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Back Again.

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So I've taken a long Hiatus again, and during the summer like the last one. I'm sorry for taking so long again this time. I am back however, and I plan to post a lot more, perhaps even part of my manga, which is still in progress. I've also sketched quite a few things over the summer I would like to share. I may not log on daily, but I will still log on often.

Again, I'm sorry for this long break, there will be a lot of late replies.
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Hello Everyone

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It has been a long, long time since I've visited da. I decided to take this break because I was stressed from matters in my life, and I thought I needed to take some loads off my life. I'm not quitting deviantart, it was a personal break.
I plan to be more active in the future, but nothing is set in stone. I won't delete my account anytime soon, but I'm still working on my time management. I will replay to all the messages and notes I can, but it will take time to go through over 10,000 notifications.

Just thought I'd let you all know :)
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Sorry for the long wait everyone. I've been on a long hiatus from DeviantArt. The truth is, I've been very focused on College as of late. It's also been a long time since I've submitted any journal entries, so forgive me for that. I will try to be more frequent in my log-ins, but I can't promise anything. I'll also try to reply to comments and notes as I receive them.
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Anime Seeking

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When it comes to anime and manga, I'm like Ledo from "Gargantia: On the Verdurous Planet," an outsider. I know very little of the categories and genre's involved, and I never knew where to start. It turned out though, that I already started my experience with anime, and I'm really looking for where I go next. As a kid, I was exposed to Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Digimon on tv. With my parent's Playstation and NES, I had access to Final Fantasy 1, Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy 8, Final Fantasy Tactics, Saga Frontier, Saga Frontier II, The Granstream Saga, Beyond the Beyond, Ogrebattle, and Lunar Silver Star Story Complete (I will admit that a few of those aren't strictly considered anime, but they all had at least some elements present in anime). Most of the games I mentioned are games I didn't even start playing until quite recently. I've also watched shows like Avatar the Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.
Interestingly enough, I never encountered some of the more popular or more widely viewed anime series. To this day I've never watched Naruto, Dragonball Z, Bleach, Sailor Moon, Fullmetal Alchemist, or Attack on Titan. With all this in mind, I've decided to expose myself to more of this popular culture. This mostly came about because of my brother, who loves anime like The Seven Deadly Sins, Fairy Tail, and Sword Art Online (SAO). He exposed me to a few of those Anime, and apart from SAO, I haven't finished watching those three. He also exposed me to shows like Wakfu (which I can't classify with certainty). I've also started my own search by filling my Final Fantasy collection and using Netflix.
Currently, SAO is among my favorite anime, I've watched the newer Voltron show on Netflix, I found Gargantia, and I started watching Wakfu, Fairy Tail, and The Seven Deadly Sins. Multiple friends of mine recommended Cowboy Bebop and other Anime. As far as manga goes, I've mostly read manga that have adapted stories I love, such as Maximum Ride, Cirque Du Freak, and The Legend of Zelda series. I have a grasp on the reading style of manga already. But there are still so many things I'm trying to adapt to like the different categories. I can't even list the Japanese named genres (although I heard one's for kids, one's for teen girls, one's for teen boys, and one's for adults... shows you how much I know...).
So to finish this up, I would like to see what your recommendations would be to continue my experience in anime. I know that a few anime like Black Butler and many that I've listed above are growing in popularity (I can just go look at Hot Topic to know that). And I have a Netflix account, which is perhaps my best means for watching Anime right now. I usually prefer English dubs, but English subs are fine as well. And when it comes to genres, I'm leaning towards shows like SAO and Voltron. I like large Mechas, sci-fi, and fantasy. I'm a gamer, which really appealed to me with SAO. Please make thoughtful feedback. :)
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It's been a long time since my last journal entry. And for this entry, I want to talk about the upcoming game, Final Fantasy XV and it's prequel movie Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV. There are also spoilers ahead, so read at your own risk.
If you don't know already, Final Fantasy is a video game series made by the company we now know as Square Enix. Each game is generally stand-alone, but there are true sequels and prequels that share the same number title as the game they connect to. It's why Kingsglaive is not just called Kingsglaive Final Fantasy. There are quite a few milestone games throughout the series, but for now, I want to talk about Final Fantasy XV and VII.
One of the unique traits about the series is that they often reuse monsters (Moogles, Chocobos, ect.), enemies (Ahriman, Malboro, ect.), names (Cid/Sid, Highwind, Biggs, Wedge, ect.), and other things such as crystals and certain summons (Bahamut, Odin, ect.). My theory is a simple one stating that Final Fantasy XV is bringing back a summon that was previously exclusive only to Final Fantasy VII; Knights of the Round.
From the name alone, you're probably thinking of King Arthur and his knights, and you wouldn't be too far off. In Final Fantasy VII, Knights of the Round is the most powerful summon in the game, and also one of the hardest to get. It also has a really long cinematic (especially with Quadra Magic paired to it). Essentially 13 different knights take a massive hit each on the enemy. From seeing them all at once on Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call, you'll noticed that apart from "Arthur," each knight has a pair, making 13 knights total. Here is a video of the summon itself 

Now here is where I talk about Final Fantasy XV. If you look on the cover for the game, you will see 3 figure in the background. Some speculate that these are the WEAPONS from Final Fantasy VII (more on that later), but from watching Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV, it turns out that these are the Lucii, or ancestrial kings of Lucis. Their power is the magical power of all Lucians who are capable of wielding it.
Now here's my theory; I believe the Lucii are the Knights of the Round. or at least Final Fantasy XV's equivalent of the summon. In Kingsglaive, it turns out the "Old Wall" is the animated statues of the Lucii throughout Insomnia. Watching closely, I've noticed that the statues, and the Lucii themselves closely resemble the knights in the summon, including one that looks like the "Arthur" figure of the Knights. Just look at the cover, and rewatch the Knights of the Round summon, and you will see what I mean.
It's also worth noting that the large "demon" used the movie is almost an exact graphical revamp of the Diamond Weapon in Final Fantasy VII (though the shoulder cannons function differently, and there appears to be multiple "demons"). I can't say that Final Fantasy XV and VII are connected, because that's just opening a whole new can of worms, and there are Easter eggs to the other games all over the place. Not to mention the fact that Final Fantasy VII's Remake is on the way, and this may, in some ways, promote the game and bring back some nostalgia.
Either way, I stand by my theory that the Lucii are Final Fantasy XV's equivalent to VII's Knights of the Round.
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