CollectionDX - About http://www.collectiondx.com/taxonomy/term/23/0 All things CollectionDX. Tutorials, help pages, FAQ and more. en Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:58:58 -0500 Drupal TotalFeeds Module CollectionDX - About http://www.collectiondx.com/taxonomy/term/23/0 http://www.collectiondx.com/Image-Lib/feedlogo.png 144 37 CollectionDX on Facebook - Become a fan http://www.collectiondx.com/blog_entry/joshb/collectiondx_on_facebook_become_a_fan As always six months behind the rest of the world, CollectionDX is now on Facebook. Not quite sure what we are going to do with it, but there IS a forum on there, so if you've always yearned for a CDX forum, maybe that's for you. Another stop to keep you from being productive during the workday! http://www.facebook.com/pages/CollectionDX/184958426929 As always six months behind the rest of the world, CollectionDX is now on Facebook. Not quite sure what we are going to do with it, but there IS a forum on there, so if you've always yearned for a CDX forum, maybe that's for you.

Another stop to keep you from being productive during the workday!

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]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:58:58 -0500 JoshB http://www.collectiondx.com/blog_entry/joshb/collectiondx_on_facebook_become_a_fan About News CollectionDX participates in the custom Yoka show at DesignerCon 09 http://www.collectiondx.com/article/collectiondx_participates_in_the_custom_yoka_show_at_designercon_09 CollectionDX provides a custom Yoka for a show at DesignerCon 2009, designed by yours truly, JoshB!: 0
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]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:21:48 -0500 JoshB http://www.collectiondx.com/article/collectiondx_participates_in_the_custom_yoka_show_at_designercon_09 About Events News What happened to CDX? http://www.collectiondx.com/blog_entry/joshb/what_happened_to_cdx Yeah, OK, CDX was down a lot over the weekend. I never could nail down what the problem was, but it appears a temp directory that our image gallery writes to had exploded to 80gb in size. In the process of troubleshooting that I went in and added more Ram, and a PHP accelerator, so you should notice a huge improvement in speed. Next week we're running a skeleton staff at CDX. I'll be on Vacation, with no internet, and Dan, Adam and Jeremy will be at San Diego Comic-Con. Look for a special announcement regarding that soon. Speaking of Jeremy, I guest-hosted on Destroy All Podcasts DX. We talked about Takeshi Kitano's film "Getting Any". It was a lot of fun, so please check it out. Thats about all.. Talk to you soon.. Josh Yeah, OK, CDX was down a lot over the weekend. I never could nail down what the problem was, but it appears a temp directory that our image gallery writes to had exploded to 80gb in size. In the process of troubleshooting that I went in and added more Ram, and a PHP accelerator, so you should notice a huge improvement in speed.

Next week we're running a skeleton staff at CDX. I'll be on Vacation, with no internet, and Dan, Adam and Jeremy will be at San Diego Comic-Con. Look for a special announcement regarding that soon.

Speaking of Jeremy, I guest-hosted on Destroy All Podcasts DX. We talked about Takeshi Kitano's film "Getting Any". It was a lot of fun, so please check it out.

Thats about all.. Talk to you soon..

Josh


]]> Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:21:18 -0400 JoshB http://www.collectiondx.com/blog_entry/joshb/what_happened_to_cdx About Follow CollectionDX on Twitter http://www.collectiondx.com/article/follow_collectiondx_on_twitter : 0
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]]> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:49:17 -0400 JoshB http://www.collectiondx.com/article/follow_collectiondx_on_twitter About Quick announcements http://www.collectiondx.com/blog_entry/eva_unit_4a/quick_announcements On May 23rd, 2009, Funimation announced the official casting for its English dubbing of the first of the Rebuild of Evangelion films, "Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone" On May 23rd, 2009, Funimation announced the official casting for its English dubbing of the first of the Rebuild of Evangelion films, "Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone" (2007):

  • Shinji Ikari - Spike Spencer
  • Misato Katsuragi - Allison Keith-Shipp
  • Ritsuko Akagi - Colleen Clinkenbeard
  • Maya Ibuki - Catlin Glass
  • Gendou Ikari - John Swasey
  • Rei Ayanami - Brina Palencia
  • Makoto Hyuga, EVA - Mike McFarland
  • Koto Fuyutski - Kent Williams
  • Kensuke Aida - Greg Ayers
  • Toji Suzuhara - Justin Cook
  • Shigeru Aoba - Phil Parsons
  • Kiel Lorenze - Bill Jenkins
  • Hikari Horaiki - Leah Cook
  • Kaworu Nagisa - Jerry Jewell
  • Yui Ikari - Stephanie Young
  • Pen-Pen - Monica Rial

For those of you keeping count, though actress Amanda Wynn-Lee expressed earlier consistent interest in reprising Rei Ayanami, only Spike Spencer and Allison Keith-Shipp are returning from ADV Film's dub of the original '95-96 TV series. John Swasey, Monica Rial, and Greg Ayers performed replacement voices (Gendou Ikari, Maya Ibuki, and Kaworu Nagisa respectively) for ADV's Director's Cut, but the latter-two are playing different characters for Rebuild...

(Keith did not appear in Manga Entertainment's dubs for the sequel films, "Evangelion Death and Rebirth" and "The End of Evangelion", thus making Spencer the only consistent voice [thus far] for a single character in English dubbing. Ironically, all of the original Japanese seiyu voices returned for Rebuild of Evangelion.)

Shortly thereafter, the official dub trailer (see link below) was released on the film's English site, www.Funimation.com/Evangelion.

Um...why Spencer again??? I have always said his Eva-dub was the worst-sounding of them all! It's not that his performance was bad (and I haven't heard him anywhere else, so nothing against him for those performances), but it was just that he never sounded like a depress 14yr-old kid is all, too nasal.
I am pleased, though, that Keith-Shipp is returning. Her voice was, I thought, the closest to Misato's seiyu, Kotono Mitsuishi.
While I really enjoyed Tristan MacAvery's interpretation of Gendou Ikari with the deeper voice, I haven't had a chance to view the Director's Cut ver. with John Swasey (the latter is reprising the character for Rebuild...), so I have no opinion there yet.
And as for replacing Wynn-Lee with another, it's kinda hard to say since Rei doesn't say much anyways, and she's almost whisper-quiet when she does. My opinion there, as well, is on hold.

I can't understand why it is I'm getting no feedback on this, but I might as well bring it up since I'm still interested in it...

"Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight" is finally getting a little respect from 4Kids TV/The CW4Kids, and has been moved to an hour-earlier time slot (10:30) on Saturday mornings; something that I had hoped for since it was good enough not to bunch it up against noontime crap that could potentially preempt it.


Unfortunately, I still cannot give you official Nielsen ratings on how well it is doing since I don't know where to look for them myself! While I think it's still a good show, can someone please tell me how it's really doing, and if there is the possibility of more Kamen Rider series coming over!?

. . .

Be assured, however, that I will be covering several toys from Bandai America's line-up, mostly related to Kamen Rider Torque 'cause I like him a lot. These should be in stores anytime now...


Oh, that reminds me...

On 4Kids TV's homepage is a link to a section called Papercraft, where you can select, print-out, cut, and build your 'favorite characters' from their TV line-up. As of this posting, they now have four non-poseable figures from "Kamen Rider Dragon Knight"-

Guess which one I'm gonna build...? ^_^


]]> Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:10:10 -0400 EVA_Unit_4A http://www.collectiondx.com/blog_entry/eva_unit_4a/quick_announcements About News Otaku Culture Video Nor' Easter Vegetius ver 2.0 now on sale! http://www.collectiondx.com/news_item/06052009/nor_easter_vegetius_ver_2_0_now_on_sale The economy may suck, but we've improved on our Marmit / Kaiju Big Battel collaboration with even LOWER prices for MORE figure.: 0
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]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:59:12 -0400 JoshB http://www.collectiondx.com/news_item/06052009/nor_easter_vegetius_ver_2_0_now_on_sale About Marmit News JoshB Auctions on eBay! http://www.collectiondx.com/blog_entry/joshb/joshb_auctions_on_ebay The old CDX office is getting full of junk and I need some cash to go to Tokyo, so out goes some stuff. Most items are priced to move at 0.99, many items have been reviewed here on CDX. http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/quibx_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZQQ_sopZ14 The old CDX office is getting full of junk and I need some cash to go to Tokyo, so out goes some stuff. Most items are priced to move at 0.99, many items have been reviewed here on CDX.

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]]> Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:27:58 -0500 JoshB http://www.collectiondx.com/blog_entry/joshb/joshb_auctions_on_ebay About 2009 - Yay for new President, new toys! http://www.collectiondx.com/blog_entry/joshb/2009_yay_for_new_president_new_toys Man, 2009 is starting off with a Bang! First we get an awesome new President, one Mr. Barak Obama (who is a bit of a geek), and also we have a great new batch of toys coming up soon on cdx, including the Beagle Mospeada, TWO Macross Fronteir Valks, the new Yamato Destroid, and even the Respect for Volt in Box. We're also very excited for Toy Fair this year, although all indications point to a much scaled back event. Still, we get to go to NYC for a few days. If you want to get together with us, let us know! We'll be hitting the usual haunts - chinatown, Toy Tokyo, Image Anime and more... Anime.CollectionDX.com is doing well, but the extra workload is killing us right now. We primarily need help with news. If you are interested in being part of the CDX family, let me know. We can't pay, but there are perks! Thanks! Josh Man, 2009 is starting off with a Bang! First we get an awesome new President, one Mr. Barak Obama (who is a bit of a geek), and also we have a great new batch of toys coming up soon on cdx, including the Beagle Mospeada, TWO Macross Fronteir Valks, the new Yamato Destroid, and even the Respect for Volt in Box.

We're also very excited for Toy Fair this year, although all indications point to a much scaled back event. Still, we get to go to NYC for a few days. If you want to get together with us, let us know! We'll be hitting the usual haunts - chinatown, Toy Tokyo, Image Anime and more...

Anime.CollectionDX.com is doing well, but the extra workload is killing us right now. We primarily need help with news. If you are interested in being part of the CDX family, let me know. We can't pay, but there are perks!

Thanks!

Josh


]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:34:49 -0500 JoshB http://www.collectiondx.com/blog_entry/joshb/2009_yay_for_new_president_new_toys About Announcing Anime.CollectionDX.com http://www.collectiondx.com/article/announcing_anime_collectiondx_com As CollectionDX enters the new year we bring you a new site! - Anime.CollectionDX.com. Read on for all the details! : 0
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