Gacha=Gacha

Supposedly the first anime made in Singapore. I wouldn't have found out about it if not for the publicity on RIUVA though. It looks bad, but i think 77 Star probably meant it as an exercise for their trainees instead of as a real commercial project. We all start out as Level 1 adventurers, right? Probably. But it's definitely a fact that some people gain exp faster than others and it's got nothing to do with how hard they train. Some start with more $$$/equipment. Some get incarnated onto shitty servers administered by juntas while others look at them and say, "Oh you poor things, I'll send you some n00b items (and gain some reputation points while i'm at it)." Ya, life's a Massive Multiplayer Offline Roleplaying Game with game balance issues.

If you think i sound like Zetsubou Sensei now, you're right. Now where's my harem of dysfunctional fanservice machines? What got me in the mood was this article on CNN. I'm not despairing at Whoever caused the cyclone and i'm not despairing for the fat guys sitting on the biscuits. I am pissed at this video link in the article that says "Watch as families mourn victims".

Wow. Am i suppose to find that headline interesting? The videos linked to weren't even about watching families mourn victims, btw. Playing on people's fascination with the morbid isn't very decent if you ask me. No respect at all. If you think only CNN is screwed up, you're dead wrong (haha). Local reporters do go through the obituaries daily for, i don't know, possibly newsworthy deaths? And they'll turn up uninvited at funeral wakes for a story. How do i know that? A pair of reporters from this chinese tabloid walked in on me doing something silly which i can't remember. I was probably singing anime songs or something.

Remember that news about the uncle whose wife got killed in a traffic accident? No? I don't recall much either, people die everyday. What i remembered though, was that pictures of him breaking down and going hysterical were splashed all over the front page of The Straits Times. Not one photo, but 3 or 4 in sequential order like a 4koma. Just what crime did the old man commit to warrant having his most vulnerable moment dramatised and exposed for public consumption? No respect at all.

My point is this: Why are we so kaypoh as a species?

No one knows and that's the way things are so screw it and go watch the first episode of Gacha=Gacha here. Btw, my internet connection speed set a record high of 980 kb/s while downloading quicktime, which you'll need to watch Gacha=Gacha. Who uses quicktime nowadays? Put it on Youtube!

Even though it's not too impressive, i'm still rather excited at the future prospects of homegrown animation. Maybe instead of pseudo-Japanese moe moe shows like this, they should come up with stuff that's more like Army Daze or Mr Kiasu. Those 2 would trump Lucky Star in the comedy department anyday and rival Pani Poni Dash for the "Most Gaijin-unfriendly Cultural Gags" award.

Which brings me to this point: Would the Singaporean equivalent for Kansai ben be Hokkien or pasar Malay?