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A cordial welcome to the Keiman of Anime from  Today.com. 

Well a big domo arigatou (thank you very much indeed) to the kind folks at Today.com for that ringing endorsement. Not very many blogsites want or even like true aoishi er blue ‘anime’ so I was very pleasantly surprised to learn that Today welcomed it. I seem to be in the minority of blogs here in that anime is not really a big deal here- yet!

Now that the Keiman is here that should change. Oro er What? You don’t know who I am? Every hard core anime-a-holic knows who I am especially the Angel-a-holics crowd.

If you are into real anime (not cartoons onegai er please!) you have probably met me or my works online somewhere. You just didn’t know it was me or should that be I? I post under various monikers: The Keiman, Keiman of Anime, keimanzero, keiman0, keimanandkei (my nom de plume or pen name for my fanfiction writings) and of course plain old K&K.

Here’s a list of my websites. Some I own/moderate/administrate and some I like you folks am just a lowly member there:

www.eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics (Think this site is unusual. At eons I am the one and only genuine article so far.)

www.msn.com/yahoogroups/Animeaholics1 (My own site but one of many here. Not too many around about my Lovely Angels though.)

www.msn.com/yahoogroups/animeontv (A great information site I belong to and it’s the best place to find the TV anime viewing list which is published monthly here. Kudos to Kamausaugi for this boon to anime tv viewers.)

www.wikipedia.org (The ‘Bible’ for all information. If it ain’t in wiki folks it just plain don’t exist!)

www.voicechasers.com (Ever wonder who voices what character in animes? Wonder no more. Most of the answers are here.)

www.crystalacids.com (Another voice actors’ and episodes’ source.)

www.imdb.com (Internet Movie Data Base. Another very good anime source.)

www.tv.com (A source of a lot of old anime and new as well. www.animeontv.com has a very comprehensive old and new anime list too.)

http://animeforfanatics.blogspot.com (Unlike may blogs this site allows pre-published material as long as it is your own work or from your own sites.)

I also use MySpace (Careful. There was a virus infection here last week.)

www.TRIOND.com (I tried and tried here but they loathe aime here folks!)

For a more extensive listing of anime sources go to my  websites at Animeaholics1, anime-a-holics and of course my posts at animeontv.

Here is where I publish my fanfictions. I have done two so far. One  is called ‘Christmas with the Dirty Pair’ and is complete. I have posted all 184 chapters at two different places. The second and currently ongoing one is called ‘Angel Wings’ and  have posted the first 30 chapters at those same two locations:

www.fanfiction.net/anime/dirtypair/cristmaswiththedirtypair

www.fanfiction.net/anime/dirtypair/angelwings

www.fanfiction.net/anime/dirtypair/keimanandkei/Profile/Bio (Read all about me and of course Haruka Takachiho’s Lovely Angels whom some folks continue to call the Dirty Pair usually with dire consequences.

www.animeonline.net/forums/fanfics/dirtypairfanfiction (Same as above but a bit easie to navigate here. Profile here is quite extensive and loaded with pix. Site has ‘misplaced’ all of our Profiles but they hope to ‘find’ them all again real soon. We can only hope eh?

Oro is Anime? First off anime is/are (word is singlar and plural) not cartoons! To be called true anime somewhere in the writing and/or production the Far East notably Japan must be involved. Anime is usually quite complex since most of it is geared towards adults and older children. Beware of oro you allow the kiddies to view though and do not be fooled. For example the heroic protagonist of Crayon Shin Chan (Shin Chan is our title over here) is Shin Chan Nohara, a precocious five year old boy who is a mixture of Dennis the Menace, Caillou and Henry! He has the foulest mouth in anime some say. He uses the Ralphie Parker (A Christmas Story kid) F-dash dash dash word a lot!

Cartoons on the other hand are usually mindless and senseless drivel having little if any plot to them. Their themes are usually good triumphs over evil and that’s it. Don’t get us wrong here. Some cartoons are pretty good. Take Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat for instance. Set in the China of of the Boxer Rebellion era it’s about several kitty nekos er cats. They live with the local magistrate and his family. Adventures abound and sometimes they even meet historical characters like Sir Richard Burton (Nai, not Liz Taylor’s double ex. This one was knighted by Victoria for finding the source of the Nile River.) whom they aid in finding buried tombs and stuff. As a matter of fact many of us feel Sagwa qualifies for anime. Why? Because the ‘Foolish Magistrate’ is voiced by a Japanese seiyuu or voice actor. He also voiced Reed Richards (Mr Fantastic) in the Fantastic 4 series.

After all cartoons are for the most part geared towards the small fry kiddies and as anyone who has seen Sprout shows will tell you the little ones love cartoons. Enough on that for now eh?

Me? I am a very young at heart 59 year old retired (not by choice my tomos all) male who has been into anime and fanfictions for at least the last decade and a half. Besides anime, I am into all things Japanese including its kawaii (lovely) language. I have been teaching myself Japanese for years. Romaji or English letters only so far. Alas, I fear that Kanji script (pix writing like hyroglyphics) is a bit beyond me for now. I love Japanese history, culture, customs, origins, mythology, religions like Shintoism and Buddhism, jutsus and ryuus (fighting techniques and styles) and the geography of the entire country.

Other intersts? NFL Football (even though my late Papa played for the 1946-1948 Philadelphia Eagles I am a diehard New Orleans Saints fanatic and have been since their inception in 1966 when Al Hirt owned them, Bum Phillips was coach, Archie Manning was QB and Tom Dempsey was kicker. Tom was the very first guy in the NFL to boot a 63 yard field goal and that record has never been broken. Three times it’s been equalled- Jason Ely  of the Denver Broncos, John Carney of the Saints (He was a Saint then and he was still a Saint when he hit seven field goals perfectly in the same game for another record!) and Neil Rackers of the Arizona Cardinals! Yup the same NR who is playing in the big dance ashita er tomorrow).

I’m an avid golfer being entirely self taught. I carry a 5 handicap and after 35+ years I have had 13 aces or holes-in-one. I am an Internet nut and of course I have also taught myself pc computing, downloading, uploading, etc. I enjoy fencing from time to time and I love kenjutsu fighting especially with the wataschi, katana and tante. I like the ‘kanai’ or stone dagger and ’shurikins’ or throwing stars used by the Ninjas like the ones in Naruto.

My fave (favorite) things to do on my sites are blogging, reviewing, making up quizzes, posting ‘faux’ or made up interviews with anime characters, writing and sometimes reading fanfictions, collecting anime videos and music, making up polls and Top 5 or Top 10 fave anime stuff lists, etc.

A little about my fave anime the Lovely Angels aka the DP and DP Flash. Nai I will not call them by ‘that name’ and like I said before if you do usually you regret it! “That’s Lovely Angels dammit!” and a stiff right uppercut to the chin are their customary responses.

Why are they called the DP? Stop salivating, gents! That ain’t the reason. It’s mostly Kei’s fault and even she will admit to that. Her motto is

‘Never blow up tomorrow what you can blow up today!’ and they oth carry this to the extreme! They wreck everythin and anything in site including starships, space stations, buildings, railways, airports, moons, planets, asteroids, cars, ships, planes- you name it, they’ll wreck it!

Here’s a better pix of the ‘Deadly Dynamic Duo’ atop a jacaronda. It’s from their film ‘Affair at Nolandia’:

Whoa! Oro’s that tomos watashi (my very good friends)? Who are they exactly?

Kei and Yuri are oro we call trouble consultants or tro cons for short. They work for the ‘Worlds Welfare Works Association’ which is the peacekeeping arm of the ‘United Galactica Federation of Galaxies’ group. They are affectionately known as the 3WA and the UG respectively. Tro cons are space going intergalactic cops much like their Terran (Earth) counterpart ‘agents’ in the police organization ‘Interpol’.

However, unlike ‘Interpol’ agents tro cons have carte blanch authority throughout the known cosmos to take whatever action is deemed necessary which means they possess double 0 status like James Bond 007 of MI5 on Terra. Hai e yeah, they can even kill when deemed necessary. You see in their bailiwicks they are considered the ‘Law’ and the two best tro cons on the 3WA force are Kei (O’Halloran) and Yuri (Donovan). I gave them the Gaelic family names for my fanfictions. I have also used poetic license to promote and repromote practically every crew member but like Conan’s wizard says ‘that is yet another tale’.

The girls graduated from ‘Takachiho’ Academy (I named the Academy on Shimougou in Furool (Foo-Lon) City in honour of the Angels’ creator.) at the age of 14. They were junior TCs at the age of 17 and seniors tro cons when they turned 19. The child labor laws on Shimougou are very different from those of Terra. Ever since the girls were 16 they have been the best damned tro cons on the force- bar none!

Weapons? Kei’s the gun nut so her weapons of choice are big while Yuri’s are much smaller. Kei sports twin Mark XIII ion cannons which fire ionic energy blasts as fast as she can pull the firing stud. Each magazine holds over 4,000 energy discharges and that goes for Yuri’s small but deadly Mark III minilaser blaster as well. Each of them also carries a laser sword hilt powered by an energy power pack actually the same ones that are used in the cannons. Sometimes Yuri uses ‘bloody cards’ or lethal blade edged vidcards for weapons. In addition Kei sometimes uses a long barrelled ion cannon which resembles a Terran 90 mm recoillesss rifle or a 3.5 rocket launcher bazooka. However, the Mark XX, XXI or the newest and deadliest of the lot- the Mark XXX fires a single projectile powered by a phalanx of power packs. Its range is a few hundred kilometers and has a backblast of at least half a kilometer!

I was just reminded of the ‘Dirty Harry’ Callahan flick ‘The Enforcer’ when writing about the Mark XXX. Remember the LAW (Light Antitank Weapon) demo scene when Tyne Daly was standing behind the LAW and Harry had to yank her outta the way of the backblast?

Why mention that? Because it reminded me of a similar funny incident the Angels were involved in during their second Original DP episode. The girls’ mission was to infiltrate a penal colony and quell a riot. Afterwards they were to rescue the warden and deliver him to a trial where he was a key witness and was to testify against a crime czar. Pretty simple eh?

Wrong! These are he Lovely Angels- remember? The two tro cons decided to sneak in riding gravity well ‘waves’ on surfboards much like the Trappar wind ‘waves’ on that old anime series ‘Eureka 7′ if anyone remembers that old anime. Anyway their conversations on the way down went like this:

Yuri: “How’s it going there, partner? You OK?”

Kei: “Cowabonga, dude! This is really fun, man!”

Yuri: “Oh shut up!”

Kei: “Don’t tell me to shut up! You shut up! Look down there, vacuumhead! (Kei pointed out an open sewer outlet two meters across.) Let’s go.”

Yuri: “Yuck! That looks totally disgusting, you dipstick!”

Kei: “We’ll go in that way, airhead.”

Once inside the prison unit the girls quickly either subdued or dispatched the prisoners and soon quelled the riot. However, the warden was another matter. He was quite upset that on the brink of his retirement his record was no tarnished! T that end he’d locked himself in the control room above the spaceport where several prisoners had barricaded themselves while trying to steal a getaway rocket for their escape. The warden was amusing himself by screaming at them and firing automatic machine guns at them.

Kei and Yuri arrived and discovered a sealed vaultlike portal leading to the control room. Accordingly Kei unlimbered her Mark XXI and commenced firing projectiles at the door in a futile attempt to breach it.

Kei: “Sh–! Outta ammo! You got any?”

Yuri: “Hell no! You brought the big cannon not me, dingbat! It’s your own fault, stupid!”

Kei: “It ain’t my fault dammit!”

Yuri: “Well it certainly isn’t my fault!”

Kei: “Nai, it’s this damned door! It’s too F—ing thick! (She aimed a boot and kicked it. Whomp!) Feels like about two meters!”

Yuri: “Two meters? Stand aside, dummy. I’ve got an idea.”

So saying Yuri yanked off her glove (The Angels wear only one glove as a rule- a fashion statement I suppose.) and began tapping her ring.

Kei: “Did you get that damned thing from the screwball? (She meant the head of research and development back at 3WA HQ- Doctor Cueball whose inventions left much to be desired. Yuri nodded.) Then mke damned bloody sure that when it backfires it hits you and not me dammit!”

Yuri: “Point taken. Here goes nothing. (She pointed her ring, tapped it again and again. Finally she shook her hand and- BOOM! The blast knocked her on her kawaii (lovely) little ass!) Holy sh–! Son of a b–! That didn’t suck, did it?”

Needless to say half the wall was gone along with the door!

Why did I choose these particular family names for the Angels?

First Kei O’Halloran is not named after the fire chief ably portrayed by Steve McQueen in that fine film ‘The Towering Inferno’ nor is Yuri Donovan named after John Wayne’s island bar owner character in ‘Donovan’s Reef’ that great old film from the 40s or the 50s.

Nai (No) way although both would have been great guesses hazu (gang).

Kei O’Halloran is named after the O’Halloran clan who claim the distinct honor of being the world’s very first ‘toll road’ owners. Brigands, thieves, killers, robbers and murdering cutthroats were the characteristics of their clan! You see travellers through old Erin had to use highways or roads and there were very few of them at that time. What the O’Hallorans would do was to fell a giant tree and then drag it across the road to block the way to passersby. However, for the payment of a ‘toll’ they’d move it for you and most of the time allow the traveller to pass unharmed. However, the toll usually was everything the poor soul possessed. Depending on their moods the clan would sometimes take everything and then kill the poor bast-d anyway! Brash, heartless, uncaring, hard, unfeeling, merciless and cruel were the O’Halloran bunch. Most but not all of these attributes define Kei O’Halloran as we shall see.

The Donovans were an old and proud clan with claims to kingship and royalty. Indeed the Donovans were once the high kings of old Ireland. Walt Disney’s ‘The Fighting Prince of Donegal’ was a Donovan and rumors abound that the Fitzgerald and Kennedy clans are distant cousins to the mighty Donovans. Loyal, honest, truthful, noble, honorable, kind and cultured described this clan perfectly and it comes pretty darn close to depicting Yuri Donovan.

Raised separately on far distant worlds the girls’ upbringing could not have been more different. Yuri was raised to be mannered, cultured, honest, truthful, honorable and just. To these ends she usually does not smoke, drink to excess, curse or even use any form of profanity. She is naive at times, quiet, demure, loving and polite. However, this violet-maned vixen can also be quite deadly at times, smoke, drink, curse like a trooper and insult with the best of them. In certain circles she is known as the ‘Rose of Tralee’  while her partner’s nickname is the dreaded ‘Demon of Dublin’!

Kei like Revy Roberts the ‘Creature From the Black Lagoon’ tends to be moody, angry, cantankerous, loud, brash, boorish and sometimes just plain old mean as Hell! A  guttersnipe tomboy Kei is unmannered, discourteous, hates titles but uses her own whenever it suits her needs, prone to hit, kick and punch with impunity and when necessary will destroy, wreck, maim and even kill with abandonment showing no signs of sorrow or regret. This firebrand Amazon Hellcat is where the ‘Deadly Dynamic Duo’ draw their dreaded and feared nickname of the ‘Dirty Pair’! Nothing illustrates this point better than the following pix which shows Kei menacing the world at large with a giant Mark XIII ion cannon, her red mop in perfect contrast to her emerald green aizu (eyes). In the background and wrapped in furs Yuri grips a small but deadly Mark III minilaser blaster in her hot little fist. 

Enough about the girls for now eh? There are other anime, right? How right you are and to prove it here’s a pix of a hot little transport used by the lead character in one of those anime. Which one and who is the character? Nai, that would be telling. You see oro I like to do with my readers is to leave them with a little mystery photo pix for them to mull over and perhaps even hazard a guess or two about. Then in my next post I give them the answers and the explanation. This blog spot will be no exception so here’s the challenge. Name the type of car, make and model. Kudos if you figure out oro the hood’s doohickey is called. Name the character who owns it and the anime series. Double kudos if you can name the co-character from the show. A hint? Surely. Look closely at the pix and think ‘cowboys and cowgirls’ and unlike most anime this one’s not set in Japan at all. A dead giveaway to true aoishi (blue) anime freaks like me is that the gunshots and engine sounds you hear in the series are real- not special effects noises. 

OK so now it’s gotta be Sayonara for now/see ya soon/ja mata/Kami bless you all/keep your stick on the ice/toodles-K&K

Until next time- same anime time and same anime channel. Triple kudos if you recall oro old tv series that line’s from folks! One more pix? OK here is one of my fave characters in my fanfictions and without the kind assistance of highteckdudu who allowed me to use her creation in my fanfictions and even permitted me to give her a last name and change her into a nekomata trill a shape shifting demonic cat who is a trill  (Remember Jadzia Dax on Star Trek’s ‘Deep Space Nine’?) and a pirate to boot! Meet Neko, Neko Olson like Clark Kent’s cub reporter and photographer Jimmy Olson.

Ain’t she a real cute pirate catgirl? Would you believe she’s Jonathan Harlock’s navvie on the ‘Botany Bay II’ and she’s gonna pilot a gundam real soon too? Read/review/suggest and let me know how you like my works.

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