It's been many years since I started my college education. I joined the Army and stayed in for 8 years. But finally, I've completed by Bachelors of Science in Computer Science, at the University of Nebraska--Lincoln.
I just attended the graduation ceremony today, and have my diploma in hand. It's the end of one journey and the start of another.
Nothing too profound, I just wanted to share.
--Chris Stevenson

If I'm tracking the In Nomine rulebook collection correctly, the only book that isn't on e23 now is In Nomine Anime. So, before I actually need it, I thought an updated list of anime with angels, demons, Heaven and Hell, and so on might be useful. (That book is over a decade old now...)

For those who don't know In Nomine, the characters don't have to be classical angels, demons, etc., but they do have to be recognizable as such if you squint the right way. Reflections of Abrahamic faiths are ideal (to match the same distorted reflection found in In Nomine), but aren't essential.

Stage 1 is making the list - I started that process over on rec.arts.anime.misc yesterday. Stage 2 is describing the shows in In Nomine terms - anybody want to help here? (I'm not familiar with some of these shows...)

The list so far, with the writeups so far:

Aa Megami-sama (Ah! My Goddess!) (Kousuke Fujishima, 1993, 2005-2007, 2011)
See In Nomine Anime under Oh My Goddess!, although Belldandy is a Servitor of Faith, not Flowers.

Angel Sanctuary
See In Nomine Anime.

Angel Tales/Tails (Hiroaki Maki and Mari Okada, 2001)

Ao no Exorcist (Blue Exorcist) (Kazue Kato, 2011)

Ayashi no Ceres (Ceres Celestial Legend)
See In Nomine Anime.

Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan (Masaki Okayu and Tsutomu Mizushima, 2005)
Dokuro-chan and Sabato-chan say they're angels, but from the way they act, it's better to think of them as slightly-Discordant Habbalah... with the comedy dial turned up to 11.

Chrono Crusade (Daisuke Moriyama, 2003)

Cutey Honey (Go Nagai, 1973, 1994, 1997, 2004)

Death Note (Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba, 2006)

Devilman (Go Nagai, 1972, 1987)

Dororon Enma-kun (Demon Prince Enma) (Go Nagai, 1973, 2006, 2011)
The adventures of an anti-demon Triad ... who aren't all Servitors of Judgment.

Earthian
See In Nomine Anime.

Escaflowne
See In Nomine Anime.

Haibane Renmei (Yoshitoshi ABe, 2002)

Hanappe Bazooka (Go Nagai and Kazuo Koike, 1992)
A couple of Andrealphans ... "help" ... a teenaged boy with his desires while indulging in their own with his relatives. (Yes, this one's an 18+ title... but that's true of any reference for Lusties.)

Haunted Junction
See In Nomine Anime.

High School DxD (Ichiei Ishibumi and Takao Yoshioka, 2012)
Issei become the Servant of his high-school classmate, the high-ranking (and beautiful) demon Riasu.

Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl) (Takahiro Omori and others, 2005)

Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu (Hare+Guu) (Renjuro Kindaichi, 2001)
The Ethereal Guu makes Haré's life miserable, but he's too good a person to let her torment someone else.

Kamichu! ("Besame Mucho," 2005)
Yurie wakes up one morning to discover she's become a Shinto god. Somebody's given her Ethereal and Celestial Connections and a lot of Secret Songs... The series gives a modern (and highly-gameable) twist to the Shinto deities and their Ethereal Domain.

Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne (Arina Tanemura, 1999)
Marron is a Saint of the Wind, tasked in this life to protect others from demonic artwork. She has a companion Reliever, Finn, for most of the series – and the end of the story hinges on Finn's Fate and Destiny.

Kamisama Kazoku (Yoshikazu Kuwashima, 2006)
A family of Ethereals live on Earth to learn what it means to be human.

Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens (Eri Takenashi, 2008)
A local goddess assumes human form almost by accident, and strives to gain the worship of the people she protects.

Kobato. (Studio CLAMP, 2009)

Lupin III: Castle Cagliostro
See In Nomine Anime.

Magic Knight Rayearth (Studio CLAMP, 1994)
What happens when three teenagers get pulled into an Ethereal Domain? A quest, of course... but not the sort of quest they were expecting. A good example of why you can't assume anything when visiting somebody else's Domain.

Makai Senki Disgaea (Kiyotaka Isako and Atsuhiro Tomioka, 2006)

Miracle Melmo

Neon Genesis Evangelion
See In Nomine Anime.

Ninja Scroll
See In Nomine Anime.

Omishi Magical Theater: Risky Safety (Rei Omishi, 1999)
Risky is an Impudite of Saminga; Safety is a Seraph of Novalis; both are currently on probation, trying to regain their respective Superiors' favor. For an ineffable reason which is shown but not explained midway through the series, they share the same (rather small) Vessel. Now they have to carry out their assigned duties and sabotage each other's work in the middle of a slowly-growing group of Symphonically-Aware humans.

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (Studio GAINAX, 2010)
Two Outcasts set up shop as ghost-exterminators... with the comedy set to maximum.

Pita Ten (Koge Donbo, 2002)

Rental Magica (Makoto Sanda, 2007)
In a world where magic is just another profession, a Sorceror has to be extremely Willful to stand out. Adelicia is such a Sorceror – one who dares to summon the likes of Furfur and Asomedus (or, at least, demons using those names).

Revolutionary Girl Utena
See In Nomine Anime.

Rozen Maiden ("Peach-Pit," 2004)

Sailor Moon
See In Nomine Anime.

Saint Tail

Serial Experiments Lain

Shuffle!

Spirited Away

Steel Angel Kurumi

Super Book

Tenshi ni Narumon (I Want to Be an Angel)
See In Nomine Anime.

Viper GTS

X/1999
See In Nomine Anime.

Yondemasu yo Azazel-san
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

In the early 1970s, ABC ran an educational children's TV show called Curiosity Shop (Chuck Jones was the executive producer). There's a song on one episode that runs through my head every now and then, and while I can't recall most of the lyrics, and can't find them or a recording anywhere, what I remember of the opening lines strikes me as having gatesong potential:
"I can tell that you're a dreamer,
Just the same as I,
By the stardust on your coat
And the rainbow in your eye.
So I'll tell you a little secret
If you'll handle it with care:
I've got magic pink pajamas
That take me anywhere." (Italics mine)
Of course, this will have the side of effect of turning whatever he's wearing when he activates the song into pink flannel pajamas, and if he goes through the gate, it'll stay pink flannel pajamas until he wakes up. Which should produce an interesting wrinkle to the first impression he makes on the locals....
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Big Brother is watching you.  And damn, you are so bloody BORING.

I listen to random jpop at work, mostly because I don't actually speak Japanese its mostly white noise that doesn't detract concentration from what I am actually supposed to be paying attention to.
(Some of my coworkers in cubes close to me have astonishingly annoying voices).
So I mostly listen for some beat thats not too frenetic and the occasional singer with a sexy voice.

I was listening to everything on groovershark by the VA for Fate of Nanoha ( who evidently has a music career as well), and I have encountered a song on grooveshark thats apparently misfiled, but I want to find more by the same singer if possible. My efforts to catch specific phrases in the lyrics and run them through the googles have yielded no good results.
The song is "VII" by "Nana Mizuki" on album "000".
That should let any one find the song on grooveshark. Anyone more into jpop ( or who speaks japanese) recognize the actual singer or song?

I just realized, there doesn't seem to be a link anywhere on the forum (that I can find) that leads back to the main story site.  That just struck me as somewhat odd.
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber."  --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.

I actually decided this a few days ago, but I've found myself mysteriously distracted recently, can't figure out why...

In any case, a small announcement:  the title for the Sailor Moon Step has been set:

Drunkard's Walk S:  Heart of Steel


Thank you, thank you, you can now return to your business.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

For those who hadn't heard, Adam "MCA" Yauch died today of cancer. He was 47.
This bums me out a bit. The Boys have been part of my soundtrack since high school, and MCA is only about 6 years older than I am. So, without further ado, let me kick it one time for the Boys from Brooklyn.


Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com

"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."

And had this to say!

Quote:[Admin] Nemesis: *TAP TAP TAP* Is this thing on?
[Admin] NCsoft_Hit Streak: Okay, who gave Lord Nemesis the mic?
[Admin] Nemesis: FOUL CITIZENS OF PARAGON CITY AND THE ROGUE ISLES! COWER IN FEAR OF THE ONE TRUE LORD NEMESIS?
[Admin] Nemesis: I WILL TAKE MERCY ISLE AND PARAGON CITY HALL!
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[Admin] Nemesis: My SteamPowered Computer Crashed...
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Quote:[Admin] Nemesis: I DID NOT BRING PONIES WITH ME TODAY, SO STOP ASKING FOR THEM!
[Admin] Nemesis: I AM TALKING IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS APPROPRIATE NETIQUETTE FOR WHEN YOU ARE INVADING A CITY
[Admin] Nemesis: AND YES, NEMESIS READS VIRTUEUNITED.
[Admin] NCsoft_Hit Streak: I'd like to know, how you fit all this brass on a submarine.
[Admin] Nemesis: MY SUBMARINE WAS DESIGNED BY THE SAME PEOPLE WHO PACKAGE IKEA FURNITURE...VERY ECONOMICAL.
[Admin] Nemesis: AND YES...THAT DOES MEAN THAT IKEA IS ONE OF MY PLOTS...MUUUUAHAHAHAHA!
[Admin] Nemesis: DEFEND YOUR FAIR CITY HALL HEROES OR SOMETHING AWFUL WILL HAPPEN TO IT!
[Admin] NCsoft_Hit Streak: Villains! I challenge you to FIGHT HARDER! Mercy Isle is under brass siege! 
[Admin] NCsoft_Freitag: All your Brass, are belong to Nemesis.
[Admin] Nemesis: WHAT IS A SHOUTOUT AND WHY WOULD I GIVE ONE TO ZACHARY? IS HE HELPING ME IN MY INEVITIBLE MARCH TOWARDS CONQUERING ALL OF AMERICA?
 [Admin] Nemesis: I'M SORRY...LORD NEMESIS IS NOT READY TO HAVE YOUR BABIES...CONQUERING THE WORLD IS DIFFICULT ENOUGH WITHOUT HAVING TO LUG AROUND A DIAPER BAG AND PACK-N-PLAY....

Quote: [Admin] Nemesis: BAH! You pathetic weaklings bore me! I now leave Virtue and return you to your Catgirls and bracketed chat! UNTIL NEXT TIME VIRTUE!
 [Admin] NCsoft_Zwillinger: Well done Virtue...but be ever vigilant...something tells me he'll be back at least a few times this month...
 [Admin] NCsoft_Zwillinger: Time permitting...and if his meeting calender doesn't get filled.
 [Admin] NCsoft_Hit Streak: Good luck Virtue! You should have plenty of brass for doorknobs!

I just stumbled across this in the forums and intend to test it out tonight.

Quote:/bind F1 "inspexec_name Gift_of_Energy$$inspexec_name Second Wind$$inspexec_name Take a Breather$$inspexec_name Catch a Breath"

Bob, I was idly reading the FAQ again (as you do) when a thought struck me while reading the mana question.

How would you (or Doug) categorise things like Nanoha style Linker Cores and Nasuverse (Fate/Stay Night) Magical Circuits? Internalised Nodes for the linker cores, or dammed Ley Lines for the magical circuits?