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[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

Double-posting. Please blame the official site for this. D:

Apparently the Geass team got a lot of questions about the recap episode, so they decided to post an explanation up on the official blog. Translation as follows.

"...The next episode, 8.5 (recap) will be an organized look back at what Lelouch has done in the episode 1-8 and his past.

We've received a lot of requests from viewers who started watching in the middle about what sort of story happened before and that they wanted to see it. We've assembled this recap episode to answer this request. We hope our viewers who did not start from the middle would have more enjoyment of the later episodes as a result.

As for those who's been our viewers right from the beginning, we'd like you to think of this episode as a reaffirmation. If you'd like to bring your friends to watch it with you, it would make us very happy.

Thank you in advance for your support of [Code Geass : Lelouch of the Rebellion] from now on.

*Stage 8.5 will not be counted among the episodes on the DVD, but as a special selection programme. For further information, please check the official site."

...well, I did, but nothing's up there yet. If something's put up, I'll make an edit on this post and give you the breaking news. (Or make a new post if it's further apart and too much of a pain to dig) At least it seems that Episode 8.5 is made because they're answering fan demand and/or this is a good place to recap for middleroad watchers because things started changing post-8, instead of not having enough time to make a proper 9.0. (They did not seem to expect the popularity, haha) Or it could be just pretty words (ironic, if it is) but I'm going to give them the benefit of doubt, it's been very good series thus far. Does the DVD comment mean 8.5 won't count towards the amount of episodes we're getting? We can only hope.

Comments

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

blahhh i knew that they put this in for no reason T___T my anime magazines do not support this!! D:

and as a small reccommendation, would you want to condense the info posts a bit? ^^;; i mean i don't mind all the info (i love you for translating it really) but then too many does seem to be a bit spammish ^^;;

of course you can just ignore me if you want D:

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

I know it's spammish. D: How much of a condensation do you want, basically? I'm a little too used to high-traffic fandoms where you just post everything as it comes, so a bit more specificness would help a great deal.

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

oh trust me, i live for high-traffic fandoms XDDD i think about... 2 or 3 new news in a post? or you could post something once it comes up, then when something else comes up, you can edit the first post and update the time as well, so it'll still be 'current' ^__^;;

then when the traffic becomes so little people are crying for a new post, spam away! XDDD

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

FMA was pretty much 1 news article per 1 post when it was still running, I'm sort of used to that one. ^^; I'll try to do that if the post is the same type or if it hasn't fallen too much (how many people go back the pages in the comm? How much is too much? Four-five posts or seven-eight?).

Unless the news become scarce, too?

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

ohh the climax period of FMA was great *____* i would be spammed by them every single day DD: now there's not much traffic... even the digest post has to incorporate other comms other than fm_a XDDD

you can just try ^___^ i never go back pages, but i guess the max number of news would be 4-5 in one post, then you can make another one :)

yeah DD: hope it doesn't tho!! then we'll need some crack fanfics XDD

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

Aye, aye, captain! I'll try :D

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

How is useful information and regular updates with translations spam?

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

it's not exactly spam, it's just there seems to be too many info posts by the same person, so it would be better if verity_isle condensed them a bit. ^___^;;

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

So there's a quota on the amount of times you can post to the comm even when your information is new and useful?

When I see verity_isle come up on my friendslist at Code Geass, I know it'll be something interesting; she's a really decent contributor to this community and I really don't see why it's a problem when that person actually bothers to go get this stuff and post it for all to see. Having fangirled many shows where I have been lucky to have maybe one or two other people watching it, being in an active fandom like this is a treat.

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

there isn't a quota as to how many times you can post in the comm. i'm not even saying that she shouldn't post anything new at all. i'm just saying, she could post something new, then when something else comes up, she can update the first post with the new information, if it's just the one right after. of course, if she thinks it deserves a new post, post it in a new post.

the point is, i'm not telling her not to post at all or post a certain amount of posts every day. i'm just asking her to condense them together if possible. in a small community like this, the same person posting a lot of posts can look spammish, even when it's not. if the traffic gets higher or something, verity_isle can go back to posting a new post when she sees something new.

i know that feeling when you love a certain animanga, only to know no one knows it. like wild life, the only person who knew it was an anon ;____;

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

Wild Life...is that the manga where the main character is a veterinarian with a special hearing ability, by any chance? Because if it is, I love that manga. :D

(The only other manga with the same name that I can think of is Reiko Shimizu's story about a boy who keeps a pet lioness, and while it's great, there's only one volume out ;_; )

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

YES!!!! THAT ONE!!! WITH THE BISEXUAL VET/DOCTOR!!!!!!! i love him *________________*

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

THE BISEXUAL VET WHOSE HISTORY IS A BLACK, BLACK PUZZLE. IN A COMPLETELY CRACKY WAY. Seriously. He's rather unique. :33333

I'm only on the 5th volume, though. Damned localizer takes its bloody time getting things to print. -_-;

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

YES!!! AND HIS NEVER AGING FAMILY!!!!!!!!! we really shouldn't be fangirling about a totally different series here XDD

aww man ;____; where are you? in hong kong, we're up to date with japan, in order words, volume 17 or 18 XDD if you want, i can send you the japanese raws .__.

*friends you for no reason what so ever*

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

THEY TOTALLY HAVE A DIFFERENT SOURCE OF LIFE FROM HUMANITY, LADIES AND GENTS. No, we shouldn't. However, it is imperative that fangirlable series must be fangirled

SEVENTEEN. Right. I'm going the arsonry route. Someone give me jet fuel, and there's one smouldering publishing company, right up! Why should I not want? ;_; One slight problem with that every file server except C2S hates my connection ;_;

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

YES THEY DO. BUT I DO WANT THAT GUY'S CUP. WITH ALL THOSE SICKINGLY FUNNY WORDS XDDDDDDDD mod here says fangirl away. well, i'm not. but screw it.

there's only 10 manga chapters scanlated in the english fandom tho XDD you should be happy you've seen 5 volumes :P http://www.rawmanga.com/wildlife.php i so didn't give you an illegal downloading site :)

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

Frustratingly, I do not remember much details. -_-; It's been like...a year or so since I last read a volume. Yes, our publisher sucks. We're in a comm for a story about a guy trying to demolish an empire with unconventional means. I'm sure he won't disapprove

Well, there IS a difference between fan efforts and publisher effort. I mean, I don't pay for scanlations, I pay for the localization. They should at least have some thought about their readership. -_- OMG And no, you didn't. :DDDD

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

OMG.

I really, really have to thank you. It's okay, though. It is getting frequent, and I'm sure I'll find a middle ground somewhere so we won't be much too late for the news and there won't be too many posts. (I don't like editing since it's a clear disadvantage to those who browse via flist, so to stockpiling we go)

Oh, and...I'm not sure if this is rude, but can I ask a question? If I understand correctly, you have or have access to Newtype December...so, is that Bokura no Hibi thing in there yet? Newtype arrived here yesterday, and when I phoned the store, they said it's sold out. -_-;; Typical of something with a Suzumiya Haruhi booklet. If the novel's not in there, I'll call it a loss. If it is, I'll order it along with my December Amazonjp bookbinge.

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

i've scanned it. friend me, whack me on the head everyday starting next week, and it'll be up sometime.

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

So it IS in there? AWESOME. Geass Team, you know how to keep your fans happy. ^_^ (I'm just wondering about the lack of backlash in Jfen, but eh, maybe it takes time---September Animage took like two months to generate on-theme fanart)

Next week. Starting which day? XD Also, what was the resolution you used? I suck and have problems reading Newtype's novel kanji font in print. -_-;

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

well, it's like one page per issue, so there's not much really ^__^;; i tend to buy the 3 main magazines then scan them 2 weeks before the newer issues come, but now i'm cutting down on money, so the past few month's scans are on my LJ :)

starting.... in half an hour or so XDDD i used 200ppi, but i tend to half the image size when i upload them for people to cover up my crap merging skills, but they are skill completely readable at about.. 800x1000 or something XDDD

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

Oh ho, one page? The ad was so misleading. But a story's a story, and one page means it's actually plausible to translate! *finds the silver lining whenever she can*

800x1000 should be sufficient, yes. XD So 200 dpi is okay for scanning? CGing takes like 600 dpi. It's insane on the file size.

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

yes ^____^ stuff that are too long for their own good kill you when you want to translate them. *thinks of the manga* i warn you, the picture with the 'novel' freaks me out. and i'm not that easily scared DD:

at the original size, the font is like.. font size 14 on a 1024x768 screen o___o;; well i guess 200 is alright for scanning ^__^;; some of the details that shouldn't be there can be scanned out tho... 200dpi is already 2MB per file, i can't think of 600dpi O__O;;

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, manga. The days when I used to translate them. XD As for the picture accompaniement...whatever it is, it's canon (or damn close to it). If canon wants to scare me, let it does so. Let's called it 'short story' instead, though. XD

The 600 dpi is for grayscale, though. XD So it ends up being like...I think the general size is around 5-7 mb depending on what I scan. Which is the reason I don't do much fanart lately. XDD;;

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is in there (I think I left the Haruhi booklet on the train or something...:D). Scanning it for you now and I'll post it in a seperate post and then if you don't want to read it offline but would rather own it first, you don't have to click the cut! :)

And it's my pleasure. ;)

Sorry to be so slow; been out RPing all day! \^-^/