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Hey there! Er, just a few things and some movie news.

Back from the Measles... well, it was a mild case, so it isn't much of a problem (barring SSPE in a decade or so - I hope that doesn't happen! *knocks on wood*) it did prevent me from watching the last few days of Cinemanila, which is a shame.

There's a new film coming soon that's caught my attention. It's Shadowless Sword, and it has Shin Hyun-june in it. That's the guy from Bichunmoo, another swordfighting movie that wasn't as good as it sounds, but was rather entertaining anyway. It isn't a coincidence - this film is directed by the same guy who directed Bichunmoo, too.

The trailer sold me right away - it was freaking amazing. I haven't seen that kind of speed in fighting since... Arahan. And speaking of Arahan, this movie has Yun So-yi in it. You know, that absolutely hot girl from Arahan? Yeah, her. I saw her in another movie called The Twins. I liked that movie for some reason.

Mmmmmm.... Yun So-yi...

er, anyway, the film looks like a vast improvement over Bichunmoo, it looks to come out before the end of the year, and I can't wait to see this.

In other news, Animax Philippines is airing a few good anime. I'm following the unintentionally hilarious (but still decent) dub of Inital D 4th stage, and I came to like the series after watching a few episodes. Angel Locsin as Kyoko Iwase wasn't bad at all - although her kind of voice is a rarity in Tagalog-dubbed productions...

It's the magic of Tagalog dubbing. Like what the dubbing did to Yu Yu Hakusho. As if a good anime wasn't good enough, the Tagalog dub gave us some gems as "Tapusin! Tapusin!" and "Hindi ako umiinom ng alak. Katas ng prutas pwede pa o tsaa." Then there was that debacle of whether Genkai and Kurama were one gender or the other. (Remember the early episodes? The old masculine voice for Jeremiah and the whole "Denise" thing? Haha!)

Then there's Witch Hunter Robin. This anime aired on GMA 7 quite some time ago, and I didn't take notice of it until now. I now watch the series quite often - it's a very interesting story.

I'm waiting for Hur Jin-ho's April Snow. Seeing his excellent track record for romantic movies (Christmas in August, which is a veritable classic, and One Fine Spring Day, which is good in itself) I'm looking forward to this one, although advanced word has not been as good as I'd expected...

I didn't get to do a Horrorfest 2005 like last year, but someday I'll get to watch all these horror films, especially The Ring 2, which is way overdue. Just you wait! Still waiting for a chance to hold a Chambarafest 2005 continuation...

Chambarafest 2005... continues!