Quite a few sites updating for the New Year!
For those that don't know, when you link to an image's location that is hosted on someone else's website (i.e. not yours) it costs that person money. For example if you post on discussion forums, you should ALWAYS upload your avatar to the forum itself instead of linking to it's web (http://) online location.
Direct linking is inconsiderate and in the worst case, insulting to the person who spent time to make the file as sometimes people even link to the files and claim that they made them.
P.S. All icons and avatars on Moonkitty.NET are free for use but please don't link to the files. Save them and them upload them to your own account for use. Wallpapers and other graphics are for users own personal use and cannot be uploaded to other websites.
Update: As I was writing this, Usagi from U&MUniverse.com emailed me to inform me that this ba*&@^%rd is direct linking to all of my Christmas icons!!! Grrrrrrr!!!! I've left a comment for him and emailed his hosting company asking them to delete his account or at least give him a warning. I'm a nice guy, but this won't be tolerated! It's costing me money, man!
Yesterday when I posted about this I sent an email off to a friend of mine who's a professional interpreter for a translation. Amazingly when I checked my email this morning, Elly (from SMFFG) emailed me with a translation as well as a graphic manipulated English version!
Furthermore, Lily (from BSSMLA) commented on the post and after speaking with Yosenex (a friend of mine and hers) gave me his translation.
It just really touched me that people would go out of their way to help me like this. So THANK YOU Elly, Lily, Yosenex and my anonymous friend.
In order, here's the professional translation:
Princess Naoko's Room:
We will upload from now and then letters or photos received from Ms. Naoko Taketuchi aka Princess Naoko to this room.
"Last fall, Princess Naoko visited BANDAI Hobby Center in Shizuoka and had a site tour of GANPURA or Gandam Plamodel (plastic model) production lines and she said she had lots of fun. The illustration on the left was drawn by Princess Naoko as a token of her visit, showing Usagi in Bandai Hobby Center's uniform. The work has been displayed inside the Bandai Hobby Center."
Elly's translation (with the Japanese for those studying!):
Made by Elly
直子姫こと武内直子先生から届いたおたよりや写真を、時々公開するわよ。
Sometimes Naoko Takeuchi as Princess Naoko shows her nerd side to the
public in photos!
２００９年１月１日更新
Update for January 1st, 2009
To Bandai Hobby Center
ガンプラエ場楽しかったでーす＜３
Playing with plastic gundam EVAs was fun <3
去年の秋
Last autumn
直子姫は静岡県の
Princess Naoko went to
バンダイホビーセンターに行ってガンプラ 「（ガンダム）のプラモデル」
Shizuoka prefecture's Bandai Hobby Center, and
エ場を見学してきたよ
got to check out the Gunpura (Gundam plastic models).
とってもたのしかったって
It was really fun, and
左のイラストは、直子姫が見学記念
in the illustration to your left, Princess Naoko, smiling like a cat
に猫いたバンダイホビーセンターの
in commemoration of her inspection, has Usagi-chan wearing
制服を着たうさぎちゃん。
the Bandai Hobby Center uniform.
ホビーセンターの中に飾ってあるわよ
Right now it's a decoration in the Bandai Hobby Center
And Yosenex's summary via Lily:
she did some art for a bandai hobby shop
she went to a bandai hobby shop that had gundam models.
the message that usagi is saying in the bubble says:
Gundam Plastic Factory was fun!
So it's basically about a visit to Bandai and an artwork she drew. What it doesn't mention is that Gundam is celebrating it's 30th Anniversary this year in Japan and several famous manga artists have drawn their characters in Gundam situations or costumes. Here's opne of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle's Sakura and Mokona!
Cool news is that it looks like the Sailor Moon Channel will be more active this year!
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