Makoto's Journal [latest news and rantings]
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Date: 4 September 2002
New layout, to get me grooving with Photoshop again.
Yes, I will be updating soon, I promise! ^_^
Date: 6 May 2002
Finals time, and we all know skinning is my stress-release. ;^_^
One new skin from FAKE, whose section had been retired until now.
Date: 19 April 2002
Okay, I'm STILL working on "The Big Gay Project"(TM),
as well as finishing up two last requests. Gomen!
But, there's one new skin today, from a nice manga you probably don't know but should. XD
Date: 13 March 2002
4 new request skins.
No more requests for a while, please. I've still got some to fill.
Big plans, yo!
Date: 25 Feb 2002
A slightly pre-emptive site redesign for Spring.
No more full-size screencaps, I'm sorry.
Please email me if you find errors!
Date: 14 Feb 2002
Wow, the requests have really been rolling in these past few days.
I go for a year and a half with only a handful, and in a week I'm flooded. XD
Please bear with me if I'm a bit slow, I'll do my best!
Anyway, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
Two New skins to celebrate. Nyu!
Date: 25 Jan 2002
It's Request-Filling Day at gravity!
Two new requested skins: Takeshi of The Mad Capsule Market's, and Karakawa of Fish in the Trap.
(Kinda on both ends of the spectrum, ne?)
Hope they're what you were looking for! ^.^
Date: 14 Jan 2002
New version of Samael-kun posted.
Date: 1 Jan 2002
Hey hey hey, Happy New Year~! [snap crackers] 2002 has come, and sg.com is still going strong~!
As a special "thanks" to everyone out there, the infamous Minako-chan herself has taken
over Mako-chan's skin site to bring you a brand new skin made just for you~!
You can find it here.
Happy New Year everyone~!!!
Date: 18 Dec 2001
You know what bothers me? When you get a Christmas sweater for Christmas.
Sure, it's cute, but you can't really wear it until next year.
So my Christmas gift to you has been opened a week early, so you can have X-Mas Winamp-y fun while it's still the season.
Ten skins, from various series, featuring lots of girls in Santa suits and small cute animals.
(Like Puppy-Tsuzuki.)
I hope your holiday season is beautiful, for whatever you choose or choose not to celebrate.
You can see me performing with my church choir at Midnight Mass,
while Minako-chan will be singing "Hey there Mister Atheist! Merry @#$%ing Christmas!" from South Park.
See you next year, and I love you all. [chu!]
Date: 1 Dec 2001
Winter update. New layouts. Hope you like!
Date: 20 Nov 2001
My Thanksgiving update is just a bit early, because I plan on spending time with family
and won't be thinking about the Gakuen. Well, too much. ;)
But! In the spirit of the holiday, I've compiled a (very short) list yamimatsu, morikubo-san, and recca) of what I'm thankful for.
I'm not terribly excited about plane travel, but oh well...
Date: 31 Oct 2001
Four Halloween skins to celebrate with. Stay safe! Have fun! Get lots of candy! ^_^
Date: 18 Oct 2001
Two new skins. Look forward to Halloween, as usual we've got big plans. ;)
Date: 10 Oct 2001
A strange little group of three for the week...
Flame of Recca, Higuri You, and Gackt.
[sigh] Only at the Gakuen, right?
Date: 1 Oct 2001
More Aquarian Age goodness today... I'm serious about the fic thing, too.
I promise a return to "characters with names", but this art is just too lovely to ignore at the moment. ;^_^
Date: 20 Sept 2001
[blush] Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone. ^_^ So, as my gift to YOU...
Three new skins! 2 for Aquarian Age (one girl, one boy),
and a naughty obscure little number from Yamane Ayano-sensei.
Please enjoy!
Date: 12 Sept 2001
NYA~ ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha~! Minako-chan here~!
It's somewhat of a tradition, almost, for me to take over Mako-chan's
computer every once in a while to play. But this time I'm being good
and not changing the pages' colors to neon green or anything.
Today's occasion?
Today is MAKO-CHAN'S BIRTHDAY~! YEAY~!
As a special surprise, I've put together a liiiiiittle something
with a liiiiiittle surprise at the end. Check it out HERE.
And Happy Birthday~! CHU~
Date: 7 Sept 2001
At long last, with my beloved scanner in hand, the 100th skin on the site!
Huzzah~! And it's Orion no Shounen, which makes things extra sweet.
BTW, Minako-chan started a new manga series over at her site, definitely worth reading. ^_^
Date: 31 Aug 2001
Well. I've updated just about everything, I think...
A new skin of Gackt to match the layout...
A new site to explain the new layout art...
I'm tired. Please email me if you find problems, ne?
Date: 9 Aug 2001
Skin #99 is now available.
It's a very big file... and a horrible screencap. I apologize.
Still don't know what to do for #100. It'll be a surprise to me too. >_<
Date: 2 Aug 2001
A new Koide Mieko skin, fairly random even by my standards.
Frankly, I just liked his hair. Anyway, it's very green. I like green.
Date: 18 July 2001
Just one newbie this time... if there are bugs, let me know,
I used a combination of three computers, none of which are my own. >_<
Date: 27 June 2001
Fixed a "Curse my wretched Kanji skills" mistake in the Ordian skin. Many apologies, everyone.
Date: 25 June 2001
Fairly substantial Gakuen update today...
I've got two new skins. Hope you like.
Meanwhile, over at Mina-P's...
A new manga series! Please go check it out, and if you like it,
please stop by our journals and leave some comments.
Minako-chan didn't really intend this series as a release version, but I forced her into it...
and we need your input. Thanks! ^_^
Date: 15 June 2001
I'm a skinning fool, there are three newbies this time.
The Ludwig/Hornig skin is from Higuri-sensei's Poison artbook.
Puchiko-chan comes from Dejiko.org, thanks so much!
And if anyone out there has any high-res Oobari art, I'd be quite grateful if you'd pass some along... #^_^#
Date: 11 June 2001
Biiiiig update at the Gakuen today! Rejoice!
First, I've got two new skins, I like them both so I hope you do too.
In more obvious news, I put up new layouts for summer... you can read about it in the credits section.
I hope you like them, I've been planning this one for a looong time. XD
Date: 6 June 2001
It's been a while, but there's a brand NEW skin [gravitation] for ya.
I even sorta remembered what I was doing. XD Enjoy!
Date: 30 May 2001
Where the heck did Makoto go? ;^_^
I'm still alive, I'm back on my OWN computer (love you, PQ!),
but I don't have any new skins for you as yet.
Sumimasen!
But I'm doing a little Gakuen clean-up work, like finally linking our livejournals...
Mine is quite dull, I assure you, but Minako-chan's is nifty. :)
Plus there's a new 404, because I'm addicted to them.
Date: 15 May 2001
I miss my computer. This one just isn't the same as PQ. ;_;
But I still managed to run an update for Minako-chan~!
This starts a whole new manga series; it's a fighting-schoolboy-parody-comedy called "KickUP!"
Definitely worth checking out, if for no other reason than Magical Boy Kukuri.
Date: 8 May 2001
One new skin, from Gravitation. It's about time gravity had a skin from that, ne?
Just a warning, I go on vacation starting Thursday, so skin-making will be slowed.
Minako-chan, however, has no such excuses, so I'll keep running updates for her. XD
Date: 7 May 2001
All sorts of crazy updates over at Mina-P's.
Go. Go now. I mean it.
ALL of Gackt's brand-new album "Rebirth", and the end of the Yami no Matsuei Kyoto Arc.
Phew, I'm exhausted, and I didn't even do the translating.
Date: 2 May 2001
Two new skins. I'm moving on a bit,
I hope, by starting on some lesser known manga again.
That's what I really want to do, after all...
Date: 27 April 2001
Two very red new skins this time around, I'm not sure why either.
I must have some pent-up anxiety. ;)
Standard disclaimer on the Tsuzuki skin,
please don't be irresponsible and use this skin where it's likely to
upset someone of weaker constitution (and for god's sake, don't choose the non-functioning equalizer).
But you all know that by now, right? XD
Also, it's Golden Week in Japan, so Mina-P will be out of touch until the 7th.
But upon her return she'll have all of Gackt's new album translated for us~! (Or she'd better!!)
Haven't heard all of it, but Maria kicks ass... (Holy Luna Sea, Batman!)
Date: 20 April 2001
I'm going to take the scariest exam of my life tomorrow morning...
so please forgive me if I'm slow in responding to email this weekend.
Because god willing, on Saturday night, I will be very, very drunk. XD
Date: 16 April 2001
Four new skins. They're a strange little group this time around...
Gackt, Hajime from Yamimatsu, Higuri You, and MPD Psycho.
Enjoy!
And be sure to check out Minako-chan's updates,
the Yamimatsu chapter is reaaally long and quite tasty. ;)
Date: 11 April 2001
I love each and every single one of you, but you're going to be the death of me, I think. ;^_^
So a few housekeeping issues today...
First, all screencaps are now jpegs, no more gifs.
We're having bandwidth issues in a bad bad way, so I compressed everything as small as I'd care to go...
I guess the next step is cutting back to thumbnails, but I really don't want to do that...
Please keep in mind, the images are VERY low quality now.
Second, there are new "General" pages on sg.com in the Welcome section.
I'd like to take a moment to stress something--
Minako-chan and I are NOT the same person.
I've invited the confusion upon myself by mentioning Kaoru-kun, because I don't actually
have a thirteen year-old in my employ buying me coffee and such.
I apologize for being inconsistent. #^_^#
However, Minako-chan and I are both very real, and very far away from each other.
I have no formal Japanese training, I could NEVER translate as beautifully as she does.
And Minako-chan doesn't even HAVE Winamp installed on Npyu, her laptop. ;-_-
Plus she's a whole hell of a lot cuter than I am. XD
When the war comes, she's going to side with Morikawa Toshiyuki-san, and I'm going to pledge my life to Hiyama Nobuyuki-san.
It's too bad she's chosen the Dark Side, and I'll have to kill her, but what can you do, right?
Thanks for your understanding, minna-san, I hope that clears up any questions.
Date: 6 April 2001
Four new skins. One for a brand new section, Sorcerer Hunters!
And there are now FOUR Yami no Matsuei pages. Anime skins have a section all to themselves now. ;)
If you'd like a little hint as to what the next update will contain...
last weekend... Minako-chan SAW GACKT.
If that doesn't make a fangirls life...
So yeah, we're a little happy here at the Gakuen. Stay tuned. ^_^
Date: 1 April 2001
Finished that Ken skin, so now the whole set is complete.
Thanks for the well-wishes, Fraulein Purple, you are the sweetest thing--! #^_^#
"Ultra Soul" is an evil addictive piece of crack candy. Damn you, B'z...
Date: 29 March 2001
Three new skins, part of a set requested by Fraulein Purple.
I'm sorry the set isn't complete yet, I'm too ill to finish the last one.
Check back soon. ;)
Higuri-sensei fans!! Does anyone know what the title of her new work "Kantarera" means?
Minako-chan and I speak four languages between us, but this must not be one of them ;^_^
I'm wagering on Italian, with some permutation of the letters... but we're just guessing.
I've already skinned the main character, so if you can help I'll be so grateful~~!
Date: 23 March 2001
A happy set of three Tenshi ni Narumon skins for this update!
Happy Spring, everyone, even if it isn't warm where you are. ;)
All images were graciously donated by the wonderful Ann-san of the Tenshi Project, I can't thank you enough!
Date: 18 March 2001
Four skins for this update too, but they're all revisions of my old, crappy skins.
I'm tying off some loose ends before I get to work on the Seiyuu no Miko site.
Two are from Fish in the Trap,
one Tsuzuki,
and the Muraki skin.
I hope you can say, "Wow, Mako-chan, these are no longer chunks of dog feces!" ^.^
Plus a li'l update at Mina-P's.
BRAND SPANKIN' NEW GACKT! How sweet is that? I can't wait for Rebirth to come out.
Date: 14 March 2001
HAPPY WHITE DAY!
I love holidays~! So armed with an excuse to celebrate, I've got FOUR new skins, all of them gifts.
For Minako-chan, because she's sweet and beautiful and listens to me babble on about Yakumo-san for hours,
a Hasukawa Ai skin from her short story "True Lover".
For Quincy-san, a requested Rayearth skin. Hope you like!
For Fraulein Purple, a requested Weiß Kreuz skin. I can be fast when I wanna be!
And finally, for the handful of you who so kindly commented on my Mikael skin, a Raphael skin to match.
For more fun, head over to Mina-P's for lots of Weiß (what else says White Day, mochiron!) and more Yamimatsu.
Have a sweet day, minna-san!
Date: 12 March 2001
Porno Graffitti at Mina-P's! I love love love them!
And it makes me mourn my stolen CD... BUT their new album sounds sweeeeet.
Although judging from what Minako-chan says in her update, I wonder if the CD is going to survive to get to me... ;-_-
Don't worry, a skin update will be soon.
(Plus I've been on vacation! But now it's back to work...)
Date: 5 March 2001
A large manga update at Minako-chan's, which almost completes the Yami no Matsuei "Book" arc.
Man, I adore that storyline... but I say that about all of them, don't I?
Anyways, please go check it out, and if you have a free moment, as a personal favor,
could you maybe send her a little email of encouragement?
She's all alone in Japan and very ill and it makes me sad that I can't take care of her. ;_; Thanks, minna-san, I appreciate it.
Date: 2 March 2001
One new skin, Flame of Recca!
Sorry, I've been promising it for a while and simply hadn't found a layout I liked.
And just as a sidenote, I've updated the FAQ a bit, concerning requests.
And thanks to everyone who's been signing the guestbook recently.
Seriously, it makes me happy. ;) I'll do my best~!
P.S. I fixed the Wei skin, it should download properly now. Please let me know otherwise...
Date: 27 February 2001
Two new skins, both of Tsuzuki Asato from Yami no Matsuei.
I really wanted to get these finished for his birthday,
but I just couldn't find the right titles.
Plus, new translations over at Mina-P's!
Every song by Gackt is now translated there, (thanks for sekirei, dear, you know I love it!)
along with a couple new anime songs and another Yamimatsu chapter. Wai!!
Date: 23 February 2001
This might be a HUGE update, or it might be a tiny one. ;)
It's HUGE if you use your minibrowser. If so, every single skin on the site
has been updated, all 60 of them, so you may wish to download again.
If you never use it, like me, don't bother. ^_^
BUT, there's one new skin, another MPD Psycho.
My dear friend Jun-kun's car was broken into too! I'm so upset for him... ;_;
Date: 21 February 2001
Mako-chan has certain holy obligations next week, so this is the Religion Update!
One new skin, from Tenshi ni Narumon!
I got a search engine hit for that a few weeks ago, so I hope they find their way back. ^.^
Minako-chan has no such obligations, but that doesn't stop her from having
the entire "Bara no Namae" chapter in Yamimatsu and a bunch of
vaguely religious song translations for you at her site.
Date: 17 February 2001
Two new skins.
There's a connection between them, and I made them for a reason,
but I don't think you want to know what it is. *^_^*
I miss my Porno Graffitti CD... [shiku shiku]
I just updated Minako-chan's Page too.
Lots of Fushigi Yuugi songs, the rest of Gackt's Mars, random fun things, and two more Yamimatsu chapters.
Date: 14 February 2001
Wai, Valentine's Update! We at the Gakuen like to find "special" ways to celebrate,
like three years ago when Minako-chan and I sat down with Rei-chan and watched all 26 eps of Escaflowne,
armed with only a large sprinkle-frosting sheet cake. Good times, good times.
But I digress! Minako-chan has lots of "cute" [ha] stuff up on the translations page, go check it out.
Read Ludwig, it's worth it, trust me.
And I've got four new skins for the mood...
a Valentines skin for my guests, [digi charat]
a "Valentines" skin for the Yamimatsu fans, [muraki/tsuzuki]
a love-love skin for Minako-chan, [tatsumi]
and a love-love skin for me [yakumo]. Please enjoy!
Looks like I'm going to have to split the Yami pages again... [sigh!] Well, it could be worse, right? ^_^
Date: 9 February 2001
One new skin.
It was a request from my roommate, the Malice Mizer fan.
Date: 7 February 2001
Good news! Two new skins are up, and they're both from Yami no Matsuei.
Of course. What else could be my first offerings in our new home? ^_^
We've got big plans for Valentine's Day, so be sure to check back, ne?
Date: 1 February 2001
All the old skins should be online...
Date: 31 January 2001
Bringing the site online. WAI!
