And it is done!

And no, I didn't do the karaoke, I hate doing it.

Enjoy the rest!

[LuPerry]_dot_hack_GU_TRILOGY_1920x1080(x264_AC3)
[LuPerry]_dot_hack_GU_TRILOGY_880x496(XviD_AAC)

Just got my copy of .hack//G.U. TRILOGY(blu-ray version)

Looks all fancy and nice.

I'll decide whether to sub this after I finish watching it. Then again... I probably need to find a way to rip blu-ray first...

UPDATE: Just finished watching the movie. It's quite good, but it felt brief and disconnected(you'll probably feel the same if you've played the game)...

They did a great job trying to squeeze 60-100 hours of game content into a 2 hours movie. They could've tried to make it into a three parts movie(a.k.a. a TRILOGY), but I doubt it would help that much in this case(60 hours vs 6 hours isn't that much better than 60 hours vs 2 hours).

Story-wise, the primary focuse in this movie is the emotional development between Haseo and Atoli, Ovan is a big focus too. Some story lines from the game were altered, especially the parts on how Haseo got each of his "forms". Some characters like Endrance and Sakubo didn't even make an appearance(can't blame them for that)...

The CG was absolutely beautiful, they didn't reuse any cut-scene from the game at all. Everything is new, and better than ever. But I guess a major contributing factor is the fact that I'm watching this in 1080i... while the original PS2 games play in 480i...

I guess I'll try to squeeze some time to sub this. After I resolve some technical difficulties...

The Box!

Blu-ray case!

Inside the case...

The book that came with it... pretty thick too. Introduction to the .hack world I guess.

There's my hand, opening up the book...

Mini poster. One of the inserts in the blu-ray case.

Mini poster #2! Some promotional stuff.

The back of mini poster #2! More promotional stuff. Ooooh... it's code geass! (Can't wait for season 2)...

And there you have it!

Long time no see.

Well, I was busy with my life for a while, then I got addicted to hacking and slashing through Persona3 Fes for the past three days(and I'm far from done).

Here is the dot hack stuff I mentioned, .hack//G.U. Returner. It's to the .hack//G.U. series like .hack//GIFT was to the original .hack games(you get it in Japan if you purchased all three games). But unlike .hack//GIFT, which was purely for fun, Returner ends the .hack//G.U. series in a mind opening way.

I ripped this one off DVD myself, hope I didn't do anything wrong. I'm only realeasing a XviD version this time, encoding it in x264 seems like an overkill.

Enjoy!

Oh, yes. DON'T WATCH THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED THROUGH .HACK//G.U. YET, MAJOR SPOILER AHEAD! Unless of course, you don't mind spoilers or if you are not planing to play .hack//G.U. at all.
XviD Torrent

P.S. Yes, I remember that I still have two Sumo^6 batches to put up, I'll get it done in about two days.

I'm on my spring break(we call it reading week here, just so that they can make us feel guilty about the whole thing). This is my first and last spring break... It's my first cuz our university had a tradition that math/engineering students don't get any spring breaks(and the tradition was broken last November), it's my last cuz I'm graduating this term...

And what's a better time to do some hack GUing. I just finished it yesterday... Without spoiling you anything, I'll just say it's god damn good. Maybe I should play it again sometime...

My only complaint is that it felt really short... it took me about 30 hours to finish the main plot of Vol 3. One of my greatest achievements is that I was able to make Azure Kite say something other than "......"

The attached song is the ending theme of Volume 3. And here are the lyrics. It sure is a beautiful song(must've been tough to come up with three good ending theme songs for all three volumes)... The picture is the wallpaper I'm using on my Altimit OS desktop, thought it fits the song really well.

優しくキミは微笑んでいた 遠い記憶　かすかに香る 優しくキミは　微笑んでいた 見えない枷に　気付かないまま キミに甘えて　苦しめてたね 誰よりも愛して　誰よりも見つめた ずっと　ずっと離れていても 変わらずキミを思ってるから キミの温もり　優しい両手 忘れないから キミがいない　事に慣れて たまに会えると　言葉が出なくて 黙っていても　通じ合うって キミに頼って　ばかりいたね もう戻らない　振り返らないから 背中を押して　踏み出す勇気を下さい もっと　もっと強くなるから 泣かないように　見守っていて キミの眼差し　優しい声 思い出に変えるから キミがくれた　大切なもの ずっと心に　しまっておくから 季節は巡る　キミがいなくても セピア色に染まってゆくよ 誰よりも信じて　誰よりも側に居た きっと　きっと越えられるから 遠回りかもしれないけれど 未来はきっと　明るいから 信じて進むから もっと　もっと強くなるから 泣かないように見守っていて キミの眼差し　優しい声 思い出に変えるから 遠い記憶　かすかに香る 優しくキミは微笑んでいた

Yasashiku Kimi wa Hohoende Ita tooi kioku kasuka ni kaoru yasashiku kimi wa hohoende ita mienai kase ni kizukanai mama kimi ni amaete kurushimeteta ne dare yori mo aishite dare yori mo mitsumeta zutto zutto hanarete itemo kawarazu kimi wo omotteru kara kimi no nukumori yasashii ryoute wasurenai kara kimi ga inai koto ni narete tama ni aeru to kotoba ga denakute damatte itemo tsuuji autte kimi ni tayotte bakari itane mou modoranai furi kaeranai kara senaka wo kashite fumi dasu yuuki wo kudasai motto motto tsuyoku naru kara nakanai you ni mimamotte ite kimi no manazashi yasashii koe omoide ni kaeru kara kimi ga kureta taisetsu na mono zutto kokoro ni shimatte okukara kisetsu wa meguru kimi ga inakute mo sepia iro ni somatte yuku yo dare yori mo shinjite dare yori mo soba ni ita kitto kitto koerareru kara toomawari kamo shirenai keredo mirai wa kitto akarui kara shinjite susumu kara motto motto tsuyoku naru kara nakanai youni mimamotte ite kimi no manazashi yasashii koe omoide ni kaeru kara tooi kioku kasuka ni kaoru yasashiku kimi wa hohoende ita

Now I can finally wrap this up.

Here's a list of changes compared to the older releases:

• Most of the subtitle errors(grammatical, spelling, translation) that I'm aware of are fixed.
• Re-encoded 1280x720 video, so the file sizes are smaller and consistent, without noticable quality loss(something like what you see in my Sumomomo HQ releases).
• The A/V sync problem in the 1280x720 releases is fixed(most noticable in episode 1).

Now I can just imagine the horror afterwards... seeding a total of 11GB on my 80kb/s upstream... I wonder how long it's gonna take...

Enjoy

EDIT: I forgot to mention, I deleted much of the older torrents, you can use the batch torrents to download individual files(you would need an advanced BitTorrent client, such as azureus).