The Black Mages

Bored of Anime, Myth or Education ?
I will start a new topic, it is Music.
For the first, i will tell you little about one of my favorite band.
It is called The Black Mages.





The Black Mages is a Japanese instrumental rock band formed in 2002 by Nobuo Uematsu, Kenichiro Fukui, and Tsuyoshi Sekito, three composers for Square Enix. Uematsu is the composer of the majority of soundtracks in the Final Fantasy video game series. The band arranges Uematsu's compositions in a rock style often similar to progressive metal, achieved with the additional use of synthesizers.[1] Since its inception, the band has expanded to six members with the addition of Keiji Kawamori, Michio Okamiya, and Arata Hanyuda.

The band has released three studio albums to date. Their first was released eponymously as The Black Mages in 2003, and contained arrangements of Final Fantasy battle themes. The second album, The Black Mages II: The Skies Above, was released in 2004 and featured additional pieces besides battle themes including the group's first original song, "Blue Blast ~Winning the Rainbow", which was created for Japanese K-1 fighter Takehiro Murahama. The third album, The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight, was released on March 19, 2008. Music from the group has also appeared in other albums, including one track in Dark Chronicle Premium Arrange, an album of arranged music from the video game Dark Chronicle, a piece in the animated film Final Fantasy VII Advent Children and its corresponding soundtrack album, and one track on Final Fantasy III Original Soundtrack, the soundtrack album for the Nintendo DS version of Final Fantasy III.

Source : Wikipedia

Poseidon

Today we will talk about one of the Zeus brothers, his nick is God of the Sea.do you Do you figured it out ?
Yes, this time we will talk about Poseidon.

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Poseidon (Greek: Ποσειδῶν; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of the sea, storms, and, as "Earth-Shaker," of earthquakes in Greek mythology. The name of the sea-god Nethuns in Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon. Linear B tablets show that Poseidon was venerated at Pylos and Thebes in pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, but he was integrated into the Olympian gods as the brother of Zeus and Hades. Poseidon has many children. There is a Homeric hymn to Poseidon, who was the protector of many Hellenic cities, although he lost the contest for Athens to Athena.

Source : Wikipedia

The fastest Animal

Today we will have a little study about animal, myself are an animal lover, but i never get myself a pet now days. What a pity LOL...
Okay like the title say, today i will write down what is the fastest animal on earth.
I will describe by category like Flying, Running and Swimming.
Of course it would not fair if you have a race by different category.
Ok, let start...

Running

The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is an atypical member of the cat family (Felidae) that is unique in its speed, while lacking strong climbing abilities. The species is the only living member of the genus Acinonyx. It is the fastest land animal, reaching speeds between 112 and 120 km/h (70 and 75 mph) in short bursts covering distances up to 460 m (1,510 ft), and has the ability to accelerate from 0 to 103 km/h (64 mph) in three seconds, faster than most supercars. Recent studies confirm the cheetah's status as the fastest land animal.
The word "cheetah" is derived from the Sanskrit word citrakāyaḥ, meaning "variegated body", via the Hindi चीता cītā.

Flying

The White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus), also known as Needle-tailed Swift or Spine-tailed Swift, is a large swift. It is one of the fastest-flying bird in flapping flight, being capable of speeds up to 170 km/h (105 mph).
These birds have very short legs which they use only for clinging to vertical surfaces. They build their nests in rock crevices in cliffs or hollow trees. They never settle voluntarily on the ground and spend most of their lives in the air, living on the insects they catch in their beaks.
These swifts breed in rocky hills in central Asia and southern Siberia. This species is migratory, wintering south to Australia. It is a rare vagrant in western Europe, but has been recorded as far west as Norway, Sweden and Great Britain.
The White-throated Needletail is a mid sized bird, similar in size to Alpine Swift, but a quite different build, with a heavier barrel-like body. They are black except for a white throat, white undertail, which extends on to the flanks, and a somewhat paler brown back.
The Hirundapus needletailed swifts get their name from the spiny end to the tail, which is not forked as in the Apus typical swifts.

Swimming

The shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus ("sharp nose"), is a large mackerel shark. Along with the closely related longfin mako (Isurus paucus) it is commonly referred to as "mako shark".
According to the ReefQuest Centre for Shark Research, 'It has been reliably clocked at 31 miles (50 kilometres) per hour, and there is a claim that one individual of this species achieved a burst speed of 46 miles (74 kilometers) per hour.'

That all for today...

The Legend of The Legendary Heroes

This is one of the anime that i follow during this season.
I will only write down an information about this anime.

The Legend of the Legendary Heroes


The Legend of the Legendary Heroes (伝説の勇者の伝説, Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu?) is a Japanese light novel series by Takaya Kagami, with illustrations by Saori Toyota which was published by Fujimi Shobo in Dragon Magazine from February 25, 2002 to October 25 2006, and has 11 volumes. It's sequel, The Legend of the Great Heroes of Legend (大伝説の勇者の伝説?) began publishing in October 25, 2007 and currently has 8 volumes. The series also has 2 spin-off series, The Legend of Legendary Heroes Anyway (とりあえず伝説の勇者の伝説?), a collection of short stories which ran from December 20, 2002 to June 20, 2007 and was compiled into 11 volumes, and The Legend of the Black Fallen Hero (堕ちた黒い勇者の伝説?), which ran from December 25, 2007 to September 25, 2009 and was compiled into 5 volumes. The series has also spun off into other media including a Drama CD, a manga adaptation which currently has 3 bound volumes and a PSP video game which was released on February 18, 2010 on the PSP. An 26 episode anime adaptation is being produced by Zexcs which premiered on July 1st, 2010 and is licensed by Kadokawa in Japan and Funimation Entertainment in North America.

The character
Ryner Lute voiced by Jun Fukuyama
Ferris Eris Voiced by Ayahi Takagaki
Sion Astal Voiced by Daisuke Ono
Lucile Eris Voiced by Tomokazu Sugita
Iris Eris Voiced by Tomosa Murata
Milk Callau Voiced by Saki Fujita
Claugh Klom Voiced by Atsushi Imaruoka
Calne Kaiwal Voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro
Rahel Miller Voiced by Yasunori Masutani
Luke Stokkart Voiced by Satoshi Hino
Lear Rinkal Voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto
Fiole Folkal Voiced by Miyu Irino
Eslina Folkal Voiced by Ayana Taketatsu
Kiefer Knolles Voiced by Fuyuka Oura
Miran Froaude Voiced by Junichi Suwabe

This is one of the anime that worth to be followed this season...
Source : Wikipedia
Official Website ( Japan )

Zeus

Yesterday we talking about Cronus, Today we will talking about Zeus.



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Zeus (pronounced /ˈzuːs/ or /ˈzjuːs/; Ancient Greek: Ζεύς; Modern Greek: Δίας, Dias) is the King of the Gods in Greek mythology. Zeus was viewed as a king who oversaw the universe. In Hesiod's Theogony, he assigns the various gods their roles. In the Homeric Hymns he is referred to as the chieftain of the gods. He is also called the "Father of Gods and men", according to Hesiod's Theogony. He ruled the Olympians of Mount Olympus in ways representative as both a father as head of the family and a king. He was the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull, and oak. In addition to his Indo-European inheritance, the classical "cloud-gatherer" also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the Ancient Near East, such as the scepter. Zeus is frequently depicted by Greek artists in one of two poses: standing, striding forward, with a thunderbolt leveled in his raised right hand, or seated in majesty.

Zeus was the child of Cronus and Rhea, and the youngest of his siblings. In most traditions he was married to Hera, although, at the oracle of Dodona, his consort was Dione: according to the Iliad, he is the father of Aphrodite by Dione. He is known for his erotic escapades. These resulted in many godly and heroic offspring, including Athena, Apollo and Artemis, Hermes, Persephone (by Demeter), Dionysus, Perseus, Heracles, Helen, Minos, and the Muses (by Mnemosyne); by Hera, he is usually said to have fathered Ares, Hebe and Hephaestus.

In Greek, the god's name is Ζεύς Zeús /zdeús/ or /dzeús/ (Modern Greek /'zefs/) in the nominative case and Διός Diós in the genitive case. The earliest forms of the name are the Mycenaean Greek di-we and di-wo, written in Linear b syllabic script.

Source : Wikipedia

Cronus

I am interested in Mythology, sometime i will post some article about Mythology.
But first, let start with Cronus or Kronos.


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Cronus or Kronos (Ancient Greek Κρόνος, Krónos) was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans, divine descendants of Gaia, the earth, and Uranus, the sky. He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological Golden Age, until he was overthrown by his own sons, Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon, and imprisoned in Tartarus.

Cronus was usually depicted with a sickle, which was also the weapon he used to castrate and depose Uranus, his father. In Athens, on the twelfth day of the Attic month of Hekatombaion, a festival called Kronia was held in honor of Cronus to celebrate the harvest, suggesting that, as a result of his association with the virtuous Golden Age, Cronus continued to preside as a patron of harvest. Cronus was also identified in classical antiquity with the Roman deity Saturn.
source : Wikipedia

June-July anime list

Okay,what are we waiting for,let us start.
one of my hobby is watch anime so i will start talking about anime that will release from June to July in japan.

June to July

• kiss×sis (OAD) (06/04)
• Ginmaku Hetalia Axis Powers Paint it, White (Film) (06/05)
• Utawarerumono (OVA) (06/23)
• Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu (OAD) (06/25)
• Armored Trooper Votoms: Gen-ei Hen (OVA) (06/25)
• Break Blade 2: Ketsubetsu no Michi (Film) (06/26)
• Uchuu Show e Youkoso (Film) (06/26)

• The Legend of the Legendary Heroes (TV) (07/01)
• Amagami SS (TV) (07/01)
• Kuroshitsuji II (TV) (07/01)
• Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi (TV) (07/01)
• Kure-nai (OAD) (07/02)
• Shukufuku no Campanella (TV) (07/02)
• Mitsudomoe (TV) (07/02)
• Seitokai Yakuindomo (TV) (07/03)
• Sekirei ~Pure Engagement~ (TV) (07/04)
• Highschool of the Dead (TV) (07/05)
• Nurarihyon no Mago (TV) (07/05)
• Tono to Issho (TV) (07/05)
• Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin (TV) (07/05)
• Digimon: Xros Wars (TV) (07/06)
• Stitch! ~Zutto Saikou no Tomodachi~ (TV) (07/06)
• Strike Witches 2 (TV) (07/07)
• Shin Koihime†Musou (OVA) (07/07)
• Shiki (TV) (07/08)
• Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Movie: The Phantom Champion Z (Film) (07/10)
• Asobi ni Iku yo! (TV) (07/10)
• Sengoku Basara Two (TV) (07/11)
• Zettai Karen Children (OVA) (07/16)
• Black Lagoon: Roberta’s Blood Trail (OVA) (07/17)
• Karigurashi no Arrietty (Film)(07/17)
• CAT SHIT ONE -THE ANIMATED SERIES- (Net Stream) (07/17)
• Darker than BLACK – Kuro no Keiyakusha Gaiden (OAD) (07/21)
• Hen Zemi (OVA) (07/23)
• Armored Trooper Votoms: Gen-ei Hen (OVA) (07/23)
• Black Rock Shooter (OVA) (07/24)
• Toaru Kagaku no Railgun (OAD) (07/24)
• Aki Sora ~Yume no Naka~ (OVA) (07/30)
• Hiyokoi (Film) (07/30)
• Konchuu Monogatari Mitsubachi Hutch: Yuuki no Melody (Film) (07/31)

I recommend The Legend Of The Legendary Heroes and Nurarihyon no Mago, because i think it have a very interesting plot of storyline...