LONDINIUM

[ormery.livejournal.com]

A sort of halfway reminder to anyone in London, or near enough to find going there feasible ... gatty and myself (mostly her) are organising a little get-together so that a bunch of us can whine about the fact that Naruto basically doesn't exist in England, because misery loves company loser about, meet new folks and not feel like completely lonery morons for fangirling noisily in public places. Or, as Gatty put it, "go, DUDE YOU LIKE NARUTO, hey SO DO YOU. MAN THIS IS SOME CRAZY SHIT".

We're meeting on Tuesday 30th May at one o'clock outside Forbidden Planet. If you don't know how to get to Forbidden Planet, that's okay – you can either try to find a map to it and get hopelessly lost (you will get hopelessly lost, trust me), or find gatty inside Tottenham Court Road tube station between 12:45 and 1:15. Look for the tall lass with some kind of Naruto-conspicuous sign taped to her, or possibly one that says 'HI I'M GATTY' if my sign-making skills get lazy. She'll take the people who gather there to Forbidden Planet.

On that note, make yourself in some way conspicuous. Tying any item of merchandise you have to you works, or you could make yourself a little sign that indicates beyond reasonable doubt what you're there for, and then surreptitiously take it out of your bag and hold it up hopefully when you see what looks like a clump of Narutards. If you want to cosplay, be our guest; you'll most likely be in the minority, but you'll be hella noticeable so that's all good.

We'll probably mill round Forbidden Planet a bit and then probably go 'round some other places if anyone's got anything to recommend, and then go and get lunch (or get lunch first if anyone's really hungry). And hang out companionably until so many people have gone home that the only people left feel like losers. It's probably a good idea to bring some money so you can, you know, get food. And buy tat.

Anyway, if you can definitely come, please leave a comment and let us know you're certain; we'd like to get an idea of how many people are coming for sure (tell us if you're bringing anyone with you). If you've got any questions, feel free to ask 'em here :3 Or, you know, just let us know you really wish you could come but you're in a different country/participating in a charity event/holding a revolutionary meeting/bathing your robot that day.

COME LAME WITH US.

Comments

[talymil.livejournal.com]

I'd love to but I'm all the way in Australia. So that sucks.

[allsunday.livejournal.com]

Aw, damn! I'd love to go, but the timing's all off. I'm in Germany right now, and will have to stop over in London for a couple hours on the way home, but that's not until early June. Not to mention that there's no way in hell could I make it from Heathrow to Forbidden Planet and back in any semblance of two hours. ^^;

[dark-sephy.livejournal.com]

[ormery.livejournal.com]

We'll probably be snooping round a few other comic shops, going for lunch (in all likelihood involving ramen), and like ... hanging out and stuff :3

[shabzilla.livejournal.com]

Hey hey, so do you have any numbers on this thing? I live in London so I'd be up for it, but is it a meet up, or just a whoever shows and lets work with it kinda deal?

I'll swing by FP around 1:30pm to see what's happening, I don't have any Naruto merch, woe be me. But I'll try russle up a bandana-esque thing XD

Also I dunno what you've got planned but you can always check out the Japan Centre and Mitsokushi at Piccadilly. And there's always Chinatown. The latter probably being more suited to the anime fans, the former being good for Japanese CDs and books mainly (hella expensive though).

[ormery.livejournal.com]

Yeah, pretty much the whoever-shows-and-let's-work-with-it variety. No idea exactly how many people are coming, and we don't really have any definite-definite plans, just ... see what the people who turn up feel like doing.

[shabzilla.livejournal.com]

Ah I see, well in that case, I'll come along for a little bit :3

[ormery.livejournal.com]

Delighted to hear it :D

[elict.livejournal.com]

guess what? in sweden naruto is pretty big, but either you'd have to chose to talk to say ten-year-olds about it (and they don't undertsand the true mening of the series anyway) or try to force a positive word out of some of the other people that are way to critical and refuses to se the beauty of this (or any other) series.

i have no one, really no one to squeal with. *cries*

[ormery.livejournal.com]

D: *pat* If ten-year-olds like it, though, I assume it's broadcast on the telly there?

[elict.livejournal.com]

nope ^^ they borrow the manga at the biblioteque (spelling? ...i suck :P) and got hooked up, ask their older brother/sisters or friends older people to download it.

the day they dub naruto to swedish and put the show up on tv is the day i'll never watch tv again in my whole life.

...pretty soon, probably. ugh...

[ellrohan.livejournal.com]

They have dubbed it into Swedish, and it's very funny to say the least XD It's on YouTube, so if you don't want to watch it, be careful ^____^

[elict.livejournal.com]

fandubbung: totally ok. just don't put the show up on the telly witht the usual idiot-actor-voices (anybody heard of pernilla whalgren??). that'd so totally destroy it!

i wanna see this! do you have a link there?? pretty please? *makes puppy eyes*

[ellrohan.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlYjTiPXi8E&search=Naruto%20swedish%20dub

le voila! You hath asked, and I hath delivered. It's really short and you don't get to hear Naruto, but you do get Sandaime.

[elict.livejournal.com]

ROFL it's the one! my friend had this on his computor and i've been fighting to find it ever since. gawd i hate iruka's voice... :P and misuki, too!

"jag ska waista naruto" OMG!!!!!!

thanx sooo much, babe! i owe you one!

[ellrohan.livejournal.com]

XDDDDDD I'd forgotten about Iruka, and Tony the Tiger XP

The lip sync is crappier than crap, but all the funnier for it ^________^

*bows* Eet ees okay, I am merely spreading the insanity XD

[twirlingleaves.livejournal.com]

I'd love to come, really. But I suspect that I'll be very busy that day, and I don't live that near London. xD I used to think that I was the only person in the whole of England who liked Naruto. xD

[starapple.livejournal.com]

Ooh I may be able to make it.... Plans are a-changing.... I may pop in on my way to Nottingham if the timing is right.

[ormery.livejournal.com]

Hope you can :3

[mahoushoujo-ari.livejournal.com]

Ooh, sounds like a fun day, but with work and the fact i live up in north wales will make that difficult this time.

[selenia-actimel.livejournal.com]

GAH! Why do I live in Portugal!?!?!?
ah well... You guys can come over in the Summer, what about it? Good place, good food, beach, 16 years old can drink... And the average naruto fan is 20 years old. n_n

Anyway... take photos of the gathering! I'd love to see them, since I can't go..

[nephilim.livejournal.com]

Ah cool. I'll probably drop by then.

[astoldbydebbie.livejournal.com]

How much does it suck that I live in Scotland? XD
I think I'm the only Naruto fan up here... anyway, have fun and I might see you guys at the London Expo?

[ormery.livejournal.com]

London Expo? MAYYYBEE :D

[ovendoor.livejournal.com]

Sensei! I shall (i think) be bringing a friend!

And so far, there's about...4 people from Amecon forums coming XD~

[ellrohan.livejournal.com]

Me and ichatelle have already squealed about it, but this looks official, so I think that definietly two of us are coming, but there could be as many as five people arriving XD

[euphorize.livejournal.com]

...Well, I OBVIOUSLY can't go *WOE* BUT WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME PICTURES I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE. D<

[bubble.livejournal.com]

I REALLY WISH I COULD COME BUT YOU ALREADY KNOW MY SITUATION. *pouts*

INO HATES YOU RIGHT NOW. HAVING FUN WITHOUT HER, SHEESH. ♥

[ormery.livejournal.com]

I WISH YOU COULD COME TOO D:

(BUT KIBA LAUGHS)

[bubble.livejournal.com]

BUT I HOPE YOU HAVE FUN, THOUGH, FREAKY QUEEN OF CRACK~!! ♥

(AND INO BOPS HIM ON THE HEAD, AS USUAL :D)

[ormery.livejournal.com]

I HOPE SO TOO IT'D BE REEL DISAPPOINTING IF WE DIDN'T!

(KIBA FEELS SOMEHOW EMASCULATED D:)

[libraire.livejournal.com]

Ahh, that sounds so much fun! Take pictures for us ;D

[peace-piper.livejournal.com]

Aww... if I were in London, I'd totally come because I have the perfect Narutard beacon. Alas, I'm clear on the otherside of the world.