Full Metal Panic! TSR – From bootleg to blu-ray
My very first copy of FMP! TSR DVD was a bootleg bought in a neighbouring country, bearing official seals assuring the authencity of the product. While mental klaxons had blared with the ridiculously LOW price, (S$15 for 2 discs), I persisted on my folly, naively putting my trust behind those governmental stickers. Turns out, those stickers were the ONLY thing genuine with those DVDs. I had bought fansubs with much worse video quality than those sitting on my hard-disk.
FMP! The Second Raid OVA
Well, while it is a day in the life of COL Teletha Tessarosa, it's an atypical day as the title literally means "A Day of a Squadron Commander with free time and no assignment".
Tessa has a dream of the TDD1 under attack but her XO and bridge bunnies have all morphed into Sousukes who confess their love for her. Waking up on the bridge but thinking she is still dreaming, Tessa chances upon Sousuke in the hangars and procedes to sexually harass him. (The rest of the screencaps will concentrate on Tessa and Mao-nee. For a more balanced set, please see Omni's entry.)
Top 10 Anime Oneesamas
Keeping the momentum going, here's my top 10 list of favourite anime elder sister types [edit: from recent series]. Seems that the hontou ni class of anime blog has captured the siscon niché of the market (;^_^) - with Stripey specialising in girls who like their brothers a bit too much while one area of focus for me is Oneesama types. Pretty big difference still, within this niche. Stripey gets his shivers down the spine from such instances as Nemu's "Niiiii-san!" or Pacifica's "Daisuki dayo!" so technically his niché is "cute girls with elder brother complex" (but that's too wordy so he'll just stick to "siscon". In contrast, I get my thrills from the girls listed below.
The screencap above says a lot about my criteria. She must be an actual older sister to someone or if not, she is addressed as such or have the term associated with her. Hawtness is an obvious criteria. Significant screentime rules out Suzuka's elder sis or Motoko Aoyama's aneeue (both of whose names escape me). Character traits like natural leadership, bossiness, domineering also given high weight. Respect and ownage a big bonus while extra credit is given for oneesamas with imouto admirers who want their "gouhoubi".
Oaths Translated
Chigusa: Shaaaana-chan, a kiss between the lips is like a solemn oath.
[Trs: I can help you practise so that you can surprise Yuuji! - after reading Jason's post, I just can't get Chigusa's Shizuru :3 aura out of my head! Chigusa x Shana in this vein might be fun though. Mweheheh.]
FMP! TSR 13
What can I say? Absolutely fabulous, darlings! Excellent blend of good story-telling (including OP and ED time), beautiful beautiful animation, humour and character development. I might have found Sousuke's sudden power-up a bit over the top but watching too much Kira Yamato in GSD has numbed me to this kind of thing. Also, dealing with an enraged Kaname is certainly much more frightening compared to fighting five Cordarl ASs and facing down the MITHRIL governing council. Would have liked more of Mao-neesan but am content with the evening dress in Ep 5. Two thumbs up for Kyoto Animation!! d_(^_^)_b
Screencaps concentrate on Chidori beating up Sousuke and Tessa's Happy Little Dance. Head over to Random Curiosity for a proper summary and full range of screencaps:
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