Saturday Lady Day: Sheryl Nome

You can be my Universal Bunny anytime, baby!

Welcome to Geeky Alien's 2nd Saturday Lady Day! Here I will choose another woman who is iconic beyond what she looks like. Basically, I just talk about women who I have found a liking for no matter the genre, be it video games, movies, anime, cartoons, etc etc.

Today's Geeky Alien Lady of the Week is the Galactic Fairy, Sheryl Nome.

Sheryl Nome Album Cover

Following the footsteps of her predecessors, Sheryl Nome is one of the singing sensations found in the Macross anime series. Since it is the only Macross series I've watched so far, I am simply biased towards her.

Sheryl Nome is a strong-willed, independent woman who appears to be spoiled rotten. Her fame reaching far beyond time and space, she joins Macross Frontier's leading man *coughprincesscough* Saotome Alto and his gang when she visits Frontier for her galaxy-wide concert.

Universal Bunny - Sheryl Nome

Sheryl is unexplainable! From her color-changing hair to a seemingly volatile personality, she grabs attention no matter where she goes. Her self-confidence is overbearing at times but as the story moves on, things are revealed as to why she is who she is.

I believe she is real as reality in anime can get. She can stand alone and be herself no matter what happens. And don't we all want to do that? And with everything that happens in the story, you will definitely find yourself loving her for who she is and what she represents!

How I would love to be those suds...

Sheryl appears in most episodes of the Macross Frontier series and a slight twist in her story happens in the Macross Frontier movie - The False Songstress.

Oooh, apparently a second movie is due to come out and hopefully this time, the princess will choose wisely!

Kimonos are <3

Til next time, fairy-lovers, live long and prosper!

Anime-te Me!

I was thinking about something geeky today. ... Don't I always? Anyway, I realized how effective anime is as artwork. Whether translating something from a movie or a television series, you find yourself marveling at how people create their own artistic editions of whatever comes to their minds.

Harry Potter Character Fan-Art

I usually hear art students, depending what school they're from, argue about how anime may or may not be "art." Oh... no... don't get me wrong, I won't get into that very sticky situation of arguing about that topic. I basically just want to talk about this animation phenomenon going around in our generation.

I find it interesting. I am a frustrated artist so I have this need to surround myself with artistic people, be it in traditional arts, digital arts, music, etc etc. I like creativity because I cannot produce anything creative at all! So, that's why I find this anime sensation going around quite giddy-ish and exciting!

Oh LOL, Legolas wins this round!

It's mainly eye-candy, yes. BUT, it's a good way to get your imagination going!

Beijing Olympics Mascots turned Anime

Can you imagine what would happen if these artworks were part of the actual story? You can re-create your fandom in so many freaking ways! So many endless possibilities, all at the tip of your pencil, tablet or lead!

AHHHH! I am so jealous of people who can draw! But I applaud all you artists out there. Without you, I have nothing pretty to look at and I might not have any inspiration to write anything at all!

Super Mario is now BADASS.

Til the next post, guys! Live long and prosper!

Saturday Lady Day: Tifa Lockhart

Every Saturday I feature ladies that have risen to the occasion with their extraordinary physical attributes. Of course, this basically means that I talk about women who have tickled my fancy, no matter the genre of geekery, be it video games, movies, anime, cartoons, etc etc.

Today's Geeky Alien Lady of the Week is Tifa Lockhart.

Tifa's Original FFVII Outfit in CG

A personal favorite, Tifa is definitely one of the most popular female video game characters to date. Seriously, someone who has been gaming for his/her entire life cannot not know about Tifa!

Favored for being more than just well-endowed, she packs a really mean set of punches. Which is all that I could ask for in a woman, really! Kidding aside, those who took the time to follow Final Fantasy VII would know that this lady plays a very crucial role in the protagonist's story without leaving herself in the shoes of a damsel in distress.

Tifa from Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children

Tifa is trained in the martial arts and equips weapons from the Final Fantasy Monk class such as gloves and claws. Her offensive skills involve a series of punches and kicks while her Limit Break is completely different from all the other character's in Final Fantasy VII. She gets a cool casino slot machine that dictates the type of attacks she will execute. How neat is that!

So, it is fairly easy to see why she has garnered so much attention and popularity. Though she may have advantages due to her brute power and high physical stats, her charm lies in the immense yet beautiful strength of her heart.

Yoshitaka Amano's rendition of Tifa Lockhart

I would really love to know what you guys think of her because I did mention that she is a personal favorite. Also, if you guys are nice enough, maybe you could share or recommend someone I can give my opinion on? Just for fun!

Til next Saturday, live long and prosper! :)

A Fun LEGO Story

People from my generation will remember those distant childhood days of doing nothing but create a make-believe LEGO world. From jungle adventures to crafting the newest architectural marvels, LEGO was definitely one of the best outlets of creativity back when I was a child.

Official LEGO Logo

I will flat out say how much I sucked at building things out of LEGO blocks. So, building things was another person's job. My job, however, was to tell funny stories, epic legends, or recreate movie scenes. That's kind of what I'm doing right now!

LEGO has been in the market since 1949 and is still alive and kicking today (obviously!). Funnily, these blocks started out as wooden toys in Denmark from Ole Kirk Christiansen's workshop. I won't bore you with the details, but you can see how far LEGO has gone and has definitely done their company's motto - "Only the best is good enough," epically proud!

Rock Out with LEGO'S Rock Band!

Most people would find LEGO more a lot more interesting because it now produces sets/kits based on famous movies or stories like Indiana Jones, Star Wars (OMG STAR WARS), Batman, Spiderman, and Harry Potter. What's more, they've produced video games across so many platforms such as LEGO: Star Wars or LEGO: Batman or LEGO: Indiana Jones. Oh the variety! The fun times to be had!

LEGO's Rendition of Arkham Asylum

I am a super huge fan of the LEGO: Star Wars series because you get to play as different characters from the movies plus you get to replay all the scenes from Episode 1 to 6. How fangasmically neat is that! I feel my inner nerd senses tingle at the mere thought of it!

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

LEGO is probably one of the lesser bought toys nowadays. Children have computers and the internet to have their fun. But it is amazing to see what imagination can do when you're given a bunch of brightly colored connectible plastic blocks. Hence, why LEGO will always have a huge chunk of my geeky heart.

Til next time, peeps, live long and prosper!

Geeky Quickie: Fruit Drops and Tears

I found something marvelous today! Besides being such a huge sweet tooth, I am an avid fan of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli films. In fact, I have an entire movie collection on my desktop just waiting to be re-watched!

Anyway, guess what I found??

Some fruit drops! In a freaking can!

Dear God, the moment I saw this in some Japanese grocery in the Little Tokyo area, I just HAD to buy it. I bought it at the Yamazaki Japanese Grocery at around 70php. No matter the emotional connotation linked to this can of fruit drops, it was just too important to miss.

Most people would recognize this can of candy from Studio Ghibli's traumatic animation: Grave of the Fireflies...

Grave of the Fireflies Movie Poster

Setsuko opens her can of lollies

This movie is just Hayao Miyazaki's take on the life of two siblings in Japan during World War II. It is pretty gruesome and not for the faint of heart. Serious with its undertones, the strength seen in children is definitely something found in Grave of the Fireflies.

To say the least, it made me cry buckets. But I'm extremely happy and excited about my Sakuma Drops!

Seita and Setsuko with her Fruit Drops

Til the next random finding of geekery, live long and prosper!

Ouran High School Host Club : The Anime Review

Isn't it just every girl's dream to be surrounded by a crowd of hot pretty boys? What's more if you get stuck with them in a series of compromising yet hilarious situations? Well, Ouran High School Host Club is definitely one way of making that dream come true!

The Ouran High School Host Club

I'm not so fond of any shoujo harem manga or anime, male or female. To top it off, Ouran came out almost the same time as Hana Kimi did and boy, was that something completely overblown! So when my friends told me how awesome it was, I did not believe them. However, I found out, after being bored one day, how utterly lovable it was!

We're talking gender-bender hilarity with the subtlest hint of character development. It's so small, you can barely catch it. And that is exactly why I love it!

Art from the Manga

The plot is simple. You have your typical Japanese high school scholar heroine destined for epic greatness yet before anything happens, going to school, Ouran High School, is a must. The plot will further explain as to why this school is the chosen setting.

This unwitting heroine gets stuck with a bunch of eye-candy bishounen misfits due to some unfortunate circumstance. And unluckily, they are part of the school-famous Host Club. Thus, their hosting adventures begin!

Their expressions make me LOL

It's all very exciting and cheesy sometimes as Haruhi, the main character, is forced into unwanted situations. But she pulls through in the nick of time, dragging along everyone's heart with her.

It's not a typical Mary Sue story. Haruhi has her own share of problems and complexes as do her male counterparts. Yes, I said counterparts. *insert squees here*

Ouran High School Host Club would not be what it is without its gang of handsome young men. These main characters - Tamaki, Kyoya, Hikaru, Kaoru, Mori-senpai and Hani-senpai will surely steal your heart away with their respective characteristics and stories.

I am pretty sure that the manga is still going pretty strong. However, the anime has been completed with a total of 26 fun episodes.

Ouran is charming and will worm its way into your mind and soul. Some episodes are just stupid enough to bust your gut out from laughing while others might bring that rare tear to your eye.

This is definitely one of the best scenes ever!

It is one anime series I highly recommend to everyone out there.

Til next time! Live long and prosper!

Over the Moon!

The Harvest Moon that is!

Hello world! Another Geeky Alien's first official post will have something to do with my all-time personal favorite game of Harvest Moon.

Opening Screen from Harvest Moon SNES

Dear Lord, I know nothing can be more geeky than talking about a farm simulation and role-playing game that involves nothing BUT FARMING. To be honest, I never really played the original SNES game which came out roughly around 1996 because we didn't have the console system and gaming was definitely frowned upon in our household. So! I had the help of emulators!

I started playing this game a LONG time ago when I had to fight tooth and nail with my brothers (and father!) for some good PC-loving time. So I would wake up at 6am just to play this emulator based game. Ironically, that's the exact same time the game's protagonist would always wake-up.

Character Art from Harvest Moon Back to Nature (PS)

Most people find the game repetitive and uninteresting when you have finished every thing that you have to do and you've got the farming down to a system. Essentially that's true.

But, there are a lot of good things about it as well. For example, most Harvest Moon games allow you to choose from 3 or more women to marry and have some offspring with. Changes in plot, gameplay, game characteristics, specifics like what crops can be planted or if there are goats running around your farm, depend on which versions you play.

It will literally take me FOREVER to talk about each and every Harvest Moon version I've played so I will write a little bit about them from time to time, comparing each to another and touching on the various similarities involved.

The First Robot-Empowered Harvest Moon

It's a bit surprising and admirable that Harvest Moon has stayed around this long and has produced a bit over thirty games across twelve platforms. So far, the only consoles/handhelds that I haven't seen a Harvest Moon game with are the Xbox and the PS3. Now if they did make some for the PS3, wouldn't that be crazy?

My all-time favorite Harvest Moon game? Ah, that's a bit too hard to answer because I can't. If I were to choose my top versions though it would be the following:

1. Harvest Moon (SNES)
2. Harvest Moon Back to Nature (PS)
3. Harvest Moon A Wonderful Life SE (PS2)
4. Rune Factory Frontier (Wii)
5. Harvest Moon DS (DS)

AHHH!! Seriously, it's difficult! And I'm not even too sure about this list!

Rune Factory - Dungeon Based Harvest Moon RPG

Anyway, that's it for now! Til next time! Live long and prosper!

Greetings!

Opening post, yay!

I haven't opened any blog whatsoever in a long time. Why? Because there was nothing to write about.

Now I've found some new things to write about and here, you will find some of my fangasmic geekery, which, I don't think a lot of people can relate to. But who knows, I blog to share my random spastic ideas and I wouldn't mind if people found them amusing as well.

So, what to expect here?

Nothing much. Nothing short of extraterrestrial because I do react in no other way a person can. You'll find my geekery here which will include photos, videos, lots of random reviews, video game spazzes, maybe some personal stuff regarding my hobbies.

That's it for now, though. I will probably update this blog with something worthwhile in a bit.

Til then! Live long and prosper!

PS. Forgive me if I seem like a complete blogging noob. I totally am!