heavenly_pearl | Entries tagged with ultramaniac

Inspired by The Mike Toole Show column at Anime News Network, I thought it would be fun to make my own "Anime Alphabet", listing the titles of my favorite series I've watched for each letter of the alphabet. Feel free to make your own list if you'd like!

A Aria

B Black Butler (I briefly considered going with Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon instead, but since I had a few B English titles to choose from, it seemed unfair to go with a Japanese title for this letter.)

C Card Captor Sakura

D Death Note

E Evangelion

F Fruits Basket

G Ghost Hunt (I debated about putting Ginban Kaleidoscope here instead, but I decided to stick with licensed series.)

H Hare + Guu

I I My Me! Strawberry Eggs

J Jigoku Shoujo (a.k.a Hell Girl -- I had to cheat a little with this one and use the Japanese title to find one that started with a J.)

K Kaleido Star

L Le Chevalier D'eon

M Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

N NANA

O Ouran High School Host Club

P Princess Nine

Q ... Yeah, I've got nothing. If I included manga, I could use Queen of Ragtonia... Oh, apparently when you translate the Japanese title of Excel Saga (Heppoko Jikken Animation Excel Saga), you get Quack Experimental Animation Excel Saga, so that'll work for Q in a convoluted way!

R Rah-Xephon

S Super GALS

T Tiger & Bunny

U Ultramaniac

V Vampire Knight

W Witch Hunter Robin

X X (as in the CLAMP series)

Y Yamada's First Time (but I also considered Yona of the Dawn, only excluding it because it's not complete at this moment)

Z Zero no Tsukaima (a.k.a Familiar of Zero -- Again, as with J, I had to look at the Japanese titles to find one that started with Z.)

Current Mood: cold

10. A manga/anime that makes you fluffy and happy when you read/watch it

All the way through? I can think of plenty of series that have a lot of happy, fluffy episodes (Card Captor Sakura, Sailor Moon, Ouran High School Host Club, Ultramaniac, and A Little Snow Fairy Sugar immediately come to mind), but they have their more drama-filled episodes as well. Hmm, maybe Aria? It's been a while since I watched it, though, so I can't really remember. Either that, or Azumanga Daioh. Those two are probably the closest to being pure fluffy happiness.

Current Mood: blah

I had a touch of insomnia last night, so I decided to get up and inventory all my anime, manga, and related merchandise. This is the result.

( The Inventory )

Current Mood: impressed

Man, isn't it annoying when you go to a bookstore to buy some new manga and they don't have the volumes you want? I went to Waldenbooks today, intending to buy the next three volumes of xxxHolic (4-6) I need, but the only one they had of the three was Vol. 5, so I ended up getting that, along with Vol. 7 and 8. Plus, since they were having a buy four manga, get one free sale, I also got Vol. 1 and 3 (2 was missing) of a new title called Yurara that I thought looked pretty interesting.

What really annoyed me though is that Waldenbooks didn't have Emma either. After looking for it at my last trip to Barnes & Noble, I was so hoping that Waldenbooks would have it. :( It's strange that neither had it in stock, considering that I've heard a lot of good things about it. Seems like it would be a pretty popular title, but I guess it's possible that it is so popular that they can't keep them in stock (although I don't think I've ever seen it at either store). Oh, well, I suppose I can just order it through Right Stuf if I have to.

(Edit: I'm so glad that I decided not to get Marmalade Boy. I was very tempted, since it's by the same mangaka who wrote Ultramaniac, Cherish, and Kimi Shika Iranai, but I knew that it was a rather old title and it was missing some volumes. Turns out that Right Stuf no longer sells it and the B&N website only has previously owned copies, so I dodged a bullet there. It would suck to buy a portion of the series, only to find out you couldn't buy the rest (although I may look into these previously owned copies at B&N).)

Current Mood: hungry

I just don't know what to do.

Right Stuf just put all the individual (7) DVDs of Ultramaniac in their Bargain Bin, at $9.99 each, which means I could get the whole series for about $70. It's expensive, sure, but not as ridiculously expensive as the boxset, which is about $110. The problem is, I kind of gave up hope of ever owning it because of the high price. That's why I decided to buy the manga instead. I was planning to save my money to buy the last two boxsets of Fullmetal Alchemist, Diamond Daydreams, and possibly the X TV series, so I'm not sure if I can justify it to myself to spend $70 on a series I wasn't originally planning to buy. I mean, if the discs were more like $5.99 each, I would snap it up in a heartbeat, but at $9.99, it's just a good deal, not a great one. *sigh* And if I do want to snap it up, I should probably do it soon. There are only a certain amount left in stock for each disc (a couple which are already down in the teens), and while sometimes they'll order more, since it is a Geneon title, I'm not sure if they will be able to.

*tears out hair*

Current Mood: confused

Waldenbooks was having an awesome "buy four manga, get the fifth one free" sale, so I bought the four volumes of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles I needed to finally get up to date, and got the last volume of Ultramaniac for free! It meant dipping into my saving wallet, but, oh, well. I couldn't resist. ^_^ Besides, with those five, I am now up-to-date on all my manga except for needing the second half of Magic Knight Rayearth.

Yay!

In other news, I can't decide if I want to sign up for the character claim at

sm_monthly for October. Being able to claim whatever character you want to be the month's theme is fun, but I really should be focusing on some of my other projects, which I've sorely been neglecting as of late. Plus, I'll feel bad if I get assigned a character somebody else really wanted, then end up not writing anything for him/her. *sigh* Decisions, decisions...

Current Mood: happy

My "spending" wallet is now officially (well, mostly) empty, but it doesn't matter, because I'm now the proud owner of the Kaleido Star Season 2 boxset (and Vol. 3 of the Ultramaniac manga)!

*dances around happily*

I'm really glad I decided to buy it at Best Buy. The retail price was about $60, Right Stuf had it for $54, but it was only $45 at Best Buy, $40 after I used a five dollar coupon. Whee! That was still a bit on the expensive side in my opinion, considering it's one of those thin packs stripped of all the extras and stuff, but, oh, well. It's Kaleido Star!

Now, maybe I'll be inspired to get back to work on my two Kaleido Star fics -- my multi-part and the crossover with SuperS -- neither which I've worked on for the past few weeks.

Current Mood: jubilant

Nothing makes me happier than a really great sale. ^_^

Recently, my mom got a J.C. Penney's credit card in the mail, so, today, we decided to go to the mall to "try it out," as my mom kept saying. As it turned out, we picked a really good day to go because they were having some really fantastic sales and markdowns. Can you believe I managed to find a ninety dollar pantsuit for only ten dollars? O.o Crazy, isn't it? I have to admit that it's not something I would normally buy for myself, although it is quite cute, but I just couldn't pass up such a great bargain.

I mean, it was a ninety dollar pantsuit for ten dollars, for crying out loud!

*laughs*

And that's not all I got! In addittion to the pantsuit, I got:

- A purple skirt (Orig. $40, marked down to $19.99)
- A graphic-patterned blouse (Orig. $40, marked down to $19.99)
- Platinum-plated amethyst and diamond earrings (Orig. $60, marked down to $19.99)
- 18KT gold-plated sapphire and diamond earrings (Orig. $60, marked down to $19.99)

All together, I calculated I got $290 worth of clothes and jewelry for somewhere around $90! And that's not even including the 15% we got off our entire purchase because it was the first time Mom used the card. Together with Mom's things -- she also got a great deal on a $80 dress, marked down to ten, plus some other sale items -- we saved well over $300!

Amazing, huh? ^_^

I also picked up Vol. 4 of Ultramaniac and Vol. 10 of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles from Waldenbooks while we were there, of course.

My one letdown today was due to a ditzy moment from me. >.< Just when we were about to leave to go to the mall, I looked up at our calender and noticed that today was the fourth. I remember thinking there was something really off about that, but I was just too excited to care because I thought I would be able to buy the Kaleido Star Season 2 boxset that's coming out on Sept. 4th. Well, as you all know, today is actually the first. I was looking at August since we hadn't switched over to Septenber yet! *laughs* Oh, well, Mom says she'll take me to next weekend to buy it, so I suppose I can wait that long to get it.

As Sora might say, "Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait!"

Current Mood: ecstatic

Okay, so my sister got this coupon in the mail for one of her favorite clothing stores. I think it was something like get 30% off when you spent a hundred dollars or more. It was definitely a good deal, but either because there wasn't a store near her or her local store didn't have anything she wanted, today Laura decided to drive all the way to Humble to go to the store at Dearbrook Mall. *rolls eyes* Considering the price of gas, it probably wasn't even worth the trip, but, nonetheless, since she was planning to drop by here for a short visit after shopping, Mom and I decided we would just meet her there at the mall and save her at least a little gas money.

We just got back a little while ago, and, of course, me being me, I had to buy some manga. Spent more than I wanted, actually, considering I'm trying to save up money for the Season 2 Kaleido Star boxset. (Bad Yume! >.<)I originally only planned to buy Vol. 10 of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles, but they were out of stock, so I decided to go ahead and buy two volumes of the Ultramaniac manga instead. I finished watching the anime last weekend and fell in love with it, but since the boxset is over a hundred dollars, I figured that getting the five volume manga was a better investment.`Then, just as we were leaving, Mom pointed out an Omnibus Edition of the Magic Knight Rayearth manga that I failed to notice the first time I went through the store. I have to admit, the MKR manga wasn't something I particularly wanted; I already own the anime, and while I liked the first couple of chapters I read a long time ago in Mixxzine, it wasn't something I was really interested in reading. However, just like with Tsubasa, the Omnibus Edition, containing the first three volumes for under $10, was just too good a deal to pass up, so I ended up buying that as well.

So, yeah. I just started collecting two more series, on top of the six others I've already been buying! >.< Luckily, I'm almost finished with Absolute Boyfriend, and both MKR and Ultramaniac are short series that are already completely translated, but still...

I have a sickness. I really do. *laughs*

Current Mood: embarrassed

As some of you may or may not have noticed, for the past few days, I have been going through all my past entries in here and tagging them so this journal is a bit more organized. Well, as I was working, I came across this old meme about fanfiction that I thought would be interesting to post again, especially since I only got one reply last time.

[x]Tell me which fic of mine is your favorite and a lengthy explanation as to why.
[x]Tell me which new chapter you are most looking forward to and a lengthy explanation as to why.
[x]Tell me what you think my strengths as a writer are.

( Handy List of Stories )

Wow, with all those challenge entries, it really makes it look like I've written a lot.

In other news, Ultramaniac is an adorable series. ^_^ It kind of got off to a slow start, but now things are really picking up. I think it has the potential to become one of my new favorites. (For those who don't know what it is about, it is about this teenage witch from the Magic Kingdom named Nina who is sent to the Human World to train her powers and find the five Holy Stones so that she can become princess of the kingdom.)

Also, Against the Rules just reached over one hundred reviews over at ff.net. Yay!

Current Mood: happy

Rereading last night's entry, it occured to me that I don't think I've ever really posted an official list of who is in my hallowed Harem of Bishies. May have done so in my MJ once, but it certainly isn't current.

Sooo...

I present to you, Yumeko's Harem of Bishies!

Helios (from Sailor Moon)
Nephrite (from Sailor Moon)
Hawkseye (from Sailor Moon)
Tigerseye (from Sailor Moon)
Fisheye (from Sailor Moon) - Honorary Member (He does prefer guys after all; I just keep him around for the prettiness ^_^)
Kinomoto Touya (from Card Captor Sakura)
Tooya (from Ayashi no Ceres)
Sohma Shigure (from Fruits Basket)
Sohma Hatori (from Fruits Basket)
Sohma Ayame (from Fruits Basket)
Sohma Kyo (from Fruits Basket
Sohma Hatsuharu (from Fruits Basket)
Hotohori (from Fushigi Yugi)
Yuuki Keisuke (from Fushigi Yugi)
Oyamada Masami (from Someday's Dreamers)
Sasame (from Pretear)
Allen (from Vision of Escaflowne)
Coach Kido (from Princess Nine)
Natsume Seishiro (from Princess Nine)
Hanabishi Kaoru (from Ai Yori Aoshi)
Amawa Hibiki (from I My Me! Strawberry Eggs)
Kamina Ayato (from RahXephon)
Kisaragi Itsuki (from RahXephon)
Yagumo Souichi (from RahXephon)
Fuuma Yousuke (from Wedding Peach)
Night (from Absolute Boyfriend)
Asou Yuya (from Super GALS)
Kotobuki Yamato (from Super GALS)
Yuri Killian (from Kaleido Star)
Leon Oswald (from Kaleido Star)
Lantis (from Magic Knight Rayearth)
George (from Paradise Kiss)
Katakura Kippei (from Aishiteruze Baby)
Mr. Shirakawa (from Piano)
Vash the Stampede (from Trigun)
Nicholas D. Wolfwood (from Trigun)
Tsujiai Hiroki (from Ultramaniac)
Roy Mustang (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
Maes Hughes (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
Russell Tringum (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
Arisugawa Sorata (from X)
Aoki Seiichirô(from X)
Kigai Yuto (from X)
Kuzuki Kakyo (from X)
Saiki Daisuke (from X)
Dr. Wakaoji (from Full Moon wo Sagashite)
Harima Kenji (from School Rumble)
Ichinose Takumi (from NANA)
Takagi Yasushi (from NANA)
D'eon du Beaumont (from Le Chevalier D'eon)
Durand (from Le Chevalier D'eon)
William Jones(from Emma)
Prince Hakim (from Emma)
Chiba (from Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad)
Minami Ryousuke (from Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad)
Mido Seiji (from Moonphase)
Sagara Sousuke (from Full Metal Panic)
Kurz Weber (from Full Metal Panic)
Raimon (from Tsubasa: Those With Wings)
Yagami Light (from Death Note)
Matsuda Touta (from Death Note)
Suoh Tamaki (from Ouran High School Host Club)
Otori Kyoya (from Ouran High School Host Club)
Pete Pumps (from Ginban Kaleidoscope)
Yuichi Aizawa (from Kanon)

Almost twenty guys... I'm such a slut. ^_^

Maybe that quiz that claimed I was into polyamory was right... >.<

Current Mood: horny

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Entries tagged with ultramaniac

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Inventory

Missing volumes

I can't decide!

Yay, sale! Plus, a dilemma

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Wow!

My silly sister and manga

Resurrecting an old meme

The Harem of Bishies