Bring a weapon.

that does sound cool, i gotta check out Philly some day

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Sounds worth investigating. I ought to check and see if they have any hot gigs this summer...

You're reminding me a bit of 'the Electric Factory' in Philly.
From the balcony, enjoyed a steady stream of drinks delivered by a most attentive waitress. Didn't have to miss an ounce of concert to hit the bar.

wicked concert venue right next to Yale, legendary patronage, still hosts some kickass acts (usually the autumn-winter sees the best gigs)... it's actually just a bar/club, so the shows are extra good because you can't be too far back.
more adventures here if you're nostalgic:

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Cheers, man. I enjoyed soaking up some of your Asian adventures. Had a few myself. + you've got an intense gallery to boot. Hat's off to English teachers abroad.

But haven't explored New Haven nearly enough. What's Toad's? --a watering hole I need to splash around in? Gimmie the skinny.

Thanks for the appreciation, I dig your mechanical stuff...ooh, CT, I feel your pain man (New Britain)! You ever head down to Toad's in New Haven?

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Most welcome. Your gallery is a bloody goldmine for military machine buffs.

Thanks for watching, and the

My pleasure, thank you.

Can't wait to post more stuff either. Unfortunately, my design studio eats up lots of illustration time (and patience). --that's why the gallery is so sparse.

Thanks for the on Dragstrip mate can't wait to see more stuff from you!

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Thanks, man! Same goes for you, of course.

You got some sweet works in your gallery keep it up!

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Sup, Ray! Most welcome. Thank YOU for the A bit surprised you didn't know Teraoka already... You seem to have arrived at similar thematic and stylistic statements on your own. Even have the whole aquatic beastie fascination in common. The rez on that link was crap, but glad it sparked your curiosity.

Could describe you as a Teraoka/Lichtenstein hybrid, but of course that isn't giving your originality and personal vision enough credit. As commented earlier, it's gonna be great fun watching you.

Cheers to for your feature.

Hey Rob! Thanks for the kind words and the watch/ faves! and for the link! I'll have to spend some time tomorrow checking it out, Masami's work is definitely inspirational and has a lot of interesting things going on that I've never ever seen before. The only person I can maybe compare him to is Mu Pan? --er but at a glance, mostly the color choices. Thanks again!

In a sense, yes. But within the nuanced 'sense' is where the magic lies.

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By all means, feel free. You gonna make him into a vampire or something?

Would you mind if I try my literary hand to construct a short-story inspired by your description of that Philedelphia friend of yours?

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intron depot 4, that the artbook . and true you can't have a mech on screen that makes no noise.

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I think I saw some of those 'Horned Owl' mech concepts in one of his artbooks.
Ex Machina's one landmate boo boo: they were too noisy: these are special ops machines designed for stealth. Shirow was always specific about that.
But obviously it would have seemed weird and unfinished to a layman audience if the anime mechs were realistically quiet.

Alrighty. That's enough geeking out for me. God, I love Appleseed. And I love the renaissance in spite of all the surging "Ghost in in the Shell' franchise.

lol, don't forget the landmates. most people don't know this but those landmate designs are from "Horned Owl" a video game Shirow worked on in the early 90's. but i wish they had stuck a little closer to Bri's true design, before he became a cyborg. and the Prada designs were tight.

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Right, who knows what type of editing decisions were made in the 11th hour. Project this big has lots of chefs stirring the soup.
At least the production designs showed a more true to the roots character concept. Tereus final design was pretty cool, but far too pretty-boy to call himself Bri's genetic heir.
Deunan-Bri relationship works much better, in my opinion, with a dark skinned Bri. Overall, he's older, more mature, more combat savvy, more scarred, and more socially well adapted than Deunan.
The young generic Asian Tereus didn't quite carry all that grit. Ah well, the Prada costumes were still super hot. Still gotta give Machina an A+.

u know i had some questions with that too. because even in the ex artbook his production design is that of a black male. i can only guess that they did this for contrast issues.

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On the subject of Ex Machina, got a question for ya; The new character Tereus looks pretty Asian to me... But in the original Appleseed comics, wasn't Briarios dark-skinned before becoming a cyborg? As Bri's clone, shouldn't Tereus have been black, and less generic Asian dude?

Since Woo's directing, guess it's predictable he'd lean in that direction. Some of his most memorable protagonists have a very generic quality to them. But that one little snag is pretty much my main fanboy beef w/ the whole gig. (Even Deunan has some African blood in her, so WTF?).

Was wondering if you had any opinion on the subject, since you're obviously a huge fan and well-versed in the Shirow scriptures.

yeah no problem...thx man, keep fight!! ^__^

Hadn't thought of that. But great idea!