HELP WANTED!

[Akira]

SoM, don't forget to ask [Subject 1: Storyboard guy] on a 'driving force' for Yuki. As it stands, Yuki just boards for fun, so giving him a long-term purpose seems a good idea. And yes, we need more girls, but there isn't enough voice actors available *cough all our new recruits have disappeared cough* XD.

No, I don't think I'm doing any voice acting at the moment, but I guess I'll fill in extra roles when we get to it...

Episodes are estimated 5 - 10 minutes long, and we need a good opening plot for the first episode. The 'new recruits' which were supposed to work on it have poofed so we're back to square one on storyboards for episode 1.

MUSIC! You rock, Natsuki-san! ^_^

[natsuki-san]

Sessha can help with voice-acting, as long as you give me a script. It's funnn. I've done a little before. I can send you the recordings over the file-sending site.

So, do you need naming help, or storyboarding help, or character help, or some kind of help? Sessha has been drawn in!

Do you have a name for your anime yet? ((have fun with the music!))

[[sessha hopes you choose 13nichi no Kinyoub, because sessha likes that song very much. <3]]

[Akira]

Heh, I hate to disappoint you, but we have practically nothing done yet, let alone a script! XD I'll get (Subject 1) to maybe get started on the official script and then I'll send it to you. You could be our... offline editor? I'll be sure to tell (Subject 1) to add "Natsuki-san" as offline editor in the credits : P

Anyhow, as for music, (Subject 1) is completely against Japanese lyrics, so we're getting our musical technicians to mix a song. So far, they've mixed:

- Silence (Artist forgotten by Akira and known only to SoM)
- Rewrite (Just a little bit of that guitar part or the 'empty' beat part I think)
- Haruka Kanata (Some part of it?)
- Other! (Songs forgotten by Akira, who isn't working on the music anyway XD)

SoM will update the WEBSITE that he's SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON...*cough!*

As for the name of the anime, we've come up with "360 XCel"... I'm sure you could point out 50 things wrong with it... Heh, it kinda sounds like a computer program ><!

[SoM]

Offline or online editor?

Anyways...I am working on the website. Buttons are difficult, mk?

Can't believe you forgot a band name like DIE!!!DIE!!!COLOR!!!!!!!!! I'm ashamed, Akira.

And the reason 360 Xcel sounds like a computer program is most likely thanks in part to Microsoft Excel, the spreadsheet creation program.[/size]

[Panic]

Oh jeah, Akira's anime up until now is hot. I believe she showed me a preview one day in French Class. All 5 seconds of it. Regardless, it's still very well done.

We gotta see more. And I really wouldn't count on SoM to get anything done ON TIME. *ShOt*

[natsuki-san]

Fine by me. I can be your offline editor/online editor. XD And if you have need for another female voice actor, or very young boy voice actor (think Hunni), then I can do that too~

Heh... It does sound a bit like a computer program...
Um... For a fast-paced anime (I'm assuming it's fast paced?) the title shouldn't have too many parts...
How about "360degrees", or "360-X" or just "360"? I don't know much about snowboarding, but... I personally like 360 best.

Gyaaaah! I have two new songs for you! You can get them all off of MySpace, but I can also send them to you if you want.
Grateful Journey by Do As Infinity
Signal by Do As Infinity

Grateful Journey has a strong beat. <3

Hope I helped...

[Akira]

Yup yup! I'll be posting the title opening as soon as I finish it, here in CHATplay. I'll try to find Grateful Journey somewhere to check it out, if you really think it's best. Of course, we won't be using the lyrics just some part of the music where it's just instrumentals.

I now have 8.2 seconds! It'll be about a minute and a half when I'm finsihed with it... Only 81.8 seconds left to finish!

For the title, you really think that '360' is best? It still kinda sounds like a game or something don't you think? There was a Japanese name for it like... something 'storm' or whatever but I can't remember... Do you, SoM?

HURRY UP ON MAKING BUTTONS INSTEAD OF WATCHING REZ!

[Kasu]

I think you may be talking about 1080 Avalanche for the Gamecube, Akira.

And this whole thing with the racing and the theme songs and everything... it's shaping up to be really cool! When it's finished, do you think you could post it somewhere on the internet and show it to us?

[natsuki-san]

...Rez...? Oh well, I really want to see it soon! The beginning of Grateful Journey has no lyrics. There are good parts with strong beats that you could use. Have you listened to any of the songs I sent? :3

Hm... Tell me what the you'd like the title to be like and I'll see what I can do. :3

Why am I in your signature, Kasu?

[Akira]

Oh, yes, definitely. I'll put up the opening theme song, when it's done, on a CHATplay board somewhere. Then I'll link you to the site that SoM is supposed to be working on!... if it exists yet, when the opening is done. He's still working on the buttons for it. *Glares at SoM*. If it still doesn't exist by the time we finish the first episode, then I'll post the first episode here anyway.

1080 Avalanche for Gamecube? Lolz, I don't think so XP I don't play Gamecube. Or XBox. Or Playstation. Just, I guess having a number - '360' !!! - sounds computer-ish... gamish? Is that even a word? XD

One of our original ideas was a combination of English and Japanese words for a title. Example:
Fubuki = snow storm
Yuki = pure; snow (character name)
Kage = shadow
Kaze = wind
Mori = forest
Yama = mountain; Take = mountain
Gina = silvery
Hikari/Hikaru = light; shining
Sora = sky
And so on and so forth...

A combination of English and Japanese (and/or number?) I think, would suit the anime best, 'cause we're not doing the anime professionally but it is somewhat, anime... and a number because math rocks. So it would probably turn out like... "Fubuki Rage 4000X" or... something... Still need help on titles! XD

Naaaaatsuki-saaan! I can't find Grateful Journey anywhere! ;_;

[natsuki-san]

Really? Okay, I'll send it through send it - Hey, maybe for the 360 thing, you were thinking of xBox...?

I can't wait to see it... <333 How are you making it? By hand, cel animation? With Flash?

Okay, I'll come up with a few names...

Zenshin 360° (it could connect to the plot - yuki might have changed from earnest to not-caring or something similar and then back to a good-self)
[zenshin:
one's whole heart
advance, drive, progress
gradual progress, steady advance
preliminary trials
zenshin virtue, moral sense, conscience]

Celsius [referring to temperature of the tracks]

Sesshi [celsius in japanese]

Fubuki 360x [you know what this means]

Kagizaki Kaze [ripwind]

Fuugai [storm damage, referring to the aftermath of yuki's wins? ^^;]

Ichidaisenpuu [taken by storm (i thought it fit)]

Go!1chiban! [go! f1rst!, a typical japanese engrish name... ^^; mostly referring to, "i'll make it to first place!]

Suno-Bo-Do 360degrees [board {japanified} 360 degrees]

Tabisaki:1chiban! [destination: number one!]

Kyousou! 1chigou!
[Kyousou:
sturdy, strong
competition, contest
mania
race
Ichigou:
Number One]

[Akira]

Yeah, we're doing it with Macromedia Flash. Music is edited on Sony ACID. I can't wait to finish the opening theme so that I can show it to you guys. ><

Thanks SO much for the song, Natsuki-san! You rock! :3

Wow! There are so many names! XD I can't pick. SoM can help out with that... =P

[SoM]

But I don't think Subject A would like it very much to hear there's japanese in our anime name...

Anyways...Great ideas, Natsuki. We could always use them as Episode Titles if Subject A continues to be a jerk.

EDIT: Oh, and Natsuki, this is Rez.[/size]

[Akira]

I don't think that Subject A would mind if we had a little Japanese in the title name. But more English in it, I guess.

Oh, and I've come up with a new outfit for Hitomi (the girl main-character in the series).

Her original outfit was a short plaited skirt (Japanese school girl style), quarter-cut sleeved shirt, scarf wrapped around her waist, and simple shoes.

Her NEW outfit (or just one that she wears when boarding, 'cause I've already drawn her in the opening somewhere, and I don't want to have to redraw it) includes: strapless shirt with one short sleeve to the side, skinny capris, the scarf around her waist, relatively high boots that go up to her shins with crossing laces, a braided band on her upper arm (opposite arm of the sleeve) and goggles worn on her forehead.

Any suggestions for a better outfit for our totally hot female protagonist? Accesories? Colour ideas?

(Her hair is light brown, her eyes are a green/turquoise shade and she has normal skin colour but a little bit paler. That should help with coming up with colours for her clothing to match.)

[natsuki-san]

OMG Elbow-length gloves! And an aviator cap! XD

Someone needs to wear elbow-length gloves, you know, the kinds without fingers! And I have so many new songs for you, but there's too many, so I won't even try... -_-; But a must have is Kouzou Kaikaku by DAI - [download it here] It's an AMAAAAAAZING song.<333
You hafta-hafta use the opening and stuff, and it's even got ska in it...

Some colours -
Original Ensemble -
White Shirt
Green-black skirt
white socks
brown shoes

New Ensemble/Boarding Ensemble
Shirt - Red
Capris - White
Scarf - Silvery-grey
Boots - Black
Braided band - [is there a backstory? like a friendship bracelet? :3 three colours - blue, green, yellow]
Goggles - Red

Newly Suggested - Aviator's Cap - Beige/Cream
Gloves - Black

How's that for a kick-ass costume? :3

Since [Subject A] doesn't like japanese titles, how about just Celsius, then? That way everyone is happy... You can call it Sesshi or Celsius, and [Subject A] wouldn't care either way, I hope. You could write Celsius big, and then Sesshi smaller underneath it...

Or something... ^^'

Anything else you need help with?

[Akira]

Wow, we think the same. For the original, I have her shirt green, white socks and brown shoes! Her scarf is red, no question. I probably should've mentioned that. XD Aviator's caps are so cute! - but hard to keep on when racing down a hill. Maybe she'll wear one when not racing, but still wearing 'new outfit'. Love the gloves, but Yuki's already got no-finger gloves. I guess Hitomi could wear cute white (with fingers) gloves?

What's your idea on light beige boots, and everything else the same as you suggested, except red scarf?

[natsuki-san]

Then we might have an overkill on red...

We should change the shirt to white, then... Red goggles... Red scarf... Maybe red soles for the boots? Red is a recurring theme... No, not really. Since pilots used to fly with them, they should stay on pretty well... How about when she's not boarding the aviator's cap isn't buckled, but when she is, then it's buckled? :3

So, more of a cream colour for the boots? White shirt with a red stripe, red scarf, black pants, blue-yellow-green for the armband, white gloves with black border? Yuki could have black gloves with a white border, because they're a pair, right? I'm assuming they're a pairing. X3

Someone should have headphones or earbuds... Maybe Yuki's best friend...? That would be cool, since he's the tecchie.

So spill - is it a friendship thing, the bracelet?

And, and and... What do you think of the song? :3

[Akira]

Hm? Which song? XD

Sure, I guess the bracelet could be a friendship thing. Yuki gave it to her when they first met. XP

Oki, final decision for Hitomi's new outfit colours!

Shirt: White sleeveless shirt with one short sleeve; a thick red stripe of colour across her chest
Pants: Black capris; rolled up at the end with white stripe where the material is rolled up; 'medium rise' cut capris
Shoes: Light beige boots/creamy colour; white criss crossed laces; shin-length reasonably high heeled (but not stilletto heel) boots; dark cream coloured soles
Hair style: Small, messy. high ponytail
Accesories:
Scarf- red; worn around waist
Snow Sport Goggles- dark smoke grey rim; reflective grey; pale red (not pink) band; worn around head, underneath ponytail
Bracelet: worn on upper arm opposite to sleeve; black + yellow + green combination of braded strands and small white bead (there's only one)
Gloves: Cute white cotton gloves; not worn for warmth, but rather to make a fashion statement

I've actually decided to leave out the hat, since it'll pretty much take me forever to get the porportions right when I draw it up and animate it. XD Maybe I'll include one scene where Hitomi wears one of those really cute urban-wear hats.

So Hitomi's done, and I'll try to get a scanned picture of her up in the art section so you can all see, and make final final adjustments.

Yuki's up for a little fashion advice! I already have one of his outfits done, so I'm planning his second one. Again, colour advice if you don't mind! Yuki's second outfit (so far) includes a hoodie, baggy cargo pants or jeans (I can't decide), a slanted belt, and his usual pair of snow sport goggles around his neck, and headband on his head. His hair is light blue (Heh XD), and he has violet/indigo eyes.

Do you think that I should keep his finger-less gloves on his second outfit? (Black gloves, I guess would be fitting... I'll change the original really dark blue, although it's really hard to see the lines if the gloves are black... What about dark grey?)

Reiki (the tekki) is up after Yuki. He'll be perfect for really big headphones... *squee*.

[natsuki-san]

[download it here] THIS LINK. HE-RE. <<<<< Get it NOW. It's AMAAAZING. 83

Make Hitomi's gloves rather tight. It works better that way. :3

GREEEEEY HOODIE... Yup, yup. It doesn't really matter if it's dark or light, because it looks good anyways! That green-grey-yellow canvas colour for the cargo pants... If they're jeans, make them really faded blue. :3 The snow goggles... Make them green... Not flourescent green, but a brighter version of the pants colour... Belt should be black. Does it have studs?

Those are awesome. Yes, keep the gloves. <3 Dark-dark grey would work best, or really dark green/blue.

...

That is all.

[Akira]

I was thinking jeans, 'cause cargo pants... Hard to make really cool-looking cargo pants... And keeping the pattern right will take forever. Unless he has shifting patterns on his pants. O.o

Grey hoodie all the way! I kept thinking "What colour?" and i didn't even-... it's decided. Grey hoodie. Dark jeans? Or like a dark grey but faded a little? Hmm...

Thanks for the music by the way! Did you get 'Suna no Tate'?

[natsuki-san]

Yeah, I did! But, personally, I like this song much better. X3

Yeah, grey hoodie all the way! For jeans... You have to make them baggy... Cool cargo pants aren't that hard, anyways.

Make them grey-dark-blue. FADED WHEE! Which songs are you using now? Updated list, plzkthx! :3

[Akira]

Actually, we were'nt gonna use 'Suna no Tate' in the opening, but just 'cause it's a nice song.

Update on Music for Theme Song!
- Silence
- Rewrite
- Haruka Kanata
- Brilliance (I think?)
- Pride (I think...?)
- Shamrock
- And... Heh, that's it... Our sound crew is slacking off. XD

12 seconds done! Hitomi looks great!

[natsuki-san]

D:

No Grateful Journey yet? :3

Yeah! I can't wait until you can show us!

But wait - are you doing this frame by frame? @^@

[SoM]

Yeah, thank god. Most of it, anyways. I believe we used one motion tween for when the camera moves up Hitomi, right, Akira?

Also, I -believe- it will become a lot longer when we lengthen out each scene in the opening to synchronize it to the BGM.

...Which we are doing, right, Akira? >->;

EDIT: Oh, and for future reference, Subject A shall now be called Loserg. This is not only because he changed who I was voice-acting without telling me, but also because he thinks Lyserg is a cool name. Freakin' drug addict...DX ((Lyserg is a drug name, for those unaware. I don't -think- my friend's actually a drug addict. >->;))

[Akira]

But that's so mean SoM D: No one deserves to be called Loserg, not even if they decide to change the totally awesome original name 'Reiki' to 'Lyserg'. Subject A remains Subject A.

Yeah, most of it is frame my frame, but just for the opening theme song, I'm not going to 'redraw' too much. Not TOO much movement- that way, it won't take me too long to finish it. It'll still be good, of course, but the main thing is the episodes... Which are going up on the site hopefully... If it's finished by then... *GRR!*

Of course we'll be synchronising the music! What, you thought that we weren't going to!? That's so unprofessional... >_> I'm working hard on the animation, so the music will be tailored to the animation because it's easier to edit the music than it is to edit the animation. No need to worry!

I still have to introduce Grateful Journey to our music techies... I'm sure we'll find a way to integrate it. They have about 14 seconds done, but they have to edit it so that it fits with the animation.