did with all of the things he found and we might never find out.<br><br /><br><br />Soon after that Free States released his appointments to the Cabinet which included older faces like Trook and Andune who are now the Secretary of the Interior and Treasure, respectfully, and newer faces like Emrys Mercer who will be taking over the military. Then not too long ago he released his nominations for Attorney General and the Supreme Court Justices to the Senate, with included Mytzonia, who still has to take law classes before he can assume the office, Imperium, Conserlan, and New Lafayette, respectfully.<br><br /><br><br />The Senate also saw some new senators in the elections with Western Timpetotia, Bacilli, and Britarvia all coming back to the Senate after time away and Aurumaquaria replacing Andune and getting his first chance in the region to serve office. With new senators coming in that also means that speaker elections must also come to fruition, this time with Hunteiria, Queen Rebecca and Lewis and Daniel all running. The race was tight however after Hunteiria and Queen Rebecca tied 4 to 4 Lewis and Daniel broke the tie by changing his vote from himself to Hunteiria who will once again be our Speaker.<br><br /><br><br />Hopefully this coming term will be a good one but as many people like to say only time will tell.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />ARE YOU A CEO? meaning that the budget only passed by 2 votes and a very slim margin, perhaps the smallest margin a budget has passed on in over 6 months. The Senators voting against and abstaining did so for a variety of reasons such as cutting the salaries of senators who had no say in if they wanted their salary cut yet saying that they did, little transparency and no receipt from the Department of Treasury on how they exactly spend $25,000 while other departments who had published a receipt and had the ability to spend more were left at under $5,000, among other issues.<br><br /><br><br />However this seemed to infuriate the Secretary and a few others who barged in on the voting stage in the Senate and disrupted the chamber, who will be fined. Order was restored. However the Secretary went on to post several other posts in other threads about the budget and what he thought of the senators who didn't vote for it, once such quote "So don't expect me to raise any payments again for Senators who, as I see it, didn't do their job correctly." as some conspiracy theorists view this as well as others, they see this quote as the Secretary saying that he will be holding the Senator's salaries hostage because they didn't vote they way that he wanted and will probably lower Senator's salaries again in February.<br><br /><br><br />Though the budget has passed, so in the long run while it didn't get the support other budgets in the past have it stilled passed which means that the government can continue operating and no shutdown will be had, but this could also mean that more thought and planning will be going into the next budget and hopefully it will be able to get more votes and be a better budget.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />PUBLISHING ON JANUARY 19TH.<br><br /><br><br />NARUTO RP GOING ON!<br><br /><br><br />Naruto.<br><br /><br><br />With a slue of other role plays going on several people have still found time to start another one which looks very promising or at least for now, a Naruto role play. The role play which as you might have figured out takes place in the world of Naruto where people get to develop their own characters who can the ability to have some totally awesome jutsu. Currently in the RP there is a tournament in the Leaf Village that will be testing the skills of shinobi and ninja all over the world, which was done to see what our characters got versus others. So far the tournament hasn't started so new members can join at anytime they want, no knowledge of Naruto needed, but helpful.<br><br /><br><br />That's not all there is also a lot of out of context talk about Naruto like pairings, you know Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Tenten, so on. However many other role plays have started out just as fine like the New Modern World RP, and many others but soon fall to inactivity and other nasty things. Will the Naruto RP also fall to those things? Let's hope not but only time will actually tell us. That's time for you, always holding the secrets we want to know.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />UPDATE ON THE MESSENGER AND NRI<br><br /><br><br />I was wanting to use this picture :3<br><br /><br><br />Hello everyone and thank you once again for reading the wonderful paper that we like to call The Messenger. Before we get into everything else about the company I'd just like to tell you a few things. The first time The Messenger appeared in NationStates was several years ago as The British Messenger in The United Kingdom, it didn't stay for long though later I believe I opened it up again in The Kingdom of Denmark as The Danish Messenger. The Messenger might have also been in a couple other regions but I forget. Now we've been in The Allied Republic and first published on July 25, 2012. Now it's January 12, 2014 and this is our 27th issue. We are one of the oldest and longest running papers here and are nearing our 30th issue. It has been quite a journey and we'd like to thank you for helping us out every step of the way.<br><br /><br><br />Next we'd like to talk about The Messenger Postal Service, the very first postal service of it's kind in the region. It is a subdivision of The Messenger which as the name implies sends out letters, messages, and telegrams. The company has a very effective formula for determining payment. The base fee, currently $100, then $3 times the number of messages or telegrams you want to send out, then if you want us to write the letter an additional fee is added.<br><br /><br><br />The Goddess Casino has also opened up which deals with bets, gambling and all that other cool stuff. It recently held bets on the elections and will probably do so again next election. It is also working to develop a lotto and other forms of gambling.<br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries is doing quite well and has been seeing good profits so far from it's various companies and will be publishing a finial report very soon.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />Speaker Hunteiria making sure that the Senate is Active and Doing Fine while following the rules and being awesome.<br><br /><br><br />Support Her Today!<br><br /><br><br />AN INTERVIEW WITH TROOK ABOUT HIS NEW ELECTIONS ACT<br><br /><br><br />Today we sat down with Secretary of the Interior Trook where we we're able to talk to him about Election Act VI which he hopes will help to improve the region and cut down on the red tape that's involved with our election process.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 1. How will this new Elections Act be cutting red tape and how will it help the election process?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: The new act will help by cutting down bureaucracy such as the election reports as long with cutting down in the wording of the law to make it simpler to understand what quicker to find out what you need to know.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 2. Why did you decide to write a new elections act?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well as part of my tasks as Secretary of the Interior I have been tasked by President Free States to cut down on the admin side of the SOI and to deal with some issues that people raised and he himself agreed with that made people feel restricted in the elections particularly in regards to political parties being limited to only have as many candidates as there are seats to win in the senate elections.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 3. Why do you think it is better than the current one?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well this version is less cumbersome than the lasts in terms of limitations and formal reports which some Secretaries ignored, I am not naming names but there was a key link between getting elected to senate then not doing the report. I also admit to myself that it is a lot simpler as I can almost fir it on one screen without having to slide down whilst keeping necessary regulation.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 4. Imperium also proposed an election act not too long ago, why do you think yours is better?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Although I know Imperium will disagree but I feel his is too simple to the point we lose standardisation which keeps the elections the name every time so no one can start saying one election is harder than the other due to how they were organised. Secondly you also lost a lot of accountability in his due to the SOI not even being required to encourage people to vote or to stand as candidates which I think would lead elections having less participation along with the Senate loosing he ability to impeach the SOI if they done a job so bad that they had to be remove.<br><br /><br><br />TM: Alright, thank you. Is there anything else you would like to add?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: It has the formal and official support of the President + It looks like Imps may be voted down in the senate<br><br /><br><br />There you have it folks straight from the Secretary himself.<br><br /><br><br />CULTURE/OPINION/GOOD ANIME SECTION - WINTERTIME EDITION!<br><br /><br><br />Hello, Hello, Hello we are once again back for another addition to my favorite section. Remember that the names of the new ones are links to MyAnimeList were you can find more information, Synopsis, reviews, average score, Voice Actors, and more! Also I would be happy to talk about any series or movie that you might want to discuss. Also I have found out about a new anime site. Once again I shall list the names of those I have done. Also Lewis and Daniel is always happy to talk about anime with you. Or if you need to know some anime sites just ask! This time you will also be getting a Summer time edition! Why because with summer coming round you might just have more time to spend watching anime and reading manga not just short ones either. Also we have a couple new anime watching fans out there. We will keep up with these Summertime Editions for a while, while the summer and anime always stay in our heart. This might just be our last summertime edition sadly enough but I might just keep things the same and spice things up and put a couple new things in here. Please know that as we go back and look at some or if I have on my blog, I will be putting a (R) after it to show that I have already done it, it is not apart of the title like (TV) or (2005) might be<br><br /><br><br />Spice and Wolf (R)<br><br /><br><br />Nodame Cantabile<br><br /><br><br />Code Geass<br><br /><br><br />School Rumble (R)<br><br /><br><br />Honey and Clover<br><br /><br><br />Clannad (R)<br><br /><br><br />Great Teacher Onizuka<br><br /><br><br />Eden of the East<br><br /><br><br />Kimi ni Todoke (R)<br><br /><br><br />Mushishi<br><br /><br><br />Ah My Goddess (R)<br><br /><br><br />Full Metal Panic<br><br /><br><br />Trigun<br><br /><br><br />Kino's Journey<br><br /><br><br />ef - a tale of memories<br><br /><br><br />The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<br><br /><br><br />Toradora<br><br /><br><br />K-On!<br><br /><br><br />One Piece<br><br /><br><br />Guin Saga<br><br /><br><br />Sekirei<br><br /><br><br />Rec<br><br /><br><br />Glass Mask (2005)<br><br /><br><br />Durarara!!<br><br /><br><br />Cowboy Bebop<br><br /><br><br />Angel Beats!<br><br /><br><br />Usagi Drop (R)<br><br /><br><br />Itazura na Kiss<br><br /><br><br />Kobato.<br><br /><br><br />Ouran High School Host Club<br><br /><br><br />Princess Jellyfish<br><br /><br><br />Genshiken<br><br /><br><br />Hanasaku Iroha<br><br /><br><br />Skip Beat!<br><br /><br><br />Kids on the Slope<br><br /><br><br />Eureka Seven<br><br /><br><br />Death Note<br><br /><br><br />Black Lagoon<br><br /><br><br />One Outs<br><br /><br><br />Princess Tutu<br><br /><br><br />Fullmetal Alchemist<br><br /><br><br />Love Hina<br><br /><br><br />Hyouka<br><br /><br><br />Cross Game<br><br /><br><br />Waiting in the Summer<br><br /><br><br />Psycho-Pass<br><br /><br><br />Sword Art Online<br><br /><br><br />Mirai Nikki (TV)<br><br /><br><br />Crest of the Stars<br><br /><br><br />Attack on Titan<br><br /><br><br />Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo<br><br /><br><br />Beck<br><br /><br><br />Tari Tari<br><br /><br><br />Kemono no Souja Erin<br><br /><br><br />Gin no Saji<br><br /><br><br />Maoyuu Maou Yuusha<br><br /><br><br />Tokyo Godfathers<br><br /><br><br />1. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor -- Also sometimes called Musekinin Kanchou Tylor. It aired in 1993. It starts out with Justy Ueki Tylor who after seeing an ad decides to join the military, get a desk job, and then retire with a fat pension. That was until he managed to save an former admiral from people who were holding him hostage and to reward Tylor he is promoted and becomes the Captain of the Soyokaze. It goes on from there.<br><br /><br><br />The Story is good, it's entertaining and enjoyable. It's not really deep but it still has a nice story. It is a comedy, parody, space, military, anime. It is really funny a lot of the time. It is nice to watch and let's you break away from life and drama. At times you may stray away from it but you'll come back. The Characters are pretty good, Captain Tylor is really funny and a likable and enjoyable character as well as others like Yuriko, Yamamoto, and Goza. I liked them. Character development is there, the characters really change through out the anime. You see how the crew grows together and how they change. It's pretty good. The music is good, I really enjoyed the opening and ending themes and as well as some of the other soundtracks, they were pretty good and I wish I could find the ringtones. I watched the English dub, it was good, I thought that the voices matched the characters pretty well. The animation is old, it was from 1993, but I also liked watching that older animation sometimes. It isn't the best but it's fine.<br><br /><br><br />The ending was nice, there is a OVA squeal but I haven't seen it yet. The enjoyment is good, I liked it, it was nice. It was also nice to watch older anime, I do like watching older anime sometimes.<br><br /><br><br />2. Nodame Cantabile -- One of my favorite anime, it deals with music and the life of Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda or as everyone calls her Nodame. The story starts off with Chiaki walking around campus of a music college, and says that everything's bad or terrible or something, but he then hears something that's not terrible. Chiaki is from a respectable family and has traveled around Europe and has been in Japan for a while. He can play the piano and the violin and is good at both, however wishes to become a conductor and he is a perfectionist. Nodame plays the piano an unkempt girl. The story goes on.<br><br /><br><br />The story is wonderful, I really enjoyed it and it was amazing. I really liked it, it deals with music, slice of of life, drama, romance, comedy, and is josei. I really liked it as it told a wonderful story and I really liked how it deals with college. The pacing is also well done. The Characters are wonderful, Chiaki and Nodame are wonderful and amazing I really liked them as well as many of the other characters like Milch. Not only that but I also like the relationships between the characters. The Character development was also pretty well done and it's nice. You can see how they develop and move. The music, really key to the anime as it deals with classical music. The music is wonderful, the opening and ending are very wonderful and I like them and have used both of them as ringtones. Not only that but the songs that they play though out the series. This anime really helped me to really start liking classical music again. Now for the voice acting I watched the first season dubbed on Crackle and it was great I really liked it the voices were good, but I don't think that they have dubbed any further than that so I had to watch the second season subbed, which was good but I would have liked to have had the dubbed. The animation is also well done, I liked it.<br><br /><br><br />The ending of the first season was good of course I went to the second season later and still have to watch the third. The enjoyment is great, I really liked it. This is one of my favorite anime, I just love it. I have also read a lot fo the manga after it, I didn't jump ahead though and still need to finish reading a lot of it.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENTS<br><br /><br><br />Join the Church of Northerntal. We also always looking for new members for the Clergy.<br><br /><br><br />The Church of Northerntal can fulfill requests such as marriages, funerals, blessings, and etc.<br><br /><br><br />So We hope to see you at Cathedral of the Light here in TAR or one of our other locations.<br><br /><br><br />Thank you<br><br /><br><br />Read Lewis and Daniel's blog - The Lewis and Daniel of Anime!<br><br /><br><br />or on my new blogThis ends Issue #27 of The Messenger. We have come a long way because of your support! We thank you for reading and hope that you will read the issues to come. And Thanks to all of you who have said that The Messenger is better that the Imperial Tabloids it means a lot, and we hope that you will continue this support forever and always. We are right now the #1 News out there!<br><br /><br><br />If you have any comments please feel free to post. If you would like an advertisement in The Messenger the please contact NRI and we can work something out. Also if you want to write your own article in The Messenger then contact NRI or the Chief-in-Editor<br><br /><br><br />Also thank you all we now have had 2804 page views on our blog! Really thanks a lot, it means a lot. I'm just stunned by this, really. It is amazing that we have that many! Thanks for all your continued help and support!<br><br /><br><br />A Special thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge!<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoVyVEKgCAMANATzU1Jgi4TKpKGOtH54e2j9%2FuSSL8Qg%2BvicgPZhYfyhZ%2FZWVTgiob0gaQxz7kimBNe15YbG7SF%2F6DxkAQj9uVLDre1RCpJLR%2Bkoh6u' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-47853770325077907732014-02-01T01:44:00.001-08:002014-02-01T01:44:31.985-08:00Favorite Animes?I love any animes with action, adventure, violence, mild blood, horror(no psychodramas), comedy, supernatural, and awesome fighting.<br><br />For anyone reading this, here is a (not) complete list of my favorite animes, just for like reference or some shit like that:<br><br /><br><a name='more'></a><br><br />* Hetalia<br><br />* Darker Than Black<br><br />* Black Butler<br><br />* Project K<br><br />* Togainu No Chi<br><br />* Soul Eater<br><br />* Space Dandy(I just recently started watching this on Toonami, it is hilarious((well to me it is)) )<br><br />* Another<br><br />* Death Note<br><br />* Durarara!!<br><br />* Baccano!!<br><br />* Ao No Exorcist<br><br />* Pandora Hearts<br><br />* Angel Beats!<br><br />* Clannad<br><br />* Hellsing<br><br /><br><br />Like I already said, this is not even close to the complete list of animes I have seen, just a couple.<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoNxsENgDAIAMCJhNb46jaoKJhSGktM3F7vdRLRC6KShfBa3fe3absI%2Fp%2Bje8DmhnPKC6aMBz1%2Ba%2FBETY0HSFj9ADAbGBE%3D' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-87282485942997624762014-02-01T00:20:00.001-08:002014-02-01T00:20:08.912-08:00BakumanEver wondered about the exciting world of Manga? The in's and out's of the world of editors and the mangaka they're in charge of? How a romance that tests how close to the breaking point you can push people's sense of disbelief? Well, all this and more can be found in the manga rivalry series, created by Death Note's Tsugumi Ohba and Takashi Obata, Bakuman!<br><br /><br><br />Moritaka Mashiro is an average high schooler with average ambitions and a slight talent for drawing. After leaving a drawing of his crush, Miho Azuki, in his notes at school, he returns to find the notes in the hands of Akito Takagi, the smartest kid in his class with the unusual dream of becoming a manga writer, and wants Mashiro to do the artwork. Mashiro refuses, thinking back to his mangaka uncle, who started his career to ask out a girl he loved, but waited too long and eventually worked himself to death. That night, Takagi drags Mashiro to Azuki's home, where he reveals that she dreams of becoming a voice actress. Mashiro agrees on the spot to draw Takagi's manga, and in the spin of the moment, asks her to marry him when their manga is an anime and she voices the heroine. She agrees, but only if they never see each other until their dreams come true. Now Takagi and Mashiro, armed only with determination and the knowledge left behind by Mashiro's uncle, they set out to take the gamble of becoming mangaka, under the name Ashirogi Muto.<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />Bakuman isn't the first manga to focus on mangaka, but it is one of the few that focuses on the creation process of manga as much as the character creating the manga. Much of cast is made up of mangaka and their editors, and the action and drama come from situations like placing in the Jump rankings or getting serialized in the magazine all together. Learning how Mashiro's uncle worked himself to death leaves a well resounding tension whenever someone is put up for cancellation or doing poorly, and you never forget that this isn't just about their rivalry at stake, but their livelihood as well. That isn't to say that this is a Shonen series and that some of these moments aren't played over the top or a bit melodramatic, but I still believe what i said stands, and it doesn't hurt that most of the cast are really likeable.<br><br /><br><br />Mashiro is a well rounded character, with plenty of motivation for each of his major life changes. His abandonment of art because of his uncles demise is clearly shown through his early reflections on life, and his promise with Azuki acts a great method to help him rediscover his own love for drawing, which is built upon much more as the series progresses. He's very reserved in most situations, which is opposite to his partner Takagi; a easily outgoing person, and willing to go the extra mile to make his manga succeed, even forcing Mashiro to be his artist by putting him on the spot in front of Azuki. Though they both share a burning determination for the manga they create, Takagi is more willing to wear it on his sleeve, even punching out a classmate who mocked Mashiro's artwork.<br><br /><br><br />This being a manga based manga, there are also plenty of other mangaka characters and editors as well, including Hattori, Ashirogi Muto's editor. Hattori is a very earnest and humble character, and an experienced editor, clearly showing he has a firm grasp on what makes a manga good, while also being able to admit he doesn't, because no one can fully understand what will be popular or not. They're are also Ashirogi's rivals in Jump, who also represent different aspects of manga, such as Eiji Niizuma, an eccentric and prodigy of mainstream battle series, Shinta Fukuda, a kind hearted delinquent who draws Seinin style shonen manga, Kazuya Hiramaru, a slacker that doesn't want to work who draws differing gag series, and many more, each working in Jump and are given great chances to grow not only as characters, but as mangaka, with their stories and art improving with each new series or interaction.<br><br /><br><br />There is also the relationship between Mashiro and Azuki, and how i've both insulted and complimented this romance in the same article. I do believe this was a great way to bring Mashiro back to art, since he had the drive for it, and since he's a likeable guy, you do want to root for him, but the promise is what nearly kills it. To recap the plot summary. their promise is to not meet until Ashirogi Muto's manga becomes an anime, and she voices the heroine. Leaving aside how completely unlikely this is, because this is manga, but its that first part, for them not to meet. Bakuman pushes this thing that they were destined to be together, that they've been watching each other for a long time and they were meant to be, despite the fact they rarely, if ever, communicated with each other. I do believe in love at first sight, if we're talking about looks. You can fall in love with how a guy or girl looks, and I think we can all understand that it's personal preference, but i can't believe you're fully in love with a person you've never met. Now they do talk through email, but based on how it's portrayed, it seems like all they ever do is exchange holiday greetings and congratulations on big events in careers, but outside that, they're never shown talking to each other and very rarely talked about talking to each other. The only thing that saves this for me are the times when they break the promise, when they talk, when we see them actually building their relationship, and I think for some, even this won't be enough. Well, you can still be happy that manga's pretty.<br><br /><br><br />Bakuman is artistically gorgeous, not because it has the best art, though its pretty good, but how diverse it gets with its art. Bakuman on its own is well drawn, with plenty of detail in characters faces, character design, and backgrounds, but what sticks out in this manga is how each artist's different art style is portrayed. Each mangaka or artist has their own style of drawing, and Obata does an amazing job changing his style for each one, switching between mainstream battle and gag styles to shoujo, to even dark or artsy styles. And the series even shows Mashiro's development as an artist, visually showing how his art improves from his first work with Takagi to the last the series features. My personal favorite art moment is early on when Niizuma has Nakai, an assistant of over 10 years draw his background for his series, and I honestly believe they look better than the background in the actual series. I kinda wanna believe that was on purpose just to show the characters ability. Bakuman, if nothing else, is a great variety show of all the different art styles you'll find in manga.<br><br /><br><br />RECOMMENDED: Shonen Jump fans, Fans of Obata's Artwork, People looking for a closer look at the working of manga magazines that don't mind the over the top shonen-ness, Slice of Life fans, Gag fans<br><br /><br><br />NOT RECOMMENDED: People looking for a more solid romance manga, People looking for something they can just pick up and read quickly (at 176 chapters of highly detailed dialogue and artwork, this isn't what you would call a "light read")<br><br /><br><br />I could talk for hours about Bakuman, what I enjoyed and what little nitpicks I have, but for the sake of leaving a story for you all the read, I'll end it here. Bakuman, I believe, is a great shonen series, filled with likable characters, great drama, fantastic artwork and despite an so-so romance, the good outweighs the bad by quite a bit. If you ever want a great look into the workings of Shonen Jump and manga, then Bakuman is your read.<br><br /><br><br />Bakuman was published by Shueisha in Weekly Shounen Jump, and was concluded at 20 volumes, 176 chapters. The manga has been published in english and in completion by Viz.<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNrLKCkpsNLXzy9JKc4v0UvKyU8vLgAykvNz9Y0MDE30DQz1kxKzS3MT8%2BKNDfQySnJzAMNvETQ%3D' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-48256247908775313922014-01-31T23:37:00.001-08:002014-01-31T23:37:24.888-08:00Issue #27<br><br /><br><br />January 15, 2014<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries<br><br /><br><br />"We speak the truth"<br><br /><br><br />Bringing you the truth, the news, the anime and the conspiracies for over a year.<br><br /><br><br />A Thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br><br /><br><br />A NEW GOVERNMENT IN TOWN!<br><br /><br><br />I couldn't find anything else, trust me I looked for a while<br><br /><br><br />With a new government in town, well actually they've been here awhile so more like with a new government in power it marks the end of a term and the start of a new one. Free States and his running mate Libertarian Washington won but before they moved in a couple government officials gave one last address to the People this included Crescellia, who had to drop out of the race because of real life issues, who talked about his term in office and gave it that last huzzah and Lewis and Daniel who talked about what he had done while he was the Undersecretary of Defense. Not too long after Free States took office and got to work. One of our sources said that while Free States was cleaning out the Presidential mansion he found lots of things that others had left behind, like a secret dungeon with screams and cries coming from it, a stash of hentai, rope and a candle, some gum underneath one of the chairs, pants that had been hidden, and a whole lot more like his old gun that he hid in the English Dictionary. It isn't exactly known what Free States did with all of the things he found and we might never find out.<br><br /><br><br />Soon after that Free States released his appointments to the Cabinet which included older faces like Trook and Andune who are now the Secretary of the Interior and Treasure, respectfully, and newer faces like Emrys Mercer who will be taking over the military. Then not too long ago he released his nominations for Attorney General and the Supreme Court Justices to the Senate, with included Mytzonia, who still has to take law classes before he can assume the office, Imperium, Conserlan, and New Lafayette, respectfully.<br><br /><br><br />The Senate also saw some new senators in the elections with Western Timpetotia, Bacilli, and Britarvia all coming back to the Senate after time away and Aurumaquaria replacing Andune and getting his first chance in the region to serve office. With new senators coming in that also means that speaker elections must also come to fruition, this time with Hunteiria, Queen Rebecca and Lewis and Daniel all running. The race was tight however after Hunteiria and Queen Rebecca tied 4 to 4 Lewis and Daniel broke the tie by changing his vote from himself to Hunteiria who will once again be our Speaker.<br><br /><br><br />Hopefully this coming term will be a good one but as many people like to say only time will tell.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />ARE YOU A CEO? meaning that the budget only passed by 2 votes and a very slim margin, perhaps the smallest margin a budget has passed on in over 6 months. The Senators voting against and abstaining did so for a variety of reasons such as cutting the salaries of senators who had no say in if they wanted their salary cut yet saying that they did, little transparency and no receipt from the Department of Treasury on how they exactly spend $25,000 while other departments who had published a receipt and had the ability to spend more were left at under $5,000, among other issues.<br><br /><br><br />However this seemed to infuriate the Secretary and a few others who barged in on the voting stage in the Senate and disrupted the chamber, who will be fined. Order was restored. However the Secretary went on to post several other posts in other threads about the budget and what he thought of the senators who didn't vote for it, once such quote "So don't expect me to raise any payments again for Senators who, as I see it, didn't do their job correctly." as some conspiracy theorists view this as well as others, they see this quote as the Secretary saying that he will be holding the Senator's salaries hostage because they didn't vote they way that he wanted and will probably lower Senator's salaries again in February.<br><br /><br><br />Though the budget has passed, so in the long run while it didn't get the support other budgets in the past have it stilled passed which means that the government can continue operating and no shutdown will be had, but this could also mean that more thought and planning will be going into the next budget and hopefully it will be able to get more votes and be a better budget.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />PUBLISHING ON JANUARY 19TH.<br><br /><br><br />NARUTO RP GOING ON!<br><br /><br><br />Naruto.<br><br /><br><br />With a slue of other role plays going on several people have still found time to start another one which looks very promising or at least for now, a Naruto role play. The role play which as you might have figured out takes place in the world of Naruto where people get to develop their own characters who can the ability to have some totally awesome jutsu. Currently in the RP there is a tournament in the Leaf Village that will be testing the skills of shinobi and ninja all over the world, which was done to see what our characters got versus others. So far the tournament hasn't started so new members can join at anytime they want, no knowledge of Naruto needed, but helpful.<br><br /><br><br />That's not all there is also a lot of out of context talk about Naruto like pairings, you know Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Tenten, so on. However many other role plays have started out just as fine like the New Modern World RP, and many others but soon fall to inactivity and other nasty things. Will the Naruto RP also fall to those things? Let's hope not but only time will actually tell us. That's time for you, always holding the secrets we want to know.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />UPDATE ON THE MESSENGER AND NRI<br><br /><br><br />I was wanting to use this picture :3<br><br /><br><br />Hello everyone and thank you once again for reading the wonderful paper that we like to call The Messenger. Before we get into everything else about the company I'd just like to tell you a few things. The first time The Messenger appeared in NationStates was several years ago as The British Messenger in The United Kingdom, it didn't stay for long though later I believe I opened it up again in The Kingdom of Denmark as The Danish Messenger. The Messenger might have also been in a couple other regions but I forget. Now we've been in The Allied Republic and first published on July 25, 2012. Now it's January 12, 2014 and this is our 27th issue. We are one of the oldest and longest running papers here and are nearing our 30th issue. It has been quite a journey and we'd like to thank you for helping us out every step of the way.<br><br /><br><br />Next we'd like to talk about The Messenger Postal Service, the very first postal service of it's kind in the region. It is a subdivision of The Messenger which as the name implies sends out letters, messages, and telegrams. The company has a very effective formula for determining payment. The base fee, currently $100, then $3 times the number of messages or telegrams you want to send out, then if you want us to write the letter an additional fee is added.<br><br /><br><br />The Goddess Casino has also opened up which deals with bets, gambling and all that other cool stuff. It recently held bets on the elections and will probably do so again next election. It is also working to develop a lotto and other forms of gambling.<br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries is doing quite well and has been seeing good profits so far from it's various companies and will be publishing a finial report very soon.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />Speaker Hunteiria making sure that the Senate is Active and Doing Fine while following the rules and being awesome.<br><br /><br><br />Support Her Today!<br><br /><br><br />AN INTERVIEW WITH TROOK ABOUT HIS NEW ELECTIONS ACT<br><br /><br><br />Today we sat down with Secretary of the Interior Trook where we we're able to talk to him about Election Act VI which he hopes will help to improve the region and cut down on the red tape that's involved with our election process.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 1. How will this new Elections Act be cutting red tape and how will it help the election process?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: The new act will help by cutting down bureaucracy such as the election reports as long with cutting down in the wording of the law to make it simpler to understand what quicker to find out what you need to know.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 2. Why did you decide to write a new elections act?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well as part of my tasks as Secretary of the Interior I have been tasked by President Free States to cut down on the admin side of the SOI and to deal with some issues that people raised and he himself agreed with that made people feel restricted in the elections particularly in regards to political parties being limited to only have as many candidates as there are seats to win in the senate elections.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 3. Why do you think it is better than the current one?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well this version is less cumbersome than the lasts in terms of limitations and formal reports which some Secretaries ignored, I am not naming names but there was a key link between getting elected to senate then not doing the report. I also admit to myself that it is a lot simpler as I can almost fir it on one screen without having to slide down whilst keeping necessary regulation.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 4. Imperium also proposed an election act not too long ago, why do you think yours is better?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Although I know Imperium will disagree but I feel his is too simple to the point we lose standardisation which keeps the elections the name every time so no one can start saying one election is harder than the other due to how they were organised. Secondly you also lost a lot of accountability in his due to the SOI not even being required to encourage people to vote or to stand as candidates which I think would lead elections having less participation along with the Senate loosing he ability to impeach the SOI if they done a job so bad that they had to be remove.<br><br /><br><br />TM: Alright, thank you. Is there anything else you would like to add?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: It has the formal and official support of the President + It looks like Imps may be voted down in the senate<br><br /><br><br />There you have it folks straight from the Secretary himself.<br><br /><br><br />CULTURE/OPINION/GOOD ANIME SECTION - WINTERTIME EDITION!<br><br /><br><br />Hello, Hello, Hello we are once again back for another addition to my favorite section. Remember that the names of the new ones are links to MyAnimeList were you can find more information, Synopsis, reviews, average score, Voice Actors, and more! Also I would be happy to talk about any series or movie that you might want to discuss. Also I have found out about a new anime site. Once again I shall list the names of those I have done. Also Lewis and Daniel is always happy to talk about anime with you. Or if you need to know some anime sites just ask! This time you will also be getting a Summer time edition! Why because with summer coming round you might just have more time to spend watching anime and reading manga not just short ones either. Also we have a couple new anime watching fans out there. We will keep up with these Summertime Editions for a while, while the summer and anime always stay in our heart. This might just be our last summertime edition sadly enough but I might just keep things the same and spice things up and put a couple new things in here. Please know that as we go back and look at some or if I have on my blog, I will be putting a (R) after it to show that I have already done it, it is not apart of the title like (TV) or (2005) might be<br><br /><br><br />Spice and Wolf (R)<br><br /><br><br />Nodame Cantabile<br><br /><br><br />Code Geass<br><br /><br><br />School Rumble (R)<br><br /><br><br />Honey and Clover<br><br /><br><br />Clannad (R)<br><br /><br><br />Great Teacher Onizuka<br><br /><br><br />Eden of the East<br><br /><br><br />Kimi ni Todoke (R)<br><br /><br><br />Mushishi<br><br /><br><br />Ah My Goddess (R)<br><br /><br><br />Full Metal Panic<br><br /><br><br />Trigun<br><br /><br><br />Kino's Journey<br><br /><br><br />ef - a tale of memories<br><br /><br><br />The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<br><br /><br><br />Toradora<br><br /><br><br />K-On!<br><br /><br><br />One Piece<br><br /><br><br />Guin Saga<br><br /><br><br />Sekirei<br><br /><br><br />Rec<br><br /><br><br />Glass Mask (2005)<br><br /><br><br />Durarara!!<br><br /><br><br />Cowboy Bebop<br><br /><br><br />Angel Beats!<br><br /><br><br />Usagi Drop (R)<br><br /><br><br />Itazura na Kiss<br><br /><br><br />Kobato.<br><br /><br><br />Ouran High School Host Club<br><br /><br><br />Princess Jellyfish<br><br /><br><br />Genshiken<br><br /><br><br />Hanasaku Iroha<br><br /><br><br />Skip Beat!<br><br /><br><br />Kids on the Slope<br><br /><br><br />Eureka Seven<br><br /><br><br />Death Note<br><br /><br><br />Black Lagoon<br><br /><br><br />One Outs<br><br /><br><br />Princess Tutu<br><br /><br><br />Fullmetal Alchemist<br><br /><br><br />Love Hina<br><br /><br><br />Hyouka<br><br /><br><br />Cross Game<br><br /><br><br />Waiting in the Summer<br><br /><br><br />Psycho-Pass<br><br /><br><br />Sword Art Online<br><br /><br><br />Mirai Nikki (TV)<br><br /><br><br />Crest of the Stars<br><br /><br><br />Attack on Titan<br><br /><br><br />Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo<br><br /><br><br />Beck<br><br /><br><br />Tari Tari<br><br /><br><br />Kemono no Souja Erin<br><br /><br><br />Gin no Saji<br><br /><br><br />Maoyuu Maou Yuusha<br><br /><br><br />Tokyo Godfathers<br><br /><br><br />1. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor -- Also sometimes called Musekinin Kanchou Tylor. It aired in 1993. It starts out with Justy Ueki Tylor who after seeing an ad decides to join the military, get a desk job, and then retire with a fat pension. That was until he managed to save an former admiral from people who were holding him hostage and to reward Tylor he is promoted and becomes the Captain of the Soyokaze. It goes on from there.<br><br /><br><br />The Story is good, it's entertaining and enjoyable. It's not really deep but it still has a nice story. It is a comedy, parody, space, military, anime. It is really funny a lot of the time. It is nice to watch and let's you break away from life and drama. At times you may stray away from it but you'll come back. The Characters are pretty good, Captain Tylor is really funny and a likable and enjoyable character as well as others like Yuriko, Yamamoto, and Goza. I liked them. Character development is there, the characters really change through out the anime. You see how the crew grows together and how they change. It's pretty good. The music is good, I really enjoyed the opening and ending themes and as well as some of the other soundtracks, they were pretty good and I wish I could find the ringtones. I watched the English dub, it was good, I thought that the voices matched the characters pretty well. The animation is old, it was from 1993, but I also liked watching that older animation sometimes. It isn't the best but it's fine.<br><br /><br><br />The ending was nice, there is a OVA squeal but I haven't seen it yet. The enjoyment is good, I liked it, it was nice. It was also nice to watch older anime, I do like watching older anime sometimes.<br><br /><br><br />2. Nodame Cantabile -- One of my favorite anime, it deals with music and the life of Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda or as everyone calls her Nodame. The story starts off with Chiaki walking around campus of a music college, and says that everything's bad or terrible or something, but he then hears something that's not terrible. Chiaki is from a respectable family and has traveled around Europe and has been in Japan for a while. He can play the piano and the violin and is good at both, however wishes to become a conductor and he is a perfectionist. Nodame plays the piano an unkempt girl. The story goes on.<br><br /><br><br />The story is wonderful, I really enjoyed it and it was amazing. I really liked it, it deals with music, slice of of life, drama, romance, comedy, and is josei. I really liked it as it told a wonderful story and I really liked how it deals with college. The pacing is also well done. The Characters are wonderful, Chiaki and Nodame are wonderful and amazing I really liked them as well as many of the other characters like Milch. Not only that but I also like the relationships between the characters. The Character development was also pretty well done and it's nice. You can see how they develop and move. The music, really key to the anime as it deals with classical music. The music is wonderful, the opening and ending are very wonderful and I like them and have used both of them as ringtones. Not only that but the songs that they play though out the series. This anime really helped me to really start liking classical music again. Now for the voice acting I watched the first season dubbed on Crackle and it was great I really liked it the voices were good, but I don't think that they have dubbed any further than that so I had to watch the second season subbed, which was good but I would have liked to have had the dubbed. The animation is also well done, I liked it.<br><br /><br><br />The ending of the first season was good of course I went to the second season later and still have to watch the third. The enjoyment is great, I really liked it. This is one of my favorite anime, I just love it. I have also read a lot fo the manga after it, I didn't jump ahead though and still need to finish reading a lot of it.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENTS<br><br /><br><br />Join the Church of Northerntal. We also always looking for new members for the Clergy.<br><br /><br><br />The Church of Northerntal can fulfill requests such as marriages, funerals, blessings, and etc.<br><br /><br><br />So We hope to see you at Cathedral of the Light here in TAR or one of our other locations.<br><br /><br><br />Thank you<br><br /><br><br />Read Lewis and Daniel's blog - The Lewis and Daniel of Anime!<br><br /><br><br />or on my new blogThis ends Issue #27 of The Messenger. We have come a long way because of your support! We thank you for reading and hope that you will read the issues to come. And Thanks to all of you who have said that The Messenger is better that the Imperial Tabloids it means a lot, and we hope that you will continue this support forever and always. We are right now the #1 News out there!<br><br /><br><br />If you have any comments please feel free to post. If you would like an advertisement in The Messenger the please contact NRI and we can work something out. Also if you want to write your own article in The Messenger then contact NRI or the Chief-in-Editor<br><br /><br><br />Also thank you all we now have had 2804 page views on our blog! Really thanks a lot, it means a lot. I'm just stunned by this, really. It is amazing that we have that many! Thanks for all your continued help and support!<br><br /><br><br />A Special thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge!<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoVyVEKgCAMANATzakkRZcJFUlDncz50e2j9%2FuyyDgRox%2FiSwd5K7EKle45SFSkhlabDbXBMudKYHd4fF%2BeXzAO%2FoNOLBk4jRVqiddhnFVZWv0ApMwetA%3D%3D' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-17896308686739742522014-01-31T22:53:00.001-08:002014-01-31T22:53:30.089-08:00Issue #27<br><br /><br><br />January 15, 2014<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries<br><br /><br><br />"We speak the truth"<br><br /><br><br />Bringing you the truth, the news, the anime and the conspiracies for over a year.<br><br /><br><br />A Thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br><br /><br><br />A NEW GOVERNMENT IN TOWN!<br><br /><br><br />I couldn't find anything else, trust me I looked for a while<br><br /><br><br />With a new government in town, well actually they've been here awhile so more like with a new government in power it marks the end of a term and the start of a new one. Free States and his running mate Libertarian Washington won but before they moved in a couple government officials gave one last address to the People this included Crescellia, who had to drop out of the race because of real life issues, who talked about his term in office and gave it that last huzzah and Lewis and Daniel who talked about what he had done while he was the Undersecretary of Defense. Not too long after Free States took office and got to work. One of our sources said that while Free States was cleaning out the Presidential mansion he found lots of things that others had left behind, like a secret dungeon with screams and cries coming from it, a stash of hentai, rope and a candle, some gum underneath one of the chairs, pants that had been hidden, and a whole lot more like his old gun that he hid in the English Dictionary. It isn't exactly known what Free States did with all of the things he found and we might never find out.<br><br /><br><br />Soon after that Free States released his appointments to the Cabinet which included older faces like Trook and Andune who are now the Secretary of the Interior and Treasure, respectfully, and newer faces like Emrys Mercer who will be taking over the military. Then not too long ago he released his nominations for Attorney General and the Supreme Court Justices to the Senate, with included Mytzonia, who still has to take law classes before he can assume the office, Imperium, Conserlan, and New Lafayette, respectfully.<br><br /><br><br />The Senate also saw some new senators in the elections with Western Timpetotia, Bacilli, and Britarvia all coming back to the Senate after time away and Aurumaquaria replacing Andune and getting his first chance in the region to serve office. With new senators coming in that also means that speaker elections must also come to fruition, this time with Hunteiria, Queen Rebecca and Lewis and Daniel all running. The race was tight however after Hunteiria and Queen Rebecca tied 4 to 4 Lewis and Daniel broke the tie by changing his vote from himself to Hunteiria who will once again be our Speaker.<br><br /><br><br />Hopefully this coming term will be a good one but as many people like to say only time will tell.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />ARE YOU A CEO? meaning that the budget only passed by 2 votes and a very slim margin, perhaps the smallest margin a budget has passed on in over 6 months. The Senators voting against and abstaining did so for a variety of reasons such as cutting the salaries of senators who had no say in if they wanted their salary cut yet saying that they did, little transparency and no receipt from the Department of Treasury on how they exactly spend $25,000 while other departments who had published a receipt and had the ability to spend more were left at under $5,000, among other issues.<br><br /><br><br />However this seemed to infuriate the Secretary and a few others who barged in on the voting stage in the Senate and disrupted the chamber, who will be fined. Order was restored. However the Secretary went on to post several other posts in other threads about the budget and what he thought of the senators who didn't vote for it, once such quote "So don't expect me to raise any payments again for Senators who, as I see it, didn't do their job correctly." as some conspiracy theorists view this as well as others, they see this quote as the Secretary saying that he will be holding the Senator's salaries hostage because they didn't vote they way that he wanted and will probably lower Senator's salaries again in February.<br><br /><br><br />Though the budget has passed, so in the long run while it didn't get the support other budgets in the past have it stilled passed which means that the government can continue operating and no shutdown will be had, but this could also mean that more thought and planning will be going into the next budget and hopefully it will be able to get more votes and be a better budget.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />PUBLISHING ON JANUARY 19TH.<br><br /><br><br />NARUTO RP GOING ON!<br><br /><br><br />Naruto.<br><br /><br><br />With a slue of other role plays going on several people have still found time to start another one which looks very promising or at least for now, a Naruto role play. The role play which as you might have figured out takes place in the world of Naruto where people get to develop their own characters who can the ability to have some totally awesome jutsu. Currently in the RP there is a tournament in the Leaf Village that will be testing the skills of shinobi and ninja all over the world, which was done to see what our characters got versus others. So far the tournament hasn't started so new members can join at anytime they want, no knowledge of Naruto needed, but helpful.<br><br /><br><br />That's not all there is also a lot of out of context talk about Naruto like pairings, you know Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Tenten, so on. However many other role plays have started out just as fine like the New Modern World RP, and many others but soon fall to inactivity and other nasty things. Will the Naruto RP also fall to those things? Let's hope not but only time will actually tell us. That's time for you, always holding the secrets we want to know.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />UPDATE ON THE MESSENGER AND NRI<br><br /><br><br />I was wanting to use this picture :3<br><br /><br><br />Hello everyone and thank you once again for reading the wonderful paper that we like to call The Messenger. Before we get into everything else about the company I'd just like to tell you a few things. The first time The Messenger appeared in NationStates was several years ago as The British Messenger in The United Kingdom, it didn't stay for long though later I believe I opened it up again in The Kingdom of Denmark as The Danish Messenger. The Messenger might have also been in a couple other regions but I forget. Now we've been in The Allied Republic and first published on July 25, 2012. Now it's January 12, 2014 and this is our 27th issue. We are one of the oldest and longest running papers here and are nearing our 30th issue. It has been quite a journey and we'd like to thank you for helping us out every step of the way.<br><br /><br><br />Next we'd like to talk about The Messenger Postal Service, the very first postal service of it's kind in the region. It is a subdivision of The Messenger which as the name implies sends out letters, messages, and telegrams. The company has a very effective formula for determining payment. The base fee, currently $100, then $3 times the number of messages or telegrams you want to send out, then if you want us to write the letter an additional fee is added.<br><br /><br><br />The Goddess Casino has also opened up which deals with bets, gambling and all that other cool stuff. It recently held bets on the elections and will probably do so again next election. It is also working to develop a lotto and other forms of gambling.<br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries is doing quite well and has been seeing good profits so far from it's various companies and will be publishing a finial report very soon.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />Speaker Hunteiria making sure that the Senate is Active and Doing Fine while following the rules and being awesome.<br><br /><br><br />Support Her Today!<br><br /><br><br />AN INTERVIEW WITH TROOK ABOUT HIS NEW ELECTIONS ACT<br><br /><br><br />Today we sat down with Secretary of the Interior Trook where we we're able to talk to him about Election Act VI which he hopes will help to improve the region and cut down on the red tape that's involved with our election process.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 1. How will this new Elections Act be cutting red tape and how will it help the election process?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: The new act will help by cutting down bureaucracy such as the election reports as long with cutting down in the wording of the law to make it simpler to understand what quicker to find out what you need to know.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 2. Why did you decide to write a new elections act?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well as part of my tasks as Secretary of the Interior I have been tasked by President Free States to cut down on the admin side of the SOI and to deal with some issues that people raised and he himself agreed with that made people feel restricted in the elections particularly in regards to political parties being limited to only have as many candidates as there are seats to win in the senate elections.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 3. Why do you think it is better than the current one?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well this version is less cumbersome than the lasts in terms of limitations and formal reports which some Secretaries ignored, I am not naming names but there was a key link between getting elected to senate then not doing the report. I also admit to myself that it is a lot simpler as I can almost fir it on one screen without having to slide down whilst keeping necessary regulation.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 4. Imperium also proposed an election act not too long ago, why do you think yours is better?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Although I know Imperium will disagree but I feel his is too simple to the point we lose standardisation which keeps the elections the name every time so no one can start saying one election is harder than the other due to how they were organised. Secondly you also lost a lot of accountability in his due to the SOI not even being required to encourage people to vote or to stand as candidates which I think would lead elections having less participation along with the Senate loosing he ability to impeach the SOI if they done a job so bad that they had to be remove.<br><br /><br><br />TM: Alright, thank you. Is there anything else you would like to add?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: It has the formal and official support of the President + It looks like Imps may be voted down in the senate<br><br /><br><br />There you have it folks straight from the Secretary himself.<br><br /><br><br />CULTURE/OPINION/GOOD ANIME SECTION - WINTERTIME EDITION!<br><br /><br><br />Hello, Hello, Hello we are once again back for another addition to my favorite section. Remember that the names of the new ones are links to MyAnimeList were you can find more information, Synopsis, reviews, average score, Voice Actors, and more! Also I would be happy to talk about any series or movie that you might want to discuss. Also I have found out about a new anime site. Once again I shall list the names of those I have done. Also Lewis and Daniel is always happy to talk about anime with you. Or if you need to know some anime sites just ask! This time you will also be getting a Summer time edition! Why because with summer coming round you might just have more time to spend watching anime and reading manga not just short ones either. Also we have a couple new anime watching fans out there. We will keep up with these Summertime Editions for a while, while the summer and anime always stay in our heart. This might just be our last summertime edition sadly enough but I might just keep things the same and spice things up and put a couple new things in here. Please know that as we go back and look at some or if I have on my blog, I will be putting a (R) after it to show that I have already done it, it is not apart of the title like (TV) or (2005) might be<br><br /><br><br />Spice and Wolf (R)<br><br /><br><br />Nodame Cantabile<br><br /><br><br />Code Geass<br><br /><br><br />School Rumble (R)<br><br /><br><br />Honey and Clover<br><br /><br><br />Clannad (R)<br><br /><br><br />Great Teacher Onizuka<br><br /><br><br />Eden of the East<br><br /><br><br />Kimi ni Todoke (R)<br><br /><br><br />Mushishi<br><br /><br><br />Ah My Goddess (R)<br><br /><br><br />Full Metal Panic<br><br /><br><br />Trigun<br><br /><br><br />Kino's Journey<br><br /><br><br />ef - a tale of memories<br><br /><br><br />The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<br><br /><br><br />Toradora<br><br /><br><br />K-On!<br><br /><br><br />One Piece<br><br /><br><br />Guin Saga<br><br /><br><br />Sekirei<br><br /><br><br />Rec<br><br /><br><br />Glass Mask (2005)<br><br /><br><br />Durarara!!<br><br /><br><br />Cowboy Bebop<br><br /><br><br />Angel Beats!<br><br /><br><br />Usagi Drop (R)<br><br /><br><br />Itazura na Kiss<br><br /><br><br />Kobato.<br><br /><br><br />Ouran High School Host Club<br><br /><br><br />Princess Jellyfish<br><br /><br><br />Genshiken<br><br /><br><br />Hanasaku Iroha<br><br /><br><br />Skip Beat!<br><br /><br><br />Kids on the Slope<br><br /><br><br />Eureka Seven<br><br /><br><br />Death Note<br><br /><br><br />Black Lagoon<br><br /><br><br />One Outs<br><br /><br><br />Princess Tutu<br><br /><br><br />Fullmetal Alchemist<br><br /><br><br />Love Hina<br><br /><br><br />Hyouka<br><br /><br><br />Cross Game<br><br /><br><br />Waiting in the Summer<br><br /><br><br />Psycho-Pass<br><br /><br><br />Sword Art Online<br><br /><br><br />Mirai Nikki (TV)<br><br /><br><br />Crest of the Stars<br><br /><br><br />Attack on Titan<br><br /><br><br />Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo<br><br /><br><br />Beck<br><br /><br><br />Tari Tari<br><br /><br><br />Kemono no Souja Erin<br><br /><br><br />Gin no Saji<br><br /><br><br />Maoyuu Maou Yuusha<br><br /><br><br />Tokyo Godfathers<br><br /><br><br />1. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor -- Also sometimes called Musekinin Kanchou Tylor. It aired in 1993. It starts out with Justy Ueki Tylor who after seeing an ad decides to join the military, get a desk job, and then retire with a fat pension. That was until he managed to save an former admiral from people who were holding him hostage and to reward Tylor he is promoted and becomes the Captain of the Soyokaze. It goes on from there.<br><br /><br><br />The Story is good, it's entertaining and enjoyable. It's not really deep but it still has a nice story. It is a comedy, parody, space, military, anime. It is really funny a lot of the time. It is nice to watch and let's you break away from life and drama. At times you may stray away from it but you'll come back. The Characters are pretty good, Captain Tylor is really funny and a likable and enjoyable character as well as others like Yuriko, Yamamoto, and Goza. I liked them. Character development is there, the characters really change through out the anime. You see how the crew grows together and how they change. It's pretty good. The music is good, I really enjoyed the opening and ending themes and as well as some of the other soundtracks, they were pretty good and I wish I could find the ringtones. I watched the English dub, it was good, I thought that the voices matched the characters pretty well. The animation is old, it was from 1993, but I also liked watching that older animation sometimes. It isn't the best but it's fine.<br><br /><br><br />The ending was nice, there is a OVA squeal but I haven't seen it yet. The enjoyment is good, I liked it, it was nice. It was also nice to watch older anime, I do like watching older anime sometimes.<br><br /><br><br />2. Nodame Cantabile -- One of my favorite anime, it deals with music and the life of Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda or as everyone calls her Nodame. The story starts off with Chiaki walking around campus of a music college, and says that everything's bad or terrible or something, but he then hears something that's not terrible. Chiaki is from a respectable family and has traveled around Europe and has been in Japan for a while. He can play the piano and the violin and is good at both, however wishes to become a conductor and he is a perfectionist. Nodame plays the piano an unkempt girl. The story goes on.<br><br /><br><br />The story is wonderful, I really enjoyed it and it was amazing. I really liked it, it deals with music, slice of of life, drama, romance, comedy, and is josei. I really liked it as it told a wonderful story and I really liked how it deals with college. The pacing is also well done. The Characters are wonderful, Chiaki and Nodame are wonderful and amazing I really liked them as well as many of the other characters like Milch. Not only that but I also like the relationships between the characters. The Character development was also pretty well done and it's nice. You can see how they develop and move. The music, really key to the anime as it deals with classical music. The music is wonderful, the opening and ending are very wonderful and I like them and have used both of them as ringtones. Not only that but the songs that they play though out the series. This anime really helped me to really start liking classical music again. Now for the voice acting I watched the first season dubbed on Crackle and it was great I really liked it the voices were good, but I don't think that they have dubbed any further than that so I had to watch the second season subbed, which was good but I would have liked to have had the dubbed. The animation is also well done, I liked it.<br><br /><br><br />The ending of the first season was good of course I went to the second season later and still have to watch the third. The enjoyment is great, I really liked it. This is one of my favorite anime, I just love it. I have also read a lot fo the manga after it, I didn't jump ahead though and still need to finish reading a lot of it.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENTS<br><br /><br><br />Join the Church of Northerntal. We also always looking for new members for the Clergy.<br><br /><br><br />The Church of Northerntal can fulfill requests such as marriages, funerals, blessings, and etc.<br><br /><br><br />So We hope to see you at Cathedral of the Light here in TAR or one of our other locations.<br><br /><br><br />Thank you<br><br /><br><br />Read Lewis and Daniel's blog - The Lewis and Daniel of Anime!<br><br /><br><br />or on my new blogThis ends Issue #27 of The Messenger. We have come a long way because of your support! We thank you for reading and hope that you will read the issues to come. 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Free States and his running mate Libertarian Washington won but before they moved in a couple government officials gave one last address to the People this included Crescellia, who had to drop out of the race because of real life issues, who talked about his term in office and gave it that last huzzah and Lewis and Daniel who talked about what he had done while he was the Undersecretary of Defense. Not too long after Free States took office and got to work. One of our sources said that while Free States was cleaning out the Presidential mansion he found lots of things that others had left behind, like a secret dungeon with screams and cries coming from it, a stash of hentai, rope and a candle, some gum underneath one of the chairs, pants that had been hidden, and a whole lot more like his old gun that he hid in the English Dictionary. It isn't exactly known what Free States did with all of the things he found and we might never find out.<br><br /><br><br />Soon after that Free States released his appointments to the Cabinet which included older faces like Trook and Andune who are now the Secretary of the Interior and Treasure, respectfully, and newer faces like Emrys Mercer who will be taking over the military. Then not too long ago he released his nominations for Attorney General and the Supreme Court Justices to the Senate, with included Mytzonia, who still has to take law classes before he can assume the office, Imperium, Conserlan, and New Lafayette, respectfully.<br><br /><br><br />The Senate also saw some new senators in the elections with Western Timpetotia, Bacilli, and Britarvia all coming back to the Senate after time away and Aurumaquaria replacing Andune and getting his first chance in the region to serve office. With new senators coming in that also means that speaker elections must also come to fruition, this time with Hunteiria, Queen Rebecca and Lewis and Daniel all running. The race was tight however after Hunteiria and Queen Rebecca tied 4 to 4 Lewis and Daniel broke the tie by changing his vote from himself to Hunteiria who will once again be our Speaker.<br><br /><br><br />Hopefully this coming term will be a good one but as many people like to say only time will tell.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />ARE YOU A CEO? meaning that the budget only passed by 2 votes and a very slim margin, perhaps the smallest margin a budget has passed on in over 6 months. The Senators voting against and abstaining did so for a variety of reasons such as cutting the salaries of senators who had no say in if they wanted their salary cut yet saying that they did, little transparency and no receipt from the Department of Treasury on how they exactly spend $25,000 while other departments who had published a receipt and had the ability to spend more were left at under $5,000, among other issues.<br><br /><br><br />However this seemed to infuriate the Secretary and a few others who barged in on the voting stage in the Senate and disrupted the chamber, who will be fined. Order was restored. However the Secretary went on to post several other posts in other threads about the budget and what he thought of the senators who didn't vote for it, once such quote "So don't expect me to raise any payments again for Senators who, as I see it, didn't do their job correctly." as some conspiracy theorists view this as well as others, they see this quote as the Secretary saying that he will be holding the Senator's salaries hostage because they didn't vote they way that he wanted and will probably lower Senator's salaries again in February.<br><br /><br><br />Though the budget has passed, so in the long run while it didn't get the support other budgets in the past have it stilled passed which means that the government can continue operating and no shutdown will be had, but this could also mean that more thought and planning will be going into the next budget and hopefully it will be able to get more votes and be a better budget.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />PUBLISHING ON JANUARY 19TH.<br><br /><br><br />NARUTO RP GOING ON!<br><br /><br><br />Naruto.<br><br /><br><br />With a slue of other role plays going on several people have still found time to start another one which looks very promising or at least for now, a Naruto role play. The role play which as you might have figured out takes place in the world of Naruto where people get to develop their own characters who can the ability to have some totally awesome jutsu. Currently in the RP there is a tournament in the Leaf Village that will be testing the skills of shinobi and ninja all over the world, which was done to see what our characters got versus others. So far the tournament hasn't started so new members can join at anytime they want, no knowledge of Naruto needed, but helpful.<br><br /><br><br />That's not all there is also a lot of out of context talk about Naruto like pairings, you know Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Tenten, so on. However many other role plays have started out just as fine like the New Modern World RP, and many others but soon fall to inactivity and other nasty things. Will the Naruto RP also fall to those things? Let's hope not but only time will actually tell us. That's time for you, always holding the secrets we want to know.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />UPDATE ON THE MESSENGER AND NRI<br><br /><br><br />I was wanting to use this picture :3<br><br /><br><br />Hello everyone and thank you once again for reading the wonderful paper that we like to call The Messenger. Before we get into everything else about the company I'd just like to tell you a few things. The first time The Messenger appeared in NationStates was several years ago as The British Messenger in The United Kingdom, it didn't stay for long though later I believe I opened it up again in The Kingdom of Denmark as The Danish Messenger. The Messenger might have also been in a couple other regions but I forget. Now we've been in The Allied Republic and first published on July 25, 2012. Now it's January 12, 2014 and this is our 27th issue. We are one of the oldest and longest running papers here and are nearing our 30th issue. It has been quite a journey and we'd like to thank you for helping us out every step of the way.<br><br /><br><br />Next we'd like to talk about The Messenger Postal Service, the very first postal service of it's kind in the region. It is a subdivision of The Messenger which as the name implies sends out letters, messages, and telegrams. The company has a very effective formula for determining payment. The base fee, currently $100, then $3 times the number of messages or telegrams you want to send out, then if you want us to write the letter an additional fee is added.<br><br /><br><br />The Goddess Casino has also opened up which deals with bets, gambling and all that other cool stuff. It recently held bets on the elections and will probably do so again next election. It is also working to develop a lotto and other forms of gambling.<br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries is doing quite well and has been seeing good profits so far from it's various companies and will be publishing a finial report very soon.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />Speaker Hunteiria making sure that the Senate is Active and Doing Fine while following the rules and being awesome.<br><br /><br><br />Support Her Today!<br><br /><br><br />AN INTERVIEW WITH TROOK ABOUT HIS NEW ELECTIONS ACT<br><br /><br><br />Today we sat down with Secretary of the Interior Trook where we we're able to talk to him about Election Act VI which he hopes will help to improve the region and cut down on the red tape that's involved with our election process.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 1. How will this new Elections Act be cutting red tape and how will it help the election process?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: The new act will help by cutting down bureaucracy such as the election reports as long with cutting down in the wording of the law to make it simpler to understand what quicker to find out what you need to know.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 2. Why did you decide to write a new elections act?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well as part of my tasks as Secretary of the Interior I have been tasked by President Free States to cut down on the admin side of the SOI and to deal with some issues that people raised and he himself agreed with that made people feel restricted in the elections particularly in regards to political parties being limited to only have as many candidates as there are seats to win in the senate elections.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 3. Why do you think it is better than the current one?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well this version is less cumbersome than the lasts in terms of limitations and formal reports which some Secretaries ignored, I am not naming names but there was a key link between getting elected to senate then not doing the report. I also admit to myself that it is a lot simpler as I can almost fir it on one screen without having to slide down whilst keeping necessary regulation.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 4. Imperium also proposed an election act not too long ago, why do you think yours is better?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Although I know Imperium will disagree but I feel his is too simple to the point we lose standardisation which keeps the elections the name every time so no one can start saying one election is harder than the other due to how they were organised. Secondly you also lost a lot of accountability in his due to the SOI not even being required to encourage people to vote or to stand as candidates which I think would lead elections having less participation along with the Senate loosing he ability to impeach the SOI if they done a job so bad that they had to be remove.<br><br /><br><br />TM: Alright, thank you. Is there anything else you would like to add?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: It has the formal and official support of the President + It looks like Imps may be voted down in the senate<br><br /><br><br />There you have it folks straight from the Secretary himself.<br><br /><br><br />CULTURE/OPINION/GOOD ANIME SECTION - WINTERTIME EDITION!<br><br /><br><br />Hello, Hello, Hello we are once again back for another addition to my favorite section. Remember that the names of the new ones are links to MyAnimeList were you can find more information, Synopsis, reviews, average score, Voice Actors, and more! Also I would be happy to talk about any series or movie that you might want to discuss. Also I have found out about a new anime site. Once again I shall list the names of those I have done. Also Lewis and Daniel is always happy to talk about anime with you. Or if you need to know some anime sites just ask! This time you will also be getting a Summer time edition! Why because with summer coming round you might just have more time to spend watching anime and reading manga not just short ones either. Also we have a couple new anime watching fans out there. We will keep up with these Summertime Editions for a while, while the summer and anime always stay in our heart. This might just be our last summertime edition sadly enough but I might just keep things the same and spice things up and put a couple new things in here. Please know that as we go back and look at some or if I have on my blog, I will be putting a (R) after it to show that I have already done it, it is not apart of the title like (TV) or (2005) might be<br><br /><br><br />Spice and Wolf (R)<br><br /><br><br />Nodame Cantabile<br><br /><br><br />Code Geass<br><br /><br><br />School Rumble (R)<br><br /><br><br />Honey and Clover<br><br /><br><br />Clannad (R)<br><br /><br><br />Great Teacher Onizuka<br><br /><br><br />Eden of the East<br><br /><br><br />Kimi ni Todoke (R)<br><br /><br><br />Mushishi<br><br /><br><br />Ah My Goddess (R)<br><br /><br><br />Full Metal Panic<br><br /><br><br />Trigun<br><br /><br><br />Kino's Journey<br><br /><br><br />ef - a tale of memories<br><br /><br><br />The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<br><br /><br><br />Toradora<br><br /><br><br />K-On!<br><br /><br><br />One Piece<br><br /><br><br />Guin Saga<br><br /><br><br />Sekirei<br><br /><br><br />Rec<br><br /><br><br />Glass Mask (2005)<br><br /><br><br />Durarara!!<br><br /><br><br />Cowboy Bebop<br><br /><br><br />Angel Beats!<br><br /><br><br />Usagi Drop (R)<br><br /><br><br />Itazura na Kiss<br><br /><br><br />Kobato.<br><br /><br><br />Ouran High School Host Club<br><br /><br><br />Princess Jellyfish<br><br /><br><br />Genshiken<br><br /><br><br />Hanasaku Iroha<br><br /><br><br />Skip Beat!<br><br /><br><br />Kids on the Slope<br><br /><br><br />Eureka Seven<br><br /><br><br />Death Note<br><br /><br><br />Black Lagoon<br><br /><br><br />One Outs<br><br /><br><br />Princess Tutu<br><br /><br><br />Fullmetal Alchemist<br><br /><br><br />Love Hina<br><br /><br><br />Hyouka<br><br /><br><br />Cross Game<br><br /><br><br />Waiting in the Summer<br><br /><br><br />Psycho-Pass<br><br /><br><br />Sword Art Online<br><br /><br><br />Mirai Nikki (TV)<br><br /><br><br />Crest of the Stars<br><br /><br><br />Attack on Titan<br><br /><br><br />Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo<br><br /><br><br />Beck<br><br /><br><br />Tari Tari<br><br /><br><br />Kemono no Souja Erin<br><br /><br><br />Gin no Saji<br><br /><br><br />Maoyuu Maou Yuusha<br><br /><br><br />Tokyo Godfathers<br><br /><br><br />1. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor -- Also sometimes called Musekinin Kanchou Tylor. It aired in 1993. It starts out with Justy Ueki Tylor who after seeing an ad decides to join the military, get a desk job, and then retire with a fat pension. That was until he managed to save an former admiral from people who were holding him hostage and to reward Tylor he is promoted and becomes the Captain of the Soyokaze. It goes on from there.<br><br /><br><br />The Story is good, it's entertaining and enjoyable. It's not really deep but it still has a nice story. It is a comedy, parody, space, military, anime. It is really funny a lot of the time. It is nice to watch and let's you break away from life and drama. At times you may stray away from it but you'll come back. The Characters are pretty good, Captain Tylor is really funny and a likable and enjoyable character as well as others like Yuriko, Yamamoto, and Goza. I liked them. Character development is there, the characters really change through out the anime. You see how the crew grows together and how they change. It's pretty good. The music is good, I really enjoyed the opening and ending themes and as well as some of the other soundtracks, they were pretty good and I wish I could find the ringtones. I watched the English dub, it was good, I thought that the voices matched the characters pretty well. The animation is old, it was from 1993, but I also liked watching that older animation sometimes. It isn't the best but it's fine.<br><br /><br><br />The ending was nice, there is a OVA squeal but I haven't seen it yet. The enjoyment is good, I liked it, it was nice. It was also nice to watch older anime, I do like watching older anime sometimes.<br><br /><br><br />2. Nodame Cantabile -- One of my favorite anime, it deals with music and the life of Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda or as everyone calls her Nodame. The story starts off with Chiaki walking around campus of a music college, and says that everything's bad or terrible or something, but he then hears something that's not terrible. Chiaki is from a respectable family and has traveled around Europe and has been in Japan for a while. He can play the piano and the violin and is good at both, however wishes to become a conductor and he is a perfectionist. Nodame plays the piano an unkempt girl. The story goes on.<br><br /><br><br />The story is wonderful, I really enjoyed it and it was amazing. I really liked it, it deals with music, slice of of life, drama, romance, comedy, and is josei. I really liked it as it told a wonderful story and I really liked how it deals with college. The pacing is also well done. The Characters are wonderful, Chiaki and Nodame are wonderful and amazing I really liked them as well as many of the other characters like Milch. Not only that but I also like the relationships between the characters. The Character development was also pretty well done and it's nice. You can see how they develop and move. The music, really key to the anime as it deals with classical music. The music is wonderful, the opening and ending are very wonderful and I like them and have used both of them as ringtones. Not only that but the songs that they play though out the series. This anime really helped me to really start liking classical music again. Now for the voice acting I watched the first season dubbed on Crackle and it was great I really liked it the voices were good, but I don't think that they have dubbed any further than that so I had to watch the second season subbed, which was good but I would have liked to have had the dubbed. The animation is also well done, I liked it.<br><br /><br><br />The ending of the first season was good of course I went to the second season later and still have to watch the third. The enjoyment is great, I really liked it. This is one of my favorite anime, I just love it. I have also read a lot fo the manga after it, I didn't jump ahead though and still need to finish reading a lot of it.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENTS<br><br /><br><br />Join the Church of Northerntal. We also always looking for new members for the Clergy.<br><br /><br><br />The Church of Northerntal can fulfill requests such as marriages, funerals, blessings, and etc.<br><br /><br><br />So We hope to see you at Cathedral of the Light here in TAR or one of our other locations.<br><br /><br><br />Thank you<br><br /><br><br />Read Lewis and Daniel's blog - The Lewis and Daniel of Anime!<br><br /><br><br />or on my new blogThis ends Issue #27 of The Messenger. We have come a long way because of your support! We thank you for reading and hope that you will read the issues to come. And Thanks to all of you who have said that The Messenger is better that the Imperial Tabloids it means a lot, and we hope that you will continue this support forever and always. We are right now the #1 News out there!<br><br /><br><br />If you have any comments please feel free to post. If you would like an advertisement in The Messenger the please contact NRI and we can work something out. Also if you want to write your own article in The Messenger then contact NRI or the Chief-in-Editor<br><br /><br><br />Also thank you all we now have had 2804 page views on our blog! Really thanks a lot, it means a lot. I'm just stunned by this, really. It is amazing that we have that many! Thanks for all your continued help and support!<br><br /><br><br />A Special thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge!<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoVyVsOwBAQAMATrUWf6WUaREqDFdaH2zed3wnM9UJ0prKJBXgmasImenolFo4yaqlWlApj78ODPuA1ZZg2QW3wHxRqHKD5OmyK7j6XXQTO6QOHFR6F' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-15868576935595526642014-01-31T20:45:00.001-08:002014-01-31T20:45:56.550-08:00Issue #27<br><br /><br><br />January 15, 2014<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries<br><br /><br><br />"We speak the truth"<br><br /><br><br />Bringing you the truth, the news, the anime and the conspiracies for over a year.<br><br /><br><br />A Thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br><br /><br><br />A NEW GOVERNMENT IN TOWN!<br><br /><br><br />I couldn't find anything else, trust me I looked for a while<br><br /><br><br />With a new government in town, well actually they've been here awhile so more like with a new government in power it marks the end of a term and the start of a new one. Free States and his running mate Libertarian Washington won but before they moved in a couple government officials gave one last address to the People this included Crescellia, who had to drop out of the race because of real life issues, who talked about his term in office and gave it that last huzzah and Lewis and Daniel who talked about what he had done while he was the Undersecretary of Defense. Not too long after Free States took office and got to work. One of our sources said that while Free States was cleaning out the Presidential mansion he found lots of things that others had left behind, like a secret dungeon with screams and cries coming from it, a stash of hentai, rope and a candle, some gum underneath one of the chairs, pants that had been hidden, and a whole lot more like his old gun that he hid in the English Dictionary. It isn't exactly known what Free States did with all of the things he found and we might never find out.<br><br /><br><br />Soon after that Free States released his appointments to the Cabinet which included older faces like Trook and Andune who are now the Secretary of the Interior and Treasure, respectfully, and newer faces like Emrys Mercer who will be taking over the military. Then not too long ago he released his nominations for Attorney General and the Supreme Court Justices to the Senate, with included Mytzonia, who still has to take law classes before he can assume the office, Imperium, Conserlan, and New Lafayette, respectfully.<br><br /><br><br />The Senate also saw some new senators in the elections with Western Timpetotia, Bacilli, and Britarvia all coming back to the Senate after time away and Aurumaquaria replacing Andune and getting his first chance in the region to serve office. With new senators coming in that also means that speaker elections must also come to fruition, this time with Hunteiria, Queen Rebecca and Lewis and Daniel all running. The race was tight however after Hunteiria and Queen Rebecca tied 4 to 4 Lewis and Daniel broke the tie by changing his vote from himself to Hunteiria who will once again be our Speaker.<br><br /><br><br />Hopefully this coming term will be a good one but as many people like to say only time will tell.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />ARE YOU A CEO? meaning that the budget only passed by 2 votes and a very slim margin, perhaps the smallest margin a budget has passed on in over 6 months. The Senators voting against and abstaining did so for a variety of reasons such as cutting the salaries of senators who had no say in if they wanted their salary cut yet saying that they did, little transparency and no receipt from the Department of Treasury on how they exactly spend $25,000 while other departments who had published a receipt and had the ability to spend more were left at under $5,000, among other issues.<br><br /><br><br />However this seemed to infuriate the Secretary and a few others who barged in on the voting stage in the Senate and disrupted the chamber, who will be fined. Order was restored. However the Secretary went on to post several other posts in other threads about the budget and what he thought of the senators who didn't vote for it, once such quote "So don't expect me to raise any payments again for Senators who, as I see it, didn't do their job correctly." as some conspiracy theorists view this as well as others, they see this quote as the Secretary saying that he will be holding the Senator's salaries hostage because they didn't vote they way that he wanted and will probably lower Senator's salaries again in February.<br><br /><br><br />Though the budget has passed, so in the long run while it didn't get the support other budgets in the past have it stilled passed which means that the government can continue operating and no shutdown will be had, but this could also mean that more thought and planning will be going into the next budget and hopefully it will be able to get more votes and be a better budget.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />PUBLISHING ON JANUARY 19TH.<br><br /><br><br />NARUTO RP GOING ON!<br><br /><br><br />Naruto.<br><br /><br><br />With a slue of other role plays going on several people have still found time to start another one which looks very promising or at least for now, a Naruto role play. The role play which as you might have figured out takes place in the world of Naruto where people get to develop their own characters who can the ability to have some totally awesome jutsu. Currently in the RP there is a tournament in the Leaf Village that will be testing the skills of shinobi and ninja all over the world, which was done to see what our characters got versus others. So far the tournament hasn't started so new members can join at anytime they want, no knowledge of Naruto needed, but helpful.<br><br /><br><br />That's not all there is also a lot of out of context talk about Naruto like pairings, you know Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Tenten, so on. However many other role plays have started out just as fine like the New Modern World RP, and many others but soon fall to inactivity and other nasty things. Will the Naruto RP also fall to those things? Let's hope not but only time will actually tell us. That's time for you, always holding the secrets we want to know.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />UPDATE ON THE MESSENGER AND NRI<br><br /><br><br />I was wanting to use this picture :3<br><br /><br><br />Hello everyone and thank you once again for reading the wonderful paper that we like to call The Messenger. Before we get into everything else about the company I'd just like to tell you a few things. The first time The Messenger appeared in NationStates was several years ago as The British Messenger in The United Kingdom, it didn't stay for long though later I believe I opened it up again in The Kingdom of Denmark as The Danish Messenger. The Messenger might have also been in a couple other regions but I forget. Now we've been in The Allied Republic and first published on July 25, 2012. Now it's January 12, 2014 and this is our 27th issue. We are one of the oldest and longest running papers here and are nearing our 30th issue. It has been quite a journey and we'd like to thank you for helping us out every step of the way.<br><br /><br><br />Next we'd like to talk about The Messenger Postal Service, the very first postal service of it's kind in the region. It is a subdivision of The Messenger which as the name implies sends out letters, messages, and telegrams. The company has a very effective formula for determining payment. The base fee, currently $100, then $3 times the number of messages or telegrams you want to send out, then if you want us to write the letter an additional fee is added.<br><br /><br><br />The Goddess Casino has also opened up which deals with bets, gambling and all that other cool stuff. It recently held bets on the elections and will probably do so again next election. It is also working to develop a lotto and other forms of gambling.<br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries is doing quite well and has been seeing good profits so far from it's various companies and will be publishing a finial report very soon.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />Speaker Hunteiria making sure that the Senate is Active and Doing Fine while following the rules and being awesome.<br><br /><br><br />Support Her Today!<br><br /><br><br />AN INTERVIEW WITH TROOK ABOUT HIS NEW ELECTIONS ACT<br><br /><br><br />Today we sat down with Secretary of the Interior Trook where we we're able to talk to him about Election Act VI which he hopes will help to improve the region and cut down on the red tape that's involved with our election process.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 1. How will this new Elections Act be cutting red tape and how will it help the election process?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: The new act will help by cutting down bureaucracy such as the election reports as long with cutting down in the wording of the law to make it simpler to understand what quicker to find out what you need to know.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 2. Why did you decide to write a new elections act?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well as part of my tasks as Secretary of the Interior I have been tasked by President Free States to cut down on the admin side of the SOI and to deal with some issues that people raised and he himself agreed with that made people feel restricted in the elections particularly in regards to political parties being limited to only have as many candidates as there are seats to win in the senate elections.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 3. Why do you think it is better than the current one?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well this version is less cumbersome than the lasts in terms of limitations and formal reports which some Secretaries ignored, I am not naming names but there was a key link between getting elected to senate then not doing the report. I also admit to myself that it is a lot simpler as I can almost fir it on one screen without having to slide down whilst keeping necessary regulation.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 4. Imperium also proposed an election act not too long ago, why do you think yours is better?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Although I know Imperium will disagree but I feel his is too simple to the point we lose standardisation which keeps the elections the name every time so no one can start saying one election is harder than the other due to how they were organised. Secondly you also lost a lot of accountability in his due to the SOI not even being required to encourage people to vote or to stand as candidates which I think would lead elections having less participation along with the Senate loosing he ability to impeach the SOI if they done a job so bad that they had to be remove.<br><br /><br><br />TM: Alright, thank you. Is there anything else you would like to add?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: It has the formal and official support of the President + It looks like Imps may be voted down in the senate<br><br /><br><br />There you have it folks straight from the Secretary himself.<br><br /><br><br />CULTURE/OPINION/GOOD ANIME SECTION - WINTERTIME EDITION!<br><br /><br><br />Hello, Hello, Hello we are once again back for another addition to my favorite section. Remember that the names of the new ones are links to MyAnimeList were you can find more information, Synopsis, reviews, average score, Voice Actors, and more! Also I would be happy to talk about any series or movie that you might want to discuss. Also I have found out about a new anime site. Once again I shall list the names of those I have done. Also Lewis and Daniel is always happy to talk about anime with you. Or if you need to know some anime sites just ask! This time you will also be getting a Summer time edition! Why because with summer coming round you might just have more time to spend watching anime and reading manga not just short ones either. Also we have a couple new anime watching fans out there. We will keep up with these Summertime Editions for a while, while the summer and anime always stay in our heart. This might just be our last summertime edition sadly enough but I might just keep things the same and spice things up and put a couple new things in here. Please know that as we go back and look at some or if I have on my blog, I will be putting a (R) after it to show that I have already done it, it is not apart of the title like (TV) or (2005) might be<br><br /><br><br />Spice and Wolf (R)<br><br /><br><br />Nodame Cantabile<br><br /><br><br />Code Geass<br><br /><br><br />School Rumble (R)<br><br /><br><br />Honey and Clover<br><br /><br><br />Clannad (R)<br><br /><br><br />Great Teacher Onizuka<br><br /><br><br />Eden of the East<br><br /><br><br />Kimi ni Todoke (R)<br><br /><br><br />Mushishi<br><br /><br><br />Ah My Goddess (R)<br><br /><br><br />Full Metal Panic<br><br /><br><br />Trigun<br><br /><br><br />Kino's Journey<br><br /><br><br />ef - a tale of memories<br><br /><br><br />The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<br><br /><br><br />Toradora<br><br /><br><br />K-On!<br><br /><br><br />One Piece<br><br /><br><br />Guin Saga<br><br /><br><br />Sekirei<br><br /><br><br />Rec<br><br /><br><br />Glass Mask (2005)<br><br /><br><br />Durarara!!<br><br /><br><br />Cowboy Bebop<br><br /><br><br />Angel Beats!<br><br /><br><br />Usagi Drop (R)<br><br /><br><br />Itazura na Kiss<br><br /><br><br />Kobato.<br><br /><br><br />Ouran High School Host Club<br><br /><br><br />Princess Jellyfish<br><br /><br><br />Genshiken<br><br /><br><br />Hanasaku Iroha<br><br /><br><br />Skip Beat!<br><br /><br><br />Kids on the Slope<br><br /><br><br />Eureka Seven<br><br /><br><br />Death Note<br><br /><br><br />Black Lagoon<br><br /><br><br />One Outs<br><br /><br><br />Princess Tutu<br><br /><br><br />Fullmetal Alchemist<br><br /><br><br />Love Hina<br><br /><br><br />Hyouka<br><br /><br><br />Cross Game<br><br /><br><br />Waiting in the Summer<br><br /><br><br />Psycho-Pass<br><br /><br><br />Sword Art Online<br><br /><br><br />Mirai Nikki (TV)<br><br /><br><br />Crest of the Stars<br><br /><br><br />Attack on Titan<br><br /><br><br />Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo<br><br /><br><br />Beck<br><br /><br><br />Tari Tari<br><br /><br><br />Kemono no Souja Erin<br><br /><br><br />Gin no Saji<br><br /><br><br />Maoyuu Maou Yuusha<br><br /><br><br />Tokyo Godfathers<br><br /><br><br />1. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor -- Also sometimes called Musekinin Kanchou Tylor. It aired in 1993. It starts out with Justy Ueki Tylor who after seeing an ad decides to join the military, get a desk job, and then retire with a fat pension. That was until he managed to save an former admiral from people who were holding him hostage and to reward Tylor he is promoted and becomes the Captain of the Soyokaze. It goes on from there.<br><br /><br><br />The Story is good, it's entertaining and enjoyable. It's not really deep but it still has a nice story. It is a comedy, parody, space, military, anime. It is really funny a lot of the time. It is nice to watch and let's you break away from life and drama. At times you may stray away from it but you'll come back. The Characters are pretty good, Captain Tylor is really funny and a likable and enjoyable character as well as others like Yuriko, Yamamoto, and Goza. I liked them. Character development is there, the characters really change through out the anime. You see how the crew grows together and how they change. It's pretty good. The music is good, I really enjoyed the opening and ending themes and as well as some of the other soundtracks, they were pretty good and I wish I could find the ringtones. I watched the English dub, it was good, I thought that the voices matched the characters pretty well. The animation is old, it was from 1993, but I also liked watching that older animation sometimes. It isn't the best but it's fine.<br><br /><br><br />The ending was nice, there is a OVA squeal but I haven't seen it yet. The enjoyment is good, I liked it, it was nice. It was also nice to watch older anime, I do like watching older anime sometimes.<br><br /><br><br />2. Nodame Cantabile -- One of my favorite anime, it deals with music and the life of Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda or as everyone calls her Nodame. The story starts off with Chiaki walking around campus of a music college, and says that everything's bad or terrible or something, but he then hears something that's not terrible. Chiaki is from a respectable family and has traveled around Europe and has been in Japan for a while. He can play the piano and the violin and is good at both, however wishes to become a conductor and he is a perfectionist. Nodame plays the piano an unkempt girl. The story goes on.<br><br /><br><br />The story is wonderful, I really enjoyed it and it was amazing. I really liked it, it deals with music, slice of of life, drama, romance, comedy, and is josei. I really liked it as it told a wonderful story and I really liked how it deals with college. The pacing is also well done. The Characters are wonderful, Chiaki and Nodame are wonderful and amazing I really liked them as well as many of the other characters like Milch. Not only that but I also like the relationships between the characters. The Character development was also pretty well done and it's nice. You can see how they develop and move. The music, really key to the anime as it deals with classical music. The music is wonderful, the opening and ending are very wonderful and I like them and have used both of them as ringtones. Not only that but the songs that they play though out the series. This anime really helped me to really start liking classical music again. Now for the voice acting I watched the first season dubbed on Crackle and it was great I really liked it the voices were good, but I don't think that they have dubbed any further than that so I had to watch the second season subbed, which was good but I would have liked to have had the dubbed. The animation is also well done, I liked it.<br><br /><br><br />The ending of the first season was good of course I went to the second season later and still have to watch the third. The enjoyment is great, I really liked it. This is one of my favorite anime, I just love it. I have also read a lot fo the manga after it, I didn't jump ahead though and still need to finish reading a lot of it.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENTS<br><br /><br><br />Join the Church of Northerntal. We also always looking for new members for the Clergy.<br><br /><br><br />The Church of Northerntal can fulfill requests such as marriages, funerals, blessings, and etc.<br><br /><br><br />So We hope to see you at Cathedral of the Light here in TAR or one of our other locations.<br><br /><br><br />Thank you<br><br /><br><br />Read Lewis and Daniel's blog - The Lewis and Daniel of Anime!<br><br /><br><br />or on my new blogThis ends Issue #27 of The Messenger. We have come a long way because of your support! We thank you for reading and hope that you will read the issues to come. And Thanks to all of you who have said that The Messenger is better that the Imperial Tabloids it means a lot, and we hope that you will continue this support forever and always. We are right now the #1 News out there!<br><br /><br><br />If you have any comments please feel free to post. If you would like an advertisement in The Messenger the please contact NRI and we can work something out. Also if you want to write your own article in The Messenger then contact NRI or the Chief-in-Editor<br><br /><br><br />Also thank you all we now have had 2804 page views on our blog! Really thanks a lot, it means a lot. I'm just stunned by this, really. It is amazing that we have that many! Thanks for all your continued help and support!<br><br /><br><br />A Special thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge!<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoVyUkOgCAMAMAXlQLRuHzGICGCAUpKOfB741wnirQT0bsmLlWQmYnVnenpjUR5Kmi1WVAbTL2PAHaD19XheIJZ4T%2BoxBKBQxt3Tv4y9thVlJI%2FpNUeuA%3D%3D' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-214191081621656302014-01-31T15:29:00.001-08:002014-01-31T15:29:34.349-08:00Issue #27<br><br /><br><br />January 15, 2014<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries<br><br /><br><br />"We speak the truth"<br><br /><br><br />Bringing you the truth, the news, the anime and the conspiracies for over a year.<br><br /><br><br />A Thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br><br /><br><br />A NEW GOVERNMENT IN TOWN!<br><br /><br><br />I couldn't find anything else, trust me I looked for a while<br><br /><br><br />With a new government in town, well actually they've been here awhile so more like with a new government in power it marks the end of a term and the start of a new one. Free States and his running mate Libertarian Washington won but before they moved in a couple government officials gave one last address to the People this included Crescellia, who had to drop out of the race because of real life issues, who talked about his term in office and gave it that last huzzah and Lewis and Daniel who talked about what he had done while he was the Undersecretary of Defense. Not too long after Free States took office and got to work. One of our sources said that while Free States was cleaning out the Presidential mansion he found lots of things that others had left behind, like a secret dungeon with screams and cries coming from it, a stash of hentai, rope and a candle, some gum underneath one of the chairs, pants that had been hidden, and a whole lot more like his old gun that he hid in the English Dictionary. It isn't exactly known what Free States did with all of the things he found and we might never find out.<br><br /><br><br />Soon after that Free States released his appointments to the Cabinet which included older faces like Trook and Andune who are now the Secretary of the Interior and Treasure, respectfully, and newer faces like Emrys Mercer who will be taking over the military. Then not too long ago he released his nominations for Attorney General and the Supreme Court Justices to the Senate, with included Mytzonia, who still has to take law classes before he can assume the office, Imperium, Conserlan, and New Lafayette, respectfully.<br><br /><br><br />The Senate also saw some new senators in the elections with Western Timpetotia, Bacilli, and Britarvia all coming back to the Senate after time away and Aurumaquaria replacing Andune and getting his first chance in the region to serve office. With new senators coming in that also means that speaker elections must also come to fruition, this time with Hunteiria, Queen Rebecca and Lewis and Daniel all running. The race was tight however after Hunteiria and Queen Rebecca tied 4 to 4 Lewis and Daniel broke the tie by changing his vote from himself to Hunteiria who will once again be our Speaker.<br><br /><br><br />Hopefully this coming term will be a good one but as many people like to say only time will tell.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />ARE YOU A CEO? meaning that the budget only passed by 2 votes and a very slim margin, perhaps the smallest margin a budget has passed on in over 6 months. The Senators voting against and abstaining did so for a variety of reasons such as cutting the salaries of senators who had no say in if they wanted their salary cut yet saying that they did, little transparency and no receipt from the Department of Treasury on how they exactly spend $25,000 while other departments who had published a receipt and had the ability to spend more were left at under $5,000, among other issues.<br><br /><br><br />However this seemed to infuriate the Secretary and a few others who barged in on the voting stage in the Senate and disrupted the chamber, who will be fined. Order was restored. However the Secretary went on to post several other posts in other threads about the budget and what he thought of the senators who didn't vote for it, once such quote "So don't expect me to raise any payments again for Senators who, as I see it, didn't do their job correctly." as some conspiracy theorists view this as well as others, they see this quote as the Secretary saying that he will be holding the Senator's salaries hostage because they didn't vote they way that he wanted and will probably lower Senator's salaries again in February.<br><br /><br><br />Though the budget has passed, so in the long run while it didn't get the support other budgets in the past have it stilled passed which means that the government can continue operating and no shutdown will be had, but this could also mean that more thought and planning will be going into the next budget and hopefully it will be able to get more votes and be a better budget.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />PUBLISHING ON JANUARY 19TH.<br><br /><br><br />NARUTO RP GOING ON!<br><br /><br><br />Naruto.<br><br /><br><br />With a slue of other role plays going on several people have still found time to start another one which looks very promising or at least for now, a Naruto role play. The role play which as you might have figured out takes place in the world of Naruto where people get to develop their own characters who can the ability to have some totally awesome jutsu. Currently in the RP there is a tournament in the Leaf Village that will be testing the skills of shinobi and ninja all over the world, which was done to see what our characters got versus others. So far the tournament hasn't started so new members can join at anytime they want, no knowledge of Naruto needed, but helpful.<br><br /><br><br />That's not all there is also a lot of out of context talk about Naruto like pairings, you know Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Tenten, so on. However many other role plays have started out just as fine like the New Modern World RP, and many others but soon fall to inactivity and other nasty things. Will the Naruto RP also fall to those things? Let's hope not but only time will actually tell us. That's time for you, always holding the secrets we want to know.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />UPDATE ON THE MESSENGER AND NRI<br><br /><br><br />I was wanting to use this picture :3<br><br /><br><br />Hello everyone and thank you once again for reading the wonderful paper that we like to call The Messenger. Before we get into everything else about the company I'd just like to tell you a few things. The first time The Messenger appeared in NationStates was several years ago as The British Messenger in The United Kingdom, it didn't stay for long though later I believe I opened it up again in The Kingdom of Denmark as The Danish Messenger. The Messenger might have also been in a couple other regions but I forget. Now we've been in The Allied Republic and first published on July 25, 2012. Now it's January 12, 2014 and this is our 27th issue. We are one of the oldest and longest running papers here and are nearing our 30th issue. It has been quite a journey and we'd like to thank you for helping us out every step of the way.<br><br /><br><br />Next we'd like to talk about The Messenger Postal Service, the very first postal service of it's kind in the region. It is a subdivision of The Messenger which as the name implies sends out letters, messages, and telegrams. The company has a very effective formula for determining payment. The base fee, currently $100, then $3 times the number of messages or telegrams you want to send out, then if you want us to write the letter an additional fee is added.<br><br /><br><br />The Goddess Casino has also opened up which deals with bets, gambling and all that other cool stuff. It recently held bets on the elections and will probably do so again next election. It is also working to develop a lotto and other forms of gambling.<br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries is doing quite well and has been seeing good profits so far from it's various companies and will be publishing a finial report very soon.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />Speaker Hunteiria making sure that the Senate is Active and Doing Fine while following the rules and being awesome.<br><br /><br><br />Support Her Today!<br><br /><br><br />AN INTERVIEW WITH TROOK ABOUT HIS NEW ELECTIONS ACT<br><br /><br><br />Today we sat down with Secretary of the Interior Trook where we we're able to talk to him about Election Act VI which he hopes will help to improve the region and cut down on the red tape that's involved with our election process.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 1. How will this new Elections Act be cutting red tape and how will it help the election process?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: The new act will help by cutting down bureaucracy such as the election reports as long with cutting down in the wording of the law to make it simpler to understand what quicker to find out what you need to know.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 2. Why did you decide to write a new elections act?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well as part of my tasks as Secretary of the Interior I have been tasked by President Free States to cut down on the admin side of the SOI and to deal with some issues that people raised and he himself agreed with that made people feel restricted in the elections particularly in regards to political parties being limited to only have as many candidates as there are seats to win in the senate elections.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 3. Why do you think it is better than the current one?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well this version is less cumbersome than the lasts in terms of limitations and formal reports which some Secretaries ignored, I am not naming names but there was a key link between getting elected to senate then not doing the report. I also admit to myself that it is a lot simpler as I can almost fir it on one screen without having to slide down whilst keeping necessary regulation.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 4. Imperium also proposed an election act not too long ago, why do you think yours is better?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Although I know Imperium will disagree but I feel his is too simple to the point we lose standardisation which keeps the elections the name every time so no one can start saying one election is harder than the other due to how they were organised. Secondly you also lost a lot of accountability in his due to the SOI not even being required to encourage people to vote or to stand as candidates which I think would lead elections having less participation along with the Senate loosing he ability to impeach the SOI if they done a job so bad that they had to be remove.<br><br /><br><br />TM: Alright, thank you. Is there anything else you would like to add?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: It has the formal and official support of the President + It looks like Imps may be voted down in the senate<br><br /><br><br />There you have it folks straight from the Secretary himself.<br><br /><br><br />CULTURE/OPINION/GOOD ANIME SECTION - WINTERTIME EDITION!<br><br /><br><br />Hello, Hello, Hello we are once again back for another addition to my favorite section. Remember that the names of the new ones are links to MyAnimeList were you can find more information, Synopsis, reviews, average score, Voice Actors, and more! Also I would be happy to talk about any series or movie that you might want to discuss. Also I have found out about a new anime site. Once again I shall list the names of those I have done. Also Lewis and Daniel is always happy to talk about anime with you. Or if you need to know some anime sites just ask! This time you will also be getting a Summer time edition! Why because with summer coming round you might just have more time to spend watching anime and reading manga not just short ones either. Also we have a couple new anime watching fans out there. We will keep up with these Summertime Editions for a while, while the summer and anime always stay in our heart. This might just be our last summertime edition sadly enough but I might just keep things the same and spice things up and put a couple new things in here. Please know that as we go back and look at some or if I have on my blog, I will be putting a (R) after it to show that I have already done it, it is not apart of the title like (TV) or (2005) might be<br><br /><br><br />Spice and Wolf (R)<br><br /><br><br />Nodame Cantabile<br><br /><br><br />Code Geass<br><br /><br><br />School Rumble (R)<br><br /><br><br />Honey and Clover<br><br /><br><br />Clannad (R)<br><br /><br><br />Great Teacher Onizuka<br><br /><br><br />Eden of the East<br><br /><br><br />Kimi ni Todoke (R)<br><br /><br><br />Mushishi<br><br /><br><br />Ah My Goddess (R)<br><br /><br><br />Full Metal Panic<br><br /><br><br />Trigun<br><br /><br><br />Kino's Journey<br><br /><br><br />ef - a tale of memories<br><br /><br><br />The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<br><br /><br><br />Toradora<br><br /><br><br />K-On!<br><br /><br><br />One Piece<br><br /><br><br />Guin Saga<br><br /><br><br />Sekirei<br><br /><br><br />Rec<br><br /><br><br />Glass Mask (2005)<br><br /><br><br />Durarara!!<br><br /><br><br />Cowboy Bebop<br><br /><br><br />Angel Beats!<br><br /><br><br />Usagi Drop (R)<br><br /><br><br />Itazura na Kiss<br><br /><br><br />Kobato.<br><br /><br><br />Ouran High School Host Club<br><br /><br><br />Princess Jellyfish<br><br /><br><br />Genshiken<br><br /><br><br />Hanasaku Iroha<br><br /><br><br />Skip Beat!<br><br /><br><br />Kids on the Slope<br><br /><br><br />Eureka Seven<br><br /><br><br />Death Note<br><br /><br><br />Black Lagoon<br><br /><br><br />One Outs<br><br /><br><br />Princess Tutu<br><br /><br><br />Fullmetal Alchemist<br><br /><br><br />Love Hina<br><br /><br><br />Hyouka<br><br /><br><br />Cross Game<br><br /><br><br />Waiting in the Summer<br><br /><br><br />Psycho-Pass<br><br /><br><br />Sword Art Online<br><br /><br><br />Mirai Nikki (TV)<br><br /><br><br />Crest of the Stars<br><br /><br><br />Attack on Titan<br><br /><br><br />Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo<br><br /><br><br />Beck<br><br /><br><br />Tari Tari<br><br /><br><br />Kemono no Souja Erin<br><br /><br><br />Gin no Saji<br><br /><br><br />Maoyuu Maou Yuusha<br><br /><br><br />Tokyo Godfathers<br><br /><br><br />1. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor -- Also sometimes called Musekinin Kanchou Tylor. It aired in 1993. It starts out with Justy Ueki Tylor who after seeing an ad decides to join the military, get a desk job, and then retire with a fat pension. That was until he managed to save an former admiral from people who were holding him hostage and to reward Tylor he is promoted and becomes the Captain of the Soyokaze. It goes on from there.<br><br /><br><br />The Story is good, it's entertaining and enjoyable. It's not really deep but it still has a nice story. It is a comedy, parody, space, military, anime. It is really funny a lot of the time. It is nice to watch and let's you break away from life and drama. At times you may stray away from it but you'll come back. The Characters are pretty good, Captain Tylor is really funny and a likable and enjoyable character as well as others like Yuriko, Yamamoto, and Goza. I liked them. Character development is there, the characters really change through out the anime. You see how the crew grows together and how they change. It's pretty good. The music is good, I really enjoyed the opening and ending themes and as well as some of the other soundtracks, they were pretty good and I wish I could find the ringtones. I watched the English dub, it was good, I thought that the voices matched the characters pretty well. The animation is old, it was from 1993, but I also liked watching that older animation sometimes. It isn't the best but it's fine.<br><br /><br><br />The ending was nice, there is a OVA squeal but I haven't seen it yet. The enjoyment is good, I liked it, it was nice. It was also nice to watch older anime, I do like watching older anime sometimes.<br><br /><br><br />2. Nodame Cantabile -- One of my favorite anime, it deals with music and the life of Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda or as everyone calls her Nodame. The story starts off with Chiaki walking around campus of a music college, and says that everything's bad or terrible or something, but he then hears something that's not terrible. Chiaki is from a respectable family and has traveled around Europe and has been in Japan for a while. He can play the piano and the violin and is good at both, however wishes to become a conductor and he is a perfectionist. Nodame plays the piano an unkempt girl. The story goes on.<br><br /><br><br />The story is wonderful, I really enjoyed it and it was amazing. I really liked it, it deals with music, slice of of life, drama, romance, comedy, and is josei. I really liked it as it told a wonderful story and I really liked how it deals with college. The pacing is also well done. The Characters are wonderful, Chiaki and Nodame are wonderful and amazing I really liked them as well as many of the other characters like Milch. Not only that but I also like the relationships between the characters. The Character development was also pretty well done and it's nice. You can see how they develop and move. The music, really key to the anime as it deals with classical music. The music is wonderful, the opening and ending are very wonderful and I like them and have used both of them as ringtones. Not only that but the songs that they play though out the series. This anime really helped me to really start liking classical music again. Now for the voice acting I watched the first season dubbed on Crackle and it was great I really liked it the voices were good, but I don't think that they have dubbed any further than that so I had to watch the second season subbed, which was good but I would have liked to have had the dubbed. The animation is also well done, I liked it.<br><br /><br><br />The ending of the first season was good of course I went to the second season later and still have to watch the third. The enjoyment is great, I really liked it. This is one of my favorite anime, I just love it. I have also read a lot fo the manga after it, I didn't jump ahead though and still need to finish reading a lot of it.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENTS<br><br /><br><br />Join the Church of Northerntal. We also always looking for new members for the Clergy.<br><br /><br><br />The Church of Northerntal can fulfill requests such as marriages, funerals, blessings, and etc.<br><br /><br><br />So We hope to see you at Cathedral of the Light here in TAR or one of our other locations.<br><br /><br><br />Thank you<br><br /><br><br />Read Lewis and Daniel's blog - The Lewis and Daniel of Anime!<br><br /><br><br />or on my new blogThis ends Issue #27 of The Messenger. We have come a long way because of your support! We thank you for reading and hope that you will read the issues to come. And Thanks to all of you who have said that The Messenger is better that the Imperial Tabloids it means a lot, and we hope that you will continue this support forever and always. We are right now the #1 News out there!<br><br /><br><br />If you have any comments please feel free to post. If you would like an advertisement in The Messenger the please contact NRI and we can work something out. Also if you want to write your own article in The Messenger then contact NRI or the Chief-in-Editor<br><br /><br><br />Also thank you all we now have had 2804 page views on our blog! Really thanks a lot, it means a lot. I'm just stunned by this, really. It is amazing that we have that many! Thanks for all your continued help and support!<br><br /><br><br />A Special thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge!<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoVyVEKgCAMANATzakVQZcJFUljOtH54e2j9%2FuSSLsQg2vicgVZxF154mc0FhW4oNVmR20wjzEj2BNeV6frC8wB%2F0HlLgl6bNNTDvdmVJJCH2k2Hkg%3D' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-21904932465387616402014-01-31T10:28:00.001-08:002014-01-31T10:28:32.927-08:00"That's what we storytellers do""THAT'S WHAT WE STORYTELLERS DO. WE RESTORE ORDER WITH IMAGINATION. WE INSTILL HOPE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN."<br><br /><br><br />- Walt Disney (Tom Hanks), Saving Mr Banks (2013)<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />there's something magic that happens whenever i watch a movie these days. i'm reminded of my resolve, and my own quest for storytelling.<br><br /><br><br />over the past two weeks while writing about death note and frozen.. i realised something.. and i found a little light in the otherwise dark, shadowy life that i've been living. when looking over the posts i've made over the past half a year or so.. they're adorned with analysis and finding the heart and core of films that i find to work to their purpose. nowadays i want to watch movies more regularly because i am eager to learn through them, and this movie was no different.<br><br /><br><br />if there was anything i got out of seeing "mr banks" today, it's this one line.. that i realised immediately when the line was recited, that is something that rings true, especially for me.. and a quote that i have to remember. because that's what movies do, i find.. they get their message across, and people come out feeling better about the world than when they came in.<br><br /><br><br />and i guess.. that's when a movie has heart.<br><br /><br><br />of course not all films are made for the purpose of having heart. others are made to have substance; to provoke gravity.. and if they achieve this, then the film is a success.<br><br /><br><br />soon i will watch death note part 2, and rewatch the prestige and the dark knight (my two favourite movies of all time next to batman begins) to compare them to death note. and i wanna rewatch frozen :P rewatching song clips makes me want to watch it again.<br><br /><br><br />i was challenged today.. challenged because disney and travers in the film compared their beloved mickey and poppins to each other.. meanwhile what characters do i have that i hold to my heart like family.. thus far the greatest ideas i have are just remakes.. do i make a character? i don't feel like i have what it takes.. i don't feel great enough.<br><br /><br><br />and yet.. at the same time, i see that other people are passionate about other things: some people are truly inspired by music. and in all honesty, as much as i appreciate beautiful music, i would not be as moved or inspired as they would be if they heard something that they found something within that nobody else could. when considering it like this.. i realised that perhaps this is the right path. because i constantly doubt myself lately, and bicker thinking angrily that the world and destiny has things in store for us that we don't know.. i'm terrified that my destiny is somewhere other than where i want to be now.. and that somehow in the future i will be okay with accepting it.<br><br /><br><br />then i guess it's good to finish here with another quote i found just now while scrolling through facebook:<br><br /><br><br />"HOW DOES ONE BECOME A BUTTERFLY?" <br><br /><br><br />"YOU MUST WANT TO FLY SO MUCH THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO GIVE UP BEING A CATERPILLAR."<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoNxEEOgCAMBMAXlYLx5G8QGjmUtKGbEH%2Bvc5gB%2BMXca1vi6VZ7wg2p2eQjl5NzYYyKoP1PWyhg64WoygrqlgamflP9GNw%3D' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-77860071138731667352014-01-31T08:58:00.001-08:002014-01-31T08:58:52.913-08:00yin & yang: anarchyytr: batman theme - danny elfman (batman 1989 ost)<br><br /><br><br />UNNECESSARY TRIFLES (SKIP IF YOU WISH)<br><a name='more'></a><br><br />i will always think of this song as the batman theme song, it was the one that was embedded into my system as a child after all. wow we grew up in a time of awesome soundtracks actually. espesh dat john williams. anyway.. suddenly decided to look this song up at like 4am last night (after staying up and watching watchmojo.com top 10s for like 3 hours -- the top 10 anime list is insulting to otakus of all walks of life)<br><br /><br><br />THE ACTUAL POST - BATMAN VS THE JOKER<br><br />so directly before picking up my brother from school, i related link hopped from this theme song, to "the making of batman - the joker" (1989) feat jack nicholson as the joker, from there another video about mark hamill voicing the joker in the animated series.. and then watched a clip from arkham origins of the joker meeting harley. and what did i gather from those 3 videos? well they all seemed to arrive at the same conclusion: that batman and the joker were each others' natrual nemeses.<br><br /><br><br />and what is startling, as explained in the hamill video is that there is no natural connection between clowns and bats; no natural rivalry. instead the natural rivalry is rooted in the characters themselves. the nicholson video explained that the joker represents anarchy, and all things random. he performs crimes not out of greed or selfishness, but out of the true random nature of crime. batman in the meantime, his parents were killed by a random act of crime, and so stems their natural conflict. and in any of the joker's incarnations, he always represents anarchy in one way or another, although the world's favourite still seems to always be ledger.<br><br /><br><br />and it's no wonder why.. christopher nolan's dark knight trilogy explores levels of the human experience that burton and schumacher didn't. for starters.. batman's origin was never even really explained in burton's films. although it was touched on in batman forever.. i really love that movie. i might watch it again after this. my favourite out of the four. but yes, a technique that mr nolan excels at is pulling us as viewers into the personal experiences, personalities and turmoils of the characters on screen. besides teh fact that we had a very hefty backstory to bale's bruce wayne.. the whole thing is a very personal journey about bruce wayne.. and not at all about the backstory of the joker. the reverse occurs in the 1989 batman, we get bombarded with joker stuff, and know very little about our mysterious caped crusader. and i'll get back to this soon.. my pizza is cooked.<br><br /><br><br />ANARCHY & ORDER<br><br />okay so i'm back from eating now, let's try get back on track. there was a point brought up by one of the staff in one of those videos i watched.. a connection between batman & the joker and sherlockhe's utterly mad and unpredictable and that's why we love him. but why is this so important? well besides from opposing our heroes' goals, our nemeses also represent the complete opposite personality. in this case.. our hero (order) is opposed by chaos.<br><br /><br><br />i love the word anarchy.. it will always make me think of this type of character. but why is having an anarchical villain so outrageously great? well besides thef act that they run the most muck.. it really narrows down to ridiculing the hero.<br><br /><br><br />"you won't kill me, out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. and i won't kill you, simply because you're too much fun. i believe we are destined to do this forever" - the joker, the dark knight<br><br />moriarty is constantly mocking sherlock (and making plenty of faces in the meanwhile). and the thing about moriarty and the joker is that neither are stupid people. both are highly intelligent characters, who in realising the weaknesses of the hero, seek to destroy them from the inside out. they're always steps ahead of our hero.<br><br /><br><br />THE RIGHTEOUS ANTI-HERO<br><br />final example.. i don't feel like i talked about moriarty well enough, that food break was a bad idea, but i was hungry.. and it would've burnt. the final example of the chaotic nemesis i have to talk about is L. L, beloved by all, far beyond the love the audience has for light.. parallels him to ledger's joker for the same reason. hattori explains to ashirogi in bakuman that a good comic has a compelling hero.. and sometimes, an even more compelling villain.<br><br /><br><br />this was something i always got wrong as a kid when id rew comics. my villains were always just there, generic villains to be there to be bashed up by the heroes that i loved so much. something more like dynasty warriors more than anyhting else.<br><br /><br><br />so why do we love L? besides the fact that he's ridiculously clever and outsmarting our anti-hero.. there are moments when he just outright ridicules him. one of my favourite moments throughout all of death note will still always be when L picks up misa's phone. suddenly the calm and collected yagami light has made a major screwup.. likewise we are constantly seeing sherlock and bruce put to the ultimate tests.<br><br /><br><br />but that's why these nemeses are the enemies.. because as viewers we are naturally inclined to root for the underdog, but we love our villains so much because they put our heroes through so much pressure and it gets so exciting. in all honesty, my favourite "fight" scenes in the dark knight trilogy are pretty much when the joker is just beating up batman. why? well besides the fact that they're unconventional fight scenes, the joker's entire personality comes out in his fighting style of vigorous kicks and baton beats.. i think it's awesome how such a personality extends into the fights. i mean you could say the same thing about bane, but it's not nearly as exciting and compelling as the joker as a whole.<br><br /><br><br />ROLE REVERSAL<br><br />if we considered reversing the roles.. making the hero the chaotic one and the villain the calm and collected one.. well this is often the premise of a more light-hearted comedic movie. rush hour for example follows this. the most chaotic hero i can think of off the top of my head is captain jack sparrow. not to say that barbossa is calmest of opponents (i love captain barbossa btw.. geoffrey rush does an amazing job).. in this case, it seems more fitting to pit davy jones as the polar opposite.. the terrifying tyrant we're used to seeing against our hero who makes a mockery of..<br><br /><br><br />hang on.. no.. james norrington in this case is the opposite. commodore norrington naturally opposes pirates and the pirate way, but because of that, he is always being ridiculed by captain jack in all his ridiculous escapades. the result? well it's not that exciting tbh. well not AS exciting. why? well we love captain jack.. everybody does. he's insane, but he's clever.. and his random acts of chaos are hilarious to watch. see when the hero is the chaotic one, the result is comedy.. but when the villain is the chaotic one, it adds a whole new level of unpredictability that catch us off guard time and time again. and they pose as challenges rather than instances of comedy.<br><br /><br><br />awesomeness in short. i feel my writing is really shit today. i'm trying to force points, i know i can think better in other times. either way.. while still entertaining to watch, the journey does not match the thrilling and compelling ride against an anarchical mastermind like we have in our previous examples.<br><br /><br><br />CONCLUSION<br><br />these are among the most intriguing and compelling characters and rivalries that i can think of off the top of my head. (i also can't think of other words right now besides compelling).. and i want to figure out and learn more about this kind of stuff.. what makes a lasting and worthwhile conflict.. what is it about certain characters and certain others that makes it all so addictive. but honestly, i think it lies within the whole natural opposites, natural conflict thing.. it's just about figuring out the two rivalling centres of the characters.<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoFwVEOgCAIANATCdr66jZETdwUmPHD7XtPIvxCfIj363BP659bANvCo7YTa8McWpK0F1LaLAkSa%2F4tHBOk' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-39276219670621908102014-01-31T08:15:00.001-08:002014-01-31T08:15:26.594-08:00fanbase expectationswmp: sacred distance - kh3d ost<br><br /><br><br />1:05pm.. over 2 hours since i woke up. impressive, no? and despite the conflicting urges upon waking up of playing ranked/LoL (typical) and wanting to look up piano videos of beethoven symphony 7.2 and sacred distance.. i was instead flanked by my subscriptions. both screen junkies and cinema sins uploaded today.. though i naturally always gravitate to the former.. id unno if i go a day without it these days.<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />so yes, my day began with a lot of raving from nick mundy about "how to fix marvel". and i'm praying that my post is somehow safe from his ever-cynical eyes lel.. but all of his desires are ridiculously unrealistic. it's like the screamings of an angry fanboy/fangirl.. well thats what it basically was. and no i don't think xmen and fantastic 4 should be part of the avengers.. spiderman maybe but that's not gonna happen. although spiderman is strong enough to stand on his own, evidently. for a while spiderman was THE go-to hero until batman happened lel.<br><br /><br><br />over the course of today, i noticed something that i'll get to later.. but it starts with this guy ranting and raving in this video. i for one, would never expect "agents of shield" to feature any heroes. why would it be called agents of shield otherwise.. they wouldn't make a tv show featuring the avengers heroes.. then what would be the point of making the movies. it's a marvel CINEMATIC universe.. of course agents of shield would be a smaller deal. ridiculously unrealistic needs and wants from this guy.<br><br /><br><br />STAR WARS PREQUEL TRILOGY (i realise sub-headings make my posts cleaner and easier on readers)<br><br />i moved on to "belated media", who i have no subscribed to. a guy who seems to like kids movies, hurray because i like kids movies haha. well he reviewed frozen (surprise surprise) but revealed some more things that i never thought of.. nice input. and he clarified that the songs all feel different.. which i agree with strongly. and i totally agree with him that tangled and wreck it ralph kick ass too. disney are going very well right now.<br><br /><br><br />but what stood out for me (and what i was watching first) was his "how to make star wars" good videos. hence, the obi-wan in this post. it's worth checking out (at least episode 1).. it features a lot of really good ideas, and a strong premise i never thought of (and dunno why lucas didn't either) of obi-wan being the main character. he goes on to talk about a completely different episode 2 (which honestly seems too short unless you're okay with it being only 90 minutes). I QUITE LIKE THE POLITICS IN THE PREQUEL TRILOGY but agree that episode 2 is.. well i don't like watching it.<br><br /><br><br />and here's where i'm gonna start talking.<br><br /><br><br />it's come to my attention that perhaps a lot of the hate that gravitates (hurr) towards the star wars prequel trilogy stems from star wars' huge original fanbase. holy shit it's almost been 10 years since episode 3 came out.. this must be how it felt like when episode 1 was announced. anyway.. it seems like where lucas screwed up was taking too much out of what people loved while adding too much of what people hated. zhou says that the original trilogy was so good because it had the whole "quest" thing going for it.. meanwhile i actually get bored watching the original trilogy (yes take this chance to smite me now). or perhaps i only really like episodes 1 and 3 in the new trilogy anyway. lel. my favourite from the original trilogy is 5 btw. i think.<br><br /><br><br />FILM ADAPTATIONS<br><br />anyway we're sidetracking. i get a lot of complaints.. well i hear a lot of complaints from my friends about book to movie adaptations.. harry potter gets a lot of shit. but i didn't realise that this is also true for comic to movie adaptations.. and even weirder.. movie to movie adaptations. this is why the star wars prequel trilogy is so hated.. because people keep juxtaposing it to the original 3. that and they're probably worse as films too. probably. i dunno man i liked 1 and 3.<br><br /><br><br />but let's take another example here.. it seems like man of steel cops a lot of crap because it's "too dark" and stuff like that. obviously the intention was to make it more like nolan's dark knight trilogy, and in that regard, it worked in at least making it feel similar. similar, not the same. actually batman didn't feel that dark.. well at least not batman begins. but who's to say what is "too dark" or not? it's because people have this image of superman, that he's meant to be the beacon of hope and whatever. "superman is meant to be hopeful". if this was any other miscellaneous superhero movie.. they wouldn't give as much of a crap. sure they could say it's dark.. but they wouldn't give extra hate for it because it's dark. in fact people love v for vendetta for that raeson, and that's a standalone comic book movie.<br><br /><br><br />but because superman is so iconic.. it seems like people hate him more. also i'm blogging in a new kind of shit today.. i feel too much like i'm being careful what i say, as to not anger readers. but i don't even have readers i'm treating it like i'm making a public broadcast xx<br><br /><br><br />anyway.. take in comparison.. captain america. (still hands down my favourite avenger.. i don't even know why.. i think i just love the pseudo-military feel his original character had in his film debut). no one knows shit about captain america (although out of all the avengers.. next to hulk he was the only one i knew prior to their film releases) so no one complains about stuff like red skull is a separate entity to hydra.. actually scratch that.. rha's al ghul is a completely separate entity to both bane and scarecrow normally.. but no one complained about that either.. why are people complaining about zhod in man of steel?<br><br /><br><br />THE REAL QUESTION<br><br />i dunno it's all just a thought. but the real question is.. where do you draw the line between loyalty to source material, and reworking for the big screen? because things have got to change. they have to become more epic, or less epic to fit the structure, arc and flow of a 2 hour film. but are people to let things change just for that?<br><br /><br><br />the dark knight trilogy was a complete rework of batman fundamentals (well not COMPLETELY, but it shifted around characters here and there).. but then there's peter jackson, who right now seems like the god of book to movie adaptations. while most fanatics complain about stuff that's missing or changed or what from harry potter or man of steel or whatever have you.. i hear nothing but good news about lord of the rings in how it stays true to the source material.<br><br /><br><br />but then again i suppose it really depends on what you're adapting.. coz it all honesty.. a lot of the first death note movie was direct to film adaptation.. and it just did not work. i suppose it depends on what you're adapting huh?<br><br /><br><br />until then.. just gonna keep pondering on these things.<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoFwUEOgCAMBMAX2YLx5G9KrUICtJE9%2BHxnKhAn8yX6WlDp%2FqxwkPrgPeWDU%2BZbZpFlm31hCkHzuahi9B%2BCqRV5' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-67238310519452705322014-01-31T03:29:00.001-08:002014-01-31T03:29:32.352-08:00Issue #27<br><br /><br><br />January 15, 2014<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries<br><br /><br><br />"We speak the truth"<br><br /><br><br />Bringing you the truth, the news, the anime and the conspiracies for over a year.<br><br /><br><br />A Thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br><br /><br><br />A NEW GOVERNMENT IN TOWN!<br><br /><br><br />I couldn't find anything else, trust me I looked for a while<br><br /><br><br />With a new government in town, well actually they've been here awhile so more like with a new government in power it marks the end of a term and the start of a new one. Free States and his running mate Libertarian Washington won but before they moved in a couple government officials gave one last address to the People this included Crescellia, who had to drop out of the race because of real life issues, who talked about his term in office and gave it that last huzzah and Lewis and Daniel who talked about what he had done while he was the Undersecretary of Defense. Not too long after Free States took office and got to work. One of our sources said that while Free States was cleaning out the Presidential mansion he found lots of things that others had left behind, like a secret dungeon with screams and cries coming from it, a stash of hentai, rope and a candle, some gum underneath one of the chairs, pants that had been hidden, and a whole lot more like his old gun that he hid in the English Dictionary. It isn't exactly known what Free States did with all of the things he found and we might never find out.<br><br /><br><br />Soon after that Free States released his appointments to the Cabinet which included older faces like Trook and Andune who are now the Secretary of the Interior and Treasure, respectfully, and newer faces like Emrys Mercer who will be taking over the military. Then not too long ago he released his nominations for Attorney General and the Supreme Court Justices to the Senate, with included Mytzonia, who still has to take law classes before he can assume the office, Imperium, Conserlan, and New Lafayette, respectfully.<br><br /><br><br />The Senate also saw some new senators in the elections with Western Timpetotia, Bacilli, and Britarvia all coming back to the Senate after time away and Aurumaquaria replacing Andune and getting his first chance in the region to serve office. With new senators coming in that also means that speaker elections must also come to fruition, this time with Hunteiria, Queen Rebecca and Lewis and Daniel all running. The race was tight however after Hunteiria and Queen Rebecca tied 4 to 4 Lewis and Daniel broke the tie by changing his vote from himself to Hunteiria who will once again be our Speaker.<br><br /><br><br />Hopefully this coming term will be a good one but as many people like to say only time will tell.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />ARE YOU A CEO? meaning that the budget only passed by 2 votes and a very slim margin, perhaps the smallest margin a budget has passed on in over 6 months. The Senators voting against and abstaining did so for a variety of reasons such as cutting the salaries of senators who had no say in if they wanted their salary cut yet saying that they did, little transparency and no receipt from the Department of Treasury on how they exactly spend $25,000 while other departments who had published a receipt and had the ability to spend more were left at under $5,000, among other issues.<br><br /><br><br />However this seemed to infuriate the Secretary and a few others who barged in on the voting stage in the Senate and disrupted the chamber, who will be fined. Order was restored. However the Secretary went on to post several other posts in other threads about the budget and what he thought of the senators who didn't vote for it, once such quote "So don't expect me to raise any payments again for Senators who, as I see it, didn't do their job correctly." as some conspiracy theorists view this as well as others, they see this quote as the Secretary saying that he will be holding the Senator's salaries hostage because they didn't vote they way that he wanted and will probably lower Senator's salaries again in February.<br><br /><br><br />Though the budget has passed, so in the long run while it didn't get the support other budgets in the past have it stilled passed which means that the government can continue operating and no shutdown will be had, but this could also mean that more thought and planning will be going into the next budget and hopefully it will be able to get more votes and be a better budget.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />PUBLISHING ON JANUARY 19TH.<br><br /><br><br />NARUTO RP GOING ON!<br><br /><br><br />Naruto.<br><br /><br><br />With a slue of other role plays going on several people have still found time to start another one which looks very promising or at least for now, a Naruto role play. The role play which as you might have figured out takes place in the world of Naruto where people get to develop their own characters who can the ability to have some totally awesome jutsu. Currently in the RP there is a tournament in the Leaf Village that will be testing the skills of shinobi and ninja all over the world, which was done to see what our characters got versus others. So far the tournament hasn't started so new members can join at anytime they want, no knowledge of Naruto needed, but helpful.<br><br /><br><br />That's not all there is also a lot of out of context talk about Naruto like pairings, you know Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Tenten, so on. However many other role plays have started out just as fine like the New Modern World RP, and many others but soon fall to inactivity and other nasty things. Will the Naruto RP also fall to those things? Let's hope not but only time will actually tell us. That's time for you, always holding the secrets we want to know.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />UPDATE ON THE MESSENGER AND NRI<br><br /><br><br />I was wanting to use this picture :3<br><br /><br><br />Hello everyone and thank you once again for reading the wonderful paper that we like to call The Messenger. Before we get into everything else about the company I'd just like to tell you a few things. The first time The Messenger appeared in NationStates was several years ago as The British Messenger in The United Kingdom, it didn't stay for long though later I believe I opened it up again in The Kingdom of Denmark as The Danish Messenger. The Messenger might have also been in a couple other regions but I forget. Now we've been in The Allied Republic and first published on July 25, 2012. Now it's January 12, 2014 and this is our 27th issue. We are one of the oldest and longest running papers here and are nearing our 30th issue. It has been quite a journey and we'd like to thank you for helping us out every step of the way.<br><br /><br><br />Next we'd like to talk about The Messenger Postal Service, the very first postal service of it's kind in the region. It is a subdivision of The Messenger which as the name implies sends out letters, messages, and telegrams. The company has a very effective formula for determining payment. The base fee, currently $100, then $3 times the number of messages or telegrams you want to send out, then if you want us to write the letter an additional fee is added.<br><br /><br><br />The Goddess Casino has also opened up which deals with bets, gambling and all that other cool stuff. It recently held bets on the elections and will probably do so again next election. It is also working to develop a lotto and other forms of gambling.<br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries is doing quite well and has been seeing good profits so far from it's various companies and will be publishing a finial report very soon.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />Speaker Hunteiria making sure that the Senate is Active and Doing Fine while following the rules and being awesome.<br><br /><br><br />Support Her Today!<br><br /><br><br />AN INTERVIEW WITH TROOK ABOUT HIS NEW ELECTIONS ACT<br><br /><br><br />Today we sat down with Secretary of the Interior Trook where we we're able to talk to him about Election Act VI which he hopes will help to improve the region and cut down on the red tape that's involved with our election process.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 1. How will this new Elections Act be cutting red tape and how will it help the election process?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: The new act will help by cutting down bureaucracy such as the election reports as long with cutting down in the wording of the law to make it simpler to understand what quicker to find out what you need to know.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 2. Why did you decide to write a new elections act?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well as part of my tasks as Secretary of the Interior I have been tasked by President Free States to cut down on the admin side of the SOI and to deal with some issues that people raised and he himself agreed with that made people feel restricted in the elections particularly in regards to political parties being limited to only have as many candidates as there are seats to win in the senate elections.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 3. Why do you think it is better than the current one?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well this version is less cumbersome than the lasts in terms of limitations and formal reports which some Secretaries ignored, I am not naming names but there was a key link between getting elected to senate then not doing the report. I also admit to myself that it is a lot simpler as I can almost fir it on one screen without having to slide down whilst keeping necessary regulation.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 4. Imperium also proposed an election act not too long ago, why do you think yours is better?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Although I know Imperium will disagree but I feel his is too simple to the point we lose standardisation which keeps the elections the name every time so no one can start saying one election is harder than the other due to how they were organised. Secondly you also lost a lot of accountability in his due to the SOI not even being required to encourage people to vote or to stand as candidates which I think would lead elections having less participation along with the Senate loosing he ability to impeach the SOI if they done a job so bad that they had to be remove.<br><br /><br><br />TM: Alright, thank you. Is there anything else you would like to add?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: It has the formal and official support of the President + It looks like Imps may be voted down in the senate<br><br /><br><br />There you have it folks straight from the Secretary himself.<br><br /><br><br />CULTURE/OPINION/GOOD ANIME SECTION - WINTERTIME EDITION!<br><br /><br><br />Hello, Hello, Hello we are once again back for another addition to my favorite section. Remember that the names of the new ones are links to MyAnimeList were you can find more information, Synopsis, reviews, average score, Voice Actors, and more! Also I would be happy to talk about any series or movie that you might want to discuss. Also I have found out about a new anime site. Once again I shall list the names of those I have done. Also Lewis and Daniel is always happy to talk about anime with you. Or if you need to know some anime sites just ask! This time you will also be getting a Summer time edition! Why because with summer coming round you might just have more time to spend watching anime and reading manga not just short ones either. Also we have a couple new anime watching fans out there. We will keep up with these Summertime Editions for a while, while the summer and anime always stay in our heart. This might just be our last summertime edition sadly enough but I might just keep things the same and spice things up and put a couple new things in here. Please know that as we go back and look at some or if I have on my blog, I will be putting a (R) after it to show that I have already done it, it is not apart of the title like (TV) or (2005) might be<br><br /><br><br />Spice and Wolf (R)<br><br /><br><br />Nodame Cantabile<br><br /><br><br />Code Geass<br><br /><br><br />School Rumble (R)<br><br /><br><br />Honey and Clover<br><br /><br><br />Clannad (R)<br><br /><br><br />Great Teacher Onizuka<br><br /><br><br />Eden of the East<br><br /><br><br />Kimi ni Todoke (R)<br><br /><br><br />Mushishi<br><br /><br><br />Ah My Goddess (R)<br><br /><br><br />Full Metal Panic<br><br /><br><br />Trigun<br><br /><br><br />Kino's Journey<br><br /><br><br />ef - a tale of memories<br><br /><br><br />The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<br><br /><br><br />Toradora<br><br /><br><br />K-On!<br><br /><br><br />One Piece<br><br /><br><br />Guin Saga<br><br /><br><br />Sekirei<br><br /><br><br />Rec<br><br /><br><br />Glass Mask (2005)<br><br /><br><br />Durarara!!<br><br /><br><br />Cowboy Bebop<br><br /><br><br />Angel Beats!<br><br /><br><br />Usagi Drop (R)<br><br /><br><br />Itazura na Kiss<br><br /><br><br />Kobato.<br><br /><br><br />Ouran High School Host Club<br><br /><br><br />Princess Jellyfish<br><br /><br><br />Genshiken<br><br /><br><br />Hanasaku Iroha<br><br /><br><br />Skip Beat!<br><br /><br><br />Kids on the Slope<br><br /><br><br />Eureka Seven<br><br /><br><br />Death Note<br><br /><br><br />Black Lagoon<br><br /><br><br />One Outs<br><br /><br><br />Princess Tutu<br><br /><br><br />Fullmetal Alchemist<br><br /><br><br />Love Hina<br><br /><br><br />Hyouka<br><br /><br><br />Cross Game<br><br /><br><br />Waiting in the Summer<br><br /><br><br />Psycho-Pass<br><br /><br><br />Sword Art Online<br><br /><br><br />Mirai Nikki (TV)<br><br /><br><br />Crest of the Stars<br><br /><br><br />Attack on Titan<br><br /><br><br />Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo<br><br /><br><br />Beck<br><br /><br><br />Tari Tari<br><br /><br><br />Kemono no Souja Erin<br><br /><br><br />Gin no Saji<br><br /><br><br />Maoyuu Maou Yuusha<br><br /><br><br />Tokyo Godfathers<br><br /><br><br />1. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor -- Also sometimes called Musekinin Kanchou Tylor. It aired in 1993. It starts out with Justy Ueki Tylor who after seeing an ad decides to join the military, get a desk job, and then retire with a fat pension. That was until he managed to save an former admiral from people who were holding him hostage and to reward Tylor he is promoted and becomes the Captain of the Soyokaze. It goes on from there.<br><br /><br><br />The Story is good, it's entertaining and enjoyable. It's not really deep but it still has a nice story. It is a comedy, parody, space, military, anime. It is really funny a lot of the time. It is nice to watch and let's you break away from life and drama. At times you may stray away from it but you'll come back. The Characters are pretty good, Captain Tylor is really funny and a likable and enjoyable character as well as others like Yuriko, Yamamoto, and Goza. I liked them. Character development is there, the characters really change through out the anime. You see how the crew grows together and how they change. It's pretty good. The music is good, I really enjoyed the opening and ending themes and as well as some of the other soundtracks, they were pretty good and I wish I could find the ringtones. I watched the English dub, it was good, I thought that the voices matched the characters pretty well. The animation is old, it was from 1993, but I also liked watching that older animation sometimes. It isn't the best but it's fine.<br><br /><br><br />The ending was nice, there is a OVA squeal but I haven't seen it yet. The enjoyment is good, I liked it, it was nice. It was also nice to watch older anime, I do like watching older anime sometimes.<br><br /><br><br />2. Nodame Cantabile -- One of my favorite anime, it deals with music and the life of Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda or as everyone calls her Nodame. The story starts off with Chiaki walking around campus of a music college, and says that everything's bad or terrible or something, but he then hears something that's not terrible. Chiaki is from a respectable family and has traveled around Europe and has been in Japan for a while. He can play the piano and the violin and is good at both, however wishes to become a conductor and he is a perfectionist. Nodame plays the piano an unkempt girl. The story goes on.<br><br /><br><br />The story is wonderful, I really enjoyed it and it was amazing. I really liked it, it deals with music, slice of of life, drama, romance, comedy, and is josei. I really liked it as it told a wonderful story and I really liked how it deals with college. The pacing is also well done. The Characters are wonderful, Chiaki and Nodame are wonderful and amazing I really liked them as well as many of the other characters like Milch. Not only that but I also like the relationships between the characters. The Character development was also pretty well done and it's nice. You can see how they develop and move. The music, really key to the anime as it deals with classical music. The music is wonderful, the opening and ending are very wonderful and I like them and have used both of them as ringtones. Not only that but the songs that they play though out the series. This anime really helped me to really start liking classical music again. Now for the voice acting I watched the first season dubbed on Crackle and it was great I really liked it the voices were good, but I don't think that they have dubbed any further than that so I had to watch the second season subbed, which was good but I would have liked to have had the dubbed. The animation is also well done, I liked it.<br><br /><br><br />The ending of the first season was good of course I went to the second season later and still have to watch the third. The enjoyment is great, I really liked it. This is one of my favorite anime, I just love it. I have also read a lot fo the manga after it, I didn't jump ahead though and still need to finish reading a lot of it.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENTS<br><br /><br><br />Join the Church of Northerntal. We also always looking for new members for the Clergy.<br><br /><br><br />The Church of Northerntal can fulfill requests such as marriages, funerals, blessings, and etc.<br><br /><br><br />So We hope to see you at Cathedral of the Light here in TAR or one of our other locations.<br><br /><br><br />Thank you<br><br /><br><br />Read Lewis and Daniel's blog - The Lewis and Daniel of Anime!<br><br /><br><br />or on my new blogThis ends Issue #27 of The Messenger. We have come a long way because of your support! We thank you for reading and hope that you will read the issues to come. 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Thanks for all your continued help and support!<br><br /><br><br />A Special thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge!<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoVyUEOwBAQAMAXrUXQpJ9pkKY0WGEd%2FL7pXCcx9xMx%2Bs4%2BN%2BBdaIhQ6JmdWESqqKUyKBXmOdcN%2BoDXt%2BXHBmXhP2g0OMG4%2Bwolx8s4Z0XiWj6k6R65' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-63491064936574493992014-01-30T14:47:00.001-08:002014-01-30T14:47:19.852-08:00Of my Love for VillainsSo even though I explained in the previous blog about how my love of Lysander's coat had me very willing to sell out all of humanity, I'd like to explain that it wasn't just his coat that got me to that point. Don't get me wrong, obtaining that coat would have been a major selling point to turn against humanity for me, but it wasn't the only reason. The other reason? Even with all his ridiculous 'All humanity is scum' ranting I couldn't help but start to like the guy, probably because he gave me things, and gave me praise and I do so love getting recognition.<br><br /><br><br />But I've always loved Giovanni, and after reading the Pokemon Special manga for about a year straight now, and starting to return to the fandom through interacting with it online I've really grown to hold that man in high regard. But that's probably because he is one of the few characters in the Pokemon Special that actually seem to do anything to actively save the protagonists life, but that rant is to be saved for another day.<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />When I was a young child I, like just about every child out there, always wanted to be the hero, I mean, who doesn't? Have you seen how they are portrayed in media? Being the hero looks AWESOME! But then during my final years of primary school and first year of highschool I broke away from fandom to 'grow up'. After a couple years of not doing anything to do with it (Except maybe Avatar: The Last Airbender), barely even watching TV shows or movies and doing things which I can't even remember because it was a while ago now, I realized how stupid of a mistake I made and returned to fandom.<br><br /><br><br />I was dragged back in through Kingdom Hearts by a friend. And was very quickly learning that the villains of the story are often the much, MUCH more interesting characters of it. After that I slowly got myself introduced to many other mangas, and my love for the bad-guys only grew. To the point where now days unless our main character is morally dubious (Hello, Code Geass, Buccano, Durarara!, and Death Note), or gloriously gayin my head (Hetalia, Bleach, and Fairy Tail are some examples) I really don't like them at all. And if they're not one of those two things there is only one way to get me into the story: the bad-guys, and they had better be interesting.<br><br /><br><br />Even though my examples are primarily Anime, the same is true when I'm watching Western Media. My favourite series of all time is Leverage, and it's about morally questionable people. The Avengers series got me really dragged in when I watched Thor and fell in love with Loki (including writing a 1000 word rant about how he makes a bad antagonist because of how sympathetic he is), and then Tony Stark's mild moral dubiousness (at least in regards to interpersonal relationships) kept me with it.<br><br /><br><br />It seems to be that these days I just love characters that don't do the right thing, and I don't mean that in regards to they don't follow the law or anything, even if what they are doing is perfectly legal by the world's set-up. If what they are doing is morally dubious in any way I'll often LOVE THE HELL out of them and have so much fun with the character I totally forget that they're, you know, a bad person and would happily join their side in a heartbeat.<br><br /><br><br />But then again, many people in real life like to point out that I'm not exactly 100% morally there either, so maybe I'm just enjoying the characters I most relate tooor the characters I most want to be like.<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoFwdENgCAMBcCJygPij25DFAJJsaQlqNt7V%2BccB6CpWnrdI3oNzWbulI7owwYfEHdIof4Ry8pURGk15tRuww%2B7GxWw' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-23561877051391854632014-01-30T10:45:00.001-08:002014-01-30T10:45:14.192-08:00Issue #27<br><br /><br><br />January 15, 2014<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries<br><br /><br><br />"We speak the truth"<br><br /><br><br />Bringing you the truth, the news, the anime and the conspiracies for over a year.<br><br /><br><br />A Thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br><br /><br><br />A NEW GOVERNMENT IN TOWN!<br><br /><br><br />I couldn't find anything else, trust me I looked for a while<br><br /><br><br />With a new government in town, well actually they've been here awhile so more like with a new government in power it marks the end of a term and the start of a new one. Free States and his running mate Libertarian Washington won but before they moved in a couple government officials gave one last address to the People this included Crescellia, who had to drop out of the race because of real life issues, who talked about his term in office and gave it that last huzzah and Lewis and Daniel who talked about what he had done while he was the Undersecretary of Defense. Not too long after Free States took office and got to work. One of our sources said that while Free States was cleaning out the Presidential mansion he found lots of things that others had left behind, like a secret dungeon with screams and cries coming from it, a stash of hentai, rope and a candle, some gum underneath one of the chairs, pants that had been hidden, and a whole lot more like his old gun that he hid in the English Dictionary. It isn't exactly known what Free States did with all of the things he found and we might never find out.<br><br /><br><br />Soon after that Free States released his appointments to the Cabinet which included older faces like Trook and Andune who are now the Secretary of the Interior and Treasure, respectfully, and newer faces like Emrys Mercer who will be taking over the military. Then not too long ago he released his nominations for Attorney General and the Supreme Court Justices to the Senate, with included Mytzonia, who still has to take law classes before he can assume the office, Imperium, Conserlan, and New Lafayette, respectfully.<br><br /><br><br />The Senate also saw some new senators in the elections with Western Timpetotia, Bacilli, and Britarvia all coming back to the Senate after time away and Aurumaquaria replacing Andune and getting his first chance in the region to serve office. With new senators coming in that also means that speaker elections must also come to fruition, this time with Hunteiria, Queen Rebecca and Lewis and Daniel all running. The race was tight however after Hunteiria and Queen Rebecca tied 4 to 4 Lewis and Daniel broke the tie by changing his vote from himself to Hunteiria who will once again be our Speaker.<br><br /><br><br />Hopefully this coming term will be a good one but as many people like to say only time will tell.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />ARE YOU A CEO? meaning that the budget only passed by 2 votes and a very slim margin, perhaps the smallest margin a budget has passed on in over 6 months. The Senators voting against and abstaining did so for a variety of reasons such as cutting the salaries of senators who had no say in if they wanted their salary cut yet saying that they did, little transparency and no receipt from the Department of Treasury on how they exactly spend $25,000 while other departments who had published a receipt and had the ability to spend more were left at under $5,000, among other issues.<br><br /><br><br />However this seemed to infuriate the Secretary and a few others who barged in on the voting stage in the Senate and disrupted the chamber, who will be fined. Order was restored. However the Secretary went on to post several other posts in other threads about the budget and what he thought of the senators who didn't vote for it, once such quote "So don't expect me to raise any payments again for Senators who, as I see it, didn't do their job correctly." as some conspiracy theorists view this as well as others, they see this quote as the Secretary saying that he will be holding the Senator's salaries hostage because they didn't vote they way that he wanted and will probably lower Senator's salaries again in February.<br><br /><br><br />Though the budget has passed, so in the long run while it didn't get the support other budgets in the past have it stilled passed which means that the government can continue operating and no shutdown will be had, but this could also mean that more thought and planning will be going into the next budget and hopefully it will be able to get more votes and be a better budget.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />PUBLISHING ON JANUARY 19TH.<br><br /><br><br />NARUTO RP GOING ON!<br><br /><br><br />Naruto.<br><br /><br><br />With a slue of other role plays going on several people have still found time to start another one which looks very promising or at least for now, a Naruto role play. The role play which as you might have figured out takes place in the world of Naruto where people get to develop their own characters who can the ability to have some totally awesome jutsu. Currently in the RP there is a tournament in the Leaf Village that will be testing the skills of shinobi and ninja all over the world, which was done to see what our characters got versus others. So far the tournament hasn't started so new members can join at anytime they want, no knowledge of Naruto needed, but helpful.<br><br /><br><br />That's not all there is also a lot of out of context talk about Naruto like pairings, you know Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Tenten, so on. However many other role plays have started out just as fine like the New Modern World RP, and many others but soon fall to inactivity and other nasty things. Will the Naruto RP also fall to those things? Let's hope not but only time will actually tell us. That's time for you, always holding the secrets we want to know.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />UPDATE ON THE MESSENGER AND NRI<br><br /><br><br />I was wanting to use this picture :3<br><br /><br><br />Hello everyone and thank you once again for reading the wonderful paper that we like to call The Messenger. Before we get into everything else about the company I'd just like to tell you a few things. The first time The Messenger appeared in NationStates was several years ago as The British Messenger in The United Kingdom, it didn't stay for long though later I believe I opened it up again in The Kingdom of Denmark as The Danish Messenger. The Messenger might have also been in a couple other regions but I forget. Now we've been in The Allied Republic and first published on July 25, 2012. Now it's January 12, 2014 and this is our 27th issue. We are one of the oldest and longest running papers here and are nearing our 30th issue. It has been quite a journey and we'd like to thank you for helping us out every step of the way.<br><br /><br><br />Next we'd like to talk about The Messenger Postal Service, the very first postal service of it's kind in the region. It is a subdivision of The Messenger which as the name implies sends out letters, messages, and telegrams. The company has a very effective formula for determining payment. The base fee, currently $100, then $3 times the number of messages or telegrams you want to send out, then if you want us to write the letter an additional fee is added.<br><br /><br><br />The Goddess Casino has also opened up which deals with bets, gambling and all that other cool stuff. It recently held bets on the elections and will probably do so again next election. It is also working to develop a lotto and other forms of gambling.<br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries is doing quite well and has been seeing good profits so far from it's various companies and will be publishing a finial report very soon.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />Speaker Hunteiria making sure that the Senate is Active and Doing Fine while following the rules and being awesome.<br><br /><br><br />Support Her Today!<br><br /><br><br />AN INTERVIEW WITH TROOK ABOUT HIS NEW ELECTIONS ACT<br><br /><br><br />Today we sat down with Secretary of the Interior Trook where we we're able to talk to him about Election Act VI which he hopes will help to improve the region and cut down on the red tape that's involved with our election process.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 1. How will this new Elections Act be cutting red tape and how will it help the election process?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: The new act will help by cutting down bureaucracy such as the election reports as long with cutting down in the wording of the law to make it simpler to understand what quicker to find out what you need to know.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 2. Why did you decide to write a new elections act?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well as part of my tasks as Secretary of the Interior I have been tasked by President Free States to cut down on the admin side of the SOI and to deal with some issues that people raised and he himself agreed with that made people feel restricted in the elections particularly in regards to political parties being limited to only have as many candidates as there are seats to win in the senate elections.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 3. Why do you think it is better than the current one?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well this version is less cumbersome than the lasts in terms of limitations and formal reports which some Secretaries ignored, I am not naming names but there was a key link between getting elected to senate then not doing the report. I also admit to myself that it is a lot simpler as I can almost fir it on one screen without having to slide down whilst keeping necessary regulation.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 4. Imperium also proposed an election act not too long ago, why do you think yours is better?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Although I know Imperium will disagree but I feel his is too simple to the point we lose standardisation which keeps the elections the name every time so no one can start saying one election is harder than the other due to how they were organised. Secondly you also lost a lot of accountability in his due to the SOI not even being required to encourage people to vote or to stand as candidates which I think would lead elections having less participation along with the Senate loosing he ability to impeach the SOI if they done a job so bad that they had to be remove.<br><br /><br><br />TM: Alright, thank you. Is there anything else you would like to add?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: It has the formal and official support of the President + It looks like Imps may be voted down in the senate<br><br /><br><br />There you have it folks straight from the Secretary himself.<br><br /><br><br />CULTURE/OPINION/GOOD ANIME SECTION - WINTERTIME EDITION!<br><br /><br><br />Hello, Hello, Hello we are once again back for another addition to my favorite section. Remember that the names of the new ones are links to MyAnimeList were you can find more information, Synopsis, reviews, average score, Voice Actors, and more! Also I would be happy to talk about any series or movie that you might want to discuss. Also I have found out about a new anime site. Once again I shall list the names of those I have done. Also Lewis and Daniel is always happy to talk about anime with you. Or if you need to know some anime sites just ask! This time you will also be getting a Summer time edition! Why because with summer coming round you might just have more time to spend watching anime and reading manga not just short ones either. Also we have a couple new anime watching fans out there. We will keep up with these Summertime Editions for a while, while the summer and anime always stay in our heart. This might just be our last summertime edition sadly enough but I might just keep things the same and spice things up and put a couple new things in here. Please know that as we go back and look at some or if I have on my blog, I will be putting a (R) after it to show that I have already done it, it is not apart of the title like (TV) or (2005) might be<br><br /><br><br />Spice and Wolf (R)<br><br /><br><br />Nodame Cantabile<br><br /><br><br />Code Geass<br><br /><br><br />School Rumble (R)<br><br /><br><br />Honey and Clover<br><br /><br><br />Clannad (R)<br><br /><br><br />Great Teacher Onizuka<br><br /><br><br />Eden of the East<br><br /><br><br />Kimi ni Todoke (R)<br><br /><br><br />Mushishi<br><br /><br><br />Ah My Goddess (R)<br><br /><br><br />Full Metal Panic<br><br /><br><br />Trigun<br><br /><br><br />Kino's Journey<br><br /><br><br />ef - a tale of memories<br><br /><br><br />The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<br><br /><br><br />Toradora<br><br /><br><br />K-On!<br><br /><br><br />One Piece<br><br /><br><br />Guin Saga<br><br /><br><br />Sekirei<br><br /><br><br />Rec<br><br /><br><br />Glass Mask (2005)<br><br /><br><br />Durarara!!<br><br /><br><br />Cowboy Bebop<br><br /><br><br />Angel Beats!<br><br /><br><br />Usagi Drop (R)<br><br /><br><br />Itazura na Kiss<br><br /><br><br />Kobato.<br><br /><br><br />Ouran High School Host Club<br><br /><br><br />Princess Jellyfish<br><br /><br><br />Genshiken<br><br /><br><br />Hanasaku Iroha<br><br /><br><br />Skip Beat!<br><br /><br><br />Kids on the Slope<br><br /><br><br />Eureka Seven<br><br /><br><br />Death Note<br><br /><br><br />Black Lagoon<br><br /><br><br />One Outs<br><br /><br><br />Princess Tutu<br><br /><br><br />Fullmetal Alchemist<br><br /><br><br />Love Hina<br><br /><br><br />Hyouka<br><br /><br><br />Cross Game<br><br /><br><br />Waiting in the Summer<br><br /><br><br />Psycho-Pass<br><br /><br><br />Sword Art Online<br><br /><br><br />Mirai Nikki (TV)<br><br /><br><br />Crest of the Stars<br><br /><br><br />Attack on Titan<br><br /><br><br />Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo<br><br /><br><br />Beck<br><br /><br><br />Tari Tari<br><br /><br><br />Kemono no Souja Erin<br><br /><br><br />Gin no Saji<br><br /><br><br />Maoyuu Maou Yuusha<br><br /><br><br />Tokyo Godfathers<br><br /><br><br />1. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor -- Also sometimes called Musekinin Kanchou Tylor. It aired in 1993. It starts out with Justy Ueki Tylor who after seeing an ad decides to join the military, get a desk job, and then retire with a fat pension. That was until he managed to save an former admiral from people who were holding him hostage and to reward Tylor he is promoted and becomes the Captain of the Soyokaze. It goes on from there.<br><br /><br><br />The Story is good, it's entertaining and enjoyable. It's not really deep but it still has a nice story. It is a comedy, parody, space, military, anime. It is really funny a lot of the time. It is nice to watch and let's you break away from life and drama. At times you may stray away from it but you'll come back. The Characters are pretty good, Captain Tylor is really funny and a likable and enjoyable character as well as others like Yuriko, Yamamoto, and Goza. I liked them. Character development is there, the characters really change through out the anime. You see how the crew grows together and how they change. It's pretty good. The music is good, I really enjoyed the opening and ending themes and as well as some of the other soundtracks, they were pretty good and I wish I could find the ringtones. I watched the English dub, it was good, I thought that the voices matched the characters pretty well. The animation is old, it was from 1993, but I also liked watching that older animation sometimes. It isn't the best but it's fine.<br><br /><br><br />The ending was nice, there is a OVA squeal but I haven't seen it yet. The enjoyment is good, I liked it, it was nice. It was also nice to watch older anime, I do like watching older anime sometimes.<br><br /><br><br />2. Nodame Cantabile -- One of my favorite anime, it deals with music and the life of Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda or as everyone calls her Nodame. The story starts off with Chiaki walking around campus of a music college, and says that everything's bad or terrible or something, but he then hears something that's not terrible. Chiaki is from a respectable family and has traveled around Europe and has been in Japan for a while. He can play the piano and the violin and is good at both, however wishes to become a conductor and he is a perfectionist. Nodame plays the piano an unkempt girl. The story goes on.<br><br /><br><br />The story is wonderful, I really enjoyed it and it was amazing. I really liked it, it deals with music, slice of of life, drama, romance, comedy, and is josei. I really liked it as it told a wonderful story and I really liked how it deals with college. The pacing is also well done. The Characters are wonderful, Chiaki and Nodame are wonderful and amazing I really liked them as well as many of the other characters like Milch. Not only that but I also like the relationships between the characters. The Character development was also pretty well done and it's nice. You can see how they develop and move. The music, really key to the anime as it deals with classical music. The music is wonderful, the opening and ending are very wonderful and I like them and have used both of them as ringtones. Not only that but the songs that they play though out the series. This anime really helped me to really start liking classical music again. Now for the voice acting I watched the first season dubbed on Crackle and it was great I really liked it the voices were good, but I don't think that they have dubbed any further than that so I had to watch the second season subbed, which was good but I would have liked to have had the dubbed. The animation is also well done, I liked it.<br><br /><br><br />The ending of the first season was good of course I went to the second season later and still have to watch the third. The enjoyment is great, I really liked it. This is one of my favorite anime, I just love it. I have also read a lot fo the manga after it, I didn't jump ahead though and still need to finish reading a lot of it.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENTS<br><br /><br><br />Join the Church of Northerntal. We also always looking for new members for the Clergy.<br><br /><br><br />The Church of Northerntal can fulfill requests such as marriages, funerals, blessings, and etc.<br><br /><br><br />So We hope to see you at Cathedral of the Light here in TAR or one of our other locations.<br><br /><br><br />Thank you<br><br /><br><br />Read Lewis and Daniel's blog - The Lewis and Daniel of Anime!<br><br /><br><br />or on my new blogThis ends Issue #27 of The Messenger. We have come a long way because of your support! We thank you for reading and hope that you will read the issues to come. And Thanks to all of you who have said that The Messenger is better that the Imperial Tabloids it means a lot, and we hope that you will continue this support forever and always. We are right now the #1 News out there!<br><br /><br><br />If you have any comments please feel free to post. If you would like an advertisement in The Messenger the please contact NRI and we can work something out. Also if you want to write your own article in The Messenger then contact NRI or the Chief-in-Editor<br><br /><br><br />Also thank you all we now have had 2804 page views on our blog! Really thanks a lot, it means a lot. I'm just stunned by this, really. It is amazing that we have that many! Thanks for all your continued help and support!<br><br /><br><br />A Special thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge!<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoVyVEKgCAMANATzakYRZcJlUhDncz54e2j9%2FuSSD8Ro%2B%2FicwNZhViFQs%2FoJCpSRauNQ20wjzFvsDu8vk3PC8wG%2F0EjlgR89xlKjpez%2BlBJavkApLEesg%3D%3D' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-32237498300391479652014-01-30T04:53:00.001-08:002014-01-30T04:53:06.434-08:00Durarara!Air date: Jan 8, 2010 to Jun 25, 2010<br><br /><br><br />Studio: Aniplex + Brains Base<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />Episode number: 24<br><br /><br><br />Score: 10/10<br><br /><br><br />Durarara! is one of those anime masterpieces it's rare to come across. As such, having picked it up randomly halfway through a fall season felt like hitting the jackpot. I'm sure those who watched it at that time know how tough it was to wait for the next episode weekly, how exhilarating it felt to see the pieces falling into place and linking the individual stories into a bigger, more intricate pattern. Much alike weaving a tapestry where the drawing could only be seen fully by the end. I'm sure many would disagree, but personally it remains to this day one of my top favourites.<br><br /><br><br />ATTENTION: THIS REVIEW IS NOT SPOILER-FREE!<br><br /><br><br />STORY<br><br /><br><br />Durarara's plot is hard to narrow down to the essential. It is, after all, made up of several individual stories. That's not to say that the plot is all over. It focuses on a trio of characters - Mikado, Kida and Anri - who are classmates, and it's their meetings and adventures that shape the core of the story. It's also deeply affected by the existence of a Headless Rider, a Dulahan. It is one of those plots that are defined really simply: people meet. Stuff happens. Some people part, some people miss each other, others are caught up in things that aren't supposed to be possible. Try it, really: watching just the first two episodes will give you no clue about what will happen the rest of the series. Or rather, it will, but you won't be able to see it.<br><br />Similarly, it is incredibly hard to include it in a specific genre. It has a bit of everything, from mystery to romance, to comedy and drama. This broadness is certainly part of what makes it so unique and so appealing to many different types of watchers. In fact, I've suggested this series for people with little interest or knowledge of the anime world, only to see them hooked in three-episode's worth of time.<br><br />I like to think of Durarara as a tale made up of character-centered worlds. For the most part, you can only see that world, and even as you're introduced to more worlds they're just separate spheres to you. But as your vision broadens and they expand you start to watch them collide and interact.<br><br /><br><br />It is unfortunate that the series exists as a stand-alone as of now, since there are some loose ends waiting to be picked up and some characters we didn't get to learn about yet. Fret not, though: the series has an ending. It doesn't leave everything hanging and concludes Kida's arc. But my personal opinion is that every fan would like to know what Orihara Izaya has in store, how Celty's head is going to play out and how will the others be manipulated and played.<br><br /><br><br />Characters<br><br /><br><br />The thing that Durarara does best - and it excels in nearly every area - is characterization and character development. I have a very hard time choosing my favourite character, and even a harder time choosing a least favourite one. Admittedly, I have a thing for Izaya. But I love Shizuo just as much. And Celty and Shinra (especially their couple-like interaction). And Kida. And Harima Mika, even though she's a stalker. Even Mikado who looks so half-assed at the beginning is much more than he appears to be, and the same with Anri.<br><br />My point is . Good or evil, flamboyant or discrete, they're interesting, they're captivating. Every character is layered, amusing and rich. Every character has undertones that you didn't see before, and you see it in a new light after a while.<br><br />For me that's particularly true for Anri and Mikado. Anri's apparent lack of personality and willpower struck me as deeply unlikable, thus I was positively impressed when her whole backstory was revealed and she was shown to be Saika's master. After all that mess, she became a better character as she decided that, even if her existence was of a parasite, and voluntarily so, she would try to do what she could to help her friends. Mikado, on the other hand, was not unlikable from the start. He just looked na ve, the typical main character that ends up being dragged into an adventure. He would have been alright like that, just nothing other than a clich . However, he was not. He was curious, smart and bigger on the inside than on the outside. More importantly, he was the leader of the Dollars.<br><br />Apart from these two revelations which made for incredible episodes, I loved Kida. I loved every side of Kida, his faked irresponsibility and carelessness, his serious face when he got back as the leader of the Yellow Scarves, his dark past, all of it. He's rather complex, and even when he's just being silly for Mikado's sake, you get these delicious hints that something is hiding behind the mask.<br><br /><br><br />All of them left not only a lasting impression in me but I cherish them and remember scenes and quotes from time to time. For all of these reasons, Durarara's characters get a top mark.<br><br /><br><br />ART AND ANIMATION<br><br /><br><br />Honestly, there isn't much to complain about in this department. I know that not everyone enjoys the style of animation that Durarara has, but for me, it was the perfect complement to the rest of the series. Even now, years past, Durarara's animation is clean cut and pleasing. It's fluid, natural, while remaining bright and eye-catching. It's believable while retaining a hint of unrealism, which goes well along with the supernatural bits of its story. It might not look out of this world based on the current art trends, but at that point it won easily over its competition.<br><br /><br><br />Conceptually, one of the bits that really caught my attention was Celty's design. Particularly due to the fact that being headless meant that her body language had to be incredibly detailed. I take my hat off to the animators for making it so, and even going to the trouble of making her smoke vary with her emotions. The animation is even more outstanding when it comes to the materialization of the scythe. Celty is pretty much the only character that is not human, so I would have to consider myself disappointed if the animation didn't reflect that.<br><br />Character's designs are very different in style, race and build which is pleasant to see. It's not often that we get a character like Simon, for instance. He's way broader and taller than the rest, his accent is different and there's even a bit of Russian in episode 24. It was also amusing that, for a change, Kida's hair is said to be dyed right in episode one, instead of weird hair colours being considered normal as it is so in many other series.<br><br /><br><br />The action scenes have their own style of animation. In that regard, I remember vividly every Shizuo scene, mostly because he tends to pick up giant city objects to throw them around. He battles Saika's children all at once. He gets shot and doesn't even care much. And finally, he is stabbed through his hand with a pen. Every scene with Shizuo is likely to be a memorable one.<br><br /><br><br />MUSIC AND VOICE-ACTING<br><br />As everything else in Durarara, the music and voices were thoroughly considered so they would fit the characters and overall tone. The soundtrack, composed by Yoshimori Makoto, has fun tracks, fast-paced ones, silly sounds and creepy tunes in equal amounts. I like to listen to it from time to time, even if at some point it gets too disturbing and distracting to go on. Their insertion in the series itself is genially executed, to the point that one can't even realize its presence sometimes, albeit still feeling its powerful effect.<br><br />As for the voices, the high quality is evident in the choice of seiyuu, since nearly every popular male voice-actor has a part in the series. These people all know how to give a character identity just by changing the way they sound. I can't avoid mentioning Ono Daisuke (Sebastian in Kuroshitsuji, Sinbad in Magi) as Shizuo, Miyano Mamoru (Yagami Raito in Death Note, Tamaki in Ouran High School Host Club) as Kida, Fukuyama Jun (Watanuki in xxxHolic, Lawrence in Spice and Wolf) as Shinra, and Kamiya Hiroshi, the god of male voices (Araragi in Bakemonogatari, Natsume in Natsume Yuujinshou, Levi in Shingeki no Kyojin), as Izaya. As for the ladies, it would be rude to forget Hanazawa Kana (Kanade in Angel Beats, Shiro in Deadman Wonderland) as Anri, and Sawashiro Miyuki (Maria in Arakawa under the Bridge, Shinku in Rozen Maiden) as Celty. Celty's voice actress gets the most honorable mention for conveying emotions perfectly without the help of character's facial expressions.<br><br />With all of these golden voices, it's no wonder that Durarara's characters shine brighter than any others.<br><br /><br><br />ENJOYMENT<br><br /><br><br />I'll come clean right here and now and tell you that I prefer Durarara over Baccano. I had more fun with it, I like the way the story connects way more, and I bonded the most with its characters. I recommend it to everyone I can and have rewatched it more than once. Honestly, I couldn't have asked for something more enjoyable than this, and haven't seen anything alike since then.<br><br /><br><br />Ultimately, Durarara is a story of a city. With many different people and situations. With its own urban myths and problems. To quote Izaya, "human beings are the most interesting creatures that you can ever hope to find". I also love humans, and I appreciate a story that can present that to its fullest.<br><br /><br><br />THE SPECIALS: This series has good specials, those that are worth watching. While not essential to the main plot, they are introduced seamlessly into the time-line, corresponding to episode 12,5 and 25. They aren't worth a 10/10, but they're good fun. You get more Izaya vs Shizuo, more of the same fun without any drop on the animation, sound or character quality. However, it goes without saying that there's less depth to it. They would be a good standpoint to introduce a new season, nevertheless, as there are new seasons being introduced, such as Izaya's younger twin sisters.<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNrLKCkpsNLXT8opLUpKLMpMzCvWS8rJTy8uyC%2FRS87P1TcyMDTRNzDUTyktSgRBvYyS3BwABuwS3Q%3D%3D' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-84868596345639937592014-01-30T04:10:00.001-08:002014-01-30T04:10:32.323-08:00Anime to begin with...As of the past two weeks or so I've had about eight (I know! Social interaction!) or so people ask me to recommend them some anime to watch/start off with. Those of you that know me in real life will know that I'm an avid anime and manga fan and I will be more than happy to discuss my favourites with you. If you are already a fan and want something else to watch, check out my anime list .<br><br /><br><br />I'm sure not too many people will be interested in this post, but for those of you that are.. let the obsession begin. This is just a very short list of the anime I like to recommend to people who may not really like anime or that want to start watching anime but have no idea where to begin. I hope some of you anime fans out there will agree with me. I've not included any films in this list, but if you are interested, I can make that list for another day. I've also included my thoughts on the dubbed (english) versions, if there are any.<br><a name='more'></a><br><br />(I will also warn you that this is basically me babbling on about plotlines and bad subs/dubs and most of this post is just my thoughts and excitement poured onto this webpage)<br><br /><br><br />1. FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST & FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD<br><br /><br><br />One of my all time favourite anime. I'll be really surprised if you haven't at least heard of Fullmetal Alchemist before I've made this post. I know it's kind of cheating as this is technically two series, but I think we can all let things slide a little for this master piece. For those of you who don't know, Fullmetal Alchemist was a series that began when the manga was still being published. The first 25 episodes or so are an almost exact replica of the manga, but from episode 25 onwards (where they caught up to the manga) the story differs greatly. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is an EXACT replica of the manga. This makes the first 10 episodes of Brotherhood nearly exactly the same as the first 25 episodes of the first series. I figured I should let ya'll know this before any of you get confused.<br><br />I would recommend watching Fullmetal Alchemist first as it was made first, so starting with it makes things a little more authentic. Most people tend to enjoy Brotherhood a little more (I sure did) because of it's manga like qualities so I would save that for last so you're not too bored with the original anime. To be honest, I hated the subbed version of Brotherhood. Go ahead and watch the Japanese version for the original anime (it's pretty awesome!) but please watch Brotherhood in English! I believe the subbed version was pretty terrible because they mixed and swapped voice actors around that they used for the original anime, making it incredibly confusing if you've watched the subbed version of the first series. And we all know how amazing FMA is in english. I would even say it's my favourite dub of all time.<br><br />The basic plot line for both of the series follow the story of Edward Elric (voiced by Romi Park and Vic Mignogna) and his younger brother Alphonse Elric (voiced by Rie Kugimiya, Aaron Dismuke and later Maxey Whitehead). Edward and Alphonse live in the country of Amestris (that suspiciously resembles Germany) where Alchemy is used on an every day basis. After an accident when they were children, which left Edward with an auto mail arm and leg, and left Alphonse's soul in a suit of armour, they are travelling to find the mysterious Philosophers stone to repair and retrieve Edwards body parts and Aplhonse's body. As their story progresses Edward joins the military as a state Alchemist so he can gain access to more information of the Philosophers stone. I don't want to say too much else without spoiling it for you, so just go ahead and watch it, seriously. I almost forgot to mention that there is some of the most wonderfully bad-ass and beautiful female characters in both Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, so if you're a feminist such as myself, you'll surely love them!<br><br /><br><br />2. ATTACK ON TITAN (SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN)<br><br /><br><br />I'm sure you've all heard of this. I was lucky enough to jump on the Attack on Titan (often referred to as SnK) band-wagon just before the anime started airing back on the 6th of April 2013. I'm so pleased that I got to watch as every episode aired, watching the fandom grow with each episode. As I introduced this anime to a few friends, I was very glad to see they all enjoyed it as much as I hoped they would. This anime can only be watched subbed as it hasn't been dubbed yet (though I'm feeling very skeptical about any dub that is attempted).<br><br />Basically, the story is set in medieval times and we follow the life of Eren Yaeger, his adopted sister Mikasa Ackermen and their child-hood friend Armin Arlert. 100 years prior to the beginning of the story, giant human-like creatures called Titans nearly wiped out the human population. The remaining humans now live inside three huge concrete walls that surround their country. The humans have lived in peace within these walls for the past 100 years. That is until the titans returned. We follow Eren on his journey through this horrible time of famine and death. The first five minutes of the first episode will give you a general idea of what the following 23 episodes will be like, and you will love every minute of it.<br><br /><br><br />3. SOUL EATER<br><br /><br><br />Ahhh Soul Eater. Again, one of my all time favourites. This anime features a range of colourful and crazy characters (including a creepy laughing sun and moon) that get you pumped for any challenges or obstacles the protagonists are facing next. This anime adaption defers greatly from the manga, so if you really enjoy it, I would recommend reading the manga as well! I personally really enjoyed the dubbed version of Soul Eater, though I know many fans of the subbed version did not like it at all. In comparison to the subbed version, there are some characters in the dub that are honestly terribly done but overall, I think the range of different voices Funimation has used for this anime worked incredibly well.<br><br />The story takes place at Death Weapon Meister Academy (the DWMA for short) which is located in Death city.The school is run by none other than Death himself (shinigami) and he trains humans that have the ability to transform into weapons or those who have the ability to wield those weapons. We follow the story of Maka Albarn who wields her scythe partner Soul Eater Evans, Black Star- a self proclaimed assassin who wields his multi-function weapon Tsubaki Nakatsukasa and none other then Death's offspring himself, Death the Kid who wields two weapons- sisters that transform into pistols- Liz and Patty.These teenagers are as skilled as they come at the DWMA and will continue to surprise you with their skills and action sequences. Now if that introduction to the main characters doesn't interest you, I don't know what will.<br><br /><br><br />4. FAIRY TAIL<br><br /><br><br />This isn't what you think it is. I've recommended this to so many people over the years and most of the time their reaction usually includes some exclamation about fairies and stories that we all heard to many times as kids. Which really has nothing to do with it. Fairy Tail is set in a land that is populated by humans, celestial spirits, dragons, exceeds, magical beings and giant beasts (if it's magical, you'll be sure to find it there). Whilst I love majority of the english casting for the dub, the voice of one of the main characters, Lucy Heartfilia (Cherami Leigh), was a little too much for me. Don't get me wrong, I love Cherami Leigh in many other things such as Patty in Soul Eater, but Lucy in Fairy Tail was a little too unbearable for me.<br><br /><br><br />We begin with Lucy who is a seventeen year old celestial wizard who runs away from home to join Fairy Tail, a famous magical guild that is known for it's destructive, powerful and loud wizards. One her travels she meets a boy named Natsu Dragneel and his flying blue cat named Happy. Natsu and Happy are planning to travel to the land of Fiore together to search for Natsu's foster parent, who disappeared many years earlier. Now this is kind of a spoiler, but once Lucy has joined Fairy Tail we get to meet an incredibly amount of amazing wizards, all with different powers or specialities. The story continues following Lucy and Natsu on their travels, continuously facing battles with a large range of antagonists.<br><br /><br><br />5. OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB (OHSHC)<br><br /><br><br />I thought I better add some shoujo anime to this list of mostly shounen anime. I'm sure many boys right now (I don't even know if many boys read our blog) will be quite skeptical at this point. Ouran seems like a typical girly anime full of fan-service to please the ladies. I'm not going to lie. This anime is full of anything and everything to get female viewers to laugh and giggle, but I assure you, boys will also enjoy this hilarious anime. Just try not to take anything seriously. I'll admit that the first time I watched this anime I was very skeptical. It didn't seem like the kind of anime I'm generally interested in, especially considering it's comedic aspects. But really? A reverse harem anime? I can't even remember what made me watch Ouran in the first place (I think it was possibly the promise of Vic Mignogna as the leading male), but I'm so glad I did. If you are considering watching Ouran, I would recommend the dub. As with everything on this list that has a dub, I've watched both the sub and dub. Whilst I enjoyed Ouran subbed, I think the hilarity of the Funimation voice actors present in the dub make it a tiny bit more enjoyable.<br><br /><br><br />Haruhi Fujioka is a commoner who receives a scholarship to the prestigious Ouran Academy. One afternoon, Haruhi is looking for a quiet place to study when she stumbles across the seemingly abandoned third music room. Once inside the music room she discovers the Ouran Host Club. The Host club is a group of six male students that gather to entertain female "clients" (don't worry it's just tea serving and cake). Haruhi accidentally knocks of a vase which is worth $80,000 (8 million yen) and she must repay the Host Club with services to the club. Because of her appearance, Haruhi is mistaken for a male student by the members of the host club and they quickly agree that she would make a fine host, hence becoming the newest member of the host club. ~<br><br /><br><br />And that's about it for my top 5 recommended starter anime. I would also like to make an honourable mention to Death Note, though I figured most people have seen or at least heard of Death Note by now. Please let me know of any other anime/manga related posts you want to see in the future (or if you think I shouldn't do them)<br><br /><br><br />Thank you for reading everyone! Love from Maddie xx<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoFwWEKgDAIBtATqVv0q9tkjCnovkFC1%2B89q9qXiFIASNbAfDeKH6QcrZ%2FSutzLc1CBdExf9HkZW2X8eBwU4A%3D%3D' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-30073667421945057812014-01-30T03:27:00.001-08:002014-01-30T03:27:36.167-08:00Issue #27<br><br /><br><br />January 15, 2014<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries<br><br /><br><br />"We speak the truth"<br><br /><br><br />Bringing you the truth, the news, the anime and the conspiracies for over a year.<br><br /><br><br />A Thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br><br /><br><br />A NEW GOVERNMENT IN TOWN!<br><br /><br><br />I couldn't find anything else, trust me I looked for a while<br><br /><br><br />With a new government in town, well actually they've been here awhile so more like with a new government in power it marks the end of a term and the start of a new one. Free States and his running mate Libertarian Washington won but before they moved in a couple government officials gave one last address to the People this included Crescellia, who had to drop out of the race because of real life issues, who talked about his term in office and gave it that last huzzah and Lewis and Daniel who talked about what he had done while he was the Undersecretary of Defense. Not too long after Free States took office and got to work. One of our sources said that while Free States was cleaning out the Presidential mansion he found lots of things that others had left behind, like a secret dungeon with screams and cries coming from it, a stash of hentai, rope and a candle, some gum underneath one of the chairs, pants that had been hidden, and a whole lot more like his old gun that he hid in the English Dictionary. It isn't exactly known what Free States did with all of the things he found and we might never find out.<br><br /><br><br />Soon after that Free States released his appointments to the Cabinet which included older faces like Trook and Andune who are now the Secretary of the Interior and Treasure, respectfully, and newer faces like Emrys Mercer who will be taking over the military. Then not too long ago he released his nominations for Attorney General and the Supreme Court Justices to the Senate, with included Mytzonia, who still has to take law classes before he can assume the office, Imperium, Conserlan, and New Lafayette, respectfully.<br><br /><br><br />The Senate also saw some new senators in the elections with Western Timpetotia, Bacilli, and Britarvia all coming back to the Senate after time away and Aurumaquaria replacing Andune and getting his first chance in the region to serve office. With new senators coming in that also means that speaker elections must also come to fruition, this time with Hunteiria, Queen Rebecca and Lewis and Daniel all running. The race was tight however after Hunteiria and Queen Rebecca tied 4 to 4 Lewis and Daniel broke the tie by changing his vote from himself to Hunteiria who will once again be our Speaker.<br><br /><br><br />Hopefully this coming term will be a good one but as many people like to say only time will tell.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />ARE YOU A CEO? meaning that the budget only passed by 2 votes and a very slim margin, perhaps the smallest margin a budget has passed on in over 6 months. The Senators voting against and abstaining did so for a variety of reasons such as cutting the salaries of senators who had no say in if they wanted their salary cut yet saying that they did, little transparency and no receipt from the Department of Treasury on how they exactly spend $25,000 while other departments who had published a receipt and had the ability to spend more were left at under $5,000, among other issues.<br><br /><br><br />However this seemed to infuriate the Secretary and a few others who barged in on the voting stage in the Senate and disrupted the chamber, who will be fined. Order was restored. However the Secretary went on to post several other posts in other threads about the budget and what he thought of the senators who didn't vote for it, once such quote "So don't expect me to raise any payments again for Senators who, as I see it, didn't do their job correctly." as some conspiracy theorists view this as well as others, they see this quote as the Secretary saying that he will be holding the Senator's salaries hostage because they didn't vote they way that he wanted and will probably lower Senator's salaries again in February.<br><br /><br><br />Though the budget has passed, so in the long run while it didn't get the support other budgets in the past have it stilled passed which means that the government can continue operating and no shutdown will be had, but this could also mean that more thought and planning will be going into the next budget and hopefully it will be able to get more votes and be a better budget.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />PUBLISHING ON JANUARY 19TH.<br><br /><br><br />NARUTO RP GOING ON!<br><br /><br><br />Naruto.<br><br /><br><br />With a slue of other role plays going on several people have still found time to start another one which looks very promising or at least for now, a Naruto role play. The role play which as you might have figured out takes place in the world of Naruto where people get to develop their own characters who can the ability to have some totally awesome jutsu. Currently in the RP there is a tournament in the Leaf Village that will be testing the skills of shinobi and ninja all over the world, which was done to see what our characters got versus others. So far the tournament hasn't started so new members can join at anytime they want, no knowledge of Naruto needed, but helpful.<br><br /><br><br />That's not all there is also a lot of out of context talk about Naruto like pairings, you know Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Tenten, so on. However many other role plays have started out just as fine like the New Modern World RP, and many others but soon fall to inactivity and other nasty things. Will the Naruto RP also fall to those things? Let's hope not but only time will actually tell us. That's time for you, always holding the secrets we want to know.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />UPDATE ON THE MESSENGER AND NRI<br><br /><br><br />I was wanting to use this picture :3<br><br /><br><br />Hello everyone and thank you once again for reading the wonderful paper that we like to call The Messenger. Before we get into everything else about the company I'd just like to tell you a few things. The first time The Messenger appeared in NationStates was several years ago as The British Messenger in The United Kingdom, it didn't stay for long though later I believe I opened it up again in The Kingdom of Denmark as The Danish Messenger. The Messenger might have also been in a couple other regions but I forget. Now we've been in The Allied Republic and first published on July 25, 2012. Now it's January 12, 2014 and this is our 27th issue. We are one of the oldest and longest running papers here and are nearing our 30th issue. It has been quite a journey and we'd like to thank you for helping us out every step of the way.<br><br /><br><br />Next we'd like to talk about The Messenger Postal Service, the very first postal service of it's kind in the region. It is a subdivision of The Messenger which as the name implies sends out letters, messages, and telegrams. The company has a very effective formula for determining payment. The base fee, currently $100, then $3 times the number of messages or telegrams you want to send out, then if you want us to write the letter an additional fee is added.<br><br /><br><br />The Goddess Casino has also opened up which deals with bets, gambling and all that other cool stuff. It recently held bets on the elections and will probably do so again next election. It is also working to develop a lotto and other forms of gambling.<br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries is doing quite well and has been seeing good profits so far from it's various companies and will be publishing a finial report very soon.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />Speaker Hunteiria making sure that the Senate is Active and Doing Fine while following the rules and being awesome.<br><br /><br><br />Support Her Today!<br><br /><br><br />AN INTERVIEW WITH TROOK ABOUT HIS NEW ELECTIONS ACT<br><br /><br><br />Today we sat down with Secretary of the Interior Trook where we we're able to talk to him about Election Act VI which he hopes will help to improve the region and cut down on the red tape that's involved with our election process.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 1. How will this new Elections Act be cutting red tape and how will it help the election process?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: The new act will help by cutting down bureaucracy such as the election reports as long with cutting down in the wording of the law to make it simpler to understand what quicker to find out what you need to know.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 2. Why did you decide to write a new elections act?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well as part of my tasks as Secretary of the Interior I have been tasked by President Free States to cut down on the admin side of the SOI and to deal with some issues that people raised and he himself agreed with that made people feel restricted in the elections particularly in regards to political parties being limited to only have as many candidates as there are seats to win in the senate elections.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 3. Why do you think it is better than the current one?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well this version is less cumbersome than the lasts in terms of limitations and formal reports which some Secretaries ignored, I am not naming names but there was a key link between getting elected to senate then not doing the report. I also admit to myself that it is a lot simpler as I can almost fir it on one screen without having to slide down whilst keeping necessary regulation.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 4. Imperium also proposed an election act not too long ago, why do you think yours is better?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Although I know Imperium will disagree but I feel his is too simple to the point we lose standardisation which keeps the elections the name every time so no one can start saying one election is harder than the other due to how they were organised. Secondly you also lost a lot of accountability in his due to the SOI not even being required to encourage people to vote or to stand as candidates which I think would lead elections having less participation along with the Senate loosing he ability to impeach the SOI if they done a job so bad that they had to be remove.<br><br /><br><br />TM: Alright, thank you. Is there anything else you would like to add?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: It has the formal and official support of the President + It looks like Imps may be voted down in the senate<br><br /><br><br />There you have it folks straight from the Secretary himself.<br><br /><br><br />CULTURE/OPINION/GOOD ANIME SECTION - WINTERTIME EDITION!<br><br /><br><br />Hello, Hello, Hello we are once again back for another addition to my favorite section. Remember that the names of the new ones are links to MyAnimeList were you can find more information, Synopsis, reviews, average score, Voice Actors, and more! Also I would be happy to talk about any series or movie that you might want to discuss. Also I have found out about a new anime site. Once again I shall list the names of those I have done. Also Lewis and Daniel is always happy to talk about anime with you. Or if you need to know some anime sites just ask! This time you will also be getting a Summer time edition! Why because with summer coming round you might just have more time to spend watching anime and reading manga not just short ones either. Also we have a couple new anime watching fans out there. We will keep up with these Summertime Editions for a while, while the summer and anime always stay in our heart. This might just be our last summertime edition sadly enough but I might just keep things the same and spice things up and put a couple new things in here. Please know that as we go back and look at some or if I have on my blog, I will be putting a (R) after it to show that I have already done it, it is not apart of the title like (TV) or (2005) might be<br><br /><br><br />Spice and Wolf (R)<br><br /><br><br />Nodame Cantabile<br><br /><br><br />Code Geass<br><br /><br><br />School Rumble (R)<br><br /><br><br />Honey and Clover<br><br /><br><br />Clannad (R)<br><br /><br><br />Great Teacher Onizuka<br><br /><br><br />Eden of the East<br><br /><br><br />Kimi ni Todoke (R)<br><br /><br><br />Mushishi<br><br /><br><br />Ah My Goddess (R)<br><br /><br><br />Full Metal Panic<br><br /><br><br />Trigun<br><br /><br><br />Kino's Journey<br><br /><br><br />ef - a tale of memories<br><br /><br><br />The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<br><br /><br><br />Toradora<br><br /><br><br />K-On!<br><br /><br><br />One Piece<br><br /><br><br />Guin Saga<br><br /><br><br />Sekirei<br><br /><br><br />Rec<br><br /><br><br />Glass Mask (2005)<br><br /><br><br />Durarara!!<br><br /><br><br />Cowboy Bebop<br><br /><br><br />Angel Beats!<br><br /><br><br />Usagi Drop (R)<br><br /><br><br />Itazura na Kiss<br><br /><br><br />Kobato.<br><br /><br><br />Ouran High School Host Club<br><br /><br><br />Princess Jellyfish<br><br /><br><br />Genshiken<br><br /><br><br />Hanasaku Iroha<br><br /><br><br />Skip Beat!<br><br /><br><br />Kids on the Slope<br><br /><br><br />Eureka Seven<br><br /><br><br />Death Note<br><br /><br><br />Black Lagoon<br><br /><br><br />One Outs<br><br /><br><br />Princess Tutu<br><br /><br><br />Fullmetal Alchemist<br><br /><br><br />Love Hina<br><br /><br><br />Hyouka<br><br /><br><br />Cross Game<br><br /><br><br />Waiting in the Summer<br><br /><br><br />Psycho-Pass<br><br /><br><br />Sword Art Online<br><br /><br><br />Mirai Nikki (TV)<br><br /><br><br />Crest of the Stars<br><br /><br><br />Attack on Titan<br><br /><br><br />Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo<br><br /><br><br />Beck<br><br /><br><br />Tari Tari<br><br /><br><br />Kemono no Souja Erin<br><br /><br><br />Gin no Saji<br><br /><br><br />Maoyuu Maou Yuusha<br><br /><br><br />Tokyo Godfathers<br><br /><br><br />1. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor -- Also sometimes called Musekinin Kanchou Tylor. It aired in 1993. It starts out with Justy Ueki Tylor who after seeing an ad decides to join the military, get a desk job, and then retire with a fat pension. That was until he managed to save an former admiral from people who were holding him hostage and to reward Tylor he is promoted and becomes the Captain of the Soyokaze. It goes on from there.<br><br /><br><br />The Story is good, it's entertaining and enjoyable. It's not really deep but it still has a nice story. It is a comedy, parody, space, military, anime. It is really funny a lot of the time. It is nice to watch and let's you break away from life and drama. At times you may stray away from it but you'll come back. The Characters are pretty good, Captain Tylor is really funny and a likable and enjoyable character as well as others like Yuriko, Yamamoto, and Goza. I liked them. Character development is there, the characters really change through out the anime. You see how the crew grows together and how they change. It's pretty good. The music is good, I really enjoyed the opening and ending themes and as well as some of the other soundtracks, they were pretty good and I wish I could find the ringtones. I watched the English dub, it was good, I thought that the voices matched the characters pretty well. The animation is old, it was from 1993, but I also liked watching that older animation sometimes. It isn't the best but it's fine.<br><br /><br><br />The ending was nice, there is a OVA squeal but I haven't seen it yet. The enjoyment is good, I liked it, it was nice. It was also nice to watch older anime, I do like watching older anime sometimes.<br><br /><br><br />2. Nodame Cantabile -- One of my favorite anime, it deals with music and the life of Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda or as everyone calls her Nodame. The story starts off with Chiaki walking around campus of a music college, and says that everything's bad or terrible or something, but he then hears something that's not terrible. Chiaki is from a respectable family and has traveled around Europe and has been in Japan for a while. He can play the piano and the violin and is good at both, however wishes to become a conductor and he is a perfectionist. Nodame plays the piano an unkempt girl. The story goes on.<br><br /><br><br />The story is wonderful, I really enjoyed it and it was amazing. I really liked it, it deals with music, slice of of life, drama, romance, comedy, and is josei. I really liked it as it told a wonderful story and I really liked how it deals with college. The pacing is also well done. The Characters are wonderful, Chiaki and Nodame are wonderful and amazing I really liked them as well as many of the other characters like Milch. Not only that but I also like the relationships between the characters. The Character development was also pretty well done and it's nice. You can see how they develop and move. The music, really key to the anime as it deals with classical music. The music is wonderful, the opening and ending are very wonderful and I like them and have used both of them as ringtones. Not only that but the songs that they play though out the series. This anime really helped me to really start liking classical music again. Now for the voice acting I watched the first season dubbed on Crackle and it was great I really liked it the voices were good, but I don't think that they have dubbed any further than that so I had to watch the second season subbed, which was good but I would have liked to have had the dubbed. The animation is also well done, I liked it.<br><br /><br><br />The ending of the first season was good of course I went to the second season later and still have to watch the third. The enjoyment is great, I really liked it. This is one of my favorite anime, I just love it. I have also read a lot fo the manga after it, I didn't jump ahead though and still need to finish reading a lot of it.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENTS<br><br /><br><br />Join the Church of Northerntal. We also always looking for new members for the Clergy.<br><br /><br><br />The Church of Northerntal can fulfill requests such as marriages, funerals, blessings, and etc.<br><br /><br><br />So We hope to see you at Cathedral of the Light here in TAR or one of our other locations.<br><br /><br><br />Thank you<br><br /><br><br />Read Lewis and Daniel's blog - The Lewis and Daniel of Anime!<br><br /><br><br />or on my new blogThis ends Issue #27 of The Messenger. We have come a long way because of your support! We thank you for reading and hope that you will read the issues to come. And Thanks to all of you who have said that The Messenger is better that the Imperial Tabloids it means a lot, and we hope that you will continue this support forever and always. We are right now the #1 News out there!<br><br /><br><br />If you have any comments please feel free to post. If you would like an advertisement in The Messenger the please contact NRI and we can work something out. Also if you want to write your own article in The Messenger then contact NRI or the Chief-in-Editor<br><br /><br><br />Also thank you all we now have had 2804 page views on our blog! Really thanks a lot, it means a lot. I'm just stunned by this, really. It is amazing that we have that many! Thanks for all your continued help and support!<br><br /><br><br />A Special thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge!<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoVyUEOwBAQAMAXrUUqmn6mQaQ0WGEd%2FL7pXCcx9wsxuM4uN%2BBdaAhf6JmdWASqqKU6UCrMc64I2sLr2nJjgzLwHzQanGDEvnzJ4TbqtCJxLR%2Bk5B65' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-68724982327103440962014-01-30T01:24:00.001-08:002014-01-30T01:24:45.043-08:00Issue #27<br><br /><br><br />January 15, 2014<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries<br><br /><br><br />"We speak the truth"<br><br /><br><br />Bringing you the truth, the news, the anime and the conspiracies for over a year.<br><br /><br><br />A Thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br><br /><br><br />A NEW GOVERNMENT IN TOWN!<br><br /><br><br />I couldn't find anything else, trust me I looked for a while<br><br /><br><br />With a new government in town, well actually they've been here awhile so more like with a new government in power it marks the end of a term and the start of a new one. Free States and his running mate Libertarian Washington won but before they moved in a couple government officials gave one last address to the People this included Crescellia, who had to drop out of the race because of real life issues, who talked about his term in office and gave it that last huzzah and Lewis and Daniel who talked about what he had done while he was the Undersecretary of Defense. Not too long after Free States took office and got to work. One of our sources said that while Free States was cleaning out the Presidential mansion he found lots of things that others had left behind, like a secret dungeon with screams and cries coming from it, a stash of hentai, rope and a candle, some gum underneath one of the chairs, pants that had been hidden, and a whole lot more like his old gun that he hid in the English Dictionary. It isn't exactly known what Free States did with all of the things he found and we might never find out.<br><br /><br><br />Soon after that Free States released his appointments to the Cabinet which included older faces like Trook and Andune who are now the Secretary of the Interior and Treasure, respectfully, and newer faces like Emrys Mercer who will be taking over the military. Then not too long ago he released his nominations for Attorney General and the Supreme Court Justices to the Senate, with included Mytzonia, who still has to take law classes before he can assume the office, Imperium, Conserlan, and New Lafayette, respectfully.<br><br /><br><br />The Senate also saw some new senators in the elections with Western Timpetotia, Bacilli, and Britarvia all coming back to the Senate after time away and Aurumaquaria replacing Andune and getting his first chance in the region to serve office. With new senators coming in that also means that speaker elections must also come to fruition, this time with Hunteiria, Queen Rebecca and Lewis and Daniel all running. The race was tight however after Hunteiria and Queen Rebecca tied 4 to 4 Lewis and Daniel broke the tie by changing his vote from himself to Hunteiria who will once again be our Speaker.<br><br /><br><br />Hopefully this coming term will be a good one but as many people like to say only time will tell.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />ARE YOU A CEO? meaning that the budget only passed by 2 votes and a very slim margin, perhaps the smallest margin a budget has passed on in over 6 months. The Senators voting against and abstaining did so for a variety of reasons such as cutting the salaries of senators who had no say in if they wanted their salary cut yet saying that they did, little transparency and no receipt from the Department of Treasury on how they exactly spend $25,000 while other departments who had published a receipt and had the ability to spend more were left at under $5,000, among other issues.<br><br /><br><br />However this seemed to infuriate the Secretary and a few others who barged in on the voting stage in the Senate and disrupted the chamber, who will be fined. Order was restored. However the Secretary went on to post several other posts in other threads about the budget and what he thought of the senators who didn't vote for it, once such quote "So don't expect me to raise any payments again for Senators who, as I see it, didn't do their job correctly." as some conspiracy theorists view this as well as others, they see this quote as the Secretary saying that he will be holding the Senator's salaries hostage because they didn't vote they way that he wanted and will probably lower Senator's salaries again in February.<br><br /><br><br />Though the budget has passed, so in the long run while it didn't get the support other budgets in the past have it stilled passed which means that the government can continue operating and no shutdown will be had, but this could also mean that more thought and planning will be going into the next budget and hopefully it will be able to get more votes and be a better budget.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />PUBLISHING ON JANUARY 19TH.<br><br /><br><br />NARUTO RP GOING ON!<br><br /><br><br />Naruto.<br><br /><br><br />With a slue of other role plays going on several people have still found time to start another one which looks very promising or at least for now, a Naruto role play. The role play which as you might have figured out takes place in the world of Naruto where people get to develop their own characters who can the ability to have some totally awesome jutsu. Currently in the RP there is a tournament in the Leaf Village that will be testing the skills of shinobi and ninja all over the world, which was done to see what our characters got versus others. So far the tournament hasn't started so new members can join at anytime they want, no knowledge of Naruto needed, but helpful.<br><br /><br><br />That's not all there is also a lot of out of context talk about Naruto like pairings, you know Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Tenten, so on. However many other role plays have started out just as fine like the New Modern World RP, and many others but soon fall to inactivity and other nasty things. Will the Naruto RP also fall to those things? Let's hope not but only time will actually tell us. That's time for you, always holding the secrets we want to know.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />UPDATE ON THE MESSENGER AND NRI<br><br /><br><br />I was wanting to use this picture :3<br><br /><br><br />Hello everyone and thank you once again for reading the wonderful paper that we like to call The Messenger. Before we get into everything else about the company I'd just like to tell you a few things. The first time The Messenger appeared in NationStates was several years ago as The British Messenger in The United Kingdom, it didn't stay for long though later I believe I opened it up again in The Kingdom of Denmark as The Danish Messenger. The Messenger might have also been in a couple other regions but I forget. Now we've been in The Allied Republic and first published on July 25, 2012. Now it's January 12, 2014 and this is our 27th issue. We are one of the oldest and longest running papers here and are nearing our 30th issue. It has been quite a journey and we'd like to thank you for helping us out every step of the way.<br><br /><br><br />Next we'd like to talk about The Messenger Postal Service, the very first postal service of it's kind in the region. It is a subdivision of The Messenger which as the name implies sends out letters, messages, and telegrams. The company has a very effective formula for determining payment. The base fee, currently $100, then $3 times the number of messages or telegrams you want to send out, then if you want us to write the letter an additional fee is added.<br><br /><br><br />The Goddess Casino has also opened up which deals with bets, gambling and all that other cool stuff. It recently held bets on the elections and will probably do so again next election. It is also working to develop a lotto and other forms of gambling.<br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries is doing quite well and has been seeing good profits so far from it's various companies and will be publishing a finial report very soon.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />Speaker Hunteiria making sure that the Senate is Active and Doing Fine while following the rules and being awesome.<br><br /><br><br />Support Her Today!<br><br /><br><br />AN INTERVIEW WITH TROOK ABOUT HIS NEW ELECTIONS ACT<br><br /><br><br />Today we sat down with Secretary of the Interior Trook where we we're able to talk to him about Election Act VI which he hopes will help to improve the region and cut down on the red tape that's involved with our election process.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 1. How will this new Elections Act be cutting red tape and how will it help the election process?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: The new act will help by cutting down bureaucracy such as the election reports as long with cutting down in the wording of the law to make it simpler to understand what quicker to find out what you need to know.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 2. Why did you decide to write a new elections act?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well as part of my tasks as Secretary of the Interior I have been tasked by President Free States to cut down on the admin side of the SOI and to deal with some issues that people raised and he himself agreed with that made people feel restricted in the elections particularly in regards to political parties being limited to only have as many candidates as there are seats to win in the senate elections.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 3. Why do you think it is better than the current one?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well this version is less cumbersome than the lasts in terms of limitations and formal reports which some Secretaries ignored, I am not naming names but there was a key link between getting elected to senate then not doing the report. I also admit to myself that it is a lot simpler as I can almost fir it on one screen without having to slide down whilst keeping necessary regulation.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 4. Imperium also proposed an election act not too long ago, why do you think yours is better?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Although I know Imperium will disagree but I feel his is too simple to the point we lose standardisation which keeps the elections the name every time so no one can start saying one election is harder than the other due to how they were organised. Secondly you also lost a lot of accountability in his due to the SOI not even being required to encourage people to vote or to stand as candidates which I think would lead elections having less participation along with the Senate loosing he ability to impeach the SOI if they done a job so bad that they had to be remove.<br><br /><br><br />TM: Alright, thank you. Is there anything else you would like to add?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: It has the formal and official support of the President + It looks like Imps may be voted down in the senate<br><br /><br><br />There you have it folks straight from the Secretary himself.<br><br /><br><br />CULTURE/OPINION/GOOD ANIME SECTION - WINTERTIME EDITION!<br><br /><br><br />Hello, Hello, Hello we are once again back for another addition to my favorite section. Remember that the names of the new ones are links to MyAnimeList were you can find more information, Synopsis, reviews, average score, Voice Actors, and more! Also I would be happy to talk about any series or movie that you might want to discuss. Also I have found out about a new anime site. Once again I shall list the names of those I have done. Also Lewis and Daniel is always happy to talk about anime with you. Or if you need to know some anime sites just ask! This time you will also be getting a Summer time edition! Why because with summer coming round you might just have more time to spend watching anime and reading manga not just short ones either. Also we have a couple new anime watching fans out there. We will keep up with these Summertime Editions for a while, while the summer and anime always stay in our heart. This might just be our last summertime edition sadly enough but I might just keep things the same and spice things up and put a couple new things in here. Please know that as we go back and look at some or if I have on my blog, I will be putting a (R) after it to show that I have already done it, it is not apart of the title like (TV) or (2005) might be<br><br /><br><br />Spice and Wolf (R)<br><br /><br><br />Nodame Cantabile<br><br /><br><br />Code Geass<br><br /><br><br />School Rumble (R)<br><br /><br><br />Honey and Clover<br><br /><br><br />Clannad (R)<br><br /><br><br />Great Teacher Onizuka<br><br /><br><br />Eden of the East<br><br /><br><br />Kimi ni Todoke (R)<br><br /><br><br />Mushishi<br><br /><br><br />Ah My Goddess (R)<br><br /><br><br />Full Metal Panic<br><br /><br><br />Trigun<br><br /><br><br />Kino's Journey<br><br /><br><br />ef - a tale of memories<br><br /><br><br />The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<br><br /><br><br />Toradora<br><br /><br><br />K-On!<br><br /><br><br />One Piece<br><br /><br><br />Guin Saga<br><br /><br><br />Sekirei<br><br /><br><br />Rec<br><br /><br><br />Glass Mask (2005)<br><br /><br><br />Durarara!!<br><br /><br><br />Cowboy Bebop<br><br /><br><br />Angel Beats!<br><br /><br><br />Usagi Drop (R)<br><br /><br><br />Itazura na Kiss<br><br /><br><br />Kobato.<br><br /><br><br />Ouran High School Host Club<br><br /><br><br />Princess Jellyfish<br><br /><br><br />Genshiken<br><br /><br><br />Hanasaku Iroha<br><br /><br><br />Skip Beat!<br><br /><br><br />Kids on the Slope<br><br /><br><br />Eureka Seven<br><br /><br><br />Death Note<br><br /><br><br />Black Lagoon<br><br /><br><br />One Outs<br><br /><br><br />Princess Tutu<br><br /><br><br />Fullmetal Alchemist<br><br /><br><br />Love Hina<br><br /><br><br />Hyouka<br><br /><br><br />Cross Game<br><br /><br><br />Waiting in the Summer<br><br /><br><br />Psycho-Pass<br><br /><br><br />Sword Art Online<br><br /><br><br />Mirai Nikki (TV)<br><br /><br><br />Crest of the Stars<br><br /><br><br />Attack on Titan<br><br /><br><br />Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo<br><br /><br><br />Beck<br><br /><br><br />Tari Tari<br><br /><br><br />Kemono no Souja Erin<br><br /><br><br />Gin no Saji<br><br /><br><br />Maoyuu Maou Yuusha<br><br /><br><br />Tokyo Godfathers<br><br /><br><br />1. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor -- Also sometimes called Musekinin Kanchou Tylor. It aired in 1993. It starts out with Justy Ueki Tylor who after seeing an ad decides to join the military, get a desk job, and then retire with a fat pension. That was until he managed to save an former admiral from people who were holding him hostage and to reward Tylor he is promoted and becomes the Captain of the Soyokaze. It goes on from there.<br><br /><br><br />The Story is good, it's entertaining and enjoyable. It's not really deep but it still has a nice story. It is a comedy, parody, space, military, anime. It is really funny a lot of the time. It is nice to watch and let's you break away from life and drama. At times you may stray away from it but you'll come back. The Characters are pretty good, Captain Tylor is really funny and a likable and enjoyable character as well as others like Yuriko, Yamamoto, and Goza. I liked them. Character development is there, the characters really change through out the anime. You see how the crew grows together and how they change. It's pretty good. The music is good, I really enjoyed the opening and ending themes and as well as some of the other soundtracks, they were pretty good and I wish I could find the ringtones. I watched the English dub, it was good, I thought that the voices matched the characters pretty well. The animation is old, it was from 1993, but I also liked watching that older animation sometimes. It isn't the best but it's fine.<br><br /><br><br />The ending was nice, there is a OVA squeal but I haven't seen it yet. The enjoyment is good, I liked it, it was nice. It was also nice to watch older anime, I do like watching older anime sometimes.<br><br /><br><br />2. Nodame Cantabile -- One of my favorite anime, it deals with music and the life of Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda or as everyone calls her Nodame. The story starts off with Chiaki walking around campus of a music college, and says that everything's bad or terrible or something, but he then hears something that's not terrible. Chiaki is from a respectable family and has traveled around Europe and has been in Japan for a while. He can play the piano and the violin and is good at both, however wishes to become a conductor and he is a perfectionist. Nodame plays the piano an unkempt girl. The story goes on.<br><br /><br><br />The story is wonderful, I really enjoyed it and it was amazing. I really liked it, it deals with music, slice of of life, drama, romance, comedy, and is josei. I really liked it as it told a wonderful story and I really liked how it deals with college. The pacing is also well done. The Characters are wonderful, Chiaki and Nodame are wonderful and amazing I really liked them as well as many of the other characters like Milch. Not only that but I also like the relationships between the characters. The Character development was also pretty well done and it's nice. You can see how they develop and move. The music, really key to the anime as it deals with classical music. The music is wonderful, the opening and ending are very wonderful and I like them and have used both of them as ringtones. Not only that but the songs that they play though out the series. This anime really helped me to really start liking classical music again. Now for the voice acting I watched the first season dubbed on Crackle and it was great I really liked it the voices were good, but I don't think that they have dubbed any further than that so I had to watch the second season subbed, which was good but I would have liked to have had the dubbed. The animation is also well done, I liked it.<br><br /><br><br />The ending of the first season was good of course I went to the second season later and still have to watch the third. The enjoyment is great, I really liked it. This is one of my favorite anime, I just love it. I have also read a lot fo the manga after it, I didn't jump ahead though and still need to finish reading a lot of it.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENTS<br><br /><br><br />Join the Church of Northerntal. We also always looking for new members for the Clergy.<br><br /><br><br />The Church of Northerntal can fulfill requests such as marriages, funerals, blessings, and etc.<br><br /><br><br />So We hope to see you at Cathedral of the Light here in TAR or one of our other locations.<br><br /><br><br />Thank you<br><br /><br><br />Read Lewis and Daniel's blog - The Lewis and Daniel of Anime!<br><br /><br><br />or on my new blogThis ends Issue #27 of The Messenger. We have come a long way because of your support! We thank you for reading and hope that you will read the issues to come. And Thanks to all of you who have said that The Messenger is better that the Imperial Tabloids it means a lot, and we hope that you will continue this support forever and always. We are right now the #1 News out there!<br><br /><br><br />If you have any comments please feel free to post. If you would like an advertisement in The Messenger the please contact NRI and we can work something out. Also if you want to write your own article in The Messenger then contact NRI or the Chief-in-Editor<br><br /><br><br />Also thank you all we now have had 2804 page views on our blog! Really thanks a lot, it means a lot. I'm just stunned by this, really. It is amazing that we have that many! Thanks for all your continued help and support!<br><br /><br><br />A Special thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge!<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoVyVEKgCAMANATzakVQZcJFUljOtH54e2j9%2FuSSLsQg2vicgVZxF154mc0FhW4oNVmR20wjzEj2BNeV6frC8wB%2F0HlLgl6bNNTDvemVZJCH2kwHkc%3D' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-58698789948863356872014-01-29T22:43:00.001-08:002014-01-29T22:43:49.154-08:00Issue #27<br><br /><br><br />January 15, 2014<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries<br><br /><br><br />"We speak the truth"<br><br /><br><br />Bringing you the truth, the news, the anime and the conspiracies for over a year.<br><br /><br><br />A Thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br><br /><br><br />A NEW GOVERNMENT IN TOWN!<br><br /><br><br />I couldn't find anything else, trust me I looked for a while<br><br /><br><br />With a new government in town, well actually they've been here awhile so more like with a new government in power it marks the end of a term and the start of a new one. Free States and his running mate Libertarian Washington won but before they moved in a couple government officials gave one last address to the People this included Crescellia, who had to drop out of the race because of real life issues, who talked about his term in office and gave it that last huzzah and Lewis and Daniel who talked about what he had done while he was the Undersecretary of Defense. Not too long after Free States took office and got to work. One of our sources said that while Free States was cleaning out the Presidential mansion he found lots of things that others had left behind, like a secret dungeon with screams and cries coming from it, a stash of hentai, rope and a candle, some gum underneath one of the chairs, pants that had been hidden, and a whole lot more like his old gun that he hid in the English Dictionary. It isn't exactly known what Free States did with all of the things he found and we might never find out.<br><br /><br><br />Soon after that Free States released his appointments to the Cabinet which included older faces like Trook and Andune who are now the Secretary of the Interior and Treasure, respectfully, and newer faces like Emrys Mercer who will be taking over the military. Then not too long ago he released his nominations for Attorney General and the Supreme Court Justices to the Senate, with included Mytzonia, who still has to take law classes before he can assume the office, Imperium, Conserlan, and New Lafayette, respectfully.<br><br /><br><br />The Senate also saw some new senators in the elections with Western Timpetotia, Bacilli, and Britarvia all coming back to the Senate after time away and Aurumaquaria replacing Andune and getting his first chance in the region to serve office. With new senators coming in that also means that speaker elections must also come to fruition, this time with Hunteiria, Queen Rebecca and Lewis and Daniel all running. The race was tight however after Hunteiria and Queen Rebecca tied 4 to 4 Lewis and Daniel broke the tie by changing his vote from himself to Hunteiria who will once again be our Speaker.<br><br /><br><br />Hopefully this coming term will be a good one but as many people like to say only time will tell.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />ARE YOU A CEO? meaning that the budget only passed by 2 votes and a very slim margin, perhaps the smallest margin a budget has passed on in over 6 months. The Senators voting against and abstaining did so for a variety of reasons such as cutting the salaries of senators who had no say in if they wanted their salary cut yet saying that they did, little transparency and no receipt from the Department of Treasury on how they exactly spend $25,000 while other departments who had published a receipt and had the ability to spend more were left at under $5,000, among other issues.<br><br /><br><br />However this seemed to infuriate the Secretary and a few others who barged in on the voting stage in the Senate and disrupted the chamber, who will be fined. Order was restored. However the Secretary went on to post several other posts in other threads about the budget and what he thought of the senators who didn't vote for it, once such quote "So don't expect me to raise any payments again for Senators who, as I see it, didn't do their job correctly." as some conspiracy theorists view this as well as others, they see this quote as the Secretary saying that he will be holding the Senator's salaries hostage because they didn't vote they way that he wanted and will probably lower Senator's salaries again in February.<br><br /><br><br />Though the budget has passed, so in the long run while it didn't get the support other budgets in the past have it stilled passed which means that the government can continue operating and no shutdown will be had, but this could also mean that more thought and planning will be going into the next budget and hopefully it will be able to get more votes and be a better budget.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />PUBLISHING ON JANUARY 19TH.<br><br /><br><br />NARUTO RP GOING ON!<br><br /><br><br />Naruto.<br><br /><br><br />With a slue of other role plays going on several people have still found time to start another one which looks very promising or at least for now, a Naruto role play. The role play which as you might have figured out takes place in the world of Naruto where people get to develop their own characters who can the ability to have some totally awesome jutsu. Currently in the RP there is a tournament in the Leaf Village that will be testing the skills of shinobi and ninja all over the world, which was done to see what our characters got versus others. So far the tournament hasn't started so new members can join at anytime they want, no knowledge of Naruto needed, but helpful.<br><br /><br><br />That's not all there is also a lot of out of context talk about Naruto like pairings, you know Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Tenten, so on. However many other role plays have started out just as fine like the New Modern World RP, and many others but soon fall to inactivity and other nasty things. Will the Naruto RP also fall to those things? Let's hope not but only time will actually tell us. That's time for you, always holding the secrets we want to know.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />UPDATE ON THE MESSENGER AND NRI<br><br /><br><br />I was wanting to use this picture :3<br><br /><br><br />Hello everyone and thank you once again for reading the wonderful paper that we like to call The Messenger. Before we get into everything else about the company I'd just like to tell you a few things. The first time The Messenger appeared in NationStates was several years ago as The British Messenger in The United Kingdom, it didn't stay for long though later I believe I opened it up again in The Kingdom of Denmark as The Danish Messenger. The Messenger might have also been in a couple other regions but I forget. Now we've been in The Allied Republic and first published on July 25, 2012. Now it's January 12, 2014 and this is our 27th issue. We are one of the oldest and longest running papers here and are nearing our 30th issue. 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How will this new Elections Act be cutting red tape and how will it help the election process?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: The new act will help by cutting down bureaucracy such as the election reports as long with cutting down in the wording of the law to make it simpler to understand what quicker to find out what you need to know.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 2. Why did you decide to write a new elections act?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well as part of my tasks as Secretary of the Interior I have been tasked by President Free States to cut down on the admin side of the SOI and to deal with some issues that people raised and he himself agreed with that made people feel restricted in the elections particularly in regards to political parties being limited to only have as many candidates as there are seats to win in the senate elections.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 3. Why do you think it is better than the current one?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well this version is less cumbersome than the lasts in terms of limitations and formal reports which some Secretaries ignored, I am not naming names but there was a key link between getting elected to senate then not doing the report. I also admit to myself that it is a lot simpler as I can almost fir it on one screen without having to slide down whilst keeping necessary regulation.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 4. Imperium also proposed an election act not too long ago, why do you think yours is better?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Although I know Imperium will disagree but I feel his is too simple to the point we lose standardisation which keeps the elections the name every time so no one can start saying one election is harder than the other due to how they were organised. Secondly you also lost a lot of accountability in his due to the SOI not even being required to encourage people to vote or to stand as candidates which I think would lead elections having less participation along with the Senate loosing he ability to impeach the SOI if they done a job so bad that they had to be remove.<br><br /><br><br />TM: Alright, thank you. Is there anything else you would like to add?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: It has the formal and official support of the President + It looks like Imps may be voted down in the senate<br><br /><br><br />There you have it folks straight from the Secretary himself.<br><br /><br><br />CULTURE/OPINION/GOOD ANIME SECTION - WINTERTIME EDITION!<br><br /><br><br />Hello, Hello, Hello we are once again back for another addition to my favorite section. Remember that the names of the new ones are links to MyAnimeList were you can find more information, Synopsis, reviews, average score, Voice Actors, and more! Also I would be happy to talk about any series or movie that you might want to discuss. Also I have found out about a new anime site. Once again I shall list the names of those I have done. Also Lewis and Daniel is always happy to talk about anime with you. Or if you need to know some anime sites just ask! This time you will also be getting a Summer time edition! Why because with summer coming round you might just have more time to spend watching anime and reading manga not just short ones either. Also we have a couple new anime watching fans out there. We will keep up with these Summertime Editions for a while, while the summer and anime always stay in our heart. This might just be our last summertime edition sadly enough but I might just keep things the same and spice things up and put a couple new things in here. Please know that as we go back and look at some or if I have on my blog, I will be putting a (R) after it to show that I have already done it, it is not apart of the title like (TV) or (2005) might be<br><br /><br><br />Spice and Wolf (R)<br><br /><br><br />Nodame Cantabile<br><br /><br><br />Code Geass<br><br /><br><br />School Rumble (R)<br><br /><br><br />Honey and Clover<br><br /><br><br />Clannad (R)<br><br /><br><br />Great Teacher Onizuka<br><br /><br><br />Eden of the East<br><br /><br><br />Kimi ni Todoke (R)<br><br /><br><br />Mushishi<br><br /><br><br />Ah My Goddess (R)<br><br /><br><br />Full Metal Panic<br><br /><br><br />Trigun<br><br /><br><br />Kino's Journey<br><br /><br><br />ef - a tale of memories<br><br /><br><br />The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<br><br /><br><br />Toradora<br><br /><br><br />K-On!<br><br /><br><br />One Piece<br><br /><br><br />Guin Saga<br><br /><br><br />Sekirei<br><br /><br><br />Rec<br><br /><br><br />Glass Mask (2005)<br><br /><br><br />Durarara!!<br><br /><br><br />Cowboy Bebop<br><br /><br><br />Angel Beats!<br><br /><br><br />Usagi Drop (R)<br><br /><br><br />Itazura na Kiss<br><br /><br><br />Kobato.<br><br /><br><br />Ouran High School Host Club<br><br /><br><br />Princess Jellyfish<br><br /><br><br />Genshiken<br><br /><br><br />Hanasaku Iroha<br><br /><br><br />Skip Beat!<br><br /><br><br />Kids on the Slope<br><br /><br><br />Eureka Seven<br><br /><br><br />Death Note<br><br /><br><br />Black Lagoon<br><br /><br><br />One Outs<br><br /><br><br />Princess Tutu<br><br /><br><br />Fullmetal Alchemist<br><br /><br><br />Love Hina<br><br /><br><br />Hyouka<br><br /><br><br />Cross Game<br><br /><br><br />Waiting in the Summer<br><br /><br><br />Psycho-Pass<br><br /><br><br />Sword Art Online<br><br /><br><br />Mirai Nikki (TV)<br><br /><br><br />Crest of the Stars<br><br /><br><br />Attack on Titan<br><br /><br><br />Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo<br><br /><br><br />Beck<br><br /><br><br />Tari Tari<br><br /><br><br />Kemono no Souja Erin<br><br /><br><br />Gin no Saji<br><br /><br><br />Maoyuu Maou Yuusha<br><br /><br><br />Tokyo Godfathers<br><br /><br><br />1. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor -- Also sometimes called Musekinin Kanchou Tylor. It aired in 1993. It starts out with Justy Ueki Tylor who after seeing an ad decides to join the military, get a desk job, and then retire with a fat pension. That was until he managed to save an former admiral from people who were holding him hostage and to reward Tylor he is promoted and becomes the Captain of the Soyokaze. It goes on from there.<br><br /><br><br />The Story is good, it's entertaining and enjoyable. It's not really deep but it still has a nice story. It is a comedy, parody, space, military, anime. It is really funny a lot of the time. It is nice to watch and let's you break away from life and drama. At times you may stray away from it but you'll come back. The Characters are pretty good, Captain Tylor is really funny and a likable and enjoyable character as well as others like Yuriko, Yamamoto, and Goza. I liked them. Character development is there, the characters really change through out the anime. You see how the crew grows together and how they change. It's pretty good. The music is good, I really enjoyed the opening and ending themes and as well as some of the other soundtracks, they were pretty good and I wish I could find the ringtones. I watched the English dub, it was good, I thought that the voices matched the characters pretty well. The animation is old, it was from 1993, but I also liked watching that older animation sometimes. It isn't the best but it's fine.<br><br /><br><br />The ending was nice, there is a OVA squeal but I haven't seen it yet. The enjoyment is good, I liked it, it was nice. It was also nice to watch older anime, I do like watching older anime sometimes.<br><br /><br><br />2. Nodame Cantabile -- One of my favorite anime, it deals with music and the life of Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda or as everyone calls her Nodame. The story starts off with Chiaki walking around campus of a music college, and says that everything's bad or terrible or something, but he then hears something that's not terrible. Chiaki is from a respectable family and has traveled around Europe and has been in Japan for a while. He can play the piano and the violin and is good at both, however wishes to become a conductor and he is a perfectionist. Nodame plays the piano an unkempt girl. The story goes on.<br><br /><br><br />The story is wonderful, I really enjoyed it and it was amazing. I really liked it, it deals with music, slice of of life, drama, romance, comedy, and is josei. I really liked it as it told a wonderful story and I really liked how it deals with college. The pacing is also well done. The Characters are wonderful, Chiaki and Nodame are wonderful and amazing I really liked them as well as many of the other characters like Milch. Not only that but I also like the relationships between the characters. The Character development was also pretty well done and it's nice. You can see how they develop and move. The music, really key to the anime as it deals with classical music. The music is wonderful, the opening and ending are very wonderful and I like them and have used both of them as ringtones. Not only that but the songs that they play though out the series. This anime really helped me to really start liking classical music again. Now for the voice acting I watched the first season dubbed on Crackle and it was great I really liked it the voices were good, but I don't think that they have dubbed any further than that so I had to watch the second season subbed, which was good but I would have liked to have had the dubbed. The animation is also well done, I liked it.<br><br /><br><br />The ending of the first season was good of course I went to the second season later and still have to watch the third. The enjoyment is great, I really liked it. This is one of my favorite anime, I just love it. I have also read a lot fo the manga after it, I didn't jump ahead though and still need to finish reading a lot of it.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENTS<br><br /><br><br />Join the Church of Northerntal. We also always looking for new members for the Clergy.<br><br /><br><br />The Church of Northerntal can fulfill requests such as marriages, funerals, blessings, and etc.<br><br /><br><br />So We hope to see you at Cathedral of the Light here in TAR or one of our other locations.<br><br /><br><br />Thank you<br><br /><br><br />Read Lewis and Daniel's blog - The Lewis and Daniel of Anime!<br><br /><br><br />or on my new blogThis ends Issue #27 of The Messenger. We have come a long way because of your support! We thank you for reading and hope that you will read the issues to come. 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Thanks for all your continued help and support!<br><br /><br><br />A Special thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge!<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoVyVEKgCAMANATzakURpcJFUljOtH50e2j9%2FuySD8Ro%2B%2FiSwN5iYcKxPfsLCpyRavNhtpgmXMlsA4e35YfL5gd%2FoPGQzKM1FegEi9nD6eyVPoApP4evA%3D%3D' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-3388876868505516202014-01-29T20:07:00.001-08:002014-01-29T20:07:14.419-08:00Arcane Specials: Top 10 Anime VillainsTOP 10 ANIME VILLAINS<br><br /><br><br />Hello ladies, peoples, and animals it is I, the Arcane Reviewer! Here to bring you another special. So yeah....no Phantom review. Now before you say anything, I'll let you know that I was going to watch Phantom. But I ended up watching Steins;Gate and Kara no Kyoukai instead. So instead I've decided to give all of you lovely folks my personal favorite villains in anime. This is my list so if you disagree my choices and feel like you have a better list then by all means share you list to me. Also just to let you guys know, I DID NOT MAKE THAT PICTURE UP ABOVE! I borrowed it from a fellow blogger. His name is Vogiir and you can check him out at the link provided at the bottom. Show him some love because his a cool dude. Also this list will contain spoilers so if you haven't seen the anime that these characters are attached to I recommend that you do before reading this list. Now with all that out of the way let's begin, shall we?<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />NUMBER 10: FRIEZA FROM DRAGONBALL Z<br><br /><br><br />One of the first big villains from the anime classic, Frieza is one of the terrifying villains in anime. He has a special to me and most anime fans seeing as how he was one of the first villains we grew up with. Now even though he has a lot of nostalgic value to him, Frieza is still a really good villain all by himself. I mean the man not only takes over planet after planet but he truly believes that it's the natural order of things! He honestly thinks this is how things should be because he's the strongest so he should get what he wants. Not only that but the man took out an entire planet of crazy strong warriors with one finger. That's pretty damn scary and evil. But that's the reason why we love him. Frieza, not only is he one of the strongest monsters in the universe but he knows it and he'll damn sure flaunt it.<br><br /><br><br />NUMBER 9: MAKOTO WALTZ SEGAI FROM GUILTY CROWN<br><br /><br><br />Now I'll be honest here, as much crap as I've talked about Guilty Crown I will say that there is on character that I loved watching and that's this man right here. Makoto is just so much fun to watch as he does some pretty damn villainous deeds through out the show. He does all of these action with a honest to god smile on his face and that is the beauty in his character. Not only does he enjoy being a villain but he knows he's a villain! Everything he does is just so damn over the top and chews every piece of scenery that he's in. If anything, Makoto leaves a lasting impression on the audience you won't be forgetting him anytime soon. Makoto Waltz Segai, the anime Tim Curry!<br><br /><br><br />NUMBER 8: LOVE MACHINE FROM SUMMER WARS<br><br /><br><br />Now this guy is a badass. You may laugh at his name but you know what? Love Machine don't give a fuck! You think his name is stupid? Well all he has to do is hack into your bank account and publish all you information all over the net for all to see. Who's stupid now? Love Machine is such an awesome villain simply due to the fact that he can and will hack into anything and everything. But most of all his biggest reason for doing all of this is so simple, he loves trolling people. That's pretty much his only reason for doing everything he does in the movie, he just loves causing trouble and chaos for everybody. He doesn't care who you are or what you've done if he can cause misfortune and grief he'll do it. Why? Because it's fun. Love Machine, the ultimate troll.<br><br /><br><br />NUMBER 7: OROCHIMARU FROM NARUTO<br><br /><br><br />Okay so if know me you'll know that I do not like Naruto. I've tried to get into it again and again but I for the life of me can't stand it. That being said there is one character that I do love. The first recurring villain in the show is the snake man himself Orochinaru. He's just a nasty, vial, disgusting monster of a man who just love causing pain and anguish to others. One of the best parts to him is that he always has a smile on his face. The man is smiling with everything he does and you just want to smack that evil filled, smug look off his face. He is one the onlyreal villains in Naruto too. Almost all Naruto villains are usually people that turn evil due to misfortune in their life or because society made into a villain. But Orochimaru isn't like that at all. The man seemed like an evil bastered even before he turned evil and he still had that damn smile too. Not only that but he does some nasty stuff with his body in the show and corrupts one of the main characters to follow him. He is what I think of when I think of a villain and I love it. Orochimaru, The smiling snake monster that we all love to hate.<br><br /><br><br />NUMBER 6: KIREI KOTOMINE FROM FATE/STAY NIGHT AND FATE/ZERO<br><br /><br><br />All the way from the Fate series we have the man himself, Kirei Kotomine! Kirei is slimier to Orochimaru in that they love seeing people suffer. But in the case of Kirei is a little different, he loves seeing people suffer because he gets a sense of pleasure from it. He absolutely loves seeing people in not only physical pain but he loves seeing them in emotional pain as well. The man married a woman who was terminally ill because he enjoyed watching her as she was slowly and agonizingly dying from her sickness. Not only that but he cried when she died because he didn't get to kill her himself. You also have the events in Fate/Zero were you see him set up Kariya to be framed as the man who killed the husband of the woman he loved. After which she sends him off the deep end and inadvertently causes Kariya to strangle her. Not only does this almost kill her but she survives with massive brain damage and Kariya just about insane and eventually dies a very sad and painful death. I mean damn that's fucked up and how does Kirei react to this? He absolutely loves it and immediately wants to do it again. This man has no soul. Kirei Kotomine, a priest see your sins as his pleasure.<br><br /><br><br />NUMBER 5: LIGHT YAGAMI FROM DEATH NOTE<br><br /><br><br />No. I don't care what anyone says. Light. Is. A. Villain. The man thinks that he should be the god of the new world as soon as he gets the Death Note. He is power hungry and he just doesn't stop there, he wants more power. He's very much willing to let people that haven't done anything wrong die as long as he sees them as a danger to his plans. Light is the text book definition of a power hungry psycho who only sees people as pawns. Even worse is that the man believes that he's doing the right thing. He justifies every horrible thing he does as means to an end. But to top it all off he does something that fans of the show still can't forgive him for. He kills off one of the main characters in the middle of the show. L was pretty much Light's rival through out the show as they kept playing a game of cat chasing mouse. But in the middle of the series actually kills off L. This was a huge shock to fans and is what I fill solidified him as a true villain. Light Yagami, while you're crying over L's death he'll take a potato chip and eat it.<br><br /><br><br />NUMBER 4: VICIOUS FROM COWBOY BEBOP<br><br /><br><br />This man is just terrifying. Vicious is a man who doesn't even need to tell you why he's scary. In the show the mere mention of his name is enough to get people afraid. Hell the man doesn't even need a gun to show off how dangerous he is, he just uses a katana to get his point across and he's insanely dangerous with that thing alone. He has history with Spike and knows him better than anyone else which makes him a deadly adversary to our hero. He also has a kickass bird that hangs out on his shoulder. Not only does this make him look cool but that bird is also scary looking too. Simply put, Vicious is played so cool and so toned downed that it makes him stand out more and he ends up leaving a lasting impression with just how cold he is and how ruthless he can be. Vicious, he'll bring a sword to a gun fight and walk out the winner.<br><br /><br><br />NUMBER 3: KNIVES MILLIONS FROM TRIGUN<br><br /><br><br />If you ever thought you had a bad brother just take a look at Knives right here. He is just a dirty person who disregards human life in favor of his own and tries countless time tries to either turn his brother Vash's beliefs on humanity and trying to save all life or is tries to ruin everything he holds dear and turn his life into a living hell. Knives is the complete opposite of Vash is very single way and what makes him so damn evil is that you feel like he doesn't even care if Vash gets killed. This is made very clear when we see him try to break Vash as a person. He will stop at nothing wipe out the entire human race and he'll anyone who gets in his way. Even if it's his own brother. Knives Millions, even though he shot off Vash's arm he did it out of brotherly love.<br><br /><br><br />NUMBER 2: KYUBEY FROM PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA<br><br /><br><br />Don't be fooled folks. Underneath that cute exterior is a cold, emotionless, calculating creature who will play with your emotions to get what he wants. Now some may say that Kyubey doesn't count as a villain because he doesn't do anything villainous through out the show but I have to disagree. If it wasn't for Kyubey playing on the hearts of all these girls as well as the main cast in Madoka Magica they would all have normal lives. But Kyubey searched for something in their hearts and poked ans yanked at it to the point were they agreed to a contract with this pink-eyed devil. What's even scarier more villainous about Kyubey is that he doesn't think he's doing anything wrong. He's simply just gathering energy from these poor girls emotion so that his race can power themselves and he doesn't even see humans as living creatures. He sees them as batteries that will one out live it's use and when that happens he'll move on to the next girl. Kyubey, you can be anrgy at him all you want he'll just see that as potential energy.<br><br /><br><br />NUMBER 1: LIO SHIRAZUMI FROM KARA NO KYOUKAI<br><br /><br><br />This right here ladies, peoples, and animals is the best anime villain in my opinion. Lio is a very simple person to understand really. He had a thing for the main heroin Shiki. But she wasn't interested in him, she thought he was weak and just brushed him off but little did she know that this would led him down a very dark path. Lio became obsessed with Shiki, he tried to show to her that he wasn't weak and started to kill people to prove to her that he wasn't weak. He dressed just like Shiki because she was all he could think about for four long years. He eats all of the people he kills and leave very little for anyone to recognize as a human being. He knows that Shiki's a killer so he tries to push her into taking a human life she refuses. When he sees this he blames it all on one person ans promises that he'll help her cut her ties with him so she can kill. Even though he failed it still doesn't take away the fact that he almost killed the man that Shiki loves all because he believed that he was holding her back. Lio is so horrifying as a villain because he doesn't want rule the world, he doesn't want to enslave or wipe out all of humanity. All he wants to do is make the woman he's obsessed with into a killer and he could care less about the rest of the world. That is what makes him so iconic as a villain, just how completely sick he is. Lio Shirazumi, my personal favorite anime villain of all time.<br><br />I hope you enjoyed this list and I hope look forward to next week because that's when we kick off Romance Month here at Arcane Reviews! Until next, take care.<br><br />Link to Vogiir profile.http://themodernmage.com/author/vogiir<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNotykkOgDAIAMAX0cV48jfYEEtCCymkft%2BLc54eYVfOuBpOWrSZXkq36OOmkZqOfJR65lL%2FAm7UGMUh1KAWwMmDYLMI8vTUY8gH%2FmMeFg%3D%3D' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-11102180717070731222014-01-29T13:22:00.001-08:002014-01-29T13:22:42.088-08:00Death NoteAUTHOR: TETSURARAKI<br><br />Genre: Cop, supernatural, suspense<br><br />Data of Release of the anime: 3 October 2006<br><a name='more'></a><br><br />Number of episodes: 37<br><br /><br><br />RESUME: The Death Note is a Notebook that Shinigamis (Soul Reapers) write the name and reasons of death of the human beings.The Notebook has the rules written inside. It says that, if the person with the Death Note see's someone's face and write the person name on the Death Note, that person would die with a heart attack in the next 40 seconds. What happens next, is that this Death Note, falls from the sky and a young student called Raito Yagami (Later Known as Kira), on the beginning he didn't belief in that, until he tried. 5 days later, he was visited by the Shinigami called Ryuku, the true honer of the Dead Note, he tells the young boy that he let the Dead Note fall from the sky because he was bored. In those 5 days, this young guy, have killed most on the criminals all over the world, with the objective of purifyingthe world from all the evil persons and turn himself in a "worlds new god!" the people named the responsible for all those death of (Kira). As expected, all this Heart attacks weren't normal, and, it called the attention of the FBI and a famous Detective Known as "L", this L guy, quickly tests Raito Yagami and discovered that Raito Lives in Japan, after that,L knew that Kira could kill persons without the needing of go closer of the person and determinate the time of death. Raito understood in that moment that L would be a problem, and here starts one of the most epic physiologic games I've ever seen in a anime.<br><br /><br><br />MY OPINION: This is one of those animes that totally blow your mind, its all i have to say about this anime really.<br><br /><br><br />Actually, with this post, I find out that there is 2 movie called " (LINK FOR THE TRAILER)". I'll give you guys the trailer for the anime, and for the " (LINK FOR THE FIRST MOVIE)" " (LINK FOR THE SECOND MOVIE)".<br><br /><br><br />Hope you guys enjoyed my post, see you next week.<br /><a href='http://blogfog.aws.af.cm/ad/site.php?u=eNoFwUEOgCAMBMAX2YJw8jMGldAYypKwF3%2FvjJHzUH0xPi%2FESkmujrYmKDdc9xCzhqhPLbRtgPWMWYzef1pHE%2B0%3D' target='details'>Full Post</a><br />Animonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205122367223626862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535026134839177845.post-72657728510836628062014-01-29T07:19:00.001-08:002014-01-29T07:19:26.819-08:00Issue #27<br><br /><br><br />January 15, 2014<br><a name='more'></a><br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries<br><br /><br><br />"We speak the truth"<br><br /><br><br />Bringing you the truth, the news, the anime and the conspiracies for over a year.<br><br /><br><br />A Thanks to our Sponsors!<br><br /><br><br />Political Edge<br><br /><br><br />Hunteiria<br><br /><br><br />A NEW GOVERNMENT IN TOWN!<br><br /><br><br />I couldn't find anything else, trust me I looked for a while<br><br /><br><br />With a new government in town, well actually they've been here awhile so more like with a new government in power it marks the end of a term and the start of a new one. Free States and his running mate Libertarian Washington won but before they moved in a couple government officials gave one last address to the People this included Crescellia, who had to drop out of the race because of real life issues, who talked about his term in office and gave it that last huzzah and Lewis and Daniel who talked about what he had done while he was the Undersecretary of Defense. Not too long after Free States took office and got to work. One of our sources said that while Free States was cleaning out the Presidential mansion he found lots of things that others had left behind, like a secret dungeon with screams and cries coming from it, a stash of hentai, rope and a candle, some gum underneath one of the chairs, pants that had been hidden, and a whole lot more like his old gun that he hid in the English Dictionary. It isn't exactly known what Free States did with all of the things he found and we might never find out.<br><br /><br><br />Soon after that Free States released his appointments to the Cabinet which included older faces like Trook and Andune who are now the Secretary of the Interior and Treasure, respectfully, and newer faces like Emrys Mercer who will be taking over the military. Then not too long ago he released his nominations for Attorney General and the Supreme Court Justices to the Senate, with included Mytzonia, who still has to take law classes before he can assume the office, Imperium, Conserlan, and New Lafayette, respectfully.<br><br /><br><br />The Senate also saw some new senators in the elections with Western Timpetotia, Bacilli, and Britarvia all coming back to the Senate after time away and Aurumaquaria replacing Andune and getting his first chance in the region to serve office. With new senators coming in that also means that speaker elections must also come to fruition, this time with Hunteiria, Queen Rebecca and Lewis and Daniel all running. The race was tight however after Hunteiria and Queen Rebecca tied 4 to 4 Lewis and Daniel broke the tie by changing his vote from himself to Hunteiria who will once again be our Speaker.<br><br /><br><br />Hopefully this coming term will be a good one but as many people like to say only time will tell.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />ARE YOU A CEO? meaning that the budget only passed by 2 votes and a very slim margin, perhaps the smallest margin a budget has passed on in over 6 months. The Senators voting against and abstaining did so for a variety of reasons such as cutting the salaries of senators who had no say in if they wanted their salary cut yet saying that they did, little transparency and no receipt from the Department of Treasury on how they exactly spend $25,000 while other departments who had published a receipt and had the ability to spend more were left at under $5,000, among other issues.<br><br /><br><br />However this seemed to infuriate the Secretary and a few others who barged in on the voting stage in the Senate and disrupted the chamber, who will be fined. Order was restored. However the Secretary went on to post several other posts in other threads about the budget and what he thought of the senators who didn't vote for it, once such quote "So don't expect me to raise any payments again for Senators who, as I see it, didn't do their job correctly." as some conspiracy theorists view this as well as others, they see this quote as the Secretary saying that he will be holding the Senator's salaries hostage because they didn't vote they way that he wanted and will probably lower Senator's salaries again in February.<br><br /><br><br />Though the budget has passed, so in the long run while it didn't get the support other budgets in the past have it stilled passed which means that the government can continue operating and no shutdown will be had, but this could also mean that more thought and planning will be going into the next budget and hopefully it will be able to get more votes and be a better budget.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />PUBLISHING ON JANUARY 19TH.<br><br /><br><br />NARUTO RP GOING ON!<br><br /><br><br />Naruto.<br><br /><br><br />With a slue of other role plays going on several people have still found time to start another one which looks very promising or at least for now, a Naruto role play. The role play which as you might have figured out takes place in the world of Naruto where people get to develop their own characters who can the ability to have some totally awesome jutsu. Currently in the RP there is a tournament in the Leaf Village that will be testing the skills of shinobi and ninja all over the world, which was done to see what our characters got versus others. So far the tournament hasn't started so new members can join at anytime they want, no knowledge of Naruto needed, but helpful.<br><br /><br><br />That's not all there is also a lot of out of context talk about Naruto like pairings, you know Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Tenten, so on. However many other role plays have started out just as fine like the New Modern World RP, and many others but soon fall to inactivity and other nasty things. Will the Naruto RP also fall to those things? Let's hope not but only time will actually tell us. That's time for you, always holding the secrets we want to know.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />UPDATE ON THE MESSENGER AND NRI<br><br /><br><br />I was wanting to use this picture :3<br><br /><br><br />Hello everyone and thank you once again for reading the wonderful paper that we like to call The Messenger. Before we get into everything else about the company I'd just like to tell you a few things. The first time The Messenger appeared in NationStates was several years ago as The British Messenger in The United Kingdom, it didn't stay for long though later I believe I opened it up again in The Kingdom of Denmark as The Danish Messenger. The Messenger might have also been in a couple other regions but I forget. Now we've been in The Allied Republic and first published on July 25, 2012. Now it's January 12, 2014 and this is our 27th issue. We are one of the oldest and longest running papers here and are nearing our 30th issue. It has been quite a journey and we'd like to thank you for helping us out every step of the way.<br><br /><br><br />Next we'd like to talk about The Messenger Postal Service, the very first postal service of it's kind in the region. It is a subdivision of The Messenger which as the name implies sends out letters, messages, and telegrams. The company has a very effective formula for determining payment. The base fee, currently $100, then $3 times the number of messages or telegrams you want to send out, then if you want us to write the letter an additional fee is added.<br><br /><br><br />The Goddess Casino has also opened up which deals with bets, gambling and all that other cool stuff. It recently held bets on the elections and will probably do so again next election. It is also working to develop a lotto and other forms of gambling.<br><br /><br><br />North Republic Industries is doing quite well and has been seeing good profits so far from it's various companies and will be publishing a finial report very soon.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENT<br><br /><br><br />Speaker Hunteiria making sure that the Senate is Active and Doing Fine while following the rules and being awesome.<br><br /><br><br />Support Her Today!<br><br /><br><br />AN INTERVIEW WITH TROOK ABOUT HIS NEW ELECTIONS ACT<br><br /><br><br />Today we sat down with Secretary of the Interior Trook where we we're able to talk to him about Election Act VI which he hopes will help to improve the region and cut down on the red tape that's involved with our election process.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 1. How will this new Elections Act be cutting red tape and how will it help the election process?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: The new act will help by cutting down bureaucracy such as the election reports as long with cutting down in the wording of the law to make it simpler to understand what quicker to find out what you need to know.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 2. Why did you decide to write a new elections act?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well as part of my tasks as Secretary of the Interior I have been tasked by President Free States to cut down on the admin side of the SOI and to deal with some issues that people raised and he himself agreed with that made people feel restricted in the elections particularly in regards to political parties being limited to only have as many candidates as there are seats to win in the senate elections.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 3. Why do you think it is better than the current one?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Well this version is less cumbersome than the lasts in terms of limitations and formal reports which some Secretaries ignored, I am not naming names but there was a key link between getting elected to senate then not doing the report. I also admit to myself that it is a lot simpler as I can almost fir it on one screen without having to slide down whilst keeping necessary regulation.<br><br /><br><br />TM: 4. Imperium also proposed an election act not too long ago, why do you think yours is better?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: Although I know Imperium will disagree but I feel his is too simple to the point we lose standardisation which keeps the elections the name every time so no one can start saying one election is harder than the other due to how they were organised. Secondly you also lost a lot of accountability in his due to the SOI not even being required to encourage people to vote or to stand as candidates which I think would lead elections having less participation along with the Senate loosing he ability to impeach the SOI if they done a job so bad that they had to be remove.<br><br /><br><br />TM: Alright, thank you. Is there anything else you would like to add?<br><br /><br><br />Trook: It has the formal and official support of the President + It looks like Imps may be voted down in the senate<br><br /><br><br />There you have it folks straight from the Secretary himself.<br><br /><br><br />CULTURE/OPINION/GOOD ANIME SECTION - WINTERTIME EDITION!<br><br /><br><br />Hello, Hello, Hello we are once again back for another addition to my favorite section. Remember that the names of the new ones are links to MyAnimeList were you can find more information, Synopsis, reviews, average score, Voice Actors, and more! Also I would be happy to talk about any series or movie that you might want to discuss. Also I have found out about a new anime site. Once again I shall list the names of those I have done. Also Lewis and Daniel is always happy to talk about anime with you. Or if you need to know some anime sites just ask! This time you will also be getting a Summer time edition! Why because with summer coming round you might just have more time to spend watching anime and reading manga not just short ones either. Also we have a couple new anime watching fans out there. We will keep up with these Summertime Editions for a while, while the summer and anime always stay in our heart. This might just be our last summertime edition sadly enough but I might just keep things the same and spice things up and put a couple new things in here. Please know that as we go back and look at some or if I have on my blog, I will be putting a (R) after it to show that I have already done it, it is not apart of the title like (TV) or (2005) might be<br><br /><br><br />Spice and Wolf (R)<br><br /><br><br />Nodame Cantabile<br><br /><br><br />Code Geass<br><br /><br><br />School Rumble (R)<br><br /><br><br />Honey and Clover<br><br /><br><br />Clannad (R)<br><br /><br><br />Great Teacher Onizuka<br><br /><br><br />Eden of the East<br><br /><br><br />Kimi ni Todoke (R)<br><br /><br><br />Mushishi<br><br /><br><br />Ah My Goddess (R)<br><br /><br><br />Full Metal Panic<br><br /><br><br />Trigun<br><br /><br><br />Kino's Journey<br><br /><br><br />ef - a tale of memories<br><br /><br><br />The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<br><br /><br><br />Toradora<br><br /><br><br />K-On!<br><br /><br><br />One Piece<br><br /><br><br />Guin Saga<br><br /><br><br />Sekirei<br><br /><br><br />Rec<br><br /><br><br />Glass Mask (2005)<br><br /><br><br />Durarara!!<br><br /><br><br />Cowboy Bebop<br><br /><br><br />Angel Beats!<br><br /><br><br />Usagi Drop (R)<br><br /><br><br />Itazura na Kiss<br><br /><br><br />Kobato.<br><br /><br><br />Ouran High School Host Club<br><br /><br><br />Princess Jellyfish<br><br /><br><br />Genshiken<br><br /><br><br />Hanasaku Iroha<br><br /><br><br />Skip Beat!<br><br /><br><br />Kids on the Slope<br><br /><br><br />Eureka Seven<br><br /><br><br />Death Note<br><br /><br><br />Black Lagoon<br><br /><br><br />One Outs<br><br /><br><br />Princess Tutu<br><br /><br><br />Fullmetal Alchemist<br><br /><br><br />Love Hina<br><br /><br><br />Hyouka<br><br /><br><br />Cross Game<br><br /><br><br />Waiting in the Summer<br><br /><br><br />Psycho-Pass<br><br /><br><br />Sword Art Online<br><br /><br><br />Mirai Nikki (TV)<br><br /><br><br />Crest of the Stars<br><br /><br><br />Attack on Titan<br><br /><br><br />Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo<br><br /><br><br />Beck<br><br /><br><br />Tari Tari<br><br /><br><br />Kemono no Souja Erin<br><br /><br><br />Gin no Saji<br><br /><br><br />Maoyuu Maou Yuusha<br><br /><br><br />Tokyo Godfathers<br><br /><br><br />1. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor -- Also sometimes called Musekinin Kanchou Tylor. It aired in 1993. It starts out with Justy Ueki Tylor who after seeing an ad decides to join the military, get a desk job, and then retire with a fat pension. That was until he managed to save an former admiral from people who were holding him hostage and to reward Tylor he is promoted and becomes the Captain of the Soyokaze. It goes on from there.<br><br /><br><br />The Story is good, it's entertaining and enjoyable. It's not really deep but it still has a nice story. It is a comedy, parody, space, military, anime. It is really funny a lot of the time. It is nice to watch and let's you break away from life and drama. At times you may stray away from it but you'll come back. The Characters are pretty good, Captain Tylor is really funny and a likable and enjoyable character as well as others like Yuriko, Yamamoto, and Goza. I liked them. Character development is there, the characters really change through out the anime. You see how the crew grows together and how they change. It's pretty good. The music is good, I really enjoyed the opening and ending themes and as well as some of the other soundtracks, they were pretty good and I wish I could find the ringtones. I watched the English dub, it was good, I thought that the voices matched the characters pretty well. The animation is old, it was from 1993, but I also liked watching that older animation sometimes. It isn't the best but it's fine.<br><br /><br><br />The ending was nice, there is a OVA squeal but I haven't seen it yet. The enjoyment is good, I liked it, it was nice. It was also nice to watch older anime, I do like watching older anime sometimes.<br><br /><br><br />2. Nodame Cantabile -- One of my favorite anime, it deals with music and the life of Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda or as everyone calls her Nodame. The story starts off with Chiaki walking around campus of a music college, and says that everything's bad or terrible or something, but he then hears something that's not terrible. Chiaki is from a respectable family and has traveled around Europe and has been in Japan for a while. He can play the piano and the violin and is good at both, however wishes to become a conductor and he is a perfectionist. Nodame plays the piano an unkempt girl. The story goes on.<br><br /><br><br />The story is wonderful, I really enjoyed it and it was amazing. I really liked it, it deals with music, slice of of life, drama, romance, comedy, and is josei. I really liked it as it told a wonderful story and I really liked how it deals with college. The pacing is also well done. The Characters are wonderful, Chiaki and Nodame are wonderful and amazing I really liked them as well as many of the other characters like Milch. Not only that but I also like the relationships between the characters. The Character development was also pretty well done and it's nice. You can see how they develop and move. The music, really key to the anime as it deals with classical music. The music is wonderful, the opening and ending are very wonderful and I like them and have used both of them as ringtones. Not only that but the songs that they play though out the series. This anime really helped me to really start liking classical music again. Now for the voice acting I watched the first season dubbed on Crackle and it was great I really liked it the voices were good, but I don't think that they have dubbed any further than that so I had to watch the second season subbed, which was good but I would have liked to have had the dubbed. The animation is also well done, I liked it.<br><br /><br><br />The ending of the first season was good of course I went to the second season later and still have to watch the third. The enjoyment is great, I really liked it. This is one of my favorite anime, I just love it. I have also read a lot fo the manga after it, I didn't jump ahead though and still need to finish reading a lot of it.<br><br /><br><br />ADVERTISEMENTS<br><br /><br><br />Join the Church of Northerntal. We also always looking for new members for the Clergy.<br><br /><br><br />The Church of Northerntal can fulfill requests such as marriages, funerals, blessings, and etc.<br><br /><br><br />So We hope to see you at Cathedral of the Light here in TAR or one of our other locations.<br><br /><br><br />Thank you<br><br /><br><br />Read Lewis and Daniel's blog - The Lewis and Daniel of Anime!<br><br /><br><br />or on my new blogThis ends Issue #27 of The Messenger. We have come a long way because of your support! We thank you for reading and hope that you will read the issues to come. 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